What can't be bypassed is finally unavoidable. Just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Qiao Yindi's mother, Hei's Anche Pulun, was sent to Beijing by Khalji. E Shan, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, immediately sent the old lady to the house of Dongyong Zhengci in the Old Summer Palace while playing Yongzheng and Ming Concubine Qiao Yindi. Yongzheng had a ghost in his heart, and secondly, it was true that the military situation in the southwest of the Western Front was not satisfactory. He is also a restless person, he has been a top politician in his life, he has taken back the rule of officials, and he refuses to show his incompetence in military affairs, and even urges Yue Zhongqi to cut off the grain road leading to the rich eight cities of Xinjiang before the heavy snow closes the mountain. Therefore, within a day or two, he still went to the west hall to see Yindi, and he was still cordial and caring, but he would never have any more blasphemy and private behavior. Although Yindi felt slightly not as warm as usual, her mother was newly arriving, and she was blessed to visit her without restricting herself, and she was able to talk about her every day, she was very happy and grateful, and she didn't take it to heart. Originally, I wanted to take my mother into the Forbidden City to open my eyes, meet the queen, and wait for Yongzheng to meet him happily.

However, on 12 August, the Ministry of Internal Affairs issued a decree that hundreds of civil and military officials would go to the Temple of Heaven with the emperor on the 15th of this year to pray for a prosperous year and for a great military victory on the Western Road. The queen will go with her to show her piety, and the rest of the palace concubines and concubines will return to Ning's mother's house for reunion. This time, all the famous concubines, concubines, concubines, and concubines in the palace are always as happy as thirsty for nectar, but Yindi is slightly disappointed, and Yongzheng will accompany his mother to reunite all night on the fifteenth night, Yongzheng only advises: "Ask Qin Meimei to wait with you, and guard it tightly." There has never been a concubine who has never spent the night at home, you are an orphan mother and widow, you can make an exception, don't make others jealous. I've been busy for a while, and after the holidays, I've come to see you in sixteen or seventeen. ”

But Yongzheng didn't come to the west side hall in the sixteenth year, and he didn't come in seventeen. He received Zhang Zhao's recital, and Zhang Zhao, who spoke impassionedly when he was fighting the former enemy, suddenly went against the norm, believing that the change of the system was inappropriate, unsuitable for the people, and inappropriate, and that the current military was sluggish, and "it should be forcefully regarded as something that cannot be done," and asked for an order to change "suppression" to "pacification." Zhang Tingyu has been a prime minister for 30 years, and at a glance he knows that this is a lost battle. Sure enough, less than two hours after receiving Zhang Zhao's recital, General Zhang Guangsi flew in with a bullet seal, saying that Zhang Zhao "bullied the king and feared the enemy like a tiger, and was biased and unfair-minded in doing the law", and supported Dong Fang to suppress Ha Yuansheng, resulting in "the generals are not in harmony with the army's morale." In the battle of Laolongdong, Zhang Zhao led thousands of soldiers, Miao Yi only went out of the village with dozens of ancestral arms and shirtless to meet the battle, thousands of people were scattered like a rabble, and countless people escaped and died in the rolling stream. Zhang Zhao fled to the military tent alone, still frightened, trembling and colorless...... "Zhang Tingyu was shocked into a sweat, and he didn't dare to slack off, called a little eunuch, and said: "You go to my house, ask them to bring food, someone must wait in the house to meet them, tell them to come into the garden, don't vomit at home." After saying that, he walked out of the Xihua Gate with his legs, hurriedly waved to the dozens of officials who were waiting to be summoned outside the door, suppressed the panic in his heart and said: "Zhu Xiang is inside, and he can advocate everything." Brothers, see each other first, and if there is a need for brothers' cooking, go back and arrange it. With that, the sedan chair was lifted away. When he arrived at the double gate, it was almost noon, and Zhang Tingyu got off the sedan chair and saw Gao Wuyong coming out, and asked, "Do you want to go out to deliver the decree?" ”

"It's a coincidence." Gao Wuyong's face was also red and white, and he hurriedly greeted him and said, "The will calls you." He lowered his voice and whispered to Zhang Tingyu: "Yue Dajunmen lost the battle, and the Altai General and Prince Heping handed in a secret fold, and the emperor was so angry that he fainted!" ”

