Getting Rich from Legend of Zhen Huan

The Tong family received enough compensation, so Shun Anyan was no longer important. He was just one person and the Tong family could afford to support him.

But Kangxi had to reconsider the candidate for the fifth princess's husband.

After much deliberation, the prince decided to promote Jiang Chen. It had nothing to do with the eldest prince, but because of Kangxi.

As a child who grew up being favored by Kangxi, the prince was very keenly aware of Kangxi's estrangement from him over the years. This was something the prince could not accept. How could the emperor take back his favor as if nothing had happened?

The prince wanted to comfort himself, saying that he was just overthinking, but the fact was that Kangxi was no longer willing to confide in the prince. The prince still enjoyed treatment comparable to Kangxi, but the way Kangxi looked at the prince was no longer that of a father looking at his son, but an attitude of scrutiny and caution.

This made the prince extremely sad. Was he not good enough? Was he not in a good enough position to please the emperor? He had never thought of rebelling against the emperor! Why did the emperor still want to prevent him from making friends with the court officials?

However, communication with Kangxi was fruitless. The history books the prince had studied told him that a prince without power of his own is often prone to failure. The consequence of insecurity is that the prince begins to expand the prince's party without any scruples.

Even if the Fourth Prince and Jiang Chen had some thoughts, they were too weak. The prince needed to win over as many neutral people as possible to ensure that there would be enough people to help him if the day came.

Therefore, the prince decided to find a way to bring the fifth princess and Jiang Chen together. The subjective wishes of the two people are not important. It is the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. As long as the Empress Dowager agrees and Kangxi agrees, this matter is a done deal.

After the prince had made up his mind, he went to Ningshou Palace to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager.

The Queen Mother could only speak Mongolian. When she saw the Crown Prince coming, she happily prepared milk tea and steamed buns for him and asked, "Baocheng has lost weight. Did you not eat well?"

The prince enjoyed the care of the empress dowager. He had been without a mother since he was a child. In the deep palace, only Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and the empress dowager were kind to him. So the prince answered very obediently: "It's been hot these days. My grandson has a poor appetite. I'm sorry to have worried the imperial mama."

The Empress Dowager worriedly warned: "If you don't have an appetite, ask the Imperial Kitchen to make something you like. How can your body stand without food? I will urge your father to prepare to go to the garden. The child can't stand the heat, and he doesn't want to order."

Only the Empress Dowager, who had no weaknesses at all, could boldly ask Kangxi for things. The Prince smiled helplessly, as he had spoken to the Emperor in the same way before.

"The Emperor has to deal with state affairs and prepare for the Emperor's mother's birthday celebration. It's inevitable that he will forget these little things. I don't want to cause trouble for the Emperor because of myself."

Speaking of the Wanshou Festival, the Empress Dowager just frowned. How could people celebrate birthdays like this on the grassland?

To live a long life is the blessing of the Eternal Heaven. Just gather with your family and watch the younger generations dancing around the bonfire. If your teeth are fine, eat roasted whole lamb. If you get tired of it, have a glass of kumis to relieve the greasiness. You will be so happy that even a god would come and live like this.

There are so many rules in the capital city. When you celebrate your birthday, you have to deal with so many people coming to pay their respects. You have to get up early, put on the heavy wedding clothes that make it difficult for you to get up, first listen to the emperor's birthday wishes, then listen to the prince and other grandchildren's birthday wishes. If you have children, your great-grandchildren cannot just stand there. Reciting a poem is also a token of their thoughtfulness.

There are also the Aisin-Gioro clan's aunts and uncles. The Empress Dowager felt a headache just thinking about them. She didn't know any of these people, and she had to be polite to each of them. She was not a good talker, so it was really worrying.

This was still a birthday greeting from within the Aisin-Gioro clan. Although the officials and courtiers below could not say auspicious words one by one, they had to say a few important words and greet their families. If it were not for the help of Mammy Su, how would the Empress Dowager know how many sons and grandsons were born in their family!

But there is no way. No matter how much she dislikes it, the Empress Dowager must fulfill her duties as the Empress Dowager. Especially in this kind of ceremony where Kangxi demonstrates his filial piety, the Empress Dowager cannot have any negative emotions, otherwise it will mean discord between mother and son. The Empress Dowager is the mother and will not make mistakes, and Kangxi is the emperor and will not make mistakes, so whose fault is it?

Apart from the politics that the Empress Dowager didn't understand, she was actually a little afraid of Kangxi. Kangxi treated her very well, and all the tributes from below were used by the Empress Dowager. But the Empress Dowager was still afraid of Kangxi. She felt that Kangxi was no different from her husband Shunzhi, and was even more cruel than Shunzhi.

In order to rebel against Empress Xiaozhuang, Shunzhi supported Consort Dong E, but at least he gave Dong E unique glory.

But Kangxi was different. Perhaps because he witnessed Shunzhi's terrible obsession with love, Kangxi was extremely restrained in his harem. Even Empress Xiaoyi Ren could only be conferred a title posthumously. Dong E was conferred the title of empress after her death because of the pressure from Empress Xiaozhuang, who did not allow her to have a empress during her lifetime. What about Kangxi?

The Empress Dowager had no romantic feelings for the crazy Shunzhi, but after seeing him so many times, she could figure out some emotional things.

For example, the eldest Tong Jia clan really liked Kangxi, and Kangxi treated Tong Jia clan the most special in the harem, but Kangxi was unable to give Tong Jia clan what she wanted most while she was alive.

The Empress Dowager didn't know what Kangxi was worried about, but her self-control made her feel that Kangxi was terrifying, a man who could even block his own emotions. As an Empress Dowager in name only, it would be better for her to be content.

In fact, the Empress Dowager was never restless, otherwise Kangxi would not have promoted his stepmother as the target of his filial piety.

If the Empress Dowager had been as shrewd, skillful and politically savvy as Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, Kangxi would not have promoted her. Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was tolerated by Kangxi because she raised and supported Kangxi. What did the Empress Dowager have? Nothing.

Therefore, Xiaozhuang only felt indebted to the Empress Dowager and had no worries. The Empress Dowager was an insensitive person. Her insensitivity allowed her to survive the cold violence of Shunzhi, and also allowed her to live peacefully under the nose of Kangxi.

This is good. The Empress Dowager did not have a sensitive heart, so she would not feel hurt because Shunzhi did not love her, nor would she be confused about why she had to suffer in the palace. The harem drove countless women crazy, but fortunately the Empress Dowager was not one of them.

Before her death, Xiaozhuang gave the fifth prince and the fifth princess to the empress dowager, so that the empress dowager could have some fun in the deep palace. By teasing the children day after day, the empress dowager no longer felt that life was hard. The two children brought her infinite comfort.

The Fifth Prince was fine. He moved to the Prince's Residence when he grew up. Over the years, it was the Fifth Princess who accompanied the Empress Dowager. If this little sweetheart was not around for a day, the Empress Dowager would feel empty in her heart.