biography

Baohua Hall is located in the Zhaofu Gate on the north side of Yuhua Pavilion, separated only by a courtyard wall. A golden Buddha statue of Sakyamuni is enshrined in the main hall.After the Qing Dynasty entered the Dingding Central Plains, the emperors of all dynasties came here several times every year to offer incense and gifts.The Empress Dowager and Empress also often come here to chant scriptures and pay homage to the Buddha, hoping with pious hearts that the Qing Dynasty will last forever.

But during this period of time, the Empress Dowager was ill and lingered on the sick bed, so the Baohua Palace was a little quieter than usual.Yinhu left Biyun to wait outside the gate of the hall, and only brought Fang Ruo inside. He had just read two pages of scriptures in the main hall when he heard footsteps coming from outside.

The person who came was expected, so Yinhu got up to greet her, and said with a smile, "Concubine Hui is well, I haven't seen Concubine Hui's style for a long time."

As soon as Shenmeizhuang entered the courtyard, he saw that girl Biyun waiting at the entrance of the main hall, and he knew in his heart that the concubine Lian who practiced according to the order must be here.So she was not surprised, nodded slightly and said, "Concubine Lian is well. I haven't seen my sister for a long time. When I saw her today, I feel pretty good." Although Concubine Lai Lian lost thousands of favors today, she was able to gain peace in return. It is hard to say that it was not a blessing in disguise.

Since Yinhu and his party today deliberately wanted to see Concubine Hui, how could they not understand what Shen Meizhuang was thinking.So with a smile on his face, he changed his old address, and used the title of sister and sister among concubines, and said quite warmly, "Sister Mei is right, since I entered the palace, I have been suffering from constant illness, maybe I will cultivate in this clean place Cultivating one's nature, on the contrary, leads to detachment."

"My younger sister has always been favored by the emperor the most, don't be discouraged, I'm afraid the emperor will never forget my younger sister." What Shen Meizhuang said was not flattery, but from the bottom of his heart.

The emperor issued an order yesterday, and concubine Lian has just taken over Yuhua Pavilion today.The Baohua Hall was cleaned and moved overnight, and the furnishings were renewed. Even in the past, when the Empress Dowager came to worship the Buddha every day, the emperor did not bother with such thought.Shen Meizhuang accompanied the Empress Dowager for many days, and he only needed to enter the palace to glance at it, and he knew that he had a special liking for the emperor.

Yinhu smiled slightly, pretending to be relieved by Concubine Hui.The pure place of the Buddhist hall is not suitable for chatting, after the two masters greeted each other, they knelt down on the futons and prayed.

It wasn't until it was time to light the lamps that the two got up, and Yinhu and Shenmeizhuang left Zhaofumen together, and they started talking all the way.

"Original sister Mei should be invited to sit on the pavilion, but firstly, it's tonight, and secondly, I'm unknown now, and I dare not involve others." Yinhu accompanied Concubine Hui to go around the Yuhua Pavilion. Chunhua went to the gate and asked, "I just dare to ask my sister, has the queen mother's condition eased?"

Shenmeizhuang couldn't hear the slight depression in Concubine Lian's mouth, so he deliberately persuaded, "Sister, don't mention the word 'unknown', even the emperor and empress have never said it, how can my sister feel sorry for herself. Although the Queen Mother is sick now There are signs of improvement, but the condition is repeated, and I am afraid that it will take some time to recuperate. When the queen mother recovers, the emperor will definitely take my sister back."

Yinhu smiled in his heart when he heard the words, this Shen Jiashuyuan is a sincere person, fortunately she has voted for the Queen Mother as a backer, otherwise it might be difficult for her temperament to gain a foothold in the deep palace.But up to now, Shen Meizhuang is his most suitable helper.

So Yinhu lamented, "I said that I was afraid of my sister's jokes. The emperor promised Siqing some time ago that after he became a concubine, he could call his mother into the palace to get together. Unexpectedly, it became the situation today."

