The turbulent waves on the night of the twenty-third day of the lunar month made Yang Qilong's dismal Zhong Saburo Association, which had been operating for many years, quickly collapsed, and the Jingshi gradually regained its calm. However, because there was no news in Yunnan, Kangxi ordered the Ministry of War and the Yamen, the commander of the infantry army, to coordinate the response. Zhou Peigong went back and forth between the upper study and the yamen of the military department. Tu Hai took the Shanpu Battalion and the officials of the Beijing Division to inspect the area, but because the prison temple and various prisons were full, they had to release some coerced prisoners on bail. The Yangxin Palace had to be renovated because of the bloodstain, so Kangxi moved to the Qianqing Palace to sleep, and met people in the Qianqing Palace, with Zhou Peigong, He Guizhu and others around him to take care of miscellaneous military affairs, and a eunuch did not need it. Zhang Wanqiang took the eunuch Sura of the Internal Affairs Office and the Prudent Criminal Division, investigating the traitors one by one, cleaning up the eunuchs who joined the association, and they were also rigorous inside and out.

The next day, after drinking a bowl of old ginseng soup sent by the Empress Dowager, Kangxi suddenly felt full of energy and was very down-to-earth and stable. He sat on the big kang in the East Warm Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, staring blankly at the outside and pondering: since he ascended to the pole, how many ups and downs he has experienced in this palace courtyard, and he has handled them one by one, and he feels that this is enough to prove that he has the ability to deal with all the sinister circumstances. At this time, Kangxi couldn't help but think of what Mencius said, "Heaven will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically, so they are tempted to endure and gain what they can't". He stared out of the glass window, the red palace wall, the yellow glazed tiles, and the dim sky, which seemed to be quiet, but also seemed to contain a crisis. He gasped heavily, and asked Zhou Peigong, who was standing next to him, "Can you play Zhou Yi?" ”

Zhou Peigong was also thinking about something, he had read the military newspaper in Guangdong, and he was worried that Fu Honglie would not be able to withstand the situation. According to Fu Honglie's letter, Wang Shirong once contacted him in the army, and wanted to say that Shang Zhixin was in the Qing Dynasty anyway, and he felt that it was a bit too mysterious. Although Wang Shirong heard what Fu Honglie said, but what kind of person he is, Zhou Peigong has countless hearts in his heart, in addition to carefully investigating in the secret files of the Ministry of War, he also sent people to Guangxi to find Kong Sizhen to ask for details. Thinking of *** rebellion, I don't know how Gong Rongyu ...... was thinking wildly, listening to Kangxi's question, he hurriedly said: "The slave only knows one or two things about "Yi", and it is even fur, not as far as Xiong Ci's!" Kangxi smiled and nodded, and then ordered He Guizhu: "Go and pass on the bear!" ”

The north room in the Longzong Gate is very close to the Qianqing Palace, Xiong Cixu hurriedly came when he heard the news, and saw that Kangxi was standing at the entrance of the hall, so he kowtowed at the bottom of the steps and saluted.

"Xiong Cizhu," Kangxi told him to get up and said with a smile, "I didn't think you had that boldness!" I heard that when there was a riot the night before, you sat upright with a candle and took care of the machine, and there was no one around? ”

"The monarch's father is still calm as usual, how dare the courtiers steal peace?" Xiong Ci was also deeply touched by this incident, and Zhengrong said: "In the past two days, the slaves have introspected themselves and blamed themselves, and they have done a lot of wrong things. "Huh?" Kangxi smiled in surprise, "What do you say?" I don't blame you! Xiong Ci said: "But the lord is generous to the minister, and the minister feels more and more uneasy—the minister knows that the way of mercy and forgiveness cannot be abused. Judging from Yang Qilong's affairs, Chen Zengyun treated Wu Sangui with kindness, but he was actually stupid. ”

Kangxi was happy to hear this, and said with a smile: "Don't talk about this, I called you to come, it is for me to play an easy number, and I want to show Chen Junwei at noon, one is to deter the three feudatories, and the other is to prepare for a hundred days, and clear the Jingshi Jifu." ”

Xiong Cixu said without hesitation: "The emperor is extremely worried! The minister thought that this time the big rope should be ploughed and swept together with the thieves holding the calf in Shandong to ensure that the river is unimpeded, so that the grain from the south can be transported to the north! ”

"Hmm."

