Yongzheng period

Gao was pardoned, but Nian's wife was sent back to her natal family. Nian Gengyao's sons were fined and exiled into the army for three years, and after three years they were handed over to Nian Xialing. All the officials were dismissed, and Qian Mingshi, a servant of the Imperial Academy, was convicted of "flattering and praising evil", was dismissed from his title, and sent back to his place of origin.

In the end, Yongzheng still had affection, and the eldest son of the Nian family, Nian Xiyao, was not implicated, leaving a ray of fire.

The sixth elder brother was given the name Honghan after the full moon banquet, and then Concubine Hua was removed from her title and downgraded to a concubine, and she was not allowed to leave Yikun Palace without an edict; the nobleman Xiang moved to Yongshou Palace, Wang Changzai went to Yonghe Palace, Zhang promised to move Jingyang Palace; Song Zhi, Zhou Ninghai and others still stayed in Yikun Palace to serve the concubine Nian.

On the day when Shilan descended to the throne in Nian, it snowed heavily from heaven.Sparsely, the entire Yikun Palace is also buried in the white world with nothing.

【23】

The snow at the beginning of the year obliterated the bloodstains on the streets, and also obliterated the bustle and luxury of Yikun Palace in the past. Yongzheng decreed that ordinary concubines were not allowed to approach Yikun Palace, but he also ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to treat Nian's family well, as usual for the "concubine" supply.Yongzheng ordered Renzhang to kill a few slaves with bad mouths, and no one in the harem dared to encourage Yongzheng to kill the concubines of the year.

But it was the Lantern Festival reunion day at the beginning of March, and the harem seemed to have forgotten about the Yikun Palace, leaving the latter with a miserable desert.Yongzheng enshrined a group of meritorious officials through a good banquet, Lin Haijin was made Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and he was granted the title of Grand Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion; Let me repeat.In the harem, apart from the honorable concubine Jin, who is in charge of Yanxi Palace, the concubine Jing also has to be granted the title of "concubine" to assist in the affairs of the sixth palace with concubine Duan; Ma Jia is often promoted to the position of "noble person"; Often'.

The most proud thing in the palace is the queen. Concubine Hua has fallen, and she finally vented the grievances accumulated in her heart for many years, and regained control of the palace. Among the concubines, there is no other concubine except the favored Concubine Hui. threatened her position.

*

Yongshou Palace

"Your Majesty has fulfilled her long-cherished wish, and I can finally feel at ease. The servant congratulates Your Majesty." Yin Xiu was sincerely happy for his master.

"Heh, it can be regarded as earning a good future for Wen Yi." Holding the teacup in her hand, the concubine Xiang said quietly, "Just don't rush to congratulate, this is just a concubine. Concubine, noble concubine, I want a step I can climb up step by step. The higher I climb, the better Wen Yi's future will be, and the better he will be able to marry a good wife in the future." Speaking of this, she seemed to see the scene of her daughter Xipao adding to her body in the future, Can't help showing a warm smile.

"Your Majesty is worrying too much," Yin Xiu said with a smile, "Actually, as long as the princess is loved by the emperor, everything is more important. Now the princess is the emperor's only daughter, who else can the emperor love if he doesn't love the princess?"

"How do you know this?" Concubine Xiang disdainfully said, "The emperor is in his prime, and there will be more and more princes in the future. Princesses are not valued at all. If it is the princess Gu Lun who is born by the empress, it will be fine, but she is just a little nobleman." Princess. If you are not careful, you can only embark on the road of marriage like the late emperor's princess."

"Your Majesty really worked hard for the princess."

"I only have one daughter, Wen Yi, and Wen Yi only has my mother-in-law." Concubine Xiang sighed, "In this huge palace, we, mother and daughter, are the only ones who depend on each other."

"Your Majesty, please don't say that," Yinxiu comforted, "Isn't there still a Empress Dowager?"

"Hmph, concubine Hua is unreliable, and the queen is even more unreliable." The concubine Xiang said lightly, "But the benefits come together, and the benefits are gone. The queen's thoughts are all on the third elder brother, not to mention that I have turned my back on the younger brother." She really trusts me? Even if the Empress wants to block my way to becoming a concubine, I will still not be soft!"

*

West Warehouse

Yongzheng squinted his eyes and looked at the folder in his hand. While he was struggling, he raised his eyes and saw a bright red plum swaying in front of him.Yongzheng couldn't help being startled, and when he looked carefully, he found that it was Daiyu wearing a white cloak, holding plum blossoms in his hand, smiling and dangling in front of his eyes.

Seeing him come back to his senses, Daiyu pursed her lips and said with a smile, "The concubine thought that the emperor was busy with government affairs when she saw that the palace was quiet, so why did she think that the emperor was dozing off when she came in? "

"I'm just tired for a while. You say that like a lazy student." Yongzheng smiled helplessly, and felt cold when he took her hand, and couldn't help frowning, "Why are your hands like this?" cold."

"The concubine came from Yimei Garden and saw that the plum blossoms were blooming just right, so she was greedy for a while." Daiyu handed the cloak on her body to Zijuan, and signaled Xueyan to put the plum blossoms under the window. Then he sat beside Yongzheng and said, "Maybe it's because of the cool wind blowing for a long time, it will be fine after a while."

