Chapter 998 Gong Xin (Part 2)

There was a noble man living in the west side hall of Yonghe Palace.

After Emperor Daxing passed away, Concubine De became the queen mother. In just a few days, the treatment of Yonghe Palace was very different.

Because the emperor and several prime ministers entered and left Yonghe Palace early and evening, the nobles and Chang Zai who were in the middle of the palace moved to other palaces for temporary residence. After the new emperor ascended the throne, they would move to Cining Palace with the Queen Mother.

Every time the Fourth Prince comes to pay his respects, Concubine De avoids him. The Western Side Hall becomes the place where the Fourth Prince occasionally sits.

He summoned the eunuch and imperial physician around Defei here to ask about Defei's daily life, and he was also the son of his duty.

After hearing the fourth prince's words, He Fei felt more and more nervous. Looking at the fourth prince's face, he was really afraid of others.

Hefei has long heard of the disagreement between the Fourth Prince and Concubine De and his son.

Today, she came to visit her at the order of the imperial concubine. She also avoided the time when the Fourth Prince came to pay her respects sooner or later. She thought it was okay, but she didn't expect that she was so unlucky and had a chance to meet her.

Although she was nervous, she had no courage. At this time, she said "No" and responded, and took the palace servants to the West Side Hall with the Fourth Prince.

She had no prince to live with her, and she could only live in the palace for the rest of her life, and she had to rely on the new emperor's face to make a living. In addition, she was quite favored in the past few years before the death of Emperor Daxing, and made many enemies, including the second concubine Deyi who was in power. Therefore, she would never dare to offend the fourth prince.

Seeing that she was so obedient, the Fourth Prince's originally dark mood improved a little.

Just a few answers and only half a cup of tea was enough to make Hefei's forehead sweat.

The fourth prince did not ask the Empress Dowager a word, but asked about the situation of Concubine Tong and Concubine Yi. Regarding the Concubine Palace, the movements of the Tong family, who would come to the palace to pay tribute, or something; for Concubine Yi, he asked a few more questions about "rehabilitation".

He cooperated with his concubine to organize the palace affairs and knew the dynamics of the two palaces.

Her uneasiness turned into fear.

What is the new emperor doing?

Behind Concubine Tong's family, there is a Tong family with two princes, and Concubine Yi has two princes who have been awarded titles, and neither of them can be moved easily.

Looking at the meaning of the new emperor, it seemed that he didn't like these two people.

If there is a grudge and entanglement, the new emperor wants to deal with the two old palace concubines, and there are countless ways to make people unaware of it. Why do you say this in front of her, an outsider?

Hefei only felt cold all over her body, and she remembered two words, "Life and Sacrifice".

This dynasty started with Emperor Taizu, and three generations of emperors, Taizu, Taizong and Shizu, all palace concubines were buried with them after their death, but the number was different. The princes and princes below also had wives, concubines, slaves and servants who died many times.

Now, it is the sixth day of Emperor Daxing’s death, and all the concubines in the harem are watching.

In the 12th year of Kangxi, the emperor issued an order to prohibit people from dying. The concubines in the harem had no sons, so he hoped that the new emperor could remember this and not use palace people to bury them.

Although she has no children and now she has become a widow, but she doesn't want to die.

She suppressed her fear and softened her voice, saying, "I haven't seen Prince Hongli for a few days. I don't know how he is doing. Is he wearing warm clothes? I haven't eaten enough? I've been in the 9th day and it's getting colder every day..."

These were a few words that were intentional, but they just pointed out that they had "raising" Hongli and were looking forward to the fourth prince's old love.

When the fourth prince heard it, he was shocked.

He looked at Hefei, and felt that the loving concubine Hefei overlapped with the "mother" he remembered.

His chest was blocked and he felt unable to breathe.

The adoptive mother once talked to her concubine like this, just to care about her adopted son's daily life.

This kind of nagging is not annoying, but it only makes people feel more intimate.

He is over 100 years old and is no longer the age of nostalgia for his parents' kindness. However, the grievances he suffered in his biological mother these days have made him miss his foster mother even more.

If his adoptive mother is alive, she will care about whether he is wearing warm clothes or not, whether he is hungry, and will not regard him as an enemy, and will give him a big hat of "unfilial piety" in the most difficult time.

The fourth prince was stared at by the fourth prince and his heart trembled. He thought he was impatient with his longing. Then he saw that the fourth prince was pale and stroked his chest and trembled all over, and felt something was wrong.

He Fei's expression changed because of his fear. He immediately stood up and exclaimed: "Master?"

"Uh... Mom..." The Fourth Prince took these two words in his mouth, and it was so bitter.

He knew that his condition was wrong, so he let out a long sigh, closed his eyes and slowly calmed down, and said, "I am not in a position... I will not delay my mother..."

Hefei was full of suspicion, but her curiosity still could not resist her fear.

After hearing the fourth prince's words, she wanted to disappear immediately, but that seemed too cold and afraid she would offend the fourth prince.

She stood up and could only endure the excitement, showing a little concern, and said sincerely: "The emperor has a noble status. Whether it is the previous dynasty or the back court, there are still many things waiting for the emperor to make the decision. Although the emperor is sincere and filial, he should take care of his dragon body more..."

Just a few casual words pleased the Fourth Prince, which made him feel more favorable to this concubine's mother.

He stood up and bowed slightly and said, "Yinzhen has recorded the teachings of Laohe's mother."

He Fei had never seen such a obedient fourth prince. His expression froze, but he quickly covered up, stood up and said goodbye, and left with the eunuch and palace maid.

The Fourth Prince's mood improved unexpectedly.

He looked at the direction of the main hall of Yonghe Palace, and no longer felt as heartbroken as before.

