Chapter 24 Chapter 24: It is said that the palace is frightened and the emperor is visiting the sick bed, and the brothers communicate the truth
But Wu Yashi already felt that Qianlong was getting serious, so he couldn't find a word. He muttered, pursed his lips and smiled: "The old lady chews her tongue, what's the serious talk of Huang Dada and Hei Dada? Isn't this Fukang'an? Entering the Duke and leaving the imperial envoy, the Fu family is still in trouble, those words are not accurate..." She rolled her eyes and thought about it, and then said: "By the way, there are rumors that there are evil sects outside, Dongzhimen Outside Zuojiazhuang North, it is said that there is a barefoot immortal possessed, four bird guns hit him at the same time, and the iron sand hit the body and fell down, so it can't hurt him! It doesn't cost money to give medicine to others, it is said that it is Xuanwu Lake in Nanjing The apprentice from the old Taoist temple came to help the world. The servant of the nine-door admiral's yamen went to get it. He resisted arrest, cut off his arm with a knife, and turned into a cloud of black smoke on the spot and disappeared. Only a section of lotus root fell on the ground... ...The believers sent the lotus to Dajue Temple to offer sacrifices as if paying respects, and crowds of people crowded to see the rare..." Qianlong laughed when he heard her talk seriously, and said: "I have heard this rumor, That's not a Taoist priest, but a monk, and he's being held in Shuntian Mansion right now. If he's really a barefoot immortal, why hasn't he escaped? Did you go to Dajue Temple?" "No. Twenty-four princes don't allow me to go..." Wu Ya Shi sighed, and said: "The Piao Gao Taoist priest captured earlier was imprisoned and executed by the twenty-four princes. He said that this man was a half-immortal body. The talisman of the real person did not come in handy. Piao Gao choked on a pot of urine from a woman, and was cut from her feet to her head. There is nothing strange about it. People who believe in religion spread rumors that Piao Gao wore a big red robe on the execution ground. Yun left, and the twenty-fourth prince said that those were... they were farts, and I couldn't bear the evil words of a piss. No one in my family believed these. The last time the fifth elder brother went to my house, he said that the back garden Half of the old peach tree died, "If there is a dead tree in the house, it must be harmful to the Lord", I told me to cut it down, and the peach wood sword can still suppress evil. The twenty-fourth prince also kicked him out and told him to go back to "read the book of Confucius". !"
"Fifth elder brother——Yong Qi?"
"That's right, isn't this the only fifth elder brother we have today?" Wu Ya said with a smile: "I still told the twenty-fourth master that although the fifth elder brother is a grandson, the fifth elder brother is like you as a prince Long Live Lord has six elder brothers, and the fifth elder brother is the boss! A dead tree is worthy of robbing someone's family, and it's not good for others. The twenty-fourth master said that I am a woman's knowledge, and a gentleman. The great principles of human virtues robbed me."
Of the six elder brothers, none of the fifth elder brothers has grown up, but they are actually the eldest elder brothers.Qianlong immediately understood the meaning behind the topic, and said: "You don't have to worry about it, I will naturally choose a son who is virtuous, capable and capable to succeed the general, and Uncle Twenty-Four has trained him well!" It came out by the way, and at this moment the weight was lifted, and he hurriedly said with a smile: "Master, you said that you will not be held accountable. You are going to reprimand the fifth elder brother again. Isn't it that I am here to sue? The fifth elder brother is a quiet person. I have many illnesses, so it’s normal to believe these things. I don’t want to flatter or offend Yong Qi. Some days there are rumors that this elder brother and that elder brother are going to establish a crown prince, and no one has said anything about Yong Qi..." She was flustered and anxious Wanting to clear the kidnapper's innocence for Yong Qi, he accidentally brought up the matter of "establishing a prince".Mrs. Chen saw that she was talking more and more, so she hurriedly got up to change the tea for the two of them, and said in her mouth: "It's cold, I can't drink this tea for a while. Twenty-fourth aunt lives in the West Wing tonight. Put a tea hanger on the stove, the room is warm and not dry..."
"Mr. Chen, don't interrupt me." Qianlong said with a smile on his face, unhurriedly: "I want to ask about the establishment of the crown prince—the twenty-four Fujin, have you heard anyone say that I have established the crown prince, and who is it?" Elder Brother?——Ah, don’t be afraid... I’ve heard it from others, and I just want to confirm it. Tonight, it’s only Mrs. Chen and you. No matter how big the matter is, just let it go, and I will never get involved with you ,Okay?"
