This snow fell for six days, and the nine gates of the capital were also blocked for six days from the day of Kangxi's death. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The day after Kangxi's death, Yinzhen, who had become his successor, appointed Ma Qi, Long Keduo, Yinzhen and Yinxiang as ministers of prime minister's affairs, and named Yinzhen and Yinxiang as princes, and at the same time summoned the fourteenth elder brother Yinyu back to Beijing for funeral. In addition, Yongzheng ordered the closure of the nine gates of the capital, and Long Keduo personally guarded the court, without Yongzheng's decree, even the prince was not allowed to enter, requiring this closed state to continue until the 20th national funeral.

The people in Beijing are panicked, and the streets are plain and white, and they can't feel the atmosphere that the New Year should have. The coming New Year is not destined to be a year that can be celebrated arbitrarily, the period of national mourning prohibits marriage and entertainment, even husband and wife have taboos to have sex together, people have stopped all entertainment activities, the people's clothes are either green or gray, in the gray sky and white blood against the background, as if the whole world has suddenly lost its color because of the collapse of the Son of Heaven.

On the 16th, Yinzhen announced the edict of "ordering Yinzhen to succeed to the throne and ascend to the pole" to the ministers. I still remember that when Kangxi died, Long Keduo said that there was only an edict, and the princes who had no edict began to doubt the authenticity of this edict.

On the 19th, Yongzheng ordered the officials of the Ministry of Rites to go to the Temple of Heaven, the Taimiao Temple and the Sheji Altar to pay tribute, and the city gate of the capital was lifted in advance. On the 20th, Yongzheng went to the Taihe Hall for the enthronement ceremony to accept the congratulations of hundreds of officials, because Kangxi had just died, and the minister was exempted from congratulatory watches. Subsequently, Yongzheng promulgated the edict of enthronement, announcing the inheritance of Kangxi's will, and announced the thirty articles of grace, changing the year name to "Yongzheng", and starting the year according to the custom.

"Did the first emperor really leave an edict?" I didn't feel surprised when I heard about the edict from Xiaoshunzi, after all, I had seen the edict of Kangxi in the exhibition hall of the Palace Museum, but even I doubted whether this edict was really left by Kangxi, let alone others.

"The edict was taken out by Wei Zhu" Xiao Shunzi said: "In quadruplicate, written in both Manchu and Han languages, but it is not the imperial pen of the first emperor." It seems that someone ghostwrote, and the edict paper is some years old, so it must have been written a long time ago, but it was just ......"

Speaking of the last sentence, Xiao Shunzi hesitated for a moment, leaned close to my ear and whispered: "Someone on my side proved that the edict was indeed prepared early in the morning, but because the first emperor did not think about who to pass the throne to, the position of who the last sentence of the edict prepared at the beginning was vacant. But the copy that the master took out was clearly passed on to the master, so ......"

Xiao Shunzi didn't dare to say the last sentence, and lowered his eyebrows and stepped aside.

So the last sentence was obviously added later. If Yinzhen's name is clearly written on the edict, then Wei Zhu, who was serving by Kangxi's side, must know that when Kangxi died, he should have taken it out and read it to Long Keduo, instead of letting Long Keduo pass on the edict first, saying that there was no edict, and then taking out the edict three days later. There are three days, it is more than enough to forge an edict, and it is no wonder that later generations have been speculating about the authenticity of the edict, it turns out that the edict is true, and most of the content is also true, but only the most critical sentence is false.

I closed my eyes and contemplated, reasoned about all the contexts, and sighed: "Since there is an edict, you don't have to pay attention to the words outside, and there is no need to mention this matter." Now we have to think about what we need to do next. ”

As I spoke, I got up and walked to the bookcase, took out a small, warm and transparent white jade carved iris jade pendant from the drawer, handed it to Xiao Shunzi and said: "Secretly go to the Ninth Master's mansion, give this to him, and only tell him that since the matter is a foregone conclusion, you must remember what I said before, and don't act rashly." ”

Xiao Shunzi hesitated, and finally took the jade pendant and turned to leave.

Yinzhen was busy dealing with state affairs and funerals, and the family members and servants of Prince Yong's mansion also had to prepare for entering the palace to live. However, some shady things must also be resolved at this time, and they cannot be brought into the harem.

On the second night after the edict was announced to the world, Yi died, and the cause of death was claimed to be illness. Only a few people in the know know in their hearts how tragic Yi's death was.

