“Even if you’re just talking nonsense to comfort me, I’m still happy for you.” Thirteen pinched Heyue’s cheek, his smile becoming much more relaxed: “With you by my side, no amount of disappointment matters. I’ll just stay with you and the child and live a good life. Let others worry about the affairs of the court.”
"Moreover, my fourteenth brother has obtained the position of Grand General, and my mother will be happy about it. You don't know, a few days ago, my fourteenth brother and I were recommended by some ministers to be Grand Generals. We were evenly matched, each with a 50% chance. Every time I went to pay my respects those days, my mother looked at me with disdain. Now I can rest assured, lest my mother say that I am ungrateful."
"Is Fourteenth Uncle going to be a great general?" Before He Yue could speak, Tong Ya, who was in Thirteen's arms, suddenly opened her big eyes and exclaimed in surprise, her little face shining.
He Yue glanced at Tong Ya and smiled, her eyes crinkling: "Yes, Fourteenth Uncle is going to be a great general, isn't Ya Ya happy?"
Because "Ya" and "Ya" sound the same, Heyue gave Tongya a nickname, Yaya.
Thirteen argued with Heyue for a long time about this, but in the end he lost and had no choice but to agree to Heyue's way of addressing her.
Tongya clapped her hands excitedly: "Yaya wants to be a general too! Yaya wants to go to the battlefield with Uncle Fourteen! Yaya wants to fight the bad guys with Uncle Fourteen!"
Heyue and Shisan exchanged a glance and both smiled.
"You little rascal, wouldn't you cause trouble for your fourteenth uncle if you went to the battlefield? Your mother wouldn't dare let you go." Heyue teased her daughter deliberately.
Tongya pouted, dissatisfied: "Yaya won't act up! Yaya is going to tell Uncle Fourteen that she wants to go to the battlefield together!"
He was about to get down on the ground when he said that.
Heyue quickly hugged her daughter and coaxed her, "Okay, okay, Yaya is the best, but Yaya is still too young to fight bad guys. When Yaya is a little older, Mommy will have Uncle Fourteen take you, okay?"
Tongya's tense little face lit up: "Really?"
He Yue nodded firmly: "More real than real gold!" She showed no embarrassment whatsoever for deceiving her own daughter.
Thirteen glanced at Heyue with disdain.
Heyue didn't take it to heart. Didn't she know her daughter's temperament well? She was impulsive and stubborn. If she didn't go along with her, she might immediately run off to the Fourteenth Prince's residence to fight alongside him.
Although the Fourteenth Prince wouldn't agree to Tongya's request, Heyue wouldn't dare take even the slightest risk.
After all, the Fourteenth Prince dotes on Tongya very much. Who knows, if Tongya throws a tantrum, the Fourteenth Prince might actually agree in a moment of madness.
At this point, He Yue really didn't know whether to be happy or speechless.
I don't know what happened to this little girl, but once when Heyue brought a few children to the palace to pay their respects, she met the Fourteenth Prince. On a whim, the Fourteenth Prince lifted little Tongya on his shoulders and played with her for a while, and Tongya fell in love with the Fourteenth Prince.
Later, Tongya pestered Hongtun to take her to the Fourteenth Prince's residence. After watching Hongtun and the Fourteenth Prince spar a few times, she became a little fan of the Fourteenth Prince.
The Fourteenth Prince is a strange person. He and the Thirteenth Prince didn't get along. When they were young, they often competed with each other. Even in this struggle for the title of Grand General, they were both unwilling to give in and fought like fighting cocks.
The other party didn't get along well with the other children of Thirteen, but he just happened to fall in love with Tongya, this fearless wild girl.
Although the two families are at odds, it's not a big deal for a child to like his uncle and go to play with him.
After all, the thirteenth and fourteenth princes still had a brotherly relationship built up over many years, so it was impossible for them to become enemies and never speak to each other again.
