Emperor Tong's Concubine Tong in Qing Dynasty

Tian Mi couldn't figure it out for a while, so she could only make a plan to respond to all changes with the same.

The old lady stared at Tian Mi's expression for a while and then asked her, "Which girl do you think is suitable?"

Tian Mi thought that Kangxi's empress was never competent because of her appearance and character.It's not that his queens are ugly and have no character, on the contrary, they are all beautiful and good at reading, they can be regarded as very virtuous.But such a good girl is also rare in those top powerful families.

The point is that they are born well.

Tian Mi quickly went through the Mongolian aristocratic families that she had memorized a few days ago, and then thought about the information on the Eight Banners aristocrats that she had mastered in the past two years.Thinking about going to war next year, the candidates may be selected from those families who made military achievements.

But next year's main force will be Mongols, and the old lady is so active, is it possible that there will be another Mongol queen?

However, Kangxi's attitude towards the Mongols is indeed very clear. Unlike Emperor Shunzhi, he has a complex feeling towards Mongolia that is both a relative and a slave. In Kangxi's view, Mongolia is a slave, and the concubine from Mongolia has not been born for so many years. Too much, and according to Tian Mi's memory of history, Mongolian women only dominated the harem during the Shunzhi Dynasty.

Tian Mi couldn't figure it out, so she had to ask nervously, "Is she still Horqin's girl?"

The old lady sighed and shook her head, "My old lady would like to, but both father and son look down on our Horqin girl."

"From the Khalkha tribe?"

The old lady had a disdainful attitude, "Although we are all of the same race, I even look down on Khalkha. The emperor looks down on Horqin and even less of Khalkha. Don't put your eyes on the grassland, take a look at the recycling, see Look at these noble ladies in the capital."

"The capital city!" The forces in the capital city are more complicated, and Tian Mi couldn't figure it out for a while, "You can just say it straight, old ancestor. The heads of concubines are a little bit better than those of pigs. I can't figure it out." Yes." Tian Mi actually wanted to ask, is there a need for a queen in the palace at this time?

The old lady stared at her, looked up and down at her for a while, "Do you really not understand, or are you pretending not to understand?"

"I really don't understand."

"Old lady, you used to be very clever, but now you are really stupid." The old lady pushed the plate of cut pears to Tian Mi, "When I came back from the grassland a few days ago, the emperor came to discuss this matter with the old lady. It's too late. I thought about it and came to you to discuss it."

What Tian Mi said made her even more at a loss.

"The men in Aixinjueluo's family are all a little bit wrong. They always miss and miss some women. Don't you think so?"

Tian Mi smiled wryly, what do you want me to say, old man?I was wrong to say "yes" and wrong to say "no".Tian Mi could only face it with a smile.

The old lady didn't force Tian Mi to take up this topic, so she couldn't help recalling the late Emperor and Concubine Dong E, "Is the Chengqian Palace where you live is more magnificent than the Kunning Palace? Don't worry, these are all from the past. Doing evil has nothing to do with you juniors. At that time, the late emperor sent all the good things to Chengqian Palace for Concubine Dong E. Concubine Dong E didn't enjoy a few years of blessings, so a bunch of good things were left to you."

"That's..." Tian Mi wanted to say that it was because she had an aunt who gave birth to the emperor.Of course the aunt is partial to her niece.Such a good place, of course, put my niece in it first.

"That's because you are blessed, a blessing that even Concubine Dong E didn't have. The first emperor wanted to make Concubine Dong E the queen, and now, the emperor wants to make you the queen. But when it comes to the old woman, the old woman refuses."

Tian Mi's heartbeat accelerated by her panting. If she had the chance to be a queen, she would do her part.But what does the old lady mean by saying this today?And it always feels like something is too inconsistent.

The room was quiet, the old lady didn't speak, Tian Mi didn't know what to say, and the servants didn't even dare to vent their anger.It was Lagu Su Ma who broke the calm. She was wearing flowerpot-soled shoes and knocked on the floor tiles. She came in from the outside and brought a bowl of hot red pear water. .”

