Chapter 329: Waiting for them to return to the palace
The palace banquet can not be helped, but there should be a celebration for the New Year, even if Kangxi is not there, the concubines and brothers in the palace should also get together for a meal, even if it is to deal with it, anyway, they must be done for others to see.
Yinren as the prince must be supporting the scene, fortunately, the queen mother and others did not want to fight with the prince, after all, the current situation has been decided, Kangxi did not say that he won a big victory on the battlefield, but he also won less and lost more, the situation is very good, presumably he will come back soon, at this time, who remembers to find trouble with the prince.
Kangxi's eccentricity can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, among the concubines, he is the most eccentric to Yunxi, the most eccentric prince among his sons and the children born to Yunxi, other concubines and children, Kangxi will pay attention to and care, but he doesn't use so much thought, this comparison looks nothing to others, but as a party, he unconsciously wants to blush.
This family banquet, which is not a palace banquet, seems to be extremely ordinary, everyone seems to be calm but not calm, as if the storm is calm in front of everyone, not a storm.
On the battlefield, Kangxi's face was cold, the hand holding the reins was pale, the green tendons on his forehead were exposed, and his lowered eyes were full of coldness, unwilling to look at Yinhe who was kneeling on the ground to ask for sin, and his heart was full of anger, but he didn't expect that he had come to the last step and fell short, he could obviously kill Galdan on the spot, just because of Yinhe's self-righteousness, Galdan escaped smoothly, even if there is a guide to guide him now, it will be too late to chase him, damn it! Looking into the distance unwillingly, Kangxi didn't know whether he was chased or not.
That is a scourge, if he runs away, it can only be said that the tiger has returned to the mountain, but now to chase them, where can he chase them, this huge grassland to hide a large group of people, but to hide a few people is very easy, and they can't turn over the entire grassland for Galdan, after all, there is not only one tribe in Dzungaria, there are other tribes in this grassland, Kangxi can't offend the entire grassland tribe for a Dzungaria.
Although the strength of the Qing Dynasty is not bad, but one thing after another consumes a lot of the strength of the Qing Dynasty, if it is only to deal with one or two tribes on the grassland, the Qing Dynasty is indeed no burden, but at this moment, let the Qing Dynasty and the entire grassland as enemies, it is nothing but asking for trouble, setting off unnecessary waves in vain.
Yinhe was uneasy at this time, he originally wanted to personally seize Galdan to prove to Kangxi that his strength was stronger than the prince, but he didn't want a light enemy to let Galdan take advantage of the loophole, so he escaped from their encirclement, even if he didn't dare to raise his head at this time, he could also detect Kangxi's extremely cold eyes, he really wanted to shake himself off an ear scraper.
"The emperor forgave the sin, and the retainer was willing to lead the troops to pursue him, vowing to chase Galdan back. Yinhe lowered his head and raised his voice to plead guilty, hoping that Kangxi could give him a chance to forgive his sins.
"That's it, Galdan doesn't know where to flee now, plus his main force is let us wipe out, it is impossible for him to come out to make trouble again in a short time, let's go back!" Kangxi didn't care about Yinyu's proposal, and didn't say that he would not forgive, but directly ordered to return to the camp.
Yin Yu looked at the back of Kangxi leading the team back to the camp, and secretly complained in his heart, he knew that this would be the result, he shouldn't have thought too highly of himself complacently, and he looked too low on Galdan. Now it's okay, the credit is not earned and it will cause a big disaster, and I don't know what the emperor Ama will do with him, and then there is Galdan, listen to the meaning of the emperor Ama, he will not learn a lesson, and then start a war again, it will all be his fault, and what will he do to fight with the prince at that time?
Seeing that things had come to this point, and seeing that Kangxi had already run out of his line of sight without looking back, it was naturally impossible for Yinyu, who was left behind, to stare at the guards who were guarding the side, but quickly got up and got on the horse, and then followed. Right or wrong, this is not a good place after all, and now that the war is over, all they have to do is think about how to end it?
After half a year, the main force of Dzungaria has been wiped out, although Galdan is on the run, but if no tribe is willing to take him in or support him, as Kangxi said, Galdan will not be able to set off any storms in a short period of time, but this does not mean that the matter is over, after all, Galdan is well aware of his temperament, and he will not give up his ambitions until he is completely cornered, otherwise he will not be able to attack Kangxi as the prince.
As the eunuch who was waiting for Kangxi, Liang Jiugong naturally knew that the eldest brother's actions this time really provoked the emperor, don't look at the emperor who was not angry at the time, but he could see the emperor's forbearance, especially the emperor's eyes just now, if this is really another person to do this kind of thing, the emperor is afraid that he would have ordered to kill him a long time ago, where would he be wronged by this anger.
You must know that the emperor really spent a lot of thought in this battle, for which he suffered knife wounds and arrow wounds, and the scars are not complete until now, this battle can obviously be cut to the roots, who knows that the eldest brother is so unbearable, and he actually let Galdan run away at the most critical moment, this is really ...... In short, as long as this matter does not implicate them, thank God, as for whether the eldest brother himself will dislike the emperor, that is his own business.
