Looking at Harigana's cold smile, Kangxi felt even more distressed and regretted saying those things earlier.

But he wasn't really doubting; he was just raising reasonable questions.

"Jiaojiao, don't do this!"

Harigana looked into Kangxi's eyes and suddenly chuckled: "Your Majesty, I am actually very tired, do you know that?"

From initial dislike to affection, from initial rejection to current forbearance, have you truly considered how much suffering I have endured?

Seeing the stiff body in front of him, he gently pushed him away.

She jumped off the table and sat on a stool to the side: "You see, no matter how much I give, you will still have doubts. When something happens, you don't immediately suspect who the murderer is, but rather you suspect whether I am hiding something from you."

You say I am your wife, but have you ever seen a loving couple who are suspicious of each other?

Kangxi knelt down beside her, grasped her hand tightly, and looked at her with heartache: "Jiaojiao, I really didn't doubt you. Believe me!"

"Okay, I believe you."

Harigana answered decisively, but Kangxi knew she was still angry.

"Jiaojiao, I was wrong. I will never talk nonsense again, okay? I was really wrong."

Kangxi didn't know how to explain. Thinking of what Harigana had said before, his heart tightened: "Jiaojiao, are you not going to want me anymore?"

Harigana hadn't expected him to think of this, and a slight smile appeared on her face: "Your Majesty is joking. I am your concubine. It is only you who do not want me. How could I have the right to choose?"

Kangxi stood up, his eyes fixed on Harigana, seemingly restraining himself, or perhaps hesitating.

Harigana, not to be outdone, looked up and met his gaze.

She could always find an excuse to get back together after a while, but this time she would absolutely not try to appease that scoundrel.

Who always wants to be taken advantage of?

When Li Dequan quietly entered, he felt a chill run down his spine. Although the two were staring at each other, the atmosphere was tense and hostile.

He shrank back, neither daring to go forward nor retreat!

"Get out!"

"Get back here!"

As soon as Kangxi finished speaking, Harigana followed up with a sentence. The two of them kept looking at each other, and although they were talking about Li Dequan, neither of them looked at him.

Seeing the Emperor's discomfiture, Li Dequan secretly rejoiced: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you've finally stood up! This servant dares not laugh, but I'm cheering you on in my heart!"

Just thinking about what I'm going to say in a little while, I sighed inwardly, wondering if things would get even more heated later.

"explain!"

The anger in Kangxi's heart dissipated considerably after hearing the words "Come back."

It's not about remaining completely silent, nor is it about blindly accepting whatever he says.

If she reacts, it proves that she doesn't really want to let me go, but is very angry.

"Your Majesty, we've found out."

After Li Dequan finished speaking, he glanced at Kangxi discreetly and dared not continue.

Not hearing anything further, the two men turned to look at him at the same time. Li Dequan was so frightened by their cold eyes that he immediately knelt on the ground.

Good heavens, in the dog days of summer, you don't even feel hot without ice.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it is the Fourth Prince!"

Harigana frowned slightly. He had no grudge against Yinzhen, so why was he doing this?

Even if Uya was exiled, it had nothing to do with her.

Moreover, since she took over the palace affairs, she has never mistreated any prince or princess. In fact, she has even improved their treatment by two points, making them comparable to the crown prince.

"Xiao Si?"

Kangxi felt a chill in his heart. Sure enough, the child born to that lowly maid who climbed into his bed was also so despicable.

"Your Majesty, it was the Fourth Prince who did it, but...it's something dirty, it is..."

Li Dequan wanted to back away, but he was still kneeling, and the two men's eyes were too sharp. He closed his eyes and said, "It was His Highness the Crown Prince's men who did it."

Harigana was finally relieved.

Two children, whose combined age is less than fifteen, dared to murder someone, especially someone as powerful as the Imperial Noble Consort.

She was an Imperial Noble Consort with a title, not to mention being equivalent to a secondary empress, she was only one imperial edict away from becoming the true empress.

She wanted to see what Kangxi would do this time.

The fire had already been stirred up enough. I didn't intend to stir things up, but Kangxi just had to say those things because he was being a nuisance.

She lowered her head, playing with her fingers expressionlessly, as if what Li Dequan was saying had nothing to do with her.

"Have you found out? Are you sure it's Yinreng and Yinzhen?"

Kangxi's voice was cold and clear, and his eyes were fixed on Harigana, but there was no trace of emotion in his expression.

A pang of pain shot through her heart; she felt as if she had truly lost hope in him.

"Your Majesty, the matter has been thoroughly investigated."

He was a servant whom His Highness the Crown Prince had taken in when he was at the Summer Palace. His Highness the Crown Prince told the Fourth Prince the man's name and asked him to secretly find him.

While waiting to make purchases at the Summer Palace, the man secretly bought drugs that would drive animals mad. Before setting off to besiege Mulan, he took advantage of the chaos to give the drugs to the Fourth Prince.

The Fourth Prince said yesterday that he wanted to see his horse, and then he walked around the stable.

Those watching the horses at the time said that the Fourth Prince even patted the Empress's horse.

The servant had someone investigate, and it was indeed in the spot where the Fourth Prince was sitting. Because the Fourth Prince is not tall, the horse handlers didn't notice.

It was a coincidence that the Empress's horse arrived early today, so the servants took the horse to the river to drink some water.

The fourth prince had placed the drug in a spot that was only partially submerged in the water. The horse drank the drugged medicine and only began its erratic behavior after they returned home.

Kangxi glanced at Harigana subconsciously, but the latter still didn't react at all.

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