Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 243 The Mother
Changchun Garden, Shouxuan Palace, Xinuang Pavilion.

Located on Yuanzi Middle Road, it is the residence of Empress Dowager Borzigit in Changchun Garden.Borzigit is the daughter of Horqin Baylor Chuoerji, the niece of the abolished Empress Shunzhi, and the grandniece of Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang.After her aunt was abolished, the 14-year-old came to the capital from the grassland. She was hired as a concubine first, and then became a queen the next month.

Rather than being a queen, the Borzigit family is more like a decoration to balance the relationship between the court and Mongolia. It did not come into the eyes of the emperor's husband, nor did she give birth to a son and a half.

After Shunzhi passed away, Kangxi ascended the throne and respected his aunt as empress dowager, who lived in the Palace of Mercy.Borzigit was only 21 years old, and since then she has started a long career as a queen mother, and it has been 51 years so far.

Reading scriptures and praying to Buddha are the most common ways for the Empress Dowager to pass the time, but today's Shouxuan Palace is a bit lively.The fifth elder brother Prince Heng Yinqi's side Fujin Liu Jiashi and Guerjia clan brought Da Gege and Er Gege to greet the Queen Mother.

The fifth elder brother Yinqi, born of Concubine Yi, shares the same mother as the ninth elder brother. He was raised by the queen mother since childhood, and his grandparents and grandchildren have a deep affection.

Among the older elder brothers, the fifth elder brother only learned Mandarin when he was young because he was with the Queen Mother, but he didn't know Sinology.Perhaps it was because of this reason that he didn't have any intention of fighting for the heir apparent. Like the seventh elder brother and the twelfth elder brother, he kept a low profile and seldom got involved in those scheming matters.

However, in terms of treatment, the fifth elder brother was not inferior to other princes. When the prince was entrusted for the first time in the 37th year of Kangxi, he was named Dorobel; Prince Shuo.

Liu Jiashi is the first of the five princes, the mother of the eldest elder brother and Da Gege, and the granddaughter-in-law chosen by the queen mother herself.Although the Guerjia family and the fifth elder brother were a few years later, they were the most favored. They had four sons and a daughter. Although there were only two young elder brothers, their status in the palace was becoming more and more stable.

Big ge [-] and Er ge [-] are both flower-like ages, and the queen mother likes them very much.Er Gege is more cautious, his biological mother is a concubine, but Da Gege has always followed his mother to pay respects to his ancestors since he was a child, and he is more close than respectful to his great-grandmother. The old ancestor, what kind of food and offerings did he find, how diligent his elder brother was, how naughty his younger brother was.

The Empress Dowager liked to listen to it, so she took Da Gege's hand and asked her to sit down on the edge of the kang.Looking at Da Gege's fair and clean face, the Empress Dowager turned her head to Liu Jiashi and said, "I know what you are thinking as a mother-in-law, and don't worry, the Ai family loves her so much!"

Liu Jiashi hurriedly thanked her, Da Gege was still in a daze, seeing her younger sister and Guerjia family smiling at her, Fang turned around, extremely ashamed, bowed his head and said: "Old ancestor, it's not for the great-granddaughter I want to benefit from your well-being and point out a good wife for my brother!"

The Empress Dowager heard this, glanced at Liu Jiashi, and said, "What's the matter? Hongsheng has taken a fancy to someone's daughter, is he afraid that others will not be able to choose her?" Although the words were gentle, there was a hint of displeasure in his expression.

Before Xiunv's general election, even the emperor's grandson, it was against the rules to communicate in private.Hearing the Queen Mother's question, Liu Jiashi quickly smiled and said: "Old Ancestor, our Eldest Brother's personality is the same as that of the Prince, and now he is thinking about learning errands from his uncles all day long. How could he have the heart?" Thinking about this? Seventeen, next year will be eighteen, it is the concubine who is thinking about it, after all, he is the eldest son of the prince, and it is his duty to give birth to a younger brother as soon as possible!"

The Empress Dowager put a smile on her face, and said: "This is reasonable. At seventeen, it's time to get engaged. When Ai's family pointed you to your master, your master was only sixteen. At eighteen, Hongsheng was added. !” Speaking of this, he pinched his fingers to calculate, and said with a little emotion: “It’s been 18 years, that’s all, the Ai family will worry about you again, and pay attention to finding a good-natured girl to be Hongsheng’s wife. daughter in law."

Liu Jiashi thanked him again, Guerjia's presence was a bit uncomfortable.The second elder brother she gave birth to was 13 years old and the fourth elder brother was eight years old.But I also know that as long as there is the queen mother, the position of the son of the world is not even considered.

