Seeing her approaching, Emperor Kangxi tapped her head lightly with the folding fan in his hand and said, "It's not that I don't know about the things between you and Old Nine, but I ignored them because you were still young. Your name is still on my Royal Jade Butterfly, but you don't recognize me as your royal father."
Hearing this, Jiang Ranli's nose felt even more sour. In the eyes of the world, Emperor Kangxi was the supreme ruler, but in their eyes, he was not only an emperor in a high position, but also a father and an elder worthy of respect.
Jiang Ranli was so happy to have such an elder that she couldn't resist acknowledging him. However, she had a deep misunderstanding with Yinzhen before, so she felt embarrassed to call him Emperor Father.
"I know I was wrong, please punish me, Father." Jiang Ranli kowtowed heavily to admit his mistake.
Hearing her calling him as usual, Emperor Kangxi's expression became friendly again. He wanted to pull Jiang Ranli up himself, but found that he was unable to do it. He had to signal Li Dequan who was waiting on the side to help Jiang Ranli up.
"I'm old, really old," Emperor Kangxi sighed with a smile, his expression showing helplessness, "Recently I often think of the past. I remember when I first met you, you dressed up as Lao Jiu's maid and followed me on a trip to the frontier. In a blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed."
Jiang Ranli stood up and sat down next to Emperor Kangxi, listening carefully to him recounting the past, his thoughts flying back to that time.
The first time Jiang Ranli traveled to the frontier was also the first time she met Emperor Kangxi. At that time, she felt that this emperor, who was praised by later generations, was majestic and inviolable, but in fact, under his majestic appearance, he also hid the heart of an ordinary father.
"It's fine if you and Old Nine just fight and ignore each other, but why don't you come to the palace to see me once? You don't know how much I want to play chess with you, and how much I miss the clever little meatball. You cruel girl, I have prepared many good things waiting for you to fool me." Emperor Kangxi talked about many past events, and finally talked about Jiang Ranli's "unfilial piety" again.
Jiang Ranli's lips curled up into a smile as tears fell. She had thought that Emperor Kangxi didn't know her little thoughts, but she hadn't expected that he had seen through her thoughts long ago, and had been waiting for her to "fool" him again for so many years.
"Your Majesty, Yinzhen and I were angry because of a misunderstanding. He threw a box of divorce papers at me and kicked me out of the house. How can I have the face to come and see you? Besides, the palace is heavily guarded. Even if I wanted to come, I couldn't get in," Jiang Ranli said aggrievedly.
Hearing her say this, Emperor Kangxi immediately rolled his eyes at her and said, "Where is the gold medal I gave you? With the gold medal in your hand, who in the palace dares to stop you? I heard that you were selling things for some time. You didn't sell the gold medal I gave you, did you?"
In fact, Jiang Ranli knew that Emperor Kangxi would not agree with her words. She said that just to make Emperor Kangxi happy.
"Your Majesty, you must be responsible for your words. I have never sold the gold medal that Your Majesty gave me. Even if I sold everything, I would never think of the gold medal. The gold medal represents you. Seeing the gold medal is like seeing you, Your Majesty. With the gold medal, I can do whatever I want without being punished." Jiang Ranli raised her hand to swear, but her words were not very convincing.
After hearing her words, Emperor Kangxi was furious and glared at her. He pointed at her nose and lamented that she was wasting a gift from heaven. With that gold medal, she could go anywhere and get anything. In the end, she used it as a shield to act wildly without being punished.
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