Zhang Tingyu's legs were weak and he almost sat on the ground, but when Gao Wuyong hurriedly came over to help him, he gently pushed him away. In just this moment, he had regained his composure, and while thinking about how to deal with the situation, he thought about comforting Yongzheng, and quickened his steps. Sure enough, as soon as he arrived at the gate of the palace, he heard Yongzheng's dull voice: "The labor teacher has lost his salary and humiliated the country, and he still has the face to argue?" Yue Zhongqi's sin is unforgivable! He spent nearly 20 million treasury silver, and what he gave me was a big and small defeat, and the mediocre general was incompetent! Immediately issued an order, Yue Zhongqi was derelict in his duties, and I was also ashamed, so he committed suicide in front of the army to thank the world! Zhang Tingyu made up his mind slightly, Yongzheng was adept at government affairs, and it was obvious that he was negligent in military affairs, first he had too high expectations for the generals in front, and he wanted to show that he was not a layman, and he was "pointed" and promoted everywhere, and he was frustrated and blamed too strictly, so that the general was at a loss. But this kind of shortcoming, not to mention between monarchs and ministers, is a friend, and it is not appropriate to go directly. Yongzheng's obedient and arrogant temperament, who dares to speak out? So today's successive defeats, Zhang Tingyu was not surprised in his heart. While holding the idea, he raised his voice and reported: "Minister Zhang Tingyu sees the driver!" ”

"Come in."

Zhang Tingyu bowed down to the hall and got up, only to see that Yunli, Hongli, and Fang Bao were all there, and Ortai was also on the side, and it seemed that he had just consulted about the transformation of the southwest and returned to the stream. Yongzheng used the lid of the bowl to pluck the floating tea on the surface of the cup, his face was blue and white, there was a hint of dark red on his cheeks, his gray hair trembled slightly, and the hand holding the bowl lid was also a little trembling, obviously in anger. He breathed a sigh of relief and said to Ortai: "You should also get up, although you have a punishment, you are not exempted from the Minister of Military Aircraft!" Zhang Tingyu thought, instead of letting the emperor lose his temper again, it would be better to pour it out together, but it would be better, his heart was crossed, and he handed Zhang Zhao and Zhang Guangsi two copies of the fold, and said in a low voice: "Lord, you have to take care!" The slave has looked at the master since he was a child, how many turbulent waves and rapids and rapids, the master is calm, not to mention that these are all scabies, fur diseases, calmly cooked, and it is not difficult to turn the situation around. He presented an excerpt to Yongzheng, there had never been so many words, Hongli Fang Bao Ertai looked at it, and knew that there must be great bad news, and the heart that had been hanging high was a little higher.

"The pain is unbearable, the itch is unbearable, Hengchen!" Yongzheng took the two folds with a little hesitation, looked at Zhang Guangsi first, then shrank his hand like a cannon, put aside and looked at Zhang Zhao, and immediately his face turned blood red again! He shook his head, as if he didn't believe it, picked up Zhang Guangsi's fold again, looked at it, and suddenly burst into a burst of hysterical laughter: "Good, good!" Another bully! Hahahaha...... "Yongzheng turned around like a whirlwind, like a bundle of cut rice, and suddenly collapsed on the couch......

"Huang Ama!"

"Your Majesty!"

Five people swarmed up to surround Yongzheng, Gao Wuyong and a few little eunuchs were bluffed, and the kang came to put Yongzheng's body flat and straight, some wanted to go out to pass the imperial doctor, and some wanted to call the Taoist, or Hongli drank it, and said: "Go to a eunuch to my house, and call the Wen family and the two side Fujin to come over to treat the emperor!" As he spoke, Yongzheng had already woken up.

"Hongli, don't let them be loud......" Yongzheng's face was so yellow that he lost his blood, but his consciousness seemed extremely clear, "It doesn't matter to me. Lou Shiyuan returned to Jiangxi, and asked Zhang Taixu and them to come over to heal my hair, and don't work for the daughters-in-law......"

Hongli choked his throat with a "hmm", but said: "Yanhong Xiaoying and they also have some kung fu, the Taoist priests are unreliable, or our own family can trust it...... The innate internal qigong they learned, without a little evil spirit, ...... the sons have tried" Yongzheng flashed his eyes and saw Zhang Tingyu standing by the kang, stretched out his thin and cold hand to hold Zhang Tingyu's hand, but looked at Fang Bao and Ortai, and said: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and I am not confused about that." I hate Zhang Zhao and Yue Zhongqi in my heart, because I gave them all my heart, and they still want to coax me. I don't report a small defeat, and I don't tell me until I can't hide my defeat, so that I will lose face, and let people talk about my ignorance of people......"

