Emperor Tong's Concubine Tong in Qing Dynasty

After a while, Tian Mi realized that the question she just asked was really naive.

Because regardless of whether Big Brother thinks about it or not, he must be the protagonist today.

This reminded Tian Mi that when she just graduated from university, she joined a company that sells books. At that time, Tian Mi still imagined that the company was engaged in the dissemination of culture, and most of them were cultural people. A decent person will not have all kinds of bad habits in the workplace.But a few months later, at the annual meeting at the end of the year, the manager urged Tian Mi and another girl who had just joined the company to toast the drunk boss. They were surrounded by ugly middle-aged men who were usually elegant and easy-going. The atmosphere doesn't match at all.

At that time, the wine table was full of words, "If you drink this glass, you will give me face" and "If you don't drink it, you won't treat me as a friend."

Tian Mi had a bad temper at the time, thinking why should I give you this face? !

So she issued a resignation report the next day.It was only a few years later that she realized that this is one of the stinky cultures on the wine table, the obedience test, drinking means obeying the other party, not drinking, expressing disobedience, and not giving the other party face.After the wine is over, the other party will make a pair of small shoes for the disobedient.

Since human beings have classes, this method of demanding obedience has never changed much, and it has been the same throughout the ages.

Eldest brother has already fallen down three strong men who are older than him. I heard that these three men are all good wrestlers on the Mongolian grassland. They are tall and big, with bulging muscles. Tian Mi still believes that this is normal for a big brother with a few muscles.But all three of them got down on the ground. After being thrown down, they fell on the ground and surrendered. This is a kind of submission.Not only the surrender of the warriors, but also the surrender of the grassland tribes behind them.

Big brother didn't win these wrestlings by himself, it was entirely because he had a good father who was intimidating, and his good father was inspecting all the Mongolian princes present with his eyes wide open to see who was a prickly head disobedient.Eldest brother is the best measure, he doesn't need to be a prince, and he is the eldest among the princes, and because he is a young man, winning applause and losing is not a shame.

If it's just about wrestling, big brother relies on himself, and if he strips off his halo, he will definitely be bruised and swollen by others.

Kangxi was very satisfied, and took a sip of wine complacently, but the scene did not satisfy him, "This is because you let him, he has only learned wrestling for a few years as a child, today we meet again, no matter whether the monarch or minister is just for happiness, Which tribe's sons did not come out, and they also went to the field to wrestle together. If you don't get drunk today, you won't go home. Everyone should go back to their heart's content."

At this time, some people stood up and praised Big Brother as "a natural warrior", "a man protected by immortality", "victory is what everyone expects"...

After the round of flattery was over, the atmosphere became joyful. The Mongolian teenagers who were about the same age as the eldest brother, as strong as calves, wrestled with them under the urging of the adults at home.

Eldest brother was in high spirits, he really thought he was invincible in the world. Tonight, more than a dozen young Mongolian nobles fell down, and those Mongolians around him praised him as brave and invincible, and even the other sons of Kangxi were all Was touted again.

Because of today's outstanding performance, Kangxi couldn't help but reward this son, and when everyone dispersed in the middle of the night, the fifth elder brother was carried back to sleep by the eunuch, and the fourth elder brother couldn't help running over to find Tian Mi.

"Emiang, my son saw the two adults of Tong's family today, and they asked him what kind of medicine you have been taking recently, and is your body feeling better? My son told them about the medicine you took recently, and they said Looking back, I want to find ginseng and offer it to you."

At this moment, the people on the field have not yet dispersed, everyone who should go has left, and all the eunuchs and maids are left behind.Tian Mi reached out and touched her son's bare forehead, "Tell them no need, good ginseng can be eaten by Er Niang anytime. Er Niang knows better than others how many good things there are in the palace, and told them that Er Niang will not treat her badly." of."

The fourth elder brother agreed, and Tian Mi hurriedly praised him, fearing that he would think that the eldest elder brother performed well, and would be envious and resentful, "Today my son behaved very calmly, Er Niang is very happy."

