Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 995 Gong Xin

In the West Side Hall of the Yonghe Palace, there used to be a nobleman.

After the death of Emperor Daxing, Concubine De became the empress dowager "the son is more precious than the mother".In just a few days, the treatment in the Yonghe Palace has changed greatly.

Because the Emperor Si Huang and several prime ministers went in and out of the Yonghe Palace sooner or later, the nobles and Chang Zai who lived in the palace here also moved to other palaces for a temporary stay.After the new emperor ascends the throne, they will follow the queen mother and move to the Compassionate Palace.

Every time the fourth elder brother came to pay his respects, the imperial concubine would avoid seeing her, so this Xipei hall became a place where the fourth elder brother occasionally sat.

Summoning the servants and imperial physicians around Concubine De here, and intervening in Concubine De's daily life, he can be regarded as fulfilling the duty of a son of man.

After hearing what the fourth elder brother said, Concubine He became more and more disturbed.Looking at the dark face of the fourth elder brother, I am really afraid of people.

Concubine He has long heard about the disagreement between the fourth elder brother and Concubine De's mother and son.

Today, at the order of the imperial concubine, she came to visit, and she also avoided the time when the fourth elder brother came to pay his respects sooner or later.I thought it was okay, but I didn't expect to be so unlucky, and I hit it right.

Although she was apprehensive, she didn't have the guts to say "no" at this time, but she still responded, led the palace servants, and followed the fourth elder brother into the Xipei Hall.

She didn't have an elder brother by her side, so she could only live in the palace for the rest of her life, and she had to watch the new emperor's face; in addition, in the past few years before the death of Emperor Daxing, she was quite favored and made many enemies, including The second concubine Deyi in power.Therefore, she absolutely dare not offend fourth elder brother.

Seeing her being so obedient, the fourth elder brother's originally gloomy mood slightly improved a little.

Just answering a few words, it took only half a cup of tea, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on Hefei's forehead.

The fourth brother didn't ask about the Queen Mother at all, but asked about the situation of Concubine Tong and Concubine Yi's two palaces. For the Palace of Concubine Gui, he asked about the news of Tong's family, when and who entered the palace to greet him; for Concubine Yi, it was about "" Rehabilitation", I asked a few more questions.

Cooperating with the concubine in the palace affairs, she knows the dynamics of the two palaces.

Her apprehension had turned into fear.

What is the new emperor going to do?
Behind Tong Guifei's house is the Tong family with two fathers, and Concubine Yi has two princes who have been knighted, neither of whom can be easily touched.

Looking at the meaning of the new emperor, it seems that he doesn't want to see these two people.

If there is a grievance, the new emperor wants to deal with the two old concubines, there are countless ways to make people invisible, why should he say this in front of her, an outsider?

Concubine He only felt chills all over her body, and thought of two words, "life and death".

In this dynasty, starting from Emperor Taizu, the three generations of emperors, Taizu, Taizong, and Shizu, all had concubines buried after their death, but the number was different.The princes and princes below the prince also often had their wives, concubines, slaves and servants die.

Now, it is the sixth day of Emperor Daxing's death, and all the concubines in the harem are watching.

In the 12th year of Kangxi, the emperor issued a decree prohibiting people from dying.There are no concubines in the harem, so I hope that the new emperor will remember this and don't use palace people to be buried.

Although she has no children and is now a widow again, Hefei doesn't want to die.

Enduring the fear in her heart, she softened her voice and said: "I haven't seen Brother Hongli for a few days, and I don't know how he is doing. Is he dressed warmly? Is he full? This is counting nine times, and every day is getting worse. It's a cold day..."

These are a few intentional words, but they just point out that I have "nurtured" Hongli, and I hope that the fourth elder brother will take care of the old love.

Hearing the fourth elder brother's ears, his whole body was shocked.

He looked at Concubine He, only to feel that Concubine He with a loving face overlapped with the "Emiang" in his memory.

His chest was congested, and he couldn't breathe.

