[Qing Chuan] The Empress Dowager Raising Cubs Daily

Kangxi nine years.

This year is peaceful if you say it is peaceful, and your career is smooth if you say it is smooth, but there are more clouds over the Forbidden City.

Just when everyone finished their wedding with Princess Shuo Duanmin and were still immersed in the sadness of their relatives traveling far away, Chengrui, the eldest son of the emperor, who had not been in good health since childhood, caught a cold and died directly after two days. went.

The sudden bad news made Kangxi stunned.

At the same time, the courtiers of the imperial family suddenly discovered that the young and strong emperor did not have a single child under his knees!

Could it be that the emperor has a hidden disease?

After the private discussion among the clan and courtiers, the existence of the condom was soon uncovered.

The voice of dissatisfaction in the court was growing day by day.

Not to mention that the queen suffered from the family's turn to induce pregnancy, even the emperor was urged by the courtiers and clan, expressing dissatisfaction with the emperor's use of condoms inside and outside the words.

Kangxi and the queen tacitly suppressed the matter.

It's just that with the expansion of Shiyifang, Qiqige is much more informed than before.She was stunned for a long time when she heard this, never expecting that the courtiers' resistance to condoms would reach its peak a few years later.

Qiqige sat at the head in silence.

She smiled wryly at Tana: "The Ai family still despises Ma Jiashi, and thinking about it now, it is because of her that the turmoil of conflict has dragged on until now."

Qiqige has mixed feelings.

On the other side, Kabula Fujin also deliberately rushed into the palace and told the empress the family's intentions: "Now the emperor has no children under his knees. If the master and empress give birth to a unicorn, it must be a blessing for the Qing Dynasty."

The queen frowned, looking at the distraught.

Gabra Fujin held his daughter's hand, hesitating again and again before softly saying: "My lord, what the concubine said is just what the family said, no matter how much it is, you still have to decide."

The queen's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she looked at Gabra Fujin with some astonishment.She was silent for a while, and then whispered: "Er Niang..."

Gabra Fujin smiled softly.

She looked carefully at her daughter with a ruddy complexion and cheerful eyes: "Just by looking at your appearance, my mother knows that you must be doing well."

Gabra Fujin sighed slightly: "Er Niang...as long as you are well."

It's just that Gabra Fujin can stand behind his daughter and think, but other members of the Hesheli clan can't.They communicated with the other courtiers of the imperial family and frequently mentioned this matter in the court, trying to make the emperor give up the silly idea of ​​contraception.

The most important confidence is that the emperor has no children!

From the urging at the beginning, to the fact that the Clan's Mansion intended to impeach the Empress Dowager, the matter was full of uproar.

Qiqige, who was hit by public opinion for the first time, looked a little depressed and depressed, and couldn't cheer up for several days.

Seeing this, Kangxi was furious.

As soon as he came, he prohibited others from mentioning many rumors outside the palace in front of the empress dowager, and then ordered the imperial hospital to disclose the statistics collected for many years.

The records are clear and all can be traced back.

The courtiers of the imperial family were completely stunned, and many people did not believe the content and went to investigate one or two, but found that it was almost the same as the record.

Kangxi said solemnly: "Emperor Niang is kind, in order to save me and the empress from suffering, that's why she risked the world's displeasure to dissuade her."

The clan courtiers looked at the information and were speechless.

But looking at the emptiness under the emperor's knees, he couldn't help but speak.

The courtiers and clans looked at each other.

There is another reason for their fanfare—it is not unsuspected that the emperor... has some problems.Back then, the recruitment of andrology doctors in the Imperial Hospital, and even rampant activities in the Eight Great Hutongs left a deep mark on many people's hearts.

Could the empress dowager be the scapegoat?

Did she just cover up those things for the emperor?The eyes of the courtiers and the clan flickered, and at the end, Prince Kang Jieshu mentioned: "The emperor was just young before, but now he is 17 years old, so he is not too young..."

Yes yes yes.

