Emperor Tong's Concubine Tong in Qing Dynasty

Will there be pie in the sky?

I don't know if it will fall, but there are many people waiting with their mouths open.

If a throne is compared to a pie falling from the sky, then these thrones are more or less possible before the final answer is announced.

For example, for the least hopeful people, such as the eleventh, fifteenth, and sixteenth, some people think that they have hope, and they have a great chance of winning.In their view, since the emperor has said such a thing, he will definitely do so at that time, but who will pass it on? To an older and powerful son, it will be difficult for the emperor to grasp the power at that time. If it is passed to a cowardly and powerful For those who have no ability, the Supreme Emperor will still be able to order the world.

At this critical time, these officials and dignitaries in the capital became active and began to find various ways, and some even wanted to step on a few boats.

The fourth elder brother was so angry that his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys hurt because of this.

Since Kangxi said that he wanted to find a wife for Honghui, every time Si elder brother and Si Fujin went out, they always met someone to talk to each other.

The caliber of the two people is the same, and they both say that they need to obey the orders of the palace, but other people also understand that even if the palace has ideas, they will ask them for their opinions at that time. Even a concubine can grab it.

Sifujin's father passed away a long time ago, and his biological mother didn't care about anything, so it was his sister-in-law who came to him now.

These sister-in-laws persuaded Si Fujin articulately, "Think about it, if elder brother makes meritorious service outside in the future, relying on the empress in the palace and his status in front of the emperor, he should at least be one Baylor, it is very likely that he will be a county king. In addition to the title of the prince, he will have two princes in his hands, which is the first in our Qing Dynasty..."

This sentence was not finished yet, and the listeners were very dissatisfied. After being pampered and pampered for so many years, Si Fujin is also a person with a temper. She just stood up and left without wanting to get involved so much with her natal family.

No matter how the people behind shouted, she didn't even look back, got into the carriage and arrived home, and was still furious when she got home.

It just so happened that the fourth elder brother also came back at this time, and Si Fujin poured down a glass of water, and told the fourth elder brother what happened today.

"...This is too much. Nothing has been settled now. The child is still young. They have already started to think about our family's title. I am afraid that this group of people will mess around in the ears of the child. Chewing the root of the tongue will cause restlessness in the house in the future."

The fourth elder brother was not as angry as Fujin, "It's because your natal family thinks too much, even in the future..." The fourth elder brother paused here, originally wanting to say that even if Honghui has a title in the future, the emperor will It is impossible for him to hold two titles, and the title of another prince will most likely be passed on to Hongli.

But this is a bit unfair to Honghui, who originally belonged to Honghui, how could he not give him the title of the old one just because the younger one performed so well.

If we talk about it further, this country should belong to the second child, but aren't these brothers staring at the throne with green eyes like wolves?

I'm afraid to think too much about things, and the more I think about it, the more I get involved in it in the end.Do you want to give this title to Hongli?The fourth elder brother patted his chest and said, for now, even if Honghui has the title, he will give the prince to Honghui.

If it is pushed further up, it is the master's own idea that the master wants to pass on the throne. Even if the other sons are fighting, the master may not be willing to let the other sons do what they want.

The problem is who the master wants to give the country to.

Unless it is to ask the master, and the master is willing to answer the truth, otherwise, he simply does not know the answer before the throne is not passed on.

The fourth elder brother put the cup in his hand aside, "It's different now, all kinds of ghosts and ghosts have popped up. Not only relatives, but the slaves in our family are more capable and more thoughtful. Isn't Nian Gengyao in Sichuan? ?Many people say that Sichuan is a poor place, but I don’t think so! If it’s a poor place, he can embrace so many benefits? He sent a lot of good things to Beijing, and quietly sent them to the palaces of the emperors. In our house Here they pretend to be very obedient and loyal, to use a folk saying, what is this called? Casting nets everywhere and focusing on catching fish! Hmph!"

Si Fujin knew too well about Si elder brother's temper, and Nian Gengyao violated his taboo, "What do you mean?"

"This kind of slave is no longer easy to use. If you have half-heartedness, you can't entrust big things in the future."

Before Honghui set off, in order to let Honghui be employed, the fourth elder brother wrote to Nian Gengyao overnight, asking him to keep an eye on Honghui's situation.

