Of course, Consort Tong was unwilling to give up. She still wanted a child because Consort De harbored resentment towards Yinzhen and basically didn't care about him. Their relationship was not close at all, and she desperately needed her own child.
However, this is all predicated on the Emperor's willingness to enter the inner palace.
Therefore, Consort Tong felt that You Qing, who thought very similarly to Consort Shu, should be kept "well-behaved".
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Neither Youqing nor Emperor Kangxi knew that Longkodo had painted a portrait of Youqing.
Youqing was unaware that it was because she had almost severed ties with the palace, and Kangxi was unaware that it was because he was too busy promoting the new fertilizer. As early as after the first wheat harvest in Yunnan, Kangxi had sent people to buy a lot of fertilizer and bring it to Beijing.
After more than a year of trials, the fertilizer was found to improve the soil in Beijing's farmland as well, and the grain harvest on the improved land at least doubled.
The fertilizer is a good product, but it's related to people's livelihoods, so no one dares to use it carelessly. Besides, although fertilizer isn't expensive, it still costs money.
Ordinary people haven't seen the results, and they're really unwilling to spend money on an unknown possibility.
With no other option, Emperor Kangxi could only implement a policy that each household could receive fertilizer for one mu (approximately 0.16 acres) of land free of charge. This fertilizer could not be resold and had to be used on their own land.
Why not take it? Since the government is promoting it, it can't be anything bad. Almost every household received enough fertilizer for one mu of land.
The capital city was not small, and this matter concerned the livelihood of the people, so it was no small matter. Emperor Kangxi devoted almost all his energy to it, fearing that someone might outwardly comply but inwardly defy him and ruin the following year's harvest.
He would occasionally go to the countryside and fields, which shows he did his best.
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager requests your presence?"
Kangxi then went to Cining Palace.
As soon as he entered, he saw the Empress Dowager lying on the bed with an angry expression, and Kangxi had a bad feeling.
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