Chapter 197: Sharing Sorrow
When cement roads were paved all over the main roads of the Qing Dynasty, it was already the 42nd year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, and this was also the 20th year since Yuying traveled here. In total, the time Yuying had lived in the Qing Dynasty had almost caught up with the time she had lived in modern times.
A lot has happened in these ten years.
Most of the palace was now empty. The concubines who had sons left the palace and built their own houses as their sons grew up.
The prince's position remains secure.
Yinzhi also pleaded for Huifei again and again, and he completely gave up the idea of fighting with the prince. He probably realized that with Huifei holding him back, he would never be able to compete with the prince. And seeing Kangxi's attitude towards the prince that remained the same for ten years, he also woke up.
But fortunately, he realized it before it was too late.
Yuying's body was indeed not suitable for pregnancy, just as the imperial physician had said, and Kangxi never had a child.
Over the years, Kangxi successively conferred titles of nobility on his first eight sons, and on the rest of his sons, Beile. He did not further confer titles of nobility on his sons, as this was reserved for the new emperor to confer titles on his brothers after he ascended the throne.
As for Kangxi's daughters, except for the eldest princess and the fourth princess who took the initiative to marry to Mongolia, the rest were married in the capital, thus avoiding the suffering of displacement.
According to the original trajectory, this year should have been the year that Soetu starved to death in prison, and the relationship between Kangxi and the crown prince became increasingly tense.
But because of Yuying's interference, Soetu is now unemployed at home, but he has saved his life at least. Hesheli also actively recruited more young people to the court. They became the prince's helpers instead of trying to interfere with his decisions.
Kangxi was already 50 years old this year. He did not become more suspicious because of his aging, but naturally accepted that his energy was not as good as before, and pushed more things to the crown prince.
Perhaps the only worry that aging brought to Kangxi was that Yuying's appearance remained the same, but the gap between him and Yuying became more and more obvious, and they even looked like two generations apart.
As a result, Kangxi now cares more about his appearance than Yuying. He looks in the mirror every day before going to court to see if he has any more wrinkles or gray hair. He even grabs Yuying's skin care products and applies them on his face every day.
Because of Yuying's warning, the entire Qing Dynasty is now thriving. Although there are missionaries in the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi has always been wary of them and has not listened to their slander and demoted those capable people.
After conquering the Dzungar tribe, the Qing Dynasty and Tsarist Russia maintained a non-interfering relationship.
Everything was fine. Kangxi had long since lifted the policy of keeping the people ignorant, and the people could study as long as they wanted.
Then, Kangxi aimed at the sea. He ordered the craftsmen of the whole country to study how to build bigger and more stable ships, and the status of craftsmen was improved.
As expected, there has never been a shortage of talent, even geniuses, on this Chinese continent, and more and more ideas have been born and even implemented.
Everything appears to be thriving.
But no one in the palace dared to smile for a long time, and the reason was that Imperial Noble Concubine Yuan Jin had been ill for almost a month.
Yuying suddenly fell ill after returning from a tour of Mongolia with Kangxi. The doctors in the Imperial Hospital examined her, but no one could tell the cause.
Kangxi stood in the Qianqing Palace, breathing heavily, and was very angry.
The hall was filled with kneeling doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau.
"What's the point of keeping you bunch of useless people? After so long, you still can't even find the cause of the disease?" Kangxi pointed at their noses and cursed, "Wei Zhu! Drag them all out and chop them off!"
Liang Jiugong was also old, and Emperor Kangxi granted him permission to leave the palace to retire. Now the chief eunuch of the Palace of Heavenly Purity has been replaced by Wei Zhu.
"Your Majesty! Please calm down!" Wei Zhu walked in from outside, knelt down with the imperial doctors, and pleaded for them: "Your Majesty, the queen would definitely not want to see you do this..."
When Kangxi heard Wei Zhu mention Yuying, he did not say anything else.
After a long moment, Doctor Zhou, who had examined Yuying's pulse before, spoke tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the queen's health has deteriorated a few years ago. I'm afraid..." Although he didn't say it explicitly, Doctor Zhou's words implied that Yuying's life span was coming to an end.
"Get out! Get out of here!"
Kangxi kicked Wei Zhu, who was kneeling in front of him, away and pointed at the door and roared.
