The old man in the imperial city

After knowing the truth, Yinzhen still relaxed the affairs of state, and spent time with his younger brother, sometimes sitting on the sidelines and listening to Yinhu teaching Mu Ningqi.

Perhaps it is true what Yinhu said, one can earn one's life with a firm mind, and the Tai Hospital has repeatedly been amazed by the life of the imperial concubine.From their point of view, the birth of the sixth princess is a great thing. Who knew that the imperial concubine would survive for so many years after that.

Concubine Tong died in obscurity in the palace, and died in the position of Concubine Kang. She did not get the posthumous title of concubine, and did not survive the fate of 24 years old.

From the emperor's point of view, this was already an extra merciful grace. If he hadn't thought about Tong Guowei's lineage and there were still many capable officials who could be born, he would have liked to have wiped out even this lineage.

When the third elder brother was 13 years old, he received the imperial edict from the Empress Dowager, pointing out that he would marry Soni's granddaughter, Hesheli, who was the editor of the first-class Bowen library, as the heir to Fujin.

After the decree of marriage was made, the third elder brother went to Qianqing Palace and Compassionate Ning Palace to express his gratitude.

The emperor only said: "After getting married, I will go to the Ministry of War for a walk, and I will be disappointed if I can handle the difference." Let him kneel down.

In the Palace of Mercy Ning, the Empress Dowager sighed a few times when her grandson grew up and mourned that her family was also getting old. It seemed that yesterday when he was three years younger, he pointed to the pits on his face and asked, "Why are there so many small pits on my face, Mama?" My brother didn't have any" silly words, and he got married in a blink of an eye.

The third elder brother really wants to ask, does Huang Mama really love her grandson, why did Er Niang die, is it true that Er Niang killed the fifth brother as those slaves said, and whether Huang Mama also gave up on her grandson ?

The Empress Dowager only recalled the past with him, then took his hand and said: "Don't worry, the location of your newly opened mansion is very good, and the Ai family has taken care of it. When you leave the palace, just live with Fujin and do business honestly." That's right."

From the beginning to the end, the queen mother did not mention Concubine Kang, and the third elder brother was 13 years old instead of three years old, and finally bowed out without saying a word.

After the third elder brother got married, Yinhu lasted for another half a year. It was not until the Double Ninth Festival was approaching that he slowed down the pace of teaching the fifth elder brother, and basically spent every day with the emperor.

It's not that Yinzhen doesn't know many things, but he still thinks that Yinhu can do better, and maybe he can surprise him again.

One day, the two of them were enjoying the chrysanthemums, and Yinhu suddenly asked: "The fourth elder brother said that he wrote a will last year, would you like to let me have a look?"

Yinzhen almost forgot about it, and when he mentioned it, he asked Wu Liangfu to fetch the edict from the secret box of the Qianqing Palace. Yinhu unfolded it to read it, and said with a smile: "The fourth brother also wants me to assist the government under the curtain. Why are you not satisfied with my answer that day?"

Yinzhen also remembered that time when he was at a loss for what to do, with a smile on his mouth: "At this time and at that time, you clearly know what I want to hear, but you don't open your mouth." He said "You are on my heart" for so many years. Jiangshan is not easy.

Yinhu squinted at him: "People in the world say that women don't understand what they say, but fourth brother wants to say one thing and say another, it's hard to guess."

Yinzhen was moved by his eyes: how long has it been, Lao Ba has not been so radiant.

Yinhu turned her face back and said softly, "Burn it."

Yinzhen's voice was a bit rough: "How can it be burned? You said that the disaster will last for thousands of years. I still hope that you will continue to teach Mu Ningqi. Your method is better than mine."

Yinhu pouted and wanted to laugh, but it was difficult: "Maybe my younger brother is not the scourge, but the fourth brother is..."

Yinzhen snorted loudly, seeming to be disdainful or unable to restrain himself to laugh, but he didn't answer.