On the third day of December, Kangxi's Zigong Palace was moved to the Jingshan Shouhuang Palace for temporary placement, and continued to mourn the whole country. Six days later, twenty-seven days after Kangxi's death, Yinzhen released his filial piety clothes and moved into the Yangxin Palace, officially starting his career as Emperor Yongzheng.

With the emperor's entry into the palace, the family members also arranged to move in, but it was not suitable to be sealed during the state funeral, so only everyone's position and place of residence were determined.

The Ulanala clan naturally became the queen as a wife and lived in the Yongshou Palace. In order to appease Nian Qianyao, Yinzhen made Nian a concubine from the dragon's work. These are all reasonable, but the most unexpected thing is that the most inconspicuous Qian family in the palace was named Concubine Xi because of Hongli and gave her residence in Jingren Palace. Even the Li family, who had been grounded for sin, was named Concubine Qi under the protection of the Queen Mother and given to live in the Chengqian Palace. And I, who has always been considered the most likely concubine, was only named a concubine and lived with Concubine Xi in Jingren. Even the crazy Song family is a concubine like me, with the title of concubine, and lives in the Chengqian Palace with Concubine Qi. In this comparison, my grade is actually the lowest, which makes everyone very puzzled, and even the Qian family is wronged for me.

I didn't care, because I asked Yinzhen for it. Just when Yinzhen was determining the grade and residence, he once asked Su Peisheng to come over and signal that he would promote me to be a concubine, but I refused without the slightest hesitation. At that time, Su Peisheng was surprised and asked me why, I told him, "Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, originally my original intention was to live a low-key and stable life, but over the years, for myself and for the fourth master, I have been too ostentatious in desperation, and now the master's mind is over, if I am promoted to the concubine position again, it may not make many people have a gap in their hearts, it is better to give me a suitable position to get a peace." ”

In the end, Su Peisheng relayed this to Yinzhen, Yinzhen understood my thoughts, and he was not reluctant, but changed the Xianfu Palace where I originally intended to live to Jingren Palace, where the Qian family was the main seat, first, the Xianfu Palace was too far away, and it was inconvenient to live alone, and secondly, the Qian family lived with me since he entered the house, and now he is named Concubine Xi, and he is the main position of the first palace.

Thinking that this was Yinzhen's kindness, and he was now the emperor, too much rejection would inevitably make him feel that he was too ignorant and displeased him, so he didn't shirk it again.

However, the Qian family's feudal status and residence made the Li family particularly depressed. After all, Jingren Palace is in front of Chengqian Palace, located in the first palace of the East Sixth Palace, and the first palace of the West Sixth Palace Yongshou Palace, where the Wulanala clan who is the queen lives, is on the same line, which undoubtedly raises the identity of the Qian family, the Xi concubine, by one level, even higher than the Nian family who is a noble concubine. Judging by the location of the palace arrangement. As a noble concubine, the Yikun Palace where the Nian family lives is behind the eternal life palace of the Empress Wulanala clan, which also shows that the identity of the Nian clan is under the Wulanala clan. So according to this law, the location of Chengqian Palace is behind Jingren Palace, which also shows that the identity of Concubine Qi of the Li family is also under the Xi concubine of the Qian family.

The most important thing is that I live with Concubine Xi, which is equivalent to pressing half of the Li family in the position where I live, even if my grade is indeed not as high as hers, it still makes her sentence "As long as I live, you don't want to cross me again" became a joke.

"Why did my sister refuse the emperor's kindness and let Concubine Qi press her head. "Taking advantage of the stall where the servants and maids were cleaning up their things, Qian came to my house to drink tea and chat. Although the Qian family now has the identity of Concubine Xi, her habits still can't be changed for a while, and she calls me my sister as usual.

"You are now Concubine Xi, I am just a concubine, why do you still call me sister, it really makes me panic. I reminded jokingly.

"You and I were originally sisters, could it be that I became a concubine, you are just a concubine, you are not my sister, so you don't recognize me as a sister? Qian Shi glanced at me angrily and said angrily.

"Okay, no matter what the identity is, you and I are sisters, but now it's different from the past, there are many rules in the palace, or you should keep a courtesy, I call you Concubine Xi in front of people, you call me Yu Concubine, and you can call you as you want. I said with a smile, but there was a clear difference in my tone. After all, there is a difference in identity, and you can never go back to the time when you have no scruples at all, and the farther you go in the future, the more scruples you will have. Qian can not care, but he can't tell the truth.

"My sister hasn't told me why I have to refuse the emperor's arrangement. I originally wanted to turn this topic away, but I didn't expect Qian to get to the bottom of it.