After hearing this, Yongzheng couldn't help but blame, "Your body is weak, and you haven't recuperated well. How can you live in the snow and blow the wind for so long? You don't care so much. Go back and ask Sun Zhiding to feel your pulse so that you don't get hurt. It's cold."

Daiyu burst out laughing, "How can the concubine be paper in the eyes of the emperor? The wind blows and it collapses." She said again, "The concubine's body was really not good when she was young. How many doctors have been invited to prepare prescriptions? It didn’t work. That year when I was three years old, a monk with a skinny head came and said he wanted to turn me into a monk, but my parents refused. He also said, “Since I don’t want to part with her, I’m afraid that her illness won’t be cured in the rest of my life.” Yes. If you want a good time, unless you are not allowed to cry from now on; except for your parents, all relatives and friends with other surnames will not be seen, so that you can live a peaceful life'. He said crazy, and no one paid attention to him. The concubine has been taking medicine all the time, and after Er Niang came, she took care of it carefully, and finally she didn't need to take medicine as if she was eating. But the emperor thought that the concubine was "not to be blown by wind, not to be beaten by rain"!"

"If I care about it, it will be messed up." Yongzheng continued, "Speaking of the sloppy monk, fortunately, Lin Qing's family understands principles—" He went to tease Daiyu again, "Otherwise, wouldn't I not be able to see my concubine?" ?”

Daiyu couldn't help but blushed, and said sullenly, "The emperor is always good at making fun of people."

Seeing this, Yongzheng smiled even deeper, and said again, "Your eldest brother will be five years old in two years, and I have allowed him to study in the palace school, but it is a pity that my son is too big, and the little one is too young. There is no such a good companion to read."

Daiyu's younger brother was born to Lin Hai's successor wife, Hutu family, finally giving the Lin family a queen, and now Hutu family is pregnant again, Lin Hai is always coming to have a son, and he has high hopes for the eldest son.Among the princes of Yongzheng, the third elder brother is already 15 years old this year. Last year, he pointed at two Han army flags, Ge Ge, and now he is going to get married. My elder brother is 10 years old, and my fifth elder brother is 9 years old. They both have their own companions; and my sixth elder brother has just reached the full moon, so it is still too early to consider a companion.

So Daiyu just smiled and said, "The concubine thanked the emperor for his kindness." Under the influence of her father, Daiyu didn't think it was a good thing for the children of the family to be involved in the prince's strife.Yongzheng was well aware of the crux of the problem, but he felt that it would not be too late to make plans after Lin Jia had his own prince. Lin Jia's family was an upstart with a strict family style, and the threat of foreign relatives was much smaller.

Thinking of this, Yongzheng put the question aside and turned to look at the sky outside the window. It was almost dinner time, so he said to Daiyu, "You can have dinner with me, what are your taboos?"

Daiyu said casually, "The concubine is not too picky, but because of the habit of keeping healthy at home, it is not easy to use too many greasy dishes."

Yongzheng nodded and said with a smile, "Alright, I'll let Su Peisheng give orders to the imperial dining room." Then he said, "You are from Suzhou, and you will open a small kitchen by yourself in Changchun Palace in the future, and pick some cooks you can use to cook it." Whatever suits your taste, I agree."

Daiyu laughed and said, "The concubine thanked the emperor for his kindness."

*

The night in Yikun Palace was also extraordinarily quiet. Outside the gate, there were two eunuch-like people walking very fast. When they reached the gate, the leader took a deep breath, and then slowly pushed open the gate of the main hall of Yikun Palace.

Concubine Nian sat on the chair, stared at the visitor for a while, and then sneered, "I never knew that Concubine Duan had such a preference."

Concubine Duan dressed up as the chief eunuch, took a step forward to see her emaciated and numb appearance, and said in a low voice, "Why are you doing this? The emperor ordered all concubines to approach Yikun Palace, although it is to put you Being isolated can be regarded as protecting you, but I really want to see you, so I have no choice but to make a bad move."

"See me...?" Concubine Nian said coldly, "Qi Jia Yuebin, I'm down and out, and not everyone can be bullied. If you come to ridicule me——you can avoid it."

"I really hated you so much at first, but now that I see you, I don't know why, and there is no resentment in my heart." Concubine Duan said in relief.

"Do you think I don't hate you?!" Concubine Nian sneered, "If it wasn't for you! How could my child——!"

"I didn't make that bowl of abortion medicine," Concubine Duan looked at her, "It was the empress who advised the emperor, worried that the Nian family would become more domineering after having a prince, so the empress made the bowl of medicine. After the emperor approved, let me I begged the queen to bring that bowl of medicine to you."

Nian Shilan finally had a reaction, "What did you say—? You're talking nonsense!" She rushed over and grabbed Concubine Duan, her eyes were frighteningly bright.

Concubine Duan smiled inexplicably sadly, and said lightly, "When you first entered the palace, you became the emperor's most favored woman. Although I have the same background as you, I never dared to be like you. I envied you so much at that time. Later , you had a miscarriage, and I was fed safflower by you, so I felt that you were only favored because you were Nian Gengyao's younger sister, so what's the difference from me?"

"You're talking nonsense..."