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

Chapter 6: Clever Concubine Rong

After figuring it out, Kangxi addressed the Grand Empress Dowager directly, "Grandmother, I'd like to borrow your name to have those girls come in to tend to the sick. You and the Empress Dowager will entertain them, and the Master will watch from the sidelines. Do you agree?"

The Grand Empress Dowager considered it for a moment. "I have no problem with that, but isn't it a bit too much to ask those princesses to come to Rehe? Besides, I'm not in any pain right now. It's just that my life span has come to an end. There's no need to stay in bed every day, right?"

After saying this, he glanced at Master Pu Du who was standing aside with a cheerful look on his face.

The master was not a person without tact. When he saw the Empress Dowager's gesture, he nodded in agreement.

With the master's endorsement and having planned to return to the palace a few days ago, Kangxi agreed and ordered his men to pack their bags and set off early the next morning when it was cool.

At the Ulanara Mansion in the capital, just as Master Pu Du was calculating, Buerhe, who was learning to embroider a purse with the nanny, suddenly felt a panic for some reason, and then his finger was pricked by a needle, and blood immediately gushed out of his finger.

Qin'er, the maid waiting on the side, quickly took out a clean handkerchief and wrapped Buerhe's hand, and asked Qi'er, who was packing clothes outside, to get medicine for the wound.

Upon hearing that it was his own princess who was injured, Qi'er quickly put down the work in his hands and went to the inner room to find the best medicine that the master had ordered to be sent to him.

This wound medicine was indeed a royal gift from the palace; it was effective quickly, stopping bleeding in an instant. However, it could only treat external injuries; if a finger was pricked deep inside, it would still hurt.

Fortunately, Buerhe was not a delicate girl and could endure the pain without changing her expression. However, after this incident, she no longer had the mood to continue making purses. She and the nanny gave up the plan to learn how to make purses and instead listened to the nanny talk about the secrets of the deep palace.

Buerhe's learning progress is very good. He finished learning all the rules needed a few days ago. According to the arrangement of the nanny, he only needs to review them before the draft.

So, for the past few days, they'd been listening to Matron Li's stories. Matron Li, a maid in her forties, had come from the palace, and even the slightest revelation of what she'd seen and heard captivated Buerhe and the two older maids. Sometimes, as the plot twisted and the truth was revealed, the little maids' gasps of surprise could be heard. Matron Pang, smiling silently nearby, didn't mind Matron Li's preemptive remarks.

According to the clues they had noticed from the Grand Empress Dowager before, it was very likely that Buer and Gege would become the prince's wives. By then, they and the old woman would probably be rewarded by the Grand Empress Dowager to be personal nannies and stay in the prince's mansion to live out their retirement.

So it would be a good thing to spend more time with the princess in advance and tell her more about the taboos in the palace. It would also be considered as making friends in advance. Then, she and her sister, Li Ma, would be able to enjoy their old age with the princess in peace instead of returning to the deep palace.

Besides, during their recent time together in this small courtyard, they could also observe that the Second Princess of the Ulanara Mansion was a person who knew how to relax and work well, had her own ideas, and could handle things calmly. Moreover, she was also very lenient and strict with her servants, and used both firmness and flexibility.

Under the management of this princess, the servants in the entire courtyard each performed their duties, stayed in their positions, and fulfilled their responsibilities. They never saw any servant gossiping, not even quarreling; everyone behaved properly.

However, rules do not mean rigidity. The servants are usually cheerful and sometimes even have the courage to joke with their masters.

Even if they returned now, given the Empress Dowager's health, they would likely be assigned to other positions in a few years, and by then, there wouldn't be any good jobs for them. In the palace, when a master passed away, servants would be retained, with only a few left to clean and tidy up the place. The rest would return to the Imperial Household Department for redistribution.

They had lived in the deep palace for nearly thirty years, so how could they not know the temperament of each master? With the exception of the Empress Dowager, everyone else in the palace treated the servants well, so they had to be wary. Besides, even if the Grand Empress Dowager passed away, Ciren Palace wouldn't need many servants, so it would be best for them to find a way to stay here.

So after Nanny Li and Nanny Pang entered the Shuangyao Courtyard of Buerhe, they devoted themselves to taking care of their future master. Buerhe was not a fool, of course he could feel the love and care of the two Nanny, and he was very satisfied with them. He thought that when he got married, he would take the two Nanny as dowry Nanny.

At the Ulanala Mansion, Burhe was having the maid pack up, preparing to go to the other courtyard to stay with the old lady for a few days. This was also because Burhe had recently made significant progress in learning how to be a housekeeper. The Jueluo family thought that letting Burhe go out to play for a few days and spend more time with the old lady would be a way for them to fulfill their filial piety.

At the Rehe Palace, the servants were tidying up, but after seeing off Master Pu Du and returning to Qingxi Study, Kangxi asked Liang Jiugong to call Crown Prince Yinreng over.

The prince arrived quickly, mainly because he was curious about why he had been sent out before. What else could he not hear? Besides, he was also concerned about the health of his ancestors. It would be great to get accurate information in advance.

Seeing the prince coming, Kangxi dismissed all the servants in Qingxi Study. Even Liang Jiugong, who usually served him personally, was asked to stand guard a few meters outside the house.

Seeing this, the Crown Prince also understood that this was about something important that must not be known to others. But what could it be? According to his memories of his previous life, nothing happened during this period of time. Oh, in his previous life, at this time, he was still in the capital, serving as regent. Even if it happened, he had no idea.

