Ten days later, the emperor set off on his eastern tour, and the queen wore strict makeup and beautiful clothes, and calmly accompanied him. With such a good look, even the emperor sighed: "Originally, I wanted to take the queen to go with me to relax, so that we could relieve the pain of losing a child together." I thought the queen was sick and bedridden, but I didn't want to see her so soon. ”

The queen smiled gracefully: "The emperor made his first tour of the east after ascending the throne, how could the concubines not accompany him?" It's just that the concubine is just recovering from her illness, and she has to be by the side of Imperial Doctor Qi to wait for her at any time. ”

Ruyi and Lu Yun accompanied her, and said with a smile: "The queen's phoenix body is healthy, and the concubines and others are relieved." ”

Princess Hejing accompanied the queen by her side, and said arrogantly: "The emperor's mother is the world, and the gods and Buddhas protect you, you are just the concubines of the emperor, and you must serve carefully and abide by your duties." ”

In this way, listening to it is also piercing the heart, gentle as a green cloud, and I don't realize that my face has changed. Ruyi smiled and pressed her hand behind her back, smiling as before: "The princess is filial, and she is very right."

In this way, on February 24, the emperor and queen went to Qufu, Shandong to pay homage to the Confucian Temple. On February 29, climb Mount Tai in Dongyue.

On the fourth day of the first month of March, visit Jinan to see Baotu Spring. Traveling in the mountains and rivers like this, the boat and car are tiring, but the queen always accompanies the emperor and will not leave for a moment. Along the way, the subject officials accidentally glimpsed it, and they also sighed that the emperor and queen were deeply affectionate and inseparable.

However, only Princess Su Xin and Princess Hejing knew how the queen took a very heavy dose of refreshment and qi medicine every day, and used ginseng to boost qi, so that she supported her depleted body to accompany the emperor to talk and smile and travel through the mountains and rivers.

And Princess Hejing, who is seventeen years old, her marriage was discussed when she traveled east to Jinan Palace.

At the beginning of the matter, the Mongolian Borzigit tribe only asked to marry a princess, not to mean harmony. The emperor's intention was only to marry the eldest princess, the first emperor's youngest daughter, the queen mother's biological daughter.

However, this proposal was almost opposed by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, especially the old ministers who had served the first emperor in the court, and the opposition was particularly fierce, all saying that "Princess Duanshu, the eldest daughter of the Empress Dowager, has married Dzungar, and the younger daughter is married far away, which is incompatible with affection and filial piety." ”

The emperor returned to Ruyi's palace with a gloomy expression. Ruyi knew that the emperor was unhappy, so she sent the palace people down, folded snow-white fragrant flowers and offered them in the clear water, and asked, "Why is the emperor unhappy?" ”

The emperor put the tea cup in his hand heavily: "I have always respected the Queen Mother and is filial." But she didn't want to tolerate the power of the queen mother, so she interfered in everything in the harem, even the previous dynasty refused to let go. ”

Ruyi was secretly startled, but there was still a smile on her face: "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, how can the Queen Mother not understand." Besides, there is only one son of the queen mother, but if the queen mother is powerful, it is also because the emperor rules the world with benevolence and filial piety and respects the queen mother. ”

The emperor's face softened slightly, and he rubbed the tea cup that was as smooth as jade in his hand: "But the courtiers are all strongly opposed to me marrying the eldest princess Roushu, the young daughter of the Empress Dowager, to the Borzigit Ministry. The marriage between Manchu and Mongolia is an old custom, and the Borzigit clan is the place where the concubines of the Qing Dynasty came out in succession, and the queen of the ancestor Emperor Taiji and Shunzhi Ye are all from there, is it possible that Rou Shu married in the past or wronged her? In my opinion, it is a wonderful place to be. ”

Ruyi pondered for a moment, watched the wind wheel blowing through the fragrant flowers and slowly brought the fragrance to her face, and said softly: "The courtiers only know one but not the other. From the perspective of the concubines, this pair of Roushu eldest princesses is not a grievance, but a great lift. ”

Ruyi chuckled, and a pair of beautiful eyes were so calm that she couldn't distinguish the color: "Princess Duanshu, the eldest daughter of the Queen Mother, is the most brave and warlike Dzungar tribe who marries far away, and if Roushu remarries the richest and most noble Borzigit tribe, then it is not the two largest tribes in the Mongolian clan, and it will be closely connected from now on." And the emperor's way of governing Mongolia has always advocated that two flowers bloom and share the spring color equally. ”

The emperor was awe-inspiring: "So, what do you mean ......?"

