Mu Sili thought about it and decided to let Liang Jiugong and Zi Yuan in. After all, it was their business, so she had to listen to the opinions of the parties involved.
When she saw the blush on Ziyuan's face, she suddenly felt like her cabbages were being eaten by pigs.
"Liang Jiugong, I want to ask you, are you really interested in Ziyuan?"
"Yes, please help me, Your Majesty. I will never let her down in this life."
Upon hearing this, Mu Sili felt unwell again. Kangxi had never said such words to her, and she did not expect that her maid would receive such a promise.
Seeing this, Kangxi immediately struck while the iron was hot. He also hoped that Liang Jiugong would have someone who understood his feelings. Ziyuan was a good match and he was very satisfied with her.
"What does Ziyuan mean?"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this servant and Eunuch Liang are serious. Please grant us your blessing."
"Now that you've said that, what else can I say? I don't want you to blame me for not fulfilling your wish like a resentful spouse in the future."
"Have you agreed, Your Majesty? Thank you for your help."
Kangxi looked at her in confusion. Wasn't she so angry just now? He was thinking about how to coax her, but he didn't expect her to agree directly.
Why did he feel like he'd been tricked? Could it be that everything she had just done was a show for him?
That shouldn't be the case. She doesn't have such intentions. You can tell by looking at the fact that she is still a little angry.
"Since you two are going to be married, the Concubine and I will prepare a simple wedding for you."
Liang Jiugong was deeply moved. The emperor really cared about him, otherwise why would he prepare a wedding for him?
"Your Majesty, there's no need to be so ostentatious. Ziyuan and I can just bow to heaven and earth. I'm worried about gossip."
"Forget it, this is your business, you can decide for yourselves. I have just finished my work here, Noble Concubine, let me go back to Yikun Palace with you."
"good."
When passing by Chengqian Palace, Mu Sili stood at the door and watched for a long time before following Kangxi away.
"Why are you lingering outside Chengqian Palace? Do you want me to release Concubine Tong?"
"Your Majesty, what are you talking about? I am not a good person. She has repeatedly tried to harm me and my child. How could I possibly allow you to confine her?"
"I misunderstood you. Let's go. It's getting late. Go back and rest early. I'm also very tired."
"Your Majesty, Concubine Tong is your cousin after all. Although she intended to frame me, she did not cause any actual harm to me. If something unexpected happened, would you release her from the ban?"
"That depends on what kind of accident it is. If she dies in Chengqian Palace, I will naturally release her from confinement."
Mu Sili didn't know how to respond for a moment. Concubine Tong was so pitiful.
As soon as the hour of Chou arrived, Concubine Tong ordered people to light fires around Chengqian Palace. The moment the fire started, she seemed to see herself leaving.
"There's a fire, come quickly, there's a fire in Chengqian Palace, put out the fire, put out the fire quickly!"
The palace was in chaos for a while. Kangxi was forced to get up soon after he rested. Seeing that Mu Sili was about to get up, he hurriedly asked her to have a good rest and he would go and take a look.
"It's not a good thing for Chengqian Palace to catch fire at this time. Don't go with them, lest someone take advantage of the chaos to attack Baocheng and Xiaosi."
"Your Majesty, please be careful. I will be waiting for you in Yikun Palace. Don't worry, I will take good care of them."
After tucking the quilt for Mu Sili, Kangxi got up and left. Mu Sili was right. Concubine Tong was his cousin after all, and he could not watch her die.
If it weren't for this relationship, she would have been executed when she tried to harm Mu Sili.
And the most crucial point is that the Tong family is still very good and loyal to him. Even for the sake of the Tong family, he cannot let her die.
In Chengqian Palace, Concubine Tong didn't expect the fire to be so big and she fainted from fright.
Fortunately, there were a few loyal people in her palace who rushed in to save her when they saw that she had not come out yet, otherwise she would have died.
When Kangxi rushed to Chengqian Palace, the fire had been almost put out. He was relieved when he learned that Concubine Tong almost died in the fire.
However, he was very puzzled as to why the fire occurred in Chengqian Palace, so he asked someone to investigate.
He thought it was an accident, but he didn't expect that the truth was that Concubine Tong set the fire herself. At that moment, he was so angry that he laughed.
"Wake her up for me."
After Concubine Tong woke up slowly, she looked at Kangxi and cried. She almost died in the fire. She was wrong and should not have set the fire.
"Your Majesty, I was almost burned to death. I know I was wrong. Please forgive me. I will never dare to go against Concubine Chen again."
When Kangxi heard this, his first reaction was that she was crazy. Even at this point, she still wanted to frame Mu Sili. Was she treating him like a fool?
"I'm asking you, what's going on with the fire in Chengqian Palace?"
Concubine Tong originally thought that Kangxi would feel sorry for her and would use this opportunity to lift her house arrest, but she didn't expect that the first thing he said was to ask what happened to the fire in Chengqian Palace.
What happened? Of course she had someone release it, but she couldn't say it to anyone else. She didn't dare.
If Kangxi knew that she was the one who set the fire, he would definitely not release her from the ban. Not only that, he might even banish her to the cold palace.
"Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with me. I was sleeping peacefully in my bedroom. Who could have imagined that Chengqian Palace would suddenly catch fire? I almost died in it. Please help me."
Concubine Tong would not admit her mistake, so she decided to put the blame on someone else so that Kangxi would not be angry with her.
As long as her house arrest was lifted, she would have no objection even if she was sent to the most remote palace.
"I can no longer live in Chengqian Palace. Please, Your Majesty, grant me a new palace. I will stay there obediently and not cause any trouble for you."
If it hadn't been discovered that she was the one who did it, Kangxi would have believed that she was innocent.
"My Lady, I thought you had realized your mistakes during your confinement, but I was overthinking it. You didn't think you were wrong at all.
Did you think no one knew you had someone set fire to Chengqian Palace? What a pity! I have already found out the truth.
Since you want to move out of Chengqian Palace so badly, you will spend the rest of your life in the cold palace. I will not lift your house arrest."
Concubine Tong was dumbfounded. This was not what she wanted. She clearly wanted to give Mu Sili a good time after the house arrest was lifted, but now, she was directly banished to the cold palace.
No, she refused to accept her fate. She was a high-ranking imperial concubine, how could she be banished to the cold palace? The cold palace was where the unfavored concubines lived, and she didn't want to live a hard life in the cold palace.
If all her hard work resulted in her being despised, she would rather be burned to death in the fire. That way, she would at least die as a noble concubine, and maybe even get the title of Imperial Noble Consort.
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