The Biography of Concubine Xi of Yongzheng

Chapter 621

As soon as the box was opened, there was a large porcelain pot for soup inside, with a lid on it.

Yinzhen lifted the lid in doubt, only to see a little snowman sitting inside, with a chubby body, ears made of leaves, a nose made of black charcoal, and a small mouth made of carrots, staring at Yinzhen with a smile.

"Hehehe, is this the snowman made by Concubine Xi?" He smiled happily, pointing to the box and asked the little eunuch.

The little eunuch hurriedly kowtowed: "Back to the emperor, the slave didn't see it with his own eyes, but Aunt Shi Shaoyao said that the things inside were prepared by Concubine Xi herself. She also said that after the snow was cut open, there was something else inside."

"Oh?" Yinzhen couldn't wait to ask Su Peisheng to open the snowman, and then took out a piece of paper from it, which was a note written by Yanhua.

Yinzhen sighed in disappointment: "I still think it's something good, just this? You go to Jingren Palace again and say it's not a surprise, I don't like it."

The little eunuch pursed his lips secretly, and retreated in response.It was snowing heavily outside, and he was tired and sweaty after running in the heavy snow.

After the little eunuch retreated, Wei Changan walked in.The years have carved many marks on his face, dyed his temples white, and deepened his eyes, but his face is still as calm and loyal as ever: "Your Majesty, all the maids of the Du family have been recruited. See, she has nothing to hide..."

It turned out that after Mrs. Du was taken away that day, he was sent to the Punishment Division by Wei Chang'an, and he personally interrogated him.Those pastries that were sent to the Tai Hospital, after inspection, found that three pastries were poisoned, the dose was so severe that if they were eaten, the consequences would be disastrous.

Du Shi denied it at first, even though the little eunuch who followed her told what he saw with his own eyes, Du Shi refused to admit it at all.Wei Changan was used to dealing with such an old fox, so he was tortured without saying a word.

Du Shi was afraid of death, how could he bear such torture.She hates it, if it wasn't for those days when she always had nightmares, sometimes it was Qiqiao, sometimes it was Zhang Lizi, and she even dreamed of the Eighth Prince, all scolding her for infidelity and accusing her of being ungrateful... If not, she would not Will poison himself.It's a pity that what she thought to be foolproof, turned out to be clearly seen by someone behind her back.

One wrong step, one wrong step, now that death is imminent, in order to avoid suffering, she confessed everything, and dared not hide anything...

After Yinzhen finished reading it, he snorted a few times: "It's still because of that matter, the money is so expensive, it's really a death sentence, let's see how many things caused by his single thought!"

But when he thought about it carefully, if it wasn't for the death of Lao Ba Lao Jiu, Zhang Lizi and Du Shi would not have been drawn out.

After he succeeded to the throne, the first thing he did was to get rid of those suspicious palace people in the palace.But there were tens of thousands of eunuchs and palace maids, and it was impossible for him to change all of them, so he had to get rid of those suspicious people first.I thought everything would be fine, but I didn't expect that there were still two fish that slipped through the net.

However, the status of these two people was not high at the beginning, and Zhang Lizi was just a small eunuch in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If he hadn't been promoted by Su Peisheng, no one would have expected that such a person would be loyal to Lao Ba.

"Intent to poison the noble concubine Xi, I don't need to say about this crime, it can be punished as it should be." Yinzhen handed the confession to Su Peisheng, and Su Peisheng handed it back to Wei Changan.

After Wei Changan agreed, he withdrew.He secretly breathed a sigh of relief: there is no potential danger in the palace anymore.

In the afternoon, the snow stopped and the wind stopped, and the warm sunshine came out from behind the dark clouds.Yanhua asked someone to pick up the fish soup she made by herself, and walked to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

She doesn't need to worry about anything now, she can just take care of Yinzhen well.In fact, Yinzhen is the most difficult one to take care of. The other children will be very obedient in front of her because of her status as a mother.But Yinzhen is the emperor, not only he always doesn't listen to her, but also presses her to listen to him, he is really more and more like a child.

"Your Majesty is here. Your Majesty has just entered Xinuang Pavilion and is reading a book inside." After Su Peisheng welcomed Yanhua inside, he hurriedly informed Yinzhen.

"Your Majesty, I really can't be idle for a moment." Yanhua stepped forward and took the book from his hand, and asked someone to bring out the fish soup she was cooking. The soup was fragrant and thick as milk. Can't help but whet my appetite.

Yanhua is not busy with other things now, the biggest thought in her heart is to take good care of Yinzhen's body.Now his back is always sore, no matter how powerful the imperial physician is, he still needs Yinzhen's cooperation.But he was always worried about this and that, so he had to let Yanhua worry about it.

At the end of the year, there was an unusually heavy snowfall, which blocked the gate of the palace.Yinzhen was worried about the people's livelihood, so he issued several oral orders, asking the governor of Shuntian Prefecture to count the people who died of frostbite in Beijing, and also asked officials from various places to report the local situation.

Worrying so much until the spring of the next year, he eventually became exhausted and fell ill.

In late February, the people in Guzhou and Taigong areas of Guizhou rebelled. There were many people who rebelled, and they went deep into Danjiang, Huangping, Kaili and other Tingzhou counties.

