Clearly, she doesn't want to be a concubine

Then in the memorial, it was written in detail: The king of Joseon appeared on the last day of the interrogation.

In addition, although the king of Joseon, Li Xuan, was very reluctant to appear on the scene, he was very firm on the conviction of the criminals. He suggested that the six main criminals who shot the shotgun should be beheaded and their wives should be enslaved; 19 people who crossed the border should be executed; Li, downgrade two or five grades.

The envoy to the Qing Dynasty asked him to draft a "Letter of Apology" and submit it to the Qing court, but the Korean ministers rejected it. They felt that it was like a confession, which would embarrass the King of Joseon and cause the Korean royal family to lose their prestige in North Korea, which might cause civil strife.

All the ministers of North Korea and the king of Joseon requested to punish individual criminals in exchange for maintaining the face of the Joseon royal family.

The Qing envoy made the next best thing and allowed the king to give a verbal apology.

At that time, the king of Joseon apologized verbally: "I dare not have a careless heart, and the matter is here, could it be that the prohibition is not strict, and now I am panicked by the emperor's order."

Other envoys who went to the Qing Dynasty, although they reported it, they also concealed a lot.

But because of this secret book that came with it, Kangxi also knew the beginning and the end.

In the secret book, there are piles of piles, all of which are declarative speeches, even if those who went with them concealed something, they also made up for it.

Kangxi had an examination in mind for the several Qing envoys who went with him.

After several times of thinking, the matter was put on the court for discussion by the ministers.

The ministers have their own opinions, some take it lightly, some punish it harshly, and some feel that the king of Joseon just apologized verbally, which is too frivolous.

After Kangxi finished listening, he said lightly: "Then fine them another 2 taels of silver."

After the examination by the Ministry of Rites, the draft decree was sent to the imperial table.

After Kangxi wrote and stamped it, he sent it to North Korea.

After finishing his work, Kangxi went to the Chengqian Palace to see the imperial concubine Tong Jia.

The imperial concubine Tong Jia has been ill for a long time, so he has worries in his heart and often visits her sick.

However, the imperial concubine Tong Jia still looks sick.

The hospital can only take medicine and adjust it.

Cure cannot be cured.

It was okay when I took it, but the flow stopped after half a month; once I didn't take the medicine, I couldn't stop dripping.

However, the medicine is three-point poisonous. After drinking the medicine, the imperial concubine Tong Jia will inevitably suffer from mental distress and sleepiness all day long.

The affairs of the Six Palaces are managed by the two concubines Rong and Hui on a daily basis.

Kangxi saw that the imperial concubine Tong Jia was not in good spirits, so he cared about her illness, fearing that she would force her spirits, so he didn't stay for long, and went to Umalu's place.

Umalu hadn't recovered from his serious illness, and after giving birth to a child, he just stayed on the bed and didn't salute, looking at him with a pale face, so he was a little more energetic than the imperial concubine Tong Jia.

Kangxi smiled and said: "I see you as a plum, you are the one withered, and you are the one standing on the branches in winter."

He thought for a while and said, "It's not like snow."

He sighed: "If it falls on the ground, it will dissipate soon. It is Empress Renxiao and Empress Xiaozhao, but it is not you."

She is a withered plum tree on weekdays and a dry weed in winter.

Seeing that it is about to die, it will be full of branches in winter, and green all over the world in spring.

She seems to be exhausted, but she will spit out a mouthful of anger from the bottom of her body.Holding on to that breath, I lived day by day.

She can't live well, and she can't die.

But he likes her strong, stubborn and undead character.

She is so similar to him, they are the kind of people who refuse to give up even when they are desperate.

He likes her.

Really like her.

He stretched out his hand to stroke her hair.

Kangxi rarely mentioned Empress Renxiao, and most of the time he just mentioned it in passing.

The people in the palace rarely mentioned the two empresses, as if they had become a taboo, and they seemed to be forgotten.

Umalu had nothing to do, so he stopped his needle and thread, and asked, "Master, why don't you tell this servant about Empress Renxiao and Empress Xiaozhao. Thinking about it, they must be very good people."

Kangxi was silent for a while before talking about the two empresses.

He and them were young couples, and they had thought about growing old together and being their old companions.

He and them also had a game of betting that the book will disappear and the fragrance of tea will be thrown away, but at that time, it was only normal.

He missed them as if he was missing his best friend: "She and Empress Xiaozhao entered the palace at the same time, one was the empress and the other was the concubine, both of them were exquisite and sweethearts, although they thought a lot, they got along very well. It's just... "

Kangxi sighed: "Empress Xiaozhao was congenitally weak, but Empress Renxiao thought too much. I often persuaded her to think about it, but in the end she became ill after a long period of depression, and she had a prince again, so she just left."

