The Dream of the Red Chamber of Huanzhu is not a dream

I don't know when it started, a gossip began to spread in Beijing: the emperor is going to choose the forehead for Huanzhugege!

This kind of gossip is actually nothing. Didn't Qianlong take the Eight Banners exam at the beginning, just to choose the forehead?Not only did Jia Baoyu of the Rong Mansion go crazy on the spot, but the son-in-law Fucha Haozhen, who was finally selected by Qianlong, even joined forces with his concubine to kill Qing Gege.

It can be said that people nowadays, when they heard that Qianlong chose the forehead, their thoughts immediately and involuntarily went to strange places.

What's more, Gege who recruited the forehead this time is the famous Princess Huanzhu!

This Princess Huanzhu was able to transform from a commoner Han woman to a Manchu Gege with the inexplicable merit of saving her, and she was also deeply loved by Qianlong. If there is nothing tricky in it, who would believe it?

Therefore, although no one dared to say it clearly, everyone guessed that Huanzhugege was Qianlong's illegitimate daughter at all.It's really not surprising that their romantic emperor would do such a thing.

But the emperor's illegitimate daughter is also an illegitimate daughter. If she can't get on the jade plate, what kind of gege is she?

That's all, after all, this is not what she wants, she can't be asked to take full responsibility for what happened before she was born, can she?Although the first-rate noble family doesn't like such a daughter-in-law, the second-rate family is still willing to accept such a princess.

However, this Gege got involved in the dispute between the three daughters fighting for a husband. Is this a good thing?Now, people can't help but think about her upbringing.Who would dare to marry such a girl at home?If all the daughters we teach in the future look like this, wouldn't it be a shame and a headache to death?

But she is Princess after all, it's not that she can't get married if no one asks for her, Qianlong waved her hand, that means you have to marry if you don't want to.At this time, the more proud people were in front of Qianlong, the more worried they became.

The so-called rumors mean that more and more versions are circulated.The speculation about the candidate for the forehead gradually increased at an unobtrusive speed.What is the Manchu surname, what are the six ministers, what are the honorable ministers, they are more or less involved.Even because Huanzhugege is the adopted daughter of the Han people, regardless of the rule that the Manchus and Hans do not marry, Hanchen was not spared here.

Fu Long'an was also included in the speculation about the candidate for the forehead.But most people scoff at this and don't agree.

Wei Qiming put his arms around Linglong, and grinned triumphantly: "Linglong is still smart. In this way, I have fulfilled my mother's order, and I won't offend the Fucha family to death. And even if I am found out in the end, it will be at most It’s just a slip of the tongue after drinking too much, and it’s just that the emperor intends to choose the forehead for Huanzhugege. It’s not my responsibility that it will spread so widely. As for the guesses about the candidates for the forehead, they are all said by others. It’s not even a copper coin, haha.”

Linglong laughed with him, then hooked his neck, and said in a tone full of temptation: "Do you...do you want to fight for a bigger fortune?"

Wei Qiming looked at Linglong's serious expression and said, "What? What's your plan?"

Linglong said, "Add your name to the rumors."

Wei Qiming couldn't help jumping up: "What are you kidding?"

Linglong's expression was serious, she didn't seem to be joking at all: "Don't you want to raise the flag even in your dreams? Marrying Princess Huanzhu is a chance."

Wei Qiming said: "I don't want to wear a cuckold."

Linglong motioned him to be calm, and said, "You won't wear a cuckold. If Gege really cheated on others, the emperor couldn't help them, and they would have accomplished good things long ago——is the emperor still afraid of offending a Tibetan?" Princess?"

Wei Qiming hesitated: "But, our family is Baoyi, how can we marry Gege?"

Linglong suddenly laughed, pinched Wei Qiming's face in a funny way, and said, "Relax, I'm just saying give it a try, and it's not guaranteed to succeed? Why are you so worried. Now the candidate for the son-in-law, everyone But I have guessed a lot, adding one of you will not appear too abrupt, even if it fails in the end, you have nothing to lose, right? In addition, you can quietly let your mama enter the palace and beg your concubine If the imperial concubine is willing to help you, the emperor has actually given you Ge Ge, what is the identity of the coat? Raising the flag is not a matter of the emperor's words? If your family can carry it Qi, the empress also has light on her face, doesn’t she?”

Wei Qiming was moved by Linglong's words: "Then, let me try?" Anyway, if it doesn't work, there is no loss, right?

"Well. If you really become a son-in-law, you can redeem me, okay? I won't hinder you, just obediently be your woman outside, okay?"

"it is good."

After hearing her mother's whimsical words, Concubine Ling severely reprimanded her and drove her out of the palace. She was used to being a master for more than ten years, and she was also very used to treating her mother as a slave.

