Kangxi's move startled Harigana.
"Xuan Ye, what's wrong?"
I could actually see panic in his expression.
"Jiaojiao, it's me,"
Looking at the pretty little girl in front of him, Kangxi swallowed the words he wanted to say.
He dared not say it, fearing that Harigana would look down on him.
"What happened? What's going on?"
This was the first time she had ever seen Kangxi so flustered; even when the two of them had argued before, he had never been so panicked.
Moreover, his eyes showed not only panic, but also a hint of fear.
"Jiaojiao, it's me,"
I don't want to say it, but I really want to know the answer in her heart.
It is now 1684, the twenty-third year since he ascended the throne.
After today, he will be a thirty-one-year-old man, while his beloved is only twenty-one.
A ten-year age gap!
He feels so bad now because he didn't get a good night's rest. What will happen when his darling is thirty and he is forty in ten years? Will his health be even worse than it is now?
Harigana watched his ever-changing expression, wondering what he was thinking about this time.
It is guaranteed to be unrelated to the previous dynasty and also unrelated to the women in the harem.
No, or she's pretty sure it's only related to her.
"Xuan Ye, what do you want to say?"
Harigana's hand hurt a little from his grip, but she didn't know what was wrong with that scoundrel, so she could only endure it for the time being.
"Jiaojiao".
Kangxi reached out and pulled the person onto his lap, looking directly at him: "Jiaojiao, do you think I'm getting old?"
Harigana was speechless and glared at him fiercely.
"Xuan Ye, could you please stop picking me up like you're carrying your daughter every time?"
I have my pride too, okay? Am I really that skinny?!
Kangxi was still very nervous, and seeing her eye roll made him even more apprehensive.
Thinking back, she never liked entering the palace in the first place. If it weren't for him being the emperor, there would never be such a sweet moment today.
"Jiaojiao".
Harigana looked at his serious expression and felt helpless. He probably figured out why he was thinking that way, and sighed softly: "Xuan Ye, whether you're old or not depends on who you're compared to."
Kangxi's heart sank instantly.
His beloved daughter really dislikes him now.
"I understand, I'll pay attention to exercising in the future." He said, and was about to put the person down.
Harigana quickly hugged his neck and grabbed his braid, saying, "I haven't finished speaking yet, what's the rush?"
Kangxi lowered his head, not daring to look at her, already prepared to be disliked.
Even though he was disliked, he still did not regret his decision to bring Harigana into the palace.
Let him be scolded, let him laugh, he'll just have to take it.
Seeing the man exuding a颓废 (颓废 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it implies a state of listlessness, decadence, and apathy) aura, she had no choice but to start comforting him.
"Xuan Ye, whether you are thirty or forty years old, it's just a definition given to you by this world."
You look much younger than the Empress Dowager.
But compared to your son, he's just an old man; there's no comparison.
If you think this way because of me, then you're even more mistaken.
I'm already twenty-one years old, which is considered old compared to girls who are seventeen or eighteen.
At first, I was unwilling to enter the palace, but at that time it was not because I disliked your age, but because I thought you were unclean and I was afraid you had a disease.
But as I've said before, the day I fell in love with you was the day you saved me from a horse.
Although it was your wicked scheme, I really didn't consider your age at the time.
If I disliked your age, how could I possibly be interested in you?
Besides, if I really disliked your age, I would have said you were a decrepit old man right then and there. How could I possibly have obediently come back with you?
I don't know how to comfort people, so I just say whatever comes to mind.
As long as Kangxi could understand, that was fine; she didn't have time to think carefully about how to explain the medicine to him.
"Jiaojiao, I'm not sick."
He held a grudge against that statement.
That statement is more powerful than the fact that he's an old man.
When he first heard those words, he was so shocked he was speechless.
Having reigned as emperor for twenty years, this was the first time he had been questioned about having a sexually transmitted disease.
At that time, he even wondered if there was something wrong with his ears.
"I understand, no need to emphasize that."
Harigana grabbed Kangxi's braid: "Xuanye, don't worry about age. Don't make trouble for yourself."
She let go of his braid, cupped his face in her hands, and looked into his eyes: "So what if you get old?"
Even if you're eighty and I'm seventy, you're still the Xuan Ye who could save me from horseback, still the Xuan Ye who can protect me, right?
Kangxi nodded immediately. Of course he would protect her, even when he was old, he would do everything in his power to protect her.
"I won't look down on you. Think about it, even if I found a husband who is the same age as me, or even younger than me, could I be sure he would protect me like you do?"
Kangxi immediately shook his head: "Impossible, no one but me could do it."
Harigana looked at him with a complicated expression, but considering his bad mood, she didn't say anything.
"Will you still have such wild thoughts in the future, my dear husband?"
Hearing her say "my dear husband," Kangxi's face was full of smiles, and even the tips of his ears turned slightly red.
"No, it won't happen again."
He was Jiaojiao's beloved husband; he was no longer upset, nor did he have any wild thoughts.
As long as Harigana likes him, that's fine. He should just pay more attention to exercising in the future.
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