Chapter 136 Flood
Yuying naturally knew nothing about what happened in Yonghe Palace. So she certainly didn't know that Concubine De was still unwilling to give up and was secretly looking for an opportunity to expose what Kangxi had concealed, as if that way she could snatch Yinzhen back.
At this moment, Yuying was looking at the four or nine people who came back from school together, her face full of satisfaction.
The 48 Party, which was the most fiercely fighting among the nine princes for the throne, can now be considered to be in harmony. So, the nine princes probably can't fight for the throne anymore, right?
Yuying nodded secretly.
"Empress Jin, the food in your palace is most to my liking. I love coming to your palace." Yin ate the rice in the bowl, not wanting to raise his head, and did not forget to compliment Yuying.
Yuying smiled when she heard this and teased him, "Xiao Shi, this is your second bowl. If you eat too much in my palace later, your mother will come to trouble me."
"No! Madam Jin, don't worry. If my mother comes, I will definitely protect you and my dear."
As soon as he said this, Yinzhen on the side immediately hit him with a chopstick. From the force, he showed no mercy at all, "You little bastard, you only remember to protect Empress Jin and Eighth Brother, but what about me, your Ninth Brother? And what about Fourth Brother?"
Yin scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Ninth brother, you are not from Yongshou Palace, my mother will not cause trouble to you."
He secretly observed Yinzhen's expression again, and seeing that he didn't seem to pay attention to what Yinzhen said just now, he boldly said: "And fourth brother, fourth brother is so old, and he still needs his younger brother to protect him. Aren't you ashamed?"
Yinzhen took his words seriously. He said in a deep voice, "Tenth brother, have you forgotten what happened a few days ago..."
Before Yinzhen finished speaking, Yin hurriedly changed his words: "Alright, alright... Wait until my mother comes, you all hide behind me, I will take the responsibility for my own actions, and my mother can only hit me if she wants to."
Yin looked like he was going to die bravely.
However, he even called himself "Young Master", which showed how reluctant Yin was.
"Huh? What happened a few days ago? What did you do a few days ago?" Yuying grasped the key points.
"It's nothing, it's nothing. Empress Jin, you must have heard it wrong. Let's eat quickly or the food will get cold." Yinzhen quickly stopped Yuying from asking any more questions.
Yuying stared at him until he felt guilty, then she looked away.
Forget it, it was just that they had done something wrong again and Yinzhen had to clean up the mess for them. As for the instigator, there was no doubt that it was the idea of Yinzhen, who was full of evil intentions.
However, when Yuying thought about the fact that the Eighth Prince's party actually wanted Yinzhen to clean up their mess, she couldn't help but sigh at the wonder brought by the butterfly effect.
After the lively meal, Yinzhen and Yin did not stay any longer and tactfully left.
Yinzhen and Yinsi talked with Yuying for a while and then asked to leave.
Yuying also turned around and went to the backyard of Yongshou Palace.
She had been tinkering with cement in the backyard of Yongshou Palace during this period, planning to give Kangxi a surprise when he returned.
Of course, Yuying did this for her own sake. If she could get the cement out, she would definitely persuade Kangxi to repair the road first. She was really fed up with the current muddy road.
"My queen, please come and take a look." Qingtao raised her head with a dusty face.
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At this moment, the servants working in the Qianqing Palace dared not even breathe.
Yinreng sat in his seat with a cold look on his face, which looked very much like the precursor of Kangxi's usual anger.
Why at this time?
Why at this time?
Yinreng didn't even eat his meal, thinking about the solution alone.
The Yellow River basin was flooded again, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced, and everyone was waiting for him to make a decision.
Should we provide disaster relief or report to Kangxi before making a decision?
This is why all the teachers in the study room were late today. Because of this matter, the ministers in the court have been arguing for a whole day.
Some people thought that they should write a letter quickly and give it to the emperor to decide; others thought that if they delayed for a moment longer, more people would be killed, and the most important thing at this moment was to quickly send people to provide disaster relief.
The husband said he was right, and the wife said she was right. The argument made Yinreng so annoyed that he simply drove everyone away.
But Yinreng also knew in his heart that he could not afford to delay any longer and he had to come up with a set of rules at the latest by tomorrow morning court.
Thinking of this, Yinreng called He Zhuer in and ordered him to call the staff who followed his title of crown prince into the palace, and he wanted to discuss a solution with everyone.
Khan Ama is now in charge of the front line. He must not allow chaos in the rear and distract Khan Ama.
