"What are you saying?" Kangxi was taken aback.
"Hmph," Mingxiu snorted at him, turning her head away. "Your Majesty knows perfectly well what I have said."
Kangxi's face darkened, and he said in a deep voice, "Come here."
Mingxiu was slightly taken aback, and with her neck tilted back, she was even more unwilling to move. She felt wronged, thinking, "I'm already like this, and you're still yelling at me."
Kangxi sighed helplessly and said, word by word, “Hesheli Mingxiu, who gave you the courage to speak to me like this?”
Upon hearing this, Mingxiu's mood, which she had just calmed down that afternoon, suddenly surged up again.
"Get out! Get out of here! I don't want to see you, sob sob~" Mingxiu lost control and pointed at Kangxi, looking aggrieved, telling him to leave.
Before she could even finish speaking, she was already crying from feeling wronged.
Emperor Kangxi was initially angered by Mingxiu's attitude. As the supreme ruler, his words were always law, and all the concubines in the harem obeyed and catered to him. No one had ever dared to point a finger at him and tell him to leave.
But seeing the woman crying in front of him extinguished the raging fire that had just risen in his chest, leaving only a few sparks.
Mingxiu was so engrossed in crying that she didn't notice the man wasn't making any moves.
She was never a bold person, nor a clever one. She didn't know how to scheme against others. She was just an ordinary person who was forced to come here and forced to engage in scheming and intrigue with others in the palace.
I've always lived cautiously, from initially feeling uncomfortable to later being forced to get used to it.
She always thought she had adapted to the lifestyle, the way things were done, and everything about this place.
But she learned that the child she had raised since childhood almost got into trouble because of someone else's ambition, and the person she liked suspected her.
Didn't she feel sad? When Yinreng was sick, she was more saddened than anyone else, afraid that something really would happen to him. Finally, Yinreng recovered.
She was suspected because of this.
She can't say it out loud yet because no one can understand. Most people are hoping she'll collapse because of this, so she won't be in their way.
Mingxiu hid on the ground and cried loudly. She had endured all of that, but now she was being scolded simply because she missed home and couldn't help but wear her family's clothes.
"Waaaaah~"
Hearing Mingxiu's crying, Green Bamboo almost couldn't resist going in.
At the critical moment, it was Liang Jiugong's glance that instantly brought her back to her senses.
He stood obediently to the side, watching the room with concern.
Suddenly, Mingxiu was embraced in a warm hug. She immediately stopped crying, looked up with tears in her eyes, and saw Kangxi's helpless gaze.
"Alright, stop crying. I know what you're thinking. I don't doubt you." Kangxi sat on the couch, holding Mingxiu in his arms.
Upon hearing this, Mingxiu raised her head, her eyes brimming with tears and doubt, and asked, "Really? Does Your Majesty know what I'm saying?"
Kangxi nodded helplessly. "Really, I believe that Bao Cheng's matter has nothing to do with you. I'm not stupid. Putting aside everything else, if you were the one who did it, would it have been discovered in your palace?" As he spoke, he reached out and poked the forehead of the foolish Mingxiu.
"Tell me what you've been thinking all day. If I had any doubts, would I have waited until now?"
Mingxiu opened her mouth and said, "If the Emperor suspects me, why did he have such a strange expression that day?"
Kangxi's gaze darkened slightly, but his expression remained unchanged. He looked at Mingxiu with a hint of surprise in his eyes. "There were other matters that day, but they certainly had nothing to do with you. However, I didn't expect you to have noticed."
Mingxiu paused for a moment, then looked at Kangxi and said, "Am I that stupid? Can't you even see that?"
Kangxi did not speak, but merely glanced at her from head to toe, the meaning of which was self-evident.
"Your Majesty!" Mingxiu's voice was filled with exasperation. She just didn't like to use her brain, but she didn't know she was that stupid.
Kangxi chuckled as he looked at her pouting, defiant expression.
"Alright, I was wrong. I apologize to you, okay? I really didn't mean to doubt you," Kangxi shook his head and explained.
Mingxiu then stopped crying and smiled, saying, "Since Your Majesty has apologized, I will be magnanimous and forgive you, Your Majesty." As she spoke, she reached out and hugged Kangxi's waist tightly, burying her head in his chest.
Kangxi helplessly held the person in his arms, and didn't argue with her.
Outside, as the sounds inside gradually subsided, Green Bamboo breathed a sigh of relief.
Liang Jiugong also breathed a sigh of relief and said to Lüzhu with a smile, "Don't worry, nothing serious will happen to the Emperor inside."
Green Bamboo nodded, turned around and went downstairs to give a few instructions, then returned: "Eunuch Liang, there's nothing else to do now. The food and wine are all prepared. Please go and rest for a while. We will inform you if anything happens."
Liang Jiugong nodded in satisfaction, instructed the eunuch beside him to stand guard, and then followed Lüzhu to the arranged place.
The silent, one-sided conflict between Mingxiu and Kangxi has come to an end. Although she still doesn't know what the Emperor was thinking that day, she doesn't care anymore, as long as the Emperor doesn't suspect her.
With her in a better mood, Mingxiu naturally felt more inclined to cause trouble. After calculating what she had accomplished so far, she had something new to cause trouble with.
"Your Majesty, is it really delicious to make it this way?"
Mingxiu stood at the kitchen door with satisfaction. To make it easier, she had tied her cuffs with bandages, making them into the shape of a tight-fitting garment that was common nowadays, clinging tightly to her arms. Hearing this, she said without turning her head, "Don't worry, your mistress won't lie to you. When has my cooking ever been bad?"
Hearing this, Green Bamboo nodded. Indeed, everything her empress made was delicious. She wondered if her empress was truly brainless, able to come up with so many delicious dishes.
Watching the hot oil bubbling on the fire, next to a large bowl of bland beef tendon noodles, Mingxiu picked up the seasonings one by one with her left hand, causing the hot oil on the small stove to ripple. She picked up the prepared rag, put it on her hand, and carefully took the hot oil with the seasonings off the fire, turning around and walking forward.
A string of female eunuchs followed behind. Green Bamboo really wanted to take the steaming hot oil from the Empress's hand, afraid that she might hurt a single hair on her head.
But his own empress insisted on doing it herself, saying that she wanted him to do the final step.
Unable to.
All I can do is watch from the sidelines.
Mingxiu, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around, looked at everyone, and smiled, indicating, "Are you all ready?"
The people behind her looked at each other, wondering what the Empress was talking about. Just as Green Bamboo was about to speak, she saw that Mingxiu had already turned around.
I had no choice but to keep my mouth shut.
With a sizzling sound, a pungent aroma, along with a strong spicy smell, wafted over, causing Mingxiu, who was closest to the crowd, to sneeze instantly.
Green Bamboo quickly stepped forward to pull Mingxiu back, only to see her mistress waving her hand dismissively and starting to stir the pot in front of her with chopsticks.
Soon the noodles, which had looked bland just moments before, turned a vibrant red color and looked very appetizing.
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