Yinhu slowly leaned his head over, leaned on Yinzhen's shoulder, and continued: "Fourth Brother, Mu Ningqi is still too young, and he can't afford this burden. I don't worry about him. The Qing Dynasty has been turbulent for three to fifty years. Don't be idle, the fourth brother also rests when it's time to rest, how can the papers be approved? It's not too late to continue to approve after the rest."

It took Yinzhen a long time to say: "I knew you wanted to be lazy, and you tried your best to coax fourth brother by being obedient."

Yinhu laughed softly after hearing this, and said, "I'm sleepy, brother four asked me to rest for a while, just for a while..."

Yinzhen's heart vibrated violently, and he interrupted Yinhu with an eager voice: "Don't sleep! The lamp has not been turned on yet, and Mu Ningqi and Xidan will have dinner together later, today I have your favorite duck tongue soup And chicken bamboo shoot porridge, you can talk to me for a while."

The person on the shoulder murmured vaguely and did not open his eyes.

Yinzhen babbled about the dishes for the evening, slowly talked about the shortcomings of Mu Ningqi's exams, and then talked about Xidan's future marriage, but the people in his arms never spoke or answered.

Yinzhen's heart gradually became empty, and there was a dark place that made people feel very flustered.

The palace people all retreated slowly, and there was a patter of crying from outside the hall, which soon fell down again.

Then the fifth elder brother and the sixth princess came, kneeling in the outer hall, holding back and crying softly.

In the courtyard of the inner court, Yinzhen was still slowly saying: "You are too deceitful, you have to go around so many circles to let me stay alone, for another ten years for Mu Ningqi. If you have a son, you will plan everything for him , but what about us? As long as you can think about me more, you can stay with me for a few more years. "

After a while he said again: "It is said that my heart is smaller than women, but I think your heart is even smaller than mine. You hate me for encircling you for the rest of your life, so you want me to taste the feeling of watching you die in front of me again? The world is the most important thing , then where am I?"

Wu Liangfu kept wiping his eyes outside the curtain.

When the sky was about to dawn, the emperor suddenly asked: "What time is it in September?"

Wu Liangfu replied cautiously: "Back to the emperor, today is the eighth day of September."

The emperor personally presided over the funeral ceremony of the imperial concubine. After that, there was no such thing as the empress dowager's worry about the emperor ignoring the government, mourning and harming the body.Except for the honor and sorrow of leaving court for three days, the emperor soon went to court and discussed politics as usual.

But it didn't seem to be the case. The emperor took the fifth prince, who was almost ten years old, by his side to raise him, and lived in the East Side Hall of the Qianqing Palace.It is said that the emperor asked the fifth elder brother to listen to politics with him after school.

Of course, it is to listen in earnestly and not allowed to make a sound.

The Empress Dowager spoke out to dissuade the emperor when he paid his respects: "The fifth elder brother is too old, and in two or three years after he becomes filial piety, he should discuss relatives. The East and West Palaces of the Qianqing Palace are reserved for the emperor or empress concubines when they sleep, and one elder brother lives What does it look like there? Let Hongrui live in the elder brother's house, and be companions with the second elder brother and the fourth elder brother, and renovate the west second house according to the Chengqian Palace, the emperor thinks it can be done?"

Xu Zhen thought about this matter, it was really a big tree, so he said: "This is my son's sympathy for the fifth elder brother who lost his mother, and it was improper. How about this, the fourth elder brother is also ten years old, and he will also go to Qianqing Palace after the Shangshufang Come and listen to the government."

The queen mother choked, and she had to take a step back for the sake of the fourth elder brother.

So the queen mother turned to persuade the emperor to let the fifth elder brother live alone in the first palace. The fifth elder brother is not an ignorant child, so it is not good to spread the word that father and son sleep together.

The emperor thought for a while and said: "I plan to build another small pavilion in the open space between Qianqing Palace and Fengxian Palace. After repairing it, let the fifth elder brother live there. Or the Yangxin Palace is also ready-made, and it will be cleaned up quickly."

