Emperor Tong's Concubine Tong in Qing Dynasty

When Tian Mi first arrived in this era, the person she feared the most was the Empress Dowager who was posthumously named Empress Xiaozhuangwen.

This kind of fear is because the other party has lived long enough. A woman who has lived in the palace for so long knows the women in the palace best. At that time, Tian Mi was afraid of showing her feet. When my wife speaks, she always puts all her energy into it.

After a long time, Tian Mi has completely assimilated into a person of this era.When Tian Mi suddenly found out, she couldn't tell whether it was sadness or something else.

Logically speaking, life in his later years should be very pleasant, but the good days did not last too long for Tian Mi.Just because she lived long enough, when Tian Mi looked at those court ladies, they were as trembling as she was decades ago.This made Tian Mi feel boring, staying with this group of cautious people would be better than playing alone.

Later, the fourth child she raised became the emperor for several years, exhausting herself to death.

He was already old, and because of the impact of this incident, after Kangxi struggled for several months, he closed his eyes and went west while watching Honghui ascend the throne and become emperor.

In the same year, two emperors passed away one after another. One was sent away in the first half of the year, and the other was sent away in the second half of the year. The palace has been organizing funerals for more than half a year this year alone.

Tian Mi changed from queen mother to empress dowager, which no one else dared to imagine.In other people's cognition, she may be the first one to leave, because she is sick.But in the end, unexpectedly, the husband died and the son died, and now he is taken care of by his grandson.

Honghui is in his early thirties, which is the prime of life.Tian Mi is in her 80s, and her eyesight has begun to fade.

This day she was taking a nap on the couch, and when she woke up, she saw a broad figure in a dragon robe sitting in front of her.

Sleeping in a daze, Tian Mi forgot that most of her life had passed. At this moment, the decorations in the room overlapped with her own memories. Tian Mi thought that it was Kangxi who was sitting in front of her with her back to her.

She called - cousin.

The figure turned his head suddenly, and asked with a smile, "Your old man is awake, is it because you fell asleep?"

Misunderstood, this is the grandson.

"I'm really confused. I thought it was your old man Mafa sitting in front of me. Alas, now that he's gone, I can scold him openly."

Hong Hui helped her to sit up, a little bit dumbfounded, "Why does your appearance make grandson feel that you are finally proud, like..."

He couldn't find a suitable metaphor for a while, Tian Mi continued his words and said: "It's like a daughter-in-law who has been married for many years. That old thing is too powerful, I dare not scold him in person, nor behind his back. Dare, I used to scold quietly in my heart—it’s fine to have a good time, but now I can scold in a fair way.”

In Honghui's view, it's scolding, but it's a forced smile brought about by the loss of a spouse.Honghui felt sore. There were two old women in the palace, one was Wulanara who gave birth to him, and the other was Tong who raised her.

After Yongzheng's death, Ulanara cried in the dark. Since Yongzheng's death, her health has become worse and worse, she can't eat and sleep, and she is very old. She often cries when she thinks of something.

—At first, when Hongli went to the palace to visit her, he said that she was thinking of others after seeing things, and he insisted on taking Ulanara to serve in their garden.After taking over, Ulanara's situation did not improve at all.Hongli is often looked down upon by people, but he has done a good job in honoring his mother.

No matter how well Hongli did, Ulanara's situation was not good, so the two sons took turns to raise them. When it was hot, they were sent to Hongli's garden. The couple took care of them, and they brought them back when it was cold. The queen takes care of the concubines every day.

And Tian Mi lives between the palace and the garden, and the responsibility of taking care of Tian Mi falls on Hong Hui.When Tian Mi was in Compassion Ning Palace, Hong Hui lived in Qianqing Palace.When Tian Mi lived in Changchun Garden, Honghui lived in Yuanmingyuan.

Changchun Garden is not as lively as it used to be. There were quite a few concubines in the past, but now all of them are dying one after another.Former Concubine Tong and later Concubine Tong also passed away last year.She is younger than Tian Mi.

However, even if he lives alone in Changchun Garden, Honghui is relieved that his grandmother is more open than his mother-in-law. At least this very old lady can eat and sleep.Even if he thinks of Emperor Kangxi, the holy grandfather, he just swears a few words, and he won't cry like his mother-in-law.

This also allowed Hong Hui to chat with Tian Mi calmly about Kangxi without worrying about irritating Tian Mi.

"If Mafa knows that you are scolding him now, he may be writing it down in a small notebook right now, and he will write it down once you scold him."

