Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2565 Nine Volumes 47 Young Challenges

She choked up and said, "This concubine understands this truth. The two of Niu Hulu's family tried their best to find my fault... But I dare to say that in front of your imperial concubine. .Because in this harem, I can only say anything in front of you, the imperial concubine."

Wanxi raised her eyes quietly, "Mr. Yonggui, what do you want me to do for you? It is only right for Zhang De to hurt others and pay for his life."

Mr. Yonggui cried and fell to the ground, "...the imperial concubine, I am afraid that the emperor will annoy me because of this! This concubine is innocent, and what kind of moral character I have, I am not educated by my concubine! He has served in the concubine's palace for less than two years!"

Mr. Yonggui said with hatred in his eyes, "Besides, I always feel that this is not an easy matter! Concubine Shun and Lan Guiren have long wanted to join hands to rectify this concubine, and that Zhang De was originally a slave in the empress dowager's palace. Then I suspected that the two of them had done a good job in this matter, but the concubine was going to blame it all!"

Wanxi sighed softly, "This matter is ultimately due to Zhang Dejiao's indulgence. Mr. Yonggui, I want to ask you, that Zhang De Neng goes out of the palace from time to time, and casually makes friends with the clan, have you ever restrained yourself? If there is no right card you gave, he How can I go out of the palace often?"

"Speaking of this matter, after all, you have made negligence. It's fine if the emperor doesn't pursue it. If the emperor really wants to pursue it, you should admit your mistake. The emperor will distinguish the seriousness of your fault and will not wrong you."

Yonggui fell to the ground and cried loudly, "Although this is the case, I am afraid that someone will play tricks on me! If Concubine Shun and Lan Guiren join hands and say that Zhang De's murder is because I abetted the slave, then I will be finished... Your Majesty won't forgive me."

Wanxi bowed her head and thought about it quietly, but she raised her hand to call Yonggui, "Ling Zhi, come here, I want to ask you something."

Yonggui was startled.

It has been a long time since the imperial concubine called her by her nickname.

Mr. Yonggui hurriedly stepped forward, "I would like to hear more about it!"

Wanxi smiled and said, "Let me ask you, what day is this year, and what day will it be next year?"

Mr. Yonggui was taken aback by the question, but he was still young and smart, so he immediately answered, "This year is the emperor's 60 life, and next year it will be the empress dowager's 80 life!"

Wanxi nodded approvingly, "So, you go back."

Yonggui was stunned, and looked up at Wanxi blankly, "Imperial Concubine?"

Wanxi stood up by herself, turned inward, "Yuchan, send your Master Yong off for me."
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Mr. Yonggui left Wanxi's bedroom, but couldn't stop crying all the way.

Guan Lan couldn't help muttering, "What does the imperial concubine mean? After all, why don't you want to help the master?"

Yonggui also gritted his teeth, "It was my mistake, I shouldn't have come to her today! Maybe if you rely on her, I hope that we young people will fight to the death, she is happy to stand on the sidelines!"

Sure enough, within a few days, the emperor was in the "Yi Qing Kuang" of the Summer Resort, and tried to kill this year's criminals.

Especially when the eunuch Zhang De murdered the Taoist Kang Fuzheng, in addition to the murder of Zhang De, he also ordered the Fuguo Gong and clan Ning Sheng, who raised the Taoist, to hand over Ning Sheng's amount to the clan's government for review. No mercy.

On the night of the decision against Zhang De, the emperor sent an edict to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to enshrine the nobleman as eternal.

After seven years in the palace, he was finally promoted to nobleman, but this time he was relegated back to Chang Zai.

Yongchang was crying aggrievedly in his bedroom, "She really refused to say a word for me, she just wanted to watch me be demoted and beaten back to my original shape!"

Guan Lan was also aggrieved and shed tears with the master, "Who says it's not... Actually, this matter has nothing to do with the master from the beginning to the end. As long as there is someone who can say a word in the emperor's ear, the emperor will understand immediately. "

"In the final analysis, this is nothing to the imperial concubine at all. The master is not considered to be causing trouble to the imperial concubine. Why doesn't she even want to help with this little effort?"

Yonggui narrowed his nose resentfully, and wiped his tears with his sleeve.

"Forget it, she won't help me down!"

