The Biography of Concubine Xi of Yongzheng

Chapter 560 Heatstroke
"These maids who are newly elected to the palace should be taught the rules." The Ministry of Internal Affairs had just selected a group of maids to enter the palace, and Zhang Lizi personally found one of them to teach his aunt, Du Shi, and gave her some advice.

After talking, the two walked to a secluded place and whispered something else.

"The dragon's head can't be chopped off." Zhang Lizi looked around with worry in his eyes.

There were wrinkles on Du's face, and he showed a fierce look: "Hmph, I have said long ago that the person who harmed Eighth and Ninth Masters must be Concubine Xi. That Qian Gui belongs to Concubine Xi, and he has always been cautious before. Keeping your duty, when did you do such a rebellious thing? Didn't you say that Concubine Xi was once so angry at a painting by Master Jiu that she vomited blood? It must be so, she would let Qian Gui poison Master. Only hateful Yes, it was obviously Jiu Ye who killed her, but she even killed Ba Ye, it shows that this vicious woman is vicious!"

"According to what you said, why does the emperor say that Qian Gui is a remnant of the previous dynasty? If it is really Concubine Xi... is he protecting Concubine Xi? That's not right. When the late Emperor was alive, he never protected any empress like this. In my opinion, the emperor must have ordered Concubine Xi to do this, and if the matter is revealed, he can get away safely and put the blame on Concubine Xi, hum..." Zhang Lizi narrowed his eyes slowly, for this realization He snorted a few times.

Mrs. Du shook her head: "If it is true as you said, Concubine Xi's mother's family will be blessed because of this, but Concubine Xi's mother's family has not been promoted and rich because of it... You should stop thinking about murdering the emperor. Concubine Xi has already avenged her master."

Zhang Lizi frowned, thought for a while, and said hesitantly: "But last month, the emperor summoned the Six Palaces and personally said that he should not slander Concubine Xi any more... Even if Concubine Xi's mother's family did not get promoted and get rich, Concubine Xi has gained power... ..."

"Hmph! You are so easy to murder when you are the emperor? You insist on throwing yourself to your death, and I will not stop you. You don't want to ruin my good deeds. I just want to take revenge on Concubine Xi." Du Shi said to him coldly. One glance, no more trying to persuade.

"How can I say that the news that Concubine Xi is not is spread all over the world overnight. It turns out that you did a good deed, hehe, Cheng Chengcheng, I don't get in your way... These court ladies must teach them well. It's not as simple as kowtowing and apologizing for the little elder brother and little princess..." The two were talking, when they saw someone approaching, Zhang Lizi hurriedly changed the subject.

After people walked over, Mrs. Du said coldly again: "If you have a chance, you can send a few eunuchs to serve as errands in Jingren Palace, and the news will be better."

"Is there someone from you inside?"

Mrs. Du gave him an annoyed look: "If there is someone like me, why would I let you put someone in again, hum! The aunts in the palace are very smart, and the new maids have to clean in the outer courtyard... "

"Hmph, Concubine Xi was just a smug back then, she must have had extraordinary means to get to her current position. This matter still needs to be discussed in the long run, so don't be careless." Zhang Lizi was speechless, showing a hint of impatience.He is most annoyed by this kind of elderly court lady, who is not easy to fool, is extremely sensitive, has an extremely twisted temper, and refuses to believe other people's words at all.

"You can do whatever you like, but Lu De is too frivolous and careless in doing things, you have to be more careful, and be careful that he will sell you!"

Zhang Lizi glanced at her indifferently: "Don't worry about this, I have my own discretion." He is my nephew, so you don't need to worry about it yet.

The two exchanged some opinions in a hurry, and Zhang Lizi left without hesitation.He works in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is located in the south of the Forbidden City, and Mrs. Du usually admonishes the maids in the long room in the north. Nor would he come here to attract attention.

When he turned around the Imperial Garden and went back to the House of Internal Affairs, he met Yan Hua who was resting in the pavilion of the Imperial Garden.She was wiping her sweat, frowning as she looked at the wilting vegetation outside.

"Slave Zhang Lizi has seen the empress~" He quickly ran to salute, then carefully said with concern, "The sun is hot outside, the empress should enjoy the coolness in the palace."

"Well. Have you prepared all the ice? Send more to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but I can send less in my room. I see that the ice in the Hall of Mental Cultivation is almost melted. Your Majesty is busy with state affairs all day long. You need more Just be more careful." Yan Hua exhorted a few words with a sleepy expression.It's July now, and the sun is scorching hot, and it's hard to sweat a few more words.

"Go back to your mother, everything is ready, and I will send it to the palaces tomorrow. I have just gone to see the newly elected maids, and I will send some people to serve in Jingren Palace when I turn back."

"No need, there are enough people in Jingren Palace, so there is no need to arrange people to go there. Wherever there is a lack of people, just send them to the other side first. Liangchen will discuss this matter with the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Yanhua waved her hand, Suddenly remembered something, and stopped Zhang Lizi who was about to retreat, "Then what happened to Lu Youfu?"