I took out the rhetoric I said to Su Peisheng, but Qian didn't believe it. I asked her why she didn't believe it, and she said: "If my sister is really for this reason, she can also take over the concubine position, and then choose to live in the Xianfu Palace in a remote position, and become the head of the first palace by herself, guarding the world and living a peaceful and stable life without quarrel with the world, why do you have to condescend to the concubine position, but also live with others." ”

I have always known that although the Qian family is rarely in charge of affairs, his mind is clearer than ordinary people. So she can see that I still have unspoken real thoughts, and it is inevitable.

I was silent for a moment, thinking about what to say, before I spoke: "Because the ninth master ......"

Qian was startled, subconsciously got up and looked at the direction of the door, and saw that the door was hidden, so he sat back and said in a low voice: "Could it be that my sister is really ...... with the ninth master?"

I shook my head, motioned for her to be calm, and explained in a low voice: "I don't have anything unspeakable with the Ninth Master, it's just that the Ninth Master's kindness to me, you know." The eighth master, the ninth master, and the fourteenth master must have no possibility of bridging the gap between these people and the emperor. What kind of character the emperor is, how can they get along for decades, if they can survive in a low-key manner, they may be able to get temporary benefits, but how can these people bow their heads easily. If the throne wants to sit firmly, it must eradicate dissidents, which is what all monarchs do. But the Ninth Master's kindness to me is different from these, in order to help the emperor before, I have done a lot of ungrateful things to the Ninth Master, but now it is time for me to pay it back, so I must save the life of the Ninth Master, and doing so is likely to anger the emperor. ”

"What does this have to do with your refusal to be a concubine, whether you are a concubine or a concubine, as long as you touch the emperor's bottom line, it will be a dead end at that time, do you not even care about your own life in order to save the ninth master?" Qian didn't expect me to have such a plan, and I was anxious when I heard what I said.

"I'm not a concubine, I naturally want to leave a way out for myself, as for what I'm going to do, you don't have to ask, you just have to remember, no matter what happens, please help me take care of Hongday. Don't interfere with anything else, even if I'm guilty, don't save me, protecting yourself and taking care of the two children is the key. "I didn't know how to explain my thoughts to her, after all, there were some things that I wasn't sure would be able to happen, so I had to make a trust in advance in case of the unexpected.

Qian saw that I had made up my mind, and I didn't know how to persuade for a while, but I repeatedly reminded me to be more careful, otherwise I was afraid that it would involve Hongyang, and even she would be in trouble if she couldn't protect Hongday if she was too guilty at that time.

I reassured Qian, saying that I knew in my heart where this bottom line was, so that she should not know about it, and never leak half a sentence. Qian responded, and the faint worry in his eyes was visible.

Qian left, Xiao Shunzi, who heard my conversation with Qian, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Gege should not have any intersection with Jiu Ye in the future, otherwise it will ......"

"It seems that the emperor has already asked people to keep an eye on those families, right? Did anyone find out about the last time you sent something?" Before Xiao Shunzi finished speaking, I already understood what he meant.

At this time, how can Yinzhen rest assured that they can do whatever they want, and it is inevitable to arrange people to keep an eye on them. All I'm worried about is whether the things will be delivered and whether Junko will be discovered.

"The thing was delivered, and at that time, the slave found that there was a person watching the sticky pole, and when he left, he fought with one of them, but he was wearing a night suit at the time, and his face was covered, and the light in the fight was not very good, so he should not have been recognized by them, Gege didn't have to worry. When I said this, there was a hint of deep thought in Xiao Shunzi's eyes, and I happened to miss this look when I lowered my head and picked up the tea cup.

"Ninth Master, do you have anything to say for you to bring back?" Xiao Shunzi has his own sense of proportion, he said it's okay, and I won't dig into it. Instead, he asked.

"No, the ninth master only said, 'I know', and then he was in a daze with the jade pendant, and the slave left after staying for a long time, and he didn't dare to stay longer. Xiao Shunzi said.

When Xiao Shunzi retreated, I fell into deep thought, and took out a jade pendant from my sleeve that was almost identical to the one in Yinyu's hand, judging in my heart whether Yinyu really understood what I meant, and worried about whether I could really successfully rewrite history and save his life.

Yinyu must be saved, this is what I owe him—I told myself. Even if there is a curse to change my life against the sky, I must do this, otherwise I will live in guilt for the rest of my life, and even if I can get the stability I want to die in peace, I can't really get any peace in my heart.