Yongzheng period

He had to listen to the Queen's teachings, Xue Baochai knelt down in the hall respectfully, stood up and kowtowed three times, it was considered a ceremony.

The queen said bluntly, "There is no one else here, you are so smart, you should be able to understand the intention of my palace to promote you."

"Yes, my servant is honored by my mother, no matter what I do, I will obey my mother's orders, and my servant will die." Her eyebrows and eyes became more and more obedient.

The queen smiled with satisfaction, "You are outstanding in appearance, and it is inevitable to be favored. I don't need you to do anything for the time being, as long as you are loyal to me - naturally it will benefit you."

"Yes."

Xue Baochai let out a sigh of relief after leaving the gate of the main hall, and Ying'er said in a low voice, "Does my lord really want to listen to the empress?"

The queen made it clear that she was using her, so Ying'er was naturally worried about her little master.

"Otherwise, what can I do?" Xue Baochai said calmly, "Now I have no power to get rid of the queen's control, so I can only try my best to please her." ——But if she can use the right means, she may not be able to make a comeback.She has a cunning mind, and she sees that the queen is definitely not a good master to rely on, but starting from the queen is also the best way to get to the emperor.

Beneath the queen's kind and majestic appearance was a fierceness that even made her tremble.She is conceited and talented, and she is never willing to be a pawn that will be abandoned at any time.From now on, it's up to her whether she is honored or humiliated.

*

After returning to the palace at the end of September, Xue's favor was overshadowed by the Three-Ge Full Moon Banquet—Xue Baochai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, nobleman Cao had to give the title "Xiang" as a token of gratitude, and Concubine Hua asked Yongzheng to decree on the spot to hand over the custody of the little princess to the Cao family—Cao Qinmo was very grateful, and she was even more loyal to Concubine Hua.

For the next half month, Yongzheng maintained a strangely good mood, and it was like a spring breeze when he went to court.

At the beginning of October, Yongzheng issued an edict to formally lift the ban on Yinzhi, the king of Chengjun, Yinfen, the king of Zhijun, and Yinfeng, the deposed prince, on the grounds that the princess had collected blessings.Among them, Yinzhi was sent to the prime minister's "History of Ming Dynasty" to edit and establish a Western-style school; Zhiwang was attached to the house; Warn this cheap second brother, who has grievances with many ministers, to go out less, so as not to get into trouble for no reason.

The third child is a literati, and after being reused, he just immerses himself in his work; the eldest child suffers from the confinement, and after he comes out, he is bored in Zhiwang's mansion; the same is true for the second child.

The three brothers are very stable, but the ministers are very worried.

It’s all right for the eldest and the third, but Yinreng’s release made many veterans who had been persecuted in the Kangxi Dynasty jump their feet; there were not a few clan nobles who had made enemies with Yinreng, and they all asked An Zhezi to talk about Yongzheng; There are criticisms, but the smaller ones are okay, and they are as neutral as the old five, the seven, the old and the twelve.The eighth master and the prince are indeed deadly enemies, and the thirteenth master was not unpopular when he was in the prince's party, and he looked bad at this master.

There was endless noise in the courtroom, and Yongzheng's annoyed poisonous tongue index rose exponentially.Subsequently, three pieces of news in recent years directly turned Yongzheng's mood into a storm and thunder.

In mid-October, Tibetan officials complained about the Tusi riots.Yongzheng sent Prince Heng and Nian Gengyao to lead troops into Tibet.

At the beginning of November, there was no news from the front line, but it was reported from outside the palace that 'Huaike was critically ill'.

In mid-November, the chief eunuch of Jiaolu Pavilion came to report, saying that Concubine Qi was worried about her only daughter and was also critically ill.

【eleven】

Huai Ke is currently the only daughter of Yongzheng who has lived to adulthood. Historically, Yongzheng had only four daughters in his life.The youngest daughter was born to the famous concubine Nian, and she only lived to be three years old before she died.

When Huai Ke was born, she was the only one in Prince Yong's mansion. At that time, her mother, Concubine Qi, was the most favored. Not only did she become a side Fujin, but she also gave birth to three sons for Yongzheng.The most convincing proof is that she got rid of the fate of Fumeng, the fate of the other brothers and daughters of Yongzheng, and married the queen's nephew Xingde instead.

In history, she has followed in the footsteps of Princess Wen Xian—she died of illness within a few years of her marriage.

Yongzheng felt quite heavy in his heart-this little girl is only 17 years old this year, and she should be in her prime.

Yongzheng sent the old imperial doctor Sun Zhiding to Jiaoluguan to treat Concubine Qi, and sent envoys Liu Fangsheng and Yuanzheng of the Imperial Hospital to treat Huaike—only hope that there will be some effect, at least Huaike can meet her mother and concubine .

As for how the imprisoned concubine Qi learned that Huai Ke was seriously ill and she was also sick, and there was no one else but the queen's means-beating a dog in the water is not the character of Concubine Hua.

As for Concubine Hua, Nian Gengyao, who was thinking about going to put down the rebellion, had slightly cold eyes.

"Su Peisheng, let Xia Yi come to see me."

*

Both Nian Gengyao and Prince Heng Yinqi were good soldiers in command. The two of them were invincible all the way, and basically encountered no decent resistance. By mid-February, the capital had received the good news of the successful suppression of the rebellion.

