Chapter 74 Chapter 73

Yutan left on duty, and I sat quietly in the house.The little eunuch called out, "Is Aunt Ruoxi in the house?" I opened the door, and he said, "Eunuch Li asked Auntie to come over." Yutan pouted, put her arms around me and said with a smile: "As soon as my sister came back, I was thrown aside. Li Wenda said that the refreshments are all in the hands of my sister, so I will help her." I smiled and pushed her away and said "You complain when you have time to be lazy?" While helping me boil water, she said: "Li Wenda wants me to tell my sister that Long Live Lord is fasting, and he is not fully recovered from his illness, so you must pay attention to refreshments." I nodded to show that I understood.

When I entered with some refreshments, the fourth elder brother was standing beside the kang talking with Kangxi. As soon as I saw him, I quickly lowered my head and looked down at the ground, with sore eyes. How long have we not seen each other? Li Dequan put the things away properly and served Kangxi. Kangxi said to the fourth elder brother: "You also sit down and use some. Come here early in the morning to say hello. You must be hungry after standing outside for a long time." Kang Yan sat down and picked up a piece of pastry at random to eat. Just after dinner on the 13th day of the 61st year of Kangxi, the fourth elder brother came to say good night, Kangxi summoned the fourth elder brother in private, and left the left and right, leaving only Li Dequan to serve.Yutan and the others looked familiar, but I was restless.

When the fourth elder brother came out, his face was tense, and the moment he touched my eyes lightly, his eyes were full of grief and despair, and my heart felt like a knife.When he looked again, he had returned to normal, lowered his gaze, and left quietly, but his footsteps were slightly staggering.What did Kangxi tell him? Not long after he left, Empress Defei came to visit Kangxi, the two of them were lying down and sitting up, laughing and whispering, we could only hear faint laughter when we were guarding outside, and nothing else could be heard.I was anxious in my heart, and I looked into the curtain frequently, which attracted Li Dequan to look at it several times, and finally I suppressed my voice and scolded: "Ruoxi!", I suppressed my anxiety and stood still with my head bowed.

Li Dequan ordered Wang Xihou to listen carefully outside, called me to a secluded place, and sternly reprimanded me: "Have you washed your brains out of doing laundry in the laundry bureau? Now this is your opportunity, don't take it yourself, I can't help you no matter how much I want to!" I hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to Li Dequan, "Your servant knows the kindness that I have shown you to my servant, so I will never dare again." He softened his voice and said, "You are a rare person in this palace, although I took it privately this time. My idea, but it is the grace of the Lord Long Live, don't make mistakes again." I kowtowed.

As soon as the concubine de concubine left, Longkodo came to see her again. In fact, Longkodo has been here every day for the past few days, but I just have a feeling that everything is just today. When I served tea to Longkodo, Kangxi said: "I'm getting old, and I'm not in good health recently. I plan to announce the fourteenth elder brother Yinzhen to return to Beijing. This time, I don't plan to let him return to the army, so This matter cannot be taken lightly, and we need to think about who to appoint to take over. Tomorrow, I plan to convene the ministers to discuss this matter, do you have a suitable candidate in mind?" I held the teacup tightly and put it away patiently, and my hand was gone With strength, he hurriedly backed out.

Heart tormented, spinning on the ground, emotionally I hope this is not the case, I don’t want the fourth elder brother to be sad, disappointed and painful; but intellectually I feel that this may be the best solution, the fourteenth elder brother ascends the throne, and everyone may be alive.If the fourteenth elder brother who may have attacked the eighth elder brother becomes the throne, will he really not eradicate his dissident brothers? While struggling and suffering, there was a sudden cry from outside, and they became a mess in an instant.I covered my mouth and breathed a sigh of relief. After all, history moved forward according to the predetermined track.I didn't know whether I should be happy or sad, and after a while, I woke up like a dream and hurried out.

Kangxi was lying on the bed, his face was purple, his breathing was short of breath, and his forehead was full of sweat.After the imperial physician came in, Longkodo and Li Dequan exchanged glances, withdrew and ordered heavy soldiers to surround Changchun Garden immediately, and no one could enter or leave without his permission.He also sent entourages to pass the pass with tokens, and the nine gates were under martial law. The prince and prince were strictly prohibited from entering and leaving without permission. After Li Dequan listened, he seemed to feel that Longkodo's actions were impartial and reasonable. He nodded slightly and told Wang Xi: "Take people to look around, and no one is allowed to leave without permission. Anyone who approaches, if he disobeys, he will be killed on the spot." !" Wang Xi immediately took the order and left, and the surroundings became quiet in an instant.

