The battle of Zhaomoduo, the elite troops of Galdan were completely wiped out by the Qing army, the army was defeated like a mountain, there was nowhere to return, the remnants of the fleeing Galdan were only a thousand people, the Qing army returned to Beijing to wait for Galdan to surrender, and there was no news of Galdan until March, and the government and the opposition had rumored that the emperor would personally conquer and exterminate Galdan again, but the actual emperor still did not move, and there was no further plan.

As for the praise of this battle, General Feiyangu took the lead, and Prince Yu and the eldest brother who led the banner only got some credit, but this is the second time that the eldest brother has been on the battlefield, compared to the last time he just followed his uncle to watch, this time he led the troops to confront the remnants of the Galdan army, which is a small test.

Concubine Hui is very satisfied with this result, another good news is that Da Fujin is pregnant again, saying that it is a child conceived in the first month, since she gave birth to four daughters in a row, there has been no news for three or four years, the eldest brother has been diligent in following the emperor to participate in politics over the years, and he is no longer as attentive to women as he was when he was newly married, and he has grown more and more into an excellent prince and minister, so that no matter what grievances Concubine Hui has suffered in the palace, he can also wait patiently for his son to be full-fledged.

However, even though the emperor praised the merits and had the good thing that his wife was pregnant, the eldest brother was not satisfied, especially when there was still no movement of Galdan in March, and his father was not in a hurry to go on the expedition again, he couldn't help but speak to the emperor, not wanting to be reproached by his father, not only did not agree with his views, but also directly sent him home and let him think about it behind closed doors for two days.

Concubine Hui was anxious, sent someone to find Mingzhu and enlighten her son, sure enough, Mingzhu had already prepared, that night to the big brother's mansion, Da Fujin happened to be talking to her husband in the study, saw Mingzhu coming, politely greeted her, and left.

Inevitably, too many people saw Mingzhu come to the eldest brother's mansion, and he didn't even serve tea, and the eldest brother sat in front of the table and sneered: "You come to see your nephew now, and you have to be sneaky like this." ”

Mingzhu smiled: "Gou Jian has the courage to restore the country and destroy Wu, if the minister can raise the eldest brother to a high position after a few years of dormancy, it is worth everything." ”

The eldest brother smiled lightly: "In that case, you can't say it right now." ”

Because he couldn't stay too long, Mingzhu directly analyzed the matter with the eldest brother, and said why the emperor didn't take advantage of the victory to pursue and exterminate Galdan, Mingzhu said: "When Galdan sent troops to Khalkha, his nephew Alabutan took the opportunity to occupy the territory of Dzungaria, and after the defeat of Galdan, he has been staying in Kobdo and can't return to the west, but his wolf ambition is not extinguished, and he has been strengthening his troops and horses over the years to constantly harass the Khalkha tribes, which is still a big trouble for the imperial court. In fact, Galdan's strength has long been incomparable with that year, and the emperor knows in his heart that if he conquers Galdan again, he will inevitably triumph. ”

"In this way, Huang Ama is not at all rare for the credit I brought back?" The eldest brother didn't seem to understand the point of his uncle's words.

Mingzhu smiled helplessly and continued: "What the minister means is that for the emperor, now he wants to exterminate Galdan only in a snap of his fingers, and it is not at all a major event that almost raised the strength of the whole country back then, plus the conspiracy Alabutan is bent on regaining his father's throne, and he has always been loyal to the Qing court. ”

The eldest brother's eyes lit up: "Yes, the conspiracy of Alabutan blocked Galdan's back road, and he was almost attacked on his back." ”

Mingzhu said: "Galdan is the uncle of Alabutan, after his father Sangha was assassinated, Galdan returned from Xizang, ascended to the throne of the Great Khan of Dzungaria, at that time the Dzungar Ministry of internal fighting continued to power turmoil, Arabutan led the people to attach to Galdan, the world has changed, but now he has pushed his uncle who supported his survival to the road of no return, such an unkind and unrighteous person, the eldest brother thinks, how will the emperor think? ”

The eldest brother was puzzled: "Huang Ama? ”

Mingzhu said: "If Galdan is a wolf, Arabutan is a jackal, Galdan still has a bit of frank and heroic spirit, and Alabutan is a petty and obscene person." Big brother, gentlemen are easy to deal with, villains are difficult to guard. ”

The eldest brother seemed to understand a little, and asked: "So, does Huang Ama want to wait for Galdan to kill back to the Dzungar Department, and first solve the decision of Alabutan?" ”

But Mingzhu still waved his hand: "Galdan's current qi is no longer able to confront his nephew, the emperor must have other plans, and it is inevitable to guard against arrogance Alabutan, and the ministers estimate that the emperor should want to take advantage of this to train the elder brothers, after all, it is not a big war to fight again in the future, and the emperor may want all the elder brothers to get a share of the credit." ”

The eldest brother suddenly got up and said unconvinced: "It's obviously the credit of our first battle." ”

