Rong Fei is not honored

The atmosphere in Kunning Palace was a bit strange. Today was the first day that Concubine Nala, oh no, Concubine Hui came to pay respects after her confinement. At the same time, Ji Nai, who had been on leave to look after the child because of the poisoning of Prince Chengrui, also came.

Ji Nai sat in the first seat on the left, drinking tea leisurely. On the surface, he looked calm and composed, but in his heart he was complaining to Yuan Xu:

[Remember to hold me back later, or I’m afraid I won’t be able to resist scratching the queen’s face when I see her.]

In fact, this was not the first time that Ji Nai had met the Queen since Cheng Rui was poisoned. But the last time was in the Yanxi Palace, when Nara's screams could be heard from time to time, and Ji Nai's attention was on the drama, so he naturally ignored the Queen.

Of course, this was also the result of Ji Nai's deliberate actions, but this did not mean that Ji Nai had let it go. Every time he saw Cheng Rui's current appearance, Ji Nai's hatred in his heart increased.

However, perhaps Kangxi had noticed Ji Nai's thoughts, so he basically stayed in Zhongcui Palace during this period, accompanying the mother and son, while also constantly comforting Ji Nai and telling her not to confront the queen directly.

Ji Nai understood that Kangxi was doing this for his own good. No matter what happened before, as long as he was disrespectful to the empress, he, as a lower-ranking official, would be the one who was wrong.

Reason is one thing, emotion is another. Although Chengrui's body has recovered under the nourishment of the spiritual fluid, it is not easy to mend a body that has been broken like a sieve.

Sometimes Chengrui's condition would relapse, he would vomit blood, and would be unable to drink medicine. Whenever this happened, Ji Nai wanted to rush into Kunning Palace with a knife and die with her.

Kangxi had the honor of seeing Ji Nai holding a knife and preparing to rush out, and that scene was deeply engraved in Kangxi's mind. From that day on, Kangxi had a better understanding of Ji Nai.

She changed from a sweet, soft and easy-to-bully fool to a protective fool who is usually weak and can be bullied, but once her child is hurt, she will immediately turn into a tigress.

Kangxi even had some doubts. If it was him who hurt the child, would Ji Nai kill the king directly? Now Kangxi just thought he was possessed by a demon and threw this terrible idea out of his mind.

However, when he entered old age, he was influenced by this scene and subconsciously avoided Ji Nai's children and dared not to bother them too much.

Therefore, Kangxi supported Ji Nai in not paying respects to the empress and tried to reduce their encounters. Even on the day when Nara gave birth, he was always alert and pulled her away as soon as he found something wrong. Fortunately, Ji Nai was sensible.

In fact, there were voices in the harem about Ji Nai's refusal to pay his respects, but even the Empress Dowager and the Queen did not say anything, so naturally others did not make a big fuss about it.

But in fact, the Empress Dowager and the Queen were not without dissatisfaction, but they were all settled by Kangxi.

Kangxi went to the Empress Dowager to explain, saying: "Ma Jia is now guarding Chengrui's side every day, day and night. Chengrui's condition is not very good now. I am afraid that the situation will get worse..."

Although Kangxi's words were very obscure, the Empress Dowager still heard it. She was afraid that if Chengrui died, Ma Jia would not be able to see him for the last time. Although Chengrui's actual situation was not that bad, Kangxi was not prepared to tell the Empress Dowager.

This was consistent with the situation reported by the Empress Dowager's staff at the Imperial Hospital. Chengrui was indeed in a very bad condition. As mothers, the Empress Dowager could understand.

But, "If that's the case, why does the emperor stay in Zhongcui Palace all the time?" If Ma Jia was really worried about the child, she would not have the heart to serve the emperor.

However, there are many women in the palace who, seeing that their children are dying, try to gain the emperor's sympathy and then take the opportunity to get pregnant. If this is the case, then the love for the son is a joke, and not paying respects is just taking advantage of the emperor's favor and becoming arrogant.

"Although I am in my prime, I am not a womanizer. I just want to show some affection and accompany Chengrui." This is a subtle way of telling the Empress Dowager that I stayed in Zhongcui Palace just to sleep. Of course, this is also the truth.

"Even so, Your Majesty should not go too far. You have only been resting in Zhongcui Palace for the past few months, and you have even ignored the rule of going to Kunning Palace on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. There are already voices of dissatisfaction in the harem."

"Grandmother, please rest assured. I won't stay like this forever. Please give me some time."

As for the queen, Kangxi didn't want to see her at first, but the people from Kunning Palace kept asking for her, and Kangxi got annoyed, so he went. After listening to the queen's complaints, Kangxi looked at her with sarcasm.

"Doesn't the Queen know why Ma Jiashi didn't come to pay her respects?"

The queen looked a little embarrassed, but she still insisted: "No matter what the reason is, it is the rule for concubines to pay respects to the queen. Doesn't Ma Jia take the ancestral rules seriously?"

"Have you ever heard that when an emperor gets angry, millions of people die, and when an ordinary person gets angry, blood splatters every five steps?"

"What does this mean, Your Majesty?" the Queen asked in shock and anger.

"It's nothing, I just want to remind the Queen not to push people too far."

Perhaps influenced by the memories of his past life, Ji Nai's mood was still not stable. Sometimes when Kangxi nags too much, Ji Nai will feel irritated and cry or talk back. Fortunately, Kangxi has always been very tolerant and never really got angry.

After the emotion passed, Ji Nai regained his rationality, apologized to Kangxi again, and then coaxed him back to peace of mind. But after so many times, Ji Nai also realized that something was wrong with him, so he told Yuan Xu.

Yuan Xu dared to speak: "I discovered it a long time ago, but I didn't dare to tell you because I was afraid you would go crazy."

In fact, Kangxi and Yuan Xu were the first ones to discover that there was something wrong with Ji Nai, so Kangxi gave in everywhere. He was afraid that Ji Nai was upset by the scene of Chengrui's accident. If Chengrui recovered but Ji Nai was gone, he would cry to death.

Yuan Xu felt that Ji Nai seemed to have depression, and more like bipolar disorder, but Yuan Xu was not a doctor and was not sure. She was also afraid of irritating the other party, so she didn't dare to tell her until Ji Nai realized this himself.

[Depression? Bipolar disorder? I think I'm pretty strong. Although the scene where Cheng Rui vomited blood was scary, it didn't make me depressed. ]

"I guess you have had depression or bipolar disorder for a long time, but it just didn't show up before. Chengrui's incident stimulated you and you got sick again."

Ji Nai thought about it seriously and realized that this was indeed possible. He had ended up like that in his previous life. Although he died of illness in the end, it was not because he had no depression.

"In fact, people like you who have lived in the harem for a lifetime will basically suffer from depression, especially those who have experienced ups and downs, who are more likely to be upset."