Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 769
A few days after the funeral in Prince Jane's mansion was lively, Yaerjiang fell ill.Even so, he did not return to the palace, and still stayed at the other end of the courtyard.

For this reason, the late "Yang family" is regarded as a legendary figure in the clan.After all, it is well known that this Yaerjiang loves men, and if this "woman" is so favored, it must be the appearance of a fairy.

Love is not longing.

In the teahouses in the capital, there is more talk.Even the one who was rumored to be domineering in the past has changed his tune, saying that he is an infatuated prince.

There are various rumors.

Even on Chuyu's side, she had talked to Cao Yong twice in private, but she didn't envy the "Yang family"'s exclusive favor, but just lamented for Prince Jian Fujin.Husband is so lively outside, but also has to take care of two concubine daughters who lost their mothers, how embarrassing.

In this context, in the palace compound again, mentioning the word "love" is mostly a joke.

On Cao Yong's side, it is fortunate that Yaerjiang's casualness made Brother Fourteen feel ashamed.In this way, as long as he doesn't touch the side of the fourteenth elder brother, Prince Jane's mansion will be peaceful.

Yang Zimo's death was a heart-wrenching pain for Yaerjiang Ash, but it was nothing more than a few gossips for others.After a few days, it disappeared.

Even the matter often mentioned by the female family members of the Cao family was replaced by the matter of marriage in the Wu Gege of Prince Chun's Mansion.

On the ninth day of October, on the day when Shengjia returned to Luan from Rehe to serve as the Empress Dowager, he issued a five-gege decree for marriage.Wugege was granted the title of Princess Heshuo and pointed to Wendu's Baojintai.

This Bao Jintai is not well-known, but his father E Hai is a great official in the frontier, and he is now the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu.

Finally, he didn't have to caress Mongolia, so he was one of the lucky ones in the clan.

The seventh elder brother followed, and the seventh side Fujin was married off, and both of them returned to Beijing with Sheng Jia.They were still on their way when the news of their marriage reached the capital.

When Chuyu got the news, she remembered what Ergege said before she got married, and felt sore.If Er Gege could stay in the capital, he wouldn't have to suffer the pain of parting.

Qifu Jin was overjoyed, and sent people to Cao's mansion to pick up Chuyu early.

Wu Gege is the first daughter of the county prince's mansion, and her status is more noble than Er Gege's.

The news I got before vaguely said that it was going to Mongolia to give to a prince's son. Who would have thought that when this is coming, they will have to meet the light again.On the Qifujin side, it is natural to recite Amitabha directly.

On Chuyu's side, she was also happy for her sister.

Wu Gege has always been the closest to Er Gege, and Er Gege has been unhappy in the past few months since he left Beijing.Although I now know that I don't need to go to Mongolia, I feel sad after the joy.

When there was no one around, she took Chu Yu's hand and said, "Eldest sister, if this happens, does it mean that I will never see my second sister in this life? The second sister is the most impatient, and even eats less mutton. I don’t know how difficult it is to arrive in Mongolia.”

After hearing this, Chu Yu felt sour when thinking about her younger sister who was married for the first time.

"Why do you come here? I will always meet you when you follow Rehe. Mongolian princes come to Rehe every summer. Baoyagege has another courtyard in Rehe." Chu Yu didn't want Wu Gege to be sentimental , said with a smile.

"I was able to stay in Beijing because my second sister begged Ama. The second sister said that if I can keep one, it's like going to Mongolia to eat sand." Wu Gege said with a bit of sadness.

In fact, there was indeed someone pleading for mercy, but it was not Ergege.Even Er Gege accepted his fate and got married, knowing that it was the clan Gege's mission to caress Mongolia, so there would be delusions.

It was Dagegechuyu who pleaded.

Chu Yu sent several family letters to the seventh elder brother in Rehe, among which only mentioned the difficulty of her aunt Nalashi.Nala's only biological daughter is Wugege, if she marries far away, how can she be kind?

Chu Yu doesn't like to comment on the relationship between elders, but it is a fact that Qifujin has fallen out of favor over the years.Although she had fights with Qifang Fujin in the early years and interfered with the heirs of the palace, there was nothing wrong with her treatment of the sons and daughters, and she managed the palace in an orderly manner.

When writing these family letters, Chu Yu would often put down her pen and meditate on what would happen if her younger sister Er Gege stayed in the capital.But there is no palace with such kindness, even Gege, who is so favored by Baoya, cannot escape the fate of getting married.

Brother Seven was touched by the eldest daughter's letter.He was in his late teens, and he felt quite ashamed when he thought that he had been indifferent to Qi Fujin for more than 20 years.

Therefore, when Kangxi talked about Wu Gege's marriage with Brother Qi, Brother Qi pleaded for his wife in front of the emperor.Seven Fujin has no biological son, so leaving her daughter in Beijing can also comfort her loneliness in the evening.

Kangxi is getting older and has begun to care about his children and grandchildren.He was also quite moved by the words of a family relationship.Seventh elder brother's sympathy for his married wife is exactly in Kangxi's mind.