"What's the use of remembering? I won't go there, and he's in a hurry and can't help it. Let me tell you, even if we reunite underground in the future and quarrel, no one is allowed to fight by the side, just let us quarrel, I Let me tell you, I'm not his opponent when it comes to fighting, and he can't scold me with my mouth. The thing I regret most now is that I didn't have a good fight with him when he was alive. This incident makes me very regretful. Over the years, I have accumulated a lot of anger, but unfortunately, I haven't let it out."

"Grandson sees you eating, drinking and being happy, how can you get angry?"

"There is a lot of anger, let me tell you, from the time I came here to serve as the concubine of your Aixinjueluo family, until the last - year, I have been subjected to the uselessness of that old thing every year, and I have nothing but to endure He can't do that." Tian Mi sat down, her chair was a reclining chair, which had been used for more than ten years, and was covered with blankets and cushions, and the whole person sat in it very carefree.

Hong Hui also sat down on the side, poured a cup of tea and handed it to Tian Mi, Tian Mi drank it, looked at the white clouds outside and began to recall.

"At the very beginning, he promised me to make me the queen, but Hesheli became the queen. At that time, he was so young and energetic that he almost vomited blood. He also had a quarrel with him, but he didn't. Empress Wen was suppressed. After Empress Hesheli passed away, it was Empress Niu Hulu's turn again. Alas... If it's just this kind of thing, it's fine, you Mafa... It should be said that you men are not good people, he Later, I carried you Ama to me and let me take care of it, and I will take care of it. Your Ama’s biological mother Wu Yashi was provocative, and I was so angry that I wanted to pull you Ama over to catch him. a few.

Later, I thought about the use of grabbing a few. Can a child choose whose stomach to crawl out of?So I can only take good care of you, Ama.I was so angry that I spit out several mouthfuls of blood, swallowed the blood and lived with a smile. At that time, I thought, if that old thing of your Mafa falls into my hands, I will crush him to death. "

Hong Hui felt itchy in his heart, it was impossible to say that he was not curious about the grievances and grievances of his elders.Hong Hui knew since he was a child that his grandmother was not born to his grandmother, but their mother and child get along no worse than those of their own children. In their generation, they really respect Tian Mi as their real grandmother.

But Ama's biological mother Wu Yashi has been a person that everyone has avoided talking about for so many years. Others are not curious, and it's not that there are old people in this palace, but when it comes to Concubine De, everyone is very taboo.

Looking at Hong Hui's expression, Tian Mi knew that he wanted to know what happened back then, and those people back then were almost dead.In the first few years of Yongzheng's accession to the throne, Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui passed away one after another, that is, Concubine Yi lived a long time, but she also passed away two years ago.

Few people from the Kangxi dynasty are alive, and the palace maids and eunuchs have changed one after another. Even if Honghui wants to inquire at this time, he may not be able to find out the truth of the year.

So Tian Mi squinted at him: "Do you want to know what happened back then?"

Hong Hui smiled embarrassedly, "Let what happened back then be over."

Tian Mi could tell that there was a lot of insincere in his words, "You guys, it's the same insincerity, and now my heart is scratching my heart like kicking a few cats, I want to know what happened back then. The story still has to pretend to be indifferent. I knew you knew what you wanted to do when you showed such a face since you were a child."

"That's right. After all, your grandson was raised by you. No matter what grandson thinks in his heart, he can't escape your eyes."

Issues that were kept secret back then are now just jokes.

At this moment, Tian Mi's feelings towards Concubine De are completely indifferent, not as intense and hysterical as before.

Just taking advantage of the fact that I am still not old and confused, it is not impossible to tell the stories of those years to my grandchildren after dinner.

As the winner of the Gong Dou, Concubine De is Tian Mi's opponent, and her descendants have all become Tian Mi's people.In order to warn the latecomers and let Hong Hui know the power of the coated servant, Tian Mi told the story of the concubine De mobilizing forces inside and outside the palace to make trouble in the palace.There is a person that Tian Mi will never forget, and this person is Ping Guiren.

"...When your Ama was still alive, I held the power in the palace in my hands, and I was reluctant to hand it over to your mother because your mother didn't know what it would be like to join hands with these slaves. of.

