Chapter 117 Queen
There were more and more memorials from the previous dynasty requesting to re-establish a queen, piling up on Kangxi's desk like snowflakes, but Kangxi just piled them up and did not deal with them.
Seeing that Kangxi had not approved it, the court officials knelt down and begged Kangxi to appoint another queen. Among them, a group of ministers, led by Tong Guowei and assisted by Nalan Mingzhu, knelt down.
Crown Prince Yinreng stood silently aside, while the eldest prince Yinzhi had a gloating expression on his face. His wife had given birth to a daughter for him, while his legitimate son was gone, and he was very unhappy about it.
Seeing this scene now, looking at Yinreng who was pursing his lips, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. If Khan Ama really agreed, how could the second son still be proud of his status as the legitimate son?
Soetu's face turned pale, he didn't expect them to do this. Naturally, he didn't want Kangxi to have another queen, and he absolutely couldn't have a second legitimate son to threaten the position of the crown prince.
After all, look at how prosperous the emperor's maternal family, the Tong family, is today.
Suo Etu glared at Mingzhu who was kneeling on the ground.
Sitting on the dragon throne, Kangxi frowned, as if suppressing his temper. He took a deep look at Tong Guowei who was kneeling in the front.
"Okay, everyone, get up. I have my own decision on this matter, and we will discuss it later."
After Kangxi finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and left.
After Liang Jiugong shouted "dismiss the court", he trotted after him, leaving a group of ministers looking at each other in bewilderment.
Crown Prince Yinreng followed closely in Kangxi's footsteps, also flicked his sleeves, and walked out without saying a word.
Seeing Yinreng leaving, Yinzhi quickly chased after him, "Second brother... Second brother, wait a minute, why are you walking so fast?"
Yinzhi chased after him and climbed onto Yinreng's shoulders, acting like a good brother, but the words he said were not so nice.
"How is it? Second brother, are you worried that Khan Ama will appoint another empress?"
"Second brother, why don't you say anything? Could it be that what I said was right?"
Yinreng could no longer bear it and said, "Let me go. Yuqing Palace and West Five Houses are on different roads."
"No, second brother, just talk to me. I am your elder brother after all."
Yinzhi was smiling and refused to let go.
On the other side, Kangxi returned to the bedroom with a gloomy face, which scared Yuying who was in the bedroom.
"What's wrong with the emperor? Why is he so angry?" Yuying saw Kangxi walking with the wind.
Yuying curiously asked Liang Jiugong who was following behind Kangxi.
Liang Jiugong glanced at Kangxi, who had already gone to the inner room to change clothes, with an embarrassed look on his face, "Your Majesty, you should wait until the emperor comes out before asking him in person. I will go in first to help the emperor change his clothes."
Liang Jiugong followed Kangxi in, leaving Yuying waiting there.
After Kangxi changed out of his casual clothes and came out, Yuying came forward with a cup of tea and said, "Your Majesty, calm down and have some tea."
Kangxi took it and drank it all.
Perhaps this cup of tea really had the ability to extinguish fires, and Kangxi's mood finally seemed to improve.
He took Yuying's hand and led her to sit on the couch, then he spoke: "Just now many ministers have petitioned me to appoint another queen."
Yuying glanced at Kangxi's face and asked, "Does the emperor not want to appoint another queen?"
Kangxi nodded.
"Why?" Yuying asked curiously. After all, Kangxi finally made Tong Jia the queen this year, so why was he unwilling now?
"They are forcing me to appoint another queen. It would be more appropriate to say that they want me to appoint my cousin as queen. Moreover, the position of Crown Prince Baocheng is now stable. If I appoint another queen at this time, I am afraid that Baocheng will think too much. Why bother to create another incident?"
Yuying nodded to show her understanding.
[After all, I am still worried that Yinreng will have a hard time.]
Seeing how Kangxi now considers Yinreng so wholeheartedly, Yuying can't help but think of the future split between father and son. It can only be said that things in the world are unpredictable.
Kangxi did not want to bring his emotions about the trivial matters of the previous dynasty to Yuying, so after telling Yuying why he walked in angrily just now, he naturally changed the subject.
After having dinner with Yuying, Yuying returned to Yongshou Palace to rest.
Kangxi was alone in the Qianqing Palace. Thinking that Yinreng's expression in the hall today seemed not to be very good, he asked someone to go to the Yuqing Palace to call Yinreng.
"Khan Ama."
Yinreng called Kangxi, pursed his lips, and stood in the hall. He had just been ridiculed by Yinzhi, and at this moment, he seemed to be very silent compared to usual.
It was Kangxi who first broke the deadlock, "Is Baocheng worried about Khan Ama establishing a new queen?"
Yinreng shook his head. He naturally didn't care who would be the new queen. After all, he had originally thought that Kangxi intended to make Yuying the queen. It was just that Kangxi had noticed his thoughts and told him in person that he had no intention of appointing another queen.
Now it’s just that she has been replaced by the Imperial Noble Consort.
He didn't care because he was confident that Khan Ama would not neglect him just because he had a new queen or even a new legitimate son.
Kangxi’s kindness to him was his confidence.
Just now in the palace, the court officials forced Khan Ama to establish a new queen. As the crown prince, he should naturally share the same hatred with Khan Ama, so he followed Khan Ama and left the palace. But he didn't expect that in Yinzhi's eyes, this actually became his worry that Khan Ama's establishment of a new queen would threaten his position.
Yinreng was full of disdain, thinking that only Yinzhi would worry about such a thing.
"I am just angry about what the ministers did today."
Kangxi's eyes immediately lit up.
As expected of his Baocheng, they are of one mind and body.
In the Qianqing Palace, the father and son expressed their dissatisfaction with the ministers together, and they were in great joy for a while.
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The controversy over the enthronement of the empress dragged on for several months. After Kangxi lightly punished a few ministers who were particularly aggressive, he suppressed the rest by himself, and the matter seemed to be over.
I don’t know how many batches of tea sets have been replaced in Chengqian Palace.
Tong Jia pretended to be magnanimous for several months and was about to become the queen. However, she did not expect that Kangxi would ignore the voices of his ministers and had no intention of making her the queen.
Another day of greetings.
Tong Jia sat at the head of the table, and her old ways returned. She was very rude to the concubines below, finding fault with them. She was no longer as amiable as she had been a while ago.
When the arduous ceremony of paying respects was finally over, the concubines walked together in twos and threes.
"Is the Imperial Concubine unable to pretend anymore?"
Someone asked quietly.
“Puff——”
As soon as he finished speaking, laughter was heard.
"Who doesn't know what our Imperial Concubine wants? After working so hard for so long, and in the end getting nothing, wouldn't she be angry and ashamed?"
Who is so brave? Although everyone was laughing at the joke of the imperial concubine in private, no one spoke out so blatantly.
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you.
For a moment, no one dared to respond to Concubine Yi.
Noblewoman Guo Luoluo, who was beside Concubine Yi, tugged at her sleeve, signaling her to be more restrained.
Concubine Yi glanced around and saw that everyone looked like a quail. "It's boring. Let's go back to the palace."
"Your Highness (Concubine) respectfully bids farewell to Her Majesty Yifei."
What happened not far from the gate of Chengqian Palace naturally reached Tong Jia's ears.
Well, it’s time to change another batch of tea sets in Chengqian Palace. The Ministry of Internal Affairs had a headache looking at the list of items sent from Chengqian Palace.
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