As Liang Jiugong guessed, Kangxi did have an evil fire burning in his heart, and he couldn't wait to slap Yinhe directly, but he knew in his heart that Yinhe was his son, even if there was no merit in the past few months, there was hard work, and he couldn't do it in full view, and he couldn't even reprimand him, otherwise it would chill the hearts of the soldiers, and he might not be able to cause a lot of chaos at that time, and now that he returned to his camp, he didn't need to suppress the anger in his heart.
Kangxi pounded the table hard, his face was full of unwillingness and annoyance, but even this he couldn't completely indulge the anger in his heart, after all, for everyone, today's battle was a complete victory, even if Galdan's escape became a pity, but he couldn't erase everyone's credit.
"Liang Jiugong, prepare to prepare, and return to Beijing in three days. After Kangxi calmed down, he didn't care about Galdan's escape anymore, after all, after being away from Beijing for such a long time, it was time to go back.
In the capital, Su Malagu looked at the letter in her hand, her brows furrowed, although she knew very well in her heart the truth that the tree fell and scattered, but she still held a glimmer of hope in her heart, hoping that the old servants around the Empress Dowager would be like her, and they all wanted to help the Empress Dowager breathe a sigh of relief, or fulfill a last wish.
Yes, it's a will.
Even if this last wish was only imagined by her, she always believed that since the Empress Dowager could appear in her dreams, there must be some unfinished wishes, such as those who displeased her, or things that she wanted to do but could not finish at the time.
Staying in the small Buddha hall of Cining Palace for such a long time, Su Malagu also thought a lot, she went through the things that the Empress Dowager wanted to do and did not finish before, and she found that the things that the Empress Dowager wanted to do and failed to do were nothing more than two things, one was to let Horqin's show girl enter the palace, and inherit the pet to regenerate the elder brother with Horqin blood, which is very critical but extremely difficult, because Su Malagu understands the Empress Dowager and also knows Kangxi very well, she can find from Kangxi's various measures that Kangxi will not compromise in this matter, otherwise the Empress Dowager will not go with regrets; , the Empress Dowager's jealousy of Concubine Zhao seems to have become her obsession, and whether Concubine Zhao is guilty or not, her existence has indeed become a heart disease of the Empress Dowager.
The first thing Su Malagu thought she couldn't do, because she couldn't do anything to Kangxi, so she had to help the Empress Dowager for the rest of the matter, even if Concubine Zhao was really wronged, but for Aunt Su Mala, the Empress Dowager's rest was more important than Yunxi's Concubine Zhao's life.
For this reason, after several months of struggle, Aunt Su Mala made up her mind to sacrifice Yunxi to let the Empress Dowager rest in peace, only after she made up her mind to find that Concubine Zhao was not in the palace, but in Huangzhuang, suddenly she thought of Aunt Xiaochi in Huangzhuang, and secretly contacted her, although she didn't expect her to help her achieve her goal, but who could know if this thing couldn't be done without trying?
"Is there any news from Huangzhuang?" Su Malagu pulled the Buddha beads in her hand, and the whole person looked at the Buddha statue, her tone was light but calm.
"Aunt Hui, not yet, but our people have inquired, Aunt Xiaochi rarely has the opportunity to get close to Concubine Zhao, even if she does, there are others around Concubine Zhao, it is not easy to start, and the palace maid around Concubine Zhao knows medical science, Aunt Xiaochi has never found a chance to do it. "The little palace maid who waits for Aunt Su Mala's name is Xiao Tao, and this is the only person who stayed in Cining Palace and was trusted by Aunt Su Mala after the death of the Empress Dowager.
Aunt Su Mala flicked the fingers of the Buddha beads slightly, took a deep breath, and said for a long time: "I didn't think that Aunt Xiaochi would succeed all at once, after all, the Empress Dowager rarely has a time to take advantage of Concubine Zhao, not to mention how Aunt Xiaochi has few people on hand at all, this huge imperial village, it is not easy to act, so Aunt Xiaochi's failure is understandable, but it is a pity that Concubine Zhao is not in the palace." ”
Xiao Tao looked at Aunt Su Mala with a sad face, her lips moved, she opened her mouth to persuade, but she didn't know where to start, after all, she was just a little palace maid, and she could do everything for Aunt Su Mala, beyond the scope, even if she had the heart, she couldn't do it, "Auntie, what should I do now?"
"Wait! If the Huangzhuang side can't get it, then we can only wait for the emperor to bring Concubine Zhao back to the palace, otherwise we are afraid that we will not have a chance to complete the plan." Su Malagu thought about the Empress Dowager who would appear in her dreams every day, and couldn't help but reach out and press her somewhat sore forehead.
Even if their master and servant are in deep love, but no matter how deep this relationship is, no living person is willing to dream of a dead person every day, and the reason why Su Malagu is so eager to do something to Yunxi is just to prove that the Empress Dowager's death is because of someone else, not because of her poor waiting or other reasons that may have something to do with her.
"Then when will the emperor come back?" asked Xiao Tao with some curiosity.
"Soon, soon!" Su Malagu continued to pluck the Buddhist beads in her hand, and her voice was as soft as if muttering to herself.