Rong Fei is not honored

Chapter 435 The Suitable Candidate

"The position of Empress is both a state affair and a family affair. She directly influences the entire harem. How can I just sit back and do nothing?"

After saying this, the Empress Dowager's voice softened a bit. "The Empress is your wife. Ultimately, it depends on your own wishes. The Hesheli family I chose for you before was not suitable. It was my fault. I will not make the decision for you this time."

What the Grand Empress Dowager meant was that she would only make suggestions, but would never interfere in the selection of the empress again, just like she did during the Shunzhi reign, nor would she try to influence Kangxi's decision through other means.

The Empress Dowager gave in, and Kangxi softened his heart. After all, she was his own maternal grandmother. As long as she did not try to interfere with the imperial power, he was still happy to give the old lady face.

"Although Hesheli was chosen by the Imperial Grandmother, it was also my grandson who agreed. Besides, Hesheli was the best choice at the time. Who could have foreseen what would happen later? How can this be said to be the Imperial Grandmother's fault?"

As soon as Kangxi said this, the tense atmosphere in the Cining Palace was instantly broken, and Su Malagu beside him breathed a sigh of relief.

Since that incident, the relationship between the princess and the emperor became tense. Even when it came to matters concerning the harem, the emperor was always on guard against the princess.

Fortunately, this time the princess really thought it through, and the emperor still cared about the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren. Otherwise, if the talks broke down today, I am afraid that parting on bad terms would be the best outcome.

"Your Majesty, the children killed by Hesheli are not only your children, but also my bloodline. How can I not be heartbroken? It is precisely because of this that I am particularly concerned about the selection of the successor.

The truth is, I don’t want the tragedy to happen again and again.

Maybe my method is wrong, but I am indeed doing it to protect the Emperor and the heir. Otherwise, no matter which noble lady from the Eight Banners ascends the throne, wouldn't I be the Grand Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty? "

To put it bluntly, as long as the person on the throne is not of the Borjigit clan, no matter who she is, she has to be filial to her as the ancestor, and there is not much difference.

Kangxi didn't want to talk. The wrong method that the Empress Dowager mentioned lightly almost killed several of his princesses.

However, even though he still had some resentment in his heart, his expression unconsciously softened a lot, which even Kangxi himself did not notice.

The Empress Dowager and Su Malagu both noticed it. While they felt relieved, they also secretly regretted it. Sure enough, the Emperor (Your Highness) had been acting abnormally during this period because of this incident.

Fortunately, we have talked about it today. There will always be a chance to resolve this problem in the future.

But at the same time, he also hated Hesheli, who had plotted against the Empress Dowager, even more.

Since Hesheli dared to do such a thing, she should just wait for the revenge of the Cining Palace. Don't think that the debt can be forgiven just by dying.

"I want to know what the Emperor thinks about the matter of enthroning a successor?" The Empress Dowager brought up the business again.

"I actually don't plan to re-appoint a queen so soon." This was Kangxi's true thought.

"Is it because of Hesheli? She did get into trouble because she was trying to give birth to an heir for the Emperor, and she was indeed gone less than three years ago, but..."

The Empress Dowager was worried that after Hesheli's death, Kangxi would develop feelings of friendship for her. After all, before Hesheli committed the sin, Kangxi had been very kind to her. Now that she was gone, the bad memories might have faded, leaving only the good ones.

After all, she was his first wife, and they had been together since childhood, and she died while giving birth to a child.

After all, the Empress Dowager was dissatisfied with the special treatment that Yinreng received. If she did not have her own thoughts and only considered the Qing Dynasty, Yinreng's position would be stable and the Empress Dowager would be at ease.

But this time Ji Nai took another path and chose to let go for the safety of his child. Saiyin Chahun of Shoukang Palace gave the Empress Dowager hope. Even though she knew Kangxi's bottom line, she still had ambitions.

Compared to Yinreng, the child born to the Hesheli clan whom he hated, Saiyin Chahun, who was raised by Uyunna herself, could bring the Mongolian Khorchin and the Qing Dynasty closer together, right?

Even if it wasn't him, taking a step back and letting Saiyin Chahun's brother from the same mother take the throne would be more beneficial to the Empress Dowager.

It was precisely because Kangxi sensed the Empress Dowager's ambition that he allowed Saiyin Chahun to cause trouble in the Forbidden City.

From a certain perspective, Kangxi doted on Saiyin Chahun, and this doting came from the fact that he was Ji Nai's child and Chengrui's younger brother, and also from the guilt he felt after deliberately indulging him.

It was precisely because of this that Kangxi became suspicious even though he still trusted Ji Nai. It was not because Ji Nai and their children were not good enough, but because he did not believe that they could escape the exploitation of the Empress Dowager.

At the same time, this is also the most important reason why Ji Nai avoided palace power. Why would he want to rest assured to take care of the pregnancy and raise the child? Is that a lie?

She is not really a teenage girl. She has a healthy body to support her, spiritual liquid to back her up, and Nanny Li's help. How can she not be distracted?

Rong Fei, who had assisted in the palace affairs for decades, was not as good as the empress who was in her teens? You must know that when the empresses of previous dynasties were managing the harem, they did not give up their power just because they gave birth to children.

Considering the feelings of the future queen was one factor, but more importantly it was because of the Cining Palace.

If Ji Nai really had many children and held great power, his relationship with Kangxi would not have lasted long.

"It's not entirely because of Yinreng."

Seeing that Kangxi mentioned Yinreng instead of avoiding the issue or being vague, the Empress Dowager was relieved, but then another idea popped into her mind.

"Your Majesty, you are unwilling to appoint a queen. Are you hoping to keep the position vacant so that you can slowly pave the way for a wife of your choice?"

Kangxi was suddenly struck by the Empress Dowager's words. His expression froze for a moment, and then he denied it in a disingenuous manner, "Of course it's impossible."

My heart started beating fast. Could it be that the Empress Dowager really saw through it?

"Why is it impossible? When the emperor was choosing the empress, didn't he want to make a princess from the Tonggiya clan the empress?"

The Empress Dowager was referring to Kangxi's first wedding before he took power. At that time, the Hesheli, Nianhulu and Tonggiya clans competed for the position of empress, and in the end, Sony's granddaughter became the final winner.

At this time, the Empress Dowager obviously remembered the incident at the beginning. It was Tonggiya again, it was Tonggiya again!

In the old lady's heart, Tonggiya and Hesheli are now equally disgusting. In fact, because of what she did many years ago, the former ranks higher than the latter.

Kangxi was stunned. He had not thought that the Empress Dowager would guess that Tong Jia was the one. After all, the Empress Dowager was also aware of what happened back then. She brought up Tong Jia just to muddy the waters.