Zhang Tingyu said: "Long live, you will be quiet and recuperate, and we will not talk about politics, okay?" ”

"Good ......" Yongzheng closed his eyes and muttered to himself: "How can Yue Zhongqi be so incompetent? Zhang Zhaoshu misled the country, and his feelings were hateful...... What a strange defeat...... I have several times the strength and food of the army......"

Yongzheng was in a daze, several ministers were sitting next to him and watched with concern, and at one time another imperial doctor came in to diagnose the pulse and retreated, and at one time he entered the prescription, and several people whispered. About half an hour later, the Wen family's Heyan Hong Yingying came in, and when Zhang Tingyu Ertai and others avoided it, Hongli waved his hand to stop it, and ordered three people to give Yongzheng a gong to deflate. Fang Bao Confucianism, in addition to Confucius and Mencius, did not believe it, originally thought that they would also burn talismans and burn incense to toss in a ghostly manner, but when they saw the three of them kneeling in front of Yongzheng's couch, there was no rest of the fancy, just the five fingers of both hands were facing Yongzheng's whole body, although people were not on the couch, they could also see the trance of colored light sweeping on Yongzheng's body. There seems to be a fragrance that seems to be musk deer, not musk, like sandalwood, not sandalwood, and flows in the hall, and the breath is cool and refreshing, and the heart is open. Surprised, the three women had already finished their work. The Wen family said: "The emperor tried to open his eyes...... If you are still a little dizzy, it means that you are not eating properly and eating too little. …… A little porridge in the evening will be fine......"

"Hmm." Yongzheng slowly opened his eyes. He shook his head, a smile appeared on his face, looked at Yan Hong and Ying Ying, and said kindly, "These are my two little daughters-in-law?" Good, virtuous and skilled! Hongli is a great creation, and you are also blessed. Good! Is it Han? ”

Yan Hong and Ying Ying timidly looked at Yongzheng, the old man of the emperor, and kowtowed: "Yes." Yongzheng's color had already recovered at this time, and he sat up and smiled at the Wen family: "I don't feel dizzy." Are you their grandmother? Good skills, it's really a real person who doesn't show his face! I will reward you with the title of four products - Wuyong will take the two ruyi on the top of the cabinet and give them to my daughters-in-law. ”

"Yes!"

"I'll give you a flag." Yongzheng smiled and said, "The big one is surnamed Gao Jia, and the small one is surnamed Jin Jia......"

"Slaves and maids, thank you, Lord Long!"

Yongzheng smiled and said, "That's the words in the play." Gao Wuyong, take them there, and live in Yunsongxuan for a few days, and they can treat me at any time. Fang Bao and the others felt relieved when they saw that Yongzheng's body had not only recovered, but his temperament had also calmed down. Zhang Tingyu said: "The master is unhappy, and he will be alive today, and the minions will hand over the sign to come in tomorrow." After that, he resigned with Fang Bao, Ortai, and Yunli.

The four ministers withdrew, the sky was already dark, and they came out of the double gates, and they couldn't help but stand on their feet when they looked at each other.

"I'm strange, the master's temperament is getting weirder and weirder." Yunli looked at the indifferent autumn clouds in the obscurity, "He doesn't seem to be able to control himself at all." ”

Ortai said: "He is sick, and he is stronger than the emperor in his previous life, and he is lonely in his heart, so he has become uncertain." In fact, from the bottom of my heart, I am extremely kind and soft-hearted. "I think the emperor is a little discouraged, Yue Zhang and the others are too disappointed by the emperor." Fang Bao said, "Do you think, after these two battles are fought and won, Suining in the west and the county in the southwest, what is the situation?" This is what the Holy Grandfather dreams of! ”

Zhang Tingyu did not join the discussion: he felt that what they said made sense, but they did not cover it all. Yongzheng is a person who can't be explained by anyone, like this world, no one can explain it. After a long time, Zhang Tingyu said, "It's going to rain." ”

Yongzheng only rested for one day, and for three consecutive days on August 18, 19, and 20, in the pouring rain, he convened a meeting of the Military Aircraft Department of the Shangshu Room one after another, and listened to the military department, the criminal department, the Ministry of Industry, and the household department Shangshu Hui played the situation of the two sides in the use of soldiers, grain, silver salary, and military supplies, and issued orders one after another.

