Chapter 171: Words of the Year (2)
As soon as the two of them drank tea, there was no condensed atmosphere just now, but Kangxi and Tu Hai were still speechless, and Liang Jiugong saw that something was wrong, and he didn't dare to be angry.
Kangxi hoped that Tuhai would continue to speak, but Tuhai didn't speak, so Kangxi could only speak first, "Liang Jiugong, you step down!" ”
Liang Jiugong was also very eye-catching, and hurriedly responded, and by the way, he drove out all the idle people in the Qianqing Palace, and by the way, he also closed the door of the study, and stayed at the door to guard.
Liang Jiugong retreated knowingly, but Tu Hai still didn't talk much.
Kangxi coughed, cleared his throat and said, "Tu Aiqing hasn't finished talking yet, please continue to explain to me." ”
Tu Hai did not continue to be cold, and said according to Kangxi's intentions, "I am afraid that the slave's trip to Horqin will leak out after that, the Empress Dowager has repeatedly tested the minions, and then she has even attracted the minions, but the Empress Dowager seems to have been unsure, so she is very defensive of the minions, and even suspects that the minions have rescued Concubine Jing's children..."
Tu Hai paused when he said this, glanced at Kangxi, and saw that Kangxi's fingers were clutching the teacup, and his fingers were already white, Tu Hai did not have the appetite to hang Kangxi, and continued: "The Empress Dowager is looking down on the slaves, and Concubine Jing doesn't want her children to leave her sight, plus the little prince's health was really not very good before, how can Concubine Jing be relieved, and Concubine Jing believes that Horqin is the safest place." ”
Kangxi's hand holding the teacup slowly relaxed, and said casually: "Concubine Jing is a little arrogant, if Aiqing takes care of it, maybe they will be fine!" ”
Tu Hai shook his head and denied, "No, the slave didn't have the ability to protect Concubine Jing's mother and son at that time, even if Concubine Jing was already a deposed queen at that time, she was the pearl of Horqin, and Horqin's support for her was far better than that of the Empress Dowager, otherwise the Empress Dowager would not have gone to such great lengths to marry Concubine Jing for the first emperor." ”
Kangxi glanced at Tu Hai with some surprise, he didn't expect Tu Hai to say this, but Kangxi also knew that Tu Hai was telling the truth, Mongolia was powerful back then, and Horqin's power was all over the court and outside, and even the emperor Ama was helpless.
Kangxi's expression was complicated, and he didn't know what to say.
Tu Hai seemed to think of something again, so he said: "Is the emperor curious why the emperor sent his servants to protect Concubine Jing's mother and son?" ”
Kangxi was shocked when he heard this, and said, "If Aiqing can say it, I naturally want to know!" ”
Tuhai nodded, as if recalling something. Then he said: "Does the emperor know the slave's adoptive mother?" ”
Kangxi looked puzzled and asked, "Aiqing still has an adoptive mother?" ”
Tu Hai nodded and said, "Yes, the slave's adoptive mother, the emperor, may know that she is the grandmother of Concubine Zhao!" ”
Kangxi was stunned, and then said: "Concubine Zhao's grandmother? It turns out that you still have such a relationship, no wonder you married your sister to Wu Lu! ”
Tu Hai explained: "Wu Lu and the slave sister have no marriage contract, but they grew up together, and Wu Lu and the slave's sister don't know when they fell in love with each other, so they got married. And the slave's sister was raised by her adoptive mother since she was a child, and in Niu Hulu Mansion, the slave brothers and sisters are called brother and sister together with Wu Lu, so they have long been close to each other, even if Zhao Concubine and the slave are not related by blood, the slave also loves Zhao Concubine Niangniang very much. ”
Kangxi didn't quite understand the relationship between Tuhai and Niu Hulu's family, but this did not prevent Kangxi from raising the important level of the Wu Lu brothers up.
Tuhai continued: "The slave adoptive mother was also born in Horqin, and she met Concubine Jing, and when the slave adoptive mother was not married, Concubine Jing wanted to call her adoptive mother an aunt. ”
Kangxi nodded, a little abruptly, and then said, "Concubine Jing's aunt status should not be low, right?" How to marry..."
Tuhai smiled bitterly, "Although the slave's adoptive mother was noble, but both parents died, the Empress Dowager and Empress Xiaoduanwen were the masters of marrying the slave's adoptive mother to the slave's adoptive father in order to win over Hongyi Gong, but they didn't expect that the slave's adoptive father was only a cousin of Hongyi Gong, and was not valued by Hongyi Gong."
After that, he neglected the slave adoptive mother a lot, and when Concubine Jing was not abolished, only Concubine Jing took more care of the slave adoptive mother with the friendship of the past.
It's just that Concubine Jing was deposed as a concubine later, but fortunately, the slave's adoptive father and adoptive mother have a deep affection, otherwise..."
Kangxi was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and said: "Concubine Zhao's grandmother is indeed blessed, otherwise..."
Kangxi is not a fool, Concubine Zhao's grandmother has no use value back then, the Empress Dowager and Empress Xiaoduanwen have given up on her, and Horqin has no parental support, such a situation can still go through a lifetime with Eyiteng, it can only be said that Eyiteng really loves this wife!
