Chapter 73 Chapter 73 Although it has been decided to give Yin...
Although it was decided to give Yinzhen some tasks to gain experience, Kangxi did not do it immediately. Instead, he went to find Concubine Nianhulu first.
Although he believed that Yinzhen's ultimate goal in doing that was to get a job, since Yinzhen used the matter of the concubines as an excuse, it meant that he actually had some resistance to this matter in his heart, otherwise he would not have used it as an excuse.
Kangxi now wanted to see if there was anything wrong with the issue of the concubines that would make Yinzhen object. He did not think it was Qi Buchen's problem. After all, Qi Buchen was only twelve years old and it was too early for him to even consummate his marriage with Yinzhen. How could he possibly care about this matter?
Noble Consort Nianhulu welcomed Kangxi into the inner chamber and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, it's been a while since you've been here. Your sudden arrival has made my heart skip a beat. Could it be that bastard Yin'e has been causing trouble in the upper study again?"
Kangxi pointed his finger at her and said, "I don't think you're worried about Old Ten getting into trouble. You're clearly blaming me for not coming to see you."
Concubine Niuhulu played along, acting jealous and saying, "How dare I? I am old and faded now, how dare I hope to compare myself with those younger sisters."
"Hahaha." Kangxi laughed heartily at Noble Consort Nianhulu's affected demeanor. "You're worrying too much, Noble Consort. They can't even remotely compare to you."
Concubine Nianhulu smiled and didn't care about what she said. She knew whether she was as good as him or not.
"The Eighth Princess hasn't slept yet. She was still talking about the Emperor yesterday. Does the Emperor want to see her?" Concubine Nianhulu was a smart person. She would not stop the Eighth Princess from seeing Kangxi just because she was not her own daughter. On the contrary, she knew very well that the better she treated the Eighth Princess, the more Kangxi would value her.
Of course, she was also very good to Ba Gege, pouring all her love for her daughter who died young into Ba Gege.
Kangxi pondered for a moment and shook his head: "Forget it, I don't feel very energetic today."
Concubine Nianhulu tactfully talked about other things, but she didn't get to the point about Kangxi for a long time.
Kangxi asked directly, "I heard that you have chosen someone for the fourth brother recently?"
Upon hearing this, Noble Consort Nianhulu's expression became more cautious. "Yes, a few days ago, Sister Defei sent someone to say that the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that the Fourth Prince already knew about the personnel arrangements, and asked me to choose two of the selected girls from the previous round for him. I thought that Sister Defei was my biological mother after all, so I ordered someone to send the list of girls over and let Sister Defei personally choose two."
She explained the whole story clearly and pointed out that the final candidate was not chosen by her, but by her biological mother, Concubine De.
Kangxi could not deny it, but nodded and said, "Which two people were chosen?"
"One is Song, the daughter of Jin Zhu, the chief official, and the other is Li, the daughter of Li Wenye, the magistrate." Concubine Nianhulu answered politely.
Both of them are Han Chinese and both are of the sixth rank.
Kangxi frowned. Although he had always advocated the integration of Manchus and Han people, just looking at his harem, one could tell that all the high-ranking concubines were of Manchu and Mongolian origin. There were also Han women, but their ranks were basically not high. For example, Wang, who had given birth to two sons, was still a concubine with no rank at all.
As for his sons, not to mention his wife, those who were given to him by the palace in the harem were almost all from prominent Manchu and Mongolian families, and there were very few Han people.
Now it was Yinzhen's turn, but the daughters were two low-ranking Han officials. How could he not look unhappy?
No wonder, no wonder Yinzhen came to him and talked about this kind of thing. He was complaining to his emperor father!
Kangxi snorted coldly, and Concubine Nianhulu lowered her head even more.
However, Kangxi also knew that this matter could not be blamed on the imperial concubine. Yinzhen's biological mother was still alive, and if she intervened, she would be slapping Concubine De in the face.
This Uya clan, after all, is from a bannerman family, petty and narrow-minded! It's ok that she ignored Yinzhen all these years, but now she's being so perfunctory!
No matter what Yinzhen is like, he is still my son. How can I allow her to treat him so disrespectfully?
The more Kangxi thought about it, the angrier he became. He said, "You don't have to give these two away! You don't have to worry about the fourth brother's affairs anymore. He already has a wife. Let him worry about this himself!"
Kangxi didn't think that his son would have trouble finding a woman. If he wanted one, he would find one himself.
Concubine Nianhulu did not think that Kangxi was trying to seize her power. She was not idle. She just felt that it was great not to have to take care of these adult princes.
"You should also tell Concubine De that if she doesn't want to get involved in Fourth Prince's affairs, then she shouldn't." Kangxi's words were a bit harsh. "Don't act so petty and bring shame upon me!"
To be honest, Concubine Nianhulu felt a little gloating in her heart. After hearing these words, she wondered how Uya could pretend to be indifferent in front of her.
Because he stayed in the palace late today, Qi Buchen was already at home when Yinzhen came back.
He still didn't get picked up, but Yinzhen had already gotten used to it and automatically walked towards the main courtyard.
"You're back." When Qi Buchen saw him, his eyes were a little evasive and he didn't dare to look him in the eye.
Yinzhen felt a little disappointed, but he didn't show it. He took the initiative to explain: "I came back late today because I was delayed in the palace."
Qi Buchen did not, as he expected, ask what the delay was, but just said "Oh" lightly to indicate that he heard it.
