Chapter 375: Peace of Mind (Second Watch)
Time flies, time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it has been the thirtieth year of Kangxi, during which a lot of things have happened, some about the court, some about the harem, and the only constant is probably that Yunxi, the Zhao concubine, has always been favored by Kangxi.
Speaking of which, no matter how favored Yunxi is, it can't prevent Kangxi from having more concubines, a big election every three years, a small election every year, the number of people in the harem is only a lot more, even if a fixed time will release some palace maids, but that is only a few. However, Yunxi is not the head of the harem, she holds a part of the palace power in her hands, plus her current position, even the queen mother cannot easily target her, and Concubine Niu Colu and her tacitly guard this balance, neither of them crossed the line, but maintained a strange balance, and even the future is called ' The ten elder brother Yin'o of the straw bag ten doesn't know what's going on or has become Yinxi's little follower, by the way, even if the old nine in their so-called iron triangle changes to a mother, they can still play together, this has to be said to be a kind of fate.
Yunxi can't stop the children from growing up, and they can't interfere too much with the partners they choose, childhood partners are the best memories, maybe they will part ways in the future, maybe they will always go together, or become rivals, but no matter what, at least in this teenage period, their memories are good.
Speaking of children, I have to say that the harem, Concubine Tong has been unpopular in recent years, last year's only uncle Tong Guogang who supported her died on the battlefield of Kangxi's re-conquest of Dzungaria in order to give the Tong family a chance to perform, but he died brightly enough, I heard that he was killed by a stray arrow as a deserter on the battlefield, Kangxi was chased in order to look good, but Concubine Tong or the Tong family are all honest so far, after all, compared to Tong Guogang who still dares to go to the battlefield, Tong Guozhi does not even dare to go to the battlefield, and the good days of these years have raised his bones lazy, so if the next generation of the Tong family has no outstanding talents, I'm afraid the Tong family is really going to be silent at this point.
Yunxi faced these news, just some sighs, many things show that with her influence, some things may change, but not everything will change because of her, plus those memories in her mind began to be slowly forgotten with time, and what she finally wrote down was just some general things, no matter how much it was, unless her heart touched it, it was difficult for her to remember.
In addition, she can control her children, but she can't control others, the eldest brother and the prince have no choice but to face each other, whether they are willing or instigated by the people behind them, it doesn't really matter much, because Yunxi knows in her heart that it will develop to this point and it will have nothing to do with Kangxi's connivance.
The prince still respects Yunxi very much, although he doesn't look at it as a mother, at least he looks at it as an elder, it can be said that in the entire harem except for the queen mother, only Yunxi can make the prince salute in a proper manner. Sometimes the prince gets a good object, and he will send a copy to Yonghe Palace, which has come and gone, and the prince gets along well with Yinzhen and their brothers, but even so, Yunxi can't persuade him, let alone interfere in the fight between their father and son.
There are early signs of this kind of thing, maybe it has been doomed since the birth of the brothers, if they are all brothers, friends and brothers, Kangxi will feel uneasy, and when they all fight like black corns, the first one who will not do it is Kangxi. This kind of thing is even in contradiction for Kangxi himself, Yunxi doesn't think that he can be clearer than Kangxi as an outsider, since it can't be solved, then don't get close, at most where he can help, and don't be stingy with help to the prince.
In order to ensure the future path of her sons, Yunxi asked them what they thought a long time ago, and she still remembered their answers clearly at that time, but time passed, and when the child grew into a teenager, when she asked again, the answer naturally changed, but fortunately, the change has changed, at least the three little guys have not crashed, let alone become opponents, which is the most comforting thing for Yunxi.
Because when she was pregnant for the first time, the reason why she chose "The Book of Filial Piety" to teach her child was that she didn't want them to go against Kangxi in the future, after all, there was one on the throne, and there would be more and more of their brothers, she couldn't control other people, at least she didn't want her son to kill each other. It's just right now, help each other, trust each other, so that even if she is not there in the future, I believe they can get along very well.
