Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 876 "Prologue"

Changchun Garden, no Yizhai.

This is Elder Sixteen's residence in the garden. Today Elder Sixteen returned to Beijing with Shengjia. The eunuchs and maids serving here cleaned the courtyard inside and out early.

However, right now, the courtyard is silent.

Occasionally, little eunuchs and maids of honor came out to walk around, but they all stood on tiptoe, not daring to make any movement.

Brother Sixteen was lying on the kang, with cold sweat on his forehead.His upper body was covered with clothes, and his waist was covered with a silk quilt.

Concubine Wang sat on a chair beside the kang, wiped sixteen's sweat with a handkerchief, and tears fell like beads with a broken thread.

According to the rules in the palace, crying is not allowed.

Concubine Wang felt panicked, and really wanted to run to the imperial court and ask that person, why did she beat her son like this?
Brother Sixteen squinted his eyes, the pain was tight, and he clenched his fists fiercely to prevent himself from moaning.

Thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king. Today he received the forty boards, which is also the grace of the emperor.

Seeing the emperor's father staring at him, she wished she could kill him directly.

The boards in front of the imperial court are different from those in the yamen outside, they are all made of golden nanmu, this is "a gift from heaven", naturally it is unusual, it is heavy.

Even if the guards who operate the board want to be sympathetic to their subordinates, it is not easy.

After the prince was abolished, when Kangxi reprimanded the eighth elder brother for plotting against the law, the fourteenth elder brother spoke for the eighth elder brother. He had received twenty boards and raised him for several months.

Injustice!injustice!

Elder Sixteen hated it secretly, and couldn't bear his mother to worry about it, so he pretended to be relaxed and said, "Emiang, my son is fine. It just looks a little tough, but in fact he didn't hurt his muscles and bones. Emiang has been running all the way, and her body is also weak. I'm tired, let's go back and rest..."

Seeing that her son had the strength to speak, Concubine Wang turned her head and waved her hand, and sent the maids who were waiting on her to go down. When only the mother and son were left in the room, she asked in a low voice, "Didn't you be fine yesterday? Why is the emperor so angry today?" You, just annoyed you alone?"

Things in the palace are never simple.

Although Wang Pin was usually taciturn, she had been in the palace for nearly 30 years and hadn't seen anything.

Since the abolition of the crown prince, Kangxi has treated the elder brothers very harshly, but he has become more loving to the younger brothers like the sixteenth and seventeenth brothers.

The sixteenth elder brother is also in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and is an servant in front of the imperial court. Kangxi has treated this son very fondly over the years.

Hearing the mother's question, Elder Sixteen's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "Emiang, it's because the son's errands were not done well, and Huang Ama happened to be angry because of other things, and the son was hit by the board. There is really nothing else. That's why Erniang doesn't have to scare her own height."

Hearing this, Wang Pin frowned, looked at Elder Sixteen with doubts, and said, "It's really an official matter, not for other reasons? Even if I want to annoy you, I can't make you suffer so many boards. Is it because you committed a crime?" What is so embarrassing?"

"Oh, Is Erniang a fool when she thinks her son is out of taboos? It's okay. If Erniang really loves her son, she should go back and rest earlier. If Erniang is tired because of her son, it's her son's fault." Unfilial..." Elder Sixteen pretended to be relaxed and said.

But he didn't know that his face was pale, and the veins in his temples were full of veins. This "relaxed" expression didn't look relaxed at all, it was a bit hideous.

When Wang Pin saw this, she knew that his body was in pain, and her heart was in great pain.

After only asking a few questions, but she didn't see the sixteenth elder brother let go, she knew that she must be responsible for it.

Although there were thousands of questions in her heart, she didn't want to embarrass her son.She stroked her chest to calm herself down, and said: "Since there is nothing wrong, Emiang can rest assured. After you drink the medicine, you can close your eyes earlier. After two days, when your body is getting better, you should go back to the palace to take care of you. Then In a month, your daughter-in-law will be born, and if this child can give birth to a little elder brother, everyone will be happy."

"My mother-in-law said auspiciously, and my son also hopes that she will give birth to a little brother." When he mentioned his wife, Sixteen's brother's expression softened.

Before going to Rehe in April, Shiliu Fujin found out that she was pregnant, so she stayed in the palace to raise the baby, and did not go to Rehe with Shiliu elder brother.

Husband and wife, haven't seen each other for half a year, Brother Sixteen has been thinking about it for a long time.Yesterday, he hurriedly sent someone back to Beijing to deliver the letter one step ahead of time. He originally thought that he could go back to the city today to reunite with his wife and children, but he didn't expect another accident.

Concubine Wang glanced at her son, sighed in her heart, gave a few more instructions, and called Zhao Feng to give him careful instructions before getting up and leaving.

When Concubine Wang left the room, Elder Sixteen couldn't bear it any longer, lowered his head, and bit the corner of the pillow, feeling that his whole body was covered in cold sweat and his clothes were soaked through.

Zhao Feng took his master to see Concubine Wang out, still feeling uneasy, afraid that she would ask him why Elder Sixteen was beaten.

