Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 239
On September 51th of the [-]st year of Kangxi, outside the Great Wall, Boluo and Tun, camped, and the accompanying palace people slept in tents.

After sending out the maids who were waiting by his side, Mr. Qingui sat in front of the dressing table, holding a bronze mirror in his hand, carefully adorning his face.Apply powder, thrush, and rouge, and the originally pale face immediately becomes vivid.I smiled in the mirror, but my eyes were sore, and even the smile in the mirror was weird.

Since the 33rd year of Kangxi, when she was drafted into the palace at the age of 14, eighteen years have passed, but the years have not left traces on her face.Crow's black hair, fair face, looks only about twenty, who would believe that her son is fifteen or sixteen.

However, even if the face is still beautiful, so what?In the harem, where can there be the favor of a special room?Every three years, a group of flower-like beauties enter the palace. They are fresh and fresh, and they are naturally more lively than these palace ladies who are bound by the palace rules.

Diligent people are not the kind of people who can't think about it, they don't have any palace grievances in their hearts, and they don't think about winning favors when they are full.Women in the harem are just the collection and decoration of the emperor, even if they want to win favor, they must recognize their own identities.She is just the daughter of a second-class guard and has been in the palace for many years. Although she gave birth to a prince, she is still the original nobleman and has not been promoted to a higher level.

She wholeheartedly hoped that her son would grow up safely, and she didn't pay much attention to these titles and titles.In the harem, the bodhisattva-like noble concubine Tong Jia did not take care of the affairs, and the palace affairs were in charge of the fourth concubine Ronghui Deyi. It was not good for these low-rank palace people, but no one dared to bully anyone at will.In general, life is quite peaceful.

Whoever imagined it, the sky will bring disaster...

The nobleman's hand trembled, and the bronze mirror nearly fell.She couldn't help closing her eyes, praying that what happened yesterday was just her own nightmare, and then, when she opened her eyes again, she slowly lifted the collar around her neck, and the purple mark told her everything that could not be erased.

Thinking of her son who returned to Beijing after the Mid-Autumn Festival, when she thought about talking about the draft, she couldn't control his slightly shy face anymore, lying on the dressing table and crying in despair.

Even if you are wronged and wronged, what can you do?All she can do is to dress up, wait for the emperor's "grace", and walk with dignity...

At the door of the tent, Wei Zhuer listened for a while, then turned and left.

In the center of the camp, the tallest and largest tent is Kangxi's sleeping tent.

Although there was no anger on Kangxi's face, the second-class public servant A Ling'a and his elder brother Yin De, the first-class bodyguard who stood in front of the imperial bodyguard, still felt the emperor's anger.

The two brothers are the sons of Ye Bilong, the four major ministers in the early years of Kangxi, younger brothers of the late Empress Xiaozhaoren and Concubine Wen Xi, and uncles of the Tenth Age Dun County King.

"After searching for half a day, did you find these?" Kangxi's tone was very calm, but cold sweat broke out on the foreheads of Yuqian's two brothers.Although these secrets in front of them are not likely to kill their brothers, they still need to be digested for a while;

Even Ah Ling, who has always supported the eighth elder brother wholeheartedly, can't think of taking advantage of the problem to make trouble.Be darling, after all, it is the emperor's family business, the emperor's brother-in-law is the best face, who would dare to give him eye drops?

Yin De was in a state of apprehension, and felt a little lucky, fortunately, he was on duty in front of the imperial court today, so he happened to receive this job; if it was any other guard, based on what he knew, he should die to "reward" Jun'en.It's just the nobleman, maybe it's... He thought of the smiling Seventeenth brother, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Long live God forgive me, the slaves are really incompetent!" Both brothers knelt down and confessed their sins.

Kangxi narrowed his eyes, looked at the two brothers kneeling in front of the case, and said coldly, "That... how long have you been there?"

The two brothers knew that Long Live Lord wanted to confirm whether his hat had changed color, and the heart that had just been put down couldn't help but lifted again.

