Rong Fei is not honored

Nanny Chen looked at the little girls in front of her and couldn't help but frown. These little palace maids were too young. At first glance, they were still a group of children who had not grown up and could not do many things. It was mainly because the Empress Dowager was in a hurry to get people, so this group of palace maids only learned the rules for 10 days. Even before they entered the palace, their families must have arranged for them to learn.

But Nanny Chen was still worried. After all, although they were said to be learning rules, it was definitely not just teaching rules. The palace maids who had entered the palace before had to learn for a full three months. During these three months, the maids would take this opportunity to temper the temperaments of the palace maids and get rid of the pampered nature they had developed at home.

But Nanny Chen also understood what the Grand Empress Dowager meant. These days, Empress Dowager Cihe was getting sicker and sicker, and the Emperor was getting gloomier day by day. These little girls were chosen to serve him, but in fact they were just to accompany and comfort His Majesty. When they were older, if there were a few that His Majesty liked, they could be directly taken into the harem and given a position.

But Nanny Chen really didn't trust these people. It would be best if they could appease His Majesty, but if that didn't work, or if one of them was restless and angered the Emperor, she would be guilty of a thousand crimes. Such a hot potato was really hard to handle. After thinking for a long time, she decided to let them do some light work.

The eight people were divided into two groups. One group served tea to the Emperor during the day, and the other group kept watch and lit the lamps at night. The two groups took turns to take over.

Ji Nai was first assigned to serve tea. It just so happened that Kangxi was in a bad mood these days. Ji Nai saw Kangxi lose his temper several times. He even smashed the teacup and gave Liang Jiugong several strokes. This irritable look made several young palace maids who were ready to make trouble temporarily stop thinking and settle down.

Ji Nai looked at Liang Jiugong in front of him, groaning and dodging the teacup, with a bitter face as he went out to be beaten. He was completely different from the distant and polite manner he had shown towards the concubines in his previous life. He was respectful but not close enough, and he was proud of his status as the Emperor's personal eunuch.

Maybe Ji Nai hadn't figured out how to face this clean and pure young man in front of him, and didn't plan to approach him in a hurry, so he didn't pay much attention to Kangxi, and therefore missed Kangxi's frequent glances. Many times when he was laughing at Liang Jiugong's jokes, there was a smile in his eyes, and that bright and lovely look was all seen by Kangxi. Following Ji Nai's line of sight, he turned his head to look at Liang Jiugong, and seeing him pretending to be pitiful and begging for mercy, he also calmed down. This also made Chen Ma, who was originally very worried, secretly relieved. It was really too difficult to serve the emperor these days.

Yuan Xu, who was standing by, took in everyone's reactions and felt inexplicably excited, as if he had knocked the candy. No, no, no, Yuan Xu warned himself, this candy is bitter and smelly, and it is not good to knock it. But looking at this loving scene in front of him, he couldn't help but comfort himself. Anyway, the clean Kangxi now is not the scumbag with many women in the future. Why not knock it first as a sign of respect, and wait until his house collapses, and then climb the wall by himself.

That night, it was Ji Nai's turn to guard the second half of the night. She had just arrived at the back hall of the Qianqing Palace when she saw Wu Jiashi, who was supposed to be guarding inside, standing outside the door with an anxious look on her face. Ji Nai hurried forward and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I, I, um, His Majesty is missing."

Ji Nai was shocked. The Forbidden City was not like the later period, which was purged several times by Emperor Kangxi. It was very safe. The harem now had palace maids left over from the former Ming Dynasty, as well as people planted in the harems by Emperors Huang Taiji and Shunzhi. It was not without reason that so many of Emperor Kangxi's children died in his early life. Even the Emperor's Palace of Heavenly Purity could be dangerous.

"Why is His Majesty missing? How did you keep watch all night? Did you notify Nanny Chen and Eunuch Liang?"

"No, no, I, I didn't dare to say it."

"Are you crazy? Your Majesty is in trouble, and you dare to conceal it."

"No, it's none of my business. The Emperor was fine when I was on guard. It's obviously you who lost him. Don't try to blame me. I'm going to tell Nanny Chen." After saying this, he ran off to file a complaint first.

Idiot. Ji Nai looked at Wu Jiashi's back as if he was looking at a dead person. "What should we do? She wants to go and complain first." "Her reasons are totally untenable. If Kangxi really lost it in the middle of the night, how did she know? She is so eager to shirk responsibility that she has no brains."

Then he stopped caring about it. He didn't know how long Kangxi had been gone, and whether he was okay. Ji Nai was very worried about Kangxi's safety. Even if he was okay, it was not spring yet, and it was cold at night. What should he do if he caught a cold? Suddenly, Ji Nai thought of a possibility. She rushed into the hall, picked up the quilt on the bed, and walked towards the main hall of the Qianqing Palace.

Sure enough, there was a small figure standing on the steps in front of the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, from where one could see almost the entire capital. Ji Nai breathed a sigh of relief, walked over and wrapped the entire quilt around Kangxi. Kangxi looked at this daring little maid in front of him and couldn't believe that she dared to offend him like this.

"Your Majesty, do you want to freeze yourself to death?" "How dare you."

"I am ignorant and cannot think of any other reason why His Majesty would sit outside in such a cold winter night wearing only thin pajamas."

Kangxi was speechless. He had indeed not considered this matter properly. But at that time, a fire was burning in his heart, and it was so hot that he could not breathe. It was not until he walked out of the hall and felt the cold night wind that he felt better and forgot that he might catch a cold.

"Your Majesty will be a wise ruler in the future. You can't drag around a weak body. Oh, there are so many things to do in the entire Qing Dynasty. I'm afraid you can't bear the fatigue."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm in good health."

"Well, it's fine now, but if Your Majesty continues to abuse his body like this, it may not be the same anymore."

"Okay, I was wrong this time. But do you really think I will be a wise ruler?"

"I have never been to school and I can't even read, but I heard from Nanny Chen that His Majesty studies a lot every day to prepare for the future. I think the emperor is the most powerful person in the world and can do whatever he wants. An emperor who studies so hard must be good."

Kangxi couldn't help but raise his lips after hearing this, but he still said: "You don't understand, the emperor can't do whatever he wants."

Ji Nai knew that Kangxi was now depressed, not only because of his biological mother's illness, but also because the Empress Dowager was overreaching and had no intention of giving up power. The four regents did not take him seriously, especially Oboi, who was becoming more and more arrogant. All these made Kangxi feel suffocated.

What he needs most now is recognition, but that person cannot be a court official, nor can it be Liang Jiugong, Nanny Chen and others around him, because they will flatter him because of their status and will not tell the truth.

But Ji Nai was different. She was too young. Even though she was one year older than Kangxi, in Kangxi's eyes, Ji Nai was just a child. How could a child lie? She just said whatever she wanted. And Ji Nai's words were too casual. They were not like the teacher who taught him, who spoke eloquently and quoted from classics. Such words were purer, coming from the heart and blurting out.