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

Chapter 69 Kangxi Gets Angry

Buerhe had already let it go, but Kangxi, having received Wei Zhu's findings, was furious. He hadn't expected that the Imperial Household Department in the Forbidden City had almost finished its investigation and had basically cleared out many of the suspects, but he was still blinded by the situation, while the servants in the garden were becoming more and more rampant, even daring to intercept the tribute.

Moreover, these servants dared to tamper with the things in the inner treasury. They found insiders in the palace and had their own professional transportation teams. After going through the whole process, these servants only needed to wait for a short time to get items that they would never be able to enjoy in their entire lives.

That night, Kangxi ordered the idle guards in the garden to search the private vaults of these servants. Wei Zhu, the leader, became more and more worried as the investigation went on. There were too many things. The mountain-stabilizing stone that the emperor had particularly liked to play with for a while, and the one he had wanted to make a paperweight for some time ago, suddenly appeared in a servant's vault.

And that blue vase with a gold rim, standing so awkwardly there—wasn't that the one reported broken a few years ago? Wei Zhu still vividly remembered the Emperor's fury over that vase, and how he and his master were scolded for it. So the vase wasn't broken, but removed, and it was done right under their noses. The thought of this made Wei Zhu tremble with fear, unable to move. Now, the entire Qianqing Palace was about to begin another round of purges. No one would believe that there wasn't a Qianqing Palace insider. Such a large and valuable collection had disappeared without a trace!

After a while, the guards brought out two more large boxes. The commander signaled to Wei Zhu with his eyes not to open them. Seeing this, Wei Zhu leaned on the wall pillar and nodded weakly. "Open it, open it! It's already like this. The emperor will definitely be furious this time. What does it matter if there is one more or one less? Let the storm come even harder!"

"Creaky" several large boxes were opened at the same time, and then everyone saw a bright light in front of their eyes. Two boxes of gold ingots and one box of pearl jewelry were shining brightly under the light of the torches, making people panic.

The huge stone in Wei Zhu's heart finally fell to the ground and then bounced back heavily as the box was opened. These people really didn't care about their lives. They intercepted tributes and embezzled the good things in the emperor's treasury. Now they even stole the emperor's gold, silver and jewelry.

Wei Zhu trembled as she approached the boxes, examining them one by one. Two boxes held approximately five thousand taels of gold ingots. Half of the pearls in the other box were South China pearls, with the remainder mostly agate and gemstones. She approached the last small box, initially looking casually, but as she got closer, she gasped: It was a whole box of banknotes!

Now everyone's heart was finally at peace. Well, now no one can escape. These banknotes are not jewelry. These things are all managed by the emperor's wet nurse. The keys and cards are all in her hands. The fact that these banknotes can appear here must have something to do with her.

Things have come to this, but Wei Zhu miraculously stopped shaking and was no longer afraid. Perhaps people become calm when they are extremely scared!

Wei Zhu waved his hand, shook his whisk, strode with the imperial guards, and returned to Qingxi Book House to report.

At Qingxi Book House, Liang Jiugong once again followed the emperor's orders to check whether the imperial guards had returned to report. This time, Liang Jiugong just came out and saw Wei Zhu striding ahead from a distance, followed by a team of imperial guards carrying a box.

As I got closer, I realized Wei Zhu's face was bruised and black, as if he'd been beaten. What had happened? How could he have gotten hurt just by searching for something?

Seeing his master's doubts, Wei Zhu didn't dare to say more. He just pointed to the smallest box behind him and said to Liang Jiugong: "A box of banknotes."

Now it was Liang Jiugong's turn to be upset. He was an old man who had served the emperor for decades. He had been serving the emperor since he was only a few years old. Liang Jiugong knew better than Wei Zhu what this box of banknotes meant, so he was even more frightened.

I didn't expect that things have become so serious. It was originally just a small matter of withholding the quota, but now the snowball is getting bigger and bigger. Now even if the other party wants to end it, they can't do it.

Hearing the noise outside in the inner room, Kangxi could no longer concentrate on reading. He thought that he had governed the Qing Dynasty so well with his hard work over the years, so the capital must be under his control recently. He didn't expect that he was too arrogant and was stabbed in the back by his servant.

Fortunately, the Crown Princess spoke secretly this time. If the matter became serious and was exposed in public one day, his face as the emperor would be thrown to the ground.

Kangxi once again heard the rustling sound outside and shouted, "Liang Jiugong, where are you going, you dog slave?"

Liang Jiugong quickly turned around and rushed into the house: "Your Majesty, I'm here. The Imperial Guards are back."

Kangxi was startled: "Why don't you call them in quickly?"

Liang Jiugong: "Yes, Master, I will pass on the message right away."

Then Liang Jiugong opened the door directly and said to the people outside: "Come in, and bring that thing in too."

As more and more people gathered in the room, the boxes were presented to Kangxi one by one, and Kangxi's face became darker and darker. Hearing something was one thing, and seeing it with one's own eyes was another.

Kangxi walked quickly from behind the imperial desk to the box, casually drew the sword of the imperial guard and opened the box in front of him. A box of gold ingots suddenly appeared in front of Kangxi, and Kangxi opened his mouth in surprise.

