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◎Regret! I really want to know some details...◎The
fact that the Crown Prince was having an affair with a noble in the palace has long been an open secret.
But as Mo Yu said, in the end, only the noble was punished. Although
she was called a noble, she was actually just an unfavored concubine who had not even been promoted to a concubine. It can be said that she had nothing to do with the position of "noble".
It's just that when people talk about her, they use respectful terms like "noble master" or "noble".
The concubine was also from Jiangnan. She was indeed beautiful, but her family background was not prominent, and her personality was not gentle and likable enough, so Master Kang did not like her very much. It was no wonder that Mo Yu brought this noble lady into the palace during the last southern tour. She
was favored for a while at that time.
But she did not have the good luck of pregnancy like Wang Fei, Chen Guiren, Gao Changzai and others. After being favored for more than half a year, there was no good news in her belly, and she was gradually forgotten by Master Kang.
This was no wonder. Master Kang did not care much about women, unless the woman had a noble family background that made him pay attention to the family behind her or gave birth to children for him, or her appearance was really outstanding, making him unable to stop.
This promised lady took the latter path, and she was very bold. She did not follow the path of a lady from a noble family or a gentle lady, but went the other way, with a style similar to that of a courtesan - a hot and unrestrained one...
In the words of her predecessors who brought her to the stage, she had already cultivated to the level of a "beauty", and any man would definitely not be able to resist her.
When she was in Jiangnan, this promised lady was already the "dream girl" of many men.
Master Kang was also a man, and logically he should also be in this category.
Especially being able to enter the palace to serve Master Kang was much better than being a courtesan in a brothel, so this promised lady naturally had to use all her skills to "deal with" Master Kang.
What the predecessors of Danying said was right. No man could resist Danying's terrible charm.
At the beginning, this method was indeed effective. Master Kang was fascinated by her. He stayed with her for five or six days out of ten when he did not leave the palace. In just one month, she, a Han Chinese woman with no family background, was promoted to Danying.
This was the supreme honor. After all, Wangpin had given birth to a son at that time, but she was only a Danying. She did nothing and was on an equal footing with others. But the good times did not last long. Although beauty is hard to come by, the country and freedom are more precious.
Master Kang stayed in the palace for only a month or so, and he was tired of this kind of life and prepared to arrange to leave the palace for a tour.
As soon as he left, the magic of the newly promoted concubine disappeared immediately. The main reason was that there were too many things going on outside, and there were too many beauties in and outside the palace.
For a concubine like this who was not born in a high position, most of them came from a small family in Jiangnan, or even a skinny horse, as long as she didn't get pregnant and give birth to a child in a year or two, she basically didn't have to think about turning over.
Wangpin, Chen Guiren, Gao Changzai were still girls from decent and honest families, but their positions were still very difficult to be promoted. Among them, Wangpin, who was promoted to the highest position, gave birth to three sons in one breath.
Even this was not as good as an ordinary unfavored girl from a Manchu-Mongol family. It can be seen that the so-called Manchu, Mongolian and Han family is a joke.
So in the Qing Palace, the living environment of the concubine was still very difficult. But this does not mean that they cannot survive.
In fact, if they face the reality early like Wang Bin and the others, they will be truly smart.
Those who do not have children can be content to be invisible people. At least they will not have to worry about food and drink in the palace and can live in peace, which is equivalent to retiring early for their old age. Those who
have sons can choose to wait for their sons to grow up, and they can also retire early for their old age - anyway, their sons generally will not support them, and it is good enough to know that they are still alive. Why should they expect that the mother and son must be together and accompany each other day and night?
Although this kind of artificial severance of the mother-son relationship is very outrageous, on the bright side, it also indirectly protects their own lives and those of their sons.
After all, as long as the mother's status is low enough, they will become absolute tools. A reproductive tool will not threaten the status of those high-ranking concubines at all - whether it is the emperor's favor or the competition for the position of concubine or even the position of empress, it has nothing to do with these ordinary or even low-born Han concubines.
