Kangxi sacrificed filial piety and had a very good time in Nanjing. What Qinhuai night crossing, peach leaf Linliu, Mochou Lake, Xuanwu Lake, Jiming Temple, Banshan Hall, Swallow Rock, Egret Island, Stone Town, Qingliang Mountain, several places a day to enjoy travel, since the climb to the pole has never been so happy. only suffered Wei Dongting's family, devoted all their filial piety to Kangxi, and was busy day and night into a mess. Unexpectedly, on the eighth day, he received Xiong Ci's 600 li rush to Feiyanggu, Geldan gathered about 300,000 troops in Khalkha, and there was a tendency to move to Eastern Mongolia. The household department and the military department sent a stack of old and thick plates, all of which included the crown prince's four-inch treasure seal, and criticized the words "The matter is important, please ask the emperor to cut it".

After receiving these urgent letters, Kangxi felt nervous for a while, and his thoughts of playing turned into nothing. But at the same time, I was a little excited: the plan to lure the enemy to the east had indeed come true! If you can really gather and annihilate the main force of Geldan in Inner Mongolia in one fell swoop, things will be much easier to do in the future! Thinking of this, he immediately sent a decree to order the minister of the upper study who lived in the palace to come to the Wei Mansion to discuss matters.

"Long live Lord, this southern tour, the world is really changing!" As soon as Mingzhu entered the door, he said happily, his beard was neatly trimmed and he looked radiant, "The ** lama in Tibet, Zhuomu Hui and Taiji in Qinghai, and the foreign vassals who have not cultivated the Tao for seven or eight years have all handed over congratulatory watches with fast horses!" ”

"Well, good, good!" Kangxi smiled lovely, took the abridged list of the congratulatory watch held by Mingzhu, glanced at it, and said: "After all, you are capable of doing things, and you can read this word!" Mingzhu hurriedly smiled: "Is it close to Zhu!" The slave copies the master's penmanship every day, and naturally there is some benefit. Kangxi said with a smile: "Calligraphy pays attention to the charm and momentum, the intention is correct, and the words are superb." It's not a matter of words, can you learn everything from me? Can I read Chinese literature, know geography, calculate the difference between the ecliptic and equator, understand music, understand the language, and perform mathematics? I'm afraid you'll have to study for a few more years! He couldn't help but laugh.

Such a serious warning, Kangxi said in a joke, Gao Shiqi heard a chill down his spine, but Mingzhu was unconscious, and bowed down with a smile: "Of course!" The slave doesn't dare to learn from the master in everything, where does the slave have so much ability? At this time, the atmosphere was very lively and cheerful, Kangxi said: "These fake flatteries have been in ancient times, so I won't be fooled!" I am happy that so many bereaved elders have written poems praising the filial piety tomb, which is rare. These people are not sincere, and they will never do this kind of article lightly. It's just that why didn't you see Gu Yanwu? Mingzhu hurriedly said: "Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi were not invited, so there were no congratulatory tables and poems. ”

"The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds." Suo Etu looks very energetic these days, his newly repaired eight-character mustache is black, and he raised his face and said, "The surname Gu surnamed Huang is so ignorant!" The slave sent a message to the governor of Zhejiang, asking him to make up for it! Mingzhu said with a smile: "Although what Suo Sanye said is true, the master just said that he wants to be sincerely convinced, but now there is no need for a cow to press his head without drinking water." ”

Kangxi nodded, put down the list in his hand gently, and said: "What Mingzhu said is very true, turning people into people depends on virtue, not power, but I don't force them, there is another meaning." Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi and others are today's Shouyang righteous people, and they have always been loyal to the former Ming Dynasty. There are so many people in the mountains and wilderness, I think not only is there no harm, but they can maintain the style of the world and set an example for the scholars, so why force people to be cornered? These words were very serious, and they were obviously well thought out, and everyone sounded like they were choking on olives, and the more they chewed them, the more they felt that they would have an endless aftertaste. Gao Shiqi's heart seemed to be blank, he didn't understand what Kangxi meant, but he felt that Kangxi's mind was getting deeper and deeper and more unfathomable: if he said that he hated the pearl in his heart, he couldn't see the color at all, and he didn't investigate it, but he wanted to archive it secretly, what does this mean? I know that Kangxi hates Qian Qianyi and Hong Chengchou to surrender to the Qingming ministers, but he treats Hong Ruozhi so compassionately! What is this thirty-year-old son of heaven thinking? was thinking about it, but he heard Kangxi say with a smile: "Mingzhu, you can't treat Ruozhi lightly because of my words, blessings and misfortunes, life and death, honor and disgrace exist in my thoughts, I have my own reason, do you understand?" ”

