The Harem of the Qing Dynasty - the next era

As the empress dowager wished, at noon on the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, the emperor held a family banquet in the Kyushu Qingyan Hall in the Yuanmingyuan, and shared family happiness with his brothers and grandchildren.

People in the fifth decade of Hongli, although they are said to be healthy and healthy, are lacking in strength. After drinking for three rounds, Han Ling suggested that they move to the side hall for a rest in the name of changing clothes. Yongxi was ordered to accompany the banquet. Waiting on duty.

After a while, the former imperial eunuch came to tell: "Long Live Lord summoned Sixth Lord."

Hongluo hurriedly stood up, and the empress dowager said, "I'm tired too, let's go now, there will be a court banquet tonight!"

Han Ling instructed Yong Xi: "You also have to make preparations early, it's hot today, don't make trouble, watch out for my brothers, I'll serve the Empress Dowager later."

Yong Xi bowed and agreed: "Emiang, don't worry."

It was a little early to feel relieved, Han Ling had just sent the Empress Dowager back to the peaceful place, and was about to return to the natural picture to take a nap, when the guards came after the Kyushu Qingyan and reported: "Master, the Kyushu Qingyan has run out of water."

Even the empress dowager got up in shock: "What's the matter with the emperor? Why did it catch fire after all the trouble?"

Han Ling was even more worried: My son is in Kyushu Qingyan.

The cause of the fire escape is not yet clear, but the process can be called thrilling: the open fire burned the curtain and spread rapidly, and the thick smoke of the fire quickly blocked the father, son and brother in the inner hall.

The elders left the table, Yongxi saw that the younger ones were making trouble, and told Yongjue to escort them to Wanchun Garden to study their homework. Yongjue was playing chess with Yongrong and Yongxuan in the hall, and heard the movement Hurry up to check, I feel a little dumbfounded when I see the scene in front of me.

Yong Jue was decisive. Hearing the cry for help from the inner hall, he couldn't do it at hand. He raised his arm and smashed a window. He was about to jump into it to rescue the emperor's father when a figure flashed in front of him. jumped out.

When Yongjue broke into the palace, Hongli and his son were already living in the sea of ​​flames. Yongqi was taking off his clothes to drive away the flames in front of the emperor's father. Seeing Yongjue, he was overjoyed: "Ninth brother, save Huang Ama quickly."

Without saying a word, Yong Jue took Hong Li on his shoulders and turned back the same way. Yong Qi was not enough to save people, but more than enough to protect herself. At least she followed Yong Jue to find a way out amidst the fireworks.

The emperor was safe and sound, and the fire was quickly extinguished. Of course, things couldn't just be left alone.

The imperial guards quickly found out that the accident was probably caused by the palace ladies smoking in the Qingyan Palace in Kyushu.

Hongli didn't say anything else, except that the chief culprit was sentenced to death, and he ordered the Punishment Secretary to take all the rotating palace servants, and almost all the slaves in the upper hall were empty.

Compared with the reason of the water, Hongli is more concerned about the performance of all parties in the process of the water.

Yongqi, who lived and died together, and Yongjue, who took the risk to save his father, were highly praised by the emperor. Hongli made a decree that night. As Prince Heshuo, he is in charge of the affairs of the bodyguard office.

Yong Jue declined for three reasons: first, it was his duty to save Lao Tzu, and he could not accept praise for it; second, the fire looked scary, but it was actually not that serious. Even if he did not have his own emergency measures, the emperor Lao Tzu will still turn bad luck into good luck because of the blessing of his ancestors, and infer from this that he does not have any credit, let alone accept the reward; third, it is his son's negligence to surprise Lao Tzu, even if he has merit, at most he can make up for it That's all.

Hongli was even more satisfied with the ninth son, looking at Han Ling who changed the medicine for him, his face was full of pride: "I love him more on weekdays, but you always say that as a parent, you can't wait for your children to lose their fairness, how about today? Did I ever fall in love with him wrongly?"