The concubine's mother felt aggrieved, she thought this proposal was very good, if her grandson could marry Ge Ge, their family would be able to raise the flag.

"Our family background is a bit poor, but that Ge Ge is not a decent golden branch and jade leaf, and his reputation is not good. I still think I have wronged Mingzi." The concubine's mother couldn't help complaining to Wei Qingtai when she returned home, "Who As soon as Zhi Niangniang heard this, she gave me a shame. In front of the two big maids beside her, she just... reprimanded me like that. She didn't even think about it. I did it for her own good. If Our family can raise the flag, doesn't she have a bright face? In the palace, she won't be laughed at because she was born in a coat."

Wei Qingtai shouted impatiently: "Okay, since your empress is opposed to this matter, don't mention it in the future. I didn't ask you to ask your empress to do this, but I just want you to let your empress think about it." Think about whether this can be done. After all, we are outside the palace, so we don’t understand the emperor’s thoughts like your empress, so don’t mess with your empress’ plan. As for raising the flag, as long as your empress is well, it will be a matter of time.”

Lingfei's mother-in-law was about to say something, but Wei Qingtai gave her a stern look, so she didn't dare to say anything more.But when talking about it with Wei Qiming, I still couldn't help complaining: "I don't know what my mother thinks, when she supported Fu's family, didn't she also approve of Fu Erkang hooking up with that princess, why now she changed her family , she tried every means to shirk it. Hey, it's your father's fault too, he has no ability."

Hearing this, Wei Qiming gritted his teeth in his heart, both depressed and dissatisfied.He didn't want to care about this matter anymore, and in the next few days, he ran to Linglong's place to drink, fell asleep when he was drunk, and drank again when he woke up, and lived a life of drunken dreams for several days.

It wasn't until he was woken up with cold water that he realized that somehow he had escaped from the exquisite boudoir to the cold cell.

Looking at the vicious jailer in front of him, Wei Qiming was frightened and puzzled: "Who are you? What are you going to do to me? Do you know who I am? My aunt is the concubine Ling!"

After hearing what he said, the jailer was not afraid, instead he showed contempt and pitiful expression, spat at him and said: "Calm down, even if it is Lingfei, I am afraid that I will not be able to keep you this time. If you say You are too brave, you dare to attack the heir of the Fucha family, and you are so ruthless, Mr. Fucha's leg may be useless in this life, how can the empress forgive you?"

"What Mr. Fucha? What kind of broken leg? I don't know what you are talking about. I want to see my Mafa. You let me out." Wei Qiming couldn't understand what they were saying, but instinctively felt uneasy and wanted urgently To see the family.

The jailers let him roar and ignored him.

Concubine Ling knelt on the ground, feeling terribly cold all over. Qianlong and the Empress Dowager, who were sitting in the upper seat, weighed her down like two mountains: "Your Majesty, Lafayette, I really don't know about this matter. There must be a misunderstanding here, Qiming is very timid, he absolutely dare not do such a thing, the emperor is clear, Lafayette is clear!"

A few days ago, the queen caught a cold and was ill for a few days. When she was about to recover, there was news that Fu Long'an was trampled on by a horse and broke his leg when he was racing with others.Therefore, the queen was not present at this time.This made Concubine Ling feel a lot better. She didn't want to kneel at the queen's feet in such a humble manner. It would remind her of the days when she was a palace maid beside the queen—that kind of humbleness like dust, yes She wanted to forget in her dreams.

Concubine Ling wept mournfully, hugging her stomach subconsciously, tears streaming down her face, but miraculously she did not spoil her makeup, she still had a charming appearance.Her thin figure and protruding abdomen made her even more pitiful.

But Qianlong didn't know whether he was worried about the Empress Dowager's presence, or because of some other reasons, he only looked at Lingfei with gloomy and strange eyes, and he didn't ask Lingfei to get up as anxiously as before.

Although the Queen Mother didn't like Concubine Ling, the child in her womb was her grandson, so she still needed to be more cautious, so she said: "Give Concubine Ling a seat, she is still pregnant with a child, she should be punished, and she should be punished." It’s time to check things out.”

The Empress Dowager couldn't get used to Lingfei's attitude. Now that such a big matter, seeing a bad one would be a catastrophe, but she was still in the mood to cry so coquettishly, and she never forgot to flirt with Qianlong In the eyes of the empress dowager, she looked so hypocritical and contrived.If it wasn't for the fact that Concubine Ling was pregnant with Qianlong's child, and the Empress Dowager had feelings for the Empress, seeing that the Fucha family had lost a young and promising younger generation in vain, she would have been urging Qianlong to convict Ling Concubine a long time ago.

