At night, she woke up from a nightmare, screaming in panic, as if she was drowning. When she woke up, she was still screaming, and her body was soaked with sweat. When the maid came in, she even opened her eyes wide and was so stiff that she couldn't move.
The maid kneaded her hands and feet for a while before her body finally relaxed and regained control.
Panting heavily, Makata looked around the room. When he realized that she was already in Penglai Palace in Dengzhou, Shandong Province, she sat there in a daze.
After a long time, she asked about her children.
Makata was born in a season when sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant. She is 24 years old this year. Her mother is Empress Zhezhe of Xiaoduanwen of the Qing Dynasty who passed away last year. She is from the Mongolian Korqin tribe. She is the daughter of Beilemangus and also Xiaoduan.
Empress Zhuang Wen's aunt.
The blood of Mongolian Horqin and Jianzhou Jurchen flows in Makata's body, which is the result of the marriage between Manchu and Mongolia.
After Zhezhe married Horqin to the Manchu Dynasty, he did not have children for eleven years after his marriage. He did not start having children until he was designated as the new Dafu Jin.
In the second year after Makata was born, her father Huang Taiji took the position of the Great Khan of the Hou Jin Dynasty, and her mother Zhezhe became the Great Fortune of the Middle Palace. Because the first two Fujins did not get the title of queen, Makata also became the emperor.
The first princess in Tai Chi to have the status of a direct descendant, she is extremely noble.
But the noble princess cannot escape the fate of marriage and marriage.
After Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, he led the Eight Banners to continuously attack Lin Dan Khan in Chahar. Lin Dan Khan was beaten to the end and eventually died of illness in Qinghai. His wives, concubines and tribes finally surrendered to Huang Taiji.
Lin Dan Khan's Fujins all had their own tribes and a large amount of livestock property, so Huang Taiji naturally divided them up unceremoniously.
Dabeile Daishan despised the Queen Mother Nang Nang, who had the highest status but little property, and refused to take her in. Instead, she favored the wealthy Sutai Fujin. However, Huang Taiji gave Sutai to Jierhalang. Finally, in order to appease Daishan's dissatisfaction, he
Lin Dan Khan's sister Princess Taisong gave it to him.
Huang Taiji himself took in the Queen Mother Nang Nang and Dou Tumen Fujin.
He moved the Chahar tribe to the Yizhou area in western Liaoning and granted Lin Dan Khan's youngest son Ezhe the title of Prince of Chahar. In order to strengthen his control, he specially married his legitimate daughter Makataxia to him.
Eleven-year-old Makata was named Princess Gulun by her father and married Ezhe. However, Ezhe died only five years after the marriage.
Makata, who was only sixteen years old, had already given birth to one child and was pregnant with another, becoming a widow at a young age.
Huang Taiji granted Ezhe's younger brother Abnai the title of Prince Chahar. In order to continue to control Chahar, he ignored his daughter's wishes and asked Makata, who was still pregnant with Ezhe's posthumous son, to remarry his brother-in-law Abnai.
Abu Nai is seven years younger than his sister-in-law, and was only nine years old when he was ordered to marry her.
Seven years later, Makata also lived in the Chahar tribe for twelve years, married two brothers, and gave birth to four children for them.
Today, the youngest child is only a little over one year old, but Abnai is so ruthless that he not only betrayed the Manchus, but also brought them to Guanzhong and dedicated them directly to the Ming emperor.
Her four children are now separated from her.
That heartless man never even looked at her.
This is a side hall of Penglai Palace.
It has been many days since she moved in, and she only has a Mongolian maid and a Jurchen maid by her side. The others are all Ming Dynasty palace servants and eunuchs who monitor her day and night.
These days, she asked to see her children, but was not allowed to do so, and was not allowed to leave the palace even half a step.
Three days ago, people started coming to see her.
There are the imperial concubines and concubines of the Ming Emperor. They heard that the queen was ill and they are now responsible for managing the harem. They sent some silk tea and so on.
Then many Mongolian women came, many of whom she knew. Some of them were cousins, nieces, etc. from her mother Horqin's natal family, as well as her husband's sisters. These people were previously Dorgon, Azig, and Duduo.
, the wives and concubines of Hauge and others who were previously sent to the Qing court for marriage.
He also saw his three younger sisters, the fifth daughter of the emperor, the eldest princess Gu Lun Shuhui, Atu, and the three of them. They arrived here a little earlier than him and were sent by the regent uncle Jierharang as bargaining chips.
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They had already adapted to their current life and status, and were very happy to see her. The sisters finally hugged each other and cried.
They understand that no matter what their names are, as the queen's daughters, even if they are granted the title of Princess Gulun, they are still just political pawns.
Now it is not the most useless chess piece.
Several sisters, aunts, cousins and other people persuaded her to be more liberal.
Makata sat there in a daze, it was so easy to figure it out.
She was married to Chahar at the age of eleven, became a widow at the age of sixteen, and was forced to marry her nine-year-old brother-in-law. Now she is only twenty-three years old. She has lived in the grassland for twelve years, but she was suddenly taken away by ten.
