Rong Fei is not honored

The queen was just wondering at first why Ma Jia was so kind to speak up for her. When she mentioned Concubine Zhang, she secretly thought it was not good. Sure enough, she had bad intentions.

In just a few words, she directly accused Concubine Zhang of a crime in front of His Majesty, and also implicitly accused the Queen of having bad intentions. What does it mean that "she is also a mother" and she can't stand Concubine Zhang's behavior? Isn't this just dragging down the Queen?

After all, the queen is also a mother, and nominally the mother of all the princes and princesses in the palace. But such a queen does not feel sorry for the little princesses, but instead helps the unkind Concubine Zhang. Anyone would think that there is something wrong.

Concubine Hui's mind was very quick, and she immediately realized what Ji Nai meant, and echoed, "I also can't stand the Queen's partiality, so I spoke without thinking, but I never intended to let the Queen misunderstand me."

"Oh?" Kangxi looked at the queen. "Queen, Concubine Nara also said that she was not disrespectful to you. You misunderstood. So who should I believe?"

The Queen knew that this was the last chance given by the Emperor, and she frantically searched her memory, trying to find evidence that these two people were disrespectful to her.

But no, Ma Jia was just talking about the matter from beginning to end, even if she used some extreme words, she was just satirizing Concubine Zhang. Could it be that I should tell the emperor that Ma Jia was too rude to me and her expression was too presumptuous?

In the former case, although Ma Jia's tone was a bit bad, there was nothing she could say to use as a handle. The other party could easily say that she felt sorry for the little princess, so she was dissatisfied, and that her emotions were directed at Concubine Zhang.

The latter cannot be used as evidence at all. Even if you say it yourself, you will only bring shame upon yourself. His Majesty will not believe it.

What Nara said was obviously ironic, but did he dare to say it out loud? Others might not know, but His Majesty must be aware of what he had done.

Mentioning what Concubine Hui said to His Majesty would not only not make him feel that Nara was disrespectful to him, but would instead arouse His Majesty's disgust for her.

Seeing the Queen's silence, Kangxi sneered, "Since the Queen can't explain it, I know that you are indeed unfair in handling this matter. Queen, you really disappoint me."

Kangxi's words made the queen's whole body shake.

The Queen then realized that she had been tricked today. Judging from Ma Jia's reaction to Zhang's words, she was definitely well prepared. She had deliberately angered herself, otherwise how could His Majesty have come so timely.

You know, ever since Chengrui was poisoned, His Majesty would not easily set foot in Kunning Palace unless it was the first or fifteenth day of the lunar month. Why did he come to Kunning Palace after the court was dismissed today and saw this scene?

The Queen believed that no matter whether Ma Jia was favored or not, Kangxi would not cooperate with her, so Kangxi had to take the lead.

So what else could she refute? Maybe this matter was directed by His Majesty. After realizing this, the queen was disheartened and just waited for Kangxi's final decision.

Unexpectedly, Kangxi said nothing and let it go. The queen was surprised that her relationship with the emperor had come to this point and it was difficult to turn things around. But the other party did not take the opportunity to punish her, which was obviously unreasonable.

Concubine Hui had lost face today, and she had to get it back. She was not willing to let the queen go. "Your Majesty, have all the sufferings I have endured been in vain?"

"You really should tone down your temper."

Concubine Hui's face immediately turned red. What did His Majesty mean by this? It was obvious that she was the one who was wronged.

The Queen's eyes were a little moist. This was the first time that His Majesty did not support the Nala family after they offended her. If His Majesty had been like this from the beginning, she would not be so scared and would not do anything to eliminate all threats.

Yes, that's right. No matter how perfect the excuses the queen found were, even if they deceived herself, the fact was that the fundamental reason that prompted her to frantically murder the royal heir was that the queen lacked a sense of security.

Even though the queen claimed that she was the principal wife and her child was the most qualified heir to the throne, she actually knew in her heart that the royal family cared least about the difference between legitimate and illegitimate wives and concubines.

Kangxi's attitude made the empress feel that her position was precarious and she was walking on thin ice in the palace. She had no way of being virtuous and magnanimous and watching the concubines in the palace give birth to royal heirs one after another, waiting for them to accumulate a certain amount of power and then unite to deal with her.

After all, if it weren't for the Empress Dowager's obstruction, the Qing Dynasty would have had two deposed empresses in just four emperors since its founding. The lessons learned from the past were shocking, and the empress didn't want to end up like that, so she had to take the initiative and cut off the opportunity for the concubines in the palace to grow.

(Nurhaci founded the Later Jin Dynasty and was the first emperor. Huang Taiji changed the country's name to Qing. Shunzhi tried to depose the queen twice, but failed the second time. Both queens were from the Borjigit clan.)

Kangxi saw the unhappiness on Nara's face and the sadness on the queen's face, but he just pretended not to see it. It was all a personal choice to get to this point, and he had given enough opportunities.

"I heard that today's farce seems to be caused by Zhang. Where is she?"

Following Kangxi's words, everyone turned their eyes to Concubine Zhang. At this time, Concubine Zhang was not at her seat at all, but hid in a corner, hiding her figure behind the tables and chairs.

Concubine Zhang did not expect that even though she was hiding here, she still could not escape the disaster. In the end, the Emperor noticed her.

If Ji Nai knew what Concubine Zhang was thinking, he would definitely laugh at her for being fanciful. From the moment Concubine Zhang wanted to send the little princess away without going through Emperor Kangxi, her fate was already doomed.

Concubine Zhang forgot that even if she had the support of the queen, the master of the harem was Kangxi, and this man was the father of the little princess. No matter how legitimate Concubine Zhang's reasons were, even if it was really for the good of the little princess, she should not have acted without the permission of Kangxi.

If Concubine Zhang had discussed the issue of the little princess with Kangxi in advance, even if it didn't work out in the end, Kangxi would not have done anything to her.

But now what Concubine Zhang did was completely stepping into Kangxi's minefield, making him feel that Concubine Zhang was taking advantage of the little princess and, as her biological mother, actively involved her in the struggle in the harem.

As I said before, Kangxi was definitely a father who loved his children as long as they did not endanger himself. Otherwise, he would not have raised so many outstanding children, which eventually led to the Nine Dragon Battle for the Throne.

It’s a pity that Concubine Zhang didn’t seem to understand why she fell out of favor after giving birth to the little princess, and didn’t learn her lesson.