Shen Meizhuang felt a chill in his heart, he did not expect that the emperor was not only ruthless and indifferent towards her, a dispensable person, but he was also capricious towards this seemingly beloved woman, so this feeling of sympathy and sympathy spontaneously arose.

Yinhu walked forward with the palace lantern just lit, without even needing to look at Concubine Hui's expression, she knew that she definitely felt the same way.So he continued, "My mother has only one child, and now she has been away from home for three years, and it is difficult to see each other. I don't know what the situation at home is like..." As he spoke, he had a lump in his throat, and wiped away tears with a handkerchief.

After all, Mrs. Shen was born into a wealthy family. Although relatives are not allowed to see each other, the life of the family members will not be too bad.But seeing Guerjia covering her face with sobs, she couldn't help remembering that there was only this only daughter in Lianpin's family, and she was afraid that life would be quite difficult, so she added a little bit of sympathy.Then he sighed, "Why do you do this? Your body is not good, and if you think about it too much, it will hurt your health. Not to mention you and me, even the queen mother can't see whoever she wants to see."

Yinhu covered her mouth with a veil, covered the curved corners of her mouth properly, and replied softly, "My sister is very right, you are the Holy Mother, and the days when the queen mother can see the emperor are numbered, let alone you I."

Shen Meizhuang shook his head and frowned, sighed, "The person the Queen Mother wants to see is not only the Emperor alone."

Yinhu stopped in his tracks, and then he took a serious look at Concubine Hui, and asked tentatively, "Who is that sister talking about?"

"No, that one is also the Empress Dowager's own son, and now she is not even allowed to come back when she is sick." Shen Meizhuang said while looking around. The courtyard of Yuhua Pavilion is really clean, except for her personal servant Caiyue and Lianpin's aunt Fang Ruo followed far behind her, and she couldn't see anyone around her.

Yinhu saw Shen Meizhuang's cautiousness, so he took a step forward deliberately, and continued to walk slowly with Concubine Hui's hand.From a distance, it looks like two intersecting sisters are spending summer together in the courtyard.But Yinhu lowered his voice in Concubine Hui's ear and said, "A few days ago I was in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and I heard the emperor occasionally mention fourteen beauties."

"The emperor will mention him?" Shen Meizhuang knew that even the empress dowager would not dare to mention the word "fourteen beauties" lightly. He thought this title was a taboo in the palace, but he didn't expect that the Guerjia family who often accompanied the holy car would unexpectedly Dare to say it easily, could it be that the emperor still remembers the love of his compatriots in his heart.

Yinhu frowned, and said worriedly, "I will tell my sister, the earthquake in the northwest caused General Yue to be injured. The emperor doesn't think about eating and drinking day and night, and he is worried about the servants in the northwest."

"You mean?..." Shen Meizhuang has lived in the inner palace for a long time. Although he doesn't understand state affairs and military affairs, he still knows that the fourteenth elder brother of the holy ancestor led an army to Qinghai to crusade against Cewang Alabutan. The Great General King.And use the banner of the Zhenghuang flag to go out according to the style of the king's banner, which is the specification of the emperor's personal conquest.But now, these kinds of past achievements are precisely what people today dare not mention indiscriminately.

Yinhu knew that the generation of women only knew the surface, how could they know the knot in the emperor's heart.As long as he sets things right and speaks to these women's hearts, he pretends to be deep and said, "Sister Mei, think about where the eight kings are buried now? Everyone knows that the emperor's family is the most ruthless, but I am I think it's just for me and other female family members with foreign surnames." Yinhu thinks that this is not wronged to the fourth brother, anyway, the emperor's shameless thoughts are just like that.

Concubine Hui was slightly taken aback. Indeed, if the emperor tabooed the Eight Kings and One Party, he would still be buried with honor after all.After all, princes and brothers are blood thicker than water, let alone brothers and sisters.According to Concubine Lian, the emperor seemed to be thinking about the fourteenth son, but there was a reason and a step missing.But now, it is only logical that the Queen Mother is the only one who can give the emperor this talk.

