The most favored princess in the imperial harem, the delicate little princess of Emperor Kangxi

By this time, it was already five minutes past the hour of Mao! Starting from Ningshou Palace, passing through the Imperial Garden, and then to Cining Palace, Harigana felt as if her legs were no longer hers.

No wonder women in ancient times couldn't give birth to healthy children. Besides the lack of sleep, which is detrimental to pregnancy, the sheer volume of exercise is simply too much. How could anyone possibly endure it? This wasn't just once or twice, but every day!

Madam Hu and Surina each held one of Harigana's hands, fearing that something might happen to her.

Li Dequan had already asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prepare a sedan chair, but the previous one was made according to the rank of concubine. Now that she was a noble concubine, the level was no longer high enough, so the new one was being rushed to production.

Fortunately, the Empress Dowager and the others were also walking, otherwise she would be the only one without a sedan chair, which would be really embarrassing.

When they arrived at the Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager had already gotten up. She went in first to pay her respects, and soon they were led into the inner hall by the senior palace maid beside the Empress Dowager.

This was Harigana's first time entering the inner hall of the Cining Palace. Looking at the decorations, it was truly luxurious. However, her Qingxi Palace was no less luxurious, and now it seemed to have exceeded the standards of a noble concubine.

"Your humble servant, I pay my respects to the Empress Dowager!"

Bumbutai waved her hand, and Sumalagu asked them to stand up, and then they took their seats in an orderly manner.

Harigana naturally took the top seat, the first on the left. However, this was once the seat of Tong Jia, but now she could only take the first on the right.

"Qiqige, how was your rest yesterday? You haven't been home for a while. Are you used to it?"

The Empress Dowager looked at the Empress Dowager sitting beside her, and the two of them spoke Mongolian. Tong Jia couldn't understand, but Harigana did. So although she didn't say anything and lowered her head, she was actually eavesdropping!

But the more she listened, the more she felt something was wrong. After all, Madam Hu had just said that the Empress Dowager also needed to be served tea, and that the tea would be prepared by the Empress Dowager's people.

But now she has been sitting there for two hours, and not only has she not said a word, the two old men above are still chatting, and the people below are still sitting quietly.

"Madame Hu!"

Harigana turned around and wanted to ask her, but just as she moved, she was stopped by the Empress Dowager.

"Ms. Borchikin, what's the matter? Is there something urgent?"

Harigana felt a lump in his heart. Borchijin, that was such an ugly call.

Whether she admitted it or not, the title of Concubine Kang was already hers. Now calling her like this meant that she didn't acknowledge her position as Concubine, or was it a way of intimidating her?

But no matter which one it was, she and this damn old woman had already had a grudge against each other!

"To the Empress Dowager, I just wanted to ask Madam Hu if it's time to offer the tea! I grew up on the grasslands and don't understand the etiquette of the palace. Please calm down, Empress Dowager!"

Harigana didn't kneel, but only half-crouched in the middle of the hall. While there wasn't anything wrong with etiquette, most people would have knelt and admitted their mistake at this point! Her words of admitting her mistake, while not admitting her mistake but also saying she was calming down, left everyone present bewildered.

Especially the Empress Dowager, she slapped the low table beside her, and all the water in the teacup overflowed.

"Borchijin, are you blaming me?"

Bumbutai was also angered by Harigana's words. What did it mean that she didn't know the rules since she grew up on the grassland? Was he saying that she knew the etiquette but was deliberately finding trouble?

She had made things difficult for Tong Jia before, just to give her a warning. At that time, Tong Jia had such an arrogant temper that she didn't dare to say a word, but she didn't expect that today she would be lectured by a woman from a small Mongolian tribe!

"I don't have it!"

Harigana lowered her head after saying this, looking at the time. She figured Kangxi would be arriving soon. Even if he didn't, since the Empress Dowager had provoked her first, she couldn't blame her for going along with it.

She was still thinking about how to avoid this annoying greeting, but she didn't expect that this damn old woman would find an excuse for her.

"How dare you! Kneel down before me!"

From the beginning, the Empress Dowager had only intended to humiliate Harigana with the tea ceremony; after all, she was pregnant with Kangxi's child. But her behavior just now was exactly the same as Hailanzhu and Dong'e's before. Her affectation was truly disgusting.

So, in a rage, she immediately scolded him in a deep voice.

Harigana raised her head and looked at the Empress Dowager with an expression of disbelief. Just as she hesitated, she seemed to sense that Kangxi was beside her, and she knelt on the ground without thinking.

Although she hated kneeling, she was old, so it didn't matter to her.

"I don't know what I did wrong! I really just wanted to ask Madam Hu if she didn't need to serve tea! I have no other thoughts. Please calm down, Grand Empress Dowager!"

Harigana's voice sounded aggrieved, but every word was clear. Not only the people present, but even Kangxi outside the door could hear it clearly.

"The Emperor has arrived!"

The chief eunuch of the Cining Palace hurriedly passed on the message after seeing the emperor, fearing that the Empress Dowager would say something to anger the emperor.

Kangxi glanced at him, turned around and strode in.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you! Your servant, your servant, pays your respects to you!"

For a moment, the room was filled with various sounds of greetings.

But Kangxi only heard the choked words: Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!

The Empress Dowager's face was gloomy. She didn't expect Kangxi to come so soon.

The Queen Mother and Su Malagu looked at the gloomy faces of the Emperor and the Grand Queen Mother and sighed in their hearts. They wanted to persuade Bumbutai, but since she was the Queen Mother, they could not say much and could only watch things develop like this.

"Everyone get up!"

Kangxi walked over to Harigana and helped her up. Seeing her pitiful appearance, he felt so distressed. Especially when she looked at him biting her lip and shaking her head, he really felt a little angry towards the Empress Dowager.

"What's going on? Why does the Empress Dowager look so unhappy?"

Kangxi took Harigana's hand and settled her down before sitting down below the Empress Dowager.

Harigana lowered his head and said nothing, while Tong Jia and others looked like they were watching a show. Although they did not show it, they must have been thinking the same thing.

"I'm fine!"

The Empress Dowager wanted to say something, but after all, she was the one who made the wrong move first, so she could only swallow her anger. And now that Kangxi was here, no matter what she did, she couldn't hurt that woman in the slightest.

However, Bumbutai's disgust towards Harigana has now reached its peak.