Concubine Ling tremblingly stood up and sat down with the help of the maid. Her movements were slow and charming. In a short period of time, she had already sorted out her mood. Although she didn't know how these things happened, she understood that now The only one who could keep her was Qianlong. After all, the empress dowager and the empress were not very friendly to her, so she didn't care about being in front of the empress dowager and empress, so she showed off her most pleasing style to Qianlong.

Qianlong looked at the appearance of the concubine Ling crying pear blossoms with rain, and somehow remembered the empress's red and swollen eye sockets. Compared with the embarrassing empress, the concubine Ling became more and more beautiful when she cried. Things that used to be beautiful, now look, It seemed so fake and contrived.Thinking about the results of his investigation, this innocent woman who he had always thought was gentle and kind, was so easy to calculate, Qianlong couldn't help but wonder how real the concubine Ling was in front of him. of?

Qianlong hid the deep thought in his eyes, and asked in a deep voice: "Concubine Ling, do you know that Wei Qiming planned to frame Fu Longan, causing him to be trampled by a horse and break his leg? And if Fu Longan wasn't so fast, the one who stepped on the horse's hoof would have been killed." Not his legs, but his head!"

Concubine Ling panicked and said: "No, Your Majesty, the concubine really doesn't know about this matter. Is there some misunderstanding here? Qiming is very timid and clumsy, he definitely can't do such a thing. Yes, Your Majesty is clearly aware..." Ling Fei really didn't know, she was just spreading rumors, and the court ladies who took the blame had already been found. For the sake of the fetus in her womb, the foot restraint is at best. After the prince is born and the confinement period is over, several months have passed, and the matter will be settled. Banquet, automatically and spontaneously dismissed.

But how did things get so out of hand?Although the concubine Ling wanted to pull the queen down and replace her in her dreams, she never thought of going head-to-head. The Fucha family is definitely not something she can shake now, especially if she loses the Fu family, she also loses her authority over the court support.

However, Ling Fei's defense now seems so weak.Because Qianlong personally sent people to investigate this whole matter, which prevented others from taking advantage of the opportunity to tamper with it to the greatest extent.Concubine Ling doubted the results of the investigation, and she was simply questioning Qianlong's ability to handle affairs.

Qianlong wanted to point Ziwei to Fu Long'an because of Lingfei's suggestion, and he thought it was very good, but for Ziwei's reputation, he only told the queen mother and queen about it, and only the Fucha family knew about it.Later, after Ziwei vowed to be Fu Erkang's concubine, the matter of choosing the forehead was even more impossible to be mentioned.

However, such a secret matter was widely known outside the palace, which Qianlong could not bear.After careful investigation, it was discovered that the source of the news was Wei Qiming's drunken talk. In this way, it is self-evident who sent the news out of the palace.

If it was just like this, Qianlong would naturally punish the Wei family severely, but for Lingfei, he would probably only punish her as Lingfei expected, and punish her with grounding.

However, Qianlong, who continued to investigate deeply, discovered that Wei Qiming's purpose of spreading rumors was not pure. He was actually Xiao who wanted to marry Ziwei. The concubine's room around Wei Qiming should be cleaned up, so as to make a good impression on Qianlong.For this reason, Wei Qingtai even went to say goodbye to a woman named Linglong whom he kept in Tianxiang Yage, and got drunk for several days.

The fact that Lingfei's mother-in-law entered the palace was naturally found out at the first check, and Qianlong was inevitably suspicious. Lingfei's proposal to marry Ziwei into the Fucha family was false, and she wanted to let the Wei family raise the flag by marrying Ziwei. is true.At this time, even if Concubine Ling said bluntly that she rejected her mother's proposal, Qianlong would not believe it.

Suspicious Qianlong even guessed that Ziwei would say in front of Fulong'an that she would be Fu Erkang's concubine, which was also instigated by the concubine, in order to make Fucha's family dissatisfied with Ziwei and unwilling to marry her, so that he could Take the opportunity to drive a wedge between the Queen and Ziwei.If the empress has a grudge against Ziwei and doesn't want to worry about her marriage anymore, then it won't be too much for the imperial concubine to intervene at this time.

Concubine Ling was stunned when she heard Qianlong's analysis of her "plan". To be honest, this plan really resembled her style, but this time she was really wronged.She really didn't expect that Ziwei would say that she would be a concubine for Fulkang. If she knew, she would never want people to spread rumors to facilitate this marriage, because marrying such a headed wife is definitely already It exceeded the bottom line that the Fucha family and the queen could bear.