It is extremely difficult for others to detect the empress dowager's love for her son.Concubine Hui was with her day and night, especially when the Empress Dowager was sick, and this kind of motherly affection could be felt to some extent.Shen Meizhuang hated the deep palace coldness the most, the husband and wife had no love, and the mother and child were separated.So what if she became the most honorable woman in the world?It was not because of the emperor's face that he was trembling and it was difficult to reveal his true feelings.

Therefore Concubine Hui sincerely hoped that the Queen Mother would reunite with her mother and son, but at this moment she felt unsure.Shen Meizhuang knew that the days to accompany Shengjia were numbered, and it was difficult to understand the emperor's temper, so he could only keep silent and saw that he had arrived at Chunhuamen.

"I can only send my sister here, and now it's inconvenient for me to step out of the Chunhua Gate." Yinhu and Concubine Hui leaned over each other, looked at the palace road outside the gate, and seemed to be full of enthusiasm. Sorry, but eventually turned around and went back.

Shen Meizhuang took a few steps, turned around and stopped, watching Concubine Lian disappear into the palace gate, only sighed.

At the same time, in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the eunuch in the respect room had already entered the Xinuang Pavilion with a plate of food.

When Yinzhen saw the row of green cards, he felt a pain in his head, so he ordered, "From today onwards, the plate in the respect room will be omitted, and when will I listen to my orders."

After the father-in-law of the respect room retired, Yinzhen issued another imperial decree, cutting [-]% of the daily expenses of the Hall of Mental Cultivation to relieve the disaster, and canceled the practice of moving the palace to the Old Summer Palace this summer.

The emperor was diligent and thrifty, and the six east and west palaces headed by Jingren Palace naturally took the emperor as an example, and they asked themselves to cut down [-]% of the regulations.But this decree that the palace cannot be moved to spend the summer really disappointed the concubines and young masters.

Not to mention the upstart and favored nobleman Qi, even the concubine Wan of Suiyuxuan hadn't seen her for a long time. schedule.Therefore, all the young masters originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of moving the palace to the Old Summer Palace to win the holy family again. After all, the concubine Lian can't go now, and the emperor still needs the concubine to accompany him. Is the holy family not prosperous?But unexpectedly, an imperial decree from the emperor shattered the plans of the palaces.

Therefore, the emperor diligently managed the government, and read at night in the Hall of Mental Cultivation for two days, but there was no young master who could get close.Every time Yinzhen raised his head, he saw that the Xinuang Pavilion was empty, and there was no eighth younger brother to accompany him.Summer is here, and Emperor Yongzheng, who has always been most afraid of heat, feels a little cold on his side.

On the desk, there is only Wanruo's daily report to explain the emperor's lovesickness, but looking back, it is just how Yinhu recites Buddha in the daytime and how he copies scriptures at night.Yinzhen worried in his heart: Could it be that Lao Ba really intends to be with the ancient Buddha of Qingdeng in this life, and since then he will be different from the emperor?

Yin Zhen shook his head, Lao Ba is not this kind of person.

And in the early morning of the second day, just as the emperor had finished discussing with Zhang Tingyu and others, people from Shoukang Palace came to pass a message saying that the queen mother's condition suddenly relapsed, and asked the emperor to go and have a look.

Yinzhen's heart faltered, the first thing he thought of was that the queen mother's time was approaching, after all, the Wuya family, the empress Xiao Gongren in her previous life, collapsed in the first year of Yongzheng.But then, Yinzhen realized that the worry in his heart was actually Lao Ba. If the empress dowager really disappeared at this point, Lao Ba's reputation as an ominous body would be confirmed.When the time comes, there will be a remonstrance from the official before, and a criticism from the queen later, I am afraid that the old eight will inevitably suffer more grievances.

Yinzhen let out a long sigh, and said in his heart: The Queen Mother can't die yet, and my eighth brother must not be blamed for this.

