Rong Fei is not honored

Chapter 117 Dealing with Xiaozhuang

I had reminded her long ago that no matter what the Empress Dowager said, she should not agree. But it was obvious that Ji Nai did not take my words to heart. Now after my reminder, she finally understood the Empress Dowager's calculations.

Kangxi was still a little worried and reminded her again: "Even if you have a good relationship with Qiqige, don't have too much contact with the Empress Dowager. No matter what she says, tell me and I will make the decision for you."

Ji Nai looked at Kangxi with trust, satisfying his vanity as a man. But in fact, Ji Nai didn't understand at all when he became a "silly and sweet" in Kangxi's heart.

Fortunately, this was a good thing for him, so Ji Nai did not intend to clarify it and let Kangxi continue to misunderstand.

When Kangxi's back was no longer visible, Ji Nai's face darkened. Yu Sheng and Xiao Anzi lowered their heads, pretending that they had not seen their master's expression.

They all knew that their master was not as kind and innocent as he appeared in front of His Majesty. But as servants, they shared the same fate with their masters, and it was a good thing for their masters to be cunning.

It's better than being plotted against for no apparent reason and finally facing death without knowing who harmed you and also implicated the palace servants who served you.

Ji Nai turned back to the bedroom and asked everyone to leave. He could not help but said to Yuan Xu angrily: "The Empress Dowager is really calculating. When I was on good terms with Qiqige, she planned to kill my mother and take my son away. Now that Qiqige is dead, she wants to use her death to make me feel guilty so as to pave the way for the next Borjigit family."

Yuan Xu saw Ji Nai was so angry that she didn't know how to comfort her. You know, in Ji Nai's heart, her child was her Achilles' heel. How could Ji Nai not be angry when Xiaozhuang wanted to use Chengrui?

"Fortunately, Qi Qige was unwilling to do so, and even revealed the Empress Dowager's plan before she died."

"Qiqige was trying to protect Korchin. Our Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was a smart person. Smart people always think that they can get everything they want. But Kangxi was a powerful ruler. How could such a ruler be willing to be schemed against?"

Yuan Xu was stunned for a moment, "But that was Kangxi's grandmother, and the one who supported him to ascend the throne."

"So what? In the royal family, they are biological father and son, mother and son, let alone grandmother. Besides, I am involved in this life, and the relationship between Kangxi and Xiaozhuang is not deep. Even in the previous life, Kangxi was very concerned about Xiaozhuang's interference in politics."

Not to mention that the hand that Xiaozhuang extended to the previous dynasty was cut off, even in the harem, the women of Khorchin had no chance to succeed. Both Concubine Hui and Concubine Xuan had no children in their entire lives. During their lifetime, they were just concubines who enjoyed the status of concubines, and were only posthumously honored after their deaths.

Ji Nai did not believe that all this was caused by the Empress Dowager. Even if Kangxi was on guard against Khorchin, the grassland was so far away from the capital, why would he not even allow Borjigit to give birth to a child?

He was simply afraid that the Empress Dowager would have the opportunity to support the young master again. After all, the child born by a Khorchin noblewoman was closer to Kangxi than his grandchildren who had Khorchin blood.

Yuan Xu looked at the fierceness in Ji Nai's eyes and could naturally see that she wanted to attack the Grand Empress Dowager, but Yuan Xu was a little worried, "The Grand Empress Dowager is not someone you can plot against."

Even if Ji Nai was reborn, it still means that rebirth does not mean a new brain. Based on the record of Ji Nai giving birth to five sons and one daughter in his previous life, but only two children survived, Yuan Xu did not think that such a Ji Nai was a match for Xiaozhuang.

"Of course I know that," Ji Nai rolled his eyes, thinking she was blinded by anger, "So I didn't think of doing it myself. Isn't there a more suitable candidate? And he can definitely do it."

"Who?" Yuan Xu quickly thought of several candidates in his mind. Who would be Xiaozhuang's opponent? Could it be the Queen?

"Of course it's Kangxi."

Yuan Xu's mouth twitched. "You want to use the beauty trap to make Kangxi lose his temper for his beloved?"

"Are you crazy or am I? Do you think a man like Kangxi would turn against his grandmother because of a woman? Even if he is not afraid of being branded as unfilial, I don't want to be the cause of the trouble."

"Then how are you going to provoke Kangxi? You also said that if Kangxi took action, it might be bad for his reputation. There is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. How could Kangxi attack his own grandmother, a close relative with whom he has some affection?"

"What do you think is the most important thing to Kangxi?"

"Kingdom? Power? Offspring?"

"What else?"

Yuan Xu glanced at Ji Nai. In fact, she wanted to say that Ji Nai was also very important in Kangxi's heart, but she didn't dare to say it.

"Of course, there is also my biological mother, who was not loved by my father and suffered a lot. Not long after I ascended the throne, when I could finally enjoy my life, she passed away suddenly."

Especially this biological mother, who had never pointed fingers at him and tried to seek benefits for her family. Even though Kangxi was raised by palace servants since he was a child, how could he not beautify his biological mother who had never made him dissatisfied after her death and think about her all the time?

"I remember you said before that the cause of Empress Xiaokangzhang's death was questionable."

"There are indeed doubts. In the previous life, it was rumored that it was the Empress Dowager who forced Empress Xiaokangzhang to death. However, Kangxi only punished the person who spread the rumor and did not investigate further."

"Why, his mother might have been murdered, why didn't Kangxi investigate?"

How could Ji Nai explain this? He said that Kangxi, who had no one to rely on in his previous life, was able to gain a firm foothold with the help of Xiaozhuang. It can be said that Xiaozhuang helped Kangxi a lot. Moreover, the deep affection between Kangxi and the Empress Dowager was not just superficial.

Their feelings were truly deep. Not to mention how sad Kangxi was after the Empress Dowager passed away, even Su Malagu, who was by the Empress Dowager's side, had an extraordinary status in the harem.

Later, even the concubines of lower ranks had to pay their respects to Su Malagu when they saw her. Even the four concubines followed Kangxi's example and addressed Su Malagu as "Auntie" and did not dare to accept her full courtesy.

In the end, Kangxi even let this servant raise the twelfth prince himself so that Su Malagu could have someone to rely on. You must know that even if it is the biological mother, as long as she is below the rank of concubine, she is not qualified to raise the royal heir.

All these things are enough to prove Kangxi's feelings for the Grand Empress Dowager. Under such circumstances, how could Kangxi dare to investigate the cause of his biological mother's death? The main reason is that Kangxi knew that his grandmother was not innocent.

But if nothing is found out, then there is still a glimmer of hope. Just like did Kangxi really not know that Empress Hesheli had taken action against the heir to the throne? But as long as someone dared to say something bad about the empress, it would be slander, and there would be no investigation.

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