Inside the tent, the imperial physician, trembling, took the prince's pulse and concluded that the prince was simply too tired from traveling day and night and would be fine after two days of rest. Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
Then, an eerie silence fell over the tent.
Emperor Kangxi tucked the Crown Prince in for a while, then looked at his sons, who were glaring at him with great embarrassment.
"I... feel much better after these few days of recuperation."
The tenth prince snorted, "Father Emperor was probably quite good from the very beginning."
Kangxi looked at him in shock, "How did you know?"
If the fourth prince had said this, Kangxi wouldn't have thought anything of it. But the fact that these words came from the tenth prince's mouth was very strange.
Is it starting to develop a brain?
The tenth prince sadly turned his head away, not intending to pay any attention to Kangxi.
Yinzhen couldn't stand it any longer. "Father, whatever your purpose in feigning unconsciousness, your sons have no right to interfere. But you've been unconscious for a month. Are you aware that unusual activity has been occurring throughout the grasslands? Have you considered the consequences?"
Kangxi touched his nose and dared not speak.
Yinzhi also said, "Father, Second Brother only rushed over from afar after learning of your illness. Fortunately, he was protected by Heaven and his journey was safe and sound. But if anything had happened along the way, Father, wouldn't you have regretted it?"
For the first time in his life, Emperor Kangxi was reprimanded by his sons, but he couldn't say anything.
Especially after hearing what they were discussing, he felt a lot of guilt and even planned to find a suitable opportunity that night to pretend to wake up.
But to everyone's surprise, Bao Cheng rushed in at this moment and fainted without saying a word, which really took his life.
Yinqi glanced at Kangxi, who was bowing his head and remaining silent, and said only lightly, "Since Father is well, your sons will go out first."
After saying this, without waiting for Kangxi to stop him, he turned around and walked out first.
The other princes also shook their heads and sighed as they followed.
Inside the tent, Kangxi sat by the bed, looking at the exhausted Yinreng, and a thousand words welled up in his heart.
Liang Jiugong had served Emperor Kangxi for decades, so he naturally knew that his master was now regretting his actions.
But who is he? He is the ruler of the world. How could he possibly admit that he was wrong?
"Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince is worried about your health, which is why he has traveled a long distance to visit you. He is truly the epitome of filial piety."
Kangxi remained silent and made no response.
Seeing this, Liang Jiugong had no choice but to pour Kangxi a cup of tea and hand it over, saying, "The princes were only saying those things because they were worried about your health. I'm sure they're all in a good mood now that they know His Majesty is alright."
Kangxi finally reacted, pacing around the tent with his hands behind his back.
"My original intention was to take this opportunity to observe the character of my princes, and also to see what the various Mongol tribes were thinking. But I never expected..."
The Mongol tribes have only made some moves today, which means they've been behaving themselves. As for the few brats... I thought they would take the opportunity to cause trouble, but they've all turned out to be more obedient than the last. Even the brute leader who always fights Bao Cheng head-on is willing to stay behind to clean up the mess so that he can return to the capital smoothly.
He truly hadn't expected any of these things.
Was his wariness of his sons really that weak?
That evening, the tribal leaders who had been under house arrest were suddenly invited out. They all looked at each other nervously, fearing that something might go wrong.
Yinti, however, greeted everyone with a smile and clasped his hands in a fist salute. “A few days ago, Father Emperor was unwell, which is why we had you all stay to pray for his health. Now that Father Emperor has recovered, we are holding a banquet tonight to thank all the leaders.”
When everyone heard that Kangxi had finally woken up, they were filled with mixed feelings of joy and sorrow.
The good news is that they can live without being silenced.
The worry is that they didn't seize this opportunity to rebel.
Of course, some of them had their own ulterior motives. Unfortunately, either the message failed to get through, or it was delayed within the tribe for some unknown reason.
Prince Urjingalapu was the first to bow, saying, "Congratulations to the Emperor of the Great Qing on his recovery. The people of the grasslands are celebrating together."
Yinti knew that the person in front of him was the wife's family chosen by Kangxi for the tenth prince. During the month of confinement, the other party had been unusually well-behaved, and had not even summoned the female members of the family. He had only sent someone to tell them that everything was fine.
"Father has summoned the Prince and the Princess to the banquet. Please go ahead, Prince."
Upon hearing this, Prince Urjingalap knew that Emperor Kangxi was quite satisfied with him, and that there should be no problem with the marriage alliance with the Tenth Prince.
Sure enough, when the banquet was halfway through, Kangxi looked at Prince Urjingalap with a smile and said, “My coma this time was really an accident, but I heard that the prince stayed in the tent the whole time. Apart from telling the princess that he was safe, he didn’t say anything else, which surprised me greatly.”
Prince Urjingalap knew that Kangxi was deliberately praising him in front of the other leaders.
While ostensibly a compliment, it subtly distanced him from the other leaders.
"I am worried that Your Majesty has fainted, but I know that if I cannot help, I should try to remain quiet. Therefore, I pray for Your Majesty in the tent every day and beg the Eternal Heaven to bless Your Majesty to wake up soon."
Kangxi nodded in satisfaction, then his sharp gaze swept over the other areas.
"I have also heard that some people are trying to do something while I am ill, and some have even gathered troops to besiege me."
The room fell silent, but some of the men with ulterior motives were already sweating.
Kangxi chuckled softly as usual.
"Do you know that besieging someone is tantamount to rebellion?"
Kangxi's voice was not loud, but it was firm and resounding.
The leaders in the camp all knelt down to beg for forgiveness.
Kangxi naturally wouldn't punish them at this time, and with a light snort, he told everyone to stand up.
He then looked at Prince Urjingalap with a kind expression, "Is the girl behind you your daughter?"
Prince Urjingalap immediately pulled the girl behind him to the front and proudly introduced her: "Your Majesty, my daughter's name is Abagai, and she is fourteen years old this year."
Yin'e, who had been drinking with his head down, guessed that this was probably his wife. He looked up to see what she looked like, but to his surprise, he saw a pair of large, dark eyes staring at him with dazzling starlight. When their eyes met, she showed no fear or evasion, but instead smiled at him generously.
For a moment, Yin'e felt as if the whole world had fallen silent, his mind and eyes filled only with the lively and bright girl in front of him.
Kangxi glanced at him only once before quickly turning his eyes away.
What a disgraceful thing.
"Aba Gai is a good name. He's a good person and his name is good too. Is he married?"
Upon hearing this, Yin'e sat up straight instantly, his eager gaze even more intense than that of Prince Urjingalap.
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