The carriage was quiet, and the two people inside could hear Li Dequan and Du Lan's conversation clearly.
When Harigana sneezed in Dulan, he wanted to check on him, but before he could speak, he heard, "Eunuch Li, I'm not cold at all."
Besides, I just suddenly had an itchy nose.
"Never mind, I'll have another bowl, just in case."
He glanced at Kangxi and noticed the displeasure on his face, then immediately understood the reason.
She put down her sketchbook and sat on his lap: "Xuan Ye, why aren't you saying anything?"
It would have been better if he hadn't asked; the more he asked, the more aggrieved Kangxi felt.
"Jiaojiao, you keep ignoring me."
It's confirmed that Harigana is what Kangxi was cursing Dulan in his heart.
That was just speculation, but now we can draw a conclusion.
"It's my fault, I'm not angry anymore."
The illustrations in that book were really well-written, much more captivating than her own, and she was simply engrossed in reading them for a while.
It was indeed her fault. Emperor Kangxi had suspended court to celebrate her birthday, but she was engrossed in drawing books. Anyone would be angry.
"It's not Jiaojiao's fault."
Harigana knew that he hadn't finished his sentence; the next line should have been: "It's all Dulan's fault for buying this thing."
The carriage had already traveled more than half the distance, so once everyone was calmed down, they arrived at the village.
After resting in the room for a while and eating some pastries to fill my stomach, I went to soak in the hot spring.
Because Harigana liked it, Emperor Kangxi had already ordered the hot springs to be completely renovated, making them completely different from their original state.
The rocking chair is still there; it hasn't been removed.
At this time, everyone in the palace began to envy Harigana.
Although the Emperor did not hold a grand birthday banquet for her, it is said that a family banquet will be held at the Duke's mansion, inviting only family members and not outsiders.
Although they no longer hoped for the emperor's favor, they still longed to have a chance to go home.
Especially those concubines who had never been favored by the emperor, all of them wanted to go home.
Cining Palace.
"Su Ma, what do you think? What if I send those people back to Khorchin?"
Ever since Kangxi came that day, Bumbutai has been thinking about this matter.
She recalled the Empress Dowager's words again. She used to think they were nothing, but now, seeing those young girls looking so worried every day, she felt extremely regretful.
Especially after she was lectured by the Empress Dowager and returned to the palace, the concubines of Khorchin would often come to see her and talk to her.
Even though they didn't say anything, Bumbutai knew they were homesick.
"Empress Dowager, you?"
Sumalagu looked at her in shock, wondering why she had changed so much.
"As people get older, they become more open-minded."
Besides, those people are truly innocent.
The Empress Dowager's gaze was deep. It was only after seeing the object in the Empress Dowager's hand that she realized that she, too, had once loved but not been able to have the one she desired.
But it's too late to regret it now.
Her hands were stained with blood, and even with innocent lives.
Fortunately, the Qing dynasty was preserved, and the current emperor is doing well.
Therefore, she withdrew all her ulterior motives, neither daring nor wanting to regret them.
"Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, you are merciful."
These were Sumalagu's honest words, but to Bumbutai they sounded like irony.
He chuckled softly but didn't say anything.
Whether she was merciful or not was no longer important; what mattered was that she wanted to send those innocent people back to the grasslands.
Kangxi was unaware that the problem troubling him was about to be resolved; at that moment, he was soaking in a hot spring with Harigana in his arms.
"Xuan Ye, behave yourself."
She tried to push the man's hand away and move further away, but he held her waist and she couldn't move at all.
"Jiaojiao, tell us about your childhood."
Kangxi dared not act rashly; if he angered someone now, he would have no meat to eat that night.
He knew what was important and what was not, so of course he would choose what was most beneficial to him.
"When I was a child?"
Harigana thought for a moment and shook his head: "Xuan Ye, my memories are full of scenes of being sick. After I recovered, all I did was read books."
Occasionally, he would pester Aha to teach him something, but he lacked perseverance and would lose interest after a while.
After saying that, she lightly touched the straight surface of the water, turned her head to look at him, and said, "Tell me about your childhood."
Emperor Kangxi had mentioned this before, but this was the first time he had discussed it on such a special occasion.
Moreover, in the past, things were usually just mentioned in passing, and people rarely talked about the past in a serious manner.
It wasn't that Emperor Kangxi didn't want to talk about it, but rather that he could only talk about it until he was twelve years old.
He was considered for the position of empress after the age of twelve, and became a father at the age of fourteen.
He didn't want to tell Harigana about these things, afraid she would be angry.
“Jiaojiao, my mother was not favored when she was young, but with a son like me, she didn’t suffer too much injustice.”
Since Harigana wanted to hear it, he would tell her what he could say.
Kangxi's birth mother, Lady Tongjia, was actually of Han ethnicity, but she was raised to the Manchu banner system only after Kangxi ascended the throne.
Harigana listened attentively, knowing that what he said was carefully selected.
Because Emperor Kangxi never mentioned the Hesheli clan, the Tongjia clan, or anything related to the Niohuru clan.
From contracting smallpox at the age of two to ascending the throne at the age of eight, to capturing Ao Bai at the age of sixteen, all the way to winning three consecutive victories, and then meeting her.
Aside from her name Harigana, she is also known as the Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and Sumalagu.
Even Kangxi's own mother only said that one sentence at the beginning.
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