Rong Fei is not honored

Chapter 286 6 Palace Self-examination

Afterwards, Kangxi hugged Ji Nai and talked about what happened today. He comforted Ji Nai about Cheng Rui's behavior, "The child is still young, he just acted according to his own ideas, he didn't think so much, and it's not that he doesn't take you, his mother, seriously."

Ji Nai was a little amused. "Of course I know that Chengrui is my child. Can I still bear a grudge against him? If Chengrui is already an adult and still uses tricks to achieve his goals in front of me, I might be angry and heartbroken, but how old is he now?"

"That's good. I'm just worried that there will be a rift between you and your son."

Kangxi had never experienced a close mother-son relationship, so naturally he didn't know the proper measure. So he judged others by himself and was very careful when dealing with the relationship between Ji Nai and Cheng Rui.

Ji Nai patted Kangxi on the shoulder and said frankly, "In fact, I was still very angry at the beginning, but then I thought about it and realized that Chengrui was making a fuss today not for other reasons but for his brother, so I was a little relieved.

No matter what happens in the future, Chengrui and Saiyinchahun have such a good relationship, and I can rest assured that they can support each other in the future. Besides, I only knew that Chengrui was a well-behaved child before, but now I realize how smart he is.

I even think it would be nice if Chengrui could be more lively. After the poisoning incident, Chengrui has been much quieter. If it weren’t for today, I’m afraid we, as his parents, would have almost forgotten what Chengrui was like before.”

Kangxi recalled what Ji Nai said and found that it was true. That incident did change Chengrui a lot. It was just that Chengrui was bedridden at first, and then Saiyin Chahun was born. Chengrui acted like a brother, so they naturally accepted Chengrui's change.

Kangxi felt a little distressed.

His beloved eldest son was different after all. He originally thought that he had been good enough to Chengrui, but now after Ji Nai's reminder, he realized that he had been far from enough.

"However, Cheng Ruiben is not a person who makes trouble for no reason. He did this today because he felt sorry for Saiyin Chahun."

"Sayinchahun? What happened to him?" Kangxi didn't even know that there was another son involved.

"It's Chengrui. He used to run to Shoukang Palace early every day, sometimes without even having time for breakfast. But today, Saiyinchahun didn't wait for Chengrui. The child has a stubborn temper. No one can comfort him when he cries."

"Your throat isn't hurt, is it?"

Seeing that Kangxi's first reaction was to worry about the children, Ji Nai nodded secretly with satisfaction. This was right. It was worth her painstaking efforts to guide Kangxi to care about the children from the details.

Over time, even if Kangxi in this life were old, he would still look like that, but it was difficult to change years of habits. What she wanted was for Kangxi to relax a little at the critical moment.

"No, I went to Shoukang Palace as soon as I got up in the morning. I just got up a little late. Saiyin Chahun made the Empress Dowager very upset, but fortunately she didn't mind."

Kangxi naturally knew why Ji Nai got up late. His handsome face flushed, and then he thought of something and asked, "Didn't the Empress Dowager send anyone to look for you?"

In Ji Nai's heart, children are very important, so if Shoukang Palace sent someone to invite Ji Nai, she would definitely get up immediately and rush to Shoukang Palace. Going late also means that Ji Nai didn't know about this at all.

"Well, they sent people, not only to the Zhongcui Palace, but also to the Qianqing Palace."

Kangxi frowned. If someone really came to Shoukang Palace, Liang Jiugong would not have failed to tell him.

Ji Nai explained, "There is a nanny beside the Empress Dowager who has always been dissatisfied with my closeness to Saiyin Chahun, so she took the initiative to make her own decisions. I guess she wants to discredit me in front of the Empress Dowager."

"You naughty slave!" Kangxi's face turned dark. Just because of his own little thoughts, he made his Saiyinchahun suffer so much. He deserved to die.

Feeling the constant cold air emanating from Kangxi, Ji Nai knew that he was about to attack the maid, and hurriedly stopped him, saying, "Your Majesty, please don't do anything rash. If you bypass the Empress Dowager and deal with the maid directly, it would be like slapping the Empress Dowager in the face, and the Grand Empress Dowager would not be happy."

