Kangxi Harem Ⅰ: Green Years

Chapter 41 (Seventeen) Concubine Meng Enters the Palace and Dragon Son Gets Disease
【Traveling long distances to Beijing, Concubine Meng contracted a serious illness on the way;】

[Dragon son can't escape the infection, can he avoid this disaster like his father? 】

In the early spring of the ninth year of Kangxi, there was another three-year talent show. The emperor had already held the power, and there were no more important daughters of princes and ministers in the roster this year. Having said that, I want to take Aruna, the daughter of the third-class Taiji Ayuxi in Horqin, a distant relative of the Borzigit family, into the palace. The Borzigit family is the golden family of the Mongolian people. The position of empress in the emperor's harem is all women of the Borzigit family, which is conducive to the stability of the Mongolian tribes. Now that the emperor has established a queen, a concubine of the Borzigit family is also needed.Xuan Ye raised no doubts about this.

During the Wanshou Festival in March, the imperial court re-divided the ranks of Manchu and Han ministers. Rong'er's father was a member of the Ministry of Rites. He Erniang was kind enough to visit Rong'er in the palace again. Her daughter was upbeat and gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor. Amaniang was very happy and told Rong'er to serve the emperor well.When Ama got promoted, Rong'er was naturally happy too. Seeing his parents' health, Rong'er felt very happy.

Although the emperor did not draft, but due to the adjustment of the ranks, there were two more people in the palace who agreed, that is, Yi promised and Ma agreed, and Yi promised to be named Yi Erya, whose father was a member of the military department, and Ma promised to be named Ma Che'er His father is Manyuanwailang of the Ministry of Household Affairs. According to the adjustment of official ranks, Manyuanwai was adjusted from the original fifth rank to fourth rank. They are all registered in the Three Banners of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Due to the promotion of his father's rank, it is not suitable to continue to be a slave in the palace, and there is no suitable marriage at present, so he was promoted directly, which is also one of the ways for the royal family to win over important officials.Both promised to be placed in the Zhongcui Palace of Concubine Zhao.At the same time, Huiguiren's father, Suo Erhe, also benefited from this rank adjustment. His father's official position was Man Langzhong.Mingzhu, an important minister who assisted the emperor in removing Ao last year, was promoted to be the censor of Zuodu last year, and Suo'etu was promoted to be a bachelor. a reward.

At the beginning of April, Aruna arrived in the capital city. I don't know if it was because of the wind and cold on the way, and the high fever continued. On the day of arriving in the capital, the empress dowager called the imperial doctor to treat Aruna. The imperial doctor said that it looked like it was caused by the wind and cold. The Empress Dowager placed her in her bedroom to take care of her day and night, and she was spared the greetings from the other palaces.But three days later, red spots appeared on Aruna's body, and the empress dowager was shocked, because Xuanye had suffered from smallpox when he was a child, and had similar red spots on his body. After seeing erythema and several days of symptoms, it was confirmed that it was smallpox, such a vicious infectious disease, who would have expected that there would be such a vicious infectious disease in the palace.The empress dowager was shocked, and hurriedly ordered Lagu Su to take Chengrui and the nanny to the second south center for isolation and care.The entourage who entered the palace with Aruna were all sent to the Forbidden City for secret isolation.

That day Gai Rong'er was in her own room, seeing Xiao Qing and Qiao Yun whispering and biting their ears, she asked with a smile: "What are you two girls talking about, it's so mysterious."

Xiaoqing looked at Qiaoyun hesitantly, but said nothing.

Seeing Xiaoqing like this, Gai Ronger felt more strange, Xiaoqing couldn't hide his words, what happened today, so he said: "Xiaoqing, if you have something to say, just say it."

Xiaoqing hesitated and said, "Master, you should know that the Mongolian master who just entered the palace got sick."

Rong'er gave her a funny look and said: "You girl is really strange, who doesn't know about this? Didn't you say that you caught wind and cold on the road?"

"Hmm... this... Xiaoqing heard..." Xiaoqing said hesitantly.

"I heard something, tell me quickly, you are not such a slow-tempered person." Seeing Xiaoqing like this, Rong'er lost his composure.

"The servant girl will tell." Xiaoqing seemed to have made up her mind, "Actually, Xiaoqing also thinks that the master should know about this." Xiaoqing paused and continued: "Xiaoqing heard that the master was infected with smallpox. , has been placed in isolation, and the eldest prince has been sent to the Second South Institute, where Aunt Su is taking care of him in isolation."

Gai Rong'er was startled, how could it be smallpox, and hurriedly said: "No, I'm going to see Rui'er." As he spoke, he got up and wanted to leave.

Xiaoqing and Qiaoyun hurriedly grabbed Rong'er, Xiaoqing said: "Master, you are not allowed to go to the Second South Institute, it is in the front, and women in the harem are not allowed to go there without permission."

"Then what should I do, Xiaoqing, I'm going to take care of Rui'er, what should I do?" Gai Rong'er asked anxiously, and then thought of begging the Empress Dowager, and ordered: "Go, come with me to see the Empress Dowager." , I beg her old man to let me take care of Ruier." Gai Ronger left the room after speaking.

When I came to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, I was slammed, the palace gate was closed tightly, and the father-in-law who guarded the gate said through the door: "Now you are not allowed to leave or enter this palace, please go back, my lord."

Rong'er was very anxious, and hurriedly said to his father-in-law: "Please pass on the word, that Rong'er will see the Empress Dowager no matter what."

The father-in-law saw that she was in a hurry, so he sent someone in to ask, and when he came back after a while, he still shouted through the door: "The empress dowager ordered, I know why young master Rong came, the old ancestor said you can't see the prince, the prince is now She will be taken care of by Aunt Su, there will be no problems, let the little master rest assured."

