The 18th time: Detecting the evil prince and messing with the palace, preventing incidents from Kangxi's urgency
What was originally a good hunting ended unhappy. Kangxi returned to Yanbo Zhishuangzhai with heavy steps and turned away everyone. He wanted to get a clue of what happened during the day. He didn't want to miss the sleepy head, so he went back to the house.
He couldn't sleep either. When he got up, the northwest wind blew outside, and the iron horses under the eaves jingled. He became less and less sleepy, so he put on his clothes and got up, ordered a cup of warm tea and sat lost in thought. Xing Nian came in and said: "Prince, come in
Greetings, this servant thought that Long Live Master was asleep, so he took it upon himself to ask Master to go back. If he had known that Master was awake, he should have come to say hello." Kangxi nodded and sighed: "You are acting in accordance with the order, there is nothing wrong with that.
I don't care whether he is invited or not. If he can handle the tasks assigned to me well, I will naturally feel at ease. If a person cannot stand on his own, how long can he rely on the old man?"
Without saying a word, Xing Nian hurriedly brought over the lots for the concubines of each house. He smiled and said, "The emperor is too bored alone. Would you like any noble master to come over and talk? I turned over the signs so that I can pass on the message."
"Kangxi turned over the green card with Zheng Guiren's name written on it. He said to himself: "I might as well go to Lengxiang Pavilion and play a game of chess with Zheng Chunhua. Maybe my thoughts will be diverted and I can sleep peacefully."
"Hey!" Xing Nian hurriedly agreed, "I will prepare the sedan chair right now!"
"No need." Kangxi waved his hand, put on a black fox cloak and came out. Seeing Liu Tiecheng, De Lengtai and Zhang Wuge standing majestically next to the pillars, he asked, "Where is Elundai?"
Delengtai hurriedly called Qian'er and replied: "Master Zhang and Master Ma called him over today and said that they would transfer him to Guangxi as a deputy general. Therefore, the night shift is not worth it. He will probably have a drink at Shi Ye's place!" Kangxi said warmly
He glanced at the fifth brother and said: "De Lengtai and the fifth brother went with me to Lengxiang Pavilion, and Liu Tiecheng stayed here. You should not imitate Erundai's bad habits, but imitate Wei Dongting's! Orundai is acting wild like this, it's unacceptable.
How about a little frustration?" After saying that, he left. Delengtai and Fifth Brother hurriedly followed.
"Brother Zhang Wu," Kangxi asked as he walked, "I didn't ask you how long you lived in the Penal Department Yamen when you were beheaded?"
"Eight months."
Kangxi said "hmm" and asked in a calm voice: "Why did someone impeach you yesterday, saying that you were in prison and bought a girl? - Don't be afraid, it is common for officials to be impeached -
—Tell me, is there such a thing?"
"There is such a thing." Someone wrote about Zhang Wu Ge just a few days after he joined the guard, "But the girl was not bought. The slave father and his son were living in Texas. There was a local Zhang Congli who transferred the land deed to the account.
It was in the name of a Gongsheng student in my family, trying to get away with donating money. Who would have thought that this Gongsheng student was not a human being, and that he would steal the thirty stone fields that his family used to support his family. The local security guard urged Ding Yin, and Zhang Congli naturally couldn't get it, so he took poison and committed suicide.
She was buried with a few taels of silver, so his daughter Zhang Xiaoying had to sell herself. My father saw how pitiful she was and pitied her for being a filial daughter, so he took out a few taels of silver to bury her father. Later, when we arrived in Miyun, who would have thought that Xiaoying would also follow us?
When he came here, he insisted on recognizing my father as his adoptive father. When the Qiu family's incident happened, I was sent to death row on his behalf. Xiaoying took the Qiu family's money to Beijing, and when he visited the prison, everyone bribed him. When he saw me, he cried and said:
People like you should not have children. I have no ability to save you, so I gave you this clean body. If God has eyes and gives us a boy, it will be regarded as accepting your family's cigarettes and repaying your family's kindness..." At this point
, Brother Zhang Wu burst into tears, blew his nose, and said nothing more.
Kangxi couldn't help but get angry after hearing this. Why did Wang Hongxu make a big fuss out of this matter? He suppressed this little guard! He couldn't help but sigh: "Your life experience is sad. People say that kindness is rewarded, but I didn't expect that all the injustices in the world will be lost."
