Emperor Kangxi: The First Rule of the Palace

Chapter 36

Aunt Su Ma returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and Kangxi just woke up from a nap.Seeing her coming in, she rubbed her eyes and smiled and said, "What's the matter with you today? You got Mr. Wu away too?" Aunt Su Ma blushed and said with a smile: "This is the difficulty of being a slave. He is in Suofu, It is worth half of the master. He is going, how can I dissuade him." Kangxi said with a smile: "It is difficult for you to deal with this situation, a good show is almost ruined!" Aunt Su Ma said: " Long Live Lord is so blessed, he is a nerd, how can you tell!" Then he came out to wash Kangxi's face himself.

Aunt Su Ma came in with water and saw that Kangxi was writing a banner, so she said, "Master, please wash your face. When you wake up, you will write with the paste. If you don't believe me, write it!" Kangxi smiled and put down the pen while washing his face. He asked at the same time, "I'm in Baiyun Temple today, what do you think of Bumbleshan?"

"It seems a bit distracted." Aunt Su Mala said.

"I'm not asking this," Kangxi said while closing his eyes and letting Aunt Su Ma wipe his face, "How about I ask this person?"

Aunt Su Ma wiped his face skillfully, and ordered the maid to remove the washware, and said with a smile: "How can I know this, the master's eyes, that's called Shengming!" In recent days, she found that Kangxi was quite Self-respect, I think that when people grow up, they can no longer be treated as if they were young.If you still talk nonsense like before and ask him to take out the master's money, it will be very boring!So the bigger the matter, the more he secretly inspired him to make up his own mind.

"I don't think this person is a member of Aobai's party." Seeing Lagu Su Ma's astonishment, Kangxi said proudly, "But he is definitely not a loyal person. His face is unclear, and I will not make a judgment. See you later."

La Aunt Su Ma hurriedly said: "Master is right. If he is a loyal minister, he should explain it clearly to Master today. Master raised him several times, but he just pretended to be confused!"

"Come and see!" Kangxi pointed to the banner he had written just now, "These are the few words I just wrote - okay?"

Aunt Su Ma came over and saw that it was written in six big characters in official script:

〖Jingfan River Transport〗

She weighed it in her heart: The governors of Shandong and Anhui repeatedly reported that because of the Yellow River breach, the canal was silted up with sand, making it difficult for boats to move.The city of Beijing alone relies on water transport of 400 million tons of grain every year.These two things are really worrying.As for the word "Jing Fan", it seems too dazzling.Judging from various signs, San Francisco's ambitions have been exposed from time to time.But if the word "Jing" is clearly written on the court pillars, many ministers come to the palace to worship and meet, so what is the benefit of passing it on?Then he laughed and said, "Long Live Master's handwriting has become more and more magical!"

"Why do you want to say this!" Kangxi laughed, "Do you see what you mean?"

"Good!" La Aunt Su Ma raised her eyebrows and praised: "The sacred consideration is far-reaching, and every clause is very important. After these few things are done, the common people will celebrate with their foreheads and praise the land of Yao, Tian and Shun!"

Kangxi said triumphantly: "This is what I have read in recent years, and I got something occasionally. I am afraid that I will forget the trifles in front of me, so I put it on the pillar."

Aunt Su Ma saw that this was an opportunity, she hurriedly laughed and said, "Here is Zhang, I'm afraid it will be written down in the living book tomorrow!"

"Huh?" One sentence reminded Kangxi, and he picked up his pen and wrote another one, saying, "It's better like this." When Aunt Su Ma looked at it, she had changed "Jing Fan" to "San Fan".Kangxi glanced thoughtfully at Aunt Su Ma and said, "Wanniang, if you have any advice to remonstrate in the future, just say it outright as before, and I won't blame you."

It is a rainy late autumn.As soon as it got dark, it became cloudy again.Wei Dongting returned to his apartment after leaving duty, it was already pitch black.Before long, the autumn rain fell in a patter.

