The Harem of the Qing Dynasty - the next era

Sige can be regarded as a typical example of "glory after death".

The emperor issued a decree to build shrines in Beijing for Sige and other martyred generals. Except for the decree that the funeral should be handled according to the specifications of the clan township, and he would go to Sige's mansion to drink wine and offer sacrifices. He was given the posthumous title of "Wu Lie".Another decree was issued to return Gulun's forehead to Yili, and ordered him to inherit the first-class duke. The first-class son was given the post of the fourth-ranked second son, Anting, to inherit it. In theory, the four-character treatment is unprecedented.

After receiving the bad news, Han Ling didn't have the capital to shed tears overnight. After being ill for ten days, she appeared in front of all the officials again with a resolute Queen Nala.

The old lady Fucha, who was nearly ninety years old, appeared for the first time at the Queen's Qianqiu celebration after many years.

"This servant was ashamed to see the empress, but now seeing that the empress looks good, I feel a little relieved." The old lady Fucha owed her upper body, "I owe the kindness to the queen empress and Lord Nala, and only the next life can repay it."

"Old lady, don't need to be like this!" Han Ling said with a wry smile, "They are all loyal to the country, how can there be any saying that they are owed repayments? The Nala family only died of four ranks, how many sons of the Fucha family sacrificed their lives to serve the country for the Qing Dynasty? Fu Mr. Evergrande begged to see him a few times, and I didn't want to see him, not because I felt jealous, but because I knew in my heart that when he came to see me, it must be an apology. Wasn’t the inspector general’s injury left behind by the emperor? Yugong, Sige should protect the commander; Yu privately, Sige is an elder. If it were Mr. Fu Heng, wouldn’t he care about the safety of the Yili brothers?”

Fucha's old lady was very moved: "The words of the master and the lady really make the servant speechless."

Han Ling raised her face: "The harem can't be involved in politics. I'm Sige's older sister. I have something I want to ask the old lady to bring to Mr. Fu Heng and Governor Fucha who is recuperating from the front line."

Fucha's old lady hurriedly said: "Please tell me, my lord!"

"I remember that in the Spring and Autumn Period, Qin general Meng Ming was defeated by Jin three times. He was brave after knowing his shame, and finally he was able to avenge his hatred and achieve the hegemony of Duke Mu. The emperor did not dismiss the governor of Fucha. Naturally, he expected him to follow the example of his predecessors and turn defeat into victory. "Han Ling paused, "Sige died tragically at the hands of the Burmese soldiers, and countless soldiers also died at the hands of the Burmese soldiers. I hope Governor Fucha will stop arrogance and impetuosity, kill more Burmese soldiers, kill more Burmese generals, and give me back as soon as possible." Let out the bad breath in my heart!"

Fucha's old lady was in awe: "The empress is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

Han Ling's appearance deceived many people, including the emperor's husband who had been married to her for more than 30 years.

"Yong Jue?" Han Ling squeezed her forehead, "Do you think he is more suitable than Yong Xi to take on the heavy responsibility of the Qing Dynasty?"

"Huh?" Hongli was slightly surprised by Han Ling's calm attitude, "What if I say yes?"

"The concubine doesn't understand the government, but the concubine hopes that her children will be safe and successful!" Han Ling stared straight at her husband, "If you are not fully sure of the safety of Yongxi, the concubine would rather not have the danger of Yongjue." Brother Anwei's son!"

"I understand!" Hongli nodded, "I'll think about it again!"

Han Ling thinks: It is necessary for her to adjust her plan.

Not two days later, the emperor who was talking to Concubine Ling in Changchun Palace suddenly became dizzy and lost consciousness without warning.

After consultation with the imperial physician, he contacted the queen for her previous advice and determined that the emperor was a symptom of the relapse of residual poison.

Han Ling hurried to the Changchun Palace, and after asking for her pulse, she was greatly surprised: "What's going on here?"

Li Yu hurriedly replied: "Long Live Lord only ate a stack of mung bean cakes after he came down to court. He first went to Ningshou Palace to ask about the imperial concubine's illness, and then went to Changchun Palace, but after serving a cup of ginseng soup, he suddenly became That's it."

Han Ling squinted her eyes: "What ginseng soup? Bring it to me!"

Concubine Ling hurriedly said: "Mingxi, why don't you follow Manager Zhang to bring up the ginseng soup from the small kitchen?"