Yinzhen frowned slightly, but suppressed his anger and had a midnight snack with Qi Buchen first.
After the midnight snack, Qi Buchen didn't chase anyone away like she had done before. She just sat there, drinking tea silently without saying anything. Of course, she didn't suddenly change her mind and decided to cultivate a relationship with Yinzhen. She just felt that her previous attitude was a bit bad and too hurtful. After all, this was actually Yinzhen's house. She was just a cuckoo in the magpie's nest. How could she have the confidence to chase the owner away?
Yinzhen didn't think so. He thought that Fu Jin's attitude had indeed softened because of what happened last night, and he had to strike while the iron was hot.
With a look, he made the servants leave. He put down the teacup, looked at Qi Buchen and coughed softly: "Cough."
Qi Buchen didn't respond.
Yinzhen couldn't help coughing a second time: "Cough."
Qi Buchen looked up in confusion and looked at Yinzhen with a questioning look.
Got a scratchy throat? Drink more water! Why are you coughing so much?
Seeing that he couldn't wait for his wife to speak first, Yinzhen had no choice but to say, "I went to see the emperor today."
Qi Buchen still looked at him puzzledly.
What does this have to do with me? Why are you telling me this?
Yinzhen was somewhat frustrated by her attitude and said in a muffled voice, "I've told the Emperor to take back those two concubines and not give them to me."
"Cough cough cough." Qi Buchen was choked by his own saliva and coughed violently.
Yinzhen stepped forward, picked up the teacup and handed it to her, patting her back to help her calm down: "Drink the water quickly, slow down these things."
"Cough cough... cough..." Qi Buchen choked on his tears and drank several mouthfuls before he recovered. After recovering, the first thing he asked Yinzhen was, "What... did you say just now?"
"I asked the emperor to take back the beautiful girl he had bestowed upon her." Yinzhen repeated calmly while patting her on the back.
Qi Buchen started coughing again after hearing this: "You... cough... you are crazy!"
"Go to the emperor and tell him that I'm jealous and don't want to give you a woman? Do you really... ahem... want me to die?" Qi Buchen stared at Yinzhen in disbelief.
Yinzhen's original expectations were extinguished by her. His face was gloomy, his chest heaving violently, and he tried his best to control his anger: "Is this how you think of me?"
Qi Buchen refused to give in: "What else?"
"You!" Yinzhen couldn't help himself any longer. "Are you...are you...are you stupid? Did you take all the kindness I showed you last night?"
He thought about how in order to meet Qi Buchen's requirements, he cursed himself to be in poor health and lied to the emperor, but in return he got such an attitude from Qi Buchen, which made him feel extremely wronged.
I don't want to stay here anymore. I don't want to face this heartless woman anymore.
Yinzhen turned around and walked away, filled with grievances. When he was almost at the door, he couldn't help but stop and said in a low voice: "I told the emperor that my health was not good and I couldn't get involved with women at an early age. He also said that I was poor and the mansion couldn't afford to support more people..." He laughed at himself, "...I am such a joke..."
Qi Buchen's mind exploded, she knew that she had said and done the wrong thing again.
Damn it, why do I keep making such stupid mistakes lately!
I don’t have time to think about this right now. I have to first resolve the harm I caused to others because of my stupid behavior just now.
Qi Buchen jumped up and grabbed Yinzhen as fast as he could just before he stepped out of the door.
"I'm...I'm sorry." Qi Buchen tugged at the man's collar, lowered his head and apologized in shame, "I...I shouldn't have thought of you that way. I was judging you by my own standards! I was stupid! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"
Yinzhen stood there, listened to her apology, raised his head, forced back the moisture in his eyes, took a deep breath, turned around and looked at Qi Buchen, who lowered his head and tugged at his clothes like a child who had done something wrong, and asked with some self-mockery: "Is your apology now sincere, or are you just covering up the shame after discovering that you have done something wrong, huh?"
To cover up shame with a fig leaf, this was what Qi Buchen said when he lost his temper with Yinzhen on the grassland.
Qi Buchen didn't expect that Yinzhen still remembered it and asked her this question at this moment.
She examined herself and didn't dare to completely deny Yinzhen's question, so she felt even more guilty and stammered softly, "Both."
"Heh." Yinzhen laughed self-deprecatingly and asked, "I've noticed that you're always quite quick to feel ashamed, but why don't you ever change your self-righteousness?"
Yinzhen was not polite this time. In the past, he was always cautious in treating his wife. He thought about some things over and over again but did not dare to say them for fear of upsetting his wife.
But in today's incident, he was the one who was completely wronged. Thinking of the truth taught by Gu Badai, he wanted to be bold and let Fu Jin recognize his mistakes.
Yinzhen's question made Qi Buchen feel a little embarrassed, because what he said was the truth. Looking back at the conflicts with Yinzhen, most of the time it was caused by her self-righteous imagination. But in fact, Yinzhen had done very little, or his original intention was not like that at all. It was all her overthinking.
"I'm really sorry!" Qi Buchen bowed solemnly and apologized, "This time it's entirely my fault. I... I am indeed as you said, often self-centered. I'm sorry, I will work hard to change..."
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The author has something to say: Qi Buchen: If you are surprised, just cough cough cough~
Yinzhen: If you feel embarrassed, just cough cough cough~
Qi: Look, everyone is coughing together~
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