Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 945 Peony Garden

On March [-], in the evening, the sky was clear and cloudless.

The suburbs of Beijing are full of willows and flowers, full of spring.It seems that this is an ordinary day.

Kangxi sat on the Luanjia, squinting his eyes, thinking about the matter of sending Wei Zhu back to Beijing a few days ago.

That day, Wei Zhu fell to her knees immediately after hearing his oral instructions, nearly dying of terror.But the emperor's golden words, how can there be any reason to take them back?

Wei Zhu had served him for more than ten years, but he couldn't bear it, and finally said: "Do you have any wish, let me know?"

Hearing this, Wei Zhu cried and fell to the ground immediately, and replied with force: "Slaves are humbler than pigs and dogs. To serve in front of the emperor is already a virtuous ancestor. How dare you be greedy again... If you are talking about grace, please The emperor bestows dignity on the servants, allows the servants...allows the servants to serve the emperor..."

Kangxi stared at Wei Zhu for a long time, nodded and said, "I agree, let's go to work..."

Thinking of this, Kangxi glanced at Wei Zhu who was riding a horse through the curtain.

Wei Zhu seemed more stable than before, but there was no sorrow or joy, and there was no trace of life around her.

Outsiders saw that the chief executive was becoming more and more dignified, even the prince's elder brother unconsciously softened three points when he came in front of him, let alone an ordinary minister.

Some people say that Wei Zhu's favor has surpassed that of Liang Jiugong back then.

Kangxi knew all this, but he didn't want to pay attention to it.

When he was free, he just glanced at Wei Zhu.If a person knows the time of his own death, how can he be free from fear?

In the face of death, there is no difference between him, the ninth-five-year-old, and Wei Zhu, the lowly eunuch.Having someone accompany him through the day and night made him less cold.

The emperor's Xingwang Garden is originally a family affair of the emperor, and it is not a matter of Cao Yong, a foreign minister.

On the day of the birth, it was the shift of the household department. Cao Yong followed the two ministers to report to the imperial court. When he was seen by Kangxi, he ordered him to accompany him.

Cao Yong later realized that he followed the sixteenth elder brother on horseback. When he arrived outside the Old Summer Palace, he realized that he was going to the fourth elder brother's house.

"Huh?... Isn't the third master the favorite to invite you to the garden? Why is the third master silent this year, and it's the fourth master's turn?" After dismounting, Cao Yong whispered his doubts.

Elder Sixteen hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "He actually asked for an order, but the day before yesterday he was reprimanded for the Zhengjiazhuang barracks, so Huang Ama didn't go there, but came here..."

Hearing the word "Zhengjiazhuang", Cao Yong's heart was agitated, and he stopped talking.

Zhengjiazhuang, in name, is a newly established banner battalion because of the increasing number of soldiers of the Eight Banners.One person was sent under the leadership of each assistant of the Eight Banners to garrison here.The bannermen sent were reorganized as ten assistants.

Bannermen have been in customs for seven or 80 years, and it is common for bannermen to breed.Then, the most terrible thing is not the new banner camp, but a prince's mansion built there.

Zhengjiazhuang is Changping, dozens of miles away from the capital.There are thousands of soldiers in the ten assistants, and there are more than [-] people including the family members of Qi Ding.

Before and after the Eight Banners entered the customs, there were more than a dozen princes, and the palaces were all in the inner city.

It is not a secret that Zhengjiazhuang built the palace.

As early as the 57th year of Kangxi, when the Zhengjiazhuang Palace was being repaired, the royal family began to be built next to the palace.

Originally Cao Yong thought it was Kangxi who was going to give it to his son as a garden, but as soon as these thousands of bannermen were stationed, anyone with a discerning eye could see it.

Ninety-nine percent of the palace was prepared for the deposed prince.

Who is the deposed prince?The son of the middle palace born after the Yuan Dynasty.

Except for him, other people's succession to the throne is not correct and their words are not right.No matter how many mistakes he has, in the eyes of the world, he is the orthodox heir to the throne.