As soon as he called out "Twenty-Four Fujin", it brought out the meaning of "Zhao Wen", and all family affection and selfishness were just covered up.Wu Ya was frightened foolishly, Chen's face was also pale, and they were a little bit at a loss, sitting cross-legged was not solemn, and getting up was too solemn, they didn't know what to do.Qianlong smiled and said: "It's still a common saying! Inside words don't go out, outside words don't go inside. It's a matter of state affairs. Naturally, you have to ask. You are so disturbed, it seems that you can't trust me."
"I heard it from the eunuchs in my palace chatting their teeth..." Wu Yashi finally spoke, with a timid voice, and peeked at Qianlong's face while speaking: "It is said that the prince and the twelfth master are not in good health, eighth master The Eleventh Master is a 'Scholarly Prince', he doesn't care much about common affairs. He has never produced any flowers... It is said that the Seventeenth Lord chosen by the Long Live Lord has already registered his name in the golden book..."
As she spoke, she glanced at the maids and eunuchs in the room, coughing into her handkerchief.Qianlong already felt it, and waved his hands sideways, ordering: "You all get out!" Everyone bent down like a row of small trees hit by a sudden wind, and tiptoed out with their hearts hanging. .Wu Yashi no longer "coughed", and said carefully, "The fifteenth master and the seventeenth master were both born to Wei Guizhu's son, and they both had flowers - but there is a difference. The seventeenth master looked at the utensils. Yu is more generous, the fifteenth master is like a practical prince; the seventeenth master is the youngest... The master is now in his prime, his body is stronger than that of a man in his prime, his spirit is as strong as a young man, and he can live to be more than a hundred years old More than..." She still wanted to search for sentences to find good words to add auspiciousness to them. Qianlong had already smiled, and pointed at Wu Yashi and said to Chen: "Listen to Aunt Twenty-Four, there is still 'more than' when you are over a hundred years old! Can't live to be a monster anymore?——I understand what you mean, I have been in office for a long time, so naturally I have to choose a young one to inherit the line." Wu Yashi felt a little more relaxed after his teasing, and hurriedly said : "Yes... the slave is stupid, the master understands it as soon as he speaks... It is said that someone saw the imperial edict drafted by the emperor, half of which was pressed by a paperweight, and the last stroke was written long and vertically, and it was exposed. The word '璘'?" After speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well, it's like this..." Qianlong looked at the flickering candlelight with piercing eyes, and asked again after a long time: "Of course you have to ask, who passed the word?" Wu Ya lowered her head and thought for a while, then said: "I He was a careless person, he was very flustered at the time, he called the deacon, took the message and the eunuch beat him, and asked him who made the rumor——Twenty-Fourth Master, ah no, Mi Yun later blamed me, saying, "Housework in the palace Can you figure it out? You're going to make trouble...' But I already know, so what can I do?"
"Who?"
Qianlong stared at Wu Yashi and asked.Chen also opened his eyes wide.
"It's... an eunuch named Zhao Xuehui, who waits on missions in the Palace of Mental Cultivation..."
Qianlong frowned, but there were more than one hundred eunuchs on duty in the Palace of Mental Cultivation, and he had no time to pay attention to their names, so how could he think of this person?After a while of contemplation, Qianlong had already made up his mind, coughed lightly and called, "Wang Lian come in!" When Chen and Wu Ya saw that he wanted to inquire about the case on the spot that night, they knew that Qianlong was merciless in dealing with eunuchs, and never lenient. What's more, the matter involved himself, his face turned pale with fright, and he couldn't sit still any longer, he knelt down with his hands down, dumbfounded.Wang Lian also seemed to feel that the atmosphere in the room was not right, and he didn't dare to let it out. He crept in with the corner of his robe in his hands, knelt down silently, kowtowed and asked, "Master is called a slave?" Chewing the tea leaves, he asked, "Is there anyone named Zhao Xuehui in the Hall of Mental Cultivation?"
"Go back to the emperor, yes. It's the waiter on the royal tea room."
"Is he serving tonight?"
"he came."
"Call him in!"
"tie!"
"slow!"
