The concubines of each palace all changed into light clothes, in order to win the white fat jade Ruyi, of course, more to win the opportunity to serve the driver, they all grinded their fists, and looked like they were determined to win.

I sat on the chair in the courtyard with Shunzhi and the Queen Mother, and the palace people had already brought the charcoal stove brazier, fruit and snacks, although it was winter, but I didn't feel a trace of cold.

The first combination is Concubine Ke and Concubine Shuhui, Concubine Ke is the only Han concubine in Shunzhi, with a soft appearance, and has a beautiful atmosphere of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, they each took four eunuchs and palace maids to stand on both sides of the boundary, and took the rope tied with red cloth in the middle from the hands of the eunuch, the rope was about three fingers thick, it should have been a hemp rope made of whole linen, but at this time it was replaced with a forging rope made of brocade forging, thinking that it was afraid of hurting these pampered masters.

Shunzhi smiled and said, "Then let's start now, I hope all the concubines can go all out." ”

"Your Majesty," I looked at Shunzhi and said with a smile: "It's better to let the remaining minions of each palace form a group of relatives and friends of the masters and cheer them on." ”

"A group of friends and family? The name is fresh. Shunzhi nodded: "Just according to what the queen said." ”

After the preparations of both sides were completed and the group of relatives and friends were all in place, Shunzhi announced the start of the game, and at first the group of relatives and friends composed of those palace maids and eunuchs did not dare to cheer loudly, but as a eunuch who was not afraid of death shouted, "Come on, concubine Niangniang!" After that, the atmosphere suddenly became lively, and several concubines who got along well with Concubine Ke on weekdays also cheered for Concubine Ke, in comparison, my sister was much more miserable, only the servants in her palace screamed desperately.

The red cloth in the forging rope will be to the left and to the right, and the two sides are so inseparable that they don't seem to want to give up this rare opportunity to drive. But in the end, my timid sister still lost, lost to the seemingly weak concubine, Concubine Ke didn't seem to win easily, her little face was flushed, adding a touching look, the Queen Mother immediately announced that Concubine Ke won, I looked at Concubine Shuhui's weeping expression and hurriedly beckoned her to come and sit down beside me, comforted a few words, Shunzhi also encouraged a few words, and Concubine Shuhui showed some smiles.

The competition continued, everyone was interested, Lai Xi moved two big drums under my instructions, cheering and cheering, gongs and drums continued, the garden of Cining Palace was very lively for a while, so that at noon the Queen Mother and the emperor unanimously decided to postpone the time of the meal, and the game was carried out to the end.

In the end, it was Concubine Tong, Concubine Jing, Concubine Ke and Chun Guiren who entered the semifinals, and I snickered in my heart, my aunt didn't want to compete on the surface, but in fact she cherished this opportunity more than anyone else. However, Concubine Jing finally lost to the dark horse of Concubine Ke with a frustrated face, and Concubine Tong also defeated Chun Guiren, and the game entered the final stage.

The Queen Mother looked at me with a smile: "Queen, who do you think will win today?" ”

I thought about it: "Concubine Tong is full of confidence, and the group of relatives and friends is strong, if there is no accident, it should be Concubine Tong." ”

The Queen Mother smiled and nodded, but Shunzhi said: "Although Concubine Tong's strength is extraordinary, Concubine Ke has also been unexpected again and again, and in my opinion, Concubine Ke has a great chance of winning." ”

I glanced at the Queen Mother, smiled and didn't speak, Concubine Tong not only has the strength of tug-of-war, but also the support of the prince and family forces, and I, the queen, have always been weak, many things in the harem are in charge of Concubine Tong, and Concubine Ke is just the daughter of a minister of Han, even if she has the strength to win, how dare she really win Concubine Tong.

The result was revealed, Concubine Tong finally won by a slight margin, Concubine Tong was overjoyed, and Shunzhi also smiled: "Jin'er, I didn't expect that you are usually delicate and weak, but you have such strength." ”

Concubine Tong was already sweating at this time, but she was very happy: "Your Majesty, our Qing Dynasty will win the world immediately, and the women of the Qing Dynasty are of course also extraordinary." ”

Shunzhi took a handkerchief, got up and walked to Concubine Tong, but did not wipe the sweat for Concubine Tong as I thought, but handed the handkerchief to Concubine Tong, and called Chang Xi, and rewarded Concubine Tong with white jade Ruyi, and then, rewarded Concubine Ke with a pair of white hostas, and other concubines also had their own rewards, of course, the queen did not, who let me not participate in the competition.

