Rong Fei is not honored

[Prepare to intervene when the Nara clan is trying to plant a nail.]

"Yes, Huipin still suspects that you are also a time traveler. If it weren't for knowing history, no one would have thought that several palace maids would be favored in the future and give birth to extraordinary children."

Ji Nai was lying comfortably in Kangxi's arms, chatting with Yuan Xu. Suddenly, he felt something was wrong and looked up.

"Your Majesty, are you unhappy?"

"No?"

How could he not have any? He was just feeling depressed at first, but after Ji Nai asked him about it, he didn't hide it at all.

Ji Nai sat up, hugged Kangxi's arm, and said coquettishly, "Why is Your Majesty unhappy? Is it because I mentioned the Empress?"

Kangxi glanced at Ji Nai and returned to his expressionless look.

"Ah."

Ji Nai felt a little aggrieved. She admitted that she had asked too many questions. It was not her place to say when Kangxi would appoint a queen.

But as God knows, she had no other thoughts and did not want to interfere in the matter of establishing a queen.

Ji Nai felt uncomfortable, and the tone of her words was not very good. "If Your Majesty is not happy, I will never ask again in the future."

Kangxi hugged Ji Nai with amusement, pinched the soft flesh on her cheek, and then slowly said under Ji Nai's angry glare:

"Why are you so squeamish now? You can't even stand a little bit of grievance?"

"Hmph! So Your Majesty also knows that I have been wronged? How could you bear to do that?" Ji Nai's tone sounded like an accusation, but also like she was acting coquettishly.

Kangxi was very pleased with Ji Nai's closeness. The depression in his heart disappeared and he laughed out loud.

After laughing enough, Kangxi stopped and explained:

"I don't dislike your talkativeness, and I know you have no other thoughts. The reason I am unhappy is simply because I don't want to establish a queen." In other words, he doesn't want to establish a queen for the sake of the country, rather than according to his own wishes.

Ji Nai looked surprised, as if she had heard something extraordinary. She leaned close to Kangxi and whispered, "You don't want to establish a queen? Then, does the Grand Empress Dowager know?"

"Grand Empress Dowager?" Kangxi was stunned.

"Hmph, don't always treat me like a fool. I'm actually quite clever, and oftentimes I see things more clearly than you do. Oh, don't laugh! Don't laugh! Just listen to what I have to say!"

When Kangxi finally stopped laughing, Ji Nai continued:

"Long ago, I could sense that the Grand Empress Dowager was dissatisfied with Empress Hesheli, and she was not happy with Concubine Hui and I being in charge."

Kangxi asked sternly, "Did the Empress Dowager bully you?"

"No, I don't care about the face of the monk. Even if the Empress Dowager doesn't like me, I still have to consider your face and Saiyin Chahun's face, right?"

"If she really had any concerns, she wouldn't have attacked you that day before the matter was clarified." She just wanted to take the opportunity to deal with Ji Nai.

I just don't know why the Empress Dowager hesitated, and once her determination was shaken, it was difficult for her to make another decision.

Kangxi felt that this should be the credit of Su Malagu, and perhaps the Empress Dowager also contributed.

Ji Nai covered Kangxi's mouth and said, "The Empress Dowager was also deceived that day. Besides, it's no wonder that she would be angry about something like that."

Speaking of this, Kangxi's face became a little unnatural. After all, it was he who caused the trouble.

However, even though Kangxi knew that Ji Nai was right, he still felt that the Empress Dowager must have bullied Ji Nai where he could not see.

This is something the Grand Empress Dowager would have done, right? Kangxi hadn't forgotten the cause of his mother's death, and the Grand Empress Dowager had taken advantage of the situation to snatch Saiyin Chahun away.

Ji Nai thought he had persuaded Kangxi, and deliberately ignored the unhappy aura emanating from him, and continued:

"It's just that the Grand Empress Dowager always mentions 'the harem is without a master'. She mentions it when commending others and when giving them lectures. Even if I were a bit slow, I would know that the Grand Empress Dowager is unhappy that Kunning Palace is empty."

Kangxi's face became even colder, as it reminded him of the chaos in the palace on the day when Hesheli died.

It is true that this was the calculation of Hesheli, and some concubines who wanted to confirm Yinreng's reputation as a disaster intervened, but it is also true that the Empress Dowager originally planned to use this matter to influence Kangxi.

It is one thing for Kangxi to weigh the pros and cons himself and make the most suitable choice at the moment, even if he is not happy about it. However, it is another thing for others to deliberately scheme against him and "force" him to make a choice.

Even Ji Nai, with such a personality that he only wanted to stay in Zhongcui Palace and live his own life, suddenly remembered to ask him when he would take the queen. I'm afraid he was also influenced by the Empress Dowager.

Kangxi felt distressed.

When a man feels distressed, his butt will become crooked. Now Kangxi only feels that his Ji Nai is so pitiful and is bullied by everyone.

Even though Kangxi knew that Ji Nai was not just a tool for him to take care of Yinreng as rumored outside.

In fact, Ji Nai is now a concubine, with sons and daughters to protect, so even if she is more outrageous than Nara was before, no one dares to say anything.

But it was precisely because Ji Nai was not arrogant and did not care about anything that Kangxi felt even more distressed, and felt that Ji Nai had been wronged in every way.

"During this period, don't go to pay your respects. Just say you're not feeling well."

"After the Empress passed away, all concubines only had to pay their respects to the Grand Empress Dowager on the first and fifteenth day of each lunar month. Wouldn't it be inappropriate if they didn't even go on these two days?"

Kangxi glanced at Ji Nai and asked, "Don't you want to go?"

Ji Nai smiled ingratiatingly. How could that be? How comfortable it was to not have to get up early to go out? Besides, Ji Nai knew how many people were staring at his belly. No matter how careful he was, there was no place outside that was as safe as Zhongcui Palace.

Kangxi sneered and said, "I knew it."

"Well, I'm worried. I wasn't feeling well, so I didn't even go to pay my respects. Who knows? Those people might think the rumors are true, and guess I'm too embarrassed to see anyone, so I'm hiding away under the pretext of being sick.

What if the rumors get worse? I don't care, but I'm afraid it will bring shame on you and make you look too heartless."

"I don't care." Such petty quarrels had no effect on Kangxi at all.

Seeing the hesitation on Ji Nai's face, Kangxi smiled and said, "Why? Are you worried about me?"

Kangxi was joking, but he never thought that Ji Nai would directly deny it. Before Kangxi could deliberately turn his face black to show his dissatisfaction, he heard Ji Nai say:

"It would be great if your reputation as a ruthless person was established. That way, few people would dare to approach you. Then, you would be..."

Ji Nai put his hands on Kangxi's shoulders, looked into his eyes, and carefully observed Kangxi's expression while speaking. He would stop talking as soon as he noticed something was wrong.

Such words were too bold, and even the Empress Dowager, Kangxi's wife, had no right to say them. So, if Kangxi didn't care, it would be flirting, and if he cared, it would be an offense.