Rong Fei is not honored

The Empress Dowager was naturally aware of this, so she was not surprised by Kangxi's answer. She just reminded him, "Then Your Majesty must come up with a rule on how to arrange this eldest princess."

Hearing what the Empress Dowager said, Kangxi knew that she was unwilling to keep the eldest princess around. But it was true that the Empress Dowager of Shoukang Palace already had Saiyin Chahun and the eldest daughter of Prince Gong Changning, the third princess, around her.

There is a prince and a princess. Their wishes have been fulfilled. How could they be willing to take on another hot potato? You know, the eldest princess has always been in poor health.

Thinking of this, Kangxi had a headache. The fate of his daughter was really a problem. He had been entangled in this matter before. Fortunately, Ji Nai was willing to share his worries, but unfortunately, she was found to be pregnant, and the eldest princess was handed over to the queen.

If the eldest princess had been in Zhongcui Palace from the very beginning, would there not have been so many troubles afterwards?

The Empress Dowager also knew that it would be difficult to deal with the eldest princess, and she did not want to embarrass Kangxi, but it would be bad to keep dragging it out, so she asked, "Does the Emperor have any ideas?"

Kangxi smiled bitterly and shook his head, "To be honest with you, Grandmother, if it was in the past, the first person I would think of would be Rongpin or the Queen, but now, the Queen is impossible, and Rongpin already has two sons. I really don't know what to do."

"In fact, Rongpin only needs to raise Chengrui now, and Chengrui is old enough to go to the prince's residence. With a daughter by her side, Rongpin will not feel lonely." The Empress Dowager said tentatively.

"Rongpin and Da Gege do have some history, but they are not destined to be mother and daughter. I wanted to have Da Gege stay in Zhongcui Palace before, but something went wrong. I'm afraid it won't work this time. It's not good for the child to go through this again and again."

The Empress Dowager knew very well that Kangxi was unwilling to let the eldest princess go to Zhongcui Palace.

"What about the Irgen Jueluo clan?"

"Irgen Jueluo?" Kangxi had a weak impression of this person, he only vaguely remembered that she was a quiet woman. Not long ago, when he and Ji Nai discussed the selection of people to manage palace affairs, Ji Nai specifically mentioned this person.

Seeing that Kangxi was somewhat interested, the Empress Dowager continued, "Irgen Gioro is a famous Manchu surname. Although the Irgen Gioro concubines in the palace are not prominent, it is precisely because of this that there won't be many troubles."

Sometimes, having a low status is not necessarily a bad thing. At least you can recognize your own identity and position clearly, and will not have impossible ambitions.

"But Irgen Jueluo has no experience in raising children. I am still a little worried about handing the eldest princess over to her."

The Grand Empress Dowager was somewhat helpless. “Every maid in the palace who takes care of a child starts out as a novice. Besides, there are experienced maids sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The eldest princess is in charge now, not just a dumb baby.

If the emperor wants to find a mother with experience in raising children for the eldest princess, then only the queen, Rongpin, Huipin, and Dong Shufei are suitable. "

The Empress Dowager directly ignored the eldest princess's biological mother, the former concubine Zhang.

"This..." After the Empress Dowager's investigation, Kangxi realized that there were so few concubines in the palace who had given birth. Even though he did not care about the loss of children in infancy, he had quite a few children of his own.

He has five princes, two of whom are his biological children, and one is adopted. He is still young, but he already has eight children, which is considered a large number of offspring among emperors.

If the Empress Dowager knew what was going on in Kangxi's mind at this moment, she would definitely roll her eyes, because this emperor was an emperor whose likes and dislikes were extremely obvious.

If they liked each other, they would often stay overnight. First it was Ma Jia, then the Empress, Nara, and now it is Ma Jia again. Fortunately, both Ma Jia and Nara were able to have good babies, otherwise the Empress Dowager would have had to constantly advise Kangxi to treat everyone equally.

As for those who don’t like it, they may go less than five or six times a month in total. With fewer visits, the possibility of pregnancy is naturally greatly reduced.

Before, several concubines had finally become pregnant, but they were all ruined by the Queen. I don't know if it's not easy for anyone except these few to get pregnant, and those few had their bodies injured by miscarriage, so for such a long time, there has been no news of pregnancy.

