Chapter Thirty-Seven: Surveillance by the Secret Guard
And Yun Yao took this opportunity to poke out the stupid things that Concubine Ma Jia had done, firstly, in order to find a way to answer Gu Lin's questions first, and secondly, to tell the women in the harem that her backer was Tu Hai, and Concubine Ma Jia would not be supported by Tu Hai at all.
Concubine Ma Jiashu has been able to mix like a fish in water over the years, and a large part of it depends on the prestige of Tuhai. In other words, every palace concubine who gave birth to a prince and raised it has at least a lot of strength behind her.
It is also because of this that Concubine Ma Jiashu had such a big reaction to Yun Yao's entry into the palace, originally Concubine Ma Jiashu and Tu Hai rarely interacted because of old grievances, if it weren't for the early years when Concubine Ma Jiashu gave birth to the emperor's eldest son, Tu Hai would not want to make enemies with the prince's mother's family.
Therefore, Tu Hai just turned a blind eye to Concubine Ma Jiashu acting under his banner in the palace. But no more, it can't be.
Sometimes Concubine Ma Jia also complained about the heavens, if only she were Tuhai's daughter. If she is Tuhai's daughter, then she will be at least a concubine after entering the palace, or even more than a concubine. At that time, she will be able to sit on an equal footing with Concubine Niu Hulu, not like now, even if she has given birth to the emperor's eldest son, she is still a concubine.
Concubine Ma Jiashu still remembers that in front of Concubine Niu Hulu and the queen, she seemed to be a joke, and her status was low to the dust. Even if she gave birth to a prince, the queen and Concubine Niu Hulu still didn't take her seriously.
After Concubine Ma Jia favored her in the emperor, she showed off in front of the queen and Concubine Niu Hulu, and they gave her a disdainful look at most, as if they were watching a person who didn't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the mantis arm as a car.
It wasn't until Concubine Ma Jia took advantage of the scenery of Tuhai to act in the palace that she won the eyes of the queen and Concubine Niu Hulu. The next time, Concubine Ma Jiashu knew that Tu Hai, a distant uncle, was powerful enough to make the queen and Concubine Niu Hulu jealous.
Concubine Ma Jia is therefore more urgent for the family to ease the relationship with Tu Hai, but Tu Hai has been not far away from her over the years. While there are no obvious signs of estrangement, closeness is not expressed either.
And when Concubine Ma Jiashu's brother asked Tu Hai to ask him to help find an official position, Tu Hai clearly refused the matter. When the news reached the harem, Concubine Ma Jia obviously felt that her situation was beginning to deteriorate. But fortunately, she still had the emperor's eldest son as a supporter at that time, but the good times did not last long, and the death of the emperor's eldest son hurt Concubine Ma Jiashu a lot. And at this time, Tuhai's ignorance also put her in danger, but fortunately, good news came from outside the palace at this time.
It turned out that it was Ma Jia's concubine's Amagaishan, with the help of the elders in the clan, asked Tuhai to promise to help Ma Jia's concubine do some small favors, but Tuhai said that it was impossible for Ma Jia's concubine to want more.
Although Concubine Ma Jiashu was annoyed with Tu Hai's ignorance, she saw that he did not express the intention of estrangement, and Tu Hai did not have a daughter, which made Concubine Ma Jia feel a lot more relieved. In the eyes of Concubine Ma Jia, although the picture has not yet expressed support, in essence, as long as she bears Ma Jia's surname, they are still one in the eyes of others.
The love between Concubine Ma Jia and Tu Hai on Weibo has long been gone. Concubine Ma Jia didn't think about revenge against Tuhai and Gao Tuhai in front of the emperor.
But even if Concubine Ma Jia is already pregnant with another child, she still doesn't know whether the fetus in her womb is male or female, and Concubine Ma Jia has no confidence at all.
And it is tantamount to a fantasy to want to bring down Tuhai as Concubine Ma Jia, so Concubine Ma Jia and Concubine Tuhai have always maintained such a precarious relationship, until the news of Yun Yao's entry into the palace completely broke Concubine Ma Jia's illusions.
Originally, Concubine Ma Jia still thought that if she could give birth to a prince this time, she would find a way to reconcile with Tu Hai, so that Tu Hai could support their mother and son. And took the opportunity to express to Kangxi that he hoped that Tuhai could be the prince's teacher, so that Tuhai would not be able to refuse Kangxi's order.
And Concubine Ma Jia believes that the emperor also hopes that his prince will have a good family. After all, Concubine Ma Jia has stayed by Kangxi's side for many years, it can be said that she is almost the earliest woman in Kangxi, Concubine Ma Jia knows that Kangxi once pityed on his mother's family, the Tong family, and has no power in the court, if he has a strong mother's family, why is he so controlled by others now!
