"Back to the master, the slave quietly went to check, the fourth master did arrange for someone to put slow medicine in Miss Zhaohui's meal, and the dog slave who took the medicine has already confessed it himself, and it can't be wrong." Li Xu's expression was very nervous, and he cautiously reported to Kangxi. Kangxi closed his eyes, pondering and reluctant to speak, but Su Malagu, who was next to the waiter, was a little angry, and said angrily: "Master, the fourth master is really too disagreeable, no matter how wrong Master Zhaohui is, even if he wants to fight or kill, he has to decide the master, so if she is in charge?" ”

"Su Ma, no matter how bold she is and how ambitious she is, she doesn't dare to kill the queen without permission." Kangxi continued to close his eyes and said lightly with a calm face. Su Malagu immediately closed her mouth, although Kangxi did not say the real murderer behind the poisoning of Hui'er's little girl, but with Su Malagu's cleverness, how could she not guess the identity of that person? At the same time, Su Malagu secretly sympathized with Kangxi, on the one hand, the beloved woman wanted to be loved, and on the other hand, the respected and beloved grandmother wanted to kill, and the feeling of being caught in the middle was really uncomfortable.

There was silence in the Heart Cultivation Palace, so quiet that a needle could be heard dropping on the ground, and Su Malagu, Li Xu and Zhang Wanqiang, who were accompanying Kangxi, didn't even dare to breathe a mouthful, for fear of interrupting Kangxi's train of thought. After a long time, Aunt Su Mala, who knew Kangxi very well, saw that Kangxi was hesitant, so she tentatively said to Kangxi: "Master, since you like Master Zhaohui so much, why don't you ask the ancestor for a favor, just say that the master doesn't care about what Master Zhaohui did wrong in the past, and still wants to marry Master Zhaohui into the palace." In this way, maybe the old ancestor will order to stop. ”

"No one can make her decide to change what the ancestor decides, including me." Kangxi didn't finish his words, because he liked Hui'er more in the ** aspect, and another important reason was that the Hesheri clan, which had great power in the Zhenghuang Banner, really wanted to marry Hui'er and enter the palace As soon as the novelty disappeared, it wouldn't take long for Kangxi to beat her into the cold palace - not to mention Hui'er and Wu Yingxiong and those unexplained things. Su Malagu didn't give up, her eyes rolled and she asked Li Xu: "Li Xu, the fourth master asked the master Zhaohui to give the medicine, have you checked the toxicity?" Is there any salvation? ”

"Back to Aunt Su Ma, the slave has checked." Li Xu replied respectfully: "The four masters are a kind of slow medicine, after taking it, they will slowly lose weight, and they will have the same symptoms as jaundice, as long as they take it three to five times, they will die of poison within two months, but it looks like a sudden illness and sudden death." ”

"Do you have to take it three or five times to get results? How many times has Master Zhaohui taken it now? Aunt Su Mala asked hurriedly. Li Xu replied with a little recollection: "Twice, the slave who did it only gave the medicine twice, because the medicine was in the hands of the four masters, and every time the medicine was given by the four masters, the slave had only been given twice so far." ”

"Very well, then it proves that there is still salvation." Su Malagu hurriedly said to Kangxi: "Master, if you want to keep the master of Zhaohui, there are still two ways now, one is to secretly summon the four masters and ask her to stop acting, as long as it is delayed until the Ministry of Rites officially hires the Suo Etu family, it will be easy to persuade the old ancestor." The second is to summon Suo Etu and ask him to protect his daughter carefully, so that the four masters will not be able to do it. ”

"Su Ma, don't say it, I will never do anything to deceive my ancestors. Since this is the decision of the Ancestors, I will never interfere in this matter. Kangxi had great respect for Xiaozhuang and categorically rejected Su Malagu's kindness. Kangxi thought about it and said with a cruel smile: "Your four masters are really a powerful character, pinching the last medicine in her hand is equivalent to putting the life of Zhaohui's little slut in her hands, with this bargaining chip, she can make deals with me, Wu Yingxiong, and even Suo Etu anytime and anywhere." Hum! His heart can be punished! His heart can be punished! ”

