[Qing] If you don't work hard, you will be forced to inherit the throne

When it was snowing in the capital, the major affairs of the court and the central government were basically settled in the high-intensity rotation years ago. The power of the court was gradually transferred from the cabinet to the south study as the third grandpa said, and there were often cabinet and ministers. Discuss the proposed play, ask the emperor for instructions, and then the Nanshufang will draft an imperial edict and issue instructions.

Yinreng had probably completed all the affairs in hand, he breathed a sigh of relief, opened the window to look at the scenery outside, and that wisp of breath sighed a puff of white smoke from his mouth, gradually dissipating in the air.

Turning around, he asked Yuzhu behind him: "Is the palace gate still closed at Mama Wuku's place?"

Yu Zhu replied in a low voice: "Today the Empress Dowager summoned Imperial Concubine Tong and Concubine Rong."

Yinreng came back to his senses, got up and walked out: "I'm going to find Khan Ama."

It is very close from Yuqing Palace to Qianqing Palace, but before Yinfeng reached the gate of the palace, he saw the eunuch beside Concubine Tong waiting respectfully, Kangxi walked out from inside, and calmly said after seeing him: "Baocheng is here too, Let's go, let's go see the imperial grandmother together."

Overnight, news spread throughout the harem that the Empress Dowager was critically ill.

From the past few days, Kangxi could only pay his respects to the Empress Dowager through the screen, and the old lady sent him away tiredly, asking him to focus on government affairs.This time, he really felt that his life was about to die, so he opened the palace gate to arrange his funeral!

When they arrived at the Palace of Compassion and Ning, all the concubines had already arrived, and the empress dowager was sitting in the hall, holding Buddhist beads in her hand, and muttering something in her mouth.Needle drop could be heard in the hall, and the silence was suffocating.

The arrival of Kangxi broke this kind of peace, and when Aunt Su Ma sent the imperial concubine and concubine Rong out of the room, Kangxi hurriedly went up to welcome them.

Aunt Su Ma saluted and said: "The Empress Dowager would like to invite His Highness the Crown Prince to go in alone."

Kangxi froze for a moment, then turned to look at Yinreng, Yinreng was also dumbfounded, feeling very surprised.

Walking inside in a daze, when he saw the old lady leaning on the bed, Yin Reng carefully lowered the sound of his footsteps, lest his own voice would disturb her.

After returning from the border, I heard that the Empress Dowager had exempted all the grandchildren from greeting her. In a daze, I hadn't seen her for almost two years.

The 75-year-old lady has silver hair all over her head, her hair is neatly combed, and there are only some black hair clips on her head, without any decoration.She was older than Yinrong's impression, and her gloomy face looked like a withered oil lamp.

Yinfeng whispered: "Mother Wuku."

The old lady slowly raised her head and waved to him: "Good boy, come here and let the ancestors have a look."

Yinfeng approached obediently, and pointed her to sit on the prepared position beside the bed.

The position was next to the bed, and the old lady could be heard whispering softly: "Everyone in the Ai family knows about the development of medicine to prolong life."

Yinfeng opened his mouth, and Nuonuo said: "The great-grandson is ashamed, he has not made any great contributions, and the new medicine has not been able to find a cure for you."

"You are a prince, and what you should do is follow the emperor to govern the country. Where do you need to deal with everything by yourself?"

The old lady who lived in Yinfeng's deep memory raised a kind smile: "Aijia's internal organs are all old, and I know it in my heart. It is the law of the world to die. If you live to this age, there is no such thing as Aijia. What a pity, the only thing I am worried about is my grandson."

Yinfeng's heart trembled, and he felt that there was a big pit waiting for him.

"Khan Ama and Uku's mother have a deep relationship, you..."

"If Ai's family is no longer sober, and the emperor mourns too much, and has the worry of hurting himself, Ai's family will leave with regret."

Yinfeng's eyes were already red, and he waited quietly for the old lady to continue.

Even if there is a pitfall, he will admit it.

"You are his most trusted son, and only you can persuade him."

"If you can't even persuade me, find someone for Ai's family, he can persuade the emperor, you should come closer."

Yinreng approached a little, warm breath in his ears, the empress dowager whispered a name in Yinreng's ear, which made him startled, seeing that the old lady was still waiting for his answer, he hurriedly nodded in response.