"She hurt my son, and there's nothing I can do?"

"Your Majesty, don't you know the Empress Dowager's temperament? If she wasn't soft-hearted, you wouldn't have sent Saiyin Chahun to Shoukang Palace. However, it is precisely because of the Empress Dowager's soft-heartedness that some servants are allowed to be ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth."

"There's something else going on here."

Ji Nai went to visit Saiyin Chahun today, mentioned San Gege in passing, and recounted what happened afterwards, and then expressed his thoughts, "The red marks on San Gege's face are not caused by the folk remedy, but more like the pressure marks of the palm."

Kangxi knew very well what Ji Nai meant, and there was a vicious flash in his eyes. If something really happened to the Third Princess in the palace, then his reputation and brotherhood with Chang Ning would be ruined. He just didn't know which side was behind this.

But what Ji Nai said before was correct. The Third Princess was raised by the Empress Dowager, and the servants around her naturally belonged to Shoukang Palace. Even out of filial piety, he could not directly interrogate and deal with the servants in his stepmother's palace.

But he really didn't feel comfortable leaving this matter to someone else, especially since something happened in the Empress Dowager's palace and it was impossible for the Grand Empress Dowager to not know about it.

Ji Nai said casually, "The servants in the palace have been restless recently. The servants in Shoukang Palace are like this, and the six palaces are the same. Not only is there the rumor about Concubine Yirgen Jueluo, but there are also servants who dare to spy on Shoukang Palace.

I just don’t know if they were targeting me or the Empress Dowager. Although Xiao Anzi arrested the man at the time, the crime of spying might hurt the dignity of the Empress Dowager, so he could only be charged with spreading rumors, so many people in the palace were very dissatisfied. ”

Kangxi sneered, "Are you not convinced? It's because I was too kind to them in the past, that's why these people have lost their discipline." However, Ji Nai's words gave him an idea.

"Tomorrow on the 15th, when you go to the Cining Palace to pay your respects, in front of the Empress Dowager, tell the Six Palaces to conduct a self-examination. Any servants who are related to the rumors must be sent to the Ministry of Punishment. Anyone who conceals the truth will be severely punished."

"The rumor has already become a big deal, enough to deter the people who spread it. Is it necessary to do this?"

"I only want to give the Empress Dowager a way out by targeting those slaves in Shoukang Palace. I also want to tighten the strings for those people. Don't think that the harem is without a master and dare to cause chaos."

"Then I'm really going to offend everyone this time."

"Just say it's my intention. I don't need you to take the blame."

"If Your Majesty does not speak, how dare I betray you?"

"Virtue! You are not doing enough to take advantage of me."

After finishing the serious business, the two chatted for a while. Kangxi suddenly remembered what Ji Nai and Cheng Rui talked about today about the house-demolishing effect, and his interest was immediately piqued.

"House demolition effect? This term is interesting, vivid, descriptive, and quite reasonable. Where did you hear it from?"

In the darkness, Ji Nai opened his eyes, but his body did not move. His voice was still lazy and a little hoarse, "Couldn't I have come up with this on my own?"

"You?" Kangxi did not say much, but he made his meaning clear. He did not believe that Ji Nai could come up with such philosophical words.

Ji Nai stretched out her hand and gently twisted Kangxi's body. When she heard Kangxi's "hiss", she touched the place where she had twisted it. "Your Majesty, this is prejudice!"

"So is it you?"

"......no."

"Oh, I knew it."

After a long silence, Ji Nai finally spoke up and said, "Your Majesty, do you still remember my friend who died young?"

"Oh, that doll."

Ji Nai didn't react for a moment, then he remembered that before Empress Xiaokangzhang passed away, he prayed for her, and Kangxi was so moved that he gave him a doll so that he could think of the "person" when he saw the doll.

"If you don't think about it, how can you survive in such an environment?"

Although Kangxi still found it a little strange, the logic made sense. It was normal to come up with some ways to retreat and advance in order to survive when being persecuted by close relatives.

After all, it was because Kangxi grew up in the harem, so he knew very well how heartless the so-called relatives could be and how dangerous the so-called home could be, so he subconsciously believed that what Ji Nai's friend encountered was true.