Chapter 90 Follow-up 1
Qingli is dead.
But as a servant, Qingli's death did not cause any ripples. Even Qingtao did not think there was anything wrong with Qingli paying the price of death.
In this palace, slaves were beaten to death and thrown into mass graves every day. To everyone here, human life was worthless. Therefore, everyone was used to it.
If one must say what they were not used to, it was probably that the new batch of young palace maids and eunuchs were frightened and from then on they were extremely respectful to Yuying. In other words, Kangxi's purpose of using Qingli to establish Yuying's authority had been achieved.
Yuying, who reacted violently to Qingli's death, seemed out of place in all this.
"She's barely twenty years old!"
Yuying was very emotional and looked at Kangxi with red eyes.
Kangxi stared at Yuying solemnly, trying to pull Yuying back into his arms and calm her down.
Yuying resisted and stayed away from Kangxi.
Seeing Yuying's evasive attitude, Kangxi's face darkened, "Aying! I'm doing this for your own good!"
"I didn't ask you to do this for my own good!"
Yuying yelled loudly.
That was not someone else, that was someone Yuying knew and had been with for some time, she just wanted to climb up the social ladder, what was wrong with that? Yuying looked stubbornly at the emperor who had the power of life and death over everyone.
She clearly said that Qingli should guard the imperial mausoleum...
But Kangxi still acted on his own.
"If one day I leave you or I am no longer useful to you, will you kill me too?"
Yuying spoke with a tired heart.
Hearing Yuying blurt out such words, Kangxi was really angry. He waved his hand to sweep the teacup on the table to the ground and shouted: "Aying!"
Yuying was startled by the sound of porcelain falling to the ground and was stunned.
Kangxi continued, "Is your heart made of stone? Can you really not feel anything about how I treat you?"
Kangxi's eyes were filled with hurt. It was the first time he had been so open-hearted to someone, but in return he received such a misunderstanding.
Yuying said nothing, she didn't want to argue with Kangxi.
The last time she and Kangxi had a quarrel, it ended without a beginning or an end, and she didn't want to do it again. In this era, she could never resist the imperial power.
"Your Majesty, please go back to the Palace of Heavenly Purity. I am tired."
Yuying started to chase them away.
"Aying!" Kangxi stepped forward and tried to hold Yuying's hand, but Yuying gently avoided him.
Kangxi's hand stretched there awkwardly.
After a long while, Kangxi withdrew his hand as if nothing had happened, "Then I will go back today, Ah Ying, think about it carefully."
Seeing Kangxi turn around and leave, Yuying's tense mood relaxed.
But the next second, Yuying's eyes went dark and she lost consciousness.
Kangxi had only taken two steps when he suddenly heard a sound of something falling behind him. He turned around and saw Yuying lying on the ground unconscious.
"Aying!"
Kangxi ran over in a panic, lifted Yuying up and held her in his arms, then went to the bedroom. While walking towards the bedroom, he shouted to Liang Jiugong outside to quickly call the imperial physician.
Kangxi carefully placed Yuying on the bed, pulled out a quilt to cover her, and stood by the bed with an anxious look on his face.
At this moment, Kangxi's heart was full of regret. He knew that Yuying was in poor health, so why did he have to argue with her about these few words?
Fortunately, it didn’t take long before Liang Jiugong came back with Doctor Zhou.
Doctor Zhou put down the medicine box and before he could catch his breath, he saw that Kangxi's face was dark, so he hurriedly took Yuying's pulse.
Is it this familiar nobleman, or queen, again?
Doctor Zhou looked very profound, and no one could tell what he was thinking. Doctor Zhou checked Yuying's pulse and was relieved when he found that she was just angry. He was really afraid that something would happen to the empress, and it would be bad if he got into trouble in front of the emperor.
After all, emperors all like to vent their anger on others.
Actually, he had only met this lady three times. But her status became more and more secure. Doctor Zhou noticed the gorgeous decorations in the hall and couldn't help but smack his lips.
After a while, Doctor Zhou let go of Yuying's wrist.
"How is it? Why did Concubine Jin faint?"
Before he could put away his things, Kangxi spoke hurriedly.
Upon hearing this, Doctor Zhou had no choice but to stop what he was doing and report to Kangxi first.
First, it was explained that Yuying was suffering from a heart attack caused by emotional excitement, and then it was explained the same old thing again.
Something like Concubine Jin is not in good health and should not get emotionally excited, etc. At the end, Doctor Zhou took out a golden needle and skillfully pricked several acupoints on Yuying's body.
After putting away the golden needle, Doctor Zhou said to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, the queen will wake up soon."
"Okay." After hearing what Doctor Zhou said, Kangxi regretted it even more. "Go get the medicine."
Kangxi waved his hand.
Liang Jiugong led Doctor Zhou away.
Yuying and Kangxi were the only ones left in the hall, and silence fell for a while.
Seeing that Yuying was unconscious and frowned, Kangxi couldn't help but reach out to smooth out the wrinkles between Yuying's brows.
Yuying dreamed of Qingli.
It’s not the Qingli of today, but the Qingli of three years ago.
That was the first New Year's Eve she spent here. Thinking that the New Year's Eve should be festive, she gave Qingli and Qingtao two festive velvet flowers each to wear on their heads.
At that time, Qingli was very happy.
"Thank you, my lady! With your reward, I am willing to do anything for you! When you become the queen, I will be your most capable maidservant! I will serve you for the rest of my life!"
"And me! And me! I want to be the second most capable one!" Qingtao said that he could not forget her.
The three of them were in a mess for a while.
After a while, seeing that Yuying was still out of favor, Qingli became more anxious than herself, the person involved. She secretly found Yuying and said that she knew someone in Jingshifang. She took the initiative to offer to help Yuying win favor and put Yuying's green card in a prominent position.
Yuying refused.
Qingli hasn't given up yet.
A few days later, Qingli found Yuying again and said that she had heard that Kangxi was in the Imperial Garden, and if Yuying rushed over now, she might meet him by chance.
Yuying refused the second time, and the third time...
After being rejected so many times, Qingli stopped talking about it and became silent. As for what happened next, everyone knows it.
Yuying slowly opened her eyes.
What came into view was the ceiling of the bed, and she remembered that she seemed to hear Kangxi's voice before she lost consciousness.
As expected, Yuying turned her head slightly and saw Kangxi guarding her bed. Yuying's body stiffened. She had just dreamed of Qingli. Yuying didn't want to see Kangxi at the moment, so she turned sideways and faced Kangxi with her back.
Kangxi watched Yuying say nothing since she woke up and now she doesn't even look at him. The original surprise he had for Yuying waking up was gone.
"Aying." Kangxi slowed down his tone and called out.
"I was wrong, Ah Ying, can you please forgive me?"
Hearing that Kangxi admitted his mistake so quickly, Yuying was surprised and fell silent.
[What's the point of saying it's wrong now? Qingli is already dead.]
Yuying still stubbornly ignored Kangxi.
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