Yin De has a stupid mouth, and he is still thinking about how to speak in order to save some life for the industrious nobleman; Aling'a has already replied obediently: "Returning to the words of Lord Long Live, according to the account of the maid who served the nobleman yesterday, the nobleman and the prince just met by chance, because the prince was drunk. , the words are a bit inconsiderate!"

Kangxi snorted angrily, and said with a sneer, "'Encounter'? 'Drunk'? The words are not thoughtful? If so, then who is the one who grabbed the concubine's neck and dragged her into the tent next to her?"

Ah Lingah didn't sound right, but I didn't expect that Lord Long Live would know everything in detail, so if he was impatient with his previous approach to calm the situation, he would not be able to eat it go around.

Sure enough, Kangxi then pointed at A Ling A and said, "Damn slave, I haven't collapsed yet, so you want to sell him?"

A Ling'a was frightened all over, and Yin De, who was kneeling next to him, hurriedly said: "Long live Lord Mingjian, the servants have been working in front of Long live Lord for ten or twenty years, how could they have any other thoughts? I only hope for Long live Lord To be lenient in all things is to give grace to the servants!"

A Ling'a also realized the end, so she had to show her loyalty again.

Coincidentally, Wei Zhu came back from checking the tent of nobleman Qin, and whispered about nobleman Qin's costumes.

Kangxi was silent for a while, and finally said to Brother Ah Ling: "I don't believe it. In this big camp, he is not crazy or top, so he dares to be so presumptuous! The following elder brothers, the guards have to check first, is it true?" It’s not like there’s another one, I want to follow the old way of Big Brother!”

Ah Ling'a was overjoyed when he heard the words, and wished he could run out immediately, talk about this matter with the eighth and ninth elder brothers, and discuss whether he could take advantage of this to take the position.

Kangxi was worried about this, looked at Ah Ling, and said: "I don't want to bother, but you should know my temper!"

Ah Ling lowered his head, other than nodding his head in response, the thought of conspiring with the eighth and ninth elder brothers disappeared immediately.

In a blink of an eye, after three days, Shengjia returned to Rehe.

The affairs of the noble people here were not cleaned up, and someone reported that it was the crown prince who beat the crown princess Guerjia with a whip.

Kangxi was really angry, the heir of a dignified country, who was in his forties, still acted so arbitrary, it was really too surly.

Finally getting old, looking at the notes on the imperial case, Kangxi thought of the seventeenth elder brother Yinli who had been following him for the past few years, and recalled the eighteenth elder brother Yinyou who died a few years ago, and sighed.

The book was written on a rainy day jointly signed by several princes and elder brothers who stayed in Beijing, and it was just delivered to Rehe half an hour ago.

Played by Chen Yinzhi and others:
This month, it is cloudy at Sishizheng at the second quarter, and it begins to drizzle at the end of November.

Kangxi raised the imperial pen, hesitated for a moment, and commented after the paper: "Got it. The imperial concubine is not in good health, so go home first. The seventeenth elder brother came with a camera and took his mother back!"

Wei Zhu, the former imperial eunuch, stood by and felt that although the Long Live Lord had his back straight, he looked very lonely.Thinking of what he had seen and heard in the past few days, he couldn't help shivering.

Perhaps it is because of the approaching winter, the weather is getting colder and colder.

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Although the weather is getting colder, Cao Yong's heart is warm.As a new father, I always feel a little dazed and unreal, but every time he sees his son whose skin is still a little red, he still can't help grinning and smiling all over his face.

Both Jiangning and Beijing sent people to announce the good news.Cao Yin and his wife will be very happy that the eldest son has a grandson.In addition to sharing the joy with his parents, he also hopes that his father can be relieved from the pain of bereavement as soon as possible.

Yesterday, an incense table was set up in the inner house, and the ceremony of "cleaning three times" was held for his son Tianyou.Although the only foreign visitor was his nerdy brother Ye Fu, the prefect of Yizhou, and his wife, but these people from his house got together and it was lively for half a day.