As for the children they gave birth to, they are even safer - these concubines were basically taken in by Master Kang in his later years, and the age difference between their children and the children born by the previous high-ranking concubines is not a little bit.
For example, the nineteenth prince is still a three-year-old child crawling on the ground, but the eldest prince's eldest daughter has already married...
This is the concept of a generation difference. There is no need to think about competing for the throne. It is very difficult to grow up safely - this is to talk about the weird survival distribution of Master Kang's digital legions.
If you look at it in a unified way, it is basically a standard parabola.
The kind that is thrown down.
The survival rate of those children born before the age of nineteen and those born after the age of forty-five is very low. It can be said that eight or nine out of ten died young, and those who survived can be regarded as the chosen ones.
Anyway, the eighteenth prince, the nineteenth prince, and the twenty-fifth prince are all gone, and several princesses are also gone. It is really a pity that the so-called "still sharp sword" is actually fake science. No matter how good Master Kang's health is, the quality of this and that is still not good when he is old. The children he passed on are all sickly, and several of them died young. It's really a sin.
Even so, it was because he found a young and beautiful Han concubine and worked hard to improve the genetic relationship-it turned out that the intermarriage between Manchus and Mongols, which counted everyone as relatives, was indeed not in line with the modern concept of eugenics, which was also a major factor in the death of children.
However, Master Kang had no way to deal with this situation when he was young.
Because he had no say at that time.
As a young emperor who ascended the throne at the age of eight, everything about him was arranged by his elders. First, it was his grandmother, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang. This strong woman not only arranged his father, Emperor Shunzhi, but also arranged him clearly.
The empress was carefully selected. After her death, girls from various Manchu and Mongolian noble families were brought into the palace, leaving him with no way to refuse.
Of course, unlike his father, Emperor Shunzhi, who was a rebellious and tough type, Master Kang was a very obedient baby. He also got along very well with the first empress arranged by Xiaozhuang, Hesheli.
Needless to say, Empress Hesheli loved Crown Prince Yinreng so much that she also loved his family.
This is a show of affection that has reached the "fruit of love".
Everyone is tired of hearing it.
Take the other high-ranking concubines for example, they are all girls from the Manchu and Mongolian nobles.
Even those with lower status, such as Defei, Liangfei, and Dingfei, are also from the bannermen, and at least they are Manchus. There is really no Han concubine.
When Master Kang finally outlasted Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and could make his own decisions, he was also old.
And although he loved the gentleness and courtesy of the Han concubines, he also felt the same as his grandmother in his heart that the status of the Han concubines could not be compared with the concubines of the Manchu and Mongolian ethnic groups.
Therefore, the pinnacle of the Han concubines is probably the Wangpin.
When Master Kang was alive, the highest position one could achieve was a concubine, which was considered a winner in life.
When the four great masters ascended the throne, these people were promoted to the next level by virtue of their honor. Concubine Wang was at least given the title of "Shun Yi Mi Fei", which was considered a concubine.
But at that time, this concubine position was no longer useful to her.
From this, we can see how low the status of Han concubines was in the Qing Palace.
However, this did not affect Master Kang's love for Han concubines and abandonment of them as he saw them. He considered it a victory to get them into the palace. Master
Kang was not in charge in his early years, but in his later years he was finally able to be the master, so of course he would find Han concubines new.
Young, well-educated, proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and good at singing, dancing and music, who wouldn't be confused?
Anyway, Master Kang was confused.
Not only was he confused, but he also led his sons astray.
Because he had collected many beauties from the south of the Yangtze River, but many of them were only new for a few days before he threw them away and went out of the palace for inspection.
Every time he came back from the inspection, he would definitely bring back new beauties, so the ones he brought back before became old again.
Although they were called old, they were actually only in their teens or at most twenty years old.
