Chapter 15: Courage to Abandon Red Dust
"Go back, it's not safe here, the same kind of beast has smelled its blood, I'm afraid it's coming soon. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info"His years of experience in warfare and hunting have trained him to be very sensitive to danger, and the howling wind can no longer distinguish whether it is the wind or the roar of a tiger, but it undoubtedly tells them that this place is not suitable for a long time.
Dolgon unreined the horse, jumped on the horse as soon as he jumped over, and then stretched out his hand, took Su Mo'er's hand and sat in front of him, he pulled the reins, and whipped away.
This day was peaceful, Su Mo'er's hanging heart was also relaxed, and when she returned to the palace, Concubine Zhuang asked with concern, "What?" Has he embarrassed you again? ”
Su Mo'er shook her head: "Back to the master's words, no, the slave is very good." ”
Concubine Zhuang's eyebrows tightened, she thought that Su Mo'er was afraid that she would worry, so she deliberately comforted herself.
Su Mo'er saw Concubine Zhuang's thoughts, and said with a smile: "It's true, Lord Rui just took me out hunting, and nothing else." ”
Concubine Zhuang married into the palace at the age of thirteen, and lived in the deep palace for more than ten years, not to mention the thoughts of men, she also has a deep understanding of them, liking the new and hating the old is the law of history in them, when pursuing you, she loves you in every way, and she is tired of you and is hot and cold, even if she chooses to be on the king's side, she will not escape fate, and Dolgon's reputation has always been bad, and she is even more reluctant for Su Mo'er to suffer the love frustration she has experienced again.
"You are a kind girl, you deserve to be a better family, you have been with me for thirteen years, and it is time to get married, I will ask the queen for a favor tomorrow, let her be the master for you, and choose a suitable clan friend Baylor to marry to be a great blessing, are you willing?"
After hearing this, Su Mo'er quickly knelt down and said earnestly: "The slave begged Niangniang not to kick the slave out of the palace, and the slave swore that he was willing to serve the master for the rest of his life and accompany Niangniang." She knew very well in her heart that she could only die if she stayed in the palace.
Concubine Zhuang didn't expect Su Mo'er's reaction to be so strong, "Silly girl, the man should get married, the woman should get married, how can a girl not marry, can you still be with me for the rest of your life?" ”
Seeing that Concubine Zhuang looked like she would not give up if she didn't marry her, she hurriedly came up with various reasons to shirk it: "Master, slave...... It's just that you don't want to rely on men to survive, slaves...... I don't want to live so humble, and I don't want to be a pulsatilla, if you want a slave to guard a person every day and endure the desolation of being alone in an empty boudoir, that's the life that the slave doesn't want. ”
This remark hit Concubine Zhuang's pain point, isn't that what she is? So she knows too well the loneliness and despair in this deep boudoir, it turns out that Su Mo'er has long seen through the red dust and has no intention of fighting for spring, so she has no choice but to give up.
It is said that the spring is in March, but the recovery of all things in March in Liaodong is particularly slow, the snow has not completely melted away, the cosmos in the Changchun Garden has gone through the frost of the cold winter, there is little left in the snow, and the euonymus in the corner of the palace wall is still hung with the white snow of the trees, but compared with the cold winter wax moon, the vigor of early spring makes people willing to come out of the interior and walk outside.
Hearing that the emperor went to the South Three Institutes to visit the ninth son of the emperor, and gave the name of Fulin, rewarding 20 pieces of yellow cotton silk, 20 pieces of purple cotton silk, 5 leopard skins, 500 knives of white paper, 50 brushes made of rat tail hair, and 50 pieces of ink.
Concubine Zhuang has already been out of confinement, this day, she took Su Mo'er to go to Qingning Palace to the queen to say goodbye, Qingning Palace is located in the middle of the inner court, sitting north and facing south, is a five-room hard hilltop front and back corridor building, out of Yongfu Palace, Su Mo'er glanced at the opposite East Palace, where the emperor's favorite concubine Hai Lanzhu lives in the Guanju Palace, the palace maids and eunuchs are all fully equipped, unlike the West Palace where their master lives.
Entering the second palace gate on the east side, the compartment on the east side is the sleeping palace of Empress Zhezhe and Huang Taiji, which should be regarded as simple for the palace imagined by Su Mo'er, and it is not as splendid as the later Beijing Forbidden City.