"Xiao Ci is a thief of great mercy, this is the experience of the ministers who have learned about things recently."

"What did you say?" Kangxi asked with wide eyes.

"The minister's words: Xiao Ci is a thief of great mercy!"

"Good!" Kangxi turned around and walked to the side of the kang and sat down, while looking at Xiong Ci's cloth hexagram, while playing with this sentence like chewing an olive, his heart was happy and melancholy, since Wu Ciyou left, this kind of practical and non-detachable words rarely told him again.

Xiong Cilu knelt in front of a few people, divided the sixty-four yarrow into two piles at will, each according to the odd and even number of a group of a group, and then disrupted and repeated, it was already a hexagram, but it was "", and the eight brand-new Kangxi Tongbao cloth six, repeatedly fiddled for a long time, frowned and closed his eyes and thought for a long time, Fang opened his mouth and said: "According to this, the 'departure' hexagram is in line with the Lord's thoughts: the wrong performance, the respect is not blamed, Huang Li, Yuan Ji, the separation of the sun, do not drum and sing, then the big old man, fierce ......"

Kangxi was a little anxious when he heard this, and said with a smile without waiting for him to finish: "Old master, who is here to argue with you?" You just have to explain it! ”

"It's a hexagram that is not injured, the master only needs to be cautious, and it will be good luck in the end!" Xiong Cilu smiled, and looked at the copper coin hexagram and said: "According to today, it is the day of the second month of the ugly year, and the water and wood are punishing horses and dogs, and there is a fire of the West refining the golden ge, it is the day of great evil, and there is no good time to choose." Kangxi frowned and pondered when he heard this, but he heard Xiong Cixu say again: "However, what the Lord wants to do is not a happy event, but to use swords and soldiers, and open a killing ring, which is in line with the danger of the day." Therefore, the hexagram is also translated into the day of good luck! Xiong Cixu explained as popularly as possible, looking at the hexagram and smiling.

Kangxi leaned over, stared at the mysterious straw sticks and copper coins scattered on the table, and said, "Report the hour!" ”

"Shen Shi is the best." Xiong Ci said, "This grid is pushed, the upper is noble, Ziwei, Longde, Tianxi, and the lower is Hongyan, the god of death, and the ...... of violent defeat" Kangxi thought for a while and asked, "Is there no other good time?" - Shen Shi is a little late. Xiong Cixu looked at it for a while, and said with a smile: "Then it's noon!" The upper is Longhua Yuede, and the lower is the New Year's Death Talisman, which is enough for them. He concealed the word "small consumption", and in this kind of thing, Xiong Cishu is not too winter and pedantic.

"Message: At noon, the school parade of the forbidden army stationed in Beijing at noon, the military department, the ritual department, and the good battalion will be done quickly!" Kangxi ordered loudly. He Guizhu called a thousand children, and promised to run down one after another. Kangxi was about to change his clothes, but when he saw Zhang Wanqiang panting and trotting in, he didn't have time to salute, so he said: "Long live Lord, Lafayette told the slave to come over quickly and pass the word, long live if you want to be able to pull out, please go to the back and take a look!" ”

"What's the matter?"

"...... Mother's dystocia......"

Kangxi sat back on the dragon chair, and suddenly felt that his body was weak and soft. Even Xiong Cixu and Zhou Peigong were stunned. They all knew in their hearts that the queen was frightened, tired, and poorly recuperated, so that the fetal gas was triggered. After a while, Kangxi stomped his feet and said, "What are you doing on your knees?" Why don't you go to the doctor at Chuantai Hospital? - Tell Suo Etu to get ready to go in and look down! With that, he got up and walked away.