However, Yongzheng was not in the mood for joy—the efficiency of sticking rods has always been satisfactory. Almost at the same time when the news of victory came, Xia Yi sent back a secret letter from Prince Heng: Every word and deed of Nian Gengyao during this battle record.

Prince Dun said bluntly, "Although the scenery is beautiful, the human relationship is cold."

Because of the relationship between Prince Dun and Lord Jiu, Nian Gengyao treated Yinqi with respect, but his words inevitably despised him.Yinqi also "tactfully" pointed out in the secret letter that Nian Gengyao often regarded himself as a hero of Yongzheng, saying that without his achievements, the Qing Dynasty would never be stable; there was also a Tibetan chieftain offering silver and beauties to flatter Nian Gengyao. He never refused; he even engraved the names of the beauties on wooden plaques, and chose the plaque "Lingxing" every night like an emperor.

"Huh, what a young general." Yongzheng smiled instead of anger, and threw the secret letter back to Xia Yi, "Make two copies of this letter, send the original to Prince Lian's residence, and send the other two to Lao Jiu and Old Ten."

"Yes." Xia Yi took the secret letter respectfully, and was about to leave when Su Peisheng rushed in with a bow.

"Your majesty, the concubine Qi and the princess -- died together."

The return of the victorious army failed to dispel the haze in the palace—Concubine Qi was buried in the concubine garden of the Tailing Mausoleum, and after the princess was also buried, Yongzheng left his breath to the Nala family without hesitation—Zhen’s daughter died early It must have been treated poorly by her husband's family!Don't think that with the queen as your backer, your son-in-law of the Ulanara family can trample on the royal princess born by the concubine at will!

Consort Xingde was demoted three levels in a row, and the day when the queen returned to the palace was also put on hold indefinitely by Yongzheng.No one dared to say anything about what happened to the Ulanara family. Regardless of whether it was the emperor's family business, even if the speaker wanted to be famous, he had to weigh it -- it was really embarrassing.What's more, Yongzheng is the emperor?He is the boss, and what he says is right.What's more, for a father who controls a woman, what reason does it take to punish a cheap son-in-law who has neglected his daughter?Yongzheng said that he is so self-willed and domineering and has no friends!

It wasn't until the good news that the concubine Changzai, who was full of military flags, was pregnant for more than a month in early April that Yongzheng calmed down a little.

First promote the Yi family to be a nobleman, although the head of the Yonghe Palace is a concubine Yu, but Yongzheng remembered the unprovoked miscarriages of those concubines in the past, so he was in a bad mood and directly ordered the queen - if there is another accident, she, the queen, is too incompetent After a while, just hand over the Phoenix Seal to the Second Concubine Duanhua to take care of it.

Yishi was not the one who won the favour, and the queen was beaten by the queen mother again, so she put away all means to protect Yishi's pregnancy.Concubine Hua's heart is attached to Nian's family, and it is difficult for her power to involve the Yonghe Palace, so she let go of it once she failed.

*

The love of spring is only when the pear blossoms are thin, which is the case in the Nian family.

In King Tun Mansion

Yin'e has had trouble sleeping and eating since he read the secret letter reported by his fifth elder brother to Yongzheng. Strictly speaking, although Nian's family is a servant under Yongzheng's banner, Nian Gengyao also has a lot of friendship with their three brothers-especially him. Master Shi had the closest personal relationship with Nian Gengyao.

Although Yin'e knew that Nian Gengyao was a bit arrogant, he never expected that he would be so brainless.

Old Ten was never stupid, he was just too lazy to play intrigue.Yongzheng showed him the letter just to point him out. Presumably Yongzheng also showed the content of this letter to his eighth and ninth brothers. Thinking of this, he finally felt at ease—at least it showed that his fourth brother was quite at ease with the three of them. He intends to take the opportunity to add insult to injury and finally catch them all.

Yin'er originally planned to find an opportunity to enter the palace to sell his stupidity with his fourth brother, and at the same time have a relationship with Nian Gengyao, and then he lost a good niece and a little sister-in-law. Shrouded in the low pressure of his fourth brother—so he pretended to be sick, and cowarded ==.

Hearing that another concubine was pregnant in the palace, Yin'e thought about how to tell the emperor when his fourth brother was in a better mood when he entered the palace later, and in a blink of an eye, he saw his family, Fujin Borzigit, bringing a few slaves and maids to the palace. Come, the people behind are all holding several pieces of good-quality raccoon skins.

Yin'e asked casually, "This raccoon skin is not bad, the palace rewards it as usual?"

"It's not common to see such a fresh leather item," Borzigit covered his mouth with a smile, "it's a special gift from General Nian."

"What?! It was sent by Nian Gengyao?!" Yin'e jumped up directly - he didn't have time to hide!

"My lord, what's the matter?" Borzigit looked puzzled.

Yin'e waved his hand, "No matter what, send it back to the master immediately! ——Tell the door that things from the New Year's family are not allowed to enter in the future! There is no need to prepare for the New Year's ceremony."

"Why do you say that?" Borzigit looked embarrassed, "General Nian and I have been friends for several years, and the New Year's gifts sent to the mansion in previous years are also the most expensive. If you are so rude, where will you put your face? "

If we continue our friendship, I'm afraid it will not only save face, but also my master's life will be lost!

Yin'e was full of slander, he leaned close to Borzigit and whispered, "The emperor is afraid that he will kill him, I guess it will take half a year." After he finished speaking, he shook his hands and showed his back secret letter.

"This—really?!" Borzigit's face was troubled.