The fourth elder brother's smile became real, "Yeah, my son thanked Er Niang for her compliment. Er Niang's compliment really made my son happy. Those Mongols can't compare to what Er Niang said. They took the praise of Third Brother They come to reverse a few words and praise their son, saying that his son is learned and worthy of being Huang Ama's son. But his son gets up before dawn, does not stop during the four seasons of the year, and memorizes a book 120 times. Because Huang Ama gave birth well, his son has not given any credit for the past few years except eating and drinking for free."

"Oh!" Tian Mi couldn't help laughing, "My son is so powerful, he has already seen through that they are flattering you, but what they said is also right, if it wasn't because of your Huang Ama, who is your Yinzhen? They don’t even bother to put a smile on your face. Don’t take it to heart, it’s all coaxing each other. Fun. Son, you have to remember that when fighting with others, after reaching a certain level, you will be able to plan and win a decisive victory thousands of miles away.”

Tian Mi patted him on the shoulder, "Eniang knows that you have read the Three Kingdoms, do you know who Erniang likes the most among the characters in it?"

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was regarded as the standard at this time. It was translated into Manchu before the Qing army entered the customs. It is used as a textbook, which shows that this book has a very high status in the royal family of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.

"Who does Erniang like the most? Is Zhuge Liang the best?"

Tian Mi shook her head, "No, it's Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao under Wei Wu's seat. It's getting dark, go back, wait until you finish reading the book next time, and then read Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms". Pei Songzhi's annotated version is better, let's have a good talk about this book later."

The fourth elder brother saluted and left with the maids and eunuchs.

Looking at the back of the fourth elder brother, she was filled with emotions for a moment, and she didn't want to sit in the sedan chair anymore. Tian Mi saw that the things on the scene were almost packed, so she took Herring's hand and went back to her bedroom.

Before entering the door, I saw the emperor's Luanjia parked in the yard, and the maids gathered around and whispered, "The emperor has been here for a while."

Tian Mi nodded, and went in with herring, "My cousin is here, why don't you send someone to call me back?"

"I drank a few glasses of wine, and I wasn't sleepy, so I just waited for a while." He paused at this point, and put the pawns aside, "There are so many slaves, why do you have to wait until the end? Let them see Just pack it up, your health has improved a little now, if you continue to worry about it like this, I'm afraid it will be another serious illness."

"It won't be like this next time," Tian Mi went behind the screen to change her clothes and shoes, then sat in front of the dressing table and let Herring remove the hairpin from her hair.

Today, Tian Mi, who had her hair loose after sitting with her golden hair all day, felt that her scalp was very painful.She couldn't help but reached out and rubbed her scalp with her fingertips, and Herring took a comb to her hair.

Kangxi got down from the kang, took the comb from Herring's hand and told her to step back, while combing Tian Mi's hair, he said softly: "I plan to go to the imperial conquest next year."

After Tian Mi heard this, she couldn't help turning her head back immediately, "Your Majesty?"

Kangxi held her shoulders and asked her to turn back, "Even if I don't tell you about this today, you will see the clues in a few days. Didn't you find that the Zhungeer Ministry didn't come this time? Because they didn't come to worship , In addition to the wolfish ambitions that have always been, I must attack them before they grow strong. I have received news that they are colluding with Lao Maozi, and many Mongolian princes who come to worship now are secretly flirting with them. If at this time If we don’t act, there will be fewer and fewer obedient tribes on the grassland in the future.”

Whether it is deterring others or stabilizing the border, this matter is always indispensable.Tian Mi breathed out lightly, "A sword has no eyes on the battlefield, and my concubine will inevitably worry."

Kangxi wanted to say that he was protected layer by layer among the millions of troops, and nothing would happen to him.But the words cannot be so absolute. The ancestor Nurhachi was hit by fragments of a Ming Dynasty cannon. Although he was rescued at the time, he died not long after.He worshiped this ancestor from the bottom of his heart, and if his ancestor suffered like this, the descendants might follow in his footsteps.

"How can a man be greedy for the beauty in his boudoir when his ambition is everywhere? Now that I'm gone, your burden will be heavy. Serve the Empress Dowager and Queen Mother well, and educate many princes and daughters. If there are any problems with me..."