The six-year-old husband gave it to Da Mingzi.
She was just like the cattle and sheep on the grassland, being sent around for sale. She had no autonomy at all. She only felt sad and desperate.
The only thing she can't worry about now is her four children. If it weren't for these children, she would have thought of committing suicide more than once.
A eunuch came over.
"This slave is from the service room. I came here to inform you that Your Majesty has turned over your green card. Wash and bathe quickly. After dark, we will pick you up and take you to bed!"
Makata trembled.
His lips were trembling slightly.
This moment has come.
"This is the rose flower dew from Guangzhou Port as a tribute. It's a good thing. You can put some on it after you take a bath." The eunuch explained.
Makata raised his head and said, "I understand. I want to see my four children first. I haven't seen them for so long since I came here."
She didn't seem to be too resistant to the matter of sleeping with her, or she had understood this since she was a child. Her father, Huang Taiji, conquered the conquered tribes and would steal their cattle and sheep, as well as their wives and concubines.
The final carving up. When she was very young, she had been exposed to this and understood this.
What worries her most is her children.
Although she had never liked the father of her children, she had lived with them for five years and seven years, but had no real feelings for them. Now she only had hatred for Abnai, but the children fell from her body.
Meat.
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Makata said stubbornly, "You can ask me to sleep with you, but you must first let me see the child, otherwise I will never obey."
“Don’t toast and you’ll be punished with a drink!”
Makata sat there unyieldingly.
When the eunuch saw this, he had no choice but to report it.
Soon, the eunuch came back and brought four children, who were Aqata's four children. When she saw these children, she burst into tears and stood up in a hurry to go over.
"You have an hour to get together," the eunuch reminded coldly.
"Thank you." The child of Makata hugged the other child and kissed him. He was very grateful to the eunuch. The eunuch stepped back and allowed the mother and son to get together.
night.
After bathing and changing clothes, Makata was taken to the emperor's chamber.
Although she was smeared with fragrant rosewater perfume and had exquisite makeup on her face, there was no trace of happiness on her face.
After entering, he saluted the emperor, then walked to the dragon bed, took off his cloak and lay down there.
Zhu Yihai looked at the motionless Makata, but did not go over. He took a bottle of wine and opened it. This was the Turpan wine that Yarkand paid tribute to. It was made from mare's milk grapes. It is said that it was a recipe from the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It tasted very good.
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Get two glasses and fill them with wine.
The crystal clear glass wine glass, paired with bright red wine, in the warm candlelight, paired with the indoor incense, is very emotional.
It's just that although Makata is quite young and beautiful, her cold expression is a bit inconsistent.
"How about coming over for a drink and let's talk!"
Makata did not stand up, however, "No, your Majesty will come as soon as you finish drinking."
"Let's talk."
"What to talk about?"
"Let's chat casually, such as future plans or arrangements for the children?"
Makata was lying there with tears falling from the corners of her eyes. She stretched out her hand to wipe them away, sat up, came to the emperor and bowed.
"sit."
Makata sat down, picked up the glass of wine and drank it in one gulp.
"Slow down, although this wine is delicious, it can also be intoxicating." Zhu Yihai smiled. Although he hated Manqing, it was difficult for him not to treat her as a human being with this living woman sitting in front of him.
After drinking a glass of wine, Maqata said bluntly, "War is a man's business, but I have understood since I was a child that women and children are men's appendages. Men fight for courage and lives, but we women cannot decide our own destiny.
I have long heard that Your Majesty is wise and benevolent, and I hope Your Majesty can treat my children well, as they are innocent."
Zhu Yihai smiled.
"When my prince and the King of Han were six or seven years old, they were kidnapped by the Manchus outside the Pass. They were slaves for six years and suffered a lot. They were lucky to have a father who would revive the Ming Dynasty to find and rescue them. But in these years, how many
The people of the Han family were taken captive outside the customs, and in the end there were no bones left?
When the prince was kidnapped and sent outside the customs, the Tatars invaded the central part of the customs and abducted hundreds of thousands of people from Zhili, Shandong and other places. How many of them survived, and how many of them were able to come back?
Not to mention, how many cities and how many Han people were slaughtered by the Tatars after they entered the customs?"
Makata is silent.
"Your Majesty, please be kind."
Zhu Yihai looked at Makata, and finally sighed and said, "I can arrange for them to live in a manor on the outskirts of Beijing first, and you can come to visit them once every two months. When they are twelve years old, arrange
How about settling in southern Xinjiang and supporting yourself in the future?"
Makata knew that this was a rare kindness from the emperor.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Zhu Yihai poured her another glass, "In the torrent of the times, everyone is insignificant and cannot control their own destiny. Come, drink this glass to your destiny!"
Makata drank it all in one gulp.
After three drinks, Maqata felt a little dizzy. She put down the wine glass, walked directly back to the bed, and lay down on the bed.
"Your Majesty," Makata called him over somewhat dazedly.
After a few glasses of wine, she actually felt a little grateful for this strange man. She couldn't hate him even if she wanted to, but instead felt a little fondness for him.