On the second day, Crown Prince Yinreng issued an order to provide disaster relief and personally dispatched ministers to the disaster area. Despite Soetu's efforts to stop him, Yinreng still insisted on doing so, and even said that if Kangxi returned and blamed him for acting on his own, he would take full responsibility.
After the court session, Yinreng wrote a letter to Kangxi as usual, informing him of the Yellow River flood. Although he had already made a decision, Kangxi had to know about it.
After the letter was written and put in an envelope, He Zhuer took it and was about to give it to the messenger.
Yinreng seemed to remember something and said, "Send someone to Yongshou Palace to ask if Concubine Jin has any letters to pass on."
"Yes, Your Highness."
When Yuying received the message from Crown Prince Yinreng, she was leading everyone in the backyard of Yongshou Palace to spread the freshly mixed cement in a specially made wooden box.
Yesterday, Qing Tao asked her to look at the cement that had already been made. However, this was the simplest cement, far inferior to modern finished products, but it was still good enough to be used in the Qing Dynasty.
"My lady, will this really become hard after being exposed to the sun for a few days?" Qing Tao squatted in front of the flat cement, poked it with her hand, and asked curiously.
"Whether it will become hard or not, Qingtao will know for herself in a few days."
Just at this moment, Xiao Zhuozi came from a distance.
"My lady, the eunuch guarding the gate just now came to report that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent someone to ask if there is a letter for the Emperor that he would like to give to the Crown Prince to forward today?"
Yuying straightened up and made a decision in her heart after thinking for a while.
"Go and bring the man in to rest for a while, serve him a pot of tea and two plates of snacks, and ask him to wait. Tell him that I will bring him the letter right away."
"Yes, madam."
"Qingtao, hurry up and follow me. Wash your hands and grind ink for me." Yuying greeted Qingtao as she walked into the hall.
"Hey, my lady, I'll be right there." Qingtao no longer poked the cement floor out of curiosity, but looked around for water.
Fortunately, there was still some water left when stirring it just now, so she didn't have to run to find it, otherwise she would have delayed the Empress's efforts.
Qing Tao quickly washed her hands, took out a handkerchief and wiped her hands, and did not forget to instruct the little palace maid beside her, "You stay here and don't let other ignorant people dirty the queen's things."
"Yes, Sister Qingtao."
Qingtao trotted to catch up with Yuying.
Several palace maids watched Qingtao turn around and enter the palace. One of them spoke with envy, "Our queen treats Sister Qingtao so well. She never forgets to bring her along with her no matter what she does."
Another young palace maid beside her pushed her and said, "Speak softly. You are talking nonsense about Her Majesty so loudly. Are you going to die? You only see that Her Majesty is good to Sister Qingtao. You don't know that Sister Qingtao has been following Her Majesty since she was still a concubine."
"Do you know where the other lady or the maid who promised to marry her is?"
The little maid shook her head and stared at her curiously.
She was older than the young palace maid and was assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to serve Yuying when she was conferred the title of noble lady. Naturally, she knew more than the palace maid who was sent when Yuying was conferred the title of concubine.
"She betrayed the queen and then wanted to come back when she saw the queen's rise. But she couldn't come back just because she wanted to. She was beaten to death with clubs. I'm afraid the grass on her grave is taller than you now."
The older maidservant was threatening people with malicious intent.
As expected, when he saw the ignorant little palace maid's pale face, he could no longer express his envy.
After a long while, seeing that the little palace maid hadn't reacted, she began to comfort her again: "Alright, alright, what are you afraid of? As long as you don't betray the queen, you won't be beaten to death."
The little maid trembled even more when she heard this. "Yes... I would like to thank Sister Pei'er for her teachings."
Pearl glanced at her and ignored her.
Great, today I have completed the task of beating the little palace maid assigned by Sister Qingtao. When it is time for dinner, I must remember to ask Sister Qingtao for the lotus cake that she promised me yesterday.
Yuying was naturally unaware of the little incident that happened in the backyard.
She was busy writing a letter to Kangxi. She had researched cement and couldn't wait to tell Kangxi that she had prepared a surprise for him.
Yuying sealed the envelope and handed it to Qingtao, "Okay, take it."
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However, unlike what everyone had guessed, Kangxi was not in a very good mood in the palace before the battle.
He didn't expect that he would catch a cold soon after arriving. Not to mention going to the front line to kill the enemy, he couldn't even go to the front of the soldiers to boost morale.
Kangxi lay on the bed weakly and gasped for breath. When had he ever been so weak?
He was especially furious after he learned that Fuquan accidentally let Galdan escape.
At this moment, Kangxi was like a firecracker that was about to ignite at any time. Everyone in the palace was trembling with fear and treading on thin ice.
