Chapter 50 The fiftieth chapter mourning life experience, entering Buddhism with anger, lamenting the future, wine and tears, farewell to the emperor

Mingzhu offers advice to Suo'etu, and when she lets Mrs. Tai enter the palace, she is willing to ask the Empress Dowager to betroth Su Ma Lagu to him as a continuation.Suo'etu always felt that something was wrong, and he was afraid that he might offend Mr. Wu, but Mingzhu kept persuading him: "Master Suo, there is an ancient Ming code that man and Han do not intermarry. Mr. Wu and La Aunt Su Ma cannot love each other for life! You marry La Aunt Su Ma, and then marry a girl of Han nationality to Mr. Wu. With Mr. Wu's worth, I'm afraid you can't." Are you married?"

Suo'etu felt that Mingzhu's words were reasonable, so he went back to the back hall and told his mother.Mrs. Suotai was naturally very happy and led her granddaughter into the palace. These days, the Empress Dowager is also really happy, everything is done so well, no, early this morning, she brought the maids to the Hall of Mental Cultivation and yelled loudly while sitting: "Sister Man, call her!" Kangxi greeted with a busy smile: "The emperor's grandmother is very happy today. The emperor is going to pay her respects. If I don't want to, Lafayette will come."

"Let me take a look. I have two happy events in my heart. I can't sit still. The Suo family and the Ye family's two beautiful girls and their grandmother just came. I like it very much. These two children are both handsome. , is very smart, and has a very good personality. Let me ask you what you mean, have you met before? Do you agree with each other in terms of personality and appearance?" Kangxi glanced at La Aunt Su Ma, and saw that she was smiling at him with her lips pursed, and felt embarrassed, so she blushed and said with a smile: "Grandmother looks good, so naturally she is good." He was used to talking and laughing in front of the Empress Dowager, so he laughed and said: "Long Live Lord is very satisfied, the two imperial concubines are like dragon girls, and it is commensurate to serve Lafayette!"

The Empress Dowager looked at Aunt Su Ma kindly and said, "Don't talk about it, this is about you!" "The slaves are slaves on the left and right. Grandpa Ye and his granddaughter don't see much. I can serve Miss Suojia Hesheli." The Empress Dowager said with a smile: "It's not like this - reasoning, you are not too big or young, you followed me when you were six years old, and after serving your master for all these years, you are no worse than a princess What! If you are referring to a coat slave, it seems that you are too wronged; if you are referring to a guard, I am afraid that I will have to work hard for a few years before I can get ahead, and now I have a satisfactory one—” At this point, I stared at Su Mala Auntie, stop talking.

Kangxi had heard that something was wrong, and seeing that Aunt Su Ma was also uncomfortable, he took the time to say: "Grandmother is very knowledgeable! I have thought about Wanniang's matter for her, and I need to find a literary talent." Only good ones match well. Pay attention to the past few years, I just look at Mr. Wu!" The Empress Dowager was listening with a smile on her face at first, but suddenly she suppressed her smile and said slowly: "Mr. Wu is naturally very good, and I haven't thought about it. But he is a Han Chinese. How many women are there in our Manchurian population? It's all used to match the Han people, so what kind of dignity is there," La Aunt Su Ma knew that there was no hope when she heard this, she was determined, stared blankly at the Empress Dowager and remained silent.

"Mangu is different from other people, so let's not be an example." Kangxi still didn't want to apologize and said with a smile, "Wu Yingxiong, the son of Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, has not become a princess?" "That's not possible. It can't be compared like this!" "The time is different, and the proportion is also different. Besides, I have already promised Suo'etu's mother. Will the emperor ask me to change my mind?" Kangxi deeply regretted that he hadn't reported this matter to the Empress Dowager earlier, and it was beyond his regret at this time.Just when I was about to say more, Lagu Su Ma knelt down with a "gudong", stared at the Empress Dowager and said, "Lafayette, my servant has never disobeyed orders since I entered the palace as a child to serve you. , this slave is going to have the audacity to dismiss Lafayette!" As he spoke, two lines of tears flowed down silently.

The empress dowager saw her bleak face and extremely sad voice, and she couldn't help feeling compassionate, "Get up! Feel free to speak if you have something to say. ——We are doing this for your own good too!" "This slave is just about to say that. Lafayette and Long Live Lord have treated this slave with great kindness! What does a slave have in return for a woman? Mr. Wu, Mr. Suo, all slaves will not marry! I would like to come back and serve Lafayette for the rest of my life!" "Well, why do you talk like that, silly boy, how can a woman not marry! Could it be that you can't be a sister-in-law?"

One sentence reminded Aunt Su Ma, and she hurriedly said: "It's okay to be a sister-in-law! Lafayette believes in my Buddha the most. He once vowed to shave a monk. Isn't it appropriate to be a slave? Zu ascended to heaven! Even if Lafayette became a Bodhisattva a hundred years later, he must have a dragon girl to serve him!" The empress dowager was speechless, and she said after a long while: "Hey, I'm tired too, so let's settle this matter. Later, the emperor asked someone to prepare for her. This is a matter of a lifetime. If I am sloppy, I will Don’t obey!” Said and raced away.

