Harigana suppressed a laugh. It was just a wooden hairpin; she just thought it was pretty, and whether she bought it or not was irrelevant.

I never expected Dulan to say it was fifty taels; I almost burst out laughing.

"What did you say? You're asking for fifty taels of silver for a broken hairpin? Why don't you just rob someone?"

The girl didn't speak, but the maid beside her couldn't help but shout at the vendor.

Dulan walked up to Harigana and shielded him behind her, saying, "What? It's only fifty taels. Their workmanship is exquisite, and they only make one a year. If you can't afford it, don't rob it. If you do rob it, don't complain about the price."

His face was full of disdain, and he even looked the other person up and down.

The maid was furious and pointed at Dulan, about to curse her.

"you,"

The other person only said one word before Dulan retorted with a curse: "You, you, you, what do you mean you? Do you think you're the only one with fingers?"

"I know kung fu, so you'd better keep your hand to yourself. If you point at me again, I'll break it and feed it to the dogs."

The woman in red turned pale and then flushed, and took fifty taels of silver from her purse and threw it to the merchant.

"I have plenty of money, but you, just you wait."

Dulan didn't say anything, but pouted and glared at her, her little face showing no sign of backing down, as if to say: Bring it on.

After everyone left, Kangxi gave Li Dequan a look, and then continued talking to the Minister of Revenue and Zhang Ying.

The Empress Dowager was quite interested in Dulan, her eyes full of admiration.

She knew that Harigana spoke Chinese very well, but she didn't expect that her maidservant also spoke it so well. Her little mouth was so quick and easy, and she was very loyal to her mistress.

"Madam, don't be angry, you deserve better!"

Dulan turned around, whispered a few words to Harigana, and immediately retreated before Kangxi noticed.

The Empress Dowager heard this and chuckled, "Well done, indeed."

It was just a minor incident, and no one took it to heart.

After strolling around for a while, they followed Emperor Kangxi to the outskirts of Beijing to take a look at the crops before turning back to the palace.

"Jiaojiao, you must not have had enough fun today. In a few days, after everything has settled down, I will take you to the Summer Palace for a while."

I visited the Summer Palace in Harigana last year, but I was pregnant at the time, so I didn't get to explore it properly.

If I go this year, I definitely want to have a great time.

"OK!"

Kangxi calculated the time, pulled her over, placed her on his lap, and held her in his arms: "Jiaojiao, do you want to go hunting at the Mulan Hunting Grounds?"

We'll arrive at the Summer Palace around July 20th and stay for over a month. In September, we can go hunting at the Mulan Hunting Grounds.

If Harigana wanted to go, he would have someone arrange things there.

"Mulan Hunting Ground?"

Before she was hospitalized as a child, she watched "Princess Pearl," and the scene where the Fifth Prince shoots Little Swallow must have been from there.

"Hmm! What's wrong?"

Kangxi gently tapped the tip of her nose, and when she wasn't looking, he even stole a fragrance from her.

"Hey, behave yourself!"

Just as Harigana was about to speak, he heard Li Dequan shout, "Who goes there? Protect the Emperor!"

No one expected that on the way back to the palace, Kangxi's carriage would be surrounded by a group of people.

"Xuan Ye!"

Harigana held Kangxi's hand, feeling somewhat afraid, unsure of who was outside or how skilled they were.

She remembered that long ago, members of the White Lotus sect had been opposing the Qing Dynasty under the slogan of "overthrowing the Qing and restoring the Ming."

While studying the history of the Qing Dynasty, she was thinking that if the Ming Dynasty hadn't had all that mess later on, perhaps the history of China would have been very different.

But she's in the Qing Dynasty now, and she has two children. What will happen to her children if something really happens to them?

Kangxi, holding Harigana, did not show the same panic as her.

They brought many guards with them when they came out, and they're not far from the palace now, so they're sure nothing bad will happen to them.

"Jiaojiao, don't worry, nothing will happen."

Trust me, don't be afraid!

Harigana steadied himself and wanted to lift the curtain to see what was happening outside, but he was afraid of revealing his position.

The two people inside were worried, and the people outside were indeed afraid.

Li Dequan's shout of "Protect the Emperor!" terrified them.

Who else but the emperor could be described as a bodyguard? And they were heading straight for the palace; clearly, they were courting death.

"We...we've got the wrong person!"

Harigana was stunned by the shout, stiffly turned his head to look at Kangxi, and found that he was also looking at him.

"I... I didn't hear wrong, did I?"

Kangxi shook his head, clearly also somewhat shocked.

The people surrounding the carriage exchanged glances, dropped their sticks, and ran away. Li Dequan immediately ordered his men to give chase.

"Not a single one shall be spared; all shall be sent to prison to await the Emperor's decree."

It was a false alarm, and the group was unsure how to react.

Li Dequan walked to the carriage window: "Your Majesty, this servant has already sent people to chase after them."

They said he had the wrong carriage.

Kangxi's forehead veins throbbed, and Harigana didn't know if he was angry or something else, but she couldn't help but laugh.

"Has the person been caught?"

Kangxi pinched her cheek. Just a moment ago she looked worried, but now she was laughing so carefree.

Fortunately, he was the emperor and could protect him; otherwise, there would have been no one else.

Harigana was inexplicably glared at by him, rolled her eyes back, and turned her head away from him.

Experience told her that he was definitely not thinking anything good, and it was certainly not good for her, so it was best not to respond.

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