"Cousin, don't say it's unlucky."

Kangxi put down the comb and hugged Tian Mi, stretched out his hand and patted her shoulder a few times, the meaning was self-evident.

Tian Mi couldn't sleep all night, and couldn't help but want to wake up the people next to her, and asked if the food and grass were ready?Is the money ready?Is the army selected?

In the end, I think I should stop asking. If you ask too much, be careful of attracting people's taboos.The emperor not only has a quick brain, but also has a particularly good memory. Now that everyone is young, whether it is family or other affection, I am afraid that when I get old in the future, my beauty will die, and my love will be broken. At that time, my carelessness will become my own. Urgent.

The next day was still full of singing and dancing, and Tian Mi had something in her heart. Knowing that Concubine Hui sent her confidant maid to meet with Mingzhu and his son many times, she also had a desire to see Marriage Tong.

But I was usually too busy, and I surrounded a large group of people by the way, so I couldn't make up the time.

It wasn't until everyone finished eating, drinking and having fun, and the brigade drove to the hunting ground, and then moved from the house to the tent, that Tian Mi saw the man from the Tong family who was accompanying the king.

They are followers, and they can only bring one or two long-term followers. Clan men can also bring their families, but it is not so easy for ministers to follow.

In the past few days, the old brothers of the Tong family and their younger nephews are also busy.It was Kangxi who gave grace and promised them to meet each other, and Tong Guogang and Tong Guowei came here in new clothes.

Tian Mi didn't have any relationship with them before, but no matter from the perspective of cooperative allies or the perspective of family affection that she inherited Sister Tong's body, she should treat them warmly.

After the Tong family came, they knelt down in front of the screen of Tian Mi's tent to pay their respects.Tian Mi asked the eunuch to help them come over, "We are all a family, uncle and father gave such a great gift, it is not my life, please sit down."

Tong Guogang had the pedantic attitude of Jia Zheng in the Dream of the Red Chamber, "National etiquette cannot be discarded."

After he finished speaking, Tong Guowei, Tian Mi's biological father, stood respectfully with his head bowed, and he didn't make any extra gestures when they met.

Tian Mi couldn't make up her mind for a moment whether she should continue to be enthusiastic, or whether the cold monarch and ministers were right.

There was an unnatural smile on his face, "Look at what uncle said, is it possible that my surname is not Tong? When I go out, people call her Tong Niangniang. Without our Tong family, how could there be me. Uncle Ama, sit down quickly. For so many years in a blink of an eye, I have seen the eldest brother often, and I have rarely seen the other younger brothers. I have never seen the younger brothers. This is the eldest brother Yekesu, this is the second brother Dekexin, and this is Longkodo. "

Longkodo is the son of the eldest son, and the same mother as the imperial concubine, and the two elder brothers above are concubines.But in terms of closeness, Tian Mi is still closer to Kua Dai.

"Everyone sit down, sit down, what kind of tea do you want to drink? I don't have much else here, but a lot of tea." Tian Mi greeted the maid to bring some snacks, and then asked Tong Guogang and Tong Guowei, "Before I come here, I will send people home. How about uncle and Ama drinking the tea from inside? I think this year’s tea is light, not as strong as Tuancha.”

The two old brothers nodded quickly, and they had already sat down. The child was trying to talk here, and the two of them stopped holding it. Tong Guogang was very emotional, "It's still the same taste as our family. I also think Tuancha is delicious. But those old princes outside said that the new tea is delicious."

Tian Mi smiled after hearing this, "Every flower is in everyone's eyes. Uncle likes group tea. When I go back to the capital, I will send some small tea cakes to my home. I have a lot of small tea cakes. You can drink it yourself or send it away.”

While talking, the palace maid brought up the tea, Tian Mi quickly took a cup and put it in front of Tong Guogang, then took another cup and handed it to Tong Guowei with both hands, "It's a pity that Auntie and Er Niang didn't come this time, if they came, it would be a small reunion gone."

Tong Guowei finally spoke, "They often enter the palace, so the empress doesn't need to worry about it." Having said this, the topic changed, "How is Mrs. Tong recently? I wonder if you have been favored?"

