Queen Xiaozhuang's personal maid: Su Malagu

Chapter 52
(4)

On the day after Dorgon was buried, Mingzhu came to see Bumbutai wearing mourning clothes and dragging her young son.

As soon as she entered the door, Mingzhu pressed her son's head and kowtowed to Bumbutai. Bumbutai and Su Mo'er were shocked.

"Let's talk about something!" Bumbutai asked Su Mo'er to pull them up, but Mingzhu insisted on not being able to do so, and said: "If the Queen Mother refuses to agree, the concubine will not be able to kneel."

Bumbutai was a little embarrassed.As far as she and Ming Zhu serve the same husband, they should be called sisters, and considering her status as the emperor's mother, she should indeed call herself "Queen Dowager".

After Bumbutai married Dorgon, this embarrassing identity once made Mingzhu and several other Fujins not know what to call her.But now, Dorgon's death, Mingzhu's title of "Queen Mother", made her feel unspeakably uncomfortable.

"Let's talk about anything. If you didn't say anything, how would the Ai family know whether to agree or not?" Bumbutai was a little unhappy.

"The empress dowager can definitely do this, it depends on whether the empress dowager is willing to do it." Mingzhu finished speaking with her head down, and then pressed her son's head to ask him to kowtow to Bumbutai.

Bumbutai glanced at Su Mo'er, she didn't know whether she should promise Mingzhu or not.

Although Su Mo'er didn't know what Mingzhu was going to say, she felt that Mingzhu must have some difficulties, so she nodded towards Bumbutai.

"Okay, Aijia promises you, get up and talk!" Bumbutai said.

Mingzhu didn't get up, she was still kneeling on the ground, but she looked up at Bumbutai and said, "I beg the queen mother and the emperor, no matter what happens, please save our mother and child from death."

"What?" Bumbutai was startled, she really didn't understand why Mingzhu said such a thing.

Dorgon was buried according to the standard of the emperor, and he was also chased as the emperor of righteousness. Dorgon's Fujin and side Fujin were also called the Queen of Yi and the Concubine of Yi. Why did Mingzhu say this?

"Empress Dowager, when the lord was the regent, he must have offended many people. Now that the lord is gone, he will be charged with various crimes in the court. At that time, even Prince Rui's residence may be..." Mingzhu's voice began. Choked up, the child kneeling on the ground looked at his mother in horror and began to cry.

Su Mo'er hurriedly picked up the child, while Bumbutai stayed there in a daze.She wanted to say it was impossible, but she also knew that Mingzhu's worry was not unnecessary.So much has changed after Dorgon handed over power, let alone after his death.

"No!" Bumbutai still said this sentence, although this sentence seemed a little weak.

"Empress Dowager, my concubine knows that you are kind and have deep feelings for the prince. However, if you want to commit a crime, there is nothing to worry about. The reason why the prince left Beijing is because of this worry, but I didn't expect him to be so early... ..." Mingzhu couldn't continue.

"No! Aijia will never let such a thing happen!" Bumbutai sternly said.

"Empress Dowager, if you consider your relationship with the prince and our orphans and widowed mothers, I hope that Empress Dowager will ask the emperor for a gold medal to save us from death, and let us live outside the palace." Stop kowtowing.

"No! It will never be like this!" Bumbutai said loudly, widening his eyes.

"Your Majesty, promise to Miss Mingzhu." Su Mo'er also knelt in front of Bumbutai and begged.

"You..." Bumbutai didn't expect Su Mo'er to behave like this.

"Do you also think that such a thing will happen?" Bumbutai's lips began to tremble.

"The queen mother, the prince has just passed away, and anything can happen. If you don't mention it now, I'm afraid it will be too late. This is the blood of the prince!" Su Mo'er said, looking at the young child next to her. .

Bumbutai pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "Okay! Aijia promised you!"

"Thank you, Empress Dowager, thank you, Empress Dowager!" Mingzhu raised her head as if relieved.She glanced at Su Mo'er with complicated eyes.

Su Mo'er turned her head to the side, she couldn't bear to look at Mingzhu again.

(5)

Bumbutai went to the emperor the next day, asked Mingzhu and Mingzhu's children for gold medals to avoid death, and agreed to let them live outside the palace. Shunzhi even gave Mingzhu some gold, silver and jewelry.

