Yongshou Palace.

The guards on duty are in the process of handing over.

After verifying that everything was in order, Haikang, the first-class guard at the sticky pole, signed the handover form, and from now until tomorrow morning, he will be in charge of the guards of the Yongshou Palace.

After the palace turmoil, the guards of the Yongshou Palace were the top priority of the guards of the entire Forbidden City, which was well known inside and outside the palace.

In order to ensure control of the emperor, one of the triumvirate, Sejitu handed over the palace ban of Yongshou Palace to his nephew, Qinggui, who is currently the minister in charge of the sticky rod.

On the basis of the original sticky rod, Qinggui reorganized, and transferred a group of people from the Shangxi Courtyard, the Eagle Dog Raising Office, the Shanpu Battalion, and the Armed Forces Courtyard, including the Qianqingmen Guard Office.

The system of sticky rods has been basically restored.

However, due to the fact that most of the guards at the sticky rod followed the management minister Fulsai to fight against the two yellow flag guards during the palace turmoil, coupled with the fact that they were rushed into the palace by the rebel clan bannermen to kill, as well as the great purge afterwards, the sticky rod was still greatly impacted from top to bottom, and its strength was seriously damaged.

Fewer than one-fifth of the guards remain today.

The newly recruited guards are not very familiar with the business of this unit, so many of the functions of the original sticky rod department have not been effectively restored, and Qinggui plans to send a group of people from the organization of the sticky rod department outside to Beijing after the New Year.

The color trace map has approved Qinggui's proposal, but requires that the personnel who are transferred back to Beijing must have been suppressed in the past, or their ancestors have been suppressed by the emperor.

That is, you must be politically reliable and cannot be loyal to the emperor Qianlong.

Now the source of the guards who have been added to the sticky rod is mainly the original two yellow flag guards who rebelled against the water with the color mark diagram father and son, and in addition, they are the idle children of the clan who have not participated in the palace rebellion, but they are not valued by the emperor on weekdays.

Haikang, who was originally a third-class guard in the Qianqing Gate, guarded the Qianqing Gate with more than a dozen of his colleagues during the palace turmoil, repelled a group of rebel bannermen who tried to break into the palace from the Qianqing Gate, and even killed a rebellious clan with a fire gun, so he was promoted by Qinggui Xiangzhong as a first-class guard and transferred to the sticky pole.

However, the courage to fight is not the main reason why Haikang was favored by Qinggui, his background is the key factor in being promoted to the first-class guard.

Haikang's ancestor is Prince Gong Changning, the fifth son of Shunzhiye.

However, after the death of Chang Ning, Prince Gong's branch was demoted, and his descendants were repeatedly suppressed in the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong dynasties.

This is the main branch, such as Haikang's side branch, which does not even have a title, an ordinary yellow belt.

Therefore, two years ago, in order to seek a future, Haikang took the initiative to go to Jinchuan on an errand, and made a lot of military achievements there.

On the night of the palace chaos, Haikang was in danger and organized people to guard the Qianqing Gate, which benefited from his military experience in Jinchuan.

The person who handed over to Haikang is also a yellow belt, this person is called Mu Erluo, the grandson of Wu Erzhan, the nineteenth son of Prince An Yue Le, and the nephew of Prince An.

After Sejitu became the Minister of the Guard, he placed a large number of uncles and brothers, nephews and nephews in the guards and the guards of the Three Banners.

After the restoration of Prince An, he spared no effort to promote the children of this branch, and it can be said that the descendants of Yue Le's branch have been firmly bound.

This is also the proper meaning, go into battle father and son soldiers, fight tiger brothers, do not reuse the children of this branch, and where can the color trace map rest assured that the power of the palace ban will be handed over to others at will.

If he hadn't listened to Fu Lehun's words and helped the clan force the emperor to abdicate, and then turned against the water again to eradicate Prince Jian, Prince Kang and other rebellious princes, where could the inheritance of Prince Zu Shang'an be restored at this time.

How to gain momentum, where to make a home, where to strictly guard.

After some operation of the color trace map, the Shangsanqi Guard, together with the guards, can be said to be impenetrable by their father and son, and others want to repeat the palace chaos, which is no less difficult than ascending to the sky.

