books44 Chapter 32 Tong Jia - Forgetting Worries (10)
Chapter 32 Tong Jia - Forgetting Worries (10)
"Besides, even if he wants to emulate his father, Emperor Shunzhi, I'll make sure he's impotent for life!" Wangyou smiled, realizing that rashly killing an emperor would have a significant impact.
Moreover, aside from other aspects, Emperor Kangxi was a wise ruler in politics, although he became quite absurd in his later years.
"Host, the Empress Dowager in the palace has been found out of hiding her illness, and Emperor Kangxi has already rushed to attend to her!" After Wangyou's explanation, Duobao kept a close eye on the movements in the palace.
"Wow, Emperor Kangxi led a group to the Temple of Heaven to pray for Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang!"
"Kangxi cried so bitterly; it seems the royal family still has genuine feelings!"
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Duobao has been completely transformed into a gossip-eating system!
She woke up three days later and could clearly feel the serious and tense atmosphere throughout Beijing.
"Qingqing, you're finally awake!" Erhe said with great joy.
"I'm fine. This kind of thing will definitely happen again in the future, you'll get used to it!"
"Nonsense, how could I get used to something like that? I was terrified the first time I experienced it!"
"Okay, I'll try not to get dizzy in the future!" Wangyou had been lying down for three days and felt a little weak, so she got up and walked around the room.
Afterwards, Tingfeng also reported on the recent events, both big and small, in the capital, with a focus on matters within the palace.
“Remove all the bright colors from all the estates and shops under our name and replace them with plain ones!”
"Yes, this servant will pass on the order immediately!"
As the Empress Dowager's condition worsened, a sense of impending crisis permeated the entire city of Beijing, and Wangyou rarely went out.
On the 27th day of the tenth month of the 26th year of the Kangxi reign, the Empress Dowager, who had served three emperors, passed away. The whole country mourned, the emperor was deeply grieved, and court was suspended for a month. Officials and their wives mourned her at her funeral.
Although Wangyou's marriage to Erhe didn't meet the standard for mourning, the problem was that she had the title of Princess Gushan, so she still had to go to the palace to mourn. What kind of situation was this?!
After much deliberation, I decided to go anyway. I'll come back when I get sick!
As expected, Wangyou knelt for less than half an hour before her body became burning hot and she developed a fever again. The Imperial Noble Consort then sent her out of the palace.
Although the Imperial Noble Consort had heard about her cousin's beauty from her son, it was nothing compared to the shock she felt when she saw it with her own eyes. The concubines in the harem also stopped targeting the Imperial Noble Consort and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw her send the girl out of the palace.
A month of continuous mourning is exhausting for anyone, and Erhe lost ten pounds. Her mother and father also looked visibly haggard. Wangyou quickly prepared all sorts of tonics and secretly sent them to her parents.
Subsequently, Emperor Kangxi ordered that three years of mourning be observed for the Empress Dowager!
This decree meant that the emperor would not hold a selection of concubines for three years, and that court officials would not hold any celebratory events for three years. As a result, the New Year of the twenty-sixth year was extremely quiet, and even fewer people visited relatives.
Three years have passed in the blink of an eye!
With the end of the mourning period for Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, Beijing once again became lively.
"Qingqing, will you have a child for me?"
"Go ahead and give birth!"
I will try my best!
"But childbirth is so painful, I'm afraid of pain!"
"Then let's not have a baby. We can adopt one when we have time!" Erhe had heard that childbirth was like going through the gates of hell. He could give up the child, but he couldn't give up his wife.
In an instant, Erhe abandoned the idea of having a child with Wangyou and instead began to think about which family in the royal family had a suitable child to adopt.
"You're giving up already? If you say a few more words, I might agree!"
"Never mind, I can't bear to see you in pain!" Erhe's tone was gentle yet firm. "I'll go find the imperial physician later to prescribe a male-specific infertility remedy!"
"Then forget it. I think it would be great if I could have a daughter as beautiful as me!" In his previous life, Garuda had the hearts of all the teenagers in Beijing. Having another one in this life wouldn't be bad either.
