The favored imperial concubine

Chapter 145

It was obviously just a ridiculous dream, but it was as clear and cruel as a reality.And the woman in the dream seemed to be Xi Lan herself, and seemed to be very different from her.

Yinzhen was not sleepy at all, and had no desire to sleep, so he simply put on his clothes and got up, and walked slowly to the window.Yinzhen pushed open the window and looked at the night sky full of stars and bright moon, but his heart felt infinitely melancholy, thinking of the dream just now, he felt sad and at a loss.

Even though Nian Xilan had woken up and was no longer in danger of dying, she was blind in both eyes and hurt physically and mentally.In addition to Kangxi's distress, he hated the perpetrator even more, and became more determined to severely punish the mastermind and make an example of others.

According to Kangxi's will, all the palace servants who had previously served in Xianfu Palace were executed one by one in front of the gate of Xianfu Palace at noon.All the concubines and palace people in the eastern and western palaces had obtained Kangxi's will. Although they were terrified in their hearts, none of them dared to disobey Kangxi's will, so they refused to come to watch the punishment.

Originally, in recent years, Kangxi attached great importance to his own reputation, and even in order to maintain his reputation of benevolence, virtue and tolerance, he only punished some mistakes made by the ministers of the court and China.However, the murder of Nian Xilan this time stabbed Kangxi's heart.Kangxi was furious, and even ignored the approaching Mid-Autumn Festival, insisted on executing all the palace officials in Xianfu Palace.

Kangxi's move not only made everyone in the palace believe that the assassin's assassination was indeed true, but also had the intention of causing anger in his heart.Even Rou'er, who had been poisoned to death, and Xiaoqianzi, who had drowned in Lianchi, could not escape the catastrophe. Kangxi ordered his men to drag their bodies to the gate of Xianfu Palace, and they were the first to receive the punishment of the imperial staff.The corpses of the two people were not taken out of the palace by the guards until they were beaten to pieces and turned out of shape, and then they were thrown directly into the mass grave.

After that, the people who were tortured one by one had their tongues pulled out by the guards ordered by Kangxi yesterday, but their mouths were not gagged during the execution.Therefore, just after noon, there was a sound of wailing and crying in front of the gate of Xianfu Palace.

The timid concubines had already fainted from the fright of the situation in front of them. Even the high-ranking concubines like Concubine Yi and Concubine Rong, who lived in the palace for a long time and had a lot of experience, turned pale from the horror in front of them.

Concubine Cheng and Concubine He turned pale with fright, and almost twisted the brocade handkerchief in their hands into twists.Concubine Xuan looked calm and composed, but her hands trembled uncontrollably.Jingui and Jingyue were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground, terrified in their hearts, for fear that Kangxi would find out that the two of them had taken action against Xilan because of jealousy.Migui was so frightened that she couldn't help trembling, her beautiful eyes were fixed on the palace people who were being tortured, as if every powerful board hit her body, and the thin light pink flag dress was already soaked in cold sweat , looks so embarrassed.

Concubine Hui just held the Buddhist beads and kept chanting scriptures in a low voice. There was not much fear on her face, but compassion.Concubine Tong just looked blankly at the palace people who were being tortured, her pale face was expressionless, and a look of remorse occasionally flashed in her dull eyes, her heart gradually became discouraged and desperate.

Concubine De deliberately soaked her head in cold water last night, and contracted the wind and cold. She was suffering from a high fever at this time, but she was still supported by green bamboos, supporting her weak body to watch the torture.Hearing the mournful cries of the tortured palace people, fine beads of sweat kept oozing from Concubine De's forehead, her face became paler, as if she was about to faint at any time.

Even the old nuns who have served in the palace for many years have never seen such a severe punishment, let alone those young and inexperienced little eunuchs and little maids.Some of the palace guards watching the execution were so frightened that they fainted to the ground just after reading the beginning; some were so frightened that they trembled and sobbed incessantly even though they did not faint.

Just when everyone in the palace thought that Kangxi would directly throw these palace people who were killed by sticks to the mass grave just like Rouer and Xiaoqianzi, and let their corpses be exposed in the wilderness, they saw Li Dequan, the head of the inner court, hurriedly came to pass the news. Kangxi's oral order allowed the tortured palace servants to be buried in peace.

Everyone was puzzled and couldn't figure out why the furious Kangxi suddenly changed his mind.After inquiring carefully, everyone found out that the reason why Kangxi allowed the tortured palace people to rest in peace was precisely because Concubine Xi pleaded for mercy after learning about this.

Everyone also heard that at the plea of ​​Concubine Xi, Kangxi actually released Fang Wan and Mu Jin from the Punishment Department, and allowed them to return to Yikun Palace, ordering him to make up for the past. Serve Empress Xi well.When everyone in the palace heard about this, they all sighed. Apart from being more in awe of Concubine Xi and not daring to show any disrespect, they also began to secretly envy the palace people who served Concubine Xi in Yikun Palace.

After this incident, all the concubines in the palace have seen clearly Kangxi's favor and importance for Nian Xilan, no matter how jealous and unwilling they are in their hearts, they no longer dare to show any disrespect to Nian Xilan on the surface.Even high-ranking concubines such as Concubine De and Concubine Yi shunned her and dared not provoke Nian Xilan at will.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is full in the west building.

Because of Nian Xilan's serious injury, Kangxi canceled all the planned banquets in the palace, but got a lot of free time to accompany Nian Xilan and her two children in Yikun Palace.

Since Nian Xilan needed medicine to heal her head injury, she could only reluctantly wean her two babies, Yinxi and Yuening.The two little guys who can't even speak seem to have a connection with Nian Xilan. This time, they didn't cry as much as last time. They just opened their pink mouths and shed two tears of grievance. , and accepted this reality, which surprised Kangxi.

What's more interesting is that Yinxi and Yuening only chose one of the four wet nurses that Kangxi chose for them.The two babies only drink the breast milk of the nanny they fancy, but they don't want to let the other two nanny get close.

When Kangxi saw that Yinxi and Yuening seemed to reject the other two wet nurses, he couldn't help but think a little more.Kangxi squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, then immediately sent the two nannies away, gave them some silver rewards, and ordered them to return to their home in the capital.

Although the swelling on Nian Xilan's head gradually subsided, her eyes were still unable to see.People in the Kangxi Palace prepared a table of delicacies that Nian Xilan loved, and spent the festive season with Nian Xilan, and carefully followed Liu Shengfang's suggestion to remove fishy, ​​spicy and other hair that is not conducive to wound healing.

(End of this chapter)