Ashes

The morning sun shines through the window lattice, covering the room with a faint layer of pink gold.

Dorgon slowly opened his eyes and woke up from his sleep. He was still half asleep when he suddenly felt a weight on his body. Looking down, it was Huang Taiji who turned over and put an arm across his body.So he grabbed his arm unceremoniously and threw it aside.

Huang Taiji was still in a coma, he frowned and muttered a few times, then stretched out his arms more vigorously, and even pressed his feet on him.

Dorgon almost suspected that he was pretending to be asleep to tease him, so he pushed him vigorously, and the sleeping Huang Taiji was rolled on the bed by him.

Unexpectedly, Huang Taiji rolled over and rolled back, not only stretched out his hands and feet, but leaned over half of his body.

This time Dorgon was 12 sure that Huang Taiji had woken up, so he pretended to be dead.

Dorgon pushed Huang Taiji lightly again, and seeing that he didn't respond, he sat on his side and pinched his waist hard.

Huang Taiji still had his eyes closed, but he couldn't help laughing.

"Still pretending?"

"You are so energetic early in the morning, it seems that you were not tired enough yesterday, you have great potential." Huang Taiji opened his eyes.

"Let me come if you want to take it easy."

Huang Taiji smiled without saying a word, pressed his head and kissed him again.

"You don't have to get up soon, the time for the court meeting is coming." Dorgon looked out the window.

Huang Taiji stretched his waist, he was really lazy and didn't want to get up.

"Yesterday you were still criticizing that everyone should be diligent and conscientious, and you can't use excuses to miss the court meeting. Today you want to be lazy?"

"You didn't make trouble?"

"What does it have to do with me?" Dorgon stared, trying to pinch him again.

Huang Taiji grabbed his hand: "Don't pinch, hands and feet are so heavy."

Dorgon ignored him and stood up to get dressed.

Huang Taiji leaned on the bed leisurely, watching his every move, as if admiring a wonderful painting.

"Have you seen enough?" Dorgon glanced at him.

Huang Taiji stepped forward to hug him, lowered his head and rubbed against his neck, nibbling at his earlobe like a chicken pecking at rice, again and again, the kiss was not enough, and he wanted to kiss again, Huang Taiji hugged him tighter and tighter , refused to let go, seeing his body start to feel hot again.

Dorgon struggled to get rid of it: "It's early in the morning, save your energy."

"I'm really happy that you can accompany me like this." Huang Taiji smiled lowly, and suddenly sighed again, "It would be great if it could be like this forever."

"What did you think of?"

"It's nothing. Let's spend the night in the palace again tonight. If you come earlier, we can have dinner together."

"Are you pushing your limits?"

Huang Taiji smiled and said: "That's it, I'll send someone to pick you up later."

The two talked again, and it was too early before they prepared to go to the court meeting.

Dorgon left first, and when he arrived at the Chongzheng Hall, most of the ministers were already waiting in the side hall.

Those who saw him saluted him, and he went straight in, saw Jierhalang sitting inside, and Sahalian was talking to him.

"Prince Rui." Sahalian also saw him, and bowed in homage.

"You look much better, have you recovered from your illness?" Dorgon motioned him to sit down, and sat down beside Jierhalang himself.

"It's not completely healed yet, but the doctor said that you can come out for a walk. I think it's been a while since I took part in the discussion seriously. I was afraid that the emperor would worry, so I came today."

"The emperor's most important thing is your health, and he is not in a hurry. It's okay to come back after you recover."

Jierhalang said: "I was talking about him just now. If you get up so early and go to court, if you catch a cold, the condition that had just improved and turned worse, wouldn't it worry the emperor even more."

"Thank you Prince Zheng and Prince Rui for your concern, I will pay more attention." Sahalian said apologetically, but still very happy.

Dorgon rubbed his chin and observed carefully, his face that had been gray a while ago turned red, and the most important thing was that his whole body was lifted up.Originally, at this time, Sahalian had already died of illness. Unexpectedly, Dr. Xu really saved the life. It seems that it is not impossible to prolong a person's life.

Just as he was thinking, Dorgon saw that Duo Duo had also arrived, so he walked over to him.

Seeing Duoduo's swollen eyes, he guessed that he played until midnight last night.

"Brother, come here, let me ask you something." Duo Duo mysteriously pulled Dorgon to a corner where no one was around.

"what's up?"

Duoduo thought for a while and said: "Brother, how about I propose to the emperor to establish a crown prince?"

Dorgon's heart skipped a beat, his face turned cold, and he said, "What Li Chu?"

"He has become the emperor, and the next thing he can do is of course to establish a prince. Isn't there a prince in the Ming Dynasty?"

"Then who do you want to stand?"