The royal family's affection is weak, but Seventh Brother's side is very humane.In this way, Wu Gege got this kind of grace and stayed in the capital; the Mongolian prince's son she originally meant to refer to Gege from other palaces.

Chu Yu didn't know that Wu Gege's accident was not due to her own reasons, but she didn't want to take credit for it, so she kept silent.

Because I still have to take care of my biological mother, I am afraid of causing my mother to complain, so I pay attention to my half-sister and neglect my siblings.

Nourishing kindness begets kindness, familiarity is more important than familiarity, even Chu Yu can't measure it.It's just that in my heart, I treat Wu Gege and Hong Shu no differently; the other half-brothers and sisters are a little farther away.

On Qifujin's side, Er GeGe counted this unexpected grace on Er GeGe's head.Because Er Gege had talked with Wu Gege several times before, hoping that his sister could avoid the fate of going to Mongolia.

Now, she has nothing else to ask for.

She pulled Chuyu, feeling a lot of emotion, talking about when Wu Gege was born, and Er Gege's childhood fun, joyful for a while, wiped away tears for a while, very excited.

On Chuyu's side, they talked with her for half a day, until at dusk, Cao Yong came to pick her up in person, and then left.

Qifujin personally sent Chuyu to the carriage, and stood in the second gate, although surrounded by maidservants and mother-in-law, he couldn't hide his loneliness.

Chu Yu sighed, put down the curtain, and drove back to Cao Mansion.

Cao Yong here, want to be another matter.

This Ehai is ranked as the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and the Northwest is troubled again.There were fourteen elder brothers in the front, and Nian Gengyao, the "Northwest King" in the later, and it was enough to drink a pot of them.

However, this Ehai served as the governor in the 40th year of Kangxi, and was promoted to the governor in the 49th year of Kangxi. He first supervised Huguang and then Shaanxi and Gansu.

After all, in recent years, there have been "partisan struggles" and "second abolished princes". There are not one or two governors who have fallen.

This is human sperm, even if Elder Fourteen and Nian Gengyao want to win over, it depends on whether it is enough.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong was relieved.He has few biological brothers and sisters, and he treats the brothers-in-law and sister-in-law of Prince Chun's residence as his own.

On October [-], Shengjia returned to Beijing and stationed in Changchun Garden.

According to the annual rules, when the holy car arrives in Beijing, there will be a big court meeting and a small court meeting, but this year is an exception.

Inside and outside the capital, everyone was staring at the news of Changchun Garden.Shengjia only stayed in Changchun Garden for two days, and on 22, he returned to the palace because of the empress dowager's sacred body.

Even the tenth elder brother, the fourteenth elder brother, and the sixteenth elder brother who stayed in Beijing never saw Kangxi.As a result, many people began to speculate about various possibilities and became eager to move.

It was not until October 24 that Kangxi held a small court meeting.Cao Yong is also in the hall because of his status in the six subjects.Although he looked haggard, but his eyes were piercing, he was still not angry and majestic.

In this way, the delusion of many people was broken, and many people became honest.

However, the atmosphere in the capital became more and more weird, and God also cooperated, and it was gloomy for days without seeing the sun.The north wind is howling, and there is little rain and snow, and the windows are only blowing every day, which is annoying.

The news that the Empress Dowager was seriously ill also reached Mrs. Li's ears.

She is a married woman, she has no summons from the palace, and she is not qualified to visit the palace. She just starts eating fast and prays in front of the Buddha every morning and evening.In addition, she also took 500 taels of silver and handed it to Chuyu, who asked Chuyu to go to the temple to pray for the Queen Mother.

This seemed destined to be an extraordinary winter, because when Shengjia arrived in Beijing in mid-October, Shuntian Mansion reported the discovery of pox in the capital.By the end of October, the yamen counted hundreds of people with acne.

The children in the inner house of the Cao family were all vaccinated with cowpox, but the family servants also have children, so they also have to guard against the disease from outside. They also followed the example of other families and closed their doors.

When Cao Yong and Cao Yin talked about cowpox, they were only disappointed.Although they have mastered the method of inoculating vaccinia, they dare not spread it without Kangxi's permission.

This pox epidemic is the most deadly. Ten people will be sick, and two or three will die.When the epidemic is rampant, there may be three or four deaths.

Emperor Kangxi was late, moody and angry, and no one could guess his thoughts.Even Cao Yin, although he cared about the common people, did not dare to disobey the emperor's will.

On Cao Yong's side, I can't hope that Kangxi will cherish people's livelihood, but I can only look forward to Yongzheng.

Shibi really kills people, Kangxi's "benevolence and filial piety" are very watery, but historians are willing to add icing on the cake, praising the emperor like a flower.

The state treasury is so empty, it is not unrelated to his five trips to the south of the Yangtze River, summer vacation outside the Great Wall every year, plus spring luck in Jidian, and winter tour of the imperial tomb.

