Rong Fei is not honored

"Although I knew that the Heavenly Family was ruthless, I didn't feel it deeply. It was not until today that I deeply understood the meaning of this sentence."

[What's wrong with you? Who has offended you again?] Ji Naihe thought to himself that this shouldn't happen. Apart from Suo Chuoluo's few innocuous words, nothing else happened.

"Cheng Hu just died."

[So this is what you are talking about. You forgot that after Chengqing died, all the concubines had the same miscarriage. It was just because Chenghu was a legitimate son, but he died at the hands of his own mother, so Kangxi was upset and sad for a longer time.]

"But people can't, at least they shouldn't do this."

[An ordinary father would indeed feel sad because of losing a child, but he would not stay away for the sake of his younger generation. What's more, he is an emperor. The burden on his shoulders is too heavy and he has no right to be sad.

As for the Grand Empress Dowager, you simply felt that as Chenghu's great-grandmother, she was too cruel to urge the child's father to favor a woman less than three months after Chenghu's death.

But no one in this palace is just himself. For Kangxi, continuing his family line is also one of his duties as an emperor. For the Empress Dowager, she should advise the emperor not to indulge in love affairs.

As for the concubines in the harem, even the queen, their primary responsibility was to bear children for the emperor and to expand the royal family.

Therefore, even if she had just given birth or lost her child, she still had to put away her sadness, hide her fatigue, and serve the emperor wholeheartedly. 】

Hearing Ji Nai say this, Yuan Xu suddenly remembered that in his previous life, Ji Nai gave birth to Rong Xian, Chang Hua and Chang Sheng one after another for three consecutive years. Was there a gap of half a year between the frequent births?

Of course, this is indeed a manifestation of great favor. No one can say that the supreme ruler of a feudal dynasty, the emperor, frequently makes a concubine pregnant without favor.

Just like Ji Nai in the early Kangxi period, and later Concubine Yi, Concubine De, and Concubine Mi in the later years, all gave birth to children one after another. It seems that the way an emperor expresses his love, in addition to status, is to let the other party give birth to children, and give birth to many children.

But it is also true that in ancient times when people valued having many children, people generally did not deliberately practice contraception. As long as there was no physical problem, it would be easy to get pregnant if the baby was pampered enough.

But, that is pampering, not love. If you really like someone, how can you bear to see that person suffer from frequent childbirth because of you? Perhaps it is because of different concepts. For these ancient people, children are a support and a source of confidence, but not pain.

But what about Ji Nai? She got pregnant again almost right after her confinement, and had to endure the pain of losing her child during this period. Didn't Kangxi realize how difficult it was for Ji Nai? It was just that he didn't love her enough, so he didn't care.

To Kangxi, this woman was to his liking, so he liked to have her serve him and was willing to have her bear children for him. He might even think that this was a gift, bestowing favor and children on her.

It is natural to think that the other party should be grateful to oneself, and as for fatigue and pain, those are impossible emotions. Even when the child dies, the mother who has been pregnant for ten months and given birth should confess to oneself, confessing that she did not take good care of the child and did not give the child a healthy body.

Yuan Xu's mind was in turmoil, and Ji Nai was also affected by it and felt a little upset. He could no longer bear it, so he interrupted Yuan Xu's indignation and said,

[No, you've really had enough. There's no need to think so badly of me. Although Kangxi was indeed a bad person at times, as long as his bottom line was not touched, most of the time, he was still very good to the people he cared about.]

When Ji Nai saw Yuan Xu's dead eyes, he knew that she didn't listen to him at all. She just had an attitude of "you say yours, see if I believe you or not".

[I am not trying to excuse anyone. Think about it, I have already lost Chengrui, and Saiyinchahun is also in poor health due to being framed. There are rumors in the palace that I am the one who killed my son.]

Ji Nai was lost in memories. That period was really hard to endure. [It was obvious that I was the most favored by His Majesty when I first entered the palace, but Nara family has already shown a trend of overtaking the latecomers. Soon there will be a beauty pageant, and there will be newcomers in the palace. How can I not be anxious?