After all, swords have no eyes on the battlefield, and there is nothing to say in the camp. What if Hong Hui was injured but there was no wound medicine?Or the battle situation was too fierce, and the weapons that Hong Hui brought over were no longer usable.It can only be used by picking up the weapons of other people. If the weapons are not in hand, the ability of self-protection will drop a lot.

The purpose of the fourth elder brother's letter is to ask Nian Gengyao to prescribe armor and weapon wound medicine for Honghui, or to train manpower to replenish Honghui's personal soldiers at any time.

But now that Gengyao is half-hearted, how could the fourth elder brother entrust the safety of his heir apparent to him.

As soon as he received the news, he immediately changed people, and wrote a new letter to another servant close to the northwest, asking him to count the things Honghui used and prepare to send them to the northwest at any time.

Si Fujin was also very angry, "This is too thoughtful, I used to say that my slave is easy to use, but I often asked him to do things for our family, but I didn't expect this slave to turn his head faster than everyone else , it seems that we will not be able to hand over the matter to him in the future." After finishing speaking, he asked casually, "How did you know this news? Did someone deliberately say something to you in front of you, to alienate you? What is your relationship with Nian Gengyao?"

"How could it be? This news was told by Yang Dan himself. The other people accepted the things that the slave gave to others. Who would come out and make a fuss about this kind of thing? They kept it secret. As a result, Nian Gengyao Going to flatter Yang Dan again, the most annoying thing is that he actually let Shisan down, isn’t he just worried that Shisan will tell the Lord? Is he afraid that the Lord will know about his scandal or look down on Thirteenth Brother?”

Whether it's hiding the truth from the fourth elder brother or looking down on Thirteen, anything has stepped on the fourth elder brother's bottom line.An ignorant dog slave, although Yang Dan is very favored, but from a legal point of view, he is an adopted position and has no right of inheritance at all. You might as well curry favor with the old thirteen if you go to curry favor with him.

She would rather curry favor with a county king who could speak in front of the emperor but had no inheritance rights than to give a gift to the emperor's own son, the old thirteenth.I don't know whether to say that this slave is too short-sighted or intentional.

The fourth elder brother walked around the house angrily.Seeing his appearance, Si Fujin had no choice but to say something bland: "Brother Yang Dan is still with us."

The fourth elder brother snorted from the inside of his nose, "As long as it's not about the court, Yang Dan is willing to say anything to the master."

The so-called affairs in the imperial court are the news spied on by the General Secretary's yamen.As long as they don't have anything to do with the General Secretary's Yamen, the relationship between Yang Dan and the fourth elder brother is really closer than brothers.

The fourth elder brother can't help it, after all, Yang Dan eats this bowl of rice, and it is better to be loyal to his errands than to say anything.

Thinking of this, the fourth elder brother turned his head and told Si Fujin, "The Lord called Yang Dan over for a meal these two days, and you get someone to prepare it. You don't need to overwhelm the fish and meat, just pick up some vegetables and mushrooms that are rare this season and put them on the table. "

This matter was very easy, and Si Fujin was ready soon.The next night, Yang Dan rode over on a horse.

All the children in the family came to pay their respects. The fourth elder brother had something to say to Yang Dan, so he sent the children back. The two brothers did not drink in the room. They ordered two bowls of noodles and sat at the table. A few dishes on the table, chatting while eating.

Under the light, the fourth elder brother looked at Yang Dan and couldn't help but sighed, "You are not young anymore. I think you were still a small ball when I first carried you into the palace. Now you have grown up A big guy."

Yang Dan smiled, picked up the fungus with the chopsticks, and shook his head while eating, "My brother was still puzzled when I came here today. You are usually so busy, how can you take time to eat with my brother? Now I understand. You have something to say."

"You are also a smart person, and my brother doesn't make such big circles anymore. Today I'm not talking about state affairs but family affairs. I met your eldest brother on the street two days ago, and you also know that the two of us have never been able to get together. Go, to put it bluntly, it means that when I was a child, I accumulated a lot of those little things before I am today. In the early years, I just went to the Shangshufang to study, and we have a good relationship. At that time, he followed me to Chengqian Palace to eat and drink. Drink..." At this point, the fourth elder brother shook his head, "So many years have passed in a blink of an eye."

