Secrets of Yuqing Palace

The concubines of lower ranks often went to the concubines of higher ranks to inquire about news.

The high-ranking concubines were unable to stop the emperor from leading the army in person, so they could only go to the empress dowager, hoping that she could persuade the emperor.

But what can the Queen Mother do?

This isn't the first time the Emperor has personally led an army!

When the Empress Dowager was alive, she was unable to persuade the Emperor.

Now she is just a legitimate mother who has no blood relationship with the emperor. All her honors come from the emperor. How can she go against the emperor's wishes?

Although Princess Nara was under house arrest, she was relatively calm.

She knew that the emperor would definitely bring Yinzhen with him on this expedition.

Yinzhen was the eldest son of the emperor, and when the emperor personally led the army to fight in the 29th year of Kangxi's reign, he took Yinzhen with him.

Having had that experience once, although she was still a little frightened, she was able to accept it more calmly.

In fact, the one who was most worried was Concubine Rong.

In the past few years, her children died one after another, and now only a son and a daughter are left.

His daughter was married, and only Yinzhi was left by his side.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is her lifeblood.

If anything happened to Yinzhi, she felt that she would not survive.

So after learning the news, he immediately went to the Qianqing Palace.

Everyone in the harem watched eagerly, wanting to see if Concubine Rong could change the emperor's mind.

But in the end, Concubine Rong left the Qianqing Palace with tears streaming down her face.

Later, Yinzhi learned the news and took his third wife to Rongfei's Zhongcui Palace. After some conversation, Rongfei gradually accepted that her son was going to the battlefield.

On the contrary, Concubine Yi, because she has always been favored, is somewhat sincere to the emperor.

Therefore, he was not only worried about the emperor, but also about his own Yinqi.

I quickly went to Wanyu to ask about the situation.

He knew that the emperor had made up his mind to lead the army in person and would not be satisfied unless he saw Galdan being annihilated with his own eyes.

Only if Yinqi went to the battlefield and won military merits could he have the opportunity to be granted a title.

Knowing that she was powerless to change the emperor's mind, she had no choice but to return to Yikun Palace.

A lot of medicines, food, clothes, etc. necessary for the trip were prepared for the emperor and Yinqi.

Even the concubine Dai Jia, who was not sure whether she had a son, prepared things for her son in advance.

Only Concubine Wuya of Yonghe Palace was confined to the palace and did not make any movement.

She didn't even arrange for the palace maids or nannies around her to go out of the palace to the Fourth Prince's residence to give him a few words of concern.

When Yinreng heard the news, the corners of his lips curled up slightly.

【Could it be the final winner? 】

[Fourth Brother, let me, your second brother, see what you can do in the future!]

[Don't let my second brother down.]

He asked Wanyu to prepare some medicinal herbs and food for Yinzhen in the name of Yuqing Palace's brother and sister-in-law, and he would arrange for someone to deliver them to the Fourth Prince's residence.

In February, Emperor Kangxi personally led six divisions and mobilized 10 troops to advance in three routes for the second expedition against Galdan.

Also accompanying him were the eldest prince Yinzhen, the third prince Yinzhi, the fourth prince Yinzhen, the fifth prince Yinqi, and the seventh prince Yinyou.

The Crown Prince was ordered to stay behind to supervise the country, and all memorials from the ministries and agencies were to be handled by the Crown Prince.

The eastern route was led by Heilongjiang General Sabsu, who led 9000 troops across the Xing'an Mountains and advanced westward.

The western route was led by General Fuyuan Fei Yanggu and General Zhenwu Sun Sike, who led 4.6 troops from Guihua (now Hohhot) and Ningxia (now Yinchuan) respectively, crossed the desert, met at Wengjin River (now Delger Hanggaixi, Mongolia), and then headed north.

Emperor Kangxi personally led 3.4 troops from the central route out of Dushikou (now north of Chicheng, Hebei).

The three armies agreed to annihilate the Dzungar army in the area of ​​​​the Kherlen River.