"Hooray!" Mingzhu came sweating again, and when he saw that Kangxi was going out, he hurriedly turned over and said, "Please stay in Longbu for the time being!" ”

Kangxi stopped and asked without looking back, "Is it Mingzhu?" What's up? ”

"Party Affairs Ceremony, Samuha is back from Yunnan!" Mingzhu's voice was not high, but in Kangxi's ears, it was like a sudden thunder, he turned around suddenly, and said sharply: "Announce them in!" As he turned around and sat down, tears rolled in his eyes twice, and he still couldn't help but flow out.

Dang Lili and Samuha were completely unable to walk, and were carried by four small guards and "dragged" into the upper study without touching their feet. Both of them were ordinary people's clothes, their felt hats were tattered, their cotton robes were blooming, one of Samuha's shoes was bottomless, and his heels were frozen and cracked like a child's mouth, and blood was oozing outward.

"You have suffered!" Kangxi looked at the two ministers who looked at the two ministers with pity, and said, "Don't panic, it's already home, and you have something to say slowly." ”

The straight eyes of the two people were a little lively at this time. When they crossed the Yellow River at Fengling, they were robbed by the boatmen, so they had to beg along the way and rushed back. Hearing Kangxi's gentle words and comfort, he couldn't hold back anymore, and actually cried bitterly with a "woo". "Hooray...... Wu Sangui ...... It's the other way around! Dang Lili cried and took out a volume of documents from his arms, and held it to Kangxi with trembling hands, "Zheerken, Fu Dali, Zhu Guozhi, Gan Wenkun, they are all ...... ...... killed"

The expected has finally been confirmed! Kangxi silently took the paperwork and looked at them one by one. Soaked with sweat, the documents had been crumpled and tattered—in addition to Wu Sangui's inscriptions, there were also pre-prepared testaments by Gan Wenkun and Zhu Guozhi, every word of which burned his heart like a fire. Kangxi felt that his body was weak, and waved his hand weakly and said: "Help them go down so that they will ......be raised."

"I think I can do both things at the same time!" Xiong Cixu remembered the past with Zhu Guozhi Dongyuan and Nanyuan fishing in the past, and couldn't help but burst into tears, knelt down and played, "This time the review of the soldiers and horses in the capital, Sheng Chen Weiyi, showing that the court and the thief swear not to stand together, and the inner Anji assists the hearts of the people, which has the effect of killing two birds with one stone!" Kangxi pondered while twisting Chaozhu and said: "Although what you said is reasonable, the situation has changed, and you can't help but adapt to it." Zhou Peigong - Did you have any documents and envelopes confiscated from Zhou Quanbin and Wu Yingxiong? ”

Zhou Peigong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "All of them have been sealed and handed over to Dali Temple." He had vaguely guessed Kangxi's intentions, and hurriedly added, "Because they did not follow the will of Long Live Live, neither the minister nor Tuhai dared to dismantle the ...... without authorization" "All of them were transported outside the noon gate to listen to my fate!" Kangxi nodded and continued, "If Yang Qilong's case can not be implicated, don't implicate it, this is one; Second, Xiong Cixu immediately drafted an edict, and the two feudal domains of Fujian and Guangdong were temporarily suspended, and the words should be said tactfully and thoroughly, and they should not show weakness, and they should be attacked! ”

"Yes!" Xiong Cixu was so impressed that he threw himself to the ground, kowtowed and replied: "The teachings of the Holy Lord are extremely clear, and if you can attack the heart, you will disappear on the other side!" ”

