Chapter 21 Chapter Twenty

It has been many days since I returned to Beijing, and there are still dark tides in and out of the palace. Ministers keep coming forward, sincerely or falsely, to ask Kangxi to withdraw his order. After reading the scriptures, Kangxi always keeps silent, and no one can understand his thoughts .Although I don't know what he is thinking now, I am sure that he will resume the position of prince in the end, so I look at those ministers who are in a state of desperation with an inexplicable sense of superiority in my heart.It can be said that the people serving Kangxi, except me and Li Dequan, were more or less at a loss and at a loss. They didn't know which elder brother camp they were secretly in, and they didn't know who they had offended or made friends with.Because I know the result, I am confident in my heart, and Li Dequan can only say with infinite admiration that a thousand-year-old fox has already understood the world.Occasionally we exchanged glances, and I thought he seemed to appreciate me very much.I don't know, I have another world.

People panic, it is already November. One day, I was counting and recording the tea leaves in the side hall, when Wang Xi came in, struck a thousand, and said, "Sister, the third elder brother is here!" I responded casually, got down from the wooden pier, and ordered Yun Xiang to make tea. Holding the tea, he walked in lightly and put the tea on San Age's table.When I walked out, I heard the third elder brother say: "I have something important about the second elder brother to report to Huang Ama." Only then did I understand why he came.He wants to report to Kangxi: All the behaviors of the crown prince Yinreng are inappropriate because the elder brother Yinti used the Lama Bahangerong nightmare to control Yinreng.

I thought, why do I always have to wait until the end to find out?But there is really no way, I only know that there is such a thing, but when it happened and how it happened, I really don't know.Now just wait for the prince to reset.Suddenly thinking of Ba Ye and the others, he couldn't help feeling a little worried.I haven't seen them since they came back from outside the Great Wall. I don't know what they have done for this position recently.After thinking about it, I can only sigh and think that no matter what, there is always no danger of life!Their disaster will not really start until the fourth elder brother ascends the throne.

After the third elder brother left, Kangxi immediately sent people to search Yinfeng's residence, and sure enough, they found the thing of "Yinsheng". Plus guard.But he didn't do anything to the prince, and he was still imprisoned on the side of Shangsi courtyard.Although memorials requesting the restoration of the crown prince's status came one after another. In the past few days, I can't help but think of my elder brother Yinti. When I read this history, I had doubts. Was this really what my elder brother Yinti did?Would he really use such ridiculous means to seek the throne?And all in all, I still don't have an answer.In my opinion, it is absurd to attribute the crown prince's actions to the elder brother's curse.But that's how it happened.And on the surface, Kangxi seems to believe it too.As for his belief is another emotional compromise, on the one hand to exonerate Yinreng, on the other hand to punish the elder brother for the misdeeds he did to the prince; or if the ancients really believed in these things, I really don’t know. And know.

I just thought, from now until his death in the twelfth year of Yongzheng, the elder brother was imprisoned for a total of twenty-six years!The first imprisoned person appeared, then the crown prince, then thirteen, then the eighth elder brother, the ninth elder brother, and the tenth elder brother... I strongly shouted to myself to stop, I can't think about it anymore, I can't think about it anymore. One day after Kangxi read the memorial, he pondered for a long time, and told Li Dequan: "Tell Li Guangdi to see him." This is not the first time I have met this important minister of the Kangxi Dynasty and the hero who pacified Taiwan.Kangxi had also summoned him alone before.But at this delicate time, why did Kangxi seek him out?But today I am not serving in the temple, so I have no chance to know.

After dinner in the evening, Yutan and I were having tea while still thinking about Kangxi's summoning of Li Guangdi.Although I know that Yutan is in the hall today, I can ask her.But one thing is that because the emperor is on duty, it is most taboo to pass on private conversations between the emperor and his courtiers.I don't have to make things difficult for Yutan.The second is that although you are curious, whether you know that I am not really that caring.So just figuring it out for myself. While thinking about it secretly, Yutan got up and opened the window facing the courtyard door, and the scenery in the courtyard fell into his eyes transparently.I watched her move, drank tea, and waited quietly.After she settled everything, she sat back beside me, sipping tea, and said in a low voice nonchalantly: "Today, the emperor asked Mr. Li about the establishment of the crown prince." I nodded slightly, motioning her to continue. "Master Li has elected the Eighth Master!" As soon as she finished speaking, my hand trembled, and the tea splashed on me, so I hurriedly put down the teacup and took the silk.Yutan also hurriedly took out the silk and wiped it for me.

Afterwards, the two chatted casually about which patterns look best on handkerchiefs and which patterns are tacky.Who in the palace draws the best patterns, and whoever embroiders the handkerchiefs is the most beautiful. In the evening, after we each went back to our room to rest, I felt my heart was struggling all the time, my eyes were closed but I didn't feel sleepy at all.  On the second day, when I got up early to make up, I saw that my face was pale, so I couldn't help but smeared some more rouge on my face.Standing in the hall on duty, his mind was in a trance.Li Dequan stared at me a few times, and then he pulled himself together.

