bookrebus Chapter 59 Poor Me
Chapter 59 Poor Me
She was still the replica of Yinxu's Little Nine Concubine.
This was her style, and Kangxi felt that the only good thing about this time was that the distance of his ability to observe people had been lengthened.
Kangxi really felt that it was fortunate that Concubine Xiaojiu was "not good at speaking" and could disguise herself. If she really looked like Yin? and said whatever she thought, everyone in the palace would feel awkward when they met every day.
Defei looked unhappy, probably because he had been to Yonghe Palace in recent days but only stayed for a quarter of an hour before going to Chengqian Palace. Defei naturally understood that this was a warning to her, but now she still realized what he was warning her about and was feeling depressed.
But he did not warn her about any specific thing. He just wanted to make Concubine De lose her composure so that his people could thoroughly investigate Concubine De's connections in the palace and the deepest matters of the Uya family.
To investigate a certain person or a certain thing, you can't just talk, you need to really look for clues and trace them back bit by bit. It won't be easy just because he is the emperor.
"The Emperor has arrived."
"The royal concubine has arrived."
The eunuch's sharp voice rang out in the Cining Palace. Except for the Empress Dowager, everyone stood up and said, "Your servant/maid/daughter-in-law pays respects to the Emperor/Father, and to the Imperial Concubine."
"Stand up," Kangxi walked forward and stood three or four meters in front of the Empress Dowager and saluted, "Your son greets you, Empress Dowager."
"Get up, get up. Why did the Emperor come so early today?" The Empress Dowager quickly asked Kangxi to get up, and at this time she heard Concubine Tong Jia speak.
"I, the concubine Tong Jia, pay my respects to the Queen Mother. I hope the Queen Mother will forgive me for being late."
The Empress Dowager glanced at Imperial Concubine Tong Jia who was kneeling in the center and said, "Imperial Concubine, please get up and sit down. We are all family members. How can you be late? It's just that the Emperor came to pay his respects early."
The Empress Dowager would usually use simple Chinese, but Mongolian was the main language, so whether the concubines could understand or not was up to the concubines. The Empress Dowager didn't care. When she talked with Kangxi's Concubine Yi Wen Yao, she basically spoke all in Mongolian, or mixed in a few Chinese words from time to time. If you are not proficient in Mongolian and Chinese, you may not be able to understand it.
After the Empress Dowager finished speaking, she turned to Kangxi. She was not interested in Kangxi's harem. She didn't like or dislike it. No matter how pitiful they were, it was none of her business. She didn't have that much sympathy. After all, she didn't see the Emperor and the late Emperor show pity to the Khorchin women, but they were very pitiful to the Tonggiya clan!
So what does their pity have to do with an old woman like her? As for Concubine Yi, it was because she was Xiaowu's mother. As for Wen Yao, she just thought that the child had a good personality at first. In addition, outsiders misunderstood how much she hated the Dong'e family, so she wanted to recommend Wen Yao to the emperor.
After several contacts with Wen Yao, the Queen Mother really found someone with whom she could talk and chat, but that was all. As for whether she liked him or not, as long as there were no interests involved, she liked him.
Kangxi smiled and said, "The Empress Dowager is right. Since there are fewer things to do in the morning court today, I will adjourn it early. As soon as the court is over, I will come to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager. On the way, I met the Imperial Concubine."
"It is because I came late today. The Emperor and the Empress Dowager do not blame me," Imperial Concubine Tong Jia replied with a smile. "On the way, the Emperor even mentioned that I should spend more time with you, the Empress Dowager. I told the Emperor that it is better to have the Ninth Lady here than to have me here. The Emperor even laughed at me for being jealous of the Ninth Lady."
"Empress Dowager, you see, the imperial concubine has been saying in a roundabout way that you are partial. Otherwise, you should only be partial to me in the future. Otherwise, I might get jealous of you for being partial to Concubine Xiaojiu," Kangxi also joked with a smile to make the empress dowager happy.
The Empress Dowager continued to smile, "Isn't my favoritism towards the Emperor enough? Is the Emperor still jealous? The Imperial Concubine should sometimes accompany the Emperor more. Why should she accompany me? The duty of all the concubines in the harem is to make the Emperor happy. How can they accompany me? Who let Little Nine Lady speak Mongolian?"
The Empress Dowager couldn't like someone like Concubine Xiaowu, and she couldn't even praise her. Every word she said would scare Concubine Xiaowu to death, and the Empress Dowager didn't want to scare Concubine Xiaowu to death.
As for Imperial Concubine Tongjia? Although she is young, she is very smart. She smiles all day long, and her smiles make her feel tired for Imperial Concubine Tongjia.
For example, Concubine Hui. The Empress Dowager didn't want to complain about her. Concubine Hui was thoughtful and smart, but sometimes she spoke in a stammering way that made people feel choked. Another example is Concubine Rong. While she was talking, she turned to Saiyinchahun. Didn't she feel uncomfortable?
Finally, there was Concubine De. She didn’t know Mongolian at first, but she tried very hard to learn it. However, the Empress Dowager didn’t like her. No matter how gentle her expression and words were, the Empress Dowager felt like she was a poisonous snake.
"Royal Mama, the Royal Father is jealous of you for favoring Wen Yao. You have to really favor Wen Yao, otherwise Wen Yao will feel so wronged. So Royal Mama, please have pity on Wen Yao. Wen Yao didn't even have breakfast and is hungry!" Wen Yao took the opportunity to pretend to be pitiful and change the subject. "I missed Royal Mama too much last night, and it's too late to think about it."
The Queen Mother couldn't help laughing. This was the first time she had heard such a reason for getting up late. "You are so good at acting cute. You really didn't have breakfast?"
"Hehe... I went to my mother's palace and drank a bowl of porridge and came back. Royal Mama, please have pity on Wen Yao~" Wen Yao didn't feel embarrassed. As for whether what she said just now was greasy or not, at least the Queen Mother was happy, so there was no problem. "Royal Mama, Wen Yao wants to eat the sugar-coated dumplings here. Wen Yao will make you the rice cake version of Qiegao later."
"Then I've been waiting for it. I thought about it the whole night yesterday. Hana made me so mad. She said it's better not to leave it overnight and she wouldn't let me keep it no matter what," the Queen Mother said to Wen Yao as if she was complaining. She also glared at Hana beside her. Hana's expression did not change. She was used to it.
"Madame Hana is also doing this for the Queen Mother's sake. If the Queen Mother wants to eat, the kitchen in the Cining Palace can make it, and the Ninth Lady won't be reluctant to give up the recipe," Rong Fei said with a smile, looking at Yi Fei as she spoke, "I heard that the Ninth Lady prepared some new food yesterday. I wonder if I've taken it orally? Sister Yi Fei, I want to go to Yikun Palace to ask for something to eat."
The Queen Mother just smiled without saying anything. She picked up the milk tea beside her and sipped it gently. Seeing Wen Yao also smiling and picking up the milk tea, the Queen Mother almost couldn't help laughing out loud again.
Defei glanced at Yifei and Wenyao who were sitting across from her, as well as the silent Fifth Lady in the back, and smiled at Rongfei, "Sister Rongfei, you are joking. How could Sister Yifei be reluctant to give up this bite of food? The Third Lady and the Ninth Lady are cousins, so they can chat together."
"Looking at what Sister Rongfei and Sister Defei said, it seems that I am very stingy. It would be better if they all came. Then the Yikun Palace will be very lively. I am not alone here with Wen Yao. Isn't there Ruoxiang? With Ruoxiang by my side, I have rarely caught a cold in the past few years."