The eyes of the rest of the courtiers and clans brightened, but they nodded again and again.

Kangxi was slightly taken aback.

He single-handedly controls the government affairs of the court, and what he taboos most is that the courtiers and clan treat him like a child.

And now...

Admitting is a child, not admitting that you have to give birth to a child.

Kangxi was caught in a dilemma for a while.

The momentum this time was so fierce that it was already hard for him to resist, let alone Qiqige.

to the end.

Starting with the concubine Nala's pregnancy at the end of the ninth year of Kangxi, the abandonment of condoms became a foregone conclusion in the palace.Later concubines Zhang, Concubine Dong and Concubine Ma Jia also became pregnant one after another.

The court and harem were full of excitement.

Unfortunately, bad news soon came one after another.

The second son of the emperor died at the age of one.

The eldest daughter of the emperor died at the age of two.

The third son of the emperor died early at the age of three.

Several children passed away before they even reached the age of vaccination. Kangxi, who had a little bit of luck, was also exhausted by the ensuing funerals and couldn't hide his loss.

In September of the 12th year of Kangxi, only Baoqing, the fourth son of the emperor born by the concubine Nala, and Lingyi, the third daughter of the emperor born by the concubine Ma Jia, remained in the palace.

People who didn't believe in the empress dowager also believed it.

No one in the court dared to mention the emptiness under the emperor's knees, and no one even mentioned the words of asking the emperor to fill the harem.

The last one mentioned has already gone to Ninggu Pagoda.

The Hesheli family was also silent, but Gabra Fujin secretly rejoiced that his daughter chose to trust the Empress Dowager, otherwise she might have suffered the pain of losing a son like the other concubines.

As outside the palace, it is even more so inside the palace.

Aunt Zhaojia, who was full of dissatisfaction, no longer dared to express other opinions, and even faintly rejoiced that the master insisted on her own ideas and did not listen to her own!

These things are not afraid of ten thousand, just in case, looking at Concubine Dong Shu and Concubine Zhang Shu who are silent because of the death of their children, Aunt Zhaojia doesn't want such things to happen to the Queen at all.She deliberately went to the empress to plead guilty, and slapped herself several times: "Your servant is confused, my servant is confused!"

Many children died, and there were many injured concubines.

The earliest favored concubines, Zhang and Dong, gradually disappeared and were hardly seen.

The favorite concubines in power today are Nala and Ma Jia. The former has a gentle personality and is very favored by the emperor, while the latter is quite attractive to the emperor because of his past mistakes, so that the emperor's attitude is also indifferent hot.

Margaret doesn't care either.

After the death of her two sons, being unfavored in the past, and being hostile by others, she also began to become tactful and introverted. She no longer tried to compete for favor as in the past, and focused all her thoughts on Ling Yi, the only one.

Nalashi is also a calm temperament.

The two favorite concubines were not able to pick one another, and the rest of the concubines were powerless, so the palace was extremely quiet for a while.

The quiet and peaceful atmosphere was quickly broken by the good news.

Good news came from Kunning Palace—the empress is pregnant.

Qiqige was instantly refreshed.

In the service of the Empress Dowager, she made a special trip to Kunning Palace.She urged ten thousand times: "Let go of all the palace affairs in hand, as long as the empress lives comfortably and happily, that's right! Why don't you let Gabra Fujin enter the palace to accompany you earlier?"

The queen couldn't laugh or cry.

She smiled helplessly: "The concubine's pregnancy is still early, the imperial doctor said that it is only two to three months!"

Qiqige looked serious: "The most important thing to pay attention to is the first trimester! From today onwards, you have to rest well, walk a little every day, eat more fish and fruits, and you are not allowed to drink alcohol or smoke incense. ..."

Qiqige can't stop talking about it.

In the end, the Empress Dowager looked speechless and left with Qiqige.

Qiqige was still yelling after being dragged away: "I haven't finished talking yet!"

The queen was still full of worries.