Because the son's first name had to be given by his grandfather, Cao Yong and Chu Yu studied the nickname a few months before giving birth.

According to Cao Yong's meaning, if Chuyu gave birth to a boy, his nickname would be "Zigeer". Shen, You, Xu, Wei" in the order of the earthly branches; if it is a girl, the nickname is "Da Niu", and if a daughter is added in the future, it will be in the order of "Second Niu", "Three Niu", and "Si Niu".

Chu Yu complained well, saying that he had never seen such a father, and he didn't even bother to think of the child's nickname.

Cao Yong was very wronged in his heart, obviously he was racking his brains and thinking about it, but he didn't think it was appropriate.He remembered his nickname "Liansheng", which had a good meaning.

In fact, according to his original intention, he really wanted to call his son's nickname "Changsheng" or "Ping An", which are straightforward and auspicious names.However, these two names are often used by high-ranking families as servant names, and even their Cao family also has a servant named "Ping An", who is the second servant of Cao Xiang.

Although Chu Yu usually listens to Cao Yong, she is a little paranoid about the child's nickname. "Da Niu" and "Second Niu" were rejected immediately, because Mr. Zhuang's old female breast name was "Niu Niu", so she was their child's aunt.Even if a girl is born, it is not easy to have a nickname similar to that of my aunt.

"Brother Zi" and "Brother Ugly" these Chuyus thought about it seriously for a while, and finally asked Cao Yong with some doubts: "My son-in-law, if we give birth to a son, should we talk to him?" , Zi'er, Zi'er screaming, seems a bit weird?"

Cao Yong couldn't help laughing "haha" a few times, it's not weird, the reading of "Zi'er" and "Zi'er" sounds like a mouse, "squeak".

Chu Yu's face turned black from laughing, and Cao Yong stopped talking embarrassingly.

In the end, Chuyu thought a few things out and let Cao Yong make up his mind.

"Bao'er" and "Yu'er", Cao Yong denied it without even thinking about it.If he really raises a son named "Bao'er" or "Yu'er", who spends all day molesting a maid in the inner house and eating rouge, then Cao Yong will really be ashamed to death.Whether it's envy or jealousy, or boredom, only he can know.

Among the remaining nicknames, the young couple looked at them one by one, and finally settled on "God Bless" as a compliment.

Although Tianyou is the first child of Cao Yong and his wife, he is not the first child in the house.Niuniu on Mr. Zhuang's side is still one month old; the fifth child brought by Jiang Ning is one year and eight months old.The two little girls are only a year or two older than Tianyou, but their seniority is high, both of them are aunts.

According to the custom at that time, Chuyu had to confine her for a month, and the cat was not allowed to go out in the room.Because Cao Yong saw his wife's difficulty in giving birth, he found a lot of rare medicinal materials to nourish Chuyu.

Black-bone chicken and ginseng soup, goji berry and crucian carp soup, etc. are available almost every time, but Chu Yu only takes one or two sips each time, and then drinks the milk porridge she ordered by herself.Before giving birth, she was white and fat. Although it took half a night to give birth to Tianyou, as the midwives said, there was less bleeding and less wounds, so it went smoothly.

Regarding the issue of breastfeeding, the young couple had also discussed it properly before, and both believed that breastfeeding is good, but their starting points are different.

Chu Yu loves children very much. Although she is still in her womb, she feels sad when she thinks about being divided by the nanny; Several milking cows are raised in the mansion.

However, in order to be on the safe side, I temporarily found a nanny to enter the mansion.It is prepared that when Chuyu has no milk, or the child is not used to drinking milk, he will not be hungry.

Fortunately, Chu Yu had milk the next day, although several nuns thought it was against the rules.But with Cao Yong's support, they are just a few words.

Regarding the "cowpox" matter, Cao Yong still persuaded Mr. Zhuang to use it on livestock to see the effect first.However, although the weather here in Shandong is warmer than the capital, it is getting cooler. It is not a good time to study "pox epidemic" and "pox vaccination", so Cao Yong mentioned this in his letter to his father, please My father found several "vaccination doctors" in the south of the Yangtze River to verify the "vaccinia" thing.

