The prince only allowed me to have a baby, so the pressure is a bit high!

Chapter 5 Master Pudu

Seeing this, the prince could no longer hold back and hugged Xiaozhuang's hand and burst into tears.

At this moment, the great eunuch Liang Jiugong came to Kangxi's side quickly and whispered a few words to him. Kangxi's expression changed: "Quick, go and invite the master in."

Yinreng, who was helping Empress Xiaozhuang drink soup, paused. He was very happy that the emperor's tone was wrong. Could it be that there was a chance for improvement in the old ancestor's condition?

Xiaozhuang and the Empress Dowager also caught on to what he was saying, and they stared at Kangxi, waiting to see how he would respond. No one wants to die if they can still live, right? As long as there's a glimmer of hope, they'll definitely seize it.

Seeing several people staring at him, Kangxi didn't hide anything and said directly, "Just now, Liang Jiugong reported that Master Pu Du has come to the Hantuo Temple in the capital to register. Not only that, he also sent me a message saying that there is a way to solve your current troubles. Your grandson has sent someone to pick up the master. Don't worry, grandma, you are saved."

Xiaozhuang and the Empress Dowager were delighted to hear the name of Master Pudu. He was a truly accomplished monk. When Shunzhi wanted to become a monk because of Dong E, it was Master Pudu who intervened and finally persuaded Shunzhi to give in and let Wu Liangfu become a monk in his place on Mount Wutai. When the prince was born, Empress Hesheli had a difficult labor and the prince could not be born for a while. It was Master Pudu who sent a pill to save Yinreng. However, Hesheli was already dead by then and died less than half a minute after giving birth to Yinreng.

In the 26th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, when Empress Xiaozhuang was seriously ill, the Crown Prince sought help from Master Pu Du. Recognizing the Crown Prince's filial piety, Master Pu Du pointed him in the right direction. The Crown Prince, riding in the direction for less than half an hour, encountered a bandit gang. After successfully rescuing the family, the bandit gang presented him with a Tianshan Snow Lotus as a token of gratitude. It was this Tianshan Snow Lotus, brought back to the palace by the Crown Prince, that saved the Empress Dowager, who had been declared dead by the imperial physician.

Master Pu Du was so miraculous that Kangxi must have wanted him to stay in the capital for a long time in case of emergency. However, Kangxi had sent people to search for Master Pu Du over the years, but there was no news at all. The master was a man of great enlightenment, and he often said that people would meet when they were destined to meet. So if he had not revealed his whereabouts this time, Kangxi would have had no way of finding him.

The waiting time was very long, one day seemed like a year, but Xiaozhuang knew that there was still a glimmer of hope, so she persisted and did not have the death in her eyes like before.

The prince had already gone downstairs to wash and rest, but when he woke up, he went to guard Xiaozhuang's bedside again.

As for Master Pu Du, there was no such person in the previous life, but the last time he went to look for the Tianshan Snow Lotus was indeed very wonderful, so Yinreng was also looking forward to the arrival of Master Pu Du.

It would be great if our ancestors could live a few more years with the help of Master Pudu!

The only people in this world who truly love me are my ancestors besides my father.

The subordinates knew that the nobles above were anxious, so as soon as they received the news, they took Master Pu Du to the Rehe Palace. Master Pu Du was relatively easygoing; anyone else would definitely have grumbled inwardly. You know, by the time the group arrived in Rehe, even Master Pu Du, who always presented himself as a great monk, looked no different from a dusty novice monk on the side of the road.

After washing up, several generations of people finally waited for Master Pu Du. After Master Pu Du clasped his hands together and performed the Buddhist salute, he nodded to Yinreng, walked to Xiao Zhuang's bed, picked up Xiao Zhuang's slightly dry wrist, and took her pulse.

After pondering for a moment, Master Pu Du nodded, and the people around him who dared not breathe breathed a sigh of relief. This meant that there was still hope!

Seeing Yinreng still worried beside him, Master Pu Du winked at Kangxi, indicating that the next thing was not suitable for the prince to be present.

Yinreng sensed this out of the corner of his eye and quickly spoke up: "Master, is there anything that Yinreng cannot know? Is it about me?"

