The Virtuous Concubine

"What a coincidence today. What are you doing here?"

Malu thought, how could this be a coincidence? Do you know how much effort I put in to meet you? But she still said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, I wanted to use crabapple to make some festive snacks, but the imperial kitchen didn't have any, so I came here."

Kangxi thought her voice was indeed as tender as a yellow oriole singing in a valley, but it was too soft to be heard clearly in the shadows, and even if she leaned forward, she couldn't hear clearly. He said impatiently, "Come forward and speak louder! What are you afraid of? I won't eat you."

Malu then moved a little closer, and she bravely raised her head to look at Kangxi, her eyes full of autumn water and her eyebrows as beautiful as spring mountains. Seeing her like this, Kangxi's heart was even more moved, and he suddenly remembered the words of the opera he had just heard.

Her cheeks are more beautiful than flowers and her waist is shorter than willows. She is more beautiful than Zhaojun and twice as beautiful as Xishi!

Seeing that Kangxi was only looking at her, Malu was speechless, but she still replied again in a strangled voice, explaining why she came here today. Kangxi saw her carrying the half basket of rosy fruits, and felt that it was probably a chance encounter. After all, it must take a lot of effort to pick so many fruits.

Thinking of this, he felt better. This was fate sent by God! So he said tolerantly, "Then I'll be waiting for your snacks." This sounded normal, but the emphasis was on the word "you".

There was no fool present, and Liang Jiugong took it to heart. Even the most "innocent" Malu's cheeks turned red after hearing this. Kangxi couldn't help but laugh when he saw the beauty was shy and looked like she was just beginning to fall in love, and let the imperial chariot continue to move forward.

Malu waited until the imperial chariot was far away before he stood up and yelled at the system: "What! Is he driving?"

The system didn't dare to speak, fearing that it would irritate Malu, who would then quit. Fortunately, Malu didn't need it to answer, and after a few more curses, he found a corner, wiped the stuff off his face with a towel, and returned to the tea room.

Kangxi had already arrived at Chengqian Palace. Concubine Tong was dressed very gorgeously, which was in line with her status as a concubine. She was accompanied by a group of palace maids and several concubines to welcome him at the gate of Chengqian Palace.

The emperor didn't look at anyone else. He just helped Concubine Tong up and asked her, "Why don't you wait inside? It's still sunny outside."

Concubine Tong was actually a little hot at this time, and she didn't care about the sweat and oil on her forehead. She held Kangxi's hand and said coquettishly: "I want to see the emperor earlier."

Although Kangxi was joking with Concubine Tong, he was actually still thinking about the stunning glimpse of the lakeside corridor in front of him. Concubine Tong noticed that Kangxi was absent-minded and thought that he was still thinking about government affairs, so she was unhappy but couldn't get angry. She just continued to act coquettishly and foolishly: "Cousin - how come you are here but your heart is not here."

Kangxi came back to his senses after hearing this and pinched her nose: "You are really spoiled, you have no rules and regulations, how can you be like a concubine in charge of the six palaces!"

Concubine Tong tilted her head coquettishly and looked at Kangxi: "It's all my cousin's fault! Does my cousin want to punish me?"

Kangxi laughed out loud. He just liked Concubine Tong's coquettish and arrogant temper. She was not as timid as other concubines. In fact, Kangxi knew that her confidence came from the Tong family. If someone else was like Concubine Tong, he would think that person was disrespectful!

Seeing that Kangxi was in a very good mood, Concubine Tong thought it was a good opportunity and deliberately spoke in a sour tone: "My cousin was absent-minded before. Those who know him would say that he worked day and night to deal with state affairs. Those who don't know him would think that some seductive person had seduced my cousin's soul!"

Kangxi frowned when he heard this: "What nonsense! You are too presumptuous."

When he heard this, his first reaction was who was gossiping in front of Concubine Tong and leaking the situation around him. After all, there was really a beautiful Malu around him, whose style was different from everyone else around him!

The second reaction was that Concubine Tong was really too much. As a concubine, she should set an example for the six palaces. How could she say such sour words? Do you have to be so sour about the person you like?

Concubine Tong was a little scared after hearing this, but she still pulled the handkerchief in her hand fearlessly and turned around to wait for Kangxi to coax her. What else could Kangxi do? If he left now, who knows how much gossip there would be tomorrow.

So he could only turn Concubine Tong's body around, hug her and say to her: "Don't you know what I feel for you? You are hurting my heart by saying this. Besides, you are a concubine now, and you should be a role model for the people in the harem. Do you think what you said just now is appropriate?"

After being comforted and lectured by him, Concubine Tong softened: "Okay, okay, I was wrong. Don't be angry, cousin."

Kangxi didn't want to dwell on this matter, so he put his arm around Concubine Tong and sat down on the couch, the two of them becoming affectionate with each other.

Concubine Tong tried to probe a few more times, and only felt relieved when she saw that Kangxi didn't seem to be obsessed with someone else around him. Kangxi actually noticed it, but he didn't want to talk to Concubine Tong about it. After dinner, he played chess with Concubine Tong for a while, then said he had to go back to review memorials and left.

No matter how Concubine Tong made a fuss, he did not promise to come and accompany her tonight. He just said that he was busy with state affairs and would try his best to find time to see her.

Kangxi wanted to summon Malu back to the Palace of Heavenly Purity, but was interrupted by the requests of Zhang Tingyu and others, and was busy until late at night. After finishing all the things and lying down, Kangxi recalled that he saw Malu today, so he called Liang Jiugong and said, "Go check on Malu from the Wuya family and see why she was in the harem today."

After giving the order, Kangxi went to sleep. Liang Jiugong knew that this Malu girl's luck had finally come! After receiving the order, Liang Jiugong went downstairs to instruct the eunuch to do this, and he wanted to hear the result when he left the court tomorrow.

Malu had anticipated this to some extent, otherwise he would not have planned it so long in advance and even made a special trip to the imperial kitchen to make everything look flawless.

Although she was weak, she could not resist the system, which could make her act without intention. At this time, Malu was sleeping soundly. She felt that today's encounter was a success. It temporarily increased her presence. The next step was to use crabapple fruit to make snacks to strengthen the impression.

After Emperor Kangxi left the court, Liang Jiugong heard from the eunuch that it was indeed the girl who wanted to make desserts with crabapple fruit, but the imperial kitchen didn't have it, so she went to Chunyi Zhai. It's impossible for her to know that the emperor was in Chunouzhai and rush over just for this chance encounter.

Kangxi was relieved when he heard Liang Jiugong say that he had checked and found that Malu was fine. He nodded and said to Liang Jiugong: "Then you go and do it."

Liang Jiugong went to the tea room in person and told Aunt Shuyu that the emperor might ask Malu to sleep with him tonight. Aunt Shuyu was shocked. Why was it so sudden?

Liang Jiugong naturally couldn't tell the reason, he just smiled and flicked his whisk: "This is a blessing for Miss Malu, please help with the preparations, aunt. The girl is shy, and I can't say these things directly."

As she said this, she asked a young palace maid to come forward and pointed out that this was someone who was assigned to serve Malu temporarily. Later in the afternoon, the nanny in charge of the bedroom would come to teach Malu how to serve the emperor. Aunt Shu Yu had also seen a lot of things, so she quickly calmed down, said a few words to Liang Jiugong, sent the great god away, and then went to find Malu alone.

Malu was shocked to hear the news from Aunt Shuyu. How could it happen so quickly? !