Tong Guogang was drinking tea, he couldn't help turning his head to look at his younger brother, and then at Tian Mi's face.There was no change in expression on Tian Mi's face, she wiped her fingers with a handkerchief, and shook her head, "She's still young, she's childish, and the emperor doesn't have time to talk to her. Don't worry, Ama! She's my own sister, Although she is a noble person now, she has the final say in the Palace of Yanxi Palace, and no one bullies her in her daily life. When she is a little older, I will naturally plan for her. I know what A Ma is thinking, you don't have to worry too much explain."

Tong Guogang put down the teacup, and couldn't help but shook his head, "Let me talk about this kind of thing, let's make peace with each other."

"Big brother!"

As soon as Tong Guowei finished speaking, his son Krondo ripped his clothes behind him.Tong Guowei considered that he was in front of the empress after all, so he still said some important things.Later, if the two brothers disagree, they can discuss it after closing the door.

He lowered his voice, looked at the court ladies and eunuchs standing in the distance, "Mother, there may be a big event next year, let the nobleman become pregnant as soon as possible, and your sisters also have something to look forward to."

"Second brother, you're going too far." Tong Guogang's eyes widened like a bull's-eye. If he hadn't considered the wrong location, he might have slapped his old brother on the head.

He gritted his teeth, and his voice was extremely low. If Tian Mi hadn't been sitting in front of them and watched his mouth movements, he wouldn't have known what he was talking about. "Military affairs, how can..." He can easily tell people who have nothing to do with it.

"Uncle, the emperor told me about this yesterday."

Tong Guowei and Tong Guogang immediately turned their heads to look at her, Tong Guowei was very happy, Tong Guogang looked worried, and couldn't help but whispered: "This kind of thing is going to rot in your stomach."

"I know, uncle drinks tea."

Sitting and chatting about some interesting things at home, and talking a little bit about the juniors, half an hour is about to pass.The Tong brothers returned to their tent with the four juniors, and drove the four of them to guard the door.

Tong Guowei laughed when he got into the tent, full of joy, "Brother, this time, as long as we two brothers get some credit back, our family will be safe."

In his opinion, the eldest daughter is the concubine of power, and the youngest daughter is the concubine of favor.The sisters are of one mind, just like the Empress Horqin controlled the harem back then, everything in the palace will be decided by the daughter of the Tong family.

Tong Guogang couldn't help but patted the table, "Our family has always been stable. I tell you that you don't show your face. Don't think I don't know that you stared at that old guy Mingzhu again a few days ago. He is..."

Tong Guowei didn't take it seriously, "Brother, why should you be so polite to them? I saw that Mingzhu is not a good thing. I have been jumping up and down here in the past few days, and I feel angry when I see him."

"You can't help but run over to fight him, and then you and Mingzhu Suo'etu, where are you three pecking at each other?"

Tong Guowei feels that Tong Guogang's words are really ugly, but he has listened to his elder brother since he was a child, and even though he feels that his description is too demeaning, he still doesn't want to continue arguing with him because of this and change the topic.

"It can be seen from today's incident that our mother is stable in the harem. As long as the nobleman gives birth to a boy and a half girl, our family will..."

Tong Guogang sighed, "I think you will stay in the capital next year, and I will follow."

Tong Guogang felt that his brother could not get much credit on the battlefield.This old brother has been acting idle, seeing him can't help but want to fix it.On the battlefield, it doesn't matter if you are the emperor's uncle or the emperor's father-in-law, if you violate the military regulations, you will be hit with dozens of sticks, and if it is more serious, you will be pulled out and beheaded.My old brother is already old, he has so many sons, and now he has grandchildren.If someone pins them on the ground and hits them with a board, they will lose their face in the ground and they will not be able to find them.

"No, I want to keep an eye on you. During the war, the Tian'er River froze in the cold. People didn't want to go into the water. You were the first one to jump in. You almost froze to death. Don't you forget?" Is it? I’m going to follow you this time, so that you’ll be the first to go forward next time if you’re stupid.” Tong Guowei didn’t dare to say something clearly, he suspected that his elder brother’s body was strong on the surface, but in fact it was already terrible. Still so desperately estimated life expectancy is not long.