The deep palace was lonely, and the beauties had to go to the Yu Garden or some rockery in the palace to feel sad and sigh about themselves.
When the mood is high, it is inevitable to shed tears in the wind and feel sad in front of the moon.
Who can not be moved by such a delicate, gentle, and affectionate beauty from the south of the Yangtze River?
Especially since the prince was originally rumored to be lustful - well, the original words were "the prince is a lustful guy", you can imagine how these two people hit it off.
So the beautiful woman who entered the palace earlier and had a more unique style agreed to have a romantic affair with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince*.
They were in love with each other fiercely and oblivious to others, but they didn't know that all this had been seen by Master Kang.
It was Mo Yu who started this matter.
Of course, the two of them had done the scandal a long time ago, but Master Kang didn't know about it at the time - as to whether he really didn't know or just didn't want to know, no one could tell.
Anyway, the final result was that Mo Yu's inner voice reminded him, and Master Kang remembered where the awkward emotions he had felt about the prince came from these days.
Great!
It turns out that this rebellious son dared to seduce his mother - well, although it was just a promise, she was also his father's roommate, which was simply unfilial according to the rules of the Han people.
Although it is said that they, the Manchus, were not so particular when they were outside the Great Wall, but that was when they were running on the prairie, and now the times have changed.
They have already taken control of the Central Plains, who is still like a beast with no sense of ethics?
If they don't change their bad habits of casually touching their father's and brother's women, how can they maintain their throne?
Don't those literati have to spit on their Aisin Gioro family?
It's simply shameless!
Disgusting!
Master Kang recalled several key details and basically confirmed the crimes of Yinreng and a certain promise.
He was actually a little hesitant about whether to take action.
After all, the prince was his most beloved son, and that promise had also given him many happy days and nights...
Unexpectedly, before Master Kang had time to take action, the promise mysteriously "died of illness".
This was naturally done by the prince.
But the prince himself didn't have the courage, no, it should be said that he didn't have the brain.
Who must have given him this idea again?
It must be those old guys like Suo'etu who were instigating their Yinreng behind the scenes.
Their Yinreng was originally a good child.
Really, how could the child he raised himself not be a good one.
It was all because of those old guys like Suo'etu, who were the worst. They ruined their good Yinreng in an instant.
It's a pity that the old guy died in the clan house and couldn't even tear him into pieces. What a pity!
Thinking of these past events, Master Kang couldn't help but get even more angry. He wanted to explode, but he also knew that Mo Yu was not to blame for this.
Your own son is not doing well, why do you blame outsiders?
Just because this outsider dared to tell the truth?
So should he be angry at others?
If so, that would be the behavior of a mediocre person, and it is not what he, the "Greatest Emperor of All Time", should do.
He must try to control himself and not do anything that would bring shame to himself.
Just like many times in the past, Master Kang once again used his strong willpower to control himself from losing his temper on the spot, and even his expression did not change much.
But the people around him did not have this kind of composure.
Almost the moment Mo Yu mentioned this matter, everyone's faces became a little strange, and they couldn't help but start to imagine a lot of wonderful scenes in their minds, which were not only wonderful, but also very exciting...
Well, I really want to know some details...
Of course, after thinking about it, no one really dared to reveal the slightest such intention - otherwise, it must be really annoying.
In the silence of the whole room, Master Kang took a deep breath, suddenly smiled and said to Mo Yu:
"Lin Moyu, come here, I have something to ask you."
Mo Yu came back to his senses after hearing this, but he was very strange in his heart, thinking what Master Kang could have to ask him.
The key is that there is nothing new to share with Master Kang at this time.
But since Master Kang called him, he certainly couldn't not go.
Thinking of this, Mo Yu slowly stood up, walked forward and bowed to Master Kang: "Your Highness, I am honored to be in this room, please feel free to ask whatever you want to ask."
[Author's words] I
actually have a toothache... and there is a total solar eclipse this morning. I watched the live broadcast and edited it by the way.
Crawl away!