I was a concubine in Legend of Zhen Huan

The emperor has complicated feelings towards the Nian family.

He was afraid that the Nian family would become too powerful, so when he was in the palace, he personally planned to kill his and Nian Shilan's child, and asked her to use the Huanyi incense with added ingredients every day for ten years.

But the Nian family is now in a state of collapse, and he is anxious and panicked again.

He really had feelings for Shilan. Nian Gengyao was a rare talent, both in literature and in military.

Now, Shilan, who has given birth to a sickly child, needs to take medicine and stay in bed all year round, and the Northwest has become the last battle of the heroic general Nian Gengyao's life.

Now he no longer has to worry about the Nian family becoming too powerful and affecting his throne.

But it also faces the dilemma of no one being able to use it.

But no matter what, at the end of October, Nian Gengyao went to Beijing to meet the emperor.

The difference from his previous life is that the last time he came back was just to meet the emperor. After entering Beijing this time, if nothing unexpected happens in his life, he will never have the possibility of leaving Beijing again, at least during the reign of Emperor Yongzheng.

When Nian Gengyao entered the palace, Concubine Hua's health had just improved a little. The emperor asked the imperial physician, who said that she could hold on. Concubine Hua herself missed her brother very much.

So when Gengyao limped into the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, he saw his sister sitting on the side, whose face looked sick even with makeup on.

Although her family had known that Nian Gengyao would find an opportunity to step down when the time was right, Nian Shilan burst into tears when she saw her brother, who had always been full of vigor and vitality, become like this.

"Brother!" The brother and sister looked at each other. It had only been a year since they last saw each other, but the scene was like this when they met again.

The atmosphere was very sad and the emperor was a little embarrassed. Although he felt that the situation of Nian Shilan and Nian Gengyao was not entirely caused by him, even if he had to lie to his conscience, it was at least somewhat related to him.

Such an atmosphere was too tragic, and the emperor winked at Su Peisheng.

Su Peisheng bowed and said to Nian Gengyao attentively: "General, please take a seat over here."

Nian Gengyao seemed to have come back to his senses. He quickly moved his lame leg and knelt down with difficulty to pay his respects to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I am Nian Gengyao."

The emperor would not allow him to kneel down all the time. When Nian Gengyao knelt down, the emperor stood up from his seat and personally helped Nian Gengyao up from the ground: "Liang Gong (Nian Gengyao's courtesy name), there is no need to be so formal. You are my most trusted minister and Shilan's brother. We are the closest people to each other."

Nian Gengyao showed great gratitude for the emperor's grace and behaved respectfully as usual, but in his heart he was extremely dissatisfied with the emperor.

The emperor said so before, and he took it seriously. Not only him, but his sister also thought that the emperor really favored her. But his sister was almost killed by the Huanyixiang that the emperor gave her alone and made her unable to have children.

This old guy almost killed their entire family.

If he believes this old man's lies again, he would be a fool.

After everyone was seated, the emperor, as usual, first praised Nian Gengyao for his hard work and great contributions.

Every time the emperor praised him, Nian Gengyao would stand up respectfully on his lame leg and refuse. The more the emperor praised him, the more humble and respectful Nian Gengyao became.

After several attempts, the emperor finally gave up on being polite and said, "Although the northwest is now generally peaceful, the Xieersu tribe in the Zhuozi Mountain area is still not stable. Does Lianggong have any good talents to recommend?"

The emperor had told him many times that he didn't need to perform the salute again. If he continued to "show off" his lame leg, it would seem a bit pretentious.

Nian Gengyao finally sat down and answered the emperor: "I am now unable to walk, and I am afraid that I can no longer fight for the emperor. In this Western Expedition, the Deputy General of the Western Expedition and the Minister of Counsellor Yue Zhongqi is brave, smart, and courageous. His performance on the battlefield is really extraordinary. I think Yue Zhongqi can be the chief general."

Yue Zhongqi was also a military general who had begun to show his talent during the Kangxi period, and the emperor readily agreed.

Nian Gengyao knelt down again at this time, "I have another request."