Tian Mi quickly took it with both hands and put it on the kang table in front of her. The old lady raised her chin, "Try it, Lagu Su Ma has been helping you since just now, and it's hard for her to think about you all the time. "

Tian Mi turned to thank Aunt Su Ma, and the old lady took her rosary and put it in her hand and twirled it, "Don't you ask why my old lady doesn't let you be the queen?"

Holding a silver bowl in her hand, Tian Mi could only say cautiously: "There must be something wrong with my concubine."

"Huh," the old lady snorted coldly, and pointed to a floor tile in front of the kang with her finger, "Concubine Dong E knelt on this floor tile back then. The old lady asked Concubine Dong E about this, and Concubine Dong E gave the same answer as you .”

Speaking of this, she twirled the rosary in her hand, "The reason why Concubine Dong E is not allowed to be the queen is because Mongolia cannot be chilled. The reason why you are not allowed to be the queen is because you still have nothing to do today," the old lady said. Turning his head away, "Whenever you give birth to a boy and a half girl, I will agree with you to be the queen. Before that, I followed the emperor's wish and did not make you feel wronged. I allow you to borrow the queen's letter seal and use the queen's ceremonial guard , to act as the queen when necessary."

Tian Mi snorted coldly in her heart. There was a weirdness in the way she was doing this matter. I am afraid that only the grandparents and grandchildren could understand the real plan.

She picked up the silver bowl and drank the bowl of red pear water in one gulp, then wiped the corners of her mouth and thanked him with a grateful expression.

Everyone is a sensible person, Tian Mi naturally knows what the old lady means?

She sat in the carriage, opened the curtain of the carriage, and looked at the mule led by the eunuch. The grandparent and grandson probably regarded themselves as a stupid donkey!He thought that with the carrot called the queen hanging in front, he would foolishly follow.

Thinking of this, Tian Mi put down the curtain and covered the stove with her hand, squinted her eyes and continued to think.But the maids who came out with her were all very excited, "Your Majesty, since the Empress Dowager has spoken, then this matter is true. Do you want the servants to send a letter to the two masters outside the palace and ask them to find you?" Some tonic recipes...?"

"You can't believe things like folk remedies," Tian Mi shook her head, "There's no need to send messages outside the palace. With my body and the emperor's attitude...I'm afraid only outsiders believe that I will become a queen when I have a child. Besides, Siah Brother, keep an eye on it."

As the grand maid, Qing Yu thought that the two of them would be able to talk at night, but no matter how happy they were, the tent would always be peaceful in the end.I couldn't help but sighed, "But ma'am, this great opportunity is right in front of you, and you are not too young, if you don't seize it in the past few years, there will be no chance in a few years."

Tian Mi was a little annoyed, she grabbed her scarf to cover her face, "Stop talking so much, just pretend you didn't hear about it."

After Tian Mi left, the old lady was still sitting on the kang, twirling rosary beads in her hands.Seeing the maid put away the plates and bowls, she asked La Aunt Su Ma, who was waiting beside her, "Have you gone far?"

"If you go back to Gege, the imperial concubine has already gone far."

"The women in the Tong family are all smart people, and the imperial concubine is also a smart person. It depends on how she chooses."

Having said that, she sighed and stretched out her hand. Aunt Su Ma quickly stepped forward to support her. The old lady got off the kang, put on her shoes, and came to the small garden in front of the Palace of Compassion.

Although the area of ​​the small garden is small, it can be exposed to the sun for a long time. There is a bow chair inside, and a cat is squatting on the chair. The old lady picked up the cat and put it in her arms. Looking at the cat, he sighed again.

"La Aunt Su Ma, do you think the imperial concubine will have children?"

"It should be. After all, you promised it yourself, and this matter has also been leaked. I don't think it will be long before everyone in the palace knows about it."

