lied to Kangxi

Chapter 281 Escort
Coming out of the Qianqing Palace, Yuzhu led Cao Chun to the Cining Palace to meet the Empress Dowager.

The empress dowager likes flowers and plants, rockery and strange rocks, and usually stays in the Xianruo Pavilion.

After passing the report, Yuzhu and Cao Chun entered the Xianruo Pavilion, but saw Cao Yi sitting next to the Empress Dowager, whispering jokes.

"The first-class bodyguard with a knife in the foreman of the Commissioner's Office, Chen Yuzhu, respectfully invite the Empress Dowager to be safe." Yuzhu took a few steps quickly, and bowed down first.

"The first-class male lady, the slave Cao Jia, I respectfully invite the Empress Dowager to be safe." Cao Chun followed closely behind, throwing the handkerchief and knelt down to worship.

The fifth child always speaks well of Yuzhu in front of the empress dowager.

Moreover, the empress dowager also knew that Lao Wu and Yuzhu were in good agreement, so she treated Yuzhu as her own.

"Everyone get up. Come, give me a seat, and serve tea." The Empress Dowager smiled and waved at Cao Chun, "Good boy, come to me, let me have a good look at you. "

Yuzhu knew in his heart that Cao Chun might not understand Mongolian, so he took the initiative to take on the job of interpreting.

The Empress Dowager took Cao Chun's little hand, looked it over carefully, and said to Yu Zhu with a smile: "You are a lucky person, you are so handsome, Ge Rigi!"

Gerige, in Mongolian, means daughter-in-law.

Yuzhu knew in his heart that the empress dowager loved Wujiwu, and because of the relationship with the fifth child, she was very kind to him.

"Back to the empress dowager, relying on the emperor's grace, let the minister take advantage of it." Yuzhu continued to speak Mongolian.

The empress dowager immediately became interested, leaving aside Cao Chun, who didn't understand Mongolian, and talked with Yuzhu about all kinds of beautiful things on the grassland.

"Oh, I want to ride a horse again, but unfortunately, the emperor won't let me." The empress dowager felt aggrieved.

How dare Yu Zhu talk too much?

In case, the empress dowager fell out of the horse, no matter how much Kangxi liked him, he would be forced to cut off his head.

Facing the empress dowager's hopeful gaze, Yuzhu couldn't bear it, so he came up with a good idea that not only fit the empress dowager's wishes, but also made Kangxi very happy.

"Emoge Eji (ancestor), how about asking the emperor to accompany you to Mount Wutai to relax?"

Yu Zhu knew better than anyone else that when Kangxi went on tour, he liked to travel under the banner of Empress Dowager Feng the most.

The empress dowager was originally a daughter of the grassland, and she was used to being comfortable on the grassland, but she always felt that the palace was too boring.

Upon hearing Yuzhu's proposal, the empress dowager nodded immediately, and instructed the aunts and nuns around her.

"You all remember, when the time comes, help me talk to the emperor."

"Whoo."

This flattery, even if it was Yuzhu who caught it!

Yuzhu thought very clearly, anyway, Kangxi was restless, always spending money to travel around.

Rather than benefiting others, it is better to let Yuzhu please the empress dowager.

The Empress Dowager and Yuzhu chatted happily, while Cao Yi kept secretly watching her sister Cao Chun's every move.

Cao Chun was originally under the Zhengbai flag of the Han army.When she was married to Yuzhu, she was carried into Manchuria, Zhengbai Banner.

In this way, Cao Chun and his sister-in-law Cao Yi became members of the same upper three banners.

Cao Chun had noticed it a long time ago, and Cao Yi looked at her and smiled.

After all, they are sisters, so Cao Chun quietly returned a toothless smile.

Cao Yi could see that Cao Chun's eyebrows and eyes were full of unconcealable spring.

Well, sharing the bed with Yuzhu last night, tasted the pain of breaking the melon, and the joy of fish and water, right?
Although Cao Chun and Cao Yi are sisters, their relationship is average.

Although the Cao family is a member of the banner of the Han army, it is the habit of the Han people in their bones.

When Yuzhu accompanied the empress dowager, had a good chat and led Cao Chun to leave, Cao Yi hadn't left yet.

Yuzhu's impression of Cao Yi was neither good nor bad, at most he was just a wife and sister.

After coming out of Xianruo Hall, Yuzhu and Cao Chun went to pay a visit to Concubine Tong.

Yuzhu's new daughter-in-law, if she doesn't come to visit her aunt, that would be a great disobedience.

Little Concubine Tong was overjoyed when she saw Yuzhu and Cao Chun. Not only did she admire a lot of objects in the palace, but she also held Cao Chun's little hand and talked for a long time.

The women were whispering, so it was impossible for Yuzhu to stay in the hall to listen, so he found an excuse and went to the back garden of Jingren Palace.

Concubine Tong Gui is Yu Zhu's aunt and father, so naturally there are not so many taboos.

Yu Zhu had been in the palace for a long time and knew the taboos, so he sat in the pavilion and drank tea while admiring the scenery.

However, what Yu Zhu never expected was that Cao Yi actually came.

"I've met Eldest Sister." Yuzhu is a person who observes etiquette. After hearing the movement, seeing that it was Cao Yi, he cupped his hands and saluted from a long distance away.

Cao Yi, however, acted as if he hadn't noticed that Yu Zhu was alienating him on purpose, and walked up to him, and while he was kneeling down to salute, he suddenly whispered: "Beware of Na Ersu, he is planning with the Fourteenth Lord. what."

