Emperor Kangxi: The First Rule of the Palace

Chapter 49
Standing under the car blocking the road is Cui Gu.A few years ago, Kangxi met her once in Yuepeng's shop. At this time, how could he remember the girl who sang "Red Embroidered Shoes" back then.But because of Mingzhu, Cuigu knew that "Long'er" was a "difficult to guess" nobleman, and she secretly watched it a few times afterwards.So she recognized Kangxi as soon as he showed up.

It turned out that Cuigu was looking for Hu Gongshan, and when Hu Gongshan was out, she sat in Hu Gongshan's study and waited.Hu Gongshan didn't have a family, he only rented a small courtyard near the imperial hospital, and hired four or five waiters.She is used to coming here, and the family members have always regarded her as an aunt, and they don't care.

At this time, she was sitting idle under the lamp, as if she had fallen asleep.The quarrel with Hu Gongshan tonight was unexpected to her.Thinking carefully that she, the daughter of an eunuch, married Hu Gongshan, who was a Taoist, in order to avenge her father, it was already condescending.In order to avoid Hu Gongshan's pursuit, she went to Beijing alone and fell into a brothel. She originally wanted to get acquainted with high-ranking officials and nobles, but by chance, she met Hong Chengchou and killed this beast with her hands...Unexpectedly, Hu Gongshan who chased after the capital, who once wanted to work with her "" The man who achieved the great cause of "Fuming" has gradually changed his tune recently.

Hu Gongshan muttered to himself as if he had lost his soul after Kangxi summoned him to treat his illness, but he couldn't hear what he said.Once Cuigu asked him: "Brother, what's the matter with you?" Hu Gongshan was startled for a moment before replying: "Compared to that Wu Sangui, I'm afraid this one is better!"

"this?"

"Hmm... Cui Gu," Hu Gongshan leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes and meditated, "I saw the emperor today."

"laugh!"

"I've read a lot of photo books," Hu Gongshan ignored her contemptuous look, and just continued, "I'm not a layman about 'sackcloth' and 'Liuzhuang'. There is indeed the appearance of an emperor—don’t laugh, I don’t believe this—I have used these words to flatter Wu Sangui—the strange thing is that there is no narrator on his desk. ", "Warring States Policy", "Historical Records", "Hanshu"..." He told Cui Gu in detail about Kangxi's treatment of illnesses.

Cui Gu was silent.These words are incompatible with her anti-Qing psychology, but one cannot think that what Hu Gongshan said is unreasonable.

After waiting for a while, Hu Gongshan still didn't come back, so she couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "Father, my daughter's life is miserable!" When she casually pulled out a book from the bookshelf to read, it turned out to be "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" by Zhang Zhongjing. After flipping through a few pages, I felt that the words were difficult to understand, and was about to insert them back into the bookshelf, when a piece of writing slipped out of the pages.She picked it up and saw that on the front were the five poems written by Wu Tingxun, and when she turned them over, they were all densely written by Hu Gongshan himself.By candlelight, she read each article, unexpectedly, this ugly man loved her so persistently and purely, and had such rich and delicate feelings!Thinking of his own situation, his eyes filled with tears: "It turns out that his heart is also in such pain!"

"I expected you to come! If you don't come, I will go looking for you again." Suddenly someone spoke from behind, and when Cui Gu looked back suddenly, it turned out that Hu Gongshan had already walked in.

"Okay!" Cui Gu sneered deliberately, "'This heart is as hard as a Pangu stone, flying catkins like flowers to the breeze'—what a poem!"

Hu Gongshan sat down with a wry smile and said, "Now is not the time to talk about this. Do you know? I'm afraid that the current emperor will die tomorrow!"

Hu Gongshan brought such amazing news, but he himself was very calm.Cui Gu felt chills all over her body, she couldn't tell what it was like.

"Oboi caught the pearl and found out the details. He knew that Wu Ciyou was teaching Kangxi in the Guzhai of Baiyun Temple, and he planned to besiege Baiyun Temple tomorrow, kill the king and stand on his own!"

"How did you know about such a confidential matter?" Cui Gu was taken aback for a moment, then asked again.

"I just came back from Aobai Mansion... Wei Dongting's brother-in-law Liu Hua is dead, and Mingzhu has not escaped... No one delivered the letter. This matter is difficult to decide!"

"What's so hard to decide?" Cui Gu said emotionally, "Tell Wu Ciyou to escape and rescue Mingzhu, then I... I'll marry you!"

Hu Gongshan was taken aback, he didn't know what to say for a while, he didn't know whether it was tears or fire in his deep triangular eyes.After pausing for a long time, he stood up and patted Cuigu on the shoulder, turned his face away and said, "Wu Ciyou needs to be saved, Mingzhu needs to be saved, and Kangxi needs to be saved too! After I finish this matter, I should go back to Mount Emei." It's..."