Umalu held his arm.

He took her hand, slowed down for a while, and then continued.

"Both of them are charitable and considerate of servants. The palace servants seldom punished them when they made mistakes. They also often advised me not to be too strict in governing." Kangxi squeezed her hand, "Only I When I was young, I couldn’t listen to it.”

"Empress Renxiao is different from me in nature. She is kind and benevolent. She talks to me heart-to-heart. She is my best friend. Empress Xiaozhao interprets the language exquisitely. She understands every time she doesn't need to explain it. So far, what can I ask for?" Kangxi seemed to be caught in the memory, "Concubine Yi is a bit like Empress Xiaozhao when she first entered the palace, she has an open temper."

Kangxi had to admit: "In addition to being husband and wife, I and them also grew up together."

"I'm not going to hide it from you. Before I met you, I thought about it." Kangxi sighed, "If there were no such considerations, in this life, I only have her two wives and a son who inherits the throne. That's enough."

Although he smiled at her, his heart was quite heavy: "Now that I have you, imperial concubine and concubine Yi, I feel that with the three of you, it would be nice to be a harmonious family."

He said to himself: "You all have the temperament of not fighting or grabbing. Empress Renxiao and Empress Xiaozhao have nothing to dislike when they see you."

"They're used to it very well."

Umalu looked down at his hands, neither happy nor unhappy.

She felt that she didn't need the Harmony House he talked about at all.

Her heart is not here.

"Caiyun is easy to disperse and glass is brittle." Kangxi had to be sentimental.

He had a really good relationship with them.

Probably started the conversation, Kangxi chatted with Umalu all afternoon.It was said to be chatting, but Kangxi was talking alone.

Whatever he thinks of, he will talk to Umalu.

It's all about his past with Empress Renxiao and Empress Xiaozhao.

They flew kites together, and they also enjoyed the empress dowager's knees together, enjoyed the wind and the moon together, ate together, chatted about family affairs together, and watched spring flowers, summer rain, autumn moon and winter snow together.

They studied books with him, talked about gossip, and even joked intimately.

They cared about his food and body, would dress him, and embroidered handkerchiefs, sachets, and handkerchiefs for him.

What people did for him later, she and her two had already done for him.

Later, people tried to explain the language, but they couldn't explain it to the two of them.

They are like the bright moon hanging on the eaves, once they have been here, it has been a lifetime.The remaining Qinghui also illuminates the rest of his life.

They are not around, but always in my heart.

When he lost them, he not only lost his wife, but also lost his friends, companions, and that period of youth.

When it came to the depths, Kangxi choked and remained silent for a long time.For a long time, bow your head and be calm for a long time.

Umalu didn't do anything, just sat quietly with him, waiting for him to recover.

Hot tears fell on her hands.

It's impossible for a man to cry when he has tears, because he hasn't reached the place where he is sad.

Umalu quietly waited for the tears on his hands to dry up.

"I always thought it would be a long time." Kangxi clenched her hand tightly, his voice hoarse, "But God always tells me that I am nothing. At least, I can't keep them."

He looked at her, forcing himself to smile.

"When they were about to leave, they all begged me to take good care of their families, their families." Kangxi paused for a long time before saying, "But they don't like this."

He looked blankly in front of him, as if he saw the past.

That year, the snow covered the entire Forbidden City.

At that time, Empress Renxiao was still young, only 16 years old, watching the heavy snow with him, and listening to him worrying that the heavy snow this year would cause snow disasters and freeze the people to death, but she was only in a daze for a long time.

After a long time, she finally opened her mouth and said: "Feixue has never understood human language, so how can I know whether the world is good or bad."

She whispered softly, almost talking to herself: "I only wish that I would be like this snow, come and go in this life without any worries, come and go clean."

Her voice was so soft that no one said a word, it was assumed that such unlucky words had never been said.

But later Empress Xiaozhao was wrapped in a thick cloak, and after coughing hurriedly, she stepped forward to hold her and said with a smile: "Then good sister, wait for me, I will go with you, go together, and be a clean person together .”

Hearing this, he laughed at them: "Well, you don't take me with you."

They huddled together, and said with a faint smile: "The slaves only hope that the master will live a hundred years, forever, and be a sage and a master, so I won't take you."

They were punished by the Empress Dowager for copying the scriptures for one month after they said such nonsense, and the three of them never gave birth like this again.

But he always remembers.

Umalu had already told the people in the house to go down.

Kangxi said in a low voice: "They don't like it, and I don't necessarily like it very much. But they..."

don't take me...

Umalu turned sideways and hugged Kangxi with one hand.

Kangxi let go of her hand and held her tightly in his arms.

