Rong Fei is not honored

The atmosphere in the palace fell into an eerie silence. The concubines below even breathed lightly, and Kangxi seemed to be thinking about something.

It was the Empress Dowager who spoke up to save the situation, "The Queen is still pregnant, how can she kneel all the time? From what you said, there may be something wrong with Kunning Palace. Even if it is for the sake of the heir, we should investigate it thoroughly, right, Your Majesty?"

The Empress Dowager was reminding Kangxi that the Empress was now a double and was no longer the same as before. No matter what, he had to consider the safety and dignity of his legitimate son.

Kangxi personally helped the queen up and said, "What the Royal Grandmother said is right. We should investigate."

Soon, Nanny Zhao was brought up. The Empress Dowager asked coldly, "Why did you only report the Queen's pregnancy today?" The imperial physician had checked the Queen's pulse and found that she was two months pregnant.

"Please allow me to report this to you, Grand Empress Dowager. I only learned about this today."

"Nonsense, are all of you servants so careless? The queen hasn't changed her clothes for two months, don't you know?"

Inside the house, the servants of Kunning Palace all knelt on the ground. Madam Zhao explained with difficulty: "The master's clothes are usually washed by me. I saw bloodstains on the first day last month, and I didn't notice whether there were any after that."

The Empress Dowager looked at the imperial physician, who immediately stepped forward to explain: "Pregnant women may indeed have their periods during the first three months, but the flow will be very small."

Zhao Mama felt more at ease. Fortunately, she had heard about such a thing before, otherwise she would not be able to cover up her lie. Zhao Mama continued to explain: "It was my negligence. I did not think of going to see it myself in the next few days. I just heard the maid who was cleaning say that everything was normal, so I believed it. But I was cautious this month. Even though I knew that the master had not had her period, I still went to ask the maid."

"Then the maid said it was normal?"

"Yes." Seeing the Empress Dowager following her train of thought, Zhao Mama excitedly said, "Only then did I discover the little maid's problem. I realized something was wrong. The Empress is likely pregnant. I was about to report it to the master, but something happened ahead. I hurriedly chased after her and stopped her."

"This is too strange. No wonder the Queen thought it was a plot and dared not move forward." The Empress Dowager made up for the Queen. Even Kangxi, who was standing beside her, nodded in agreement.

Concubine Nara was somewhat unwilling to accept this. Why was the result like this again? Was it because she was the queen? Concubine Nara took a step forward and was about to say something else, but was forced back by Kangxi's eyes.

The Empress Dowager noticed the interaction between Nara and the Emperor and was unhappy. She thought that the Emperor doted on Nara too much and that the matter of the Queen might have been her doing.

He said indifferently, "I heard that when the queen fainted, there was only a maid under her body, and the concubines beside her were indifferent?"

The concubines were all confused. What did the Queen's accident have to do with them? And they didn't react at all. Even the servants around the Queen failed to pull her back in time. Could it be that the Empress Dowager was going to vent her anger on them?

"The Queen is the master of the harem, but she stood by and watched coldly when her master got into trouble. I think the Emperor's harem needs to be rectified."

"It's all up to the Imperial Grandmother."

"Then let all the concubines copy ten volumes of scriptures and pray for the queen."

The concubines were furious. This was simply an unprovoked disaster. Moreover, it was clearly the Queen's behavior that was problematic, so why was the Queen fine, and in the end, they were the ones who had to be punished.

He had no idea that this was due to the involvement of Nara's concubines. If he knew, he would have even thought of eating her. The key point is that many concubines are illiterate. Even concubines from bannermen families have never learned to read. There are also many concubines from the Eight Banners noble families who don't like to study, and their families don't pay attention to this.

Ji Nai was glad that he had studied with Kangxi before, so the situation was better. Otherwise, if he could not read, he would have to copy the scriptures by tracing them, and it would take a long time.

In fact, although the Empress Dowager was dissatisfied with the Queen, she really had never thought of changing a Queen. In short, the Queen could die suddenly, but she could not be deposed, which would remind her of her son and niece.

Now that the queen is pregnant, the situation is completely different. A queen with a child is more important than all the concubines in the harem combined, so in order to ensure the safe birth of the legitimate son, the Empress Dowager deliberately gave a warning.

"Okay, that's enough of the matter."

After everyone left, Ji Nai saw that Concubine Nara looked gloomy, so he deliberately slowed down his pace. When she came up, he reminded her, "Too much is as bad as too little. Don't get yourself involved."

Concubine Nara's eyes flickered, "I don't know what Sister Ma Jia is talking about?" Having said that, this was indeed her doing.

Concubine Nara was a time traveler, so she naturally knew that Oboi would be captured in the Qianqing Palace, but she didn't remember the specific date, so she could only arrange for people to guard outside the Qianqing Palace.

Although spying on the emperor was a serious crime, Concubine Nara had ordered them to keep an eye on when Oboi went in, so the servants were willing to take the risk. It was also because Concubine Nara was now in charge of some of the palace power, otherwise, she would not be able to order people to do things for her.

"It's New Year's Eve, how can I forget it!" Ji Nai was explaining what happened that year. She was also a victim, so how could she forget the Queen's "great kindness"?

"No wonder my sister is always so cautious. Today, she spoke out for the first time." Concubine Nara looked down on Ma Jia's timid behavior. If she had the eldest prince by her side, she would not be so submissive and would have taken revenge long ago. "It's a pity that the queen is the queen after all."

Ji Nai didn't care about the sarcasm in Concubine Nara's words and smiled, "No matter how much the queen is the queen, His Majesty's tolerance for her is limited, but it's different for the legitimate son."

"What does Sister Ma Jia mean?" Concubine Nara seemed to be thinking about something.

"I don't mean anything, I just sigh that the queen finally got what she wanted." Yes, the queen got what she wanted, but what about the children who were harmed by the queen? This child has not been born yet, but he has already borne the blood debt committed by his biological mother.

Soon, the two separated. "Why did you say those words to her?" Yuan Xu was a little puzzled.

[If I don't remind her, I'm afraid Concubine Nara will do something because she is unwilling to give in. At this time, attacking the queen will be a capital crime with the confiscation of property and extermination of the clan.] In addition, Ji Nai also deliberately diverted Concubine Nara's attention.

After the concubines left, Kangxi asked again, "Where is that palace maid?" The Queen closed her eyes. From the Emperor's question, she knew that the matter was not over yet and he was just trying to save her face.

Nanny Zhao answered tremblingly, "The palace maid committed suicide." The queen turned her head and looked at Nanny Zhao in disbelief.

"Committed suicide?" Kangxi's voice sounded ambiguous.