Prince of the Qing Dynasty

Yinfeng ordered Yuqing Palace not to inquire about Suo'etu's affairs outside, and he himself read and wrote as usual, commuting between Yuqing Palace and Qianqing Palace to listen to Kangxi's lectures.

In this state of not hearing anything outside the window and only reading sage books, a lot of news about Suo'etu still came to his ears.

Suo'etu was impeached by Wei Xiangshu, Shangshu of the Ministry of punishment.Wei Xiangshu begged to see Kangxi, and asked to retreat to the left and right to see the emperor alone.Kangxi agreed.

Afterwards, Wei Xiangshu painfully reported Suo'etu's crimes in front of Kangxi.Zou impeached Suo'etu for stealing private parties, seizing power for corruption, framing dissidents and other evil deeds. It is said that when it comes to excitement, Wei Xiangshu's words were fierce, and he burst into tears.

On the same day, he even went to San Shu, impeaching the governor Tu Keshan for neglecting his duty, and the head of the Ministry of Criminal Justice for violating the law and discipline.It is said that after Wei Xiangshu finished speaking, he also impeached Mingzhu. The statement of impeaching Mingzhu is similar to that of Suo'etu.

Kangxi was greatly shocked when he heard this, and immediately issued an order to severely punish Tu Keshan and gangsters.However, the treatment of Suo'etu and Mingzhu is much more intriguing.Kangxi reprimanded Suo'etu and Mingzhu respectively.Suo'etu's Baohedian University Bachelor and other positions were all taken over, leaving only the position of Minister of Internal Affairs.As for Mingzhu, Kangxi is obviously more lenient, he just reprimanded Mingzhu severely, condemning him for forming a party for personal gain, and then warned him that if the evidence of the stolen goods is true in the future and the law of the country is in place, he will be severely punished.

Such a result was within Yinreng's expectation.No surprise there either.The only thing Yinreng paid attention to was Wei Xiangshu's approach.This Wei Xiangshu came at a very timely time. He participated in the impeachment of Suo'etu, and what he said was not groundless. There should be a promotion by Mingzhu.But this Wei Xiangshu even participated in the impeachment of Mingzhu, so Yinfeng had to think a little more.

Did Mingzhu calculate that Kangxi would not punish him severely, so she signaled Wei Xiangshu to join him in the impeachment, so as to dispel Kangxi's suspicion?Or is this Wei Xiangshu refusing to listen to Mingzhu's arrangements when the situation is imminent, and at the last moment he beat back and bit Mingzhu?

Things in the court are turbulent, there are many cronies, he has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and he knows nothing about the affairs of the court, and there is nowhere to know whether Wei Xiangshu's actions were secretly instructed by Mingzhu, and he has no way to prove himself guessed.

However, this incident confirmed one of his previous worries.Although Kangxi said that Manchu and Han were one, Manchen and Hanchen were treated the same in his heart, but the court ministers didn't think so.Otherwise, just after the earthquake relief work, Wei Xiangshu came out to impeach the ministers, dignitaries, Suo'etu?He always felt that Hanchen's silence in the court was not indifference, but that they had been accumulating energy and waiting for an appropriate time to rise up.

And such a rise can often get the results they want from Kangxi.

Yinfeng felt more and more that he should work harder. Only when he was out of the court to study, could he get in touch with the affairs of the outer dynasty, instead of being locked in the greenhouse by Kangxi, and let Kangxi teach him how to defend himself and use soldiers What should be, what should be the emperor.

Real knowledge comes from practice, he not only has to learn, but also practice.

The third day of May in the following year was Yinfeng's birthday and the death day of Empress Renxiao.

Kangxi had known Yinreng a long time ago, and he would take him to the mausoleum to offer sacrifices to Empress Renxiao on this day, as a way of mourning and filial piety.

Since Yinreng was born until now, he has never been to the mausoleum to see Empress Renxiao's Zi Palace.On the contrary, Kangxi, when Empress Renxiao was still in Gonghua City before entering the mausoleum, Kangxi would go there several times a month, and the number of visits was very intensive. He even spent New Year's Eve with Empress Renxiao in Gonghua City.

Later, Empress Niu Hulu, also known as Empress Xiaozhao, passed away, and Kangxi was still like this, and he also frequently traveled between Gonghua City and the palace, but the number of times he visited Empress Xiaozhao in the past two years was still not as good as the number of times he visited Empress Renxiao.

