[Qing Chuan] The daily life of the seven princes

When Yinyou came to Chengqian Palace, the imperial concubine was reading a book, and she was reading the "Liao Zhai" borrowed from him.

He walked to the edge of the kang and sat down. The imperial concubine looked up at him from the other side, and asked casually, "Why are you free today?"

After asking, she lowered her head and continued to read the book. The story of Mr. Pu Songling was so well written and fascinating that she always wanted to finish reading the story before talking to her son.

Yinyou didn't urge her, but just nodded, seeing that she couldn't see her with her head down, she said again: "School is over."

At this time, the maid brought him a cup of tea, which was plum tea with rock sugar, sweet and sour, which he liked best, and she also put a plate of nuts to pass the time for him.

The little guy kicked off his boots, sat cross-legged on the kang and started peeling pine nuts.

From time to time, he raised his head to look at the imperial concubine. Since he was a child, he felt that his forehead mother was different from other people's forehead mothers.

Other people's mothers like to gather together to enjoy flowers, chat, listen to music, and work as maids.

His mother-in-law only loves to read, even more so than the little princes who went to the study to rectify and study, and the degree of hard work is comparable to that of his Ama and the prince's elder brother.

Moreover, he has always felt that his mother is a person who is as knowledgeable and knowledgeable as the masters of the Hanlin Academy. He knows everything he asks her, and of course there are some that he doesn't know. The contents of the "Four Books" and "Five Classics" are There's a lot she doesn't know, but that doesn't matter.

The important thing is that as long as it is the knowledge that Yinyou is interested in, Eniang will explain it to him in detail. The views and angles are very novel, which Yinyou can't hear from others.

After a while, the imperial concubine finally finished reading the story, looked up, and found that the little guy had peeled a table full of pine nut shells, and the small plate next to it was filled with pine nut kernels.

Yinyou raised his head and asked, "Have you finished reading?"

"finish watching."

Yinyou pushed the pine nuts that had been peeled for a long time: "Eat it."

The imperial concubine asked happily: "Is this specially made for me?"

Yinyou nodded: "Otherwise?"

The imperial concubine picked up one and put it in her mouth: "Then I don't even want to eat it."

"Eat it," the little guy grabbed another handful from the plate and began to peel it, "I'll peel it for you after eating."

The imperial concubine cleared her throat, Yinyou raised her head immediately, and asked nervously: "The weather has turned cold recently, you must be suffering from the wind and cold."

The imperial concubine waved her hand: "No, the weather is dry in autumn, and my throat is a little itchy."

Yinyou nodded, turned around and called, "Aunt Bai."

Bai Lu turned around from the other side of the screen: "Your servant is here, what are your orders?"

"Emiang said that he has an itchy throat, so you ask the small kitchen to cook some pears in rock sugar for her."

"Yes."

After saying that, Bai Lu backed out. The imperial concubine looked at her son with great interest. She could clearly feel that since that serious illness, this little guy paid special attention to her, and he always paid attention to every detail. , take care of her in every possible way, care about her.

When Bailu went out, the imperial concubine also asked the other maids in the room to retreat together.

There were only mother and son left in the room, and the imperial concubine looked at her son: "Why do I think you have something to tell me?"

Yinyou nodded: "Recently, I have been going to Mama Ukuma to say hello every day."

The imperial concubine praised him: "He is a good boy with filial piety."

The little guy said again: "I pestered her and told me many stories."

"She's getting old, and she just wants you and Amador to talk to her." She suddenly realized that her son didn't want to chat with her, but wanted to discuss some issues with her.

"Okay," the imperial concubine held the plate of pine nuts, while enjoying the care of her son, while chatting with him, "Tell me, what did you talk about."

"Talked a lot, mainly about war."

"war?"

Because of the recent war with Junggar, these two words seem to have become a hot topic in the entire Qing Dynasty, not only in the former court and harem, but also in the capital and even other provinces. Everyone discussed it after dinner.

