Soetu's face was as black as the bottom of a pot!
Liang Jiugong stared wide-eyed and gaped at Kangxi.
Emperor Kangxi suddenly noticed that Suo'etu's expression was really bad, so he forcibly changed the subject.
He continued to spout nonsense with a straight face—no, he quoted extensively from classical texts.
Not to mention the various jokes the courtiers made about the old man.
Perhaps having received a message from her family, Consort Tong changed her approach, becoming dignified and poised, intending to compete for the position of the next Empress!
In May of the same year, Consort Ma became pregnant again.
Because of her pregnancy symptoms, Ma Jia was taken advantage of, and Prince Changsheng fell ill again.
Sherry kindly tossed a crumpled piece of paper to Ma Jia: Hesheli!
Lady Ma Jia begged Emperor Kangxi to conduct a thorough investigation. Emperor Kangxi recalled the children who died at the age of one or two, from his initial joy to the final confrontation with their deaths!
So much so that after he had children, he, who wasn't very strong, didn't dare to go too often, for fear that too much joy would turn into sorrow!
He was a human being too; he had emotions and desires. He couldn't bear to see one child after another, lively and energetic, gradually stop breathing...
Kangxi felt a chill in his heart and made the arrangements with a heavy gaze.
Now it's a battle between Xue Li and Consort Tong for the emperor's favor, and between Consort Niohuru and Consort Tong for power.
Tong Fei often made sarcastic remarks to Xue Li. Xue Li could understand the simpler things, but she couldn't react to anything more.
That disgusted Consort Tong!
More than once, she secretly cursed behind her back, "What's wrong with my cousin? He likes such a good-for-nothing! Humph!"
Sherry: You're the one who's a good-for-nothing! Your whole family are good-for-nothings! Humph! (。-`ω′-)
System: Hahaha... O(∩_∩)O
Shirley chose a day and spent several days with Kangxi.
They gave Emperor Kangxi a medicine: the Rejuvenation Pill, which "increases capacity but reduces output."
Sherry smiled slyly, just waiting for Kangxi to be busy for half a day and not be able to have many children!
Otherwise, having too many sons would make them less special.
Besides, men crave novelty.
Otherwise, wouldn't all the concubines who came after that be the new favorites?!
Aside from those who have passed away, the elderly are basically forgotten...
In the 16th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign (1677), a preliminary selection was held in the palace.
Later, women from the Uya clan, Daijia clan, Wanliuha clan, Guoluoluo clan, Juechan clan, and later Tongpin Nara clan all entered the palace as maids!
On February 19th of the same year, Lady Ma gave birth to a son, who later became known as Yinzhi. Emperor Kangxi named him Chengfu.
Prince Changsheng did not die young, but he was constantly taking medicine!
Because of Prince Changsheng, Ma Jiashi respected Xue Li very much.
In August of the same year, Emperor Kangxi bestowed titles upon his concubines!
In order to stabilize the political situation, the title of empress was bestowed upon Ebilun's daughter, Niohuru, who came from a noble family.
Consort Tong was promoted to Imperial Noble Consort Tong.
Shirley was promoted to the rank of Consort and given the title "Xi".
The seven concubines are: Consort An (née Li), Consort Jing (née Wanyan), Consort Rong (née Magiya), Consort Hui (née Nara), Consort Duan (née Dong), Consort Yi (née Guoluo), and Consort Xi (née Hesheli).
Other concubines who had given birth were promoted to Noble Lady.
The arrival of new faces in the palace kept Emperor Kangxi extremely busy.
They also summoned a woman from the Guoluo clan to the palace, the one who gave birth to the future "Sea Clam Princess".
Sherry was determined to take advantage of his youth and drain him as much as possible, so the dragon energy increased, and Sherry could clearly feel the comfort in her soul.
Although Emperor Kangxi was fond of novelty, he couldn't resist Xue Li's many tricks, experience, and uninhibited nature—she twisted her slender waist in various ways.
Emperor Kangxi liked Shirley very much. On the one hand, he didn't have to think when he said things. On the other hand, the two of them were very physically compatible.
Sherry's thoughts: We're all animals, if you're happy, I'm happy, we're all happy, what great friends we are!
System message: The great demon has improved a bit, but not much. Sigh!
In the same year, Baoqing returned to the palace and entered the Imperial Study.
Sherry thought that from now on it would be a struggle between Baoqing and Baocheng.
However, she will have another child, meaning she will have three sons, and it will be impossible for her to remain unaffected.
The final decision is to wait until they're older before stirring things up.
On the 18th day of the third month of the 17th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign (1678), the Empress Dowager passed away. She was posthumously honored as Empress Xiaozhao.
In the same year, Emperor Kangxi took a concubine, a palace maid named Uya, in Consort Tong's Chengqian Palace!
Sherry thought about it and realized that the future Empress Dowager had some luck!
Finally, they gave her a drug to give birth to a girl!
Emperor Kangxi doted on Consort Yi. After thinking for a moment, Xue Li sent over medicine for giving birth to a girl!
In May of the same year, Shirley became pregnant.
Emperor Kangxi was very pleased!
On December 13 of the same year, Uya gave birth to a little princess, the sixth princess (formerly the fourth prince).
In the 18th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign (1679), Shirley gave birth to a son.
Because Emperor Kangxi had not yet reordered the numbers, it was number twelve.
Emperor Kangxi named him Chengqiong.
On May 27 of the same year, Consort Guoluo gave birth to the seventh princess (formerly Princess Haibang).
On the fourth day of the twelfth month of the same year, Consort Yi gave birth to the eighth princess (formerly the fifth prince).
For the next two years, only one daughter (originally the sixth prince) was born to Lady Uya in the 19th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign.
The Niohuru family sent another daughter to the palace. Empress Xiaozhao's younger sister became a concubine as soon as she entered the palace.
He also summoned a concubine's daughter from the Hesheli clan to the palace; she later became Consort Ping.
The little girl was only 10 years old when she entered the palace, and she was waiting to grow up there!
Because this was Shirley's third son, the Empress Dowager suggested that Chengqiong be given to her to raise.
Emperor Kangxi was somewhat reluctant, after all, he didn't have many sons now, and the few he had this year were all princesses.
Besides, Consort Xi is rather foolish.
"Consort Xi has three sons!" the Empress Dowager said.
“Hmm, she is blessed to raise her child well. How about we bring the little princess, who just gave birth to her not long ago, to keep her company and let her learn from the Empress Dowager’s good qualities!” Kangxi said after thinking seriously for a while. The Empress Dowager was silent for a long time before finally agreeing.
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