Liu Jiashi deliberately went into the garden to ask the Queen Mother to marry her son, and she never didn't mean to use this to stabilize her son's position.After all, in terms of background, she is not as prominent as the Guarjia family; now, the Guarjia family is not favored, and the only thing that can be counted on is the empress dowager's special treatment.

The mothers were talking, when they heard a young eunuch replying, it was Mrs. Jueluo from the Wenshun government who brought her granddaughter to pay her respects to the queen mother.

Although the old lady's husband was not a direct descendant of the Docile Mansion, she herself was a "village lord" from the Zhen Guo Mansion, and her biological mother was a Mongolian noble daughter, who, like the Queen Mother, was from the Horqin tribe.In terms of relatives, she is considered the Queen Mother's cousin.

The Empress Dowager was getting old, and although she was happy to see her granddaughter-in-law and great-granddaughters, it was better to talk about nostalgia with the old people. When she heard that Mrs. Jue Luo was coming, she hurriedly asked someone to bring them in.

This old lady is none other than the mother of Gali, and her granddaughter Dong E Jinghui accompanied her into the palace.

Regardless of whether Li Ding was sick or not, since there was a previous act of retiring the engagement, how could Mrs. Jueluo lower herself and send her granddaughter to her door to be manipulated by others.

In the early years of Piansheng, he took his granddaughter to his son's office in Jiangnan. Mrs. Jue Luo was afraid that it would be inconvenient to go back and forth during the draft, so she begged for grace to be exempted from the election.Now, although the news of engagement and resignation has not spread to the capital, it is not easy to find the right family.

Although she is said to be the granddaughter of Duke Wenshun's mansion, because her grandfather is not a direct descendant, and her parents were both young, although she could rely on her uncle Gali, but now Gali is busy with a lawsuit with Zhang Boxing, so there is no time to worry about her niece. marriage?
And Dong E Jinghui will be 17 years old in the next year, it will take a year and a half from the engagement to the marriage, what will happen if it is delayed?Therefore, Mrs. Jueluo was a little anxious, thinking that the draft would happen in October, and she would propose marriages to the clan.

Prince Baylor, the old lady doesn't even think about it. Being a concubine is not qualified enough to be a concubine. Just Jinghui's soft temper, you must not be torn apart; but Zhen Guogong, Fu Guogong, or Zhenguo General, General Fuguo, the title is not high or low, if he asks the queen mother to marry him, it is estimated that his granddaughter can live in Ontario.

The old lady is a Buddhist, and usually disdains these dignitaries, but for the sake of her granddaughter's lifelong event, she still went to Changchun Garden to see the Queen Mother.

When Liu Jiashi and Guerjiashi saw a foreign visitor coming to the Empress Dowager's Palace, they smiled and stood up to say goodbye, naturally auspicious words were unavoidable.

After they went out, Mrs. Jueluo just came in with her granddaughter.Big Gege and Er Gege saw the new girl with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, she looked very cute, so they couldn't help but take a few more glances, feeling a little closer.

Liu Jiashi had met old lady Jueluo at the Empress Dowager's place in the early years, so she recognized her. Seeing that the girl was well dressed, she felt a little moved.He thought that if his son married a young lady from Dong E's family, she would be very decent.However, these are not things she can decide on her own, and she always has to ask the fifth elder brother what she thinks before making a decision.

In Xinuang Pavilion, after Mrs. Jueluo entered the room, she wanted to give a big gift to the Queen Mother.How could the queen mother accept it, so she hurriedly asked someone to help her, and said angrily, "I haven't seen you for a few days, and you're talking about these rules. Hurry up and sit down and talk!" Then, please feel Mrs. Luo sit on the Kang .

Mrs. Jueluo's personality was a little rigid. Although the queen mother treated her kindly, she was unwilling to overstep her status. After her granddaughter greeted the queen mother, she sat on the chair on the ground.

Just narrating a few words about homework, before Mrs. Jueluo revealed the purpose of her visit, she heard the sound of a whip cracking outside.

The emperor came to the Empress Dowager's palace to say hello, but Mrs. Jueluo wanted to avoid it, but it was too late, so she stood up, stepped aside with her granddaughter and waited.

When Kangxi entered the Nuan Pavilion, he greeted him as usual, which was nothing more than "how much food did the emperor's mother eat, and how is her appetite in the past two days" and so on.Although every three or five days, the emperor came to the Empress Dowager's palace to ask the same question, but it was rare that Kangxi asked very seriously every time, and the empress dowager answered the same.

