Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1046 "Mother Killing"
Tianyou is not like a humble scholar who takes the imperial examination as a way to get ahead.The reason why he was anxious was that he felt that he had let his parents down and could not set an example for his younger brothers.

Now, after this incident, he was reprimanded by his parents, and knowing that his parents did not take the imperial examination too seriously, the depression in his heart dissipated instead.

After drinking two bowls of medicine and getting a full night's sleep, he was mostly healed.

On the other hand, Hang Seng and Zuo Zhu were all worried because Tianyou was sick, wishing to ask for leave immediately to be with him.This made Tianyou, the older brother, feel ashamed and only said that he was fine.

Seeing the hard work of the children going to school every day, Cao Yong remembered the summer vacation of later generations.Now this child is too hard, except for the three festivals, there are very few holidays.

He thought, or let the children take a one-month leave and send them to Haidian Zhuangzi to escape the summer heat.

After hearing this, Chu Yu suggested to ask Mrs. Tian first.After all, Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng are both going to school, so don't delay their studies.

Although Tian was looking forward to his son's future, he was also taken aback by Tianyou's illness.Whether it's fame or wealth, in the heart of a mother, nothing is more important than the health and safety of her son.

Therefore, when Chu Yu said that she wanted her child to take a vacation to escape the summer heat, Tian hurriedly nodded and said hello.

On the other side of the palace, Cao Yong personally asked for leave for Hang Seng.

The children are all sent there, and it is not easy to leave only one immortal.Cao Yong told his master that he transferred his family studies to Haidian first, and several younger ones followed him.

The space on the left and right sides is spacious and can be accommodated.

As a result, only Cao Yong and his wife were left on the side of the capital's mansion, and it was much quieter.

In late May, the weather is getting hotter and hotter.

Although there is an ice basin in the yamen, it can't curb the heat at all.Cao Yong really had no choice but to keep his fan all day long.

Brother Sixteen once looked for him and saw him like this, so he gave him a box of fans.On it is his autographed inscription, and his small seal is also stamped on it, which looks quite decent.

The sixteenth elder brother said triumphantly: "The writing is not bad, but now I am asking my master to inscribe a plaque, and a word is hundreds of taels of silver, and the master is not patient."

The name is asking for characters, and the money of "running the pen" is given away. In fact, it is just for characters?

It's just that the sixteenth elder brother attacked the prince, and he was valued by the new emperor and became a powerful prince. He just tried to show filial piety outside.Among them, the group from the Ministry of Internal Affairs is the most active.

Cao Yong listened, glanced at him, and said: "Whether others ask for it or not, Lord Sixteen has promised Tianhui to write an inscription for her shop."

"Remember, you don't need to remind me, you dutiful father. Children are debts. When they grow up, they can save people's worries." Elder Sixteen said with a little feeling.

Now that the capital is so hot, everyone thought that even if the emperor didn't go on a northern tour, he would definitely move to Changchun Garden.Unexpectedly, until now, there was no news that the emperor would leave the palace.

In the early morning of May 24, the bell of national mourning sounded again in the capital, and Empress Dowager Renshou died in Yonghe Palace.

Cao Yong vaguely remembered this paragraph, but it wasn't too surprising.

Only Chu Yu, after calling someone to hold the lamp, looked a little heavy.Seeing this, Cao Yong asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?"

Chu Yu waited for the maids to go out before replying softly: "These days, there have been a lot of gossips in the palace...it's nothing good, it's nothing more than the emperor being unfilial to his mother and treating his siblings harshly..."

Cao Yong wiped his face and said: "Why do you care about these gossips? People can talk about it if they want to, and it won't involve the father-in-law. The father-in-law has always acted respectfully, and the emperor knows it."

As he said this, he was thinking in his heart.

The ninth elder brother was escorted to Xining, the tenth elder brother went to Khalkha, the fourteenth elder brother and the fifteenth elder brother "guarded the mausoleum" in Jingling, and only the third elder brother and the emperor's nephew Hong Xi remained.

The third elder brother's courage is probably frightened, so he just begs the emperor not to settle old scores with him, so how dare he make small moves.The only suspect left was Hongxi, Prince of Li County.

Did he think that discrediting the emperor would give him a chance to overthrow the throne?In that case, it is really too ridiculous.

In the early Qing Dynasty, there was a rhetoric of "eight kings discussing politics", but they cared about existence in name only.Although there is still a meeting of ministers of state affairs, the participants are not only the clan and princes, but also the head of the House of Internal Affairs, the Minister of Internal Affairs, the University Scholars, and the six Manchu books.

These people behind are all headed by the emperor.

This so-called political meeting is just a formality, and in the end, it still has to follow the emperor's joy and anger.

Chu Yu hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice: "If others say it's okay, but these words come from the uncle's mansion..."

"National Uncle's Mansion? Longkodo is not too old-fashioned, right?" Cao Yong could not help but frown.

No matter how insolent Longkodo is, he won't be so good-looking as to speak for the Queen Mother.

"It's at Uncle Bai's residence." Chu Yu said.

Only then did Cao Yong remember that there is still a country's uncle's mansion, which is about the younger brother of the queen mother, Yongzheng's first-class uncle Bai Qi.

"If the words reach your ears, you will not be able to hide it from the emperor, just wait and see." Cao Yong said.

The husband and wife were chatting and tidying up, and Le Chun also brought someone to bring breakfast.

After Cao Yong hastily had breakfast, he dressed and went out.On Chuyu's side, she had to wait for the dawn and obey the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites.