Kangxi saw that the bell was pointing to noon, so he hurriedly changed the black fox leg satin crown, the sauce-colored river silk robe with a blue and white silk face, and a stone blue silk face black cloud leopard golden dragon coat, and looked at his face in front of the big mirror, and drank a glass of Changbai aged mountain wine, and saw He Guizhu fly in and report: "Noon has arrived, please order——"

"Decree: Prince Jieshu of Zhengkang, Prince Rabu of Jian, and Prince Yue Le of An, lead the kings in Beijing, Beile, Beizi, and the noble clans above the earl, as well as the six departments and nine qing, and the officials above the squire to wait for the order at the noon gate, and take Wu Yingxiong from the prison to the noon gate!" Kangxi said, already wearing a sword, "Start driving the Five Phoenix Tower!" ”

Immediately, the paging of "The Emperor Drives the Five Phoenix Towers" spread out from station to station.

Ninety-five dragon flags were raised at the same time at the noon gate. Kangxi calmly climbed the stairs and climbed the stairs. Zhang Wanqiang, who came from Chuxiu Palace, had something to return, and saw that the courtiers were kneeling for a large time, dancing and worshipping in the dust, and the mountain shouted long live, his mouth opened and swallowed back. Kangxi knew that the queen was in a dangerous situation when he looked at his face, but he didn't ask, and came to the pheasant as soon as he gritted his teeth.

Where did the three thousand selected ironclad royal forest soldiers below know the emperor's state of mind at this moment, when they saw Kangxi Qiyu Xuanang leaning out from the gatehouse, they shouted like a tsunami: "Long live, long live!" Then the war drums sounded, the horns whimpered, and the infantry cavalry marched and retreated with the red flag in Tuhai's hand according to the direction. The wind rolled up the rolling yellow dust, the dragon flag waved in the wind, and the hunting sounded. The soldiers downstairs in Wufeng are full of energy, neat and uniform, and it is spectacular.

At this moment, Kangxi felt that he was extremely tall, and the melancholy and melancholy in his chest were empty. Under the winter sun, his face turned crimson, and he said to the ministers behind him: "Qin Shi Huang uses bricks and stones as shields, and I use the subjects of the world as the Great Wall." The Great Wall of bricks and stones is now dilapidated, but tens of millions of people are still the same. All of you must remember what I say today! After that, he ordered Mingzhu to go down: "You go and ask Wu Yingxiong, what else do you have to say about today's execution?" ”

"Wow!" Mingzhu agreed, picked up his robe and walked down the gatehouse, ordering the suspension of the formation. Seeing that Wu Yingxiong was tied to a wooden stake under a flag in the northeast corner of the school grounds, he came to ask him: "Wu Yingxiong, long live to ask you, what do you say about today's execution?" ”

Wu Yingxiong's face did not change, and Qu Ran opened his eyes and said: "My fate is tied to the sky, and I am resigned to my fate!" But there is a word that came to Kangxi: Kill me, my father will no longer have to worry about it, and he can concentrate on using soldiers. In the court, all the princes may not be willing to be your slaves! As a son of man, what is the regret of dying and filial piety? ”

Mingzhu turned around to report, Kangxi sneered on the gatehouse: "Lift those documents in front of him and burn them!" ”

Piles of cages crackled in the fire. These big cages are filled with the books that Wu Yingxiong and Zhou Quanbin usually communicate with civil and military officials. Among them, there are those who pass on messages, those who communicate feelings, those who stammer, and even those who voluntarily take refuge. Wu Yingxiong closed his eyes in discouragement. Hundreds of civil and military officials stared at Kangxi with different eyes, some surprised, some grateful, and some admired. Kangxi smiled slightly, waved his hand and said loudly: "Punish this rebel!" ”

As soon as the drill was over, Kangxi hurried downstairs, asked for a few honor guards and horses, and brought Jieshu, Mingzhu, and Suo Etu to turn over and ride, seeing that Zhou Peigong hesitated and didn't know what to do, he said: "You go to Qianqing Palace to send the documents brought by the party ceremony to Chuxiu Palace - the matter here is handled by Xiong Cixu and Tuhai." After speaking, he hurried to Chuxiu Palace.

