The Harem of the Qing Dynasty - the next era

It is not uncommon for a small folk family to marry a fierce house-filler due to bad luck. It is not uncommon for a stepson to be chased and beaten in the street. There is only a narrow road between Chengqian Palace and Kunning Palace. In the garden, this section of the road is long or short. Many guards and palace people along the road saw the scene of the imperial concubine and the eighth elder brother running and chasing after each other. Dead eighth elder brother, eighth elder brother running away desperately".

The Long Live Lord is not in the palace, and the imperial concubine is the master of the harem, how can everyone have the guts to intervene?She knelt down on both sides of the wall very obediently, lowering her own sense of existence to the greatest extent, and Han Ling couldn't think of calling for someone to stop her in a hurry. I feel sorry: the eighth elder brother is really not ordinary. The imperial concubine picked this gap to remove the thorn in her side, and she couldn't even find a savior who made the decision.

The Lord didn't pay attention to many things, and directly interrogated Yongxuan: "You startled Concubine Shu's womb, I punished you severely? How much grievance do you have to seek death? I was ordered by the emperor to discipline the princes and daughters, let alone you If you should be punished, you really have grievances, and there is no reason for you to resist discipline?"

Yongxuan said in a dull voice: "The son is not angry with the empress—"

"Aren't you angry with me, or who are you angry with?" Han Ling slapped the table, "Jin Nanny, Yingxiu, you two say, did I treat him harshly? You used your own life to control him?" For me! Princes and princesses all follow suit, do I still have the face to be an imperial concubine?"

"Master and empress, the eighth elder brother has listened to a lot of gossip, peeing is a delicate temperament, and the concubine Jia can always relieve the concubine when she is in fashion. The empress is not here, and the empress is partial to selfishness because she has made a big mistake. I just feel uneasy and ashamed of my master and empress—" Of course Jin Nai knew it well: when it comes to this matter, I can't argue with it even if I go to the Yonghe Palace. As for the punishment of the book, teaching him to kowtow to make amends is also something that should be done. If it is passed on to Yuqian, it is inevitable that the eighth elder brother will lose his sacred heart, and even the concubine Jia will eat melons. Fate is not bad, now being questioned by the imperial concubine Xingshi, I am afraid that the corner of her mouth will be crooked, and she will sue Yongxuan before the emperor and the two empress dowagers.

Han Ling's face turned pale: "Fortunately, you still know that I favor him for selfishness, but if you don't know, you act viciously as an imperial concubine, forcing the seven or eight-year-old elder brother to a dead end!"

Nanny Jin threw basket after basket of good words to listen to: "The master is kind and generous, which one in the Qing Dynasty didn't know who didn't know? Even if the slave has a bad conscience and slanders the master, how can he deceive the sage of the Long Live Lord?" , Is it possible to deceive the eyes and ears of the people of the world?"

"You don't need to use these vernacular words to fill in this palace." Han Ling took a sip of tea, because she said to the two of them, "Eighth elder brother is here, I dare not say anything, you take him back , if something goes wrong again, you don't have to go to Jingren Palace to answer, just make up your own mind and explain to Concubine Jia."

"I don't dare, I will take good care of the eighth elder brother. I am tired of my mistress today, please rest early, and I will come back another day to pay my respects to my mistress!" Xiang Yingxiu winked, "Your servant will resign!"

Of course, Han Ling knew that Yongxuan didn't throw the well at herself—the look in his eyes when he kowtowed and got up in Chengqian Palace was very similar to the girl who stood by the well platform in the backyard of Huifa Nala's backyard 30 years ago. Then there was an inexplicable force that prompted me to chase after him 30 years later. Of course, that expression of extreme loneliness cannot be brought about by kowtowing or copying a few times.

"Master, you're out of your wits!" Cheng Shuang rubbed Han Ling's wrist and scolded Cheng Jie and Cheng Zhi, "You guys are precious, and when something happens, let the master run to your head, and take advantage of the fact that the Long Live Lord is not here. When you come back, go and get things in order at the Clothes Bureau first, so as not to suffer in the future when you are dispatched to the past."

Cheng Jie and Cheng Zhi were wronged, and knelt on the ground without daring to speak.

"Okay, today's matter has nothing to do with them." Han Ling stood up, "Let Concubine Yu go see Huang Guitai Concubine, you and I will go to the three institutes, talk with anger, Yongxuan has If something goes wrong, I can't explain it to the emperor."

Except for Yongxi who lived in Yuqing Palace, all the princes lived in Qiandong No. [-] after the age of six and before the opening of the mansion. The current No. [-] elder brother Yongqi lives in the No. [-] and No. [-] houses respectively. Xuan lives, if there is no change, Yong Jue will have to move to four residences after his birthday, Han Ling has always been very concerned about this land boundary, if something like today happens, the palace servants who serve Yong Xuan will double the martial law, they are afraid When he woke up from a doze, some bad news came to his ears.

Han Ling came in quietly, stopped Yingxiu who wanted to pass on the message, and asked, "Did Yongxuan fall asleep?"

"Not yet." Yingxiu replied in a low voice, "The imperial physician has prescribed Dingjing tea, and Nanny Jin is in there to teach Eighth Brother."

