Rong Fei is not honored

Chapter 269: The Big Princess

But precisely because of this, for the past half month, Kangxi had either stayed in the Zhongcui Palace or rested alone in the Qianqing Palace. How could the Empress Dowager bear this?

If it weren't for the Empress Dowager and Su Malagu's persuasion, the Grand Empress Dowager had temporarily put aside her prejudice and vigilance against Ma Jia. Based on what had happened during this period, she would have issued an imperial decree to reprimand Concubine Rong.

Kangxi frowned and said bluntly: "The others are just mediocre women."

The Empress Dowager was obviously not surprised by this answer. If those people were really capable, they would not have been out of favor. But the Empress Dowager still advised:

"Even so, the emperor shouldn't favor only one person. It's not the lack of favors that is worrying, but the imbalance. If this continues, there will be trouble in the harem. It's not easy to settle down the harem. Does the emperor want to see this happen?

Moreover, even if the emperor doesn't like it, for the sake of the heir, he should treat them equally. Now the emperor has only three princes, which is too few. Especially for Mrs. Dong, for the sake of the second princess, you should visit her more often."

"I understand." Although Kangxi was full of resistance, he also understood that what the Empress Dowager said was for his own good, so he agreed.

Seeing that the matter was resolved, the Empress Dowager was obviously relieved. Seeing that Kangxi was in a good mood, she brought up another matter, "Does the Emperor still remember the eldest princess?"

"The eldest princess?" Kangxi was stunned, then he remembered that this was his eldest daughter, born to concubine Zhang, and later given to the queen to raise.

Queen? Queen!

Kangxi suddenly remembered that the queen had been under house arrest, and now there was only an old maid serving her in the Kunning Palace, so where was his eldest princess?

In fact, it is not Kangxi's fault that he completely forgot about his eldest daughter. He was busy with all kinds of affairs, and he did not pay much attention to his two sons Chenghu and Chengqing. If their biological mother was no longer favored and no one deliberately reminded her in front of Kangxi, it would be easy for him to forget about her completely.

Not to mention that the eldest princess's mother had lost her power and had not seen Kangxi for a long time. The queen was forced to take on this hot potato, so naturally she was not happy about it. She had already done her best by seeing that the other party's diet and daily life were not in trouble.

Besides, the queen herself was not very favored. When Kangxi went to the Qianqing Palace, he rarely even called out his own son, let alone specifically mentioning an adopted daughter.

The servants in Kunning Palace looked down on a princess born to a concubine. When they saw their master's attitude, they naturally knew how to treat this princess. Therefore, everyone in Kunning Palace treated the princess as if she didn't exist.

The eldest princess was not loved by her biological mother and was not close to her adoptive mother. She grew up early and after understanding her situation, she acted like a quail. She dared not attract the attention of the queen's adoptive mother, let alone get close to her cheap younger brother.

Fortunately, after the lessons learned from the previous group of palace servants around the Grand Princess, the servants who came later were very dedicated. Even when they saw that the Grand Princess was completely forgotten by the Emperor, they did not dare to trouble their master. At most, they would be a little neglectful.

The eldest princess lived like a nobody in Kunning Palace, stumbling over her life until Chenghu died. Then the eldest princess knew that her good days were over.

As expected, the Kunning Palace had undergone earth-shaking changes, but what she did not expect was that the Queen went crazy, and the Kunning Palace was surrounded by people sent by the Emperor. Afterwards, all the servants in the Kunning Palace were even taken to the Ministry of Punishment, including the servants around her.

No matter how those servants cried and explained that they were servants of the eldest princess and had never approached Prince Chenghu, they were finally taken away ruthlessly.

The eldest princess was not a courageous person to begin with. When something unexpected happened in Kunning Palace that day, she dared only stay in her room, listening to the noises outside. No matter how the servants around her begged, she dared not make a sound.

When the surrounding sounds gradually disappeared, Kunning Palace fell into a terrifying silence. The eldest princess bit her lips tightly and shed tears silently, not even daring to make a sound when crying.

Darkness, then dawn.

Da Gege's body was stiff, but no one came to look for her. She knew that she had been completely forgotten by everyone. But she still didn't dare to move or go out.

