Chapter Fifty-Eight: Two Deaths Three
The spring rain was dropping on the ground, and as the rain fell, the capital became gloomy and cold. With the poisoning of the eldest princess and died, three days later, the news of the death of the empress dowager came out of the palace, and all the families took off all kinds of festive things, all changed into plain clothes, and all the ladies in Beijing who enjoyed the edict were also ready to enter the palace to cry.
Plain silk has already been hung everywhere in the palace, Cining Palace is set up as a mourning hall, and the concubines in the palace have already changed to the news of the death of the empress dowager, changed into plain clothes, took the hairpin on the head, knelt in front of the mourning hall, and cried very sadly one by one.
And the foreign women who entered the palace one after another all entered the palace under the rain, and many of their skirts were wet, but they couldn't take care of it.
"It seems that I don't see that Emperor Zhen's concubine!" Someone looked around at Kangxi's concubines, but they didn't see the ** imperial concubine who was rumored to be the most favored since entering the palace, so they muttered quietly to the lady next to them, but they didn't get the person's echo, but instead warned and silenced. The snarky-looking woman snorted, not taking it seriously.
But at this moment, the figure at the door flickered, and a small voice was heard, "Imperial concubine, imperial concubine!" ā
But as soon as he said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived. The woman couldn't help but look up to see what this favorite ** imperial concubine looked like, white and stainless mourning clothes, with the woman's flag on her ink-like head, but there was no decoration, and when she wanted to see her appearance, she was so shocked that she hurriedly lowered her head when she saw the slightly bloodshot wound on her forehead. When she walked by, she still glanced at her back, this imperial concubine with the eldest princess and the queen mother as a backer, now that the two backers are dead and disfigured, they still want to be favored in the future, even if it is difficult.
"Imperial Concubine!" All the concubines led by Yi Guifei all saluted, Feng Li nodded, and walked to the coffin of Xiaozhuang, Xiaozhuang had changed into the clothes of the Empress Dowager, lying calmly, Feng Li stretched out his hand and held Xiaozhuang's hand.
"Master, the emperor is here!" Xiao Shunzi reminded Feng Li, Feng Li was a little stunned, until Kangxi came over and knelt in front of Xiaozhuang's coffin, "Grandmother Huang, Ah Li didn't see your last face, and now, she is back, and it's the same." ā
Feng Li knelt beside Kangxi with him, Kangxi didn't speak again, and the hall was full of people, but they only heard the sound of monks chanting scriptures.
When night fell, the foreign women all went out of the palace, Kangxi sent a message to ask the concubines to go back, only Fengli didn't move, and Concubine Yi also wanted to stay, but Kangxi looked back at her, and she didn't dare to think about it again.
In addition to the monks who chanted the scriptures and the eunuchs who served, only Kangxi and Feng Li were left in the hall, Feng Li knelt behind Kangxi, half of his body was wrong, Kangxi threw the paper into the brazier, and every time he finished burning, Feng Li continued to hand it to him. For a long night, the two of them handed one by one, burned the other, and did not say a word. Only when he was in the court, Kangxi said: "Let Aunt Yinghua accompany the imperial grandmother!" ā
"Good!" Feng Li agreed, both of them were noisy all night, and their voices were hoarse. Kangxi was about to get up, but the leg that had been kneeling for a day and a night was so numb that his body staggered, Feng Li hurriedly helped him, Kangxi shook her hand back, rubbed, and called Feng Li's nickname, but he didn't say anything.
Feng Li didn't urge, just rubbed by him, even if he didn't look at her, she knew how uncomfortable he felt in his heart.
"I thought that she might be with me for a long time, but when I saw her yesterday, although she was sluggish and had no energy, her body was still tough, but suddenly, she left all of a sudden." Kangxi opened his mouth aggrievedly and sadly, "I remember that when I was a child, Huang Ama only had Dong E's heart in his heart, and he didn't even come to see me when I had smallpox that year. Only the imperial grandmother, even if I was not in the palace, she always wrote to me, asking me to take medicine and recuperate, and I survived that most difficult time. ā
"After that, Huang Ama was gone, and it was also the emperor's grandmother who escorted me to the throne and taught me how to deal with court affairs and courtiers. As the power of Aobai grows bigger and bigger, I am almost out of breath by Aobai, and it is the emperor's grandmother who makes me remember all the time that for the emperor, when ordinary people can't bear it, and when there is no chance of winning, I can't bear it, and I have to endure it. On the night of the Aobai, I was scared, but the emperor's grandmother told me that she would wait for me in Cining Palace, waiting for me to return triumphantly. I know, and my grandmother also knows that I am afraid, so she tells me with her actions that she will always be my strongest backing, and I will move forward bravely. Kangxi talked eloquently about Xiaozhuang, and at this moment, he was completely immersed in memories.
"Just issued the will of the feudal lords, half of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were not optimistic, after the three feudatories raised troops, these people were completely panicked, and it was also the emperor's grandmother who helped me to overcome the public opinion and send troops to ambush the three feudatories. When the treasury ran out of money, the imperial grandmother took out all her savings and told me to arrange the grain and grass and the silver with confidence, and she would definitely help me think of it. ā
In Kangxi's life, the most important person is Xiaozhuang, who has never dared to forget Xiaozhuang's kindness to him. This is also the reason why, even if Feng Li complained in his heart that Xiaozhuang designed her, he didn't do anything to Xiaozhuang. After all, Fengli didn't want to be an enemy of Kangxi.