Yang Dan continued to eat vegetables, and filled a spoon with half a bowl of sour soup. While eating and drinking, he listened to Si elder brother's talk.

Seeing his appearance, the fourth elder brother didn't want to go around anymore, so he said directly: "Even if we can't get together, we are still willing to sit together and talk about your affairs. Two days ago at When we met on the street, we went to the teahouse and drank a cup of tea together. He told me that if you got married earlier, your son would have already read a book by now, and I was right when I tasted it. You are indeed not young. ah."

Yang Dan knew it was because of this, "I think when I get married, I will get married sooner or later, why do you always remember this?"

"Don't be unwilling to listen to us nagging you, that is, there have been a lot of things at home recently, and Er Niang didn't spare her hands. If she did, she would directly stuff a Fujin into your house. I mean, don't spend all day Busy with this and that, at least worry about your own affairs."

Yang Dan nodded without hesitation.

Seeing his attitude, the fourth elder brother became a little anxious, "What are you thinking? Tell my brother the truth now."

"The truth is that it's good for me to live alone. I can eat enough for one person and the whole family won't be hungry. As for the status of having a baby that you often talk about," Yang Dan shook his hand, "Let's talk about it in the future. If I grow old alone, my title You see who is suitable for whom."

The fourth elder brother became angry, "Your thinking is wrong! Let me tell you about the benefits of raising a child..."

"Don't say it, don't say it, I don't think it's of much benefit to raise a child just to make troubles about our brothers every day."

"That's what you said too. The master didn't say he regretted raising us after being made such a fuss."

"What can he do if he regrets it? Can he put all these brothers back into the women's belly? Is it possible? Let's not mention this, our brothers can't eat well when we mention this. I am running around here and there I've been busy for several days, and I haven't eaten a meal in a serious manner, so let my brother An An finish his meal and let's talk about it."

After finishing speaking, he filled half a bowl of soup and placed it opposite the fourth elder brother, and commented on the meal without any exception, "The dishes are all good, and they are made with care. I just don't want to eat noodles. Your family cooks it." The eight-treasure rice here is pretty good, and I asked someone to make another bowl for me. It’s the eight-treasure rice with soup in it, sweet and sour, I just love that bite.”

"You should eat less. It's made of glutinous rice. If you eat too much at night, you won't be able to digest it."

After talking, he ordered someone to make him a bowl of eight-treasure rice.

The fourth elder brother is a chatterbox, and finally caught Yang Dan here. Before Yang Dan finished his meal, he began to chatter beside him until midnight. Seeing that the curfew was already on the street, Yang Dan thought The fourth elder brother stopped him and insisted on letting him stay.

After Yang Dan stayed here, he knew that there would be no peace for one night. Sure enough, the fourth elder brother talked about sex and talked about the beauty of the family from various aspects. He simply wanted to force Yang Dan to get married as soon as possible.

Yang Dan's head was swollen from the nagging, and because he was too tired in the past few days, he was so sleepy that he wanted to lie down and fall asleep, but the fourth elder brother finally met someone who was willing to listen to his nagging, so he took Yang Dan to bed again. Dan wakes up.

Letting him wake up is not enough, Yang Dan must respond to himself, for Yang Dan, this is simply a torture.

In his heart, he begged his grandpa to sue his grandma, and begged all the gods and Buddhas in the sky. Finally, it was dawn, and he didn't sleep at all. He stood up and ran.When I got home, I flung myself into my bed and slept through the night.

After waking up, he slapped himself hard on the face, "It made you not firm yesterday. If you didn't stay there, there would be nothing wrong with last night."

After Yang Dan finished speaking, he slapped his face twice, and his eunuch was so frightened that he quickly took his hand, "Master, don't slap any more, your face will swell if you slap again, go out later." If someone asks me, what can I ask my servant to say?"

"Remember the next time we go to the fourth brother's house, if the grandfather can't leave, you have to find a way to trick the grandfather out. Especially when the grandfather and the fourth brother are alone together, no matter what the two of us say, you have to find a way to get him out." Grandpa called out."

Yang Dan's eunuch quickly agreed, Yang Dan stayed up all night yesterday, and his eunuch also stayed up all night.The face of the master and servant is not good at the moment.

And thinking of what happened yesterday, both of them shuddered.