In the afternoon, after escorting Kangxi from Suofu to Shenwumen, Mingzhu asked Shi Longbiao and Mu Zixu to have a drink at Jiaxinglou together, and they would not be able to return until midnight at least.Wei Dongting didn't have anyone to talk to, so he felt very bored, so he went to the study and picked out a book to read.

At about Mo Hai, seeing that Shi Longbiao and the others hadn't come back, Wei Dongting stretched himself, closed his book and wanted to go to sleep.Just at this time, the old man came over and said, "Master, there is a young gentleman visiting outside."

It's so late, who will come?Wei Dongting asked hesitantly: "Are you an acquaintance?" The old man replied: "No, I have never been here." Wei Dongting thought about it and smiled: "Maybe he is a literary friend of Brother Mingzhu. It would be a lot of inconvenience to come here." , it’s better to resign. You go and say, Mingzhu is not here, so let’s talk about it another day.”

"What am I looking for for the Pearl?" Just after finishing speaking, a handsome young man broke into the door suddenly, bowing to him with a smile, "An uninvited guest, Kui Ye must have something important to visit, why don't you want to see me? My brother wants to see you." It's Big Brother!" When Wei Dongting looked at it, the visitor was at most in his early twenties, holding a lacquered folding fan in his hand, and wearing a green satin melon skin cap that reached to his temples.A gray poplin mandarin jacket was covered over the bronze robe, a Hanyu fan pendant hung beside the sweat scarf around the waist, and a pair of thousand-layer-soled sandals were worn under his feet.He has a graceful and unrestrained demeanor, even though he walked from the rainy field, there is no mud or water at all——Wei Dongting was very surprised, and quickly returned the courtesy: "Offended, offended! I thought it was Brother Mingzhu, so familiar, it's—— "

The man didn't answer.When the old man withdrew, Fang smiled and said: "A man is like a peach and plum blossom, a concubine is like a pine and cypress tree, the peach and plum blossoms are easy to fall, but the pine and cypress are always the same."——Xifengkou hastily said goodbye, and Xiheyan met again in a hurry. I don't want you to forget so much. Sex!" While talking, he took off his hat and put down his braids, but he saw his beautiful hair and blue silk, white teeth and bright eyes. ——It’s Shi Jianmei who’s here!
"Mei Mei?" Wei Dongting was stunned for a moment.He didn't believe his eyes, and suspected that he was in a dream, so he couldn't help rubbing his eyes, and when he found out that it wasn't a dream, he rushed forward and held Jianmei's hands tightly.

Seeing him like this, Jianmei felt embarrassed, and when she wanted to grab her hand, she didn't know how to grab it.There is really no way to hide, no way to dodge, no way to get angry, no way to avoid shame, so I had to stand silently with blushing face and bowed head, and after a long while asked softly: "The past few years...how are you doing?" ?”

Wei Dongting gradually calmed down, realized that he had lost his composure, slowly let go of his hand, hurriedly gave up his seat, poured tea, and said with a smile, "I've been doing well these few years, how about you?" Shi Jianmei blew on the rising tea leaves and said with a smile: "Not necessarily Alright? How can you fool me with your near death?"

"Of course I can't hide my affairs from you," Wei Dongting said with a smile, "I heard that Meimei is very proud of being in Aozhongtang Mansion!"

This sentence contains the meaning of suspicion.If it is said that the two have been childhood sweethearts since they were young, there should be no doubts about it.But Wei Dongting's current status is related to the important affairs of the ancestral temple and society, so he has to be more considerate.When he finished speaking, he peeked at Jianmei, and saw that her face changed slightly, and she was sitting blankly in front of the candle, tears streaming down silently.Wei Dongting gritted his teeth and ignored it.That Jianmei stood up abruptly, covering her face and was about to take the door away, but was grabbed by Wei Dongting, and said with an apologetic smile: "It's still the temperament of my childhood, just a joke." Jianmei raised her head, tears streaming down her face With a full face, he choked up and said: "I... I stayed in that nest for six years for revenge... But you treat me... I came here for something important."