I wiped away Kangxi's sweat, feeling sad that this emperor through the ages has finally come to the last day of his life.I can roughly determine the cause of Kangxi's sudden death, which should be a heart attack or something.The situation on the surface is similar. On the thirteenth day of the sixty-first year of Kangxi, Kangxi passed away at Qingxi Bookstore in Changchun Garden.He was sixty-nine years old. All the people in the room knelt down in a daze, and Li Dequan, who was always the most thoughtful, was also full of bewilderment. Long Keduo cried and said to Li Dequan: "The emperor just finished speaking to his ministers, and he has already drafted an edict to pass on to the fourth prince, and suddenly fainted." . " As he spoke, he broke down in tears.Li Dequan's face turned pale and blue for a while, and his expression was pale like never before.The people kneeling on the ground could only hear Longkodo's crying.

Not long after, the fourth elder brother led the attendants into the house, and Li Dequan trembled all of a sudden.Nine gates are under martial law, Changchun Garden is full of guards, and it is impossible for the news to get out, but the fourth elder brother arrives easily.Li Dequan should have understood that with the support of Long Kedo, who holds a heavy army, the fourth elder brother has completely taken the lead.At this time, the rest of the princes might still be stopped by the soldiers to wander outside the door, and they might even be wondering what happened to Kangxi, and the fourth elder brother had already taken control of the entire capital.

I watched him step by step slowly and firmly into the brightly lit bedroom from the dark night. I didn't know whether it was sadness or joy: the dream he had endured for more than ten years finally came true, and the fate of others will surely follow the path of history. The trajectory slowly slipped into the darkness.He walked to Kangxi's bed, knelt down slowly, held Kangxi's hand in both hands, and put his head on Kangxi's palm, silently, only his shoulders trembled slightly. Longkodo wiped his tears and stood up and said: "Before the emperor passed away, he had told his ministers, 'The fourth son of the emperor, Yinzhen, has a noble character, and he is deeply attached to Xiao Lian. Emperor.'" After speaking, he bowed his head to the fourth elder brother and bowed.

