Yinzhi had already gone to the borderlands with Kangxi.
He Zhuo has been living a very comfortable life these past few days.
My daily routine consists of playing with my daughter, teaching her to speak, watching her take her first steps, and enjoying the simple joys of family life.
She would visit Consort Hui every three to five days to pay her respects. Thanks to the little treasure as a lubricant, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got along well and often visited the Empress Dowager's palace.
Since Emperor Kangxi had already made up his mind to annihilate Galdan, he brought all the princes who were going to study in the border regions with him on this trip.
The Fifth Prince, Yinqi, was also on the list of attendants, which made the Empress Dowager miss him dearly. The Empress Dowager also kept the Fifth Princess, the daughter of Consort De, in her palace. She was seven years old and a quiet little girl.
Little Zhenbao is lively and brings a lot of joy to Shou Kang Palace; even the Empress Dowager likes her.
Judging by the days, Yinzhi and his entourage will soon arrive at the border region.
Hezhuo sent two letters and two paintings. One was a scene of Yinzhi feeding little Zhenbao rice cereal.
The other painting is set against the backdrop of Consort Hui's Chuxiu Palace, depicting Consort Hui teasing Little Treasure.
Yinzhi received a letter from his wife on his second day after arriving in the border region.
My heart skipped a beat, thinking something had happened at home.
Upon opening them, I found two paintings.
To be honest, although I knew that the Princess Consort could paint, I did not expect her paintings to be so lifelike and vivid. I could feel their joyful scene even through the canvas.
Yinzhi thought that the European missionaries in the Forbidden City who were skilled in painting had never imagined that his wife could paint so well.
Yinzhi instructed Liu Bajin to hang the two paintings in his tent and to keep them safe.
He made up his mind that once he arrived in the capital, he would frame the painting and hang it in his study.
He was determined to get plenty of furs for the mother and her two children in the capital, and immediately wrote back, one to each of Consort Hui and her consort.
During this trip to the borderlands, only Prince Yinzhi among the princes got married. Although the Crown Prince had designated a concubine, the wedding had not yet taken place. The date for the concubine to enter Yuqing Palace had been set for next month. Both of them tacitly agreed not to bring any concubines or maids.
Because this imperial tour had a very strong political purpose, Kangxi only stayed in the border region for 20 days before returning to the palace. On the tenth day of the ninth month, Kangxi returned to the capital with his princes.
Thus began Kangxi's three campaigns against Galdan. However, the atmosphere in the palace was not good, because the Imperial Noble Consort had fallen ill again. Since the beginning of summer, the Imperial Noble Consort had fallen ill three times, and it seemed that she did not have long to live.
When Emperor Kangxi decided to appoint an empress, the Ministry of Rites began to get busy.
Three imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Academy were stationed at Jingren Palace. When the Imperial Noble Consort fell critically ill again, Hezhuo, as her daughter-in-law, could not avoid attending to her. This time, even Emperor Kangxi ordered that the four consorts also attend to her, taking turns to serve her every six days.
Emperor Kangxi was grieved, and several eunuchs in his presence were flogged, and the imperial physicians were also implicated.
For a time, the harem was peaceful and quiet, and everyone was very well-behaved, fearing that they might anger the emperor.
The Imperial Noble Consort had spent two years under the care of Empress Xiaokangzhang since childhood, and shared a childhood sweetheart relationship with Emperor Kangxi; she was his direct cousin. The Imperial Noble Consort was dying.
Kangxi's emotions suddenly surged, and he visited Jingren Palace every day, losing all interest in summoning his concubines.
Yinzhen has been very sad these past few days. His mother, the Empress Dowager, is about to pass away, just like his sister. This vast harem has left the young man feeling lost and helpless.
As a child, he always believed that he was the biological son of the Empress Dowager, and that the Empress Dowager treated him very well. However, all of this was shattered when he was 5 years old. It turned out that he was not the son of the Imperial Noble Consort, but the son of a concubine in a bondservant palace. This greatly shocked the young boy, and his relationship with the Imperial Noble Consort also deteriorated.
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