The Concubine of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 57 Disposal
The Queen and Concubine Niu Hulu bid farewell to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager. After the two noble Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager left, the smiles and respect on the faces of the Queen and Concubine Niu Hulu were no longer there. .

The Queen turned around, as if the words of the Empress Dowager had no impact on her. She just smiled and said to Concubine Niu Hulu, "Concubine Niu Hulu, let's go back too!"

"Yes." Concubine Niu Hulu smiled and nodded. "The servants are not responsible. Da Gege's affairs are still waiting for the Queen to come forward and make the final decision!"

As the saying goes, the person who knows you best may not be your friend; it may also be your enemy. Concubine Niu Hulu knew something about the queen before she ascended to the throne.

In the fourth year of Kangxi's reign, the queen was appointed. In the same year, Concubine Niu Hulu was canonized. For six years, the two became rivals rather than friends. Concubine Niu Hulu knew the Queen's temperament too well.

The Queen attaches great importance to a virtuous name, and she always appears with a virtuous name. When an emperor's heir like Da Gege died, the queen always had to do it herself, showing her virtuous qualities to the emperor, the empress dowager, and the noble ministers and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.

The queen never misses this opportunity to make a statement.

The Queen, Concubine Niu Hulu and their respective servants walked towards the east end together.

In Dongtou Suo, the commotion subsided slightly. Concubine Zhang was still crying and howling inside the house, and she didn't know what was going on inside! "My son!"

The concubines looked at each other, not knowing whether to continue entering. Apparently Concubine Zhang is making trouble inside! Are they going in now to hold Concubine Zhang? Or he is willing to be implicated and blamed by the queen.

There was also a young female voice inside, reasoning calmly, "Concubine, please step aside. The servants are collecting Da Gege's body under the orders of the Queen. It's understandable that you are excited for a moment, but if you don't continue to be excited, , Concubine, you know the rules of the harem."

A series of beatings, threats and intimidation left people speechless.

All the concubines recognized that it was the voice of the queen's eldest maid, Wan Yan.

The mood in the room gradually calmed down, and whimpering sounds could still be heard.

It seems that everything is okay. Concubine Zhang has been frightened and will not make trouble again.

"Let's go in." Concubine Li knew what was going on in the house without even thinking about it. He just paused for a moment, then walked in.

Da Gege's body is placed in the main hall, the small coffin is still placed aside, and Da Gege's body is also placed in the center of the main hall. Four or five slaves were guarding Da Gege and taking care of Da Gege's body.

The main hall is large, and even if there are more than twenty concubines and their servants, about fifty people in total, it is not crowded.

There are also rough servants who come and go carrying basins or handkerchiefs.

The concubines could clearly see that Wan Yan was directing from the side.

Everyone could barely see Da Gege's body clearly. After the concubines entered the door, the servants also stood up and saluted, "Concubines, hello." Then they stood up again and continued to take care of Da Gege's body.

Qinrou mingled in the crowd, her position was quite forward, watching the slaves busy, her eyes fell on the body of the child in the middle.

She was a very thin little girl. She was wearing a silk palace dress that was completely red. The skin on her young face was as fair as white, and the small lips that should have been bright red turned cool white and had no blood color.

And against the backdrop of this red silk palace dress, it looks even more pity.

It turns out that this is a dead person! Qinrou secretly said. It's not like she's never seen dead people, but most of them died at a healthy age. Even if there are cases of premature death due to illness, such a small child is never among them.

Her life had just begun and it was already coming to an end. This sentence came to Qinrou's mind!

Another person died. Qinrou was not too impressed. I don’t know who will be next, maybe it will be her, maybe, she will be like this after she dies? Qinrou looked at Da Gege's body again.

I only saw her once in this life, and once I saw her, I said goodbye forever!

Everyone also watched, and they all knew in their hearts that Da Gege had been dead for a while.

The queen and Concubine Niu Hulu quickly entered the main hall.

Everyone saluted again. "Welcome to the Queen and Concubine Niu Hulu."

The queen raised her hand and everyone stood up.

"Send the servants who have served Da Gege to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for questioning and investigation," the queen ordered: "If there is any negligence, I will not be lenient."

The emperor's heirs in the palace died one after another, and the queen had to show an attitude. Asking the Ministry of Internal Affairs to investigate is also a way to reassure people. They may suffer some pain, but if there is nothing wrong, they will be sent back after a few days.

There will also be a reward.

Most wet nurses do this. As for the rest of the slaves, if there is nothing wrong, they will wait for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to be assigned to other palaces to serve them again. If there was a mistake, the queen smiled. Then of course there will be no future.

"There is also an imperial physician. The imperial physician is also on hand at all times, waiting to be summoned." the queen ordered. The pulse records of each palace master are kept in the Taiyuan Hospital.

However, the pulse records of the concubines will naturally not be preserved unless they are pregnant. After all, the concubine is equivalent to the maidservant next to the master of each family.

Which mansion would create a pulse record for the girl who lives in the same house?

"Ding Ruzhong, you are personally responsible for this matter." The queen designated Ding Ruzhong without looking at the palace.

You must check, no matter what the result is! This is considered an old rule in the palace.

The royal family treats the servants around their elder brother and princess very kindly, so naturally they have to guard against others taking advantage of the good treatment and doing nothing.

The concubines all know that they actually have nothing to do here.

"Empress, you must make the decision for Da Gege! A few days ago, the imperial doctor said that Da Gege's health is slowly getting better. Today, it must be because the servants are careless in serving her!" Concubine Zhang was originally crying. After crying, the queen entered the door and went to the queen's side to cry again.

Concubine Zhang just wanted to breathe out. She was worried about this at this time. No matter how ignorant she was, she also understood that after the death of Da Gege, the dignity of her biological mother would become less and less. At this moment, Concubine Zhang was eager to seize another dignity.

"It must be that the servants are not taking good care of them! Otherwise, why would the elder brothers and princesses in this palace die one after another? Queen Mother, you are the aunt of elder brothers and princesses. You have to make decisions for them!" Concubine Zhang! Crying, "There is also Second Brother, Er Gege. If we don't deal with these slaves with evil intentions, I'm afraid they will repeat their old tricks!"

The queen's face straightened, "Okay, I have ordered people to investigate. Since you are worried about Concubine Zhang, the servants do not need to be sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but directly to the Shenxing Department."

The queen was a little impatient. Since Concubine Zhang wanted to investigate, she should investigate thoroughly. Even if there were backlash, it wouldn't be able to backfire on her.

Ding Ruzhong's expression remained unchanged. Before he walked out, he responded respectfully: "Yes, I obey the order."

Everyone looked at Concubine Zhang with the eyes of a warrior!
"Okay, Mrs. Zhang, please step back!" the queen said with a bit of impatience.

(End of this chapter)