Rong Fei is not honored

Liang Jiugong was worried sick these days. Since the death of Empress Dowager Cihe, His Majesty has lost a lot of weight. He saw it with his own eyes and was worried in his heart, fearing that if it continued like this, the dragon's body would really be damaged. But His Majesty was sad in his heart and would not listen to anyone's advice.

Today, the Empress Dowager summoned him again and gave him a good scolding. In the end, she even said that if he failed to serve her well and let His Majesty continue to torture him, it would be useless to keep his servants. This threatening tone really made Liang Jiugong's heart tremble.

Later, when Su Malagu escorted him out, she said something that meant that the Empress Dowager was not really going to punish him, but was just really anxious and worried about His Majesty, and had not been sleeping well at night these days. Liang Jiugong didn't dare to really make the Empress Dowager anxious, so he had to nod and apologize, promising that he would definitely persuade His Majesty to stay. After Su Malagu got the guarantee, she went back satisfied.

Liang Jiugong felt so miserable. His Majesty hadn't recovered yet and couldn't even listen to the words of the Empress Dowager, let alone a servant like him. He wanted to start with food and nourish His Majesty, but His Majesty insisted on mourning for Empress Dowager Cihe and had to be a vegetarian for three years. Not to mention three years, even if it was half a year, the Empress Dowager would have skinned herself alive.

He had no choice but to swallow his pride and go to the door to ask for help. Ji Nai knew that this matter was difficult to handle. Kangxi was not a person who could listen to advice, but she still agreed. Because she knew that Kangxi would never let herself be depressed for too long. Even if no one persuaded her, she would figure it out. It was good to agree to this matter, and Liang Jiugong would owe her a favor.

That night, Ji Nai specifically asked Nanny Chen to take over the job of keeping watch. Nanny Chen knew that Ji Nai was asked by Liang Jiugong to go and comfort the Emperor, so she readily agreed.

When Kangxi and Ji Nai were the only ones left in the palace, Kangxi asked, "Why are you the one keeping watch tonight?"

"I am following the instructions of Eunuch Liang to advise His Majesty to take good care of his health."

"Humph, you meddlesome slave. Why? He asked you to come and persuade him, so you came."

"There is no other way. I cannot afford to offend Eunuch Liang. If I refuse, what should I do if he makes things difficult for me?"

"So you are not here to advise me sincerely?" Kangxi's face darkened.

"Why do you have to persuade? In fact, I really don't understand why when a person is sad, everyone around him has to persuade him not to be sad? Others can't empathize with him. Since they have never felt the pain, what position do they have to persuade the sad people not to be sad? Although I know that those words of persuasion are all care and comfort, but I always feel that those words are a bit easy to say."

Seeing Kangxi's thoughtful expression, Ji Nai knew that he had listened to him, and continued: "When I was sad, I hated to hear others advise me not to be sad. I just wanted to be alone and digest my emotions. So I thought that Your Majesty might be the same, so I didn't want to comfort Your Majesty. Those words of advice to you to mourn were too gentle."

Kangxi felt that today's words really touched his heart. These days, listening to the people around him constantly admonishing him to mourn and take care of his health, he just felt very impatient. He wanted to interrupt them several times, but it was difficult to reject their kindness, no matter whether it was sincere or not.

"You are right. If you cannot empathize with someone, you should not stop them from mourning, even if it is for their own good. But who are you doing this for?" Kangxi felt that since Ji Nai could say such a thing, he must have experienced the same great grief as himself. "Is it your family?"

"No, I am very lucky. Mafa, Mama, Ama and E'niang are all still alive. But I had a very good friend, and it is a pity that she passed away."

"Friend?" Kangxi was surprised.

"Yes. They are friends, close friends, friends who can accompany each other, rely on each other, and talk about everything."

Kangxi thought about it and nodded in agreement. If she was such a friend, she was indeed as important as a relative. "Given your age, she should not have been very old when she passed away. Did she die of illness?"

"She ended her own life, but the real murderer was her family." Yuan Xu opened his eyes wide, not understanding why Ji Nai mentioned this.

"Her family?" Kangxi frowned. Hurting one's own body is unfilial. Unless one's parents have committed heinous crimes, why would they do this?

Ji Nai understood Kangxi's idea, which was also a common concept of the time. But she had been to the best times and witnessed the most novel and humane new ideas. If parents were not kind, their children could also be unfilial.

"Your Majesty, I know there are no bad parents in the world, and I also know that filial piety is greater than heaven. But there are really parents in this world who don't love their children, and there are really parents who regard their children as enemies. When a person's marrow is sucked out of his bones, the law will seek justice for him and punish the real murderer. But what if the murderer is his biological parents?"

Kangxi imagined this situation and realized that it was indeed impossible to punish the real culprit. Even if the death penalty was not imposed, but a lighter punishment was given, it would cause a huge public opinion storm. However, the people would definitely not be on the side of the children who died unjustly.

"So she couldn't resist, didn't dare to resist, and couldn't resist. In the end, she could only choose to end her life to escape persecution. I couldn't even mourn her openly, and couldn't even tell my family. I could only do it secretly."

Kangxi knew that even the family of the deceased would keep such a thing a secret and would not let outsiders know about it, because it was a shame and a stain of not raising a child strictly and raising an evil child. Even if someone knew about it, they would not spread it, but would empathize with the parents and help hide it. Ji Nai's family would not allow her to continue to care about this audacious, disobedient and unfilial friend.

So she was even more miserable than himself. At least he could show his sadness to everyone, mourn his mother openly, and even use his power as an emperor to hold a grand funeral for his mother and let her go in glory.

Neither of them spoke any more, but just remembered the deceased and shared their sorrow. Yuan Xu, who was standing by, was already in tears. Although she still couldn't understand what Ji Nai wanted to do, her words did express her unwillingness and helplessness.

As Ji Nai thought, Kangxi was not someone who could be easily defeated. After venting his emotions, he quickly cheered up. When the Empress Dowager once again advised Kangxi, she changed her mind and shortened the three-year mourning period to three months to express her grief.

In May of the second year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Empress Dowager Cihe was given the posthumous title of Empress Xiao Kangxi Cihe Zhuangyi Gonghui Chongtian Yusheng, and the coffin of Emperor Shizu was moved to Xiaoling Mausoleum and buried in the underground palace. In June, Emperor Shizu Zhang was buried in Xiaoling Mausoleum, and Empress Xiaokang and Empress Duanjing were buried with him.