Bumbutai asked Mingzhu when she would leave the palace, and Mingzhu said that she would wait for her to finish some things.Unexpectedly, Mingzhu left after a few days.

When Ming Zhu left, no one knew, she took two maids and one attendant and left in a hurry before dawn, no one knew where she went.

Bumbutai was very angry at Mingzhu's leaving without saying goodbye: "Why did she do this? Are you still afraid that we will harm their mother and child?"

"She must have her reasons." Su Mo'er was filled with indescribable sadness and loss.She knew that maybe she and Mingzhu would never meet again for the rest of their lives.

Su Mo'er once thought about meeting Mingzhu before she left and talking to her, and even prepared a gift for Mingzhu, which was the embroidery she had always wanted to give to Mingzhu, but never gave it to her.The appearance of the pearl embroidered on it is the pearl in Su Mo'er's impression, the kind and beautiful pearl with a slight smile.

Su Mo'er walked slowly to Mingzhu's room, and everything in the room remained the same.A maid in Mingzhu's room said that Mingzhu only took a few pieces of clothing and jewelry, and everything else was still in the room.

On the table in the room, Su Moer saw a letter. She didn't say who it was for, but there were only a few beautiful lines on it:

"The supreme beauty is easy to wither, and the palace is messed up with a smile. Those who are favored enjoy the glory and wealth, and those who lose favor are withering day by day, and can only leave the scene miserably. Everything turned out to be just a dream!"

"So it was just a dream!" Su Mo'er murmured.

"I hope you are happy!" she added.

After Su Mo'er left Mingzhu's empty room, she returned to Bumbutai's place. Bumbutai was still angry at Mingzhu's leaving without saying goodbye: "She cursed for no reason that the prince would suffer a catastrophe, and asked the emperor to save her from death." Gold medal, this has already committed a crime of slander. I think you regard her as your sister and speak for her. I agreed to her. The emperor even gave her gold, silver and jewelry. I didn’t expect that she would not even say hello when she left. .”

"Mistress, please forgive her! She has no parents since she was a child, and finally followed the concubine Chen. The concubine Chen treated her like a sister, but the concubine Chen passed away; she married the prince, and thought she would live a good life , I didn’t expect the prince to pass away again. Now those kings in the court who were suppressed when the prince was in charge are also counting the prince’s faults one after another. The slaves think that sister Mingzhu’s worries are probably the prince’s worries. The prince’s concern for Mingzhu before his death Elder sister loves her very much, maybe she told elder sister Mingzhu about this long ago, that's why she did this after the lord's burial, and left in a hurry."

"My emperor's son will not be like this, he will not be so ungrateful! He will not forget that without the support of the prince, he would not be able to sit on the throne; he knows that without the teaching of the prince, he would not be able to govern now. No! Absolutely No!" Bumbutai said louder and louder.From the panic and helplessness in her eyes, Su Mo'er knew that she must have thought of it too, but she didn't want to believe it, she couldn't believe it.

Bumbutai hoped that things would not turn into what she was afraid of, but it was impossible for things to develop according to her imagination.Just a week after Mingzhu left, Shunzhi received an edict from Dorgon's deadly rival, Jierhalang and other kings, accusing Dorgon of having a "rebellious heart", and even listed Dorgon's actions in the memorial. Four counts:
[-]. When Emperor Shunzhi came to the throne, Dorgon and Jierhalang were originally the joint assistants, but Dorgon violated his oath, arrogated himself, deprived Jierhalang of his power to assist the government, and even set up his own half-brother For the auxiliary political uncle.

Second, the ceremonial guards, music, and attendants used by Dorgon are the same as those of the emperor. The palace he built is like a palace, and he is buried with the emperor's eight-padded yellow robe, Dadongzhu Chaozhu, and black sable coat.

Third, spread rumors that Huang Taiji proclaiming himself emperor violated Taizu's original intention and was about to seize the throne.

Fourth, force Su Prince Hauge to death and welcome Hauge's concubine.

When Shunzhi saw these four charges, he was very excited. He felt that his chance to revenge Dorgon had finally come.All along, he was suppressed by Dorgon until Dorgon died.But even if he died, he had to bury Dorgon as an emperor because of the tears he captured in his mother's eyes.Now that so many crimes are placed here, even if the mother wants to stop it, she can't stop it.

