Chapter 138 Kangxi Pure Concubine 5
Chapter 138 Kangxi Pure Concubine 5
Wangshu’s learning process is also very interesting.
After all, she is a stupid beauty, so she certainly cannot act too smart, but she can also be stupid enough to make people irritated. How to be a likable poor student is the key and difficulty of Wangshu's acting.
Fortunately, Kangxi's expectations of her were not high, but very low. Although she was stupid, she was not the kind of stupid who had a poor memory, but the kind of stupid who had a poor comprehension ability.
When Kangxi was teaching him, there were times when he found her annoying, but some of her words often made him laugh and he found them very interesting.
Although Kangxi felt that she lacked intelligence, she was innocent enough, and was just a little more kind than ordinary people, but not hopelessly stupid.
Most importantly, Kangxi felt happy even just teaching her to read and write.
Emotional value, Wangshu provides it in abundance.
Jingyang Palace gradually became a place for Kangxi to kill time. Anyway, he stayed in the house. Although he did not have complete control over the palace, he could still have no problem with Jingyang Palace.
At the very least, Wangshu discovered that many palace servants had been replaced in Jingyang Palace. Some of those who were too smart were gone, but Nanny Zhang and Sumu were still there.
After a few months of this, the weather was getting colder, and Nanny Zhang of Jingyang Palace suddenly gave out a bonus, about one month's salary, because Wu Ya of Chengqian Palace had promised to give birth to a royal prince.
This money was given by Concubine Tong, because the child was given to her to raise as soon as he was born.
Then Wangshu discovered that Kangxi was in a good mood. Well, with a healthy son now, how could he be in a bad mood?
He was in his twenties. Over the years, many concubines in the harem had become pregnant, but either they were unable to give birth or the babies were too weak to be raised. He longed for a healthy child.
Kangxi was naturally happy when Uya gave birth to a child.
"Did you encounter any happy events?"
Kangxi asked back: "You also encountered it?"
Wangshu said happily, "Wu Ya promised to give birth to a healthy prince, and Concubine Tong gave her a month's bonus! We in Jingyang Palace usually don't have many opportunities to get bonuses, so this is naturally a happy event."
Kangxi suddenly became curious: "You are not planning to serve the emperor, so how do you know that Wu Ya would be so happy if she promised to give birth to a healthy prince?"
Kangxi knew exactly what the concubines in the harem were like, and he never thought that they could really live in peace.
But Wangshu gave him a different feeling, she didn't seem to care much.
Wangshu looked at him strangely: "Is there any conflict between serving the emperor and Wuya's promise to have a child?"
“Wu Ya promised that she was born as a palace maid. If you can serve the emperor, won’t you have to compete with her for favor in the future?”
You are technically enemies.
Although Kangxi did not have a detailed understanding of the Baoyi families, he was not completely ignorant of them. Many of the concubines in his harem were from Baoyi families.
He did this intentionally, and it was also his means of checks and balances. However, Wu Ya's consent was rather special. She was not directly selected to enter the palace as a concubine. She had previously worked as a maid in Chengqian Palace.
Wu Ya agreed that she was smart and could read people's faces. Kangxi naturally liked such a knowledgeable, considerate and gentle concubine.
Wangshu's appearance was exactly the same as Wuya's when she entered the palace. She was born a palace maid, so even if she could have a high position, there could only be one of her, and he could only promote one.
Does Wangshu know about this situation?
Of course she knew it, but she was a "fool", and how could a fool understand all these twists and turns?
Wangshu said a little frustratedly: "Who the emperor likes is not something you can win by competing for favor. Although I have never seen Wuya agree, I heard that she was carefully cultivated by the Wuya family for the emperor. I am definitely not better than her. I don't want to compete at all. It's so tiring. I will be satisfied if I can be a mistress and don't have to work every day."
Kangxi didn't expect that she was so lacking in confidence and yet so easily satisfied.
"It's worthless!"
Having said that, he was still very happy in his heart.
It is comfortable for people with many tricks to get along with someone who is honest!
Wangshu glared at him and said, "How can you be useless? People live their whole lives, and it's good enough to be alive, or to live a little more comfortably. If it weren't for my cousin's intention, it would be good to be a maid in Jingyang Palace for the rest of my life. With a friend like you by my side, it's actually good not to serve the emperor."
Kangxi’s main concern was, “Having a friend like you by my side.”
He was still young when he ascended the throne, and was surrounded by flatterers. Over time, it became difficult for him to tell who was sincere and who was insincere.
Almost everyone who can stand in front of him and gain a foothold has excellent acting skills.
The way of being an emperor that he understood was that one does not need to care about what these people think, but rather looks at what they do and employs useful people. As for what they think in their hearts?
that's not important.
Wangshu's feelings for him may not be love, but they are rare and sincere.
As he grew older, Kangxi was able to feel less and less sincere friendship, which even overturned his cognition. The Empress Dowager, the royal mother, also became somewhat unfamiliar to him.
After returning to the Qianqing Palace, Kangxi suppressed his idea of promoting Uya to the rank of noble lady.
Originally, he wanted to promote the Wuya family, but when he thought of Wangshu, he felt that Dai Jia might not be a bad choice either.
"Liang Jiugong, pick out more things for Wu Ya to promise to send."
Liang Jiugong was stunned when he didn't hear that Wu Ya agreed to the promotion, but he quickly recovered and said, "Yes, I will arrange it right away."
In Chengqian Palace, Wu Ya promised that she had not yet finished her confinement. She listened to the palace maids reading out the rewards given by the emperor. The rewards were precious, but she could not be happy. There was no imperial edict of promotion that she wanted.
She said with a smile on her face: "Thank the eunuch who sent the reward to the emperor for me, and don't forget to give him the tea money."
"Yes, my lord."
After the palace maid left, Wu Yada, who had not yet completely practiced the perfect mask, couldn't help but punched the quilt twice with a fierce look on her face.
I began to resent Concubine Tong.
In the main hall, Concubine Tong looked at the wet nurse holding the child without even raising her eyelids. The nurse next to her said, "The emperor did not agree to promote Wu Ya."
Concubine Tong was stunned: "What's going on?"
It was true that she didn't like Wu Ya's promise, but promotion was a tacit understanding between the Tong family, Wu Ya's promise, and Kangxi.
She asked for the child that Wu Ya promised, and Wu Ya agreed to be promoted and move out of Chengqian Palace.
"There is no news about the Qianqing Palace."
Last year, Kangxi held a ceremony to release the Yin, and many old people left the palace and many new people came in. Among them, Kangxi had the most connections.
Judging from historical facts, what he did was right. After releasing Yin, the number of children he raised did increase.
Since last year, it has become difficult to get news about the Qianqing Palace.
Concubine Tong didn't know what Kangxi was thinking, but her plan was disrupted, which made her a little unhappy. She ordered with a cold face: "Since the emperor has given a reward, I can't be stingy. Give Wu Ya some supplements to let her have a good confinement."
"Your Majesty is so kind, I will arrange it right away."
Wangshu didn't know that her existence would affect the promotion speed of Concubine De in the future. She knew some history, but she was not a professional historian, so she was not sure when Uya was promoted.
She just did what she could.
From a God's perspective, what she did was obviously useful.
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