Chapter 151 Meeting
No matter whether she was Imperial Concubine Jin or Concubine Jin, there was actually no difference in Yuying's life. At most, she followed Kangxi's order and took some of the palace power into her hands.
One day, Yuying was flipping through the account book. Looking at this densely packed book, Yuying's eyes were dazzled.
Just at this moment, Qingtao came in from outside with a look of something wrong. Yuying put down the account book as if she had found a savior, "Qingtao, what's wrong?"
Yuying urgently needs to divert her attention.
Qingtao bowed to Yuying and glanced at the servant in the study. Yuying understood that what she was going to say next could not be seen in public and had to be done in secret.
Yuying asked everyone to go down and close the door in time.
Yuying then whispered in a low voice with great concern: "Qingtao, can you tell me what happened now?"
Qing Tao took out a letter from her bosom and handed it to Yu Ying, "Madam, this was slipped to me by a eunuch when I went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs just now."
Yuying took a curious look at the letter. She couldn't tell anything from the outside of it. If she wanted to know who wrote it, she had to open it.
Yuying opened the letter without hesitation.
Yuying focused her attention on the letter until she saw the signature, then she showed a look of surprise.
"How is it, Your Majesty, do you know who wrote this letter?" Qing Tao asked from the side.
Yuying said strangely: "This was written by...my father."
"Master Juechan?" Qingtao exclaimed, and then quickly covered her mouth.
Don’t blame Yuying and Qingtao for being surprised. The original owner’s family are honest people. Except for a few fixed times every year, they never contact her privately.
Ever since Kangxi's liquidation of the Imperial Household Department, they seemed to be afraid of contacting Yuying privately and causing trouble for her.
But considering the time, now is not the time to communicate.
Qing Tao naturally understood the character of Jue Chan's family, so she continued to ask, "Did something happen in Jue Chan Mansion?"
Speaking of this, it was visibly that Yuying's expression became even weirder.
At the same time, in the Juechan family, Dolber was standing in the hall walking around in circles, and there was another dignified woman sitting in front of the hall with a frown on her face.
"Master, take a break! You've made me dizzy. It will take time for Ying'er to pass the message from the palace."
These two people are Yuying's parents here.
Hearing that his wife was dizzy, Dolber finally stopped. He sighed, turned around, picked up the tea on the table and drank it all, and then said: "Madam, I am just anxious!"
This story begins on the day of the holiday.
On that day, Dolber was idle at home, but he heard from his servants that a distinguished person was coming to visit.
He felt it was strange at the time. After all, he was not being modest. They thought that the Zen clan was already in decline, let alone a small branch like his.
In this capital city, where you can find an official every three steps, who would suddenly come to visit? Although he has a daughter who is now a concubine in the palace and will soon become a noble concubine, he shouldn't be so surprised. Shouldn't there be people who come to curry favor with him all the time?
But when he talked about this earlier, he felt short of breath.
Those people hated him to death. Who made him give birth to a daughter who monopolized the emperor's favor? His daughter blocked the way for other girls, so who would look at him kindly?
But if you ask him, what does this have to do with him? What does this have to do with his daughter? It's all because their daughter is useless and can't win the emperor's heart.
It had to be him. He gave birth to a good daughter and won the emperor's heart by accident.
Dolber was so pleased with himself that he had completely forgotten that he hadn't eaten or slept well for several days and nights, and had a big blister on his mouth when he learned that his daughter had been selected to join the harem. He stood in the hall with his hands behind his back, shaking his head, but at least he hadn't forgotten that there were guests outside the door.
He stood up and walked to the door with the servant.
I saw a carriage parked at the door of his house, but no one was there. But from the way the driver was dressed, I knew he was a distinguished guest.
Dolber approached the carriage and said, "Which lord is visiting my humble abode?"
As if his voice was heard, there was a noise in the carriage.
Then came the sound of getting off the bus.
Tulber lowered his head and glanced at the place inconspicuously. It would not have mattered if he hadn't glanced at all, but the glance frightened him.
The person who came was actually Nalan Mingzhu, the famous one in their Zhenghuang Banner.
As soon as Nalan Mingzhu got off the car, he helped Du Erbo up and said, "Master Juechan, you are too polite. Let's go inside and talk."
Although it was a question, Nalan Mingzhu did not care about his answer, but went straight to the yard.
Dolber came to his senses and hurriedly followed.
