"Your Majesty, I played the flute before, did you hear me?" Mingxiu thought for a moment and realized that she had only played the flute that one time.
"Your Majesty, how could you be eavesdropping?" Mingxiu muttered to herself.
"Your Majesty, I really don't like practicing calligraphy. My hand hurts so much every time I write. Please have some pity on me," Mingxiu said with a bitter face.
Kangxi let out a loud laugh and looked at Mingxiu with a smile:
"Then tell me, what makes you feel uncomfortable?"
Mingxiu's eyes lit up. "Your Majesty, I love reading. Reading makes me feel less tired. I've already read so many books on my bookshelf."
Upon hearing this, Kangxi paused in his hand holding the pen, put it down, raised his hand and pinched Mingxiu's cheek, laughing in exasperation.
"You have the nerve to say that? I don't even want to talk to you. Look at the books you're reading. You like reading, huh?"
With Kangxi pinching her cheeks, Mingxiu spoke with a slight lisp, nodding as she struggled.
"Liang Jiugong, go and collect all the idle books from Consort Ming's place for me, without missing a single one." After saying that, he looked at Mingxiu and shook her cheek. "Also, send all the books that I packed up in my study to Consort Ming so that she can read to her heart's content."
Her intuition told her this wasn't a good sign. When she heard that Kangxi wanted to take away the storybooks from her study, she struggled even more fiercely, muttering, "Your Majesty, please don't! If you're going to give me books, just give me books! My bookshelf is big enough to hold them all. You don't need to put them away." Absolutely not! Those were her spiritual sustenance; how could she live without them?
"Are you really not able to tell, or are you pretending not to? I'm going to cut off your reading of all those miscellaneous books. Don't you like reading? Read them carefully, because I'll be checking later." Kangxi released Mingxiu's cheek and looked at her.
Mingxiu was on the verge of tears. Had she not checked the almanac before going out today? After struggling for a moment, she said, "Well then, there's no need to trouble Eunuch Liang to pack. I'll just have Lüzhu go back and tidy up, and then have the person who delivered the book bring it back later."
Mingxiu suggested this to Emperor Kangxi.
Emperor Kangxi looked at her with great interest and told her to clean up what had happened—a mouse that had fallen into the rice jar.
"No need, just let Liang Jiugong take care of it. You can just sit here and relax."
After saying that, he gestured for Liang Jiugong to leave.
Mingxiu felt like crying but had no tears left. She stared at Liang Jiugong, trying her best to make him understand the meaning in her eyes. Feeling the heat on his back, Liang Jiugong's already fast pace quickened even more.
The Empress's gaze was simply too powerful; he couldn't withstand it. He didn't know why the Emperor enjoyed teasing the Empress so much.
Seeing that there was no room for maneuver, Mingxiu simply gave up. If she couldn't see it, she wouldn't see it. She could just go into her space to see it later. As for the book Kangxi mentioned, Mingxiu thought it was obvious what kind of book it was. She wouldn't read it. Anyone who did was a dog, hmph!
Mingxiu sat beside him, fuming. Kangxi sighed and said helplessly, "Alright, it's just asking you to learn something. Is it that hard? You know how many people want this honor but don't have it, and you're the only one who looks disgusted."
"Your Majesty, I have no great ambitions. I just want to serve Your Majesty well and take care of His Highness the Crown Prince. As for the rest, I really just want to live a life of leisure and not study."
Learning is impossible, absolutely impossible.
Emperor Kangxi stared at Mingxiu in shock, having never seen such a shameless person.
Mingxiu proudly puffed out her chest. Of course, she had already worked herself to the bone in her past life, so why should she continue in this one? Besides, she wasn't really illiterate, and those Confucian sayings were just too difficult to read.
Seeing her defiant attitude, Kangxi felt somewhat helpless and began to offer bait. "How about this, if you study hard and pass my test, I will take you with me when I leave the palace. But if you don't study hard, I won't take you with me."
Upon hearing this, Mingxiu frowned, looking somewhat conflicted.
Seeing her like this, Kangxi pressed his advantage, saying, "Afterwards, I will be leaving the palace to escape the summer heat, and I will also be making a southern tour. Who goes then will be entirely up to me."
Mingxiu stopped worrying and said, "Alright then, Your Majesty, please remember what you said today and take me with you."
Mingxiu happily agreed. It wasn't that she was too weak; it was simply that the enemy was too powerful, and she couldn't withstand it any longer. She had no choice but to collude with them.
As for the puppy thing we just talked about, no big deal. 'Woof woof~~' Mingxiu readily admitted it. A dog is fine, but what's a dog compared to going out of the palace to play? You know, she'd seen in TV dramas that the emperor often went out of the palace, and she couldn't miss that opportunity.
However, if we're going to leave the palace, shouldn't we get the rubber out first? Otherwise, traveling will be too uncomfortable.
But where does the rubber come from?
That evening, Mingxiu and Kangxi checked on Yinreng together. They were relieved to see that he was alright. After the three of them had dinner, Kangxi took Mingxiu back to Yonghe Palace.
When they sleep at night, they naturally don't just chat under the covers; they naturally engage in intimate acts. Intimate acts require them to be completely naked and embracing each other to experience the pleasure. Mingxiu enjoys this kind of thing and finds it very enjoyable most of the time. The physical pleasure always makes her somewhat unable to stop, but it is limited to the pleasure she can control. Once she loses control of this pleasure, it is usually half pleasure and half pain.
Undoubtedly, this was also a physically demanding task, and by the time it was over, Mingxiu was so tired that she was almost asleep.
Before falling asleep, I was still vaguely thinking that exercise really improves sleep quality, and I won't have any insomnia at all.
The next day, when Mingxiu woke up, Kangxi had already left. She stared at the books on the bookshelf in silence for a moment.
She uttered a vulgar word that she wasn't sure if she should. What was she trying to do? Wasn't she afraid of cramming the bookshelf into a mess? Was she trying to become the top scholar or something, reading so many books?
Looking at the bookshelf full of books, Mingxiu was speechless.
I went over and flipped through them. There were chess scores, zither scores, music scores, and even the Three Character Classic. Goodness, they even included the Four Books and Five Classics. What was this all about?
As if it were burning her hand, Mingxiu threw the book onto the table, looking at it with a face full of disgust.
What does this mean? Does it mean they think she's uncultured and look down on her? Otherwise, why would they make her learn these things?
The key point is that he also promised Kangxi that he would study hard.
Looking at these books, Mingxiu felt like crying. She could already foresee how miserable her days would be, but she really wanted to get out.
Mingxiu opened the book, read a few pages, and then closed it. Is it too late for her to say she doesn't want to go out anymore?
Suddenly, she felt that lying in the palace was quite nice. Anyway, she had already seen many places in her previous life, so this wouldn't make a difference.
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