Lady Yonggui's tears gradually dried up, and she turned her head to look out the window, "I, since the first day I entered the palace, I never really thought of competing with her for favor. According to the frequency of her birth, she is already deeply rooted in this palace, if I aim at her, I will become a gnat and shake a big tree."

"But seven years have passed, seven years! In the past seven years, how much effort have I made for her, how many times have I worked hard to please her? In the end, I only got this result!——I realized that I was wrong, and it was outrageously wrong."

"She doesn't like me. Since she put down my brand when the girls were picking, I should have known that she never liked me in the bottom of my heart! It's my wishful thinking!"

Yonggui stood up slowly, "Since that's the case, I've changed my mind! I want to compete for favor, and compete with her!"
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In December, the front and back palaces are preparing for the New Year.

But at this juncture, the emperor suddenly issued an order to reprimand the fourth elder brother to go away forever.

It turned out that in December, the emperor went up to the study to inquire about the homework of the prince and grandson, but found that Yong Xun was not in the study.

The princes and grandchildren of the Qing Dynasty are not allowed to enter the study room when they are adults and married, unless the emperor arranges errands. For example, Yong Rong is in charge of the House of Internal Affairs and needs to work in the government office. There are no other errands, or The princes and grandchildren who do not have to work in the fixed government office still have to go to the study every day.

——In fact, this is also a method used by the royal family to restrain the princes and grandchildren.In this way, the princes and grandchildren are kept in the palace, and they are separated from foreign officials, so that they will not commit the "Nine Dragons Conquest of Inheritance" again. Every prince is secretly making friends with foreign ministers, and each of them has his own faction. go.

Especially at this time, the princes and grandchildren are all grown up and married except for the fifteenth and seventeenth, and the emperor is over sixty years old. It's a sensitive time when you haven't officially established a reserve.

When the emperor saw that Yongxuan was missing, he was furious and asked Yongxuan's whereabouts.

In the end, the answer came back from the inquiry: Yongxie said that he was offering sacrifices in the mansion, so he didn't go into the study to study.

Yongxuan's reason sounds high-sounding—that's right, the gods are more important than all the rules in this world.

But it's good that Yongxuan didn't find a reason to cover up, but he found such a reason, and the emperor was furious instead.

The emperor issued a decree: "Sacrificing to the gods is originally in the early morning. After the sacrificing, you can still enter as usual. But the fourth elder brother used this as a name to not enter the study for a day. If it is found out, it can no longer be forgiven by Qu. What is his master, Su Da, in charge of?! Check the Senate office immediately!"

In the end, it was Yong Xun's master He Da Da who endured the past for Yong Xun.

But the emperor's anger this year has sounded the alarm for all the princes and grandchildren: the more the emperor reaches this age, the more the princes and grandchildren are mostly adults, the emperor treats the princes and grandchildren more On the contrary, the constraints and precautions are even stricter.

With the emperor's temperament, he would never allow something similar to Jiulong's seizure of the heirloom to happen again.The matter of the crown prince can only be decided by the emperor alone, and no one else is allowed to do it in private!
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Although Yongxuan himself was not punished, he was publicly named and scolded by the emperor at the end of the year, which made Yongxuan's mansion very nervous inside and outside.

Before contacting again, the eighth elder brother Yongxuan was reprimanded by the emperor for almost the same reason-this makes people have to think about it.

The three princes born by the imperial concubine Shujia were all implicated for this reason, and they were all reprimanded by the emperor either explicitly or secretly.

The remaining princes who are still alive today and have no successors are the eighth elder brother Yongxuan, the eleventh elder brother Yongxuan, the twelfth elder brother Yongxie, the fifteenth elder brother Yongyan and the seventeenth elder brother Yonglin.

Among them, the twelfth elder brother is obviously hopeless; the emperor scolded all the three princes born by the concubine Shujia this year, and only the fifteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother were left. A child who is not yet an adult has gone.

Yongxuan's Fujin Yiergenjueluo, Yongxuan Fujin Qingzao and Yongxuan Fujin Fuling are bound to share the same spirit, so they took advantage of the opportunity to prepare for the Kunning Palace sacrifice during the Chinese New Year, and quietly discussed together this matter.

In addition to the three princes Fujin preparing to sacrifice, there must also be the head of the inner court to take charge of it.This time, Concubine Shu, Concubine Shun and Lady Yonggui were busy along with them.