Now the Empress Dowager can only count on the beauty pageant in two years, hoping that a few promising girls will come in and win the Emperor's favor, and that her pregnancy will also be more successful.

However, the Empress Dowager's expectations were ultimately dashed. In the general election two years later, although a number of noble ladies entered, there was no splash. However, in the subsequent minor elections, several remarkable figures emerged.

It can be said that the seven concubines in the first grand election of the six palaces were either from the same batch as Ji Nai or newcomers in this batch. The minor election in the 14th year of Emperor Kangxi and the grand election in the 16th year of Emperor Kangxi produced many remarkable figures.

(It is now the eleventh year of Kangxi's reign. The next selection will be the general election in the thirteenth year of Kangxi's reign, and the general election in the sixteenth year of Kangxi's reign will be the next one.)

It was these people who left a strong mark on the Qing Dynasty's harem and basically formed the final structure of Kangxi's harem.

In fact, according to Kangxi's selection criteria, Huipin of the Yanx Palace was obviously more suitable. After all, although she also had two sons, Chengqing had passed away, and Yinzhen was sent out of the palace to be raised.

It can be said that Huipin was very suitable in terms of both time and experience. However, Kangxi did not trust her. In his eyes, how could a person who could harm a child treat other people's children well?

Perhaps she was aware of Kangxi's thoughts, or perhaps she had a bad impression of Nara clan, so the Empress Dowager did not mention this "most suitable" candidate.

Finally, Kangxi decided to think about it again. There was no need to rush this matter. The child was already grown up, and he couldn't let her be kicked around and suffer any injustice.

"I still need to think about it carefully, so I have to ask the Royal Grandmother to take care of the eldest princess first."

"I am the great-grandmother of the eldest princess, so I will naturally not leave it alone. Your Majesty can rest assured."

After leaving the Cining Palace, Kangxi subconsciously walked towards the Zhongcui Palace. It was not until he stood in front of the gate of the Zhongcui Palace that he suddenly remembered that he had not planned to come here today.

After all, the Empress Dowager had just reminded him that he should at least give her some face. Kangxi initially planned to go see Concubine Hui or Concubine Dong, but the matter of the eldest princess diverted almost all of his attention.

Maybe he was used to it, his legs unconsciously brought him to Zhongcui Palace. But Kangxi did not hesitate, he was here, it was not good to turn around and leave, besides, he had something to say, not to anyone.

Kangxi walked in calmly, as if coming to Zhongcui Palace today was his purpose and there was no mistake.

But once he entered, Kangxi regretted it. Ji Nai and Cheng Rui hugged each other, both with bitter and resentful expressions on their faces. The atmosphere was so tense that the servants around them wanted to bury their heads in the ground.

Is it too late for him to leave now?

Of course it was too late. Ji Nai and Cheng Rui had already seen Kangxi's figure and rushed over as if they had seen a savior, not giving Kangxi any chance to react.

"Long live the Lord!"

"Amma!"

Hearing the affectionate call of his beloved woman and child, Kangxi was not moved and did not dare to move at all. He had already understood the nature of this mother and child. Although they were usually intimate, they would only be attentive when they needed help.

It was obvious from today's reaction that something had happened again. Kangxi resisted the urge to run away, sighed helplessly, and hugged Ji Nai and Cheng Rui in his arms at the same time.

He is the husband and the father. At times like this, he should stand up and protect them from the wind and rain.

Although, anyone who saw this scene would not be able to find even a trace of reluctance or impatience in Kangxi's slightly upturned lips and relaxed posture.

"What's going on here?"

"I was thinking that Chengrui is already much behind schedule, and it is impossible for him to have no foundation when he starts school, so I wanted to teach Chengrui something first."

"You teach?" Kangxi's mouth twitched constantly.

He still remembered how miserable Ji Nai was when he was forcing him to study. He even tried to pretend to be sick. If he hadn't been worried and asked Liang Jiugong to call the imperial physician immediately, Ji Nai would have revealed his true identity in a hurry. Perhaps he would have really been fooled out of concern.