At this time, noon had passed, Shunzhi instructed Chang Xi to pass the meal, I took the opportunity to ask the attacker, only to know that Chang Xi was actually Laixi's brother, okay, one of these two brothers is waiting for the emperor, and the other is waiting for the queen, and it can be regarded as a glorious lintel in the eunuch world.

After lunch, Shunzhi took Concubine Tong back to the Qianqing Palace in an envious eye, the palace concubines sat and chatted about the family life, more to discuss the morning game, the sky is getting late, the palace concubines are slowly dispersed, only I am still in Cining Palace, I am waiting, the Queen Mother must have found out that I am different from usual today, I am waiting for her inquiry, I have decided, instead of trembling every day, it is better to simply confess, I don't know if she can accept it, but in any case, I am still the queen of the Qing Dynasty, The Queen Mother will not do anything to me for the benefit of Horqin and the stability of the harem, in other words, even if the Queen Mother can't accept it, she won't publicize it.

Sure enough, when the Queen Mother saw me staying, she sent all the palace people out, stared at me tightly, I looked at her, and suddenly she said something in Mongolian, I smiled and said, "The Queen Mother doesn't need to test me anymore." ”

The Queen Mother's face changed greatly, her eyes seemed to be about to erupt with fire, and she shouted, "Who are you?" What happened to Hui'er? ”

I smiled wryly: "I also want to know how that Hui'er is now, maybe she is now living in my place in three hundred years." ”

I ignored the Queen Mother's pale face and said quietly: "In May last year, the queen jumped into the river to seek death because she couldn't stand the emperor's snub, or did she want to attract the emperor's attention? And at the same time, three hundred years later, there was a person who also unfortunately fell into the water while visiting the Forbidden City, I don't know how it all happened, but I woke up, I was already here, and I went back to three hundred years ago for me. ”

"Nonsense!" The Queen Mother shouted angrily: "It's just nonsense." ”

I looked at Xiaozhuang in front of me: "You think I'll want to appear here?" Leaving my relatives and friends in this cold palace? ”

The Queen Mother sneered: "You said you fell into the water while visiting the Forbidden City?" The Forbidden City is a forbidden palace, how can outsiders enter? ”

I sighed: "At that time, the Qing Dynasty was already ...... It doesn't exist anymore. ”

"Smack!" The Queen Mother knocked over the teacup on the table, and the Queen Mother's face turned pale: "You...... You mean, the Qing Dynasty...... Only exists...... Three hundred years? ”

"No!" I looked at the filial piety village in front of me: "It's not three hundred years, it's two hundred years." ”

"You're lying!" The Queen Mother's voice had become a little poignant.

"Why should I lie?" I said, "I can always pretend to be your niece and granddaughter, it's not very difficult, as long as I am submissive, I can always live with the queen's hat." ”

"Then you ......" The Queen Mother was already a little shaky at this time.

"Because I don't want to live in the palace for the rest of my life and die lonely in the end, I want the Queen Mother to promise me one thing." I slowly spoke my thoughts.

The Queen Mother looked at me suspiciously: "What's the matter?" ”

I turned around, looked into the beautiful eyes of the Queen Mother, and said word by word: "I ask the Queen Mother to promise me to let me out of the palace after the emperor's big trip." "I tried to tell her as clearly as possible that Shunzhi didn't have much time to live, otherwise, if Shunzhi lived to be sixty or seventy years old before he could do it, I would be sixty or seventy years old at that time, why would I go out of the palace.

In an instant, the queen mother's color changed greatly, and she sat down on the warm kang, looking at me with a dead face, trembling her lips and unable to say a word for a long time. After a long time, a desolate voice sounded: "No—you're lying!" ”

"I'm not lying," I said lightly, "The Queen Mother already believes in me a little in her heart, doesn't she?" ”

After a while, the queen mother's mood gradually stabilized, and she said tiredly: "Hui'er has been a good child since she was a child, and she is timid, and since she succeeded her aunt as the queen, she has become even more cowardly. ”

I quietly listened to the Queen Mother's words as if she were talking to herself, and as if she were speaking to me.

