Rong Fei is not honored

Although Concubine Hui swore an oath, Kangxi and the Empress Dowager were both shrewd people. They could see the strangeness that Concubine Hui inadvertently revealed, but they would not expose it.

"Alright, I already have a plan for this matter. The Queen can go back first. As for Concubine Hui, when your condition gets better, you can move back to Yanxi Palace."

"Your Majesty!" Concubine Hui was unwilling to accept this. The matter was clearly a foregone conclusion, so why didn't His Majesty punish the Queen? Did he want to drag it out for a few days and then let the matter go?

Kangxi did not say anything. He just turned around and gave Concubine Hui a cold look that made her feel cold all over. Then he helped the Empress Dowager out.

Concubine Hui thought about the look just now and suddenly felt a little regretful. Did she do something wrong? She shouldn't have framed the queen. Although in the previous conflicts between her and the queen, the emperor always protected her.

But those were just superficial conflicts, which are completely different from the situation this time.

The Queen followed Kangxi and the Grand Empress Dowager and left. But before leaving, she glanced at the dazed Nara clan with a sneer on her face, as if she was looking at a dead person.

Nara, I will remember this grudge.

"Your Majesty, have you thought about how to deal with this matter?"

"Royal Grandmother, I..."

"I don't know what you are thinking, but I have to remind you that today's matter cannot be suppressed and needs to be resolved as soon as possible. As for the Queen, you should not indulge her anymore."

"Yes, I understand what the Imperial Grandmother meant."

Kangxi, who was troubled by the quarrels between the Queen and Concubine Hui, left in annoyance. As soon as he arrived at Zhongcui Palace, he collapsed on the couch and asked Ji Nai to massage his head.

"What's wrong with His Majesty?" Ji Nai was surprised. She hadn't seen Kangxi so angry yet helpless for a long time. The last time he was like this was when he was facing the relentless pressure from Oboi.

"Could it be that the matter of the flower viewing banquet has not been resolved yet?" Ji Nai saw an impatient look on Kangxi's face after she finished speaking. "It seems that I guessed right."

"Concubine Hui asked me to make the decision for her, and the Queen cried and said that she was wronged, but she couldn't produce any evidence. However, the Queen's actions were in full view of the public, and many people saw it."

Ji Nai paused for a moment, then asked calmly, "So Your Majesty means that the Queen was wrongly accused in this matter?"

"As far as this matter is concerned, the queen is indeed innocent." Then, thinking of the dispute between Ji Nai and the queen, Kangxi comforted her, "Don't worry, I have never thought of clearing the queen's name."

Ji Nai looked up into Kangxi's eyes, trying to find deception or perfunctory response, but there was none, everything he said was true.

Kangxi put his head on Ji Nai's legs, hugged her waist, and said helplessly: "I once said that I would give you and Cheng Rui an explanation, and I will definitely do it."

Why? Ji Nai always absolutely trusted Kangxi in other matters, except when it came to the Queen. Although Ji Nai said on the surface that he trusted Kangxi, the two of them had been together since childhood and knew each other well. How could Kangxi not see the anxiety in the other's heart?

Ji Nai, she didn't believe that he would attack the queen in order to help her and Cheng Rui get revenge. Was it because that person was the queen, the mother of the Qing Dynasty, with a special status, so Ji Nai didn't dare to believe it?

Kangxi felt that if he could not accomplish this and really failed to live up to his promise to Ji Nai, then his relationship with Ji Nai would be over. Although he did not understand where this premonition came from, Kangxi kept it in mind.

"If that's the case, then why does Your Majesty emphasize the Queen's injustice?" After getting Kangxi's assurance again, Ji Nai had to suppress his doubts again and asked.

After all, if Kangxi didn't have that intention, why would he care whether the queen was wronged? Anyway, whether the matter was true or not, it was a good opportunity to weaken the queen, wasn't it?

The right and wrong, black and white, good and wrong in this palace are not that important at all. Even if they are really innocent, so what? Aren’t there enough people who have died unjustly in this palace?

Unless you have a special status or other value, even if others know your innocence, they will not bother to help you clear your grievances. This includes the emperor and the empress dowager. After all, sometimes, what they need is not the truth, but to stop here and whitewash the situation.

"I am just surprised that Concubine Hui could plot against the Queen and leave her speechless without any way to prove her innocence. Clearly..."

It was clear that he had chosen Nara to curb the queen because she was a little clever, but not smart enough. But he had never expected that she could actually do this.

Kangxi suddenly remembered that when Oboi was killed, Nara had intervened and even used it to plot against the queen. But since then, no concubine in the harem has truly believed in the queen.

The Queen's behavior also left a thorn in her heart, which accelerated the estrangement between her and the Queen. From then on, the Empress Dowager no longer concealed her dissatisfaction with the Queen, causing the Queen's prestige in front of the palace servants to decline greatly.

Thinking of this, Kangxi felt a wave of fear. He might have underestimated Nara. She was an uneasy woman with great ambitions. She even dared to interfere in government affairs. You know, this is something that even the Empress Dowager would not do easily.

However, she chose Nara, in order to support her in her fight against the empress, build up her power, and give her favor, offspring, and power. Who knows if this would produce another Wu Zetian?

Ji Nai could hear Kangxi's fear of Nara and his hesitation, so he asked, "Your Majesty, are you worried about Concubine Hui? What are you going to do? Are you going to replace her?"

"Why don't you want to?" Kangxi looked at Ji Nai, wanting to hear her thoughts.

"I admit that I am not willing to wait any longer for the Queen. If I change the person now, not to mention whether there is a suitable candidate, it will take a long time to increase the power of the new candidate so as not to arouse suspicion."

This is indeed a problem, and that is why Kangxi hesitated. Otherwise, with his temperament, he would have nipped the danger in the bud.

"But, Your Majesty, have you ever thought that the next person will definitely meet your requirements? Will she definitely not be like Concubine Hui? After all, the one presented to Your Majesty must be the best side."

"Is it the same for Ji Nai?" Kangxi asked jokingly.

"What do you think?" Ji Nai rolled his eyes rudely.

Kangxi chuckled. He naturally knew that Ji Nai had his own little thoughts, but the person he knew, although not the completely real Ji Nai, was not much different.