There are a lot of people in Chuxiu Palace. A few imperial doctors and stable women are busy inside and out. The Empress Dowager, the Imperial Concubine and the Imperial Concubine Niu Hulu, Concubine Hui Ye He, Concubine Rong Ma Jia, Concubine De Wu Ya, as well as Guo Luoluo, Wei, Dai Jia and more than a dozen nobles were all sitting in the outer hall, and when they saw Kangxi coming in like a storm, except for the Empress Dowager, they all stood up suddenly.

"Let's go in and have a look." The Empress Dowager sighed, "The child was born, and he is quite rich, but the adults ......."

Kangxi brought Jieshu and his people here, originally wanting to discuss matters here, not wanting the queen's condition to be so serious. After listening to the words of the Empress Dowager, she hurriedly bowed down and said "yes", ordered them to wait under the porch, and entered the back room by herself.

Hesheri had fainted. She lay quietly half-lying on the big pillow, her face was very pale, and even her lips were bloodless. A nursing mother knelt beside the infant second son, several imperial doctors had dense beads of sweat on their heads, one was cutting the pulse, and the other two were busy pricking needles. The palace maid Mo Ju struggled to hold the medicine jar due to a leg injury, looking at the queen with teary eyes.

Kangxi looked at the queen and suddenly remembered the scene when he first met her eleven years ago:

Kangxi two years. He drove to the residence of the Auxiliary Minister Sony, and the two of them were talking very happily, when a general corner ** suddenly broke in, and did not salute, pointing at Kangxi and asking Sony: "Grandpa, I heard what my uncle just said, his name is Kangxi?" ”

Sonny blushed and said, "Presumptuous! Don't kneel down yet, this is long live! It's so unruly! Ahem, cough, cough ...... "The old dragon clock's Sony is so angry that he can't stop coughing."

"Why bother?" Kangxi smiled, "She's younger than me, I don't blame!" You're too old-fashioned for Sony! ”

"Oh!" Hesheri knelt down while staring at Kangxi with a pair of tiger spirit eyes, "Long live the lord!" I heard you live in the Forbidden City, right? ”

"yes!"

"Is it fun?"

"It's fun." Kangxi smiled, "The things inside can't be seen outside." ”

"Ming'er, you're free, take me in and have a look, okay?"

"Wow!" Kangxi has been tired of complicated etiquette since he was a child. I saw a sycophant smiling face every day, and I had never seen such a chaotic, innocent and interesting person, so I couldn't help but be very happy, and said: "Ask your mother to take you in, meet the imperial grandmother, the queen mother, delicious food, fun, all for you!" ”

Later, he went to Suofu to study with Wu Ciyou, and the two met more, often fighting grass and crickets together, catching fireflies, and watching ants drag flies up trees......

Now this man has arrived...... Kangxi remembered that since she entered the palace, she had been diligent all night and night, and she couldn't help but burst into tears, leaning over and crying: "Queen, I've come to see you!" ”

Hesheri suddenly opened his eyes, they were still so bright, and after searching for a long time, he saw Kangxi standing in front of the couch. Her lips moved, Kangxi hurriedly turned his face to listen, but he didn't hear anything, only saw two lines of tears flowing silently down her cheeks.

"What the hell are you?" Kangxi asked with a crying voice.

The queen did not answer.

Kangxi burned all the time and screamed bitterly: "Queen-strange me is one step late, late...... One step! You and I are a loving husband and wife, and I have the good friend of childhood, if you have anything to say, if you have anything, you can say it - you say! He couldn't control himself at all, and beat his chest and burst into tears.

"Hooray!" The imperial doctor who cut the pulse cried and said with a sad face, "Niangniang's phlegm is surging, and she can't ...... anymore" The queen mother listened outside, and hurriedly walked in, seeing this scene, she didn't feel the old tears, and held the queen's hand and said: "Good boy, don't worry, close your eyes and rest in peace......"