Today, the two queens have entered the mausoleum to rest.Kangxi then decided to take Yinreng to see his biological mother whom he had never met.

Yinreng stood in the underground palace, with three huge coffins in front of him.The one in the middle was covered with bright yellow silk, and he knew that it would be the place where Kangxi would go after his death.The two coffins next to it are smaller, the one on the left is Empress Renxiao, and the one on the right is Empress Xiaozhao.

Standing there, he felt the cold and damp air in the underground palace which was different from the ground. He had mixed feelings in his heart, and he almost couldn't tell whether he was in a dream or in reality.

This is not the first time he came back to Jingling. One day more than 300 years later, he once came to Jingling with his mother.At that time, he had just been admitted to university. In order to celebrate his successful admission, he and his mother traveled to Beijing together, and then they came to visit Jingling together.

He looked at the underground palace in front of him that was not much different from what it would be 300 years later. He couldn't help himself for a while, and looked at everything in the underground palace with a confused expression.

After Kangxi burned incense and prayed, he turned his head and saw Yinreng standing in front of Hesheli's coffin in a daze. Seeing Yinreng's dazed appearance, he felt a pang of distress in his heart. He walked over silently and stood beside Yinreng, Then he stretched out his hand and pulled Yin Reng into his arms, letting him lean against himself, and then said in a hoarse voice: "Do you want to see your mother-in-law?"

There are no outsiders here, and Kangxi sent out all the idlers, so Kangxi didn't have to restrain his sadness. He looked at Hesheli's coffin, his throat was choked, and his nose was sore. Come see Hesheli!

Yinfeng was still immersed in the old memories, until he was pulled into Kangxi's arms, and his small body leaned against Kangxi's steady and strong body, he suddenly came back to his senses, and then there was a trace of bitterness in his heart, he It has come 300 years ago, and it is impossible to go back.

Because of his distraction, he didn't hear what Kangxi was asking, and he didn't open his mouth to ask Kangxi, but looked up at Kangxi with a trace of confusion that didn't fade away, expressing his doubts with his eyes.

Seeing Yinreng's bewildered stare, Kangxi sighed in his heart, and asked again: "Yinreng, do you want to see your mother-in-law?"

This time Yinfeng heard it clearly, but was taken aback by the words. It has been several years since Empress Renxiao died, what would he think?Besides, everyone is dead, can you still watch it?

Because he was frightened, he stuttered a little: "Huang...Huang Ama, can you really, can you watch it?"

Kangxi understood this as what Yinfeng wanted to see, nodded immediately, cast his eyes on the coffin of Empress Renxiao, and said quietly: "Every time I come, I never open it to see, but I will always remember you The appearance of Er Niang. I just feel sorry for you. You have never seen your Er Niang since you were born. If you really want to see it, I will order someone to open the coffin. No matter what, as long as you want to see it, I will definitely Let you see it!"

Kangxi's faint voice made the underground palace look even more gloomy. Yinfeng was infected by the atmosphere and couldn't control his uneasiness. He was afraid that Kangxi would open the coffin to let him see the face of Empress Renxiao. After swallowing his saliva, he lowered his voice Said: "Huang Ama, you have a portrait of Er Niang, I have seen it before. I don't want to disturb Er Niang because of me. I came today, and everyone said that mother and child are connected. If Er Niang knows, she will understandable."

"...That's fine if you don't watch it," Kangxi was also reluctant to disturb Hesheli. He would only make such a suggestion because he was afraid that his youngest son would miss Erniang. After all, Yinfeng had never met Hesheli in person, but In fact, if you really want to open the coffin, it will take a lot of work. Now that Yinfeng said he would not look at it, he put out his thoughts, "What you said makes sense, I brought you here today, your Er Niangquan If you know, you will also understand what I feel with you."

Just like Yinfeng, when Kangxi just came here, memories of the past flooded into his mind, and he recounted the scene that still broke his heart in a low voice: "... when Hesheli tried his best to give birth to you, the midwife When Mama held you into my arms, before I even had time to scrub you, you just cried in my hands covered in blood, and when I held you, but before I had time to think about anything, your mother bled profusely Yes, two hours later, she will be gone...Yinfeng, you were born in less than two hours, and you will have no mother... And Hesheli, she, she suffered too much, bleeding out After two hours, I looked at the blood on the bed, it almost drained all the blood in her body..."

