every spring [comprehensive]

Under the orders of the Empress Dowager, the people in the Ministry of Rituals began to prepare all kinds of things for Jianning's wedding a year ago. All the items and the dowry have been prepared one by one, and they are waiting for the son-in-law to come to Beijing. Just a wedding can be arranged lively.

Originally, the specifications of Princess Gulun's mansion should be consistent with those of the county prince's mansion, because the princess mansion in Jianning was built slowly and meticulously, and Kangxi simply raised the specifications to the level of the prince's mansion.

The betrothal gift from the Horqin Grassland was also received years ago. A total of more than 200 vehicles, gold and silver jewellery, various kinds of cloth, cheese, dried meat, furniture, utensils, and everything that can be placed have been put into the princess mansion. Go, of course, Jianning doesn't need to worry about these things, the subordinate officials assigned in the princess' mansion are in charge of this item, and they are all in place.

There were also a lot of live cattle, sheep and horses in the betrothal gift, and the Princess Mansion simply couldn't accommodate them, so they found a place in the Changchun Garden where the water and grass were lush and green, and drove those livestock in to graze.Fortunately, the Changchun Garden is big enough, and the pasture is specially used for building yurts when the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager miss Mongolia.

At that time, the carriages that delivered the dowry entered the city from the time the city gate opened in the morning, and the last vehicle entered the Princess Mansion when the city gate was closed at night, blocking the street all day long.At that time, the onlookers watched the excitement until it got dark, and they were all deeply moved, and they talked about the matter of the royal family marrying their daughter.I thought that the Mongolian prince marrying their princess was a good fortune in several lifetimes.Because this magnificent princess mansion was built little by little under the eyes of the people in the capital. There are all kinds of pavilions and pavilions. From the outside, you can occasionally see the corner of the exquisite eaves, and you can get a glimpse of how exquisite the other buildings inside are.If you look at these dowry gifts from the Mongolians, you will know that there are also wealthy tycoons over there, so they are considered well-off, right?

In the early morning, Jianning was combing Yinreng's hair as usual. She saw from the mirror that Yinreng was a little depressed. Jianning said, "Is there something on your mind recently? Why do you look like a little old man with a sad face all day long? You can talk to your aunt about any problems."

The little doll, who was only a little higher than her knees back then, is now taller than her waist, and grows taller, and has begun to take the shape of a handsome and handsome boy.

Yinfeng shook his head and said, "I just can't bear you."

Jianning paused slightly, "I can still visit you in the palace often, and you can also visit me often when you are able to leave the palace after you become an adult."

She didn't know, but what the prince was thinking was: At the beginning, Huang Ama asked his aunt to help him raise him, but at that time, Aunt Jianning was already engaged. No one thought about what the prince who was abandoned halfway should do.

The prince suddenly asked: "Auntie, can I go out of the palace with you and live in the Princess Mansion?" As for whether his uncle would despise him in the future, he had never considered this point, as long as he was not in front of Jianning, he would be a The proud and honorable prince is now, and the honorable condescends to live in his house, and the only thing he can do is to thank him.

Jianning is stuck now, of course she doesn't want to leave him, but how can there be a prince who lives outside the palace, isn't he afraid that his status will be shaken?

"This...you have to think about it clearly. If you live outside the palace, you will encounter resistance from all parties. Your Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and the ministers will not agree, so you also insist on following Do I live in the princess mansion?"

The prince has read a lot of books and understood a lot of things, and he has grown up a lot in these years in the palace, an environment where everyone needs to be careful. He is no longer the ignorant child before. He knows that if he goes to live in the princess mansion What it means in the eyes of others may be that she is no longer favored and exiled by the emperor, but in comparison, it is more sad not to be able to be with her aunt who faces each other day and night.He looked at Jianning with bright eyes, and he nodded without hesitation: "I want to live with my aunt. You promised Huang Ama to bring me up!" The prince thought for a while and added : "I know what you're thinking, if you just change your place of residence and shake this position. Doesn't that mean that my prince is too worthless!"

Seeing his firm look, Jianning knew that he was serious, and said: "The prince is placed on the cusp of the storm, and there are always countless pairs of eyes watching you, so you can't make mistakes, and you have to hide your strength and bide your time. If you don't think rationally this time and go out of the palace directly with me, I'm afraid many people will disappoint you, including your most beloved Huang Ama. I promise you, I will come back often for a short stay, the half of Yuqing Palace Keep it for me."

The prince raised his neck and asked, "How long is it?"

Jianning said: "I spend at least half of the time in the palace with you every month. It won't be much different from now." Jianning said whatever he said, and the prince reluctantly agreed.

