Yangxindian

The Emperor frowned as he looked at the Crown Prince, and said with a hint of displeasure in his tone, "I am not in good health now, so it is better not to go to Mongolia again."

The Crown Prince knelt on the ground and said in a firm tone, "Your Majesty, ever since Prince Dun was imprisoned, the Mongolian tribes have been complaining. Furthermore, the Junggars have been making small moves recently. I believe Your Majesty should go to Mongolia to intimidate them."

The emperor sneered, the prince was indeed taught by his father, but as the prince said, Mongolia needed a good lesson.

"I understand. I will think about it. You can go down first."

After the prince came out of the emperor's Yangxin Palace, he went to Shoukang Palace to pay his respects to the empress dowager.

The prince had been raised in the palace since he was a child and was the most beloved by Kangxi. As a result, Kangxi's attitude towards the empress dowager improved a lot. In addition, the prince had a good relationship with Prince Xun, so the empress dowager loved this grandson very much.

The prince knelt on the ground and greeted the Queen Mother, saying, "Grandson greets the Queen Mother. May the Queen Mother be blessed with good health."

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "My good grandson, please get up quickly and let me see you. You are becoming more and more promising."

The empress dowager looked at her grandson with pride. This grandson was good-looking, had a good temper, and was sweet-mouthed. Compared to the emperor's coldness and indifference, the prince was more humane when handling state affairs. The empress dowager sometimes even thought how wonderful it would be if her grandson could ascend the throne.

The Queen Mother waved to Zhuxi and said, "Hurry up and go to the kitchen and bring some snacks. Also, have them prepare lunch for today, including the Crown Prince's. I want to have lunch with the Crown Prince today."

She patted the prince's face and said lovingly, "Sit here with me for lunch today. Look at you, child. You've become so tired and thin in recent times."

The prince smiled and said, "Then I will respectfully obey your command. The Empress Dowager loves me the most."

A trace of disappointment flashed across the Queen Mother's eyes as she sighed, "When the Fourteenth Prince went off to train in the army, I worried about him every day. Fortunately, your Majesty summoned you to the palace. With you visiting me so often, I feel a little relieved. I originally thought that with the Fourteenth Prince's return, I could be reunited with him and his mother, but I didn't expect..."

The Queen Mother has not seen Prince Xun for a long time. She has devoted almost all her efforts to this son who has been raised by her since childhood, but it is so difficult to see him now.

The prince glanced around and said, "You all go down first. The Queen Mother and I have some suggestions to make."

The Queen Mother also nodded and said, "Everyone, go out! The Crown Prince is here to serve you."

It was not until all the palace maids and eunuchs had left the Queen Mother's bedroom that the Prince revealed to her the real purpose of his visit today.

"My grandson hopes that the Royal Madam can persuade the Royal Father to go to Mongolia. Fourteenth Uncle has been imprisoned for long enough. If the Royal Father wants to go to Mongolia, he will definitely ask Fourteenth Uncle to come with him."

The two military generals the emperor relied on most were Prince Xun and Nian Gengyao, but Nian Gengyao was dead. If the emperor wanted to travel far away, he had to take Prince Xun with him.

The Queen Mother sighed, "But the Emperor is not in good health now. He is different from your Emperor Ma Fa. The Emperor has never been interested in these things like archery and horse riding. I'm afraid it will be difficult!"

The prince whispered something in the empress dowager's ear, and the empress dowager's eyes lit up and nodded.

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Yangxindian

"Is this Mongolian shaman really that powerful?"

The emperor asked with some doubt.

Jian Mai, whom I met today, knelt on the ground and said seriously, "I dare not speak nonsense on such a matter. I have been trying to figure out what the emperor and that person promised, but I have never found a way. Perhaps this shaman has a solution."

Ever since Ruhua came into the harem, the emperor has been plagued by disasters and is even bedridden now.

The emperor had no choice but to believe the words of the director of the Imperial Observatory and prepared to use the shaman.

"Then find a way to summon this shaman to the palace. However, this must be done in secret and not discovered by anyone."

If people knew that Ruhua was connected to his fate, it would probably cause a big mess.

The director of the Imperial Observatory shook his head. "This is the second thing I want to tell Your Majesty. This shaman has a strange temper and never goes out. His whereabouts in Mongolia are always uncertain. I'm afraid he will be very difficult to find! If such a hermit is not willing to relieve Your Majesty's worries, I'm afraid..."

But the emperor couldn't help but become suspicious because of her perfect hesitation.

The prince just persuaded me to go to Mongolia, and now the director of the Imperial Observatory is persuading me to go to Mongolia again. Is there any collusion between the two?

"You go down first!"

The emperor has always been a suspicious person. Even though he knew that the Imperial Observatory had always been under the emperor's jurisdiction, he still couldn't help but feel suspicious.

However, after some investigation, the emperor found that the Imperial Observatory had no contact with the prince, and the emperor was hesitant for a moment.

However, he didn't expect Ruhua to give him a heavy blow right away.

Zhuxi brought food to visit the emperor and spoke on behalf of the empress dowager, saying, "The empress dowager knows that the emperor has had a poor appetite recently, so she specially asked someone to buy these Liubiju side dishes from outside the palace. The empress dowager thought the taste was quite refreshing, so she asked me to bring it to the emperor to try."

The Empress Dowager and the Emperor have been in a cold war for such a long time that the Emperor couldn't help but feel a little moved.

He thought the Empress Dowager had finally remembered him, so he smiled and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, Empress Dowager. I'm an unfilial son, and I've made you worry about me all the time. My health has improved recently. I wonder how Empress Dowager is doing now. I was thinking of going to visit her."

Zhu Xi replied, "The Empress Dowager's health remains the same, but she is still concerned about the Emperor."

Having said this, the emperor immediately said that he would go to visit the empress dowager in a while.

I just waited for the emperor to get dressed, but after arriving at Shoukang Palace, I didn't see the empress dowager.

The emperor was sent to a side hall of Shoukang Palace. He was a little confused as to what was going on. Suddenly, he was frightened by a black shadow and his legs went weak and he fell to the ground.

A foul smell of old age filled the emperor's nostrils, causing him to shiver.

Ruhua's face, which had already scabbed over but was still a little swollen, appeared in the emperor's eyes.

"Your Majesty, it was I who begged the Queen Mother to let you come and see me. I know that Your Majesty has me in his heart."

The emperor then realized that he had been deceived by the empress dowager. He was so angry that his lungs were about to explode. The empress dowager could deceive him, but why did she let Ruhua come to see him? Did the empress dowager know how much she hated Ruhua?

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