Qianlong stopped Wang Lian with a smirk on his face, and ordered: "Drive all the pigs and dogs with me to Zhaobi, and you will make a name book for me, and you will come in too. Who dares to come in tonight? Let out a single word and send it to Liu Yong to cut him off! Hmph!" His voice was not high-pitched, his dantian nasally pronounced the word "hum", and both Wu Yashi and Chen Shi shuddered, and their hairs fell down. Stand up.Wang Lian was also so frightened that he went out with his legs limp.Only then did Qianlong say to the Chen family: "You don't need to pursue the rumors outside. The root cause is in the palace. You can't let go of this kind of thing. At this time, I will take care of the innocence myself, and you will be safer, understand?" Seeing her The two were still silent, Qianlong smiled and said softly: "Is it a woman... Are you so afraid?... You go to the West Chamber and don't worry about things here." Chen said tremblingly: " This is why the master is sympathetic to us... I am so frightened! Twenty-fourth aunt, let us avoid it according to the order..." Qianlong smiled and tried to comfort us. Hearing the footsteps outside the window, he suppressed his smile and waved his hands. The two of them rustled down the kang, squatted in Fu'er, bowed their heads and walked out.
Zhao Xuehui had already entered, and his face was terribly pale, like a duck that had been exhausted from being chased, he walked up to Qianlong step by step with his legs slack, and fell softly on the ground with a thud.Wang Lian followed behind him, holding the written roster in both hands and presenting it to Qianlong, bowing his body like a shrimp and standing back.Qianlong only glanced at the roster, sat leaning on the kang table with one arm, and asked, "Zhao Xuehui, do you know your crime?"
"Nu Nu Nu knows the crime... Ah no, I don't know what the crime is..."
"You are guilty! But as long as you tell the truth, I forgive you. A half-sentence is blinded, and you will cry to the heavens and cry helplessly!"
'Yes yes yes... How many lives does Nunu have?Don't dare to be fooled..."
Qianlong, however, remained silent for a while, like a cat full of fish, a bit contemptuous of the old mouse cowering in the corner, serving tea, fiddled with the tea leaves with a tureen, cast a glance at Zhao Xuehui on the ground, and asked in a muffled voice: "Which elder brother are you rumored to be the crown prince? Are there any?!"
"Some... some... around October last year, it was rumored in (the palace)... the servants have heard it too, passed it on... this is a sin—"
"I don't ask you outside, only inside. Who did you listen to?"
"Ok?"
Qianlong grinned grimly, and said, "I'm so busy with all kinds of affairs, I don't have time to listen to your fart! Pointing out is your escape route!" Seeing Zhao Xuehui timidly peeking at Wang Lian, Qianlong turned around and asked, "It's you, Wang Lian!" ?”
Wang Lian had already bent his head and waist evenly, but at first hearing this sound, as if he had been struck by lightning, he collapsed on all fours with a "poof", and said in a disjointed tone, "I'm not a slave...the slave was still at that time. You can't enter the warm pavilion...you can't make up this rumor...however, the slave also spread the word in a show off...I heard from Wang Baxie that this story was spread by Bu Yi...the slave told Zhao Xuehui that it was true, This is a crime..." He wanted to kowtow, but he couldn't because his muscles and bones were so weak.
"Bu Yi!" Qianlong was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, "This is really a good slave to pass on to him one by one!"
Bu Yi almost scrambled in, stumbling along flatly, like a drunk idiot, fell to the ground all of a sudden, his whole body shaking like chaff.But after listening to Qianlong's question, he seemed a little more courageous. He looked at Qianlong with his hands together, and said, "Master, it's not me! It was Wang Baxie who planted and framed him! This matter came out in October last year. Rumors came out that Master Li Shi Prince Qiye. I said that the only one who could see the imperial edict was Wang Baxie, and no one else had the guts to pursue it. Later, the master pursued it, and he and a few others let the wind fall on the slave! Dongnuan Pavilion, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a file to check—this slave dares to confront Wang Baxie!" After saying that, he kowtowed again and again: "The slave followed the master's southern tour to pass on the wrong order. As an errand, how dare you do such a thing? The master only needs to investigate, and the slave is willing to find out and be innocent!"
This time Qianlong hesitated - to spread the shame of the king again?If Wang Baxie finds someone else, will he pass it on?The investigation made the palace full of panic, even if the investigation is clear, can we publicly issue an order for punishment?What should the foreign ministers do if they know about the rise of the Great Prison?This is the center of the glorious world, under the plaque of "Upright and Bright", there is so much filth, what are the common people looking at? ... When the matter came to an end, at this moment he realized that he was reckless tonight. Liu Yong is an expert at solving cases. It would be great if he had a discussion with him beforehand... He frowned, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was inappropriate, but in front of the eunuch And there is no reason to withdraw troops timidly.Thinking about it, he asked in a firm tone: "You speak eloquently, and you wait in front of me day and night, why don't you play me?"