Kangxi silently sent his grandmother out of the Palace of Mental Cultivation. When he came back, everyone in the courtyard was surprised and kept peeping inside. Angrily, he said, "Retire!" He was very frustrated.So he walked alone in the courtyard, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. While regretting himself deeply, he also vented his anger on Suo'etu. You know that Mr. Wu and Wanniang are congenial.Three or four of your concubines dare to gossip like this even after a broken string.I just can't make you wishful!Thinking of this, Kangxi sternly ordered: "Come here! Ask Xiong Cilu to pass the sign, come in!" As he spoke, he entered the hall, sat next to the table and sulked, and suddenly felt thirsty again, so he picked up the tea on the table After taking a sip, who knew that the tea was already cold, he was so angry that he picked up the sapphire cup and smashed it to pieces.

The maids were frightened one by one, and hurried in to clean up.At this time, Xiong Cilu had come outside the hall.He said loudly: "Slave Xiong Cilu, long live my lord!" "Come in!" Seeing Xiong Cilu leaning forward, Kangxi suddenly felt that he was losing his composure, so he hurriedly changed his posture, leaned slightly, and said solemnly, "Get up and sit on the couch over there. ——I have already drawn up this edict. Take a look, if there is nothing wrong, I will ask Jie Shuming to issue it today." Xiong Cilu took Zhu's decree with both hands, sat down on his back, and read it carefully.He also felt that the diction was not good, but in all fairness, it was really rare for a fifteen-year-old to write such an imperial edict.He hurriedly said: "Long live the sacred science has made great progress again! This kind of treatment will not only subdue the courtiers, but even the late emperor's spirit in heaven will be happy!"