The only way to secure my position was to give birth to a healthy heir, and it had to be a prince. Kangxi might have sensed my urgency, but I was just what he wanted at the time, so he was willing to cooperate with me.

Although the factors Yuan Xu mentioned were also present, she was willing at the time and did not resist, so it was a perfect match and it was not as tragic as Yuan Xu had imagined.

Precisely because of this, Ji Nai's feelings towards Kangxi were quite complicated, with sadness and resentment. However, it was not entirely Kangxi's fault that they had reached this point before. It was more of fate and the fickleness of human nature.

Therefore, Ji Nai was unable to harden his heart, and only regarded Kangxi as a tool to achieve his goals, using him without any feelings; therefore, it was so easy for Ji Nai to fall in love with this truly excellent man again, and therefore, Ji Nai's attitude towards Kangxi was so inconsistent, sometimes like a girl in love, and sometimes terrifyingly calm.

Yuan Xu suddenly understood why every time she firmly believed that Ji Nai was a love-brained person, he would always make her doubt whether she was really in love with Kangxi, but soon, her reaction would dispel her doubts.

"Love brings up worries, love brings up fears. You dare not love, but you are reluctant to break up. This is the most torturous thing."

[If reason could control the heart, there wouldn't be so many infatuated men and women in this world. ]

Yuan Xu was speechless, and both of them fell silent for a while.

Finally, it was Ji Nai who broke the depressed atmosphere, [Yuan Xu, are you ready? ]

Yuan Xu didn't react immediately. Just when he wanted to ask what was prepared, when the words came to his lips, he realized that Ji Nai was talking about the endless conspiracies and plots that would come from the harem.

"Of course, since you said that you need to recover your appearance and make a comeback as soon as possible, I have been making preparations."

[Now that Kangxi has a deeper control over the harem, and the queen is imprisoned, the rest of the people can't cause any trouble, but they are afraid that they will join forces. But the more critical issue is the Empress Dowager. ]

Today, Ji Nai went to the Cining Palace to pay respects. She was betting on her current beauty that she was definitely not mistaken in the coldness and murderous intent that the Empress Dowager unconsciously revealed when she saw her for the first time.

Yuan Xu looked at Ji Nai with some disapproval and said seriously:

“I know the ability of the Grand Empress Dowager, and I understand your fear of her, but you can’t underestimate others. It would be too unfair if you managed to escape the Grand Empress Dowager’s malice but fell victim to your contempt.

Therefore, we need to despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.”

Ji Nai looked at Yuan Xu in surprise. She didn't expect that she could say such thought-provoking words. Is she the same innocent girl she knew before?

Yuan Xu blushed a little, but he still didn't have the nerve to claim this as his own, and said with a wry smile: "Of course, this is not what I said, it was said by a great man, I just borrowed it, borrowed it."

Okay, it’s still the familiar formula, and it’s still the familiar Yuanxu.

[But no matter what, you have made progress by realizing that you cannot look down on anyone. Compared to you, I only have a few decades of experience in palace fighting. Now that I have you to help me find out my shortcomings and fill in the gaps, I can feel more at ease.]

It can be said that if Ji Nai became a capitalist, he would definitely be an expert in drawing pie in the sky who could easily motivate employees to work hard for him, and he would provide sufficient emotional value.

You can tell from the way Yuan Xu puffed out his chest, the way he almost pointed to the sky and swore that he would take good care of Ji Nai and his son.

But at this moment, Ji Nai was sincere. Yuan Xu's existence was special and crucial to Ji Nai, both in terms of psychological support and help in real life.

Soon, the news of what happened in the Cining Palace spread to the Qianqing Palace. During this period, Kangxi often visited Ji Nai and naturally knew about his recovery. He was also the first person to know that Ji Nai's appearance had recovered, except for the palace maids in the Zhongcui Palace.

Although Kangxi would not forget Ji Nai's scar immediately, at least not in the short term. But people's hearts are fickle, and Kangxi did not know if he would change. Looking at the scar on Ji Nai's face, his feelings of pity turned into disgust.