When the aunt and nephew were having breakfast together, Kangxi walked in with a sullen face. Seeing the arrival of Shengjia, Jianning and Yinfeng immediately stood up to greet him.Jianning was also a little strange, usually at this time Kangxi would go to court early and would never go out to meet people, and judging from his expression, one could tell that something big was going to happen.

Jian Ning said: "Brother Emperor, you haven't eaten breakfast yet, have you? Sit down and have some together."

The Kangxi Department came over with heavy steps, hesitated to speak several times, and didn't know what to say, so he listened to the greeting and sat down at the table.

Jianning asked Mo Ju to add more bowls and chopsticks, but saw that Kangxi had no appetite at all, and couldn't eat after holding the chopsticks for a long time.

Just as Jian Ning was about to ask, Mo Xiang also came in at this time, holding a bright red dress in her hand, and replied happily: "Qi Gege, the Ministry of Rites has sent over the wedding dress, please try it on." This dress had been sent over a long time ago. It was the result of countless revisions. It wasn't that it didn't fit, it was just for perfection.

Kangxi was a frequent visitor to Yuqing Palace, so the ladies of the palace were also used to reporting affairs to Jianning as usual when the emperor was around.

But who knew that the emperor's expression changed when he saw the wedding dress today, and he slapped the chopsticks heavily on the table, everyone was startled, not knowing what happened.

Jianning hurriedly asked: "Brother Emperor, what's the matter? You didn't look very good when you came here today." She knew that she made him unhappy that day, but Kangxi didn't want to be angry for so many days, and even went to Yu Qing Gong lost his temper with her.

Kangxi's eyes were painful, and he said in a hoarse voice: "I have some bad news to tell you, you should be mentally prepared."

Seeing that Jianning was finally looking serious, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I just received the news that Urgon was assassinated and died on his way to Beijing."

Hearing the bad news, the wedding dress in Mo Xiang's hands seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and she slipped and fell to the ground.The prince's face was also livid, and he accidentally knocked over the soup bowl on the table, and all the soup was spilled on the long-haired carpet.

On the contrary, Jianning was the calmest. He asked Kangxi to move to the main hall, but the crown prince insisted on following him. At this time, Jianning didn't care about him, and Kangxi didn't feel that he should be shunned. People in the royal family can't be flowers living in a greenhouse.Jianning had no choice but to ask the prince to follow.

Jianning calmed down and asked, "How did he get assassinated?"

Kangxi's most difficult sentence has already been uttered, and the others are not so difficult to say. He explained: "It is said that a group of robbers and horse thieves met outside Beigukou and robbed Urgon and his team, and all their property was robbed. No one was left alive at the scene. After discovering this major case, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture learned of their identities and knew that the matter was of great importance, so he went to Beijing overnight and asked to see and report outside the palace early this morning."

Jian Ning frowned and said, "Horse thief? Do you believe this statement? How can there be such a coincidental horse thief? The Mongolian warriors brought by Urgon to Beijing are absolutely indispensable. The entire army was wiped out in one confrontation. This is obviously premeditated!"

Kangxi said: "I don't believe what the horse thief said. I have already sent the head of the criminal department to investigate. But since they did it so quickly, they must have wiped out the evidence all the way. There is no way to give an answer right away. It will take some time to find out the truth. .”

Jianning pondered and said: "Korqin County King also has to report to others. Now that the happy event has turned into a funeral, the emperor's brother should find a reliable and prestigious person to appease him, so as not to cause Horqin's dissatisfaction with the court and the turmoil there. .”

Kangxi said: "Leave these matters to me. Don't worry about it. You just call yourself sick, thank you behind closed doors, and ignore anyone who comes." Then he turned to the prince and said, "Yinfeng, you have to take good care of me. Your aunt, I will give her to you."

Yinfeng nodded firmly, with his back straight: "Don't worry, Huang Ama, I will definitely not let idlers disturb my aunt."

Although the prince has always been angry but Urgon came to fight with him for his aunt, and every time he saw that black-faced man, he couldn't help but play pranks, but no matter how bad Urgon was, he was also Aunt Jianning's future son-in-law. It depends on the master, how can the prince tolerate others touching him!Find out who did it, the crown prince will be the first one who won't let this backstabber go!

Jian Ning was a little moved by their protection, and still said: "Now is not the time for me to complain of illness, I am not so weak, brother emperor, since the son-in-law was assassinated in Shuntian, his bones should be transported back to the capital and put into my mausoleum Burial."

Kangxi said in disbelief: "Why do you still call him a son-in-law? You still want to bury his bones in your own tomb, are you crazy? Urgon has no life to be a son-in-law at all! In the future, the emperor's brother will give You are looking for a good man to be your son-in-law! I told you to leave this matter alone!"

