Chapter 68: Demotion (1st Shift)
Concubine De thinks that she knows Wan Sui Ye, and she doesn't say that she recognizes her motherly heart, but at least she won't listen to the "slander" of others.
As for asking for ginseng with Banzai Ye, Concubine De also begged for things like this in the past because of her background, and Banzai Ye should come down, and she will be even happier.
Concubine De didn't think there was anything wrong.
When Kangxi heard this, she had some more opinions about Concubine De in her heart, didn't she know to inquire about it, where did he send a lot of ginseng to Yinzhen yesterday?
If she had a little bit of concern for Yinzhen, she would have known about it if she sent someone to ask.
Kangxi doesn't plan to demolish her for the time being.
Kangxi: "You have a heart, I turned around and sent someone to send ginseng to Yinzhen." ”
Concubine De: "Concubine Xie Long Live Lord Grace." ”
Kangxi nodded, and then said, "Let people set the meal!" ”
Concubine De thought to herself, thinking that this matter should be over, and Long Live Lord should not think about it anymore, so she was completely relieved.
In this way, Concubine De served Kangxi for dinner, Kangxi simply ate some, and after eating, Concubine De personally served Kangxi to rinse her mouth and clean her hands.
"I still have some things to do, so I won't stay long."
Concubine De said respectfully: "The concubine respectfully sends Long Live Lord." ”
Kangxi nodded, and then said: "By the way, yesterday I had someone send two ginseng to Yinzhen, and I would ask more about Yinzhen if I was fine, even if I was afraid of illness, but there are so many servants in Yonghe Palace for you to send, and it won't take much trouble to send someone to ask a few more questions." ”
The smile on Concubine De's face stiffened when she heard this.
Kangxi looked at her changing face, and his heart was barely a little comfortable.
Kangxi left after speaking, and then left Concubine De stunned.
After a long while, Concubine De opened her mouth and said to the grandmother next to her: "Mama, what do you mean by the words of Long Live Lord?" Don't you blame this palace for not caring about Yinzhen? ”
Mama thought to herself, isn't this obvious?
But she didn't dare to say it, so she had to comfort: "If you want to come to Long Live Lord, you shouldn't have any other meaning, just now Long Live Lord also responded to the ginseng that Niangniang asked for the fourth elder brother." ”
When Concubine De heard this, she kept comforting herself that she was thinking too much, and she shouldn't blame her.
Concubine De didn't look like anything on her face, but her heart was like a hanging stone, uncomfortably tight.
It wasn't until before dinner that Concubine De didn't receive any news, so she put her heart down.
Just when Concubine De put her heart back in her stomach and was about to have a good dinner to suppress her shock, she heard from her grandmother that someone from the palace had come.
Concubine De didn't finish this meal and went outside to listen to the announcement.
The imperial eunuch brought Kangxi's dictation: "...... Concubine De's words and deeds were wrong, and the emperor lost his manners...... stripped of the title and demoted to a concubine. ”
Concubine De - No, it was Wu Yafei who listened to it, and her face turned pale in an instant.
The eunuch who came to the palace looked at Wu Ya Concubine's appearance, and there was no wave in his heart, and he said with a smile: "Wu Ya Concubine, in addition, Long Live Lord also asked the slave to bring you a word, Long Live Lord said that he has always dreamed of Empress Xiao Yiren recently, thinking about it, thinking that you once served in front of the queen's mother, so the special Niangniang copied the scriptures and prayed for Empress Xiao Yiren in Yonghe Palace to comfort the queen's soul in the sky." ”
After listening to this, Wu Yafei didn't even know when the imperial eunuch left.
After a long time, Wu Yafei came back to her senses, ignoring the palace maids and eunuchs around her, and said directly: "Long live the lord, why do you practice this palace like this." ”
When Mama heard this, her complexion changed, the thunder, rain and dew were all Jun's grace, where could the long-lived Lord allow the mother to question, especially in such a large court.
Mama said with a cold face: "What to do, what should not be done, what to do." ”
The faces of the people were different, and then they scattered in a panic.
When everyone left, Mama whispered: "Niangniang, be cautious." ”
Wu Yafei then realized what she had just done.
"Fuhongu goes back to the house."
