It took a lot of persuasion from Granny Tong to finally convince Consort Tong to stop. These past few days have been exhausting for Granny Tong.

"I'm so angry! I prepared so much, but it all ended up benefiting the Ulanara clan."

Consort Wuya was furious when she thought about how she had made so many careful preparations, only to have them snatched away by Ulanara.

"My lady, don't be discouraged. At least the Emperor has noticed us. We can slowly work on our plans again." Gu Cui comforted Consort Wuya, afraid that she would lose her mind.

"I know, but I'm just a little angry about it."

Consort Uya once again realized that if her grandfather were still alive, it would be a matter of minutes for her to get rid of Consort Ulanara's pregnancy.

"Consort Tong, ha! Let's see how long you can keep up your smugness."

She gave Consort Tong a great gift: Consort Tong wasn't actually pregnant, but rather taking a false pregnancy pill. After three months, Consort Tong would automatically miscarry, and only the placenta would be delivered.

"Your Highness, the Emperor has arrived." As soon as Xiao Dengzi received the news, he quickly informed Wanyi.

"Where are we?" Wanyi quickly put down the book in her hand and stood up. This month, Kangxi has been coming here more and more frequently, and he is starting to act like a favored concubine.

"We're almost at the main gate," Xiao Dengzi estimated.

"Let's go greet them," Wanyi said, and hurriedly walked out.

"Greetings, Your Majesty! May Your Majesty enjoy boundless blessings and peace!" Upon seeing Kangxi from afar, Wanyi bowed. After all, she would have to walk back anyway, so she might as well wait for him to come over.

"My beloved concubine, you may rise!" Emperor Kangxi quickly stepped forward and offered a helping hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Kangxi led Wanyi inside. As soon as Kangxi sat down, Hongxiu served tea and snacks, including his favorite Pu'er tea and Pu'er-flavored snacks, as well as a new type of plum blossom cake.

"Your Majesty, please have a taste. This is Pu'er tea brewed with snow water from this year's flower petals." Wanyi took the tea from Liang Jiugong and handed it to Kangxi.

"Then I shall have a taste." Kangxi took the Pu'er tea. As soon as he opened the lid, the aroma of the tea filled the air, with a faint orchid fragrance that was almost imperceptible.

"Is this snow water from the orchids?" Kangxi asked Wanyi in confusion.

“Your Majesty is clever, but it’s not snow water. Guess again.” Wanyi looked at Kangxi mischievously and even picked up a pastry and held it to Kangxi’s lips.

"I can't guess, but these new pastries are quite good, just as delicious as the others. My dear consort, you know so much, tell me what's in this tea that makes it so delicious and fragrant with flowers." Kangxi really wanted to know; he had never imagined that such a small amount of pastry and tea could be so delicious.

"It's dew. I discovered it by chance. Different flower dews have different fragrances. We can use dew to brew tea, so wouldn't it be even better to mix dew with snow water?"

"My beloved concubine has so many clever ideas."

"Does Your Majesty like these clever ideas of yours?" Wanyi shamelessly coaxed Kangxi.

"How could I not like it!" Kangxi said, raising his hand to gently pinch Wanyi's nose.

"That's good. I ordered some roast meat for lunch. Your Majesty will have to cook it yourself to have some."

Wanyi had been preparing this barbecue for a long time. Since it was modern Korean-style barbecue, not traditional barbecue, there was no lettuce. She did have some in her space, but she didn't have a proper recipe, so she prepared spring roll wrappers instead.

"Alright, I haven't had roast meat in a long time either." Kangxi wasn't particularly interested in roast meat, but seeing that Wanyi was happy, he let her be, after all, it was a kind of fun!

"Your Majesty, the things for the young lady are ready." Xiao Dengzi came in to invite Kangxi and Wanyi after he had everything ready.

When Kangxi arrived at the side room, he discovered that the roasted meat was different from what he had seen before. The meat was sliced ​​into thin pieces with alternating layers of fat and lean meat.

"Your Majesty has roasted meat and a hot pot. Which would you like to eat first?"

Wanyi pointed to a table next to her, where there were two stoves, one a pot (hot pot) and the other a barbecue grill. There were two kinds of dipping sauces, one spicy and one peanut flavored.

"How is this roasted meat prepared?" Kangxi knew this was something he had never dealt with before.

"Come, let me teach you."

One was happy to instruct, and the other was happy to learn. As soon as Kangxi learned, he started grilling himself. He would either eat the grilled meat wrapped in spring rolls or dipped in sauce. Because each dish was different, Kangxi ate his fill. This was the first time he had ever eaten his fill in Chengqian Palace, and now he had eaten his fill in Yongshou Palace as well. In the presence of other concubines, Kangxi could restrain himself well and only eat until he was 80% full. Yongshou Palace was because the food was delicious, while Chengqian Palace was because Consort Tong kept pestering Kangxi to eat.

"Princess, it's all taken care of. We'll have news in less than half a month," Su Mala Gu said expressionlessly.

"I will not allow the Tong family to produce a prince. If anyone is to blame, it is Consort Tong who was born into the Tong family!"

Now that Bumbutai is this age, she rarely takes action against the harem. She won't do anything unless absolutely necessary. It can only be said that Consort Tong's pregnancy was ill-timed.

"If it were a princess."

Su Ma La Gu was actually a little reluctant, after all, that was also the emperor's child, and she had watched the emperor grow up, so she also hoped that the emperor would not be sad because of Consort Tong.

"I cannot gamble on that fifty percent chance. Let it be! Adoption is acceptable, but biological adoption is not. There has already been an emperor with Tong blood, and I will not allow such a thing to happen again."

Bumbutai thought that it would be good if it were from the Khorchin, but unfortunately, the emperor was wary of the Khorchin like he was of rats.

"Yes, Princess, I'm just worried that His Majesty will be heartbroken."

"It's inevitable to be heartbroken, but there are plenty of concubines in the harem who have borne him children, and there will be many more in the future."

Bumbutai is right. Kangxi's harem now has more than a dozen concubines, and many of them are not even named.

"Your Majesty, I just went to the Imperial Household Department and found a particular incense that smells wonderful. I even asked the imperial physician, and he said it's safe to use during pregnancy. Would Your Majesty like to smell it?"

As Xiangjie spoke, she lit the incense powder that she had brought back from the Imperial Household Department and brought the incense burner next to Consort Tong so that she could smell it.

"The taste is good, not too strong or too weak, and it still has the peony fragrance that I like."

Actually, Consort Tong didn't like peonies before; she preferred herbaceous peonies. After the Empress passed away, she boldly said that she liked peonies, which also meant that she wanted to be Empress. Unfortunately, her cousin didn't understand her meaning and instead decided not to appoint an Empress for three years because of Empress Hesheli.

"Then I'll put it here so the young prince can smell it too. I'm sure what Her Majesty likes, the young prince will like as well." Xiang Te placed the incense burner on the tea table not far from Consort Tong.

"I'm a little hungry. Go and prepare some food, and also find out who my cousin has summoned to bed tonight."

Consort Tong hadn't paid much attention to Emperor Kangxi for a while, but she was incredibly bored. So when she heard that Kangxi was staying at her place, she was able to control herself well and had come to terms with it. After all, she couldn't serve him even if her cousin came. If the Empress Dowager found out, she was afraid she would be doomed.