The biggest difference between the two brothers is that Tong Guogang, the elder brother, feels that the man needs to fight for the credit on the battlefield.As the younger brother, De Tong Guowei feels that the credit lies in the communication between the court and the harem.

The two brothers debated against each other in the tent for a long time. Seeing the two old brothers getting farther and farther apart, Kuadai couldn't help but return to them from the door.

"Stop arguing, stop arguing, I hear you two arguing every day, what's the point of arguing. Ama, if you want to fight, you go. My uncle is in the capital, and you two are separated. One is civil, the other is military, and the other is relaxed. What's wrong?"

"Stinky boy! It's not a good word to be both right and left."

Kuadai laughed loudly, came out of the tent in a state of shock, and waved to the other cousins, "Brother, I want to go back."

Humming a little tune, he walked slowly back to the guard's tent before the imperial court, and before he had gone far, he met a familiar guard who came over and punched him on the shoulder.

"There was a lot of excitement just now, where did you go? The brothers searched all over the world and couldn't find you."

"I went to meet my Ama and my uncle." Hearing that there was a lot of excitement, Kuadai asked happily: "Is the excitement over? Let's go, if it's not over, let's go together."

"Hundreds of years ago it was already over." This guard is one of the few guards who are not afraid of retaliation when they collude with Kuadai. He comes from the clan, his name is Abu Kai, and his elder brother is the Iron Hat King Jian Wang Yabu. Now he is in charge of the clan mansion .His brother promised him that as long as he was obedient and didn't cause trouble, he would at least get him a Baylor title.

"What's the matter? Since you can't watch the excitement, you can only listen to it."

"What else can there be, that's who..." Abukai lowered his voice, "The big brother is bullying a few younger brothers, and he insists on dragging the younger brothers to shoot arrows. Let me tell you, your nephew The fourth elder brother is ashamed, all five arrows he shot missed the target."

After finishing speaking, he gloated, Kua Dai sighed and sucked his teeth, thinking in his heart: the princes are decent, and the ladies will have a bright face, and Mulan will fall in autumn tomorrow, and the fourth elder brother actually missed the target... In order to save his respect, he put on a face He said indifferently: "Si elder brother is still a child, it's nothing."

Abukai put his arms around his shoulders, "Not to mention the fifth elder brother, all five arrows missed the target, and two of them almost hit the red heart. The third elder brother only missed one arrow, and the other four hit the red heart. I need a brother to give you Tell me about the prince?"

"That's not necessary." Kua Dai thought, if he wants to find someone who is good at archery to teach the fourth elder brother, there is only half a day left, can he practice until he doesn't miss the target?

He raised his head and wanted to ask which of these guards was good at archery and was not on duty when he heard someone calling the name of the guard next to him, "Abukai."

"I won't tell you anymore, my brother is calling me."

Although Kua Dai is a bastard, he still has etiquette, and greeted Prince Jane Yabu politely, "Greetings to the prince."

After the greetings were over, the brothers left together, and Kua Dai listened to Yabu's instructions, "I'll put you next to the emperor, and you boy will stand up for me. If you have the ability, don't hide it. If your boy is good at bowing horses , I will make meritorious service again at that time, and I will go to the emperor and give you a few good words, and I will guarantee that my little brother will become the king of the county in the future."

"Don't dream, brother, how great is the credit for protecting the emperor and hunting, the great thing is to reward some gold and silver. The credit for being the county king-that must be the military merit of conquering the city, how can it be possible to be the county king for playing with the emperor?!"

"Brother, now you show your face in front of the emperor, and brother promises that you will get a chance to make meritorious deeds in the next year or two."

Abukai didn't care, "Brother, I show the door to the emperor every day. How many times a day do I show my face? Do you want to show it?"

Yabu, who was walking away, kicked his younger brother's buttocks, and Abukai ran away screaming.

Kuadai thought to himself, Ama would not let the news leak out, and she could deduce it by looking at these few celebrities in front of the imperial court carefully.

Things are so secretive, should we still fight this battle?