Now that it was confirmed that Mingxiu would not be switched back, and that Lu Shao posed no threat to the Qing Dynasty, naturally no one paid any attention to it, especially Kangxi. After all, he was no longer the emperor, and these matters were no longer his concern.
Of course, Yinreng was quite concerned, but he also thought it didn't matter much. He would just send someone to check it out more often, because there might be a time when it would be useful in the future. After all, his mother and the cat had both said that this person might be a chemistry genius, and that was exactly the kind of talent he was looking for.
Yinreng has a very good idea. Now that he is the emperor, if he suddenly goes to contact people, they might suspect that he has ulterior motives. So he can make contact with them first. Once they become friends, things will be much easier.
Yinreng thought to himself with satisfaction, but did not take any action.
Mingxiu didn't pay much attention, but what she brought back caused a huge uproar. Everyone who used it said it was very useful, so they all came over to ask Mingxiu where she got it from.
Mingxiu could only tell them one by one where she bought her things. After counting them all, only the pregnant Empress didn't have any, so no one asked Mingxiu about them.
Time passed in this way. For Mingxiu, handling matters in the harem was a piece of cake. She had handled so many people in Kangxi's harem very well, let alone Yinreng's empty harem. So she only had a small part of her time to deal with things each day. Most of the time she was either playing with Chenghuan or with Chenghuan and the others, or fishing with Kangxi, reading books, and occasionally watching movies together to strengthen their relationship. When the children were on holiday, she could also let them come over to play.
Her days were full and fulfilling, and before she knew it, it was the end of the year. The Empress was more than nine months pregnant and it was almost time for her to give birth. The Empress was on high alert.
The New Year's arrangements had to be handled by Mingxiu herself. The palace was bustling throughout the year, but there was a hint of tension in everyone's excitement.
It was at this time that Emperor Kangxi fell ill, making the already tense atmosphere in the palace even more tense.
Mingxiu looked at the person lying on the bed with a flushed face and said helplessly, "Get up and take your medicine quickly."
Kangxi sat up weakly from the bed, looking at Mingxiu with accusatory eyes. Mingxiu felt uncomfortable under his gaze and unconsciously pulled the hand holding the medicine back.
"Why are you looking at me like that? You're the one who's sick, not me. Hurry up and take your medicine, you'll be fine soon." Mingxiu urged Kangxi to take his medicine.
One very bad thing is that the system upgrade completely wiped out everything in her space, so she doesn't even have any medicine now. Therefore, the medicine that Kangxi drank when he was sick was prepared by the imperial physician. It was bitter and astringent, and Mingxiu felt nauseous just from smelling it from afar. She really didn't know how they had managed to drink it before.
"I don't know why I told her not to play in the snow, but she insisted on going. After she came back, she snuggled into my arms and even took my blanket, making me sick." Kangxi complained with a thick nasal tone, frowning as he looked at the Chinese medicine in front of him. It's true that it's easy to be frugal but difficult to be frugal. Having gotten used to medicine that wasn't bitter, suddenly drinking such bitter medicine was really hard to accept.
Mingxiu looked at Kangxi somewhat guiltily: "Does he know he was wrong? Besides, did you play in the snow while I did? In the end, you got sick while I didn't. It just means my body is better than yours, so you can take this time to recuperate. Don't end up being worse off than me." Mingxiu was both unreasonable and confident.
"You little ingrate, who did I get sick for, and you're still making me angry here."
Whether it was because Kangxi's expression was truly unpleasant, or because Mingxiu's conscience genuinely felt guilty for bullying a sick person, Mingxiu finally couldn't help but apologize. "Alright, it's my fault, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to, I didn't have this problem before. I apologize to you, please forgive me. Look, there's some orange juice I made myself next to you, hurry up and drink it to sweeten your mouth." Mingxiu said eagerly.
"Hmph," Kangxi saw Mingxiu's ingratiating smile, picked up the medicine and drank it all in one gulp, then quickly took a big gulp of orange juice from the side to completely relieve the bitter taste in his mouth.
Mingxiu found it amusing, but ultimately assumed that Kangxi was a patient, so she didn't laugh out loud. She watched Kangxi drink his medicine, covered him with a blanket, and only came out after seeing that he had fallen asleep.
Mingxiu walked outside and couldn't help but smile when she saw the two snowmen piled up outside. Hongxi and the others happened to come over that day, and Mingxiu had nothing to do, so she led them to build snowmen and play. Kangxi watched from behind the whole time and didn't go forward at all, but unexpectedly, he still got sick in the end.
Mingxiu sat in the glass room, watching the heavy snow falling outside. She took a sip of tea. Whenever winter came in the palace, she liked to stay in this little corner, usually for the whole day.
The glass room was warm as springtime, with a sofa behind her, snacks and tea shops next to her, and a view in front of her. With a book in her hand, Mingxiu's life was truly blissful.
Yinreng arrived at this moment. He was initially worried because of Kangxi's illness, but when he saw Mingxiu, he was instantly relieved and slowed down. The little eunuch behind him saw that Yinreng had slowed down and quickly stopped running, wiping the sweat from his forehead. He had almost failed to keep up with the emperor's pace while running behind him.
Mingxiu heard the noise outside, and a day later she saw Yinreng arrive. Mingxiu smiled at Yinreng and waved for him to come in.
"It's snowing so heavily outside, why did you come here? You should have stayed in the Qianqing Palace instead." Mingxiu said as she poured Yinreng a cup of tea.
Yinreng took the tea and gulped down two mouthfuls, feeling his body immediately warm up before he began to speak: "I heard that Father Emperor was sick, so I came to see how Father Emperor is doing."
Mingxiu shook her head: "It's nothing, just a slight cold. I just took some medicine and fell asleep. I'm not worried about not being able to see."
"It's alright. Father Emperor has always been healthy. What happened this time? Why did he suddenly fall ill?" Yinreng muttered in confusion.
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