As soon as Kangxi's words fell, a small eunuch hurriedly ran into the palace of nourishing his heart, fell to his knees, kowtowed, and said: "Your Majesty, the four masters handed over the sign to please see, saying that there is something important to report to the emperor." Kangxi smiled cruelly: "The ground in Beijing is evil, say who will come." It's a good thing, I just want to see what she's going to do and announce her in. "Piercing ——!" The eunuch skillfully kowtowed, and rushed out to announce the decree. In a moment, the woman who met Wu Yuanming in a golden mask last night came in from outside the Heart Cultivation Hall wearing a palace costume and gave Kangxi a deep blessing, "Slave maid - Kong Sizhen, I have seen long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." ”

"Get up, you are the concubine of the Eastern Palace of the First Emperor (Note 1) of the ancestors himself, and you are also my queen mother, give you a seat." Kangxi gave Kong Sizhen a seat very affectionately and kindly, Kong Sizhen was deeply blessed and thanked in his mouth, the lotus step moved lightly, and the wind swayed to the chair like a willow and sat down, the plump figure and bewitching movements made Kangxi and Li Xu, two normal men, can't help but think about it. Only Su Malagu secretly scolded this girl for being a natural fox, I'm afraid it's not a good match, but I don't know if there was any special story when she met Wu Ciyou last time.

Kangxi and Kong Sizhen did not meet much, when Kong Sizhen left Beijing to go to Zhaoling to guard Shunzhi's grave, the two met once, but Kangxi was not eight years old at that time, Kong Sizhen was only eighteen years old, and only vaguely remembered that Kong Sizhen was an extraordinarily beautiful big sister. On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, when Xiaozhuang recalled Kong Sizhen to Beijing, Kangxi saw Kong Sizhen again, but in front of Xiaozhuang, Kangxi did not dare to expose his lascivious true face, but just asked Kong Sizhen to kowtow to himself a few times through Xu Yuan, and did not let her approach and take a closer look. So until today, Kangxi can be regarded as having a careful look at Kong Sizhen's appearance, but it's okay not to see it, Kangxi's blood began to boil at a glance - just in terms of appearance and beauty, Kong Sizhen is definitely not under the little girl Hui'er and Aunt Su Mala that Kangxi is familiar with, and she was born with a charming body, and a pair of Danfeng eyes under the curved willow eyebrows are just like a little paint, which is enough to take the soul of any man; The skin is as white as a cockroach, the teeth are like a rhinoceros, although the mouth is a little too big, the plump breasts and fat buttocks are extremely good, but the plump pink lips make up for this regret. However, what makes Kangxi salivate the most is the charm of Kong Sizhen's gestures, every move exudes infinite temptation, arousing the temptation of men's primitive desires.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Aunt Su Mala reminded Kangxi softly, and wiped the corners of her mouth with her hand, and wiped her neck to wink at Kangxi. Kangxi woke up from a dream as before, and hurriedly wiped the saliva that had flowed out of the corners of his mouth, and the woman who came out of the ancestor himself was really not simple, no wonder the ancestor had to transfer this woman to guard the tomb of his father eight years ago, if she stayed in the palace, I was afraid that she would have been hooked into bed by her. It's also fortunate that I didn't eat a bowl of raw deer blood this morning as usual, otherwise I am afraid that I would have made a fool of myself on the spot. And Kong Sizhen saw Kangxi's anxious appearance, and couldn't help but purse her lips and snicker, that charming and seductive appearance made Kangxi feel excited again. And Li Xu, another normal man in the hall, was already stunned, and hurriedly bent down secretly, so as not to expose some of his physiological reactions.

"Sigege, this time the ancestor asked you to succeed Hu Gongshan, but you found out what is urgent? So you're in a hurry to see me? Kangxi was afraid that he would make a fool of himself in front of his honorary mother Kong Sizhen, so he hurriedly looked away, wanting to hurry up and finish asking so that Kong Sizhen could be sent away. Kong Sizhen habitually smiled coquettishly and said in a flattering voice: "Your Majesty, the three things that the concubines want to report are all related to Wu Yingxiong, the son of the King of Pingxi. Well, after the assassination on Yongxing Street last night, Wu Yingxiong and Mu Lima went to Aobai's house together, and they didn't leave until midnight this morning. ”