"My old lady is getting more and more annoying as she gets older. The emperor's mind is so hot that he wants to be a queen, but how will the prince deal with him when he has a queen? Today is different from the past. It doesn't matter if there is a queen in this palace. While I still have breath, Stop this matter, and none of them will regret it later." The old lady thought to herself, maybe this was the last impulse of the emperor.When Tong became a queen, nine times out of ten it would be more difficult than it is now, but everyone wants different things, it's up to them to choose.

Li Dequan cautiously approached the Imperial Study Room of Qianqing Palace, "Your Majesty, the imperial concubine has returned from the Palace of Compassion and Ning."

Kangxi threw the book aside, "Show Chengqian Palace."

Tian Mi just came back, before she could catch her breath, Sheng Jia had already arrived.Herring knew that they must have something to say, so she led the palace people back out.

"I originally said I was going to give you a big gift, but in the end... I... let the gynecological masters of the Imperial Hospital treat you. No matter whether you are male or female, you and I must have a blood to support you."

Tian Mi was upset. On the way back, she had already thought it over clearly. The reason why she couldn't have children before was because the emperor didn't want her to have children. Now she is unable to have children in this state. Firstly, her health is not good, and secondly, her close relatives The possibility of premature death of the child born from the union is too great.

And Tian Mi didn't want to have children either.

"I have thought about a lot of things along the way back from the Palace of Compassion and Ning. I remembered that I heard people say that there is nothing to force in fate. Maybe I can only stop at the imperial concubine in my life."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I have been arguing with my ancestors for half a night about this matter, can't you stand behind me?"

Tian Mi didn't expect that she would have today. I'm afraid that throughout the ages, she was the only one who complained that she didn't want to be a queen. "In the early years, I accompanied my cousin to those Western classes. I heard that the uncles of the nobles in Europa married their nieces. What kind of aunt married a nephew? What aunts and cousins, aunts and siblings... You still said it was unethical at that time..."

"You mean to say that there is no morality between you and me." He got angry and lifted the kang table all of a sudden.

"No, that is to say, children who are too close in blood are prone to get sick after birth, look ugly, and some are even particularly prone to die. Let me calculate the blood relationship between us..."

"Don't forget it." Kangxi walked around the room angrily, "You just don't live up to it." He said, but he regretted it a little. There was indeed some impulsiveness along the way.

Tian Mi knew what he was thinking in his heart now.I feel that the situation has already been set up anyway, so I might as well make it clear, "It's not that my cousin is bad, and it's not that I don't want to raise a child. I'm really worried that our child will not be able to support it after ten months of expectation. I tried my best to raise him, a cold or a wound could kill him, and I was worried all day long..."

Before he finished speaking, Kangxi turned his head and left. He needed to calm down.However, Tian Mi exploded with strength, and felt that she had to say something today, and quickly stepped forward and dragged him back to the house, "Forget it, forget it, let's not talk about it. After you say it, I won't be happy if you feel unhappy." Glad. Let's talk about what we can see right now, shall we?"

"at the moment?"

"Let's open the skylight and tell the truth. Although my cousin loves me, some things are not normal. It's not that I, Zhu Bajie, turned around and beat him up. I was young when the prince was young, and you didn't let me give birth. Now I'm sick and want to I'm afraid it will be difficult to have a child. Instead of this, why don't we take a step back, you don't have to suffer from conscience, and I don't want to think about being a queen."

"You're talking nonsense!" No matter what the facts are, I can't admit that I didn't allow my cousin to have a child. If I admit it, then the window between me and my cousin will finally disappear, and only "mean and ungrateful" will be left. Four words, I am afraid that there will be no love to say in the future.

Tian Mi knew that he would definitely not admit it, and Tian Mi was sure that maybe because he fell ill on the grassland, he felt guilty and wanted to make his dream come true and become a queen.But when everything is settled, he may regret it.

"Didn't you want me to be a queen before? I brought up my aunt's words, and I told the children's words that we used to say when we were young. You were so cold-hearted and didn't let go. Make me queen?"

Even if he didn't admit it, Kangxi knew in his heart that his cousin was a smart woman.It's winter already, from traveling in spring to returning in winter.What she has done has surpassed the realm that a housewife would have.