Perhaps people are particularly weak when they are sick. At this moment, he is lying in bed, missing Yuying and the prince who are far away in the capital. He wonders if Aying will miss him when he is not with her?
After all, Yuying never wrote to him again since the first day he left the palace.
There is also the Crown Prince. This is his first time as Regent at the age of sixteen. Can he handle those cunning and treacherous people in the court?
The imperial physician accompanying the army warned him not to worry too much during his illness, but how could he not worry?
Kangxi took out a worn sachet from his bosom, held it tightly in his palm, and placed it on his chest.
If you look closely, you can see a funny big eye peeking out from between Kangxi's fingers.
That was the purse that Yuying embroidered for Kangxi during the Dragon Boat Festival that year. It was also the only purse that Yuying embroidered for Kangxi.
Even though Kangxi carved many hairpins for Yuying later, Yuying never agreed to embroider one for Kangxi.
That's why Kangxi cherished it so much and never left it.
"Liang Jiugong, bring me paper and pen. I want to write a letter back to the palace." Kangxi was so emotional that he would not be Kangxi if he didn't write something.
Liang Jiugong immediately handed over the paper and pen. This time he didn't dare to persuade Kangxi not to write the letter in a hurry and to recover from his illness first. After all, he was scolded for persuading Kangxi last time.
Kangxi was weak due to his illness, and he wrote very slowly, stroke by stroke, for fear that any stroke would be unstable and the prince would notice the mistake, making the prince uneasy in the palace.
The same is true for the letter to Aying, but he deliberately relaxed his strength at the end of each stroke, leaving traces of trembling. Kangxi is such a contradictory person, he does not want Yuying to find out and let Yuying worry about him; but he also hopes that Yuying can find out in time and take the initiative to write a letter to care about him.
After Kangxi finished writing, he signaled Liang Jiugong to keep the letter and send it out immediately.
Liang Jiugong came back soon, and even when he came back, he had two letters in his arms.
Liang Jiugong held the two letters in his pockets, feeling as if he had obtained something remarkable. His waist pain and legs soreness were gone, and his old face was full of smiles.
He returned to Kangxi's bedroom exuding joy, but before he even got close, he was scolded by Kangxi.
"Why? Are you so happy when I am sick?"
Kangxi looked very unhappy as he stared at Liang Jiugong, whose smile was as beautiful as a chrysanthemum.
He is not happy? Who dares to be happy?
Liang Jiugong knelt down hurriedly and shouted, "Your Majesty! I am innocent! I am happy for you. Both the Crown Prince and Concubine Jin sent letters, which shows that you two are thinking about you!"
Liang Jiugong knew what he liked to hear. As soon as Kangxi heard it, he immediately stopped blaming him.
"Why don't you present the letter? Why are you dithering?" Kangxi stretched out his hand impatiently, disliking Liang Jiugong's pretense.
What could Liang Jiugong do? He naturally happily submitted the letter.
Kangxi took the letter. Although he wanted to open Yuying's letter first, he was still thinking about state affairs. He could only put Yuying's letter aside temporarily and chose to open Yinreng's letter first.
Kangxi unfolded the letter.
But Kangxi's expression, which should have been either sunny or with drizzles, became increasingly unsightly.
Liang Jiugong lowered his head and observed Kangxi, but he was still confused as to why Kangxi had changed his expression again.
Is it the prince or the ministers who have displeased the emperor?
In fact, neither of them was true. Kangxi was furious when he saw that the Yellow River was flooding again.
"What a bunch of trash!" Kangxi couldn't help but curse out loud.
We control water every year, but floods still occur every year.
Kangxi continued reading, and when he saw that Yinreng had already allocated money and sent ministers to provide disaster relief, his anger finally subsided a little. Fortunately, his prince was good enough.
But when he saw that the person going to provide disaster relief was Chang Tai from the Hesheli family, Kangxi frowned again.
Kangxi did not like the prince being too close to the Hesheli family.
After reading the letter, Kangxi took a deep breath. Some of the decisions he had made in his mind had to be changed now.
Kangxi put Yinreng's letter aside and opened Yuying's letter.
Seeing Yuying's lively tone, Kangxi's troubled heart felt a little relieved, especially when he saw Yuying said that she had prepared a surprise for him when he returned to the palace, he became even more excited.
Liang Jiugong watched Kangxi's face change from sunny to cloudy, then to rainy, and then to sunny again, and he felt relieved. Fortunately, there was Concubine Jin.
After reading the two letters, Kangxi ordered Liang Jiugong to call Fuquan and Changning in.
Their several groups of people had already reunited a few days ago.
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