The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 82
In May, the imperial garden is full of colorful flowers, butterflies, bees and butterflies are busy and thriving. At the beginning of the month, the emperor's birthday is celebrated, and the palace is full of excitement.

And what is more lively than the Royal Garden is the Queen's Palace.

The concubines from all the palaces went to Kunning Palace to chat with the queen to relieve boredom every day, and the emperor's rewards were also sent to Kunning Palace like a mountain of water.

Concubine Yi learned from the spies that the empress and the Hesheli clan are now more closely connected, there were letters sent to and from the palace in two or three days, and the spies intercepted the letter the day before yesterday, and on the letter there was only a sentence "It's done, don't read it".

Concubine Yi didn't know why this happened, but she saw that the emperor has been ignoring court affairs more and more recently, and only loves to have fun with some strong men in the imperial garden all day long. Going there every day caused criticism from the courtiers of the former court.

Others don't know why, but she and Wanyu know it in their hearts.

The emperor was just waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to eradicate Oboi's henchmen in one fell swoop.

Later that day, the Empress Dowager summoned the Emperor to the Palace of Compassion and Peace to pay his respects. When the Emperor came, the Empress Dowager had already retreated to the left and right, but she and the Empress Dowager were standing side by side in the courtyard.

At dusk, the sky is full of clouds like a brocade of light, falling with the dim sunlight,

The Empress Dowager stood under the corridor of the Compassionate Ning Palace, looking at the delicate flowers blooming all over the palace with a smile on her face.

"The emperor also brought a lot of flowers and plants to the Ciren Palace a few days ago. You, the emperor, are honored as a lady, and you always wear such clean clothes. Even the flowers in the palace are better than you." The empress dowager chose a flower at random. The beautifully blooming peony hairpin was placed on the head of the empress dowager who was dressed in plain blue. The empress dowager bowed slightly, smiled and replied: "I am worried about the empress, my son is just an old man of the late emperor. Keep the rules so that you won't compete with the emperor's young concubines."

While the two were joking and talking, the emperor had already walked down the corridor.

He bowed and bowed to the two of them, saying hello: "My son greets the emperor's grandmother and the emperor's mother."

The Empress Dowager nodded with a smile, she helped the Empress Dowager's hand to walk down the steps, and wiped off the sweat from the Emperor's forehead: "Aijia heard that you have been addicted to Buku recently, and your sweaty body was blown by the wind like an evil wind. How about entering the body?"

The queen mother also expressed concern: "The three of us, grandparents and grandchildren, don't stand around in this cold wind, Xuan Ye, quickly help your grandmother into the palace to sit and talk."

After the three of them were seated in the main hall, the Empress Dowager picked up a lychee that had been pitted and entered it, and asked leisurely: "The emperor has been playing around for so long, Ao Zhongtang will help you manage the court affairs more properly. "

The emperor was silent for a moment, then slowly smiled and said: "Ao Zhongtang has a clear heart, so he has devoted himself to it."

"Xuanye, what are you talking about?" The queen mother was displeased when she heard the emperor's words, and said anxiously: "How can others get their hands on the country that the Aixinjueluo family has laid down? When you were young, you knew the importance of right and wrong. Now that you are older, why are you getting worse?" Confused?"

The emperor did not reply to the empress dowager's words, but looked at each other with the empress dowager, and the two immediately laughed heartily.

The queen mother was startled by the sudden laughter, and asked in a stumble, "But...but what are you, grandpa and grandson, hiding from me?"

The Empress Dowager handed the plate full of lychee pulp to the Empress Dowager, nodded and joked: "You are just like us Mongolians, and you can do whatever you think of. What can Aijia and the emperor keep from you?" What you see is what you see. This lychee has sweet flesh, you should eat more and worry less."

The emperor responded and said: "Emperor Niang, don't worry, my son has never been more sober than now, and he naturally knows that this world belongs to Aixinjueluo."

