Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Dynasty

It would be a lie to say that no one was worried about Kangxi's personal expedition to Junggar. This time Kangxi's trip to the palace was not an ordinary tour to the south or east, but to the frontline battlefield with the army.Although it is not true to go to the battlefield to fight against the enemy, but the gunfire has no eyes, and Galdan is not an upright gentleman, so he is afraid that he will use tricks to deal with it. After all, although the Qing emperor's imperial conquest was not fanciful, he can know it after a little inquiring of.

"The empress dowager has already spoken. She must concentrate on chanting scriptures and praying for the emperor. We don't have to go to Ningshou Palace to pay homage for the time being." The other concubines on the throne except Concubine Wen and Concubine Min were invited to Qixiang Palace. So he said, "Since the empress dowager has decided to sincerely worship the Buddha for the emperor, we can't disturb the purity of the empress dowager. After returning, I told the concubines everywhere not to disturb the peace of Ningshou Palace, otherwise we will deal with it according to the palace rules. "

"Not to mention the Empress Dowager, I heard that Aunt Su Ma is also devoting herself to cultivating Buddhism to pray for the emperor. The nobles from my place, Chang Zai, etc., all went to the Buddhist hall to invite the Buddha statue back. It seems that such a phenomenon has not happened in the palace for a long time. "It was those people who acted like this when Empress Xiaozhao and Empress Dowager were seriously ill.Concubine Rong said, "Now we still have to prepare the dowry for the Eldest Princess, but the Eldest Princess is accompanying the Empress Dowager, and the House of Internal Affairs is almost unable to find anyone. This wedding dress must be made."

All the corresponding dowry was arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the wedding dress, hipa, etc. were embroidered by the embroiderer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but there was no one of the eldest princess, so it was difficult to re-measure the scale.After thinking for a while, An He said: "The eldest princess will come to my place in the afternoon. When I see her, I will send a message to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and let them prepare people to measure with me."

"The emperor ordered the imperial concubine to rule the six palaces, and we can do whatever the imperial concubine says." Concubine Hui pinched the handkerchief, and under the slipped sleeve was a wrist wearing a bracelet of tourmaline and fragrant beads. Empress, it is extremely cool here, after all, it is a noble concubine, the cost of this ice is also beyond our reach."

With a son who accompanied him to the expedition, Concubine Hui's arrogance has begun to become arrogant again these days.An He took a sip of sour plum juice, and said calmly: "It is estimated that the girl below just changed the ice, and sprinkled some water outside, it will be cooler than before. Although I am a noble concubine, what should I spend?" I know it myself, if Concubine Hui doesn't trust me, just go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get the records. Come on, I don't have anything to order this time, so let's go."

Concubine Hui couldn't bear to be robbed by An Heyitong, so she could only grit her teeth and get up to leave.

An He blinked his eyes, and said again: "Speaking of which, Da Fujin has been bedridden these days. If Concubine Hui has nothing else to do, she should take good care of Da Fujin. After all, she is in such a body. I'm afraid it's okay for Big Brother to be on the front line." Worrying about it."

Who in the palace didn't know that Concubine Hui was responsible for Dafu Jin's weakness, but it was just that his son was going to make meritorious service when he went to the front line.Concubine Rong and Concubine Yi looked at each other, smiled knowingly, and left Qixiang Palace hand in hand.

After all the concubines had left, An He told Hu Po: "Concubine Wen and Concubine Min also go and talk about it. During this period of time, let them have a good pregnancy and raise their babies, so don't think about it."

"Yes."

The letter sent back from the front line was incorrect. Apart from the prince being able to keep in touch with Kangxi from time to time, An He only occasionally learned about the situation on the front line from the empress dowager. That was because the prince specially selected good news to inform the empress dowager.Kangxi's imperial driver stopped at Boluohetun to direct the battle, but did not go to the front to personally kill the enemy, which made many people breathe a sigh of relief.

The eldest princess's dowry has almost been prepared, and only waiting for Kangxi's class teacher to return to court can choose the elder brother to marry.The Princess Mansion has already been built, and the Eldest Princess was also persuaded by the Empress Dowager to go back. For a while, she stayed in the Princess's house to concentrate on sewing purses and other items. Although she didn't need to make the wedding dress by herself, she had to send a purse to the forehead as a token of affection .

"Master, Brother Six is ​​here."

Although Emperor Kangxi personally marched, the brothers in the palace still had to attend classes, but the riding and shooting was temporarily suspended, and the brothers were given an extra half a day to study their homework.An He knew that Yinzuo would contact archery at the school grounds at this time, but rarely ran back to Qixiang Palace. Could it be because of something?

"Greetings to Erniang." Walking over at noon, Yinxuan still had traces of sweat on his forehead.An He hastily asked someone to wring the handkerchief to wipe his face and clean his hands, and then asked someone to bring sour plum juice, and Yinzuo drank a bowl, "The sour plum juice from Erniang's place is delicious, and the ones in my elder brother's place are all made. It doesn't smell like this."

"I'm getting better at talking good things. Baba came here on a hot day to do something. I look like I was fished out of the water." Yinxuan was still sweating, and the sour plums that An He asked to bring him The juice is not iced, so I'm not afraid of spoiling my stomach, "You didn't study hard at elder brother's school, what's the matter when you come back?"

