The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 149 Hongluo Temple

Prince Ping's Mansion is located to the west of the Imperial Palace.

The value of West City lies in the fact that the imperial gardens, the prince's palace and the prince's villas are all on the west side.

After Yinyou left Xihua Gate, he got on a sedan chair carried by eight people and went to Prince Ping's mansion.

When the gateman of the palace heard that Yinyou had come with an imperial edict, he did not dare to be careless and hurried in to inform Concubine Cao Jia.

The line of Prince Ping was passed down to Narsu, and he was the only descendant of the main line.

If Narsu unfortunately died of illness, and had no children, the king would choose someone from among Narsu's cousins to inherit the throne.

This is the common practice of a small clan succeeding a large clan in the Qing Dynasty!

After the death of Prince Zhuang Boguduo, the direct line of the family was also extinct, and one of the cousins from the minor family should be chosen to inherit.

However, the fourth brother deliberately ignored the many small clans that were still alive, and let the sixteenth brother pick the peaches of Prince Zhuang out of thin air. Alas, there is no way to reason with him!

Even if the Fourth Brother has ten thousand faults, he is truly good to those who favor him. His goodness is not fake at all!

Narsu was too ill to get out of bed, and according to the rules, his cousins should have come out to receive the imperial edict.

However, Cao Jia was very unwilling to give in. She dressed up and came out in person to receive the order.

"I really have no other choice, please forgive me, Mafa." Cao Jia fell down at Yinyu's feet and begged him pitifully to let her go.

Because of Cao Yin's relationship, Yinyu knew the situation of Prince Ping's Mansion very well.

Rocodo had many sons, but unfortunately, except Narfo, all the others died.

Narfu originally had two sons, but in addition to Narsu, his other son, Nalde, also died young.

As a result, the title of Prince Ping would most likely fall to the three surviving sons of Noni, the third son of Luo Luohun.

The rooms are too far apart!

If Narsu unfortunately passed away, and one of Noni's sons inherited the title of king, even if he used his feet to think, he would know that in such a huge palace, there would be no place for Cao Jia to stay.
Yinyu was soft-hearted after all, so he waved his hand and said gently: "Stand up and talk!"

Seeing that things were turning around, Cao Jia quickly got up from the ground and took the initiative to lead Yinyou to see Narsu.

As soon as Yinyou stepped into the ward, he smelled a heavy smell of "sickness".

Cao Jia lifted the bed curtain, and Yinyou walked closer to the bed and took a look. Alas, Narsu, who was still full of energy a few months ago, now looked haggard, pale and thin, like a skeleton.

"Doctor Tian?" Yinyou turned around and called Doctor Tian in, ordering him to take Narsu's pulse and see what disease he had.
After a careful examination, Doctor Tian did not prescribe any medicine on the spot.

Yinyou understood immediately and called Doctor Tian out of the room.

Cao Jia became anxious and followed over.

Because she was a family member of the patient, Yinyu did not chase her away, but asked Doctor Tian directly: "What disease does Prince Ping have?"

Doctor Tian sighed heavily, bent his waist, and whispered, "My Lord, Prince Ping is suffering from liver disease."

Yinyou was shocked. In this era of shortage of medical care and medicine, no matter what kind of liver disease it is, it is a terminal illness that will prolong life.

Cao Jia burst into tears on the spot, squatted down, and covered her mouth and cried.

Alas, her life is so miserable!
Originally, the Cao family thought that her marriage into Prince Ping's mansion was a great favor bestowed by Emperor Kangxi.

Who would have thought that Cao Jia would have such a miserable life. Not only would she become a widow, but because she had no children, the title of prince would fall into the hands of a distant relative.

In the Qing Dynasty, whenever the title of king fell into the hands of a distant relative, the widow of the previous king, without exception, would not live long!
Alas, there is no way. The dark secrets in the palace are no less than those in the palace!
Even if Yinyou sympathized with Cao Jia, he couldn't help her give birth to a son. He could only do nothing to help her!

When Kangxi learned of Narsu's illness, he said coldly: "If you do too much evil, you will eventually die."

As soon as these words were spoken, Yinyu knew that Kangxi actually hoped that Prince Ping's direct line would die out.

Alas, as for how long Cao Jia could live after falling into the hands of a distant relative, Kangxi didn’t care at all.

When the prince heard that Narsu was dying, he publicly said that it would be better to die early and be reborn, so as to avoid harming others while alive!

The affairs of Prince Ping's mansion had nothing to do with Yinyu. He was so busy every day that he forgot about the matter after a few days.

In the Qing Dynasty, the death of a prince was quite normal.

Not to mention others, among Kangxi's eight brothers, five died young, which is not surprising at all.

Take Yinyou’s brothers for example. The sixth, eleventh and nineteenth brothers all died young.

As for the royal bloodlines that died before they were ranked, there are even more of them.

That day, Yinyou happened to be on vacation, so Cuiqing asked him to take her to Hongluo Temple in Huairou.

In the old city, Hongluo Temple is a famous place for praying for children.

It is said that as long as their hearts are sincere, many female donors who come to Hongluo Temple to pray for children can successfully conceive sons.

Yinyou himself certainly did not believe these nonsense, but he could not resist Cuiqing's eagerness to have a child, so he had to agree to her.

In fact, Yinyu was not in a hurry to have a son, because he was only 19 years old. However, after Cuiqing married into the royal family, her biggest responsibility was to help Yinyu have children and give birth to a legitimate son as soon as possible.

