The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 207 Brother supports you
Jingqi Pavilion is a two-story loft-style building complex located at the northernmost end of Ningshou Palace, next to Zhenshun Gate.

What is more interesting is that before Empress Dowager Cixi went hunting in the west, she ordered the eunuch Cui Yuguai to throw Concubine Zhen, who was imprisoned here, into the well.

Zhenfei had to die, mainly because Cixi hated her unscrupulous interference in government affairs, which was very similar to Concubine Yi back then.

There is no second queen in the country, and killing each other is the norm in the palace!
As usual, when someone died in the palace, no one dared to interfere without permission and had to report to Kangxi first.

So Yinyou took Haizhang to Changchun Garden.

"Your Majesty, the concubine Niuhulu has passed away." Hai Zhang reported carefully.

"Concubine Niuhulu?" Kangxi hesitated for a while before he suddenly remembered that she was the daughter of Jin Bao, the deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Kangxi thought of the unbearable past, and then he frowned and coldly ordered Haizhang, "Bury her with the ceremony of a little princess."

Although the women in the palace were not officially canonized as concubines, they enjoyed very high treatment.

However, a little princess was like a maidservant, and her status was much lower than that of a concubine.

Hai Zhang did not dare to neglect it, and quickly bowed and responded, "Yes."

"Little Fifteen, go check on your...your...Oh, yes, your Twenty Sister, right?"

Kangxi had so many children that he could never remember what the ranking of the daughter born to his concubine, Niuhuru, was.

"Your Highness obeys your command."

Yinyou left Changchun Garden by car and headed back to the palace.

On the way, Yinyou ordered Wulin to ride a fast horse to the clan house and make sure to find out the basic information about his twenty-sister in the jade book.

It’s embarrassing to say that Yinyou knew almost nothing about his twenty-sister.

The popular saying in the Qing Dynasty was that a woman is honored by her mother, a mother is honored by her son, and a slave is honored by his master!

After Wu Lin went to the clan house, he not only successfully obtained the information about the emperor's 20th daughter, but also received a tribute of 200 taels of silver.

As the saying goes, it is easy to see the King of Hell, but it is difficult to deal with little devils!
Nowadays, no matter where you go in Wulin, there are many more people who accept filial piety than Wei Zhu.

Who asked Yinyou to be in charge of the Ministry of Personnel?
When Yinyou got off the sedan chair in front of Xihua Gate, Wulin had already arrived.

On the way to the palace with Yinyou, Wulin reported in detail the various situations of the emperor's 20th daughter!
"Master, the twentieth princess was born in the 42nd year of Emperor Kangxi's reign and was born in the year of the sheep... Her adoptive mother is Concubine Duan..." Wulin followed closely behind Yinyu and gave a very complete introduction.

Yinyu thought, his twenty-year-old sister is already thirteen years old, and it seems like he has never seen her before?

Wulin was very thoughtful. There were many people in Yinyou's sedan chair team and they were all gossipy, so it was not appropriate to talk about the inside story of the palace.

On the contrary, in the palace, Yinyou only had a few Hahazhuzi around him, and Wulin could tell him all kinds of inside stories in detail.

Concubine Duan lived in the extremely remote Shou'an Palace.

After arriving at Shou'an Palace, the chief eunuch Qin Deshun came out and reported: "My Lord, our concubine has been ill in bed and it is not convenient for her to see you."

Duanpin was one of Kangxi's early favorite concubines. Later, due to habitual miscarriages, her health deteriorated and Kangxi had not turned over her card for many years.

"Where is my twentieth sister now?" Yinyou asked Qin Deshun indifferently.

Qin Deshun bent his waist and said cautiously: "The 20th Princess is also sick!"

Seeing Qin Deshun's evasive words, Yinyu immediately became suspicious and said coldly: "Stop talking nonsense, take me to see the twenty-sister quickly!"

In the palace, brothers don't need to be too shy when seeing their sisters, as they can be seen almost at any time.

Because, even if the relationship between the brother and sister is messed up, it is the Mongolian blood that is messed up, and it has nothing to do with the royal blood.

However, if the prince wants to see his stepmothers who are under the age of 50, he needs to ask for permission.

In the Qing Dynasty, women over fifty had stopped menstruating. Even if they had an affair, it would not affect their royal bloodline.

In the inner palace of the royal family, what the emperor cares most about is that the bloodline of his children must not be confused.

Apart from the fact that the deposed crown prince was Kangxi's true love, Kangxi would imprison until death anyone who dared to touch his woman!
In the side hall of Shou'an Palace, Yinyou was shocked when he saw his skinny twenty-sister.

This is a palace with abundant resources, but Twenty Sister is as thin as a matchstick.

"My little sister greets my fifteenth brother." The twentieth sister timidly knelt down to greet him.

"Get up." Yinyu felt sympathy for her and asked her softly, "Does your sister have a nickname?"

The twenty-sister bit her lip and dared not say a word, but her eyes were looking at Qin Deshun evasively.

Yinyou was so smart that he knew at a glance that there must be something fishy!

As long as the 20th sister lives to the age of 18, she can be canonized as a Heshuo Princess. How could she be afraid of a eunuch?
"You step back!" Yinyou waved his hand, trying to drive Qin Deshun away.

Unexpectedly, Qin Deshun not only did not leave, but instead argued back, "Prince Yu, this is probably not appropriate, is it?"

To be honest, even Wei Zhu had to wag his tail and act like a dog in front of Yinyou, let alone Qin Deshun who was severely marginalized?