It’s all your fault!” Zhang Wu Ge burst into tears and said with a smile: “Your Majesty is in the Forbidden City, how do you know about these dark and sunless things outside? There are two ‘white ducks’ locked up next door to my prison cell.
Oh! If I was really the only one who was wronged, would the Emperor still need to ask a few thousand-year-old men to mobilize troops to go to the Ministry of Punishment?" Kangxi couldn't help being surprised and stopped for a moment.
Brother Zhang Wu saw that Kangxi was looking at him intently, and thought he had said something wrong, so he hurriedly said: "Master, I have never read a book, I am very rough, and I don't know the rules. I said something wrong, please punish me!"
"It's nothing, you are right. As a king, you must be honest and honest." Kangxi suppressed the anger in his heart and tried to make his voice calmer. He walked forward for a while and saw the lights of Lengxiang Pavilion flickering in the distance. Kangxi stopped.
He smiled and said: "The concubine's residence is at the front. If it's inconvenient for you to go there, just stay here and guard it."
Delengtai suddenly grabbed Kangxi's arm and stared blankly at the window paper of Lengxiang Pavilion. He was so nervous that his voice was trembling: "Your Majesty... you... look!" Kangxi was frightened by his sudden move.
I was stunned for a moment, but when I followed his gaze, I saw nothing strange. I couldn't help but laugh and said, "Have you seen a ghost? My hair was so frightened that it stood on end! You -"
He stopped before he finished speaking. He was even more surprised than Delengtai and Brother Zhang! - Under the shadow of the lamp, there was actually a man and a woman cuddling together! I don't know how long it took before Kangxi calmed down.
, asked grimly: "Who is that man?"
"Slave... my eyes are blind... I can't tell..." Zhang Wuge and Delengtai already knew who it was, and they immediately broke out in cold sweat.
"Okay!" Kangxi burst out two words from between his teeth, "The palace is so strict, how can such a scandal happen!" - turned around and slapped De Lentai in the face, and shouted angrily in a low voice, "You took it for granted.
Good guards! You go over and capture the eunuchs who are on lookout. They will do this kind of thing without someone watching." Delengtai received a slap from Kangxi for no reason, sobered up a lot, and secretly regretted that he should not have "seen him first".
But now that the matter has come to this, I have no choice but to take one step at a time, make a gesture to Brother Zhang Wu, and quietly touch him.
As expected by Kangxi, there was a eunuch in his forties standing guard at the entrance of Lengxiang Pavilion. Without any trouble, De Lengtai pinched his neck from behind, and the fifth brother lifted his feet and dragged him all the way.
When he came to Kangxi, he put it down and looked at it. He was as soft as a puddle of mud and motionless. Delengtai felt his breath, frowned and said: "Long live, I was afraid that he would shout out, so I used too much force and he died."
!" "It's better to be dead!" Kangxi laughed ferociously and entered the garden without saying a word. He stood on the porch and listened quietly to the sounds inside. Fifth Brother and De Lengtai guarded the door of the east porch to prevent anyone from coming.
It soon became clear that one was Zheng Chunhua and the other was Yinreng, who were hugging each other and talking affectionately.
"It's almost the end of the second watch," this is Zheng Guiren's voice, "Stop for a moment, you should go back. You have a lot of Fujin, nannies, and girls there, how can you let them see it?" "What do you think I am?
Shi? She looks ordinary!" Yinreng said with a smile, "She doesn't care about anything except palace affairs. This is very indifferent-" Zheng Chunhua chuckled and said: "Enemies! So dirty.
Yes, what are you trying to find? Don’t you have a Fujin in your family? Your Majesty is going to look over my sign right now, let me see where you go?"
Kangxi's face turned as red as pig's liver, and his hands trembled with anger. Just as he was about to get angry, he heard Yinreng laughing and saying: "Where do you want to go? Where do you want to go? Just go here. Even though there are women, who are you?"
Flowers can't match the fragrance of wild flowers - you take them off when you ask her to take them off, and stretch when you ask her to stretch. What's the fun in it? Don't worry, the old man can't come. I just went to say hello and checked the letter before I came to you.