Han Ling took a back seat: "Yong Jue was favored by the emperor and was bold, so he seemed a bit more decisive than his brothers. Not only him, Yong Rong and Yong Xuan both got red wounds because they were worried about the emperor's safety, which shows the filial piety of brothers. all the same."

Hongli sighed, "You are the one who is too harsh on Yong Jue."

Even so, Hongli's mood improved a lot, and he did not question Yongxi's brother Xingshi for this.

Of course, not being charged doesn't mean you're innocent.

Three days later, Sejong's sixth son, Hongluo, the heir of Prince Guoyi, died of a shocking illness at the age of 33.

The emperor's reaction was quite indifferent. Apart from ordering the Ministry of Internal Affairs to handle the funeral affairs according to the clan's rules, there was no grace to reward him—this was in stark contrast to Prince Fujin who had a grand funeral a few months ago.

Hongluo's life can be regarded as a typical example of driving high and low.

As the old son of the first emperor, Hongluo was favored by the emperor's father when he landed. Even Hongli, who was younger than his eldest son and second son, was loved as his son. The conditions of the Prince Guo's Mansion are also impeccable, only because of his arrogance and arrogance, offending the harem, and failing to seize the opportunity to regain his favor, he drove himself to a dead end step by step.

Except for Concubine Qian who was secretly sad, even the Empress Dowager who had pity for Hongluo did not shed a single tear.

Why did Yong Qi get the award?Why were Yongxi who was not present and Yongrong and Yongxuan who were present were not questioned?Eighty to ninety percent of the factors come from the foil of the sixth uncle Hongluo.

Not to mention Prince Jia Yongjue who made a great contribution to saving his family. At the critical moment of life and death, Yong Qi, who was able to escape first, stayed in the dangerous place to live and die with the emperor's father. Yongrong and Yongxuan who were present all showed eagerness, but Dudu Hongluo - in terms of the mistakes he made in the past, being an older brother is really interesting to him!How is the result?He fed the dog with compassion, and he played in front of his face with "fly away in the face of disaster". Not only is he unfaithful, he is even more ungrateful. How can you sympathize with such a person?

Seeing the late emperor's favor, Han Ling appropriated 1000 taels of internal money and sent the palace supervisor to Hongluo Fujin. The princes had not received the imperial edict, and none of them dared to offer sacrifices in front of the emperor's father.

Han Ling still had to accept her son's affection: the head of the goods was a palace maid, and if the Qing banquet hall in Kyushu caught fire, the emperor would be injured, and she, the lord of the six palaces, could hardly escape the blame.

If this is the case, the Empress Dowager also had to solemnly plead guilty to the emperor's husband. The Empress Dowager "rebuked" Lingfei face to face: "The emperor gave you grace to share the empress's worries. You will hide and go out. Isn't it your fault for being lazy in such a thing?"

Before the emperor could speak, Han Ling said first, "It turned out that the concubine had neglected her duty and ordered the concubine to assist in the palace affairs. After all, her name was not right and her name was not right. This time, I can only blame the concubine for not being able to manage the palace well. Please ask the emperor and the queen mother to help you." Mingcha!"

Hongli asked: "Then what should the empress mean?"

Han Ling spoke slowly: "Although the concubine Ling's qualifications are low, she is an old person in Empress Xiaojing's palace after all. On Lu and Yongyan's good days, when the time comes to perform the ceremony of Jin Feng, it can be said that three joys will come to the family, I wonder what the emperor thinks?"

The empress dowager knew that it was a tactic to delay the attack, so she could only accept it as soon as it was good: "The empress is very thoughtful."

Hongli nodded: "Alright!"

Emperor Qianlong never expected that when he blurted out these two words, he would bring himself a great calamity, which will not be discussed for the time being.

The Kyushu Qing Banquet is on fire, which reflects from the side that Han Ling's power in the inner court has declined to a large extent. This is also an unavoidable problem. Jingren Palace has four pillars, and now it is only for keeping filial piety. , Nala clan, and Wuya clan, the empress is faced with the embarrassing situation that no one can use her.

The only good news is that the fifth elder brother who took over the Ministry of Internal Affairs is close enough to Jingren Palace.