Until she could no longer bear the hunger, the desire to survive prompted the princess to move her stiff hands and feet and slowly appear at the gate of Kunning Palace.

The eldest princess had an average impression of the queen, not to mention that she was now crazy. Naturally, she would not seek help from Nanny Zheng. She could only go to the guards at the door and tell them that she was the eldest princess.

Kangxi listened expressionlessly to the Empress Dowager saying, "That child is timid. He hid in the room alone for two days without eating. He only came out when he was too hungry.

The guards outside Kunning Palace said that the eldest princess turned terribly pale and only had time to say "I am the eldest princess" before she fainted.

Kangxi was naturally distressed when he heard about his daughter's plight. He was indeed negligent in this matter, but the most important thing was, "How did the Imperial Grandmother know about this? It has been so long, and I didn't even hear the news."

Having said that, he looked at Liang Jiugong.

Liang Jiugong, who was standing by, felt the anger in His Majesty's eyes and was frightened and quickly explained: "I haven't received any news here either."

Your Majesty, I have known all this and kept it to myself. Please stop looking at me with murderous eyes.

Liang Jiugong wished he could disappear immediately. The feeling of being tortured by the Emperor's gaze was too uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty, don't look at him. I ordered someone to stop the message."

"Grandmother." Kangxi frowned and looked at the Grand Empress Dowager in confusion, with a hint of dissatisfaction on his face.

He was the emperor. How could he tolerate the fact that such a big thing had happened in the Forbidden City and he had been kept in the dark until now? So Kangxi deliberately did not restrain his emotions and used this to remind the Empress Dowager.

"Alas, my people were guarding outside Kunning Palace at that time, so they discovered this matter at once and reported it." Therefore, it was not that I intended to control the harem, but I ran into this incident accidentally because I was watching the queen.

"At that time, you had just learned about what the Queen did to Chenghu. If you knew about the eldest princess... I'm afraid you would have dealt with the Queen without any regard for the consequences, and things would have gotten out of control."

"No matter what, I am the father of the eldest princess. Isn't it my duty to seek justice for her? However, I am the last person to know the news."

Whenever Kangxi thought about the fact that the emperor's daughter was forgotten by everyone and was starving, he couldn't help feeling guilty and angry.

The emperor couldn't be wrong. Even if he forgot, what about the others? No one reminded him.

The Empress Dowager understood Kangxi's dissatisfaction, so she said nothing more, but just said: "If the emperor still wants to deal with the queen now, I will never stop you."

After hearing the words of the Empress Dowager, Kangxi fell silent.

Upon seeing this, the Empress Dowager showed an expression of "as expected", as if everything was as expected.

Kangxi was a man of such a nature that he wanted those he loved to live and those he hated to die. All the indulgences he had shown to the empress in the past would only backfire on him after they fell out.

The Empress Dowager knew that Kangxi was a qualified emperor, but the emperor also had his own likes and dislikes. She was afraid that the two things would collide and Kangxi would be unwilling to endure it any longer.

But he may not be unaware of what is the most appropriate thing to do, so even though the Empress Dowager knew that doing so would make Kangxi unhappy, she still kept the news secret and did not reveal it until today.

As I said, the queen is different from ordinary concubines. She cannot be treated lightly or severely. If she is not handled properly, it will easily cause an uproar.

Kangxi closed his eyes, then stood up, bowed to the Empress Dowager, and thanked her solemnly: "Grandson thanks the Empress Dowager for her painstaking efforts."

Although, if Kangxi really dealt with the queen without any regard for her, he would still be able to control the situation. It would just be more laborious, but it would naturally be better to have less trouble.

Moreover, the Empress Dowager did this entirely for the sake of Kangxi. Even though it was equivalent to making a decision for Kangxi, it was done without any selfish motives. Kangxi naturally knew what was right and what was wrong.

The Grand Empress Dowager waved her hand and said, "The eldest princess was brought to the Cining Palace by me. She was sick for a long time due to fear and is now getting better. Does His Majesty Kangxi want to see her?"

Kangxi hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "It's better to disappear. Let her recover first."

To be honest, Kangxi had feelings for this daughter, but they were limited. They had never lived together before, so he didn't know how to face this child whom he had neglected a lot.