"Hmph, what if you hook up? Wu Yingxiong jumped off the beam clown, not a problem! Kangxi snorted coldly, after the military salary incident, Kangxi already knew how 'indestructible' the alliance between Wu Sangui and Aobai was, and he would still believe that the alliance could really cause trouble for himself. What made Kangxi angry was Mu Lima's reaction after the failure to assassinate Wu Liuyi - he did not ask for an order or apologize, and took Mu Lima home for treatment of his injuries in a big way, as if nothing had happened, and his contempt for Kangxi's authority and national law was to the extreme. But Kangxi is helpless to take Aobai now, although the defense of the nine cities is in the hands of Kangxi, but the control of the Forbidden City is basically in the hands of Aobai, once it is a lose-lose situation. These days, under the pretext of military drills, Aobai transferred 20,000 troops from Fengtai to station outside Beijing, and Zamule, the commander of the Fengtai garrison, is not only a man with a yellow flag in Aobai, but also an old general brought out by Aobai, and it is conceivable that he will stand there when he moves. So Kangxi can only continue to endure now, continue to wait for the opportunity to have a showdown with Aobai.

"The emperor is wise, then Wu Yingxiong is indeed a clown who jumps off the beam, and the emperor can make him disappear with a little finger." Kong Sizhen slapped Kangxi on the back, and said charmingly: "But the slave maid also found out one thing, this jumping clown seems to be tired of staying in Beijing, these days his guards have been in contact with the merchants of the rivers and lakes, and constantly inquire about various road guards back to Yunnan; A few others went to Dagukou in Tianjin, where they bought two sea-going boats and handed them over to some people with Yunnan accents to run them. ”

"Want to run? He dares! Kangxi also snorted coldly, but he was really a little vigilant in his heart. When he wanted to tell Kong Sizhen to step up surveillance, Kangxi couldn't help but peek at Kong Sizhen again, it happened that Kong Sizhen was also peeking at him, his eyes met, Kong Sizhen immediately threw a seductive wink, Kangxi forcibly suppressed the evil fire in his heart and looked away, and snorted coldly: "Let Li Yuliang step up his surveillance of him, if he dares to go out of the city for twenty miles, he doesn't need to ask for an order, he will be captured immediately, but he is not allowed to hurt his life!" ”

"The slave obeys." Kong Sizhen got up and bowed, which was regarded as a command. Seeing Kong Sizhen's charming and seductive appearance, Kangxi became more and more difficult to suppress the evil fire in his heart, so he simply diverted his attention from anger, and said angrily: "Sigege, the ancestor asked you to take over Hu Gongshan to do the thirteen yamen's affairs, not to let you only stare at the trivialities of Wu Yingxiong's jumping clown, the most important thing is to let you keep an eye on what the national thief beetle does!" During this time, Ao Bai Na made a move to Wu Liu one after another, proving that the day when he finally broke up is imminent, and your main target is him! ”

"The slave and maid are guilty, ask the master for forgiveness." Kong Sizhen knelt down and kowtowed with a frightened face, and she didn't know if she was really scared or pretended, tears came as soon as she said it, and in the blink of an eye, she was already crying with pear blossoms and rain. That pitiful appearance made Kangxi feel moved again, and he couldn't help but say: "Get up, Wu Liuyi was able to escape the assassination this time, and it was all thanks to you, just do things like this hard in the future." ”

"Emperor Xie, the slave and maid will work hard in the future and never disappoint the expectations of the emperor and the ancestors." Kong Sizhen got up with tears in her eyes and sobbed: "Since the emperor asked the slaves and maids to stop investigating these trivial matters, then Wu Yingxiong entered the Suo Etu Mansion today, and the slaves and maids will no longer report it, and the servants will ask for orders to do other errands." ”

"What? Wu Yingxiong went to Suo Etu's house today? Kangxi stood up and said angrily: "What is he going to do?" What did he do at Soetu's house? ”

"Hmph, I still can't forget that yellow-haired girl. That little girl is better than me except for her beautiful face? Is it okay for me to do kung fu in bed? From Kangxi's fierce reaction, Kong Sizhen could see at a glance that Kangxi still missed Hui'er. After knowing the bottom of his heart, Kong Sizhen regained his old self, and said in a flattering voice: "Your Majesty, that Wu Yingxiong met Miss Zhaohui again at Suo Etu's house, and was beaten by Suo Etu, and later Suo Etu and Wu Yingxiong went into the study to talk secretly, and the slave maid spent a lot of effort to find out the content of their conversation. ”