In a nutshell, Yinyou himself was not in a hurry, but Cuiqing herself was already extremely anxious!
To put it bluntly, if Cuiqing has no children yet and Concubine Mi is anxious to have a grandson, she should reward a woman into the mansion!
Nowadays, if a woman has no children, the mother-in-law will definitely not blame her own son for being incompetent. She will only complain about her daughter-in-law's poor pregnancy.

It was impossible for the prince to leave the capital without permission, so Yinyou handed a sign into Changchun Garden and asked Kangxi for leave.

Kangxi also knew that Yinyou had no heir yet, so he generously gave him five days off, allowing Yinyou and Cuiqing to go to Hongluo Temple and pray for a child with peace of mind!

"Don't rush back. If you need to continue to be given leave, just send someone to deliver a secret letter back. I will never refuse to grant your permission!"

"Whoo."

After leaving Changchun Garden, Yinwei took Cuiqing and boarded the Beile Mansion's carriage. Surrounded by guards, they galloped all the way to Hongluo Temple in Huairou.

When the abbot of Hongluo Temple heard that Yinyou had arrived, he personally went out of the mountain gate to greet him.

In temples these days, abbots are all well-informed.

In the capital city, the abbot of the temple knows much more clearly who is the popular and powerful person and who is the unpopular and poor person than the ordinary powerful people!

There is no other way. The top dignitaries in power only need to say a word, and the temple will receive a steady supply of money for repairs.

The benefits contained therein are so great that no matter who becomes the abbot, no one would dare to disrespect a super powerful dragon like Yinyou.

There have long been rumors in the capital that Yinyou, who controls the Imperial Household Department with his left hand and the Imperial Guard Department and the Guard Camp with his right hand, is the de facto chief eunuch of the Imperial Palace.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the palace, apart from Kangxi, Yinyou was the one with the most power.

There are two most famous places in Hongluo Temple. One is the Hongluo Pond and the other is the two thousand-year-old ginkgo trees in front of the Main Hall.

It is said that as long as you pray sincerely at these two places, you will give birth to a son sooner or later.

After Cui Qing entered the temple, she went straight to the main hall.

Yinyou didn't believe it, but Cuiqing was so sincere that she walked around the ginkgo tree, which was more than two meters thick, and slowly walked around in circles, praying.

Yinyou, who was standing under the ginkgo tree with his hands behind his back, suddenly discovered that Cao Jia was also circling the ginkgo tree, muttering prayers.

Logically speaking, after Yinwei arrived, the area in front of the Main Hall should have been cleared in advance.

However, Cao Jia, who came first, was the legitimate wife of Prince Ping after all, and the abbot of Hongluo Temple did not have the courage to drive her away.

After Cuiqing completed all the rituals, the dinner bell in the temple rang at the appropriate time.

With the abbot's diligent arrangement, a table of sumptuous vegetarian food was placed in front of Yinyou.

The eggplant looked very much like braised pork and tasted really good. For a moment, Yinyou's appetite was whetted.

When the vegetarian tofu, which looked very much like steamed pork with rice flour, was placed on the table, Yinyu couldn't help but think of Granny Liu when she first visited the Grand View Garden.

That night, Cui Qing pestered Yin Yu and refused to let go. She didn't let go until she had completely drained the man dry, and then she lay on her back with her legs up in the air, fearing that she would waste even a drop of her fluids.

The next day, Cui Qing knelt down in the Three Saints Temple with extreme piety and prayed to Guanyin Bodhisattva to give her a scale.

Feeling bored, Yinyou took Wulin and wandered from the front mountain to the back mountain.

To be honest, the feeling of climbing up high and looking far into the distance is indeed much better than staying in a large courtyard in Beijing all day.

The bamboo forest behind Hongluo Temple is evergreen and lush all year round. There are about one million bamboos and it is known as one of the "Three Wonders of Hongluo Temple".

Yinyou was tired from walking, so he sat down in the Bamboo Viewing Pavilion in the bamboo forest, sipping tea while thinking about the deployment of low-level guards.

Under Kangxi's nose, no guard general above the rank of captain was someone that Yinyu dared to win over.

However, not winning over the assistant commanders, assistant commanders and commanders does not mean that Yinyou can only watch helplessly.

In the Qing Dynasty, as long as there were specific powers, Yinwei could calmly make cold moves and arrange idle chess pieces in advance.

It was unknown how long it had been, but when Yinyou was about to leave the bamboo forest, Cao Jia suddenly sent a maid to find him.

Yinyou felt strange. He was wandering around the back mountain, going wherever he wanted. How did Cao Jia know that he was in the Bamboo Pavilion?
When the girl came closer and squatted to salute, Yinyu heard the flaw in her words as soon as she opened her mouth.

"I beg Master Fifteen to have mercy on me, my servant!"

Yinyou sensed something was wrong and took a closer look. Wow, the woman in front of him, although wearing a maid's clothes, was actually Cao Jia herself.

"Master Fifteen, I'm going to die anyway, so I'd rather die in your arms!"

It happened so fast that Cao Jia bravely unbuttoned her clothes, revealing her dazzling breasts. She said resolutely, "It is better to die in your arms than to be tortured to death."

Taking advantage of Yinyou's confusion, Cao Jia threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly.

"Thank God that I have met you, Master Fifteen. Otherwise, I would rather die!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Yinyou understood that Cao Jia had completely given up.

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