Since this morning, Kangxi has been sitting and meditating silently. The tea I bring in is always brought in hot, and I bring it out drop by drop and change it again. The posture has not changed.In the hall, Li Dequan and I were the only ones serving at the side. I saw Li Fude standing at the side of Kangxi with a complete expressionless face, and he followed suit by standing aside. Just standing there, the little eunuch from the outer hall came in and said: "Second elder brother has arrived and is waiting outside the hall!" Kangxi said lightly: "Let him come in!".Only then did I realize that I had summoned my second elder brother.

When Yinreng came in, Kangxi silently looked at Yinreng who was kneeling on the ground. After more than two months of imprisonment, the crown prince obviously lost a lot of weight, his complexion was also very pale, and his expression was reserved and restless. After a while, Kangxi got up and said, "Come in with me!" After speaking, he got up and went into the Nuan Pavilion where he entered, and Yinfeng also hurriedly got up and followed. Li Dequan made a gesture and told me to close the door, then walked to my side and said in a low voice: "I will try to persuade Long Live Lord to eat something later." After speaking, he also entered the inner room.

I stood quietly outside.Looking at the dragon chair that Kangxi sat on just now, I thought, is it worth it?Maybe it's worth it. Didn't I also work so hard to get promoted to the manager?All kinds of professional title examinations, interpersonal relationships between superiors and subordinates, didn't they also exhausted their minds.Although there are differences, isn't it also for the sake of profit?It's just that the benefits in front of me are huge, so it is possible to pay a huge price.So maybe I shouldn't question them.How many people can really jump out of fame and fortune?Then again, I really jumped out, what do you do with your spare time?You can't all be monks or hermits.If everyone becomes a monk or a hermit, and no one becomes a layman, then who will support them?

I was thinking wildly and wildly.Suddenly I heard Yinreng's cry. After listening carefully, I felt that the voice inside was low and deep, and I couldn't hear clearly, so I didn't pay attention to it.Thinking anyway, Kangxi finally softened his heart again.Now it's just time. After a long time, I saw the prince back out, I hastily opened the door, and leaned over to see him out.Someone outside took him back to the prison. I hurriedly ordered Yutan, who was guarding outside, to prepare hot tea and snacks, and specifically asked what color and color plate tea set to use. I walked into the inner room with tea and snacks, and saw Kangxi standing by the window. I put the tea and snacks on the small table at the top of the kang, glanced at Li Dequan, and he nodded slightly to me.I hurriedly bowed and approached Kangxi, and said softly, "Your Majesty! Today's incense rolls are specially made from the lotus pistils that the Emperor admired when he admired lotuses in the summer, and then ground them into powder. They have a very elegant and elegant taste of lotus flowers. Try it, Your Majesty!" After Kangxi heard this, he approached the table without saying a word, and Li Dequan hurriedly cut a slice and ate it, and then put the rest into the small plate in front of Kangxi with silver chopsticks. Kangxi took a sip in silence, took a sip of the tea, and asked, "What is added to this tea? Why is there a little bit of sweetness mixed with a bit of bitterness?" Before I could answer, I heard Li Dequan say, "If Xi asked the slave yesterday if she could make tea with boiled ginkgo fruit. The servant asked her the reason, and she replied that the emperor occasionally coughed recently and felt a little hot in the heart, because it was a minor ailment, and the emperor didn't pay attention to it. Besides, it's medicine three To divide the poison, it is easier and more effective to use ginkgo leaves to soak in water. The servant asked the doctor Wang, and he also said that it is possible, so the servant agreed." Kangxi glanced at me, nodded slightly, and began to eat silently. Although Kangxi summoned Yinreng alone, there was no movement afterwards. Yinreng was still imprisoned, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were full of fear, and they really couldn't figure out what Kangxi was thinking.The struggle among the various factions intensified. Some tried to protect the prince, while others counted on the prince's evil deeds.There are many disturbances, black faces and red faces, after you sing, he will appear on the stage again. The attitudes of the elder brothers are also very different. After returning from outside the Great Wall, the number of times the thirteenth elder brother entered the palace has decreased significantly. I have basically never seen it. The fourth elder brother simply said that he was sick at home and stayed behind closed doors.The eighth elder brother never showed up in the Qianqing Palace, and the ninth elder brother and the fourteenth could still see it occasionally, but the two always came and went in a hurry, and there were so many people that there was no chance to talk. Kangxi has been watching all this coldly, without saying a word.Sometimes during breaks, he would even chat with me about tea, where the water is good, which tea has the most artistic name, and who wrote the most appropriate poems about tea.He seemed to have a relaxed attitude, and Li Dequan and I also waited on him leisurely.Nothing seems to have happened. I watched all this quietly, and I worshiped Kangxi extremely in my heart.Although he was suffering in his heart, no one could see the slightest bit on his face.But he had a panoramic view of everyone's actions without making a fuss. In this way, the days were unsteady until the New Year's Eve, the deposed prince Yinfeng was still imprisoned, and the elder brother Yinti was also under confinement. Everyone in the court was thinking about the undecided crown prince, so this year's The New Year's Eve banquet is a festive atmosphere with lights and festoons on the surface, but behind it is the ups and downs that cannot be concealed.I don't want to see this whitewashed joy, and it happens to be my turn to be on duty in the palace, so although Yutan offered to change shifts with me, I declined, and I told her to have fun, and watch quietly by herself. The candles and smokers in the hall ushered in the 48th year of Kangxi.