Chapter 79 Return to the Palace
Liang Jiugong turned around and left the hall, conveying Kangxi's intention to Yuying.
Yuying left Qingtao outside the hall and went in with the food basket.
Yuying entered the hall, looked around, walked around the imperial desk, went up to Kangxi, and put down the food basket.
Kangxi reached out and held Yuying's hand, his voice filled with helplessness that he could not conceal even if he tried his best, "Why is Ah Ying here?"
Seeing him like this, Yuying took Kangxi's hand tightly and said softly, "What's wrong with the emperor?"
Kangxi did not say anything, but just pulled Yuying to sit next to him and handed the letter on the table to Yuying.
Yuying took it and looked down, frowning as she looked down.
It’s a letter from the Cining Palace.
The Grand Empress Dowager was seriously ill, and the Imperial Noble Consort also collapsed from exhaustion while taking care of her. The Empress Dowager had never been in charge of palace affairs, and the only person who could be in charge of the palace now was Consort De. Consort De had to take care of the young princes and princesses, and also take care of the sick Grand Empress Dowager and Imperial Noble Consort. She was overwhelmed for a while, and now everyone in the palace was looking forward to the Emperor returning to take charge of the situation.
After reading it, Yuying put the letter back to its original place.
Yuying did not speak, but just stayed with Kangxi in silence. At this time, any words seemed pale.
Yuying frantically recalled the life of the Empress Dowager. She had seen the Empress Dowager looking very energetic at the New Year's Eve banquet, so how could she suddenly become seriously ill?
Yuying couldn't make sense of her thoughts, and what interrupted her was Kangxi, who had not spoken for a long time.
"Aying, we have to go back to the palace."
Kangxi's eyes did not look at Yuying, but at the void. He just held Yuying's hand tighter.
Yuying's train of thought was interrupted, so she stopped thinking. She was not surprised at all by Kangxi's decision. After all, it was not someone else but the Empress Dowager who supported Kangxi to ascend the throne. The affection between Kangxi and her was incomparable to anyone else.
"Your Majesty, when do we set off?"
"Let's notify them today, and we'll set off back to the palace tomorrow morning."
Yuying had no objection to this. Seeing that Kangxi's expression had returned to normal, she suggested: "Then Your Majesty, why don't you call Eunuch Liang in? The ladies are still unaware of this, and Your Majesty needs to issue an order to inform them."
Liang Jiu stepped into the palace again, and Kangxi asked him to send people to notify everywhere and return to the Forbidden City tomorrow.
Liang Jiugong followed the order and asked Wei Zhu to lead a group of eunuchs to the residences of the queens to inform them, while he himself went to the West Garden to inform the prince and the other princes.
After Liang Jiugong left, Yuying opened the food basket she had brought, took out the still warm bird's nest and three-fresh soup, and motioned for Kangxi to drink some.
Kangxi remained unmoved and seemed unable to drink.
Yuying said helplessly: "Your Majesty, please drink something. No matter how sad you are, you can't not eat. Now the palace is waiting for your return to take charge of the situation. Your Majesty can't collapse before then."
Kangxi had no choice but to reach out and take it, picking up the spoon and stuffing it into his mouth spoonful by spoonful.
Seeing that Kangxi was eating, Yuying didn't care whether he had no appetite or not, she just felt relieved.
After finishing a bowl of soup, Kangxi didn't realize that the bowl was empty and kept stuffing food into his mouth. At this moment, his thoughts were already flying back to the Forbidden City and to the Cining Palace.
Yuying stayed with Kangxi in the Nine Classics and Three Affairs Hall for a while until Liang Jiugong came back, then she got up and left, saying that she was going back to Qingxi Study to pack their luggage.
Yuying walked out of the palace, and Qingtao, who was waiting at the door, came up to her anxiously.
"My Lord, are you okay?"
Yuying held Qingtao's hand and went to Qingxi Book House.
"Qingtao, we have to go back and pack our bags. We have to go back to the palace early tomorrow morning."