Kangxi is now dying more because of the prince, and Kangxi is not stingy to do anything that is beneficial to the prince. Yi Kangxi was still very fond of his first few sons who could survive, and later because of the fact that his sons were worthless, his fatherly feelings disappeared. But Kangxi can still be called a loving father now.
Concubine Ma Jiashu made such a calculation because of this, but Yun Yao's entry into the palace made Concubine Ma Jiashu's plans come to naught. After all, if Tu Hai supported Yun Yao, who was closer to his blood relationship, no one could pick out a thorn, and Kangxi would not object.
After all, when Concubine Ma Jiashu was not favored, Tu Hai didn't think about supporting the concubine, but now that Yun Yao has entered the palace, Tu Hai has clearly expressed his support, in this way, Liang Kangxi knows that the concubine is more important, and he will also favor the side that is beneficial to him to support Yun Yao.
Ma Jia Tuhai, as an old minister of the two dynasties, his ability to support one of Kangxi's concubines means that Tuhai is completely behind Kangxi. In this way, Kangxi may still complain about Concubine Ma Jia, after all, why didn't he support you, the concubine with the same surname, but supported the niece after she entered the palace.
You must know that the power of the clan is strong at this time, and it is also the norm to support the concubines of the same clan. For example, Concubine Hui, who later gave birth to the actual emperor's eldest son, Yinchu, has a poor family background, but because of the support of Nalan Mingzhu, a distant uncle, she was even able to win the heir with the crown prince later. Moreover, Yinchu is not as close to his maternal uncle as Nalan Mingzhu, a distant uncle.
Moreover, the marriage between the big clans did not delay their hatred of each other at all, and even the queen and Concubine Niu Hulu were still relatives who were beating around the bush!
There are marriages between all famous surnames, such as Kangxi's three queen families, the Tong family, the Hesheri family, and the Niu Hulu family.
Marriages between concubine families in Kangxi's harem were also frequent, Xiang De's sister of Concubine Wu Ya married Concubine Wen's younger brother A Ling'a, Empress Xiaoyiren's Tong Jia's Tong Guowei was also Hesheri's, and Sony's daughter, Empress Hesheri's aunt, married Prince An's Yue Le as his stepwife.
Tu Hai's support for Yun Yao's niece will only make people think that Concubine Ma Jia, a niece of the same clan, is not enough for Tu Hai to support. And not a question of Tuhai. Therefore, Concubine Ma Jia's actions can be regarded as excusable.
And in the side hall of the Clock Palace, Concubine Ma Jia was throwing everything that could be dropped in the inner room. The ladies of the Mama Palace were also trying to persuade Concubine Ma Jia on the side.
And Concubine Ma Jia's confidant Xiangmei persuaded Concubine Ma Jia: "The slave begs the master to calm his anger, now that you are still pregnant with the little brother, you can't be angry!" Xiangmei looked very panicked, for fear that the master would accidentally hurt the little brother.
Concubine Ma Jia calmed down after listening to Xiangmei's persuasion, after all, the little brother is her biggest bargaining chip in the palace, if there is anything wrong with the little brother, then Concubine Ma Jia should want to cry without tears.
However, Concubine Ma Jia still had resentment in her heart, she scolded Tu Hai in front of Xiangmei, "That old immortal would rather support a woman with a foreign surname than support this master, why didn't he die earlier!" ”
Xiangmei watched her master scolding Tu Hai and didn't dare to answer, after all, Tu Hai was an important minister of the imperial court, and she was a little palace maid who could be insulted at will. And in terms of his identity, even the master of Concubine Ma Jia is not qualified to insult Tuhai.
However, Xiangmei's master is Concubine Ma Jiashu after all, and Xiangmei sees that her master's anger is also holding grievances for Concubine Ma Jiashu.
And when Concubine Ma Jiashu saw that Xiangmei didn't dare to answer, she knew what she was thinking. However, Concubine Ma Jiashu thought of her identity, and she was also a little scared, and no longer cursed Tuhai.
However, Concubine Ma Jiashu still didn't plan to let Yun Yao enter the palace smoothly, so she asked Xiangmei to come forward and whisper something in her ear.
However, Xiangmei was a little embarrassed after hearing this, "Master, won't this anger Lord Tuhai?" ”
Concubine Ma Jia didn't care: "What are you afraid of, then the master and I will have the prince left, will Tuhai still be able to pass the royal family by then?" At that time, she just didn't want to support me. ”
Xiangmei was a little apprehensive when she saw her master's confident expression, after all, Xiangmei didn't have the confidence of her master, and the weight of an important minister in the court was not comparable to them. I only hope that Tuhai can see that the master gave birth to a prince with the blood of the Ma Jia family, and not attack the master too much.
At this time, Yun Yao didn't know that Concubine Ma Jia was ready to start framing Yun Yao, and she was just lying on the bed at this time, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, everything today is under Yun Yao's control, only that accident happened.
