Rong Fei is not honored

"Your Majesty is right. Suksaha will not be a match for Oboi. But the late emperor left four regents for you."

In addition to Suksaha and Oboi, there are two others, but Ebilun is a fence-sitter. As Oboi's power grows, Ebilun is almost becoming Oboi's yes-man. That is, "But the Royal Grandmother Sony is an old fox who only knows how to protect herself. I have tried to get her, but no matter what I say, she is still ambiguous."

"The world is bustling with people, all for profit. It can only be said that the benefits you give him are not enough for him to take risks."

Kangxi understood what the Grand Empress Dowager meant, his eyes twinkled, and he just said to think about it carefully. Seeing that Kangxi had made up his mind, the Grand Empress Dowager stopped talking about the previous court affairs, and instead chatted with Kangxi about family matters. Kangxi also put aside all his thoughts and followed the Grand Empress Dowager's instructions, talking about miscellaneous matters.

During the conversation, the two seemed to have eliminated the estrangement and became closer. The Empress Dowager was very satisfied with the result today, and Kangxi also got what he wanted.

After returning to the Palace of Heavenly Purity and seeing Ji Nai, Kangxi suddenly felt a little guilty, and then he felt a little puzzled. Why did he feel guilty? Then, of course, he thought in his heart: Apart from blood ties, only in-laws are natural allies, and the throne of a country is enough to make that old fox tempted. But he can't be too proactive. How can he plan to gain the greatest benefits for himself?

"Kangxi just looked at you several times."

【I know. 】

"What happened today? I haven't been feeling well since I came back from the Cining Palace."

【Historically, Kangxi will get married next year. 】

"No way." Yuan Xu wailed. He was just getting too excited about the sugar and was about to collapse. "Huh? No? Then why would he look at you? Did he feel sorry for you?"

【Haha.】Full of sarcasm.

Well, actually Yuan Xu also thought this was impossible. "But what does the Emperor and Empress' wedding have to do with you?" He still couldn't figure it out.

[According to the rules, there is a part of the wedding ceremony that requires the concubines in the harem to welcome the phoenix carriage.]

"Fuck, this is too humiliating."

"This is the Qing Dynasty." Ji Nai reminded again.

Yuan Xu was just about to cut his losses and give up on eating sugar, when he suddenly thought, "No, then you don't want to be with him, with him..."

Seeing Yuan Xu's eyes gradually becoming strange, Ji Nai just felt blushing. [No, just give a title first. Including the queen, they also have a grand wedding first, and then wait until the right age to have the ceremony of husband and wife.] Yuan Xu suddenly felt that he was okay again.

Afterwards, a rumor suddenly spread in the palace that in order to stabilize the country, the Empress Dowager intended to select a queen for His Majesty. This news caught the court officials off guard. After all, not long ago, in order not to offend Oboi and avoid his edge, after receiving the olive branch extended by Kangxi, they dared to play Tai Chi and pretended not to understand His Majesty's intentions.

It just so happened that he had just angered His Majesty, and now His Majesty was going to marry a queen. If he chose his own daughter, it would be a great honor for the family and a benefit for the Manchus. But the news came too late, and the court officials all regretted it. His Majesty must have given priority to close officials when choosing a queen, and they all regretted why they did not side with His Majesty earlier.

But later, after a careful investigation, it was discovered that Kangxi had few trusted ministers, and the closest one, Tong Jia, was not taken seriously by them at all. They were surprised that their family seemed to have a chance. Driven by interests, people in the court were temporarily unsettled. Kangxi wanted to release the news first to muddy the waters in the court.

As the discussion among the court officials increased, Oboi could no longer sit still. He asked Kangxi whether it was true that he wanted to establish a queen. Kangxi had expected that he would lose his temper, so he asked the eunuch to read out the decree of the Empress Dowager. Oboi did not question it when he heard that it was the will of the Empress Dowager. The court officials thought that the Empress Dowager seemed to be the candidate for the queen recommended by the court officials, which was really great.

Kangxi looked at the pile of memorials, some recommending his daughters, some recommending his nieces, and even some girls from his clan. Although he had no hope for these ministers, his face still sank. It was not until he saw that even his own family had submitted a memorial to recommend his cousin that Kangxi's anger reached its peak and he threw the memorial away.

Ji Nai saw Yuan Xu had given him a signal and knew the time had come. For the first time in his life, he took the initiative to ask Kangxi when he was reading a memorial: "What's wrong with His Majesty? Can you get so angry just by reading a memorial?" Fortunately, he had told Yuan Xu in advance that if he saw Tong Jia's memorial in the next two days, he should give him a signal.

That's right, until today, Kangxi has not yet taken power, so the memorials he can review on weekdays are all selected memorials of greeting. Kangxi ignored Ji Nai, but after a while, he couldn't hold back his anger and took the initiative to complain to Ji Nai: "I asked the court officials to submit memorials to recommend candidates for the queen, but they all have selfish motives, and even Tong Jia has come to join in the fun."

"Isn't this good? The Queen is His Majesty's wife, she is your maternal family, your relative, isn't this a close relationship? I have seen many such situations when I was at home, and the two families would do this in order to become closer."

As a result, Kangxi's first reaction was that Ji Nai didn't mind him becoming the queen at all. He felt very uncomfortable and said, "Girl, your family has arranged someone from your uncle's family for you, right? This is against the rules."

Ji Nai didn't understand why Kangxi suddenly mentioned this, and seemed a little confused for a moment. Wasn't he talking about Tong Jia? Kangxi looked at Ji Nai's confused expression and suddenly felt that he was out of his mind. He actually cared about this. Ji Nai looked like he hadn't figured it out yet.

Yuan Xu looked at Kangxi's performance. It was obvious that he took Ji Nai to heart and was almost going crazy. Then he looked at Ji Nai's reaction. She was completely out of the situation. Wasn't she in love? Why was she so insensitive to this situation?

The reason why Ji Nai couldn't understand the current situation was that she didn't think about it at all. In her plan, the most important thing now was to set traps for future enemies while Kangxi was still defenseless against her, and cultivating feelings with Kangxi was what she needed to do after becoming a concubine next year.

Compared with the love between men and women, the loyalty of a close attendant who considers Kangxi wholeheartedly is purer, easier to gain trust, and more convenient to take advantage of the opportunity to do something.

Before Ji Nai realized that something was wrong, Kangxi changed the subject in time, "Close relatives? Do you think cousins and uncles and nephews are not close enough?"

When Ji Nai heard that Kangxi finally got to the point, he immediately continued, "Of course not. I am very close to my uncle's family. Perhaps Lord Tong Jia is concerned about His Majesty, so he wants to be closer to you." Ji Nai pretended not to understand why Kangxi was so concerned about this.

The Tong family is my mother's family, and I have thought about compensating my in-laws and giving them honor after I gain power. But this time, the Tong family, like those selfish ministers, submitted a memorial to recommend the queen. How could they not know that with the Tong family's family background and the current situation in the court, it is impossible, but they are just betting on their own wishes, just in case I am willing to go against the public opinion and choose someone close to me.

In addition, the memorial was full of words talking about how great my mother was and how worried she was about me when she left. Ji Nai was right, Tong Jia did want to be closer to me, but if they were already close enough, why would she need to do so? She was just worried that after my mother, the hub, was gone, she would become distant from me.

I can only say that some things are fine if you don't care about them, but once you care about them, everything will be wrong.