He has already fallen asleep. People are always afraid of death, and money lovers do not sleep, so I am on guard!"
"Having said that, you should go back early and be safe." Zheng Chunhua smiled and pushed Yinreng, "I'm not kidding when I leave!" Yinreng stroked Zheng Chunhua's smooth and soft body and said, "You are so cruel! You kicked me out.
Go? Alas... As the prince, I am about to come to an end. It is rare to get together and sing a song for me..."
Kangxi was already so angry that he was cold and was thinking about how to deal with it. When he heard the words "the crown prince is almost over", he couldn't help but was startled again. Zheng Chunhua asked repeatedly: "What do you mean? How do you call it the end? The emperor is about to abdicate.
Are you going to be the Supreme Emperor?"
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Yinreng sighed silently and let go of Zheng Guiren: "How can such a good thing happen! Isn't your cousin in the eighth master's house? Just ask her and you will understand. My guards were all changed before coming to Rehe, and the emperor also
Tell me, you want to make the boss, third child, fourth child, and eighth child a prince. There are a lot of articles here! Except for the fourth child and the thirteenth child, look at the energy of the boss, the third child, the eighth child, and the ninth child.
Son, how much thought did everyone put into yesterday's hunt, and we still don't know how many dramas will follow! To be honest, I know it in my heart, and the emperor no longer treats me as a prince..."
There was no sound in the room. After a while of silence, Zheng Chunhua laughed and said: "What's the matter! I can't see that you are still so suspicious - it's unlucky to talk about these disappearing things! If you want to listen to music, I'll give it to you
Sing "Nanlu Yizhihua", okay?" Then he sang in a low voice:
Your enemy, why do you know that you are afraid now? I don’t remember that day when the palace came to have tea. It’s hard to describe the scene between the two of them! If you want to turn your back and ignore him, if you can’t bear it, you can’t help but say forgetful grass, what’s the matter?
The Jieyuhua, it’s so easy for the pretty brother to come to find the girl! - Who told me to blame the girl for her love and lock her in the palace, and told you to leave the boy in the emperor’s house?
"The song is sung very affectionately!" Kangxi said through the window, "I will add another sentence for you - 'It happens that sweet dreams never end, cocks crow and dogs robbers are talented!'" After saying this, he laughed wildly and turned around and shouted: "De
Lengtai, Brother Zhang Wu, come back with me!" Just after walking past the east corridor, a palace maid came over with a tea tray and two bowls of ginseng soup on it, and she bumped into Kangxi. Kangxi gave him a heart-wrenching punch, which hit him so hard
The palace maid rolled around on the floor and shouted: "Brother Zhang Wu, why are you stunned? Kill this bastard!"
"Cha..." Brother Zhang hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and kicked the woman's waist fiercely. The palace maid screamed, and immediately lost her breath and stretched her legs. A wisp of fragrant soul disappeared into the underworld.
Kangxi's face was ashen, he held the shoulders of two guards, and swayed back to Yanbo Zhishuangzhai as lightly as a cloud. When Liu Tiecheng and others saw him going out in high spirits and coming back like this, they were all surprised and didn't dare to ask.
They arranged for Kangxi to rest. Xing Nian thought that Kangxi was possessed by an evil spirit and bumped into something in the garden, so he asked people to go out and burn paper to send away the evil spirits, and also brought him tranquilizing pills and cinnabar. Kangxi gradually came to his senses and ordered Li Dequan to rush out.
After drinking a cup of Yuqian tea, I felt that my dizziness was getting better.
"I'm scared to death!" Xing Nian wiped his sweat and said, "Before coming to Chengde, I went to Baiyun Temple. Zhang Tianshi said that this year Tai Sui will live in the land of Qinglong, Sirius will attack the throne of the emperor, and there may be disadvantages in traveling eastward - I thought it was true.
I told him to talk! It’s no longer relevant now, Long live the Lord has come back!” Kangxi was silent for a long time, then sneered and said: “You know what I mean! My life is tied to the sky, good or bad, good or bad, good or bad.
What can Zhang Deming and his like predict? Who told you to ask for divination? Since you have said these words, why didn't you inform me earlier?" When Xing Nian saw that Kangxi was angry, he was so frightened that he kowtowed and said, "I went to Baiyun Temple to pray for my mother's illness.