After paying his respects, Kangxi noticed that Mrs. Jueluo was also there.When he just entered the door, Mrs. Jueluo was saluting with other court ladies. Although Kangxi saw her from the corner of his eyes, but because she lowered her head, she only said that she was an ordinary female relative.

Thinking of the past few days, the officials of the imperial court have been arguing endlessly about the mutual participation of Gali and Zhang Boxing in the case. Among them, Gali's crime is "corruption of ink".However, Mu Helun, the Minister of the Household Department, who accepted the trial of the case, speculated on the mind of the old man Kangxi, thinking that the emperor must be facing the Manchu officials, so he gave a statement: "The various ceremonies that Zhang Boxing participated in, after the trial, all of them are False. Zhang Boxing was afraid and could not go abroad, but he accused Zhang Yuanlong of stealing without trial, dragging many people to death, failing to strictly arrest thieves, delaying the murder case, and taking part in the reckless act, which tarnishes the post of minister, and should be dismissed as stated" conclusion .

Kangxi saw it, but he couldn't laugh or cry. Although he valued his experience in etiquette and handling affairs, he didn't believe in his integrity.Zhang Boxing was not the case. He was the one who dialed it himself, and he was a well-known upright official.It's just that several groups of people were sent to the south of the Yangtze River, but they failed to find out the evidence of Kali's greed for ink. In the past two years, they also ordered Li Xu and Sun Wenqi to investigate successively, but there was no benefit in the end.

Now, meeting Gali's aunt, Kangxi saw her beard and hair half white, with a warm face, and asked, "I heard that the old lady also lived in the south of the Yangtze River for two years, do you know why Gali's behavior on a regular basis is so different from that of Zhang Boxing?" Getting dirty?"

Mrs. Jueluo pondered for a moment, and then said: "If it's about the front office, the old woman doesn't know, but since she arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, the old woman's life seems to be getting better every day. The delicacies of mountains and seas, jade liquid and fine wine, life is becoming more and more luxurious. , Even the curtains hanging on the bed are made of gold thread. The old woman believes in Buddhism and doesn't care about her daily life and food. In order to honor the old woman, the mansion raised three hundred nuns!"

After hearing Mrs. Jueluo's words, Kangxi suddenly changed color.Three hundred nuns!Even he, the emperor, did not use such a big show to show his filial piety.Besides, with so many people, why hasn't the slightest news of such a thing reached my ears so far? Is it true that he, the emperor, can be deceived at will?
Kangxi didn't stay any longer, and went out after chatting with the queen mother, and the old lady Jueluo was a little upset.Although Kari was not her own, he treated her all these years as filial piety.She just responded before the imperial court, and every sentence is true, and there is no half-truth.She is not a fool, nor did she say it casually when she was in a daze and was not clear-headed, but she also thought it through.

"Knowing a son is like a mother", the old lady Jueluo has clearly seen Gali's greed and contempt over the years, no matter how many times she persuaded him, she still does her own thing.It would be too unfair if Zhang Boxing, who was highly praised by the people in the south of the Yangtze River, was dismissed because of him.What's more, if this continues, the greed and despicable heart will grow day by day, which may lead to some disasters in the future.It's better to withdraw from the official career while there is no major incident in front of you, or to learn a lesson, so that you don't dare to be greedy again.

Although she stayed in the Empress Dowager's Palace for a while, Madam Jueluo didn't mention her granddaughter again.Before Gali's crimes are still pending, if he betrothed his granddaughter to someone else in a muddle-headed manner, and the other party becomes snobbish and repents afterwards, even if the engagement is not divorced, Jinghui's life will be difficult.

Dong'e Mansion is located in Rongxian Hutong in the southeast of Xicheng, and it is a courtyard with five entrances.

After Mrs. Jueluo returned to the mansion, she went to the Buddhist hall in the inner courtyard, knelt down in front of the Buddha and prayed silently, even though she didn't want Zhang Boxing to be wronged for nothing, and she didn't want Kari to risk her life because of it.

The old lady had a solemn face and prayed to the Buddha devoutly, but she didn't have the slightest remorse in her heart.If she was allowed to talk nonsense, even she would not be able to pass this level by herself.

Dong E Jinghui breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. Although she had told her grandmother several times that she had no intention of marrying, she had always been used to it. The old lady only thought that her granddaughter was upset and sad because of the resignation, and she became more and more anxious to help her granddaughter. Find a good family.

Sitting in front of the dressing table, Dong E Jinghui opened the dressing box, took out a Mongolian knife from inside, and stroked it lightly, remembering that he wrote to his cousin two months ago and mentioned in the reply that the second master of the Cao family died of illness The news, sighed, and put the Mongolian knife back.

(End of this chapter)