"Understood!" Mingzhu hurriedly replied, "The slave treats her as a good life." ”

"Let's talk about the military." Kangxi shook the fold on the case, which was considered to be back to the point, "I forgive you for reading this, I plan to go back to Beijing to cook immediately, what do you think?" ”

Suo Etu said: "It seems that the master does not need to be in a hurry at this time, Geldan will only dare to come at least next spring when the ice grass fertilizer is melted, where is the call for a while?" The master hurriedly returned to Beijing, but the matter seemed urgent, and he was about to cause the villains to panic and uneasy. Mingzhu said: "Suo Etu is right, but such a big thing is in my heart, I am afraid that the master is not interested in enjoying the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, and the slave seems to be in Nanjing these days, in fact, Nanjing is not very interesting." The house is the same room, but the eaves do not need to be sealed with mud; The walls are the same, but mostly pink and white. The major military affairs in the north are like a mountain, and it seems that it is not appropriate to listen to songs and dances here......" The words were witty, but his face was serious, and everyone listened to it, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh. Kangxi smiled: "After all, there are a lot of things to see in Jiangnan, but it is true that I am not interested at this time." He smiled, his voice trembling a little, "How did I get squeezed by him that day?" With the respect of the great monarch of the Celestial Empire, I can't even protect a weak woman from a foreign domain. I have waited for him for more than ten years, and he really came, he really dared to come! Heaven has sent me a great task to stabilize the western frontier and destroy this ugly fang, how dare I disobey my orders! The more he spoke, the more excited he became, his eyes shining with a cold gaze, and he gritted his teeth, as if these words burst out from between his teeth.

Gao Shiqi looked at him, and he was really afraid that he would pull out his feet and leave, so he would immediately make the Nanjing people uneasy, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "The slave thinks that what Suo Etu said is reasonable." It is best to calmly talk and laugh and return to the north, still according to the original proposal, stay in Nanjing for another three days, and meet everyone who should be seen, and still go to Shandong Confucius Temple to worship the ancestors. Loose on the outside and tight on the inside, dispatch the northern army, food and salary. Unconsciously, great things have been done, and the people will not be disturbed by this, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? ”

When Kangxi heard this, he suddenly realized: The Southern Tour was originally to whitewash the peace, show the world to rule with prosperity, and stabilize the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, and left in a hurry, can the people not be suspicious? He was eager to step back to Beijing and immediately start to dispatch troops to drive the expedition, but at this time he froze and smiled very happily: "Okay, it's up to you!" I have heard that Kong Shang is a big name for a long time, and I have also read the script of "Peach Blossom Fan" written by him, and this time I want to meet this person by worshipping Confucius Temple. Gao Shiqi tilted his head and thought for a while, and said: "The emperor's sacrifice to Kong, like the tomb of filial piety, is a big event. Xiong Cixu was not there, and he didn't know how to arrange the ritual note, so he begged the emperor to show it, and the slave immediately ordered the governor of Shandong to prepare. Kangxi groaned and said: "Confucius is known as the prime king and the teacher of hundreds of emperors. I am naturally a student ritual—no, a deacon. According to the example of filial piety, perform three kneels and nine bows! ”

Gao Shiqi was surprised for a while, and said: "As far as the servants know, the emperors of the past dynasties have never paid courtesy. At most, two kneels and six knocks, is the emperor ......"

