First Prince of Qing Dynasty

Kangxi flipped through the evidence in his hand, and heard Liang Jiugong's reply.

"Chunying did buy a bottle of fragrant snow orchid incense from Li Ping, the guard of Shenwumen, at a high price, but it was after Xiao Gege died of illness. The slave captured Chunying. At first she refused to admit it. Li Ping confronted him, and the evidence was conclusive, so he had to tell the truth.

"Two days ago, she went to the House of Internal Affairs to obtain the title of imperial concubine. It happened that she was preparing to distribute cosmetics and incense to the palaces there. The eunuchs in charge of this matter said that they had bought several new fragrances this year. Light and elegant, enduring, I think it will be very popular with the nobles. After hearing this, Chunying was a little curious and asked a few words.

"The eunuch saw that she was a celebrity by the imperial concubine's side, so he took her to see it and gave her a smell. This batch of new makeup powder did not contain fragrant snow orchid, so Chunying didn't care. Maybe it was the place where the incense was stored on the way. When she was in bed, she accidentally came across an infection, and Chunying didn't know about it, so she went back to Chengqian Palace.

"When little Gege passed away, Chunying didn't know that it was Xiang Xuelan's fault, but she turned around and found that something was wrong with the imperial concubine. At that time, the prurigo had just begun to appear, and the imperial concubine and others were sad for little Gege. Did not notice.

"Chunying has served the imperial concubine for many years. Seeing this familiar symptom, the first thing that comes to mind is Xiangxuelan. Then thinking of the sudden aggravation of Xiao Gege's condition, and the symptoms at that time were similar to those of the imperial concubine when she was seven years old, she realized that it might be I accidentally got into a big disaster.

"She was so frightened that she almost lost her soul. She suddenly felt five thunderbolts, but she didn't dare to show it in front of the imperial concubine, and she didn't dare to let anyone know. If this matter was discovered, how could she survive? I know how precious the imperial concubine is, Little Gege. The imperial concubine will definitely not expose the death of little Gege lightly.

"Besides, sooner or later all the pruritic rashes on the imperial concubine will come out. At that time, the imperial concubine will be alert and think about it. So in order to save her life, she thought of a trick. Li Ping, who has been fawning on her, bought it at a high price. A bottle of freesia fragrance, put it on Little Gege's cradle and the nanny's clothes, trying to put the blame on the nanny, and she will be exonerated.

"But she didn't expect that Concubine De would be involved because of what the wet nurse had said to Concubine De. So that things got out of hand. And the emperor quickly issued an order to thoroughly investigate the people who entered the palace, and directly arrested Concubine Li. Ping caught it straight."

At this point, the matter finally came to light.

Did someone murder Xiao Gege on purpose?no!Everything is wrong.But Kangxi couldn't accept such a mistake.Because of the fault of a servant girl, his own daughter disappeared.And because this slave wanted to protect herself, Concubine De suffered an injustice and stabbed her heart.

What are these things!

Snapped!Kangxi threw away the testimony and kicked over the table!

Liang Jiugong bent his body even lower, not daring to make any sound.

"Did the imperial concubine get the letter?"

Liang Jiugong shook his head: "Because Chunying is the person next to the imperial concubine, without the emperor's permission, the servant dare not reveal the news."

Just as Kangxi was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard a small yellow gate outside the hall hurriedly report: "The imperial concubine is not well!"

Kangxi was shocked and hurried to Chengqian Palace.When I saw Tong Jiashi, I was taken aback.But within a day, Tong Jia was so emaciated that she was so weak that she didn't even have the strength to sit up from the bed.

Kangxi looked at the imperial physician who was treating him: "What's going on?"

"The imperial concubine's popularity will not stop, if this continues, I'm afraid..."

"Xiahong?" Kangxi was stunned, and it took him a while to realize the meaning of these two words, and frowned, "The imperial concubine has been in labor for a month, didn't she have been fine before?"