All the doctors in the room ran out tumbling. Even Wei Zhu did not dare to face the furious Kangxi. After thinking for a while, he left for the time being.
Kangxi sat dejectedly on the chair. Because Yuying was seriously ill in the past month, Kangxi had left all the affairs of the court to the prince. He even did not go to court later. However, Yuying's condition became more serious day by day.
"Wei Zhu! Get in here!"
Kangxi called Wei Zhu again.
"emperor."
"Go and announce the decree, summoning all the famous doctors in the world. Whoever can cure the Imperial Concubine's life will be promoted to a higher position, given fertile land and silver. I will grant it."
"Yes! I'll go right away!"
Wei Zhu came and went in a hurry.
Kangxi tidied up his appearance and went to the West Warm Pavilion.
Yuying is now lying on the bed in the west warm room.
The West Warm Room was now filled with the smell of medicine inside and out. Kangxi stepped into the room and saw Yuying actually sitting up and leaning on the bed, so he hurried over.
Yuying was wearing an inner garment. Due to her serious illness, her cheeks were sunken, her entire face was pale, and there was no blood on her lips.
Kangxi stepped forward and tucked the corner of the quilt for Yuying. "Aying, are you feeling better today? Don't be afraid, Aying. I have summoned famous doctors from all over the world. There must be someone who can cure Aying."
Yuying stretched out a hand and placed it on Kangxi's hand, "Your Majesty, don't be afraid. I am much better now. I am sorry to have made you worry."
Kangxi held Yuying's hand tightly with his backhand, and shook his head with red eyes, "I'm not afraid, I will definitely be able to cure Aying."
"Well, I believe you, Your Majesty." Yuying smiled, "Your Majesty, look at me now. Do I look like you and I are of the same generation?"
Kangxi forced a smile.
Seeing that Kangxi finally smiled, Yuying said, "Your Majesty, why don't you let me go back to Yongshou Palace to recuperate? You can't rest well if I'm here."
Yuying felt sorry for Kangxi. After all, Kangxi was not young anymore. When she woke up from her coma, she would see Kangxi sleeping unsteadily on the couch beside her. It was really unnecessary.
But as soon as Yuying said it, she was rejected by Kangxi.
After the notice was issued, doctors rushed to the capital, and common people spontaneously prayed for Imperial Concubine Yuan Jin and enshrined longevity tablets for her in temples.
People came in and out of the West Warm Pavilion all day long. Some came with Kangxi's notice, and some were miracle doctors invited from all over the place by the Crown Prince, the Fourth Prince, the Eighth Prince and others, but in the end no one could cure Yuying.
In the end, it was Yuying who persuaded Kangxi to let it go.
Kangxi refused to listen and became obsessed. On the one hand, he ordered the people to pray for Yuying, and on the other hand, he granted amnesty to the world, saying that he wanted to accumulate merit for Yuying. He even went to the Temple of Heaven to offer sacrifices again, praying that God would use his life to exchange for Yuying's improvement.
But if it really worked, the Empress Dowager should have done it back then.
After Kangxi had exhausted himself to the point of unconsciousness, Yuying finally used harsh words to get Kangxi to stop.
When Kangxi woke up, he was greeted by Yuying's scolding.
"But, Aying, what should I do?" Kangxi's eyes were bloodshot, and he held Yuying's hand as if he was holding the last straw.
Kangxi no longer cared about state affairs and left everything to the crown prince.
Yuying felt a little sad when facing such a frustrated Kangxi.
"Your Majesty, nothing can be forced. Birth, aging, sickness and death are the normal state of life."
Kangxi shook his head, "No! Ah Ying, please stop trying to persuade me! I won't give up."
"Your Majesty! Stop making trouble." Yuying looked at him disapprovingly.
Looking at Yuying's still clear eyes, Kangxi was defeated in her eyes, and then his whole person became gloomy.
Seeing Yuying's health deteriorating day by day, Kangxi fell into despair.
That night, Kangxi planned to stay with Yuying as usual.
[Aisin-Gioro Xuanye]
The sudden voice exploded in the ears of Yuying and Kangxi. They were both stunned, and then Kangxi's eyes burst into great hope.
"Is this... a system?" Yuying glanced at the small ball of light floating between the two of them and asked Kangxi.
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