There was a faint soft light flashing in Ruyi's dark eyes: "Since the Borzigit Department has always been a close relative, then it is best and most stable to connect with the closest relatives and be inseparable, and it is best and most stable for them to be married by their own daughters." ”

The emperor said gloomily: "The pure concubine's Hejia princess Jingyan is still young, I don't know that Jingse is the most suitable, but Yongcong died not long ago, Jingse is the only child of the queen, how can I bear to teach the queen to bear the pain of life and separation." ”

Ruyi's eyes rippled, as if it was the depth of the night: "Princess Hejing is the only child of the queen and the eldest daughter of the emperor." But the state is reused, and the princess is first the emperor's retainer, and then the daughter of her parents. The queen has always said that concubines are the emperor's courtiers first, and then the pillow people who serve the emperor. The queen taught the harem concubines in this way, and naturally taught the princess in the same way. ”

The emperor was a little sad: "I have six sons, but the princess only has two princesses, Jing Se and Jing Yan.

Jing Se has been on his knees since he was a child, and I am naturally a little reluctant. It's better for her to marry closer, and it's in front of her every day.

Xu Zhen thought about this again. ”

The emperor did not come to the palace of the concubine for two days, nor did he go to the palace of the queen mother to ask for peace, the queen mother got the news that she was going to marry the princess, and she also knew that it was Rou Shu who was the most likely to marry, so anxious that she did not close her eyes for two days and two nights. But the queen mother has been by the side of the emperor for many years, but she is very calm, although she is anxious, but she is as calm and calm as usual to the palace people below, and just secretly told Fu Jia: "Go and tell Concubine Shu and Concubine Mei that it is time for them to persuade the emperor to raise troops for a thousand days." Although those old ministers in the court were willing to speak for the mourning family in the face of the first emperor, and strongly persuaded the emperor not to marry his younger sister again, their words were as powerful as the pillow wind. ”

Fu Jia agreed, and said: "However, Concubine Xian came in the afternoon, saying that she asked the Queen Mother to inform the courtiers, and tried her best to advise on the grounds of the benefits of the eldest princess Chen Roushu's marriage. ”

There was a faint cyan haggard meaning between the Queen Mother's eyebrows, and she propped her chin and said, "She actually said that?" I don't know if it's true or false, don't hurt the only daughter of the mourning family. ”

Fu Jia said in a low voice: "Queen Mother......"

The Queen Mother frowned for a long time, and a jade tassel hanging from a green jade phoenix hairpin stopped at her ear without moving. After a long time, the Queen Mother's body shook slightly, and she suddenly smiled: "This Ruyi...... The mourning family underestimated her. Fujia, according to what Concubine Xian said, went to tell Concubine Mei and Concubine Shu, as well as several old ministers in the court. Just go! Just go! ”

Concubine Mei and Concubine Shu are people who were trained by the Queen Mother, how not to persuade them. Sure enough, two days later, the emperor issued an edict that Ruyi and Luyun should go to persuade first, and to accept Princess Jing to marry Borzigit's proposal.

At that time, Lu Yun had not yet come, Rui Ji sat with Ruyi, and when she heard this, she sneered: "Princess Hejing was born to the queen, and the queen must often complain about Niangniang and us in front of the princess, so the princess will often speak wildly, and there must be a lot of unpleasant words in front of the emperor." I was thinking about how the queen's children were no longer with her one after another! ”

Ruyi chuckled: "There are also people who want to feel distressed by the queen, these days she accompanies the emperor every day, and the love of the husband and wife meets, maybe the palace and the pure concubine persuade the princess to be willing to marry, and she can pick it back in a few words." ”

Rui Ji shook her head mysteriously: "Concubine Xian still doesn't know, I'm afraid the queen won't be able to take care of it." These days, you look at her very good-looking, but she is extremely empty inside, and she quietly hangs with medicine every day, so she doesn't dare to keep the emperor in her palace. ”

Ruyi's eyebrows moved, and she just smiled: "It's still my sister who is smart and careful." After that, the little eunuch spread the word that Lu Yun had arrived at the door and invited her to go to the princess's residence with her, and Rui Ji also said goodbye.