"What's this!" Kangxi leaned back and said coldly, "This is for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji!" Mencius Yun is heavy on the monarch and light on the king, in the past-" He suddenly stopped and said. He originally wanted to say: In the past, Yuan Shizu led his troops to break into the Confucian Temple, because Confucius said that "Yidi has a king, not as good as Zhuxia", so he shot the old master with an arrow, which provoked the people of the world to cut their teeth and choke their wrists. Why should I learn from him? At this time, he felt very indecent when he said it, Kangxi swallowed, and only said: "In this way, let's just slow down, go east along the Yangtze River, and get on the boat in Guazhou." Then he got up and went. Here, everyone also agreed on various matters related to the garrison of the road along the way, and Gao Shiqi sent an edict to the governors of Shandong, Anhui and other provinces.

Since the news that Geldan was preparing to go east, Concubine Xiu was so anxious that she was despaired, thinking about it day and night, and looking forward to Kangxi's early return. She is a Mongolian woman, she has been making a living since she was a child, and since she followed Kangxi, how many rules of suffocation and murder are there in the deep palace! If she said a word or took one more step, she was disciplined by her grandmother and palace people, but she endured it as if she was imprisoned. The memories of the past with Chen Huang gradually became distant, but the deep hatred like a sea of blood grew silently in this endless loneliness, burning her heart like fire. She became more and more arrogant, what Concubine Nalan got the Su embroidery in Jiangnan, Concubine Rong's birthday Ma Jia's birthday, Concubine Niu Hulu's dedication to King Kong was rewarded by the Queen Mother, etc., everyone rushed to congratulate and socialize, but she was too lazy to move around. Only Concubine De Wu Ya is also a Mongolian, although her temperament has long been worn out, she knows her thoughts very well, and they often interact with each other.

Until the seventh day of the sixth month, when he heard that Kangxi drove into the city, Ah Xiu's heart was pounding with nervousness, thinking about seeing Kangxi, how to persuade him to take him on the expedition together, which way to go this way, whether to ride a horse or take a car, for a while thinking about holding Geerdan, and suddenly thinking of meeting his father, brother and uncle again, and thinking about what if he didn't take himself there? tossed a show so much that his blood was full for a while, and he fell into an ice cellar for a while. But Kangxi came back, and he didn't meet for a few days, and when Ah Xiu asked someone to find Jingqi's grandmother to ask, he knew that Kangxi had been seeing the minister for the past few days, and because of the sacrifice of Confucius, the four characters of "Wanshi Table" were promulgated in the Tianxia School Palace. As for military matters, there is no rumor at all.

"What about Han Liu?" Ah Xiu asked, "Is she too busy to come to see me?" Mama Jingqi was very clever, and said with a smile: "Dare to love your master, are you looking forward to the master?" Have you forgotten that you are a few months pregnant, how can the master turn over your brand? I heard that Mama Han followed her master to the south this time to make a great contribution, and she was at home on leave, and she might have to seal her life, but I am afraid that it will take a few days to come back. Don't worry, how the master loves you, you won't not come. Ah Xiu asked the old woman to say it without concealment, Teng's face turned red, she took a sip, and was about to speak, when the parrot in the golden cage under the corridor suddenly shouted:

"The master is here, the master is here! Your lord takes over! ”

When Ah Xiu raised his eyes, he saw that Kangxi was wearing a beige gown, a stone green gown, and no hat, shaking a big folding fan to come in. Ah Xiu's heart was sour, tears flowed out early, but the royal rules couldn't be wrong, so he hurriedly wiped away his tears and knelt down, and whispered: "Slave Ah Xiu asks for peace to the master!" ”

"Get up!" Kangxi was so hot that he was sweating, and he picked up Ah Xiu, "Your body...... In the future, this ceremony is exempted, this house is too hot, and the fan is not appropriate, you should take more ice, put it in a flower pot and put it in the corner of the house, it is not good to soak in the cold! As he spoke, he laughed, and when he turned around, he saw that Mama Jingqi was still kneeling on the side, so he said, "Didn't you hear what I said?" Go for it! The grandmother lowered her hand and retreated.

