After Mingxiu massaged him for a while, Kangxi opened his eyes. His expression had calmed down a lot, and the fatigue on his face had disappeared.
Kangxi held Mingxiu's hand and said, "Alright, I'm not tired anymore. You should rest for a while too."
Mingxiu rubbed her slightly sore hands, then plopped down on Kangxi's lap, saying in a serious tone, "When you're reviewing memorials in the future, remember to get up and move around a bit after working for about an hour, you know? Otherwise, if you don't move for a long time, you'll get hemorrhoids, I'm telling you."
Emperor Kangxi choked, unable to utter the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
"What nonsense are you talking about? How could I have hemorrhoids? How can you just say something like that?"
Mingxiu looked at Kangxi seriously: "Your Majesty, I'm telling you the truth, sitting still for a long time will cause hemorrhoids. Just think about it, if you get hemorrhoids and can't sit still, how embarrassing would it be if you said you had hemorrhoids when you were riding a horse or when the imperial physician came to see you?"
"Moreover, I've heard that someone got hemorrhoids because of sitting for long periods of time. One time when he went out to play, he accidentally ruptured his hemorrhoids and bled a lot. Everyone thought something was wrong with him and took him to the hospital, which made quite a fool of himself."
Perhaps it was because Mingxiu's tone was too serious, or perhaps it was because the things she described were too terrifying, but as soon as Kangxi followed her train of thought and imagined what would happen if he made such a big fool of himself, he instantly felt unable to sit still.
After pulling Mingxiu up and walking around a few times, he sat down again. Mingxiu watched Kangxi's wandering figure and covered her mouth, secretly smiling.
Cough~
It was as if Kangxi had eyes in the back of his head. Whenever Mingxiu smiled, Kangxi would cough, and Mingxiu would quickly suppress her smile, lest she become angry and embarrassed, and then she would be the one to suffer.
Mingxiu stayed in Qianqing Palace until evening, and only returned to Yonghe Palace after having dinner with Emperor Kangxi.
Oh, right, because during dinner that night, Mingxiu told Kangxi that eating too much oily food at night would cause indigestion and easily lead to hemorrhoids.
So, Emperor Kangxi, you simply had some light dishes served, not many, just enough for the two of you.
After finishing her meal, Mingxiu leisurely returned home, leaving Kangxi staring at her retreating figure with a bewildered expression.
Then that night, Mingxiu suffered retribution. Mingxiu was afraid of being retaliated against by Kangxi, so she deliberately did not enter the space that night. However, the space had developed other functions at some point. As long as the two people were not together, one person could travel to the other person's location through the space, but it was not possible when the two people were together.
So Kangxi came directly from the space to Mingxiu's room and brought Mingxiu into the empty space.
Mingxiu was quite shocked when she saw Kangxi inside the house. Fortunately, she didn't like having servants in the house, so she told everyone to go to rest early.
Otherwise, a scene of a person appearing in broad daylight will unfold in Mingxiu's house.
It was only after Kangxi explained it to Mingxiu that she understood that the space had this function, something she had never thought of before.
Then Mingxiu was captured by Kangxi and severely punished in his private space. She was forced to frighten Kangxi during the day, which left a considerable psychological scar on him.
So much so that even if no one reminded him, Emperor Kangxi would still get up and take a stroll after an hour.
Only the three of them knew that Mingxiu had been entrusted by the Imperial Noble Consort to take care of Yinzhen; no one else knew. Mingxiu did not give Yinzhen any special treatment; she treated him the same as usual.
The main reason is that she usually felt sorry for Yinzhen, so she was always very good to him.
Emperor Kangxi would often visit Chengqian Palace. Everything in the palace was still the same as before, but there were also some differences. For example, Mingxiu really disliked dealing with palace affairs.
Unfortunately, Consort Wenxi's child was still young. She could handle some matters, but not the overall situation. Her rank was not as high as Mingxiu's, so Emperor Kangxi forced Mingxiu to take on a job.
They called it "husband and wife united in heart".
Pah!
Mingxiu was furious!
But she still had to work honestly; there was no other way. Fortunately, Mingxiu had watched a lot of palace intrigue and domestic dramas before, and she herself had worked and been a palace maid, so she was quite clear about the underhanded dealings among the people below.
So it wasn't too difficult to handle, but it was a very complicated matter. Although a lot of things were assigned, Mingxiu still had a lot to deal with, which made her feel that she had become quite irritable lately.
The first thing Mingxiu did after taking over the harem was to release a group of people from the palace. Too many people in the palace were not good; they would only know how to scheme against each other all day long.
It's better to have fewer people. That way, everyone will have more to do, and naturally, they won't have time to scheme and plot.
Of course, Mingxiu didn't just let everyone leave randomly; she gave everyone a choice. If someone wanted to leave, they could simply sign up.
Then the affairs of each palace were divided up, the approximate time for the incense offering was set, and they were put in charge of their own affairs. They would then come and report once a month.
This saves so much time and effort; at most, we just need to send people out to conduct covert investigations more often.
By the time Mingxiu had finally settled things in the palace, foreign envoys who had come to pay homage to the emperor had already arrived in the capital.
Although Mingxiu didn't have to do these things, Kangxi and Yinreng were noticeably busier during this period.
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