"Master..." Bu Yi didn't know whether it was anger, sadness or fear of helplessness, his head hit the ground with a bang. "The slave is the one you have ordered to be disciplined by Wang Basha... He is so popular, how dare you say that?... There are thousands of people in the Forbidden City who have hidden important things from the master! The slave is such a small shaker Tail, and someone who has committed crimes, there are old and young in the family, and they are supported by slaves, how dare they talk nonsense..." He touched the pain in his heart, and tears kept pouring out, and the brick floor in front of him was already Wet a large piece.
Qianlong looked at the man in front of him and said nothing. During his southern tour, he had an order to arrest the king, but he made a mistake.He was supposed to be executed, but on the way on the boat, he pleaded with "the family has an old mother" and forgave him, and he did say that he would be handed over to Wang Baxie. Anyway, this man is still a dutiful son... At this moment, for some reason, He suddenly remembered the story he had told He Zhuo about Yang Jinying's gang of palace officials plotting to kill Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty. How could he know that it wasn't the emperor's persecution of the palace householders that led to his death?He felt a shock in his heart: he was close at hand, the enemy was the enemy, and when everyone was angry, he would bleed five steps, such a small truth, he had never thought about it!
A gust of wind blew across the roof of the hall, and the Xianfu official in the next courtyard didn't know what bird was startled, and it flew up with a quack, and the grass and hazel swayed and collided with each other in the gloomy and gloomy hall, making a sound like the rushing water in the valley. Occasionally, with the chirping sound of an unknown animal like a cat or a mouse, the palace wall is shallow, the night is deep, and the night is misty. Only then did I realize that I had lost my composure, and hurriedly waved to Wang Lian and said, "You also retreat!" He sighed to Bu Yi who was underground, and said, "You are really a lucky man! I remember that you are a dutiful son... ...My mother is probably over eighty years old, isn't she? She counts on you to support her, and...she doesn't want to be punished. Naturally, anyone can bully you, bully you, and bully you. Yi was already crying like a tearful person, twisting his body, the muscles in his neck swelled, kowtowed and said: "Long live Lord, I have never heard of this...nor have I ever been sympathetic to say this... ...The slave is suffering in his own heart, and he can't think of these words...Master, you are so benevolent, if you treat the slave like this, the slave will die, and you are willing... If you have something to say to the master, it will be a death penalty. If you don't say it, you are sorry for the master I just want someone to support my old lady after my slave dies..." Qianlong listened, wondering in his heart. After a long while, he said, "Just say what you want. I have my own rules for how to deal with it.If I kill you, who can save you?If I forgive you, who can harm you? "
"The first lady is too virtuous, she shouldn't have dreamed so early!" Bu Yi kowtowed and said, as if he didn't know how to express his words, he paused and said: "The first lady is too virtuous."
Qianlong heard these two sentences, and said with a sneer: "So that's it! You want to tell me this? Her original posthumous title was 'Xiaoxian'! You—" He suddenly realized the clichés in Bu Yi's words.The tone changed and became extremely sharp: "Are you saying that the current empress is not good?"
"Ok?!"
Qianlong attacked the case with a "boom", and stared at Bu Yi to death. The candle on the case was flickered by the wind, and it was reflected under his body. His facial features were hideous and terrifying. Ming Sensen said: "You really have lived to the end - she is the queen, the mother of the world!"
Bu Yi trembled a bit, the catastrophe was unavoidable, he calmed down instead, raised his head, his bluish-white face was still stained with tears, kowtowed to the ground again, and said: "The words of the Lord Long Live are exactly the same. Wang Baxie’s words of intimidating slaves behind his back——Wang Baxie is now in Zhongcui Palace, the emperor can go and see how he serves his master and concubine! At the beginning, the emperor selected thirteen eunuchs who were benevolent, righteous, polite, wise and trustworthy, filial, loyal, righteous, honest and shameful——Wang Baxi Shame is the last eunuch, how did he rank as the number one eunuch? And who recommended it? I remember the emperor once said with a smile, 'Originally, the word filial piety is the first, what good is Wang Baxie, but he climbed to the top!'”
He said at the same time, Qianlong was thinking nervously.Although Wang Baxie was smart, he was not very mature. It was indeed Nala's several pillow-side recommendations that led him to enter the Hall of Mental Cultivation as Chief Eunuch, and was promoted to Deputy Chief Eunuch of the Sixth Palace.Thinking about the "serving" mentioned by Bu Yi, and then thinking about the eunuchs and maids in the palace forming "vegetable households" with each other, the relationship is evil, treacherous and dirty, and all kinds of things are disgusting. Could it be...he dare not follow this line of thinking I thought about it, but I didn't want to think about it any more, I just gritted my teeth and said: "You—" panting heavily: "You dare to slander the queen and destroy your nine clans!"