Yinyou nodded: "That's right, we talked about my ancestors, how to unify the Jurchens, sweep through Liaodong, enter the Central Plains, and assess the San Francisco Rebellion."

The imperial concubine asked: "Then how do you feel after listening?"

The imperial concubine thought he was going to say something, "I also want to be as passionate as my ancestors, galloping on the battlefield with pride."

However, the little guy sitting opposite said: "I remember you once told me that the Central Plains is the birthplace of Chinese civilization, and the "Four Books" and "Five Classics" we have learned were created by the people of this land." become."

The imperial concubine nodded, vaguely guessing what he was going to say.

"Before Qin Shihuang ruled the world, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, everyone in this land was constantly launching wars to seize more land and resources."

"Yes, but after Qin Shihuang ruled the world, everyone wanted to resume production, vigorously develop farming and the economy, and actively develop foreign trade, so there was the Silk Road."

Speaking of this, the little guy suddenly digressed: "Dunhuang, that must be a very magical place, I want to visit."

"That was the starting point of the Silk Road. It used to be an important border town and a trade center. There are also Mogao Grottoes and Buddhist art that has been dusty for hundreds of years. You have copied so many Buddhist scriptures and have a deep understanding of Buddhist culture. There is a chance , of course you can go and have a look, but..."

Having said this, the imperial concubine stopped.Yinyou blinked and asked curiously, "But what?"

"However, I think it should have been buried by yellow sand now, and you may not see anything if you go there."

The little guy smiled: "It's okay, then I will take many, many people with me to dig it out."

The imperial concubine smiled and shook her head: "Forget it, we should protect it, not destroy it."

"Okay." He peeled another large pile of pine nuts and put them on the plate in front of the imperial concubine, "Our conversation seems to be running away from the sun, and it will go away at every turn."

The imperial concubine laughed: "This metaphor is so cute, let's bring it back."

So Yinyou brought his topic back like a pony: "My ancestors were hunters, while the ancestors of the Mongols were nomads. They lived in no fixed place. After a long time, they also wanted to To settle down, so they all took a fancy to this piece of land."

The imperial concubine found it very interesting, she couldn't believe that these words came from her son who was under nine years old.

"For the common people, whether we are Manchus or Mongols as emperors, they are all foreigners, and there is no difference. They scold them as much as they want, and they live as usual after scolding. To them, the name of this world does not matter. The important thing is who can make them live a more stable and prosperous life."

The imperial concubine stared at him for a while, then shook her head with a smile.

Yinyou raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you think I'm wrong?"

"No, I'm just curious, how did you come up with such a point of view?"

Yinyou said: "The people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least. That is why the people of Qiu are the emperor, the emperor is the prince, and the princes are the big officials. The princes are in danger of the country, and they will be changed. The sacrifice is done. Sheng Sheng is clean, and there is a time for offering sacrifices, but when the drought is dry and the water is overflowing, the country will be changed."

The imperial concubine ate up all the pine nuts in the small plate: "That's right, it seems that the book was not in vain."

Yinyou continued: "The saints are all against war, but the saints also said that 'although the world is safe, forgetting the war will be dangerous'."

"Ordinary people can't predict who will be the emperor so that they can live and work in peace and contentment, so let me choose for them."

"I don't think that Mongolian will be better than my brother Ama and the prince when they were emperors."

The more the imperial concubine heard it, the more she felt that something was wrong. Did he think too much.

When he was about to speak, he heard the little guy say again: "So, I will definitely defeat him!"

"Hey, just wait a while." The imperial concubine hurriedly interrupted him, "If you want to defeat him, it will be you, Ama, who will defeat him. Why are you making trouble?"

Yinyou slapped the pine nut shells in his hand on the table: "Then how can it add to the chaos? To put it bluntly, I want to protect you and Mama Ukuma. This is our home. I can't let others come to us casually." Come home and drive us out. In a big way, the war will inevitably make the people displaced. We don’t take their territory, but drive them back to their own territory.”

