Changchun Garden, Shouxuan Palace, Xinuan Pavilion.

It is located in the middle of the garden and is the residence of the Empress Dowager Borzigit in Changchun Garden. Borzigit is the daughter of Korqin Belle Erji, the niece of the Shunzhi abolition, and the niece of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang. After her aunt was deposed, at the age of fourteen, she came to the capital from the grassland, first hired as a concubine, and then became the queen the following month.

Rather than being an empress, the Borzigit clan was more of a balancing ornament for the relationship between the court and the Mongols, and did not fall into the eyes of the emperor's husband, nor did he give birth to a son and a half daughter.

Shunzhi died, Kangxi ascended the throne, respected his mother as the queen mother, and lived in Ciren Palace. Borzigit was only twenty-one years old, and since then he has begun a long career as the queen mother, which has been fifty-one years now.

Reciting scriptures and worshiping the Buddha is the most commonly used method of the Queen Mother, but today's Shouxuan Palace is a little lively. The side of the fifth elder brother Heng Prince Yinqi, Liu Jiashi and Guerjia took Da Gege and Erge to greet the Queen Mother.

The fifth elder brother Yinqi is born by Concubine Yi, has the same mother as the ninth elder brother, and has been raised by the queen mother since he was a child, and his ancestors and grandchildren have a very strong affection.

Among the older brothers, the fifth brother only learned Chinese when he was young, not Chinese, because he followed the Queen Mother, and only learned mediocre when he grew up, and he could not compare with the brothers at all. Perhaps because of this, he didn't have any intention of competing for the throne, and like the seventh elder brother and the twelfth elder brother, he was low-key and rarely involved in those power schemes.

However, in terms of treatment, the fifth elder brother has always been not inferior to other princes, and when Kangxi divided the prince for the first time in the 37th year, he was named Dorobelle; In the forty-eighth year of Kangxi, when he was divided for the second time, he was promoted to Prince Heshuo.

Liu Jiashi is the first side Fujin of the fifth elder brother, the mother of the eldest brother of the palace and Da Gege, and the granddaughter-in-law personally elected by the queen mother. Although the Guerjia clan and the fifth elder brother were a few years later, they were the most favored, giving birth to four sons and one daughter, although they only stood two little elder brothers, but their status in the palace was gradually stabilized.

Da Gege fifteen and two Gege fourteen are all flower-like ages, and the Queen Mother likes them very much. Ergege is still more restrained, his biological mother is a Shu Fujin, but Da Gege has often followed Eniang to ask his ancestors since he was a child, and he is more close to his great-grandmother than respectful, chirping, talking about family life, but how Ama thinks about his ancestors, what food he is looking for, how diligent his brother is, how naughty his younger brother is.

The Empress Dowager liked to listen to it, took Da Gege's hand, and asked her to sit down on the edge of the kang. Looking at Da Gege's white and pure face, the queen mother turned her head to Liu Jiashi and said: "I know your thoughts as a mother, and be relieved, the mourning family hurts her so much!" ”

Liu Jia's family hurriedly thanked him, Da Gege was still in chaos, seeing that his sister and Guerjia were smiling at him, Fang turned to the end, was ashamed, lowered his head and said: "Ancestor, it's not for the great-granddaughter!" I want to touch your well-being and point out a good daughter-in-law to my brother! ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she glanced at Liu Jiashi and said, "What?" Whose daughter did Hongsheng fall in love with, was he afraid that others would not be able to choose him? Although the words were gentle, there was a hint of unhappiness in his expression.

Before the election of the show girl, even if she was the grandson of the emperor, it was not in accordance with the rules to communicate in private. Liu Jiashi heard the queen mother's question, and said with a smile: "Ancestor, our eldest brother's surname is from the same mold as the prince, and now he is thinking about learning errands from his uncles and uncles, where can he have the heart to think about these?" Seventeen, the next year will be eighteen, it is the concubine who thinks about it, after all, he is the eldest son of the prince, and it is his duty to give birth to a little brother! ”

The Queen Mother added a smile on her face and said: "This is reasonable, seventeen is the time to get married, when the mourning family pointed you to your lord, your lord was only sixteen, and at eighteen o'clock, Hongsheng was added!" Speaking of this, he pinched his fingers and calculated, and said with a little emotion: "It's been eighteen years, that's it, the mourning family will take care of your heart again, and pay attention to finding a good girl to be Hongsheng's daughter-in-law." ”

Liu Jia's was thankful again, and Guarjia's was a little uncomfortable. The second elder brother she gave birth to was thirteen years old, the fourth elder brother was eight years old, the fourth elder brother was not yet obvious, and the second elder brother was good at riding and archery, no less than his brother. But he also knows that as long as there is the Queen Mother, the position of the prince is not to be thought of.

