Chapter 118 Request
After the Day of Paying Homage, the Imperial Concubine fell ill again.
Kangxi naturally knew what happened outside the Chengqian Palace that day, and he even personally ordered to punish Concubine Yi, reprimanding her for her outspokenness and disrespect for superiors and inferiors.
But I’m afraid that Tong Jia is really going to be in trouble this time.
Even the imperial physician no longer said that the empress was overworked and needed to rest.
"Your Majesty, please forgive my incompetence. I'm afraid your Majesty doesn't have much time left." Imperial Doctor Zhou knelt on the ground and said tremblingly.
Kangxi sat on the couch, his face livid, looking at the kneeling Imperial Hospital staff in horror, pointing at them and cursing: "Quacks, a bunch of quacks, what's the point of me keeping so many of you? Get out! Get out!"
"Yes, yes, we will leave right away. We will leave right away."
The group hurriedly bent over and walked out. After they left the palace, they dared to wipe the sweat off their foreheads with their sleeves. They looked at each other, their eyes full of relief for having survived the catastrophe. At that moment, they thought they were going to die in the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Seeing the people from the Imperial Hospital leave, Liang Jiugong then stepped into the palace carefully and reported to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, Zishang, who is beside the Imperial Noble Consort, came just now and said that the Imperial Noble Consort wants you to come over."
"I understand."
Kangxi stood up and Liang Jiugong hurried forward to help him tidy up his clothes.
Kangxi was annoyed by Liang Jiugong's dawdling and went out without waiting for him to put down his hand. Liang Jiugong had no choice but to jog after him and continued to tidy up Kangxi's clothes.
The dragon chariot carrying Kangxi swayed all the way towards Chengqian Palace.
Kangxi had something hidden in his mind, and habitually fiddled with the tassel on the jade pendant around his waist.
Is it necessary for Tong Jia to die this year?
But history is clearly being rewritten.
The dragon chariot stopped.
Kangxi put his thoughts aside, looked up, and found that he had arrived at Chengqian Palace.
Kangxi walked in with Liang Jiugong.
Tong Jia was leaning weakly on the bed, with her head slightly drooping on the side close to the bed. She was talking to Yinzhen who was lying beside the bed.
"The Emperor has arrived—" Liang Jiugong spoke at the right time.
Tong Jia and Yinzhen looked over at the same time.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
"Your son pays respect to Khan Ama."
Tong Jia's voice was weak, while Yinzhen's voice was slightly hoarse.
Kangxi walked over, and Yinzhen gave up the position closest to Tong Jia to Kangxi, and moved away a little bit, but still stayed by Tong Jia.
"Why did my cousin ask me to come here?" Kangxi asked.
Tong Jia glanced at Yinzhen and said, "Xiao Si, can you please go out first? Mother and your Khan Ama have something to talk about. Let Zishang take you to drink some honey water to moisten your throat, okay?"
Tong Jia just coughed up blood and was seen by Yinzhen who came in. Yinzhen was scared and started crying immediately. He couldn't stop crying, which made his throat hurt.
Yinzhen wanted to stay by Tong Jia's bedside, but Tong Jia gave Zishang a look, indicating that she should take him away.
After Yinzhen was taken away, Tong Jia also drove away the other servants waiting in the palace.
Kangxi had been silent from the beginning, but now that everyone had been sent away, he finally spoke: "Can you tell me what happened now, cousin?"
Tong Jia looked at Kangxi, the man she had loved all her life, and seemed to be weighing something and having some reservations.
Kangxi did not urge her to speak, but just sat there. If he had not been playing with the tassels on the bed curtains, he could have been said to be concentrating.
"Cousin, over the years, I have raised Yinzhen as if he were my own flesh and blood."
Tong Jia's tone was sad and her eyes were tearful.
Kangxi nodded. He naturally saw how Tong Jia treated Yinzhen. It was also because of this that he agreed to her absurd request that no one should reveal the fact of Yinzhen's biological mother to Yinzhen.
I didn't expect that after so many years of hiding it, Yinzhen really only recognized Tong Jia and didn't know Defei. Kangxi probably knew what Tong Jia was going to say, and he just felt a headache.
really.
"But what I regret most is that Yinzhen is not my own flesh and blood. I know my body is not good enough and I am afraid I won't last much longer. I ask my cousin to fulfill my last wish and register Yinzhen under my name."
What Tong Jia meant was to replace the column of Yinzhen's biological mother on the jade plate with herself. She wanted to completely erase Defei from Yinzhen's life.
