Chapter 173: Breakthrough
Kangxi followed Yuying's gaze and looked up at the sky.
What Aying is looking at is the star of Tan Lang?
Kangxi thought so and asked the same question.
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"Aying?!"
Kangxi suddenly sat up from the couch and looked at Yuying in disbelief. He realized belatedly that Yuying had not spoken since just now, and what he heard was the voice of Yuying, who he thought had disappeared.
Hearing the exclamation from Kangxi beside her, Yuying turned her head slowly and met Kangxi's eyes.
The two people looked at each other, one's eyes were full of shock and guilt, while the other's eyes were calm.
Kangxi was the first to be defeated.
He hurriedly said something and almost fled from Qingxi Bookstore.
"Aying, I suddenly remembered that I still have some political affairs to deal with in the Jiujing Sanshi Palace. I will not accompany you. Aying does not have to wait for me tonight."
Yuying did not try to keep Kangxi and just watched him leave.
When Qingtao came out of the room holding a blanket, she saw Kangxi who was not far away.
She walked to Yuying, spread out the blanket and covered her with it.
"Your Highness, it's so late, where is the Emperor going?"
Yuying wrapped herself in a blanket and replied calmly, "I'm going to take care of government affairs."
"Ah? But didn't the Emperor say before dinner that today's affairs had been dealt with?"
Look, even Qingtao can easily expose Kangxi's excuses.
"Maybe I forgot it before and just remembered it now."
"Oh~" Qing Tao pretended to understand something, "The emperor is really hard-working! Then, Madam, did the emperor say when he will be back? Will you wait for the emperor to come back?"
"No, the emperor won't be back tonight." Yuying paused and continued, "Qingtao, go down first, let me get some fresh air."
"Yes, madam."
Qingtao left the yard.
She did not doubt the truth of Yuying's words. After all, why would Yuying lie to her? To put it another way, how did the emperor treat his own queen? As a personal maid, she saw it all.
Given how much the Emperor loves his Empress, how could he possibly leave her here alone? It must be some extremely important political matter that forced the Emperor to leave her alone in the courtyard.
Qingtao looked back at Yuying.
The queen must be feeling disappointed, so she sent him away. Qingtao kept looking back as she walked, and imagined a pitiful image of Yuying in her mind.
At this moment, Yuying, who was lying in the yard, did not sympathize with Qingtao who had just left.
The night breeze was blowing gently, making Yuying feel that she had never been more awake than at that moment.
Perhaps she felt lazy after eating and drinking, so when Kangxi asked her, she did not speak, but answered Kangxi's question in her heart; or perhaps she did not want to continue pretending to be ignorant, so even though she knew that after she answered Kangxi's question, Kangxi would know that she knew that he could hear her voice, she still chose to do so.
Yes, Yuying had long guessed that Kangxi could hear her thoughts. Maybe she was not sure at first, but as she tried little by little, Yuying became more and more certain.
But Kangxi didn't tell her the truth, so she was happy to pretend to be confused.
Although she didn't know why Kangxi could hear her inner voice, but when she thought about the complaints she had made in her heart when she didn't know Kangxi could hear her inner voice at the beginning, she must have been exposed in front of Kangxi a long time ago.
Kangxi knew everything he should know, and also knew things he shouldn't know. No wonder, no matter what she took out, Kangxi was not surprised at all, and never asked her about her origins, as if everything was natural.
But this is abnormal.
With Kangxi's suspicious and sensitive personality, how could he not arrest and torture her after she took out so many things?
But later, Yuying did confirm that although Kangxi did not arrest her, he sent people to monitor her every move. However, Kangxi still had a conscience and did not send people to monitor her 24 hours a day.
So Yuying accepted it well. After all, people in modern times also live under surveillance, so Yuying just thought that Kangxi had installed a surveillance camera for her.
I have to say that Yuying knows how to enlighten herself.
As the night deepened, the moonlight was gradually covered by dark clouds. Qingtao, who had just left, walked in from outside Qingxi Book House again, holding an exquisite palace lantern in her hand. No one knew where she found it from.
