Rong Fei is not honored

Chapter 632 Stealing Someone's Offspring

The Emperor gave Consort Tongjia two choices, but she didn't want to choose either one.

She knew she had truly angered the Emperor this time. Even the deepest feelings couldn't withstand such erosion, especially since the Emperor had no affection for her whatsoever; all the honors he bestowed upon her came from a dead man.

If the final result doesn't meet her expectations, wouldn't she suffer a huge loss?

After thinking for a while, Consort Tongjia finally decided to stand up to the pressure and fight for herself. "Your Majesty, how can a child have two mothers? How painful it must be for the child to be caught between his adoptive mother and his birth mother."

"I believe you can get along well and will never make things difficult for my princes." Kangxi was practically being sarcastic.

Tongjia herself was unable to serve the emperor and considered it a humiliation, yet now she was able to "generously" push other women to his side. With such affection, how could they not get along?

Consort Tongjia failed to grasp the Emperor's implied meaning; she focused entirely on the word "prince."

Prince? How did His Majesty know it was a prince?

Yes, the sex of a three-month-old baby can already be diagnosed. It's only to protect the imperial heir that the sex of the fetus is not to be announced before the birth of the imperial heir. But His Majesty must know in advance.

In order to suppress the news, she could only ask an experienced nanny to confirm whether Uya was really pregnant, but the gender of the child could not be determined.

The fact that this incident has come to light today is because His Majesty and Empress Dowager Niohuru were already aware of it. The reason they sent Liang Jiugong with the imperial physician to examine the patient's pulse was to make it clear to her.

Consort Tong Jia, who was chilled to the bone by the emperor's wrath, is now burning with renewed passion.

It's a prince! Uya is nothing but a lowly bondservant; how could she be worthy of being a prince's mother? This child is destined to be her son!

“Your Majesty, I am naturally willing to make concessions for the sake of the child, but Uya is of lowly birth. How can she properly educate the prince? She is the prince’s birth mother and holds the title. Even if her ideas are absurd and foolish, the word ‘filial piety’ will force the child to bow his head.”

Consort Tongjia now only wants to distance herself from Lady Wuya and have the child all to herself, racking her brains to try and change His Majesty's mind.

She knew that in the Emperor's heart, even the unborn child was more pitiful than herself, so she didn't mention herself and every word she spoke was for the child's sake.

Little did I know that what I said casually today would become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Emperor Kangxi viewed Lady Tongjia as if she were a clown jumping around.

"No matter how despicable Uya is, she is still the child's biological mother. Taking away someone else's offspring is harmful to people."

"How could it be considered a robbery!" Consort Tongjia exclaimed excitedly. To have given birth to a prince for her was clearly an honor for Lady Wuya.

Only after seeing the obvious mockery on the faces of His Majesty and that vile woman Niohuru did Consort Tongjia realize that she had lost her composure, and she quickly tried to salvage the situation:

"How can this be considered stealing someone's offspring? It's clearly... clearly a transaction!"

Consort Tongjia felt she had gone mad, blurting out the whole truth. But she couldn't care less about that now; all she wanted was to protect her hard-won "son."

Anyway, she has her aunt and the Tong family as her two get-out-of-jail-free cards, so even if the Emperor finds out the truth, he won't do anything to her.

Consort Tongjia, having gone all out, recounted her deal with Uya without any regard for the consequences. Of course, Consort Tongjia, who still retained a sliver of clarity, did not mention the secret medicine.

She only said that Uya wanted to rise to power and become the mistress, while she wanted a child, so the two hit it off and made a deal.

As for the fact that Lady Wuya became pregnant with the imperial heir overnight, Consort Tongjia was also very surprised. She had originally thought that Lady Wuya was healthy and would be able to conceive eventually.

Emperor Kangxi could not hold back any longer and kicked him out.

What do these people take him for?!

Kangxi was a grown man with considerable strength, and he had practiced bukaku for many years. Even if his kick didn't hit a vital spot, it still made Consort Tongjia unable to move from the pain.

"Your Majesty, please calm down."

The Empress also hated Tongjia for her audacity in scheming against the Emperor. Now she was only reaping what she sowed, and no one could feel any sympathy for her.

But judging from His Majesty's appearance, he must be furious. If this is allowed to continue, and he might harm his health, or even cause a death in Kunning Palace, she, as the Empress, would have to bear the responsibility.

That makes sense. When Lady Tongjia initially presented the beauty, His Majesty must have felt that although she had ulterior motives, everything was under his control, so he gladly accepted it.

Now, suddenly realizing he'd been tricked and used as a breeding pig, how could someone as proud as the Emperor accept this?

The Tongjia clan has truly caused immense harm!

"The Tongjia clanswoman has behaved improperly before the Emperor. Go out and kneel!" The Empress gave a look to the servants beside her, signaling them to drag her out.

Although Granny Yang had her own ulterior motives, wishing that Lady Tongjia would stay and be beaten to death on the spot by the Emperor in his rage, she ultimately only thought about it and dared not disobey her master's orders.

After the culprit disappeared, the Empress dismissed the remaining palace servants and knelt down to beg for forgiveness. Regardless, since the concubine had made a mistake, the Empress bore responsibility for failing to properly discipline her.

Kangxi ignored the Empress, or rather, he was so exhausted from suppressing his anger that he had no energy left to pay attention to anything else.

Looking at the imposing Emperor, the Empress suddenly remembered what her father had once said. He said he regretted underestimating the Emperor because of his age and regretted choosing Ao Zhongtang, who seemed to have a better chance of winning.

Empress Niohuru still remembers her father's dying advice: Never underestimate the current emperor!

Therefore, no matter what anomalies her people encountered, whether the master behind them was the Emperor or the Empress Dowager, the Emperor's control over the harem was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

In the past, the palace was in chaos, and His Majesty focused his attention on the previous dynasty, which caused a lot of trouble. When he had the resources, how could he ignore the hidden dangers and not reorganize the situation?

The Empress exhaled a breath of stale air and chose to confess, "Besides lax discipline, I have another sin. The pregnancy of the palace maid Wuya was not discovered by my people, but... someone sent a message to Kunning Palace... It was my oversight."

This time, Kangxi finally reacted. He carefully considered what the Empress had said and had an idea, but he only asked in a nonchalant tone, "What does the Empress think?"

"Perhaps the Imperial Concubine was framed. The person behind it sent me a message, wanting to use me to do something. Or perhaps, that person just didn't want the Imperial Concubine to have an easy time, so after discovering this, they exposed it."

This statement was essentially meaningless, and Kangxi was still not satisfied. He pressed on, saying, "So, Empress, who do you think did it?"

The Empress broke out in a cold sweat and replied, "Your Majesty, I do not know."

"Is it that you don't know, or that you dare not say?"