"Good boy, Aijia knows you have filial piety," she patted Yinrong's hand, her eyes had lost their brilliance, they were cloudy like fish eyes, but she held on, speaking logically and speaking clearly and accurately.

"You are a very blessed person. The emperor said that you have been taught by immortals since you were a child. Over the years, what has become of the Qing Dynasty? Even though Ai's family is in the harem, I have heard of it. The medicine was difficult to swallow in the past few months. Aijia survived by drinking chocolate!"

At this time, the old lady was still interested in joking with him, and solemnly told Yinfeng when she was done.

"You are a person who wants to do great things. The Ai family also knows that you are an excellent prince. Whatever you want to do, just do it."

Listening to those resolute words, it seems that she can support Yinrong.

Yinreng blinked to hold back the tears, and coaxed her with a smile: "With Khan Ama here, someone will protect the great-grandson whatever he wants to do."

The old lady shook her head, just laughed and said nothing else.

Taking advantage of the strength to speak, the Empress Dowager called Kangxi to her side.

Yinfeng backed away obediently, and Xiaomei quietly relayed in his ear.

[The old lady said to the elder friend's father worriedly: "The prince's trip is ahead of others. Occasionally, something out of line is harmless. His original intention is to serve the country. He is too good, and it is eye-catching. The gods must protect him. Ying Ai's family, No matter what the misfortune is, the prince will not be abandoned. Xuan Ye has thirteen sons, who are still young, and they will be dragons and phoenixes when they grow up. The prince pities the younger brother, respects his brother, and is honest. If the prince loses, the other twelve sons will have each other If you don't accept it, the foundation of the Qing Dynasty is about to be in chaos!"] [Big friend, you have tossed so hard that even the empress dowager has heard about your "glorious deeds". 】Yinfeng deeply introspected: Do you have many incidents in the cabinet?

Foreign studies and science were established under the nose of Khan Ama, with the participation of courtiers, and the formation of a new department after the division of rites was also discussed by the courtiers, and had nothing to do with him.

As for what he did alone, didn't he just line up with Tsar Peter and show off that he was alone with Ama?

Yinfeng rubbed his nose, but his heart couldn't restrain the sadness: Gu never thought that Wuku's mother would worry about this.

Not only worried about him, but also gave him a talisman.

She has been worrying about Qing Dynasty for most of her life, and she is full of gorgeous hair, but she is still leaving a way for her descendants.

Even without this favor, Yinfeng will definitely follow her instructions.

From this day onwards, Kangxi shirked all the government affairs at hand to the cabinet and various ministries to solve by himself, asked the prince to replace the supervisor of the country, and he himself stayed in the Palace of Compassion, and personally fed his grandmother soup and medicine. beside.

From the end of the year to the end of the year, the entire palace was sober and clean, without a single bit of gorgeous decoration.

Kangxi asked Yinfeng: "I want to sacrifice to heaven and pray for the emperor's grandmother."

What a normal order, but leading the courtiers to sacrifice to heaven and earth, wanting to sacrifice his own lifespan in exchange for his grandmother's lifespan!

Seeing that the momentum was wrong, Yinreng hurriedly sent an order to Du Gongjun, arranging the instructions of the Empress Dowager.

On the eve of the New Year's Eve, the old lady couldn't survive another year after all, and she died without a cure.

Before she died, she told Kangxi: "Emperor Taizong was buried in Shengjing. It has been a long time. Don't disturb his sleep. After Ai's family goes, we don't have to be buried together."

Kangxi responded with tears, unable to contain his grief.

Funeral flags were hung in the Compassion Palace, and the eunuchs who reported the funeral went to inform the palaces.

Aunt Su Ma collected the clothes for the empress dowager's body, and stopped her spirit in the East King Hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace.

The elder brothers who stayed in the elder brother's office were at a loss when they heard the news, and Kangxi stayed in the Compassion Palace in grief.The courtiers are accompanied by courtesy officials, and the concubines are accompanied by the empress dowager.

After discussing with Yin Mo, Yinzhi came to find the crown prince first.

"Brother Prince, what should we do?"