It seems that he forced it.

The biological mother did not speak cleverly to him because he was the new emperor, which might be a good thing for him. At least, she lacked much care and constraints.

If his biological mother treats him like a spring breeze and asks him for the 14th Prince to show his position, he will be in a dilemma.

Now that I am like this, I openly break up and my biological mother does not care about his feelings as a son. He, a son, can naturally ignore his biological mother's feelings.

He thought about it, but Concubine He who left Yonghe Palace couldn't help but think about it.

She thought about what she said to the Fourth Prince several times. She confirmed the Fourth Prince's attitude, and after she mentioned Hongli, she became more and more gentle, she breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that the Fourth Prince still appreciates his affection.

As a result, she thought of Kangxi. Kangxi made a special trip to ask her to raise Hongli, but did not ask Concubine De, her biological grandmother to raise him. Did she think about her afterlife and find a good backer for herself?

Thinking of this, Hefei couldn't stop her tears. She lowered her head and wiped her tears with a veil.

But she didn't pay attention. When she came out of Yonghe Palace, someone stared at her movements. The tears wiped the tears into the eyes of others...

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After leaving the yamen, Cao Yong and several officials entered the palace together.

By the end of the evening festival, it was already the beginning of Xu (7 o'clock in the evening).

It was a little cloudy and it was snowing.

Outside the palace gate, there was a servant of the Cao family waiting with a snow-proof cloak, which was sent by Chu Yu.

When Cao Yong rode on the horse, he saw the falling snow. The first thing he thought was that if there was a lot of rain and snow this winter, Zhili would not have any severe drought next spring.

Zhili is the most important province next to the capital, and it is the most chaotic.

In the provinces next to them, if they encounter natural disasters and man-made disasters, the court can still choose whether to save them or not. How to save them can be done within their means. If it were Zhili, the court would have no choice. Not only should it be relief, but it would not be possible to make any mistakes.

The local government warehouse has no rice and the national treasury has no silver. Cao Yong, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Revenue, truly felt that the four words "good weather" are important to the people's livelihood.

When I returned to the mansion, I just got off the horse and heard from the butler Cao Yuan come forward to report: "Master, the Thirteenth Master is here."

When Cao Yong heard this, he raised his eyebrows, and was very surprised.

The Thirteenth Prince comes to the Cao family at this time. What's the matter?

Then Cao Yuan continued, "The little one asked the Thirteenth Master to come into the living room and sit down so that someone could send a letter to the master. However, the Thirteenth Master said that he was here to see the old lady today and asked the little one to send a message. When the old lady got the news, the wife would accompany her and come out to talk to the Thirteenth Master."

After hearing him, Cao Yong took him to the living room to meet the guests.

In the living room, Li looked at the object in front of him and was speechless for a long time.

There were four types in front of me, a rhino-horned statue of Manjushri riding a lion, a purple gold beast-eared incense burner, an object carved flower and bird pen holder, and a pair of white jade dragon and phoenix-patterned ring-shaped jade pendants.

She sighed quietly, raised her head and said, "Thirteenth Master, these things are too expensive, and the servants dare not accept them."

Seeing that she was so unfamiliar, the Thirteenth Prince said, "This is what the emperor means... The emperor said, on the day of the Emperor's funeral, I should have invited the Grandma to go with me, but after hearing that he was busy with affairs, he neglected this place, and was very uneasy. These things were things that Emperor's use during his lifetime, so I left them to the Grandma for my thoughts... Not only the Emperor's side, but all the Emperor's brothers and brothers also had the Emperor's relics, but they had to wait until Emperor's funeral before they were distributed..."

This courtesy touched Li, but also made her uneasy.

However, the new fourth prince is famous, and Li is worried.

If these things were just sent by the Thirteenth Prince, she could still speak out; since it was given by the new emperor, how could there be any reason to refuse?

Li was not a good person, and when he looked at the Thirteenth Prince, he didn't know what to say.

At this moment, Cao Yong arrived.

He only heard the last sentence of the Thirteenth Prince, but when he heard the "relics" and "divided them", he saw the objects placed in front of Li, and he guessed it almost the same.

Seeing Cao Yong come back, the Thirteenth Prince said to Cao Yong: "To come to you to run errands, I haven't used dinner yet. Today I'm shameless and want to have a good meal."

Cao Yong heard this and said, "As long as the Thirteenth Master does not dislike the vulgar food in the humble house, let alone a meal, there are even ten meals and a hundred meals."

When the Thirteenth Prince heard this, he couldn't help but smile: "Okay, in your eyes, isn't you just a foodie?"

The two of them said these two people, which dissolved the original heavy atmosphere in the hall.

Li looked at the things and knew that he had no room for refusal. He just didn't know whether he had received the imperial gift or not, and he had to kneel down and kowtow to thank him.

After thinking about it, she still asked Cao Yong: "Yinger, the emperor has something to give it. Should you kowtow and thank me?"

Before Cao Yong could speak, the Thirteenth Prince waved his hand and said, "There is no outsider here, so the lady doesn't have to be too polite. The emperor said that after the concubines entered the palace, I would like to ask the lady to walk around more..."

Seeing this, Li nodded and said to Cao Yong: "I am afraid I will not be able to meet you because of my limited identity. If you meet the emperor tomorrow, remember to thank the emperor for your kindness."

Cao Yong bowed and replied, and Li asked the Thirteenth Prince to sit slowly. She took Chu Yu down to prepare for the Servant Seat.

The Thirteenth Prince stood up and saw him off. When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law Li left, he glanced at Cao Yong, snorted coldly, and said, "Cao Yong, may I offend you recently..."
Chapter completed!