Yinzhen discussed the matter with his ministers while sick, and first sent troops to suppress it, but considering that the rebels were ordinary people, he ordered that they should not be slaughtered, and should mainly be persuasion, after all, ordinary people are the foundation of the Qing Dynasty.

As a result, the effect of suppression is not obvious, and the rebellion has not subsided, but the rebellion has been contained and will not continue to deepen.

The cause of this rebellion originated from the land return promoted by Yinzhen. The chieftain system handed down from previous dynasties was a system in which native officials from all over the southwest minority areas ruled the land and native people under his name.Moreover, native officials can be inherited hereditaryly, which has led to the fact that the native officials have been fighting with each other for a long time, and it is not uncommon for the chieftain to do evil and enslave the native people under his command.

Yinzhen adopted the policy of land return in his early years, and seized every opportunity to replace chieftains from various places with officials sent by the imperial court. Officials should not live in one place for a long time to manage their land and its people. Officials cannot be hereditary. .

This policy began in the previous dynasty, and Yinzhen just vigorously promoted it.This policy is contrary to the interests of chieftains everywhere. Since its implementation, there have been large and small rebellions and protests, but the rebellion in Guizhou this time is bigger than ever.

Yinzhen's illness became worse because of this rebellion, Yanhua was very worried, and stayed in the Hall of Mental Cultivation every day to attend to the illness, and the concubines and nobles in the harem took turns to attend to the illness.

In mid-March, after discussing with several military ministers, Yinzhen set up a Miao Xinjiang Affairs Office, which Ertai and Prince Hongli and Hongzhou jointly handled.This Guizhou rebellion was instigated by the top chieftains of the Miao people, so as long as the instigators among the Miao people can be put down, the rebellion can be put down...

"Your Majesty, let's take a rest." On this day, just as Yanhua came over from Jingren Palace, she saw Yinzhen lying on the sick bed reading papers again.He asked the ministers to hand over the important papers for him to read in person, and only small things can be reviewed by them with blue batches.

Yinzhen looked up at her, and smiled: "It will be ready in a while. Su Peisheng, give Concubine Xi a bowl of red bean and barley porridge. I drink it very well. You should try it too. When you finish tasting, I will give you some Then I finished watching it."

Yan Hua had no choice but to let him go.He is the emperor, he can't let go and do nothing.

When the porridge was served, Yanhua looked around wonderingly: "Why is there no one to serve you?"

The little maid next to her hurriedly said in a low voice: "Go back to the imperial concubine, today it's the turn of Li Guiren and my concubine to attend to the sickness, just now I don't know what happened, Li Guiren and my concubine quarreled, the voice was a little loud, and the trouble was brought up to the emperor. The emperor was displeased, so he drove them away."

"It's getting more and more outrageous. They are so noisy when they are sick. Shaoyao, later you send someone to call them to Jingren Palace. I have to give them a few words." Yan Hua'e frowned slightly, and scooped up a spoonful of porridge Put it in your mouth, it's sweet and warm, it's really delicious.

By the time she finished eating the bowl of porridge, Yin Zhen hadn't finished reading the booklet.

Yanhua silently sat beside him and stared at him, seeing his more and more gorgeous hair, seeing the creases in the corners of his eyes, and watching his frown that was always furrowed.

She was married to him in the 43rd year of Kangxi, and now it is the 13th year of Yongzheng, and they have been together for [-] years.

She had said that she would grow old together with him, but she was clearly in her forties, but she had only grown a few gray hairs so far.Everyone else was looking forward to not getting old, but she was looking forward to getting old quickly so that she could catch up with the fourteen years that separated her from him.

When Yinzhen put down the booklet in his hand, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of Yanhua staring at him, he smiled slightly, picked up another booklet and read it, and said with a smile: "I broke my promise, you Wait a little longer, after I finish reading these scriptures, I will talk to you about my son."

Yanhua silently nodded, not disturbing him, but those clear eyes kept staring at him intently, no matter how hard she looked, it was not enough.

He looked down at the notebook, and she looked at him quietly.

He looked up at her occasionally, and she smiled slightly.

He was looking down at the notebook, but she still looked at him silently.

After he finally read and approved all the papers, he looked up, and she was still looking at him affectionately.

He bent the corner of his mouth, motioned her to sit closer, held her hand and said, "What's wrong with you today? What are you doing staring at me all the time? I don't even have the heart to critique papers anymore, hehehe... "

"Zhen Lang was born good-looking, no matter how much he looks at him, he can't get enough of it."

Yinzhen smiled, and opened his mouth to burst into a big laugh, but the laughter was out of breath: "Chanchan's mouth is getting better and better at making me happy, and she really wants to fool me when she speaks so seriously."

She squeezed his hand tightly, and said angrily, "I'm fooling you, I'm telling the truth. Zhenlang, he is the most beautiful person in the whole world."

"Hehehe, it's too bad old man, where is it better? You tell me, I look better or Hongli looks better?" He coughed a few times while talking, which made Yanhua worry.

"You, why are you jealous with Hongli?"

"You ignore me when you have children, I will be jealous with them." He chuckled and said it as a matter of course.

"Your Majesty, Prince Bao is here." At this time, Su Peisheng walked in quietly.

(End of this chapter)