Many of Wanyu's relatives participated in the campaign against Galdan. Out of worry about her relatives, she couldn't concentrate on her pregnancy.

The others were all fine, and she knew they had returned safely.

The only exception was my uncle Shi Wenbing, who was supposed to die suddenly of an acute illness on his way back to Beijing last year. However, because he had been nursed back to health by Li Yuanpan earlier, he is now back on the battlefield in good health.

She was a little worried that something unexpected might happen to her uncle again.

However, Yinreng often told her some news from the front line, which made her feel more at ease.

In March, news came from home that my third brother Shi Liha was about to go to Guangzhou to take up his post.

His family arranged for him to be a county magistrate in a county town on the coast of Guangzhou, close to the trading port.

This time when he goes to Guangzhou, he will bring his sister-in-law Amur with him.

As for my little niece, Forlana, she was still young and couldn't stand the bumpy journey, so she stayed in the capital.

The granddaughter is raised personally by Shi Wenzhuo and his wife.

When my granddaughter is a little older, I will send her to Guangzhou to reunite with her parents.

In the following time, Yinreng was busy in the former court, handling government affairs.

Wanyu rested and took care of her pregnancy in Yuqing Palace, and also paid attention to the revenue of her and Yinreng's shops and farms outside the palace.

Prepare clothes, shoes and socks for the baby in your belly after birth.

Occasionally, family members from outside the palace would be invited into the palace for meetings.

Occasionally, I take Xia He with me to develop some delicious food.

Part of it was sent to the South Third Institute, and some was given to the young brothers.

Although everyone is the same on the surface, the main reason is because of the Ninth Prince, the Tenth Prince and the Thirteenth Prince.

The rest are just extras.

Wanyu was actually a little surprised about taking care of Yinxiang.

Because it was Yinreng who proposed it.

She originally thought that Yinxiang just had a good relationship with Yinzhen. After all, the title of "Executive Vice Emperor" in later generations was not a joke.

Unexpectedly, Yinxiang also had a good relationship with Yinreng.

And it can be seen that Yinreng still likes his younger brother Yinxiang very much.

Unlike the others who might have some intention of taking advantage of him, he just liked Yinxiang as a person.

Yinreng said that he felt Yinxiang was a genuine person with a chivalrous spirit. In this big melting pot of imperial palaces, he saw purity, which he admired very much.

So we will take more care of each other on weekdays.

The reason why Concubine Min was promoted to the position of concubine was that after Concubine De was demoted from the position of concubine and kept causing trouble in the harem, Yinreng took the initiative to propose it to Kangxi.

One is for Yinxiang's sake.

Secondly, the two of them lived together in Yonghe Palace, and Zhang Jia's status would rise, and she would be able to check and balance Depin to some extent.

Yinxiang also respected his second brother, the crown prince, who took care of him everywhere and spoke well of his mother. He respected him as much as his fourth brother Yinzhen, who had taken care of him since he was a child.

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Wanyu's pregnancy life was relatively stable.

Yinreng would occasionally tell her the good news from the front.

In February, an army of 10 was divided into three groups to attack Galdan.

The Eastern Route Army, led by General Sabusu of Heilongjiang and troops from the three northeastern provinces, advanced westward along the Kherlen River.

The Western Route Army, led by General Fuyuan Dong'e Feiyanggu, led the Shaanxi-Gansu troops out of Ningxia and marched northward.

The emperor personally led the central army out of Dushikou and advanced northward, agreeing to meet with Fei Yanggu in Tula (now southwest of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia).

When the Qing Dynasty's western army entered the Gobi Desert, Galdan had already ordered his men to burn hundreds of miles of vast grassland.

As a result, the imperial army's horses had nowhere to graze and the soldiers had nowhere to drink water, so they had to take a detour, delaying the opportunity to join up with the central army.

Kangxi had no choice but to order the eastern and western armies to speed up their advance, and at the same time sent someone to write an imperial edict to Galdan, hoping that the two sides would have peace talks, set a border, continue trade exchanges, and coexist peacefully, but Galdan ignored him.