The queen mother shook her head resentfully, and sighed jokingly: "When the first emperor was here, he disliked your mother-in-law's rudeness, and now you are going to be reprimanded by your little emperor." After talking out of the window, she stood up and said to the empress dowager: "It's getting late, and my son has to go back to the palace to worship the Buddha, so I won't be with you any longer."

"My son sent off the empress dowager respectfully." The emperor thought about bowing to the empress dowager, who shook her head, patted him on the shoulder a few times, and left with a flick of her sleeve.

The palace lanterns in the palace were lit early in the morning, and now the outside of the house is getting darker, but the inside of the house is getting brighter.

The Empress Dowager caressed her emerald finger, raised her eyebrows and said to the emperor, "Is the emperor ready?"

The emperor nodded, and replied with firm eyes: "It's tomorrow."

"This matter has dragged on for so many years, and sooner or later there will be a resolution." The Empress Dowager breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "The grandson has grown up now, and the Ai family sees that you are more prudent and vigilant than the late emperor. , this country is in your hands, and the Ai family finally has an explanation for their ancestors."

The emperor nodded secretly, then clenched his fists with both hands, frowned and gnashed his teeth, and said, "It is pardonable for the evil done by the heavens, but one cannot live with the evil committed by oneself. Oboi was highly respected by the late emperor, and as a minister of the government, he did not want to assist me in governing the country with all his heart, but bullied the officials instead. , Killing ministers, roaring at the court, persecuting the emperor, enclosing the land and harming the people! If such chaotic ministers and thieves still stand in the court, wouldn’t my century-old foundation of the Qing Dynasty be destroyed in his hands?”

The Empress Dowager smiled gratifiedly, took the emperor's hand and held it firmly: "The good or bad of this action is uncertain, the emperor still needs to act cautiously and make careful arrangements to ensure nothing goes wrong."

"This is exactly what my grandson is worried about." The emperor shook the empress dowager's wrinkled palm instead, and his tone sank: "Grandson has tried his best to arrange it properly, but it's up to people to make things happen. What a rebellious thing that madman is going to do. The grandson is concerned about the safety of the emperor's grandmother and the queen's mother, and please leave the palace at night and take shelter in the nine-door admiral's mansion. The grandson has entrusted him with this matter, if tomorrow If things fail, someone will arrange for the two of you to stand properly."

The Empress Dowager smiled heartily, shook her head and said in denial: "The Ai family is the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty, life and death are the same as the Qing Dynasty, how can they live alone? Besides, the Ai family has passed on Yi's decree to return to the mother clan, and now eight thousand elite soldiers have already secreted it. Around the capital, there are [-] elites disguised as civilians and sneaked into the city. If the incident fails, the Horqin tribe will immediately raise troops and attack the capital. You will send away Oboi's cronies with the force of thunder, even if Aoboi plans to transfer everyone back It will take time, you have already established more than half of the forces in Beijing, and it will be difficult for Oboi to make any trouble."

The emperor was moved in his heart, he looked at the empress dowager with tears in his eyes, and after a long while, he trembled out a word of gratitude from his mouth.

The empress dowager pressed her hand on the emperor's eyelids, stopped the tears that were about to fall for him, and said passionately: "Aijia and Shuyu are the same age and married from Mongolia to the Forbidden City. In the past few decades, Aijia What kind of storms and waves have you never seen?" She patted the emperor's shoulder and smiled knowingly: "An emperor who has never seen storms is not enough to accomplish things. The wrestling between you and Oboi this time is the transformation of you into a real man. A trial where the dragon soars to the nine heavens. The Ai family wants you to win, the ancestors of Aixinjueluo want you to win, and the Qing Dynasty wants you to win, and you can only win! Do you understand?"

The emperor couldn't help nodding, and replied with a firm and resolute tone: "The grandson will definitely live up to everyone's expectations! Annihilate the traitors in one fell swoop, and protect the Qing Dynasty forever!"

(End of this chapter)