Speaking of which, why did you have the idea of ​​making your cousin a queen?Kangxi narrowed his eyes and recalled a dream he had on the grassland.She dreamed that her cousin was holding her hand when she was dying, and her cousin was speechless, but her biggest dream when she was alive was to become a queen.

She has reached this point, even if the imperial edict is issued, when the queen's auspicious clothes are put on her, she has lost consciousness.The things she got when she was dying did not save her life. After waking up, she felt the pain in her heart.

Kangxi would not say such an unlucky dream, but he and his cousin across the room were the only ones in the room, so he only chose to say half of it, "On the grassland a few days ago, after you were sick, there was a Yellow Sect lama Come to greet me, I told him about your illness, he... said you should be the queen."

At that time, the lama said only one sentence after reciting the scriptures, "Seal the empress to comfort the dead."

This made Kangxi's mood even worse, comforting the dead?How can it be!My cousin is still alive and well.But thinking about the things in the dream, the cousin in the dream was unconscious when she was dying, even if she was changed into the queen's court dress, it was more like a shroud than an auspicious dress.

Thinking back on this matter, even though it has been a long time, Kangxi is still in a bad mood, "Don't think about it so much, this matter... To tell you the truth, I don't know what to do in my heart. Maybe I really Dear wife, even though you are the deputy queen, you may be restrained in the future, it is better...it is better to fight poison with poison."

Tian Mi smiled slightly, "Why do you think so, if we were really married when we were young, wouldn't I still be living well?"

The heart of an emperor is unpredictable, Tian Mi smiled, although the position of empress is within easy reach, it will be more important in the future.

"Let's just let this matter go. If you really counted the family prayers when you were young, I was your original wife. Look, I only drink medicine when it's cold now. Although I have a problem, Isn’t it also about to pass thirty years? We are not as young as we were more than ten years ago, and we have so many children. At this time, people should think about how to support the elderly and raise children.”

Tian Mi sat down and hugged his arm, "When you get old, when you look back, you might find our quarrel today particularly ridiculous."

"I can't calm down."

"Let's talk about it when we calm down. You just need to remember that we worshiped heaven and earth when we were young. You said that I am your Fujin, and we will have a palace in Sijiu City in the future."

This matter was shelved like this. In Tian Mi's opinion, the matter should come to an abrupt end here.But I didn't expect that after only one night, the news outside had spread all over the sky.

Many people in the palace reacted differently to this, Concubine Hui suddenly felt that the opportunity had come at this moment.

"It's really the blessing of the Buddha," Concubine Hui said in her heart, Amitabha, thinking about how she should approach the imperial concubine.

Since the imperial concubine has this need, she must be allowed to have a child. The more urgent she is, the more flaws she will reveal.Maybe he is not the only one who wants to profit from this matter.

Concubine Hui thought well. When the news reached the crown prince, the crown prince was silent for a while.The eunuchs around him looked at each other in blank dismay, and those who reacted most violently belonged to the court ladies.

The grandma's arm has healed, and now she is working in the palace. When she speaks, her voice can't be controlled, and it becomes shrill. "What can we do? People outside say that if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather. We have not experienced this before. When Empress Xiaozhao was in charge, how much grievance was given to our prince. We must let this matter go. It's yellow."

She couldn't think of any ideas for a while, and she cried there again for the prince's biological mother, Empress Xiaocheng. She just started crying on her side, and all the maids around her lowered their heads and started crying.

The eldest mother cried sincerely, crying and crying, remembering Empress Xiaocheng, and suddenly frowned, "Don't cry, there is a solution to this matter."

After the fourth elder brother heard the news, he was quite in a dilemma. He couldn't help but think that if Er Niang gave birth to a child, then Er Niang would become a queen in the future. This is really a big deal for Er Niang.But he is no longer Er Niang's only child, and he is not his own.

In his heart, he hoped that Eniang would give birth to a child sooner, but also hoped that Eniang would not have a child.

