Rong Fei is not honored

Chapter 634 Adding a Few More

Liang Jiugong returned very quickly, faster than Kangxi had expected. He had thought that Lady Tongjia would dawdle and delay.

"how?"

Liang Jiugong chuckled awkwardly, "Your Majesty, Consort Tongjia has fallen into a coma. According to the imperial physician, she may not wake up anytime soon, so this servant has returned to report."

Emperor Kangxi paused in his work of reviewing memorials. He knew that Lady Tongjia was frail, but he hadn't expected her to be this frail.

He knew exactly what he was doing with that kick. It was heavy, but it wasn't aimed at his heart. It was a shoulder injury. How could that have knocked someone unconscious?

Kangxi looked at Liang Jiugong, as if to say: Explain yourself clearly to me.

"This servant inquired and learned that the Imperial Concubine fainted as soon as she returned to Chengqian Palace, and the servants around her immediately summoned the imperial physician."

However, perhaps due to the concubine's weak constitution, she did not wake up even after the imperial physician administered acupuncture. The physician said that the concubine's condition was not suitable for oral medication and that they could only wait for her to wake up on her own.

Emperor Kangxi understood that there was something fishy about Lady Tongjia's coma.

As for the imperial physician's claim that it was unsuitable to administer medicine, it was probably just an excuse to avoid offending the imperial concubine. The truth was that there was probably no need to administer medicine at all.

"What about Uya?"

Liang Jiugong was taken aback. He had been so focused on Consort Tongjia on this trip that he hadn't paid any attention to this person. Even though she was now pregnant with the imperial heir and her health was precious, she might very well become the mistress of the palace.

Emperor Kangxi raised an eyebrow. He knew why Lady Tongjia had gone to Kunning Palace, but when she returned in this state, Lady Wuya, one of the parties involved, was not flustered.

"She's quite patient."

Ignoring these concerns, Kangxi focused his attention on the mountain of memorials piled on the table.

Zhongcuigong

After hearing Xiao Anzi recount the exciting scene that unfolded at Kunning Palace, Ji Nai couldn't suppress the smirk on his face.

Hey! She was happy to see Tongjia Shi get her comeuppance.

The servants around him reacted differently than Ji Nai. Granny Li said worriedly, "Wuya was only discovered to be three months pregnant. Even if the Imperial Concubine helped to cover it up, if she herself was not a good person, she wouldn't have been able to hide it so well."

"So what? Uya's starting point destined her to have a harder time climbing the ranks than me and Consort Hui, not to mention the Tongjia clan, who is a major obstacle."

Over the years, Ji Nai and the others have indeed been criticized because of their background as bondservantes, but no one dares to say that they are born slaves, because everyone knows that the Empress Dowager did not choose them to enter the palace to be palace maids.

But Wuya was different. She had been a palace maid for many years before being assigned by her mistress, Consort Tongjia, to serve the Emperor.

Just wait and see. Even after Consort Tongjia dies, the influence of this former mistress will continue to gnaw at Uya like a maggot clinging to a bone.

"However, success or failure in this palace is never determined by one's birth."

A person with shrewdness who has climbed up from humble beginnings is more adaptable and resilient than those haughty noblewomen who can't let go of their pride. Such a person is more likely to succeed.

"Moreover, if she gives birth to a healthy prince..."

Ji Nai turned his gaze away from Yin Zhi, who was playing on the couch, and looked at Granny Li seriously, saying, "Isn't this a perfectly normal thing?"

Li Mama and the others were all taken aback, clearly not expecting their master to say such a thing.

“Granny, it is true that most of His Majesty’s children were born from my womb, and most of the children I gave birth to were princes. But that does not mean that other people cannot give birth, or that they can only give birth to princesses and sickly princes.”

"Master, that's not what I meant."

"I know that you meant no harm, you just wanted to remind me not to underestimate Uya, but what you said is indeed easy to misunderstand."

Granny Li's expression changed instantly. Her mistress was right. If what she said today got out, it would definitely be used against her.

However, since she was a servant of Zhongcui Palace, no one would think that this was just an unintentional remark from a servant, and that it would inevitably implicate their master.

"His Majesty is in his prime, and there will be no shortage of princes and princesses in the palace in the future. How can you, nanny, be more upset about this than I am?"

"Master." Granny Li looked at her master with heartache.

Ji Nai noticed that Li Mama's tone was off, but she didn't realize it at first. However, when she saw Xiao Anzi, Yu Sheng, and Yu Qing looking like they were about to cry, she realized that Li Mama and the others had misunderstood her and thought she was sad.

Ji Nai chuckled and said, "What are you thinking, Granny? Even if I hadn't injured my body, it's unlikely I would have been able to continue bearing imperial heirs for His Majesty."

"Why is it impossible?" It was Yu Qing who spoke. This was the first time she, who usually kept to herself and rarely spoke, had expressed her opinion in front of her master and Granny Li.

“Your Majesty is still young. Our Zhongcui Palace is not like Yanxi Palace. With your good fortune, if your health had not been damaged, you would have been able to have a few more princes and princesses.”

Ji Nai's eyelids twitched upon hearing this, but then he noticed that Granny Li and Xiao Anzi both nodded in agreement. "Are you serious?"

"Why do you say that, Master?"

Surely she doesn't want to have any more children for His Majesty? Haha, impossible.

Outside the palace, Emperor Kangxi, who had developed a bad habit of eavesdropping, remained silent, but the increasingly oppressive atmosphere around him revealed his bad mood.

Liang Jiugong, standing to the side, shrank back, inwardly pleading, "Ancestors, please stop talking! Otherwise, it will be another bloodbath, and we servants will be the ones who suffer."

Ji Nai counted on her fingers and told them, "Cheng Rui and Saiyinchahun live in the South Third Palace. Yin Hua and Yin Fu are not yet old enough for enlightenment and are used to sticking to Rong Xian every day, so I only have this one by my side most of the time."

He then pointed to Yin Zhi on the bed.

"He is still young and not at the age to be naughty. When he gets older, Yinhua and Yinfu will stop clinging to their sister. When the three boys get together, they can lift the roof off."

If I were to have another child, I'd have to take care of the younger one, manage the older one, and also worry about Chengrui and Saiyinchahun's marriage. And then there's Rongxian; a princess's upbringing is different from a prince's, so I'd have to pay extra attention to him.”

Just thinking about it made Ji Nai's vision go black.

"If it were an obedient one, that would be fine, but if it were someone as troublesome as Saiyinchahun..."

Granny Li and the others fell silent. One Heavenly Demon Star was enough for the Forbidden City; another one would be unbearable.

Ji Nai fell silent because of the silence of Granny Li and the others.

As her mother, she had indeed disliked Saiyinchahun's fussiness, but she hadn't expected Li Mama and the others to react this way, which shows how powerful Saiyinchahun was.

To ease the tension, Ji Nai jokingly said, "Isn't it said that the eldest son and the youngest son are the most favored? We're doing this for Yin Zhi's sake."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Kangxi appeared at the door, his face grim.