Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty

Chen Xiuming thought that this past trip was not a big deal, so she took her two children with her. Before entering the courtyard, she saw Prince Yong rushing over with Fujin and the children.

Prince Yong saluted and said without waiting for Chen Xiuming to open his mouth: "The imperial concubine, please take care of yourself."

It was only then that Chen Xiuming wanted to understand what Kangxi asked Li Dequan to bring. Since he had already asked Li Dequan to bring the words, his body must be fine. Has it already started?

"I'll take care of myself but I'm a little worried about Lord Long Live. Let's go in first." Chen Xiuming didn't intend to tell 24 and 25 about this matter. No matter how sensible they are, they are still children. If they knew that Kangxi was fine They will not be really sad, and if they are caught by someone with a heart, they will be harmed for the rest of their lives.

As for herself, she can't guarantee whether she will show her feet. She can only hope that she can be upright and not be seen, and that she can be upright so that she won't be held back at this critical moment.

Entering the courtyard, all the maids and eunuchs in the house looked cautious, and all the imperial physicians who came to Changchun Garden in the house were already kneeling on the ground, waiting for Kangxi's decoction to be served and sent in without error.

After Chen Xiuming came, he could only bring the two children to kneel on the ground. Kangxi's pale complexion on the bed was obviously too bad. Although he knew that he was fine now, he couldn't control his trembling.

Naturally, Chen Xiuming served Kangxi to drink the soup. While waiting for Kangxi to wake up, Chen Xiuming thought about his current situation.She is a favorite concubine, or she has two older brothers and mothers. Kangxi values ​​the high-ranking concubine. I don't know how many people will attack her, or use her to blackmail the Chen family.

Chen Xiuming at home is naturally not afraid of accidents, what is afraid of is that the two children will be killed unknowingly.

Li Dequan had to take care of Kangxi's affairs here, and if something happened to her, she might not be able to take care of it. It seemed that it was time to use the people left behind by the Empress Dowager.

Kangxi woke up not long after everyone waited, his voice sounded a lot weaker, "Get up, Li Dequan, bring the imperial decree and pen."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Dequan's voice was slightly choked.

After Li Dequan brought the things, Kangxi forced himself to sit up.

In the short period of time when the imperial decree was written, the elder brothers in the room had different thoughts, only Prince Yong remained the same as usual.

After the imperial decree was written, Kangxi put down the pen and placed the imperial decree beside the bed. Kangxi glanced at Chen Xiuming and said, "Let's all go out, the fourth child stays here."

Several older elder brothers immediately stared at Prince Yong, but then lowered their heads and retreated. Chen Xiuming walked at the end and saw Kangxi smiling at her, and she smiled at Kangxi before turning her head After going out, Li Dequan walked in the last and closed the door.

The conversations in the room could not be heard by everyone, and the sunny sky had turned gloomy at this moment, like an ominous omen, which made people feel bored.

The elder brothers standing outside the house kept making small movements, and the unknown people were walking around at this time. Shisi, who was still on his way, accelerated his forward speed after receiving a carrier pigeon.

No one knew what Kangxi said to Prince Yong, not even Chen Xiuming. When Prince Yong came out, he couldn't stop crying. After Li Dequan went in, he cried, "The emperor is dead!"

There was a burst of crying outside, Chen Xiuming secretly pinched her thigh before tears came out, and started crying along with a group of tearful people.

When Li Dequan came out, he brought the imperial decree to the ministers kneeling outside, Longkodo took the imperial decree and got up and said: "The emperor left the imperial decree before he passed away."

Everyone knows that the imperial decree is to be read out, and the difference in reaction among the crowd after hearing Long Kedo read out the imperial edict is not ordinary. Except that Chen Xiuming knew about this in advance, there is no surprise, and Concubine De has no reaction. The reaction of the elder brother, especially the eighth elder brother, can be regarded as extreme.

"How could Huang Ama pass on the throne to him? Huang Ama usually looks favorably on the old fourteenth, how could it be his turn." Elder Brother Shi has been such a straightforward person since he was a child, and he was very impulsive even in this matter. , just yelled it out in front of everyone.

"This is the late emperor's will. I respectfully invite the emperor to ascend the throne as soon as possible to preside over the late emperor's funeral." Longkodo and Prince Yong are also regarded as uncles and nephews, so it is natural to export and protect them.

"When Huang Ama wrote the imperial decree, we didn't see what was written. Huang Ama and him were in there for so long, and this imperial edict was only taken out after Huang Ama left. Who knows if this imperial edict is true or not!" Ten It's not that elder brother is so stupid that he can't think of anything, it's just that he shouldn't be so prominent at this time.

What was said was also a doubtful point, but Chen Xiuming thought that according to Kangxi's wisdom, he should not let Prince Yong, whom he valued, have any stains, and he was afraid that Kangxi would be careless and omit this point.

"The Lord Long Live once said that Prince Yong is stable in this palace, but he never told this palace that the general is prudent. He only said that the general is a rare handsome talent." Chen Xiuming wiped her tears with a handkerchief Slow down.

When Chen Xiuming was talking, Concubine De closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, there was nothing but sadness in her eyes, but the veil in her hand had been wrung out of shape.

"Long live God has already asked Prince Yong to perform sacrifices, patrol, and handle major and small affairs on his behalf. This is already a sign of today. I wonder if anyone has any doubts?" Ming felt sorry for Kangxi, "Long live Lord and Prince Yong have something to say, why not leave the prince when he is dying?"