Kangxi used his father to teach his son, so he can be confined in Xian'an Palace; when the new emperor ascends the throne, the situation of the second elder brother will be embarrassing, and the new emperor will also be embarrassed.

If he is not careful with this brother, he will leave a disgraceful mark in the history books.

"Hongxi is going to go crazy..." Elder Sixteen said in a low voice, his words were full of schadenfreude. '

Hongxi wanted to imitate Jianwen, but Kangxi didn't want to emulate Ming Taizu.If he really wanted him to ascend the throne, why would he think about moving the second elder brother out of the palace?
When the second elder brother was enshrined and left the palace, Hong Xi, the legitimate son, would also follow him to Zheng's Manor.

There, is a big prison.

Thinking of Hong Xi, who was once mighty, now with his tail between his legs, Cao Yong just felt pitiful.

The Son of Heaven has no flesh and blood, and Kangxi made his children and grandchildren miserable.

Cao Yong followed the sixteenth elder brother and drove into the garden with Kangxi Luan, but he was still muttering in his heart.The spring is so bright today, and Kangxi seems to be in a good mood, so why does his eyelids twitch and he feels uncomfortable?
Is it because I got up too early today, or the sun is dazzling, I always feel that my brain is not enough.

It wasn't until he followed Kangxi around half of the garden to the pavilion next to the peony garden that Cao Yong was enlightened and woke up.

Today is by no means an ordinary day, because this is the "grandfather and grandson meeting" mentioned in the official history miscellaneous notes of later generations.

Sure enough, after Kangxi was seated and the fourth elder brother served tea in person, he mentioned that the two grandsons of the emperor had an audience with the emperor.

Brother Sixteen was beside him, but he smiled and said nothing.

How do you say you haven't seen it?When the feast of thousands of elders was held in the first month, the princes and grandchildren gave the old ministers together, and Hongli and Hongzhou were also among them.

It's just that there are too many grandchildren of the emperor. Hongli and Hongzhou are neither heirs nor elders, so they have no chance to come to the imperial court.

Cao Yong stood behind the sixteenth elder brother, but he listened with his ears stunned.

I have also witnessed history. This feeling is a bit weird and exciting.

His heart was boiling, wondering if he could also write a copy of "Fu Ruo Za Chao" or something, and restore the truth of this moment to future generations.

Kangxi tasted new tea, blowing the evening breeze, obviously in a good mood, and said with a smile: "I heard someone mention it earlier, your elder brother is a good student at home, I just meet you today."

Although the fourth elder brother was not overjoyed, when he went out of the pavilion to find someone to pass on the message, his steps were brisk.

Kangxi's eyes fell on the peony garden outside the pavilion, looking at the colorful flowers in front of him, he didn't know what to think.

The atmosphere in the pavilion was immediately suppressed, because he came here in a light car, so besides a few ministers who led the guards, they were Brother Sixteen and Cao Yong.

Seeing this, Elder Sixteen took advantage of the fact that the tea cup was empty, took two steps forward, and poured tea into the cup.

Only then did Kangxi raise his head, glanced at Elder Sixteen, then at Cao Yong behind him, and said: "Yinlu, Cao Yong, look at this sunset, and then look at this enchanting spring flowers, do you two have a good relationship?" get?"

What can be gained, "The setting sun is infinitely good, but it is almost dusk", Kangxi did not hide his loneliness.

"Mulberry and elm at dusk, Shuimu Qinghua!" The sixteenth elder brother looked at the sunset in the sky seriously, and said loudly at the peony garden in front of him.

With just one sentence, all this question is turned to the scenery, and the emperor's overtones are noncommittal.

Brother Sixteen is not human sperm, who is human sperm.

Cao Yong also wanted an idiom in his mind, but he didn't agree with it. Seeing that Kangxi and the sixteenth elder brother were looking at him, he could only bite the bullet and bowed: "The most beautiful thing is the red sunset."

It's a blunt and inelegant statement, but it's not annoying.