Zhang Lizi was about to speak, but he heard Yanhua say: "Go down, you should reprimand those eunuchs under your command more, and don't do any more absurd things. I heard that last month, the internal affairs Has the government checked the residences of the eunuchs in each palace?"

"Hey, what your mother said is right, it has indeed been investigated. The servants are terrified when such a big incident happened."

"But what did you find out?"

"Going back to the empress, I just found out some dirty things that are not suitable for the purpose, and I have already punished them one by one... It is really unbearable, and it makes the empress feel bad."

"Well, that's what I meant just now. If you are stricter in discipline, you will have fewer absurd things. The sun is too strong, so you should go back quickly." Yanhua waved her hand, and slowly closed her eyes.

After returning from the Old Summer Palace, she always felt that something was wrong.No matter where she went, the palace people treated her with respect and fear, which didn't seem so obvious before.She asked Shaoyao and Liangchen if anything happened during the days when she left Beijing, and they all shook their heads and said no.

"How is Eunuch Zhang?" After Zhang Lizi walked away, Yanhua slowly opened her eyes.

Du Ruo glanced at his back, puzzled, and said, "Is your mother suspicious of Eunuch Zhang? Eunuch Zhang has been in the palace for more than ten years, and he works hard. Eunuch Su thinks highly of him..."

Yanhua nodded and didn't speak again.She just felt that this plum was very smooth, which made her feel disgusted.When Qian Gui was around, he was also very clever, but when he spoke, he was very sincere, which was different from this plum.

When returning to Jingren Palace, Xiao Yu'er reported that they had arrested someone outside Guan Song's house. It was Lu Decai from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he had already handed it over to Wei Chang'an.

Yanhua nodded, but couldn't figure out what to do.

Song Shi ran out again and again, it was obvious that someone was secretly using her.So Yan Hua deliberately let Xiao Yu'er let out some rumors before, in order to blow up the person behind the scenes.But this unwarranted rumor will be useless after a long time.She just wanted to lure the snake out of the hole, if the snake was not interested in the bait, she would not be able to lure any snake out.

After such a long time, she only thought that her work was in vain, but it turned out that someone really took the bait.

"Lu Decai?" She didn't get any news out of Mrs. Song's mouth. Mrs. Song has really gone crazy, her appearance is exhausted, and the charm in her eyebrows and eyes has disappeared without a trace.So now she was a little surprised to hear such a specific name.

Lu Decai felt guilty, and after being scolded by Zhang Lizi, he stopped for a while.But he couldn't rest comfortably after all, so he tried to sneak in and kill Mrs. Song while Zhang Lizi was away.

But when he was halfway through the murder, he was discovered by the lame eunuch.But the Song family also lost half of his life because of this, and he lost his madness, lying listlessly on the broken kang bed and humming.

"Yes, my servant heard that he has appeared near the clean room before, but this time he was directly found to be strangling Mrs. Song's neck, and almost strangled him to death... Your Majesty, Mrs. Wei said this He will find out the matter, and the empress doesn't have to worry about it anymore."

"Well, go send an imperial doctor, why do I feel dizzy..." She saw Shisan when she went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation in the morning, and Shisan was thinner than when they met last time.Yinzhen and him were discussing some important matter, they talked for a long time but there was no end, so Yanhua didn't want to spend any more time, so she came back.

She originally wanted to take the imperial garden, and then go to Zhongcui Palace to see what Guo promised. When Guo promised to be happy last year, it was hot and she had a stream soon.At that time, Yanhua was busy with the emperor to select the best girls, and she didn't have time to comfort her. Just thinking of this episode today, she wanted to go over to have a look. Who knew the weather would be so hot, after walking for a while, it became hot Got a little dizzy.

She had suffered from heatstroke, and she was lingering and sick for several days after lying down.Yinzhen took the opportunity to declare Jiahui back to the palace and asked her to serve Concubine Xi, Yanhua repeatedly waved her hands and said no, but Yinzhen insisted on doing so.

"Is the emperor trying to transfer her away from Prince Yi's mansion?" Although Yanhua was in a daze, she immediately guessed the intention.In fact, Hongli's Di Fujin and Side Fujin have come to serve her these few days, so there is no shortage of manpower.

Yinzhen looked at Nuan Xin next to him, waved them away, and said softly: "Jiahui will leave Beijing for Khalkha in December, Thirteenth Brother wants to take advantage of these last few months to let She stays with us more."

"What is the last few months? After Hui'er married to Khalkha, can he return to Beijing again? Thirteenth Lord is sick like that, and I'm still thinking... Is Thirteenth Master trying to alienate Huier on purpose ?”

Yinzhen was slightly surprised: "You...how are you so smart? Hey..."

It turned out that Shisan and Xiao Qi had discussed that Jiahui would leave Beijing to get married in early December, and he hoped that Jiahui would marry with peace of mind, so he wanted to pretend that his leg disease was improving.

But now that he is seriously ill, and Jiahui stays at the bedside every day, it is really hard to coax him.So he wanted Yinzhen to find a way to announce Jiahui into the palace from time to time, so that he would have time to coax her with Xiao Qi.

(End of this chapter)