Ruyi and Luyun went to the palace where Princess Hejing lived, and Hejing was sitting under the window reading a copy of "Women's Rules" written by Empress Changsun. Seeing the two of them coming, she only raised her eyelids and lightly instructed the palace maid: "Serve tea." ”

Ruyi and Lu Yun glanced at each other, and seeing that she was so arrogant, they simply got straight to the point and said: "The emperor has already thought about it, and Princess Hejing is still the princess of the Borzigit clan of the Korqin Department of Mongolia, and the marriage date is in March next year." The grass grows and the warbler flies, spring and Jingming, it is really a good day for the princess to get married. ”

About these days, there are always some rumors falling into her ears, and He Jing did not have the slightest sense of alarm, just sat upright, held a book and said: "I will not marry." ”

Ruyi smiled and said nothing, and Lu Yun smiled and said, "The princess still doesn't know, right?" The origin of this forehead is not small, he is the great-great-grandson of the prince of Korqinzha Manzhu Xili, Manzhu Xili is the fourth brother of the Empress Dowager Wen of Xiaozhuang, and it is said that the marriage between the Xinjueluo family and the Horqin Borzigit Department has a long history. In the end, the emperor felt sorry for the princess was a concubine, so he was reluctant to marry someone else, and he still gave it to the most noble and dearest prince. ”

He Jing turned a page of the book without raising his head: "Although the Borzigit clan has produced several queens and queen mothers, but my Qing Dynasty is becoming more and more prosperous, and the Mongolian steppe is still barbaric and backward, how can I marry again to a remote place and be with cattle, sheep and livestock?" ”

Lu Yun and Ruyi glanced at each other, knowing that they couldn't talk anymore. Lu Yun still didn't give up, and asked tentatively: "Is the princess really unwilling?" ”

He Jing's face turned slightly cold, and he put down the scroll in his hand. She was originally a woman with dignified eyebrows and not angry and arrogant, but at this moment, she was angry, and her expression became more and more cold. He Jing glanced at the two of them coldly, looking arrogant.

"Whether it is a pure concubine or a virtuous concubine, they are just the concubines of Huang Ama, and they are all diligent and diligent. I'm from the middle palace, how can the two of you take the liberty to mention the wedding event to me? Even if I really want to get married, it should be the emperor's grandmother, the emperor's grandmother, the emperor's mother, and the emperor's mother to tell me. Besides, if Concubine Chun wants to think that it is very good to marry far away, why not let your own Princess Hejia marry? ”

When Lu Yun heard these words, she didn't feel red-faced, and argued: "Jingyan is only more than two years old, how can she get ......married?"

Ruyi maintained a smile that was neither humble nor arrogant: "What the princess said is extremely true. Bengong and Concubine Chun are not the princess's biological mother, and this matter should not have been opened by the two of us. But the princess kept claiming to be the princess of the middle palace, but she didn't know that the queen was sick and weak, and she had no time to take care of the princess, and the queen mother was old. The emperor thinks he is a man, so he handed over this heart-to-heart matter to the palace and the pure concubine. ”

Lu Yun eased her embarrassment and smiled, "Yes." In this marriage, the emperor also values the princess. ”

The corners of He Jing's eyes flew up, glanced at Lu Yun, and said with a sneer: "The pure concubine is really from the past, and the lintel and bloodline in her eyes are really the little family spirit of the concubine." I'm not such a lowly person who only weighs his background. ”

Although Lu Yun has an easy-going temperament, she was ridiculed like this, and she couldn't hold it on her face, so she just turned her face and stopped talking.

The atmosphere froze for a while, Ruyi only didn't realize it, and said with a slight smile: "The princess is born to the queen, and she naturally has the world in mind, why bother to distinguish you and me so clearly." If you want to let the ignorant villain spread it, I think that the princess doesn't put the younger brothers and sisters in her eyes, which will inevitably make the emperor feel that the princess is narrow-minded and suspicious of the princess. ”

He Jing couldn't refute, took a deep breath, raised his head and said: "I am the queen's own child, how can I marry in a barren land like Mongolia?" ”

"Mongolia is a barren land?" Ru Yiwan glanced at her and sneered softly, "The princess is so contemptuous of Mongolia, don't you know how much the emperor attaches importance to the barren land in the princess's mouth." Manchurian and Mongolian marriages are a rule handed down by the ancestors, and the Mongolian iron cavalry has always been the support force of the Qing Dynasty to settle the Quartet. Ruyi stared at the princess, her expression was as calm as the surface of a windless lake, "What if you are a princess?" What if the queen is born? As the mother of the world, the queen is also bound by the emperor, the palace rules, and the world. You are a princess, enjoying the support of the world, so you naturally want to devote your life to the world. There are countless things about princesses and relatives in ancient times, and when they can be quiet, how many women are willing to give up their lives, not to mention just letting the princess follow the old customs of Manmeng's in-laws? ”

The color of horror that he had never felt before slowly seeped out from the corners of Hejing's always cold and arrogant eyebrows and eyes, as if the cracks that were wantonly diffusing before the ice cracked, finally could not bear the weight of the weight, and shattered into shiny scum all over the ground. For a moment, He Jing was terrified, just like the aqua green silver thread stand-up collar that stood tall above her jade-white neck, glowing with a sparkling cold color. She didn't regain her arrogance, but just insisted on: "My parents are here, and I won't travel far."