Kangxi felt that Jianning was suddenly too stimulated, so he didn't turn the corner for a while, and uttered such nonsense. Fortunately, there were only the three of them in the hall, and no one else heard it.

Jianning said: "No, I know what I'm doing! Isn't it natural for a son-in-law and a princess to be buried together!" There is a tradition in the Qing Dynasty. In fact, from the day of the marriage, the man and woman are considered a family.

Kangxi couldn't believe it, "What stupid things are you talking about? How can Urgon Hede, it's worth your whole life for him, even disregarding your own lifelong happiness!" Stubborn!

Jian Ning said: "My happiness was not given by my son-in-law. My son-in-law is just a vassal of mine. It doesn't matter who it is, because I didn't intend to cultivate a good relationship with my son-in-law. When the time comes, we will close the door It’s all about living their own lives, and now it’s okay to have him occupy this spot, no matter whether it’s dead or alive, why do I need someone else to do it!” If it’s like Kangxi said to find another forehead, it’s just asking for trouble .

Kangxi was surprised: "You! I never knew you would think like this!"

Jianning said, "It's not too late to know now!"

Kangxi knew that she and Urgon had only met a few times, and they didn't get along for more than a quarter of an hour each time, and they didn't have a deep love at all.He knew Jianning's stubborn temper, and he was sure of one thing, that is, he would never turn back.She even dared to speak out against the emperor, so there was nothing she dared to do.

Jianning said: "Brother Emperor, hurry up and make a decision! In this way, you can also show kindness to the King of Horqin County, and prevent him from thinking that the marriage will be canceled after his son dies. Although the wedding has not been completed, I will still be Urgon. It’s the son-in-law, the King of Erqi County in Horqin, I treat him as my father every year and send him offerings, although I lost a son, but this period of in-laws has not been lost, so I guess Horqin can bear it.”

Kangxi was silent for a while, not knowing what kind of battle between heaven and man had gone through in his heart, and finally compromised: "Okay, let's settle the matter in front of us first." Even though he said this, he had already acquiesced to Jianning's approach.

This news cannot be concealed at all, and after knowing everything that should be known within a day, the Empress Dowager specially recruited Jianning to her palace.She lost a beloved great-grandson, and her mother's Horqin tribe lost an heir, which is also a major blow to the elderly who are already old.After learning about Jianning's decision, the Empress Dowager excitedly grabbed her hand and said, "Good boy, good boy, I already know that you still insist on fulfilling your marriage contract, and you became a widow before you even got married. It was the imperial grandmother who delayed you!"

The empress dowager's body has been deteriorating day by day over the years. Jianning often visits him to take care of her, but no matter how good the panacea is for this naturally aging body, there is a way to rejuvenate the old parts. Jianning I know she doesn't have a few years to live.

"Where did the emperor's grandmother say that you married me for my own good? Who would have thought that there would be such an accident. When the emperor's brother finds out the murderer behind the scenes, I must personally avenge Urgon!"

The Empress Dowager saw that there was no self-pity or self-pity in her eyes, and felt that she had a firm heart and was worthy of a great responsibility, but it was a pity that Urgon's fate was not good.Later, he thought that the prince was raised by Jianning himself, and he had such a relationship with the prince, so he would not be afraid of her bleak future in the future.

After talking for a while, Jianning resigned. He happened to meet Concubine Jing. Jianning thought she was going to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager, but found that Concubine Jing must have come to look for her because she knew she was going to the Palace of Compassion.

Concubine Jing didn't communicate with her daughter very often. She wanted to persuade Jianning to cancel the decision, but she didn't know how to say it. It took a long time before she said: "Is what they said true? You insist on getting married when the concubine is gone, you are so stupid ! Did someone force you to do this?"

Facing this mother who had never been close to her since she was a child, Jianning didn't know how to get along with her. He just explained: "This is my own decision, it has nothing to do with others, and the emperor has already approved it."

That is to say, this matter has already passed the imperial court, and it is already a certainty, and there is no room for change.In the eyes of others, maybe she has changed from the hottest princess to a pitiful little one.

Concubine Jing blamed herself and said: "It's all my fault that I'm useless and can't help you. Having such a concubine mother made you not loved by your father since you were a child. Now that you encounter difficulties, I am helpless. Go to the Empress Dowager and beg her to take back the marriage proposal..."

Jian Ning said: "Don't do it!" Jian Ning had no choice but to stop Concubine Jing and explain everything, even coaxing and deceiving her and threatening the emperor to persuade her to go back.

How did Concubine Jing, who didn't leave the gate and didn't leave the door, know about this so quickly?She would not usually listen to the gossip of the palace people. It turned out that her brother Wang Fuzhi heard the news in the Hanlin Academy and went to the palace to ask her to verify the matter.Concubine Jing was still showing Jianning a pillowcase for mandarin ducks to play in the water. When she was shocked by the bad news, she couldn't sit still, so she went directly to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and happened to meet Jianning outside.