Because of the cloudy sky, it was pitch black outside, with lights looming in the distance.

When Cao Yong arrived outside the palace gate, the lights were brightly lit and the figures were shaking.

Although the posthumous funeral and the emperor's funeral belong to the same national funeral, but the emperor's funeral involves the replacement of the throne and the rise and fall of courtiers, everyone is trembling; What is the impact on the storage position.

But now it is the funeral of the empress dowager, or the funeral of the empress dowager who is not in harmony with the emperor. It is much easier for the princes and ministers who heard the mourning sound to come to the funeral.

Obviously very sleepy, yawning, eyes watery.But he was afraid of falling into the eyes of others and losing respect.You know, since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, these generations of emperors have loved to blame others in funerals.After a big funeral, many officials were taken off their crowns.

Now this guy, but he's turned out to be lively enough.They either pulled out their handkerchiefs, or stretched out their sleeves, and rubbed their eyes.Then, the tears flowed happily, but he kept muttering, how kind the empress dowager is, and so on.

Seeing this, Cao Yong looked down at his sleeve.

At the end of Yin and the beginning of Mao, the east gradually became white, and the princes and ministers arrived almost as well.

Officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, accompanied by small officials.The white cloth smocks have been brought in, and they are waiting for everyone to change their clothes.After a while, the gate of the palace was completely white.

It has been two hours since the death knell was sounded, and there is still no order for mourning...

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Yonghe Palace, bedtime.

The queen mother was lying there, frowning slightly, as if trying to endure something.Her forehead was black and blue, and she looked very scary.

The queen's face was pale, holding a powder box in her hand, standing on the edge of the kang, carefully applying powder to the wounds on the queen mother's face.I don't know if I was nervous, my hands trembled, and the pink slap fell on the Queen Mother's chest...

Yongzheng stood there, watching like this, his expression was uglier than crying.He clenched his fist tightly and gritted his teeth.

The moment he confirmed the Queen Mother's death, he was even secretly happy, so he couldn't wait to order someone to ring the death knell.But after the death knell, he stood here, looking at the woman lying on the kang, and couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.

Although the queen mother died in the early morning, she started to make trouble last night.

Yongzheng was busy looking at the memorials in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, wondering where the wheat would be harvested, and how this year would be;

This country is riddled with holes due to lax and corrupt officials.He, the emperor, hadn't even begun to enjoy the emperor's enjoyment. He was like a paper maker, pasting a piece here and patching another piece, and he was so busy that he hit the back of his head.

Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager sent someone to invite her in such a panic.

Today, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has just arrived to pay tribute to peaches, which the Empress Dowager likes to eat, and Yongzheng sent people to Yonghe Palace.Could it be for this reason?With some doubts and expectations, he arrived at Yonghe Palace.

After all, they are mother and son, even if the stalemate is like this, he still has a glimmer of hope.

Unexpectedly, when the Queen Mother saw him, she was furious.

Seeing Yongzheng, she didn't talk much, and scolded: "I hate you, are you really going to kill the old fourteen? You have already snatched his throne, and you want to kill him?"

She didn't avoid people, there were several maids serving in this bedroom.

Yongzheng stopped there, looking at the crazy Queen Mother in front of him, his face turned livid.

"Rob"?What is "robbing"?
Yesterday, a booklet from Jingling Dutong was handed over, saying that the fifteenth elder brother was infected with the epidemic. It is up to the emperor to decide whether to invite the imperial physician from Beijing.

Although Yongzheng didn't like Elder Brother Fifteen, it depended on Concubine Mi and Sixteen Ah, so there was no delay, and he sent an order to the Imperial Hospital to select two good doctors to go out of Beijing to Jingling as soon as possible. Elder brother sees a doctor.

It seems that the Empress Dowager got the news, but it was not true, and only when the fourteenth elder brother was the one who had the accident, she didn't care about it and became angry.

Seeing Yongzheng's expression like this, the Empress Dowager became even more angry, and shouted: "If you still recognize me as my mother, you will immediately order Fourteen to return to Beijing!"

Yongzheng said indifferently: "If I don't agree to take Old Fourteen back to Beijing, will the Empress Dowager not recognize me?"

The queen mother said bitterly: "You can't tolerate the old fourteenth, so you will circle me together!"

Between mother and child, from the earliest alienation to resistance, to the current suspicion and disgust.

Yongzheng was so troubled by state affairs that he rarely visited the Empress Dowager's Palace with great interest, but this was the result.

He was tired at last, and he said in a low mood: "If the Queen Mother has nothing else to do, I will go back first."

The queen mother was worried about the youngest son, she would not let him go, she stood sideways in front of him, gritted her teeth and said, "I beg you, let the old fourteen go back to Beijing!" While speaking, she actually wanted to kneel down to Yongzheng.

Where is the reason for worshiping the son by the mother?If Yongzheng suffers, he is afraid that there will be thunder in the sky.

He moved to avoid it, but the queen mother was persistent and wanted to kneel in front of him.

Yongzheng was really helpless, he couldn't care less about getting angry, so he quickly reached out to help the queen mother up.

The queen mother didn't appreciate it, and pushed the fourth elder brother away vigorously, but she didn't push Yongzheng away, but fell backwards by herself, and even the chair and others fell to the ground.

The queen mother fainted immediately, but there was a new wound on her forehead.Due to the excessive bleeding, the queen mother couldn't bear it after half a day, and stopped breathing...

(End of this chapter)