"... When she was dying, she kept holding my hand, asking me to take good care of you, asking me to love you well... I promised her that I would give you the best life and love you the most before she died All these years, I have always felt sorry for her, if it wasn't for my inability to make her worry-free so that she was over-thinking and broke her body, how could she have died at such a young age?"

Yinfeng knew that Kangxi didn't want any response from him when he said these words.But Kangxi just wanted to find someone to tell.Kangxi's heartfelt words are not suitable for anyone, only to say to him, here, can be adapted to the situation.

Therefore, Yinfeng didn't speak, but leaned against Kangxi silently, listening to him slowly tell about the past with Empress Renxiao.When Kangxi told the story, he kept staring at Empress Renxiao's coffin so that tears filled his eyes, and he didn't restrain himself, allowing the tears to flow out of his eyes, slide down his cheeks, and soak his clothes.

He cried, partly because Kangxi's true feelings touched him; partly because he thought of his own death.

After Hesheli's death, Kangxi missed her so emotionally, she will always occupy an important position in Kangxi's heart, and he, a person who has experienced real death but lived on someone else, has even more complicated feelings in his heart. He has thought more than once However, after learning the news of his death, did my mother feel as sad as Kangxi, so that she never forgot and deeply cherished the memory of the dead?

But in the final analysis, mother and Kangxi are different.Perhaps the meaning of losing a loved one is the same, but the identities of the mother and Kangxi are very different, and their lives are destined to be different.

He was the only son, and after he died in a car accident, his mother would live alone in this world. Whenever he thought of this, his heart ached, but there was nothing he could do.God let him travel through time, let him wear another identity to have another way of life, but did not erase his memory, let him live with all regrets and memories, what is the meaning?

Does he want to live as Yinfeng, or live in the Qing Dynasty as a modern person?He thought he could tell the difference, but at this moment, he was a little confused.Or rather, he felt a little tired.As a modern person living in the Qing Dynasty, his life was not easy.

Kangxi talked a lot. After Kangxi finished speaking, the father and son were silent for a few quarters of an hour in the underground palace, and then Yinfeng asked in a low voice: "Ama, did you ask Ama when Erniang was leaving? Amah appointed me as the crown prince?"

Kangxi was silent for a long time before replying: "She begged me. She said that only if you become the prince can you save your life in this palace. But I didn't agree to her immediately. The appointment of a prince is a major event in consolidating the foundation of the country. I can't accept her on the spur of the moment. It is not something I can say to be a crown prince. At that time... I could only promise that she would take good care of you and take care of you to the best of my ability. I don't believe it, if you are not the crown prince , I can't keep my flesh and blood with her?"

This is one of the reasons why Kangxi feels guilty for not agreeing to Hesheli immediately and letting her go away with regret.

But such a major event, he couldn't just rely on Hesheli's words to make a decision.Even if Hesheli is his favorite woman.Even Chenghu, it was only after he was two years old that he had the idea of ​​making Chenghu the crown prince when Chenghu grew up.But it's a pity that Cheng Hu's fortune was poor, and he died of illness after all.

"A year after I was born, the emperor Ama was willing to make me the prince again. Is it because the war in San Francisco was urgent at that time, and Ama wanted to stabilize the hearts of the people in the world? Er Niang said, I can only save my life if I become a prince. Does this mean that there are people in this palace who don't want me to grow up safely? Did Ama encounter some resistance and opposition when she wanted to make me the crown prince?"

Empress Renxiao didn't want to be the crown prince, but she knew in her heart that as the eldest son of Erniang who died young, Yinfeng was too eye-catching when he was born, but he was too young, so it might be difficult for him to live in the palace. down.And the only way for her to protect Yinreng is to ask Kangxi to make him the prince, so that everyone will know that the emperor made Yinreng the prince because of the queen's words.Yinfeng was so honored and loved by Kangxi, Hesheli thought that her son would grow up healthy and safe with the protection of the crown prince.

Empress Renxiao understands that it is impossible for her youngest son to spend this life in a low-key manner, so she simply put all the halos in the world on her son, making these identities so dazzling that no one with ambitions dare to touch them Yinreng dare not harm Yinreng.

This was the idea of ​​a mother planning for her son before she died. Kangxi understood this idea, and he understands it now.It's just that Kangxi clearly understood, but he refused to make Queen Renxiao perfect.