On the third month of Rong Lu's return to the capital, this day was already the beginning of summer, the sky was very good, but it was still sultry, the sun was like fire, and the bluestone pavement of the Forbidden City was scorched hot, and the eunuchs in the palace sprinkled water, but it was an instant burst of hot air, and there was no trace of water left.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs arranged for the emperor, empress, and imperial concubines to drive to Chengde Summer Resort to escape the summer, and the Jingzhong Infantry Army led the Yamen Nine Gates under martial law, and Prince Zheng Duanhua, Prince Yi Zaiyuan, Horqin Iron Hat Wang Seng Greenqin, Alcohol County Wang Yixun, Zhongjun Wang Yixuan, Fujun Wang Yixuan and other clan ministers followed; Jing Shou, the former minister of the imperial court, Peng Yunzhang, Bai Jun, Ruilin, Mu Yin, Du Han, Kuang Yuan, and Jiao Youying were attendants. The most surprising thing is that Xianfeng's edict ordered Rong Lu, who was promoted to the commander of the Shenji Battalion of the new army in the capital because of the relief of the siege of Guangzhou, to be the minister of Luanyi, and was fully responsible for the escort of this trip. Prince Gong remained in the capital to supervise the country.

All the ministers understood that Xianfeng was deliberately promoting new talents to suppress the increasingly erosive party struggle in the DPRK and China. In addition to being promoted to the commander of the Shenji Battalion, Rong Lu also served as the commander-in-chief of the Shenji Battalion, which was regarded as mastering the key soldiers and horses of the Shenji Battalion.

And Seng Gelinqin was greatly rewarded for his meritorious work in blocking the Taiping army in Anhui and northern Jiangsu, and his subordinate Su Kejin became the chief soldier of the right wing of the Shenji Battalion, and his son Boyan Nemohu was also named the king of the county.

And Shengbao was dismissed after losing Yangzhou, and he regained last year, but Shengbao's bad luck seemed to be endless, and Zhang Liangji, the governor of Shandong, accused him of arson, just because the war on all fronts was urgent at that time, Xianfeng endured this breath and did not punish Shengbao. After the war, the imperial historian Zhang Henglu and others played, and impeached the soldiers and horses of the Shengbao Department for causing trouble. What caught Sheng Bao off guard even more was that his subordinates Tomin'a, Shanlu, Dahong'a, and Delek Seleng were also impeached, and Shengbao was immediately demoted three levels in a row, almost losing his official position, and Zhang Liangji was reinstated and was also rewarded and comforted. The three generals, Tuo Ming'a, Shanlu, and Dahong'a, were also recommended by Su Shun and others, and were appointed as the commanders of the front, left, and rear wings of the Shenji Battalion.

In this way, the Sushun Party has three general soldiers in the new army, which can be regarded as occupying the top. In addition, many officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Criminal Department of the Central Committee of the DPRK were affected by the major case of the Treasury and dismissed the officials and confiscated the army, and the Sushun party members surpassed Prince Gong's party in the DPRK. At the same time, Su Shun and others began to win over newly favored people such as Rong Lu, Du Han, Kuang Yuan, and Jiao Youying. It's even more aggressive.

At this point, the Gongwang Party suffered such a blow, its power shrank sharply, and above the court, there were faint signs of suppressing the party's dominance. Fortunately, the arms deal with the British presided over by Prince Gong was quite smooth. Thirty thousand breech-charged smoothbore flint muskets and corresponding ammunition were supplied, as well as one hundred and eighty six-pounder front-loading rifled guns. Seventy twelve pound-forward loading rifled guns. After a total of more than 2 million taels were delivered, the Qing army began to equip the Shenji Battalion, which could greatly increase its combat effectiveness after training and training, which was more than one grade stronger than the shotguns, broadswords, and spears of the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion. This matter was done smoothly, and it was also praised by Xianfeng, which made King Gong's party reluctantly make a comeback.

Xingzhen woke up early today. She is already the grade of a noble concubine, and although Xianfeng did not bring her to Chengde Summer Resort this time, she was asked to stay and temporarily take care of the affairs of the palace. In the morning, Xingzhen took the remaining Concubine Litatara and other concubines. All the way to the gate of the Forbidden Palace.

Xianfeng watched the escorted Shenji Battalion get the training of Ronglu Xunyue, everyone was full of energy, and changed into the mighty Shenji Battalion Yuebai military uniform, equipped with a new musket and saber, and sure enough, the face was completely new, and the sense of pride in his heart arose, and his face showed a long-lost joy under the high spirit.