The imperial physician sighed: "Little Gege was born in a very difficult situation. The imperial concubine's vitality was seriously injured at that time. These days, after several imperial physicians in the imperial hospital negotiated and consulted together, she slowly recovered. If there is no accident, the situation will improve a little bit. But who would have thought that little Gege passed away suddenly from a serious illness, the imperial concubine was overly sad, and the situation took a turn for the worse.

"When I showed the imperial concubine the prurigo before, I noticed that something was wrong. I specially told the imperial concubine to take care of her health, and told the people in Chengqian Palace to take good care of her. The imperial concubine should not be tired, let alone be stimulated. Who knows In less than two days..."

Kangxi was dumbfounded.Don't be stimulated by any more... It is self-evident what this stimulus is.

Although Tong Jiashi still doesn't know the whole story of Chunying harming Little Gege.But Liang Jiugong took him away directly in Chengqian Palace.Hearing that Tong Jiashi was shocked at the time, he couldn't believe it.But she didn't forcefully stop her, and she must have guessed that Xiao Gege's death had something to do with Chunying.

Although Chunying is a servant girl, she has an unusual relationship with Tong Jiashi.He had heard Tong Jiashi mention Chunying's life experience many times, and even threatened to ask him for a favor to help Chunying choose a good family and release her from the palace in two years.

The confidant who has been with him for many years is the chief culprit who killed his own daughter. How can Tong Jia accept it?

Kangxi sighed: "You only said how to treat it now!"

The imperial physician was in trouble, so he said bravely, "Your Majesty, I am incompetent!"

Kangxi was shocked, what did these words mean that he could not be cured?He hurriedly sent someone to invite all the imperial doctors from the imperial hospital.But what they said was similar, all implying that the imperial concubine was dying, even Yuan Zheng was the same.

Kangxi turned his head to look, Tong Jia's face was lying without a trace of blood, his lips were white, his slender body didn't even have the strength to sit up, it was exactly the same as when he was dying of illness two years ago.

It's just that he didn't know that Tong Jiashi was acting that time, but this time it was real.

In the end, the hospital envoy came up with a solution: "You can try acupuncture."

Kangxi's eyes lit up, "That's not going to be used soon!"

The hospital envoy was very embarrassed: "Acupuncture and moxibustion pay attention to acupoints, so you need to take off your clothes."

Who is the imperial concubine?She is the emperor's woman, how can she let other men touch her!

Kangxi frowned.

The court envoy said again: "I heard that the eldest lady of Hui'an Bofu studied medicine with her father since she was a child. She can recognize acupoints and also learned acupuncture. If you can invite her over again and let her do the work, I will guide you through the screen, maybe it is feasible. "

Not a bad idea.Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief, and turned around to ask someone to summon Miss Liu into the palace again.

It was so busy again, Kangxi sat in the outer room and waited for two hours, the imperial physician and Miss Liu finally came out.

"The imperial concubine's redness has temporarily stopped, and she has come to her senses. Weichen will prescribe another prescription, and eat it first. If it doesn't repeat in the past two days, it will be considered stable. But before that Pay more attention, maybe there will be a time when you need to give needles."

Kangxi immediately ordered someone to clean up the house, and invited Miss Liu to stay in the palace for a few days.

However, the imperial physician was still frowning: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing. With the situation of the imperial concubine, I am afraid that she will not be able to conceive an imperial heir again."

Kangxi was stunned, he had no shortage of children, but he still hoped to have a child who would continue his and Tong Jia's bloodline.During the months of Tong Jia's pregnancy, she always dragged him to talk to the baby in her belly.At that time, he also imagined what the child would look like, whether it was a girl or a boy.

Later, Xiao Gege was born, although his body was weak, but his eyebrows and eyes were two parts like him, and three parts like Tong Jia's, and I was very happy.Who wants to...

Today he saw Tong Jiashi almost couldn't get over it with his own eyes, even when he was giving acupuncture, he drank ginseng soup twice.Now that he knows that he can save the person, he doesn't force the child anymore.

Kangxi waved his hand: "Don't let the imperial concubine know about this for now."

This was said to the imperial physician, and also to everyone present.

After entering the room, Tong Jiashi was really awake, drinking water under the service of Chunzhi, saw Kangxi, and called out: "Your Majesty!"

