"Jiaojiao, you can take it off if you don't like it, but I really only did it to protect you!"

Harigana chuckled, then rolled his eyes at him: "I didn't say anything, why are you in such a hurry! Let me finish!"

Seeing that she was genuinely not angry, Kangxi stopped dwelling on the matter.

"Xuan Ye, I think life is very short. We can't always look back on things that make us sad."

So I won't ask about your past. I just hope that your past won't affect either of us. That's all I ask.

As for why I didn't ask, it's simply because I didn't want to make myself unhappy!

Even without Kangxi saying it, Harigana knew that the old woman didn't have a single kind word in her mouth. Since she knew it wasn't nice, why listen to it?

Anyway, someone will solve it for her, why bother making trouble for herself?

"And also," Harigana continued, "Don't worry about making me angry or sad because of these things anymore. I've said it before, as long as you're by my side, I don't care what others do. Even if it's going through fire and water, I'll be with you!"

But Xuan Ye, you should know that this oath comes with a condition.

You can only be me, and you will only pamper me.

If you break your vow, I will absolutely not cry and make a scene like those women in your harem, or do anything ridiculous to get your attention! I will simply abandon you.

You know, I've said it from the beginning: I'm afraid you'll get dirty!

That was true before, and it will be true in the future!

I used to grit my teeth and accept it because I didn't like you, so I could accept it.

The reason I won't hold back anymore is simply because I don't like you anymore, and I don't want you anymore.

Kangxi said he was moved, very moved, but he always felt that these words were like an insult to him.

"Jiaojiao, I'm not dirty!"

Harigana couldn't help but laugh out loud. She still remembered the first time she called him dirty, his eyes blazing with fury, as if he wanted to kill her.

Now, all that's left is helplessness.

"I know, you're not dirty now, but you used to be!"

She was resolute and did not hesitate in the slightest because the man opposite her was the emperor.

Emperor Kangxi truly didn't know what he liked about Harigana. If asked to be specific, he once said it was because of her beauty and her rebellious nature.

But now he can't say it. He doesn't know when it started, but his feelings for Harigana have become blurred. He only knows that this is the person he likes, the person he wants to protect, the person he wants to cherish for a lifetime!

"You're the only person in this world who would ever talk to me like that!"

Kangxi reached out and half-embraced her, then turned his head and lightly kissed the corner of her lips.

In the end, Harigana still didn't know what the Empress Dowager had said, because she didn't ask, and Kangxi didn't continue.

Although Qingxi Palace was not in the inner palace, the Empress Dowager still found out about the imperial physician being summoned immediately, and was so angry that she almost overturned the table.

Xuan Ye just wanted to come and have dinner with her, didn't he?

She went to great lengths to prevent Xuan Ye from coming over, showing no regard for her, the Empress Dowager.

"Empress Dowager, the Emperor will definitely come, please don't worry!"

Sumalagu's words only fueled Bumbutai's anger.

"Su Ma, no matter what I am, I am still the Empress Dowager. If Xuan Ye doesn't come, I won't stay in this palace any longer."

"I will either return to Khorchin or Mount Wutai; I will never suffer such humiliation here."

Bumbutai made no attempt to conceal her voice, and not only Sumalagu heard it, but even Kangxi, who rushed over with a gloomy face, heard it!

The eunuch guarding the gate wanted to pass on the message, but Kangxi signaled him to be quiet, so he lowered his head and dared not make a sound.

Kangxi had previously thought that it was the Empress Dowager's intention that Yinzhen heard those words.

But now it seems that it was not only intentional, but even the servants who worked in the Cining Palace knew that Harigana was not favored by the Empress Dowager!

He stood outside the door without saying a word, wanting to hear what other shocking things the Empress Dowager would say.

"Empress Dowager, the Emperor is filial. If he said he would come, he would definitely come. Why are you so angry?"

What Sumalagu really wanted to say was: You can go to Wutai Mountain, but don't even think about going back to Horqin.

Leaving aside whether the Emperor would agree, how could the Khorchin dare to let the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty live there for an extended period of time!

According to Sumalagu's idea, Bumbutai should enjoy her old age and not worry about so many things. As long as the court is stable, everything else is trivial!

The current Empress Dowager is just idle. If this continues, she may end up being disliked by both sides!

The Emperor felt that she was loyal to the Khorchin and was always opposing him, so he was wary of her.

Needless to say, in the Horqin region, a married woman is used if she can be of use, and if not, other methods are devised.

"Royal Grandmother!"

When Kangxi's voice came, the Empress Dowager's face stiffened, but she quickly recovered!

"Xuan Ye!"

After the Empress Dowager finished speaking, she gestured for Sumalagu to leave.

Sitting in his chair, Kangxi remained silent. He almost collapsed, thinking about what Li Dequan had given him after he left Qingxi Palace.

While he was poisoned and sick, he wondered countless times who might have done it to him.

He had thought of the remnants of the previous dynasty, the ministers of the previous dynasty, and even anyone from the Three Feudatories, but this was the only one he had never thought of.

But to his utter surprise, his fate that day was because of her.

Bumbutai looked at Kangxi, who was bowing his head and remaining silent, and the anger that had subsided due to his earlier embarrassment instantly rose again.

"Xuan Ye, what? Did you come here just to show me your dark and gloomy face?"

Emperor Kangxi was constantly thinking about how to bring up this matter, or whether he should bring it up at all.

Since Harigana came to his side, the Empress Dowager seems to have become a different person. Although she used to like to interfere in his decisions, she has never been so ruthless as to manipulate even a child.

So the thing that had been bothering him all this way became clear when he heard what she said. The reason he hadn't said anything was because he wanted to find a more tactful way to put it.

It wasn't that Kangxi was indecisive, but rather that the Empress Dowager was getting old, and if anything happened to her, he would be extremely unfilial.

Before he could figure out how to start, he heard the Empress Dowager's aggressive words.

At this moment, his heart was truly weary.

"Grandmother, what exactly caused the deaths of Empress Hesheli and Empress Niohuru?"