The imperial concubine hurriedly complained: "Your Majesty, the concubine never provoked Ziwei, the concubine really hoped that Ziwei would marry a good family, the concubine's family is Baoyi, how dare she think so?" The concubine Ling was also true. I'm in a hurry, she usually hates people mentioning that she was born in a coat, but now she doesn't care so much in order to get away.

Qianlong sneered and said: "It is precisely because you are from Baoyi that you are so eager to let Ziwei marry into the Wei family, just to bet that I love Ziwei and will definitely raise the flag for the Wei family. It's not that low anymore. When the child in your womb is born, the mother is more valuable than the child, and the position of concubine will be yours. Is what I said right? Even some time ago, Concubine Xian insulted Ziwei and was demoted to Xian by me. Concubine, it's also in your calculations, right? The reason is to vacate the position of this imperial concubine for you."

"No, the concubine didn't... This is definitely someone trying to harm the concubine, this is planting, Your Majesty..." Concubine Ling panicked, and involuntarily rushed forward to grab Qianlong's hand.

"That's enough, I don't want to hear your excuses anymore," Qianlong waved his hand away to concubine Ling, "These things are all said by the woman of your nephew. If you hadn't told the Wei family about your plan, a person outside the palace The brothel woman, how can she understand the secrets of the palace like this? You probably don’t know it yet, your nephew is simply an idiot. He discussed everything you asked him to do with that brothel woman, so that woman would So clear about your affairs. It's a pity that your nephew is not responsible, and pushed her to take the blame without saying a word. If it weren't for that, maybe that infatuated woman would bear all the blame."

Qianlong was an overconfident person. If he believed in the "truth" of the matter, no matter how others tried to explain it, they would not take it to his heart.The reason why he didn't doubt Linglong's words was because Linglong was the "gentleman" he admired the most.

After Fu Long'an was injured, Fu Heng immediately went to the palace to beg Qianlong. All the imperial physicians in the imperial hospital had gone to see him, but they all shook their heads and said they were helpless.Qianlong thought of Xia Ningjue who was in Tianjin, and immediately sent someone to send Fu Longan to Tianjin, but he was not sure about it.

Seeing that Fu Heng and the queen were heartbroken because of Fu Longan's incident, Qianlong promised them to find out the truth of the incident.

Qianlong, who had planned the accidental death of Little Swallow, knew all too well the filth on the horse's back.Fulongan is skilled in bowing and horse riding, and has excellent riding skills. He will never have such a serious accident for no reason. Even if the horse is really startled, he will definitely have a way to retreat completely, at most he will suffer a small fall.

Therefore, what happened to Fu Long'an was definitely not an accident.

Sure enough, after investigation, it was found that on the track of Furlongan's horse race, a handful of caltrops and a large circle of rope tied with slipknots had been scattered in the grass.The horse's hoof stepped on the barbed wire, and after being frightened, Fu Longan was thrown off the horse, but his four hooves were entangled in the rope, and he couldn't break free. Stepped into mud.

Qianlong was shocked by such a vicious murder and immediately ordered a strict investigation.The last clue points to Wei Qiming and Linglong.

Wei Qiming regards Linglong as a military adviser, so all his contacts are in Linglong's hands, and what Linglong does is naturally what he does.

After Linglong was arrested, her understanding of the secrets in the palace prevented her interrogators from asking more questions. In the end, she had to report to Qianlong and send her to the palace for interrogation by Qianlong himself.

Although Linglong is a weak woman, her bones are very strong. Even though she was tortured, she insisted that everything had nothing to do with Wei Qiming, and she did it alone.Qianlong was shocked by the deep affection she showed from a woman to a man, the deep affection that she would give up her life for the man she loved deeply.

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Then Wei Qiming's confession was sent, but he said that he didn't know anything, all things were done by Linglong privately and had nothing to do with him.

Linglong read Wei Qiming's confession, immediately spit out a mouthful of blood, then laughed loudly, then cried loudly, and finally her face turned ashen, and she said everything.

Qianlong had absolutely no reason to doubt the "truth" that came from Linglong's mouth.

Especially the words from Linglong's mouth are so true. Wei Qiming is not willing to be jealous of the concubine Ling who created the opportunity for Fuerkang to seduce Ziwei, and now he is ecstatic that he finally has the opportunity to replace it. All the details seem to be floating in front of Qianlong. Qianlong could not help but believe what she said.He finally discovered that his beautiful, kind, and noble concubine would also plan for the camp every step of the way, taking advantage of his soft heart and love, to climb to the top step by step.

Qianlong had always loved Concubine Ling as a simple little woman, but now he found that he seemed to be played by her in the applause, why didn't he become angry from embarrassment?So Lingfei's crying and begging, under Qianlong's embarrassment of hurting his self-esteem, was not taken into consideration by Qianlong at all.