Emperor Kangxi: The First Rule of the Palace

Chapter 58 Kangxi Golden Palace Meeting Rebellious Minister Wanniang Mr. Wei Fuwei (2)
The Empress Dowager sighed: "The grandparents and grandchildren are all alike. This child is more mature. At this age, the Emperor Daxing may not be as tall as the Emperor!"Aunt Su Ma hurriedly interrupted: "Long live Lord's attire, at first glance, looks like a juren who is going to Beijing to rush for the exam!"

One sentence touched Kangxi's mind, remembering the meeting with Oboi just now, he was stunned for a moment before laughing again: "Don't think I can't succeed, if you really do Juren, you may not pass the exam!"

Gossiping for a while, the Empress Dowager saw that Kangxi was in good spirits, and she didn't seem to be shocked, so she got up and said: "It's not quiet outside now, the emperor must be careful when he sees people, what Sister Man said, "The son of a daughter, can't sit still." 'This is true, you are the emperor, and your body is precious.--Ming'er asked Xiao Weizi to take the gold self-ringing bell that the previous son tributed to Wu Liuyi; The master has to take care of it!" Kangxi listened, and promised repeatedly: "500 taels of gold have been given to Suo'etu." The Empress Dowager got up and said: "We are going, there is no need to call outside for breakfast Done, Sister Man sent a few people to get it from me. Please persuade your master to have an extra bowl of rice!"

As soon as the empress dowager left here, Kangxi laughed and scolded Aunt Su Ma, "What a big deal, you ran to call the empress dowager again, and I made a big deal out of it." Aunt Su Ma saw that there was no one in the hall, He didn't stick to his appearance, and replied with a smile: "Long live Lord's golden words, but his words don't count. He said that he would see no one today. Suddenly, he went out to meet the mourning door god early in the morning. Think about it, am I afraid?"

Kangxi had a complacent expression on his face, and said with a smile: "Although what you said yesterday made sense, but as the emperor, I was too scared to see my ministers, wouldn't I be more aggressive in helping him?" "Then I have to tell you! Aunt Su Mala said, "It's good to have precautions, Xiao Weizi is not in front of me, and there is no one who can be used at hand... The emperor is really reckless!"

While the two were talking, Xiao Maozi came in with a tea tray.Kangxi picked it up and took a sip, and suddenly remembered that Aunt Su Ma once told the story of this man fighting Namo in the teahouse, so he asked, "What's your name? Didn't you serve in the teahouse?"

Xiao Maozi was about to step back, when he heard the emperor asking himself, he hurriedly put the tea tray under his arm, took a step back and knelt down and said, "My slave Qian Xixin, but people call me Maozi by my nickname. Thanks to the blessing of the Long Live Lord, the tea warehouse works, and Sister Su praised me to be the leader now."

"You should be called Xiao Maozi," Kangxi said, "This is much better than your original name!"

"Zha—" Xiao Maozi hurriedly kowtowed, and said loudly, "From now on, this slave will be called Xiao Maozi, whose surname is 'Xiao', and his name is 'Maozi'!"

It was a very ordinary thing, but Xiao Maozi replied like this, and the Lagu Su Ma who was next to him couldn't help laughing "puchi", but stopped in a hurry.Hearing Kangxi ask again: "Is your mother's illness better? I heard that you are very filial and work hard. Tell the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the morning and ask them to give you another good job. The problem of not making progress will be cured. "

"Long live God is happy, reward the little Maozi a few more. I can see Long Live here every day, how can there be a better job than this!" Xiao Maozi said with tiger's eyes open, "Depending on the gods and Buddhas Blessings, long live God, great blessings and longevity, the prosperity of the world, eternal peace, praises of all peoples!"

Some of these words were read by Xiao Maozi from the yearly posts of the lay people, some were heard from the storyteller in the teahouse, and some were picked up by the courtiers when they were playing, and they were squeezed together. It sounds nondescript, but he said Very fluent.Kangxi couldn't hold back a mouthful of tea, and Aunt Su Ma covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and laughed so hard that she couldn't control herself.

Xiao Maozi was stunned: "Long Live Lord, didn't the slave say it right?"

"Not bad!" Kangxi was very happy, "You are very right. Wanniang rewarded him with 50 taels of silver!"

After the little boy thanked him for his reward, Kangxi said to Aunt Su Ma: "This kid is very interesting and useful, you need to take care of him!" Aunt Su Ma hurriedly bowed and replied, "Yes."

"Also." Kangxi hesitated for a moment before saying, "When you have time in a few days, you should visit Cuigu and ask her about her life experience and what's wrong with Hong Chengchou. Come back and play me."

After Baiyun Guanhuo burned the Shangu store, the superficial relationship between Kangxi and Obai monarch and ministers eased greatly.Oboi still claimed to be sick, so Kangxi ordered Zhang Wanqiang and others to send some precious medicinal materials such as ginseng, yarrow, antler, and osmanthus to Oboi every three or five days; In the memorial, always add a sentence "the discussion should be or not, and Fu Wei is the sage" to express politeness.

But secretly, both of them knew that the relationship between monarch and minister was over, and they were stepping up their preparations.Half a month after summoning Oboi, Oboi sent up a memorial to impeach Feng Mingjun of the Five Cities Patrol Yamen for his negligence of duty, which caused the Xihai Pavilion to catch fire.