As soon as Nalan Mingzhu entered the hall, he sat down in the main seat. Duerber hurriedly asked someone to serve tea, but he himself sat in the guest seat.
There's nothing they can do about it because they are from the Zhenghuang Banner and are naturally shorter than the bannermen.
Duerbo accompanied Nalan Mingzhu to drink tea, wondering in his heart the purpose of his sudden visit, but fortunately Nalan Mingzhu did not keep him in suspense.
"I came here today because I have something I want to discuss with you, Master Juechan."
"Master Nalan, please feel free to speak."
"I heard that you have a child who is still unmarried. I wonder if he has found a suitable partner?"
Dolber was shocked, but answered truthfully: "Yes, my son is naughty, so he has not been married yet."
Nalan Mingzhu nodded with satisfaction, "Then I wonder if my Nalan family will be lucky enough to marry Master Juechan?"
"This..." Duerber was speechless for a moment, as if he had not expected Nalan Mingzhu to say this.
Nalan Mingzhu's expression was stern, "Why? Do you think that my Nalan family is marrying up?"
Duerbo waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no, Lord Nalan, you misunderstood. It's just..."
"Just what?"
Dolber sighed, "You may not know, my Lord, that my son and daughter have a very deep affection for each other. Even though my daughter has gone to the palace, she has not forgotten to send a message home, saying that she has to check her brother's marriage."
"I really don't want to disappoint my little girl's wish to be her sister, so I have already accepted it. So, sir... I really can't make the decision."
Duerber looked embarrassed and regretful, as if he was afraid that Nalan Mingzhu couldn't see that he felt sorry for this good marriage.
But who knew that Nalan Mingzhu smiled knowingly, "In that case, please ask Lord Juechan to write a letter to Concubine Jin and tell her that my Nalan family sincerely wants to form a friendly relationship with the Juechan family."
"Ah... this... is good." Du Erbo agreed with a wry smile. The more active Nalan Mingzhu was, the more he felt that this matter was a fraud, but he could only agree to it.
After finishing the discussion, Nalan Mingzhu was about to get up and leave, and Duerber quickly took the giant Buddha away.
Before Nalan Mingzhu got on the carriage, he reminded her: "Master Juechan, please take more care of this matter."
Dolber returned to the hall dejectedly and said, "Go and get the lady."
The couple grumbled for a long time, and finally decided to delay the matter as long as possible. They still held out hope that Nalan Mingzhu would forget about it after some time.
Unfortunately, not only did Nalan Mingzhu not forget, he also sent people to remind him every now and then.
The atmosphere in Juechan's home was shrouded in dark clouds, and the three members of the family were all troubled, but they still decided to delay the matter as long as possible.
Their family really didn't want to have anything to do with such a noble family, nor did they want to disturb Yuying's life in the palace.
After all, in their eyes, his daughter/sister was the most delicate person, and her life in the palace must be very difficult. How could they bear to disturb her with other things? Every time they wrote a letter home, they would talk about happy things.
But things are beyond their control.
When Nalan Mingzhu came again, he brought in a stranger.
As soon as Nalan Mingzhu entered the room, he took the man and made him kneel in the hall, which frightened Duerber so much that he trembled. "What does Lord Nalan mean by this?"
Nalan Mingzhu smiled and said, "Master Juechan, do you know who this person is?"
Dolber shook his head honestly.
Nalan Mingzhu took out a cloth bag and threw it to Duerbo.
Dolber opened it without knowing why, and his face turned pale after reading it.
"Lord Nalan, this is an injustice! I don't know this person, and I would never dare to have such a rebellious heart."
"Don't worry, Lord Juechan. I believe you. You don't know this man. I just caught him outside your house. The things in his hand are what you just saw."
Dolber was furious. He strode forward and kicked the man kneeling on the ground. He pointed at him and asked, "Who are you? I wonder what Zen master has done to offend you that you have to do this?"
Nalan Mingzhu stretched out his hand to stop Duerbo who was about to move forward, "Master Juechan, calm down."
Dolber calmed down and clasped his fists towards Nalan Mingzhu, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Lord Nalan."
Nalan Mingzhu just smiled and said nothing.
Du Erbai continued to thank Nalan Mingzhu: "Thank you very much for this, Lord Nalan."
Nalan Mingzhu laughed out loud, "Master Juechan, do you know who sent this person?"
"Please enlighten me, Lord Nalan."
"Hesheli." Nalan Mingzhu uttered these four words, and the person who had been struggling just now froze.