"You?" The imperial concubine gestured, "You are only this tall, and you can beat five of them."

The little guy raised his head slightly: "Don't look at me as cute, like them, I can hit eight of them!"

"Yes, yes, you can kill them without touching your hands." The imperial concubine knocked on the kang table, "You should clean up the table quickly."

The little guy gritted his teeth, with an unconvinced expression on his face: "Aunt Bai!" His voice gradually became softer, "My mother asked you to come in and clean up the table."

Before the servants came in, the imperial concubine remembered and said to Yinyou: "Xiaoqi, you must not mention what we just talked about, especially you, Ama and the prince, remember? ?”

This is the rule between them, Yinyou nodded: "Remember it!"

A month later, Suo'etu and Tong Guogang's negotiating team returned to the capital.Since Kangxi made a decree and refused to cede the land to Tsarist Russia no matter what, the negotiations could not continue.

Although Kangxi threatened the other party by cutting off all trade ties, Tsarist Russia does not buy his account now.Although the trade interests with the Qing Dynasty were a big piece of fat that the Russian Tsar could not let go of, but the business here could not be done, and it would not be impossible to do business with Junggar.

As a result, the current situation of the Qing Empire has not been reversed in the slightest, but has become more and more unfavorable.

However, a bigger blow is yet to come.

Soon after, General Arni of the Qing army came back, and brought back a news that made Kangxi furious.

Almost all the [-] soldiers he brought out were wiped out, and another general who fought with him was killed.

In the court hall, Arni played down the defeat of the Qing army with words such as "the army retreats", "retires first", "also retreats", and "then collects troops and returns", and blames the cause of the defeat of the Qing army on: "Zungar has more firearms, And my firearms soldiers haven't arrived yet."

This battle was fought from dawn to noon, and the Qing army was almost unanimously suppressed by the Junggar army, causing countless casualties.Arni fled in embarrassment, and all the luggage was captured by the enemy. 【Baidu Encyclopedia】

Why do Junggar have so many firearms? Tsarist Russia sold weapons to them on a large scale. Otherwise, such a western Mongolian tribe is fighting every day, or on the way to the war. Apart from herding cattle and sheep, they have no other industries. Where is the ability to make firearms?

Above the court, the ministers began to blame and shirk each other again.The group of ministers who thought that Nerchinsk should be ceded to Tsarist Russia stood up and said that if they hadn't insisted on it, the Russians would not have sold weapons to Galdan, and perhaps they would not have lost this battle.

But those who opposed it also said that in such a short period of time, this batch of anger must not be sold after the negotiation broke down. If the two parties want to do business, who can control it.Even if he gave up Nerchinsk, it would be a loss to his wife and a loss of troops.

Kangxi's brain hurts when he heard it, he doesn't care what happened before, and discussing these things now is an afterthought.

Galdan has already reached the door of the house, less than a thousand miles away from the capital, this is the heart of the empire, how can it tolerate the threat of the Eruts.

The news of Galdan's invasion of the south spread to the capital, and it seemed that the Chinese New Year was about to come. Unexpectedly, the Mongols arrived at the door of the house first, and the people first panicked. Could this year be over?

Everyone responded one after another, and some took advantage of this time to close their shops and leave the city with their families.

Panic seemed to be contagious. For a while, rumors spread that the Junggar army was all elite cavalry, and all of them had advanced firearms provided by Tsarist Russia. It seemed that they would attack outside Beijing tomorrow.

After all, it was a fierce battle. Even if Galdan won a phased victory, his Mongolian army would suffer losses to varying degrees.

Moreover, at this time, the weather is already very cold, which is not conducive to combat.

The key point is that this location is very close to the capital, but far away from her Erut Mongolia, and supplies and reinforcements are faster and easier than him.

Therefore, he only dared to camp outside the Great Wall, showing off his power, but did not dare to move forward.

