"No, Xuanye, did you really issue such an imperial decree?"
Harigana looked at Kangxi. Could it be that he was stimulated by something?
Kangxi held her head and kissed her lightly on the corner of her lips: "Jiaojiao, although those things are not very valuable, the national treasury can't afford to waste them like this, no matter how much silver there is!
Forget it this time, just replace them with new ones. If they don’t have the silver to buy them themselves next time, I will have the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs replace them all with copper ones.
Don't they love to throw things? They're not afraid of getting copper, so they throw it hard! If it gets deformed, they send it back to the Imperial Household Department, where they'll fix it and you can throw it again!
Harigana laughed out loud when he heard this. It was hard to imagine that if it was replaced with copper, not to mention dropping it on the ground, one would have to be more careful when using it normally, otherwise who could stand the clanging sound!
Kangxi actually didn't want this to happen, but if he hadn't taken a look at the treasury bill because of the matter of Harigana's dowry, he really wouldn't have seen any problem!
If this continues, the treasury will be empty one day in the future. If there is a war at that time, he dare not even think about it.
And the ones who fell the hardest were the high-ranking concubines, but those who could enter the palace and become high-ranking concubines were definitely not from humble backgrounds.
That's why Kangxi wouldn't pay for their tempers. It wasn't him who allowed them to enter the palace. Hadn't their families recommended them? Then it should be normal to give them some expenses every year, right?
Besides, it’s not like he didn’t give them monthly wages, which is enough if they don’t live extravagantly!
Therefore, the ones who should bear all this should not be him, the emperor, or the Qing Dynasty's treasury, but those ministers and aristocratic families who have been trained in the rules of concubines since childhood.
"Jiaojiao, stop laughing, your stomach will hurt!"
Harigana really wanted to stop, but when she thought of the copper object, she couldn't hold it back.
"Xuanye, you are awesome!"
Kangxi was helpless. He could tell that she was teasing him, but he was the one who chose her and spoiled her, so he could only swear secretly that he would teach her a lesson after she gave birth to a child!
Harigana laughed for a while and then stopped laughing. Her stomach hurt a little, but she didn't dare tell Kangxi, otherwise she would have to call Doctor Zhao to take her pulse!
"Xuanye, this is actually very good!"
Hearing Harigana praising him seriously, Kangxi was a little curious and wondered what she was thinking about.
"Xuanye, I may not be right, but that's just what I really think. Don't be angry!"
Harigana leaned on Kangxi and wanted to rub her belly, but when she touched it, it was just a small bulge, so she just left it like that!
"Jiaojiao, when have I ever been angry with you?"
Hearing what Kangxi said, Harigana sat up suddenly, and Kangxi was so scared that he even stretched out his hands to protect her, fearing that she would fall.
"Why not? You still refuse to admit it!"
She became a little excited when she talked about this. She pushed Kangxi's hand away, put on her shoes, and pointed at Kangxi condescendingly: "Harigana, am I being too indulgent to you? Don't forget, you are just my concubine!"
Harigana said the last two words with gritted teeth, and Kangxi even felt like killing him.
Thinking of what he said before, I felt a little guilty.
"Jiaojiao, shouldn't we stop dwelling on the past? I know I was wrong!"
When Harigana heard Kangxi admit his mistake, she immediately deflated. The situation at that time was indeed very unpleasant, but she couldn't really bring up the past and drive him away now, right?
She rolled her eyes at him, then took off her shoes and got on the bed. She found a place in his arms again and prepared to continue the previous topic.
But suddenly she thought of someone and asked casually: "How is Batu? I don't think I have seen him again!"
Originally, Kangxi was feeling aroused by Harigana's cute appearance, but he was poured a bucket of cold water in an instant.
"What's the matter? Does Concubine Kang want to talk to that Mongolian man about something?"
Kangxi's voice was sour, as if something really happened between her and Batu.
"Xuanye, if you're sure you want to ask such a question, how about we talk about how many people are in the harem?"
During this period, Harigana has been jumping around Kangxi's bottom line every day. Compared with her previous subtle tests, she is now really trying to find ways to anger Kangxi, but she wins every time.
Just like this time, as soon as she finished speaking, Kangxi changed the subject: "Jiaojiao, what did you want to tell me just now?"
Kangxi was not stupid. He said that he had no advantage in such matters. What was he talking about? Moreover, he knew that Harigana had no interest in him at all and had sent him to a distant place to serve as a soldier long ago!
But he would never tell Jiaojiao about these things!
"Oh! I think your decision is right! I don't know about other things, but for those porcelains, those that can be sent to the palace must be top-grade products. Not only can they not be bought outside, but if they were really sold, who knows how much silver they would fetch!
My mother has a bracelet, which I think was given to her by my mother, Eqige Emuge. At that time, I asked her why she didn't wear it, and Eji said it was too precious and if it was lost, it would be impossible to find it back!
Kangxi instantly understood Harigana's thoughts, and the two of them didn't say anything for a while, just sitting there quietly!
The people in the harem were dumbfounded!
"Su Ma! Look at the emperor, what does he want to do?"
The Empress Dowager came over to speak personally. Seeing the indifferent expression on her face, she no longer wanted to say anything more to her. She thought to herself, after all, Xuanye was not her biological son, so there was nothing wrong in not caring about his reputation!
If the Queen Mother knew that the Grand Empress Dowager thought this way, she would definitely be very sad!
Did she not want her own child? If it weren't for the letter from the Empress Dowager, how could she have spent her life in this deep palace in a daze!
Although Su Malagu didn't understand why the emperor did this, the imperial edict had already come down, and they could only agree. Could it be that she still wanted to rebel?
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