kvmb Chapter 452: Concubine Yi complains about her grievances
Chapter 452: Concubine Yi complains about her grievances
The prince lowered his eyes and looked at the dried fruit in his hand. What his ninth brother's wife thought was right. This was a punishment, but to his ninth brother and his wife it looked like no punishment at all. In fact, after a few years, this punishment would be a reward!
The prince thought about the emperor father's complicated expression when he told him and before he left the Qianqing Palace, and he was afraid that the emperor father also knew that this matter was not easy to handle.
On the other side, Kangxi, who was in the Yikun Palace, also talked about this matter with Concubine Yi and learned about the prince's punishment. Kangxi was satisfied with the prince's punishment, but Concubine Yi was not satisfied.
"I dare not refute what the emperor said. Please forgive me for being so bold. This punishment is a reward for Li Jia and the Crown Princess. My Xiaojiu and Wen Yao were plotted against, and not only did they get nothing, but those people were rewarded. What is this? Can I let them plot against Li Jia and the Crown Princess in this way?" Although Concubine Yi's temper has improved a lot now, she couldn't bear it this time. "They plotted against my two daughters-in-law at once. Your Majesty knows it. Now Yinqi and Ruoxiang have just settled down and are a little better. They were provoked by someone. Even if I persuaded her, she would have thought it through. But Your Majesty, tell me yourself, are you really not affected?"
Who can remain unaffected by the provocations of outsiders?
Who can do it?
It’s just that some people can suppress it with reason!
Kangxi looked at Concubine Yi, put down the teacup in his hand, and sighed, "Concubine Yi, you know that the prince's legitimate son, whether it is Hongxi or not, has the surname Aisin-Gioro. The legitimate son will be raised by the prince and will be separated from the Crown Princess Guaerjia. For Hongxi, he has two mothers, and there is even hatred between his biological mother and his adoptive mother. In the long run, this punishment is actually too heavy."
"Too heavy? Is it still too heavy? Your Majesty, if it is so heavy, then just announce the crimes of Li Jia and the Crown Princess. I am willing that they do not have to be punished at all. Just announce it and apologize to Concubine Xiao Jiu," Concubine Yi looked at Kangxi and said firmly, "I can be the winner of Concubine Xiao Jiu."
Kangxi's expression remained the same. Wei Zhu came in from outside, and Kangxi whispered a few words in her ear. Kangxi waved his hand, and Wei Zhu went down. Kangxi looked up at his own Concubine Yi who was still angry, and smiled helplessly, "You, after so many years, you still have the same temper. Xiaojiu and Xiaojiu's wife will follow you. They are both the winners. Xiaojiu and Xiaojiu's wife have also told the other children about this matter, and their respective wives also know about it, including the matter of the assisted pregnancy manual."
"Is this okay?" Kangxi looked at Concubine Yi, "Are you still angry?"
"Your Majesty, I am just angry. If there was no pregnancy-assisting booklet, the friendship between Concubine Xiaojiu and the Crown Princess in the past could be said to be the favors between sisters-in-law. As for the Crown Princess's scheming today, I won't say a word. You can scheme as much as you want. Concubine Xiaojiu deserves it. It's her fault for being so stupid! But this is not the case today. So I am a little angry at the Crown Princess for being ungrateful. Your Majesty, please don't say that the Crown Princess didn't have the pregnancy-assisting booklet when she was scheming against Li Jia," Concubine Yi added to prevent the Emperor from finding logical errors whenever he could.
"You, what you said is wrong. There are many kinds of ungrateful people. As long as the small calculations are harmless, there is nothing wrong with it. It is a small punishment. After all, such calculations can let people know each other's temper. No deep hatred will be brought to the surface. The worst case scenario is to stay away from them." Kangxi's expression remained the same. He paused slightly and looked at Concubine Yi with a slightly puzzled look. "What you said is that you can calculate as much as you want. This is right and wrong. You can calculate but you can't calculate casually. The Crown Princess can calculate Li Jia, even if it is to calculate Li Jia's death, the Crown Prince can even pretend that he doesn't know about it!"
Although this is a bit harsh, it is true. The reputation of the Crown Princess is more important than Li Jia's life. After all, Li Jia was not clean to begin with and gave birth to a concubine's eldest son in spite of her hypocrisy.
"But the Crown Princess's plot against Little Nine's wife was motivated by jealousy. She wanted the Crown Prince to favor her alone, which is... a taboo." Kangxi originally didn't want to say this, but seeing that his own Concubine Yi was still furious, he explained a little, "I am very satisfied with the Crown Prince's punishment this time, because he did not favor anyone in Yuqing Palace."
Kangxi still had something to say. He was very satisfied with the Crown Prince this time. The most important point was that the Crown Prince did not love the Crown Princess, nor did he love anyone in the backyard. He was a little more mature than before!
After all, I used to favor Li Jia!
This incident was also a growth opportunity for the prince. It made him fall in love with the woman in his backyard. It was a blessing rather than a curse for the prince.
In fact, Concubine Yi was not really angry, and Xiaojiu and Xiaojiu's wife were not at a disadvantage. She was just afraid that Xiaojiu and Xiaojiu's wife would retaliate to Kangxi's bottom line. After all, it was related to Yuqing Palace, so Concubine Yi came to Kangxi to complain first!
Now that she knew Kangxi's attitude, Concubine Yi thought about having someone give Xiaojiu and the others a tip-off. However, if she was still alive, she would still have to seek justice for her son and daughter-in-law. "Your Majesty, you are too partial. Yuqing Palace is fine, but what about the grievances suffered by my two daughters-in-law? Yinqi's situation has just stabilized, but Yin'er has to suffer this grievance on his birthday today. I know that many people are jealous of the emperor's favor towards me, but they can all come after me. Why do you let my son and daughter-in-law suffer grievances again and again?"
As Concubine Yi spoke, her eyes turned red. She thought of Yinqi who was taken away from her side when she was young, Yinzhen who died young, and her own Xiaojiu who was looked down upon by others. How could she not feel aggrieved!
"You, I know you have endured a lot of grievances for me over the years," Kangxi patted Concubine Yi's hand, "Forget it, I originally wanted to give a title to the mother after the illegitimate child was born. Now that the Fifth Lady has been wronged, I will decide that if the illegitimate child is born, I can choose one of them to raise by my side, and the imperial edict will record him as my own son."
Concubine Yi's heart skipped a beat. She lowered her head and pretended to be wronged. Her eyes quickly recovered and she looked up at Kangxi with a grateful look on her face. "I'm sorry that Your Majesty has laughed at me. I, Ruoxiang, would like to thank Your Majesty."
She didn't expect that the emperor was still thinking about Hongsheng's death. This was her negligence. After all, Hongsheng was the emperor's grandson, and Ruoxiang couldn't do anything about it at will!
Concubine Yi felt a little relieved. At least this time Ruoxiang had turned a disaster into a blessing. It seemed that she had to remind Ruoxiang again.
"What about Concubine Xiaojiu? She really got into trouble this time. She must have suffered so much injustice. Xiaojiu's people said that Li Jia would send someone to ask Xiaojiu to take a concubine at the banquet. Xiaojiu also said that her family will receive 600,000 taels of silver this time," Concubine Yi said helplessly. "This kid is really obsessed with money. I don't know who he takes after."