Rong Fei is not honored

After New Year's Eve it was the fifth year of Kangxi's reign. On the first day of the new year, the concubines went to pay their respects to the empress as per the rules. However, when they arrived at Kunning Palace, they found that the empress sitting at the top of the table had changed overnight.

In the past, she still had a childish face, trying to maintain the airs of a mother of the country, which only made her look out of place and a little ridiculous. But now she has shed her petty and calculating airs and gradually become graceful and elegant. Such a queen makes people feel pressured. When facing the queen, they put away all their contempt and perfunctory attitude, become restrained and cautious, and behave in the proper manners.

After the concubines finished paying their respects, they left Kunning Palace in order, and none of them made things difficult for Ji Nai. It seemed that the old lady of the Hesheli family had really put in a lot of effort last night to make Hesheli look like a queen. Ji Nai was not unfamiliar with the Hesheli of today. This was the look that Ji Nai was familiar with in her previous life. She knew from the beginning that Hesheli would not grow up forever. If the Hesheli family had no other options, then the Empress Dowager would take action.

As the cold wind blew, everyone came back to their senses. Today's queen had changed a lot. Such a queen was not easy to deal with. Some people even felt sorry for why the queen didn't wake up later, waiting for the Empress Dowager and His Majesty to be disappointed more, so that they would not be more tolerant of the queen.

"Sister Ma Jia." Nara Zhizhu chased after her, looking at Ji Nai with a look of hesitation, as if she was planning to plot against her. In her previous life, every time Concubine Hui wanted to plot against her, she would show this expression, it had become a habit, but she didn't notice it.

"Is Concubine Nara okay?"

"The Queen has changed a lot today. Sister Ma Jia suddenly fell out of favor before, and I didn't know why. Only today did I realize how deep the Queen's thoughts were."

"What does Concubine Nara mean?"

"I don't mean anything. I just feel sorry for my sister." After saying this, he left with the palace maid.

Yuan Xu was confused. "She came here just to say a few nonsense words? What's the point?"

[It's meaningless to tell you. But in my ears, she clearly said that I fell out of favor because of the queen, and now is the true face of the queen. She pretended to be like that before just to plot against me.]

"No way, it's really the Queen!" Yuan Xu's eyes were full of anger. Before, when Kangxi and Ji Nai had a "breakdown in their relationship", the one who was most sad and upset was not the parties involved, but Yuan Xu. She just didn't show it out of consideration for Ji Nai's feelings.

[It is true that I lost favor because of the Queen, but it was not her intentional plan. Nara knew that I knew this, so she deliberately said something ambiguous, just to make me blame the Queen for all my resentment and resentment.]

"What good will it do her to sow discord between you and the Queen?"

[This year, Kangxi has reached the age of aging. Except for the Queen, all of us concubines can sleep with him. I was the most favored one before, so she is naturally worried that I won’t be the most favored. But if I have a conflict with the Queen, I will be punished. Who will benefit the most from being punished at this juncture? ]

"Good girl, her intentions are so sinister. No, Ji Nai, you must make her plan fail. You must get the first place."

【no need. 】

"How can it be unnecessary? You don't know that men will have different feelings for their first woman, commonly known as the fledgling complex."

Ah, so that’s the case. Ji Nai hesitated. Should he give it a try?

After returning, Ji Nai asked Xiao Anzi to deliver the sachet he made for Kangxi. Yu Qing wanted to stop him, but Xiao Anzi was too fast and ran out of Zhongcui Palace. "Master..."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Although the master said this, it was too bold. Would the His Majesty really not be angry?

Outside the Qianqing Palace, Liang Jiugong was very excited when he took the sachet, and looked at Xiao Anzi as if he had seen a savior, which made Xiao Anzi feel scared.

"Liang Jiugong, get in here." Kangxi's roar rang out again, but this time Liang Jiugong was not panicked at all, instead, he looked a little happy. As soon as Kangxi entered, he saw Liang Jiugong's expression and became even more angry. Just as he was about to lose his temper, Liang Jiugong spoke before he could open his mouth: "Your Majesty, Concubine Ma Jia from Zhongcui Palace sent something to me, and I really don't know how to deal with it. What do you think?"

A servant has no right to deal with his master's things. Liang Jiugong has always been cautious and would never make such a mistake. He was just giving Kangxi a way out.

"She has always been steady, why did she follow the others and deliver things to the front this time?"

[Why else? Of course, it's because he's fallen out of favor and can't sit still.] But Liang Jiugong only dared to complain in his heart.

"Hmph, I want to see what she gave me." Although she said so, her hands were not slow at all. She took it in her hands and observed it carefully. The pattern was very familiar. It was obviously made by Ji Nai himself. "This concubine Ma Jia is embroidering something for me again. How can I bear it if it continues like this?"

From what Kangxi said, he thought Ji Nai often embroidered things for him, but in fact, this was only the second time. The first time was when Concubine Ma Jia gave him a sachet on his birthday last year. It was still under Kangxi's pillow. But even if the servants knew the inside story, they didn't dare to say anything and just watched Kangxi comfort himself.

After touching it over and over again, Kangxi found that it felt wrong. There seemed to be something inside the sachet. He opened it and found that it was a piece of paper with the words "Xuan Ye" written on it. Kangxi couldn't help laughing. Liang Jiugong was curious about what Ma Jia wrote, but unfortunately, according to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, eunuchs and palace maids in the harem were not allowed to read, so he couldn't read it.

If Liang Jiugong understood these two words, he would be frightened and kneel down. No one would have thought that Ji Nai would be so bold as to write the name of His Majesty. In fact, Kangxi was not angry, because this was what he taught Ji Nai to write when he taught her to write. Seeing this note, he was filled with sweetness.

Ji Nai must have forgiven him, otherwise why would he send a note to show his goodwill? But he was afraid that he had misunderstood, so Kangxi wanted to go to Zhongcui Palace to ask Ji Nai immediately. But today was the first day of the new year, and he still had a lot of things to do. Moreover, according to the rules, he had to go to Kunning Palace tonight, even though the queen could not sleep with him yet.

Kangxi was afraid that he would not want to leave after going to Zhongcui Palace, so he simply did not go and turned over the sign of Zhongcui Palace tomorrow. Thinking of this, Kangxi's heart was burning. But he was also afraid that Ji Nai would misunderstand that he was unwilling to go, so he asked Liang Jiugong to pass on the message that he would go to Zhongcui Palace for dinner tomorrow.

"Tomorrow?" Ji Nai was still a little confused when he received the news. He had originally thought of sending sachets first, then shoes, clothes, etc. Anyway, he was bored during the cold war before, so he made a lot of things and planned to give them to Kangxi on his birthday in the future. He also thought that if Kangxi didn't come in a few days, he would make some snacks and personally deliver them to the Qianqing Palace.

As a result, she took the bait after just one gift? Or will she come tomorrow? In the past few months, Kangxi has stayed in Kunning Palace for several days every time he went there. Is he trying to make the queen hate him again? But he is not afraid. The queen has been his enemy since the beginning, and they will never stop fighting. It just so happens that those things can be saved and used for the Wanshou Festival in the future.