At this time, although they dared not say it or show it, everyone in the entire palace was in a state of panic. If Galdan really broke into the capital, or even the Forbidden City, what would the female family members do?

On the other hand, the Empress Dowager, who is in her seventies, is not worried at all, she should eat and sleep, she should pay homage to the Buddha...

The emperor was chosen by her and cultivated by her. The old lady has no doubts about the ability of her grandson.

She firmly believed that Xuanye could defend the capital and the country of the Qing Dynasty.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and it has already snowed heavily outside the Great Wall. Under such weather conditions, the Junggar army dare not attack easily, but Galdan is not reconciled to withdrawing them like this, so he can only brave the heavy snow. , Stationed the army on the top of Ulan Butong Mountain.

Everything in the palace is as usual, even if the soldiers are coming to the city, the year that should be passed is still to be passed.

Laba is Yinyou's birthday, but unless you go out with Ama, you don't need to read books, but you still have to practice swords.

There was still a little snow in the early morning of this day, and the nine-year-old boy danced the sword magnificently.With his movements, snow flakes flew in the air and fell around him, the picture was as beautiful as a painting.

Yinyou was dancing sword in the yard, and Mr. Fu was drinking tea on the porch.A steaming pot of Biluochun, the fragrance that hits the face mixed with the coolness of the snow, went straight into Yinyou's nose.

At this time, he heard the master's old but sonorous voice chanting word by word: "The rosy glow on the back of the bow shines on the sword, and the autumn wind gallops out of Xianyang. I haven't received the land of Hehuang, the son of heaven, and I don't plan to look back at my hometown."

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, Yinyou was sweating profusely, but his master was in a good mood, tasting tea and reciting poems.

After practicing a set of sword skills, Yinyou pulled up a sword flower and put Qixing away.

He wiped the sweat from his brow, walked to the corridor, Mr. Fu looked at him and smiled: "Ten years old."

"Nine years old."

"Isn't the false age ten years old?"

"Am I celebrating my first birthday?"

There are not many people celebrating their first birthday these days, so Mr. Fu was rather curious: "Why?"

"Grow up a year later, isn't it good?"

Mr. Fu nodded knowingly, how could the little prince who is loved by thousands of people want to grow up?

He rubbed on his body for a while, Yinyou asked: "What are you looking for?"

"I brought you a little present."

Yinyou looked down and saw that the gift was really small, just a sword tassel made of red silk rope, not to mention getting a jade pendant or a safety buckle or something, it just fell behind the hilt of the sword like that, it always felt weird.

Yinyou asked: "Is this... pretty?"

"It's pretty," Mr. Fu asked, "Where can't I see it?"

Yinyou didn't argue with him either: "Master said it looks good, so of course it is good-looking."

Mr. Fu stood with his hands behind his back, looked at him and smiled again: "This sword is too light, please add a little weight to it for Master."

Yin You shook the Seven Stars in his hand. Although this was not considered an epee, it was not "too light". Compared with other famous swords in the palace collection, it was quite heavy.

The little guy also asked meaningfully: "What weight?"

"Human life."

Yinyou continued to ask: "Can't I kill someone?"

"can."

"Then tie this on for me."

"As a teacher, I hope you have a little more reverence for life."

"..."

"Okay, today is not only your birthday, but also your mother's good day, go and honor her well."

This means that today is a holiday, Yinyou understood, turned around and entered the house, threw the sword to Zhao Cheng, and asked him to order the water to be boiled, and he wanted to take a bath and change clothes.

After taking a shower and changing clothes, Yinyou came to the next yard.

When the servants saw him, they greeted him one after another.Yinyou rushed directly into the house in two or three steps.

"Sixth Brother! Sixth Brother! Sixth Brother!"

The sixth elder brother raised his head from behind the desk. Although it is the Laba Festival today, he will go to the study room to attend lectures for a day, but 120 times of reading is indispensable.

