Niohuru had come to understand Kangxi quite well over the years in the palace. To cause such a commotion, to dismiss the entire harem for a woman, showed just how much he must have loved her to do that. He wouldn't give up so easily.
"So you're really just going to do nothing?"
The old woman was also feeling bad.
"It's not that we don't want to do it, it's that we can't do it. Let's just leave it at that. Fortunately, His Majesty is kind-hearted and didn't go so far as to exterminate them."
To put it bluntly, the reason these concubines entered the palace was because they carried the fate of their families. The Emperor allowed them to enter the palace because of what they represented. Now that the Emperor has great power, their families have also benefited. It's good that they are still alive.
"Your Majesty."
The old woman was truly wronged by her mistress. Her mistress was so good; it was His Majesty who saw how good she was. But Consort Shu didn't think she was any better. Why should she be treated this way?
"Alright, Granny, let's drop this matter. I heard there's an opera troupe in the courtyard. I'd like to hear it. Granny, have someone prepare."
"Yes, Master."
In the blink of an eye, March arrived, and the wedding date set by Emperor Kangxi was approaching.
This wedding may seem rushed, but in reality, it was even more grand and elaborate than the wedding to Empress Hesheli.
Others only knew that the wedding took less than three months, but only Kangxi himself knew that he had been preparing for it for nearly three years and had been looking forward to this day. Naturally, he wanted to give the best.
When Youqing was married, she left from a five-courtyard villa in the capital and walked through the main gate of the Forbidden City. Emperor Kangxi even personally came out of the palace to greet her, and she was worshipped by the people along the way, something that had never happened when Hesheli married into the family.
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