Rong Fei is not honored

"Zhang, do you really not want to be the little princess's biological mother?"

Kangxi's voice was filled with anger, which frightened Concubine Zhang. "Concubine, concubine..." Concubine Zhang's tongue was tied, and she didn't know what to say.

In the end, Concubine Zhang could only place her last hope on the Queen. She looked at her with full expectation, hoping that she could still speak for herself as before.

But to Concubine Zhang's disappointment, although the Queen sensed her cry for help, she did not intend to step in.

The queen finally understood that Zhang was a hopeless case. If she hadn't alerted the enemy, how could Ma Jia have prepared in advance and plotted against her?

Moreover, the matter of the little princess was meant to show Zhang's love for her daughter, so that the emperor would be moved and agree to it. But now the emperor has determined that Zhang dislikes the little princess and everything she does is calculated.

In this situation, how could the queen continue to support and make excuses for Zhang? She would only drag herself into the water.

"If that's the case, then from now on you have nothing to do with Little Princess. I will find a new mother for Little Princess."

What does His Majesty mean by this? What does it mean that he has nothing to do with the little princess? I am the little princess's biological mother, how can I have nothing to do with her?

From the beginning to the end, Concubine Zhang only wanted to find a foster mother for the little princess. In this way, she would not have to take care of the little princess herself, but she would still be the biological mother of the eldest princess in the imperial edict.

The reason why the Queen supported me to find Ma Jia was because of this idea. Regardless of whether Ma Jia took good care of the little princess, with me as her biological mother, there would be endless troubles in the future.

Concubine Zhang was smart for once. Did His Majesty want to change the imperial edict directly? No, no, for the first time, Concubine Zhang felt the fear of losing her daughter forever.

"Please have mercy, Your Majesty. The little princess is my child. I cannot lose her."

"No? You've gone through so much trouble just to get someone else to help you raise your child. I think you're willing to do that!"

"No, no, Your Majesty, I was wrong. I just wanted to find a better foster mother for the little princess, so that her health could get better. I did this all for the little princess' sake."

"Zhang, are you treating me like a fool? When the little princess was born, you thought Ma Jia was better at raising a child, so you wanted to send her to the Zhongcui Palace to be raised. But the little princess's condition has stabilized, so how can you say this is for her own good?"

Kangxi was furious. Until now, Zhang was still quibbling, disguising her selfishness as a loving mother's heart. She was claiming to be doing good for the little princess, but she was actually taking advantage of her.

"That's not the case, that's not the case, Your Majesty, please listen to my explanation."

"Okay, then I will give you a chance today and listen to your true feelings."

It wasn't that Kangxi still had feelings for Concubine Zhang and wanted to give her another chance, but that he was standing up for the little princess and wanted to hear Zhang's real thoughts to see whether she had any feelings for him.

After Kangxi really sat down and gave Concubine Zhang a chance to listen carefully to her explanation, Concubine Zhang didn't know what to say. Her mind was blank.

"Why? I don't know where to start, so I'll give you a start. When the little princess was just born, you didn't take good care of her, which led to the incident where the wet nurse treated the little princess harshly. How do you explain this?"

"Because of me, because..."

"You don't know how to explain it, so I'll help you explain it. Because the little princess is not a prince, she can't bring you the glory you want; because Ma Jia gave birth to Chengrui and was promoted, but you lack nothing, so you resent that she is a princess."

This was indeed what Concubine Zhang was thinking at the time, and she had no way to refute it. Suddenly, an impulse arose in Concubine Zhang's heart, and she questioned Kangxi regardless of the consequences, "Isn't it true? Even His Majesty himself thinks so, why can't I do the same?"

Everyone thought that Concubine Zhang was crazy. She even questioned the Emperor. Did she feel that she had no way out so she just gave up?

"I admit that I like my prince more than my princess. But that doesn't mean I don't love my daughter, and I don't think she's a burden. My princess is a princess of the Qing Dynasty, a noble daughter of a rich family, and..."

Kangxi looked at Concubine Zhang with sarcasm, "Thunder and rain are all grace from the emperor. You are not the only one in this palace who gave birth to an heir but was not promoted. Why do you think you are an exception? Nara and Dong did not dislike their children like you do. It can be seen that the essence of the problem lies in your greed and insatiable desire."

"No, I was looking forward to having this child. But the little princess was born weak and kept crying and making a fuss every day. She would get sick at the slightest disturbance or sudden change in the weather, and her life would even be in danger.

"Your Majesty loves the little princess, so he only sent her the best supplements and told the imperial physician to take good care of her, but it is I who has to take care of her every day. How can I bear this torment day after day?"

These words were spoken with such sincerity that many concubines could not help but feel sympathetic after hearing them. If they were the little princess's biological mothers, they might not have done as well as she did, so they felt sympathy for her.

There were even some soft-hearted people who wanted to sympathize with Concubine Zhang. But it was not because they felt the same pain, but more because they felt sorry for her. They were afraid that they would also face the same fate in the future, so they left themselves a way out.

However, before he could say it, he was dissuaded by His Majesty's next words.

"If you truly love your daughter, you will know that the real suffering is watching your child suffer from illness." Just like Ji Nai.

If Kangxi had never seen a truly loving mother, perhaps he would have really been moved by what Concubine Zhang said. But now, Kangxi only felt that Concubine Zhang was too cold to the little princess and had no mother-daughter affection.

"Zhang, have you forgotten that my little princess is not the daughter of a commoner? According to the regulations, she has more palace servants around her than a concubine like you. She definitely doesn't need you to do anything yourself. You can't do that, so why bother?"

Concubine Zhang was speechless, and could only watch as the Emperor announced her "death penalty".

"Since you think raising a child is too tiring, I will naturally not force you. Little Princess, I will take good care of you. In the future, you will no longer have a green card. Don't worry, there will be no more children to disturb you, and you can spend your days leisurely in Chuxiu Palace."

Concubine Zhang never expected that Kangxi's punishment would be so severe. She couldn't accept it for a while and fainted.

The corners of Ji Nai's mouth twitched. Kangxi was really a murderer.