Thinking back to what she had said unintentionally that day, he had actually left her alone in Qingxi Palace without comforting her or listening to her concerns.
Why do I always end up hurting her?
When Li Dequan returned and reported back, he entered the Imperial Study and saw Emperor Kangxi sitting alone on the dragon throne, holding a piece of paper in his hand and lost in thought.
He exuded an aura of dejection, which frightened him into silence.
The sound of the door opening had already awakened the person who was deep in thought.
"What's wrong?"
His voice was a little hoarse as he picked up the tea that had gone cold and drank it down.
Li Dequan wanted to offer some advice, but before he could speak, the teacup had already been put down.
"Your Majesty, Lord Suo'etu is waiting outside, saying he wants to personally express his gratitude."
Kangxi remained silent, slowly tidying up the letter. He stood up and walked to the hidden compartment to put the letter in, but when he opened it, the contents tumbled to the floor.
Li Dequan suppressed a laugh.
Previously, Li Dequan was the one who handled these things, and he always opened them with utmost care.
I wanted to remind the Emperor, but he acted too quickly and I didn't have time.
Kangxi wasn't angry, but he hadn't expected the two of them to exchange so many letters.
The sadness and heartbreak I felt just moments ago were completely erased when I saw those messages: "Xuan Ye, come back for dinner!" "Xuan Ye, I want to eat candied hawthorns!" "Xuan Ye, Xuan Ye, I miss you!"
He knelt down, sorted through the letters one by one, then went to the bed inside the hall, opened the top of the envelope, and placed the letter inside.
Li Dequan wanted to go and help, but seeing the emperor's cautious manner, he hesitated.
It's best not to touch that ancestor's things. Even though he put them there, if they get damaged, his life won't be enough to compensate.
"Let them in!"
Sitting back on the dragon throne, Kangxi regained his aloof imperial demeanor.
"This humble servant greets Your Majesty!"
Looking at the person kneeling on the ground, unlike the one the secret guards had described, he was respectful and showed no signs of weakness.
After receiving the imperial edict, Songgotu felt that this was because the emperor had embarrassed him in front of the court officials yesterday, so this was a way of making him look good.
But something felt off right now, like I wanted to kill him.
"Song'etu, get up. We're family, no need to be so formal."
Kangxi's voice was the same as usual, and Suo'etu quickly stood up. Seeing that his expression was no different from before, he was relieved.
It seems that what he was imagining just now was merely his imagination.
"This servant thanks Your Majesty!"
Harigana was woken up shortly after falling asleep on Kangxi's body. She still needed to eat medicinal meals, three times a day, without missing a meal.
After taking another stroll around the courtyard of Qingxi Palace to check on the baby and baby, Kangxi went to the Imperial Study.
"Dulan, bring me a tinderbox."
Once he was certain that Kangxi would not return, Harigana jogged to the study, calling for Dulan to fetch something as he went.
He took the tinderbox, lit it without even opening it.
Looking at the envelope reduced to ashes, she smiled with satisfaction.
"Your Majesty, would you like to hear the secrets I've uncovered?"
Dulan walked up to her, her eyes and face full of gossip.
At first, she didn't like the palace, but she liked her own princess, so even if she didn't like it, she would still go outside to befriend the palace maids and eunuchs under Su Rina's tutelage.
As the head maid of Qingxi Palace, she naturally had people fawning over her wherever she went.
As a result, Dulan can now be considered the most gossipy person in the entire palace.
A few close friends would often come over and tell her gossip.
It's actually pretty good; there's always something to eat in Harigana every day.
"Let's talk! I'm so bored!"
The two younger ones sleep a lot, and she can't keep staring at them while they're asleep.
Drawing in a notebook can pass the time, but nothing beats the excitement of readily available gossip.
He sat back on the soft couch, holding melon seeds in his hand, waiting for Dulan to tell a joke.
Dulan's lips twitched. She was only going to say a few words, but looking at Harigana's expression, it seemed like she was going to talk non-stop.
Especially the way he was eating sunflower seeds while having a teacup beside him looked so mismatched.
"Your Majesty, please be careful."
Dulan whispered a reminder, but her beautiful eldest princess was too engrossed to listen.
"Sit down, here! Eat and talk!"
A handful of sunflower seeds was stuffed into Dulan's hand.
In her previous life, Harigana lived in a hospital opposite a square, and when she wasn't reading, she would often stare blankly at the square.
Parents were rollerblading with their children in the square, and there were also various amusement rides.
At first, she longed for pirate ships and Ferris wheels.
Later, she just stared blankly at those elderly men and women.
It wasn't because they were free, but because their facial expressions were so expressive, and she wanted to know what they were saying.
I asked the nurse to buy me binoculars. Watching them wink and whisper to each other, I even wanted to learn lip reading.
She didn't get to learn lip reading, but came straight here.
"Your Majesty, this morning when I went to the Imperial Household Department, a little palace maid came up to me mysteriously and pulled me to the corner. I thought something big had happened, but guess who it was?"
Dulan is also talented and can provide emotional value. This question really piqued Harigana's interest.
"Whose is it? Could it be someone else's?"
She said it casually, but the two words referred to the Empress Dowager, and both of them knew the truth.
Dulan's eyes widened, and she quickly placed the melon seeds on the table, giving a thumbs-up: "Your Majesty, you are truly a genius now."
Harigana was taken aback. What was wrong with the Empress Dowager again?
Dulan didn't delay any longer and whispered in her ear: "A few days ago, that person was feeling unwell and actually intercepted Doctor Zhao to see a doctor."
The imperial physician Zhao prescribed medicine, but the person then summoned his own personal physician to take the pulse again to confirm that the prescription was correct before taking the medicine.
"But there was a lot of Coptis chinensis in it; they said the person vomited several times after eating it, and even the vomit turned a waxy yellow color."
"ah?"
Harigana was surprised, wondering how much bitter medicine Zhao Rongxi had added to make someone vomit.
She wasn't making this up; she genuinely admired the ability of people in ancient times to take medicine.
Without batting an eye, Ya swallowed the bitter medicine spoonful by spoonful.
She genuinely didn't understand.
Taking small sips while eating is for aesthetic reasons, but why should taking medicine be aesthetically pleasing?
Moreover, Coptis chinensis is almost always included in any prescription for reducing internal heat, although the amount is not very large, and it is indeed very bitter.
She had never heard of anything that could make someone vomit.
It's one thing for others, but that old woman is already in her seventies or eighties. She takes more medicine than she drinks water, so how could she vomit?
Therefore, the only explanation is that Zhao Rongxi increased the dosage of the medicine, and the Empress Dowager couldn't hold it in and vomited.
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