On the second day of November, when the empress dowager's condition was slightly mild, Kangxi left the palace and was lucky to have Tangquan.The explanation to the outside world is that Kangxi's old cold leg committed the crime, and in the past few days, he was greeted at the Empress Dowager's Palace, and he suffered from the wind and cold, so he went to Tangquan to cook.

Although the imperial doctor said that the queen mother's side is relatively safe, Kangxi did not dare to ignore it, and ordered people to set up two waist stations between Tangshan and Deshengmen, and between Deshengmen and Da Nei, and each sent an officer and a post to be on duty. , responsible for Kangxi's invitation to the Queen Mother and the news that Zhezi and the Queen Mother's palace came to the imperial court.

In this way, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Queen Mother is running out of time.

Originally, every year at this time, it is unavoidable that the princes and princes will bring their families to live in Tangquan's outer residence for a while, but this year there is little such interest.

This twelfth lunar month is the time for marrying a daughter in the capital.Because throughout the year, only the end of the year is the most leisurely.This year, due to the serious illness of the Empress Dowager, many families began to advance their wedding dates, fearing that they would delay their marriage due to the national funeral.

Therefore, some people don't care about the smallpox, and they all discuss to advance the wedding date and get married in the winter moon.

The Cao Mansion also received many invitations.For those with a good relationship, Cao Yinquan should relax and go there in person; for those with a mediocre relationship, he asked someone to give a gift.

On Li's side, I heard that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has prepared for the Empress Dowager's funeral, discussed with her husband and son, and wanted to visit the palace.

Beating the Empress Dowager and returning to the palace with illness, there were many inner and outer wives who wanted to invite An Xun to investigate the illness, but the Empress Defei and the Empress Yifei refused them all.This is also in accordance with Kangxi's will, for fear of sparing the Queen Mother to recuperate.

After all, he is ill, so it will be a toss if he greets his wife.

Cao Yin and Cao Yong didn't know what to do, but they knew that Mrs. Li was grateful for the care of the Queen Mother in recent years, so they still handed out greetings to the palace according to the rules.

Li's intentions made Concubine De and Concubine Yi very difficult.

Both of them are crystal hearts, and through clues, they know Li's true identity, and also understand that the queen mother really values ​​Li.

After hesitating again and again, the two of them dared not make the decision, fearing that they would offend Kangxi if they mishandled it, so they sent someone to ask the booklet to be sent to Emperor Tangquan to be judged by Kangxi.

Because there are two lumbar stations from the palace to Tangquan, both of which are preparing fast horses, so this book was approved on the same day, with only one word "accurate".

Concubine De and Concubine Yi looked at the imperial pen instruction and looked at each other, thinking about each other.

Both of them understood that it was the Empress Dowager who was kind to Mrs. Li, maybe it was actually Tang Quan.

Although Kangxi was not false to the prince, he was different to the princesses.Otherwise, the third princess would not have been given the title of "Princess Gulun" as a concubine.Not to mention, Li's biological mother is not comparable to other concubines; even compared to Yuan Empress Hesheli, she is only high but not low.

Even if the Empress Dowager dies, as long as the Li family is still there, the Cao family's prosperous life will continue.

The second concubine knew this truth and secretly cared about it.

How could Mrs. Li have thought of all this? Hearing that the palace had given permission to pay her respects, she brought a new set of clothes and entered the palace with Chu Yu.

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Ningshou Palace, in the Nuan Pavilion.

When Mrs. Li and Chu Yu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came in with the servants, they felt that the room was filled with the smell of medicine and there was no sound.

Both Concubine De and Concubine Yi stood by and saw that they were about to kneel down to pay their respects, Concubine Yi stepped forward and said in a low voice: "It's better not to be too polite, the Empress Dowager waited for a long time before asking, Cao Madame, please come forward and speak." Having said that, she looked at Chu Yu and said, "Concubine Wang, if there is something to ask Da Gege, Da Gege should go over there first and have a look."

When Chu Yu heard this, she knew that she wanted to push her away, and she was a little worried about her mother-in-law, but there was nothing she could do, so she could only agree in a low voice.

After following the maid to Wang Concubine's place, Wang Concubine asked her to rest assured that Chu Yu would be better, and she couldn't help thinking wildly, it seemed that the mother-in-law's identity was known to the ladies in the palace, otherwise they wouldn't have treated her differently, but I don't know if this is the mother-in-law's blessing.

In the Warm Pavilion, the Empress Dowager opened her eyes, held Li Shi's hand, tears in her eyes.

Concubine De and Concubine Yi looked at each other, and they both retreated quietly, leaving only the palace attendants by the Empress Dowager.

Seeing that the queen mother's hair was all white and her face was gloomy with twilight, Mrs. Li felt inexplicable grief in her heart, and said with tears in her eyes: "Queen mother, please take a good rest and get better soon. Look at the big swan goose."

This sentence, in Mongolian, was translated into Mongolian by Wu En, and Li had memorized it before coming here.

"Korqin, aunt... aunt..." The queen mother murmured, trembling when she heard this...

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The Sanjiang interview is over, thank you all, (*^__^*). .

(End of this chapter)