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July of the 32nd year of the Kangxi reign.
Kangxi received a memorial from Sichuan Governor Fu Lun, which said that it rained and snowed, the wheat and beans had a good harvest, the autumn crops were lush, and more than 200,000 refugees had successfully returned to their hometowns.
This means that this year, whether it rained or snowed, the wheat and beans had a good harvest, the crop grew well, and many refugees had returned to their hometowns.
After knowing this, Emperor Kangxi was very happy. There were many things to do in recent days.
Summer was the season to worry about rain and food. Now that he saw that the reports from various places were very good, Kangxi felt much more at ease.
“Your Majesty, it’s time.” Eunuch Liang Jiu bowed forward with concern and softly reminded Emperor Kangxi.
Today happened to be the day of the grand court meeting. The Emperor got up in the morning and just drank a bowl of goat milk and only ate half a bun before going to the court meeting.
He was busy all morning and was dealing with memorials. Except for a few cups of tea, he didn’t drink or eat anything.
Eunuch Liang Jiu also saw the Emperor’s smile and visibly happy face just now, so he dared to come forward to remind him.
After all, the two main jobs of Eunuch Liang as the chief steward of the Qian Qing Palace were to take good care of the emperor’s health and to handle palace affairs.
This year, Kangxi was just in his early forties. He has a long face and a pair of eyes with the keen sternness as he was handling political affairs just now. After putting down the memorial, his expression was much gentler.
Emperor Kangxi stood up, stretched his stiff neck, stretched his arms to loosen his tired muscles, exhaled deeply, and the wrinkles between his eyebrows also softened.
He just felt that the fatigue of the past few days had come to an end today. He was thinking too much before and didn’t care about his physical fatigue. Now he feels tired after finally hearing the good news.
Kangxi picked up the teacup and took a sip of Biluochun tea, then looked again down at the memorials on the table. They were almost dealt with.
Most of the remaining memorials were greetings. Some officials couldn’t do their serious work, but they were diligent in greeting him.
“Well, let’s have lunch first.”
Hearing the command, the servants hurried to prepare, and another eunuch came forward to help the emperor change his clothes.
After a simple lunch, Kangxi went to the bedroom to take a nap. In the afternoon, officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Clan Court were going to see him.
A light fragrance was burning in the incense burner outside.
Eunuch Liang directed a few eunuchs to move the ice jar filled with ice slightly away from the bed so that there would be no cold air near the emperor but the room still felt cool.
Kangxi lay on the bed and fell asleep quickly. His face was calm, but there was still a hint of coldness between his brows, probably because there were many things going on recently.
The gauze curtain was dim with the afternoon light, and there was silence outside the hall, except for the sound of one or two birds softly chirping in the clear sky.
A piece of white softness clung onto him as if he was stuck between the clouds, soft and thick but full of warmth.
Emperor Kangxi opened his eyes, but the scene in his dream still made him feel unreal.
Everything in the dream was blurry and unclear. He seemed to have understood the unreality of the dream, but now, the blur gradually disappeared before his eyes, just like a glass cup used in summer.
After it was filled with ice, there was always frost on the wall of the cup, but it could be wiped away with a hand, and the crystal color water would be revealed again.
In front of him was a piece of snow-white fur, as if there was no edge. He felt that his whole body was surrounded by this snow-white softness, and suddenly there was a bump as if he was on it. A trance made him gradually sober up.
Alas? On it?!!
Kangxi widened his eyes. It was rare for a middle-aged man with a serious face to have such a frightened expression. This kind of expression appeared on his face for the first time.
He was actually carried on the back of a white giant beast!
When the giant moved, he was bumped! Even Emperor Kangxi, who had experienced great things, couldn’t calm down at this moment!
The giant white beast shook its head, as if it heard something, and tilted its head in confusion. It was not the ferocious or majestic one that Kangxi had imagined, but… a bit stupid…
It had two furry ears and thick white fur made it look like it was smiling even when it was expressionless. Its eyes were full of love and innocence, and it looked very friendly, giving people a sense of déjà vu.
Emperor Kangxi cautiously reached out and tentatively touched the head of the giant white beast. His fingers sank into the soft and fluffy white fur, and the warmth brought him infinite joy and comfort.
“You are…?” Kangxi was startled by the softness of his own voice.
The white beast shook its furry head as if it heard something, and in an instant, it turned into the size of an arm, and at the same time, Kangxi lightly fell to the ground.