"Ah Li, I owe the imperial grandmother too much, even if I spend my whole life, I can't pay it off. Now, the imperial grandmother is gone, I want to pay it back, and I can't pay it back! Kangxi clenched Fengli's hand sadly, looked at Xiaozhuang's coffin, and tears slipped silently.
"The Empress Dowager understands your intentions, as long as you govern the Qing Dynasty well, the Empress Dowager will be happy if she knows about it."
Kangxi held Feng Li's hand tighter and tighter, Feng Li was caught by him, and he didn't say a word, "Imperial grandmother, she likes you very much, you accompany her more." ā
After collecting his tears, Kangxi left Cining Palace with support, Feng Li looked at his back, Kangxi, he is the emperor, but he is also an ordinary man, he will be sad and sad because of the departure of his loved ones.
Xiaozhuang left so suddenly, Feng Yuan shook his head, rubbed his knees, and Xiao Shunzi said: "Master, otherwise, you can sit and rest for a while." ā
Feng Li didn't push back, knelt for a day and a night, and didn't let his knees move, just afraid that he would be wasted. "Tell me why the Empress Dowager ...... so suddenly"
Xiao Shunzi took a cushion and put it behind Feng Li, Feng Li sat on the cushion, gently rubbing his calves, Xiao Shunzi said: "When the news of the death of the eldest princess came, the Empress Dowager vomited blood and fell into a coma. ā
Feng Li already knew these words, nodded and let Xiao Shunzi continue. "It was the emperor's order that no one should be allowed to disturb the Empress Dowager with anything, so that the Empress Dowager could live and recuperate. The matter of Cining Palace, the servants are not very clear, but early yesterday morning, the people who served the Empress Dowager in Cining Palace found out that the Empress Dowager was gone! ā
Feng Li licked his dry lips, "So suddenly, can the emperor let the imperial doctor check it?" Is there something else going on? ā
The emperor was also suspicious, but after the imperial doctor checked it, they all said that the queen mother was living a peaceful life. Cining Palace is the Empress Dowager's people, and the night before, the emperor and the Empress Dowager, several ladies have come to Cining Palace to serve the sick, the emperor inquired about the entire Cining Palace, no one has ever approached the Empress Dowager. Xiao Shunzi replied to Feng Li with all the news he had discovered, and Feng Li took a deep breath, "I know." ā
No matter how you look at it, Xiaozhuang's death is just because of the loss of his beloved daughter, the stimulation is great, and as he gets older, he fell asleep overnight and never woke up. But Fengli has a strong crisis, and always feels that there is a person who is secretly manipulating something, first Duanxian, and then Xiaozhuang, and these two people, in the eyes of outsiders, are Fengli's biggest backers, so that she is favored in the palace and is a big backer in a high position.
Kangxi intended to let Duan Xian accompany Xiaozhuang, since the operation, although this Xiaozhuang did not leave a message, but when Xiaozhuang was seriously ill the year before last, everything that should be explained has been explained, but it was postponed for two years, according to Xiaozhuang's thoughts, and she was not buried in the imperial mausoleum of Huang Taiji. It's just that Xiaozhuang doesn't want to disturb Huang Taiji, and her burial place is self-selecting.
The courtiers scrambled to mention yƬ, but they were all vetoed by Kangxi, and they debated for three months, seeing that the weather was getting hotter and hotter, Kangxi finally decided to send the coffin of the Empress Dowager to be temporarily enshrined in the palace, and then the mausoleum was called Zhaoling. The spirit of the Great Elder Princess, also sent to the Lord. It's just that at this time, I got the news of the martyrdom of Su Malagu, the maid of Xiaozhuang. In this way, Kangxi immediately decided to bury Ruzhao Mausoleum together with Su Malagu.
Let Duan Xian, Su Mala Gu and Xiaozhuang be buried in Zhaoling together, this is the supreme glory, as the son of Duan Xian, Cang Ze hurriedly thanked him, and the matter of Duan Xian being poisoned, Feng Li did not believe that Duan Xian was harmed by Yan Hui, in Cangze, Yan Hui's matter but if it is announced, Yu Duan Xian's reputation is in jeopardy, even if he believes it, he can't admit it. But except for Yan Hui, no matter how Feng Li investigated, he didn't find any other relevant clues. There is also Aunt Su Mala, she once went to see Aunt Su Mala, although she was sad at that time, but she had no intention of martyrdom, why was it so sudden...... Things are getting more and more complicated, but because there are no clues, even if Feng Li has suspicions, he can't.
Needless to say, there is no clue at all, after Kangxi asked three times a day, the people of Dali Temple had no other way than to ask for sin.
And both Kangxi and Fengli felt very depressed, and the fact that Duanxian was poisoned by someone couldn't be detected at all, this person was too deeply hidden, which gave them a strong sense of crisis.
With the migration of time, Kangxi actually asked, could Duan Xian have died of hemoptysis?
Yan Hui's matter was concealed by Feng Li, Kangxi asked, but he also controlled the capital very strictly, in addition to Dali Temple, he also sent another secret guard to inquire, but there has been no clue, he does not believe that someone can kill Duan Xian so silently, yes, he suspects the cause of Duan Xian's death.
After three months of investigation, nothing was bad, and there must be a conclusion on this matter, and it has dragged on for too long, and no one can accept it. Ke Feng can't trust others, but he understands the people around him, Yu Yun's medical skills are so clever, she has a good psychology, and she will never disbelieve her, but believe in those doctors who are calm.