Leaving aside, just look at Hongli's house, his daughter-in-law cried several times because of Gao who was born in a coat, and begged your mother several times, so these noble girls of the Eight Banners play with their hearts and minds But girls from the slave family, you have to keep this matter in mind, try to choose those noble ladies as concubines in the harem.These people have much better knowledge than others, and the children they teach are also broad-minded.If those slaves are allowed to control your harem, then it really corresponds to what your old man Mafa used to say - one generation is not as good as one generation!"

Hong Hui nodded thoughtfully, and then said with emotion, "There are quite a few Zhuge among these women." Look at these schemes, watching the fire from the other side, pulling ladders up the wall, pushing the wall down and everyone pushing, taking advantage of the east wind... to play Conspiracies and tricks, the princes in the court outside may not be the opponents of these women.

Marrying a capable wife will indeed benefit three generations, and Hong Hui has already experienced it clearly.

Just take the grandmother as an example, she can still educate herself now, but Er Niang blindly dotes on these grandchildren.Then he turned his head to look at his own queen, who was usually gentle and virtuous, but now she didn't show her prowess, so I don't know if the inside of her belly is also tall and majestic.

The family has—the old one has—treasures, Hong Hui sincerely hopes that Tian Mi can live a few more years, don't be confused, at least he can help himself to come up with an idea to raise his children.

"When school is over in the study, my grandson will drive over the family's cubs and ask you to discipline them. Don't talk about hard work. If they are disobedient, just clean them up. Grandson can grow up in front of you You already have the blessing of splashing heaven, and you want them to stick to your blessing."

Tian Mi smiled and nodded, "I'm running out of energy. If I can sit up and talk and laugh, I'm sure I don't dislike them. If it doesn't work one day, forget it."

Speaking of which, Tian Mi brought the topic back to Kangxi again, "You Mafa, that old man, has always disliked his children and grandchildren. He thinks that everyone is stupid. He told me that the old man is a typical example of not teaching and punishing him. He thinks he Smart, so I look down on these children. But speaking of it, you people are really enjoying the blessings. When you Mafa, the old man was alive, you could read and vomit blood. That’s why you, Ama, and the others The older generation read it 120 times, 120 times, your uncles and uncles can complain to the sky, but your old Mafa really read it at least 120 times back then. No wonder he said that you are not as good as your generation, and what he said made sense. "

About this, Hong Hui really can only smile wryly.I have to admit that what Tian Mi said is correct. There are many children who can't bear hardships. Let alone reading it 120 times, reading it 30 times can kill them.

I don't know if it's because I think about it day by day or dream about it at night, or because I heard a lot about Mafa from my grandmother.At night, Honghui had a dream.

He dreamed that when he was young, Mafa was still the emperor at that time, and his own little group followed the old man.

The old man led him around one yard after another, and came to the study. He took a ruler and knocked on the palm of a child's hand, and while knocking back, scolded angrily: "You are so disheartened!" Something, what happened to asking you to read the book several times?"

Perhaps the things in the dream were bizarre, but in Honghui's dream, the child whose heart was knocked had the face of his Ama, and while crying, he wiped his tears with the other hand that hadn't been knocked.Crying and crying, he turned into Honghui's son Yong Lian. This kid - crying, Honghui's heart immediately aroused, and he wanted to go up to stop him, but after walking a few steps, he found that he was the one who was knocked. , Shouban feels distressed to death.

In his dream, he was crying and lamenting that his father and son had been beaten up by the old man for three generations. Then the scene changed and he arrived at Changchun Garden.

In the dream, the grandmother folded her hips and yelled at the old man, and the old man had no choice but to beg for mercy.This scene was so ridiculous that Honghui couldn't help laughing in his dream.

Seeing his grandson laughing at himself, Kangxi, who was scolded and aggrieved, couldn't help but grabbed a teacup and threw it at him, "Little thing, are you here to see a joke?"

Hong Hui felt that something had hit him, subconsciously dodged to the side, and woke up with a jerk.

When he opened his eyes, he saw the queen leaning on her arm and supporting her head, staring at him with her eyes.In the middle of the night, the people next to me don't sleep and stare at me, this scene is scary no matter how you look at it.

"What are you doing? Don't sleep in the middle of the night and open your eyes wide to scare who?"

Honghui admitted that he was startled by the queen, he lifted the quilt and got off the dragon bed to pour a cup of tea at the table.

The queen felt a little wronged, "I don't know what you dreamed in the dream just now. You cried first and then laughed happily. The concubine couldn't sleep, so I looked at you twice."

Honghui drank the tea, but didn't tell the specific situation, just summed it up in one sentence, "I dreamed that Mafa and Mamo had quarreled, and the old couple talked very funny."

