Kangxi Harem Ⅰ: Green Years

Chapter 52 (27) Sheng Jia returned to the palace with a very sad heart
【Tang Quan was meant to be a relaxing tour, and you heard that your son-in-law was destined to return to the west;】

【Rushing back to the Forbidden City, Lian Shang's children feel extremely sad. 】

After Xuan Ye got the news of Cheng Hu's accidental death in Tangquan, Chicheng, he hurried back to the palace. At this time, the harem was really a bit messy. The empress dowager advocated the affairs of the harem, so there was some confusion for a while, and Gai Ronger was also sad every day. The entire harem, especially the Kunning Palace, was in chaos.

On the day Xuan Ye rushed back, he first met the queen mother, and then rushed to the queen to comfort her. At night, he came to Rong'er's room. , sitting blankly, is the scene Xuan Ye saw when he entered the room.

"Ah!" Xuan Ye sighed softly, did not ask the maid serving beside her to salute, and did not call Rong'er, but just walked over and sat on the kang next to her, sitting quietly like this.Rong'er turned his head and stared at Xuan Ye in a daze. It took a long time for him to regain his composure, and cried excitedly: "Your Majesty, Hu'er is dead... Hu'er is dead..."

Xuan Ye walked over, took the sleeping Saiyin Chahun from Rong'er's hand, looked at it, and handed it to the nurse next to him, wiped away Rong'er's tears, and said, "I already know."

"Rui'er, Qing'er, and Kehui are all gone, and now even Hu'er is gone... Your Majesty..." Rong'er raised his eyes to look at the Emperor as he spoke, only to see a teardrop rolling down from Xuan Ye's eyes, She has served the emperor for four years, and she has never seen the emperor shed tears. This situation made Rong'er even more sad. She threw herself on Xuan Ye's chest, hugged Xuan Ye's waist tightly, and cried: "Your Majesty... Why can't the princes and princesses keep..."

Xuan Ye closed his eyes tightly, forced the tears back into his eyes, and stopped the tears from falling down. He wrapped his arms around Rong'er and said slowly: "Since I inherited the emperor's rule, I have been working hard for the foundation of my ancestors, and I am willing to serve the people and the country." I try my best, but why does God treat me like this? As the son of heaven and the king of a country, I can't keep my children. My four children are all gone. It must be because I didn't do well enough. Being an emperor isn’t good enough, it’s God’s punishment for me!”

"It's not...it's not the emperor's fault..." Rong'er cried and shook his head and said, "it's not the emperor's fault, it's our fault. We didn't take good care of the princes and daughters, so accidents happened to one child after another."

Xuan Ye shook his head bitterly, and said: "How can I blame you. In a few days, it will be the vernal equinox, and I will go to the eastern suburbs to pray for blessings." Xuan Ye paused, and then said: "I Knowing the news of Hu'er's sudden death, I didn't dare to tell the emperor's grandmother at first, for fear that she would be sad, but I will go back to the palace, and this matter will not be kept secret for a long time, so I had to tell her the old man, the emperor's grandmother heard that Hu'er died again, It is extremely sad, I want to go back with me, but I will not let it go, how can I bear to let her old man see such a sad scene, from Rui'er to Hu'er, all died early, the emperor's grandmother is heartbroken."

"Looking at our youngest son, Lian Shang, we can hardly bear it anymore. The old ancestor must be even more sad. Also, the emperor... the empress... is very sad..." Gai Rong'er wiped away her tears and said softly.

"I know, I've seen her. Hu'er's funeral is over, and I plan to take her to Tangquan in Chicheng to relax. How do you think?" Xuan Ye looked at Rong'er and asked.

"Of course, the empress needs the emperor to be by her side at this time, and there is the empress dowager who can comfort her, which will make her feel better." Gai Ronger said sincerely.

"Rong'er don't cry, okay? Let's keep our grief in our hearts. I am a king, and I should worry about the people in the world. My heart is sad when the prince is gone, but seeing Rong'er like this makes me feel even more uncomfortable." Xuan Ye hugged Rong'er and said softly. Said.

"Okay, Rong'er will keep the grief in his heart, Hu'er is going to be with Rui'er, they will take care of each other." Rong'er wiped the tears off his face with his hand, nodded and replied in a low voice.

"Well... yes... yes..." Xuan Ye murmured, but the grief in his heart was hard to dispel.

After Hu'er's funeral, the emperor went to the Xiannongtan to perform the ceremony of plowing the fields with his relatives before the waking of the insects. To commemorate the "day" in the world, the sun and the moon), to bless the Qing Dynasty.