I saw the queen sitting on the kang couch set up by the window, drinking tea while admiring the plum cut back by the palace maid Sahashu from the courtyard outside, Concubine Zhuang stepped forward and bowed: "My nephew asks the queen's aunt to say goodbye, and I wish the queen's aunt a phoenix and a golden peace." Su Mo'er also bowed behind her.
"Nephew, come, go up to the palace and sit down."
"Aunt Xie." Concubine Zhuang got up and sat down beside the queen.
After getting up, Su Mo'er secretly raised her eyes and looked at the legendary Empress Xiaoduanwen, peaceful and dignified, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, there are not many records of her in the official history, but it is certain that many turmoil and court rights and wrongs in history have not involved her, it should be said that she has neither great achievements nor scandals, and is a person with a more neutral historical evaluation.
At the age of forty, she was already an old pearl at this time, no children under her knees, and only had three Gege, if the mother was expensive by her son, she was unlucky, but the emperor still put her status in the first place in the harem, and was firmly in the middle palace, in addition to presiding over the harem affairs in an orderly manner, it was also related to the fact that the emperor ranked the harem according to his political status at that time, and the Manchurian and Mongolian marriage was originally to consolidate the Qing Dynasty regime he was in charge of.
Concubine Chen was the most favored before entering the palace was Concubine Zhuang, after Concubine Chen entered the palace, the youngest was Concubine Zhuang, but her status was ranked last, and the queen's status has never wavered, the queen watched her fall from the top to the bottom, and now the aunt and nephew have a sense of loneliness that cherishes each other.
It is impossible for the queen to be expensive in this life, Concubine Zhuang gave birth to a dragon son this time, which is a potential stock, plus Concubine Chen's only prince has just died, her biggest competitor has been defeated without a fight, it is time to raise her eyebrows, but she is not complacent, they all know very well that whether the mother can rely on the son is expensive, the key voice is still in the hands of the emperor, but he is now focused on Concubine Chen.
"Is my nephew recovering well?"
"Thanks to the blessing of the queen's aunt, the nephew is recovering well, and the queen's aunt is remembered."
"I heard that the emperor gave the name of Brother Jiu and blessed him, and he loves him very much, you have to cultivate it well, and he will contribute to the social development of the Qing Dynasty in the future."
"Abide by the teachings of the queen's aunt, and my nephew will not dare to live up to the expectations of the emperor and the queen's aunt."
My aunt and nephew were talking about themselves, when they suddenly heard the chief eunuch Tu Gonggong shouting outside the palace gate: "The emperor has arrived!" ”
Everyone immediately knelt down to greet the holy driver, only to see a middle-aged man dressed in a dragon robe, with snow and frost hanging on his dark cloak, and a weather-beaten face that was not angry but mighty, accompanied by the eunuchs and palace maids, walked into the Qingning Palace.
"Welcome to the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!" The queen and Concubine Zhuang said in unison.
"Flat." After the emperor took his seat, the queen and Concubine Zhuang got up and stood aside dignifiedly.
"Concubine Zhuang is also there?" At this time, the emperor saw Concubine Zhuang standing beside the queen and asked in surprise.
"If you go back to the emperor, the concubines have come to ask the queen mother for peace, and before she leaves, the emperor's holy car will arrive." Concubine Zhuang replied gently.
Su Mo'er, who was standing quietly, hurriedly took advantage of the time to sneak a glance at the emperor, this is the founder of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, between his eyebrows, he should still be beautiful when he was young, he has been driving for many years, and his forty-six-year-old face has long been covered with traces of time, especially the tragedy of the early death of his favorite eighth prince, and there is a trace of haggard in his majesty.
Su Mo'er knew in her heart that there were only five years left in the emperor's time, and he also went with Concubine Chen shortly after she died, as the lord of a country, he had full merits, but as a husband, he owed too many people.
Just as Su Mo'er looked at the emperor and was distracted, the emperor's eyes suddenly met her eyes, she was so frightened that she quickly lowered her head, and she was worried in her heart, because the rules of the Manchus were strict, and the subordinates were not allowed to look directly at Long Yan, and she didn't know if her unintentional mistake would cause her to kill herself.