Harigana obediently stayed in bed, wrapped in a blanket, and sat on the bed waiting for him.

Half an hour later, Kangxi got into bed in his nightgown and pulled her into his arms: "Jiaojiao, sleep, I'm here."

Perhaps it was because she saw him return safely that she, who hadn't felt sleepy at all just moments before, was now feeling drowsy.

I gently patted her back and soon she fell asleep.

Looking at the woman with a smile on her lips, Kangxi gently kissed her forehead, tightened his arms around her, and closed his eyes to rest.

In fact, Harigana was already sleepy. If Dulan hadn't secretly given her a glass of cold water, she would have fallen asleep long ago.

Fortunately, she made the right bet; Emperor Kangxi remembered her and returned home early.

Of course, only Du Lan and he knew that the water in the glass was cold; even Wei Qi, who had been following them, didn't know.

The next day, Kangxi had to attend the morning court session. Seeing that the person in his arms was sleeping soundly, he quietly got up to wash up.

Before leaving, he wrote a letter in the study and gave it to Dulan, asking her to come in and keep him company.

The matter of the secret passage was not explained in the court, and from beginning to end, apart from the people arranged by Kangxi, no one else knew about it.

When Harigana woke up, it was almost noon, because he was so hungry.

"Your Majesty, you're awake?"

Hearing Dulan say those words felt like stepping back into the time when she first entered the palace, pregnant with twins.

At that time, she was very sleepy, and this was the sentence that Dulan said most often.

"Mmm, Little Dulan, I'm so hungry."

She sat up and dressed very cooperatively.

"Your Majesty, it's all warm. You can eat it after you wash up."

After Dulan finished speaking, she took out the letter that Kangxi had given her from the small cloth bag beside her: "His Majesty gave it to me before he went to court this morning, saying that he would show it to you when you woke up."

Harigana took the letter, opened it, glanced at it, his face flushed red, cursed "scoundrel," and then closed the letter and placed it under his pillow.

Dulan didn't know what was written on it, but judging from his reaction, she knew that the Emperor had flirted with her beautiful eldest princess again.

I quickly washed and combed her hair, and in less than fifteen minutes I had her drinking hot chicken soup.

With lunchtime approaching, it was best to just fill one's stomach and wait to eat with Emperor Kangxi at noon.

Baby and Beibei came to see her in the morning. According to Xiao Lizi, they went to the Empress Dowager's palace to play with Yinqi without getting up.

Harigana also said that classes couldn't go on forever and that they needed to rest.

Kangxi naturally listened to her, so now he takes two days off every five days of classes.

The children are all together; they probably won't be back until tonight.

"Dulan, have the kitchen make some cakes and send them to the Empress Dowager. When Li Dequan arrives, have her send some to the Grand Empress Dowager as well."

For more than a year, the Empress Dowager was very well behaved. Although she was still not very close to him, she did everything she could to maintain appearances, at least not making Kangxi feel uncomfortable.

"Yes, Your Highness, I will go and instruct the kitchen staff immediately."

After everyone left, she picked up the sewing basket next to her and began embroidering a little tiger hat.

With red cloth and gold thread, a chubby little tiger hat was embroidered in just three days.

Harigana did not inquire about the secret passage again. Kangxi was busy for half a month, and in the end he only told her that everything had been taken care of and that she could rest assured.

Then began another leisurely life where all I did every day was review memorials and watch her.

"Xuan Ye, move aside, it's too hot."

She pushed away the man who tried to hug her, her eyes full of warning.

Although it was only April, Harigana felt hotter than in July or August, and his entire back was covered in sweat.

In addition, in her eyes, Emperor Kangxi was like a furnace, and getting closer only made it hotter.

"Jiaojiao".

The man who was pushed away looked aggrieved.

"Xuan Ye, I'm so hot, can I hug you tonight?"

She drank a glass of warm water and gently coaxed the resentful man sitting to the side.

"Oh!"

Emperor Kangxi was so angry he laughed.

During the day, she would push him away whenever she felt hot, but it would get cool in the mornings and evenings in April, so she needed to be held by a warm stove.

If you didn't know her true intentions, you might actually be fooled by her way of coaxing people.

Even knowing he was being deceived, he seemed quite happy about it.

"Good Xuan Ye, bear with it, there are still less than three months left."

She tugged at his clothes and shook them gently: "Don't be angry, don't be angry."

How could Emperor Kangxi possibly be truly angry?

The woman in front of him had worked so hard to carry his pregnancy and give birth to his child. Even if she was angry, she was angry at him, not at him. She just couldn't help share his burden.

"Jiaojiao, I'm not angry. It's just that I haven't held you in a long time, and I miss you."

Looking at her belly, it was smaller than her previous pregnancy, but it wasn't very small either.

Although it wasn't as difficult as when I was pregnant with twins, my legs were still swollen.

Starting from four months, he would massage Harigana's legs and occasionally recite poems to the unborn child in her womb while he and the baby were together.

"Okay, after I give birth to this," pointing to her belly, "you can hold me every day, okay?"

Kangxi got the answer he wanted, and decided to stop while he was ahead, refusing to push his luck any further.

He picked her up and put her on the bed, took off her shoes and massaged her feet, all the while muttering things like, "Don't get chilled."

"Xuan Ye, I really won't eat ice anymore, please stop talking."

She covered her ears and glared at him angrily.

It was just one time, and he caught me after only one bite.

Most importantly, the ice in his mouth was not swallowed at all; Kangxi forced him to eat it back on the spot.

"Okay, okay, I won't say anymore, I won't say anymore."

Harigana lowered his hands from his ears, his face flushed red.

I don't know if it was because she was angry with Kangxi, or because she was thinking about the passionate scene when Kangxi snatched the ice from her mouth that day.

I closed my eyes, intending to chat with him after the heat subsided, but I fell asleep in no time.

Saenjiya and Baoliri returned to the capital a month before giving birth in Harigana, bringing with them a lot of meat from the grasslands.

"Eji."

Standing at the entrance of Qingxi Palace, watching Saienjiya approach from afar, she clutched her waist and was about to go forward when Dulan pulled her back, preventing her from going.

"Your Majesty, please be careful, it's been almost nine months."

By this time, Saenja had already reached the palace gate: "Dulan is right, be careful."

He reached out to support her, saying, "Your child is so big, yet you still act like a little kid."

Harigana didn't think she was really blaming him, and was led into the main hall with a smile.

"Mother, where's Abu? How are Aha and the others? Is everything alright at the tribe?"

He paused for a moment, then asked, "Egeqi, are you feeling any better?"

Every word he uttered showed his concern for his family, and he even mentioned Habril. Although there was a slight hesitation, this made his expression more genuine.