Mingzhu said with a smile: "Your first merit has been praised by the emperor, but the next time you fight, the situation will inevitably be different, and I hope that the eldest brother will be prepared in his heart." You must know that more and more brothers are entering the court, it is no longer the past when you were alone, in the future, regardless of military exploits or court politics, you have to share with your brothers, the emperor has never liked to be alone, he and Prince Yu, Prince Gong's brothers, friends and brothers, naturally also happy to see the brothers' brotherhood. If you are dissatisfied, the emperor will be disgusted with you. ”

Yinyu's eyes trembled, pursed his lips and said for a long time: "I listen to my uncle." ”

That night, when Mingzhu left, Dafujin came to the study alone, persuaded the eldest brother to rest early, she was pregnant and couldn't take care of her husband, so she asked him to sleep in another room, but Yinhe still went back with her, Mingzhu's words he didn't mention to his wife, but when he waited for her husband to change clothes, Dafujin still retreated and said to Yinhe: "Lord Mingzhu must support you, but I don't feel at ease in my heart, Yinyu, you have to understand in your heart, what they want to get to pursue you, Or do you want something to cling to them? If it's the latter, I will definitely support you, but if it's the former, you have to think about it in your heart, once you go down some roads, you can't turn back. ”

Yinyu sank his heart and said to his wife: "I have my own measure. ”

Time passed in a flash, and the emperor had no intention of attacking Galdan again throughout March, and everyone gradually put this matter down. In April, the fifth elder brother's concubine Liu Jiashi gave birth to a little elder brother smoothly, the queen mother and Concubine Yi were overjoyed, Concubine Yi repeatedly begged the queen mother to raise Liu Jia's status a little, and finally gave the title of Gege first, and would choose a family for him among the ministers of the court to rely on, so as to prepare for the future canonization of the side Fujin.

The Queen Mother arranged this way, Concubine Yi was very satisfied, but she couldn't wait for the child's full moon to want to go out of the palace to visit her grandson's wish, which was rejected by the Queen Mother and the emperor, and the palace people spread like a joke at that time.

It's just that Lan Qi's faint joy didn't last long, and the succession of good news outside the palace made her frown. After the good news came out before the eldest elder brother Fujin, soon the third elder brother Fujin had good news, and almost at the same time, the prince's concubine was pregnant, and the side Fujin of the seventh elder brother was also pregnant.

Among the adult princes, the good news of the blossoming and fruiting of the heirs has been spread one after another, and there is no movement in the mansion of the fourth elder brother. If it weren't for the fact that the fourth elder brother already had a daughter under his knees and had a child who had died before, this situation would inevitably be even more embarrassing. But no matter what, Sifujin's embarrassment as a wife is inevitable, and Lan Qi can imagine the huge pressure that Yuxi outside the palace is under when she hears the good news in the palace again and again.

Therefore, after Concubine Rong learned that Sanfujin was pregnant, she did not come to Lan Qi to share good things with joy, compared to when they were young, they conceived a child for the emperor themselves, and now whether the children can continue to have children has become more important and sensitive. The lively atmosphere dissipated not long after, and naturally it was not all looking at Yonghe Palace's face, but that pregnancy and childbirth had always been stingy, so it was better to be cautious and cautious.

On that day, the cloth nobleman came from Zhongcui Palace and wanted to ask Lan Qi for a few satins, but the cloth nobleman said that he wanted to cut new clothes, but Lan Qi smiled: "We once said that this material is the softest for sewing quilts for children, and Nian Tong's quilts are made of this material, and my sister is asking for Dai Guiren, right?" ”

Bu Guiren smiled embarrassedly: "She is sewing quilts for the child, she has always taken good care of Duanjing, Duanjing helped a lot when she got married, because the wedding of the seventh elder brother was supervised by the Queen Mother and the Internal Affairs Office, we all watched it from the side, but now that the seventh elder brother is going to give birth to a child, she can do something small, I can't just watch." I know you have good satin here, and I want to borrow flowers to offer to the Buddha. ”

People who are like sisters don't care about a few pieces of material, Lan Qi just sighed: "Even my sister is so careful with me, and the people in the palace want to laugh at me even more." When I gave birth to three daughters in a row, they laughed at me for never being able to give birth to a son, I was never so sad, but now looking at Yuxi, I feel so painful that I don't know what to do. ”

Bu Guidao: "You said that Song Gege has not been able to give birth to children all these years, what about Li Fang Fujin, why don't you choose a few more concubines and send them to the fourth elder brother's mansion?" ”

Lan Qi smiled bitterly: "You know Yinzhen's temper, and for the death of the Song family's child before, I heard that Yinzhen has always been indifferent to the Li family, and I really can't interfere in the affairs of their house." If you want to say that I'm not in a hurry for them to have children, how old are they, what is there to worry about, but sister, you see this wave of excitement, except for the eighth elder brother, what I was most worried about still happened. ”

Bu Guiren persuaded: "In my opinion, you can't talk to Yuxi about this, no matter how intimate the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are, the mother and daughter are not the same, if you are really worried, find Yinzhen to talk about it, so that he can enlighten Yuxi." ”

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