It's almost a month, and it's already in ambush, and the Queen Mother's annual routine of Gesha has already been served. After the first and fifteenth days of the Lunar New Year, the sky was still bright, but the sun had already risen, and the heat in the wind was not small.

On the palace road of the Forbidden City, the princes and ministers of the early dynasty hid under the eaves of the palace one after another, walking in groups of three or five, all whispering.

"Your minion has been honest lately?" Ninth Elder Brother looked surprised, and looked back at the Fourteenth Elder Brother behind him, "I still thought that you were soft-hearted halfway, and she relied on you to spoil her, so she had to be more arrogant." Could it be that you, a minion, are different from other families, and you have to teach a lesson like this? ”

The fourteenth elder brother was full of smiles, "I didn't pay attention to her, let her toss." I don't believe that she has no eyesight like this, the gentlemen are holding back their strength to exert themselves, she doesn't know how to sit behind and wait to see the results? Her maiden name is Qi, and now her surname is Chen, and she also has to take care of Chen Bianzhi. ”

The eighth elder brother, who was walking side by side with the ninth elder brother, smiled slightly, "Her eyesight is all on the emperor, and she is not waiting in front of the emperor in vain, but she is a woman in the end...... "Ninth elder brother nodded and smiled: "That's exactly what happened, a woman, even if she has eyesight, she just coaxes you to be happy." Chen Changzhi is over thirty, right? If she doesn't give birth to another one, no matter how much vision she has, the price will not be useful. ”

The fourteenth elder brother sighed, frowned, and said: "Chen Bianzhi has been gone for almost half a year, although Li Mingzhi is capable and capable, he is a civil affairs official, and his seniority on the river is far inferior to Chen Bianzhi, so he can't suppress the river pacesetter." The military department has taken care of everything over there. Although Cui Hao was there, and the prince's people did not control the Tonghui River, the main road into Beijing, I always felt that Qi Shiwu and those people would not stop. No wonder the emperor didn't want Chen Changzhi to go. ”

"At this time, you can see that the emperor is clear. As long as the governor of Beihe is stuck in the eastern, southern, western, and northern rivers of the capital, the floods, standards, and battalions outside the city will not want to enter Beijing by water. If you take a dry road, it is far better to take a boat to hide people's eyes and ears, but I am afraid that it is far away from the capital, and people will be aware of it. The eighth elder brother stood by the palace gate, watching Li Quan'er and other personal eunuchs lead the horse and said slowly: "The emperor asked Chen Bianzhi to do both river and civil affairs, and he has been trained for more than ten years, with his current shrewdness, as long as he is there, the emperor only needs to keep an eye on the movements in the capital, and he doesn't have to worry about things outside." ”

The tenth elder brother turned over and said, "This is a big errand, if Chen Bianzhi's stunned young thing is done, he will have to jump up to the grade of the third grade." ”

The eighth elder brother looked back at the Forbidden Sun and had risen to the sky, and the golden glazed tiles of the Taihe Hall were shining in the sun, as if the brilliance of the sun was about to be suppressed.

Ba'a seemed to smile, "At this time, I have to admire the emperor's measurements and don't know the loyal courtiers, what's the use of governing the river and the people again?" Although Chen Bianzhi will not be enveloped by others, he only has the river in his eyes, and he has no master...... Sure enough, as the saying goes, it's not a family that doesn't enter the door......"

"That being said; If it is changed to come back from the source of the Yellow River. It is a meritorious service. This official character may not be able to keep ......"

"If he gets it, he can come back from that dangerous place, and it is his ancestor who has accumulated virtue." The fourteenth elder brother shook his head and said, "Ten years ago, we explored the source. went to the six emperors' favored land, and the imperial guards died on the road. Only two came back.

I don't understand a three-grade master. Can you go in person......"

“…… The Western surveying method was used by the Western priests. And who is like him? That's why I said. He's just a stunned young man who only knows how to govern the river......"

All of a sudden. The sound of horses' hooves rushed up, "Eight hundred miles and an urgent side report——"

The courtiers all stopped. Watching the dusty flag officer tumble down his exhausted horse. was supported by the eunuch and went to the military headquarters. There was a lot of discussion. "It's a local newspaper from Ganshan—"

The brothers looked at each other, stopped talking, and waited at the gate of the palace while sending someone to inquire about the news. After a while, I saw that the rotating officer of the Ministry of War found Qi Shiwu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and submitted a side report. Qi Shiwu hurriedly looked at it, turned his head and walked towards the study.

After less than half an hour, a chief eunuch came from afar, and he ran while holding his hat, "Lords! ”

"It's Wei Zhu by the emperor's side." The fourteenth elder brother frowned, "I'm afraid it's a matter of military affairs in the northwest." Wei Zhu was sweating profusely, and obviously chased him all the way out of the palace, "The emperor has a decree to urgently summon all the masters to discuss matters." ”

The tenth elder brother turned over and dismounted, the eighth elder brother and the ninth elder brother glanced at each other, and walked towards the palace with Wei Zhu together, the ninth elder brother asked: "Grandpa Wei, do you know why the emperor urgently summoned us?" ”

Wei Zhu whispered: "I just received an urgent report from the governor of Ganshan that the Dzungar Department was attacking the Tibetan realm, and I was meeting a group of people sent by the emperor to explore the source and make maps. Several adults from the Qin Tianjian and the Li Fan Yuan were seriously injured, and Lord Nading Su was missing—" As he spoke, he glanced at the fourteenth elder brother, "Lord He Tuhua, and Lord Chen—I'm afraid that I'm afraid—I'm afraid I'm martyred." ”

There was silence in the upper study

Xi Leng looked at the map on the table, "Attacked the source exploration group I sent, the bones of the senior officer and one from the fourth rank official are gone, one from the fourth rank officer fell into the ice crevice and disappeared, the four fifth rank officials lost their lives, and the rest are seriously injured, just say a word of misconception and it will be over!?" ”

"Your Majesty, the Zhun Er Rangers have returned to the border of Zhun Er, and the minister thinks that Tsewang Alabutan is ambitious, peeping into Qinghai ** for more than one day, I am afraid that this matter is deliberate, in order to avoid starting a war, the emperor also thinks twice."

