Chapter 194 The Eve
Soon, it was the night before the date calculated by the Imperial Observatory.
Kangxi was very excited and upset. He was obviously not young anymore, and he and Yuying were considered an old couple, but in the end, he was still like a young boy.
Kangxi couldn't help feeling some emotion in his heart.
Kangxi couldn't get enough of the sight of the western warm room of the Qianqing Palace filled with dragons, phoenixes, flowers, candles and various paper-cuts.
Kangxi could not sleep tonight and paced back and forth in the palace, feeling that the dawn was coming much later.
Every minute seemed particularly long to Kangxi.
"Liang Jiugong, what time is it?"
After a while, Kangxi couldn't help asking Liang Jiugong, who was forced to stay up late with him.
Liang Jiugong managed to cheer himself up and glanced at the triumphant Kangxi, "Your Majesty, it is just past the hour of Yin now."
Yin hour.
The Imperial Astronomical Observatory calculated that the time to welcome Yuying into the palace was 3:15 am.
Kangxi was calculating in his mind how long it would take before he could leave the palace to pick up Yuying. He couldn't wait to see her.
"Your Majesty, why don't you take a nap first? It's still early. I'll wake you up when the time comes."
Liang Jiugong discussed it with Kangxi in a gentle voice, but Kangxi shook his head without even thinking about it, "No need, I'm very energetic. Go, move the memorials from the study, I won't sleep tonight."
Anyway, he couldn't sleep tonight, so he might as well review some memorials to kill time.
Liang Jiugong had no choice but to send someone to move the memorials in the study into the west warm pavilion.
Kangxi sat down at the desk and picked up a memorial. Just as he was about to open it, he seemed to remember something and turned to ask Liang Jiugong beside him: "Go check it again. I don't want anything to go wrong tomorrow."
"Oh my emperor, please put your mind at ease. You have warned us many times that the servants working in the Imperial Household Department are very smart and will not dare to make any mistakes."
"Ahem." Kangxi coughed and looked at Liang Jiugong in annoyance. "You little dog slave, you are the only one who talks too much."
Liang Jiugong quickly apologized with a smile and slapped his mouth several times, "Yes, I was too talkative."
Kangxi stopped looking at him and focused his attention on the memorial in his hand. However, he couldn't even read a single word of the memorial that he usually handled with ease.
Kangxi tried for only a moment, then threw the memorial in his hand onto the desk, leaned back, and leaned against the chair.
"The wedding night... is one of the three greatest joys in life. Liang Jiugong, I seem to have only realized it today." Kangxi's tone seemed to contain emotion.
However, Liang Jiugong, the person Kangxi confided in, boldly glanced at Kangxi who was resting with his eyes closed, and a hint of helplessness appeared in his eyes.
Has our emperor forgotten that he has three legitimate wives before the Imperial Concubine?
What does it mean that I only realize it now?
Does the emperor mean that those people in front of him are no longer counted?
No matter how much he favored Kangxi, he couldn't help being speechless at this moment, not knowing whether he should reply or not? After all, the emperor could ignore the first three queens, but Liang Jiugong couldn't!
But fortunately, Kangxi just sighed and did not really ask Liang Jiugong for an answer.
Liang Jiugong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
It is difficult to serve the emperor, and it is even more difficult to serve the emperor who is not sleeping in the middle of the night and insists on having a heart-to-heart talk with a eunuch.
But Kangxi would not understand the pain in Liang Jiugong's heart.
Just after a short while of silence, Kangxi spoke again: "Liang Jiugong, do you think your mistress can't sleep like me?"
Seeing Kangxi caught up in his own speculations, Liang Jiugong complained in his heart that it might not be the case. The Imperial Concubine might have already rested by now.
"Your Majesty, I'm sure the Queen is also looking forward to you taking her back to the palace as soon as possible."
Kangxi was satisfied.
The night passed like this.
By mid-morning, the entire Qianqing Palace came alive.
Kangxi, who had not slept all night, was in high spirits and let Liang Jiugong take the lead in helping him change into new clothes.
Kangxi planned to go to pick up the bride in person.
Kangxi rode on a tall horse and headed all the way to the Wei Palace, followed closely by Prince Gong and Prince Yu.
Kangxi's happiness today was obvious, as could be seen from the fact that he occasionally waved to the people kneeling on both sides of the road.
We rode all the way like this and finally arrived at the Wei Mansion.
Father Wei, mother Wei, younger brother Wei, and the ladies who came specially to add makeup to Yuying were already waiting at the door.
"Your servant pays respect to His Majesty. Long live the emperor."
Kangxi got off his horse and personally helped Wei's father up, "Father-in-law, there is no need to be so polite."
His attitude was quite amiable, but it was Wei's father who was flattered. He kept waving his hands and said he was not worthy of the honor.
Kangxi just said a polite remark, and seeing that Wei's father looked terrified, he took a step back and put some distance between them. "I wonder if the Imperial Concubine has made all the preparations?" Kangxi looked towards the mansion gate behind Wei's father, and in his heart he just wanted to leave everyone in front of him and go away.
"Your Majesty, please wait a moment. The auspicious time has not yet arrived." The speaker was an old lady in the clan whose parents were still alive and who had many children and grandchildren. If you really count, she was somewhat related to the royal family. This time, Kangxi specially invited her to be the lucky person and comb Yuying's hair.
So after hearing her say this, Kangxi had no choice but to be patient and wait for a while.
When the morning hour came, Kangxi was allowed to go look for Yuying.
He left the group of people behind him to Fuquan and Changning who came with him, and went to where Yuying was staying in the Wei Mansion.
Kangxi stepped into the courtyard.
The two palace maids who followed Yuying out of the palace were now guarding outside the door. Kangxi took two steps at a time, showing his calmness.
"I pay my respects to you..."
"Get out of the way."
Without waiting for the two to greet each other, Kangxi spoke.
Qingtao and Luchen looked at each other, and both pushed away the last obstacle that was preventing Kangxi from seeing Yuying.
Seeing this, Kangxi did not stop and turned around and walked in.
Since he stepped into the house, Kangxi could no longer see anything else, as if everything else in his perception had disappeared. At this moment, he could only see Yuying, who was wearing a wedding dress and a red veil, sitting upright on the bunk bed.
Kangxi walked slowly to Yuying, feeling a little at a loss.
"Aying... I'm here to take you back to the palace." Kangxi's tone was light and gentle, as if he was afraid of disturbing Yuying.
Hearing Kangxi's voice, Yuying wanted to nod to signal Kangxi, but when she moved, the phoenix crown weighing several kilograms on her head began to shake, and she was so scared that she dared not move immediately.
Seeing Yuying's cautious movements, Kangxi bent down and picked her up, "Aying, don't move. I'll carry you out."
Suddenly suspended in the air, Yuying subconsciously wanted to struggle, but when she smelled the familiar scent of ambergris, she stopped and put her head on Kangxi's shoulder.
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