"Xiaoqi?" Sixth elder brother glanced at him, then buried his head and continued, staring at the book absent-mindedly while asking, "What's wrong?"

Yinyou rushed over, grabbed the book in his hand, and patted it to the side: "Don't read it, let's go."

Sixth elder brother ran out after being held by his hand, and the personal servant quickly took the cloak and chased after him.Yinyou took it, shook it off, and tied it for his sixth brother.

Brother Six asked, "Where are you going?"

"Go to Cining Palace."

The sixth elder brother was dragged by his hand, and he had already walked into the yard: "What are you doing in the Compassionate Ning Palace?"

"Greetings to Mama Ukuma, won't you go?"

"Go, of course you have to go."

When I came out, I met the eighth elder brother, and the fifth elder brother, ninth elder brother, tenth elder brother and Baotai who happened to come to play with them.

So the big guys came to the Palace of Compassion and Ning together, the Empress Dowager was just about to have breakfast, when she saw the little guys, she smiled and asked them to sit down and eat with her.

Yinyou ate a large bowl of Laba porridge, served with spring rolls, fried dumplings and small fried dough sticks, and he almost couldn't walk.

After breakfast, he went to the study to read a book, sat down and bowed his head to recite.The Empress Dowager and Aunt Su Ma sat aside, twisting the beads in their hands and listening to him recite quietly.

Except for the fifth elder brother, although the others have learned some Mongolian, they are not proficient, let alone this kind of Buddhist scriptures.I stood aside and listened for a while, but I didn't know what he was reading.

But in front of the Empress Dowager, everyone did not show the slightest impatience, but quietly waited aside, listening to him finish reading.

Yinyou only recited one chapter, which didn't take long, and then he closed the scripture and stood up, and said to the Empress Dowager, "Mama Ukuma, have I read well?"

"Okay, okay, of course."

At this time, it happened that Prince Yu and Prince Gong came to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager with their son Fujin.

Yinyou took the opportunity and said: "Then let's go to Chengqian Palace first."

"go Go."

As soon as the Empress Dowager finished speaking, she saw the little guy leading his brothers, like a gust of wind, blowing out of the palace in the blink of an eye.

"This kid has grown so big, and he is not stable at all."

Although these words were a reprimand, the Empress Dowager's face was full of smiles.

The little guy who was brought up by her in the Compassionate Ning Palace when he just turned one year old, has now grown into a teenager.

Baotai was caught by his Ama in the yard, nagging and asking to study.Yinyou leaned over with a smile: "Uncle Emperor, Mama Ukuma is waiting for you inside."

Prince Yu didn't care about his son, so he hurried in to pay his respects to the emperor's grandmother.

The big guy walked through the Qianqing Palace Square all the way, entered Dongtongzi through the corner gate, and then entered Chengqian Palace.

Sixth elder brother walked among the brothers and looked to the other side calmly. Yinyou grabbed him and pulled him directly into Chengqian Palace.

As soon as the imperial concubine came out of the main hall, she was standing on the platform and was saying "it was still snowing in the morning, and now the sun is out again", when she saw a group of teenagers running out from behind the screen wall.

Yinyou jumped onto the platform and threw himself into Eniang's arms, while the others stood at the bottom of the steps to greet the imperial concubine.

"Er Niang, will you make me a birthday cake today?"

The imperial concubine held his head and suddenly realized that her son had grown to the height of her chest. She smiled and said, "You are still acting like a baby at this age."

"Why can't you act like a baby when you're so old?"

"Brothers will laugh at you."

Yinyou looked back and everyone was laughing at him, only his sixth brother lowered his head, as if something interesting under his feet attracted his attention.

The little guy turned around: "I don't care, I want a birthday cake, a big, big birthday cake."

"Okay, okay, I'll make it for you." The imperial concubine pinched his face, which was still so white and tender, "I'll make you a head-sized one."

"How can it be enough? You have to make a washbasin to eat it."

"..."