"Who else but Hauge?"

really!This Dodo can always give him "surprises", and Dorgon couldn't help worrying, but his face remained calm: "Do you think Hauge's talents are qualified to inherit the throne?"

Duoduo was stunned, as if he hadn't considered this question: "Uh...he is the eldest son of the emperor..."

"How did you come up with this?"

Doduo touched his head, and said evasively: "It's just such a random thought, isn't this a bad idea?"

It seems that he has been with Hauge for too long recently. Seeing his Ama become the emperor, Hauge inevitably has the desire to take over, which will be revealed during drinking and chatting on weekdays.Dorgon naturally wanted to find a suitable opportunity to tell Doduo his true inner thoughts, but not now, now Duduo was always frizzy, and telling him would be bad.

"It's not very good." Dorgon said with an excuse, "The emperor is in his prime, and there are many opportunities to have a son. You urged him to be a heir as soon as he became emperor. Didn't you curse him to death? How could he be happy?"

"I don't care if he's happy..." Dodo muttered.

"He's not happy. How can Hauge become a prince? Don't worry about it."

I wanted to persuade a few more words, but it was said that the ministers could enter the hall, so Dorgon and Duoduo followed the crowd out of the side hall.

While walking, Dorgon thought secretly, it is not a good thing for Hauge to be so anxious to be a prince, it seems that there are other things to do.

At night, Dorgon accompanied Huang Taiji to deal with affairs in the study. Seeing Huang Taiji's concentration, Dorgon was distracted.

What is Huang Taiji's attitude towards Hauge?Dorgon wasn't quite sure.He has always had high demands on Hauge. Firstly, he himself has been able to do things beautifully since he was a child, so he has the same demands on others. Secondly, Hauge is his eldest son after all.His attitude towards Hauge is not friendly, is this intentional to establish the image of a strict father?Or are you not satisfied with Hauge's performance?

In any case, he still attaches great importance to Hauge, otherwise he would not be allowed to lead a banner, nor would he be allowed to be in charge of the household department.

Dorgon caught a glimpse of a memorial submitted by the Ministry of Households on the table, and asked casually: "The Ministry of Households has already collected the taxes? It seems that Haoge has done a good job. After Dege class, he can finally take on the responsibility." , you don’t have to worry about it.”

Huang Taiji glanced at him, shook his head and said: "You are not as good as Dege, so how can Hauge do it? Look at finding a few more capable people, and go to the Ministry of Households to help Hauge. "

"You were too harsh on him."

Huang Taiji raised his head and said, "You mean Hauge? Did he complain about something?"

"No, I said it myself."

"If he does a good job, I won't criticize him, but I will praise him. If he doesn't do a good job, I must let him understand that he still has a lot to learn."

Dorgon said cautiously: "He really doesn't look like you."

Huang Taiji didn't speak directly, but lowered his head thinking about something, shook his head for a long time, and continued to work.

Dorgon didn't dare to ask any more questions, for fear that Huang Taiji would become suspicious. Although he kept saying that he liked it, he was naturally vigilant, and it was better to be low-key and cautious in front of him.So Dorgon stood aside quietly, he occasionally asked something, and then answered casually.

"I plan to send troops to conquer Ming Dynasty again in the near future." Huang Taiji said suddenly, "Tomorrow I will gather ministers and businessmen in Xiangfenglou to discuss this matter. This time it is my ascension to the throne, so I must win a big battle."

"It will be fine with me here." Dorgon said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Huang Taiji smiled comfortably, and just about to speak, his face suddenly changed, showing extreme pain.

"What's wrong?" Dorgon's heart beat suddenly.

Huang Taiji thumped his head: "I suddenly have a headache."

Dorgon stepped forward quickly, rubbing his thumb on his temple: "Don't move! Where does it hurt? How does it hurt? Are you too tired recently?"

Huang Taiji let out a breath, and held his hand in his palm: "It's okay, it's just a sudden, the pain is no longer there."

"I'll ask the doctor to show you."

"Such a small problem, there is no need to mobilize the crowd."

"Which serious illness was not a minor one at the beginning?" Dorgon asked anxiously, "Don't you wait until the illness is terminal before going for treatment?"

Seeing that Dorgon was so excited, Huang Taiji couldn't help being puzzled: "But now it doesn't hurt anymore."

"I'll let the guy surnamed Xu show you. You can see that he has cured Sahalian, and the dead can be cured. What's impossible? I'll send someone to tell him now."

"Tomorrow." Huang Taiji held him back. Although he thought that Dorgon's words were a bit inappropriate, and that any dead person could be healed, he was very happy that he cared so much about his body, "Can you This heart is not in vain for me to treat you wholeheartedly."

Duo ErGun is preoccupied.He shouldn't be unwell so early. Isn't it a few years later that his body started to go wrong?Is this going to be earlier as well?