Fu, he did not dare to talk about national affairs, it was said by Zhang when he was chatting. Because the master has always been tired of listening to Buddhism, the slave did not dare to report it when he came back. Just now, because the master looked bad, he was frightened and farted without warning.
, I don’t dare to do that anymore!” After saying that, he just bumped his head.
Kangxi breathed heavily, leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing for a long time. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a crash in front of the West Wing Hall, and then heard Liu Tiecheng shout loudly: "Elundai! You are going to die! Didn't you look at it?
What kind of place is this?" Kangxi ordered De Lengtai, "Go and see what's going on. Liu Tiecheng is yelling and screaming, can't he just let me live in peace for a moment?"
Before Delengtai had time to move, Elundai smiled outside and said: "Liu Tiecheng, the master...the master is not here, it's your turn...to teach...teach me...me? Don't say...here...
, even in the Qianqing... Qing Palace, I have a picture of peeing... still peeing! You bite... bite my chicken...*!" Elundai was drunk and talking nonsense. Kangxi walked out of the room, E
Lundai was so startled that he swayed and grinned for a long time. Then he fell to his knees and said, "Slave... I'm drunk... uh, yellow soup..."
"Drunk?" Kangxi sneered, "Tie Cheng, tie him up!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Elundai said with a salivating smile, "Why...why should we take it seriously? Even if he really wanted to be kidnapped, it wouldn't be his turn to be Liu Tiecheng! That year when they visited Luoma Lake in the south, Liu Tiecheng was the murderer's master and slave.
It’s the bodyguard who is escorting you…if not—”
"Fart!" Kangxi stamped his feet angrily and shouted, "Tie him up tighter! Pull him to the stable at the back and give him forty lashes! Liu Tiecheng, don't be soft-hearted, this kind of person doesn't know how to praise!" Liu Tiecheng and Zhang Wu Ge met.
Orundai stared at Kangxi with red eyes, fearing that he would say something more ugly again, so he rushed towards him, cut off his arm, and dragged him down. Before Kangxi was about to say anything, he suddenly felt heartbroken.
His diaphragm tightened, cold sweat broke out, his face turned pale, he staggered, and almost fell to the ground. De Lengtai, Li Dequan, Xing Nian and others were so frightened that they rushed up to support Kangxi and helped him into the room. Li Dequan then
He repeatedly ordered people to hold lamps and call the imperial doctor.
"No, don't bother yourself. You already know." Kangxi was very conscious, half-lying on the big Kang pillow, and said, "You don't have to panic, I just have temporary palpitations, and I have to go see Laosi Hunter tomorrow.
Where's the wolf! Pour me a glass of the styrax wine I made myself..." In recent years, Kangxi occasionally suffered from dizziness and heart palpitations, so he just drank a glass of styrax wine every time. Xing Nian hurriedly agreed to get it, and he
He took a bite, poured it for Kangxi, and ate it slowly. Sure enough, he suddenly regained his composure. Kangxi lay there for a while as if he was sleepy. When he opened his eyes, he saw Brother Zhang Wu and Liu Tiecheng coming in one after another, and said
"Tiecheng, go and tell the two elder brothers Yinzhi and Yinzhi, um... ask Ma Qi and Zhang Tingyu to come in, don't disturb others, call them one by one, do you understand?" When Liu Tiecheng went out, Kangxi screened everyone away.
, leaving only De Lengtai and Brother Zhang waiting by his side, just closing his eyes to rest.
After a long time, Kangxi opened his eyes and said: "You two kneel close to the bed and listen to me..."
"Hey!" The two guards bowed, took off their sabers, and knelt down in front of Kangxi. Kangxi stared at the Yunlong caisson on the roof of the hall intently, and after a long while, he said with emotion: "Fifth brother, there is no need to say anything.
"De Lengtai, remember you were elected in the 35th year of Kangxi's reign?" De Lengtai kowtowed and said, "Yes!"
Kangxi nodded and sighed, "It's been thirteen years... there are so many good men in the Mongols! That year, during the alliance, the warriors of the Mongolian kings competed. Remember, you were still a slave. You defeated thirteen warriors in a row... and you won the title of the first hero of Mongolia.