"Isn't your business just to avenge the former Ming Dynasty?" Wei Dongting said eagerly, "What's the point of talking about this now?"

Jianmei suddenly stopped crying!With a sneer, he said, "Could it be that I took the risk to come here just to listen to your words? ——Take it seriously, I'm going!" After that, Wei Dongting hurriedly blocked the way, shaking his hands and laughing: "Don't, don't, Can't you just count me as wrong? I haven't seen you for a few years, and I'm still self-willed, so it's okay to just ask!"

Jianmei then sat down again, looked at Wei Dongting and asked, "Are you going to Suo'etu Mansion tomorrow?"

"Our civil and military do not belong to each other," Wei Dongting replied calmly, startled, "what am I going to do with him?"

"Don't bully people," Shi Jianmei was anxious and helpless, so she had to say bluntly, "Don't go, if the emperor tells you, you will be well soon!"

"I'm not sick!" Wei Dongting replied coldly, "Am I going?"

"Don't ask, listen to me, don't go!"

"I want to ask. How do you know I'm going to Suofu, why can't I go? A man has to come and understand. I can't do things that I don't even understand. "

There was another awkward silence, Jianmei sighed and said, "I'm afraid it's hard to come back after going."

"If you don't want to tell the truth, go!" Seeing her hesitating, Wei Dongting got angry, "I'm still the Wei Huzi ten years ago, and you are no longer the Meimeizi ten years ago! You go, Minger I'm going to search the mansion, but I want to see how I can't come back!" Shi Jianmei got up and left, but stopped after a few steps, and said without looking back: "Oboi will search the mansion tomorrow, even you It's up to you to take the emperor... to go or not!" After saying that, he left.

Wei Dongting was like five thunderbolts, this time he was in a hurry, he rushed forward to block the way, he held her shoulder tightly and said: "My dear sister, tell me the truth, I can't ignore the emperor!" Jianmei turned around, seeing Wei Dongting like this Stubborn, he sighed: "You don't know my heart, as long as you are safe, I will be at ease." Wei Dongting shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Don't be confused, sister! If something happens to the emperor, just say that I, Wei Dongting, will die, and I will die immediately. Or survived, what face do you have to live in the world?"

"My good brother, stay away from the place of right and wrong, I beg you!" Jianmei suddenly broke away and knelt down with a plop, "You can't beat them! They are powerful and have countless followers. They plan day and night If you want to murder your monarchs and ministers, you can't fight them!"

"I know." Wei Dongting took her up with one arm, looked into her eyes like autumn water, and shook his head stubbornly, "You know me since you were a child, and I can beat them!" Jianmei looked at the girl in front of her in surprise. The heroic man took out a paper bag from his pocket tremblingly and said, "Look at this."

Wei Dongting took it over, went to the lamp and turned it on for a closer look, only to see cloud flakes as white as frost, and quickly asked: "Is it the best ice flakes?" Jianmei replied: "The medicine used to poison your monarchs and ministers. I almost died when I got to it."

Wei Dongting became more and more suspicious, and forced Jianmei to sit down, insisting that she tell the whole story.

It turns out that one night Ao's mansion was haunted by ghosts, and it was Jianmei who did it. She had eavesdropped on the secret conversation between Ao Bai and Bumbleshan.At night, he borrowed a mask to pretend to be a ghost image, frightened the color screen into unconsciousness, tricked Oboi out of the Crane Shouting Hall, and quietly stole some poison.In the rush, Madam didn't check the number of people carefully, so she didn't suspect her.

Hearing Jianmei's narration, Wei Dongting couldn't help but praise: "Your heart is ten thousand times smarter than mine!"

"When are you still talking about this?" She looked at Wei Dongting with tears in her eyes, full of expectation and fear, "You have to leave quickly, otherwise, a catastrophe is about to happen."