Yang Dan even came up with a terrible idea, if the master passes the throne to the fourth brother, then he will spend more time with the fourth brother in the future, if he reports the situation of all parties to him... Can you stop doing it yourself before it is confirmed that the fourth brother is enthroned?

Others don't know what Kangxi is thinking in his heart, but Yang Dan can guess some, and the master has spent a lot of time investigating these people.

In the past, I was more partial to Fourteen, but now I put my mind on Fourth Brother.Back then when he held a banquet for thousands of seniors, the emperor knew that the wine glasses on the banquet were taken away by the emperor's grandchildren.But in the end, only the fourth brother's family sent the wine glass back. The master laughed it off at the time, but later he paid more attention to the fourth brother.

Through the emperor's attention to a certain throne, Yang Dan can deduce certain things in the future.Thinking of this, he didn't fall asleep half the night, and went straight to the harem the next morning.

The older Tian Mi gets, the earlier she wakes up in the morning, and Jiaojiao just woke up not long ago, playing the guzheng sleepily.

She was yawning profusely when Yang Dan came, and quickly covered her mouth when her uncle came in.

Tian Mi let her go and told her to stop practicing this morning and go back to her room first.The little girl's face was full of joy, she must be going back to sleep.

Yang Dan waited until the clearing was over, and couldn't help but rushed to the side of Tian Mi's chair, "Er Niang, my son had a meal at the fourth brother's house the day before yesterday, and he kept talking about it all night."

Tian Mi couldn't help raising her eyebrows when she heard this, "What outrageous things did you do to get him caught?"

"Look at your words, what do you mean by God's anger? Isn't it a matter of God's anger if you don't marry a wife and have no children?"

"I don't think so, but most people think so. Look at Prince Zhuang. He is so old and he is still struggling. Isn't he just wanting a seat?"

Tian Mi thinks this is not a good example, because the emperors don't have a good impression of Prince Zhuang.Even if Yang Dan is a supporter, but thinking of Prince Zhuang, he couldn't help snorting coldly, "That's a fool, let's enjoy it at home at this time, what are you fussing about? Can he manage the living after he dies? And Several of their nephews are gearing up to stare at his throne, even if they have some thrones now, they may not be able to keep their titles."

"A person must have a thought in life, and his thought is to give birth to a child. What is your thought?"

Entering the heart-to-heart mode in an instant, Yang Dan thought about it carefully, and he really had nothing to pursue.

He doesn't have to worry about food and drink in life, the so-called fame and wealth are not very attractive to him, these years of life are dispensable, the only thing that makes him worry about it is that he wanted to go to the Northwest to fight for military exploits.This is also to prove that he can be the king of the county without asking around for news.

"My son has nothing to think about."

At this time, Tian Mi couldn't find a thought for him, so she could only pat this son's hand, "This is not good, you must have a thought when you live. The thoughts of your brothers are too straightforward Well, we don’t need to say more. Those nieces of yours think that it will be easier for them to get married in the future, so they are doing a good job paving the way for the future. As for you, even if you don’t have long-term thoughts, short-term There should be, right? For example, what do you want to eat tonight? Isn’t this just a thought?”

"You really have something to think about when you say that. In the future..." Yang Dan lowered his head and whispered into Tian Mi's ear, "If the fourth brother becomes the throne in the future, don't call Erwei over to talk about gossip. Yes, my son is really afraid of him."

Tian Mi immediately sat up straight, "Where did you get the news?"

"You don't need to worry about this. Anyway, I dare not say that this matter is a certainty, but it is already eight or nine percent."

Tian Mi knew the news because it was from Kangxi himself. Yang Dan knew that the news was a bit strange. Tian Mi couldn't help being shocked. Maybe Yang Dan had already evolved.From an intelligence distribution center to an expert who analyzes intelligence to deduce the trend of the world.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but pat Yang Dan on the shoulder a few times, "Okay, son, you can be regarded as successful in cultivation."

What is the mother talking about?Although she didn't understand, there was appreciation in Eniang's tone.Yang Dan happily accepted the exaggeration.

However, Tian Mi did not ask about the source of the news. From Yang Dan's point of view, Er Niang also knew the candidate for the next emperor.

He couldn't help it: "Your old man hides it really deep. Such a big news is tightly covered. Neither of the two of you will say anything. You are really... tight-lipped."

