After another night of tossing and turning, Mingxiu was so tired that she almost fell asleep when the storm finally stopped.
Lying in bed, looking at the person nestled in his arms, her arms tightly wrapped around him, she was clingy and insisted on sleeping close to him. Moreover, she was a restless sleeper. Usually, concubines should sleep on the outside so they could serve him at night. But when he made her sleep on the outside, it was fine at first, but after a while, her true nature was revealed. One night, when they were sleeping together, she fell off the bed with a thud, which startled Kangxi awake. He saw her getting up from the floor, but she was still half asleep. She had vaguely climbed back onto the bed and fallen asleep again, leaving Kangxi dumbfounded.
The next day, when I asked her, I found that she had no recollection of what happened the night before.
After that, Emperor Kangxi dared not let her sleep outside anymore, and she always slept inside.
Moreover, she would always put her legs on him at night, wrap her arms tightly around his waist, and rub her head against his shoulder from time to time, just like a clingy cat, which made Kangxi's heart soften.
From the time he could remember, Kangxi had always slept alone and had never shared a bed with anyone. Even when he was young and his relationship with Empress Renxiao was at its strongest, they each used their own quilt and went to bed properly. This had always been the case, so when someone suddenly insisted on holding him while he slept at night, Kangxi was nervous.
This completely shattered his understanding of security. Kangxi struggled with it, but Mingxiu wouldn't listen and did things his own way. Over time, he gradually got used to it.
Even now, whenever I sleep with Mingxiu at night, I feel like something is missing if I don't hold her.
Habits can be terrifying.
Kangxi looked at Mingxiu's sleeping face, gently kissed her forehead, and then fell into a deep sleep while holding her.
However, Kangxi did not know that this tactic was only effective on people he cared about. If he didn't care about them, he wouldn't force himself to adapt to others.
When Mingxiu woke up in the morning, Kangxi was no longer there. Mingxiu turned her head to look around, yawned, picked up the dinosaur pillow and tucked it between her legs, then took a nice nap before getting up.
In the morning, I asked Green Bamboo to massage her waist. Last night we were too rough. Thinking about all the lewd things the man said last night, even a modern person like Mingxiu felt blush and her heart raced.
Her back was really too weak to handle the strain, even though she wasn't even 18 yet.
After lunch, Mingxiu started researching how to make canned peaches. This morning, the imperial kitchen delivered a basket of yellow peaches, which instantly rekindled Mingxiu's desire to eat canned yellow peaches.
So after lunch, I couldn't wait to get started. The canned yellow peaches mainly consist of yellow peaches, white sugar, and cooled boiled water. I peeled the peaches, washed them with salt to sterilize them, and then put them in a glass jar with sugar and cooled boiled water. I steamed them for 15 minutes.
Mingxiu also made canned oranges using the same method. She likes both of them. She had previously watched a video where someone said that canned yellow peaches were more effective than medicine for treating illnesses in their area.
Mingxiu didn't know if it was true or not, but as long as it tasted good, that was enough.
After it cooled down, Mingxiu tasted it. It wasn't as sweet as the ones she had eaten before, but it was still quite good. She had someone send a portion to both the Crown Prince and Emperor Kangxi.
After thinking about it, I decided to send a portion to Consort Hui as well. She could just have a taste. The rest I distributed to the servants.
She actually prefers canned oranges; she can't tell the difference in the broth, but she still thinks the orange pulp tastes better.
It was already April, and Kangxi still hadn't said when he would leave the palace. Mingxiu asked several times but couldn't get a specific time.
But since he hasn't made any moves yet, I guess he'll be going to the Summer Palace to escape the summer heat.
That's fine too. As long as she can leave the palace, Mingxiu doesn't mind going anywhere. Besides, the summers in the Forbidden City are really too hot. Going outside to escape the heat would be a good idea.
So she stopped worrying about it and continued to study hard, occasionally engaging in a "life-affirming" activity with Kangxi, and cultivating her relationship with Yinreng.
Life is wonderful.
Recently, several new concubines have entered the harem, but none of them have been assigned to Mingxiu's Yonghe Palace, perhaps because they don't want to increase her power.
Mingxiu didn't care. It was just fine that she was the only one in the palace, so she wouldn't have to be wary of others. Yonghe Palace was already under her control. Except for the Empress Dowager's people, everyone else had been taken away by her for various reasons.
So she's living a very comfortable life now, but Mingxiu is in a dilemma. Kangxi's birthday is coming soon, and she doesn't know what gift to give him today.
I haven't seen him like anything.
However, preparations still needed to be made, as the Emperor's birthday was a major event, so the palace had been preparing for it for a long time.
March 18th
Mingxiu got up early, got ready, and ate something. Today she needed to see the Empress Dowager. After the Emperor finished meeting with the court officials in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, it would be their turn to attend the family banquet.
After packing their things, they set off with Green Bamboo. After paying their respects to the Empress Dowager, they went to the main hall of the Qianqing Palace once everyone had arrived. The gifts had already been sent before Kangxi's birthday, so going there now was really just for a meal. Mingxiu also followed the trend and sent a box of pearls, each pearl the size of a quail egg. Anyway, she didn't know what to send, so she just sent something expensive.
Mingxiu said that she should just celebrate her birthday simply with her family and friends, instead of making things so complicated and tiring.
Anyway, Mingxiu was quite tired. Even while eating, she had to chat with people for a while, talking about all sorts of random things. She wasn't happy at all.
When the evening ended, Mingxiu dragged her tired body back home. After Mingxiu finished washing up, she saw Kangxi sitting on the couch with a piece of clothing in his hand.
Upon seeing what Kangxi was holding, Mingxiu blushed instantly, quickly walked over, snatched the item from Kangxi's hand, and hid it behind her back.
"How can Your Majesty touch someone's things without their permission?" Mingxiu said somewhat embarrassedly.
Kangxi looked at the thing she had snatched and was carrying behind her back, then glanced at Mingxiu and said with amusement, "What, didn't you make this for me?"
Mingxiu stiffened her neck and replied, "Of course not, this is something I made for myself. Didn't I already send His Majesty's gift to him?"
Actually, yes, but after Mingxiu finished making the clothes, she realized they were really ugly and misaligned. It would be better if they were inner garments, but they were outer garments, so she was too embarrassed to show them off. Therefore, she had no choice but to use large pearls to make up for it.
I don't know why I forgot to put it away back then, and now the Emperor has seen it in the dark.
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