Wang Fuzhi came to the palace specially to praise the younger sister for being a good daughter-in-law. In his opinion, although the third princess is a Manchu, she knows the etiquette, righteousness and shame of the Han people, and knows the principles of keeping chastity for her husband. The princess will also get a chastity archway for her deeds.Wang Fuzhi is a master of Confucianism, and also a master of Daoism. He only cares about the righteousness he has always insisted on, which makes the always meek Concubine Jing anxious!Concubine Jing had a big fight with this brother like never before!

All her life, she suffered from being ignored by her husband, so she naturally didn't want Jianning to repeat the same mistakes, and knowing that the man was dead, they never got married!Her daughter even put the shackles around her own neck!That's why people who have always been meek are in a hurry.

After being forced to send Concubine Jing back to the palace, Jianning began to prepare for the funeral of the princess mansion. Kangxi felt that the princess mansion was unlucky, so Jianning was not allowed to go no matter what.Jianning had no choice but to call the chief official of the princess mansion into the palace to discuss matters, and then let him go back to the mansion after arranging everything.

Jianning insisted on staying in mourning for the concubine for a few days. It is not suitable for the mourner to be in the palace. Stay in Changchun Garden temporarily.Covering an area of ​​about 1 mu, the garden is called "No. [-] Garden of the Capital". It was built on its former site by using the remaining water veins and rocks of the Tsinghua Garden in the Ming Dynasty to imitate the landscape of the south of the Yangtze River. Jianning temporarily lives in Shouxuan Chunyong Palace.Soon, Kangxi asked the prince and elder brothers to study in Wuyizhai in Changchun Garden, and accompany their imperial aunt through this difficult time.

In the Horqin tribe, the imperial envoy sent by the emperor has not yet arrived, but Horqin King Erqi has received the sad news of the tragic death of his son!

It turned out that the people who followed Urgon were not really wiped out. Two people escaped by feigning death. After the thieves left, they hurriedly got up and returned to Horqin to report this appalling incident to the prince.

Losing his beloved son, the white-haired man gave away the black-haired man, and the king of Erqi County was heartbroken!The eldest son, Saoerha, added fuel to the sidelines from time to time and said: "It's all because of the marriage contract. If it wasn't for marrying the princess, such a tragedy would not have happened. Or if the emperor had let the princess marry to the grassland instead of letting Wu The tragedy of Dorgon's personal visit to Beijing can also be avoided."

Dazed by grief and filled with righteous indignation, Erqi almost believed his words, thinking that the emperor and princess in the capital were the enemies who killed his son.

When Solha was trying to persuade his father to betray the Qing court, Princess Atu came and said, "Don't be blinded by grief, how could the culprits be the emperor and the princess? Urgon goes to the capital every year. There has never been such a thing happening, this time the assassination before getting married must be deliberately planned by someone!"

And not long after, Prince Yu sent by Kangxi arrived, saying that the emperor had transported Urgon's coffin to Beijing.The third princess made a promise that even if Urgon is dead, he will still be regarded as his concubine, and Urgon will be buried near the princess tomb that has been selected, and his coffin will be placed next to the princess mansion. In the forehead mansion.

This is already Kangxi's biggest concession, and he will not let Jianning marry a tablet.

Erqi was very moved when he heard what the emperor and the princess had done. Compared with his ambitious eldest son, he naturally believed in the words of his mother, Princess Atu, and the imperial envoy.

As a result, Prince Yu also successfully took away the two Mongols who escaped and reported the news from Erqi, and brought them back to the Ministry of Punishment for questioning.

On his way back to Beijing, Prince Yu was robbed and killed twice before leaving Horqin Grassland.The assassins are obviously Mongols. Their goal is not Prince Yu himself, but the two prisoners in the prison car. They originally wanted to take the prisoners away, but when they found that the Qing army was very tightly guarded, they wanted to take advantage of the chaos to kill the two prisoners. people.However, Prince Yu's soldiers were not vegetarians, so those assassins were naturally not pleased.

This incident only gave Prince Yu more confidence that these two people must know secrets that others don't know, that's why someone came to kill them to silence them.

After the witness was escorted to Beijing, after the investigation of various parties by the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the trial of the witness, a conclusion was finally reached. This case that has attracted the attention of all parties has come to a conclusion.And as soon as the results came out, the detailed files had been sent to Kangxi's desk.

After Kangxi saw it, he couldn't restrain the anger in his heart. He got on his horse and rushed to Changchun Garden in the western suburbs before dark, regardless of the guards following behind him.