Chapter 123 Belonging
The death of Queen Tongjia only caused a splash in the harem. The palace is deep and the water is deep, so the death did not cause much ripples.
Even Tong Guowei, who had just become the father-in-law of the emperor, was no longer sad about his daughter who died young. Instead, he was preparing to send another younger daughter into the palace to continue the glory of the Tong family.
However, before this matter was implemented, Kangxi learned about it and rejected it sternly. For this, Kangxi even rarely gave face to his uncle and severely reprimanded Tong Guowei.
The Tong family is like this, not to mention the people in the harem.
After Queen Tong Jia passed away, the two princes she left behind in Chengqian Palace became the favorites of everyone in the harem.
The Fourth Prince Yinzhen is not an issue, after all, he has grown up. But there is the Eighth Prince, who is not a newly born prince and has the risk of dying young, but the Eighth Prince is now completely established.
Not to mention the childless concubines, even the concubines with their own sons were tempted. After all, there were princes, so who would complain about having too many?
But Kangxi has not announced the whereabouts of the two children. The emperor is now more and more difficult to talk to, and no concubine in the harem dares to ask Kangxi for help.
Kangxi had his own concerns.
After days of hard work, Yuying finally couldn't stand it and fell ill. In order to let Yuying recover from her illness, Kangxi still let Yinzhen and Yinsi stay in Chengqian Palace temporarily, and Zishang, who was beside Queen Tongjia, took care of them.
Before Queen Tong Jia passed away, she issued an imperial decree to release Zishang from the palace. However, Zishang herself was unwilling to leave the palace and knelt before Emperor Kangxi, insisting on staying in Chengqian Palace.
Kangxi fulfilled her wish. He planned to seal up the main hall of Chengqian Palace like the Cining Palace, and no one would live there anymore. He let Zishang guard everything that Queen Tongjia left behind, which was also a way to fulfill the relationship between master and servant.
However, Kangxi still took Queen Tongjia's wishes into consideration and told Zishang that if she wanted to leave the palace in the future, she could still do so.
This was considered a generous treatment for a palace maid.
Yongshou Palace.
After Kangxi finished his court session, he went to see Yuying.
"Is Ah Ying feeling better today?"
Kangxi tucked the corner of the quilt for Yuying and felt a little frustrated as he saw her cheeks, which had finally gained some flesh, become thinner again.
Yuying smiled at Kangxi, "Your Majesty, I'm fine now. Don't listen to the doctors' alarmist words. If you don't believe me, I can jump out of bed right now to show you."
Yuying pretended to lift the quilt and get out of bed to prove it to Kangxi.
Kangxi quickly stopped her actions and said in a deep voice: "Aying, don't mess around."
Yuying turned over. She had been lying in bed for several days, but Kangxi didn't allow her to get out of bed. She was not sick, but she must have gotten sick from staying in bed.
A few more days passed and there was still no movement from Kangxi.
Even Defei, who was always the most patient, couldn't help but get anxious.
She sat in front of the window, with a look of sorrow between her eyebrows, "Jinzhu, what do you think the emperor is thinking? Why doesn't he return Yinzhen to me? Tong Jia is clearly dead!"
When she said the last sentence, Concubine De showed a look of relief on her face, and then she frowned fiercely.
She was reminded of Yinzhen's appearance at Tong Jia's funeral.
Thinking of this, she had mixed feelings. On the one hand, she knew Yinzhen was innocent and she wanted to blame Tong Jia for hiding the truth, which made Yinzhen recognize the thief as his mother. She knew she shouldn't blame Yinzhen, but whenever she thought of Yinzhen's devotion to Tong Jia and how he cried until he fainted, she felt distressed and unhappy.
"Jinzhu, do you think Xiao Si will still recognize me as his mother?" Defei said worriedly.
"Your Majesty, please don't think too much. I think our Fourth Prince is a very intelligent and sensible man. Let's just wait happily to welcome him back to the palace." Jinzhu comforted Concubine De.
Upon hearing this, Concubine De relaxed her brows and said, "You are right. This palace and Yinzhen and his mother still have a long time to get along with each other."
How could it be possible that it couldn't compare to Tong Jia's short ten years?
"Give the order. From now on, no one in Yonghe Palace is allowed to mention anything about Tong Jia. If anyone violates this order, don't blame me for being cruel. I will expel her from Yonghe Palace."
"Yes, my lady. I will go right away."
Chengqian Palace.
After Queen Tongjia died, all the servants who had served her found new places to go, and the palace fell into silence.
Everything here still retains the appearance it had when Queen Tongjia was alive.
"Xiao Si, mother made a new dress, come and try it on."
"My mother's little fourth child has grown up. In two years, it will be time for him to marry a wife."
"Mother, you have to choose carefully for Xiao Si's wife."
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Tong Jia's voice and appearance seemed to be still before my eyes.
Yinzhen had lost a lot of weight, and stood in the empty hall with red eyes. He had been living in Chengqian Palace for some time, and to this day he still didn't want to believe that Tong Jia was gone.
His mother clearly told him that she was much better now.
During this period, when he went to the study, his brothers looked at him with strange eyes. He understood that this was because his mother became the queen, and he, her only son, was also a legitimate son like his second brother, the crown prince.
But they didn't know that he didn't want this identity at all, he just wanted his mother to come back.
Mother, Khan Ama has told me that I will go to Empress Jin's palace in a few days. Mother, don't worry, Yinzhen will be obedient.
Su Peisheng, who was outside the door and saw that his master had locked him up again, was turning around in a panic, especially when he heard no movement in the hall. He was really afraid that the Fourth Prince would faint in the hall again like he did a few days ago.
If it weren't for the Eighth Prince coming to look for him last time, it's unknown how long Yinzhen would have to lie on the ground. Su Peisheng had a sad face, and when he saw Yinsi coming from the corridor, he felt like he had seen a savior.
Su Peisheng hurried over to meet him.
"Eighth Prince, you are here. Your servant Su Peisheng is here to see you, Eighth Prince."
Yinsi had a stern face. Seeing that only Su Peisheng was there, he asked, "Fourth brother locked himself in the palace again?"
Su Peisheng nodded continuously, "Eighth Prince, please go in and take a look. I am worried..."
Both of them understood what was left unsaid.
Yinsi knocked on the door, "Fourth brother, my younger brother is coming in."
Yinsi waited for a while, but no one answered him, so he pushed the door open and went in.
Seeing Yinzhen still standing in the hall, Yinsi breathed a sigh of relief. He stood beside Yinzhen and pursed his lips. His relationship with Queen Tongjia was average, so naturally he would not be as sad as Yinzhen.
"Brother, let's go back. I didn't understand the assignment in today's class. Please teach me, or I'll be scolded again tomorrow."
Yinzhen's eyes moved slightly. He turned his head and looked at Yinsi who was pretending to be pitiful, and his heart softened.
Yinsi was extremely smart, how could he not be able to do even a small lesson? He knew that Yinsi wanted him to leave this sad place.
He glanced at the place where Tong Jia usually sat and said, "Let's go. If there's anything you don't understand, Fourth Brother will teach you."
The two returned to their residence, and Yinzhen signaled Yinsi to start his studies.
ah?
Yinsi was in tears.
Fourth Brother clearly knew that this was just an excuse! Why...
Seeing Yinzhen's serious look, Yinsi resigned himself to turning the pages of the book, but he did not see the flash of success in Yinzhen's eyes.
In Chengqian Palace, Yinzhen slowly came out of his grief because of Yinsi's company, but he didn't know that the situation outside Chengqian Palace was already exploding like a boiling pot.
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