Chapter 276: Tong Guogang (Second Watch)
Concubine Tong's birth was not smooth, and she offended all the concubines in the harem by being pregnant before, but now the results are not as expected, and the attitude of the Queen Mother and Kangxi is cold, this situation also makes the harem concubines see enough jokes.
It is said that the retribution of heaven is not happy, how arrogant Concubine Tong was at the beginning, and how lonely she is now. It is naturally impossible for the women of the harem to sympathize with her, if they can, the concubines in the harem wish that Concubine Tong was as unlucky as possible, after all, the higher a person stands, the more unlucky they are, who wants to be unlucky all the time.
In the Qianqing Palace, Kangxi looked at Tong Guowei who was kneeling down, and sneered in his heart, he thought that he had taken care of the Tong family enough, but unfortunately the Tong family had not been satisfied, and he had a bit of a sense of inch.
Tong Guifei was pregnant before, not to mention that she didn't raise the fetus well, and she also vigorously suppressed the harem concubines, and even caused a scandal of witchcraft. Although the matter was finally stopped, the impact and harm brought by it were not small at all, at least for Kangxi, this kind of thing was not suppressed and over. However, considering the reputation of the Empress Dowager and Concubine Tong and the entire royal family, Kangxi could only endure this breath even if he was uncomfortable, and then the Empress Dowager went, Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief and also wanted to expose the matter, but who knew that Concubine Tong did not learn a lesson at all, not to mention the funeral of the Empress Dowager, but it also made people see enough jokes. At this point, if Kangxi can still treat Concubine Tong Guifei like before, then he will have a brain in water. Maybe it's because of this that Kangxi let the harem concubines fight with Concubine Tong, anyway, as long as the child in the belly is fine, he really doesn't care about Concubine Tong, but just because he doesn't care doesn't mean that others don't care.
Concubine Tong Guifei finally gave birth to a weak little Gege, Kangxi didn't have any special ideas, but just gave a reward as usual, and took over the matter when he was instructed to take care of it. But such a move made the Tong family feel unacceptable, so Concubine Tong's Ama led the Minister of the Guard, Duke Chengen, and Uncle Tong Guowei to come to the door.
"Your Majesty, the concubine Niangniang is spoiled by the slaves, but she does these things only because she cares too much about the emperor......" Tong Guowei knelt on the ground, and between his words, he converted all those so-called calculations into caring about Kangxi, if Kangxi is not strong-willed, maybe he really wants to be moved by this!
Kangxi has been dissatisfied with Concubine Tong for a long time, and the reason why he did not liquidate it was just to save some face for the Tong family, but unfortunately the Tong family couldn't see through this at all, and Kangxi, who didn't care about being disturbed, was even more impatient in his heart: "Enough! I told you not to say it anymore! Uncle personally went to Qianqing Palace, if it was to let me go to Jingren Palace, then there was no need to speak, what did the concubine do? Uncle must know better than me, I don't care not because I don't know, but because I see the face of the emperor and save face for the Tong family!"
If it was in the past, Kangxi would definitely not speak to Tong Guowei in this tone, after all, to some extent, Kangxi still has a dependence on the Tong family, but many things have changed over time. If the Tong family knew the times and knew how to advance and retreat, Kangxi wouldn't mind pulling them again, but Concubine Tong, who he didn't expect, was pampered and arrogant, and the Tong family also played tricks with him. Not to mention the fact that they insisted on forcing another daughter to enter the palace before, just because of their repeated calculations about Yunxi, it was enough to make him disappointed in them.
Every time he thinks of the past, Kangxi can't help but feel cold, this is his mother's family that he treats preferentially? This is the elder who he has entrusted most of his family affection? It is worthy of the interests that move people's hearts, and in the face of interests, no matter how deep the feelings are, they are vulnerable!
If it weren't for Kangxi's promise that her imperial mother would treat the Tong family well, with what the Tong family is doing now, he would have done it a long time ago. After all, they are no longer of the same heart as him, and if he is careful, he can not care, but they have repeatedly crossed the line, and his tolerance is almost to the end. But that's it, the Tong family still doesn't know how to restrain, and they still want to use their past feelings to force him to pamper Concubine Tong, which is really ridiculous!
Thinking about it this way, Tong Guowei's intercession was like a catalyst, which consumed most of Kangxi's feelings for them, which made the original idea of pulling the Tong family stranded, and instead cultivated the weak Suo Yuluo family, which can be regarded as Kangxi's compensation for Yunxi.
As the king of a country, Kangxi actually sees things more thoroughly than others, but for the sake of balance, he often chooses to ignore them, which is one of the reasons why he has repeatedly planned for Yunxi. Don't look at Yunxi's family background is not weak, but there are too few outstanding people in the family, and there are not many people who have established a household, so that even if she is already a concubine and has two sons, no, now that she has three sons, it can't be feared, on the contrary, she just won more calculations, so it can be seen that Yunxi's foundation is too weak, so those people don't care!
In the face of Kangxi's indifference and reprimand, Tong Guowei's heart was also a mess, he thought that he could arouse the emperor's pity for his daughter through the past, but now it seems that the emperor has been dissatisfied with them for a long time, and if he wants to go further, he may only choose to lie dormant temporarily, rather than be radical.
