Mingxiu reached out her hand somewhat irritably, waved it lightly, then turned over and continued sleeping. Immediately afterwards, she felt a warm breath on her neck and a large hand on her back.
Mingxiu was startled awake and saw Kangxi's big face. They were so close that they could smell each other's hot breath.
Mingxiu was stunned for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief. She pushed Kangxi's shoulders with both hands and pushed him up slightly. "Your Majesty, why are you suddenly so close to me? You scared me."
"I saw you were sleeping soundly, so I didn't want to wake you." Kangxi raised an eyebrow.
Mingxiu rolled her eyes. This is what they call not wanting to wake her up? You're kidding me.
He yawned and said, "Why has the Emperor come at this hour?"
As she spoke, she stretched out her arms, and Kangxi grabbed both of her arms and pulled her up to sit up.
"I had nothing to do, so I came to see what you were doing, but you were sleeping like a little pig, and I couldn't wake you up no matter what I did."
Mingxiu felt somewhat innocent. She always slept like this, and normally, once she fell asleep, no one could wake her up.
There was thunder in the sky, but she couldn't wake up.
Emperor Kangxi stroked Mingxiu's fair and jade-like skin, her fur somewhat dark in color, and said, "My beloved concubine seems to have gained quite a bit of weight recently."
Mingxiu proudly puffed out her small chest, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Kangxi. "That's all thanks to Your Majesty. I thank Your Majesty for your hard work, which has given me this small figure."
Mingxiu looked at Kangxi with seductive eyes as she spoke.
Kangxi's expression became somewhat strained as he was provoked by the implication in her words. "Do you even know what shame is? You blurt out all sorts of things every day."
Mingxiu smiled sweetly, wrapped her arms around Kangxi's neck, and pressed her chest against his face. "Did I say something wrong? I was praising Your Majesty. Why doesn't Your Majesty want to?"
Looking at the surging waves before him, Kangxi felt his throat was dry and hoarse. He swallowed hard before speaking, "Since this is the result of our hard work, then it should naturally be corrected."
As he spoke, Kangxi buried his head in her chest, and Mingxiu felt as if millions of tiny ants were crawling on her chest, a tingling sensation.
Laughing, she shrank back to hide, but how could Kangxi let her have her way? He simply put his arm around Mingxiu's waist, and Mingxiu was pressed against him again.
Kangxi's large hand lingered restlessly on Mingxiu's back, and soon after, Kangxi pulled off Mingxiu's bodice and used it to cover her eyes.
People's senses usually become stronger when they can't see their other senses. Mingxiu felt that Kangxi's hands and mouth, which were messing with her body, suddenly became very intense, and she couldn't bear it for long.
Her delicate laughter turned into a sob, almost like a first whimper.
The two of them made a ruckus in the house all afternoon, and only tidied up and came out in the evening.
Mingxiu touched her lips with some annoyance; her lips were red and slightly swollen.
She glared at Kangxi, blaming it all on that man. He said he couldn't eat anymore, but he still forced himself to eat.
Kangxi, on the other hand, was happily tidying up his clothes, with a smile on his face. When he saw Mingxiu glaring at him, he just smiled slightly.
In the days that followed, Changchun Garden remained quiet. Mingxiao usually played with Chenghuan, or brought Chenghuan and Yinreng along, or played mahjong with Consort Hui and the others.
Soon it was time to return to the palace.
Before returning to the palace, Mingxiu was somewhat worried. This time, all the high-ranking concubines had left, leaving none in the palace. She wondered how the harem was doing now.
However, upon returning to the palace, she found it quite quiet and nothing major had happened. Mingxiu raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.
But thinking about it, it makes sense. Since Emperor Kangxi is no longer around, there's nothing for them to fight over.
Mingxiao in Yonghe Palace pulled over the system next to Yinreng and asked him to scan the palace to see if any unusual things had appeared while she was gone.
The result was obvious: nothing that shouldn't have happened occurred.
Mingxiu tapped the table, indicating she was about to think things through. In fact, she had been contemplating and trying to come up with a solution during this time, observing the expressions on everyone's faces.
There weren't many people in the palace who didn't get along with her. The Empress Dowager was one, Consort Xi was another, and Lady Wuya was yet another. The rest of them, while not particularly close, weren't particularly bad either.
However, after several purges of the Wuya family, Wuya Shi should not have the ability to drug her without anyone noticing.
As for Consort Xi, Mingxiu found it hard to understand. Just the fact that she pushed Wei Shi out to become the emperor's favorite was already very puzzling to Mingxiu.
But Mingxiao actually believed that the Empress Dowager was the one who drugged her. After all, while Yonghe Palace wasn't exactly impenetrable, it was still quite secure. If she could still find an opportunity to drug her, it could only be the person with the most connections in the palace.
It is obvious that the Empress Dowager is this kind of person.
However, Mingxiao really couldn't understand what reason the Empress Dowager could possibly have for taking action against her.
Unable to figure it out, Mingxiu decided to stop thinking about it for the time being. Anyway, if someone else were to attack her, the system could detect it at any time.
Let's wait until the tests are done or if any suspicious points are found before making a decision.
Mingxiu didn't want these problems to bother her, but there were two things that made her feel bad after returning to the palace.
One is that Lady Wei is pregnant.
Mingxiu was actually somewhat prepared for this, as the emperor had been quite fond of her during that period, and there was also a historical figure known as the Eighth Prince.
So it wasn't a big deal that she was pregnant, but what was unexpected was how coincidental it was—she got pregnant right after falling out of favor.
However, given her low rank, if she were to give birth to two children, she certainly wouldn't be the one to raise them.
She is currently living in Consort Xi's palace, and it seems that Consort Xi will be the one to raise the Eighth Prince in the future.
He shouldn't be considered the seventh prince anymore, since the sixth prince didn't come out, so the princes after him moved up one rank.
Mingxiu was alright, but the other concubines might not be so comfortable.
Another thing that made Mingxiu uncomfortable was that the Imperial Noble Consort's little princess might not make it.
After returning from Changchun Garden, the little princess summoned the imperial physician every few days, and each time the condition worsened, as could be seen from the increasingly pale complexion of the Imperial Noble Consort.
Sure enough, not long after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Mingxiu was sleeping soundly when Green Bamboo suddenly woke her up from her bed.
The little princess of Chengqian Palace did not make it through the ordeal. Mingxiu felt a pang of sadness. She had met the little princess before; although she looked somewhat weak, she was very clever and mischievous.
Unexpectedly, she didn't make it through in the end, and we don't know how the Imperial Noble Consort's health is now.
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