"Cousin, don't make it difficult for me. You know I won't agree to it." The Tong family is already powerful, and if they have another prince, I'm afraid their ambitions will be even greater. He will never let such a thing happen.
"cousin……"
Tong Jia wanted to continue speaking, but was interrupted by Kangxi, "Cousin, don't say anything. I will never agree to this. You'd better give up this idea as soon as possible."
Tong Jia's eyes were filled with hurt, and she said in a daze, "Then I wonder how my cousin will arrange for Yinzhen after I die?"
"Or does my cousin intend to return Yinzhen to Concubine De?"
Tong Jia's voice became sharp, "No! I don't agree! Cousin, you can't do this."
Kangxi frowned and tried to persuade her kindly: "Cousin, you also said that it is called 'return'. Yinzhen is originally the child of Concubine De."
"No, Yinzhen is my child! Cousin, I beg you, Yinzhen is mine, okay? Yinzhen is all I have."
Tong Jia clutched Kangxi's sleeve tightly, her eyes full of anticipation.
Kangxi looked at Tong Jia's unreasonable behavior with cold eyes. The word "impossible" was clearly written in his eyes. He pulled his sleeve out of Tong Jia's hand and said, "Cousin, if you continue to do this, I will leave."
Tong Jia gradually calmed down under Kangxi's cold eyes.
Her face was ashen at the moment, and she was quivering her lips, as if she wanted to speak again.
Kangxi sighed and said, "Cousin, please change one. I can agree to any one of them."
Tong Jia looked at Kangxi steadily and said quietly, "Cousin, can you make me the queen?"
Kangxi's face became even uglier. "Cousin, is this what you want to say, or did your uncle and the others ask you to say it?"
After all, the incident of requesting to establish a queen in the court had just passed not long ago, and now it was brought up again by Tong Jia, it was hard for Kangxi not to think that there was no connection between the two.
If it was the latter, Kangxi would hate the harem interfering in politics the most, and his eyes had become dangerous.
Tong Jia shrank back and said, "Yes...it is I who want to be your queen."
Looking at Tong Jia's hopeful eyes, Kangxi pretended not to see them.
"Cousin, you should take a rest first. I will come to see you another day."
Without waiting for Tong Jia to say anything else, Kangxi turned around and left the hall.
After leaving Chengqian Palace, Kangxi did not return to Qianqing Palace, but took a detour and went to Yuying's Yongshou Palace.
Tong Jia was left sitting in the hall, shedding tears in vain.
In Yongshou Palace, Yuying was practicing calligraphy in the study at this time and did not notice that Kangxi had arrived at first.
"Aying's handwriting looks much better now than before."
Hearing the voice, Yuying subconsciously nodded in agreement.
Yes, she never thought that she could write calligraphy well now, even though she refused to attend the calligraphy class before. Her parents would be very pleased if they knew about it.
Huh? Wait?
Yuying stopped what she was doing, and a drop of ink fell on the rice paper, spreading instantly, ruining a good piece of calligraphy.
Yuying turned around and looked at Kangxi who had appeared behind her at some point, and asked, "Your Majesty? Why are you here? When did you come?"
Kangxi did not say anything, but just hugged Yuying from behind, reached out and held Yuying's hand holding the pen, and changed a piece of rice paper. While holding Yuying's hand, he wrote a few big words on the rice paper.
Just now she thought her handwriting was quite good, but now compared with Kangxi's, her handwriting is like that of an elementary school student. Yuying felt a little embarrassed.
"I just came out of Chengqian Palace and came to see Aying."
The hot breath sprayed on Yuying's sensitive ears, causing her to tremble. She resisted the urge to rub her ears, but couldn't help but shrink herself into Kangxi's arms, as if this could move her ears away from Kangxi's breath.
After completing this series of actions, Yuying finally had the time to think about what Kangxi had just said.
"Chengqian Palace? Why did the emperor go to Chengqian Palace?"
Kangxi still held Yuying's hand and continued writing on the rice paper, saying casually, "My cousin sent someone to say she had something to discuss with me."
"Oh? What is it, Your Majesty?"
"My cousin wants to change Yinzhen's jade disc. She wants to register Yinzhen under her own name."
After Kangxi finished speaking, he waited for Yuying's reaction.
"What?" Yuying broke free from Kangxi's arms and looked at him, "Then did your Majesty agree?"
Kangxi shook his head, but Yuying continued to think about this sentence.
If Yinzhen's jade disc was changed, it seems like this would not be a bad idea?
