Comprehensive Qing wear good luck

In the evening, the two of them were very harmonious in order to thank Kangxi.

Kangxi's skills in bed were indeed good, and An Ning felt that it was worth it. Kangxi also felt that his happiness was doubled with An Ning. The next day, he left Changchun Palace in high spirits.

Half a month later, jade pendants gradually became popular in the palace. They were interesting and fun, and provided entertainment for the ladies who had nothing to do all day.

An Ning called Chen Changzai and two other concubines from Qixiang Palace, making a total of four people, and started to play.

In the Qianqing Palace, Kangxi put down his pen and ink.

"Liang Jiugong, let's go for a walk in the Imperial Garden."

"Whoo."

"Get up and go to the imperial garden."

The Imperial Garden was where Kangxi went "hunting for beauties". Lately he had been going to Changchun Palace more often at night, followed by Concubine Wang. Occasionally he would ask other concubines to sleep with him, but he was getting a little bored of that.

I plan to go to the Imperial Garden and see if I can meet some "new" faces.

The reason why they are "fresh" is that some concubines did not leave any impression on Kangxi before. If they can enter the palace, they must have their strengths. The chance meeting in the imperial garden is equivalent to a second "interview". With the previous experience, Kangxi can generally always meet one that suits his taste.

When they arrived at the Imperial Garden, looking at the place where one could hear a pin drop, Kangxi couldn't help but look puzzled.

"It's a cool day today, why is there no one in the Imperial Garden?"

This "person" refers specifically to concubines.

Liang Jiugong knew the movements of the harem best, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, the ladies are playing jade cards now!"

So I didn’t have time to visit the Imperial Garden.

The Imperial Garden is such a small place that there was nothing to kill time in the past. You could walk around the garden and maybe run into the emperor. But now with the jade plaque, Emperor Kangxi has become less attractive.

Kangxi couldn't help laughing: "So it was the jade plaque that caused it. I am curious about the charm of the jade plaque. Let's go to Changchun Palace and see what the charm of the jade plaque is."

He is even inferior to the emperor.

Liang Jiugong lowered his head quickly: "Huh!"

In Changchun Palace, An Ning was playing jade cards, which was indeed a good way to relieve boredom in the ancient times when entertainment was scarce. She didn't play it big, and used copper coins. At the end of the day, even if someone was unlucky, they would lose at most one or two taels of silver.

For a palace concubine, it is indeed not much.

When they first started playing cards, Chen Chang and the others deliberately let her win. Later, after she rewarded those who beat her twice, they started to take it seriously. After half a month, they became more open-minded towards An Ning and spoke without any scruples.

Chen Changzai: "Your Majesty, you are so lucky today. I almost lost 500 copper coins today."

There was some resentment in Chen Changzai's tone when she spoke.

An Ning was in a good mood. She lost a lot yesterday, so she changed her position today and her luck improved.

She planned not to count the cards deliberately, but to rely on luck, not to gamble much, just for fun.

An Ning: "You won a lot yesterday, so you must let me win a few times today. Things will change, so you should come to my house today."

Su agreed: "My queen, it's still early, don't be too proud, these two concubines are lucky, maybe we can catch up later!"

Niu agreed and sighed: "I don't know how to describe my luck today. I had good luck at the beginning, but these two times my luck has not been so good. Sister Chen, how about we switch places?"

They all have bad luck, maybe if they change their positions their luck will turn around.

Chen Chang's face flashed with confusion when she heard this. She was afraid that her luck would be even worse if she changed it.

Kangxi came in at this time.

To be honest, he almost thought he was seeing things. How could he not know the true relationship between the concubines in the harem? It was only peaceful on the surface.

But when the four of them sitting together in Changchun Palace, they looked truly harmonious, not pretended to be harmonious.

Chunlan, who was beside An Ning, was the first to notice Kangxi.

"See the Emperor."

When everyone heard this, they looked outside and saw Kangxi, and hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"See the Emperor."

Kangxi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Everyone get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Kangxi came. An Ning was fine. After she knew her situation, she relaxed a lot in front of Kangxi. But the other three became a little restrained.

After all, they hadn't seen Kangxi for a long time. It would be fine if they were in their own room, but they were afraid of disturbing An Ning if they were here.

"Why did the emperor come? Why didn't you let me know in advance so that I could prepare to receive him?"

When the few people heard An Ning's familiar tone with Kangxi, they couldn't help but feel envious. When they were favored in the past, they were always respectful in front of Kangxi and didn't dare to speak like that.

"I went to the Imperial Garden for a walk, and it was not as lively as usual. I asked Liang Jiugong and learned that jade plaques were popular in the palace. I am a little curious about the charm of these jade plaques that made the Imperial Garden empty."

Everyone knew what the "person" in the Imperial Garden was like. What Kangxi meant by this was that he was curious about the charm of the jade pendant that made it more attractive than him.

An Ning couldn't help but laugh: "If Your Majesty is interested, I will play a few rounds with you, how about that?"

Kangxi did have this intention.

"Okay, Liang Jiugong, go to the Qianqing Palace and get some silver. Today's win or loss will be mine."

An Ning couldn't help but laugh, what a sucker!

"Then the emperor must not be stingy. Let's play a game with ten taels of silver, so as not to humiliate the emperor."

"You are the only one who can tease me. Ten taels is ten taels. Just this once."

Kangxi was not short of money, but gambling was not a good thing. The amount of money for gambling in the palace was generally not much, and everyone knew their limits. Even the empress dowager used copper coins.

"Thank you, Your Majesty for your grace."

After saying this, An Ning looked at the other three and said, "It's not easy for the emperor to give away his wealth, so you sisters should seize the opportunity."

The three of them relaxed a lot after hearing that, and then they took turns playing jade cards with Kangxi and An Ning.

At the beginning, Kangxi didn't quite understand the rules and lost three games in a row. But in the fourth game, he won. After winning three games in a row, An Ning knew that Kangxi was counting cards.

"Your Majesty, card counting is not okay."

"Why not?"

"How can we, the concubines, not be as thoughtful as you! If we continue like this, how can we win? It will be boring."

Kangxi smiled and said, "You are the only one who can tell that I am counting cards. This jade card is indeed interesting. It can be used occasionally to kill time."

Playing cards is a rare form of entertainment.

However, Kangxi's interest came and went quickly. He liked to count cards, but An Ning deliberately did not count them. Kangxi won without any suspense, and after winning three games in a row, he felt that the jade cards were just like that.

Then Kangxi found an excuse to end the card game, but he was quite generous. He waved his hand and gave a lot of rewards to the people who played with him, real money rewards.

An Ning had no shortage of these things, but he was still very happy. No one complained about his having too much money. One hundred taels of silver was still money, no matter how little it was.

The other three were extremely happy. They were not favored and what they lacked the most was money. Without money, they would not starve or freeze, but their life would not be satisfactory.

After seeing the three people off, Kangxi and An Ning went to the study. Looking at the Western mathematics on her desk, Kangxi's eyes flashed with surprise.

"My beloved concubine, why are you studying mathematics?"

An Ning looked at Kangxi with admiration: "I heard from the servants in the palace that the emperor is well-versed in literature and has a wide range of knowledge. I also want to read the books that the emperor has read."

Kangxi felt that An Ning had feelings for him.

He was so devoted to it that he even let his sons learn foreign mathematics, but they were very reluctant to do so.

An Ning took the initiative to learn, and to be honest, Kangxi was a little moved.

He knew that mathematics was boring.

"My beloved concubine is interested."

Then he sent rewards to Changchun Palace.