The Virtuous Concubine

Bai Xia couldn't bear it any longer - why was this concubine showing off so much?

Bai Xia was just about to say a few words to defend his queen when a large group of eunuchs and palace maids came outside. It was so noisy that it drowned out the sound of the heavy rain.

Malu quickly asked Bai Xia to go and take a look. Bai Xia ran out angrily to see what was going on, leaving Malu and Mipin staring at each other.

When he came back, Bai Xia was so proud that he straightened his back and said, "My queen, it's the people from Yonghe Palace who are here to take us back."

Malu was a little surprised: "It's raining so hard, what are you doing here? Didn't I ask you to send someone back to deliver a message saying we will be back soon? And why are you here with so many people?"

Bai Xia is just waiting for Malu to ask!

She said joyfully, "Your Majesty, you don't know that the Emperor sent someone to give you a reward after he woke up. When Eunuch Liang saw that you didn't return to Yonghe Palace, he asked where you were."

"Just then, the messenger who was delivering the letter caught up with us and told us about your resting at Jiangxue Pavilion. The emperor was afraid that you would catch a cold in the rain, so he sent someone to pick you up with a ceremonial guard!"

Mipin was standing by, her face changed. She felt extremely embarrassed and like a clown after showing off the fabric of her clothes.

Malu didn't care. Kangxi shouldn't be so attentive. It was probably that the little prince took advantage of his time in the imperial court to get some benefits for her.

"Since the emperor has sent someone to pick us up, let's go back quickly." Malu said to Bai Xia. Bai Xia nodded and started packing.

Ma Lu looked at Mipin again and said with a smile: "Mipin, it is a pleasure to talk with you today."

Mipin forced a smile and said, "Your Majesty, please go slowly. It's time for me to go back too."

As she said that, she followed Malu out, but she didn't expect that the guard of honor in front of them was not the imperial concubine's guard of honor as she thought, but the emperor's guard of honor!

With such a long line of people, plus the people originally from Yonghe Palace, the entrance to Jiangxuexuan was blocked.

Malu noticed Mipin's expression, but did not say much. He boarded the sedan slowly, surrounded by the crowd. Bai Xia glanced at Mipin with pride, finally letting out the anger in his heart.

Mipin whispered: "This Imperial Concubine Dezhao is truly favored and favored. She is enviable."

She turned around and secretly pinched the hand of the maid beside her fiercely, but the maid beside her must have been used to it, so she gritted her teeth and dared not make a sound.

Mipin watched Malu's procession gradually go away, and her resentment grew stronger. After a while, the rain gradually subsided and the sky began to clear up.

She loosened her hand and said, "Let's go back." Mipin said coldly. The maid was as if she had been pardoned, and hurriedly followed Mipin, not daring to breathe.

Malu was used to it. It was not her first time to ride in the emperor's car, so she did not feel any psychological burden. She also reminded Bai Xia: "In the future, you should hide your thoughts. Otherwise, if you are left alone in the palace and get scolded, I will not be able to save you in time."

Bai Xia chuckled: "Other slaves would not be like this. I just don't like Mipin's energy. I don't know what she is competing for... Is she worthy?"

Ma Lu scolded him lightly: "You, you are still like this after all these years. Although Mipin did something wrong, she is a concubine after all, and she is also a master. You can't look down on her like this."

Something wrong? Bai Xia's heart moved: "My Lady, you were chatting with her just now. Did you want to remind her that there was something wrong with her?"

Malu shook his head slightly. He didn't have the time to be a good person. "I didn't mean to remind you on purpose. I just mentioned it casually when I saw it. Otherwise, I would look like a blind person."

Bai Xia showed a very fawning smile: "Your Majesty is right. This concubine Mi relies on her favor and doesn't know how high the heaven is or how deep the earth is. If she doesn't restrain herself, she will cause trouble sooner or later."

Bai Xia's words really came true, but that's a story for later. The one who is in trouble now is Kangxi.

The rain has been falling non-stop, which is definitely not a good sign.

Kangxi sat in the imperial study, frowning, looking at the rain outside the window, his heart full of worries. The rain had lasted for several days, causing a lot of trouble. There were also continuous reports of disasters in various places, which made him feel more stressed.

The most difficult problem is still the Yellow River flood!

Post reports from Huai'an, Yangzhou, Xuzhou and other places in Jiangsu came in like snowflakes.

After the Yellow River took over the Si River and flowed into the Huai River, both the Yellow River and the Huai River rose and rushed in all directions. Bursting and backflowing frequently occurred on both sides of the Yellow River east of Dangshan, directly flooding 16 counties in Huaiyang and causing extremely serious damage to local agricultural production and people's lives.

The embankment collapsed, the Yellow River was seriously silted up from Qingkou to the estuary, the river channel and waterway were severely damaged, fertile fields were buried by yellow sand, and the people were displaced.

He immediately summoned the ministers to discuss countermeasures, and he rarely went to the harem. The crown prince and the fourth prince were also busy and had no time to bother each other.

One day, Malu was playing with her two daughters when she suddenly heard Bai Lu, a newly promoted first-class maid in her palace, whispering mysteriously with Bai Xia.

Ma Lu smiled and let the two daughters play by themselves. She waved at them and said, "What are you whispering about? Is there anything else in Yonghe Palace that I cannot hear?"

Bai Xia showed a mysterious smile: "My queen, something happened to the princess."

"Ah?" Malu's curiosity was aroused: "How did she become the royal concubine?"

Bai Xia nudged Bai Lu with her elbow, and Bai Lu hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Wang Concubine was disrespectful in front of the emperor, and the emperor stripped her of her title. Now there is only Wang Concubine in the palace, and no more Mi Concubine."

Malu asked, "Do you know why he was disrespectful in front of the emperor?"

Bai Lu and Bai Xia looked at each other, and Bai Xia said softly, "I heard that when she was serving the emperor, the brocade and embroidery she wore angered the emperor. The emperor... the emperor scolded her harshly."

Ma Lu sighed softly, "This concubine is also confused. How can she be so careless in front of the emperor? Right now, Jiangsu is suffering from a severe disaster. She is wearing the brocade sent by Jiangning Weaving Factory. This must have caught the emperor's eye."

Before Malu could sigh about how retribution came so quickly, the Fourth Prince came again.

Seeing that he had dark circles under his eyes and an untidy beard, Ma Lu laughed and complained to him, "Look at you, you are so busy that you don't even care about your appearance. You should get along with Wang Bin, who only loves to dress up."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the palace who had just heard the gossip laughed.

The Fourth Prince couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing this: "Don't blame me, mother. I have so many things to do now that I really don't have time to take care of these things."

Seeing that he was so calm about being called Wangpin, Malu asked him, "Have you heard about Wangpin's misconduct in front of the emperor?"

The Fourth Prince frowned slightly and said, "I have heard a little bit about it. Wangpin's behavior is indeed inappropriate. But my son came here today to tell mother that my son is going to Jiangnan."