Seeing that Yinreng was determined to get to the bottom of the matter, Kangxi nodded and agreed to let Yinreng stay and listen.

Seeing this, Master Pu Du stopped worrying and said, "The Empress Dowager's fate has changed. She previously relied on the prince's dragon energy to persevere for three years. This time, if we want to resolve the issue, we must borrow the phoenix energy. If the dragon and the phoenix appear together, our fate will be fulfilled."

Kangxi's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. What was going on? The only person with phoenix aura in the Qing dynasty now, besides the Grand Empress Dowager, was the Empress Dowager. He couldn't abandon his mother just to save the Grand Empress Dowager. After all, he and his mother had a good relationship over the years.

Besides, even if he agreed, the Grand Empress Dowager probably wouldn't agree. The legitimate mother hadn't had a good life these past few years. She was just a poor woman who married in from Mongolia to occupy a position. Furthermore, since her death, he had been raised under the guidance of the Grand Empress Dowager, but all aspects of his life were taken care of by the legitimate mother.

My stepmother was a person who was wise but appeared foolish. She never interfered with the decisions I made. Even the decision to raise Yinqi was made by Concubine Yi who went to Ciren Palace to ask for it. In addition, the Empress Dowager was lonely at that time and wanted to raise a child. Finally, after much consideration, she asked me to raise Yinqi.

During the first few years of his life in Ciren Palace, Yinqi could not even speak Manchu or Chinese, and could only speak Mongolian. Therefore, when he entered the Shangshufang at the age of six, his learning progress was very slow. In the end, because he always found it more difficult to study than other princes of the same age, he became even less interested in studying.

Because Yinqi was not outstanding, the concubines in the palace did not take him seriously and simply ignored this prince, even though this prince was raised by the Mongolian Queen Mother and had the support of Mongolia.

Because of his stepmother's intelligence, he had a very harmonious relationship with her. He would never agree to sacrifice her.

Xiaozhuang probably thought of this as well, and blurted out, "No, I will never agree to let Qiqige do anything. I don't want this Feng Qi anymore, so let it be!"

The Queen Mother understood what he meant by this, but she asked Master Pu Du, "How can I use this Phoenix Qi to heal the Empress Dowager? As long as it's not too painful, I can still bear it."

Xiaozhuang: "Qiqige!"

Kangxi: "Empress Dowager."

The Crown Prince: "The Royal Madam."

Seeing that everyone had misunderstood, Pu Du quickly explained: "Amitabha, that's not what I meant. The Grand Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother both have phoenix energy, but besides these two people, who else could have phoenix energy?"

Kangxi blurted out: "I have sworn that I will never appoint another empress."

Pu Du smiled at Kangxi and pointed at the prince behind Kangxi, meaning: Isn't there still a prince?

At this time, Kangxi also reacted. He was only thinking about the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, but forgot that the Crown Prince could also have a Crown Princess, the future Queen Mother, who was also a person with the aura of a phoenix.

Seeing this, Kangxi asked Yinreng to leave. Yinreng had just seen Master Pu Du's signal and knew that what was going to happen next was related to him. He didn't want to leave, but Kangxi had already asked him to leave. He had no choice but to leave reluctantly.

After Liang Jiugong reported that the prince had already left, Kangxi finally spoke to Master Pu Du. Master Pu Du, without concealing anything, explained that the first time he had read the prince's face, he predicted a life of loneliness with wives, concubines, and children. The last time he had read the prince's face, twenty-six years earlier, he had predicted a life of loneliness without a wife or children. This time, the prince's face remained unchanged, but a phoenix had suddenly appeared in the sky above the Forbidden City, hinting at the royal family.

He knew that the emperor was unlucky in marriage, so the one with the Phoenix destiny was definitely not the new queen. Then the most likely next one would be the crown princess, the future queen mother.

There was another very strange thing. He had calculated before that Kangxi's fourth son also had a little dragon energy on his body. But when he came to Beijing this time, no one knew what happened to him, and the dragon energy on his body was gone.