Nian Gengyao was begging the emperor for mercy. He was now lame and saw his family in decline. His eldest son was also sickly and weak, and most of the younger generations in the Nian family were mediocre. Now only his second son Nian Fu could be considered useful, just to make up for his right leg that was disabled in the war.

"...I beg Your Majesty to fulfill my selfish wish and allow Nian Fu to follow General Yue to gain some experience."

Nian Gengyao was too conspicuous, he had to step down. But if he really let the Nian family hand over all military power, that would be stupid.

From now on, all the credit will go to Yue Zhongqi, and his youth and wealth alone will not attract the attention of others.

The Nian family had their reasons for keeping Nian Fu in the army. First, they needed to maintain the relationship that Nian Gengyao had left behind with great difficulty, and second, with military power in hand, they would be better prepared for the future, right?

For at least the next ten years, except for Nian Fu, there will be no other senior generals in the army, whether from the main branch or the side branch, from the Nian family.

Nian Gengyao bowed to the emperor. Concubine Hua covered her mouth, looked at her brother with a distressed look, and said in a sobbing voice: "Brother, what are you doing? There is no big or small matter in the government. You are making things difficult for the emperor by doing this?"

The emperor's guilt towards the Nian family reached its peak at this moment.

He first tried to comfort Concubine Hua, and then personally helped Nian Gengyao up: "Although Nian Fu is still young, he is also skilled in archery and horse riding. Let him follow Yue Zhongqi to gain more experience, and he will definitely become a great general in the future." This meant he agreed.

Concubine Hua and Nian Gengyao both went to the emperor to express their gratitude.

The matter was almost settled, and the emperor asked Nian Gengyao to eat the food: "This roasted mutton is fresh and tender, and I love it very much. Please try it."

Nian Gengyao took the mutton from the young eunuch, savored it carefully, and praised the emperor for his good taste.

In fact, the complaints in his heart were almost flooding the screen.

Nian Gengyao didn't like to eat mutton, he didn't even like to eat pork, beef... He almost didn't like any meat from four-legged animals. He once complained to the emperor about this in a memorial. He was the closest to me, and we were a family?

What good person doesn’t even know the dietary taboos of his own family?

From the small to the big, from the small to the subtle, it is clear that the emperor did not pay much attention to him. He even really regarded himself as the emperor's brother-in-law. How blind I was before!

After lunch, the emperor granted Nian Gengyao special permission to visit his new nephew in the Yiku Palace before returning to continue discussing matters.

On the road.

Songzhi supported Concubine Hua and walked side by side with Nian Gengyao. Walking behind them were Lingzhi and Zhou Ninghai who were brought from home. There was a layer of space between them and the people sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs behind them, so no one could hear them even if they spoke in a low voice.

Concubine Hua covered her mouth with a handkerchief to prevent anyone from being able to tell what she said from the shape of her mouth.

"Brother, are your legs really disabled?"

Nian Gengyao pretended to cough and covered his mouth with his fist: "It's just a temporary pain, it's okay."

Concubine Hua finally felt relieved.

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The following is just some general knowledge.

A sweet: "It is true that Nian Gengyao did not eat pork, beef or mutton. According to the "Seongjeongwon Diary", when Nian Gengyao was sent to Korea in his early years, the Korean side, after learning of his eating habits, replaced the Tang pork sauce on the banquet menu with water egg soup, Tang pork roast (roast pork) with egg roast (roast egg), Tang pork salt water with duck soup, Tang pork snow Ami (i.e. snow under the Ami, a Kaesong specialty barbecue) with Tang goose roast (roast goose), and deer meat roast (roast deer) with sea cucumber roast (roast sea cucumber)."

A sweet: "It is also true that Nian Gengyao and Yongzheng wrote memorials to complain about this. According to the second volume of the "Collection of Chinese Memorials with Red Inscriptions during the Yongzheng Period", when Nian Gengyao was in Xining to command the suppression of the Lobsang Danjin Rebellion, he mentioned in a memorial that there were only cattle and sheep in Xining, which he could not eat, and Yongzheng even gave him edible deer tails."