"Come on, take him out and send him to the Ministry of Punishment for punishment."

Yinyou's dignity was offended by a dog eunuch, how could he possibly indulge him?

"Hey." The guards guarding outside rushed in quickly, picked up Qin Deshun and dragged him outside.

"Hey, this is Shou'an Palace..." Qin Deshun wanted to argue, but was blocked by the guards.

The guards work in the palace all day long, they are not stupid. What if Qin Deshun reveals the ugly secrets of the royal family? Will they still have their heads?
"Sister, don't be afraid, I'll support you!" Yinyu gently comforted the 20th sister. Unexpectedly, the 20th sister threw herself into Yinyu's arms and cried loudly in grievance.

To be honest, Yinyou only had a little pity at first.

However, Yinyu was moved by the cry of his twentieth sister.

Back then, when Yinyou was still a little-known prince, he was often bullied by the eunuchs.

However, Yinyou was a prince after all, and the only ones who dared to bully him were the popular eunuchs in the Qianqing Palace.

The chief eunuch of Shou'an Palace dared to bully the emperor's own daughter. He is so bold!
However, in the Qing Dynasty, there has always been a tradition of slaves bullying their masters.

For example, Wu Liangfu of the Shunzhi Dynasty, Liang Jiugong, the dead ghost of this dynasty, Su Peisheng of the Yongzheng Dynasty, and so on.

It is worth mentioning that when Qianlong was alive, he controlled the entire eunuch group and made them obey him, and no one dared to act recklessly!
When the twentieth sister had cried enough, Yinwei took out a white handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the tears from her face with his own hands.

"Sister, do you have a nickname?" Yinyu took his twentieth sister's hand and pulled her to sit side by side on the kang.

The 20th sister lowered her head and said in a whisper, "When I was a child, my mother always called me Sister Tian."

Yinyu nodded and said gently: "Don't be afraid, sister Tian, I have your support!"

Wu Lin, who was standing aside, secretly sighed in his heart, Sister Tian’s luck is really good!

Kangxi had too many children and it was impossible for him to love them all, let alone treat them equally.

However, Yinyou had only two younger brothers but no younger sister.

Fortunately, Sister Tian filled the emotional void left by Yinyou who had no younger sister to love.

The relationship between people really depends on fate!

Under Yinyu's gentle comfort, Tian Jie'er said in a broken voice: "Brother, Qin Deshun always bullies me. If he is not happy, he will not let me eat. I will be hungry for three days..."

Alas, the issue of starvation is more likely to resonate with Yinyou.

When Yinyou was a child, he was often starved whenever he was naughty.

However, even if Yinyou was not favored, his biological mother lived in the Palace of Tranquil Longevity after all, so he would only go hungry for two meals a day at most.

However, Sister Tian’s biological mother was banished to the cold palace.

In a palace full of people currying favor with the powerful, it is no surprise that Sister Tian, who has no one to support her, has starved to the point of being emaciated!
"Sister Tian, my mother has only three sons but no daughter to accompany her. Are you willing to go and live with her?" As soon as Yinyou finished speaking, Sister Tian nodded frequently, like a chick pecking at rice.

With Yinyou's protection, Sister Tian is now on the verge of success!

Yinyou knew that Qin Deshun dared to be so arrogant because Concubine Duan must dislike Sister Tian.

However, Concubine Duan was Yinyu's stepmother after all, and it was impossible for Yinyu to say anything bad about her.

After calming down Sister Tian, Yinwei took her to Jingren Palace, where Concubine Mi lived.

When Concubine Mi saw the skinny Sister Tian, she immediately softened her heart and agreed to raise her.

However, the concubine mother still needed Kangxi's approval to raise the underage emperor's daughter.

After meeting Kangxi, Yinyou exaggerated the many evil deeds Qin Deshun had done in abusing the emperor's daughter.

Kangxi felt that his majesty was offended, and immediately issued an order in a rage: "Be beaten to death and dragged to the mass grave in Zhongguan Village."

Given Yinyou's great favor, Concubine Mi was qualified to raise the emperor's daughter, and she happened to have no children, so Kangxi readily agreed.

A month later, the unprecedented Banquet for a Thousand Old Men was officially held in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Kangxi sat high on the steps of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. When he looked up, all he could see was white hair. What a grand occasion!

The emperor was very happy, but Yinyou was worried that if an old man died in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, it would be a bad ending!

The so-called Banquet for a Thousand Elders was just a byproduct of Kangxi’s love of ostentation.

Just think about it, old men over 60 from all over the country travel thousands of miles to the capital, and then go back with great difficulty. It is easy for them to lose their lives along the way.

In fact, five retired old men had been tortured to death on the way to Beijing for the banquet.

However, at this grand event, everyone only dared to report the good news.

Even Yinyou himself did not dare to report the bad news that would spoil the fun.

Bureaucrats from top to bottom all knew that someone had died on the road, but no one dared to tell the truth to Kangxi!

However, when he was kneeling three times and knocking nine times, something went wrong.

There was a retired provincial governor who, probably due to hypoglycemia, fainted on the ground while kowtowing.

Yinyou clearly saw it, but he deliberately came over to tell Kangxi a joke so as not to spoil the old man's interest.

Filial piety is the most important of all virtues, and the first rule of filial piety is to obey the wishes of the elders!

The elder in the family is the emperor, so you must obey him in everything. Otherwise, confinement is no joke.

PS: I’ve been very busy recently and have to update in the early morning. I will make up for the overdue updates.

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