"What the imperial concubine said is that the tenth brother just said crazy things because he was heartbroken because of the death of the emperor." The eighth elder brother grabbed the tenth elder brother's sleeve, and then saluted to Prince Yong: "My younger brother respectfully invites the emperor to ascend the throne." Take charge."

"Respectfully invite the emperor to ascend the throne and preside over the overall situation." With one sentence, the escape route was blocked in half, and thoughtful people could only wait until later to make plans.

Prince Yong glanced at everyone, and said, "Huang Ama's body will be moved back to the Forbidden City immediately, and all matters will follow the ancestral system."

Naturally, there was no delay in moving Kangxi's body back to the Forbidden City, even if it was because he was busy going back to the palace, Kangxi's little coffin would not make any mistakes.

At night, Chen Xiuming took 24 and 25 to guard the spirit of Kangxi. The people in the Changchun Garden said more or less and had different thoughts. The night is extremely quiet and can accommodate darkness. Chen Xiuming is finally I feel more at ease with them.

Not long after, Chen Xiuming brought the two children back, and the nanny brought a bowl of medicine to Chen Xiuming: "Ma'am."

I drank all the medicine with my eyes closed, and drank the tea to suppress the bitter taste in my mouth, "Go and see if I'm asleep on 24 or 25, I don't need to wait here, let's all go down."

Chen Xiuming, who had been covering her mouth with a veil all the time, couldn't hold back the itching in her throat and coughed out after everyone left, and was afraid that the waiters outside the house would hear her, so she could only lower her voice.

"Oh, this broken body is really..." Chen Xiuming murmured while coughing too much.

She didn't sleep well all night, Chen Xiuming could only seize the time to have a good rest, otherwise she wouldn't be able to rest when she returned to the palace.

The group brought Kangxi's body back to the capital quickly. On the road, Chen Xiuming opened a gap in the curtain. The houses on both sides were covered with white cloth, and there was no noise at all, only the rolling of the wheels of the carriage.

The palace is also completely white, such a strong white covering the deep winter snow, all the people I saw on the way back to the palace were dressed in white, and they were very cautious.

In the palace, before letting 24 and 25 go back, Chen Xiuming said: "Now there are a lot of things in the palace, be careful. You Huang Ama... don't be rude, you know?"

"Don't worry, Erniang, my son will take good care of 25. Erniang, let's rest first, and I will go to guard Huang Ama later." 24 answered Chen Xiuming's words seriously.

"Ah."

Waking up every morning and evening to go to the Qianqing Palace to kneel, many people couldn't bear it, and there were many elderly ministers who could only grit their teeth and insist. Nian Fang Fujin in Prince Yong's mansion was pregnant and knelt for a few days with an extremely bad complexion.

Chen Xiuming used to think that Nian's child would be damaged at this time, so she asked the nanny to prepare the medicine early. When she saw her face yesterday, she asked the nanny to find out the medicine and boil it. She would not take medicine all year round. Makes people feel strange.

During the Kangxi funeral, Prince Yong, who was on the crest of the waves, did not dare to easily call the imperial physician to avoid being left behind. It is very likely that Nian would hide his discomfort for Prince Yong.

"Great concubine, concubine." Now that Prince Yong has not yet held the enthronement ceremony, the Nian family still calls Chen Xiuming the noble concubine.

"Get up, it's not time yet, let's have a cup of hot tea first."

"Yes." Nian picked up the teacup and opened the lid, and a smell of medicine came out. He looked up at Chen Xiuming, and saw that she was drinking tea.

"What's the matter?" Chen Xiuming put down the teacup and asked Nian Shi who was looking at him, "This tea is what I used to like to drink, and I specially ordered it to be made for you today."

"Thank you, ma'am." The mouth is full of familiar taste, suppressing the thoughts in my heart and drinking all the tea in the cup. It tastes bitter, but my heart feels more at ease.I just don't know how she brought this medicine into the Qianqing Palace.

This morning, Chen Xiuming asked the nanny to watch over the boiled medicine, put it in a pot the size of a hand stove and brought it to the Qianqing Palace, and then asked Li Dequan to deliver the medicine to the old nanny who served the tea at this time.

"If you feel good, come tomorrow and have another drink."

"Yes." Nian is not completely at ease with Chen Xiuming, but she knows that Prince Yong has a close relationship with the two young elder brothers. I'm having a hard time.

Nian could feel a little more at ease after accepting Chen Xiuming. Now her kindness to Prince Yong is mostly for the sake of her children. Even if Kangxi can live a few more years, she can't care about things that will happen decades later.

At night, when he went back to the mansion, Nian Shi and Prince Yong Fujin talked about today's events. Seeing that Nian Shi's face was not as bad as before, Fujin said: "The imperial concubine is smart, so don't think too much about being bad for the child. From now on, I will leave the house a quarter earlier every day."

Everything was very peaceful until Shisi arrived in the capital.

It was Prince Yong's enthronement ceremony that day. The enthronement ceremony of Prince Yong should not have been delayed for so long. For some reason, he insisted on holding the enthronement ceremony after the first seven days of Kangxi.

That day when the fourteenth arrived, he took his soldiers and horses and wanted to break into the palace, but he was stopped outside the palace, and he put away his weapons and pressed him into the palace.

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--Speaking--

Finally, the day is finally here