Tu Hai nodded sympathetically, "The relationship between the slave's adoptive father and adoptive mother is indeed very good, and the slave and Wu Lu are also deeply affected. ”
Tu Hai continued: "Back then, Concubine Jing was grateful to the slave adoptive mother for taking care of the slave adoptive mother, even when she was in Horqin, the relationship between the slave adoptive mother and Concubine Jing was also very good, the first emperor knew this relationship, so he sent the slave to protect Concubine Jing, the first emperor felt that the slave had such an identity, at least he could do his best for the safety of Concubine Jing's mother and son. ”
Kangxi nodded, agreeing with Tuhai's meaning, he also knew that Tuhai was sent to Horqin at that time was already an acceptable result for both Huang Ama and Concubine Jing, otherwise, even Concubine Jing's temper would also drive out the people sent by Huang Ama.
Tu Hai then was a little angry: "At that time, the Queen Mother and the slave adoptive mother also had a relationship, and no one thought at that time that the Queen Mother, who has always been gentle and virtuous, would also be jealous of Concubine Jing, the Queen Mother had a very good relationship with the slave adoptive mother during that time, but I didn't expect that the Queen Mother borrowed the hand of the slave adoptive mother and sent disaster to Concubine Jing, and the Queen Mother bribed the slave adoptive mother to send the person to Concubine Jing, fortunately, the person who was bought by the Queen Mother did not succeed, otherwise the slave adoptive mother would not be able to hold it at all, but even so, the slave adoptive mother was also worried about becoming ill! ”
Kangxi was also full of emotion, it was not surprising that Tuhai's adoptive mother was sick because of this, a close junior used her as a gun, and almost killed another close junior, no wonder Tuhai's adoptive mother couldn't hold on to such a tragedy.
But then Kangxi was a little puzzled and asked, "Did Aiqing find out about the Queen Mother in this matter?" ”
Tu Hai nodded solemnly, and then said: "The minions and the others never thought that the Queen Mother would also make a move, and they didn't notice the Queen Mother before that. However, the Queen Mother was weak at that time, and no one thought that the Queen Mother's second move would be successful, and the servants found out that the Queen Mother also intervened! ”
Kangxi frowned and asked, "Then why didn't Aiqing inform Huang Ama back then?" ”
Tu Hai shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Back then, the emperor felt that Empress Xiaoxian was very kind, but who knew that Empress Xiaoxian had joined forces with the Empress Dowager and firmly controlled the people around the emperor, the slave had been removed from all official positions by the emperor at that time, and he could not see the emperor at all, and at that time the slave was also deprived of his position in the outer guard, so the slave never informed the emperor of the investigation, and perhaps because of this, the slave also escaped." ”
Kangxi was frightened by the meaning of Tuhai's words, and asked Tuhai with some consternation, "The Empress Dowager and Empress Xiaoxian have joined forces?" And what does it mean that you escaped? Kangxi felt that he had a problem with his ears, in the mouth of the Empress Dowager, Kangxi had never heard anything other than scolding Empress Xiaoxian, but Kangxi did not expect that the Empress Dowager would also deign to join forces with Empress Xiaoxian.
Tu Hai didn't know how many times he smiled bitterly, but now that Kangxi asked, Tu Hai could only smile bitterly and said: "It was the Empress Dowager who was looking for Empress Xiaoxian, saying that as long as Empress Xiaoxian stopped the news around the former emperor and told the Empress Dowager all the secret news, it would not be a problem to prevent the former emperor from being promoted to the position of Empress Xiaoxian, and even named her the queen."
Empress Xiaoxian was dazzled by the Empress Dowager's rhetoric, so she agreed, but she didn't expect that at that time, the emperor had already named the Empress Dowager the Empress, how could the Empress Dowager allow Horqin to have another deposed queen.
After that, several colleagues who went to Horqin with the minions were not in high positions on the surface, so they could only see the emperor through some secret channels, but these channels seemed to have been discovered by the Empress Xiaoxian and the Empress Dowager, and then the minions and these colleagues all died, and in various unexpected ways, no one knew what they died for!
And because the slave couldn't enter the palace to see the emperor at that time, and the slave's colleagues never gave the slave out, the slave was never discovered by the queen mother. And Concubine Jing on Horqin's side also covered up for the minions, so the minions can live until now. ”
Tu Hai was in tears when he said this, thinking of his colleagues who did not confess him before he died, as well as the emperor who was kept in the dark, Tu Hai felt extremely uncomfortable.
Kangxi doesn't know what to say anymore, although he knows that if Tuhai hadn't failed, it was likely that this throne would not have been his turn, but he was still angry about what happened back then, his emperor Ama was kept in the dark by his own wife and concubine, Kangxi, who is also the emperor, can imagine the sadness of his emperor, and Tuhai, who is loyal to Huang Ama, also makes Kangxi sigh.
Kangxi is anxious to know the ending later, even if he knows that it is very likely that it is not a good thing, "What about later?" Didn't Aiqing say it later? ”
Tu Hai was sad in his heart, and said: "Later, the slave finally managed to see the first emperor and told the first emperor about Concubine Jing, and the first emperor was also very shocked, but at that time, Concubine Jing's mother and son had already died, and the emperor was powerless to recover, and the emperor seemed to be ten years old overnight.
Later, the emperor told the slaves that he wanted to clear the affairs of the harem and ask the slaves to help him.
It was only then that the minions heard the news that the emperor had smallpox, and the minions never saw the emperor again! ”
Tu Hai was in tears, and Kangxi could only comfort: "Huang Ama still thinks of you before he dies, and he wants to restore Aiqing before he dies." ”
When Tu Hai heard this, he knelt down and cried: "The slave is worthy of the emperor!" ”