Liu Jia's family deliberately went into the garden to ask the queen mother to marry his son, and he never had the intention of stabilizing his son's position. After all, when it comes to her background, she is not as prominent as the Guerjia clan; Now, there is no Guerjia clan favored, and the only thing that can be relied on is the queen mother's other treatment.

As the mothers were talking, they heard a little eunuch talking back and forth, saying that it was the old lady Jueluo of the Wenshun Mansion who brought her granddaughter to greet the Queen Mother.

Although the old lady's former husband was not a branch of the Wenshun Mansion, she herself was a "village gentleman" from the Zhenguo Mansion, and her biological mother was a Mongolian noblewoman, and like the Queen Mother, she was also from the Horqin Ministry. When it comes to relatives, she is the cousin of the Queen Mother.

The queen mother is old, although she is happy to see her granddaughter-in-law and great-granddaughters, it is better to talk about the ancient nostalgia with the old people.

This old lady is none other than the mother of Kali, and the one who entered the palace with her was her granddaughter Dong E Jinghui.

Regardless of Li Ding's true illness or false illness, since there was a previous move to withdraw from the marriage, where would Mrs. Jueluo surrender her identity and send her granddaughter to the door and let others take it.

In his early years, he took his granddaughter to his son's office in Jiangnan, and Mrs. Jueluo was afraid that it would be inconvenient to go back and forth during the draft, so she had already asked for grace to be exempted. Nowadays, although the matter of deciding to leave relatives has not reached the capital, it is not easy to find the right person.

Although she is said to be the granddaughter of the meek princess, but because her grandfather is not a concubine, and her parents are not early, although she can rely on her uncle Kali, but now Kali is busy with Zhang Boxing's lawsuit, where is there time to worry about the marriage of his niece?

And Dong E Jinghui will be seventeen years old in the next year, and it will take a year and a half from this marriage to marriage, how can it be born if it is delayed any longer? Therefore, Mrs. Jueluo was a little anxious, thinking that it would be the draft in October, and she would marry the clans at that time.

Prince Baylor, the old lady doesn't want to think about it, she is not qualified to be a wife, she is a side room, and she is a quiet Mian surname, and she must not be torn apart; However, it is the Duke of Zhenguo, the Duke of Fuguo, or the General of Zhenguo, the General of Fuguo, the title is not high, it is not low, if the Queen Mother is asked to marry, it is estimated that the granddaughter can pass through Ontario.

The old lady is a Buddhist, and she is most disdainful of these powerful people, but for the sake of her granddaughter's lifelong event, she still went to Changchun Garden to see the queen mother.

Liu Jia's and Guerjia's saw that there were foreign guests coming from the Empress Dowager's Palace, so they got up with a smile and said goodbye, which was naturally an inevitable auspicious word.

When they went out, Mrs. Jueluo happened to bring her granddaughter before she came in. Da Gege and Er Gege saw that the new girl lowered her eyebrows and looked very well-behaved, so they couldn't help but look at it a few more times, and they became a little closer.

Liu Jiashi saw Mrs. Jueluo at the Queen Mother in her early years, so she recognized it, and when she saw that the girl was dressed up and had a good appearance, she was also faintly moved. Thinking that if his son marries a young lady from Dong E's family, he is famous and has a big surname, and he is very decent. However, these are not things that she can make her own decisions, and she always has to ask the fifth elder brother what he means before making a decision.

In the Xinuan Pavilion, after Mrs. Jueluo entered the house, she wanted to give a big gift to the Queen Mother. Where was the Queen Mother willing to accept it, she hurriedly asked someone to hold her, and said angrily: "I haven't seen you for a few days, so you talk about these rules, why don't you sit down and talk quickly!" As he spoke, please ask Mrs. Jueluo to sit on the kang.

The old lady Jueluo's surname is slightly stereotyped, although the queen mother treats her kindly, but she is not willing to overstep her identity, and after her granddaughter asks the queen mother to greet her, she sits on the chair on the ground.

As soon as she had just finished a few sentences, before Mrs. Jueluo could tell the purpose of her visit, she heard the sound of a whip outside.

The emperor came to the Empress Dowager's palace to greet him, but the old lady Jueluo wanted to avoid it, but it was too late, so she stood up and retreated to the side with her granddaughter to wait.

Kangxi entered the warm pavilion, and as usual, he said hello, nothing more than "how much food did the emperor eat, and how did he have an appetite for these two" and so on. Although every three or five days, the emperor went to the Empress Dowager's palace to ask for peace, and all the questions were asked, but it was rare that Kangxi asked extremely seriously every time, and the Queen Mother answered the same.