Wu Liuyi, the admiral of the Nine Gates, will discuss it separately.

"Here we come!" Kangxi was shocked and excited when he read this scripture in Qianqing Palace.Calmly sleeved the booklet and went back to Yangxin Hall to discuss with Lagu Su Ma.

"Let's refute it first," Kangxi said, "Feng Mingjun is obviously his personal, so if he entrusts him with the job of guarding the Nine Gates, is that okay?"

"Xiao Weizi said that Suo'etu and Xiong Cilu have discussed this matter, so why not ask them?" Aunt Su Ma looked at the memorial and replied with a frown, "Or let this Feng The Office of the Ministry of Communications!" Because it was so close, Kangxi was surprised to find that there were fine wrinkles on Lagu Su Ma's forehead.

"Impossible!" Kangxi said decisively, "Suo and Xiong are too conspicuous. It is not appropriate to be summoned into the palace to see everyone. It is even more impossible for the Ministry of Communications. The Ministry of Officials is where Jishi is. It is the same if it is discussed, or it is the same if it is not discussed!"

"Then stay in the middle school!" Aunt Su Ma thought it was reasonable, but Ao Bai's question was too tricky, she couldn't think of any good idea for a while, "Let's hold it for a few days and then talk about it."

"In less than three days," Kangxi got up and wandered around the room, "Oboi must ask why he intends to stay in China, how can I answer correctly?"

"I'm going to look for Xiao Weizi and see what they say, and I'll also take a look at Cui Gu." After La Aunt Su Ma finished speaking, she went to the West Pavilion to change clothes.When he came out, he said to Kangxi: "Mr. Wu said: 'Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, but his color doesn't change because his heart doesn't change. Tomorrow, I will follow the Empress Dowager to pilgrimage, and I will not read the papers. This is not a military newspaper, what is the hurry? I will go and see what people outside them say." Then he called for someone to order the car to be prepared.Kangxi hurriedly said: "It's very cold, take that plain fox fur and ask Xiao Weizi to pass it to Mr. Wu!"

Leaving the palace through the west corner gate, bypassing the busy vegetable market, Aunt Su Ma saw that the pedestrians on the road were not too crowded.It was the end of the new year, and there was no snow all winter, so it looked dry and cold. Occasionally, a few dead leaves hung on the branches beside the road, struggling in the howling north wind, adding to the chilling atmosphere.But because there are no trees in the Forbidden City, what I see every day are yellow glazed tiles and blue bricks, which makes me upset.Leaving the Forbidden City suddenly, Aunt Su Ma still felt a kind of indescribable openness and joy.The little eunuch, who had changed into plain clothes, also raised his whip and yelled cheerfully, and the four horses trotted around familiarly.Suddenly a dead leaf was blown into the sedan chair by a sharp cold wind, she picked it up and held it in her hand to play with repeatedly, suddenly remembered a long and short sentence from "A Concubine's Life", she read softly:

〖Autumn leaves fall, women wither and fall into the wind.Just believe in Yinxi, the concubine's life is too much to tolerate!How can the mud be smeared in the rain, and the ditches turn to drift?The crescent eyebrows are both frowned, and Qingbi is there: but the rain is merciless, and the wind is also merciless! 〗

She is a Manchurian girl, and even when it comes to marriage, she is so simple and straightforward that Han men can't match her.Over the past few years, she followed Kangxi to read a lot of books with Wu Ciyou, and gained a lot of knowledge, but she didn't know when, her temperament actually changed.Suddenly, I felt that I was really naive...a little like a girl.Now if there is another matter of hiring a teacher, she will not show her face to "confront knowledge" with a strange man anyway.Thinking of this, she secretly smiled, and tightened her lips as if afraid of being sneaked. ——The carriage stopped firmly, and it had already arrived at the door of Wei Dongting's house.

Wei Dongting was not at home, and the new housekeeper at the door—Stubborn Donkey—because he didn't know the little eunuch driving the cart, insisted on refusing guests from the door. The two of them blushed and almost quarreled.Aunt Su Ma was impatient to hear it inside, she swung the curtain away with a "swipe", leaned out from the car and said, "It's me, butler! Don't you know me?"

The stubborn donkey was stunned for a moment, and laughed aloud: "He said it was Wanniang who came, so he saved a lot of tongue. He just said that Su is so messed up!" La Aunt Su Ma got out of the car and said with a smile: "I can't blame him, it's because I didn't explain clearly!" After saying that, he followed the stubborn donkey in.

Inside, He Guizhu came out early to greet him, and while he was busy pouring tea, he said, "It's not a coincidence that you came. Today, Mr. Wei and a few guys left after breakfast. One reason is to send Mingzhu to some bone-healing place." The second thing is to go to meet Mr. Wu.” He also laughed, “The villain is a mess, and he can’t remember these many things anymore.”

"Where's Mr. Wu?" Aunt Su Ma took a sip of tea and asked lightly.

"Mr. Wu is not feeling well, he is lying on the back!"

"I've never been here before, take me to have a look." La Aunt Su Ma said and stood up.

(End of this chapter)