As a result, I couldn't sleep because of it at night, and I looked particularly lethargic when I was studying the next day.His master Gu Badai learned from other masters that he was drowsy in class, so he couldn't help showing his majesty as the chief master.

The fourth elder brother was criticized by the master again. After school, the prince walked past him on purpose, and said in a strange way, "Fourth brother's life is really good."

Doesn’t the implication of these words mean that the son of the coated slave can become the son raised by the queen as soon as he turns around?The fourth elder brother's eyes were red with anger, the prince sneered a few times and walked away.

He is a prince, and the fourth elder brother can't do anything about him.The eldest elder brother pretended to come over and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't take it to heart, fourth brother, he has always looked down on our brothers, isn't it because he was born by the queen? He is the son of the eldest son , we are concubines, but speaking of it, your life is really good, fourth child, and you will become a son of a concubine in the future. You need to support your brother more in the future, your brother has never done anything to be sorry for you, right? "

After finishing speaking, he patted the fourth elder brother's shoulder vigorously a few times, not so much as a few pats, but a few hard hammers.Without waiting for the fourth elder brother to answer, he took his people and walked away.

The fifth brother wanted to talk to the fourth brother, but his eunuch half-coaxed and half-hugged him away.

The fourth elder brother couldn't help but shed tears of grievance at this time.His chief eunuch, Su Peisheng, turned left and right anxiously, and the fourth elder brother wiped his tears with his hands, and then saw another chief eunuch, Zhang Qilin, running over, "My lord, my mother is looking for you."

The fourth elder brother had no choice but to quickly wipe away his tears and wipe his face, put on a smiling face and went to Chengqian Palace.

Chengqian Palace was the same as usual, but there was no cheerful atmosphere. Tian Mi was nestling on the kang, holding a cat in her arms, humming weakly.

The fourth elder brother just went in, and saw that she looked like she was still recovering from a serious illness.Can't help but run over: "Er Niang, what's wrong?"

"Being angry with my son, he almost sent me away in anger."

"Send it away? Where?"

"Where else? Where is Lord Yan!"

The fourth elder brother rushed over anxiously, "Emiang, don't say that, it's unlucky." After finishing, he poked the ground a few times, then jumped up and stomped it with his foot.

Tian Mi stretched out her hand, "Stop jumping, silly son, you are even more stupid than that landlord's silly son, come here! It's time for us mothers to have a good talk."

The fourth elder brother agreed, took off his shoes slowly and sat on the kang.

Tian Mi asked him: "Have you heard the rumors in the palace? Your mother can become a queen as long as she can give birth to a little thing. Don't say you didn't hear it. Now even a brick in the Forbidden City knows the news, er Mom won't believe you didn't hear about it."

"I heard." The fourth elder brother lowered his head after finishing speaking, "It's a good thing for my son to think about this. Didn't Emiang really want to be a queen before? Now that the opportunity has come, Emiang can take advantage of this opportunity Take it a step further."

"The past was the past, and now is the present. It was nothing to have a child before, but now my body has nine bowls of medicine a day, and the medicine is three-point poisonous. I don't know how many toxins are on my body. In order to become a queen, I gave birth to a weak child. Son, my conscience hurts. And it’s useless to raise you. We used to talk about it well. Er Niang is only your child, and you also said that you should respect Er Niang. But now, if something happens, you don’t come Talk to Er Niang, but take the rumors outside as true, and leave Er Niang here alone, you want to leave it alone, heh heh heh... The more you think about it, the more angry you become, and you are almost mad at you. Wasn't it almost sent away by you?"

The fourth elder brother opened his mouth, his lips trembled a few times, but he didn't say anything.Tian Mi stretched out her hand and patted him on the forehead, "You have to fight hard, don't let others see our mother's jokes, and don't let Er Niang feel that you have been raised for nothing."

"Yeah!" The fourth elder brother couldn't help but shed tears, and nodded heavily, "My son will definitely be successful, and my son will not let others laugh at me."

"That's right. It's almost the Chinese New Year. Things are going to be a long way and people will not be sure. Ghosts and snakes are about to come out, you and I, mother and child, should be careful!"