The adoptive mother used to be like Hefei, babbling on and on, just to care about the daily life of her adopted son.

This kind of nagging is not annoying, but only makes people feel more cordial.

He is past his age, and he is no longer the age to miss the kindness of his parents, but the grievances suffered by his biological mother in the past few days made him miss the kindness of his adoptive mother even more.

If the adoptive mother was alive, she would also care about whether he was dressed warmly or whether he was hungry, instead of treating him as an enemy and giving him a big hat of "unfilial piety" during his most difficult time.

Hefei was stared at by the fourth elder brother, and trembled in her heart, thinking that he was impatient with her long-winded words, and then saw that the fourth elder brother was pale, rubbing his chest and trembling all over, she felt that something was wrong.

Concubine He was so frightened that her complexion changed, she immediately stood up and exclaimed, "Your Majesty?"

"Eh...mother..." Fourth elder brother swallowed these two words in his mouth, feeling extremely bitter.

Knowing that he was not in the right condition, he took a long breath, closed his eyes and calmed down, and said: "I'm fine... I won't delay my relationship with my concubine..."

Concubine He was full of suspicion, but her curiosity still couldn't match her full of fear.

After hearing Si elder brother's words, she wished she could disappear immediately, but that seemed too cold, and she was afraid that she would offend fourth elder brother.

Standing up, she could only hold back her excitement, showing a bit of worry, and said sincerely: "The emperor's status is precious. Whether it is the front court or the back court, there are many matters waiting for the emperor to decide. Although the emperor is sincere Filial piety, you have to take care of your dragon body..."

It was just a few casual words, but it pleased the fourth elder brother and made him feel a little more fond of this concubine.

He stood up, bowed slightly, and said, "Xinzhen has memorized the teachings of Lao and his concubine."

Concubine He had never seen such an obedient fourth elder brother, her expression froze, but she quickly covered it up, got up to leave, and left with the eunuch and maid.

The fourth elder brother's mood unexpectedly improved.

He looked in the direction of the main hall of Yonghe Palace, and his heartache no longer felt like it used to.

It seems that he forced it.

It might be a good thing for him that his biological mother didn't talk to him because he was the new emperor.At the very least, there will be a lot less care and constraints.

If his biological mother treats him like a spring breeze, and then asks him to be a nobleman for the fourteenth elder brother, he will be really embarrassed.

Now it's like this, it's obvious that the biological mother doesn't care about his feelings as a son, so as a son, he can naturally ignore the feelings of the biological mother.

He thought about it, but Concubine He who left Yonghe Palace couldn't help but think wildly.

She thought over and over again what she had said with the fourth elder brother several times.After confirming the attitude of the fourth elder brother, after she mentioned Hongli, she became more and more gentle, and she was relieved.

It seems that the fourth elder brother still accepts his favor.

From this, she thought of Kangxi again.Kangxi made a special trip to let her raise Hongli instead of Concubine De, his own grandmother. Did he think about what happened after his death and find a good backer for himself? ?
Thinking of this, Concubine He couldn't stop crying.She lowered her head and wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

But she didn't pay attention, since she came out of the Yonghe Palace, there were people watching her whereabouts, and the tears were wiped into other people's eyes...

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Coming out of the Yamen, Cao Yong entered the palace together with several hall officials.

By the end of the evening festival, it was already the beginning of Xu (seven o'clock in the evening).

The sky was cloudy, and it was snowing profusely.

Outside the palace gate, a servant of the Cao family was waiting with a snowproof cloak, which was sent by Chu Yu.

Cao Yong was riding on a horse and seeing Luoxue, the first thing he thought of was that if there was a lot of rain and snow this winter, there would be no severe drought in Zhili next spring.

Zhili is next to Gyeonggi, it is the most important province, and it is the most chaotic.

In the neighboring provinces, in the event of natural and man-made disasters, the imperial court can still choose whether to provide relief, and how to provide relief.

