Chapter 829: Your Majesty, You Are the Protagonist Again
Capital.
Maybe after living in Yongshou Palace for more than a year, Qianlong actually developed a lot of feelings for this palace and was reluctant to leave.
Therefore, after regaining his freedom, Qianlong did not return to the Yangxin Palace to live, but still lived in the Yongshou Palace, and his life was continued to be taken care of by his concubine Wang who gave birth to the emperor's tenth daughter.
Except for the adjustments to the palace guards, everything else is the same as before.
During this period, Qianlong wanted to live in the Old Summer Palace for a while, but none of the military ministers supported it because the Old Summer Palace was not safe outside the city.
After all, whether it is the Jia thief Shikai or the rich thief Lehun, there are many external party members.
If someone takes the risk and deploys troops to surround the Old Summer Palace, the emperor will be very passive.
Reliable intelligence shows that Jia Shikai, a traitor, has formed a party in Zhili for personal gain, and his cronies have taken control of the Zhili garrison.
The emperor cannot go anywhere until the Jia thieves are completely eliminated.
To put it bluntly, even though Qianlong Xianyu came back to court again, there were not many troops inside and outside the capital who really obeyed his orders.
Even Malqin, the admiral of the Nine Sects who was temporarily comforted, could not fully believe it.
What's more, there is still a vicious wolf like Prince An in the capital. In addition, because of the palace turmoil that year, Five Banners Manchuria is very wary of the emperor who returns to the throne. Five Banners Manchuria cannot be ruled out.
Under the instigation of someone with good intentions, the emperor's safety was threatened.
The Eight Banners of the Mongolian Army and the Eight Banners of the Han Army are also unreliable.
It seems that the emperor has regained control of the government, and the leader of the traitors, Fulehun, has also been successfully captured. The chief officers of the military aircraft department and the six ministries and nine ministers have been replaced by ministers loyal to the emperor. However, the situation is not much better than during the palace chaos.
The reasons left over from history are too complex and cannot be solved by drastic measures.
The strategy of "slow the plan and take the slow" is also a collective decision made out of desperation.
However, the ministers, including Qianlong himself, also believed that as long as they could deal with Jia Thief Liu and successfully take over the military power of the Huguang frontline army, all the problems that were currently troubling the emperor would be solved.
Including the evil wolf Prince An who was coiled beside the emperor's bed.
In view of this, except for arresting a group of wealthy and Jia gang members, Qianlong did not take any more political measures, and also tried his best to show goodwill to Prince An, Se Hentu and other clan kings.
Yuan Shoudong, the Minister of Military and Aircraft of the Han Dynasty, even gave the emperor a secret deal in private, saying that he could exchange the position of regent for Prince An to stand with the emperor and jointly deal with the Jia thief Shikai. After this was accomplished, the imperial power would be stabilized before starting to solve the problem.
Prince An is not too late either.
Qianlong was moved by this, but he did not want to reveal his trump card now, so he named Se Hentu as the minister of political affairs on the grounds of his advanced age, which meant that he became a member of the Qing Dynasty just like the previous Jia thieves.
The political king.
After receiving the order, Sehentu immediately expressed his gratitude to the emperor for his kindness, but he refused to enter the palace to express his gratitude and did not attend any meetings in the court.
Just like a hedgehog armed to the teeth, it coiled there and watched quietly.
This move of "stopping with stillness" really left Qianlong with no choice but to hold back for now.
Two days ago, Qianlong did two things.
First, a secret order was issued to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to halt the construction of the Nala Queen Mausoleum proposed by the wealthy thief Lehun a year ago, and cancel the previous series of measures to restore Queen Nala Queen's treatment.
At the same time, he sent his chamberlain Oroli to the place where the twelfth elder brother was imprisoned and declared: "You have never studied before. Today you should study more and avoid the outside world."
Although it was an oral instruction and very few people knew about it, it completely plunged Yong Cang's originally hopeful heart into the abyss. After receiving the instruction, he became taciturn and did not eat even a drop of rice that day.
In addition to carrying out a "political attack" on Nala mother and son, Qianlong also thought of Concubine Rong who died because of him, and sent a special order to find Concubine Rong's remains, and the Ministry of Rites was responsible for burying them in the garden of Concubine Chunhui.
That day, Concubine Rong was strangled to death by Prince An's nephew Xigui. Now that the emperor wanted to find Concubine Rong's remains, of course he had to get information from Prince An.
But everyone knew that Prince An was only obeying the emperor openly, but in fact he was supporting the army and respecting himself. It was not known whether he was secretly colluding with Jia's thieves to do something wrong, or whether he wanted to watch the fire from the other side and reap the benefits.
In short, the emperor does not believe in Prince An, and Prince An does not believe in the emperor.
The situation is very strange.
Minister of Military and Aircraft Sorin thinks that Sehentu is waiting.
What are you waiting for?
Like the imperial court, they are waiting for news from Huguang.
