Yongzheng period

As for Concubine Hua, she has used Huanyixiang for many years, and her body has already broken down. Besides, she was severely punished a few days ago, which shows that her status in the emperor's heart is different now; Brother is also playful - what can he become? "

"Having said that, the emperor has few heirs now, so if she has a son, the emperor thinks highly of her." The queen said melancholy.

"The empress also has a third elder brother," Jian Qiu said, "Concubine Qi is of one mind with the empress, and the third elder brother has always been close to the empress."

"If I kiss you again, it's Concubine Qi's son, not my own." The queen rubbed her belly subconsciously, "If Honghui of my palace is still here, I won't be reduced to such a state."

"Your Majesty, if you want to gain the trust of the Emperor, it is better..." Jian Qiu hesitated for a moment, "The Emperor will never forget Empress Xiaoding [Wen Rou is posthumously titled this], why don't you take this as an opportunity?"

The queen smiled wryly, "After all, I still have to rely on her to win a seat." She leaned on the imperial concubine's couch and closed her eyes slightly, "Forget it, Concubine Hua still has the right to assist the sixth palace, and she has not been grounded. Let her handle it. 'On the anniversary of the elder sister's death, the pain in my heart is unbearable, and I want to worship the Buddha in the palace', you should find a way to clean up the palace."

"Yes, ma'am."

*

Yongzheng sighed in his heart when he heard the news of Su Peisheng's report of the empress's ceremony to the Buddha. The original owner had indeed betrayed too many people, but—the emperor was ruthless.What's more, it is an intolerable crime for the queen to harm the royal heir.

Counting his children today, Hongshi is 10 years old, Hongli is 5 years old, Hongzhou is 4 years old, and the eldest princess Huai Ke is 15 years old this year after she just got married. I only remember that this daughter is also short-lived. It disappeared inexplicably for a few years.Among them, Hongli was barely counted as the birth of Concubine Man, and his biological mother was only a court lady.

Speaking of which, there were few princesses in the Qing Dynasty who lived a long and happy life. Even those who escaped the fate of marriage and married the children of the Eight Banners, most of them had ill-fated lives. As an example, the time of death was only two decades.

I don't know if the queen mother knows the methods of the queen.Yongzheng was silent in his heart.

Now he is waiting for Concubine Duan to take care of her body, to fight against the Queen and Concubine Hua, and the harem is stable, so he can feel at ease in the previous court.

[Four]

On the [-]th day of May in the first year of Yongzheng, the imperial edict: posthumous posthumous title of eldest son Honghui as Prince Heshuo Kejing; Xianfan mansion side Fujin Gan Jia presented the second-ranked concubine Wenke as a gift and buried it in Xiling.

On the third day of August, Anbihuai, the Prime Minister of Songyang County, was promoted to the seventh-rank Songyang County Magistrate, and the original Songyang County Magistrate was dismissed for investigation and sent to Beijing for punishment for the crime of 'corruption of ink'.Originally, An Bihuai still had the ability of a nerd, but he had been in the local officialdom for a long time but had no future, and gradually he became self-willed and depraved.Now seeing that his immediate boss was imprisoned suddenly, and he was scrutinized and warned by the visiting officials. Although he was not daring to live in the village, he escaped by bullying his wife and children, and was promoted to an official position because of a blessing in disguise. People are sobered up as if they have been hit in the head, and they no longer dare to have the mentality that the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

Afterwards, An Bihuai settled down unexpectedly, not only expelled many of the filthy concubines from the family, leaving only a few concubines who had conceived children and had stable temperaments, and even invited famous doctors to treat his wife's eyes with folk prescriptions.Later, in front of the county magistrate, he tremblingly hoped that he would be promoted due to his performance. This is a later story.

In the harem, at the end of November, on the anniversary of the death of Empress Yuan, Yongzheng stayed in the Kunning Palace for several days, giving the empress and the empress dowager enough face; Concubine Hua couldn't see the empress gaining power after she re-hanged the green head card It is enough for the concubines of the Kunning Palace to pay their respects every day, only to see the two concubines, the Empress and Concubine Hua. The little eunuchs in Qianqing Palace have been fattened up a lot.

As for the previous dynasty, Prince Lian had a secret talk with Yongzheng: Send the Baye Party to Wucunqing to fight against the more powerful Longkoduo and the Nianjia-the two men have made a lot of money from their achievements in Conglong.Next to them were Lin Ruhai, Zhang Tingyu, Li Wei and others who were neutral, forming a relatively balanced situation.

The way of a king lies in the mean, and Yongzheng deeply believed it.

*

At the end of the year, Lin Ruhai rushed back to Beijing to take up his post after handing over the Jiangnan affairs.The forces in the south of the Yangtze River are intertwined, especially the Zhen family.Mrs. Zhen used to be the wet nurse of Kangxi, and she is over 70 years old now.The Zhen family was favored and favored in the Kangxi Dynasty, and it is described in the Red Mansion, "There is also the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River now, ouch, good-looking! Only his family picked up four times. If we didn't see it with our own eyes, no one would believe it if we told it!" '——It can be seen that the Zhen family was proud of the spring breeze and the flowers were blooming at the beginning.

However, the Zhen family has also become a huge corruption loophole because of this, and the Zhen family has successively served as a Jiangnan weaving company-this instead makes them deeply trapped in the Jiangnan officialdom, and it is not easy to escape.

Lin Ruhai has served as the censor of Jiangnan for many years, and he knows the local situation in detail. He is naturally the best candidate for Yongzheng who wants to move the Jiangnan officialdom.Capture the thief first and capture the king first, and the Zhen family was the connections of the abolished prince in the early years, in addition to being a deterrent, it can also help him further control the government.