Today, when Yun Yao was talking to Gu Lin about the news about Concubine Ma Jia in the harem, she suddenly heard a heavy breathing sound, but she didn't hear that breath soon. But Yun Yao was pretty sure she heard it right.
Yun Yao was no stranger to this kind of breathing sound that suddenly appeared and disappeared. It's just that she didn't expect to hear this familiar voice so early in her life.
As far as Yun Yao knew in his previous life, this was the secret guard in Kangxi's later hands, and he should not have appeared at this time. Yun Yao was extremely familiar with the style of this secret guard, especially the habits they showed when they spied on others.
Yun Yao was able to know this secret thanks to Bai Mei's work. At that time, Yun Yao was almost a small transparent existence in the harem, if it weren't for Bai Mei being a member of the secret guards, Yun Yao would not have been able to live peacefully in the palace until he was old.
However, Bai Mei, as a secret guard, can't tell outsiders the secrets in the secret guard, so Yun Yao doesn't know much, just because Yun Yao has been with Bai Mei for a long time, she knows some of the secret guard's habits.
Eighty percent of those who can leak traces during surveillance like this are novices, but if they are monitored, these show girls are more than enough for novices. It's just that they didn't expect to run into Yun Yao, an old monster who knows their details, so that Yun Yao can detect it.
However, this secret guard is not the same as the secret guard that Yun Yao knew in his previous life, where did Yun Yao know from Baimei in his previous life, when the secret guard appeared in the hands of Kangxi when he was in the hands of Kangxi Ping, because there were spies sent by Wu Sangui in the harem, he actually took the risk of assassinating Kangxi when Wu Sangui was about to lose, intending to make the Qing court mess up.
However, Wu Sangui's people were finally captured by the secret guard, which was the first time that the secret guard was exposed to Kangxi's eyes. Before that, this secret guard had not let Kangxi know about their existence.
And this time they appeared because Kangxi was almost really succeeded by Wu Sangui's manpower. That Wu Sangui's man had been lurking in the Qianqing Palace for many years and had never made a move. Even Wu Sangui's son Wu Yingxiong and his son Wu Shifan were executed by Kangxi's order.
This also made Kangxi's people and secret guards not find out his details. If it weren't for the secret guard who followed Kangxi every day after he ascended the throne, I'm afraid that even the secret guard would not be able to save Kangxi.
However, since then, Kangxi has known about the existence of the secret guard, and part of the secret guard has changed from dark to light, and the other part is used by Kangxi to monitor the harem of the former dynasty.
However, the secret guard that Yun Yao found was obviously the one that Yun Yao knew in his previous life, why did the secret guard do this kind of thing now, or was it because the commander of the dark guard had long been hiding from Kangxi to monitor the harem? It's not right, at best, only a few of them can enter the harem, and it's too wasteful to spend so much money now!
How can this kind of handwriting be so similar to what Kangxi did after mastering the secret guard!
To say that Kangxi is really heroic, in the previous life, because of Yun Yao's safety, Bai Mei ventured to come to her to serve her, although she was nominally to monitor the palace concubine, but in the palace where Yun Yao was located, only a few unfavored Xiaochang were agreeing, and Yun Yao, the concubine who held the nobleman's share.
But even so, Kangxi still arranged secret guards to monitor this place that can be called a cold palace, and Bai Mei came to her because of this.
Could it be that Kangxi has mastered the secret guard at this time? Yun Yao was a little restless when she thought of this possibility, she was only glad that she hadn't done anything out of the ordinary before. Otherwise, let Kangxi know, with his temperament, he may be remembered for a lifetime.
But why did Kangxi master the secret guard so early in his life, could it be her butterfly effect? Yun Yao thought of this, and felt that she couldn't see the future clearly.
However, today's incident was actively exposed by Yun Yao after discovering the figure of the secret guard, because although Yun Yao was not favored in her previous life, Yun Yao was also a person who was so controlling and cautious that Kangxi was. As long as he finds that something is wrong, he can always track it down and know to find out.
Moreover, Kangxi's strength in this life seems to have increased greatly, Yun Yao thought that in the previous life, he did not have such a big force to completely control the entire harem. And now I'm afraid that Kangxi's power has gone to the next level.
Therefore, if Yun Yao's understanding of Kangxi does not let him know the reason for something, then he will definitely get to the bottom of it. If Kangxi really investigated him carefully, although he might not be able to investigate anything, once he was suspected by Kangxi, then all the methods that Yun Yao had conceived before to fight for the glory of the family would be nullified.
Therefore, Yun Yao only hopes that Kangxi can be merciful to find out and stop to reduce her chance of being exposed.
And she also gave Concubine Ma Jiashu some eye medicine, Yun Yao felt that when the news reached Kangxi, I was afraid that Concubine Ma Jiashu would usher in a storm. After all, Concubine Ma Jia is three months pregnant, and she hasn't told Kangxi yet, with Kangxi's careful eyes, Concubine Ma Jia has a hard time to eat.