"Go and change into some plain clothes. It's cold, so wear thicker clothes." Yinfeng rubbed the heads of several younger brothers respectively, and said to Yinzhi: "Gu and elder brother go first, and you and fourth brother go to take care of the younger brother." Eighth, Xiaojiu settle down, they are still too young, wait for the news first, and send someone to call them later."

Khan Ama is about to guard the spirit of Uku's mother in person, but Yinfeng can't go to accompany him in person. Khan Ama who is blocking the front is not there. He has to stand up to stabilize the government and people's hearts, and then contact the Ministry of Rites. Bring the courtiers to cry for the Empress Dowager.

Although he couldn't accompany Khan Ama, he asked his brothers to take turns to accompany Khan Ama, making sure that Khan Ama had two sons by his side.

Everyone knew that this was a good time to show filial piety, but none of the elder brothers went out to do that. The brothers seemed to have agreed by default, and they took turns to show up, and no one competed.

At the beginning, the eldest elder brother led the seventh elder brother, then the third elder brother led the sixth elder brother, and the fourth elder brother led the fifth elder brother. The three groups took turns to change shifts. Even if the emperor drove them to rest, they could seamlessly connect .

One day later, Kangxi saw that they were so organized, and asked them strangely: "Who called you to come?"

As soon as he asked this sentence, he already had the answer in his heart: "Where is the prince?"

The seventh elder brother said honestly: "The second brother of the prince is worried about your grief and injury, lest you will fall down before the day of crying comes, but he is worried but can't get away, so he can only let the sons take turns to take care of you."

Yinti said: "The courtier wanted to come to the palace to cry for Wuku's mother, but Khan Ama didn't read the memorial, so the crown prince directly approved it."

The empress dowager passed away, and according to the etiquette, there should be courtiers crying. Concubine Tong Huanggui can't go beyond to contact the courtiers, she can only leave it to the prince to do it.

Just as he was talking, the prince came to ask Kangxi for instructions with the officials: the courtiers are already waiting outside the palace gate.

After stopping the spirit, the crying spirit was needed, and Yinfeng accompanied him all the way. Even so, Kangxi was still immersed in grief, and the crying spirit was crying so hard that his heart was broken.

Yinreng wept with grief and had to take care of Khan Ama, who was in great grief.After several hours like this, everyone was numb, except for the Khan Amati handkerchief made of water with red eyes. The father and son were both physically and mentally exhausted, but they still held on.

Until the arrival of a person broke the deadlock.

The white-haired Du Lide walked into the hall, saw the coffin of the Empress Dowager, cried out in grief, rushed forward staggeringly and was about to kneel on the ground.

Kangxi couldn't care less about being sad, his face turned pale with shock, and he shouted urgently: "Quickly help Grand Master Du up!"

Du Lide was still seriously ill, a few years older than the Empress Dowager, the old man came to cry, and even Kangxi couldn't stop him under the agitation, the scene fell into chaos for a while.

"At the beginning, I was the teacher of the late emperor. The empress dowager invited me out to teach and assist the emperor. There was a joke that if the minister died, you would send people to mourn and write a eulogy for the minister. Why are you walking ahead of the minister now?  … "

Neither Du Gongjun nor Zhang Ying, who was the closest, could hold him back, and Kangxi, who was still crying before, had stopped crying and comforted Du Lide. Winking: Hurry up and support your grand master?

Yinfeng: ...

Originally, it was necessary to pull one person, but now it is necessary to pull two. Grand Master Du came here, how could he persuade Han Ama to take care of the dragon body and fulfill the last wish of the Empress Dowager?He came to cry with Khan Ama!

Mother Wuku is the spirit of heaven, are you sure Grand Master Du can really persuade Khan Ama?

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Notes:

1. "Drafts of Qing History: Biography of Du Lide": In the 26th year, the Empress Dowager died, (Du) Lide came to the capital and cried.

2. When Emperor Kangxi was praying to God, a generation of emperors cried with tears.I hope that I can reduce my own lifespan and increase Xiaozhuang's lifespan.The prayer said: "Recalling my weak age, losing my parents early, and inheriting from my grandmother's knees... If there is no grandmother, queen mother, it will not be possible to achieve today... If you have a big plan or are poor, I would like to reduce the age of my ministers, Ji Zengtai The empress dowager lives for several years."