"Oh, what did my beloved concubine embroider for me?"

Could it be that flower? But that can't be. He's never shown it before. On the surface, it's because he likes plum blossoms, but that's not it.

"Your Majesty, please take a look."

Consort Ulanara took out a sachet from her sleeve and placed it in front of Kangxi. A white lotus flower was embroidered so vividly on the yellow fabric that it was almost identical to the lotus flowers he remembered seeing when he was a child. When he was young, Kangxi was very sick and had a high fever. He thought he was going to die, so he thought of seeing his father (Emperor Shunzhi, Fulin). In his dizziness, he heard the eunuchs serving him say that his father was in the Imperial Garden. He managed to shake off the eunuchs and ran to the Imperial Garden with all his might. But he saw his father holding a beautiful woman wearing a light pink cheongsam. There were also several pots of beautiful lotus flowers on the table, some pink and some white, but mostly white.

"Xuan Ye greets His Majesty!"

"Xuan Ye, what brings you here? Where are your servants? Hurry up and help the Third Prince back." Fu Lin said impatiently, as if shooing away flies.

"Father, your son is in pain, I want to..."

"If you feel unwell, go see the imperial physician. Do you think coming to me will make you feel better? You've disturbed my enjoyment of the flowers with my beloved concubine. Why don't you take the Third Prince back at once?"

Fulin started cursing, and the eunuchs around him quickly pulled Xuan Ye away. The little Xuan Ye was full of expectations, hoping that his father would hug him and say, "Xuan Ye is not afraid, Father is here."

Xuan Ye, who was pulled away, watched as his father continued to hold the woman, pointing at the lotus flower and talking, occasionally laughing. He later learned that the woman was Consort Dong'e. From then on, he no longer expected his father's love and hated Consort Dong'e and the lotus flower associated with her.

"Who told you to embroider this kind of flower?" Kangxi's face darkened, and he said unhappily.

"It was a servant in my palace who heard that His Majesty liked lotus flowers, so I carefully selected embroidery thread and spent half a month embroidering it."

Consort Ulanara, unaware of Kangxi's expression, assumed he was pleased and became increasingly animated in her speech. Unbeknownst to Consort Ulanara, Liang Jiugong, standing nearby, gave her a meaningful look, which she also failed to notice, before Liang Jiugong resignedly knelt down.

Sure enough, with a "bang," Kangxi threw a nearby teacup to the ground, which shattered into pieces, indicating the extent of his anger.

Consort Ulanara was startled and reflexively knelt down.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger!"

Consort Ulanara didn't know where she had gone wrong, but seeing Kangxi so furious, it must have been very serious, so admitting her mistake first was the right thing to do.

"Consort Ulanara has behaved improperly in front of the palace and has been confined to her quarters for two months."

Looking at the woman kneeling before him, Kangxi, who had suffered losses among the women in the harem, knew all too well that she had been schemed against. He could only say that she was foolish. So many people knew that he, Xuan Ye, liked plum blossoms, even if it was only on the surface, it was still better than embroidering something he loathed!

"Your Majesty, this concubine knows she was wrong. Please forgive this concubine!" She has been confined for two months. When she is released, will Your Majesty still remember her?

"Take him away!"

Kangxi closed his eyes to suppress his emotions. He was already very angry about the Three Feudatories incident and wanted to relax, but this happened instead. It was really bad luck.

"Yes! Consort Ulanara, please!"

Liang Jiugong walked over and gestured to Consort Ulanara to invite her.

Consort Ulanara looked at Emperor Kangxi with his eyes closed, and had no choice but to stagger to her feet and leave. She had been startled, and now that she had come to her senses, her legs were trembling.

No more than an hour after Consort Ulanara left the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the entire harem was abuzz with talk of her disrespectful behavior in front of the palace.

"Your Highness has succeeded! How did Your Highness know that the Emperor doesn't like Ehehua?" Xueping looked at Consort Yehenara with admiration.

"It was just a coincidence that I overheard someone else say it, but I haven't verified it myself, so I let Consort Ulanara test the waters."

On one occasion, Consort Yehenara took Baoqing to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager were chatting in the Cining Garden. When Consort Yehenara went there to wait for her to be informed, she overheard something. Although she didn't hear it clearly, she heard words of disgust and mentioning Ehehua. She boldly guessed that it was referring to the Emperor, which proved that the Emperor did not like Ehehua.

"Now that Consort Ulanara is under house arrest, her position for the Emperor's bedchamber is vacant. Is there anything you can do to attract the Emperor's attention?"

Xueping was puzzled. Her mistress rarely served the emperor, but she wasn't in a hurry. For the sake of the Sixth Prince, Emperor Kangxi would visit Yanxi Palace once or twice a month.

"No need, it's fine as it is, it doesn't attract attention."

This is a lesson learned in blood! Don't you see how favored Consort Ma was? One child was born and another died, what's the use? She was once favored, showered with love and affection, but she was also showered with resentment. Her son, Chengqing, died before he even turned one year old because of her favor and her own smugness.

"Your Highness, Consort Ulanara of the Changchun Palace has been confined to her quarters for two months by imperial decree." Xiao Dengzi entered the palace and swung a swing at Wanyi.

"Confined to your home?" Wanyi put down the sachet in her hand and looked at Xiao Dengzi with a puzzled expression.

"It means he behaved improperly before the Emperor and was sent back to Changchun Palace by Eunuch Wei." Upon hearing Xiao Dengzi's words, Wanyi quickly recalled whether such an incident had occurred.

"Little Dengzi, has anyone found out if she was truly confined to her quarters because of her disrespect before the Emperor?" Hongxiu asked Little Dengzi, turning to look at Wanyi who was deep in thought.

"There's no one in our Hall of Mental Cultivation, so we didn't find anything!" Xiao Dengzi's voice grew softer and softer as he spoke.

"It's alright, go downstairs and ask Tianxiang for a bowl of ginger soup to warm yourself up!"

Wanyi remembered something that had happened in her previous life. It was mentioned by the maidservants when Uya punished her. Emperor Kangxi disliked Ehehua, and Consort Ulanara happened to run into her and was confined to her quarters for two months.

"Thank you, young master." Little Dengzi stepped back and slowly walked out.

Hall of Mental Cultivation

"Your Majesty, please have some tea."

Liang Jiugong carefully placed a cup of Pu'er tea on the table, and Kangxi picked it up and took a sip.

"It's too strong, bring me another cup." Kangxi put the tea down and continued reading the book in his hands.

"Yes, sir!" This was the fifth cup already. Liang Jiugong wiped the sweat from his forehead. It was freezing outside, so he was definitely not sweating from the heat; it was all cold sweat.

"Godfather, this can't go on! You have to think of something!"

Wei Zhu nervously called out to Liang Jiugong. He had gone in twice, and although there was a heating system inside, he felt colder than the snow outside, which frightened him so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Where am I supposed to find a way out?!"

He was also wronged, okay? It's all Consort Ulanara's fault. Why did you have to provoke the Emperor? It made things difficult for us eunuchs.