The voice was as weak as a mosquito, and the pale elbow wanted to lift up, but it fell down in mid-air.Such a good person suddenly became like this, Kangxi felt very uncomfortable, and hurriedly told her to rest well without getting up.

At this time, Tong Jiashi really couldn't get up when he thought about it, so he agreed, took Kangxi's hand and asked, "Chunying... Is Xiao Gege, is it her..."

"Don't worry about it, I have these! You just need to take care of your body. I will take care of the rest."

Kangxi originally had good intentions, and didn't want Chunying's matter to irritate her any more.But the more he kept silent, the more uneasy Tong Jia became.

Chunying has been with her for many years, and now she is going to die, or for her, how can she not be sad?

Furthermore, even though Chunying said that she would take care of everything, she knew Liang Jiugong's ability.The chief eunuch in the palace has dealt with so many secrets.After all, Chunying is a weak woman, once tortured, who knows if she can't bear it and shakes out?

Even if Chunying withstood the torture, she carried it all by herself.But how did she carry it?How are the words round?Is there a loophole that Liang Jiugong found suspicious?

So Tong Jia thought about it, worried about Chunying's life, and worried that she would be exposed.Heart stalemate, like a fire.I had been sustaining myself on one breath, but after such a fever, I couldn't hold it any longer, and fell ill directly.

"Your Majesty, this concubine is Xiao Gege's biological mother and Chunying's master. You tell this concubine... tell this concubine the truth! Concubine must know what is going on! Concubines take care, how can concubines take care of themselves?"

Seeing her like this, Kangxi had no choice but to talk.

After listening, Tong Jia was dumbfounded for a long time.

"Chun Ying..." She had a sore nose, tears streaming down like beads.

Chunying did it, and she carried everything alone.Not only that, but the story is well organized.There was no mention of framing Concubine De.This matter cannot be mentioned.When it was mentioned, it was Chunying who pleaded guilty and said that she did it.But why does she, a servant, have trouble with a concubine?No matter what the reason is, it will make people think of themselves as the master.

Kangxi and Liang Jiugong are not fools.

So Chun Ying only said that she hurt Xiao GeGe, and the reason couldn't be intentional.Otherwise it is unreasonable.It can only be a coincidence.And it was even more unexpected that Concubine De was involved.Only in this way can things be uncovered.

spring warbler...

I'm afraid that this countermeasure was not thought of on the spot, and Chunying probably thought of the consequences when she ordered her to buy Fragrant Snow Orchid, prepared her words, and prepared to die.

"Chunying, she...she..." Tong Jiashi's throat choked up, and there were thousands of words in his heart, but he couldn't say a word to Kangxi, so he could only turn his face and suppress all his emotions.

Kangxi thought that she couldn't accept this fact, and persuaded her: "I know that you usually like Chunying the most. Who would have thought that it was her carelessness that hurt Xiao Gege. If she can be more careful, or follow up with her in time afterwards You admit that things would not have turned out like this. It can be seen that she really wasted your love for her.

"I said before, I will give you an explanation about Little Gege. Now that the culprit has been caught, I can't spare her. Do you have any other requests? If you want to deal with her personally, I will follow you .”

Tong Jiashi opened her mouth, but finally shook her head: "No need! I don't want to see her again. Let's do as the emperor wants. Let... leave her a whole body, and it will be considered the end of her friendship with me. "

Kangxi sighed: "You! She has caused such a big disaster, and you still think about your friendship with her."

Tong Jiashi said bitterly: "Let the emperor see a joke."

Little Gege is the tip of her heart, and Chun Ying harmed Xiao Gege.She must not let it go lightly.Otherwise, wouldn't it be suspicious?But the truth inside is not like this.If she was really asked to deal with Chunying, what would she do?Now that the matter has come to this point, the best way is to not meet each other and leave it to the emperor.Asking the emperor to leave the whole body is the only thing she can do now.

Everyone knows her relationship with Chunying, this request is reasonable, Kangxi didn't go into it, but felt more sorry for her suffering, grateful for her kindness at this time, and felt a little more pity for her , the tone became softer.