It's even less likely that the Fourteenth Prince would do anything to his little niece because of his grudge against the Thirteenth Prince.
Therefore, Heyue and Shisan did not refuse and let Tongya go.
Tongya truly believed Heyue's words and stopped insisting on going.
Heyue and Shisan both breathed a sigh of relief.
This little devil is much harder to deal with than that kid Hongchang.
In December of the fifty-seventh year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, the fourteenth prince, Yinzhen, was officially appointed as the Grand General of Pacification. The Kangxi Emperor personally saw him off in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
All those who went on the expedition, including kings, princes, dukes, and others, were dressed in military attire and gathered in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
The remaining princes, beile, beizi, dukes, and ministers of the second rank and above, all dressed in python robes, gathered outside the Meridian Gate to see off the Grand General of Pacification, Wang.
The scene was extremely grand and magnificent.
General Wang Yinzhen, the Grand General of Pacification, knelt to receive the imperial edict and seal. After expressing his gratitude and paying his respects, he followed the imperial edict and seal out of the Meridian Gate, rode out of Tiananmen, and proceeded through the Desheng Gate.
All the princes, beile, beizi, dukes, and ministers of the second rank and above were sent to the place where the soldiers were stationed.
General Wang Yinzhen bowed and paid his respects before the imperial palace, and then proceeded in an orderly procession.
In ancient times, there was no such title as "Grand General King" for a prince.
Throughout the Kangxi reign, only two generals were produced. One was Kangxi's second elder brother, the late Prince Yu, Fuquan, who had accompanied Kangxi on several campaigns against Galdan in his early years and had a very good relationship with Kangxi.
The second is Wang Yinzhen, the current General of Fuyuan.
The fact that the Fourteenth Prince was directly granted the title of Grand General by Emperor Kangxi, despite his status as a Beile, clearly demonstrates the high regard Emperor Kangxi held for him.
In the spring of the forty-eighth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign
Heyue and her sixth sister, Yanyue, sat in the pavilion in the garden of the Thirteenth Prince's mansion, watching several children playing hide-and-seek outside the pavilion.
Two years ago, Sixth Sister and Yiduli returned to the capital from their posts in Shanxi, and Emperor Kangxi appointed Yiduli as the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites.
Thanks to Prince Yong's help, who put in a good word for Yiduli with Emperor Kangxi, he was able to be transferred back to the capital.
After all, Itorishi's father was a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. Although the Crown Prince's faction was implicated because of the Crown Prince's deposition.
But now many years have passed, and the official position given to Yisang'a's only son could not be low. It just so happened that the Ministry of Rites was short of a Manchu vice minister, and Yiduli had always had a good reputation while serving in Shanxi, so Kangxi casually gave Yiduli the position.
Unlike other dynasties, where each of the six ministries had only one minister and one vice minister, the Qing dynasty had two.
For example, each ministry has one Manchu minister and one Han minister, and the same applies to the vice ministers, who are divided into left and right vice ministers.
The General of Fuyuan has been away from the capital for more than three months and has just arrived in Xining. There has been no news of the battle situation yet.
“You guys are really sitting still. I thought my brother-in-law’s position as Grand General was a sure thing, but in the end the Emperor chose the Fourteenth Prince. I felt sorry for my brother-in-law. But you guys are so relaxed.”
Since that conversation with Thirteen, Thirteen has shaken off his gloomy demeanor, as if the matter of the Great General King never existed. In the palace, he diligently performs his duties in the Ministry of War; in his residence, he is loving towards his wife and gets along well with his children.
She manages to balance work and family life perfectly, and the enduring love between Heyue and Shisan over the years is the envy of many.
Although He Yuezhi didn't say it aloud, he took He Yue's words to heart and must have told Prince Yong about them to be able to do so so easily.
Otherwise, how could one easily let go of such a dream with just a gentle reassurance? After all, it had been a dream for over thirteen years.
However, it's likely that the fourth brother also played a role in this.
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