When she saw that the empress dowager looked more anxious and worried than herself, her heart seemed to be in a bag, and she felt warm all over.

Even more happy is Kangxi.

In the past, there was Pingnan King Shang Kexi who handed over a memorial to the old Liaodong, and later a queen was pregnant, and Kangxi's feet were a little light due to the big wedding.

It's just that Kangxi was too happy.

In the eyes of most people in later generations, it is imperative to abolish the San Francisco. It was not until Qi Qige settled in this era that he realized that the San Francisco issue was far more complicated than what later generations saw.

Once the San Francisco is removed, the defense of the three provinces will become difficult, but if the San Francisco is not removed, it will only be drinking poison to quench thirst, and the backlog of problems will break out one day.

The three mountains of King Pingxi, King Pingnan, and King Jingnan are in Yunnan, Guizhou, Fujian and Guangdong.For many years, their power has been above the imperial court, and they can be called the local emperors.

Not to mention searching for the fat and anointing of the people, wantonly embezzling and collecting money, and even reaching into the national treasury.Mi Sihan, Minister of the Household Department, directly quoted hundreds of pages of statistical data, expressing that the military expenditures San Francisco asked the imperial court for each year far exceeded normal needs. If this continues, the entire imperial court may declare bankruptcy within ten years.

Withdrawal of San Francisco is necessary.

Qiqige has always supported Kangxi and encouraged Kangxi to do what he wants.It was only when she looked back at the empress dowager's complaints that she realized that there were actually other ways to get rid of San Francisco directly than seize the opportunity of San Francisco's petition.

But Kangxi chose the most radical method.

At the end of the 12th year of Kangxi, not long after Kangxi announced the withdrawal of San Francisco, Wu Sangui took the lead in announcing the rebellion.

After the news spread to the capital, there was a sensation in the capital.

Then, on the evening of December 12, 22th year of Kangxi, some people revolted in the capital in the name of the third prince Zhu. It was just a coincidence that a fire broke out around the Drum Tower. They were arrested by the Xianghuang Banner officials who happened to pass by upright.

Because it was too outrageous, so Fuquan went to the palace and told Qiqige about it as a joke.The corners of Qiqige's mouth twitched a little: "Can you choose such a day, can you not be a bastard?"

Fuquan laughed out loud.

Kangxi didn't smile much, he shook his head: "Mingzhu and E Kexun were too careless, they let Yang Qilong go, and had to search the whole city in the middle of the night, so that people in the capital panicked."

Although the process is funny, the nature is very bad.

Even if it is determined that the leader is not the third prince Zhu, but Yang Qilong, everyone in the capital is in danger.Many common people packed their soft money and fled to Xishan. The whole capital lost its former cozy and leisurely appearance, and everyone was anxious and hurried.

Kangxi looked gloomy.

Qiqige and Fuquan could tell that the emperor actually regretted his rash advances.

The two met at a glance.

Qiqige cheerfully changed the topic: "Has the emperor seen Baoqing and Lingyi? The two children are so sweet and cute that the emperor's mother can't get enough kisses all day long."

Kangxi cheered up.

As the only remaining cubs in the palace, and because of the status of Concubine Nala and Concubine Ma Jia, Baoqing and Lingyi are temporarily raised in the Palace of Compassion.

The nuns sent the child with winking eyes.

Baoqing was wearing a tiger-head hat and tiger-head shoes. He looked like a strong man.When he was woken up, he didn't cry loudly, but opened his round eyes and looked around curiously.Seeing Qiqige, Baoqing narrowed his eyes with a smile, and rushed forward happily: "Mamo, Mamo!"

Qiqige groaned.

Obviously before, she was still worried that she would have to be a grandma at a young age, but after hearing this sweet and greasy voice, Qiqige immediately burst into laughter.

She pushed Baoqing's little butt: "Greetings to Ama Khan."

Baoqing grabbed Qiqige's robe corner with his chubby little hands, and he looked at Kangxi curiously: "My son, please greet Khan Ama."