The Shi family was also strange. The last time he came to Beijing, the eldest princess still had the fate of Xu Feng, and the Shi family had been getting more and more prosperous. But this time, when he looked at the direction of the Shi family, he could no longer see the prosperity he had seen before.

Logically speaking, this shouldn't have happened. Having solved the smallpox problem, not to mention that it would be passed down through the ages, as long as his family didn't rebel, they would have no problem staying rich for decades.

This was the first time Kangxi had heard that Master Pu Du had previously seen the crown prince. However, he scoffed at Master Pu Du's claim that the crown prince would live a life of loneliness and hardship. Who was the crown prince? He was his chosen successor, the future monarch. How could he possibly live a life of loneliness and helplessness?

What he didn't see was the worried look in the eyes of the Empress Dowager and Su Malagu after they looked at each other.

Pu Du did not refute, but simply smiled at Kangxi, "If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can go and investigate. According to my calculations, the Crown Prince should not have ejaculated yet, right?"

Although it was a question, Pu Du's tone was certain. Even Kangxi, who had been certain at the beginning, was no longer so sure. At this moment, he noticed that the atmosphere between Su Malagu and the Empress Dowager seemed to be amiss, and he immediately asked what the reason was.

Su Malagu looked at Xiaozhuang, and with Xiaozhuang's nod, she told the news that after the prince turned fifteen, the Ministry of Internal Affairs arranged palace maids to serve him according to the rules, but the prince did not favor her. Later, the emperor bestowed princesses and concubines on the prince, but the maids from Yuqing Palace came to report that the prince had not yet recruited anyone to serve him in bed. After Kangxi bestowed those princesses, they were directly locked up in the back room by the prince and were not allowed to come out without necessary, which was equivalent to indefinite house arrest.

In fact, there was a young palace maid who wanted to climb onto the bed, but as soon as she entered the room and took off her clothes, she was kicked out by the prince and sent back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for theft. From then on, except for a few elderly maids, the rest of the people living in the prince's residence were young eunuchs.

At first, the Empress Dowager thought that there was something wrong with the prince's health, but after asking the imperial physician for his pulse, she was found to have no health problems and had been very healthy all these years.

Then Xiaozhuang began to suspect that the prince's sexual orientation was wrong. In places like southern Fujian, because the ratio of men to women was seriously unbalanced, many men could not afford to marry, so they found a man with the same surname to live with. This was called a sworn brother.

Besides, the Empress Dowager had read a lot of history books and knew clearly that during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was popular for men to wear flowers and put on powder, and male homosexuality was very popular at that time.

Even in this dynasty there are many playboys who keep male prostitutes at home. Just because she doesn't say it doesn't mean she doesn't know.

Kangxi was worried when he heard that the prince had not yet found anyone to sleep with him. Because he was busy with government affairs, he thought of finding a few more women to take care of his son. Later, because the prince had many princesses and concubines, and the prince did not want to have a concubine before the Crown Princess came into the house, he did not interfere much.

If the Empress Dowager and Su Malagu had not mentioned it this time, he would not have known that the Crown Prince had never found anyone to sleep with him. This was a serious matter. At the very least, it meant that he had no offspring to carry on the family line. At the most serious level, as the Crown Prince of a country, if Yinreng could not give birth to an offspring, then his position as Crown Prince would be really unstable.

Kangxi quickly ordered Liang Jiugong to let the imperial physician waiting outside come in, so that he could ask the question in person.

The imperial physician came in quickly. He was the one who diagnosed the pulse of the emperor, the grand empress dowager and the crown prince on weekdays, so he knew the physical conditions of the three top bosses very well.

When the imperial physician heard Kangxi inquire about the prince's health, he knew what Kangxi was trying to say, but how could he answer? The prince's health was indeed fine. The Empress Dowager had asked about it before, and he had examined the prince thoroughly inside and out, and there was indeed nothing wrong. However, the prince was not keen on sex and even had some aversion to it.

He also followed the instructions of the Empress Dowager and prescribed a tonic for the prince, and added a small bowl of deer blood to his food. Logically speaking, for a young and strong prince, shouldn't he go to the backyard to rest after consuming such a tonic?