"After Hui'er fell into the water last year, I felt that she was a little strange, Ronggui also told me a few times, saying that her sister was not the same as before, but I didn't think much about it, just that her body has not fully healed, and her spirit is not very good, until today, I am a little sure, she never dared to take the initiative to speak in front of the emperor, let alone look at the emperor like that, Hui'er grew up in Mongolia, and she doesn't speak Chinese very well, how can she name the girl according to what poem?" Speaking of this, the Queen Mother stopped and looked at me: "I'm afraid you deliberately behaved like this in front of me today, right?" ”

I shook my head and whispered: "My original plan was to spend the past few years in the palace peacefully, waiting for the emperor to ......" I stopped, and then said: "Find another opportunity to get out of the palace, but today I am really uncomfortable by the atmosphere between you and the emperor, I know that the emperor has never cared about this queen, let alone understand her character, I can see through that I am not honorable, only the queen mother, you are alone, I don't want to be panicked every time I come to the queen mother in the future, so I simply let go of everything." ”

The Queen Mother nodded: "And you can also see that even if the palace knows the truth, it will not do anything to you for the benefit of Mongolia and Horqin, after all, the Mongolian princes can never accept the deposed of the two steppe queens, so you dare to be so bold." ”

I smiled: "The Queen Mother just believes me when she says that?" ”

The Queen Mother shook her head gently: "I don't know, I can't tell whether what you said is true or false, I just know that you are not Hui'er." The Queen Mother paused for a long time before asking in an inaudible voice: "Your Majesty...... Really ......" Before he finished speaking, his voice was choked up.

I suppressed the helplessness in my heart and whispered: "According to historical records, the ancestor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty only reigned...... Eighteen years. However, I couldn't bear to look at the Queen Mother's increasingly pale face, and then said: "His son is a rare generation of Ming monarchs in history, who will bring the Qing Dynasty to a unique prosperous era of Changping." I stared at the Queen Mother's face and didn't let go of a trace of her expression: "And you, Emperor Taizong's Concubine Zhuang, will also go down in history as one of the most famous women in history for supporting your son and grandson." ”

After listening to my last words, the Queen Mother's face was a little bloody, but it was still frighteningly pale, and the Queen Mother said softly: "Your Majesty, what is the reason for this...... ......"

"I don't know this," I didn't lie, "whether the Shunzhi Emperor made a big move or abdicated the throne and left the palace has always been a mystery of controversy in later generations. ”

The Queen Mother moved her lips and did not speak.

I shook my head: "The Queen Mother doesn't have to try to stop it, since it's history, things will definitely happen." "Just kidding, if Xiaozhuang really prevented Shunzhi from taking Concubine Dong E into the palace, Shunzhi might not have died so early if he hadn't met Concubine Dong E, in that case, where would there be Emperor Kangxi, who had been refining his copper skin and iron bones among the ministers since he was a child.

The Queen Mother sat there, there was a possibility that she would fall down at any time, and I exhaled: "I know that the Queen Mother still has doubts in her heart, after all, the matter of traveling through time and space is too mysterious, but after five months, the Queen Mother will know whether what I said is true or false." ”

The Queen Mother raised her head and looked at me, the sad look in her eyes made me unbearable to look at it, I suddenly hated myself why I told the truth, I said softly: "In five months, Prince Xiang will ...... Passed away. ”

Prince Xiang is the unlucky fiancé of Dong E's Wuyunzhu, less than two months after his death, Shunzhi took Dong E's family into the palace, counting the days, Prince Xiang's death date was almost in May this year.

The Queen Mother couldn't bear such a blow anymore, her body was soft, and she fell on the warm kang, I hurried over to check, fortunately, the Queen Mother was still relatively strong, and she didn't faint, I helped the Queen Mother up, and sighed: "The Queen Mother takes care, during this time, the sons will not come to wait for the emperor's mother, and the sons and daughters kneel down." With that, I made a standard kneeling salute and exited the door.

Xiaozhuang, the strongest and wisest woman of the Qing Dynasty, now needs a little time alone.