Seeing Xianfeng's complacent appearance, Xingzhen smiled faintly, stepped forward and whispered: "Sending the king a thousand miles must be goodbye in the end, the emperor must take care of himself, take care of the emperor's mother, don't be in a hurry, I don't listen to the queen's opinion." ”

Although these words were whispered and no one heard them, but in such a crowd, Xianfeng was also a little unable to pull his face, just hummed, coughed loudly and said: "Lan'er, you stay in the palace and take charge of the affairs of the palace, but you need to be careful, if you are uncertain, just report to Chengde, I and the queen will meet in the public office, do you know?" ”

Xingzhen was amused in her heart, and in front of everyone, she still satisfied his macho face, Yingying bowed down, and said: "The concubine receives the decree, thank the emperor for his grace." ”

Xianfeng nodded with satisfaction, and laughed in a low voice: "Lan'er, you are getting more and more nagging. After that, he turned around and boarded the Luan driver, and shouted, "Let's go!" ”

Watching Xianfeng and the others drive out of the Forbidden Palace Gate under the support of thousands of people such as the new army of the Shenji Battalion and the Luan Yi guards, and finally disappeared into the thick palace gate, Xingzhen thought that Xianfeng said that he was more and more nagging, and couldn't help but secretly worry, did he start to care about this wicked person unconsciously?

After the concubines in the palace sent Luan Jia, they went back to the palace, and Xingzhen sent the pot-bellied Mei nobleman Xu Jiashi back to the dormitory where she lived, and talked to Xu Jiashi for a while. Xu Jia's family is the leader of the Yellow Banner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Xu Jia's family is a palace maid and has a humble background. Xianfeng was always present at the beginning of November in the third year, and was later promoted to a noble person because she was pregnant. Calculate the time and a month later, Xu Jia's is almost the time to give birth, Xingzhen told Xu Jia's to be careful, premature birth is not fun, the current medical conditions are very poor, and premature babies can hardly survive.

Out of Yonghe Palace, An Dehai behind him whispered behind him: "Master, the emperor has gone to Chengde, is this noble man's womb safe or uneasy?" ”

Xingzhen sighed slightly, and said strangely: "How do you say this?" ”

An Dehai saw that there was no one on the road, only Kang Qi and Li Lianying were on the side, and said in a low voice: "Now in the palace, except for the queen mother, the status of the master is respected, but the queen mother has not come out for many years, and the master has a big brother, and he will be extremely respectful in the future." But this noble man is about to give birth now, if he gives birth to an elder brother, he is afraid that it will be very disadvantageous to the master, so it is better to take the emperor to Chengde"

Before An Dehai finished speaking, he was slapped in the face by Xingzhen's big ear scraper, this slap Xingzhen used real strength, and suddenly beat An Dehai to the ground, his cheeks were swollen and high, and Xingzhen's face was like frost and said: "You are getting bolder and bolder, can you think of this kind of thing?" Looks like I'm too nice to you on weekdays. Li Lianying took him back to Chuxiu Palace for me. Beat him for thirty boards, don't cheat, let him have a longer memory! ”

An Dehai was stunned, shook his head before he came to his senses, and then immediately knelt down and begged for mercy: "Master, the slave is wrong, the slave is wrong." Xingzhen snorted, ignored him, and took Kang Qi to Chuxiu Palace. Kang Qi looked at the master whose face was like frost, and sighed in his heart. The master is really getting more and more mature.

Mei Guiren Xianfeng is now the only pregnant concubine among the concubines, although Xianfeng doesn't like Xu Jia's very much, but he also attaches great importance to the flesh and blood in her womb. Xingzhen stayed to take care of the affairs of the palace, and the first priority was to be optimistic about Xu Jia's family, if she was in charge of the affairs of the palace. Xu Jia's abdomen has three long and two short, and he is also responsible. Xingzhen, who is in a position of favor. Now he is in charge of the affairs of the palace. But you can't make a half-point difference, otherwise Xianfeng will definitely blame Xingzhen, and getting rid of Xu Jia's child will not help Xingzhen's superiority at all. Kang Qi knew that Xingzhen would not only not harm the noble Mei, but would have to find a way to protect her.

Li Lianying stepped forward and squatted beside An Dehai, sighed and whispered, "Grandpa An, you have been with your master for so long. Don't you understand your master's mind? You can't have the heart to hurt people, and you can't have the heart to defend people, this is when the emperor is not there, if something happens to the noble people. This basin must have been deducted to our Chuxiu Palace, and the master is responsible for the huge involvement in the palace, this master is doing everything possible to make Mei Guiren safe, but you gave the master such a bad idea, do you say you should be beaten? ”

An Dehai said with a bitter face: "Little Lizi, you can be lighter later, brother, I can't stand these thirty boards." ”

Li Lianying smiled and said in a low voice: "The master is soft-hearted, I won't show mercy later, you just scream loudly and beg for mercy, the master may not reach thirty boards when he hears it, and he will shout to stop, if I beat lightly, I am afraid that the master will be punished." An Dehai nodded when he heard this, and had to follow Li Lianying back to Chuxiu Palace to be punished.