"Your Majesty, I am not the only one who knows about this, but Bu Xin, Wang Li, Bu Lian, and the maids serving in the Raksha Moskva Palace over the Old Summer Palace all know the details better than me!" Without avoiding Qianlong's ferocious gaze, "The servant is dead, skinned and deep-fried is also dead, I simply say it, and I will be killed by the master! The old lunatic you met in the imperial garden this morning is the leader. The old man in Empress Fucha's palace is also the son of Prince Duanhui's nanny. The prince is so alive and kicking, he takes care of him with great care and care. After changing into a patchwork of clothes, the sky is brightened! Long live this matter After checking, the nurse has suffered a stroke and is dumb, and his brother has also gone crazy!" Bu Yi suddenly fell to the ground and cried loudly, touching his head on the ground, "...Long live God! You are so wise, no one has heard of it. Ever been 'dark under the lamp'?...It's so dark that you can't see the bottom, it's so dark that you can't see your fingers..."
Qianlong sat back in the chair with a "plop", dizzy for a while, followed by anxious tinnitus.He wanted to stand up again, but his legs were so weak that he had no strength at all. He stretched out his hand to hold the cup, his fingers and arms were shaking violently, and the tea spilled all over the front of his robe.The tea was completely cold, and he, who never drank cold tea, took a big sip. The cool tea calmed his heart, and he woke up: Oh my god... is this all true?The concubines in the harem gave him more than twenty sons, except for those who died immediately after birth, there were seventeen with names and surnames, and only six survived!Most of the eleven elder brothers were "smallpox" and died in the Forbidden City one by one in silence!He had vaguely sensed that there was someone plotting against him here, but he never thought that Nalashi would make such a murderous move... Was it done by that flowery-looking woman?Nala's jealousy, he knows that it is human nature to fight for houses and favors, but this is the son Yin of his Aixinjueluo Hongli, the root of the eternal foundation, the successor of human relations, and the continuation of the ancestral temple of Sheji... He suddenly I think of the paintings drawn by Gao Crazy, there are palaces and figures, there are boxes, beds and tables, and there are clothes - there are patchwork clothes!A picture flashed by like lightning, Qianlong's eyes darkened, and he felt that the hairs on his body were all thickened, he really was a vixen, sleeping beside him for decades!He grabbed the edge of the table with both hands, his fingers turned white.In the later years of Yongzheng, his elder brother Hongshi secretly arranged for him to be chased and killed thousands of miles away during his tour. He was robbed and killed by water thieves in the middle of the monstrous Yellow River. It is the queen who is in the position of the six officials, and she commits such a crime of disobedience, how should she deal with it?What should these people do if they continue to pursue and find out other cases, and even go all the way to the Chen case of the previous court?How to explain it to the subjects of the world?It would be easy to kill this Bu Yi, but would he be able to "married" with this vicious and vicious queen again?There was no proof, the queen mother came out to intervene, and the courtiers knocked on the door to plead, so what should I say?Qianlong thought about it one section at a time, because of his deep thinking, his eyes glowed with green light like a cat's.Bu Yi had never seen Qianlong describe it like this before, he was waiting to die with his neck straightened, but he showed timidity.
"Whether the matter is true or not is still unclear. You, a wretched eunuch who slanders the queen, is already an unforgivable crime." Qian Jiang finally made up his mind, he suppressed himself as much as possible, and retracted his chin like a gap He spoke out with difficulty, and said carefully, "I have the virtue of loving life, and I will leave your dog's life for now. Tomorrow, you will take your old lady to the Huangzhuang Village of the Left Banner of Karaqin, and she will be settled. Lian, Wang Li, Wang Lian, and all the supervisors of the Raksha Palace have other plans. When you go there, the deputy of Huangzhuang will take care of you. They just keep you up and report to General Tu Lichen if you have anything to do. Listen— ——" He lowered his already low voice, and there was a slight sound of metal scraping in his tone: "Life and death are only in your mouth! Ming Hongwu Zhu Emperor's rules, in addition to the nine clans, there is another clan, that is, relatives and friends The old times are also counted, with a light shake of my ink pen, he will be wiped out!" Without waiting for Bu Yi to speak, Qianlong waved his hand and said, "Get out—call Wang Lian in!"