After asking for peace, Kangxi Fang noticed that Mrs. Jueluo was also there. When she just entered the door, Mrs. Jueluo saluted with the other palace maids, although Kangxi swept the corner of her eyes, but because she lowered her head, she only said that she was an ordinary relative.

I remembered that the hundreds of officials of the imperial court were arguing endlessly over the mutual participation of Kali and Zhang Boxing, among them, Kali's crime was "greedy for ink". However, Mu Helun, who accepted the trial of this case, speculated in vain about the thoughts of the old man Kangxi, thinking that the emperor must be towards the Manchu officials, so he gave a "Zhang Boxing's various paragraphs of the Ka Ceremony, which have been verified and found to be false." Zhang Boxing was afraid and could not go abroad, and falsely accused Zhang Yuanlong of being a thief without a trial, dragging many people to death, unable to severely punish the thieves, delaying the murder, and recklessly participating in the performance, and defiled the post of minister, and should be dismissed as indicated."

Kangxi saw it, but he couldn't cry or laugh, although he valued his experience in doing things, but he didn't believe in his guarding. Zhang Boxing is different, he personally assigned it, a well-known Qing official. It was only sent to the south of the Yangtze River that several groups of people were sent to the south of the Yangtze River, but they failed to find out the empirical evidence of Kali's greed for ink, and in the past two years, Li Xu and Sun Wenqi were ordered to investigate successively, but in the end there was no benefit.

Now, when he met Kali's mother-in-law, Kangxi saw that her hair was half white and her face was warm, so he asked: "I heard that the old lady also lived in Jiangnan for two years before, do you know why Kali Su said that she had a dirty relationship with Uncle Zhang?" ”

The old lady Jueluo pondered for a moment, and said: "If it is a matter of the front office, the old woman does not know, but since she arrived in Jiangnan, the old woman's words seem to be better than the other, the delicacies of the mountains and seas, the jade liquid elixir, life is becoming more and more extravagant, and even the tent hanging on the bed is made of gold threads." The old woman believes in Buddhism, and does not care about daily life and diet, in order to honor the old woman, the house raised three hundred nuns! ”

After hearing Mrs. Jueluo's words, Kangxi suddenly changed color. Three hundred nuns! Even he, the emperor, did not use such a big pomp to fulfill his filial piety. Besides, so many people, such a thing, why hasn't the slightest news reached his ears so far, is it really that he, the emperor, can be deceived at will?

Kangxi didn't stay long, and went out after a few more gossips with the Queen Mother, leaving Mrs. Jueluo a little upset. Although Kali is not her own child, she has been filial to her all these years. She just responded to it in front of the emperor, and every sentence was true, and there was no half-truth. She is not a fool, nor is she a fool when she is not sober, she is also deliberate.

"Knowing the son Mo Ruomu", Kali's greed, Mrs. Jueluo has seen it really over the years, and persuaded him how many times, but he still does his own thing. If it was because of him that Zhang Boxing, who was praised by the people of Jiangnan, was dismissed, it would be too unfair. Besides, if this continues, the greed will be prosperous, and it may cause some trouble in the future. It's better to take advantage of the fact that there is no major incident in front of you, quit your career, or take a lesson, and don't dare to be greedy anymore.

Although she stayed in the Empress Dowager Palace for a while, Mrs. Jueluo did not mention her granddaughter again. Before the Kali crime is decided, if the granddaughter is married to someone in a daze, and then the other party repents of snobbery, even if he does not withdraw from the marriage, he is afraid that Jinghui's son will not be happy.

Dong E's Mansion is in the velvet alley in the southeast of Xicheng, and it is a five-entry courtyard.

After Mrs. Jueluo returned to the house, she went to the inner courtyard of the Buddhist hall, knelt in front of the Buddha and prayed silently, even if she did not want Zhang Boxing to be wronged in vain, nor did she want Kali to worry about her surname because of this matter.

The old lady was full of solemnity and prayed to the Buddha very sincerely, but there was no trace of remorse in her heart. If she is allowed to speak cleverly and talk nonsense, even she will not be able to pass this level herself.

Dong E Jinghui breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, although she had said several times to her grandmother that she had no intention of getting married, but she had always been used to her surname, and the old lady was only upset and sad about her granddaughter because of the resignation, and she was more and more anxious to find a good family for her granddaughter.

Sitting in front of the dresser, Dong E Jinghui opened the dressing box, took out a Mongolian knife from the inside, rubbed it lightly twice, remembered the letter to his cousin two months ago, and the news of the death of the second master of the Cao family mentioned in the reply letter, sighed, and put the Mongolian knife back.

(To be continued)