"My lady, the sky has become dark, do you still want to watch?"
Qingtao walked to Yuying, put the palace lantern aside, and tucked the blanket in for Yuying, fearing that Yuying would be caught in the wind.
After completing this series of actions, she looked up at the sky and asked in confusion.
Yuying's eyes followed Qingtao's busy work, but when she heard her question, she looked up at the sky again.
"Qingtao, you don't understand. This kind of sky is worth seeing."
There was nostalgia in Yuying's eyes.
Qingtao looked up at the sky again, as if she wanted to know how to see what Yuying meant by "worth seeing".
However, she lowered her head dejectedly. Perhaps she was not smart enough, and she really didn’t think there was anything beautiful about this dark sky.
But seeing his queen staring at him intently, Qing Tao immediately rejected his idea.
If the queen says it looks good, it looks good!
Qingtao regained her spirits and quietly accompanied Yuying.
After an unknown amount of time, Qingtao was awakened from her doze by the sound of guards changing shifts outside the yard.
She first looked at Yuying who was still lying there, and then she felt endless annoyance in her heart. She couldn't help but slap her forehead heavily. How did she fall asleep? She promised to stay by her mother's side.
As if she heard something behind her, Yuying said softly, "Qingtao, what's wrong with you?"
"Your Majesty, I deserve to die. I just fell asleep." Qing Tao's tone was filled with deep self-blame. She really felt that she deserved to die.
Yuying heard this and then vaguely realized that it was very late. She seemed to look at the night sky with nostalgia, then she lifted the blanket and stood up.
"It's getting late. Come and wait on me while I go back to rest."
"Yes! My Lady!"
Qingtao immediately perked up and stopped blaming herself. She stepped forward to support Yuying, and the master and servant walked into the room together.
After Yuying lay down on the bed, Qingtao stood by and asked, "My lady, can I keep watch for you tonight?"
Originally, when Kangxi was around, Liang Jiugong was usually the one doing the night watch, but today Kangxi was not around, so Liang Jiugong naturally followed Kangxi.
Yuying was about to refuse.
But Qing Tao interrupted her, "My lady, I have just had someone prepare the mat for me in the outer room."
Yuying glared at her, but Qingtao was not afraid at all and was still smiling foolishly, "My lady, I haven't kept watch for you for a long time. Please fulfill my wish!"
Yuying sighed, "It's up to you."
Then he turned over and faced Qingtao with his back.
"Yes, Madam! The servant blew out the candle."
The room darkened.
When her vision was blocked, her hearing seemed to become extra sensitive. Yuying heard Qingtao's tiptoeing footsteps and her whispered instructions before she closed the door: "My lady, I'm here. Call me if you need anything."
Then there was the sound of a door closing with a "creak".
The world became completely quiet.
Yuying turned over again and wrapped herself tightly in the quilt. Habits are really terrible things. Without Kangxi's big stove to warm her hands and feet, she seemed to have difficulty falling asleep.
She opened her eyes and thought about the sky she had just seen, which was similar to the modern sky. In modern times, you can't see the starry sky like in the first half of the night. Instead, the moonlight blocked in the second half of the night and the few scattered stars are more in line with her impression of the night sky.
It was not until now that she seemed to understand why those who left their hometowns always took a handful of soil from their hometown as their luggage.
Her actions today were no different from telling Kangxi the truth, and Kangxi must have found it very sudden. It didn't matter, she would give Kangxi one night, and she would have a frank talk with him tomorrow morning.
Yuying thought so and then fell asleep in a daze.
At this time, the Nine Classics and Three Affairs Hall was brightly lit with candles, and Liang Jiugong followed Kangxi and walked around in circles in the hall in a panic.
Just now, the emperor came out of Qingxi Book House without saying a word, and he almost couldn't catch up with him. He asked the emperor what happened, but the emperor didn't say anything, and he was so anxious that blisters appeared on his lips.
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