Kangxi was clearly interested, and said, "What's the explanation?"

"Thousands of miles and sky are all auspicious, and the setting sun is more calm." Cao Yong remembered that in his previous life, when a brother who liked to dance and write was celebrating his teacher's birthday, he once dragged out an article titled "The most beautiful sunset is red", mainly to praise the teacher's kindness of.

He can't remember the specific content, it seems that there are two sentences.

This casual sentence pleased Kangxi, and the atmosphere in the pavilion instantly became much warmer.

He didn't mean to praise Cao Yong, instead he snorted coldly and said: "It's wrong, the meaning doesn't make sense, go back and read Li Du's poems several times!"

After hearing this, Cao Yong bowed down and agreed, but accepted it with humility.

Not for anything else, but because his father is a talented man, and his son has also started to learn poetry, but he has made no achievements at all.

For the sake of his dignity in front of his son in the future, even if he is not good at poetry, he can't be an idiot.

After Kangxi trained people, it seemed that the evil fire in his heart had gone, and his face became much more relaxed.

At this moment, the fourth elder brother has brought Hongli and Hongzhou over.

Presumably, the two emperors and grandsons had already been taught, and they knelt down respectfully to greet Kangxi.

Kangxi called out, ordered the two to come closer, and asked a few questions about homework.

Cao Yong watched coldly and finally understood why Kangxi fell in love with Xiao Hongli.

This boy, only twelve or thirteen years old, answered calmly, youthful and introverted.To be honest, he has slender eyebrows and eyes, and looks a bit feminine, but his body is straight, and the corners of his mouth are pursed, adding a bit of youthful heroism,

He didn't have the timidity of seeing the sky at first glance, nor the arrogance and extravagance of the young emperor. He inherited the low-key of the fourth elder brother, but he was not as rigid as the fourth elder brother.

Looking at Hong Zhou at the same age, he is just like an ordinary child.He was a bit afraid of his supreme grandfather, and after answering wrongly, he looked at his strict father and fourth elder brother, and couldn't help shivering.

It was Hongli who quietly tugged on his younger brother's sleeve and gave him a comforting look, which made him calm down.

For a moment, Cao Yong felt kind.Not for anything else, but for Hongli's protection of Hongzhou, he has the style of an elder brother, similar to his own Tianyou.

The little actions of the teenagers obviously did not escape Kangxi's eyes.

He looked deeper, looked at the two elder brothers and said, "Since I have read Tang poetry, I will recite a peony poem now."

Among the Tang poems, there is no shortage of peony poems. Famous artists such as Li Du often wrote peony poems.

"After the redness is gone, the fragrance begins to bloom. The good name is called the King of Hundred Flowers. Compete for the unparalleled beauty in the world, and the number one fragrance in the independent world!" Hongli read aloud with a childish crispness, without changing his voice.

I don't know what other people are like, Cao Yong is by the side, and I feel very thunderous.

There are so many peony poems, but Hongli chose this one in a short time. The "Peony" written by Pi Rixiu in the Tang Dynasty may be due to his innate "kingdom and domineering spirit".

This is "King", "Unparalleled Under Heaven" and "No. [-] in the world" again.

It's okay for ordinary children to memorize these things, but for royal children, it really takes a lot of thinking.

But Kangxi asked casually, and Hongli answered casually, which also avoided the suspicion of the fourth elder brother planning in advance.

No matter how you look at it, it can only be said that Hongli is "proud and natural", not petty.

Kangxi obviously felt something too. After looking at Hongli several times, Fang ordered Hongzhou to recite poems.

What Hong Zhou memorized was Wang Wei's "Red Peony".

The evening glow reflected the sky, and the sky gradually darkened.

Kangxi saw his two grandsons, so he didn't stay any longer and moved back to Changchun Garden.

It was too late for Cao Yong to return to the city, so he invited sixteen elder brothers to go to his garden together...

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The sentence "Thousands of miles in the sky" was adapted from Baidu.

(End of this chapter)