Yuzhu was slightly taken aback, isn't Neersu Cao Yi's man, what is she doing here?
Before Yuzhu could react, Cao Yi got up and left.

A man and a woman cannot be married, not to mention that Cao Yi is still the wife of the county king, so suspicion should be avoided.

However, Yuzhu did not ignore Cao Yi's warning, and has been secretly watching every move of Naersu and the old fourteen.

Soon, before New Year's Eve, all the yamen in Beijing will be sealed.

Bannermen refer to the beginning of the Spring Festival as "seal", and "seal day" means that bannermen can start preparing for the new year.

The so-called sealing day, that is to say, is the most auspicious day among the four days from the 22th to the [-]nd of the twelfth lunar month calculated by Qintian monitoring.

From this day onwards, all government governments can "seal" their official seals, and all private schools can also take annual leave, which means the beginning of the Spring Festival holiday.

Generally speaking, most of the sealing days of the imperial court are concentrated on the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month.

After the "Sealing Day", you can start preparing for the New Year.

According to the convention, the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month can be called the first day of the new year's festival.

From this day onwards, banner people often "sacrifice to the stove", and yellow sheep is the best sacrifice for people to offer sacrifices to the stove.

Ordinary banner people cannot afford the cost of a whole gazelle. Most of them use stove sugar, fruits and fodder for horses as sacrifices. The fodder is for the Lord Stove to feed the horses on the road.

On this day, some bannermen have already started setting off fireworks and firecrackers.

As soon as the firecrackers go off, the atmosphere of the whole Beijing city comes out.

On the day of the seal, all the other Beijing government offices were on holiday, but Yuzhu was still guarding the Qianqing Palace with his squad.

No way, anyone can have a vacation, but the imperial guards have to rotate their duties as usual.

On the other side of the clock, after the hour struck, Yu Zhu put down the book in his hand, straightened his clothes, led his men, and began to patrol around the Qianqing Palace.

The most important thing in the palace, besides guarding against assassins, is to prevent water leakage (fire).

I heard from the old eunuch in the palace that in the 18th year of Kangxi, the Hall of Supreme Harmony was flooded and burned for five days and five nights.

As a result, Kangxi was so furious that he hanged the six officials and eunuchs who had failed in their duties.

Yuzhu knew better than anyone else that the Forbidden City in the Ming Dynasty, from Emperor Yongle to Emperor Chongzhen, had fires as many as forty to fifty times.

The most severe one was the second year after Emperor Yongle moved the capital to Beijing, the newly completed three main halls were completely burned down, not a single tile remained.

No matter how favored Yu Zhu was, she would not dare to be careless in the matter of running out of water.

After a complete round of inspection, Yu Zhu had just returned to the duty room, sat down and had a sip of tea, and saw Wei Zhu coming.

"Master Yu, Lord Long Live has ordered you to change into casual clothes and prepare to escort you." Wei Zhu gave Yu Zhu three winks after speaking.

Yu Zhu instantly understood that Master Huang was going out of the palace to play, and what's more, he was going to the third son's house.

It is generally believed among the people that Kangxi especially loved the fourth child, but in fact, this is a wrong understanding.

In Kangxi's later years, the prince's mansion he visited the most was actually the home of the third child.

Not to mention anything else, in the past few months when Yuzhu was the foreman and guard with a sword, he had already accompanied Kangxi to the third child's house once.

The Baylor Mansion of Yinzhi, the third son of the emperor, is located in Guanyuan, southeast of Xizhimen South Street.

When Kangxi Weifu went out, he didn't like to bring too many people with him.

However, Yuzhu shoulders the heavy responsibility of escort, how dare he be careless?
The emperor has requirements, but it is indeed a dilemma to be safe and sound.

At this time, Yuzhu's true ability can be seen the most.

Yuzhu deliberately delayed Kangxi's travel time so that the plain-clothes guards dispatched in advance could rush to the vicinity of the official garden to control the passers-by.

The news of the emperor's trip was top secret among top secrets, and Yuzhu dared not tell anyone except the guards he sent out.

Before accompanying the driver, if you don't speak strictly, you will lose your head sooner or later.

After Yuzhu waited on Kangxi and got into the carriage, Kangxi called him into the carriage and talked with him.

"You sent someone to Lao San's side again in advance?" Kangxi thought everything through when he was calm.

Yuzhu smiled and said: "No matter what I do, I can't hide it from your old eyes."

Kangxi was very comfortable being photographed, so he stroked his beard and smiled, and said, "You, you just like to be troublesome. I used to go out of the palace often, how can you be so troublesome?"

To serve as the emperor's inner bodyguard, obedience and listening are essential basic skills.

There are some things that the emperor obviously didn't say, but Yu Zhu had to go and deal with them quietly.

Some things, even if the emperor said it himself, Yu Zhu couldn't take it seriously.

If it is taken seriously, if something goes wrong, it will not be Kangxi, but Yuzhu.

When he arrived at the third child's house, Kangxi went in directly through the side door as usual.

When going out, the guards in casual clothes are inconvenient to carry knives in the open, their belts are like soft swords.

"Chener Yinzhi, I respectfully greet Khan Amma." The third child was still the same as last time, just outside the Chuihua Gate, waiting for Kangxi's holy car to visit.

"Sir Sun Hongsheng, I respectfully invite Khan Mafa to be safe."

The eldest son of the third child, Hong Sheng, is just 11 years old this year.This child suffered from smallpox early on, and his face was full of pockmarks just like Kangxi.

Yuzhu could tell that Kangxi didn't like Hongsheng.

Because, like his own father, this child likes to play tricks, but he does it very falsely.

(End of this chapter)