That is, Zhang Guangsi was the minister of economic strategy of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Guangzhou, and Hunan provinces, and unified military attack. Zhang Zhaosuo, the former minister of economic strategy, took it into the Beijing Ministry of Communications to discuss the crime;

That is, Chengshun County Wang Xibao was the general of Jingbian. Yue Zhongqi, the former general, went to wear a flower feather and retreated back to Beijing to be punished. Chen Tai, the former counselor, abandoned the army and fled in the Battle of Hetongbo, that is, he showed the public in front of the army.

In the evening of the same day, Zhang Tingyu received another edict from the Hong Dynasty: "Since Zhu Shi entered the military aircraft department, there have been many absurdities in government affairs, and his recommendation is quite absurd. It should have been strictly discussed, remembering the remnants of his former emperor, and he was old and frail, that is, he was dismissed from the titles of Minister of Military Aircraft Department and Minister of Upper Study, and still served as a scholar of the original Huadian University. Chin this! Zhang Tingyu was taken aback, thinking about it carefully, Zhang Zhao was recommended by Zhu Shi, and with Yongzheng's strict and unscrupulous temperament, he naturally had to be held responsible. But reflecting on himself, he also strongly recommended Yue Zhongqi as the general of the western expedition, and at this time, he should also take the blame. Just about to call the sedan chair, Zhang Tingyu hesitated again, at this time when the sky was already dark, and it was raining so heavily, he specially went into the garden to see Yongzheng for "taking the blame", and there was no important military affairs to ask for instructions, which was obviously too hypocritical, and his own affairs were too solemn; If you intercede for Zhu Shi, Yongzheng's temperament of squeezing oil in stones and picking bones in eggs, coupled with a very bad mood for days, may have to fall into the handle of "obviously for Zhu Shi, but really for himself". Thinking about it, Zhang Tingyu sighed helplessly, dispelling the idea of seeing Yongzheng immediately.

On the morning of the second day, the rain had not yet ceased, but it was much lighter, and it was as uniform as a drizzle of rain through the basket, and the fog swung through the air, enveloping the heavens, the earth, the houses, the streets, and the pedestrians. The water in the streets is swept by the icy autumn wind, sparkling and delicately decorated with rain flowers. Zhang Tingyu didn't sleep well all night, only hurriedly ate two pieces of dim sum, drank a bowl of milk and rushed to Ningju to see Yongzheng.

"The emperor was at the Empress of the Old Summer Palace last night." Hongli also just entered the Ning Residence, and when he saw Zhang Tingyu coming in with his hands that were red from the cold, he gave up his seat and said: "Last night, it was the Wen family who gave him gong to treat his illness, and he used a bowl of medicine, so his spirit was better. said that he wanted to see Sun Jiagan and Fu Nai today. You sit for a while, and the emperor will come. Hongli didn't seem to have slept well, and his eyes were a little dark, but he had always been extremely trimmed, and although he looked tired, he was still lean and neat all over his body, and his gray poplin robe that had been worn out was also crisp and neat. Looking at Hongli, Zhang Tingyu couldn't help but think of the scene when he was young, he smiled, but returned to reality, and sighed: "Alas...... I'm old. Hongli personally poured Zhang Tingyu a cup of milk and sent it over, and said with a smile: "The emperor also said this last night." In fact, I am so tired that I have this thought. Just pause for a moment. As he was talking, he saw Yongzheng coming in with Gao Wuyong's shoulder, and the two of them hurriedly knelt down to say goodbye.

