Chapter 139 Chapter 139 I Don't Like Here

The next day was Avalokitesvara's birthday, and Kangxi personally brought concubine De to Qin'an Hall to offer incense to Avalokitesvara.The newly replaced portrait of Avalokitesvara in the hall has not yet been opened. After Kangxi and Concubine De knelt down piously before the confession, Li Dequan loudly ordered the little eunuch: "Open the painting." Two young eunuchs carefully pulled the string binding the scroll, and slowly pulled the scroll down.At this moment, Elder Fourteen rushed in from outside the hall and shouted anxiously: "No!" Everyone in the hall was startled, and all turned their heads to look over.Elder Fourteen looked up at the Guanyin statue that had just been unfolded, and his face was obviously taken aback.Kangxi couldn't help frowning, and asked him, "What is this for?"

The fourteenth elder brother suddenly came back to his senses, had an idea, lowered his head and replied cautiously: "I wanted to visit Guanyin Bodhisattva with Huang Ama and Er Niang, but I didn't think about it but came late. I was afraid that I would not be able to catch up. In a hurry, I yelled, wanting to call Huang Ama, Er Niang and other sons and daughters." When Kangxi saw that he acted so rashly, he couldn't help feeling a little displeased, but he didn't want to reprimand him at this moment, so he didn't say anything, just turned his face down and continued to visit Guanshiyin, but when he looked up, he was stunned. I saw water stains on the portrait, even the head and face of Avalokitesvara had been soaked and blurred.

"What... what's going on here?" Hearing this, Li Dequan hurried forward to check it out. After he looked at the portrait carefully, he looked up at the roof again, and then he turned around and reported: "Returning to the emperor, it rained a little last night. It has been in disrepair for many years, and the water leaked on it, which broke the portrait." Kangxi was furious when he heard the words, "What on earth is this house of internal affairs for? The house is leaking like this, and it is not repaired? Such a good day, they will be ruined. Pass down the decree, and everyone will hit 30 plate."

Li Dequan responded, and hurriedly retreated carefully.After leaving the Hall of Qin'an, he saw Qingchuan waiting in the corridor. Li Dequan saw that there was no one around, so he walked over and said in a low voice: "Bafujin's predictions are good, the painting has been replaced. Fortunately, you let me The old slave took off the tiles on the roof, it rained lightly last night, and the water leaked non-stop, so the painting was broken, and the emperor didn't notice it." Qingchuan also heaved a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good." Li Dequan wanted to flatter her, so he said, "Bafujin is so smart, I can think of such a way."

Qingchuan sighed in a low voice: "It's not because it's smart, it's because it's helpless. Yesterday I was thinking all the time, is it reliable to pin all my hopes on Brother Fourteen? What if he and his mother are of the same mind? What's more? Concubine De is usually cautious and has a very good reputation. She must think carefully about everything she wants to do. How can it be difficult for her to change a painting? So no matter whether it is real or not The painting is still a fake painting, destroying the painting is the most reliable way. Anyway, the painting of the eighth elder brother has already been painted, and the leak on the eaves cannot be blamed on him. The only wicked thing is that the gang of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have to suffer. , but in order to protect myself, there is nothing I can do."

Li Dequan said with a smile: "Bafu Jin is really thoughtful." Qingchuan thought for a while, and then confessed: "Don't tell Eighth Brother about this. If he asks, you can say that Fourteenth Brother succeeded in protecting the painting and nothing happened." Li Dequan didn't understand after hearing this, and looked at Qingchuan puzzled. Qing Chuan smiled faintly, and said: "Women, it's enough to point the country behind the scenes, don't beat men on the scene, it's not good. Do you understand?" Li Dequan hurriedly nodded and smiled, "I understand, this old slave has to go to work first."

Qingchuan nodded, glanced at Qin'an Palace again, and turned back by herself. Besides, at Kangxi's place, because the incident happened on the day of Guanyin's birthday, and because of this, he punished the slaves, he felt a little unlucky in his heart, so he only stayed in Qin'an Hall for a while before going to Qianqing Palace. Concubine De sent Kangxi away, and then told the maids and eunuchs in the palace: "You all go out, I and Fourteenth Brother stay here for a while." Everyone didn't dare to disobey, they all retreated carefully, and after a while, there were only Concubine De and Elder Fourteen left in the hall.Concubine De turned to look at her son, saw him staring at her angrily, and asked, "You know everything?"

The fourteenth elder brother smiled sarcastically, and replied: "Er Niang hid it well, my son didn't know about it, but when I was changing clothes at Er Niang's place yesterday, I left something at Er Niang's place, Er Chen I just wanted to get it back by myself, but unexpectedly, I ran into Fei Cui dealing with myna's painting. Only then did Erchen realize that Erniang was very skilled, and she actually replaced the painting in Erchen's hand." Concubine De couldn't help sighing when she heard this, she wanted to explain to him, but just opened her mouth: "Old Fourteen..."