Han Ling pondered for a moment before asking: "From my point of view, the emperor seems to be a sign of poisoning, what do you think?"

"The empress is holy!" the imperial doctor replied, "I use Aconitum aconitifolia and aconite to induce vomiting for the emperor. Although the emperor has a reaction, it does not seem to be the symptoms of recent poisoning. I am afraid that the residual poison in the body will suddenly recur. It is unknown."

Naturally, there is no problem with the ginseng soup. After Cheng Shuang sniffed it twice, his complexion suddenly changed, and he walked to the couch and whispered something to the master who applied the acupuncture.

Han Ling frowned tightly: "Concubine Ling, what kind of incense do you use in your palace?"

The imperial concubine was taken aback: "It's ambergris from the House of Internal Affairs!"

Han Ling told the imperial physician, "Go and see!"

The imperial doctor opened the censer, and after examining the other side, he replied to Hanling very cautiously: "Your Majesty, it seems that there are bougainvillea flowers in it!"

Han Ling was furious: "Come here!"

Li Yu hurried forward: "The servant is here!"

Han Ling ordered: "Prepare to step forward, move the Long Live Lord to the Xianfu Palace, lock up and down the Changchun Palace to the back hall, move the Ruigui, Lu Changzai, and Wang Changzai to the Yikun Palace for custody separately, without me If not, no one is allowed in or out!"

Li Yu glanced at Imperial Concubine Ling: "Master Ling, Master Ling—"

Han Ling hummed: "Huh?"

Li Yu hurriedly agreed: "Hey!"

The noble concubine was caught off guard: "The concubine is wronged!"

Han Ling had built up her prestige for a long time, and the emperor was not in danger. The imperial guards naturally followed the empress's lead. They moved the chariot, sealed the palace, and the huge main hall of the Changchun Palace instantly became depressed.

The empress dowager who rushed to hear the news was quite frightened: "Empress, what's wrong with the emperor?"

"The emperor has been busy with state affairs recently, and the dragon's body has suffered a loss. In addition, the private use of forbidden incense in the Changchun Palace has aroused the remaining poison in the emperor's body. This is why—" Han Ling raised her forehead with her hand. !"

The empress dowager, who had nowhere to vent, threatened the imperial doctors with the lives of the nine clans.

Concubine Shu and Wanfei stepped forward to persuade: "The emperor has been in danger several times, and his master and empress have brought back to life. The emperor is the son of the real dragon, so this time he will naturally turn danger into good luck."

At this point, the empress dowager had no choice but to trust her daughter-in-law.

Concubine Ying was clever, thought for a while and said to the queen mother: "The emperor suddenly fell ill, and the princes want to come in to take care of the sick. People in the court must be panicked. The master and the empress are incapable of defending. Please support the queen mother and don't cause trouble. "

The Empress Dowager was about to answer, but Li Yu had already come in and announced: "Prince Zong, Prince Duan, and Elder Brother Yuqing Palace welcome you."

Now is the critical juncture of Yunnan's deployment of troops. The emperor cannot hide his illness from his ministers.

Zhang Lei went out in person and passed the four princes Yongrong, Yongxuan, Yongjue, and Yongxuan into the harem with the prince.

Prince He proposed: In the 28th year of Qianlong, the emperor was infected with the epidemic in Chengde; in the 31st year of Qianlong, the emperor was seriously ill in Jiangnan (to speak to the outside world), and the prince of the clan supervised the country during the period. Now the emperor is in a coma. The six, eight, nine, ten, and thirteen princes were temporarily in charge of the government, and the six, eight, nine, ten, and thirteen princes assisted the queen and took on the important task of serving the emperor.

The Empress Dowager had no other ideas, and after consulting the princes, she said, "Just do as Prince He wishes!"

Yongrong patrolled around, because he asked the Queen Mother for instructions: the third brother, the eleventh brother, and the twelfth brother have not entered the palace, the fourteenth brother and the fifteenth brother are still praying in Lama Temple, the emperor's father is seriously ill, should they all be summoned? ?

The Empress Dowager asked Prince He again: "Hong Zhou, what do you think?"