"I feel that Lord Chan does not want Concubine Jin to worry, but you know that even if you avoid her, Concubine Jin is now in her prime. Even if you do nothing, you are already blocking the way for others."
As Nalan Mingzhu finished speaking, Duerber looked thoughtful.
Nalan Mingzhu continued, "And your Juechan family has no foundation yet. If you want to make things difficult for us, it will be easy. From then on, what does Lord Juechan think Empress Jin should do?"
Duerbo's expression froze, "What does Lord Nalan mean?"
"Marry into my Nalan family, and my Nalan family will protect your Juechan family."
The struggle was again evident on Dolber's face.
Seeing that he had wavered, Nalan Mingzhu promptly offered to resign. After all, this matter could not be pushed too hard.
Duerbo saw Nalan Mingzhu off with a look of heavy worry on his face.
Nalan Mingzhu returned to the carriage, opened the curtain and looked at Juechan Mansion behind him. The old man Soetu did help him once.
This was indeed done by Soetu's men, and others did not know about it. However, Nalan Mingzhu, Soetu's old rival for many years, who had been keeping an eye on him all the time, still found out about it. He successfully used this incident to make Concubine Jin owe him a big favor. Nalan Mingzhu left with satisfaction. As for the man he had just caught, he would give him as a gift to Concubine Jin.
Nalan Mingzhu's action can be said to have saved the Juechan family. Now Duerber had to write the letter even if he didn't want to.
So, there was the letter that Yuying received today.
Yuying looked at the letter with a confused look on her face. It said that Nalan Mingzhu wanted to marry her brother, and also that Soetu had actually attacked her family.
What the hell is going on!
Yuying seemed to be thinking about something.
Nalan Mingzhu is not in a hurry, just put it aside for now.
Haha, if Nalan Mingzhu knew that Yuying didn’t care about him at all, he would be so angry that he would die.
But right now, Yuying is more concerned about this matter: does the prince know about it?
Yuying prefers not to know.
After all, if the prince was dissatisfied with her, how could he agree to Kangxi's decision to record Yinzhen as his legitimate son?
But human hearts are unpredictable, and Yuying couldn't make up her mind for a moment.
And it was not a good idea to tell Kangxi about this matter. Because no matter whether the prince knew about it or not, it would not be a good thing for Kangxi and the prince.
Yuying didn't want to be the fuse that caused the estrangement between father and son.
Even though Yuying was supporting Yinzhen now, she had no other thoughts. After so many years of contact, she found that the prince was not as unruly as he was in history, so she still thought the same as she did at the beginning, and believed that the best outcome was still for Yinreng to take over Kangxi's position.
Thinking of this, perhaps she should talk to the prince, Yuying made up her mind.
But how to bypass Kangxi?
Time passed day by day, but Yuying still couldn't find the right opportunity to approach the prince.
As time went on, Yuying became a little impatient, so Kangxi even came to ask her if anything had happened. Yuying shook her head and said nothing was wrong.
Finally, Yuying found an opportunity when Kangxi went to pay homage to the Empress Dowager.
Yuying sent everyone else away and brought only Qingtao to the Imperial Garden. It wasn't that Yuying didn't trust the others, but after all, some of them came from the Palace of Heavenly Purity, and some were from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they were no match for Qingtao.
She and the prince agreed to meet after noon.
Yuying arrived almost half an hour earlier, and the prince had not arrived yet. Yuying took Qingtao for a stroll in the imperial garden.
It was not until almost noon that Yinreng and He Zhuer appeared on the path in the imperial garden.
"Empress Jin, how are you?" Yinreng bowed to Yuying.
Yuying slightly turned her body to avoid his movements.
Yinreng did not show any abnormality. After all, he had already fulfilled the etiquette. Moreover, he was still surprised that Yuying invited him.
When Yinreng received the letter from Yuying, he was reading with Yinzhen in Yuqing Palace. After observing Yinzhen for a while, Yinreng was sure that Yinzhen was not aware of the matter.
Moreover, she chose to do this when Kangxi was not in the palace, which meant that Concubine Jin did not want more people to know about this.
Yinreng had no choice but to hold back until the agreed time.
In order to keep the appointment, he even went to Shoukang Palace to visit the empress dowager.
Because of this incident, I was a little late.
Yuying gestured to the prince to sit down first, and asked Qingtao and He Zhuer to go away for some fresh air, but the prince refused. Even Qingtao was unwilling to leave her side.
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