Clearly, she doesn't want to be a concubine

Chapter 23

Kangxi didn't care about her behavior, he just looked away, looked at Baocheng, and chatted with her casually.

"We should have given him another name after he was two years old. But one is to make him a prince. The other is that his biological mother died young."

He patted Baocheng's head: "It is said that the emperor is the son of a real dragon, with a golden mouth and a perfect word. I hope this is true, so that this child can keep my Qing Dynasty and become a ruler of success."

It was rare for him to keep her for dinner.

After finishing the meal, he read the memorial and let her play with Baocheng in his arms. Liang Jiugong who was watching from the side and the mother who stayed alone stood with their eyes downcast, without saying a word.

Umalu felt uncomfortable, so he had no choice but to stop looking at the two, and only teased and coaxed Baocheng.

At night, Kangxi asked her to sleep in the same bed with Baocheng, and they slept all night.

Waking up in the middle of the night, Umalu looked at Baocheng who was curled up in his arms, sighed softly, and hugged the little child tightly.

Kangxi held her in his arms.

She pushed away slightly, giving the child a little room to breathe.

This is really like a couple in an ordinary family.

she thinks.

She closed her eyes.

At Maoshi, Liang Jiugong waited for Kangxi to get up and change clothes, and he had to go to the morning court.

Baocheng was awakened by the movement, and Umalu was hugged in his arms and coaxed, bouncing gently.

Kangxi glanced back, his pursed lips loosened, showing a little smile: "Give the crown prince to Liang Jiugong, and you can sleep for a while."

Umalu smiled: "It's okay."

She sat on the bed and hugged Baocheng. Baocheng snorted twice and fell asleep again.

After Kangxi finished tidying up and went out, a nun came in and stood with her head bowed: "Miss, give me the crown prince."

Umalu put the prince in the arms of the nanny, Baocheng hummed a few more times, Umalu hurriedly patted his back lightly, and Baocheng continued to sleep deeply.

Nanny lowered her head, just didn't know what to do, and retreated with Baocheng in her arms.

Umalu got up, put on his clothes, walked out, and left the main hall of Qianqing Palace.

Liang Jiugong asked her in a low voice: "The emperor asked the girl to sleep a little longer."

Umalu shook his head and said in a low voice: "The emperor is sympathetic to me, but I can't."

"It's too much," she said.

Liang Jiugong took a look at her and thought highly of her.

He laughed and said, "Little Mencius, go and fetch the breakfast that the emperor rewarded Miss Wu Ya."

Little Eunuch Meng moved quickly, and Umalu didn't wait long.In the end, it was Little Meng Gonggong who carried the food box and sent Umalu back to the tea house.

She left yesterday, and Ma Jiarongrong and Chen Jiayi were on duty at the same time - this is the rule of the tea house, there are at least two people on duty every day.

Therefore, before, Umalu was also willing to be on duty for Ma Jiarongrong and Chen Jiayi. Who told such things to happen more than once, she also owed them.

Ma Jiarongrong was still resting, but Chen Jiayi was half asleep. Seeing her back, she stood up and didn't know what to say, so she just stood aside and watched blankly.

Little Eunuch Meng put the food box on the table, saluted and left.

Chen Jiayi hesitated for a while, poured a cup of tea for Umalu, and asked her softly: "I'll finish my meal in a while, why don't you go back and rest for a while. I'll take care of you in the morning first."

Umalu looked at her for a while, and didn't say yes or no, but invited her to sit down and eat together.

Naturally, Ma Jiarongrong was not forgotten.

The three had a meal, discussed for a while, and tentatively decided on today's rotation.

Umalu had a day off, and she didn't intend to rest any more.

According to the rules, Chen Jiayi rested, and she and Ma Jiarongrong were on duty.

Chen Jiayi hesitated for a while, but went down to rest.

Ma Jiarongrong chatted with her: "This year's beautiful girl from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, look at the time, it should be trained now. Last time, I heard from Eunuch Li that Manager Liang wants to ask for two more to serve the teahouse."

Umalu suspected that it was because she was always called by Kangxi, but she didn't say it.

For some things, it's good for everyone to know in their hearts, and it's just embarrassing to say it out.

Sure enough, at the end of May, Little Eunuch Meng came with two newly recruited girls in coats.