Rong'er was already in tears, and with tears in his eyes, he shouted to the gatekeeper's father-in-law: "Let me in, let me beg the Empress Dowager to go, let me go in and tell the Empress Dowager personally, let me see Rui Son."

The father-in-law who guarded the gate sighed, and said: "Young master, you should go back, the empress dowager has already made it very clear, so don't embarrass the slaves."

Xiaoqing and Qiaoyun, who followed, looked at the scene, supported Gai Ronger and said, "Master, let's go back first, and then we can find a way." Gai Ronger had no choice but to go back first.

Back in the wing room, Rong'er couldn't stop crying, he didn't know how to see Chengrui, after a while, Xuanye came.

Rong'er was worried that he couldn't think of a way out, seeing Xuan Ye coming, immediately knelt down and cried, "I beg the emperor to let Rong'er go to see Rui'er."

Seeing Rong'er kneeling on the ground, Xuan Ye quickly helped him up and said, "Rong'er, what are you doing?"

"Your Majesty, Rong'er wants to see Rui'er and take care of Rui'er." Rong'er cried while grabbing the emperor's arm.

"Rong'er, don't get excited, sit down and talk." Xuan Ye pulled Rong'er to sit at the table.Before Rong'er could speak, he rushed to say: "Rui'er is fine, why are you so anxious to see him?"

Gai Rong'er asked with red eyes: "If it's really all right, why is it quarantined to the Second South Institute?"

Xuan Ye shook his head and said with a smile: "Because the old ancestor's palace is not safe to live in now, for the sake of insurance, Aunt Su Mala took him to take care of it. Just now you went to the imperial grandmother's place, and you were not allowed to enter the palace. Seeing you, but her old man was afraid that you would be overwhelmed, so someone notified me to come and see you."

"The emperor's words are serious?" Rong'er asked Xuan Ye after hearing that Cheng Rui was fine.

"Of course it's true. The imperial doctor looked at it and found nothing wrong with it." Xuan Ye dotingly wiped away the tears still hanging on Rong'er's cheeks with his hand and said, "Look at you, I don't want to ask clearly, Just thinking wildly and crying like this, what can I do if I break my body from crying."

Hearing what the emperor said, Gai Rong'er was also embarrassed and blushed: "Rong'er is also worried about Rui'er, if something happens to Rui'er, the concubine doesn't know what to do."

"Don't worry, Rui'er is my sweetheart. Rui'er is smart and smart. I have high hopes for him. How could I not care about him?" Xuan Ye said with a smile.

Xuanye was obviously too optimistic. Three days later, on April [-]th, news came out from the Palace of Compassion and Peace that Aruna's treatment was ineffective and she returned to the west early in the morning.The Empress Dowager was very sad. After all, she was her distant relative and niece. She passed away early when she arrived in the capital. In addition to her grief, please decree that she should be buried as a concubine.And asked the emperor to make her a concubine.

On the sixth day after Aruna's death, Xuanye received the news from the South Second Institute that Chengrui had started to have a high fever, which made him extremely worried, so he went to visit on the same day, and the imperial doctor said that he might be infected The heavenly flower, because there was a latent period before, it did not develop until this time.Xuan Ye was very sad, and ordered the imperial doctor to treat him well, and tried everything possible to cure the prince. His heart was really in pain, and he didn't know whether to tell Rong'er. Since the South Second Institute was in isolation, people who knew the news Very few.The Empress Dowager was also very sad, she blamed herself for not allowing Aruna to live in the Compassion Palace, the emperor's grandmother had no intentions, how could Xuan Ye blame her.Xuan Ye knew that there was no cure for smallpox, and whether it could be cured or not depended on their own good luck. He just prayed in his heart, hoping that the gods in the sky would bless Chengrui, make Chengrui as lucky as he was back then, and recover from this serious illness. come back.

However, the news that comes from the Second South Institute every day is getting worse and worse, and Xuanxuan's heart is getting heavier and heavier. His favorite eldest son of the emperor, Chengrui is so smart, he likes it very much, and Chengrui is so smart. It's his and Rong'er's child. He had thought in his heart that he should raise it well, and even had the thought of entrusting him with the leadership. He really had high hopes for this son. Hearing the news that Chengrui was getting more and more serious, , his heart was in severe pain, but he didn't want to tell Rong'er about this kind of pain, he only wanted to bear it alone.

[Explanation on the promotion promised by Ma and Yi: Yuetong was thinking about a problem when writing the article, that is, the draft of the court lady and the draft of the show girl, one is selected into the palace as a slave, and the other is selected into the palace as a master or given to other royal relatives Marriage, the difference here is that the palace maids were born as daughters below the rank of the three flags of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the rank of the coat and collar is from the fourth rank. In order to be promoted to the palace from the fourth rank and later, the fourth rank and above are already important officials of the court, and their status is also noble, so it should be unreasonable to let their daughters be servants in the palace, so this scenario was designed, That is to say, they were promoted to master sons in the palace, and they were promoted to feudal titles, and their fathers were also important officials of the court, which happened to be a way to stabilize these courtiers.In addition, whether it is the draft of the court ladies or the draft of the show girls, it should be very strict, so there should not be too much difference between the appearance of these women and the level of the show girls. (Yue Tong did not find any information on how to deal with these people in history, so I infer this. After all, being promoted from a court lady to the master son, whether you see it or not, it is a kind of emperor's favor.)]

[In order to thank the website for the recommendation, I added a new chapter today, and announced that tomorrow there will be an episode of "Concubine Hui"]

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