newbobooks Chapter 352: The Creature of the Emperor
Chapter 352: The Creature of the Emperor
As for me, at that time, Chengrui and Saiyinchahun had both died young. I had finally gotten pregnant with this child, so naturally I concentrated on hiding in Zhongcui Palace to protect the fetus and ignored everything that happened outside.
Yuan Xu said with some regret: "We all know about Wu Sangui's rebellion and the case of Prince Zhu San. If we had arranged in advance, we might have been able to accumulate some political power."
Ji Nai said seriously: [No! Unless you are desperate, you must not touch the high-voltage line in Kangxi's heart.] She didn't think that with her intelligence, she could really reach out to the court under Kangxi's nose and let the other party not notice.
Believe it or not, if she shows her hand today, a cup of poisoned wine will be delivered to her tonight, no matter how deep her relationship with Kangxi is.
For an emperor, when it comes to his country and his people, all love is of no value as long as it threatens his power.
[If you have nothing to do, why don't you help me think about how to make Kangxi willing to give birth to Changsheng with me.]
"Hmm?" What does it mean to make Kangxi willing to have a child with Ji Nai? Hasn't their relationship always been good? Did I miss something?
Ji Nai held his forehead, [You didn't listen to what I said before. After Changhua was born, I had three sons and one daughter. The princes in the palace, apart from Yinzhen who was sent out of the palace, are Yinreng in the queen's belly.
Whether he wanted to balance the power of the harem or was really worried about my health, there was a high probability that Kangxi would ask me to use contraception after I gave birth to this baby. 】
Yuan Xu just remembered this and asked hurriedly, "Let's calculate the month. Changhua will be born in April next year, right? Then how many months was Changsheng conceived?"
【September.】
Yuan Xu breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, that's good. After you finish your confinement, there are still four months left. There is plenty of time."
【Why do you say that? 】
"According to my inference, the situation you described is very likely to occur, but it is not due to fear.
Firstly, you were born in a humble family, so Kangxi would not suspect you so early when he was in his prime. Even if other people had ideas, the key still lay in Kangxi's intentions.
If Kangxi has no affection for you, then just ignore what I said. He will probably ruthlessly suppress Zhongcui Palace, ignore you and your children, and support a favorite concubine to compete with you, just like he raised Nara to beat Hesheli.
But based on the feelings between you, Kangxi won't be willing to let you go as long as it hasn't reached that point.
Secondly, have you forgotten that there are three pregnant women in the palace? In any case, it cannot be said that Kangxi has no offspring. Even if they are all daughters, no one would dare to blame Kangxi and would only attribute the matter to the incompetence of the concubines.
After all, you gave birth to three sons and one daughter, and Nara also gave birth to two sons. Kangxi had quite a few sons, but many of them died young. I know you are worried that people will be jealous of you because you are the only three princes in the palace.
But, can he compare to the legitimate son of the Empress?"
[Even if there is a legitimate son standing in the way, my child may not be safe. They are all princes, and they are also obstacles to others.]
"What if the queen died during childbirth, and Kangxi was heartbroken, and in order to remember his first wife and stabilize the court, he made his newly born son the crown prince?"
[Shouldn't it be?] Ji Nai hesitated. In the previous life, the emperor and the empress had a deep love for each other, but considering Kangxi's attitude towards Hesheli now, would he still make her son the crown prince?
Yuan Xu rolled his eyes and said sarcastically, "Fortunately you don't plan to extend your hand into the court. Your brain is really only suitable for palace fighting."
Ji Nai felt a little embarrassed. She knew that she was not very smart, and her ability in palace fighting was only due to her rich experience.
"In fact, I have suspected it for a long time. With Kangxi's ability, it is impossible for him to be unaware of Hesheli's behavior. It is probably because he was too busy in the early stage, and the Empress Dowager was not wholeheartedly helping him. She wanted to control Kangxi all the time, so Kangxi could only pretend to be deaf and dumb, cruelly abandon the harem at that time, and let the queen toss around.
As for what happened later, whether he did not want to destroy the beauty in his heart more or needed to create the image of a virtuous queen for political considerations, it is hard to say.
Anyway, I don’t believe that a mere sentimentality would allow Kangxi to allow a woman to harm his offspring.”
Ji Nai closed her eyes. She would rather Kangxi not believe in Hesheli's cruelty than for him to know everything and let Chengrui and others' grievances be buried forever because of weighing the pros and cons.
So, Yinzhi was really his compensation to himself. Then, was Kangxi unwilling to see him later not because of his reputation as a "son-killer" but because of guilt?
It was clear that even though Consort Hui and Consort De no longer served the emperor in bed after they grew old, they could still see the emperor often. Only I...
Yuan Xu felt a little reluctant, but continued, "When analyzing a problem, we cannot ignore the background, but we cannot only look at the harem.
Yes, in history, shortly after Hesheli died of dystocia, Yinreng was made the crown prince, but how could such a political decision be attributed solely to the relationship between a man and a woman? Perhaps there really was such an emperor in the long river of history, but Kangxi was clearly not one of them.
Kangxi would make Yinreng the crown prince because he valued his legitimate son. He would choose the most suitable legitimate son because he needed an heir to stabilize people's hearts during the Three Feudatories Rebellion. But he would never make Yinreng the crown prince simply because he was the queen's son.
I say this not to make you sad, but to tell you that as long as the Three Feudatories Rebellion is not resolved, Kangxi will most likely appoint a crown prince, unless the imperial physician's diagnosis is wrong and Hesheli is pregnant with a princess, but is this possible?
In order to be safe, the imperial doctors would never speak of anything they were not sure of. Since he could say this, he must be 120% sure. "
Yuan Xu saw that Ji Nai was still a little depressed, so he pretended to be relaxed and said, "So, Kangxi is not the obstacle for you to give birth to an immortal child, but the dangers that are everywhere in the palace are.
Only they think that the more stable the position of the crown prince is, the safer Chengrui and his men will be. Otherwise, if a group of princes are killed, wouldn't the crown prince benefit? Hey, I don't even need to do anything, they eliminated the threat themselves, what good brothers. "
Ji Nai was amused. Although he still felt uncomfortable, that was all in the past life and there was no point in being sad.
[In addition, when the crown prince grows up, if he knows that his mother has been bullied and hurt, once he ascends the throne, let alone supporting his stepmother, it would be good if he does not issue an order for everyone to be buried alive with the late emperor.]
Yuan Xu gave Ji Nai a thumbs up. She had just dragged all the ambitious concubines into the water, but not everyone was sure that they could give birth to a prince. Most people would choose to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between two tigers if they didn't have a son. But Ji Nai tied everyone on one boat.