Fearing that his mother would cry and intercede with himself after being dragged down, Shunzhi disregarded the honorary title of "Emperor Yi" that Dorgon had bestowed for Dorgon a month ago, and resolutely ordered Dorgon to be "removed from the title, removed from the temple, dismissed from his posthumous title, and dismissed from the throne." Clan and family property enter the palace."In an instant, Dorgon was reduced from a regent with illustrious military exploits to a criminal.

(6)

When Bumbutai heard the news, he fainted instantly.

Under the rescue of Su Mo'er and the imperial physician, Bumbutai finally woke up. After waking up, she cried like she had just heard the news of Dorgon's death.

After crying, she began to dress up. She was going to the Qianqing Palace to meet the emperor.Unexpectedly, just after she finished dressing up, someone rushed to report that the emperor had arrived.

"Aijia was looking for him, but he fell down." Bumbutai said through gritted teeth.At this time, it seemed that the emperor was not her son, but her enemy.

Su Mo'er looked at Bumbutai with an angry face and sad eyes, and heaved a long sigh.She knew that Bumbutai couldn't change anything.

Sure enough, after Bumbutai and Shunzhi chatted in the room for a while and left, Su Moer went in again, but saw Bumbutai sitting there with a helpless and sad face, in a daze.

"Ma'am." Su Mo'er called softly.

"Su Moer." Bumbutai looked at Su Moer.

"Everything is coming, everything is really coming! Humph!" Bumubutai sneered: "Mingzhu's conjecture has come true. No, it's the prince's conjecture that has come true. I can't change anything, I can't What to change." Bumbutai seemed a little incoherent.

Bumbutai lost his temper with Shunzhi as soon as he entered the room, and even wanted to slap Shunzhi across the face.In the room with only the two of them, Bumbutai felt that she was a mother, and Shunzhi was her unworthy child.She has the right to punish a child who has done something wrong.

However, when Shunzhi knelt in front of her and said with tears that he had to do this, she froze and let down her outstretched slap.

Shunzhi told her that all the kings who complained about Dorgon are now in a group. If they don't do that, then these people are likely to rebel and usurp the throne.

"Hail has only been in power for a year, and he has no strength to contend with them. If he goes against their wishes, he may not even be able to sit on the position of emperor. Queen Mother, do you want him to be kicked out of the throne or killed? "

After Shunzhi finished speaking, he looked at Bumbutai without blinking, and Bumbutai collapsed on the chair all of a sudden.Yes, their orphans and widows are facing too many difficulties. In the past, there was Dorgon to rely on, but now?

"Nowadays there are internal and external troubles. There are constant conflicts within the imperial court; outside the imperial court, the Manchu-Han conflicts are also intensifying; and those insurgents everywhere are looking for opportunities to rebel. At this time, if we insist on going our own way and offend everyone for a dead person Wang, then, the Great Qing Dynasty will probably be ruined in the hands of the child."

Shunzhi's words hit Bumbutai's head hard like a stick. She was in a trance for a while, but she seemed to be woken up by a stick.Shunzhi is right, now is the biggest crisis in the rule of the Qing Dynasty.At this time, she can't lose the country for the dead Dorgon.Dorgon is already dead, even if he fights for him, he will not be able to see or enjoy it.

Bumbutai was like a deflated ball without any strength.

"Empress, where did the woman who asked for the gold medal to avoid death go? The child wants to find her and cut the roots, otherwise the child will be a disaster when he grows up." Shun Zhi said before leaving.

Bumbutai glared at Shunzhi fiercely. On Shunzhi's slightly childish face, there was a domineering and fierceness she was not familiar with.Bumbutai wanted to scold Shunzhi angrily, but finally held back.She knew that Shunzhi had grown up, and she couldn't stop anything.

"You don't have to worry about them, Aijia has already killed them." Bumbutai said slowly with fierce eyes.

"Oh? The queen mother has already killed them?" Shunzhi said happily.

Bumbutai nodded, and she turned her head to the side: "Okay, Aijia is tired today and wants to take a rest."

Shunzhi left with a smile he couldn't hide, but Bumbutai sat there blankly, motionless, until Su Mo'er came in.

"Notify everyone in the mansion that no one is allowed to say that Mingzhu and the child left alive. Anyone who tells the truth will die!" Bumbutai said slowly with his eyes widened.

"Thank you, Empress Dowager!" Su Mo'er gave a big gift to Bumbutai on behalf of Mingzhu.

(End of this chapter)