Then he personally opened the other boxes. This one contained jewelry, this one contained gold, and this one... huh? Isn't this the box I used to store ginseng in? How did it get here?

Kangxi was a little bit incredulous, "Liang Jiugong, come here and take a look. Is this my thousand-year-old ginseng?"

Liang Jiugong's head, which had been lowered, suddenly lifted up. "What? Your Majesty, what are you talking about? What ginseng? Isn't that hidden behind the dragon bed where your Majesty sleeps every day? How did it get here?"

He walked over quickly, looked in the direction of the emperor's finger, and was stunned for a moment. It was true. That was indeed the box that the emperor used to store the thousand-year-old ginseng. Because the imperial physician said that it had to be sealed to ensure the medicinal properties, the imperial hospital urgently prepared it after the thousand-year-old ginseng was presented. The ginseng was put in there by himself, and the seal on it was made and affixed by the emperor himself.

This thing has been kept in a box behind the dragon bed in the Qianqing Palace since it was sealed. How come it appears here now?

At Kangxi's signal, Liang Jiugong picked up the box and examined it carefully. After a while, he put the box down and replied in a hoarse voice, "Master, this is your plant..."

He didn't dare to say the rest of the words, because his master's murderous eyes were about to devour him. The box had been opened, and the things inside must be useless. Now it has lost its original value.

This is a thousand-year-old ginseng. It's unknown if there's another one like it in the world. The Emperor has had this ginseng for over ten years. Even when the Empress Dowager was seriously ill, the Emperor was reluctant to give it away. Now it's been ruined.

Thinking of this, Liang Jiugong knelt down on the ground with a thud, followed by Wei Zhu and the imperial guards who also knelt down obediently. No one dared to breathe, for fear of waking up the furious emperor.

Kangxi slowly moved his hand to the lid of the box and, with a determined heart, opened it. He saw that the spot where the ginseng had been placed was empty except for the bright yellow towel. Unable to contain himself any longer, Kangxi threw the box to the ground, shouting in rage, "You evil slave, you have such audacity!"

After a fit of rage, Kangxi controlled his temper and opened the smallest box. This time, Kangxi could no longer bear it and fainted.

The imperial guards quickly hugged Kangxi, and everyone worked together to send the emperor to the couch in the inner room. Some called for the imperial physician, and some called for the prince. For a moment, everyone was in a panic.

Today, the prince happened to be in front of the garden, watching the progress of the newly built Shangshufang. When he heard the reason why the imperial guards came, he opened his mouth in surprise.

Did the Emperor faint when he was this young in his past life? No way. The Emperor was in such good health, so nothing serious should have happened this year. How could the Emperor faint?

Despite his thoughts, the Crown Prince followed the Imperial Physician into the Qingxi Study. Seeing a group of servants about to bow, Yinreng simply waved them off and asked the Imperial Physician to check the Emperor's pulse first.

This time, the one who came with him was the emperor's usual physician Liang. The old physician carefully examined the emperor's pulse for a cup of tea before he wrote down a prescription.

The servants went straight to boil the medicine, and Yinreng asked, "Imperial Physician Liang, is the emperor alright?"

He had also grown up under the care of Imperial Physician Liang and was familiar with the general rules of his pulse diagnosis. His calm demeanor and slow pace indicated that nothing serious was wrong. However, as his father's eldest son, he still had to show some filial piety. Don't think he didn't see the emperor's eyeballs move just now; it was obvious that the emperor had woken up, but he didn't know why he didn't open his eyes.

Tsk, without having to think, Yinreng knew exactly what the emperor was thinking. When he came to Qingxi Book House, he saw several large boxes on the ground outside. In addition, it was the imperial guards who came to find him, so it was obvious that the emperor's accident today was related to these things.

The only person who could have angered the Emperor recently was probably the evil slaves in the garden. But in his previous life, didn't this happen two years later, after the Emperor's wet nurse passed away? How come it happened so much earlier in this life?

How could the prince know that this matter was related to his own princess? In his previous life, these things had been shipped out long ago and were not discovered by Kangxi. He was only punished because of the corruption of those servants. This time, he was facing the theft of his own treasury, which was much more serious than in his previous life.

Imperial Physician Liang stroked his beard and dropped his book bag. In simple terms, the emperor's anger was harmful to his health. He fainted from anger for a while. After he woke up, he just needed to drink two doses of medicine to reduce his anger.

At this moment, the servant brought in the emperor's medicine after cutting it. When Yinreng saw the black medicine and smelled the pungent smell of coptis in the air, he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, and his face turned red.

Seeing that the emperor was about to open his eyes, Yinreng quickly took Liang Yuyi and ran away: "Liang Yuyi, thank you for your hard work. I will take you out. I hope Liang Yuyi will not say too much about what happened today. The emperor just has a toothache."

The reason why Imperial Physician Liang was able to survive in this deep palace for so long was not just due to his superb medical skills, but more because of his high emotional intelligence and his character of knowing when to stop when he saw an advantage. When he saw the prince winking at him, he quickly took his small medicine box and went out with the prince. Before leaving, he also told Liang Jiugong to drink the bowl of medicine as soon as the emperor woke up.

Liang Jiugong looked at the back of Liang Yuyi walking quickly with a leisurely look, as if he saw his lover abandoning his resentful wife. Don't leave him alone, he also wants to leave!