After talking a few words with Murro, Haikang officially took up his post, and after Murro and the previous group of guards went home from work, Haikang went to Yongshou Palace to inspect as usual.

Today's Yongshou Palace is deserted, and after the original owner of the palace, Concubine Rong, and the palace people and eunuchs who served in the palace were killed, Yongshou Palace, one of the six palaces in the west, looks similar to a ghost palace.

The two twelve or thirteen-year-old little eunuchs sat in the corridor outside the main hall, and the cold wind was so cold that both of them put their hands in their sleeves, and they had to get up and move from time to time, otherwise their legs would be numb, or their whole bodies would be like ice cubes.

I vaguely smelled the smell of traditional Chinese medicine, but it was Concubine Wang holding her daughter in the hut at the end of Langfang to decoct the medicinal soup.

After the emperor fell ill, the imperial doctor prescribed many prescriptions and brought a lot of medicines, which were boiled by the little eunuchs, but the concubine was not at ease and had to suffer by herself. Every time you boil the medicinal soup, you have to taste some of it yourself, and then bring it into the temple after it is warm.

looked like this was a superfluous move, but Haikang knew that Concubine Niangniang was afraid that someone would poison the medicinal soup.

However, Concubine Niangniang is a little unfounded, and she is too much.

The reason is that although Prince An and Fu Zhongtang worked together to hold the emperor hostage, he obviously did not look forward to the emperor's death, which is completely different from Fu Zhongtang.

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Haikang stood outside the hut and looked at the somewhat haggard concubine inside, looked around, and then quietly placed a bag of meatloaf on the small table behind the door.

It's not that he has any sympathy for Concubine Niangniang, but Lord Jia instructed to take proper care of Concubine Xuan's mother and son, and not to make them short of food and drink.

According to his own understanding of Lord Jia, Haikang judged that Lord Jia might have taken a fancy to this concubine.

This is undoubtedly an extremely bold idea, but if others don't dare, put it on Lord Jia, Haikang is not afraid that Lord Jia will not dare, but he is afraid that Lord Jia will not want to.

The concubine in the house hugged her infant daughter and did not turn her head to look at Haikang standing outside the door, but she didn't say anything, just sat silently in front of the charcoal stove and lightly fanned the fire with a fan.

This is not the first time that Haikang has secretly given her something.

The house is filled with the fragrance of Chinese medicine.

Haikang didn't stay long, and went directly to the emperor's dormitory.

He knocked lightly on the outside, then pushed open the door and stepped in.

Compared to the cold outside, the inside of the house is much warmer.

The emperor's illness has improved his living environment a lot.

It's definitely a world of difference compared to before, but it's better than when I was first trapped.

At the very least, you won't wake up in the night again.

Qianlong, who was lying on the bed, heard a knock on the door and heard the sound of slowly approaching footsteps.

He knew that it wasn't Concubine Xuan who came, because Concubine Xuan's footsteps were not so heavy.

looked sideways, it was the thief who arranged to take care of his guard Haikang, who seemed to be a child of the clan, but the child of which family couldn't remember.

Haikang glanced down the room, his gaze shifting from the cold food on the table to the sallow-faced emperor's face.

With a slight sigh in his heart, he gently placed a booklet next to the emperor's pillow.

"Your Majesty, Fu Zhongtang let the yamen seal it in advance yesterday, and the officials are quite happy about it."

After a pause, Haikang said again: "I heard that Lord Jia Jia, the Governor of the Nine Gates, will leave Beijing to take up the post of Governor of Zhili after the New Year, and it is rumored that Lord Jia Jia was forced to leave Beijing. ”

After saying that, he bowed down and retreated directly.

After the door of the palace was closed, Qianlong, who was originally weak and had a sallow complexion, suddenly straightened up, his eyes were a little sickly, but his face was gloomy and full of murderous intentions.

"Buying people's hearts, Fullerhun, the dog thief, is very calculating. Did he fall out with that Han army kid? ”

Qianlong, whose eyes were extremely clear, looked sideways at the pillow, and it was a booklet called "Red Flower Society Messy Party Examination".

Curious, he took it and opened it casually, and his face slowly changed from doubt to solemnity.

In the end, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but murmur: "I know that there are still loyal ministers and righteous people in the Qing Dynasty." ”