When the prince saw Kangxi, he hurried forward to pay his respects. Kangxi waved his hand to signal Yinreng to stand up and took him to the back of the study, where even if they spoke louder, it would not matter as no one outside could hear them.

After letting the prince sit down, Kangxi considered it carefully before asking, "I heard that you don't favor those women?"

As soon as Yinreng heard it, he knew what his father was going to ask next, and his face turned red instantly. It was not until he saw that his royal father also had an embarrassed face that he laughed out loud, and then he quickly restrained his expression before Kangxi glared at him.

After thinking about it, he confessed: "Yes, my son did not favor them."

When Kangxi saw that his son could still smile, he knew that it was not a serious physical problem. However, he was still very curious as to why he did not favor him. However, he felt a little embarrassed to ask further.

Seeing the emperor's hesitation, Yinreng closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief, no longer hesitating: "My son is not ill, but when I see those women... I don't really want them. I always feel that they are unclean and want to vomit."

The words were finally spoken, and Yinreng felt relieved. You know, the emperor had been urging him to get married some time ago, and he was under a lot of pressure.

He hadn't noticed this problem at first, until he hit puberty and didn't want to touch women. At the time, he thought he was just being disdainful of the maiden's beauty. But after the emperor bestowed upon him several concubines, he went to their rooms. But the thought of having sex with them made him suddenly feel sick, and the whole process ended.

He later experimented with other women, and he even thought about trying men, but just as he was thinking about it, he felt an even more disgusting feeling coming over him. At that moment, he knew that men were even worse.

So in the past few years, he locked up all the women given by the emperor in the back room, providing them with good food and drink, but not allowing them to appear in front of him.

When the emperor wanted to give Shi to himself as the Crown Princess, he also thought of writing a letter in advance to cultivate the relationship. If he couldn't touch her because of this problem, he hoped that she could be the Crown Princess safely and steadily based on their relationship without making any mistakes.

He never expected that before anything happened on his side, Shi family suddenly started to cause trouble.

He couldn't believe that a woman who had lived in the Forbidden City for most of her previous life could get lost in the small imperial garden and fall into the pond by such a coincidence, and be hugged by the fourth brother.

There is also the eldest princess of the Ulanara family. She is the oldest among the concubines in this year. She should be the one that the emperor prepared for his cousin Aisin Gioro Changquan from Prince Yu's family.

This was also the strange thing that the prince had thought about before. Not only did the Ulanara family have a princess, but the eldest cousin of the emperor's uncle, who died of illness in the 17th year of Kangxi's reign in his previous life, was actually alive today.

But why did Shi target the eldest princess of the Ulanara family and push her into the water to drown her?

He still hasn't figured this out. He knew it because one day he suddenly had the idea to go to Shenwu Gate. He was on the city wall watching the scenery with the telescope that the emperor had given him before, when he suddenly saw a woman in the imperial garden pushing another woman into the pool.

Because both of them had their backs to Yinreng, he could only see the woman's movements but not her face. He saw the woman not only pushing the other into the water, but also using a bamboo stick to push her down. Finally, when the woman in the water could no longer float up, she dropped the stick and jumped into the pool herself.

Then a group of people rushed over, probably because of the shouting. Finally, someone went into the water and rescued the woman, and those who did not float up in the water were also rescued.

The next step is well known to everyone: the eldest princess of the Ulanara family drowned in the Imperial Garden. Shi Shi was granted the title of princess because the Fourth Prince Yinzhen jumped into the water to rescue her. A love letter was also found in the pool. It was written by the princess of the Dong'e family to the Fourth Prince, and it is estimated that it fell from the Fourth Prince's sleeve when he was rescuing her.

Anyway, when Yinreng returned to the palace, Kangxi had already cut the Gordian knot and issued an imperial decree. Three girls failed in the selection. The eldest princess of the Ulanara family was posthumously named a princess, the eldest princess of the Shi family became the princess of the fourth prince, and Dong E became the concubine of the fourth prince and was never allowed to be promoted.

When Yinreng received the news, he knew that his royal father knew the truth of the matter. Also, the entire palace was under the control of his royal father, and the conspiracy between the concubines must be clear to him.

However, as for Shi and Dong E, one relied on the family's recent merit in fighting cowpox, and the other on military merit, Kangxi could not directly sentence them to death, so he could only send them to the fourth prince's inner courtyard, and both of them were given low positions and were not promoted.

These two women are so stupid. They think that they can be safe just because they have the memories of their previous life. Haven’t they discovered that many things in this world are different from their previous life?

Besides, with their methods, without anyone's help, there must be too many flaws. He was embarrassed to admit that he was also reborn, for fear of being contaminated and becoming as stupid as them.

Later, he had a flash of inspiration and began to play the role of a deeply affectionate persona under the name of Shi. However, he had not played this role for half a year when the emperor suddenly asked about his illness? How could he continue to play this role?

However, Kangxi did not pay attention to this point. He was still immersed in the bad news that the prince had a problem and could not touch women!

What could be done? As the crown prince of a country, he must have children. Even if Yinreng wasn't the crown prince, if he had no children, wouldn't that line be severed? And when he died, who would protect Yinreng? He wouldn't even have anyone to carry on his family line after his death.

Yinreng didn't care. What was the big deal? For someone who had lived a lifetime, having children or not was not a big deal. Only living a good life and not feeling suffocated was considered right.

He no longer actively fights for many things in his life. Even when his elder brother competed with him, he always gave in because he felt it was unnecessary. After all, he had worked hard in his previous life and only held the position of crown prince for thirty-eight years. Now there are still twenty years before he is completely deposed. Isn't it better to enjoy these twenty years than to fight and compete every day?