The imperial concubine turned around and went to the kitchen in the backyard, Yinyou went to greet his brothers: "Let's play hide and seek, you hide first, I'll look for it."

He is a martial artist with good ears, and he can tell who is hiding where just by the sound of footsteps.

After counting, he was not in a hurry to find someone, but came to the side hall alone, where Yinyou used to live, and the bed and study room remained the same.

Yinyou ran to the desk and rummaged for a while, took out something from the drawer, and went out again.Turning around the screen wall, I saw Brother Six standing there, secretly staring at the door.

Yinyou smiled, mouth-shaped the sixth elder brother, made an appointment with him, and ran out first.

On the right is the East Tongzi, which runs through the entire East Sixth Palace.Going further on the left is the Yonghe Palace, where there is a gate with two eunuchs guarding the gate.

Yinyou looked at the two, and suddenly exclaimed: "Where is my jade pendant? I lost my jade pendant, and it was given to me by Guo Luomafa. Come and help me find it."

The two looked around and found that no one in Chengqian Palace came out to help Seventh Brother find Yupei.

Yinyou also turned his head and stared at the two of them: "What are you doing in the cold, come quickly and help me find it."

Chengqian Palace is a place where the emperor would come and go every three days. The seventh elder brother is also the emperor's favorite prince. He lost something and asked his servants to help him find it. Who would dare not go?

Yinyou pointed to a corner of the palace wall: "Look over there."

When the two were rummaging in the snow with their backs to him, his hands were behind him desperately gesturing to the people inside.

The sixth elder brother understood, and ran into the door without a sound, and then stepped into the gate of the Yonghe Palace.

Yinyou promised sixth brother that he would definitely let him meet his mother-in-law, but he couldn't find any good opportunities, so he could only take advantage of his birthday to bring his brothers over to celebrate his birthday, and then find another opportunity Let Sixth Brother sneak in.

After a while, when the imperial concubine's cake and snacks are ready, I will take some out and give them to the two eunuchs, thanking them for helping me find the jade pendant. At this time, I will take the opportunity to let the sixth elder brother come out.

He thought that no one would notice that no one would go to Ama's place to make a report, but when he turned around, he saw someone standing at the door on the other side with a sinking face.

He didn't know when the other party came over, did he see the scene where brother six slipped in.

"Here it is, I found it!" The little guy bent down and picked up something from the snow, then ran over with a smile, holding the arm of the visitor and coquettishly: "Brother~~"

The fourth elder brother glanced at him, then looked in the direction of the Yonghe Palace, and led him into the Chengqian Palace with his expression still unmoved.

Yinyou walked in and found several other people running out from the backyard.Fifth elder brother asked rather dissatisfied: "Xiaoqi, why don't you..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw the fourth elder brother, and he was somewhat in awe of this elder brother, so he called fourth elder brother.

The fourth elder brother stood there with his hands behind his back, nodded to his younger brothers, and his eyes fell on the eighth elder brother.

The eighth brother knew that the fourth brother didn't like him, so he took a half step behind the fifth brother carefully.

The fourth elder brother just said lightly: "It's cold outside, everyone go inside and sit down."

He ordered the brothers to be taken to the side hall, served them refreshments, and then dragged Yinyou to the side hall.

"You asked Lao Liu to secretly meet Concubine De, have you ever thought about what would happen if Ama found out?"

Yinyou shrugged indifferently: "Nothing will happen."

The fourth elder brother opened his mouth, but did not say the following words.

He doesn't have any feelings for Concubine De, his biological mother, and he despises her actions, but Yin Zuo is his compatriot's younger brother after all, and Yin You is involved, so he has to worry about it.

Yinyou took his hand: "Brother, do you think, if Ama really hated Concubine De so much and didn't miss her, would she still be allowed to live in Yonghe Palace?"

"..."

The fourth elder brother didn't know what to say. After hesitating for a while, he said: "There are so many people and so many things in the palace. How can you manage it? Can you take care of yourself first? A gentleman doesn't stand under a dangerous wall. Ran didn't teach you?"