Cui Gu didn't refute him anymore, she was influenced and taught by her father since she was a child, and she always believed that "It is not as good as the death of the Xias to have a king in Yidi".It is inconceivable that Shunzhi, as a "Yidi", has China on the verge of death.She also didn't have a good impression of the former Ming Dynasty, but vaguely believed that "reversing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty" was a matter of course.More than two years ago, when she saw Long Er for the first time, she felt that Kangxi had the same yellow face, black eyes, and black hair as Hu Gongshan, Mingzhu, and the dead Liangcai. Nothing special, judging from Mingzhu and Hu Gongshan's speech, Kangxi seems to be more sensitive, witty, and open-minded than ordinary people!Her heart is a little confused: she loves Mingzhu, Hu Gongshan loves herself, Mingzhu is loyal to Kangxi, and Hu Gongshan is also devoted to Kangxi, do they have no reason at all?Such an innocent young man would not survive tomorrow, but he knew that, but he just stood by and watched.Thinking of this, Cui Gu's body twitched, her blood rose sharply, her face was flushed red under the lamp, she really didn't know how to deal with this unjust debt.After a long while, he said, "Why don't you break into the Forbidden City at night and pass the news...in?"

"This is not a perfect solution," Hu Gongshan shook his head and said, "The palace is strictly forbidden, and there are many experts in the forest. Without an imperial decree, it is very difficult to enter the palace." He stood up and said decisively to Cuigu, "Tomorrow you must pass through the Baiyun Temple. I stopped the car on the road, and I went to Shanguzhai to take a camera."

Kangxi heard the man said that he had to go to Baiyun temple in a hurry, so he ordered Zhang Wanqiang to stop the car by the side of the road, and jumped out of the car himself.Aunt Su Ma was worried, and got out of the car slowly, standing behind Kangxi.

Cuigu stared at Kangxi, and saw that the thin man in the homely black fox robe in front of her was Long Er whom she had seen in Yuepeng's shop two years ago.He couldn't help being overjoyed, so he took a step forward, stabbed Qian'er, and shouted: "Aren't you Long'er?"

Kangxi only used the name "Long'er" in front of Wu Ciyou.At this moment, hearing that Cuigu also called him that, Kangxi thought she was a servant serving Wu Ciyou, so he asked, "So you are from Suofu, I think you look a little familiar!"

"There are three or four hundred people in Mr. Suo's mansion," Cui Gu smiled secretly, and posing as a servant of Suo's mansion, she replied casually, "I remember everything clearly? I was sent by the mansion to deliver a letter to Mr. Wu. Yes, I'm tired of walking, I want to take a ride, I don't want to run into my grandfather here!"

Kangxi was surprised: "Doesn't the Suo family even have a carriage?"

"There's no need to say more." Afraid of talking too much, Cuigu said coldly, "Since my master's car is not allowed to ride, please bring this letter to Mr. Wu!" Before Kangxi could answer, he presented a note with both hands.

Seeing that this person was so presumptuous, Kangxi was about to explode, glanced at the words on the note, and immediately restrained his anger.I saw what was written on it: "Jiang Wan is worrying, and I heard partridges deep in the mountains, so I can't do it, brother." When she was about to ask again, Cui Gu arched her hand and said, "Farewell!" Then she turned and left.

In recent years, Kangxi has practiced martial arts with Mu Zixu and Shi Longbiao, and he has made some progress.Seeing that this handsome young man speaks like Pi Liyangqiu, and behaves very perversely, he felt that there was something wrong, so he took a step forward and grabbed Cui Gu's shoulder and pulled it back, grabbing the skirt of his clothes.Cui Gu immediately blushed and scolded: "I came to save you, you are so frivolous!"

Kangxi was taken aback: "Why am I so frivolous?" He involuntarily let go of his hand.As soon as Cuigu broke free, she hurriedly squatted down to pick up her shoes (during her haste, she wore a pair of shoes that didn't fit her feet, and the laces came off again), turned around and left.

"Sister, go slowly!" Aunt Su Ma suddenly shouted when she saw her little feet.Not only Kangxi and Zhang Wanqiang were surprised by this cry, but even Cuigu was startled, and turned around, "What did you say?"

La Aunt Su Ma walked forward slowly and took a closer look at the situation. She felt more and more that her judgment was not bad. She took her hand and said, "Let's talk about it in the car!"Zhang Wanqiang understood and helped Kangxi into the car.La Aunt Su Ma took Cui Gu's hand and got into the car, and sat beside her.

That Cuigu blushed, she didn't dare to look Kangxi in the eye.Aunt Su Ma gave an order: "Turn around! Yuan Daoer returns to the palace, hurry up!" Zhang Wanqiang agreed, "Understood", took the rein, and shouted: "Du!" The imperial horses are all domesticated. After hearing the master's command, he could understand it, and immediately let go of his four hooves and ran away in the same way.

"Why are you..." Aunt Su Ma took off her melon skin hat, and Cui Gu said shyly and uneasily with her beautiful hair hanging down and she had completely recovered her daughter's appearance.

"Don't say it's you, I've seen someone who is smarter than you." Aunt Su Ma brushed her hair and said with a smile, "Look at your shoes, who wears a hat like you? Wear an earring!—Let's not talk about that, just ask what is written on this piece of paper?" Kangxi also looked at Cuigu with concern and said, "Why did you stop her?"

(End of this chapter)