Yongzheng's spirit was fine, but he was also significantly haggard, wearing a camel-colored Jiang silk cotton robe, and a small wind hair stone Qingjiang silk lamb leather coat outside, while pacing to the kang and sitting down, asking for hot tits to eat, and said lightly: "Hengchen get up, you are also very tired, don't come here so early in the future." "It's the minions who have their own minds." Zhang Tingyu got up in thanks, thought for a while, said what he thought about coming at night, and said: "Now that there are two defeats, even if the slave does not recommend anything wrong, he can't live in peace and be comfortable. Please ask the emperor to punish him, and the slave can settle down. Yongzheng smiled indifferently and shouted: "Gao Wuyong, when I came over, I saw Sun Jiagan waiting at the Moon Cave Gate, call in." Only then did he say to Zhang Tingyu in a warm voice: "I also thought about it carefully, the two battles were not good, and I was also at fault. Although I planned well, I didn't think of the general's expedient plan to miss the enemy, this is my incompetence, how can it be pushed on you? As for Master Zhu, he recommended Zhang Zhao, a man of literature, to go to war, and he wanted him to make meritorious contributions, but he was indeed at fault, and he couldn't help but wipe it off a little. Isn't it more undignified to call for impeachment and punishment? That's what it means to preserve him. ”

"Yes," Zhang Tingyu listened, feeling a little sour, and said in a choked voice: "The master is so reserved, and the slave is even more ashamed...... Because he saw Sun Jiagan and Fu Nai coming in one after the other, he stopped. Yongzheng saw that Zhang Tingyu was about to retire, and said with a smile: "It was still yesterday that the Military Aircraft Department discussed, you are the prime minister, let's meet them together." ”

Zhang Tingyu sat down at this time. Yongzheng looked melancholy, looked at the very overcast sky outside, and said for a long time: "Jiagan, Fu Nai, both of you didn't approve of sending troops to Zhungar at the beginning. Now the war is ...... You all know the situation. I want to hear from you. He paused for a moment, and then said, "Do you continue to rectify and fight again, or do you want to withdraw from the army?" ”

"The court can't show weakness." Sun Jiagan kowtowed and said, "The minister thinks that it is not appropriate to fight again in the future, but he can't withdraw his troops." Troops should be stationed on the spot, military affairs should be rectified, and after a little recovery, it is still necessary to fight. Fu Nai also said: "Sun Jiagan is reasonable. The minions thought that no matter the northwest or southwest, our army was a small setback. In comparison, they are several times greater than the enemy's army. Seeing the Di Bao before, the Zero Division was sending envoys to sue for peace, which shows that they can't fight anymore, and they can't just see our army lose and suffer setbacks in small battles. Now that the army has occupied Kobdo, the edge of Xinjiang is already the front line. If the army is withdrawn, it will still cost troops and energy to recover it in the future. It is possible to give a decree of grace and accept the request for peace from the people, but it is not advisable for our army to retreat, so that the previous achievements are wasted. Yongzheng looked at the two courtiers with a Jiayue expression and said with a smile: "Okay, that's right." I was still hesitant, but it was decided to make peace with Arabutan. Sun Jiagan said: "The emperor's benevolent heart is connected to the sky, which is really a blessing for the community." ”

Yongzheng looked at Fu Nai with a smile, conspired for a while, and said, "You are still so young and have a sense of the overall situation, which is very good." I have always limited you because you are a relative. Sun Jiagan's body is not good, you go to Kobdo as a minister of the Xuanzhi Qincha, and negotiate peace with the envoy with full powers. There are three big ones: he apologized and declared himself a minister, and paid tribute over the years; return to his original station, and not further east; His annexation of Khalkha Mongolia can be ignored in the past, but he can no longer invade Mobei Mongolia and Eastern Mongolia. The rest of the details will be arranged by Zhang Tingyu. "Just as I was about to talk about the winter supply of soldiers and horses on the West Road and the matter of Tuntian, Qin Meimei came in. He saw that Yongzheng was talking to the minister in the Dongnuan Pavilion, but he didn't dare to come over, only whispered something to Gao Wuyong, and retreated to stand beside the smoke cage. Yongzheng saw that Gao Wuyong's face changed color slightly, and knew that there was something wrong again, and he felt uncomfortable, so he said: "This is not a trivial matter, Hongli presided over it, and called the upper bud Ortai to discuss." In short, the word 'thoughtful'. I'm a little tired, I don't see anyone today, you go to Yun Songxuan's side. When everyone withdrew, Yong Zhengfang called Gao Wuyong and Qin Meimei, frowned and asked, "What's wrong?" You two are muttering? ”

"Back to the emperor," Gao Wuyong said, "Qiao Hei's family is dead!" ”

"What?!"