Kangxi sat down and looked at Ah Xiu carefully, because he saw her phoenix bun and clouds, pearlescent hairpin shadow, fragrant cheeks slightly red, lowered her head and just rubbed her clothes, and couldn't help but say: "The appearance is becoming more and more standard, you are dressed like this, this is fragrant, it is really ecstatic!" - Do you want to die? As he spoke, he approached him, stroked Ah Xiu's slightly bulging lower abdomen, looked at the hot sunshine outside, kissed Ah Xiu on the cheek, and said affectionately: "If you want to have another prince, it will be the thirteenth!" I've thought of a name for him, it's Yinxiang, auspicious and wishful, do you like it, huh? ”

Ah Xiu snuggled in Kangxi's warm arms, and only nodded for a long time, but she didn't know whether it was sweet or sour in her heart, and she had already shed tears. Kangxi hurriedly comforted: "Don't be like this. I know that you are not used to living in the palace, and it will be good to live slowly for a long time, and now I am in the Rehe Cultivation Palace, and I will take you there every summer, it is cool, it is close to Mongolia, you want to ride a horse, you want to hunt or something, you can do it! Who knew that it was okay to be inconsoled, Ah Xiu felt more and more uncomfortable when he heard these words, and he actually sobbed and cried.

"What's wrong with you?" Kangxi slowly pulled up Ah Xiu's tearful face, "Isn't the body useless?" ”

"No......" Ah Xiu gently broke away and said, "Master Xizheng, are you willing to take me there?" ”

It turned out to be this! Kangxi let go of Ah Xiu, took a long breath, and sighed: "If you go, why won't I take you?" It's just that I can't go now! Looking at Ah Xiu's surprised gaze, Kangxi said slowly, "You don't have to be sad about this matter, I have my own opinions in my heart." You also know that Gerdan is very strong and cannot act in a hurry. Lafayette saw Aunt Su Mala yesterday, and the dinner was not good, and the doctor said that he couldn't be restrained if he stopped eating, so I had to go and take a look. Su Malagu's illness this time is not light, you have a good time, you should also go to visit. Alas, the past few days back in Beijing have really not been smooth, there are many things in the palace and outside the palace, and I am also annoyed in my heart......" After saying that, he told a lot of words before getting up.

Su Malagu's illness Ah Xiu had heard about it yesterday, because she was pregnant, the Empress Dowager ordered someone to send a message over, saying that the illness was irrelevant, and she was afraid that the patient's room would not be clean, and she had collided with fetal gas, and Ah Xiu, who was pregnant because of her life, and Concubine Wan Liuha, who was pregnant by her fate, did not have to go over. Now listening to Kangxi's tone, he is very sick. Ah Xiu sent Kangxi away, and immediately ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair to visit Aunt Su Mala. Just passed the hanging flower gate of Chuxiu Palace, and saw Gao Shiqi coming towards him, so he stayed in a sedan chair and asked, "Are you going to see the master?" How sick is he? ”

"It's your lord!" Gao Shiqi asked for a thousand bells, frowned and muttered, "I was ordered to come in to show Lafayette the pulse, but I didn't want Master Su to be so ill, it seems that ......" stopped here, he wanted to say that it seems that someone leaked the news of Wu Ciyou's death; Thinking that there was no evidence, he swallowed and said, "I said that the master was suffering from the dry oil, and it seems that the time has come!" It's not human, that's how it is. Ah Xiu nodded, and asked again: "Have you seen Lafayette?" "Not yet," replied Gao Shiqi, "I was ordered to go to the Fasting Palace, and the people there said that Lafayette had returned to Cining Palace, so they rushed back again." ”

Ah Xiu looked at no one on the left and right, and snorted and said: "This time I went on a southern tour, and the waterway I took was still a dry road, and the river workers heard that it was repaired well?" As soon as Gao Shiqi heard it, he knew that this was a question for Chen Huang, and he didn't dare to say more along this topic, so he smiled and said: "Hegong is very good, and Jin Fu uses people properly, and many people want to be promoted!" - Are you going to see Master Su? Hui Zhu'er, Yi Zhu'er, and Good Master's are all there! Seeing that Ah Xiu had nothing to say, he bowed his hand and went away.