Yinyou rushed over and patted his chest to comfort him: "Okay, okay, I remember, don't be angry, don't be angry."

"..."

Yinyou's ears are so good, when he walked into the yard, he heard faint crying coming from the Yonghe Palace next door, it was almost time, he had to go out and bring Sixth Brother back.

But this time with the help of my brother, it went much smoother.The two eunuchs received the reward from the seventh elder brother and thanked them again and again, but they didn't notice that someone was sneaking out behind the two elder brothers.

When Sixth Brother came back, he pulled Yinyou and asked, "Did you really lose the jade pendant Master Tong gave you?"

"Huh?" Yinyou said with a smile, "I gave that jade pendant to Aunt Xi several years ago."

Brother Six was puzzled: "Then what did you throw away just now?"

Yinyou spread out his palm, and there was a glass bead lying in it.

The three of them were sitting in the side hall drinking tea, and Fifth Prince suddenly said, "Xiao Qi is acting weird today."

Before entering the house, Eighth Brother was keenly aware of something: "Where is Sixth Brother, where did Sixth Brother go?"

At this moment, Yinyou lifted the curtain and came in from the outside, holding the sixth elder brother with one hand, followed by the fourth elder brother.

While sitting at the table, he complained: "Sixth brother, you can really hide, and you are only willing to come out now."

This year Kangxi was not living a stable life. Some people gathered a group of people to squat in front of your house, coveting everything in your house all the time. No one can live a stable life.

As soon as the new year passed, he resumed government affairs before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Fighting a war is not a simple matter. As an emperor, he needs to dispatch troops and formulate military plans. In addition, he has to raise troops, horses, food, weapons and ammunition and other preparations.

Soon after, the Ministry of War summoned an army of 5 to assemble in the capital.In such a short period of time, so many people can be called together, and it is self-evident how much moisture there is.Auxiliary troops and logistics troops accounted for half, and the actual combat strength was only [-] people.

This did not make Kangxi feel at ease. In order to ensure everything was safe, he sent Suo'etu to the northeast and mobilized 2 people in Shengjing and Meng to participate in the assault.

For so many years, Galdan fought north and south, conquered countless cities, and expanded its territory in order to fight the Qing Dynasty.

No matter how vast the land he occupied, it was nothing compared to the Central Plains.

Every battle he fought, every city he conquered, every inch of land he occupied... everything was just to aspire to the Central Plains like his ancestor Genghis Khan.

This battle is imperative, and as soon as his supplies and Russian reinforcements arrive, he will set foot on the long-awaited land of the Central Plains as soon as possible.

Seeing that the army is about to be assembled and the expedition is imminent, the elder brother once again asked the emperor for orders, hoping to lead the army to the expedition.

This time, Kangxi did not refuse.

In the past few days, he has been discussing the war with his clansmen and ministers.He divided the [-] troops out of the fortress in two ways, named Brother Huang and Prince Shuoyu Fuquan as generals of Fuyuan, led [-] troops as the left army, and left Gubeikou.

Let the eldest son of the emperor, Yinyi, go out with Prince Yu as his deputy.

He was also named the emperor's younger brother, He Shuogong, Prince Changning, as the General of Anbei, and he led 2 troops as the right army at the mouth of Xifeng.

Concubine Hui heard about her son's going to war, neither from Kangxi nor from her elder brother, but from Da Fujin.

On this day, Da Fujin came to the palace to greet Concubine Hui, and wanted to report a piece of good news to her mother-in-law—she was two months pregnant, and she was pregnant with the emperor's eldest grandson.

Concubine Hui was overjoyed, and she sat down with her daughter-in-law, so happy that she didn't know what to do.Touched her pretty face, touched her still flat belly, and finally took her hand and said: "You must take care of your body, don't enter the palace these days, and stay in the Baylor Mansion well." If you keep it, you must live up to it and give birth to the emperor's eldest grandson."