Needless to say, Concubine Shu was always looking for Yongxing in her heart; Concubine Shun used the excuse of being young to stay out of the matter.

On the contrary, Mr. Yonggui avoided people and went to see Yongxuan Fujin Ergenjueluo in private.

Yonggui smiled and said, "Look, Sifu Jin has lost some weight? Presumably he is still worried about what happened to Si elder brother a few days ago?"

After all, they all remembered that Yonggui was the person in front of the Empress Dowager, and Ergen felt that Luo Shi was polite, "I don't dare to hide the truth from Master Yong... That's exactly the case. I really don't understand, the emperor he How could there be such a big nameless fire all of a sudden in this year's foundation?"

Mr. Yonggui lowered his head and smiled, "Who said that the fourth elder brother is the eldest brother? The emperor scolded the eighth elder brother before, and now he also scolded the fourth elder brother. After all, people can't help but think of the fourth elder brother and the eighth elder brother. Go with Brother Eleven's first-milk compatriots..."

Mr. Yonggui turned his head to look at a pot of stove food on the incense table, "I'm curious, after the eighth elder brother and the fourth elder brother were reprimanded by the emperor one after another, who will benefit after all? I don't think so. It's the fifteenth and seventeenth elder brothers who are still underage."

Mr. Yonggui said with a sweet smile, "After all, the imperial concubine and the eighth elder brother and the eleventh elder brother were in love with mother and son. Not only the imperial concubine will move anyone's heart for her son, but she will definitely not move Shujia The three princes born by the imperial concubine are the ones."

Ergenjue Luoshi narrowed his eyes.

"...Yongzhuzi said that the imperial concubine had a mother-child relationship with the eighth elder brother and the eleventh elder brother, but she didn't have such a deep affection with our elder brother."

Mr. Yonggui smiled and waved his hands, "Oh, that's my nonsense. After all, I entered the palace late, and I only heard about the things in the harem for so many years, so there is nothing I dare to do."

Yonggui winked at Ergenjueluo, "Sifujin must have forgotten what I said just now. I forgot after I finished speaking. If Sifujin remembers it again, it will be meaningless."
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In this twelfth lunar month, because of the impact of this incident, Yongxiu closed the door and lived in seclusion, daring not to see anyone.

However, the envoys of Goryeo still prepared generous gifts, and tried every means to take advantage of the natural connection between Goryeo and the imperial concubine Shujia, so that they could enter the mansion to give Yongxuan an early New Year greeting.

This has been the practice of Goryeo envoys for many years. They want to use this relationship to find out some news for the King of Goryeo, so that when the King of Goryeo pays tribute in the first month of the next year, he can be favored by the emperor and avoid the emperor's displeasure. thing.

Goryeo envoys have always been humble and polite in front of Yongxuan, and they can communicate with each other in Goryeo, which even Wangfu Changshi and others can't understand.

Yongxuan held a banquet in hospitality, and after drinking for three rounds, the Korean envoy threw bricks to attract jade.

"...Ever since the empress of the Qing Dynasty passed away, our country has been paying tribute to the empress dowager, the emperor, and the empress's empress three palaces together every year. We all think that since the empress is dying, the emperor will definitely inherit the middle palace. According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, a new queen will be registered after 27 months."

"That's why our country's tribute to the empress has never stopped. But it has been far more than 27 months. Why haven't you heard the emperor's will to enshrine the empress? Besides, this year is the emperor's 60th birthday, and next year will be The Empress Dowager's [-]th birthday, it should be done within the next two years to appoint a new empress!"

Yongxie couldn't help shaking his head and sneering when he thought about what Fujin Yiergenjueluoshi brought back from the palace.

"The new empress? Who do you want to register as the new empress? Today's imperial concubine, she is a wrapped woman under the leadership of the inner management. Her family was confiscated into Xinzhe's treasury for a crime. How could she become the empress of the palace?"

"As for Concubine Qing, she is a Han girl from the south of the Yangtze River. Her father didn't even have an official position—if it wasn't for the name of the 'Jiangnan Erlu' Confucian family, how could she have entered the palace and made it to this day?"

The hierarchy of the Goryeo harem is also strict, and family background is also very important in the selection of the nave of the princess.Kuang Gaoli harem once had Zhang Xipin, that is also a woman of low family background, who abolished the princess, and then gave birth to an heir herself, and was named the princess. A woman who has become a princess.