When Yu Jia moved back to the Forbidden City, Han Ling called the newly released Prince Jing to the East Palace to give him an order: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs' missions are extraordinary, you should be careful in the future, and I can't count on anyone else."

Yongqi obediently agreed: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, my son must be careful in his errands, and I won't be disappointed by Pope Ama and Queen Mother."

Han Ling swallowed the words back to her lips, looked at Yong Qi's face and said, "That's fine, I'm reading Buddhist scriptures, and there's a sentence in it that's really ambiguous, and there's no one else today, you need to take it as a warning, Don't disappoint the emperor's reliance."

Yongqi Weiwei agreed: "My son will follow the teachings of the Queen's mother."

"Wealth and sex are to people, like a child's greed for honey from a knife's edge. Sweetness is not enough for a meal, but there is a danger of amputating the tongue!" Han Ling paused, "I read miscellaneous books, and there are a few poems that make sense. And I will read it to you—the water under the Weisheng Bridge is trickling, Wu Guoxi’s affairs are pitiful; being greedy for flowers will eventually bring disaster, and a good marriage is an evil fate.”

Yong Qi is talented and smart, and she blushed with shame when she heard these words: "My son has written it down."

Concubine Yu was listening, she probably understood the meaning, she didn't take it seriously in her heart: the children of the royal family have come here since they were young, why should they all be like the fourth elder brother, only guarding a Fujin to live?

Even so, the aunt raised the concubine, and there was no room for the biological mother to refute and intervene. Concubine Yu was bored, but she just told her son to "serve the emperor's errands well".

In a few days, good news spread from the Chonghua Palace that Prince Jia Fu Jin successfully gave birth to her husband's eldest daughter.

Han Ling was naturally happy, the grandfather also generously rewarded him, he knew that Prince Jia had the most sacred heart, so how could the foreign officials have any reason to be negligent?The honor and favor that Gege bears is even greater than that of his brother Mianxin.

After being happy, Han Ling discussed with her son: Your palace has been built, why don't you move out next spring?

Although it was a discussion tone, it was actually an order to evict customers.

Yong Jue had no reason to object, so he had to obediently be an executor. After receiving the request for instructions, Hongli stayed in the middle school and made it clear that he did not agree with the nine sons moving out of the Forbidden City.

This was expected, and Han Ling still had a backhand.

Concubine Shu received the invitation to "drink tea" from Jingren Palace with trepidation.

Why is it "trembling with trembling"?The reason is simple: the tenth elder brother has married the twelve elder brother's daughter-in-law!

After the draft, Shengjia moved to the Old Summer Palace, and Concubine Shu was in charge of staying in the Forbidden City. After her death and Prince Fujin, the Empress naturally had no time to care for him. , granddaughter landed, naturally have the time to rummage through the back of the account - as we all know, the empress's most beloved child is the "victim" Prince Duan of this engagement.

If Concubine Shu is not afraid, it can only prove that her heart is made of gold.

The author has something to say: Historically, the Jiuzhou Qingyan Banquet in the Yuanmingyuan once had a fire on the Dragon Boat Festival in the 28th year of Qianlong. He smashed open the window, leaving Qianlong behind and escaped by himself. Hongli was finally carried out of the fire scene by Yongqi.In the year after this incident, Yongxuan was given the heir to Prince Lu Yinlin as his heir and grandson; Yongqi was promoted to be the eldest son of the emperor, and was awarded the title of Heshuo in the first year of knighthood (the 30th year of Qianlong). Prince Rong became the candidate for the first crown prince identified by Qianlong.In the 31st year of Qianlong, Yongqi died young, and in the following 30 years, no prince became a satisfactory candidate for the crown prince of Qianlong (of course, Yongqi may not be able to sit on the dragon chair if he lives forever. He was 55 years old when Qianlong abdicated , wait another three years for Qianlong to die, he will be at the age when Yongzheng died).This is such a person who was hacked into a char siew five who "hidden sister", "stealing father and concubine", "disobeying aunt", "running off with a street girl" and "abandoning his wife and son"!