After a short while, Zhou Yi changed his clothes and quietly stayed with Xue Li.
In the 20th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign (1681), the emperor bestowed titles upon his concubines for the second time!
Consort Rong (née Majia), Consort Hui (née Nara), Consort Yi (née Guoluo), Consort Cheng (née Daijia), Imperial Noble Consort (née Tongjia), and Empress Dowager Niohuru.
At the same time as receiving the imperial edict, Sherry also received a royal physician sent by Emperor Kangxi.
He said he would treat her properly and return to the palace once she was almost fully recovered!
Sherry refused and ate the pills she had made herself.
Of course, both Xuan Kong and Zhou Yi thought they could eat them.
Sherry dared not eat theirs; after all, few emperors who consumed elixirs met a good end. *Pfft*
The imperial physician appointed by Emperor Kangxi took Xue Li's pulse, then looked at her complexion, his brows furrowing slightly.
"Your Majesty, please take good care of your health!"
After the imperial physician finished speaking, he left with a frown. Two days later, he boarded a large ship for his return journey.
Zhou Yi felt a little scared and hugged her, kissing her repeatedly.
“That’s the Emperor’s imperial physician, his medical skills are superb! If there’s really something wrong, don’t be afraid!” Zhou Yi looked at her eyes, which were filled with deep emotion.
"Are you trying to confess without being asked? That you forced me?!" Sherry looked at him, resting her chin on her hand.
Then I saw his surprised expression and his hesitation.
"You better be calm. Don't you trust your medicine or Master Xuan Kong's pills?"
Sherry smiled gently.
"What does that Taoist priest know about elixirs?" Zhou Yi couldn't resist biting her while holding her, and Xue Li looked at him with teary eyes.
He began to lick gently again.
"It's my fault that childbirth depletes a woman's vitality!"
"I want to have children, Xihe is so cute!"
"Our daughter is wonderful, she's just a little naive!"
Sherry couldn't help but laugh. It was strange, though, that Xihe, who could barely speak properly, especially liked Agu and Xuankong.
She could even recognize songs that Agu had sung and skipped once.
Three grown men were vying to teach the little girl.
The little girl learned to speak this year, and the three men made all the arrangements perfectly.
Learn shamanism from Agu, Taoism from Xuan Kong, reduplication of characters from Zhou Yi, and identify medicinal herbs with Xue Li...
Of course, including the little beggar she adopted, each has their own strengths.
The little ones' living quarters are just across the diagonal of her yard; it's very lively there!
A month later, Kangxi received a reply from the imperial physician.
"Her Majesty is somewhat weak, but her spirits are good. Perhaps it's because the air is better in the south, but her cough has improved a lot. However, she still needs to take good care of herself!"
Upon hearing the reply, Emperor Kangxi let out a deep sigh.
"You may leave!"
"This servant takes his leave!"
After the imperial physician left, Kangxi looked at the quiet little eunuch.
"The Empress has taken in several little beggars and abandoned babies in her garden, and they play with her every day!"
Kangxi paused suddenly, his brow furrowed, and his face showed a mixture of melancholy and complexity.
The young eunuch glanced almost imperceptibly at the man at the head of the table, then said, "Your Majesty seems to be in good spirits..."
Kangxi looked directly at him.
The young eunuch trembled slightly.
Didn't she ask me?
"Her Majesty said... May His Majesty's wishes be fulfilled and may he have many children and grandchildren!" The little eunuch said tremblingly, feeling an unknown fear.
"Alright, get down here and watch your mouth!"
"Yes, sir!" The little eunuch bowed and took his leave as if he had been granted a pardon. After leaving, he felt that his entire back was soaked with sweat.
After the servants took their leave, Kangxi sat alone in the shadows, somewhat dejected.
Every time he dreamed of his cousin, she had tears in her eyes, sometimes sarcastic, sometimes desperate.
He didn't trust her, so now she doesn't love him anymore!
The thought of this made Kangxi feel a tightness in his chest! How could his cousin not love him? She had wanted to be his wife since she was a child!
Thinking of this, Kangxi felt a surge of complex emotions.
"Someone come here!"
The eunuchs came in, lit the lamps, and served tea.
The eunuch from the Imperial Household Department quietly entered.
"Yonghe Palace!" Kangxi said without even looking at the sign.
"Your Majesty, Cining Palace..." Li Dequan suddenly entered.
"What?!" Kangxi's eyes were filled with coldness.
"I reckon it won't work!"
"Then let people prepare!" Kangxi said, striding towards Yonghe Palace.
Emperor Kangxi sat in his imperial sedan chair and fell into deep thought.
After her cousin left the palace, the Empress Dowager's health improved significantly after various treatments.
However, after only half a year, the Empress Dowager began to wail, saying that she was unbearably itchy all over and had nightmares every night.
He had the privilege of serving him for one night, and that night made him realize that there might truly be cause and effect in this world.
His grandmother cried, begged, wailed, and cursed incessantly.
She cursed Huang Taiji, Hailanzhu, and her aunt, but then suddenly begged Huang Taiji and Hailanzhu for forgiveness.
He cursed his birth mother, saying, "I can poison you once, and I can poison you a second time!" Kangxi's initial anxiety and surprise turned into indifference in the blink of an eye!
His speculation is one thing, but actually facing the truth is quite another.
The servant women hurriedly knelt on the ground. Oh right, Su Ma La Gu had already left.
I heard that she also had nightmares every day. At that time, Grandma Huang said that Sumala was sick.
It seems that the nightmare said something it shouldn't have said and was silenced by the Empress Dowager!
Indeed, no matter how much she was valued, she was still just a maid. She wasn't taken care of properly, so she died before her maternal grandmother.
Thank goodness Shirley wasn't there, otherwise she would have definitely told him that it had nothing to do with cause and effect, but was poison!
Sumalagu suffered from the poisoning first because she did not receive proper treatment.
The Empress Dowager has now let her good grandson catch up.
Emperor Kangxi paid his respects to the emperor every day and kept a close eye on the imperial physicians, asking them questions. The court officials all said that the emperor was extremely pure and filial!
Kangxi smiled slightly. She was suffering so much but she didn't want to leave, so he decided to let her endure it.
That's it, I can't take it anymore...
As soon as the sedan chair stopped, Kangxi's thoughts came to an abrupt halt.
He walked step by step into Yonghwa Palace, looking at Park's beautiful face with eyes full of longing.
"cousin……"
Ms. Park paused for a moment, then smiled gently and sweetly.
Liang Jiugong watched the Emperor and Consort Park walk away hand in hand, letting the eunuchs of Yonghe Palace flatter him.
For him, no matter what the reason, it's enough that these kids call him grandpa.
Inside the room, Emperor Kangxi stared blankly as Lady Park sat under the candlelight, playing the zither, the jade pendant in her hand becoming even more lustrous.
Everything proceeded smoothly until, within half a month, the Empress Dowager, who had served three emperors, passed away.
Emperor Kangxi was deeply grateful for his grandmother's meticulous guidance and mourned her every day until he fainted.
By the 20th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, many princes had been born in the palace, with the prince now numbering as eighth.
Shirley leisurely followed Xuan Kong as he wandered all over the country.
Because money is no object, travel is comfortable!
The mother and daughter watched Xuan Kong fortune telling, with Zhou Yi accompanying her, and Agu occasionally performing shamanistic rituals.
When Shirley got into the mood, she even tried to play the King Wen Drum, but she didn't play it as well as Xihe.
Sherry went to find Zhou Yi, feeling wronged.
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