"You can't hide anything from Er Niang." Yinzuo signaled everyone in the room to leave first, and then played with the jade pendant he was going to wear, "I went to the prince's brother today, but I didn't expect to see Mr. Suo'etu Although I didn't hear what the prince brother said to Mr. Suo'etu, it's just that the prince's brother was in a bad mood after sending Mr. Suo'etu away. Later I inquired secretly, and I heard that Mr. Suo'etu said that the war is urgent , proposed to ask the nine admirals to seal the city gates. But now this is a critical moment for food and grass to be delivered to the front line. If the city gates are closed, wouldn’t the hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line not be able to get supplies? I think it is very inappropriate. That's why I wanted to come and talk to my mother."

What does the emergency of the war have to do with the capital? The Junggar rebels haven't reached the capital yet!An He knew Suo'etu's real intention with just a few fingers. It was to lock Kangxi out of the capital, and even at the cost of hundreds of thousands of Qing soldiers' lives, so that they could fight with him without food and grass supplies. The rebels fought, and if Kangxi died in battle, then Suo'etu would be able to justifiably elect the prince to the throne.

"What does the prince think?" An He asked.

"My son doesn't know." Yinxuan's face was also not good-looking, Suo'etu was too blatant, and he was not afraid of future history books pointing at the crown prince and scolding him for being disobedient and unfilial to usurp the throne.

"There is no need to worry about this matter. I don't think the prince will do it so impulsively." Now the prince and Kangxi are at the time when their father and son are deeply in love. What about Kangxi, who the prince grew up with?The Hesheli family seems to have a big family and a big business, but in fact it is only Suoetu who is outstanding. "Does anyone else know about the fact that you inquired about the news in Yuqing Palace?"

"My son just draws the conclusion just now from the few words of other people, and those people probably don't talk too much." Yuqing Palace seems to be a very luscious place, but in fact only the eunuchs who are on duty beside the prince can do it. I often get rewards, if the little eunuchs and maids below don't say some specious things, how can they get any benefits?Those people didn't send news from Yuqing Palace once or twice, otherwise how could Suo'etu know the news about the prince so easily.

The two sides of the knife-cut tofu are smooth, and those little eunuchs and maids are very slippery.

"Pretend you don't know about this, and don't get involved." An He ordered, "If the prince really has this intention, then you don't have to worry about the brotherhood for so many years, and you should alienate those who need to be alienated."

Yinxuan took a deep breath and nodded heavily.He played with the prince since he was a child, but he couldn't abandon his mother-in-law and his younger brother to follow the prince to do this kind of thing that was poked in the back.

Fortunately, the prince did not follow Suo'etu's suggestion. Perhaps it was just what An He thought. The 16-year-old prince was at the time when he had the best relationship with Kangxi, so how could he do this kind of anger for his own selfish desires? things come.An He asked Zhuang Hai to inquire several times, and found that the prince and Suo'etu seemed to be estranged a lot, and they would not receive any ministers' requests except to discuss political affairs.

Before An He could really breathe a sigh of relief, news came from the front line in mid-July that Kangxi had caught a cold and had been rushed back to the palace by the guards.The empress dowager hurriedly asked the prince to go to the palace with the third elder brother to visit Kangxi who was sick. Although it was just a little cold, but maybe it was because of the thoughts that he had had when Suo'etu proposed, the prince felt very guilty. The soup and medicine were all arranged by one hand, which made the sick Kangxi very satisfied. The scenes of father and son's deep love gave goosebumps to the third elder brother who was watching.

Kangxi withdrew from the front line, but the left and right armies continued to fight.The Right Route Army led by Tong Guogang met the Junggar Army on a narrow road, and had a desperate duel in Ulan Butong.The Left Route Army, which was supposed to be in place to outflank, has been missing for a long time, and Tong Guogang is impatient, so he began to bombard the camel formation prepared by Galdan before the Left Route Army arrived.The artillery provided by Tsarist Russia was powerful, and Galdan quickly led his own army to fight back. Just as the two sides were unable to quarrel, the left army led by Prince Yu and Prince Gong finally arrived. The armies converged to attack Galdan.

But at this time, the elder brother, who had always obeyed the orders of the coach, took the initiative and led a group of soldiers alone to detour to the rear to intercept Junggar's rear defense food and grass, but he didn't want to be discovered by Galdan and surrounded by the rebels.In order to prevent Galdan from capturing the eldest brother, Tong Guogang had to lead people to rescue the eldest brother, and was injured for this.

Prince Yu was so angry that he jumped up and down. Thinking of the secret decree given by Kangxi before, he didn't want to give Eldest Brother any more good looks, so he directly ordered the deputy general to tie Eldest Brother up and push him to the rear.Fortunately, Tong Guogang's injury was not serious, but because of his elder brother's unauthorized actions, the two armies' attacks were relaxed, which gave Galdan an opportunity to escape from Ulan Butong back to Khobduo.

When the news came back to the capital, Kangxi was so angry that he threw Zhezi to the ground, and ordered Prince Yu to send the elder brother back to the capital directly.Suo'etu's party was naturally happy, while Mingzhu's face was darkened, and she didn't dare to intercede for the elder brother when Kangxi was angry.Suo'etu looked at the prince who was very docile beside Kangxi, and stroked his long beard. The prince was still too soft-hearted after all, but it didn't matter, there was still more time left for him and the prince.