"My humble opinion, the most urgent thing is to stabilize people's hearts!" Prince He thought for a while and said to the Empress Dowager, "The third elder brother gave birth to the heir to Min Baylor, and the twelfth elder brother gave birth to the heir to Prince Duanrong. Yu Li, they are all the descendants of the first emperor, and even if the sons and ministers entered the palace, if they concealed something from King Xunjun and Prince Duan, it would hurt the justice of the Empress Dowager; At the moment, praying for the emperor is also a matter of urgency."

The Empress Dowager nodded: "Alright!"

Immediately afterwards, the empress dowager met with the great scholars Fu Heng, Yin Jishan, Ali Gun, Liu Tongxun, Kang, Ping, Jian, Xian and other clan kings in Shoukang Palace, and issued a decree that the clan princes should supervise the country until the emperor recovered. .

As Prince He said, there are precedents, the kings and ministers do not have the problem of accepting unscrupulousness, they are more concerned about the emperor's health.

Prince He answered truthfully, and then suggested to the Empress Dowager: "Emiang, why don't you invite all princes and adults to go to Xianfu Palace to greet you."

The emperor was indeed ill, not under house arrest, let alone dead, for the sake of Prince Zong's reputation, it is necessary to invite the pinnacles of the pagoda present to be witnesses.

In the minds of the kings and ministers, this is a matter of going through the motions: the queen must have selfishness, the emperor has passed away for at least two years, judging from the current favor of Jingren Palace, she has no motive to kill her husband at all, as for the prince of the clan— —Whether intentionally or not, he may not have the ability to murder Junfu.

Among the four academicians, Fu Heng is the father-in-law of the tenth son of the emperor, Yin Jishan is the father-in-law of Yongxuan, Ali Gun is the father-in-law of Princess Heyi, and Liu Tongxun is the Hanchen most favored by the emperor. It should be said that the four of them directly represent the The Quartet forces related to the big position outside the sphere of influence of Jingren Palace! (Ten sons of the emperor, sixth son of the emperor, eighth son of the emperor, Hanchen Group)

The emperor's fever had subsided slightly, and he was still in a coma. Han Ling didn't hide his secrets, and explained the ins and outs of the matter to everyone frankly, and finally added: "The queen mother and I are both women, and we don't understand the affairs of the outside world. Just one thing, just don't delay the emperor's business, and when the emperor is safe, you will never forget your hard work, I thank you all on behalf of the emperor!"

The kings and ministers hurriedly saluted: "I dare not!"

Prince Xian asked: "According to what the empress said, the empress of the Changchun Palace is suspected of treason. I wonder how the empress dowager and the empress will deal with this?"

"Killing the emperor, what good will it do for the imperial concubine? Although I put them in custody, I still understand in my heart that this matter may not be because of the intention of the imperial concubine. Using the right amount of mandala can actually help you sleep and calm your mind. As a result, the emperor is not the only one who smells the incense. I don't know if the emperor got sick because of the incense. After all, we want to give the prince Gege a face, so we can't just wrong her." Han Ling added, "Of course, the violation of According to my decree, it is the concubine's crime to neglect the health of the Long Live Lord Dragon, and to use the forbidden incense without permission! She has no intentions, and when the emperor is safe, I will punish him according to the palace rules, please rest assured."

All the kings said yes one after another, and praised the queen for being considerate and fair, and living up to the emperor's trust in her.

Fu Heng asked for instructions: "Princesses don't know about it yet, but do you want to order all the concubines back to Beijing to serve the emperor?"

One more sentence: The emperor's sons-in-law were all sent out by Lao Taiyue on business.

"You guys discuss it yourself, what do you expect me to weigh?" Han Ling thought for a while and said, "It's useless for them to come back with me and my brothers here. God, let’s see and then talk about it?”

Fu Heng bowed and agreed: "What the master and empress said is true!"

"The imperial concubine is seriously ill, so she can't be without someone to serve her." Han Ling turned her head and told Concubine Shu Ying, "Concubine Wan, Concubine Xin, Concubine Ji and I are here to guard, you take Concubine Yu, Concubine Qing and others Yongzhang Fujin, Yongjue Fujin, Yongyan Fujin, and Yongying Fujin went to Ningshou Palace, and they were divided into two shifts to serve the imperial concubine, if there is something urgent, send someone back to me immediately!"

Empress Dowager Wen Hui is already 86 years old, and her status is one of the most important. The so-called "rare things are more precious", she is now the only surviving widow of the emperor Kangxi's harem, and she can't because of the emperor's illness Snub the old lady.