Xingzhen returned to Chuxiu Palace angrily, sat on the stone bench in the courtyard, and ordered Kangqi to call everyone in Chuxiu Palace to come and see An Dehai being tortured. Seeing Li Lianying and a few little eunuchs pressing An Dehai on the bench, and the big board beat hard, Xing Zhenwu was still angry, looked at his subordinates and said angrily: "This palace sues you today, the people of Chuxiu Palace, no matter what time it is, you can't hurt people, whoever dares to bully others, no matter who he is, this palace will never spare him." ”

An Dehai only received the first blow from the board, and then began to howl loudly, and kept begging for mercy: "Master, the slave is wrong, the slave will never dare again, spare the slave this time."

Xingzhen didn't answer, picked up the teacup and took a sip gently, suddenly remembering that even An Dehai thought that at this time was the best time to get rid of Xu Jia's fetus, and the other concubines in the palace and even Su Shun would not know that now she was making a big move, if something happened to Xu Jia's fetus at this time, she would really jump into the Yellow River and not be able to wash it, and she couldn't let Xu Jia's have anything to do with it anyway.

After thinking for a while, Xingzhen stopped Li Lianying, and didn't look at An Dehai's injury, and said: "Xiao Anzi, Xiao Lizi, you two come in with the palace, and Kang Qi sent someone to invite the envoy of the Huang Yuan over." Then he turned around and went back to Lijingxuan.

Back in the house, Xingzhen watched An Dehai staggering, grinning and covering his buttocks, but he didn't dare to scream, and said warmly: "This is just a small punishment and a big commandment, and if you hurt people again, you will never be spared!" ”

An Dehai didn't even dare to say it, Xingzhen took a sip of tea, and said: "You listen to me, from now on, all the food and water of the Mei nobles in Yonghe Palace will be carefully taken care of by me, and the ears and eyes you have bought in the palace will keep an eye on me, no matter who wants to move the Mei nobles, come to report to me immediately, no matter what method you think, give me the fetus of the Mei nobles." ”

Both of them responded, and An Dehai said: "The servants in the imperial dining room are familiar with their chief eunuch Chen Gonggong, and the slaves over there are staring at them." ”

Li Lianying said: "The slaves over there in Yonghe Palace will be staring." ”

Xingzhen snorted and explained some details, she had a hunch that whether it was Su Shun or the concubine in the palace, she would definitely attack Mei Guiren, first, she could get rid of Concubine Li's fetus, and secondly, she could make herself unjust, which was a plan to kill two birds with one stone.

While speaking, Huang Jingci, the envoy of the Tai Hospital, walked in with Kang Qi, Xingzhen didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "Huang Yuan, over there in the Tai Hospital, from this moment on, you must personally check all the medicines of Mei Guiren, and this palace suspects that someone wants to attack Mei Guiren's fetus." ”

Huang Jingci is an old doctor in the Tai Hospital, and he has seen a lot of things, he was slightly surprised, and after thinking about it, he already understood the stakes, and said immediately: "The lower officials must check it clearly." ”

Xingzhen instructed Kang Qi again: "The palace maids in the Yonghe Palace are up to you to watch." Kang Qi responded, Xingzhen looked at a few people and said in a deep voice: "No matter what, we must keep Mei Guiren's fetus." ”

After the explanation, Xingzhen ordered the person to retreat, and only herself and Huang Jingci were left in the room, she stood up and looked at Huang Jingci and said, "How long has the emperor been taking deer blood?" ”

Huang Jingci sighed slightly, and said in a low voice: "It's more than a month." ”

"Why don't you sue me?" Xingzhen's tone was slightly annoyed.

Huang Jingci said: "On that day, the court sentenced Sun Baiyang to be on duty, and the emperor summoned him to ask about this matter, and Sun Baiyang responded with deer blood. According to the medical path, Sun Baiyang did not answer wrongly, this deer blood is indeed a tonic. ”

Xingzhen frowned and said, "Is this deer blood harmful?" The emperor may take it? ”

Huang Jingci said: "It doesn't hurt to pour an appropriate amount every time, but it is not appropriate for people with yin deficiency and fire to take it for a long time like adding fuel to the fire." The emperor's pulse in the past few days has a faint appearance of yin and deficiency, thinking that it is too frequent, taking deer blood only needs an appropriate amount, and some moderation, and at the same time, there is no need to be angry in case of trouble, it is not hindering to think about it, but it is very beneficial. ”

Xingzhen snorted, and after a moment of silence, she said, "Then don't pay attention to it." After a while, Xingzhen asked hesitantly: "What will happen if you drink the deer blood and take some Fushou ointment?" ”

Huang Jingzhi didn't know why, and said slowly: "The main medicinal material of Fushou ointment is opium, which is mixed with deer blood for a long time, which will lose qi and blood, and is not suitable for use." ”

Xingzhen hummed lightly, then ordered him to retreat, and then murmured: "Xianfeng, Xianfeng, you take deer blood, and Sushun's flattering minister gives you a blessing ointment, you are quietly taking it, do you think I don't know?" You're killing yourself......" Saying this, Xingzhen frowned, and she was a little hesitant to tell Sù Xianfeng about it, but in the end she just smiled bitterly. (To be continued......)