Little Eunuch Meng said fairly: "Master knows that Auntie has a good temper, so what he wants is honesty and duty."

Little Eunuch Meng paused, and said: "Master also said, if she makes Auntie unhappy, just tell Master, and Master will replace two well-behaved and obedient ones."

Umalu looked at the two young girls with childish faces, and smiled: "I appreciate your master's kindness, please go through this."

Little Meng Gonggong said: "By the way, the master also asked me to tell my aunt that we will change the name of the royal tea room when the time comes. We need to prepare more things. So we need more people to come. If there are not enough people at that time, just go Tell Master."

Umalu nodded, and turned to ask Ma Jiarongrong to greet the two new girls in coats.

She sent little Eunuch Meng out for a ride, and when she walked to a deserted place, she asked him: "I wanted to ask about this before, but I think your master must have other plans in mind, so I never asked."

Little Eunuch Meng said fairly, "Auntie, tell me."

Umalu sighed: "After Aunt Dai Jia left..."

She paused.

Aunt Dai Jia was gone last year, and it was only a short period of time. When she mentioned it again, it seemed like a lifetime ago.

Human life is as cheap as an ant, not worth mentioning.

She withdrew her thoughts and continued: "After that incident, there has been no one in charge of the tea service, especially now, two more have been sent. You go back and ask your master if you should transfer someone from somewhere." Come with experience."

Little Eunuch Meng looked at her and laughed, and said, "Aunt Wu Ya, this is what my master meant."

He blinked: "If you transfer another experienced person, aunt will inevitably be overwhelmed."

He saluted: "Let's work hard, Auntie."

Umalu heard what he said, and there was something he didn't understand, so he agreed.

After Xiao Gonggong went back, he told Liang Jiugong about it.

Liang Jiugong asked him, "What is her expression?"

Little Eunuch Meng said it exactly.

Liang Jiugong was silent for a moment, then turned and went in to serve Kangxi.

Not long after, the plaque of the tea house was removed and replaced with a plaque of "Imperial Tea House" written by Kangxi himself.

The former court was busy with affairs, and after Umalu was summoned, he often played with Baocheng, and Kangxi only read the booklets most of the time.

The surrender of Wang Fuchen was good news for the Qing court.This means that they broke through the gap in the "Anti-Qing Fuming" alliance and reversed the initial decline.

This was the biggest battle since Kangxi succeeded to the throne. Compared with capturing Oboi, it was quite different.

Kangxi would never allow himself to be defeated, all his energy was on the previous court, so naturally he didn't care much about the relationship between men and women.

For him, it is a rare leisure to be able to watch Umalu amusing with his son when he looks up.

He will see himself as a child in a trance among the incense mist and the candlelight.

　In November of the 12th year of Kangxi, Wu Sangui proposed to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty in Yunnan, and killed Zhu Guozhi, the governor of Yunnan. [28] And sent generals to lead the army to attack Hunan in the following year, capturing Changde, Changsha, Yuezhou, Lizhou, Hengzhou and other places.He also sent people to spread the call out.Guangxi general Sun Yanling, Sichuan governor Luo Sen and many other local officials rebelled against the Qing Dynasty.Then, Fujian Geng Jingzhong also rebelled.In just a few months, the six provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Guangxi, Fujian, and Sichuan were lost, and they were in danger for a while.Subsequently, Wang Fuchen, the admiral of Shaanxi, and Shang Zhixin of Guangdong, etc. also rebelled one after another, and the rebellion expanded to Guangdong, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and other provinces.

　　Emperor Kangxi's countermeasure to put down the San Francisco Rebellion was to resolutely attack Wu Sangui and never give a chance to compromise and make peace; while opening the door to appease other rebels, so as to divide the enemy army, weaken Wu Sangui's wings, and isolate Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui. [29] Under this policy, Emperor Kangxi took Hunan as the focus of military offensive, ordered Le Erjin and others to lead the army to Jingzhou and Wuchang, resisted Wu Sangui head-on, and attacked Hunan, and ordered Prince An Yue Le to go from Jiangxi to Changsha , to attack Hunan.In addition, Emperor Kangxi let go of using Han generals and Han soldiers to fight. [30] In the 15th year of Kangxi (1676), Wang Fuchen of Shaanxi and Geng Jingzhong of Fujian surrendered successively under the attack of the Qing army.

　　
　
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