The most important thing is that Mama actually has a teapot on her hips.Honghui had never seen this kind of appearance before.

He turned his head and saw the Queen's eyes were open, and he still wanted to hear himself continue talking, so he waved his hand, "Go to sleep, go to sleep, you have to get up early tomorrow."

The queen wondered why he had dreamed about the holy grandfather, so she yawned, pulled up the quilt and just covered it, when she heard someone knocking on the door outside.

The sound of knocking on the door was extremely urgent, and it was obvious that something had happened.

At this time, the maid opened the door, came in and knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, empress, a letter has been sent from Changchun Garden. It says... that the Empress Dowager has passed away."

The queen sat up all of a sudden, lifted the quilt and looked at Hong Hui, Hong Hui didn't believe it, after reacting, he ran out wearing a middle coat.

The eunuchs outside the door had already made preparations. At this time, a sedan chair was brought over. Honghui felt that it was too slow, so he asked someone to lead a horse. He rode the horse and galloped all the way from Yuanmingyuan to the wall between Yuanmingyuan and Changchun Garden—— In front of the gate.

When I walked to this door, I saw that the lantern hanging on the door had been replaced with white ones, and the servants in Changchun Garden had already changed into mourning clothes, and they were kneeling on the steps in plain white.

Honghui rode a horse and drove straight in. An old eunuch helped Honghui get off the horse in front of Ningchun Hall, and the two walked inside while talking.

"In the evening, the old lady ate some noodles and went out for a stroll. Before going to bed, she had a game of cards with the maids. She said that the food she ate today was a bit salty, so she asked the maids to bring her a cup of tea in the evening. It turned out that she was just on duty at night. The maid brought tea and found that the old man was not breathing, but her body was still warm."

Hong Hui had already entered the bedroom, touched Tian Mi's arm, it was still warm.The old lady's expression was peaceful, and it could be seen that she didn't suffer much when she left.

Hong Hui sighed, and nestled on the pedal very lonely.

The old eunuch knelt beside him and advised him not to think too sadly, "The old lady loves you and the late emperor the most in her life. When the late emperor passed away, she cried several times. Got it, let me tell you, you miss her when you look back. Every time you come, she is very happy, and after you leave, she stares at the direction you are walking. Family bondage is a trivial matter, and your eyes should be on the world. By the way, after you left today, the old lady told the servants that the servants should remind her to chat with you when you come again , said to let you open your eyes to see the world, the world is changing too fast, and now is the time of internal and external troubles, fortunately, the two generations of the ancestors and emperors have saved you a lot of wealth, but there is Europa watching, it is precisely When you need to work hard to improve... the old lady probably meant this, but it's a pity that the servant is stupid and can't learn all these words."

These words made Hong Hui feel sore in his heart, and couldn't help wiping away his tears with his sleeve.

"You go out."

After the maids and servants went out, Hong Hui nestled on the pedals and began to cry.In the middle of the year, he first sent away his Ama, then he sent away Tamafa, and at the end of the year, he had to send away his Mama.

His heart at the moment is undoubtedly terrified. When there were elders above him, he always felt fearless, but now without the elders, he felt trembling.

- Sometimes I felt that I was very pitiful, and couldn't help crying.

Outside, Mrs. Ulanara and the queen had already changed their clothes and came over. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stood quietly outside the door with several princes and daughters. After hearing Hong Hui crying, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other.

Another funeral was held in the palace the next day.

This year has not been a good one, because Tian Mi had to be buried before the New Year, the time for Tian Mi to be dead was a few days shorter than the others, which made Honghui feel very sorry.

He personally took his brothers to help the coffin, and sent Tian Mi's coffin to the underground palace and placed it next to Kangxi's coffin. When the dragon broke and fell, the Kangxi Dynasty was completely past.

All of Tian Mi's secrets also completely disappeared into this world with the closure of the mausoleum.

In fact, when Kangxi had just passed away, Tian Mi had repeatedly considered whether she should tell Honghui the tragic history she knew.

After careful consideration, Tian Mi decided not to tell him, because the reign after Yongzheng was not Qianlong.The wheel of history has already turned in another direction, so there is no need to tell the passengers in the other direction the painful memories of the original road.

The people who came later should have the excitement and stories of the later.Tian Mi did what she should do, which is to give them a chance to see the world with their eyes open. As for what they saw, this is not something that Tian Mi should worry about.