Da Fujin lowered her head in embarrassment. She also wanted to have a grandson of the emperor, but she decided not to have a boy or a girl.

Moreover, the main problem now is not that she gave birth to a boy or a girl, the problem is that during her pregnancy, her husband actually wanted to go out to fight!

As the coach's deputy general, although he may not have the chance to fight on the front line, who can say for sure, if something unexpected happens, it's okay.

It's not just Da Fujin who has this worry, but also Concubine Hui.

She is already at this age, and she has already lost the emperor's resignation.There is only one son under his knees, big elder brother.

If the only son had some troubles, how would she live?

So, she immediately sent someone to send a message to Eldest Brother and called him to Yanxi Palace.

Eldest brother himself didn't tell Concubine Hui about this matter because he didn't want to hear her rambling, but he didn't know that his daughter-in-law ran into the palace to make a small report.

Eldest Brother took a look at Da Fujin: "You still run around when you're pregnant."

Da Fujin turned his face away and stopped talking.

Concubine Hui dragged her son to talk about it, but the elder brother was unmoved: "I am the only adult prince, and everyone is calling at the door of the house. If I don't let anyone go, I can't let Ama go."

Concubine Hui whispered, "Prince...he is already an adult."

The elder brother let out a cold snort of disdain: "The prince has such a small body, he can't carry his hands on his shoulders, what else can he do besides hold the pen?"

Concubine Hui couldn't help but shed tears: "Then if something happens to you, how will you let your mother live?"

The elder brother comforted him: "I will be the deputy general of the emperor, how could he put me in danger, don't worry, Er Niang."

"You are my son, I don't know you yet."

"Okay, okay, don't worry, it's okay." Eldest Brother put his arm around Concubine Hui's shoulders, coaxing her impatiently, "If I perform well in this battle, I won't be in front of Ama Is there a chance for meritorious service?"

Having said that, it is a battlefield after all, and swords don't have eyes, not to mention Concubine Hui heard that the Junggar army used all firearms.In any case, she has to do her best to restore this matter.

After thinking about it, she didn't have much right to speak in front of the emperor, the only one who had the right to speak was the imperial concubine.

Early the next morning, she went to the imperial concubine, first told the imperial concubine about Dafujin's pregnancy, then knelt down and said sadly: "Your Majesty, I don't want to see the little grandson born, so I just want to see you." no father."

"..."

The imperial concubine understood her feelings, and couldn't help complaining in her heart when she heard this: "No one cursed his son like that."

The point is, is this something she can decide?If she has the ability to decide who will go to the general, then she will not be an imperial concubine.

Comparing her heart to her heart, if Yinzhen or Yinyou were about to be sent to fight by the emperor, she would never be less worried than Concubine Hui.

But even so, she would not interfere with Kangxi's employment.

Even if their sons were to go to the battlefield, that was their duty as princes.

You can't just enjoy the supremacy. When it's time to fulfill your obligations, let others do it.

The imperial concubine quickly asked someone to help her up: "Sister, don't worry, since the emperor can let the elder brother be the deputy general, he must have considered his safety."

Concubine Hui shed tears for a long time, and said all the good things, but the imperial concubine was unmoved, and he had no choice but to return without success.

Boys generally have a heart that wants to go to battle to kill the enemy. When they heard that the elder brother was going to go to war, he became the focus of discussion among the younger brothers.

Without exception, everyone is very envious of the elder brother, and hopes that one day, he can also wear the armor, step on the horse, and go into battle to kill the enemy.

However, it is too early for them to go into battle to kill the enemy, so they can only envy Big Brother.

When the army set off, the princes also followed Kangxi to see him off.

In addition to several generals, there were also several important ministers in the court, Tong Guogang and Tong Guowei, two uncles of the state, and Suo'etu who went to the northeast with the army.

Unexpectedly, Yinyou also saw Mingzhu who was dismissed by his Ama two years ago.