So where does this sound come from?
Could it be his inner voice?
Kangxi was so confused that Xiaozhuang called him several times but he didn't hear her. Xiaozhuang had to reach out and pat Kangxi's hand. Kangxi's body stiffened for a moment and he quickly came back to his senses.
"Grandma?"
Seeing him distracted, Empress Xiaozhuang couldn't help but worry.
"What happened today? I called you several times but you didn't respond?"
Kangxi forced a smile and said calmly,
"I've been so busy with government affairs that I haven't had a good rest these past few days. My grandson is being rude. Go change your clothes first."
Xiaozhuang nodded and said, "Go ahead."
Kangxi stood up from the couch and before leaving, he couldn't help but take a deep look at Yinreng, the son he had raised with his own hands since childhood.
Yinreng was so immersed in the shocked look in Kangxi's eyes that he didn't notice Kangxi's abnormality before he left. But even if he had noticed, he probably wouldn't have cared. After all, he worked hard for half his life in his previous life, but ended up dead. The worst outcome in this life would also be death, so why work so hard?
It doesn't matter whether you die early or late.
During the time of changing clothes, Kangxi thought a lot. He was so shocked that he forgot to distinguish the information contained in Yinreng's words. If what Yinreng said was true, then there was less than a month before the Junggar rebellion.
Thinking of what Yinreng was thinking, that the Junggar tribe had reached Wubutong, which was only 700 miles away from the capital, in just one month, Kangxi could not help but feel furious and somewhat doubtful.
When Kangxi changed his clothes and reappeared, there was no trace of abnormality on his face.
During the waiting period, Xiaozhuang and Yinreng each had their own thoughts and had no interest in talking.
Therefore, after Kangxi came out, the atmosphere in the warm room became lively again.
After dinner, Kangxi bid farewell to Xiaozhuang on the grounds of political affairs, and also took Yinreng out of the Cining Palace.
Yinreng was not very willing in his heart.
In this damn dynasty, people can only eat two meals a day. It's almost two o'clock before they have the second meal of the day. The rest of the time, if they are hungry, they can only eat snacks. In his previous life, he had worked hard to change the daily routine of Yuqing Palace to three meals a day. Now, he has returned to the time before liberation and has to start all over again.
At this moment, he was full and just wanted to go back to Yuqing Palace to take a nap, but now all his plans were ruined.
Yinreng sat in the sedan chair and stared at Kangxi's procession in front of him, muttering to himself in an unbalanced manner - Kangxi didn't hear a word.
Arrived at the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Kangxi went straight to the main hall and asked someone to bring a map. Looking at the territory of the Junggar tribe on it, his brows were furrowed so much that he could pinch a fly to death.
The Rakshasa are a tough nut to crack. Recently, the court's attention has been on the city of Yaksa, and the attention on the Junggar tribe has not been so close. After all, when autumn comes, the grassland tribes on the northwest border will take the opportunity to invade the border people and steal some food for the winter.
This seems to have become a tradition passed down for thousands of years. All dynasties have become accustomed to such small-scale frictions among the various tribes on the grassland and do not take it seriously at all.
He mentioned this matter in the Cining Palace today on a whim and didn't really take it seriously in his heart. But after hearing Yinreng's voice, he had to consider it seriously.
To put it another way, if Yinreng's thoughts were false, his preparations for a rainy day would at most result in the loss of some military supplies. If they were true, then his preparations for a rainy day would come in very handy.
Kangxi pointed at the map, while Yinreng stood aside, his mind wandering. It was difficult for him to fall asleep after eating.
After a while, Kangxi raised his head and said, "I hereby order Prince Xuanyu, Shangshan, Minister of War Yisan'a, Suo'etu, Mingzhu, Yu Guozhu, and Minister of Revenue Zhang Yushu to come to the audience."
Liang Jiugong took a step forward holding the whisk, "Hey."
Yinreng came back to his senses when Kangxi shouted. Although Kangxi's voice was not loud, one could hear a pin drop in the Qianqing Palace.
"What does the old man want to do? Calling so many people over?"
Yinreng couldn't help but wonder.
"Old man?" Kangxi's body suddenly froze. How could he be an old man? He was only thirty-three, at the prime of a man's life. How! Could he be an old man?!
Kangxi was very dissatisfied, but he couldn't show it for no reason, so he said,
"Yinreng, come and look at this map."
Hearing Kangxi calling his name, Yinreng couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion in his heart——
"Calling my name, calling my name, how did I offend this old man?"
As Yinreng moved his feet, he frantically searched in his mind for what he had done wrong. After a while, Yinreng was puzzled, "I didn't do anything today."
Kangxi listened to Yinreng's repeated "old man" in his heart, and his fists could not help but stiffen. If he hadn't figured out what was going on in his heart, he really wanted to hang this kid up and beat him up! He was told that he was disrespecting his father!
However, Kangxi was really wronging Yinreng. Yinreng was forty years old when he died in his previous life. No matter how well Kangxi took care of himself at that time, he was still an old man. From this point of view, it was normal for him to call Kangxi an old man. Unfortunately, Kangxi did not know this.
This led to Kangxi becoming increasingly displeased with Yinreng.
On the other side, as orders were issued one after another, the few people summoned by Kangxi soon met at the gate of the Forbidden City. When Soetu saw Mingzhu, his face fell.
Compared with Soetu, Mingzhu's Qi-cultivation skills were obviously much stronger. When he saw Soetu, he even took the initiative to step forward and say hello.
Even if they dislike each other.
Yisan'a, Yu Guozhu and others looked at each other, shook their heads and smiled bitterly.
In order to ease the atmosphere, Zhang Yushu took the initiative to ask why Kangxi suddenly summoned them. Suo Etu snorted coldly, "I don't know."
Then he took the lead, flicking his sleeves and walked forward.
Zhang Yushu felt a little annoyed at being humiliated, but he soon sighed.
He knew that Soetu's mood was not directed at him. After all, he was also a member of the prince's faction. Recently, the eldest prince had been shining brightly in the northeastern border. Everyone inside and outside the court praised his bravery and fighting skills. Mingzhu's party was complacent and made things difficult for Soetu. In addition, His Royal Highness the Prince was in a coma due to typhoid fever, so Soetu had a gloomy face every day recently and was not in a good mood towards anyone.
Forget it, forget it. I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will recover soon. He really doesn't want to face Soetu's dead fish-like old face every day.
Zhang Yushu walked forward, cursing in his heart.
Mingzhu stared at the backs of Soetu and Zhang Yushu for a while as if she was watching a good show, then she withdrew her gaze in a good mood.
Such a dog-eat-dog scene is rare. Mingzhu walked leisurely with her hands behind her back, but followed Soetu at a fast pace.
Soon, several people arrived at the Qianqing Palace, and the young eunuch at the door hurried in to announce it.
Kangxi actually wanted to use the time to wait for a few ministers to get some more information from Yinreng, but after hearing that the old man was the only one in his mind, he only wanted to beat Yinreng up.
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