The kneeling people in the room looked at Li Dequan.Li Dequan's face was pale, and he was stunned. I took a deep breath, kowtowed heavily to the fourth elder brother, and said Holy Ann, Wang Xi kowtowed with me.Li Dequan's eyes slowly swept across the faces of the crowd, and finally landed on Wang Xi and me. He stared at us with a desolate and painful expression, closed his eyes suddenly, and kowtowed. The fourth elder brother turned around and stood up. After sweeping around the kneeling crowd, he gave me a slight pause in his eyes, and ordered: "Detain everyone separately, and no one is allowed to approach the communication privately." I sat on the ground with my head buried in my knees and my body huddled into a ball.It's also good that I don't have to witness the tit-for-tat in the last scene before he takes the throne.Eighth and Ninth Brothers will definitely not accept it, but they have no military power in the capital, and one Longkodo is enough to deal with them.The most important thing is that Longkodo has Kangxi's oral edict, coupled with the proof of Li Dequan and Wang Xi, once the edict is issued, unless they want to rebel, they will be powerless.Fourteen is thousands of miles away, and it was more than ten days after knowing the news of Kangxi's death. I stayed in the hut for seven days, and I felt manic and uncomfortable. Thinking about Shisan’s imprisonment, I really felt the pain of losing my freedom. I felt like I was about to collapse after just seven days, but he was ten years old.At the same time, I also admire Luwu more and more. Thirteen must have been released, and when I thought I could see him again, I felt pure joy in my heart.I must get drunk with him again. The door was pushed open with a clang, and an eunuch came in with a smile to greet him and said, "Auntie, please go back to the palace with the servant." I stood up quietly and walked out the door. precious. Sitting in the carriage, after a long silence, I lifted the curtain and said, "Sit in, I have something to ask you." The eunuch hurriedly got up, half-sat next to the seat, half-knelt and bowed his head to wait. "Is the emperor enthroned?" He said: "The enthronement ceremony was just held today. It is announced that next year will be the first year of Yongzheng." I hesitated and asked: "Master Babeile and the others..." He raised his head and smiled, "Congratulations, auntie! Your Majesty On the 14th, the eighth prince was added as the prince, and the eighth prince and the thirteenth prince, Mr. Ma Qi and Mr. Longkodo were appointed as prime ministers. They rely heavily on the eighth prince." I didn't dare to think deeply, so I just asked, "How is the Thirteenth Lord?" He smiled and said, "Everything is fine! Auntie will see you later. In the past few days, the Eighth Prince and the Thirteenth Prince are with the Emperor in the Hall of Mental Cultivation Discussion. The emperor treats the thirteenth master very differently. In order to avoid the emperor's name, all the masters changed their names, but the thirteenth master made a decree not to change the name, but the thirteenth master begged and refused." It's hard to distinguish the taste in my heart, and I sit silently.From now on, the eighth master will change his name from Yinsi to Yunsi, the thirteenth master will change his name to Yunxiang, and the fourteenth master will change his name from Yinzhen to Yunyu because the pronunciation is exactly the same as Yinzhen. The red and yellow main colors of the Forbidden City in the past are submerged in a piece of white and black, clearly showing the world that the world has changed.The sedan chair stopped in front of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and I stood in front of the hall, but I couldn't move forward.After a long while, he still stood still. The eunuch beside him looked anxious, but he didn't dare to say anything, and just waited quietly. Feeling that my knees started to hurt again, I couldn't stand up, but I didn't want to go in, so I walked a few steps away and picked up a clean table to sit down on.The eunuch couldn't help but shouted: "Auntie!", I put my head on my knees and ignored it. A pair of black boots stopped in front of me, my heart beat vigorously a few times, I took a deep breath, looked up, but was momentarily stunned. The thirteenth elder brother looked at me with a shallow smile. His body was thin, his hair was slightly gray, and the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were somewhat gloomy.His vision is no longer as bright as autumn water, gloomy and haggard. The only thing that is the same as many years ago is the warmth in it.I stood up slowly, he was younger than the fourth elder brother, but now he looked much older than the fourth elder brother, where did that tall, healthy and charming man standing in the sun go? The two looked at each other for a while, and he said with a smile: "Brother Huang asked me to pick you up." With tears in my eyes, I nodded. I haven't had a good grooming in seven days, so unkempt and unkempt, I want to go and freshen up first." He pondered for a while and nodded. The eunuch said: "My aunt will live here first, and the servant will order someone to prepare bath soup." I looked around the room, and all the boxes and cabinets from the Clothes Bureau had been moved here.Two young palace maids came in with their clothes in their hands, "My servant Mei Xiang, my servant Ju Yun, please greet my aunt! Auntie is auspicious!" I stared at them for a while, then suddenly woke up, my mind was in a trance, and I forgot about Yutan "Is Yutan in the palace?" The two replied respectfully, "I don't know." I asked, "Where is Wang Xi?" The two of them looked at each other and said, "The prince is here." I hurriedly said, "Please help me find him." The two hesitated for a while, and the older Mei Xiang asked I saluted and turned around to leave.Ju Yun laughed and said, "Auntie, let's wash up first!" I hesitated and nodded. I was taking a bath when I heard Wang Xi ask outside the house: "What business do you want, sister?" I asked: "Where are you on duty now?" Wang Xi replied: "Assigned to the Queen's Palace, but because of the shortage of manpower, there are still a few days. Serving in the Hall of Mental Cultivation." "Where is Yutan?" He replied: "Yutan has passed the age of leaving the palace, the emperor has given him grace, and she will be released from the palace in a few days." "Let her come to see me." Wang Xi said: "I can't decide " I said: "Okay, you go first!" After taking a bath, I sat on the bed with my knees hugged, and Mei Xiang knocked on the door lightly, "Auntie!" I hurriedly pulled off the quilt and lay down pretending to be asleep.Mei Xiang pushed the door open and took a look, then softly called: "Auntie!" Seeing me in a deep sleep, she gently closed the door. I stared blankly at the top of the tent, what am I afraid of?How long can I procrastinate?I want to see it when I don't see it, but I can't wait to escape when I can see it.He was just lying on the bed and pretending to be asleep, but he hadn't slept soundly since he arrived in Changchun Garden. After taking a hot bath, he gradually became tired and fell asleep. Half asleep and half awake, I felt someone staring at me, and immediately woke up.Fourth elder brother, no, I will be the emperor from now on, Yinzhen caressed my brows and eyes, "I'm already awake, why are you pretending to be asleep? When are you going to hide?" Slowly opened his eyes, in the dark room, he was sitting sideways on the bed, his face could not be seen clearly, it seemed that the darkness blocked many things, which made me feel a little at ease. "Do you want to light a lamp?" I hurriedly said, "No! I like it like this." Yinzhen chuckled a few times, leaned over and whispered in my ear: "Do you like lonely men and widows living in a dark room together?" I turned my head to avoid He asked: "What time is it?" He said: "It's past dinner time, if you are hungry, pass the meal now." I said: "I'm not hungry! If you miss it, don't be in a hurry." Yinzhen bent over to take off his boots, I was startled and hurriedly pressed the quilt, my whole body was stiff.He laughed angrily, tugged at the quilt and said, "Don't worry! I suddenly feel very tired, just lie down for a while!" I hesitated, loosened the quilt, he pulled the quilt back, gently pulled me into his arms and hugged me tightly . I was silent for a while, then turned to look at him.His eyes were warm in the dark, and my heart felt hot, so I couldn't help reaching out my arms to hug him, but the tentacles just felt thin.Heartbroken, "Have you had a hard time these few days?" He smiled and said, "It's okay!"