The two of them here are in a warm relationship. In the Yonghe Palace, Concubine De is cutting the lanterns while listening to the news from Yuchan.

Yuchan sighed: "It's a good move for the imperial concubine to abandon the car to protect the handsome, abandon Chunying, and leave herself clean. She walked through the gate of hell again today. The servant girl looked at the dangerous situation. It doesn't seem like a fake. The emperor I don't know how distressed it is. We worked hard to expose Li Ping, but we didn't expect such a result."

Concubine De smiled: "There is nothing unexpected about this."

Yuchan was stunned.

Concubine De said: "Do you really think that Li Ping can bring down the imperial concubine? I dare not think so."

"That lady..."

"You only see the imperial concubine disregarding her ties, but why don't you see that she has lost her left hand and right arm? There are so many palace people in Chengqian Palace, in terms of loyalty and ability, who can beat Chunying? You Why did Tong Jiashi let Chunying do everything? Isn't it because Chunying is safe and reliable?

"She is also a great court lady, Chun Zhi's loyalty is not lacking, but her ability is not enough. Now that Chunying is gone, Chun Zhi doesn't have her level of ability. Can she support the palace affairs of Chengqian Palace and take all the slaves down? It's not necessarily shocking. If the imperial concubine wants to find another helper like Chunying, I'm afraid it will not be easy. If she wants to do something in the future, it will be difficult."

Yuchan suddenly realized.

Concubine De said again: "The emperor loves her right now. But her body is ruined, and she will never be able to have children in the future. How long can the emperor's love last? Newcomers come in batches in this palace, and the concubines have no children. , just like the flat boat in the water, it can only be swayed by the wind, and it cannot stand without roots.”

Yuchan thought, from this point of view, they gained a lot in this round.

The scissors in Concubine De's hand clicked to cut off the candle flame. She looked at the piece of lantern that fell, her eyes were deep, as if there was a cold light flashing through her eyes.

She has always known that if she wants to go far in the palace, she needs to be low-key and calm, and not to act rashly.But Tong Jiashi resented her too much. Since she came to power, all kinds of overt and secret targets have never stopped.

She had endured it before.Unexpectedly, her concession did not bring Tong Jiashi enough to stop, but instead made Tong Jiashi think that she was easy to bully. In the past two years, her actions have become more frequent, and they are not only aimed at her. Recently, she has become more and more fond of using Yinzhen as a raft.

He attacked Yinzhen several times and tried to provoke Yinzhen to turn against her. Do you really think she is dead?How dare Mrs. Tong Jia treat the empress of the other palace like this?dare not.

If she didn't move once, Tong Jiashi thought she was really a soft persimmon, who could be kneaded casually.Like to use children as rafts?OK.That being the case, she will fight an eye for an eye, and let Tong Jiashi have a good taste of this for herself!

Tong Jia's family was hit by this, and he could calm down for a while, and Yinzhen could live a good life in peace for a few days.

Furthermore...

Little Gege passed away, Tong Jia's family was critically ill, Chengqian Palace was bound to be disrupted.This is her chance.

The sharpness in her eyes flashed away, and Concubine De returned to normal in an instant. She turned around and said, "Serve me and rest. I have to see Sister Hui and the others tomorrow!"

……

Tong Jia's illness was so severe that he was in critical condition several times.Kangxi accompanied him every day, even the memorial was moved to Chengqian Palace for review, and he did not go anywhere except to greet the Empress Dowager.Not to mention the other empresses, even Yinreng, who was loved by him the most in the past, is one level behind.

Fortunately, after the consultation and treatment of the imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital, Tong Jia finally survived.But as the saying goes: sickness comes like a mountain, and sickness goes like spinning.The foundation of the body was broken, and Tong Jiashi survived the hell, still weak and lingering on the sick bed.

In such a situation, it is impossible to take charge.The women in the harem gathered together to sneak in and take advantage of various opportunities to whisper in Kangxi's ears.In the end, Kangxi made the decision and handed over the palace affairs to Concubine Niu Colu, and appointed the fourth concubine Huiyi Derong as assistant.