Therefore, the Koreans also dislike such things that mess up their dignity.

The Korean envoy said, "In this case, the imperial concubine should never be qualified to be a queen! Then why does our country have to offer the tribute that should have been presented to the queen to a woman with such a humble family background?" ?”

When the Goryeo envoys returned home at the end of the year, they reported the matter to the Goryeo king.

The King of Goryeo formally asked the Ministry of Rites of the Qing Dynasty whether to continue to offer tribute to the queen while the hollow was hanging.

The officials of the Ministry of Rituals tactfully asked the emperor for an order, and explained that the King of Goryeo emphasized that he had paid tribute for four years because there was no queen... Goryeo was small and scarce, and the additional tributes for four consecutive years really made it difficult for Goryeo to support.

The emperor sneered after seeing it, "I don't care about the little things they pay tribute! If it weren't for the tribute as a vassal, I wouldn't even want their share!"

The tributes of Goryeo over the years are mostly Goryeo paper and various mats.Goryeo paper is indeed a good thing, but why are those mats so rare?
What's more, when Emperor Taizong conquered Goryeo, there were tigers, bears and other tributes that were more difficult to buy, but they were canceled during the Kangxi period, just to save them from embarrassing.

But today, it has even worsened!

The emperor sneered, and threw back the memorial of King Goryeo: "Tell them, there is no need to pay tribute! I don't pay attention to this little tribute!"
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In the first month of the 36th year of Qianlong, the emperor sent a New Year's reward, and Wanxi found that she had gotten a lot more than in previous years.

In particular, there are more bedding and gorilla blankets than in previous years.

Wanxi didn't think much about it at first, she just thought maybe it was because Xiao Qi got married last year, this year the emperor also gave herself the share that was given to Xiao Qi in previous years?
On the 28th day of the first lunar month, the king of the Li Dynasty, Li Wei, sent envoys to congratulate the three major festivals of Wanshou, Winter Solstice, and New Year's Day, as well as the tribute to the New Year. Wanxi did not receive the same tribute as in previous years, and Wanxi was heartbroken. There is also a bottom for the stool.

It's just that the emperor refused to tell Wanxi about this because of his face.

On this day, Wanxi found an opportunity, taking advantage of the fact that the emperor was always busy during the first month, and the two had a chance to stay together all night, so all the servants were dismissed that night, and only Wanxi served the emperor with wine and meals .

Tonight's food and drink were not placed on the kang, and Wanxi called the small dining table to be placed on the floor of the Nuan Pavilion.

Although it is on the ground, the underground of the Nuan Pavilion is also full of fire, and the whole ground is like a big kang.The ground is covered with carpets and mats, so you can sit on the ground freely, even if you lie down and sleep, you don't have to worry about the cold in the first month of the northern capital.

Wanxi laid out the orangutan blankets and bedding that the emperor specially rewarded this year, so that it is more convenient to lie down or lie down.

When the emperor came in and saw this posture, he laughed, "How do you say that?"

Wanxi smiled and pulled the emperor to sit on the ground, "I heard from the imperial concubine Shujia that they Korean people always sit on the ground and sleep on the ground like this at home. Many of them don't prepare extra seats and beds. Gu, just fell asleep on the ground."

The emperor raised his eyebrows, and then nodded, "Well, they call it a 'Kang', which is similar to our warm pavilions, and the fire is ventilated under the ground, so the ground is not cold."

"The difference is that for our ground dragon, the fire is fired from the outside; their kang is still connected to the kang from the stove."

Wanxi smiled and nodded, "So in the past, I don't know how to use the mats that Li Chao paid tribute to. After all, we always spread gorilla felt on our kang, and then spread mats and strip mattresses on the mats. ...there is no need for a mat after all."

"On the contrary, at this moment, it suddenly occurred to us that we can also sit on the floor in the warm pavilion, and then I remembered the beauty of those mats."

Wanxi hugged her knees, tilted her head and looked at the emperor, "But why did my lord give me some orangutan felt and mats this year, instead of the mats that were given to Korea as a tribute in previous years? This sits on the ground , it’s better to use Korean mats.”

Wanxi put her arm around the emperor's arm, and shook it coquettishly, "Master... I will use these gorilla felts to replace those mats from previous years?"

(End of this chapter)