Consort Yi said, “I know the reasoning, but I still can’t believe that the Emperor is so heartless. I didn’t even look at the child I gave birth to.”
Consort Yi's head maid also knew that the Emperor's actions were somewhat heartless. After all, she was a piece of flesh that had fallen from the Empress's body, so how could he not care?
But no one could refute the Emperor's decree, and all she could do was offer guidance and advice.
Jingren Palace
Emperor Kangxi said, "My dear, you've been keeping watch all night, you must be tired. Your belly is quite big too."
Kangxi felt sorry for Wanwan, who was heavily pregnant, and had waited all night. However, she could not leave. The Empress Dowager could leave, and Kangxi could leave, but the Empress Dowager was waiting, and Wanwan, as the head of the harem, could not refuse.
Wanwan: "Yeah, I'm a bit tired after guarding the place all night."
Hearing this, Kangxi felt even more distressed.
However, he couldn't directly issue an imperial decree for Wanwan to rest. Otherwise, with the Empress Dowager watching over her, it wouldn't be proper for her, the mistress of the harem, to be absent.
Emperor Kangxi said, "Now that you've finished your breakfast, wash up and go to bed."
"You've been pregnant for almost eight months, haven't you?"
Wanwan: "Yes, I'm eight months pregnant. After sitting all night, I'm really a bit stiff."
Emperor Kangxi said, "Tingyu, didn't you hear your mistress complaining of being tired? Hurry up and take her back to rest."
Hearing Kangxi's words, Tingyu dared not refute them and immediately replied, "Yes, this servant will take you to wash up."
Wanwan said, "Xuan Ye, keep your voice down. You're scaring Tingyu. Besides, it wasn't her fault in the first place."
Emperor Kangxi never expected that Wanwan would contradict him because of a palace maid.
But seeing the exhaustion on her face, and not wanting to scold her, I said, "Yes, yes, I should have kept my voice down. Go wash up and go to bed."
Emperor Kangxi knew Wanwan very well, especially during her pregnancy. She spent most of her time sleeping, except when she was playing with her son, Yinzhen.
Many things are handled by listening to the wind and rain, and besides, she didn't sleep yesterday afternoon and didn't sleep last night either, so the fatigue on her face was already impossible to hide.
With Tingyu and Tingfeng's help, Wanwan changed into her nightgown and immediately rushed to the bed, as her large belly made things inconvenient.
Even with the help of the system, I didn't experience nausea or vomiting, but being heavily pregnant was still very uncomfortable.
As soon as Wanwan's head touched the pillow, she fell asleep within moments. Kangxi felt a pang of heartache seeing Wanwan fall asleep so quickly, but there was nothing he could do.
Besides, he has to go review the memorials now.
Kangxi said, "Take good care of your mistress. When she wakes up, immediately give her something to eat."
Tingyu replied, "Yes, this servant understands."
Kangxi sat on the edge of the bed, his hand unconsciously stroking Wanwan's cheek, and then gently kissing her forehead.
After waiting for her for a short while, he went back to the Qianqing Palace to review memorials, after all, Kangxi was an emperor with ambition.
…………………When Wanwan woke up from her nap, it was already afternoon.
Wanwan opened her eyes and yawned.
"Listening to the rain".
Listening to the rain, "This servant is here."
Wanwan: "What time is it? How long have I been asleep?"
Tingyu said, "Your Majesty, it's already afternoon, time for dinner. You've been sleeping for three hours."
When Wanwan heard that she had only slept for six hours, she suddenly realized that she hadn't slept for very long.
Wanwan: "I'm hungry, let's prepare dinner."
Listening to the rain is "yes".
Wanwan: "By the way, where is Yinzhen? Is he still pestering the Crown Prince in the Qianqing Palace?"
As for why Yinzhen liked his second brother, it's unclear why; perhaps it's because they were initially close in history.
Not only did Yinzhen like his second brother, but Yinreng also seemed to like Yinzhen quite a bit, always saving a share of anything good for Yinzhen.
"Yes, Your Majesty," said Tingyu. "Yesterday afternoon you took the Fourth Prince to the Crown Prince's palace, and he didn't return all night."
Hearing this, Wanwan felt somewhat helpless about Yinzhen, because he rarely came home.
He always clung to his second brother, spending more time sleeping with him than at Jingren Palace.
This was only because his second brother had to go to school, and he couldn't disturb him.
If he were to go to the Imperial Study to study in the future, he would probably be inseparable from his second brother, like they were wearing the same pair of pants.
Wanwan said, "If he's not coming back, he's not coming back. I don't care about him anymore. Anyway, the Crown Prince will keep an eye on him. He's such a heartless little brat. He doesn't even care about his mother." Although Wanwan was scolding him, her expression was quite different.
Looking at the expression on her mistress's face, Tingyu understood perfectly. "Who isn't caring enough about Your Majesty? They take all the good food and fun things to Jingren Palace, especially the Emperor's and Crown Prince's things, quite a lot of which they've taken back."
Tingyu couldn't help but laugh out loud at this point, wondering how a little kid could be so biased towards the inside and never towards the outside.
Wanwan: "Hehe, I'm really good at raising sons, I know how to love me."
Tingyu said: Your Majesty, do you want to listen to what you're doing? Just now you were saying that the Fourth Prince doesn't care about you, but now you're saying that the Fourth Prince still loves you. Are all women so fickle? But why aren't he and Tingfeng so fickle?
Wanwan said, "Alright, help me get up. It's time to eat something and go to sleep."
Just as Wanwan finished speaking, Kangxi entered.
Emperor Kangxi said, "Qingqing, you just woke up and ate, and you just finished eating and went back to sleep." This directly implied that Wanwan was... well, you know.
Wanwan: "Heh, is it me who wants to sleep? It's clearly the child who wants to sleep. What does it have to do with me? If it weren't for him, would I be so sleepy?"
Kangxi listened to Wanwan's explanation without refuting it, because he knew that even without children, Wanwan's habit of sleeping would still persist.
Actually, Wanwan always felt that the reason she wanted to sleep was related to her time in the apocalypse. Back then, she had to be vigilant at all times, and as food became scarcer and the environment became harsher, she couldn't get a good night's sleep. So, psychologically, Wanwan always felt sleepy, wanted to sleep, and wanted to rest.
As food became increasingly scarce, Wanwan became quite particular about food, which led to her developing the habit of being both a foodie and a lazybones in this life, a habit she didn't want to change.
Kangxi said, "Good, good, he is my son. Wanting to sleep has nothing to do with Wanwan."
Wanwan: "That's just how it is."
After saying that, she didn't change into her nightgown, but instead had Tingyu help her get up and have dinner.
Emperor Kangxi was a very self-disciplined emperor. He really did not eat anything after lunch (at 2 pm), except for some pastries.
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