"I don't even know what's the point of repeatedly asking me to come over when she's just pregnant. I'm not a royal physician."
The person Kangxi was referring to was Consort Jia, who was pregnant about a month earlier than Xiuning. It was also confirmed that she was carrying a boy, and she was being pampered at the imperial palace. Whenever she went out, she was always surrounded by a large entourage.
Emperor Kangxi had never been fond of Consort Niohuru, and seeing Consort Jia like this only made him more irritable.
After listening to Kangxi's words, Xiuning was able to guess his thoughts from those few words.
Tsk, he still regrets it. The eldest daughter of the Niohuru clan is pregnant, which poses too great a threat in the future. I'm afraid that Kangxi is still thinking that it would have been better to simply give up the position of Consort. After all, Kangxi does not like certain powerful Manchu clans.
"Your Majesty, please don't be angry. I think Consort Jia is just nervous because she is newly pregnant."
However, Your Majesty cannot be too biased; when you see Consort Jia, you must think of me.
"I'm very anxious about being pregnant alone."
After saying the last sentence, Xiu Ning's eyes were filled with tears, and her vulnerability was beyond words.
When Emperor Kangxi saw this, he was immediately heartbroken. "Oh dear, what are you saying, my beloved concubine? How could I forget you?"
Don't worry, I will definitely come to keep you company whenever I have time.
Despite all the bad things Emperor Kangxi did to women, there was one thing he did right: he kept his word.
Since he said he would come to keep her company when he had time, Kangxi would certainly not neglect Xiuning.
With a soft "Mmm," Xiu Ning rested her head on Kangxi's shoulder, her delicate fingers slowly entwining around Kangxi's strong hands. "With Your Majesty's words, I can rest assured."
After confirming pregnancy, one is not allowed to serve the emperor for at least a year.
The harem is a place with frequent personnel turnover. Xiu Ning also had to use certain methods to consolidate her favor during her pregnancy. However, although the methods were good, they required Kangxi's cooperation. The most essential purpose of all the things she said was to get Kangxi to come and stay more often.
The two continued to snuggle together, their conversation shifting from the harem to themselves.
This also shows that Kangxi still cared about Xiuning, and he regularly showed concern for her and his other children.
Although some might say such concern is a bit fake, we should still be understanding of the emperor's busy schedule, since some people don't even have this kind of perfunctory gesture.
That evening, Kangxi naturally chose to stay overnight.
Even though Xiuning could not serve him in bed, Kangxi believed that their feelings for each other were undeniable. Whether it was said or not, the spiritual resonance brought him more pleasure than mere physical intimacy.
He slept soundly through the night in a happy mood, and when he woke up the next day, he still had a happy look on his face.
He waved his hand, telling Chunyu not to wake Xiuning, "Let your master sleep a little longer."
Chunyu nodded in agreement, and then respectfully saw Kangxi off.
Shortly after Kangxi left, Xiuning woke up in bed.
Xiuning propped herself up on the bed and rubbed her eyes. "Chunyu, what time is it?"
"Master, it is already early morning."
Chunyu appeared with a teacup in hand and then helped Xiuning put on her shoes and socks and get out of bed.
"Hmm, how long has His Majesty been gone?"
Still not fully awake, Xiu Ning felt a bit dizzy and had no choice but to lean her head against the soft pillows on the tatami mat to rest.
"It's been a while. When His Majesty left, he told me not to wake my master."
By the way, the two cooks His Majesty promised yesterday have been delivered and I've arranged for them to work in the small kitchen. They're currently diligently preparing the soup His Majesty wanted.
Spring rain babbled on and on, and Xiuning found it all rather elusive.
"Master, Master?"
Seeing that her master had not replied for a long time, Chunyu carefully turned around to look at Xiuning, only to find that Xiuning had fallen asleep on the couch again.
Sigh, Master seems to be sleeping a lot lately. Is it really okay for his health to continue like this?
Chunyu was worried, but she couldn't say anything. She had consulted the imperial physicians, and more than one at that, but they all said that her master's health was fine and that she was sleeping a lot because she was overworked during her pregnancy.
Chunyu didn't know what the direct relationship was between pregnancy and overwork, but since she had already said what she wanted to say, all she could do was try her best to take good care of her mistress and not let her mistress overwork before giving birth.
Turning around, she took a thin blanket from the inner room and draped it over her master to cover him. Chunyu then removed the ice basin that had been placed in the room, as it wasn't hot inside yet.
"Xuanying, go and tell the servants in the small kitchen to postpone breakfast again."
Upon arriving at the door, Chunyu called Xuanying over and whispered instructions.
Xuan Ying looked up at the room in front of her. "Is Master asleep again?"
Chunyu nodded. "The master has been sleeping for long periods lately, and the imperial physicians can't diagnose anything." This made everyone else very anxious, fearing that there might be some undiscovered problem, and it would be too late once it broke out.
"Sister, there is no need to worry. I have heard that the other concubines have their own symptoms. Compared to them, our mistress is relatively mild."
Xuan Ying's eyes lit up, and she decided to use other people as examples to illustrate the situation.
She didn't think her master would have any problems. With these people protecting him at all times, not even a flying insect could get in.
“How can anyone else compare to our master?” Their master is the most important. “Hurry up and make arrangements so that our master can have a meal when she wakes up.”
Xuan Ying lowered her head and replied, "Yes," then turned and ran to the small kitchen to make the arrangements.
Because two new chefs were transferred here, they were in charge of preparing all the dishes this time.
Both chefs worked very hard to demonstrate their abilities to their new master. Although they were somewhat disappointed that Xiuning's breakfast was not served, they remained confident.
After sleeping for about half an hour, Xiu Ning slowly woke up from the bed.
It was already getting hot outside, and the blanket covering her made it hard for Xiuning to breathe.
She slowly got up on her own and looked around.
Tsk, I fell asleep again without even realizing it.
"System, is my body really alright?" Xiu Ning asked the system.
The system responded promptly, "Host, your body is fine. The reason you are in a deep sleep is because your body is undergoing automatic repair."
The system suggests that, unless absolutely necessary, the host should avoid becoming pregnant again.
Pregnancy is harmful to the body, and this is not just a saying. The system had already been monitoring Xiu Ning's health as soon as problems arose.
As it turned out, the previous productions did indeed damage Xiu Ning's vitality. Even though she recovered later with the help of the system and various medicinal herbs, it was only a superficial repair. The internal cracks were still difficult to fix.
This time, Xiuning experienced fatigue during her pregnancy, and her body also showed more severe reactions than before, which are specific manifestations of certain aftereffects.
"The system is repairing the host's body, so the host will be sleeping more frequently recently."
However, such repairs are irreversible; the best solution is to address the root cause.
The system spoke directly, and it believed that with the host's current status and number of offspring, there was no need to add anything more. It had never heard of the saying "adding legs to a snake," and it was already sufficient.
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