Kangxi glanced at Hesheri, and saw that she refused to look at her, and she was expecting something on her mind, so he dragged out with heavy steps and said to Suo Etu: "I'm afraid it's not ...... No, I just can't swallow my breath, this ...... This is a sinful sin, so come in and pay homage. Zhou Peigong, since you are here, come too! ”

The queen's eyes could no longer be moved, only staring at the roof, holding her breath and refusing to close her eyes. Suo Etu called her by her nickname softly: "Xiu'er, the family is fine, the emperor has personally given the house, and several of your cousins are out of the picture, Niangniang, you ...... Just rest assured ......."

"Niangniang, the slave is the pearl!" Mingzhu cried and said, "Niangniang, as the lord of the six palaces, is virtuous and virtuous, long live and loves Niangniang very much, and she must be honored behind Niangniang......"

Jie Shu saw that it was useless, kowtowed and cried: "Niangniang, you are so guilty and uneasy, can you not be sad in your heart?" Go ahead, it's up to you! He was so choked up that he couldn't even speak.

Seeing that Hesheri was still dumbfounded, Kangxi was in pain, anxious and sad, so he cried and reprimanded the imperial doctor: "You and I use medicine, you cure it quickly!" - You shit, rice buckets! On weekdays, the big words are earth-shattering, and after eating my money, I will do such an errand? When the group of imperial physicians heard his anger, their faces turned pale with fright, and they just apologized.

"Niangniang's mind knows!" Zhou Peigong suddenly straightened up and said, "The slave sings a poem and returns to the west for the mother!" ”

"You're here!" Kangxi said sharply.

"Wow!" Zhou Peigong nodded on the ground and said loudly:

Niangniang is flawless, and she has been in the wind and rain for twenty years.

Why is it so hard to see? I'm afraid to teach my son to wear reed flowers!

As soon as the groan fell, Hesheri's eyes miraculously blinked and opened again.

"Ah...... I see! Kangxi's body was shocked, he understood everything, and when he saw the Empress Dowager nodding and sighing slightly, he shouted: "Lixuan Xiong Ci comes in!" ”

"The minions are here!" Xiong Cixu had just entered Chuxiu Palace, and when he saw that it was busy, he knew that he couldn't do anything, and he was about to quit, when he suddenly heard Kangxi's pager, he hurriedly agreed, came in and kowtowed, "The slave is here to see you!" ”

"This son was born to the queen Hesheri, and I named him Yinren!" Kangxi said loudly, "According to the family law of the ancestors of Manchuria, the crown prince should not be established, but at this extraordinary time, in order to consolidate the country and stabilize the people's hearts, I am determined to build a prince and establish the second son of the emperor Yinren as the crown prince!" ”

"Wow!"

"Xiong Ci has a good character, pure academics, and has been relied on by the first emperor, and I am also very trusted." Kangxi continued, "With Xiong Ci into the prince's Taibao, that is, as the prince's master, he will guide and assist him day and night, and he will live up to my high expectations, and the queen's love for his fist is ......."

Before Kangxi finished speaking, Hesheri's body moved slightly, exhaled a breath, his eyes lowered, and he passed away suddenly.

Kangxi wiped away his tears and said: "The emperor and queen of heaven will never regret it!" After speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Reward Zhou Peigong with one hundred taels of gold, you all ...... Kneel down! ”

Mingzhu glanced at Zhou Peigong when he got up, Zhou Peicheng bowed his head and thanked him, but he didn't see it. Suo Etu glanced at Zhou Peigong with a grateful gaze, but met Mingzhu's eyes. The two pairs of eyes collided, and a slight flash of sparks burst out. Hearing Kangxi's instructions, they all bowed their heads and said, "Thank you...... Kindness. ”