"Your Highness, Imperial Noble Consort..."
Upon hearing this, Consort Hui immediately cried out in distress.
She herself came from the Ulanara clan, a bondservant family of the Imperial Household Department, and knew the intricate and complex relationships between the various noble families within the Imperial Household Department. It was not something that could be dismissed so easily.
A single move could have far-reaching consequences. If she were to dismiss the servants of the Imperial Household Department, wouldn't the Ulanara family of the Imperial Household Department be isolated by the other aristocratic families...?
The following night
When Emperor Kangxi arrived at Yikun Palace, he looked at Xu Lejin with affection and said, "I heard that yesterday, my beloved consort asked Consort Hui to punish the servants of the Imperial Household Department for their poor performance?"
Xu Lejin raised her head and looked at Kangxi.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Household Department has mishandled its duties, sending the annual bonuses to the palaces several times. Some of the concubines in the palace rarely see Your Majesty and rely on their monthly allowances and annual bonuses to make ends meet. With these bonuses being sent incorrectly and being withheld, they can no longer survive and have naturally come to me with these complaints."
"Your Majesty, I followed your orders and assigned the Imperial Household Department to Consort Hui. Unexpectedly, Consort Hui is gentle and kind, and the servants in the Imperial Household Department have deceived you and disregarded your instructions."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Kangxi burst into hearty laughter.
"My beloved consort is an Imperial Noble Consort. It is naturally right for Consort Hui to punish the incompetent servants of the Imperial Household Department. Consort Hui,"
"Back then, I asked you, my beloved consort, to let Consort Hui manage the Imperial Household Department because the department was entrenched in complex relationships and difficult to manage."
"My beloved concubine, do you still remember what happened in Consort Gong's palace back then? The Uya family was a family of bondservantes under the Imperial Household Department. Consort Gong's younger brother, Longkodo, went to Ningguta more than ten years ago..."
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