Although Xiuning had no faults, Kangxi preferred younger women, and Xiuning was too old for him.
The more people desire something, the more they want to get it.
As Emperor Kangxi grew older, his health declined, and he longed to be young again. The newly arrived concubines, who were as beautiful as flower buds, were his favorites.
Fortunately, Xiu Ning was prepared for someone like Kangxi, otherwise she might have been so angry that she vomited blood.
How can someone turn their back on you like that? They're so heartless.
The heartless Emperor Kangxi also felt that he had left a bit too quickly, giving off the vibe of a scumbag who used and discarded his possessions. So he simply had Li Dequan send him several treasures from his private treasury to make up for it.
Private treasuries differ from national treasuries; their contents are far richer and more valuable.
Emperor Kangxi was not a generous person by nature. Even when bestowing titles upon the harem, apart from two major conferments of titles upon the six palaces, the rest were all minor matters.
Rewards were also given; although Emperor Kangxi would give rewards to the harem during festivals, this was not the case.
The only items given as tips were a bracelet and a necklace; they were pretty, but they didn't match.
The concubines who had some standing were too embarrassed to ask Emperor Kangxi for it.
Over the years, Xiu Ning has been the only one in the harem who has actually benefited from the bestowal of rewards.
But that was all in the past. Right now, Xiuning is no different from anyone else.
Xiuning is too familiar with this change, which is why she's causing trouble behind the scenes.
Otherwise, when Emperor Kangxi later became suspicious and began to doubt others, Qixiang Palace would be the first to be affected.
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Time continued to pass, and at the end of the thirty-eighth year and the beginning of the thirty-ninth year of Kangxi's reign, the Ninth Prince Yintang and the Tenth Prince Yin'e got married and started families.
The two got married and were qualified to participate in government affairs.
With a wave of his hand, Emperor Kangxi bestowed the title of Beizi upon one of them and the title of Beile upon the other, which made the Yikun Palace lineage quite uncomfortable.
Consort Yi complained that Emperor Kangxi was stingy; they were both his own sons, yet they married only a year apart and still managed to get two titles.
The others enjoyed watching the spectacle, thinking that Consort Yi was simply ungrateful.
Including his adopted son Yin'e, he has three princes and one princess under his care (the princess is already married). What more could he want? Does he expect to be given all the good things in the world?
The palace was always in turmoil, and the imperial court was no less so.
When the year 40 of the Kangxi Emperor's reign arrived, the eleventh prince, Yin Tao, who had been raised by the Empress Dowager, married his first wife and made his official debut in the court. The succession struggle that had dragged on for several years finally came to a head.
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