Harigana and Kangxi were both captivated by Li Dequan's words, and had long forgotten about the storyteller below!

"Abu? What happened?"

Kangxi shook his head. Although things had been quite turbulent in Russia recently, if something really went wrong, even without Bao Liri's letter, an urgent letter would have already arrived!

He took the letter presented by Li Dequan, opened it and glanced at it. Immediately, his eyes began to light up, and he even stood up excitedly.

Harigana had long forgotten about the smallpox incident, and even if she hadn't, she would never have imagined that Baoliri would deliver the letter to Kangxi on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Even though she was curious and anxious, she didn't try to take a look. What if there were military secrets inside? Wouldn't she become a suspect?

"Jiaojiao, you really are my lucky star!"

Kangxi picked up Harigana and placed her on his lap, handed her the letter in his hand, and happily kissed her hard on the cheek right in front of Li Dequan.

Li Dequan quickly stepped back, but he still heard a "pop" sound! He was so nervous that he almost got his hand caught in the door crack.

"Xuan Ye, my Abu and the others are amazing!"

Harigana took the letter, thinking something had happened over there, so he didn't notice Kangxi's kiss or Li Dequan's fright. After reading it, he sighed inwardly: Baoli Ri and Sai Enjiya are really something! Sending something like this on the first day of the Lunar New Year, no wonder Kangxi is happy!

Moreover, they conducted numerous experiments, guaranteeing that no one would die and that everyone could recover simply by drinking some herbal decoction. How could Emperor Kangxi, who had suffered greatly from smallpox, not be excited!

After all, the phrase "my first son" was uttered when he contracted smallpox. Moreover, two days prior, Kangxi had said that he had genuinely considered giving up, but he had managed to pull through!

"Jiaojiao!"

Emperor Kangxi was so moved that he choked up. He then hugged Harigana without saying a word, and it took him a long time to calm down.

"Xuan Ye, let's go back to the palace! You still need to assign people to handle the follow-up of this matter. You can take me out again when you have time later. I also want to go back and rest!"

When they came out, Kangxi had not told her that they would be staying outside the palace that night, so Harigana was still thinking of ending her trip early.

Kangxi did indeed need to resolve this matter. Baoli made it very clear in his letter that he would present all the medical records after the Qing officials arrived.

However, Baoli Ri did this simply to make things easier for Harigana in the palace and to get him to dote on her more.

If he really went back, not to mention whether Harigana would feel disappointed, he himself would feel guilty.

"Jiaojiao, this matter can be handled anywhere. I was planning to tell you after we got there, but now the surprise is gone!" Kangxi pinched her chin, stole a kiss, and then said, "We won't go back tonight. I'll take you to the estate. There's a peach orchard there, and it's in full bloom right now. We'll stay there tonight, and tomorrow at noon when it's warmer, I'll take you to see the peach orchard."

Harigana's eyes were shining. Regardless of whether she really liked it or not, she definitely gave it a lot of emotional value!

"Won't this interfere with your work?"

Seeing the woman who clearly wanted to go but was still worried, Kangxi's heart sank even further.

"No, but we can't listen to the storytelling anymore. Let's go straight to the estate, where I'll summon a few ministers to arrange this matter, okay?"

Harigana nodded. How could he disagree? He hadn't heard anything about the wedding night, so there was nothing else to hear!

However, despite saying this, Kangxi still traveled slowly, letting Harigana sit in the carriage and see the most prosperous scenery of the capital. He then directed Li Dequan and Xiao Lizi to buy a lot of snacks and trinkets before heading towards the manor on the outskirts of the capital.

Li Dequan breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the carriage leave the capital.

[Your Majesty really knows how to buy things!]

He rubbed his sore shoulders and walked halfway toward the official's house, still mentally criticizing Emperor Kangxi.

【It's not that the Empress can buy so much, the Emperor can too. The Empress just wanted to eat a candied hawthorn, but he actually bought all the ones that the old man was carrying! I am the Emperor's personal eunuch, yet I carried straw targets for half an hour across most of the capital.

I wonder if anyone saw this, but my lifelong reputation has been ruined by a string of candied hawthorns!

Emperor Kangxi originally wanted to send Suo'etu, but considering what the secret guards had found out, he replaced him with the newly appointed Vice Minister of War from the previous year and the apprentice of Physician Zhao.

He had calmed down by now and felt that this matter still needed to be carried out in secret. Only after ensuring that it was truly effective should he make Baoli Ri's letter public. At that time, not to mention the Imperial Noble Consort, if he really wanted to be made Empress, he would face much less resistance.

Those who arrived at the estate had already received the news, and everything was ready by the time they arrived.

"Jiaojiao, you play here by yourself, I'm going to the study!"

At that moment, Harigana almost felt like he was being raised as a daughter by Emperor Kangxi. What did it mean to play by himself?

"Alright! Go ahead! I want to see what I bought." After saying that, he asked Dulan to bring over some pastries: "Xuan Ye, I don't know how long you'll be busy, have a few pieces first, the people haven't arrived yet, we can't go hungry."

Kangxi did not refuse. He really didn't know how long he would be busy, so he obediently ate a few pieces. After making sure he wouldn't go hungry, he went to his study.

The letters were actually quite thick; Harigana only read the ones written by Baoliri. Below that were thick records of pulse diagnoses and patient reactions, numbering around a hundred. It would take him at least an hour or two to read them all.

"Dulan, bring me a string of candied hawthorns, I want to eat some now! You can share the rest!"

"Yes! This servant obeys!"

Dulan wanted to laugh when she thought of Li Dequan's appearance on the Kangxi straw target. Because it was the emperor's decree, even if the guards and Li Dequan wanted to help, they dared not disobey the imperial edict!

From then on, she had another excuse to mock Li Dequan!

The two people on this side were very happy, but the palace was deserted.

The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager were fine; they were old and didn't notice anything outside the palace.

However, those concubines who had been in the palace for several years, especially Consort Hui and others, had not left the palace for three years.

Now, someone who has only been in the palace for less than four months is being taken out of the palace by the Emperor for a sightseeing trip. This makes them very jealous, but also very envious.

However, they could only feel envy and jealousy; there was nothing else they could do.