Unexpectedly, when he was sent out of the yard, Wang Concubine didn't say anything, so he was relieved.

Speaking of which, the master was beaten for no reason, and he didn't understand why.I only know that before the master was beaten today, elder brother Hongxi came down from the imperial court, probably it has something to do with the master's punishment.

He remembered that his master hadn't sent anyone to Beijing to deliver a letter to Fujin, so he hurriedly turned around and entered the house: "Master..."

As soon as he opened his mouth to call for someone, he saw Elder Sixteen biting the pillow fiercely, blood was already oozing from the corner of his mouth, he was so frightened that he was frightened out of his wits, and he was already crying: "Master...you are...slave, this is... Tell people to ask for a doctor..."

"Okay, let me be quiet!" Elder Sixteen felt confused, waved his hands impatiently, and said, "Go and see what Lord Seventeen is up to, let him be free, and invite him to come and talk."

Zhao Feng looked at Elder Sixteen carefully, seeing that the blood oozed out from biting his lip, not vomiting, he breathed a sigh of relief, agreed, and went out to find Elder Seventeen.

Elder Sixteen finally couldn't help it, he groaned, cursed a few times, and then closed his eyes in a daze.

His body was getting hotter and hotter, and his eyelids were already heavy, but because of the severe pain in his buttocks, Elder Sixteen couldn't sleep, so he could only droop his head weakly.

After a while, Zhao Feng's voice was heard: "Master, Master Seventeen is here."

Before Sixteenth Brother opened his eyes, he felt cold on his forehead, and then heard Seventeenth Brother say: "Sixteenth Brother has a fever... Hurry up and tell the imperial physician..."

The latter sentence was for Zhao Feng.

"Hey!" Zhao Feng responded, then turned around and left.

When the sixteenth elder brother opened his eyes, there was only seventeenth elder brother in front of him.

The seventeenth brother's face was full of worry, and there was still anger that hadn't had time to put it away.

Elder Sixteen smiled wryly and said: "Look at you, it's because I heard it. It's nothing to be angry about. Huang Ama may not be really upset with me, but she wants to give Hongxi an explanation, make big things small, small things small. gone."

"Those people are uneasy, but Brother Sixteen is so tired that he has to suffer. Brother Sixteen has been hiding tight enough all these years, and he still has to take the blame for them. He is really angry." Seventeenth Brother said, gritting his teeth.

"You are in the palace, have you heard the wind before?" Elder Sixteen asked after thinking for a while.

"Things in the Xian'an Palace have always been taboo, and it's too late to avoid it. Who would inquire about it. I really didn't expect that Hong Xi would make trouble at this time. This kid, I'm afraid he also has the intention of testing Huang Ama." Brother Seventeen replied.

Apart from grievances, Brother Sixteen is left with atmosphere and helplessness.

The abandoned prince who was imprisoned in the Xian'an Palace, a good man, is now addicted to opium, and he is already insane.

Opium is medicine, how did it get into Xian'an Palace?You know, swallowing this thing can kill you directly.

The most taboo thing in the palace is to privately deliver drugs, not to mention the Xian'an Palace under Chongzhong.

The second elder brother is the son of the empress of the Yuan Dynasty, who is of the blood of the Tian family. Even if the crown prince is abolished, Kangxi still wants to protect this son.
Hongxi pleaded for his father's order, and asked Kangxi to "thoroughly investigate" this matter, which is also the duty of a son of man, but he can't say anything wrong.

However, now is the time when all officials are waiting and watching, and the reserve position is still pending. If this matter is really "thoroughly investigated", it will inevitably cause turmoil in the ruling and opposition parties.

After all, in the orthodoxy of Confucianism, the second elder brother, the son of the Empress Yuan, should be regarded as the orthodoxy of the royal family.

With Kangxi's temper in his early years, he couldn't stand his sons fighting in private, and he didn't know how to get angry; now Kangxi is in his twilight years, and he doesn't want to make any more noise.

Ever since, Kangxi quickly cut through the mess, and directly positioned the second elder brother's "discomfort" as "negligence" on the side of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, changed all the guards guarding the second elder brother, and beat the sixteenth elder brother who was in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. forty boards.

Brother sixteen, can you not be wronged?

Although this Xian'an Palace is in the palace, all supplies are provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but if it is said that "the guards are not strict" and "the things that are forbidden by the palace are included", it is really not the sixteenth elder brother's fault.

The guards of the House of Internal Affairs are guards from the Guards Office, but the people who take the lead in charge are the clan relatives from the Clan Mansion.

Although in the eyes of Kangxi, the Han people are his subjects, and the banner people are his slaves, but these subjects and slaves cannot be dismissed casually, whoever asked him to be a "benevolent emperor".

Directors of the House of Internal Affairs like Dong Dianbang and Yi Duli are not enough, and the only one who is unlucky is the sixteenth elder brother who has enough weight.

"Brother Seventeen, which one is it?" Elder Sixteen asked.