But Concubine Gui has a heavy body and Concubine Yi has a bigger belly than her. Seeing that the childbirth is imminent, both of them know the seriousness.Therefore, most of the power falls in the hands of Concubine Hui, Concubine De, Concubine Rong.

Yonghe Palace.

Kangxi finally found time to sit down, eating the soup in the bowl and couldn't help feeling: "The food here is still the sweetest."

Concubine De smiled lightly: "As long as His Majesty likes it."

"A few days ago, you were wronged."

Concubine De was taken aback, and realized that Kangxi said that she was wronged, she shook her head and said: "As long as Your Majesty trusts your servant, your servant will not be wronged!"

Feeling relieved, Kangxi sighed and said: "The imperial concubine was too sad because of the death of little Gege. She was impulsive and didn't mean to target you. Don't worry about her."

"My maidservant is also a concubine. If you compare your heart with your heart, how can you not understand your mother's mood. If someone attacks the fourth elder brother or the sixth elder brother, I am afraid that the servant girl would like to fight her desperately. Your Majesty, the servant girl understands and will not take it to heart.

"When it comes to grievances, the empress is the most aggrieved. It was so easy to give birth to Xiao Gege, but she disappeared because of the people around me. How can I bear this blow. The emperor should accompany the empress well."

What he said made Kangxi feel a little guilty in his heart.Thinking about it again, Concubine De has always thought of Tong Jiashi in recent years, never contending with him, and even persuaded him to go to Chengqian Palace many times, asking him to be more considerate of Tong Jiashi.But what about Tong Jiashi?She seems to have always been indifferent to Concubine De.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Concubine De was sensible, and Kangxi had a little smile on his face: "I've been a concubine for so long, why do I still call myself a slave?"

Concubine De lowered her head: "Slaves are born like this."

"Among the women in the harem, you are not the only one who was promoted from a court lady. This title should be changed. You are now a Concubine De and a master, and you are no longer someone's slave."

Concubine De's thoughts turned, she hesitated for a moment, and said in response: "Yes! The concubine understands that in the future, she will be commensurate with the sisters of the imperial concubine, and will treat her as her own sister."

The smile on the corner of Kangxi's mouth widened: "Okay!"

Who doesn't want their women to be as harmonious and beautiful as their sisters, so don't cause trouble and don't make trouble?Is it not good to be in love with each other?Therefore, Concubine De has always been quiet and gentle, and her temperament of neither fighting nor grabbing is very much in his favor.

The two talked for a while, and Kangxi saw a few booklets on the table, "This is it?"

"It's the roster of servants in the palace. The emperor asked his concubines and several sisters to take care of the palace affairs. In the past, the imperial concubine and sisters were in charge of this matter, and we are not skilled. If you don't do it, you don't know it. Once you do it, you will find out. Don't look at it." The palace is only this big, but there are a lot of things. So everyone discussed, each person takes care of one or two things, and divides the work. The ministers and concubines are assigned to this.

"Looking at the roster these days, the heads of the concubines are getting bigger, and these are just a few of them who are not important. Now the concubines feel that it is not easy for the imperial concubine and sister. It just so happens that the emperor is here today, and the concubine wants to ask you an idea."

"Oh?" Kangxi raised his eyebrows, "What idea?"

"The concubine found that there are many servants in the palace nowadays. Except for those who serve the master in each palace, there are also many idle courtyards. Most of them are idle and don't have much to do on weekdays. It is often a person's work. , The directors of each hospital assigned two people, or even three people to do it.

"The concubine has thought about it for two days. Although it's not that the palace can't afford to support this group of people, there's no need to spoil them. A new batch of palace ladies will be recruited every few years, and there is no shortage of manpower."

Concubine De glanced at Kangxi, "The concubine has also been a court lady, and I know that some people are here to pick and choose. But some have a lot of reluctance, and always miss home. The concubine wants to ask the emperor for a favor, Can those who are old and not suitable for use be released?

"Little Gege is gone. The imperial concubine is too sad and can't afford to get sick. The concubine is also feeling bad. These days, I always think of Xiao Gege. After thinking about it, the concubine began to think about whether she could do something for Xiao Gege.