The local official warehouse has no rice, and the treasury has no money. Cao Yong, the deputy hall official of the household department, really feels the importance of the word "smooth weather" to the livelihood of the people.

Back in the mansion, as soon as he got off his horse, he heard the housekeeper Cao Yuan come forward to report: "Master, the thirteenth master is here."

Cao Yong listened and raised his eyebrows, very surprised.

The thirteenth elder brother came to Cao's house at this time, what's the matter?
Then I heard Cao Yuan continue: "The little one originally asked the thirteenth master to sit in the living room so that someone could send a letter to the master, but the thirteenth master said that he came to see the old lady today, and asked the young one to pass on the message." The old lady's side, after getting the news, she will be accompanied by the wife and come out to talk to Lord Shisan."

After hearing what he said, Cao Yong went directly to the living room to meet the guest with a little puzzlement.

In the living room, Mrs. Li looked at the object in front of her, speechless for a long time.

There are four things in total, a statue of Manjusri sitting on a lion carved with rhinoceros horn, a purple gold animal ear incense burner, a pair of ivory carved flower and bird pen holders, and a pair of white jade ring-shaped jade pendants with dragon and phoenix patterns.

She sighed faintly, raised her head, and said, "Master Thirteen, these things are too expensive, and my servant dare not accept them."

The thirteenth elder brother saw that she was so unfamiliar, and said: "This is what the emperor meant... The emperor said that on the day when the emperor's grandma was buried, he should have invited Mrs. Tai to go with her, but he heard that he was busy with business and neglected this place. It's uneasy. These things are things that Huang Ama used before his death, and they are left for Mrs. Tai to think about... Not only Mrs. Tai, but all the brothers and brothers of the emperor also share the relics of Huang Ama, but it will have to wait until After the funeral of Huang Ama, it will be distributed..."

This courtesy moved Li Shi, but it also made her uneasy.

It's just that the fourth elder brother of the new emperor is well-known, and Li's heart is worried.

If these things were only sent by the thirteenth elder brother, she could still evade them; since it was bestowed by the new emperor, how could there be any reason to refuse it?

Mrs. Li is not a good talker at all, looking at Elder Brother Thirteen, she didn't know what to say.

At this moment, Cao Yong arrived.

He only heard the last sentence of Elder Thirteen's words, but when he heard "relics" and "distributed", and saw the objects in front of Li Shi, he guessed about the same.

Seeing Cao Yong coming back, Elder Brother Thirteen said to Cao Yong: "I have not had dinner yet because I came here to run errands with you. Today I have the cheek to eat you well."

After hearing this, Cao Yong said: "As long as the thirteenth master does not dislike the vulgarity of the food in the humble house, let alone one meal, even ten meals and hundreds of meals are available."

The thirteenth elder brother couldn't help but smile when he heard the words: "Okay, in your eyes, the master is just a foodie?"

The two said these two sentences, but it resolved the original heavy atmosphere in the hall.

Li Shi looked at those things and knew that he had no room to refuse, but he didn't know whether he should kneel and kowtow to thank this gift from the imperial court.

After thinking about it, she still asked Cao Yong: "Yong'er, the emperor has something to give you, should you follow me and kowtow to thank you?"

Before Cao Yong could speak, Elder Thirteen waved his hand and said: "There are no outsiders here, so there is no need to be polite to Mrs. Tai. The emperor said, after the Fujins enter the palace, please Mrs. Tai to walk around more..."

Seeing this, Mrs. Li nodded, and said to Cao Yong: "I am limited by my status, I am afraid that I will not have the chance to see you. When you meet the emperor tomorrow, remember to thank the emperor for me."

Cao Yong bowed in response, and Li asked the thirteenth elder brother to sit down slowly, and she took Chuyu down to prepare a vegetarian banquet.

The thirteenth elder brother got up to see him off, and after Li's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had left, he glanced at Cao Yong, snorted coldly, and said, "Cao Yong, could it be that Lord has offended you recently..."

(End of this chapter)