"Really!" Qin Meimei said, "Yesterday the slave was waiting on the side of the master Yi, and this morning the master of the family got up late, and the slave just passed-" "Don't be verbose!" Yongzheng interrupted her words, "Why did you die so well?" What is the disease? ”

Qin Meimei lowered her head and said, "The old lady doesn't know what she can't think about, is it...... Hanged! ”

"Ahh Yongzheng snorted softly and sat down. He suddenly felt dizzy and said, "Take Wang Dingqian Zhang Taixu's elixir and use it!" Gao Wuyong was ordered by Hongli not to let Yongzheng take the pill anymore, so he said: "There are still a few pills of the pill on the side of the master, and the master wants to use it, so the slave will go over and get it." Qin Meimei said: "There is still one in the enamel plate in the outer hall!" As he spoke, he took it, broke more than half of it, stretched his neck and swallowed it, and gave the remaining half to Yongzheng. Gao Wuyong saw that the medicine was about twice as much as usual, and just about to stop it, Yongzheng had already swallowed it all. Gao Wuyong had no choice but to say: "This medicine is the most domineering, Prince Bao has repeatedly instructed him, he doesn't taste it, and the slaves and maids are not allowed to use it for the master!" Yongzheng said: "It's not going to be okay, I sometimes use it more on weekdays than today!" ”

The cool, salty, and heavy musk sandalwood aroma of the elixir seemed to have a miraculous effect, and after taking it for a while, the feeling of anxiety and heat gradually calmed down. "People die and everything rests", Yongzheng looked at the gray sky outside, and the dark tones enveloped the quiet Ningju, which had a hypnotic feeling. He breathed a sigh of relief and lay down on the kang peacefully, thinking to himself: "Her death is obviously because she has already known the secret of the past, but since she is dead, this secret will never be revealed......" Suddenly his heart moved again, "Maybe Yindi and her mother have already explained it thoroughly?" ......" He struggled for a moment, but felt that his body was as heavy as lead, and he lay down extremely comfortably and steadily, and he muttered with a heavy sleepiness, "Don't let anyone disturb me...... Recite the "Diamond Sutra" to me, I want to rest for a while......" Gao Wuyong immediately burned incense, knelt under the Yongzheng Kang, and recited softly:

When I heard this, the Buddha was in the garden of solitude in the garden of solitude, and the great bhikshus were all 1,250 people. At that time, when the world-honored one was eating, he wore clothes and held a bowl, and went into the great city to defend the city, and begged for food in his city. The second begging has been ......

In the sound of chanting, Yongzheng fell asleep.

…… It wasn't until the end of the card that Yongzheng woke up. These heavy four hours of consciousness, somehow, did not soothe Yongzheng's depressed state of mind, he felt that his heart was like charcoal, as long as the fire flickered, it would burn. On a cold day, I drank two bowls of cold boiled water to suppress it slightly, my head hurt, and my heart didn't skip a beat. After thinking about it, all I did in my sleep were nightmares, and I felt even more irritable. Seeing that the wind and rain in the garden had stopped, he lowered his head and sighed, and said, "Gao Wuyong, Qin Meimei followed me to Yindi to sit there." ”

"Long live the ......" Qiao Yindi was combing her thick black hair under the lamp, and when she saw Yongzheng coming in, she stood up in a panic, and her voice trembled a little, "Please sit down, I'll pour you a cup of tea." Her face was unusually pale, and her steps were a little sluggish and difficult, so she poured tea for Yongzheng, and brought it without even buttoning the lid of the bowl. Seeing that Yongzheng seemed to be in a trance, he gently placed it on the table in front of him and sat silently aside. Yongzheng reluctantly smiled and said, "There have been a lot of things going on in the Military Aircraft Department these days, so I didn't come to see you." The court lost the battle, and I felt very sad in my heart......" Yindi paused for a moment and said, "Defeated? I listen...... I've heard people say that the war is just not easy! ”

Yongzheng nodded and said: "It's the same as a fight between the two, a strong man and a child have a draw, isn't that defeat?" Therefore, Yue Zhongqi and Zhang Zhao must be arrested and dealt with according to the law. ”

"What is the emperor going to do with it?"

"I'm afraid I won't be able to live."

"Can't you be a little more lenient?"

