Seeing how quickly his Imperial Noble Consort had cowered, Kangxi sat down next to her in the rocking chair.
Leaning back in the rocking chair, which is actually a swing, only it's a bit bigger than usual, like a chair, it's the most comfortable place to sit under the shade of a tree when the summer breeze is blowing.
Kangxi leaned close to Wanwan, his hand on the back of his head.
With a slight push of his foot, it wobbled. "So, what's got you so excited?"
Wanwan didn't hide this from him, because at this time Kangxi cared a lot about Wanwan, and even if he knew, he wouldn't do anything to her.
Even if Emperor Kangxi grew old and became worried, and wanted to do something in the future, he would probably have already passed away.
So Wanwan didn't care anymore and said directly, "After I woke up today, I realized it's been a long time since I've calculated how much land and shops I own, and kept an account book of my income."
So in the afternoon, I did some calculations with Tingyu and Tingfeng, and said, "Xuan Ye, let me tell you, if you want to live off a woman, I can afford to support you."
When Kangxi heard the first part, he knew that his Imperial Noble Consort must have a lot of wealth, so he was quite happy when he was calculating it today. But when he heard the latter part, he choked.
Kangxi coughed...
Emperor Kangxi was shocked. He, the ruler of a country and the emperor of the world, was actually told by his own woman that he would support her.
Kangxi couldn't help but ask again, "What did you say?"
Wanwan leaned back comfortably in her chair, and with a slight push of her feet, the chair rocked back and forth as usual. "Your Majesty, I would like to suggest that if Your Majesty has a weak stomach, you might consider living off a woman."
Kangxi: ……………
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Kangxi didn't speak. Wanwan saw that Kangxi was shocked, but what did that have to do with her? Instead, she asked again, "Xuanye, is your stomach okay? If your stomach is not okay, you can really try living off a woman."
Kangxi: ………………
When Kangxi realized what was happening, his first reaction was to refute it, and he was also somewhat annoyed.
Kangxi: "Ha, I am the emperor, the whole world belongs to me, why would I need you to support me?"
Wanwan leaned her face close to his and said teasingly, "Really? But I seem to recall that when we quelled the Rebellion of the Three Feudatories a couple of years ago, the national treasury was empty, so things didn't go very smoothly. Could it be that I'm mistaken? Perhaps I'm mistaken, after all, how could Your Majesty lie to anyone?"
Wanwan's sarcastic remarks made Kangxi blush, and he really couldn't refute them.
When the Three Feudatories were quelled, the national treasury was indeed short of money, and the Yellow River had breached its banks, causing severe flooding, which required a large amount of money.
By then, there were only eight million taels of silver. The national treasury only had eight million taels of silver.
But who was Kangxi? Would he admit defeat so easily? So he said, "That was a few years ago. In recent years, we have won the war and the national treasury has had some income, so we are not too poor."
However, Wanwan's words piqued Kangxi's interest. Since Wanwan dared to say such a thing, it meant that she must have considerable wealth.
So Kangxi asked, "Since you say you're supporting me, you must have quite a bit of wealth, right? Tell me exactly how much you have."
Emperor Kangxi was also very curious about how much money his Imperial Noble Consort had.
It's not that I'm after money; it's mainly out of interest, and also because of gossip. Didn't Emperor Kangxi have the title of "King of Gossip in the Capital"?
P.S.: Don't say that Manchus in the Qing Dynasty didn't do business. It's a novel, so of course it's what the author writes. If you take it too seriously, you'll lose.
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