"Who knows, there are not one or two people who are looking forward to the death of him in Xian'an Palace. Even Hongxi, he can't escape the suspicion." Elder Seventeen sneered, and said, "I deliberately tired you from being beaten this time, saying Maybe it's because of the desire for revenge. In the past few years in the elder brother's house, he has put on airs like a grandson. As long as his body is shocked, we people will be taken under his sect, daydreaming!"

"Take a breath too, Huang Ama is still not old-fashioned, so she had no choice but to beat me, maybe a reward will come down in two days. They say that losing money is taking advantage, so think about everything." Elder Sixteen sighed, Said.

"By the way, I sent people back to the city to fetch alcohol at Cao's house. Brother Sixteen has such a serious injury, he must have a fever. The fever-reducing prescription from the hospital is slow to come." Elder Seventeen remembered something and said: "In two months, Cao Yong will be filial piety. Now that there is a lot of trouble everywhere, I would rather he rest for another two years and avoid these dirty things."

"If you are in the middle of the game, do you mean you can avoid it by saying that you can avoid it?" Elder Sixteen shook his head and said, "Huang Ama mentioned this matter in July, waiting to order Cao Yong, how can he be idle?" ?”

Speaking of this, he also added a worried look on his face.

Not to mention anything else, the emperor's father is about to be old, and now the number of small court meetings is getting less and less, most of the time, he just summons a few courtiers alone.

Although he can't see anything in front of others, but Elder Sixteen has served in front of the imperial court all year round, so he naturally knows more than others.

Since last winter, the emperor's father has been unable to write, and all the memorials are written by the cabinet bachelor Zhang Tingyu.

Outsiders don't know, because Zhang Tingyu copied the imperial brush to the point of lifelike.

Brother Sixteen had no intention of knowing this, and felt a little uncomfortable every time he saw Zhang Tingyu.

Even if he followed orders, Zhang Tingyu's move also had hidden dangers.If he has other thoughts, it will be a great harm to the country...

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Changping, Caojiazhuangzi.

It is impossible for the people sent by the seventeenth elder brother to Cao's house to know the details. They only know that the sixteenth elder brother was hit by a board in front of the imperial court, and he wanted to get some alcohol from the Cao's house to reduce his fever.

The servants of Cao's family, no one knows that Elder Sixteen has always been on good terms with his own patriarch, so he has to ask a few questions.

The man faltered, and he made it clear, he only said that the emperor was furious, and severely punished the sixteenth elder brother, hitting forty boards.

The matter was so important that Zheng Hu didn't dare to hide it, so he quickly reported to Changping.

Cao Yong had already heard the reason and sent Zheng Hu down to rest.He paced the study room by himself, also in amazement.

Brother Sixteen has always been alert, why did he get hit by the board?
This year, Sheng Jia delayed his return to Beijing. Although it was not clearly stated in the residence newspaper, rumors had already surfaced, saying that "the dragon's body is not in good shape".

Many people are just around the corner, waiting for a good opportunity, and want to make a great contribution to Qingtian's escort.

At this time, Elder Sixteen was punished, could it be because he was involved in the storm of seizing the reserve?
After thinking about it, Cao Yong was finally worried, so he called Wu Sheng over and asked him to go to Haidian to see if he could find out about it...

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Inside the Anding Gate, Prince Yong's Mansion, Study Room.

Looking at the brown-black opium on the white paper in front of him, the fourth elder brother sat behind the desk, his face as pale as water.

The thirteenth elder brother stood in front of the desk, picked up a piece, carefully looked at it in front of his eyes, and said: "I heard Cao Yong said that there are people who are addicted to opium, but I didn't expect this to be so harmful. Poor people are ignorant, many powerful people People, still think this is a good thing, thinking of using it to prolong life and make fun of the world!"

Hearing Cao Yong's name, the fourth elder brother raised his eyebrows and said: "Didn't it mean that the sixteenth brother used to smoke this drug in the early years, and it took a lot of time to quit drug addiction? Why is there something about Cao Yong?" Son?"

"Fourth brother forgot, I mentioned it to my fourth brother in the early years. Cao Yong talked about the harm of opium many years ago. He is familiar with the market, so I don't know how to pay attention to it. This year, because I am busy raising wages, I haven't heard it yet. I can mention this with my fourth brother." The thirteenth elder brother said: "I thought that this thing would enter the customs every year, and it would be in the pharmacy, and it would not harm the people. I didn't expect someone to use this to trick the Xian'an Palace. The one from..."

"Is it really crazy, or is it fake?" The fourth elder brother seemed to be asking the thirteenth elder brother, and also seemed to be talking to himself.

"Who knows, the surrounding area is tight, except for Hong Xi who can greet each other once a month, only people sent by Huang Ama can see it... If he is really crazy, it is his good fortune..." Said In the end, Brother Thirteen's voice was a bit cold.

The fourth elder brother raised his head, looked at him for a while, and then slowly said: "Don't worry, Thirteenth Brother, I will definitely not let you suffer so many years of grievances in vain, the day when you have to settle..."

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