Kangxi said coldly: "I don't intend to listen to these things, you can think about it, is there anything to add or subtract?" Xiong Cilu pondered for a moment, and said: "Well... If we talk about how to deal with this matter, we have exhausted what we can say. It would be even better if we could add a few more words to comfort the officials." "Well, good! Write it for me to read!" Xiong Cilu received the decree, and retreated to a case in the corner of the hall. After thinking about it for a while, he followed Kangxi's tone and added a few words.After reading it, Kangxi felt very satisfied, nodded with a smile and said: "That's it, call the study room to transcribe and send it out in Qingming!" Xiong Cilu was about to retreat, but Kangxi suddenly stopped him: "Go down and see Suo'etu, and tell him that I have decided to take Aunt Suma as my concubine, and tell him to seek the Empress Dowager earlier to resign and retire. delusional!" Xiong Cilu was about to speak, but Kangxi waved his hand: "Kneel down!" Xiong Cilu had no choice but to kowtow and resign. After this farce, Kangxi felt a little more relaxed, so he turned to Xiangge to look for Aunt Su Ma.Although he was joking about Suo'etu, he had a new idea at this time—Lagu Su Ma couldn't give it to Wu Ciyou, let alone Suo'etu, so I asked for it myself, so what's wrong? Stepping into the West Pavilion, Kangxi couldn't help being taken aback, he couldn't believe his eyes. ——Lagu Su Ma has cut off her black hair and put on black clothes. "you--" "Mangu, Wanniang!" Kangxi cried out in pain, "You can't do this, isn't it good to be my concubine, I also... like you too!" La Aunt Su Ma stared blankly at the banner on the wall: "Xia is the soul of clouds, and bees are the spirit of flowers" - this was written by Wu Ciyou after La Aunt Su Ma came out as a maid in Suofu to test Wu Ciyou. couplet.Now that time has passed and the situation has changed, only the soul and spirit are really left.Think about what is the meaning of life?Seeing that Kangxi was sad, Aunt Su Ma saved her face and said: "I have committed sins in my previous life, and I have committed serious crimes again in this life. I hope that I will always be with you before the ancient Buddha of Qingdeng, and pray for the safety of my master and everyone. Spend the rest of your life in order to cultivate the next life. —— I beg the master to pass this word on to that infatuated man!" Seeing her like this, Kangxi knew that persuasion was useless, so he wiped away his tears and said, "Wanniang's ambition to be born is already strong, so I will fulfill you. I will go to see Lafayette right now, and you can practice in the palace!" When Wei Dongting heard the news that La Aunt Su Ma had shaved her hair and became a nun, and hurried to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, La Aunt Su Ma was nowhere to be found.Looking at Emperor Kangxi's face, there was sadness in the melancholy, he didn't dare to say more, and played cautiously: "I beseech you to be merciful, so that this slave can take Mr. Wu's place to bid farewell to Wanniang." Kangxi nodded and said: "Well, although she has become a monk, she has not left the palace. She is practicing in the Zhongcui Palace. You can go and see her. Mr. Wu, you also have to comfort me. Little Weizi , I originally wanted to entrust you to go to Shaanxi. Governor Mo Luo of Shanxi and Shaanxi Governor Bai Qing'er are attached to Oboi. Others can ask, these two people must be dealt with. Mingzhu came to see me just now and said that you and that Miss Jianmei has discussed getting married, and he is willing to do this job for you, and I want him to hone his skills again, so I agreed. Alright, you go!" Wei Dongting paid his respects, feeling like a mess in his heart.Jianmei is still waiting to be punished as Oboi's servant, how can Mingzhu use this as an excuse to do the job for herself?He thought all the way to Zhongcui Palace.However, she was taken as the driver by the maid again, saying that Lagu Su Ma's shaved Dharma name "Hui Zhen" worshiped the Buddha sincerely, and she would not have any guests.It was only after Wei Dongting talked about it that he came up with a sentence, telling Mr. Wu that there is a Zen saying in Buddhism: "Come from where you came from, go to where you are going. You are not as smart as Mingzhu, so you can do it yourself!" Wei Dongting wanted to ask more questions, but the maid closed the door with a bang. Wei Dongting returned home in a daze. Just as he was about to sit down, a middle-aged man in his thirties came over and said: "My lord, this servant wants to say goodbye to you." Wei Dongting was taken aback: "Ah, you, are you right? I don't know you?" The man smiled and said: "I'm your old man. Why, I don't know you anymore? You have treated me favorably these past few years, so I dare to tell you that the servant was sent by the thirteen yamen. I was afraid that you would not believe me, so I pretended to be an old man. Now seeing that your lord is loyal to the emperor without any second thoughts, I have to go back to deal with business." Wei Dongting felt as if he had been hit by a stick on the head, and sat down on the chair slumped.He didn't know when this young old man left. A few days later, some of the main characters of our book gathered by the Yongding River, brothers Xiong Cilu, Suo'etu, Wei Dongting, and Mu Zixu all came.They were hosting a farewell banquet for Mingzhu, who became the imperial envoy of the left governor, and Wu Ciyou, who resigned from office and did not return to her hometown. Looking at the flowing water of the river, the white clouds on the peaks of Yanshan Mountain, except for the bright pearl full of ambition.There is an indescribable melancholy and desolation.It was Wu Ciyou who was the first to get out of the love of parting.said laughingly: "Oh, old friends, what's the matter, I, Wu Ciyou, is a scholar, it is an eternal story to be so favored by the emperor. Logically, I shouldn't have such mediocre ambitions for a woman, but people are not grass. How can you be ruthless, besides, although the relationship between my teacher and my student is getting deeper and deeper, after all, the emperor and his ministers have a share. In the past few years, I have seen through the turmoil of the capital, the ups and downs of the officialdom, intrigues, and mutual strife. Wouldn't it be better to be detached and secluded at this time, with full name and full festival? Come, come, let me lend you a glass of wine, and thank you for your kind farewell. May you assist Mingjun, Achieve a great career early. If you are not talented, although you are proud of the rivers and lakes, you should sing for the glory of the peaceful and prosperous age." After speaking, he raised his glass and drank it down. "Brother Mingzhu, brother Yu is going to go ahead." Just as everyone was about to step forward to stop them, they suddenly saw a horse galloping towards the capital. They didn't recognize it until they came close. It was Zhang Wanqiang, the eunuch.I saw him holding a satin cloak trimmed with finely embroidered fox fur.shouted: "The imperial decree has arrived." The emperor ordered Mr. Wu to accept the decree without ceremony. "Mister's teaching, Longer should be kept in mind, the wind is cold all the way, Mr. Wang cherishes himself, and I specially give Mr. a cloak, which is my personal belonging. I hope Mr. sees things and thinks about others, as if Longer is always by my side. Detour through the Central Plains with the pearl." I will send you off on my behalf, and send competent people to escort him back to Yangzhou. I will tell the local officials to receive him attentively, and there will be no mistakes. "Qin this". Wei Dongting stepped forward, took the cloak and put it on Wu Ciyou.Everyone watched them get on their horses and set off. Eight years ago, Mingzhu came to Beijing from this road to beg for food.Now, walking out from here again, it is the imperial envoy who patrols the sky on behalf of the sky. As for Wu Ciyou, he is still a Confucian scholar.He was thinking that the Safan strategy drawn up for Long Er had already been presented.From the fact that Long Er sent Zhang Wanqiang off, it can be seen that the emperor is still satisfied with the agreement.Then there's another good show to watch.Suddenly Wu Ciyou felt that there was an extra person beside him. "Second Lord, don't you always think of it? I am still following you. Let's go back to Yangzhou together." It turned out to be He Guizhu. The wind and smoke billowed, the loess filled the sky, and the imperial envoys who ordered to go out of Beijing were guarded with strict ceremonies and guards like clouds. They carried the pearl in a big green woolen sedan chair, Wu Ciyou sat in his own car, and Zhu'er rode a big green mule tightly. Follow behind the sedan.The enclosed farmland at the foot of Yanshan Mountain has been returned. Although people still have lingering fears and dare not go to the fields to cultivate, the spring rain and dew still make this barren land reveal green shoots.The grass on the roadside and the willow branches by the river sway with the wind, as if paying tribute to this mighty team, and as if pouring out the suffering of the earth. Looking at the flash of spring outside the car window, Wu Ciyou felt relieved.He seemed to see that with the recovery of the north and the pacification of the south of the Yangtze River, Qiangu Huaxia would once again have a prosperous and peaceful world.