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In the capital, the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother went out of Donghua Gate and rode horses side by side.As we talked about this topic, we talked about the draft in October.

The seventeenth brother is two years younger than the sixteenth brother, and his false age is sixteen, which should be the age for marriage.When the sixteenth elder brother was on the side of the Fujin Li family, he was younger than the seventeenth elder brother now.

Seeing Elder Seventeen smiling and not caring, Elder Sixteen curled his lips and said, "Whether it's the first son, the second son, or the concubine, you won't be able to get away with this draft. Wait for Fujin to enter the door. See if you are still so calm?"

Elder Seventeen laughed and said, "If it's true that Huang Ama and Queen Mother Lafayette pointed out one to my younger brother this year, then my younger brother will look forward to it, no matter what his status is, he will still be a descendant in terms of status!"

Elder Sixteen shook his head: "So what about the direct and side ones? It's just a title!"

Elder Seventeen smiled, looked at Elder Brother, and said: "Even if others don't know, Brother Sixteen and younger brother should know too! It's just because we are all low in status, how much we have been neglected since we were young! The same prince Brother, which of the elder brothers is not very honorable, and there are people fawning and flattering everywhere? People like us, to put it mildly, are treated differently from elder brothers because of our young age; to put it bluntly, it’s just that we don’t The mother's family can be relied on, and Er Niang is not able to talk to Huang Ama, so she is naturally looked down upon by everyone. If the younger brother marries the concubine Fujin, then live a good life with her and give birth to a concubine. Lord Zhen, don’t give birth to bastards to hinder everyone’s eyes!”

Although this was true, it reminded Elder Sixteen of his childhood, and the two brothers remained silent for a while.

In the end, Brother Sixteen said, "Brother Seventeen, don't be too biased. With identities like ours, we can't just marry one wife like a commoner. As a descendant of Aixinjueluo, we can reproduce Consolidating our Great Qing Dynasty is also our task!" Having said this, I couldn't help laughing, with a somewhat inexplicable and unclear expression on my face: "In this way, among us brothers, It’s also counting that the eldest brother’s mission is well completed, and in the past few years, the little elder brother and the little Gege have added nearly ten, even if there were some mistakes before, they are worthy of their ancestors after being born like this!”

Elder Seventeen thought for a while and said: "It's strange to say that, in my childhood impression, apart from the fact that the crown prince is the crown prince, who is different from us, even the elder brother is the most arrogant. Even if his uncle Mingxiang has fallen, it is still half a point." He refuses to wrong himself, speaks and behaves the same as before. Although he is not close to us, he is not annoying. Now that I think about it, my eldest brother is like an authentic Manchurian hero, who does not play with this mess of colorful intestines , all relying on one's true ability to seek military exploits!"

Since participating in the muddy water of seizing the heir, how can it be safe?Keeping his life, even if there is some father-son relationship in it, the main reason is that the emperor does not want to bear the notoriety of "killing his son".

Brother Sixteen and Brother Seventeen thought of this, looked at each other and smiled in unison.

From this point of view, there are advantages to having no weight. Anyone who wants to sit in that chair will not regard these two younger brothers who have no relatives to rely on as rivals, only to win over.

If the vision is better, if you don't keep it together, you will have the merit of "supporting"; even if you are perfunctory, you will not rely on anyone, and finally wait for the new emperor to ascend the throne. As the emperor's younger brother, this title will naturally not be lowered.

You know, starting with their grandpa, they paid more and more attention to the set of "brothers, friends and brothers respecting each other". Brothers and sisters are all princes.It was the same in the Kangxi Dynasty.Even if there are many brothers now, what's the matter, the last one is a shellfish, with better luck, it's Belle and the county king.

Living in a down-to-earth manner is not much better than participating blindly.Standing on the side, not to mention being clean, but still having leisure time, wouldn't it be better to watch the "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea each showing their magical powers"?Why bother to bother, so that brothers are not brothers, brothers are not brothers.
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