Bu Yi wandered out like a sleepwalker.Wang Lian came in with his hands down, his buttocks pouted and his waist bowed, his shoulders twitched like a convulsion, and he stammered: "Slave—slave is here—slave is here..."
"Did you hear what Bu Yi said just now?" Qianlong asked. "
"No." Wang Lian said tremblingly: "The servant is also at Zhaobi. Overhearing the master's words is a death penalty, and the servant understands the rules."
Qianlong looked out through the glass window, it was already late at night, except for the lights in the two rooms of the side hall in the west wing, the rest of the halls were completely dark, only the yellow watermelon lanterns on the high wall in the distance were faintly shadowy Swaying in the wind, flickering on and off.He breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Have the Chen family and the twenty-fourth Fujin slept?" Wang Lian didn't dare to raise his head, and said, "No -- Mr. Chen asked someone to pass Zhaobi to ask for cards. They were playing."
"It's good to know the rules." Qianlong said coldly, "From now on, you will be the head of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Gao Yuncong enters the hall to serve you, and you are the deputy head eunuch. Please wait carefully. It's empty!"
Wang Lian raised his head all of a sudden, only glanced at Qianlong with frightened eyes, and then hurriedly lowered his head.When he came in, he was prepared for Qianlong to kick him or slap him, but he promoted him before he could say a word!The eunuch of Liugongdu is Gao Dayong, who is in his eighties, and has served three generations of masters; the eunuch of the deputy capital has always been the head of the Palace of Mental Cultivation, and because he is close to the emperor, he is commonly known as "the number one eunuch in the world". The leather was opened, and it seemed to fall from the sky, so it fell into my hands!He secretly twisted his leg vigorously, only to realize that it was not a dream, but after all, he was in a daze, and after a long time he said: "This is the master's favor and trust, and it is the anger on the grave of the slave's family... "It was only then that I remembered that I didn't kneel, so I hurriedly kowtowed: "Although this slave is a corpse, he also knows how to serve the country loyally.
"Sauce corpse?" Qianlong asked in surprise.
"Ah——" Wang Lian didn't know which sentence was wrong again, so he hurriedly explained: "One time I met Mr. Ji Yun, and he said that eunuchs are called 'pickled corpses' (那寺)—you can't use sauce. To pickle?"
Qianlong was originally sulking, but he laughed amusedly, waved his hands and said, "Don't be naughty, um—tomorrow morning the palace gate will be unlocked, and you will send an order to the Department of Punishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Wang Baxie, as the deputy capital of the sixth palace The eunuchs, who play around and play absurdly on weekdays, are incompetent in their duties. They spread rumors as the leader, and send them to the Forbidden City of Fengtian Prefecture to wait for discipline; People from Buckingham Palace, Turkish Palace, Moscow Palace, and Portuguese Palace, all of them are errands in the Kurane Garment Bureau, and they will be issued after they are determined and selected!"
"tie!"
"The Ministry of Internal Affairs immediately escorted and dispatched upon receipt of the order, and shall not be detained!"
"tie!"
"You go to the Palace of Compassion in the morning and tell Lafayette that I'm going to visit your fifth master at Prince He's Mansion, come down to discuss matters with the courtiers outside, and then go to pay your respects at night. When you're done, go to Prince He's Mansion to return the order."
"tie!"
Qianlong stood up wearily, sighed silently, and then ordered: "Go and see Mrs. Chen and Aunt Twenty-Four. I am very upset. If you don't sleep, come and talk for a while-the rest of the people are gone." stop!"
Because of the cold weather, Hong Zhou, who had been ill for a long time, hadn't gotten up for nearly a month.Hearing Wang Baoer whisper in his ear, "Fifth Master, the emperor sees you coming." With a start, he woke up, and the chiming clock at the corner of the gate could not point to Chenchu, and cursed: "Fuck your mother! Urge me to eat!" How to use it as medicine?" In another blink of an eye, seeing Qianlong coming in through the curtain, he couldn't help twitching his eyelashes, and said, "You bastard! Help me up quickly—why didn't you tell me earlier?" He struggled under the quilt, thinking He sat up, then fell down again, Wang Baoer hurried over and slapped him lightly from behind.
"Don't move, just lie down like this!" Qianlong took a step forward and helped Hongzhou to lie down.Wang Bao'er raised him up with a big welcome pillow.Qianlong covered the quilt again for him, and said with a smile: "I don't allow them to report. Our own brother, you are so sick, why do you sit up and make a fuss?" Saying this, he sat by the bed and expressed his feelings with melancholy. He looked at Hong Zhou with his eyes.