"Ah?" Qing Tao exclaimed, "But didn't you say before that you would stay here until the Mid-Autumn Festival before returning to the palace? Why are you in such a hurry now?"
Qingtao was also unwilling to return to the strict and narrow imperial palace.
Yuying motioned Qingtao to come closer and whispered in her ear, "The Empress Dowager and the Imperial Concubine are seriously ill. The palace now needs the Emperor to take charge of the situation."
"Ah..." Qing Tao wanted to scream, but quickly covered her mouth. She looked around and saw that no one was paying attention. Then she let go of her hand and took a deep breath, "How could this happen!"
Yuying shook her head, "So let's go back quickly."
At Qingxi Book House, seeing Yuying and Qingtao finally come back after being gone for so long, Lu Chen hurried forward to support Yuying on the other side, "My lady, why did you come back so late?"
Yuying did not answer Lu Chen's question, but quickly sat down and took a breath.
The journey back here exhausted her.
After catching her breath, Yuying spoke: "Luchen, pack your things quickly, we have to go back to the palace early tomorrow morning."
Yuying dropped the bomb.
Upon hearing this, Lu Chen quickly stood up and called a few palace maids and eunuchs to start working.
Even though she had only lived there for less than three months, Yuying had more than double the amount of stuff she had when she first came, and the other ladies had even more.
As soon as the emperor gave the order, the entire garden began to move without stopping.
This night is destined to be a sleepless night.
And at this moment, Yonghe Palace.
After being busy all day, Concubine De was finally able to sit down and take a breath. Jinling stepped forward to help Concubine De take off her pearl jewelry.
"How are the Seventh Princess and the Thirteenth Prince today?" Concubine De finally had time to pay attention to the two young children.
"My lady, thanks to Concubine Zhang Jia who helped take care of the two young masters during the day, the two young masters have now fallen asleep in the side hall after being coaxed by the nanny."
Defei glanced at Jinling, who looked relieved. The sudden heavy burden fell on Defei alone, and even the usually energetic maid beside her couldn't handle it.
"You are getting on well with her now."
"Empress!" Jin Ling was anxious, with a hint of embarrassment in her tone.
Over the past few months, perhaps because Zhang Jiashi and De Fei had similar habits, or perhaps because Zhang Jiashi had never had any ambitions, she was also respectful to De Fei. As long as De Fei didn't speak, she never took the initiative to mention the Thirteenth Prince. In short, she and De Fei got along well.
Therefore, Defei felt at ease to leave the two children to her care, and Jinling gradually stopped complaining about the emperor stuffing Zhang Jia into Yonghe Palace.
By the time Concubine De finished cleaning up, it was already one o'clock in the morning.
"Okay, Jinling, you can go down and have a rest. Someone else will be on guard today. We have to leave the palace early tomorrow morning to welcome the emperor back to the palace, so don't be late."
"Yes, my lady."
…
The next day, it was just dawn.
Yuying was awakened by the rustling sound. She sat up from the bed and looked towards the place where the sound came from.
It turned out to be Kangxi.
"Did I wake up Ying?"
Kangxi did not return home overnight and stayed in the Jiujing Sanshi Hall all night. It was almost time to leave, so he returned to Qingxi Book House to change clothes and pack up to return to the palace.
Yuying stayed up late last night with Luchen Qingtao to clean up. She was still a little confused. "Are we going back now?"
"Aying, take a short nap."
Yuying actually fell asleep, and Kangxi laughed for a moment. He didn't say much, but just moved more quietly.
When Yuying woke up again, she was already in the carriage.
Feeling the carriage slowly moving forward, Yuying lifted a corner of the curtain and looked back with nostalgia at the royal garden that was getting farther and farther away.
Then he let down the curtain, leaned aside, and closed his eyes to rest.
Never mind, there is still a long time for her to come back and live here, it’s just a pity that she hasn’t seen the lotus flowers bloom yet.
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