Han Ling nodded, because she asked again: "Is there anyone else who came to see Yongxuan?"

"Master and Empress is the first to come." Yongxuan resisted the instruction and threw himself into a well. Everyone in the six palaces became a wait-and-see situation. The imperial concubine did not move, and others naturally could not act rashly. Even the imperial physician Xu Dachun who came to consult was prepared in advance Prepared, after following Jing Rengong Yi's decree, he rushed to the Nansan Institute to inquire about the slightly frightened eighth elder brother.

Just as Han Ling was about to speak, the little eunuch guarding the gate came in and said: "Master, Concubine Yu, and Kui Chang are sending people to see that the eighth elder brother is coming."

Chengjie went to Chengqian Palace to spread the word, and Concubine Yu was naturally the first concubine who knew that the imperial concubine was going to Nansan. As for Kui Chang, she lived in Zhongcui Palace, purely to take advantage of the location.

Immediately afterwards, all the concubines in the palace sent their concubines to come to express their condolences. Han Ling said: "The eighth elder brother was scared because he bumped into Concubine Shu accidentally. Go back and tell your masters, who dares to come here?" If you don’t teach me to hear the harem’s nonsense, if it reaches my ears, I’ll pull out her tongue immediately!”

"Slave dare not!" Everyone agreed in unison, "Slave will obey the order of the master and empress!"

"Let's go." Han Ling said to Yingxiu, "Take me to see Yongxuan."

After all, Yongxuan was still a child, and once he was persuaded by someone close to him, his heart was poured out because of the attempted death. Thinking of his relatives far away in the south of the Yangtze River, he felt more and more guilty: I died a hundred times, but Er Niang Only his son, how could he withstand such a big blow.

Exempting the ceremony from the master and the servant, Han Ling told Jin Nanny: "Go down and have a rest, I will talk to Yongxuan for a while."

"Hey!" After today's incident, Han Ling's position in the hearts of the Yonghe Palace has undergone a qualitative leap. Jin Nanny left the bedroom without any hesitation, thinking in her heart: I don't blame the imperial concubine, the holy favor, etc. Bad, with such a resolute and careful temperament, there is really no other person in the harem.

"Emperor Niang—" Yongxuan couldn't help but feel awkward, "My son knew he was wrong—"

"I didn't come here to blame you." Han Ling interrupted him, "Yongxuan, do you know the allusion that people's mouths make money, and accumulation destroys bones?"

Yong Xuan shook her head: "My son doesn't know."

Han Ling asked: "Does the person who speaks ill of you behind your back love you or not?"

Yongxuan said: "Of course he is the one who doesn't love his son."

Han Ling asked again: "Will people who love you speak ill of you?"

Yongxuan still shook her head: "No."

Han Ling nodded: "Are you living for those who love you or for those who don't?"

Yongxuan answered honestly: "If you don't love your son, how can your son live for them?"

Han Ling asked back: "You don't live for them, why should you care what they say about you behind your back?"

The logic is very smooth, enough for an eight-year-old half-grown child to comprehend. Yong Xuan stood up and solemnly kowtowed to Han Ling: "Please rest assured, my son will not be confused again in the future!"

"Get up!" Han Ling patted Yongxuan's shoulder, "Be good in the future, what they say and do has nothing to do with us, study hard, perform martial arts well, and when you grow up, you will make some achievements that the Pope will admire Come on, get in the way of that villain's fiery eyes!"

Yong Xuan grinned: "My son listens to Er Niang."

Han Ling smiled and said, "That's right. Smile more in the future. The Pope and Empress Dowager will be happy when they see it. Let me see who dares to chew our tongue casually."

With such a big commotion, it is not realistic to want to cover the mouths of everyone.

The so-called information, either exaggerating the facts or covering up the truth, always has a certain gap with the actual situation. The circulating version of the public case of Yongxuan's suicide is this: the eighth elder brother threw himself into the well, and the imperial concubine tried to save him. , sprained his foot, broke his arm, and took half a month to recover.

Han Ling mentioned this matter in her family letter, and at the same time made a request to Hongli: You can study books and ask Yongxuan about his homework and daily life, but you must never bring up the old matter again and issue an order to him, otherwise, all her painstaking efforts will be wasted in vain .

Concubine Jia has her own channel for news, and no matter how unwilling she is, she has to accept the favor of the imperial concubine, so she took the initiative to propose a suggestion to Hongli: "Concubine Shu's delivery period is approaching, and the master and empress will return home and abroad. At that time, the emperor must register the master and empress as the queen of the palace. Now that I am staying in the south of the Yangtze River, I can buy the silk, cloth, and clothing materials used in the book, so as not to be in a hurry and make regrets for the canonization ceremony."

Hongli readily agreed, and handed over the matter to Yongying, Prince He's son, and Nali, the doctor, to take care of it.

In addition, Hongli also specifically revealed his intention to confer the imperial concubine Xian of the sixth palace as the queen of the middle palace after the birth of the ten princes. Prince Zong is another great bonus item. Yayi wrote letters one after another, requesting the emperor to register as soon as possible the Mother of the Middle Palace and the foundation of the country of Kuangzheng Sheji.