"The slave should die! Please ask the emperor to forgive the sin!" Lowering his head, Tong Guowei carefully wiped the cold sweat on his forehead while pleading guilty, and secretly wondered in his heart that after leaving the palace, should he go to the eldest brother's side to discuss how to go next?
Kangxi looked at Tong Guowei's sincere and frightened appearance coldly, but he no longer believed in them as much as before, they were all promoted to Mien, fighting Mi Qiu, and wanted to balance, it seems that it is not just to hold up the two forces against each other, but more should be peaceful, otherwise he may still be as controlled by others as before, even if everything is not so obvious, but he can't even protect his daughter and children, what is he, the emperor, in the eyes of others!
"Forgive the sins, what is the guilt of the uncle? Do I want to say that it is wrong for my uncle to love his daughter, or is it wrong for you to help the concubine reach out to the palace?!" Kangxi stared at Tong Guowei with cold eyes, and the sharp accusation made Tong Guowei's originally kneeling body suddenly fall lower, and the original appearance of being bound to win also became frightened.
At this time, Liang Jiugong tiptoed to Kangxi's side and reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Jingren Palace sent someone to report that Xiao Gege was sick and wanted to ask the emperor to go over and have a look!"
"If Xiao Gege is sick, please ask the imperial doctor to go over and see it, as for those minions who don't take good care of them, they will all be killed!" Kangxi slapped his palm on the imperial case, and the momentum around his body made Liang Jiugong shrink unconsciously, and also made Tong Guowei, who was kneeling below, secretly scold his daughter in his heart for not being measured.
Kangxi didn't bother to pay attention to their thoughts, in his opinion, it was a blessing to be able to hold all the power of the court's harem in his hands, but re-coordinating and balancing was also a top priority at present. After all, there are countless forces in this harem, and although he suppresses it, he also needs to balance it.
"Okay, I still have government affairs to deal with, so my uncle will step down!" Kangxi patiently exhausted, and even glanced at Tong Guowei, how could he bother to entangle with him.
Fortunately, Tong Guowei didn't want to continue to anger Kangxi, so he retreated directly when he heard the words, and went directly to Tong Guogang's mansion when he left the palace. After explaining the ins and outs of the matter, Tong Guogang simply scolded him!
"Confused! You are so confused! I told you not to send people to the palace one after another, but you just didn't listen. Now it's okay, provoke the concubine to be careful, so as to do so many wrong things. Fortunately, the concubine gave birth to Xiao Gege, otherwise there would be no turnaround in this matter!" Tong Guogang really can't comment on this younger brother's eagerness for quick success, and it can be said that a good deck of cards was broken up by him.
Tong Guowei looked at his angry brother and defended with some unwillingness: "Big brother, don't I want to deepen the connection between the Tong family and the emperor? Besides, when Shuyu enters the palace, wouldn't it be better for their sisters to help each other!
Tong Guogang looked at Tong Guowei, who was angry, stood up abruptly and said, "Why don't you care too much? Why don't you be close to the Tong family? You still pay attention to the difference between your own actions and your descendants, how can you be confused at this critical time." Is the matter in this palace the importance of the number of people and the great strength? The reason why the emperor treats the concubines preferentially is not only because of the affection when he was a child, but also because the Tong family is the emperor's mother's family. Now it's okay, you go to the emperor's heart for everything, you think the emperor has no temper!"
If he had known that his younger brother would make such a fuss, he shouldn't have let him go, now it's okay, and I don't know if it's too late to redeem it from now on!
"This ...... Now that things are like this, what should I do?" Tong Guowei was blushing at Tong Guogang's words, he didn't feel anything wrong before, but now when he saw it, he was unconsciously shocked into a cold sweat.
"What else can I do? first pass the news to let the concubine take good care of her body, take care of Xiao Gege, and don't do anything else, and when the depression in the emperor's heart dissipates, let's make plans." The other is your concubine, now that she is the little master, then stay honestly first, don't make a mess, otherwise if it really makes trouble to the point of no return, don't talk about her, the entire Tong family will be finished!"
"Okay, I'll do it right away!" Tong Guowei nodded, turned around and walked a few steps out, as if he thought of something, he turned around and asked: "Big brother, let's be silent like this, then this harem will not let the Niu Colu clan and the Suo Yuluo clan be the king and hegemon, but I heard that the Suo Suo Luo clan now has three sons under his name, these four elder brothers...... Are we really not fighting?"
"Fight, what are you fighting for? When the concubine was pregnant, she ignored the fourth elder brother regardless of it, so that the minions did not serve effectively, which angered the emperor, and finally caused the emperor to send people to Yonghe Palace. Now that you have given birth to Gege, you want to continue to fight when you turn around, what are you doing as the fourth elder brother? That is the prince, not a cat and a dog, and the concubine Niangniang really wants to fight, it is tantamount to forcing the emperor to pass the fourth elder brother to the name of Concubine Zhao!" Tong Guogang looked at his younger brother who was becoming more and more out of tune, and his tone became a little unkind, after all, it is not easy to clean up such a big mess.