"It's a kindness to let these people out of the palace. The blessing falls on little Gege. Maybe God sees the sincerity of the emperor and let little Gege reincarnate?"

Listening to the previous words, Kangxi's expression was calm, and when Little Gege came out, Kangxi stopped immediately, thought about it very seriously, felt that this idea is feasible, and nodded appreciatively, "It's rare that you have the heart."

Concubine De smiled lightly: "The emperor is absurd. Of course, whether to let someone go or not has to be considered. The concubine drew up a list, does the emperor want to see it?"

Kangxi: "Then let's see."

There was a long list of names on the list, Concubine De explained one by one, who is this, who is in the palace, and what is in charge of it now.Listening and listening, Kangxi found that they were all cold palaces who were not very on duty.Indeed, as Concubine De said, a group of idlers with nothing to do.There are only two names that Kangxi thinks are familiar.

"Ilha? Tana?"

Kangxi frowned, the three baby names around Little Gege, Bushunda was dead, and the other two were named Ilha and Tana.But these two names are used a lot among Manchurians, just when he suspected that they were the same name, Concubine De said: "It's the nurse next to Little Gege."

Kangxi turned his head and looked over, with a slight surprise on his face.

Concubine De explained: "The matter of Little Gege has now been found out to be the work of Chunying, and Bushunda was framed. It has nothing to do with Ilha and Tana. Bushunda is dead, Chunying has been dealt with, and Xiao The matter of Gege came to an end. But the sister of the imperial concubine...

"These days, the emperor is worried about the imperial concubine's sister and doesn't care about other things. Since the nurse was not convicted, the Department of Punishment moved them out, and just found a room nearby and left them alone.

"The servants also occasionally heard the palace people talking about it, and only after asking a few more questions did they know their situation. They said that they were seriously injured at the beginning, and they are still lying down.

"As Xiao Gege's nurse, it's a big mistake not to take good care of Xiao Gege. Even if I cut it off. Speaking of this, the concubines are very angry with them. I just turned around and thought about it. He has some kind of friendship with Little Gege.

"Bu Shunda is dead. Since we want to accumulate blessings for little Gege, we can't do more crimes. Therefore, the concubine felt that it would be better to let them out of the palace. Little Gege will be happier if he knows."

Kangxi was ashamed of Concubine De, as well as of Little Gege. After thinking about it, he was finally persuaded a little bit of reluctance at first, and sighed: "I will follow you. The right is for Little Gege. Thanks to you now Taking care of this mess, she is willing to spend such effort, and she is kind-hearted.

"Otherwise, just because she is Xiao Gege's nurse, and there was an incident that happened a while ago, who would ask? I'm afraid I can't take a detour. This is their luck."

Concubine De bowed her head and blessed her body: "Where are the concubines who are kind-hearted and can't rely on the emperor's kindness? Let the concubines say that their fortune was given by the emperor."

In a word, Kangxi was elated.

Concubine De handed the list to Yuchan, "Since the emperor thinks this idea is feasible, the concubine will report it to the concubine tomorrow and discuss it with the sisters."

If you don't have exclusive power, even if you take over the matter, you can't just say a word.I still remember that the imperial concubine is the person in charge, and the other three are co-assisting.Kangxi was even more satisfied.

"Little Gege is gone, and death cannot be brought back to life. Your majesty, don't be too sad, little Gege will be worried in the sky. According to my concubine, Concubine Yi's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and she will give birth soon. Maybe in the palace There will be happy events soon."

Speaking of Concubine Yi, Kangxi suddenly realized that he had been caring about Tong Jia's for a while, and he didn't go to Yikun Palace much.Concubine Yi is pregnant with Liujia, and she heard from the imperial physician a while ago that she is probably an elder brother.It's time to check it out.

Seeing Kangxi's complexion, Concubine De lowered her head, a smile flickered across the corner of her mouth.It was a daydream that Tong Jiashi wanted to use the death of little Gege and his own serious illness to tie Kangxi.Impossible, never possible!