Yongzheng thought about the Zhen family, and divergently thought about the deposed prince who was still imprisoned in Xian'an Palace and the three Yinti and Yinzhi who were still confined in the mansion.The old three literati are nothing to be afraid of, only the eldest and the second... Sure enough, it is better to cut the power of both parties before making any plans, Yongzheng thought with a headache.

Here, Lin Ruhai just returned to the Lin Mansion and before he settled down, he was blocked by invitations from the Jia Mansion and other parties - the officials in the capital are all good people, and it is not a hot news that Lin Ruhai has been sent back to Beijing for so many years. It's just that the emperor's attitude makes people greedy.In this dynasty, the Manchus were respected, and many Han officials were highly valued, but few emperors were favored and gave marriages and raised flags.

A group of officials couldn't wait to come to congratulate, and there was no lack of temptation to win over Lin Ruhai. No matter how Lin Ruhai had to be married before he could report to his job, the reason for congratulating him was also aboveboard—the emperor personally bestowed the marriage, and everyone should express such an honor.The Jia family was even more anxious to make connections, otherwise Lin Ruhai would have nothing to do with their Jia family after reuniting.

It's just that Yongzheng didn't have the patience to see all kinds of situations. He directly recruited Lin Ruhai into the Hall of Mental Cultivation to discuss matters with an imperial decree, leaving all parties at the gate of Lin's mansion blowing cold wind.

On this side, Yongzheng stayed in front of Lin Ruhai to discuss about the Jiangnan Zhen family, while on the other side, the Zhen family went to Jia Muna in Rongguo Mansion.

After listening to the Zhen family's request for the Jia family to come forward and tell Lin Ruhai to protect the Zhen family, Jia Mu said nothing, and Jia Zheng said, "Well, even if we go to talk about it, Mr. Lin might not just listen..."

The Zhen family said, "I just ask the old lady to help me. Mr. Lin is the most filial, and he will definitely give the old lady face." As they spoke, they ordered the four big boxes to be carried up.

Mrs. Wang, who was standing under Jiamu's head, stopped twisting the beads in her hands for a moment, and couldn't help but glance at the four boxes.

Jia's mother thought that Uncle Lin would no longer be the uncle of Jia's family after her wedding, so what good would her words do?If the two Yu'er can... But at this time, the Zhen family should be appeased, and the Zhen family should not be allowed to involve the Rong Mansion.He said, "So, I'm going to talk to my uncle about love."

The Zhen family showed joy, "I have entrusted everything to the old lady."

After Zhen's family left with gratitude, Mother Jia told Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang, "Let's just hear what happened today. The Zhen family is in dire straits and disaster is imminent. The whole Rongguo Mansion must not get involved." a little!"

Mrs. Wang hesitated and said, "The Zhen family has close ties with the prince's party, if the Jia family is also a party and does nothing—"

"What prince! Now there is only the deposed prince!" Mother Jia snapped, "Second daughter-in-law, apart from Yuan Chun, Jia's mansion is now a concubine for the deposed prince, and now he is deeply trapped in Xian'an Palace. Jia's mansion has absolutely nothing to do with the deposed prince. !"

Jia Zheng also reprimanded Mrs. Wang, "A woman's opinion! Keep your mouth shut!"

Listening to Yuan Chun, Mrs. Wang hated secretly in her heart, so she had no choice but to agree on her face.

Mother Jia took a few breaths, and suddenly asked, "Go back and tell Feng'er, and be prepared to return the gift when someone from the Lin residence comes to pick up Yu'er."

What is a jar of useless medicine worth?Mrs. Wang curled her lips inwardly, and reluctantly replied, "When Zhen's mansion came just now, the Lin family sent someone to take Lin girl back. My daughter-in-law was anxious about the Zhen family's affairs, so she didn't stay any longer."

"You, stupid woman!" Jia's mother was in a hurry, and she felt something strange in her heart. The Lin family took Miss Lin back just after the Zhen family came to the door... Is it just a coincidence?

*

Yikun Palace.

Concubine Hua was lazily leaning halfway on the couch to check the official affairs in the palace, while Songzhi dutifully waited on her.

There are plenty of dragons burned in Yikun Palace, Concubine Hua is favored, and she has the right to assist the Six Palaces. Huang Guiquan, the head of the House of Internal Affairs, tries her best to curry favor, and the orders sent to Yikun Palace are always the best.

The house is full of spring, but it is cold outside.Beijing is at the time of the Little Ice Age in the world, and the climate in winter is extremely cold.

Cao Guiren waited for a long time outside the palace gate, only to see Songzhi come out slowly, with a disdainful tone, "Go in, the empress will see you."

"Yes, thank you Miss Songzhi." Cao Guiren shook the snow on the cloak and said in a low voice.

After entering the gate of Yikun Palace, nobleman Cao threw himself on the ground, "Please help my concubine!"

"Yo, what's the matter?" Concubine Hua asked casually, "I'm at a loss for words."

Cao Guiren gritted his teeth, "The concubine is pregnant..."

"Really?!" Concubine Hua went down to help her up herself, "Songzhi, why don't you show your seat to the noble little master."

Cao Guiren was flattered and was supported by Concubine Hua to sit down, "Your Majesty...?"

Concubine Hua said in a friendly tone, "It seems that you are much more useful than that trash of the He family—" She looked at Cao Guiren's abdomen covered by the thick winter clothes, and her eyes flashed with surprise.