[Isn't it said that Concubine De favors her younger son and doesn't like Yinzhen? Then it seems that it is not impossible to change the jade disc? Anyway, it has been hidden for so many years, and Yinzhen doesn't know that his biological mother is Concubine De. So it is not impossible to keep it a secret and let him think that he is the biological son of the Imperial Noble Concubine? ]
[Wait a minute, it’s already the 28th year of Kangxi’s reign, where is Concubine De’s little 14th child?]
Yuying looked at Kangxi with horror.
It’s over, it seems... as if... everything is messed up.
Yuying's voice made Kangxi shelve his original plan to return Yinzhen to Concubine De for upbringing.
I heard Yuying mention the fictitious "Little Fourteen" again. Judging from the current situation, if Yuying can give birth, "Little Fourteen" may still be born, otherwise he may not have the chance to be born.
"After my cousin was rejected by me, she brought up the matter of establishing a queen."
Kangxi dropped another big bomb.
But Yuying's mind was now occupied by Xiao Shisi, who might have been harmed by her. When she heard this, she could only sigh at Tong Jia's courage.
[Just make her the queen, after all, Queen Tong Jia only served as queen for one day before she died.]
Now the person who was surprised became Kangxi.
Didn’t you expect that he would make his cousin the queen in the end?
But only for one day? That means there was no formal ceremony of canonization, only an imperial decree.
Why was I in such a hurry to establish a queen?
…
For half a month, imperial doctors came and went in Chengqian Palace every day. The fourth prince Yinzhen had a pale face even when he was studying in the upper study. After school, he ran to Chengqian Palace without saying a word.
Everyone in the harem speculated that the Imperial Concubine was really going to fail this time.
In Yonghe Palace adjacent to Chengqian Palace, Defei stood in the yard with Jinzhu following behind her, and they both looked in the direction of Chengqian Palace.
"Jinzhu, I have finally waited for this day." There was a meaningful tone in Concubine De's voice.
Jinzhu looked at Concubine De, her tone full of empathy, "Yes, your Majesty."
"Why don't we try to contact the Fourth Prince first and send him something. After all, the Imperial Noble Consort is seriously ill now, and she probably can't take care of the prince." The Fourth Prince's side must not be as heavily guarded as before. It's a good opportunity for the Empress to contact the Fourth Prince at this time to cultivate a relationship.
"Not right." De Fei stopped him sternly, "It's time to do nothing. We just need to wait."
"Yes, I will obey you, Madam."
"Jinzhu, I know you are thinking about me."
Concubine De sighed and softened her voice.
The more serious the illness, the more anxious Tong Jia became.
She sent people to invite Kangxi to Chengqian Palace several times, but each time she either begged Kangxi to record the Fourth Prince under her name or asked him to make her the Queen, so the two of them always parted on bad terms.
"Zi Shang, what do you think I should do?"
Tong Jia once again watched Kangxi leave with a wave of his sleeves, and asked Zishang beside him dejectedly.
Zichang's eyes had already turned red from crying. She looked at Tong Jia with heartache and advised, "My queen, please stop being stubborn with the emperor and take care of yourself first. Once you are well, the Fourth Prince will be able to stay with you for a long time."
Tong Jia shook her head. "I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for a good day, but Uya can't even think of waiting for me to die and take Yinzhen away! Ahem…"
"Empress!" Zichang exclaimed.
Tong Jia looked at the blood she coughed up, and the energy and spirit that had just been lifted up because of her dislike for Concubine De suddenly left her body, leaving only a sense of decadence.
"Go and clean up this place. Yinzhen will be home from school soon, so don't let him come back and see us." Tong Jia said calmly.
"Mother——"
Sure enough, just as Zishang cleaned up the bloodstains, Yinzhen's voice came all the way into the hall from outside.
Yinzhen trotted into Tong Jia's bedroom.
"Xiao Si, slow down."
When he saw Tong Jia, Yinzhen's face, which had been stern all day, finally broke into a smile.
"Mother, are you feeling better today?" Yinzhen asked, looking at Tong Jia in front of him.
Tong Jia reached out and touched Yinzhen's little bald head, "Mother feels much better today, don't worry, Xiao Si."
Yinzhen lowered his head to let Tong Jiashi stretch out her hand without getting tired. When he heard Tong Jiashi say that she felt better today, he smiled obediently, "That's good."
"West Fifth Residence is far from Chengqian Palace. Xiao Si, you don't have to come to see mother every day. Don't tire yourself out."
Yinzhen shook his head, "Mother, I don't feel tired. I want to see you more."
Tong Jia's eyes were as gentle as water as she looked at the young Yinzhen, "Good boy."
What should she do?
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