The queen mother stopped, it seems that the emperor is determined.Besides, it's not good for the son to lose his temper.

Because of the abolishment of the San Francisco's preparations for military expenses, the Yuqing Palace was not built after all, and the fifth elder brother moved to the Yangxin Palace for a temporary stay. Of course, the temporary stay lasted for more than two years.However, the emperor later acquiesced that the fourth elder brother could come and go in and out of the Qianqing Palace at will, and he was willing to stay and study with the fifth elder brother.

The queen mother finally acquiesced in this pattern.

After the death of the imperial concubine, the emperor did not recruit any palace servants for two full years.The Empress Dowager sighed to Jing Kong after seeing the charming color of the palace, and presided over another general election with a sigh.

The emperor often did not invite anyone to sleep for more than half a year, and devoted all his body and mind to raising the fifth elder brother.

The fourth elder brother is only a little more than one year older than the fifth elder brother, and he has always lived a well-off life, so he is not able to endure hardships.So he listened to the government with his Huang Ama and fifth brother for a few days, and it was a bit overwhelming.After all, if the emperor didn't rest during the whole listening process, no one could drink tea, let alone refresh his muscles with some snacks.

In addition, in terms of political opinions, the fourth elder brother has a little promotion of Manchu and Han, and his Chinese attainments have made limited progress in the past few years. When Yinzhen played the correct performance in the Qianqing Palace, he had a hard time listening, and his gains were limited.

The queen felt sorry for her son, and had arranged for the fourth elder brother to be a housemate. How could the fourth elder brother, who had just tasted love, want to accompany his younger brother to endure hardships and become a monk?So half a month later, the fourth elder brother still found an excuse to go back to the elder brother's place, and only went to Chengqian Palace every few days to make a show.

The queen mother recruited the fourth elder brother to beat him, but the fourth elder brother complained about the hard life of the fifth younger brother: he got up earlier than the chicken, went to bed later than the mouse, Huang Ama has always been a vegetarian, and the fifth younger brother did not touch anything during his filial piety. A little meaty, it's only been half a month and he almost can't draw his bow.We all came out on horseback, of course we should eat meat and drink milk, grandson don't go back!

The queen mother let out a long sigh, after all, she still lost to that woman's son.

You can't blame that woman for being cunning, you can only blame the fourth elder brother for not being able to bear hardships, and blame the queen for doting on her son and ignoring the overall situation.

After the fifth elder brother, Yinzhen let him supervise the country. This decree did not arouse much opposition, and the clan and Han officials silently accepted it.Even the military officer didn't say anything. Who told the fifth elder brother to go to Zhili to suppress the bandits on behalf of the sky?Although it was a small fight, among the princes, only the second elder brother and the fifth elder brother had been in the military camp, and had slashed people with a knife.

Yinzhen still couldn't feel relieved, he lived on for another two years, until he thought that Mu Ningqi had fully understood how to calmly issue government orders in times of crisis, and then he let his body collapse completely.

This time, there was nothing he couldn't let go of, so the imperial physicians witnessed with their own eyes that the emperor wasted away at an alarming rate.

In the last days of the emperor, he only loved to look at the flowers, trees and birds in the sky in the courtyard of Chengqian Palace.

Mu Ningqi would go to accompany him, and sometimes he would hear the emperor nagging and saying: "You smashed your cup so easily, it's better to leave it for me to think about it. I still have a big box here I didn't drop the cup, you don't come to help me..."

In the 36th year of Shunzhi, the emperor passed away, Prince Rong ascended the throne, and each of his brothers became kings.

The imperial concubine conferred the posthumous title of Empress Xiaoxian, and her posthumous title was Xiaoxian Zhuang and Zhide Xuanren Wenhuiduanjing Empress, and was buried with the emperor in Xiaoling Mausoleum.According to the emperor's will, after filial piety to the empress, women in the palace are not allowed to interfere in politics.

(The Shunzhi Dynasty ended)