At this time, Jing Se, as the eldest daughter, should be on her knees, sprinkle and serve, with full filial piety. ”

Lu Yun smiled gently, but with a bit of sharpness: "Sprinkle and serve, isn't it what those of us who are lowly people in the emperor's concubine should do?" How dare you bother the princess to do gold and noble body. ”

He Jingyan changed color when he heard this, and sneered again and again: "I know how much you dislike me!" Seeing that the emperor's mother was seriously ill, she stared at the queen's position like a black-eyed chicken, and drove me out as soon as possible, so that you could rest assured. ”

Ruyi got up and said quietly: "The queen is seriously ill? Isn't the queen good! How can a princess curse her biological mother for the sake of marriage? And this marriage is not for our peace of mind, but for the queen. ”

He Jing was stunned for a moment: "How can she be the emperor's mother, how can she give up my only daughter......"

"She's willing!" Ruyi glanced at Hejing, and her mouth was gentle and resolute, "Because the seventh elder brother died early, the queen can only rely on you, the princess." The queen mother has no son, and if you want to make the position of the middle palace as stable as Mount Tai, you must have the strong backing of Mongolia as support, and the princess, you marry Mongolia, which is the best guarantee for uniting Mongolia. ”

Lu Yun was shocked, and immediately became uneasy: "Xian Guifei, what are you talking to the princess about?" Princess she ......"

"Princess, she doesn't understand! The princess is carefree in the deep palace, and she doesn't know the painstaking efforts of her parents, so the palace wants to tell the princess. Ruyi's sharp gaze forced the princess, "The princess is unwilling to marry far away, so there is naturally a reason for the princess."

But has the princess ever heard these four words, called 'no choice'? ”

He Jing was at a loss: "No choice? ”

"Yes. There is no choice. Ruyi Langran said, "As the queen of the middle palace, she can't choose the responsibility that her mother should bear in the world; The emperor is in charge of the world, and there is no way to choose the responsibility of stabilizing the country; The princess is the proud daughter of the sky, and she should not only enjoy the support of Yulu, but forget the life she has no choice as a princess. Living in this palace, humble as a slave, noble as you, there are only four words in your life: no choice. ”

He Jing took two steps back, collapsed on the rosewood chair, and was speechless.

Ruyi's words were not wrong. When Princess Hejing rushed to the queen's palace with tears in her eyes and knelt down to beg. The queen could only hold her daughter and weep and said, "Child, the emperor's mother really can't do it anymore." Since your Emperor Ama asked Xian Guifei and Chun Guifei to persuade you, it is equivalent to telling you that his determination is only one holy decree to promulgate the world. ”

Princess Hejing fell weakly on the queen's lap, shocked and frightened, with a hint of hope, and wept: "Huang Ama has two daughters, Erchen and Jingyan, although Jingyan is only two years old, and she is a concubine, and her identity is not worthy, but Huang Ama still has the sister of Princess Roushu, and Princess Roushu is two years older than her daughter, why does Huang Ama not choose Princess Roushu, but chooses a daughter?" ”

The queen wore a cloud-brocade silk robe embroidered with lake-colored chunlan and autumn chrysanthemum wrapped with gold thread, and the texture of the cloud-brocade was extremely soft, stained with tears of harmony, and it disappeared suddenly. The queen loosely grasped a handful of jade-inlaid coral-encrusted rice beads on her head. Because she is on the eastern tour, she also pays special attention to her demeanor and demeanor, and she should be dressed much more carefully than when she was in the palace, which is an expensive bead ornament, and she is occasionally willing to wear it. Now she is dressed up luxuriously, and her well-dyed face pet is also stained with sad tears because her beloved daughter is about to marry far away; "If you Emperor Ama had a way, he wouldn't have thought it was you.

