"The Empress Dowager's arrival is just in time!" The Empress Dowager sat down directly in her seat and pointed to the root: "Read her incriminating evidence again so that the Empress Dowager can hear it."
Bumbutai turned to look at the Empress Dowager, her eyes full of warning: "No need, I just heard some of it, and it's utter nonsense."
Agate's heart is filled with thoughts of Xuan Ye; how could she possibly do such a thing?
After the Empress Dowager finished speaking, she glanced at Borjigit, intending to tell her not to worry, but she saw a look of relief on her face.
At that moment, her heart sank to the bottom.
Regardless of whether the story is true or not, she is determined to protect the agate.
"Your Majesty, there are witnesses and physical evidence, and the guard himself admitted to their sordid affair. It shouldn't be unfounded."
The Empress Dowager did not look at Bumbutai, her tone was lazy, but unusually confident.
Bumbutai was furious and wanted everyone to leave, but if she did that, regardless of whether it was true or not, the whole palace would know about it in less than a quarter of an hour.
Suppressing his anger, he said, "Where is she? Who dares to slander the Emperor's concubines? Do they know that this is a capital offense punishable by the extermination of nine generations of their family?"
The Empress Dowager sneered inwardly, thinking, "Does she want to silence people by executing their entire families?"
No wonder Emperor Kangxi waited so long to deal with this matter; it turns out he had this idea in mind.
"Your Majesty, the guard who had the secret rendezvous has committed suicide out of fear of punishment, but his written confession is still there." He paused, then immediately continued before the Empress Dowager could refute him: "However, the jailers all heard him say this."
"Empress Dowager, are you summoning them all here?"
Bumbutai couldn't hold back any longer and slammed his hand on the tea table, causing the teacup to fall to the ground with a thud.
No one present dared to speak loudly, including Tongjia Shi.
Tongjia never expected that the solution she suggested would be such a foolish one.
I kept my head down, afraid to look around, lest I be dragged into the agate mess.
It seems that Agate's life is doomed. If she gets involved, she will definitely suffer a terrible fate.
"Empress Dowager, what do you mean by this?"
This is the imperial palace, the emperor's harem. What kind of decorum is it to summon a jailer here?
The Empress Dowager thought that saying this would make the Empress Dowager more restrained, but said: "Empress Dowager, this matter has already spread far and wide. If it is not handled properly, the Qing imperial family and the Khorchin will lose all face."
Those present glanced discreetly at the Empress Dowager's expression, then at Agate kneeling on the ground, and all made their decisions.
The Empress Dowager did it on purpose. Didn't the Grand Empress Dowager always claim that everything she did was for the good of the Emperor and for the sake of the Qing Dynasty?
So she kindly gave the Empress Dowager a chance to prove herself by choosing the Qing Dynasty, so that the Emperor would understand that she truly had good intentions.
Look! How wonderful she is!
Such a good opportunity has been handed to the Empress Dowager. As long as she doesn't say anything today, or even turns and leaves, Kangxi will treat her as usual.
Whether to move forward or backward is entirely up to her.
"Damn it, why did such a thing get out?"
The matter has not yet been investigated; isn't this smearing the emperor's reputation?
As expected, the Empress Dowager's true thoughts were revealed.
Harigana knew nothing of this and spent the entire afternoon by Kangxi's side, looking at picture books in the Qianqing Palace, feeling quite at ease.
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has sent someone to request your presence."
Li Dequan knocked on the door but did not go in.
With that living ancestor around, heaven knows what the emperor might do; he certainly doesn't want to get a sty.
"knew!"
Kangxi responded and then looked at Harigana: "Jiaojiao, come here."
"Oh! Here I come!"
I put down my sketchbook and walked quickly to his side. But as soon as I got close, he pulled me onto his lap.
"Xuan Ye, your mother is calling you. Aren't you going to go?"
Emperor Kangxi pinched her chin: "Jiaojiao, do you still remember the Borjigit clan, the one who looks extremely like you?"
Harigana nodded; of course she remembered, she was still a concubine.
"I remember, so what?"
Could it be that he made some mistake, which is why the Empress Dowager asked Kangxi to make the decision?
Looking at the nonchalant woman, Kangxi figured she must trust him a lot to not care about others.
Thinking about it this way, the strange feeling that had just arisen disappeared.
"At the palace banquet on the day you were promoted to Imperial Noble Consort, she disguised herself as you and secretly met with a guard, but our people discovered it."
Harigana's eyes widened. Was that a fool? To be framed like this, not to mention whether he could successfully throw the mud at her, wasn't he afraid of ruining his own reputation?
Moreover, for someone like her who rarely even leaves Qingxi Palace, to have a secret rendezvous with a guard is simply a fantasy.
Moreover, Kangxi was always by her side. Even if she really wanted to find someone else, she would need time, right?
"Jiaojiao, that guard died today."
I returned home late at noon because I had invited the Empress Dowager over to handle these matters.
Although you have the Phoenix Seal, you cannot be involved in this matter. Do you understand what I mean?
Harigana nodded; she had no intention of having anything to do with the Borjigits.
Regardless of whether she handled the situation well or fairly, even if she were an empress dowager, she wouldn't know how to respond.
Besides, shouldn't this be punishable by beheading?
She doesn't want to do these things; she can't stand fighting and killing in the first place, let alone being asked to punish people—that's even more impossible for her.
"Xuan Ye, don't be angry."
It's not worth getting angry over those people; we should just focus on living our own lives well.
As for how to handle it over there, I really don't know. You guys figure it out.
Kangxi heard her voice sound listless, but he still comforted her, tightening his grip on her: "Jiaojiao, be good!"
Harigana held Kangxi in his arms without making a sound, his fear of Kangxi growing even stronger.
It seems that everything in the entire palace is under his surveillance, and anything he wants to know will never take more than a quarter of an hour.
She must proceed with caution in the future and absolutely cannot let her guard down, lest all her previous efforts be in vain.
"Xuan Ye, you should go quickly. Mother must have encountered some troublesome matter, otherwise she wouldn't have called you."
After calming down, she looked up at Kangxi and tried to sit up from him, but before she could even struggle, she was pulled back into his arms.
"Jiaojiao, I'll take you back to Qingxi Palace first. The Empress Dowager is probably there too. It might take me a while to get back. You should go back and rest."
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