Hong Zhou was already thin, but he hadn't seen him for more than two months. He was as dry as a skeleton, his eye sockets and cheeks were sunken, his dark skin was ginger-yellow, and he "sticked" loosely to his face. The knuckles of both hands are like knuckles, protruding out of the quilt, like reed sticks, full of muscles and bones, without flesh, only a pair of triangular eyes still shining brightly, blinking at Qianlong, for a long time, sighed "ah", and said : "Your Majesty, brother is going to go a long way this time, and I can't play anymore..." He took a breath, and said again: "The day before yesterday, Lao Ji came to see me and told me that human life is natural, and life is natural. Don't be a Sima Niu's sigh. Let me say I know that Tianjin Wei people don't say short-lived words until the time is up to the sky, and they will leave naturally when the time comes. Don't think you are so knowledgeable, you are far from thinking about things. ——The wind is blowing and the city is cold, let's go to the countryside to heat up the kang..."
He is insightful and knows his fate, his body is so tired, his life is like a spring dew, and he can still be so humorous.Qianlong was relieved and sad at the same time, but he couldn't find any better words to comfort him. After a while, he said: "Even so, the late emperor left my brothers behind. There is a good or bad thing, I really don’t even have anyone to talk to.” Hongzhou smiled strangely and said, “Your Majesty… look at your complexion, you didn’t sleep all night last night. In such a big world, there are mountains and rivers outside and people deep in the Forbidden City. Chi Milin, what’s the matter, and who is there? The crabapple blossoms are not in season, and Jia’s mother said, “Don’t be surprised if you don’t see it, and the blame will defeat itself.” You are the most wise, and even the most benevolent and wise grandfather can’t compare, You might as well be confused about some small things... You are also a person who is over the age, as long as it is not Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, you are not in a hurry or angry, and you are not very happy or sad, it is the blessing of the subjects..." Qianlong nodded after listening, His eyes wandered, scanning the stacks of Buddhist scriptures, "Tao Cang", "A Collection of Ancient and Modern Books"... and stacks of manuscripts half a person's height, all of which were Hong Zhou's handwritten "Diamond Sutra" and the like.I got up and looked through a few books. There were all kinds of photobooks about "Mai" and "Liuzhuang", and folk books like "The Story of the Jade Box". Lord, say a few words of your own." Wang Baoer agreed, and with a poke, all the eunuchs, old women, and maids retreated solemnly.
"Your Majesty," Hong Zhou stared at Qianlong intently, and asked, "What's the big deal?" Qianlong nodded heavily, and sat back on the bed. After a long silence, he said, "It's not a small matter. If you don’t sit down and check it out—if you check it out, you’ll have to abolish this queen. I’m full of distress, and I can only complain to my brother..." He wiped his tears as he spoke.Hong Zhou trembled in shock, and said: "...Your Majesty, you are proficient in the Twenty-Four Histories... This is really extraordinary! Among the four major cases in the previous Ming Dynasty, there was the 'Moving Palace Case', and hundreds of courtiers gave it to you. Kneeling to Qianqing Palace, please take back your will, what should you do? Canonization and dethroning of queens are major events that shake the world, and there are some things in the palace that cannot be explained clearly, and you want to gossip..."
Qianlong nodded and sighed: "I've thought about all these, I didn't sleep all night last night. I didn't see you, and I didn't want to meet people to do business. That year when I was on a tour to the south, you broke into the palace in Beijing to save Yongyan's mother and son. I still suspect that you are making a fuss, but who knows that you are right!" After scrutinizing the matter of the eunuch's night trial in Jianfu Palace last night, he said: "The family ugliness should not be publicized. But if you think about it, if there is such a thing, she, the queen, is still Can I do it? I... I am over 60 years old. Can I bear to be buried in the mausoleum together with such a renegade person? But, I really dare not say The word 'aftermath'.
"Hearing these things, the roots of my hair are turning up..." Hongzhou's eyes were already shining, his thin head was trembling nervously, he was silent for a long time, and said: "Although it is shocking, I still advise you to calm down and don't Anxious to get angry..." He breathed weakly for a while, and then said: "It's hard for an upright official to break up family affairs, not to mention this is the Forbidden City, the home of heaven! Sigh... Your Majesty, if you can't bear it, you have to bear it, if you can bear it, can you bear it?" You are a real man... I still feel that I can tolerate hooking up with eunuchs; if you harm my imperial nephew, the anger and hatred in my heart are the same as yours... But your majesty, it will be harmful to the overall situation if it is revealed. Punish the eunuch and find out the reason, you did the right thing... To abolish her, first, there must be no wrongdoing, and second, it depends on the timing - don't use the crime of 'dirty chaos in the palace'. You have to wait, wait for her I made another mistake, and I will be dealt with on another charge..."