——I was afraid that you were from a humble background and would offend many people and be poisoned when you returned home, so I rewarded your prince with twelve East Pearls and chose you to be my bodyguard... Do you know these inside stories?" De Lengtai?
He listened blankly, his eyes filled with tears, and he said in a choked voice: "Your Majesty, I know... Your Majesty, why are you talking about these past events? You have to have a good rest..." Kangxi hummed, turned to look at the two people and said: "No
Just say it. Only you two know the details of what happened tonight, what do you think?"
Delengtai was stunned and said: "The prince is wrong for this, he should ask the emperor for forgiveness!" Zhang Wuge said: "Your Majesty, what the prince did was not honest, and I can't think of a good word to explain to him.
.According to the slave's little knowledge, this kind of thing happens to everyone. Your Majesty, you are so angry that you are sick and waste your money. Family scandals cannot be made public. Even if the Emperor is to deal with it, he can only find other problems to preserve the dignity of the Tian family. The prince is in front of his master.
Your Majesty, you are still a king in the eyes of others. If I digress, even if you kill me, you won’t be able to tell anyone in front of outsiders. Even Brother De can be my guarantee!"
"So, I have decided to appoint De Lengtai as the head guard." Kangxi said with a bitter smile, "I think Brother Zhang Wu is very kind and reasonable. Please help De Lengtai more. Although Xiao De is a good man, he is a straight person.
, I am not as familiar with things in the Central Plains as you are." After saying this, he took off his shoes and took a few steps, then said, "You can't sleep tonight. Delengtai held my sword and rushed to Karaqinzuo Town at starry night.
Lang Ling was ordered to lead 30,000 cavalry all the way to Chengde to garrison. Brother Zhang Wu, take the eunuch in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and quietly seal the Lengxiang Pavilion. I estimate that this little bitch Zheng Chunhua has committed suicide at this moment. If he had not died, even her and
All the palace residents will be sent back to Beijing, and they will all be sent to the treasury under strict supervision - if the matter is not confidential, I will deal with you two according to military law, do you understand?"
"Cha!" The two of them couldn't help shivering after hearing this.
Delengtai and his fifth brother had just left when the eunuch from the courtyard outside announced loudly that he came in: "Prince Yinzhi, Yinzhi, minister Ma Qi and Zhang Tingyu of the study room have been ordered to say long live!" Kangxi waved his hand and said: "Come in!"
It was already the ugly hour. The four people saw the smoke in the Shuangzhai courtyard and the lights were bright. The eunuchs and maids were rushing to and fro, and they didn't know what was going on. Ma Qi asked: "I summoned the ministers in the middle of the night. What's the big deal, master?"
"There are no big things, but they are not small either." Kangxi sat on the kang, holding a tea cup and said, "The adjustment of the guards must be done immediately. Send Elundai to the capital and be awarded the rank of general at Zhao Fengchun Shanpu Camp
, under the jurisdiction of Zhao Fengchun."
Called people here in the middle of the night, why? The four of them were stunned. Kangxi looked at Zhang Tingyu and Ma Qi, and said again, "In addition to you two, plus the two ministers of the bodyguard, plus Yinzhi and Yinzhi, with Yinzhi
The emperor is the master." Seeing the four people staring at each other, stunned and confused, Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Don't be suspicious. It's nothing. This slave, Elundai, was drunk and contradicted me.
I couldn't sleep tonight because I couldn't sleep, so I thought I'd do something else. Just chat." Ma Qi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "It's best if nothing happens! I thought someone was plotting to assassinate me." Zhang Tingyu
But he rolled his eyes and said nothing - he knew Kangxi too well.
However, Yinti had a completely different idea. The ministers who led the bodyguards had always been just empty titles. Summoned in the middle of the night, Baba'er appointed himself to take charge of the bodyguards. This in itself showed that there was a big change ahead! There was a big change ahead, and his father actually did it.
The first thing he thought of was himself, leaving aside the fourth and eighth elder brothers. The strangeness here was so intriguing! He wanted to laugh but didn't dare. He suppressed his excitement and lowered his head and agreed: "I obey the order!" But Yinzhi smiled and said:
"My father is feeling restless. Please just lean on your side while I and Zhang Zhongtang read Tang poems to my father. It's still early, so I might be able to sleep for a few more hours!" (To be continued)