"What did they talk about?" Kangxi asked nervously. Kong Sizhen replied in a flattering voice: "Back to the emperor, they are talking about Miss Zhaohui, Suo Etu seems to have guessed that the ancestor has appointed his niece Hesheri Zhaoquan as the queen and Miss Zhaohui...... , so Suo Etu proposed to let Wu Yingxiong take care of his daughter for the rest of his life, and asked Wu Yingxiong to find a way to let Miss Zhaohui retire from the position of future queen. Kong Sizhen didn't tell the truth, the poisoning of Hui'er was actually Kong Sizhen secretly notified Suo Etu to be vigilant - Kong Sizhen would not be stupid enough to kill the emperor's beloved woman and cause resentment, not to mention that the power of Suo Etu's family in the court is not trivial.

"What is Wu Yingxiong's plan? Did he promise? Kangxi said hatefully. Kangxi has seen Hui'er's cousin, and in terms of appearance, even Kangxi's current concubines can't be compared, let alone the natural beauty embryo Hui'er.

"Wu Yingxiong likes Miss Zhaohui so much, of course he agreed immediately, and begged his stepfather to call Huazi Yao Qisheng to come up with an idea." Kong Sizhen said slowly: "Yao Qisheng offered a plan to draw salary from the bottom of the cauldron and bribed Yang Guangxian, the supervisor of Qintian, with a large amount of money, so that he could deceive and disagree when calculating the eight characters between the saint and Miss Zhaohui, and prepare for public opinion for the abolition of Miss Zhaohui. In addition, Miss Zhaohui went out to play alone, and did not return at night, and afterwards made Miss Zhaohui's reputation discredited, and the Han officials in the court would attack Miss Zhaohui in the name of not abiding by women's morals. In this way, the ancestor has a step to go down, and he can abolish Miss Zhaohui openly and set up Miss Zhaoquan as the queen, and at the same time will not damage the prestige of the emperor or Suo Etu's status in the court. ”

"He Wu Yingxiong wants to be beautiful! Even if I don't make Zhaohui the queen, I won't give Zhaohuibai to him! Kangxi roared, his nose almost out of breath. But Su Malagu felt that this method was good, and said: "Your Majesty, the slave maid thinks that this Yao Qisheng's method is good, and after Wu Yingxiong and Miss Zhaohui made a big fuss about the Taihe Palace, the old ancestor has decided to abolish it and set it up separately, and the Han ministers who pay attention to etiquette and law also have a lot of complaints, but they are not good for the emperor's face to object. Now as long as the emperor follows the steps set up by Yao Qisheng, the Han ministers will inevitably cooperate, and the emperor's holy power will not be damaged, and the ancestors will no longer have to worry about this matter. ”

"That's what Su Ma said." Kong Sizhen saw that Kangxi was reluctant to give Hui'er to Wu Yingxiong like this, and took the opportunity to fan the flames and said: "The ancestors often say that with the country, are you afraid that there will be no beauty?" The fate of the emperor and the emperor and the ministers of Ao Bai is extinct, and the swords and soldiers only see each other on the eve of the day, why bother to make branches for a woman, and then build a strong enemy like Wu Sangui? ”

"Don't even speak, let me be quiet!" Kangxi shouted, and there was immediately silence in the Heart Cultivation Palace. Kangxi Tie closed his eyes and pondered with a blue face, Su Malagu and Li Xu, Zhang Wanqiang and others didn't even dare to breathe, Kong Sizhen took the opportunity to look at the golden emperor's bedroom, and revisited the old place, Kong Sizhen felt a lot of emotion in his heart, "Nourishing Heart Palace, I'm back again!" It was in this temple of heart nourishment that I lost my virginity as a daughter, and at that time, I was only eleven years old! What I lost, I'm going to get back here. ”

Kong Sizhen is the only daughter of Kong Youde, the king of Dingnan, and the name Youde is diametrically opposite, Kong Youde is not a person with any virtue, as early as the fifth year of Chongzhen, when Kong Youde, who was still the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty, launched a mutiny in Dengzhou (Note 1), creating a brutal Dengzhou massacre, in addition to the hundreds of years of young and beautiful women who were robbed by Kong Youde as a prostitute, hundreds of thousands of Dengzhou people were slaughtered by Kong Youde, the corpses filled the moat, blocked the river, and the blood of the people floated up the signboard of the store, Kong Youde surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty with more than 3,000 war horses, more than 20 red-clothed cannons, more than 300 Western cannons and countless firearms, gold and silver, and exchanged for Huang Taiji's 30 miles to greet him.