Ah Xiu entered the small Buddha hall of Zhongcui Palace, and it happened that Concubine Hui Nalan and Concubine Yi Guo Luoluo and Concubine Liang Wei resigned from it, and the four of them all nestled at the bottom of the flower pot to salute. Concubine Wei was born as a slave of sin, her status was low, she rarely spoke when she saw people, she saluted Ah Xiu and silently retreated to the side, but Guo Luo Luo was the master of the Yellow Banner and had a noble identity, and she gave birth to three sons in a row for six years in the palace. Only Concubine Hui is as delicate and clear as her brother Mingzhu, and she smiled and said a few words with her sister's eldest sister holding her hand for a while, and then she went all the way with Concubine Liang. Ah Xiu knew that Concubine Yi and the Nalan clan were close to each other, although they were cold and hot, they looked down on her in their bones. But these two people, one is the lady of the Manchurian Iron Hat King, and the other is the cousin of the illustrious auxiliary minister, knowing that they can't be provoked, although their hearts are cold, they don't dare to bring them out on their faces, and they are stunned for a while under the sun before they enter the Buddhist hall.

Su Malagu was half lying on the couch, her fluffy hair was only loosely pulled up, and she hung straight down from the dark pillow, and on a hot day, covered with a quilt, she still seemed to be shivering as if she was overwhelmed by the cold. But the spirit seems to be fine, although the pale face is bloodless, there is still a smile on the face, seeing Ah Xiu come in, his bright eyes flashed, and he said weakly: "Sit down, close to me, so that you can talk." Ah Xiu listened to this voice, as if it came from a long distance, couldn't help but shudder, sat next to Aunt Su Mala, and said softly: "How is the master?" Anyway, I am also sympathetic to myself......" As he spoke, he felt his eyes damp.

"Good sister," Su Malagu stretched out her hand, stroked Ah Xiu's back, and looked at the caisson on the top of the Buddha hall and said, "The limit has come, I'm afraid I won't be able to stand it for a few days, thank you for thinking about it and coming to see me......"

Ah Xiu wiped away her tears and tucked the corners of the quilt for her, and said: "Don't say that, this is just a temporary disaster, Gao Shiqi said it is irrelevant." After the disaster, you still go to my place to preach Buddhist scriptures, I love to listen to them! Su Malagu sighed and said, "I have created too many sins in my life, and my life is self-inflicted." After more than ten years of introspection, I realized that I should not have come to this world, let alone enter the palace with a full man. Now that I'm back to the basics, I can only say this to you and Sigege! ”

"Well, I......'m listening," Ah Xiu choked up, "you have to relax your heart, isn't this a cough?" It really doesn't matter. ”

Aunt Su Mala shook her head and said slowly: "I have to tell you one thing, when you first entered the palace, I persuaded my master to let you out, and now that you have ...... This is just a matter of saying. It's just that you have to pay attention, there are more than a dozen concubines here, and there are few kind-hearted ones. Some of them are good on the face and hard in their hearts, and some of them don't hum or ha, they make up their minds alone, and they are all planning for their sons - do you understand? If you give birth to a son and start housework, you can only be eaten as stuffing if you are weak like you...... People are dying and their words are good, you remember it, it is the best strategy to hide on the side ......" said, suddenly coughed "slurp", and spit a mouthful of bloody phlegm into the gargle, Ah Xiu hurriedly cleaned up for her, sobbing: "Master...... Don't say it, I've got it. Although you don't say it on weekdays, I know that you treat me well in your heart, and I am also a hard-working person, I know your heart! "I entered the palace when I was six years old, and I know what is going on here, and I will not come again in the next life." Aunt Su Mala said, closed her eyes for a long time, and suddenly opened her eyes and said: "Once I went to Yikun Palace, I listened to you play the gonghou, it was really good, it was like going back to my hometown." I don't know where my house is in Manchuria, anyway, it's not far from the grassland, you play so well...... It's a pity I don't have a ...... here."

Ah Xiu heard her say this, her heart was about to break, because she saw the guqin on the cupboard, she got up and took it off, brushed the dust, and saw that the strings were broken in the middle, and her fists were bent, and her heart moved, remembering that she had torn off the strings. While pressing the strings, he smiled with tears in his eyes: "Since the master likes to listen to it, I will play a song for you." She tuned the palace businessman, gently wiped it, her right hand was tall, and the sound of the piano came out of the air, but it was not "Flat Sand and Falling Geese" and "Deep Night", but "Nai He Bridge" that was played in Cong Zun a few years ago. I didn't dare to recite the words in my mouth, but I just understood it.