The fourteenth elder brother interrupted her, and said disappointedly: "I thought my mother was a kind, virtuous, and knowledgeable person, but I didn't expect that all of this was an illusion, an illusion..." Hearing what he said, Concubine De couldn't help being angry and impatient, and said angrily: "Son, you can't say that about me, everything Er Niang did was for you." Brother Fourteen sneered, and asked back: "Are you going to hurt my brother for me?" Concubine De persuaded earnestly: "You are young and don't understand the dangers of the human heart. Do you think that they are brothers if they treat you well? In the palace, there are knives hidden in their smiles. Isn't it rare for brothers to kill each other?"

Unexpectedly, the fourteenth brother shouted loudly: "I don't care about others, but mynah is a good person. He communicated with me with his heart, and I can feel it. I don't allow anyone to hurt him, not allowed!" Concubine De was almost out of breath all of a sudden, she just felt that her son had never experienced setbacks since he was a child, and that's why he developed such a pure temperament, she said angrily: "You are facing your mother-in-law for the sake of an outsider. Shouting, then your mother has cared for you for more than 20 years, can't you feel the sincerity for you?"

The fourteenth elder brother knew how much Er Niang loved him. Seeing her getting angry, he had to kneel down and said, "I know Er Niang loves me and thinks of everything for me. My brother's blood is climbing up, I just want to live happily, get along well with my brothers, and live a life that goes against my will. Er Niang, can you help me?" Concubine De shook her head in disappointment, "Son, you are so naive. In this world, winners and losers have always been winners and losers. How can there be such a beautiful thing? You let them and protect them today. When will they do it?" The emperor, do you know what will happen to you? Erniang is old, and it doesn’t matter if she dies. But you are still young, Erniang hopes to see you have sons, grandsons, and the spread of children and grandchildren, do you understand? ?” The fourteenth elder brother saw that she was so stubborn, so he couldn't help but look up at her, and sneered, "Emiang, I think you've been in the harem for a long time, and you don't believe in sincerity anymore. But I still believe it, I believe that if the starling is If I become the emperor, he will definitely treat me very well. I would rather end up being wrong and suffer the consequences than plan ahead and harm my brother in vain." After finishing speaking, he kowtowed to Concubine De, got up and walked out. Concubine De was trembling with anger, and asked him tremblingly: "Where are you going?" Brother Fourteen replied without turning his head: "This place is really not suitable for me, I want to go back to the barracks." Concubine De was so angry that her eyes went dark, her body swayed, and she fell to the ground in an instant. Brother Fourteen quickly asked Kangxi for an order to return to the army, saying that he was used to life in the army and wanted to return to the army to expand his territory.Kangxi didn't think much about it, so he agreed.Concubine De had pain in her heart but couldn't say it out loud. Right after Elder Fourteen left, she fell seriously ill. The fourth elder brother brought Su Yan, who had become Nian Fujin, into the palace to greet Concubine De.This is the first time that Su Yan came to see Concubine De after becoming the Fujin of the side. On the day when the fourth elder brother married her, Kangxi was poisoned by eating purple sweet potatoes. However, the matter of bringing her into the palace was also left behind.Now hearing that Concubine De is ill, the fourth elder brother thought about it, and brought Su Yan into the palace, one is to visit Concubine De, and the other is to ask Concubine De to meet Su Yan by the way. Concubine De was still sickly lying on the bed, but when she saw Su Yan coming in, she was startled and cried out: "You... aren't you that dead Su Yan? Why are you here?" The fourth elder brother heard the words and quickly answered for Su Yan: "Emiang, don't be afraid, she is the son's Nian Fujin, she is just a pixel language, but not a plain language." After hearing this, Concubine De was relieved, and after a few words with the fourth elder brother, she thought of the fourteenth elder brother who ran away in a fit of anger, and couldn't help crying: "The old fourteenth is stubborn, why is he so stubborn? I can't understand Er Niang's painstaking efforts." The fourth elder brother felt very uncomfortable when he heard it, and he was silent before persuading: "The fourteenth brother is only going to the army to stay for a while, and he will be back soon." Concubine De kept shaking her head, "No, he won't come back, he hates me, he hates me..." As she spoke, she suddenly grabbed the fourth elder brother's hand, and said earnestly, "Fourth brother, You are the only one left now, Erniang, you must fight hard, and you must help your fourteenth brother take Jiangshan down." The fourth elder brother was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Concubine De to say such words.Seeing that he was silent, Concubine De only thought that he was repenting, so she couldn't help asking nervously: "You promised Er Niang, you won't go back on your word, right?" The fourth elder brother smiled, and replied in a warm voice: "Emiang, don't worry, I will not go back on what I promised you. You take the medicine first, then lie down and rest for a while, okay?" Concubine De was relieved after hearing this, and the fourth elder brother took the medicine to serve her.Fei Cui came over with tea to rinse her mouth, waited for Concubine De to rinse her mouth, helped her to lie down again, turned around and whispered to Si elder brother: "Si elder brother, you go back first, the master has servants here to serve you." The fourth elder brother nodded, and went out quietly with plain words. After leaving the Yonghe Palace, Su Yan couldn't help expressing the grievance in his heart, "This concubine is really true, she is also her own son, and she always helps the fourteenth elder brother instead of helping you, it's all over now Well, Brother Fourteen doesn't accept her favor anymore, and she wants you to plan for him, I really don't know what she thinks?"