Tian Mi leaned back on the chair again, "It's not that Er Niang doesn't want to tell you. Telling you now will not do any good, and it will easily cause harm."

Speaking of this, Tian Mi stretched out her hand to touch Yang Dan's bare forehead, "Sometimes it's not a bad thing to make you suffer a little bit. It's not that Er Niang likes to preach, but that I have lived a lifetime You know a truth. It is not entirely a bad thing to endure hardships and be forced into a desperate situation. Once you can break free from the predicament, you will ride the wind and waves. But a good position has a price to pay, and every benefit you get has actually hidden a blessing and a curse. 2000 The old person said it years ago, blessings come, misfortunes come."

Tian Mi can be considered an elderly person with a lot of experience.Yang Dan will not refute what Tian Mi said.

Just like this time, why Honghui had to go to the northwest was because, in the eyes of the emperor, he would be the crown prince in a few years.Honghui must not be allowed to follow the old path of abolishing the crown prince.

So other emperors and grandsons can hide, but Honghui cannot.Seemingly a harrowing experience that risks losing your head every now and then.But his future harvest is huge.It's a blessing in disguise.

As Yang Dan thought, when it was the twelfth lunar month, Honghui won Lao Qi's praise for his bravery and fearlessness in battle, and he specially wrote about Honghui's achievements in the memorial to the capital.

In Lao Qi's view, the royal family needs a model to prove to the world that there are successors in the Aixinjueluo family who can still hold a knife.

From Kangxi's point of view, apart from Lao Qi's considerations, there is also the need for Honghui to experience a great battle, know how to command the war, and make him a capable emperor.After all, the fourth child is hopeless. After the fourth child, the emperor dare not even go to the battlefield.

After removing these two considerations, Kangxi has another consideration. He is very optimistic about Honghui, but it is still unknown whether Honghui can become emperor in the future.The fourth eldest is not just Honghui's heir, after all, Hongli is standing beside him.

In the next few decades, if the fourth son's son fights for power and profit like his own son, it will be a mess.So now Honghui's accumulated meritorious connections on the battlefield will hold the power that will be his trump card in the future.

Kangxi didn't mind that Honghui followed Tang Taizong Li Shimin's Xuanwu Gate change, so Kangxi kept adding weight to Honghui now.The purpose is to ensure that Honghui can successfully succeed to the throne in the future.

So after thinking about it for a while, Kangxi secretly wrote in the letter to Lao Qi that Lao Qi should promote Honghui more.

Lao Qi, who was far away in the northwest, did not think so much when he received the letter. Lao Qi knew that among his brothers, he was the only one who could lead the army to fight. How about it.

If he doesn't want to lose military power in the future, Honghui will take over his burden.

After reading the letter, he threw the letter into the brazier. At this time, it was already very cold in the northwest.

Hong Hui opened the curtain of the tent and came in from the outside, greeted Lao Qi first, then stood up in front of the brazier and kept warming his hands.

"My nephew heard that there is a letter from the capital, and there is also a letter from my nephew's family, so I came here specially to get it from you."

Lao Qi handed the letter to Honghui, "Ama wrote it. In addition to the letter, the empress also sent you some cotton-padded clothes and cotton-padded shoes and cotton trousers from your home."

Hong Hui couldn't help sighing, why did you send so many clothes here?Some clothes will do.Moreover, the clothes sent were all of good quality, so I was afraid that I would be wronged, but after wearing them out, I couldn't fit in with those soldiers in dusty clothes.

Lao Qi saw that he opened the letter and read it, but he didn't show any joy.

"What's the matter? He still looks sullen after receiving the letter from home."

"It's nothing, but Hong Yun is sick again."

"Don't worry, there are many good medicines and doctors in the capital. Put this unhappy matter aside, uncle will tell you something that makes you happy."

Honghui got excited, "What's the matter? Tell me quickly."

"Rewards for meritorious service, raise your military rank one notch, and you will be able to command a group of troops from today on."

This is really good news, Hong Hui couldn't help but grinned.

Lao Qi stood up, limped to his side and patted him on the shoulder, "This is your own ability, the entire army recognized your promotion this time, and your old man, Huang Mafata, is also happy for you .He also wrote in his letter to me that you must ensure your safety. So don’t be greedy for success, and when the time comes, our uncle and nephew will triumph together.”