So the emperor hurriedly drove to Shoukang Palace, determined to let the imperial physician cure the queen mother.

As soon as he entered the bedroom, the emperor saw that the empress dowager's expression was serious, as if she was about to leave, even the concubine Hui beside her had tears in her eyes.

The emperor only glanced briefly at the queen mother, and then brought the imperial doctor Wen Shichu to the front for questioning, "Although the queen mother's illness has recurred, I have seen that she has improved a lot in the past few days. Why is it like this now?"

Wen Shichu knelt in front of the emperor, and replied cautiously, "Reporting to the emperor, the empress dowager is caused by depression in her heart and cannot express her feelings for a long time. Although the medicine stone can relieve the symptoms, it is difficult to cure it."

Yinzhen lowered his head and looked at Wen Shichu for a long while, knowing that this imperial physician was the one used by Concubine Wan, other than that he was quite well-behaved, he was considered a prudent person, so he ordered him to get up and wait outside.

When the emperor returned to the Empress Dowager's bed, seeing that the medicine had been cooked, he ordered Concubine Hui to help the Empress Dowager to get up and feed the Empress Dowager herself the medicine.

Yinzhen still remembers that in his last life, he went to the Yonghe Palace to serve decoctions day and night when the Empress Dowager was seriously ill. Order the funeral day.But now, the world has changed, although the emperor's mother-child affection for the empress dowager has not increased much, but the expectations in his heart are quite different.

Wen Shichu's medical skills were not bad after a bowl of soup and medicine. The queen mother slowly opened her eyes and forced a smile on the emperor. "The emperor is busy with state affairs, so he should have a good rest when he has time. There is nothing to do at home, cough, cough, cough..." Before the sentence was finished, the empress dowager coughed heart-piercingly.

"The empress dowager takes good care of her body so that I can rest assured about state affairs." Yinzhen tucked the corner of the quilt for the empress dowager. This summer, the empress dowager's brocade quilt is not thin, which shows that her health is indeed not good.

It has been a long time since the Empress Dowager received such care from the Emperor, and the old face became more loving. She slowly took the Emperor's hand, and the old concubine's hand, which was once icy and muscular, was now only the rough and withered hand of the old man. , but she still rubbed the emperor's hands like this for a while, and finally said softly, "There is one thing that Aijia is worried about."

"What's the matter with the empress dowager, just tell her son." This situation is completely opposite to that of the previous life. Yinzhen sat beside the queen mother feeling a little uncomfortable, letting this old woman who is both familiar and unfamiliar look at her. own palm.

"Er Niang misses your younger brother." This sentence lingered in Wu Ya's mouth for a long time, what came out was not "Huang Er Niang" or "Ai Jia", not "Fourteen Beauties" or "Yun Yu", It's because your "mother-in-law" misses your brother.In this sentence, there is no royal family, only relatives.Accompanied by these words, there were tears of heartache that had been frightened for the second son for several years but dared not mention it.

When Yinzhen heard the words, he stood still and did not say a word.

Concubine Hui secretly raised her eyes from the side. She thought that the emperor would always show a little emotion after witnessing the empress dowager's serious illness and begging for her in tears.But the emperor just looked straight at the queen mother, his expression unchanged.The eyes did not reach the fundus, and there was almost no emotion.

Shen Meizhuang lowered her head deeply, she remembered what Concubine Lian said.Perhaps in the eyes of Aixinjueluo's royal family, these female relatives who gave birth to the prince's heirs will really never be able to occupy their hearts.

Yinzhen put the Empress Dowager's hand back under the brocade quilt and covered it, got up and said only one sentence, "I already know what the empress dowager thinks." Then he got up and drove away.

The emperor returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and as usual in the afternoon, he summoned the princes to sort out the disaster situation in the northwest.When it was finally time to hold the lanterns, the emperor issued an imperial decree to transfer the fourteenth son Yunti back to Beijing and order him to temporarily live in the Shouhuang Palace in Jingshan to wait for the decree.