Wu Yafei put her hand on her grandmother and slowly walked into the room.
On weekdays, she also walks with her grandmother's hand, but in the past she was to walk elegantly and beautifully, but this time it is because if she doesn't help people, she is afraid that she will not be able to walk.
Kangxi's dictation hit her too hard.
I couldn't accept it for a while.
She had just returned to the house with her grandmother, and before she could change her anger, she saw someone from the Internal Affairs Office coming over, saying that it was the order of the Lord Banzai to carry back all the things that did not meet the rank of the concubine.
When Wu Yafei heard this, she almost fainted without taking a breath.
This happened really suddenly, at the time of dinner, the nobles in the palace got the news at the point of eating, and some of them were directly happy when they heard the words, and some of them were more subtle and ate half a bowl of rice.
Concubine De was demoted from a concubine to a concubine, and she was stripped of her title, which made many people in the harem sulk.
Especially those noble girls and concubines who were born in the Manchurian Banner, in the final analysis, she was a slave born as a palace maid, and as a result, she climbed to the head of most of the noble girls from the Qida clan to "make a fortune", which can make these nobles feel uncomfortable.
But Kangxi is willing to spoil her and lift her, but they can only hold it in their hearts, and now that Wu Ya's family has changed from a concubine to a concubine, it doesn't make them feel comfortable for a while.
Concubine Yi Since Concubine De was colded by Kangxi because of Yinzhen's affairs, she is the most proud person in the harem, and she is not favored by her who is higher than her, and her favored status is low, and her life is extremely happy.
Now that she heard that Concubine De had been demoted, Concubine Yi laughed on the spot, and then said: "Concubine De - oh, it should be Wu Ya Concubine, she is really, a palace maid born in a cloth can become a concubine is already a blessing that her ancestors have begged for several generations after burning high incense, she is good, she has no work to do, she can let Long Live Lord demote her position and take the title, I don't know what foolish good things she has done." ”
Mama said with a smile on the side: "The foolish things of the Yonghe Palace were all done on the fourth elder brother, maybe this time it will be the same." ”
Concubine Yi thought about it, and it seemed to be right: "Also, I heard that the fourth elder brother fainted the previous time, and Concubine De didn't even go, this heart is ruthless enough." ”
Mama nodded: "Niang Niang is right, the Yonghe Palace is used to pretending, the most sweet and bitter, long live the Lord can see it in his eyes and remember it in his heart!" It's really hard for the fourth elder brother to have such a mother. ”
Concubine Yi suddenly sighed and said: "Mama is right, fortunately, although the Long Live Lord loves the prince, he doesn't care about the rest of his son, and the fourth elder brother is not particularly bitter." ”
Mama: "What Niangniang said is true, long live the father has a loving father's heart, and the mother has a mother's heart, which is the most worthy of it." ”
Concubine Yi smiled: "Just you can speak." ”
Mama smiled with a wrinkle on her face: "What the slave said is the truth." ”
"By the way, you go back and check, if Yonghe Gong is really demoted because of the fourth elder brother, go back and send the gift to the fourth elder brother."
One of her thoughts, she is not a stingy person, so she has to express it anyway, and it just happens to let Wan Sui Ye see that Wu Yafei's virtue is worse than that of an outsider.
Mama smiled and came down.
The harem concubines are all discussing the demotion of Concubine De and the deprivation of her title, and the prince and elder brother are also paying attention to this matter.
The expression on Yinzhen's face when he heard the news was really complicated.
Huang Ama's punishment of Eniang was a little unexpected, but when you think about it, it makes sense.
At the same time, Yinzhen also understood that his emperor Ama was afraid that he had already shown mercy to his subordinates, after all, if what Eniang did was really severely punished, it was possible to lose his life.
Yin Zhen is not wrong to think so, but from Kangxi's point of view, it is not merciful, because Kangxi understands that Empress Xiaoyiren had a lot of hands in the original child, and what Wu Yafei did was not the most important.
And one thing is that Kangxi had the ability to protect the child, and he himself knew in his heart that the child was not so unreasonable, more because of his inaction and inaction.
Therefore, for Kangxi, the punishment of Wu Yaconcubine is really a decision made after deliberation, and it is not merciful.