Since the fourth child has this ambition, Yunxi is not stingy, not mentioning the industry she has developed over the years, let's just say that Kangxi secretly gave her a lot of things, in order not to let the fourth child go extremely difficult on the road of winning the heir like in the previous life, she allocated one-third of the money from her own industry and part of the cash to him, one is to let him have the spare strength to cultivate his henchmen, and the other is to hone his ability, as for the sixth and eighth, she also gave some, but these two little guys are still young and have a heavy heart, at most let them practice their hands, and the rest will be talked about laterγ
For Yunxi's differential treatment, Yinzhen and the three brothers have no opinion, although they were not born to the same mother, but because they grew up together, they have a very good relationship and are intimate, and it is impossible to have opinions for such a thing.
"Fourth brother, if you take over these things from me, otherwise I will be out of play by then, and E-Niang will definitely be angry. "Yinxi is the youngest, the most playful, and the handwriting is not good, so he has a lot of homework to do every day, and he is really not in the mood to take care of these.
As soon as Yinzuo saw his younger brother throwing the pot, he immediately stepped forward and said to Yinzhen: "Fourth brother, what the eighth brother said is right, among our three brothers, you can occasionally go out of the palace, and these properties are in our hands, maybe how can they be fooled!"
Yinzhen looked at the two younger brothers who threw the pot, with a helpless face, he could be cold to others, but he couldn't be cold to Yunxi and the two younger brothers, every time the two showed pitiful expressions, Yinzhen had to raise his hand to surrender, but this time it was the task that Yunxi personally explained, Yinzhen didn't want to disappoint his own Eniang, so he resolutely refused: "Since Eniang dares to give it to you, the people here must be trustworthy, it can be said that it is for you to use in the future, you just shake your hands like this, don't you live up to Eniang's heart." β
Yinzhen and Yinzuo glanced at each other, the two only thought about saving trouble, but they forgot their own intentions. As they grew older, they slowly began to understand how difficult it was for a woman to protect her three children and grow up safely in the harem, especially when the foreign family couldn't help them a long time ago. Although everything is fine now, the only thing that remains unchanged is probably the three brothers' admiration for Yunxi.
"Then forget it, E-Niang is probably afraid that we will have no one in our hands in the future, and then we will suffer losses from others. Yinzuo thought about the in the study, and said helplessly.
Seeing this, Yinzhen could only wave his hand awkwardly, signaling Yinzhen not to take what he just said seriously.
Fortunately, Yinzhen didn't want to see the jokes of the two younger brothers at all, in his opinion, although there are many brothers in the palace, the only ones in front of him who may really trust him are the two in front of him, for the prince, Yinzhen is still very respectful, if the prince has always been so good, he is willing to be a virtuous king, on the contrary, he will not let others rush to sit on the throne before him.
Yinzhen knew a long time ago that he was not Yunxi's biological child, but he didn't care, because in his memory, Yunxi was the best Eniang, and as for Concubine Tong or Wu Yashi in his memory, he actually didn't care. It's not that he's cold-hearted, but the more things are compared, the more unacceptable they are, so once someone dares to provoke his feelings for Eniang, he will do it without hesitation.
Don't look at him now, he is still a bald brother, but in the early years, he already had some dark forces in his hands, and the number was not large, but it was enough for him to walk in the palace to take precautions, and even calculate those with ulterior motives.
"It's good that you understand, but if there's something you can't handle, remember to come to me. Yin Zhen saw that they were all honest, and he was relieved and did not forget to tell him again and again.
"Fourth brother, don't worry! If we don't ask you for help in something, who else can we find!" From this sentence alone, it can be seen that the feelings of the three brothers are incomparable.