Manchu and Mongolian marriages are an old custom, especially in the Borzigit Ministry. Your Emperor Ama originally thought that he was marrying the eldest princess Rou Shu, but if he really did this, it would undoubtedly strengthen the connection between the queen mother and the Mongolian ministries. ”

He Jing raised his hazy teary eyes, and said helplessly: "What does the emperor mean is that because the queen mother's eldest princess Duanshu married to Mongolia, the eldest princess Roushu can't marry again?" ”

The queen's face was full of reluctance, she pondered for a moment, and forced herself to maintain her calm: "Yes." Borzi and Jite were the most important in-laws of the Qing Dynasty and the guarantee of stability in the northern part of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, if you want to marry, you can only be the person closest to you. Seeing that there was no one around, the queen said in a deep voice, "Moreover, because the emperor only has one daughter, you, would rather marry far away, but also marry noble and decent." ”

He Jing couldn't care about his demeanor anymore, and begged bitterly: "But Mongolia is so far away, even if my daughter wants to come back to the province, the mountains and rivers are long, how often can she come back?" The emperor only has a daughter, if the daughter is not around, who will support each other with the emperor? ”

A gleam flashed in the queen's tired and gloomy eyes, and she held Hejing's hand tightly: "If you marry Mongolia, you will be the greatest support for the emperor's mother." Huang Eniang's uncle Ma Qi was an important minister of the two dynasties, but since the death of his uncle, although the prestige of the Fucha clan is there, it is really not as good as before. Whether it's for the emperor's mother, or for the Fucha clan, we all need a strong backing to ensure that our current position will never waver. So as soon as your emperor Ama said it, the emperor knew that this was the best opportunity, and such an opportunity must not be given to the queen mother's daughter, it must be in our hands. A resolute and firm cold light flashed in her eyes, that kind of coldness, with some room for maneuver, she suppressed the sourness in her chest, and said quietly, "So before you came, when Huang Eniang saw that your Huang Ama was hesitant, Huang Eniang had already acquiesced, and the acquiescence was that you married Mongolia, and it can only be you who marry Mongolia." ”

He Jing had never seen the queen speak to herself in such a touching and unquestioning tone, she was full of reluctance, and knew that there was no hope for anything. She opened her mouth half-open, trying to say something, but she choked up so much that she couldn't make a sound. Looking out of the flickering tears, the queen's face looked familiar and unfamiliar. He Jing mourned in his heart and cried so much that his face was pale: "It turns out that what Concubine Xian said is true." She said that the emperor will never object, this is true! ”

The queen quietly wiped away the tears on her cheeks, and was slightly surprised when she heard this: "Concubine Xian really said that?" ”

He Jing didn't answer, but just cried bitterly: "Huang Eniang, are you really willing?" Really willing? ”

The queen's strict makeup face retreated from the color of blood, and her pale complexion was like the catkins flying outside the window, and the little ones were as white as cold and broken snow: "Child, there is nothing reluctant to do." From the moment Huang Eniang was born, she knew that her life belonged to the Fucha clan, and everything the Huang Eniang did was for the glory and prominence of the Fucha clan. And as soon as you are born, from the glory you have obtained, everything belongs to the Qing Dynasty. At this point, you are no different from Eniang. So, you are the princess of the Qing Dynasty, and this is your best home. ”

He Jing finally understood his irreversible future in his mother's calm and sad tone, so he had to bow down and say goodbye three times, and said sadly: "Since the emperor and the emperor have made up their minds, the daughter can't say anything."

Since the daughter has established filial piety, it is also the expectation of the Qing Dynasty and the emperor's mother's family, so the daughter is obedient. ”

He Jing struggled to stand up, let the tears in his eyes and the faint smile on his lips freeze together, and swayed step by step out of the queen's palace in a trance.

After reading this and reading the biography of Zhen Huan, I feel that I am happy and free. Look at the people at the bottom at that time, it was sad and miserable that the people at the bottom called it a woman, why did Yan Wan abandon her favorite lover and commit to the emperor, not entirely because of her love for the vain of love, but because of the inhuman treatment she had suffered, and she was abused by Jin Yuyan, a foreigner.

And the only way for her to change her fate is to commit to the emperor. The noble princess and princess also decided to change her fate, in order to consolidate the status of her father and mother as the queen, she could only marry thousands of miles away... Mongolia.

Just like Ruyi said, there is no choice, whether the people at the bottom or the noble princess have no freedom, this is feudal autocracy.

Fortunately, the people of our time, especially women, do not have to suffer from this kind of oppression: thanks to the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal "May Fourth Movement", and even more thanks to our greatest founding leader, Mao Zedong, who made us the working people at the bottom stand up and no longer have to be the servants of high-ranking officials and nobles, so that we can marry freely, especially the implementation of monogamy has improved the status of women.

Now there are many women who should read more of these two books for the sake of money for the rich to make small, and some men like the red flag at home, and the colorful flags outside the home should also look at these two books, although the male protagonist in the book is the emperor, but it should be left everywhere is a master of playing with animals, but is she happy, he turned a good woman into a devil, a killer, and turned the court into a battlefield, and children became victims, and many children died before they were born, which is the evil result of a husband and wife system