Qianlong didn't say anything, what Hongzhou said was what he had planned, and he drove to Prince He's mansion early in the morning, rather than asking for advice, it was more like "seeking comfort".His loneliness, frustration and anger are like a flood that is too full, and the sea that is about to overflow will rush back and collapse. If the flood does not drain, the fragile and thin embankment will collapse and burst the flood, washing everything into a mess... ...Jing Hongzhou's narration is actually in line with what he thinks. He not only likes himself "can bear it", but also feels that this younger brother is smart and can change his life with him.Seeing Hong Zhou's body is weak and his life is in danger, he might let go at some point, and then he felt sad and couldn't help himself.After being sentimental for a while, Qianlong said: "Let me tell you, I am much better now. When something like this happens to a small family, I can still cry, make trouble, smash furniture, fight and write divorce papers, and coax my children." After the calculation, what about me? I still have to pretend to be nothing, pretend to be an ignorant idiot, and let people look at 'Ying Mingzong' as hell!" "That's fourth brother, you are too serious... ..." Hong Zhou exhausted his strength and became extremely depressed. With his eyelids drooping, he tried his best to say: "This is all you have never been bullied by anyone in your life. There are paper crotches in the iron threshold, which generation or generation? Isn’t there such a thing? Sigh... I want to go back to the slop tank again, and I can help you. It’s a pity that it’s not going to happen... If I can live another fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the world, I will be satisfied... "Qianlong hurriedly comforted: "Don't say such short words. I also heard that you were seriously ill, so I came to see it, but I didn't think it was relevant. Spring kills six or nine heads, and spring grass and trees sprout, just one mile and one mile. Get up. Don’t forget that you are fire-born, and when the wood is prosperous, the fire will also be prosperous. The most important thing is not to catch a cold anymore. If you have a cold, you should trust the doctor, and don’t just gossip about it... If you want something, please As long as there is something in it, just send someone to get it..." After saying that, he stood up with tears in his eyes, "I'm going back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to do some business..."
"Stop messing around, stop tossing, stop tossing, tossing to the end..." Hong Zhou muttered as if waking up and dreaming, his face became strangely gray and gloomy, and when he heard that Qianlong was leaving, he suddenly opened his eyes wide again, Called: "The emperor—"
Qianlong turned back.
"Opium must be banned!" Hong Zhou seemed to be in a clear mind all the time, and said with a loud voice, "I can't be cured of this disease. Uncle Sixteen, Prince Lao Guo, there is no cure if I smoke it... Ye Tianshi is a genius doctor. I also died on this...this thing is too poisonous...too powerful..." He said, and fell into a deep sleep.
Qianlong did not leave the Hall of Mental Cultivation for several days.He really put his hands aside and ignored the affairs of the harem, and after a while of irritability passed, he lifted his spirits and urged Li Shiyao to organize the Lantern Festival for the Empress Dowager Lantern Festival, and ordered Ji Yun, Yu Minzhong, and Li Shiyao to call the Ministry of War, Ministry of Punishment, Ministry of Rites, and Ministry of Household Affairs In the meeting before the imperial court, I directly listened to the reports of the military affairs in the west and the changes of the White Lotus Sect in the interior, and even studied in detail the food relief and cattle supplies in the barren areas when the spring moon was out of reach. For government affairs, I kept waving my pen, reviewing papers, writing imperial edicts, and even approved idle cases that had accumulated a few feet of pressure in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.He also promoted "the old, my old and the old of the people", and ordered the whole world to eat meat. The elderly over 60 years old will each have a catty of meat, a catty of wine and a string of money during the Lantern Festival. Mencius means "happiness with the people".Qianlong was diligent in government affairs all his life, but it was the first time that he sat in the Hall of Mental Cultivation day and night without any distractions, reviewing papers and seeing people without getting tired.The two ministers of military aircraft were in a hurry, and the six departments were also on their backs.乾隆借公务排遣积郁，忙得兴起，也就忘了心中苦恼。
正月十四中午，阿桂返回了北京。听说他递牌子请见，乾隆竟情不自禁腾的下炕，指着外头道：“快叫进！”片刻之间，他高兴得脸上放光，游走了两步，又觉得自己有些失态，端了茶杯坐回炕边椅上，啜着茶静心专候
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