Later, Kong Youde did more 'virtuous' things, with the first executioner of the Manchu Qing Dynasty Duo Yan all the way south, and successively participated in the creation of Yangzhou Ten Days and Jiading Three Massacres and other notorious massacres, Yangzhou alone killed more than 800,000 people, with the blood of millions of compatriots in exchange for the king of Dingnan. However, when he was in Guilin, Guangxi, Kong Youde's retribution arrived, Li Dingguo, who was Li Zicheng's general, first rebelled and then loyal, led the remnants of the Ming Dynasty to break through the city of Guilin, Kong Youde was crushed and scattered, and he couldn't find even a little flesh and blood, and the whole family was killed by the Ming army except for Kong Sizhen who escaped. Later, Kong Sizhen was sent to Beijing by Kong Youde's subordinates, and was accepted as a righteous daughter by Xiaozhuang, becoming the only Han personality and being named the imperial concubine of the East Palace of Shunzhi (Note 2), and at that time, Kong Sizhen, who was only 11 years old, became a real woman.

Maybe it was born with a charming bone, or maybe there was such a good mother as Xiaozhuang, the young Kong Sizhen soon became Shunzhi's favorite princess, and once threatened the position of the queen, but Xiaozhuang did not allow a Han to threaten the status of his Horqin royal women in the harem, so he tried every means to separate Kong Sizhen from Shunzhi. But Kong Sizhen, who has tasted the sweetness of male and female love, is not willing to stay alone in the empty room, with the acquiescence of Xiaozhuang, Kong Sizhen volunteered as a tool for Xiaozhuang to envelop the ministers, and countless princes and magnates formed a dewy marriage, for Xiaozhuang saddle before and after the horse, Kong Sizhen can also release and satisfy his own desires, while waiting for Xiaozhuang to die of old age, he can regain the favor of Shunzhi until he obtains the queen's throne.

It's a pity that Kong Sizhen didn't expect that the young Shunzhi would die earlier than Xiaozhuang, and in order to prevent Kong Sizhen, who had already obtained his true inheritance, from attacking the new emperor Kangxi, Xiaozhuang forcibly let Kong Sizhen, who was only eighteen, go to Zhaoling to guard Shunzhi's mausoleum, and deprived Kong Sizhen of the title of the imperial concubine of the East Palace, and changed her title to the only female first-class guard. But Kong Sizhen did not give up, and continued to indulge in Zhaoling, while waiting for the opportunity to return to the palace to fight for what she had lost. The opportunity was finally waited for by Kong Sizhen, Hu Gongshan, the director of the Inner Palace Intelligence, died suddenly, and the thirteen yamen spies under the command of Hu Gongshan were leaderless at the critical moment, Xiaozhuang remembered this Kong Sizhen who had won his true biography, you and I were willing, Kong Sizhen returned to the Forbidden City that made her dream, and the queen dream was beckoning to her again......

"Okay, since Wu Yingxiong gave me a step down, I will go down this step first. However, I won't be cheap Wu Yingxiong. When Kong Sizhen fell into memory, Kangxi had already made a decision, Kangxi smiled and said to Kong Sizhen: "Sigege, didn't you just say that Zhaohui wants to not return at night to destroy his reputation?" You go and arrange it, and think of a way to transfer flowers and trees, so that she and I will not return home at night...... ”

Note 1: Dengzhou is located in the area of what is now Yantai and Penglai.

Note 2: Because Kong Sizhen was married to the Guangxi general Sun Tingling by Kangxi as a political bargaining chip in the rebellion of the three feudatories, in order to entrap Kong Youde's old department to contain Wu Sangui's army, Kong Sizhen's being the imperial concubine of the East Palace was denied by the "Qing History", but the poet Wu Meicun of the same period left a poem to prove it: Momei was hired and did not enter the palace, and the lord was empty when he was old; The moon falls on the flag and the pine tree is cold, and he is in the Zhaoling guard.