He Xue was a little worried that they might be late today, as she felt that she and the Crown Prince had already been delayed for a long time.
However, those in the palace who knew about the Crown Prince's situation didn't care when the Crown Prince and his wife went to pay their respects.
Emperor Kangxi and the Empress Dowager felt that the later the Crown Prince arrived to pay his respects, the better he had been the previous night. They also felt that his strange illness was not a serious problem, and they could finally relax.
As for the Empress Dowager, she wouldn't take her seriously, because she still had to deal with this uninvited guest!
The Empress Dowager got up early to prepare a gift for He Xue. Although she was already quite familiar with He Xue, this was the first time He Xue had visited her as her granddaughter-in-law. She also liked He Xue very much, so the gift had to be present.
At this moment, Granny Duo came in. "Empress Dowager, has Master Xingchi arrived?"
Granny Duo was one of the few people who knew Xingchi's identity, and she was very surprised that Xingchi came to Cixi Palace!
The Empress Dowager looked up in disbelief and asked, "Are you sure it's him?"
Has Xingchi taken the wrong medicine today? He actually came to Cixi Palace? Every time she kindly visits Xingchi at Fengxian Hall, Xingchi always looks down on her. What's going on today?
“This servant is certain!” said Granny Duo.
"Let him in! I want to see what he's up to!" the Empress Dowager said curiously.
When Xingchi walked in, the Empress Dowager glanced at him disdainfully, saying, "Did you become a monk and lose your brain? What eunuch has a beard?"
"You've swaggered into Cining Palace so brazenly, are you deliberately trying to ruin my reputation?"
“You’re a grandmother now, you’re all grown up, you don’t need to care about your reputation anymore! I don’t care, why should you?” Xingchi said.
"What do you mean I'm old? I told Xue that I'm mature and beautiful now, which those young girls can't compare to!" The Empress Dowager immediately objected when Xingchi said she was old.
"Besides, what do you mean you don't care? Who are you to me? I don't need you to care! My deceased husband, do you even know what a deceased husband is?"
Xingchi didn't know why the Empress Dowager always seemed so angry whenever she saw him.
"Only you believe that girl's words!" Xingchi thought the Empress Dowager was indeed brainless!
"I am magnanimous and can't be bothered to argue with you!" the Empress Dowager said haughtily. "Why are you here to see me instead of kneeling in the Fengxian Hall?"
Xingchi was somewhat embarrassed and didn't know how to start the conversation.
The Empress Dowager kept looking at Xingchi, waiting for him to speak.
"When the Crown Prince and his wife pay their respects, could you... could you ask He Xue how they were last night?" Xing Chi hesitated for a moment before finally speaking.
"What?" The Empress Dowager stood up from her seat in shock. "You shameless old man! I knew you were a frivolous monk, with impure desires. You shouldn't be a monk! Tell me quickly, what is your purpose?"
"I...I didn't have any purpose!" Xingchi's face turned red and white as the Empress Dowager spoke to him.
"Didn't I hear before that the Crown Prince had some problems? So I wanted to confirm it, after all, it concerns the future of the Qing Dynasty!" Xingchi knew that if he didn't speak out clearly, the Empress Dowager might secretly plot against him.
"Even if the Crown Prince has problems, what do you, a bald man, want to do? Do you want the Emperor to have another legitimate son? Or are you planning to give the Emperor a younger brother?" The Empress Dowager thought Xingchi was just meddling in other people's business.
"Can't you think before you speak!" Xingchi felt he shouldn't have come to see the Empress Dowager today. "Oh, I forgot, you don't have a brain at all!"
"It seems you want to experience our Mongolian whip again!" the Empress Dowager said, reaching for the whip hanging nearby.
"Hmph! I'm a good man who doesn't fight with women today! I won't bother with you!" Xingchi quickly changed his tune.
"Coward! Your only stubborn thing is your mouth! Did your aunt really beat you on the bed back then?" The Empress Dowager was very curious about this matter.
"That was good for me..."
"Alright, stop making excuses for yourself. If you can't do it, you can't do it. Is it so hard to admit it? This is just an excuse for you men to be cowards. The person who said this must be a man!" The Empress Dowager scoffed at this statement.
"Don't worry about it anymore, just remember what I told you!" Xingchi said.
"You are disrespectful to your elders! I still have my pride! Ask yourself if you want to know!" The Empress Dowager acted as if she didn't care.
Xingchi pointed at the Empress Dowager, speechless for a moment. "If he could ask questions himself, would he have come here?"
"This concerns the future of the Qing Dynasty. You are the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty, so you must take this seriously!"
"Since it concerns the future of the Qing Dynasty, why are you, a monk, in such a hurry? What are you to the Qing Dynasty? The late emperor? A dead man! Just rest in peace and atone for your sins in the Fengxian Hall!"
The Empress Dowager thought that Xingchi was the one who was brainless. If the Crown Prince had problems, Kangxi would not have stood idly by.
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