Kangxi cleared his cough and called out with a straight face.

Regarding the prince, especially the healthy Baoqing, Kangxi still has a lot of thoughts, so he has to maintain a dignified father image.

When Kangxi thought of this, he hesitated again.

What does a dignified father... look like?Kangxi was thinking in distress, his eyes fell on Baoqing.

Baoqing was also a little nervous, blinking at Kangxi.

Seeing this, Qiqige smiled helplessly. With her familiarity with Kangxi, I am afraid that Kangxi is also worried about how to treat Baoqing?

But that's okay.

Qiqige put Lingyi, who was in her swaddling baby, into Kangxi's arms, and Lingyi, who was only seven months old, was soft.She curled up in the swaddle, sleeping soundly, her soft little fists clenched tightly.

When Kangxi came back to his senses, he found his hand sank.

He tensed his body, barely daring to hug the soft flesh on his hand.

Are children such soft existences?

Is the power you use really appropriate?

Countless questions swirled in Kangxi's mind. He hugged his daughter at a loss, and Fuquan beside him couldn't help but taunt loudly with his stiff movements: "Isn't it the first time the emperor has a baby?"

Kangxi felt a little guilty, his cheeks flushed slightly.

Fuquan leaned forward with great interest and instructed Kangxi to change his posture and movements: "One hand supports the little princess' neck and head, and the other hand supports her buttocks... yes, yes! That's it, only this The child will be comfortable!"

Fuquan looked left and right with satisfaction.

At the end, he still didn't forget to add: "That's it, the emperor will practice more later."

Kangxi cut Fuquan coldly.

Fuquan held his head high and held his chest high: "There is absolutely nothing wrong with listening to the minister, but I have hugged him many, many times!"

Speaking of this, he immediately beamed with joy: "Going back to the mansion every day and hugging my precious daughter is undoubtedly the most healing thing!"

Kangxi was not very satisfied: "I always have grandchildren but not children..."

Fuquan rolled his eyes: "I don't care, which censor is so boring to impeach this? Besides——"

His expression was very fierce: "If you dare to impeach, this king dares to give him a good look."

Kangxi choked with the appearance of Fuquan's standard daughter slave.

He showed a little helpless expression, but before he could complain, he was interrupted by Qi Qige at the side.This time Qiqige was standing by Fuquan's side, she glanced at Kangxi, with a half-smile, "You used to hide in Ai's arms and cry a lot, and you didn't say anything about holding grandchildren or not?"

Kangxi's cheeks turned red.

He secretly glanced at Baoqing, and then complained in a low voice: "Emperor Niang, can you give my son some face?"

Qiqige blinked, reluctantly showing Kangxi face.

But her silence doesn't mean that Fuquan doesn't speak. Fuquan is full of heart to show off his precious daughter to everyone: "...she looks so much like Siruke. My minister said that there is no cuter child than her in the whole world."

Kangxi was dissatisfied when he heard this.

He raised up the soft Ling Yi in his hand: "If you want me to tell you, Ling Yi must be the cutest."

Fuquan was not convinced: "Zhenzhen is the cutest!"

"It's Lingyi!"

"It's Zhenzhen!"

Kangxi forgot the troubles in the court, and couldn't help arguing with Fuquan.Seeing the cross-eyed appearance of the two, Baoqing, who was still a little apprehensive towards Khan Ama just now, gradually became more courageous, looking curiously at Kangxi and at Uncle Huang.

Finally he thought about it seriously.

Kangxi and Fuquan, who were arguing, suddenly heard a burst of clear applause, their voices stopped abruptly, and they looked to the side in bewilderment.

Baoqing was applauding vigorously.

After discovering that Khan Ama and the imperial uncle were looking at him together, he showed a toothless smile: "I encourage Khan Ama and the imperial uncle!"

Baoqing thought hard for a while.

Then he said loudly: "Khan Ama, Uncle Huang, can you be louder?"