"You don't have to worry about me, there is no fate in this life, we will wait for the next life! But he is so kind to me, how can I..."

"Who?"

"The current emperor!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Jianmei suddenly said angrily, "You know the Emperor! What good does he do to us people? After you left that year, my mother died, and my father dragged me to plant the ten acres on Huangzhuang. I don’t want to be surrounded by the inlaid yellow flag again!” Jianmei wiped away her tears at this point, and then said, “Without the land, the landlord can still come to collect the rent money, saying that the inlaid yellow flag has not been encircled before, The seeds have been planted in the field, and the money for the seeds must be returned. You and Wei Amu have already left. We have no relatives, who will take care of us? In the twelfth lunar month of that year, Dad went to beg for food in heavy snow and never came back..."

At this point, Jianmei was crying.Wei Dongting remembered the scene when the two families were harmonious and friendly neighbors, and he shed tears unconsciously.

"Later, I was left alone, what should I do?" Jianmei continued, "I had to disguise myself as a man and go to Beijing to find you, and almost froze to death in Huairou. It was Mr. Shi who saved me and took me as a righteous daughter, and followed me He went to the rivers and lakes to learn art together, how do you know the troubles here!"

After hearing this, Wei Dongting was silent for a long time before he said: "Meimei, I understand what you are thinking. Of course I feel sad and feel sorry for your family after you have suffered so much over the years. But I think we are all looking forward to seeing you." There is a good emperor, as long as he can live a peaceful life. The former emperor of Ming Dynasty was Han Chinese, but he forced your family out of the pass. It is not the current emperor who forces you now. Do you know? You are a smart person, and you have to figure out what is right and wrong. When our two families were good, we were already naturalized in the banner. You didn't dislike me, and I didn't think about being the little leader of the banner army. Bullying good people. You know all about this. Think about it carefully, is there any reason for my words?"

This time it was Jianmei's turn to be silent.

"Although the current emperor is young, he is very clear and wise. I really can't bear to leave him. Don't say it's me, just like old man Shi is now wholeheartedly devoted to the emperor!"

"Oh, you men!" Jianmei was already convinced, but she still said, "But don't trust him too much. As the saying goes, being with a king is like being with a tiger!"

"There is some truth to this." Wei Dongting laughed, "But I'm not stupid. At that time, couldn't I learn from Fan Li and carry Xi Shi on a boat on the Five Lakes?"

When Jianmei heard this, she couldn't help laughing through her tears. She blushed and poked Wei Dongting's forehead with her finger and said, "You, you are the injustice I committed in my previous life! What do you want me to do, tell me..."

On the official road outside Yongxing Temple, Oboi was still a little restless sitting in the big sedan chair.Because this move is of great importance, if the secret is leaked, there will be death.

For this matter, he and Bumbleshan had been discussing until midnight yesterday.After many investigations, there is no doubt that Kangxi studied in Suofu.So they made a decision to do it immediately-search Soetu's scholar's mansion.This is much safer than robbing and killing Kangxi in the imperial palace like a ecstasy array. Once successful, the crime of regicide can be pushed to Suo'etu afterwards.

Just to be safe, Bumbleshan put eyeliner on the road from Shenwumen to Suofu early this morning.Just now someone came to report: "As usual, the two small sedan chairs coming out of the palace have already entered the back side door of Suo Mansion." Only then did Oboi come forward in the sedan chair with confidence.

The big sedan chair came to Suo's mansion and landed gently, and Aobai stepped out with a bow.

Goshha Zhao Fengchun at the door saw that it was Oboi, so he jumped down and said, "Master Zhongtang, little Zhao Fengchun respectfully welcomes Zhongtang Jin'an!"

"Reporting to your lord, saying that the second-class prince and minister of guards, Oboi, came here to see your lord."

"Zha—" As soon as Zhao Fengchun heard the "order", he knelt down and kowtowed, then got up and flew into the back hall to report.

(End of this chapter)