The news of the source exploration group spread from the upper study, and the wind spread throughout the Forbidden City, and the Niu Lu family sent people to Ganshan, urging the governor of Ganshan to search for He Tuhua's bones, and sent people to secretly communicate with the Junggar Ministry, willing to give gold beads to redeem the bodies of He Tuhua and Chen Yan.

The flag officer sent by the governor of Ganshan to report the news withdrew from the palace and was summoned to the palace of the fourteenth prince, and the fourteenth elder brother frowned and asked: "What is going on, how can the person sent by the governor of Ganshan to answer be reported?" ”

"Back to the Fourteenth Master, the Governor received a letter from the Exploration Group on its return, so he sent someone to answer it. On the third day of their return, the source exploration group was attacked near Qinglong Gorge, and they were scattered at that time, and five died. When our people found them, the dead adults were stripped of their official uniforms by the Jung'er, and only the corpses remained. Looking at the traces on all sides, most of the Zhun Er rangers found that there were third-grade high-ranking officials from the scattered luggage, and they had been chasing them in order to invite merit and rewards. In the end, they caught up in the west of Longyang Gorge, and they encountered an ice collapse, and there was no way back, so they were surrounded. ”

The fourteenth elder brother pondered, "Isn't there a few seriously injured Qin Tianjian people, what's the matter?" ”

"Back to the fourteenth master, when the messenger arrived, it had been three days, and those Dzungars were still digging up corpses under the ice, wanting to strip off their official uniforms and receive rewards, and they had been searching for the third-grade officials, and the rest of the seriously injured ones were still thrown aside. After they were driven away, in addition to the Qin Tianjian and several adults from the Li Fan Yuan, as well as Lord Chen's personal soldiers, Lord Zhao, who was also seriously injured, said that they saw Lord Chen and Lord He Tuhua buried under the ice with their own eyes. Master Nading Su fell into the ice crack, and he definitely couldn't survive.

”

"Could it be that he escaped?"

"Back to the Fourteenth Master, Junggar rode on the ice and searched Lord Chen's official hat, afraid that he had escaped, so he searched all over the canyon. When our people arrived, they had not cleared the siege from Longyang Gorge to the key areas of the inland of the Qing Dynasty, and I was afraid that they would not be able to escape. The news from Zhun Yu'er was also inquired about the small one, and he presented Zhun Erhan's meritorious service, presented the official hat and official uniform, and wrote that one person of the third rank was captured, two from the fourth rank official, and four people from the fifth grade......"

The fourteenth brother was speechless for a long time.

In Cining Palace, Qi Su Niang only felt that Mama Yu's speech had become more and more gentle in the past two days, and she often let her rest, and she didn't say anything wrong about her. The Queen Mother also often rewarded her with some fine food.

She felt strange all over the place, and looked around, the palace maids and eunuchs in Cining Palace were smiling at her as usual, and she usually didn't talk to them, so she couldn't see anything unusual. She wanted to go out to inquire about the news, and thought that Chen Yan told her to wait with peace of mind, so she had to be patient and guard Cining Palace, counting days and waiting for Chen Yan to come back.

Because the weather was in ambush, the Forbidden City was stuffy and hot, Kangxi took the queen mother and moved into Changchun Garden with his wife and son. Qi Su Niang lived in the house where she and Aunt Rui lived together.

Although the foliage in the Ningchun Pavilion is luxuriant, and there is also a big locust tree outside the window of Qi Su Niang's house to block the sun and shade, it is still sultry. Qi Su Niang thought that the box of white gauze fans at home was just in use, so when the eighth master came to Changchun Garden Ningchun Hall to ask the Queen Mother for peace, she asked Li Quan'er to take the piggyback, and Li Quan'er responded without saying a word.

In the afternoon, Qi Su Niang walked out of Ningchun Hall and came to the peach blossom embankment. The peach blossoms have long since gone, but the peach trees by the embankment are lush and shady. The wind blows through the living water, with a chill.

Qi Su Niang sat on the bluestone bench in the shade of the tree, waiting for Li Quan'er while making shoes, "It should be on the way...... Maybe it's in Shaanxi......" Qi Su Niang sewed the lotus branch on the edge of the shoe without a stitch, knowing that the shoe would not be used now, but it seemed that in order to make herself feel at ease, she still did it every day.

In the past few days, she heard Mama Yu talk about the six imperial guards who went to explore the source of the Yellow River more than ten years ago, and in the end, only Shulan and Laxi returned to the capital. Although the other four were knighted and their descendants were shaded, even their bodies were lost in the sea of stars, and their relatives could only set up a tomb for them......

Qi Su Niang suddenly palpitated, raised her head, and saw a big eunuch holding a fan box coming from afar. Qi Suniang thought that it must be Li Quan'er, and quickly stood up, the eunuch came closer, Qi Suniang was slightly surprised, but it was Fu Yourong.

Qi Su Niang was happy in her heart, knowing that the fourteenth master had not yet gone to the Tongzhou barracks, she saw that Fu Yourong's face was a little bad, and she was stunned, thinking about the bad temper of the fourteenth elder brother, she didn't dare to laugh, and accompanied Fu Yourong with a smiling face. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in, more chapters, support!) )