Concubine Shu and Concubine Ying agreed in unison: "The concubine will obey the order of the master and empress."

There is the prince of the clan outside the court, and the queen in the harem. Everyone put back the heart hanging in their throats: success!The capital cannot be in chaos, even if the emperor really—

The empress herself, who was praised by everyone, made the boss's embarrassment: one must not be two, relying on the epidemic in the 28th year of Qianlong, she wiped out the opposition forces in the entire harem, and because the layout was too clever, the emperor became suspicious of herself , the matter has come to this point, if the stick kills the imperial concubine Ling, if the emperor wakes up, he will be more guilty; Yirui's nobleman turned his back on the water, Jingren Palace might be the only one who changed hands.

Once the imperial father fell ill, the saddest thing was Princess He Xiao, who kept asking Han Ling beside the bed: "Emiang, what's wrong with Ah Ma, what's wrong with Ah Ma?"

Han Ling couldn't bear it anymore: "Don't worry, your Ama will wake up tomorrow."

This time, it was similar to the last time. Hongli woke up the next night. Although he couldn't get up immediately, his consciousness gradually recovered. Hanling taught Yongrong to explain the arrangements for the past two days, and comforted her husband: "Fourth brother, you are tired. The imperial concubine used medicines in the palace, and the Changchun palace used incense indiscriminately. I don't know which one did not treat the symptoms. Instead, it hooked out the residual poison of He Zhuo. When you are safe, The concubine carefully checked the medicinal materials from the Ningshou Palace and the incense from the Changchun Palace, and if they are not in order, they can come up with a once-and-for-all solution.”

"You haven't called me fourth brother for a long time!" Hongli patted his forehead, "He Zhuo's bitch—"

"Everyone is gone, no matter how much you resent, what's the use?" After ordering the imperial doctor to ask for his pulse, Han Ling turned to ask Yong Rong, "Which lord is on duty today?"

Yong Rong replied, "It's Uncle Fu Cha."

Han Ling asked Hongli again: "Are you calling him now, or after dawn?"

Hongli raised his hand: "How is my health?"

Han Ling replied: "The concubine is always thinking about it, and always takes precautions. There will be a day when I can't prevent it like this. The concubine is bold. When you come back to Da'an, I will discuss it carefully with the imperial physician. Relying on the emperor's order Basically, use a method of detoxification to expel all the poison that can be touched, and then slowly recuperate. It may take three years or a year, and there will always be a day of recovery, better than now, Chief Minister The concubine followed in fear."

"We are husband and wife, you are too careful!" Hongli comforted, "If it is not good, how can I blame you for this?"

Han Ling couldn't help laughing: "You don't know, Xiao Shiyi can press thirty times a day, look at that posture, if you don't recover, she can entangle with her concubines endlessly! It's only now that I regret not studying medicine well Woolen cloth!"

"Ama, Ama—" Said that Cao Cao arrived, and Princess Hexiao, who lives in the side hall, rushed over immediately, "You finally woke up!"

Hongli looked at the little daughter whose eyes were swollen into walnuts, and couldn't help laughing at her: "I'm an adult, and I still cry."

Han Ling pushed her daughter away: "Your Ama just woke up, don't disturb him to rest here."

Hongli smiled and said: "It's okay, after lying down for so long, it's good to let Xiao Shi talk with me!"

Han Ling told Concubine Xin, got up to look at the medicine, and heard Princess He Xiao say from behind: "Ama, elder brother gave me a pair of celadon from Longquan Kiln, which was produced in Jiajing in the previous Ming Dynasty. There is only such a pair in the world." , I will keep one and give one to Ama, okay?"

Hongli's voice gradually faded away: "Okay, when Ama is ready, I will pick a perfect forehead for Xiao Shi!"

Han Ling couldn't help but shed tears: If I knew today, why bother!Since I am in the royal family, I can't help but experience such sadness and grief!

The author has something to say: I have thought about it, and there will be three extra articles that must be written in the future: first, the confession of the heroine around the "Twelve Palace Training Picture" (I don’t know if any readers remember the palace training picture); Second, Wangchuan's Aixinjueluo Hongli (referring to Chapter 64 of the story); third, the heroine in Yongxi's eyes.