If the Jia thief is executed and the military power of the army is smoothly transferred, Sehentu will most likely give in and exchange certain conditions, such as the emperor's failure to settle accounts later, in exchange for his support for the emperor.
If Prince Lu, the fourth elder brother, is unable to deal with Jia's thieves, and Jia's thieves send his troops northward, then Sehentu will most likely be ready to make a move.
No matter which side he is helping, he, Prince An, is qualified to negotiate.
Regarding the whereabouts of Concubine Rong, Prince An may not have thought it was a big deal, or he may have wanted to ease the tense relationship between himself and the emperor, so he had someone reveal Concubine Rong's whereabouts to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, saying that she was in a well somewhere.
People from the Ministry of Internal Affairs rushed to salvage it, but it turned out that Concubine Rong's body had been soaked and destroyed, and they had to be put together with difficulty.
Qianlong sighed with regret and asked the Ministry of Rites to bury Concubine Rong in the final resting place of the late Concubine Chunhui.
After arranging these two things, Qianlong felt relieved. It was already spring, the temperature was gradually rising, and there were already individual bees flying in the small garden of Yongshou Palace.
Qianlong took the three-year-old Shi Gege to play in the small garden.
The ten-gege Eniang Concubine Dun, Wang, also accompanied the father and daughter, but Concubine Dun seemed to have difficulty walking, and she seemed to be slightly rounder than before.
The family of three is enjoying themselves in the small garden.
A young eunuch also caught a honey bee and pulled out its sting for Little Gege to play with.
The rare family happiness relieved Qianlong from a lot of fatigue and made him feel very relaxed. He asked Concubine Dun to bring a pipe to burn a pot.
As soon as Concubine Dun filled her pipe with shredded tobacco, Haikang, the minister in charge of the sticky rod department, came in to report that Suolin, the Minister of Military and Aircraft, and others had come to the palace to see him, and there seemed to be something urgent.
Haikang was previously arranged by Sehentu to monitor Qianlong in Yongshou Palace, but this person was a descendant of the clan. During the period of surveillance, he took great care of Qianlong, helped him secretly spread news to the outside world several times, and even secretly brought food and offerings from the palace.
The emperor and Concubine Dun enjoyed it, which gave Qianlong a rare glimpse of true love in the world during his imprisonment.
Once Qianlong even said to Concubine Dun: "This Haikang is my Yuan Bin."
Who is Yuan Bin?
During the reign of Emperor Yingzong of the former Ming Dynasty, they were Jinyi Guardsmen. After Yingzong was captured by Wala, Yuan Bin and Ha Ming followed Yingzong every step of the way. They ate, dressed, walked and slept, and took great care of Yingzong.
Even when Yingzong was unable to sleep due to the cold wind, Yuan Bin untied his clothes and wrapped Yingzong's frozen feet to keep warm.
After the Yingzong succeeded in seizing the throne, Yuan Bin was greatly promoted and became the commander of the Jinyi Guards.
Qianlong spoke so highly of Haikang that after the coup of the Three Military Ministers was successful, Haikang, the "secret agent" responsible for monitoring the emperor, was naturally reused by Qianlong and promoted him from a second-class bodyguard to a minister in charge of the stick management department.
The Minister of Military and Aircraft asked to see him, and Qianlong wanted to see him, so he immediately asked Hai Kang to bring him.
"嗻!"
When Haikang turned his head, his eyes met Concubine Dun's eyes intentionally or unintentionally, and then his eyes glanced at Concubine Dun's belly, then quickly retracted and turned to leave.
Looking at Haikang's back, Concubine Dun felt uneasy. With her face as calm as water, she thought of that cold windy night, when a pair of strong and strong hands suddenly hugged her from behind, making her regain her senses after not seeing anyone for a long time.
I feel what it's like to be a man.
After that, she got out of hand. Whenever the emperor was asleep, she would quietly come to the pharmacy and let this man enjoy her to his heart's content.
But now...
A trace of panic flashed across Concubine Dun's face, and she subconsciously touched her belly.
She is pregnant.
When Haikang returned to Concubine Dun's sight again, there were several important ministers in front of him, headed by Solin, the chief military minister who helped the emperor escape from prison.
However, all the ministers, including Suo Zhongtang, looked panicked, as if something big had happened.
"how?"
Qianlong also noticed the strange expressions on the faces of several military and aircraft ministers. He could not help but frown slightly and signaled Suolin to speak up.
"emperor,"
Sorin calmed down and stepped forward to present the newspaper she had just received to the emperor.
Qianlong took it and took a look, and his expression suddenly changed. Long Yan was furious: "Asshole! Why are they starting to spread rumors about me again! How can it be unreasonable, how can it be unreasonable!"
In the midst of the rage, the newspaper was torn into pieces and fell to the feet of everyone like a goddess scattering flowers.
Including Concubine Dun, who was secretly looking at each other with her lover.