"I'm not having any more children. More than the baby, I want you to be well. I was wrong just now!"
"Sheng, if you dare to drink the infertility medicine, you'll be sleeping in the study from now on!" Wangyou has always liked to go against people.
"Host, didn't you say you would never have any more children?"
"Did I say that? You must have misheard!" Wangyou denied it outright. Even if she had said it, that was something from her previous life.
Duobao immediately shut up; it decided to stay quiet!
Having decided to have a baby, Wangyou stopped using contraception, and a month later, she became pregnant.
"Congratulations, Your Highness! Your Highness, Your Highness is pregnant!" the physician said after taking her pulse several times.
"It's true, I'm going to be a father!" Erhe exclaimed excitedly, picking up Wangyou in his arms. "I'm going to be a father!"
"Put me down! It's only been a month!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Erhe quickly and carefully placed Wangyou on the bed, then said to the royal physician, "Quickly, take a look, how is the Princess Consort?"
“The princess’s pulse is strong, so the baby is sure to be healthy. However, the first three months are especially important…” Under Erhe’s persistent questioning, the physician told her about many things that women should pay attention to during pregnancy.
As for Tingfeng, Tingyu, Tingshuang, and Tingxue, they quickly organized people to clean up the entire Wangyou Pavilion, removing anything that might be detrimental to Wangyou's current condition.
After that, Wangyou began a pleasant pregnancy.
"Your Highness, an invitation has arrived from the palace. It says that the Imperial Noble Consort is hosting a flower-viewing banquet and has invited all the ministers and their wives!"
Wangyou looked at the gold-embossed invitation in Tingfeng's hand; the invitation looked like a trap!
It's impossible for the Imperial Noble Consort to send an invitation to Wangyou to enter the palace. She probably wishes Wangyou would never enter the palace in her life. So, it's easy to guess whose order this was. It seems that Kangxi wants to follow in his father's footsteps.
"Go reply to the post and say that I'm only two months pregnant and it's inconvenient for me to go out!" Wangyou coldly tossed the post aside.
Then he went back to his room and started cursing Emperor Kangxi!
"You dog emperor, don't you even look at yourself? You dare to covet me? Well then, I curse you to be impotent for a year!"
Forbidden City.
Inside Chengqian Palace, the Imperial Noble Consort, having received a reply, felt relieved upon seeing Wangyou's response, but still felt a sense of melancholy.
"Granny, with my cousin's intelligence, she probably already guessed it!"
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. Princess Wangyou has always been clever; she must already have a plan in mind!"
"I hope so!" Although the Imperial Noble Consort said this, she was still very worried. On the one hand, she was worried that if Wangyou entered the palace, she would become the second Dong Eshi. On the other hand, she was worried that Wangyou was so determined that she would rather die than enter the palace.
Qianqing Palace.
On the desk that Emperor Kangxi usually used to review memorials, there was no memorial on it at this moment, but a painting of a beautiful woman. Upon closer inspection, it was indeed Wang You!
Duobao also saw this scene and is broadcasting it live to Wangyou!
"Burn the portrait!" Wangyou felt nauseous. The feeling of being targeted was truly disgusting, especially since Wangyou was someone who valued appearance above all else.
"Alright!" Then, the portrait of the beauty on the imperial desk spontaneously combusted without fire and turned to ashes in a moment.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Noble Consort has sent word that Princess Wangyou is two months pregnant and it is inconvenient for her to enter the palace to attend the flower viewing banquet!" Liang Jiugong bowed as he entered to report.
Emperor Kangxi was furious at the moment, and the fire burned nothing but the portrait, but he still couldn't vent his anger.
"Also, Your Majesty, it's time to choose a concubine!" Liang Jiugong said boldly.
"I'm not going anywhere tonight!" Kangxi said, suppressing his anger.
He then went to the bedchamber, intending to randomly select a palace maid to serve him, but after a short while, a furious shout came from the inner chamber.