Rong Fei is not honored

Kangxi finally mustered the courage to confess his feelings, his face flushed, but the person opposite him didn't react at all. He nudged Ji Nai in annoyance, his voice carrying a barely perceptible urgency and tension, "Speak, don't stay silent."

Ji Nai steadied himself and calmly asked, "What does Your Majesty want me to say?"

The blush on Kangxi's face disappeared, and he looked at Ji Nai quietly. After a long while, he said dejectedly, "Your true feelings, I want to hear your true feelings."

"I can feel your intentions and am happy for the thought and effort you have put into me, but what you have done cannot eliminate the fear caused by the difference in our social status."

"Why not?"

Ji Nai said helplessly, "The power you have hidden in the palace is meant to maintain the stability of the harem, but now I'm being asked to use it as a weapon. Even if I accept it, would I dare to use it?"

Ji Nai practically said to Kangxi: "In your harem, you're using your people to harm your wives, concubines, and children? Are you crazy, or am I stupid?"

After a moment's thought, Kangxi blinked and said with difficulty, "So, you're worried that if you did something through Shadow's hand, I'll turn on you and use the evidence to punish you?"

"Ah."

"You still dare to say 'hmm'! Isn't this still doubting my sincerity, thinking that I will..." Facing the innocent-looking Ji Nai, Kangxi swallowed his anger and bitterness after holding back for a long time. "Am I really that untrustworthy?"

"That's not it. It's just that falling in love with an emperor is a high-risk gamble... Your nature is such that you love someone so much you want them to live, and hate someone so much you want them to die. How happy I am to be held in your hands now, but the day my true feelings are gone..."

Seeing that Kangxi's expression was truly unpleasant, Ji Nai knew that he could not continue to undermine the other party's sincerity at this moment.

She cupped his face and smiled, "But you brought it up first, knowing that you'd make him unhappy every time... yet you still kept bringing it up."

"I do not wish to."

"What?" Ji Nai had thought that Kangxi would remain silent and wait for her to appease him, then awkwardly say a few words and let the matter drop. After all, that's how it always was.

"I am not willing to stop here with you. I want to go further!"

Ji Nai laughed, but this laugh was different from any of his previous ones; it was flamboyant, even arrogant.

This is what Ji Nai was originally like, the Ma Jia Ji Nai who was favored by the emperor as soon as she entered the palace and gave birth to five sons and one daughter in succession. However, fate did not continue to favor her, and the battered and bruised Ji Nai could only curl up into a ball to protect herself.

"Your Majesty, you're being a bit greedy!"

"I am the emperor, and I should get whatever I want." At this moment, Kangxi abandoned reason and rules, letting the desires he had suppressed in his heart surge wildly!

Ji Nai had to admit that she was frightened.

If Kangxi desperately wanted her whole heart, there were many ways to do so, but without exception, he wouldn't be the one who would suffer the most in the end.

Power, it's really good.

Kangxi forcefully pulled Ji Nai, who instinctively shrank back, into his arms and said in a soft voice, "But I don't want to do that. I can't bear to see you shed tears outside of your sexual encounters."

Ji Nai used all his strength to relax his tense body, forcing himself to fully accept Kangxi's aura.

"You know perfectly well that I have already tried my best."

"I know." Kangxi patted Ji Nai. "I really liked your smile just now."

Ji Nai buried his face even deeper.

“My initial plan was to open the door wide and let you build your own power. But... you are too lazy. Even the Tongjia and Nara clans couldn't stand it anymore, but you only cared about your little corner of Zhongcui Palace.”

I know you want me to trust you forever, so you've revealed yourself to me without reservation. Since that's the case, I will grant your wish and allow you to use your shadow for personal gain.

"You know?"

"Ah."

Ji Nai chuckled, "Just now, I even thought you had lost your mind, which is why you came up with such a... indescribable suggestion."

"It was my fault. I should have explained things to you first."

"A shadow cannot appear in the sunlight, and I will not allow it. Therefore, you need not worry about your deeds being exposed. Even if that day ever comes, I will simply find another reason to deal with you."

Kangxi looked down at Ji Nai in his arms and smiled, "So what exactly are you worried about? I really hate someone. Even if she doesn't do anything wrong, just standing there is an eyesore."

Ji Nai frowned and said, "Why do I feel like you are instigating me to do something bad?"

Kangxi lifted Ji Nai's chin, their eyes met, and he said seriously, "I'm not trying to incite you to do bad things, but I want you to stop suppressing yourself. I'm willing to indulge you, and I have the ability to clean up your messes, so why not, Ji Nai?"

I don't know why you've been carrying such a heavy burden. Perhaps it's because of that premonition, or perhaps it's because you love it so much that you're so anxious about losing it. But I don't want to see you suffer like this anymore.

Tears welled up in Ji Nai's eyes, and he asked, choking back sobs, "Aren't you afraid that you'll spoil me rotten, and then..."

"I will not." The Kangxi Emperor of the past dared not give this answer, but the current Kangxi Emperor has the confidence to make his promise.

"No way!" Ji Nai punched Kangxi's chest a few times and retorted, "No man is ever loyal. No matter how deep the feelings are, they will turn their backs on you once they fall for someone else."

"You don't have any elders in your family who favor concubines over wives, so how did you..." Kangxi couldn't help but make a face showing his pained expression. Don't forget, he knew who had given his son Ji Nai such a traumatic experience, otherwise...

"Am I that kind of person?"

"Yes!"

"Even if you... take a step back and really fall in love with someone else, I am a person who cherishes old feelings, how could I treat you harshly?"

"Will do!"

"That's a bit unreasonable of you."

"Hmph! It's not like there aren't ready-made examples."

"Who are you referring to? Empress Hesheli or Empress Nara? You heartless wretch, when have I ever been sincere towards them? Although favor is often mentioned together, there is a world of difference between favor and love."

When you truly love someone, even if you no longer love them, you can't bear to hurt them. Because you're not only hurting the other person, but also the version of yourself who once gave your heart.

Ji Nai couldn't help but purse her lips. So, the reason she suffered so much in her past life was because she didn't have the ability to truly make Kangxi fall in love with her?

"That's hard to say. It doesn't matter if it's someone else, but you're so petty," Ji Nai whispered.

Kangxi gritted his teeth and said, "Knowing that I am petty, you still dare to speak ill of me to my face?"

"Didn't you say you would indulge me?"

Kangxi was speechless for a long time, then sighed and said, "I am serious, Ji Nai, you can't not even give me a chance."

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