"Why should you be lenient?" Yongzheng smiled coldly, "In order to recover the deficit, I have braved people's words and worked hard for more than 20 years, and the 60 million taels of silver in the treasury are the blood and sweat of many people?" The two of them squandered half of it in a few years, in exchange for my infamy, in exchange for one defeat after another! He suddenly couldn't restrain himself, stood up, paced a few steps in a hurry like a trapped beast, and suddenly turned around, his face glowing blue under the lamp, "I have an empty heart, and I want to inherit the magnificent cause of the Holy Ancestor, this eternal generation of lords, but fate is so bad, fate is so tricky of me, put me in a ridiculous position to humiliate future generations!" ”

Yin Di couldn't bear his hideous and terrifying gaze, avoided it in horror, and said, "Your Majesty, no one thinks like that......"

"Yes!" Yongzheng stared at Yindi, he suddenly realized his gaffe, because he saw the pill on the top of the big gold lacquer cabinet, he took a pill himself, swallowed it with water, and said to himself: "How many people have I offended in order to bring back the decadence of the Holy Grandfather in his later years?" Brothers, eldest brother, second brother, third brother, eighth brother, ninth brother, ten younger brother, and ...... Fourteenth brother, Nian Qianyao, Nuo Min, Yang Mingshi, Yue Zhongqi, Zhang Zhao...... All the scholars in the world, all the wealthy families in the world! Today, people regard me as an iron-fisted emperor, and future generations will accuse me of being a tyrant and a lone husband - yes, if the small people say that I am good, the untouchables will also say that I am good, because I will not allow corrupt officials to deprive them, and I will get rid of their lowly status...... But what's the use of this, what's the use?! They have no pen and no mouth, and who will know about me in the future? ”

Yongzheng originally thought that this pill would calm him down, but he didn't know whether it was a different medicine or an overdose, his internal organs were burning, and even his eyes were burning blood-red. Like a hungry wolf, he paced frantically under the terrazzo bricks, his hands trembling nervously, and roared: "I want to win these two battles, rest with the people, and rest with the officials—but these two animals, how much silver have been consumed in my treasury—I don't know whether they are dead or alive and make a mess of the war......" He stared at a dim candle, and suddenly burst into a dull dry laugh, as if he was crying, but there was not a single tear. He looked up and muttered, "People are all deceiving me, isn't it even you who lead Di?" ”

"Your Majesty!"

"Shut up!" Yongzheng waved his hand to Gao Wuyong and Qin Meimei, who were stunned, "Go out and watch, no matter who doesn't call, don't let you come in—you didn't lie to me, who is your mother?" ”

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Yindi's face suddenly turned snow-white, and at this moment, she suddenly became extremely calm, and said with a miserable smile: "This matter is a layer of window paper, and there is nothing that cannot be broken, and the emperor will not say that I am ashamed of the world." Oh my God—what sin am I guilty of that you are going to punish me like this? …… first abducted and sold me to Jiangnan, and then sent me to Jingshi, first with my own uncle, and then with ......" Her head trembled violently, like an ownerless wandering spirit staggering through the empty hall. There were no tears, no crying, she searched aimlessly for something with her eyes, and muttered, "I...... I wanted to ask ...... Can ...... now Do you still need it? …… Oh, God......" Suddenly, she grabbed the scissors used to cut patterns by the kang, looked at them, smiled, and stabbed herself in the chest......

Yongzheng's blood was surging at this time, and he had completely lost his mind, so he hurriedly stepped forward, pulled out the bloody scissors, sneered, and stabbed himself in the chest! But the scissors didn't hit the point, and in a drowsiness, he saw Yindi lying on the case, and he didn't seem to be dead, Yongzheng said with difficulty: "Okay...... Very good...... You're rushing here to help me...... Help me, come back ......" He staggered over and turned over Yindi's face to see, Yindi's body suddenly fell to the ground motionless, and he saw that he was dead. Yongzheng endured the burning fire in his chest, and dipped his blood in the Qingyu case and wrote a few words:

Don't be embarrassed, Chin

The word "this" has not been written, and the blood is no longer visible. He stopped writing, and in extreme heat, excitement, indignation, and pain, he once again raised the scissors and stabbed them at his heart......

The night is already deep.

The wind in late autumn soaked through the bones, blowing a garden of bamboo trees are dancing. Suddenly, a whistle wind blew into the temple, and all the candles in the hall flickered and flickered......

"Emperor Yongzheng: Hatred of the East Passes Away" is the end of the whole volume

June 1993 Yu Wan