"Your Highness, you've truly misunderstood. You weren't feeling well at the time and asked me to attend to the Emperor, but... I never expected the Emperor to..."
"This servant had no choice! Thunder and rain, all are the Emperor's grace!" Consort De spoke as if she had been forced.
When Emperor Kangxi and his two sons arrived at Chengqian Palace, they heard Consort De crying. Kangxi did not have anyone announce his arrival and walked straight in, where he happened to hear Consort De's words.
He really wanted to slap Consort De; wouldn't that ruin his reputation?
Moreover, Consort De told him that his cousin had asked her to serve him, which he initially refused. Even if he were being absurd, he would never do such a thing in his cousin's palace!
However, Consort De knelt directly in front of him and said that her cousin had forced her to become his woman. If Consort De did not become his woman, her cousin would send her to an old eunuch in the palace.
At the time, he did not expect that his cousin would casually push him to another woman, so he impulsively favored Consort De, who did not know that Consort De was pregnant.
But now Consort De is saying that he forced her? Is he really that desperate?
Seeing Consort Tongjia's heartbroken state, He Xue went to her side and said, "Aunt, it's all in the past, don't think about it anymore!"
Consort Tongjia felt that Hexue shouldn't hear such things. "Hexue, Zhiqiu has prepared some snacks. Go and eat!"
"I want to stay with my aunt! I'm not going anywhere!" He Xue said firmly.
Consort Tongjia had no choice but to let He Xue stay.
He Xue gave Consort Tongjia a comforting hug, then whispered in her ear, "Aunt, your uncle the Emperor is here!"
Consort Tongjia understood what to do. With Xue helping her, she had no reason to back down. Perhaps she could take this opportunity to change Yinzhen's imperial register to her name.
"Consort De, do you mean that your uncle, the Emperor, forced you?" He Xue looked at Consort De.
"Princess, you are still a child. Some things are not suitable for you to hear!" Consort De appeared to be considering He Xue's feelings, but her words also revealed that she had been forced by Emperor Kangxi in the first place.
He Xue came to Consort De's side and squatted down. Consort De had been kneeling next to Consort Tongjia for a long time.
He Xue and others suspected that Consort De might have brought "kneeling is easy" to make her expression remain unchanged even after so long!
Consort De didn't know what He Xue was going to do, and she couldn't guess what He Xue was going to do either. She knew that He Xue had never played by the rules.
"Princess, is something the matter?"
He Xuezai carefully examined Consort De and said, "Consort De, you're not exactly a beauty, are you? You already have wrinkles."
I bet you were just a fresh-faced young woman back then. Why would your imperial uncle force you? Was he so desperate he wouldn't choose anyone?
"He Xue!" Upon hearing He Xue's words, Consort Tongjia would probably have burst out laughing if it weren't inappropriate for the moment.
Emperor Kangxi, standing outside the door, turned pale upon hearing this.
The Crown Prince also tried hard not to laugh; Xue Ke really is easy to talk to about everything!
Consort De's face flushed red and then turned pale.
"Could it be that the Emperor's uncle has poor judgment? Look at the palace, there is the understanding Consort Hui, the intelligent and virtuous Consort Rong, the graceful and generous Consort Yi, and of course, there is also my aunt who is both beautiful and wise."
But why did the emperor choose you back then? Was it because he was tired of delicacies and wanted to try something simpler?
Consort De was so angry she felt like her lungs were about to explode. How could she be compared to other women? Although she wasn't a beauty, she was still quite pretty!
She felt that it wasn't the Emperor's judgment that was flawed, but rather He Xue's.
Looking at the Crown Prince, who was trying not to laugh, and the Fourth Prince, who had a calm expression, Kangxi was furious but had nowhere to vent his anger!
In fact, the Fourth Prince was pretending to be calm, even though his palms were almost purple from being pinched. After all, she was his birth mother, and it was inappropriate for him to laugh now.
Kangxi thought that He Xue should not be allowed to continue speaking, otherwise who knows what she might say! So Kangxi glanced at Liang Jiugong.
Liang Jiugong immediately understood, flicked his whisk, and announced, "The Emperor has arrived!"
Consort De heard Liang Jiugong's voice. As if seeing a savior, she looked towards the door with expectant eyes.
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