Even if there are other people around them, for example, there is a thirteenth who is like a fart around the fourth, and there are seventh, ninth and tenth who play well around the sixth and eighth, but if they play well, they may not be able to give everything they have. As they grow up, they all know that there will be people gathered around them, not because of themselves, but because if they want to live, they must gather around the strong, they may not be strong yet, but their mothers are enough to make the concubines and Agogeges in the harem live a peaceful life, and this alone can make the low-ranking concubines and Agogeges in the harem flock to Yonghe Palace.
After sending off her three sons, Yunxi should be busy with the things at hand again, don't look at the fact that there are not many things to find her in this palace, but she has a lot of account books to see outside the palace, her industry has expanded greatly over the years, and in order to keep the fastest money in shipping, Yunxi thought of stabbing this matter in front of Kangxi. At that time, Kangxi had two consecutive conquests of Galdan, which made the treasury empty, coupled with the fact that there have been disasters in some areas, the whole country can be regarded as making ends meet, in such a situation, there is a way to make money in front of him, even if he is as rational as Kangxi, he has to be tempted, and the profits of shipping are so large, it is famous, as long as Kangxi can make it clear with a little investigation.
As Yunxi thought, Kangxi was moved, in order to make up for the emptiness of the treasury, he didn't say anything on the surface, and he didn't mention the sea ban, but secretly let his henchmen form a fleet, not only Kangxi these years, but those nobles in the capital, of course, Yunxi and them have also made a lot of money.
The more money she makes, the more things at hand will naturally be, and when Yunxi realizes that she has spent most of her energy on making money, it is too late to let go, after all, there are too many people who rely on her to live.
It just so happened that several of her children were older, in order to make their lives easier, they automatically divided nearly half of the property to the three of their brothers, if they earned, it naturally didn't matter, if they lost, she still had at least half of the industry to back them up, you must know that there are many families behind the other elder brothers, and her children except for her, but even the Suo Luo family can't take the lead.
You can't take the lead!
Since Yunxi became Zhao Guifei, the Suo Guiluo family can be said to be a chicken dog ascending to heaven, but the more this is the case, the more cautious they have to be, the former Tong family didn't just because of a virgin queen mother chicken dog ascended to heaven? Later, with Tong Guifei, but what was the result? The result was that the Tong family declined, Tong Guifei became Tong Fei, and she was among the concubines, and there was no chance of recovery.
She can't follow their old path, she has to fight for a glimmer of life for her children, she has to fight for her brother to be stable for a lifetime, so she has to press everything down, face everything in the calmest and simplest way, and even wait for everything to happen, until this world is stable, until she no longer has to live a trembling life every day like now.
It is a great irony that a man she once loved so much left her without even a day of stability.
"Niangniang, the emperor has turned over the brand of Concubine Wang today. Mama Xu came over and looked at Yunxi, who was buried in the pile of account books, and reminded with some worry.
In the past two years, although the emperor still loves his mother, it is obviously not as good as before, coupled with the situation of the newcomer doubling, it is that Xu Mama, who is not worried about this, can't help but look sideways, let alone others.
"Isn't this a common thing?Mama why worry about this, even if the emperor doesn't come to my Yonghe Palace in the past, my status will not change, and my thoughts Mama knows, instead of embarrassing herself, it's better to live your life happily, not to mention that Yinzhen They are all older, they have to prepare for everything, I'm too busy, you came to say this, do you want to divert my attention?" Yunxi looked at Mama Xu's anxious expression funny, and joked with a nonchalant face. If this relationship is really let go, it is let go, Yunxi's heart is as calm as water when facing Kangxi now, and there is no ripple, not to mention that Kangxi is just turning over other people's brands, even if he pampers other concubines in front of her, she will not feel bad about it.
"But Niangniang, the emperor is obviously different from this princess!" Xu Mama said in a low voice.
"So what?" Yunxi sneered, put down the pen in his hand, and sat upright, "He is the emperor, if he doesn't favor this, he can spoil that, and if she doesn't take the lead, she will be someone else, so we can do whatever we have to do, even if the emperor wants to crown the princess as the queen tomorrow, he can't interrupt my plan." β