During this period, Huigui also gave birth smoothly, and gave birth to another dragon son, but the harem was shrouded in the grief of Chenghu's early death, which made this happy event less joyful, but after all, it was another dragon son. , the emperor thought that three sons and one daughter died successively, and worried about whether the dragon veins of the Qing Dynasty could continue, so he named it "Baoqing", hoping that God would bless the dragon sons and daughters of the Qing Dynasty to be safe.

The queen went to Chicheng Tangquan with the emperor, and Rong'er went to see the queen again. The queen has been grieving alone for the past few days, and no one has seen her. It is rare to see Rong'er today. Rong'er entered the house and looked at the empress's haggard face. , her hair was not pulled into a flag head, but casually draped over her shoulders, wearing a plain dress, Rong'er felt extremely sad.The empress no longer cried like before, she just sat there blankly, seeing Rong'er coming in, she called softly: "Rong'er."

Rong'er was heartbroken looking at it. Ever since Cheng Hu was born, the Queen's smile has increased a lot. Now that Cheng Hu is gone, the blow to the Queen is huge. "Sister, Cheng Hu is gone, you have to pay attention to yourself." Rong Er said distressedly.

"Rong'er, I've been thinking for the past few days, why is the scarf wrapped so tight? Hu'er has been sick for a while, so the nanny must be extremely careful? This is the prince, how dare she be so careless?" the queen said in a low voice. , and tears filled her eyes, "Besides, this nurse was carefully selected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and she is said to be very experienced."

"Then has anyone else been in my sister's room?" Rong Er asked.

The queen frowned and thought, and said slowly: "Only Zhang promised to come over after lunch, and she will come to chat with me every day after lunch in the past few days..." The queen looked at Rong'er, "But It is impossible for her to harm Hu'er."

Rong'er nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Well, Zhang promised to lose Kehui, so he shouldn't harm Hu'er, besides, she watched Hu'er grow up." Rong'er then asked: " Has anyone else been here?"

The queen shook her head slowly: "There are also a few maids in the palace, and they should not harm Hu'er. Could it be that the nanny is really careless?"

"Does the Shangfang Court have any results of the investigation?" Rong'er asked.

The queen's tears slipped out of her eye sockets again, and she said in a low voice: "Shangfangyuan said that the result of the joint judgment with the imperial doctor is that the prince suffered a sudden convulsion at noon, and the wrapping was too tight, leading to his breathless death. Blame the nanny for her poor care."

"Alas!" Rong'er sighed softly, seeing the Queen weeping again, her heart was sour, the tears almost rolled out, she hurriedly adjusted her mood, went to the Queen's side to wipe away her tears, and said softly: "Hu'er People in this palace are really sad when this kind of thing happens, but my sister is the master of this harem, and my sister's body must not be lost in any way. Rong'er understands how my sister feels." Rong'er looked at the queen, He said softly: "When I lost Chengrui, Rong'er was very sad. When Hu'er left, Rong'er felt no more grief than losing Rui'er. After all, Hu'er was also raised by Rong'er, but the emperor was right, sister It's a queen, not a mortal, the emperor needs you, the harem needs you, in order not to distract the emperor, so my sister must mourn and be strong."

"Rong'er, Hu'er is dead, and I am also responsible. As my mother, I am also responsible for not taking good care of her. I am ashamed of Hu'er." The queen cried in a low voice.

"Sister, don't think about it too much, okay? No one would think about such things, not to mention these trivial matters are handled by the nanny. Sister, promise Rong'er, for the sake of your own body, don't think too much, okay?"

The queen knew that Rong'er was doing her best, so she nodded slightly.Seeing the queen nodding, Rong'er felt a little relieved: "This time, I will go to Tang Quan with the emperor to relax, my sister will definitely have a second prince, Rong'er believes it."

After Gai Rong'er comforted the queen a few more words, she went back to her own room, could it be Zhang Leqi?Gai Ronger thought in her heart, she remembered what Zhang Leqi once said: "If you don't let me feel better, you don't want to feel better either." Then she shook her head violently, impossible, impossible, absolutely impossible, Hu'er was also watched by Zhang Leqi When she grew up, how could she have the heart to kill Hu'er? Rong'er patted her head vigorously. She must be thinking too much. It's absolutely impossible. The wind, the wrapping scarf was too tight and he died from breathlessness, that's how it should be.

At the end of February, the emperor and the queen went to Chicheng Tangquan together, and the harem returned to a short period of peace.Rong'er took care of Saiyin Chahun more carefully, only hoping that the emperor would come back soon.

(End of this chapter)