I don't know how long I hugged her, Kangxi's chaotic breathing gradually stabilized, but he didn't let go of her for a long time.

Perhaps Kangxi was tired, or for other reasons, Kangxi did not leave that night.

For several days, Kangxi stayed in Yonghe Palace.

Although Liu Gong muttered something, no one did anything for a while.

It took half a month for Kangxi to recover, and his heart was not so panicked. Seeing that if he stayed again, the empress dowager and others were about to intervene, Kangxi finally gave up the idea of ​​coming to Yonghe Palace.

After that, Kangxi took Yinti, Yinzhi, Yinzhen and the prince to tour outside the Great Wall.

Before Yinzhen left, Imperial Concubine Tong Jia asked Brother Ying to prepare a lot of things for him.

Imperial Concubine Tong Jia said: "Although the palace will always be ready, it's the first time you go out after all, you'd better be careful."

Yinzhen nodded obediently.

The imperial concubine Tong Jia was honest and kind: "After you go out, follow your imperial father well. If the imperial father is away, follow your prince brother. If someone provokes you, you just tell your imperial father."

"it is good."

The imperial concubine Tong Jia reminded him: "Go and see your mother-in-law before you leave."

"Yes, my son knows."

After leaving school on the second day, Yinzhen stayed in Yonghe Palace, had a meal with Umalu, and talked about it.

Wu Malu learned that the concubine Tong Jia had prepared something for him, so he smiled and said: "Your mother Tong is ready, so I won't prepare it for you. You go out and follow your imperial father, pay more attention."

"Yes."

Umalu asked him again: "Your mother Tong is still missing?"

"Mother Tong is not feeling well and has no strength. Auntie Ying said that she will be fine after a while."

Wu Malu usually sent things to Chengqian Palace, after thinking about it, he asked Liuli to take the ginseng from the warehouse to Yinzhen, and asked him to take it back to Tong Jia, the noble concubine.

Whether it is useful or not is one thing, but it has to be done properly in the world.

Yinzhen hugged Umalu, and Umalu straightened his clothes before letting him leave with Brother Ying who came to pick him up.

The palace also fell silent.

On July 24, more than [-] Qing troops entered the city of Yaksa, besieged the city, and ordered the Raksha army to surrender.

General Alexei Tolbuzin of the Rakshasa Kingdom ignored him.

In August, the Qing army began to attack the city, and Tolbuzin was killed by the Qing army. The Raksha State army was replaced by Beidun to take command and continued to resist.

On August 25, the generals of the Qing army considered that the Raksha Kingdom must be waiting for reinforcements, considering that the Raksha Kingdom was defending Yaksa, and that winter was approaching, and there would inevitably be ice and snow.

So they dug trenches and besieged the south, north, and east sides of Yaksa City, and sent warships to patrol the river west of the city to cut off foreign aid from the enemy.

The Raksha Kingdom was besieged, and many soldiers died in battle.

The city of Yaksa was about to fall, Sophia, the regent of the Raksha Kingdom, hurriedly asked the Qing court to withdraw from the siege, and sent envoys to agree on the border.

There is no way, civilians cannot go to the battlefield, even if they go to the battlefield, it is only used to consume the enemy's supplies.

Only nobles can join the army and go to the battlefield. Queen Sophia has already been under tremendous pressure from the nobles.

If in the end, her army captured the city of Yasak, she would have an explanation to the subjects in the country.

Now, the country cannot be conquered, so she can only withdraw her troops, and then find a way to appease the dissatisfaction of the nobles inside.

She can only give in.

And the Qing court was unwilling to fight the Raksha State for a long time.

There is no reason to be a thief for a thousand days, but to be a thief for a thousand days.If they are dragged at the border by the Raksha Kingdom, the supplies and military pay will be huge.

The Qing Dynasty was rich, so it couldn't waste the law like this.

Talk if you can.

So the Qing court agreed to the request and allowed the remnants of the Raksha Kingdom to withdraw to Nerchinsk.

While the original 820 six Rakshasa soldiers, only 66 remained when they withdrew.

It was nearly September before Kangxi returned to the palace.

After Yinzhen came back, he mentioned to Tong Jia, imperial concubine and Umalu how respectful the Mongolian tribes were to his imperial father during his tour outside the Great Wall.

He envied, admired and respected: "If one day, I can be like the emperor's father, then it will be great."

As a result, he was reprimanded by both Tong Jiahuang and Umalu.

Both of them gave him ear orders, telling him that in the future, no matter in public or in private, he should never mention such words again.

Yinzhen didn't expect his mother to say the same thing as Tong's mother, he wondered: "Why both you and Tong's mother told me not to say such things in private."