The Woman Behind Kangxi: The Biography of Virtuous Concubine

Chapter 70
Xuan Ye said: "What if you say that this river affairs is an eternal difficulty? What's more, there are people who are perfunctory at all levels. The first emperor once supervised this matter, and he used it as a reminder to all the officials. It’s only been a few years, but after a long time, I’m still exhausted! Now I’m even more troubled by seeing something. Jin Fu, the governor of the river, gave me a few advices. His opinion is to raise the embankment. Let the river wash up the sand, and the mud river will flow into the sea, but Zhili Governor Yu Chenglong’s opinion is to dredge the Yellow River into the sea, and the sand will flow down. One of them has been treating the river for many years and has been effective, while the other has not. He is the number one honest official with outstanding achievements. I am also very troubled. What these two people said makes sense. It is difficult to choose for a while. Seeing that the peach blossom flood is coming, this matter must be resolved as soon as possible."

Ningde smiled and said: "What's the difficulty! The emperor can brainstorm, let the two of them debate in front of the gate, refute each other, and then order the ministers in Beijing to write a memorial to each of their hometowns in places related to the Yellow River. Your Majesty, I might as well help your Majesty to come up with a way of thinking. If De'er wants to control the river, he is most afraid that he will only rely on his passion to understand the river affairs, act recklessly, and make a big mistake. This is more terrible than perfunctory."

Xuanye was overjoyed when he heard that, he held Ning De back and said, "It seems that from now on, I don't have to go to the Qianqing Gate to call the ministers to discuss matters, I just need to drag you to discuss matters!"

Ning Dejiao angrily broke away his hands and said: "What does the emperor say, we are just joking, and there is no need to teach Sister Tong a joke!"

The two of them chatted sharply, Concubine Tong didn't understand government affairs, even though she was always smart, she could also hear things in a cloud, and she stood aside but couldn't get in the way.Hearing Ningde talking about her at this time, he laughed quickly and said, "I shouldn't have stood up, but I didn't have to make a big candle."

Ning De chuckled: "Okay, okay, let's stop talking about such boring things, let's pick something else to talk about. Sister Tong came to see me kindly, but she put you aside."

The three of them sat down, chatting and laughing at some interesting things, but they didn't realize that it was dusk, but they saw a red sun like fire, slowly slanting to the west.After more than ten days of rain, I think today's sunset is particularly beautiful.

Ning De asked Concubine Tong to have dinner, and Concubine Tong was grateful, knowing that Ning De understood her loneliness in the vacant house for many years, and gave her a chance to get closer to the holy face.Although she was just chatting with the emperor, since she entered the palace, she never had the opportunity to be so close to the emperor as today that they could sit together, talk, laugh, and talk about family matters.

Ning De had no appetite because of embarrassment, and stopped after eating a few mouthfuls of millet porridge, but asked Concubine Tong to serve Xuan Ye to eat. Concubine Tong was a smart person, seeing that Ning De wanted to let her, she was secretly happy and did her best. Xuan Ye took a few more bites than usual because of his attentive service.

But Ning De's voice sounded softly: "I'm not feeling very well today, so I dare not stay with the emperor. Sister Tong, I'm going to trouble you until the emperor returns to the palace!"

Xuan Ye had finished his meal, and said with a smile: "That's fine, you're not feeling well, you should rest earlier!" Standing up.

Concubine Tong suppressed her heart and was ecstatic, she quickly stood up, served Xuan Ye and walked away.

Although she wasn't very favored these few years, she knew a lot of Xuan Ye's usual likes and dislikes with her ears and eyes.This night, he served carefully and diligently, and everything was appropriate.Xuan Ye had nothing to do with her, now that the original preconceived prejudices were gone, and seeing her gentle and charming again, she had a special kind of touching, so he felt pity for her, and in the future, he would turn to her green head card from time to time.

(End of this chapter)