Emperor Kangxi sent me to marry

"The fourth princess announces my entry into the palace?"

When the nine admirals heard this report from their subordinates, their hands and feet were numb with fear.

You can't go to the palace!

Who leaked the news?

"Go and tell the visitor: I am ill and cannot walk. When I feel better, I will definitely go and pay my respects to Her Royal Highness the Princess."

The person who came to pass on the news was just a small official at the yamen gate. He had bought this lucrative position a few months ago by paying a lot of money. He had just turned eighteen, and he had no expression at all. Seeing that Tuo Heqi's voice was loud and his face was rosy, and he didn't look sick at all, he actually started to persuade him.

"Sir, you'd better go! Seeing that His Royal Highness is the eldest in the court, the fourth princess is both his sister and his in-laws. How can you offend such a person?"

Tuoheqi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he quickly sent the young man away, then took off his clothes and lay on the bed pretending to be sick.

In the blink of an eye, the doorman came back again. Tuoheqi's personal followers did not dare to let him into the house this time. After asking him what happened, he went in and passed the news.

"Sir, the fourth princess's people have left. Since you are not feeling well, you can go back tomorrow. I just ask you to take care of the guards at the gate of the city. The fourth princess is going out of the city tonight, and I don't know when she will come back. . Don’t close the city gate, leave a door open for her.”

Tuoheqi quickly opened the quilt, stopped pretending to be sick, and sat up.

"Did the person really say that?"

"I didn't hear it, I just heard what the concierge said..."

"Okay! Get down here! There's not a single one useful! You're just paying my monthly salary!"

The attendant received a scolding and went out with aggrieved expressions on his face. Tuo Heqi was upset, and the weather was hot, so he simply took off his close-fitting clothes, leaving his upper body naked, holding a big cattail leaf fan and fanning himself non-stop.

Tuoheqi didn't have time to ask why His Royal Highness wanted to deal with the fourth princess, but he didn't think it was a good idea.

He didn't enter the palace today, but Tuoheqi knew what happened in the palace.

That thing called 'voting', after a whole morning of fiddling with it, the result was that Suo'etu did not deserve to die.

How beneficial this is to His Royal Highness!

The emperor was possessed by evil and ignored the government affairs, the four princesses had soldiers and people, and Suo'etu was alive again. With the reputation of the Hesheli family, there were many clans that could be won over. As long as His Highness the Crown Prince persists for a few years, wouldn't it be natural for him to ascend the throne when he becomes emperor?

Such a key figure as the Fourth Princess must be secretly arrested and imprisoned. If the prince were in the capital, Tuoheqi would desperately oppose it. It's a pity that he is not here, so Tuoheqi can only cooperate with Sibeile according to the secret order of a few words.

But at this juncture, the fourth princess ordered him to enter the palace...

Tuo Heqi thought about the whole thing over and over again, always feeling that it was too dangerous and not worth it.

The fourth princess only had 2,000 men with her, but he could mobilize nearly 20,000 troops. There seemed to be a huge disparity in strength. But if the two sides really fight, the fourth princess's side may not necessarily be at a disadvantage.

First of all, he did not dare to lead troops into the Forbidden City, but the fourth princess did. As soon as she hid in the palace, there were so many concubines, princes, and ladies holding her in their hands as bargaining chips, and no one could do anything to her. There is his biological sister there!

If he leads troops into the Forbidden Palace without purpose, and if the prince turns against him afterwards and refuses to admit his guilt, he will know that he will not be able to achieve great success, and he will die without a burial place.

Therefore, Tuoheqi immediately found an excuse to reject the storm plan proposed by Si Beile, and instead lured the Fourth Princess out of the city and captured her outside the city.

Or is it safer to attack the nunnery first and rescue the princess?

But he hated Si Beile, who was always on guard against him, but did not tell him where the nunnery was.

Tuoheqi was so anxious that he was sweating, and big beads of sweat flowed down his back, making the bamboo mat he was sitting on wet. Tuoheqi wanted to ask someone to come in and tidy up, but just when he was about to shout at the top of his lungs, there were voices outside.

"My lord, you really can't go in, my master is sick!"

"I know, that's why I came to see him! If you don't open the door, I'll kick it open myself! Please help me! Why don't you come out on your own?"

This voice was clearly that of Prince Maerhun of Anjun.

It seemed that the fourth princess had to make things difficult for him and asked her former master to come and arrest him.

Tuoheqi was forced to do nothing and decided to jump out of the window to escape. Unexpectedly, when he opened the window, Prince An stood there waiting with disdain on his face.

"I knew you were not sick. What's the matter? Your sister gave birth to the twelfth brother, and now you are a military attache of several grades. Do you really think of yourself as your master? The fourth princess can't even invite you. ?”

"No, how dare you."

"That's good. The banquet has been set up in the palace. You are so proud. Su Ma's mother and your sister's concubine are both here. Why don't you wash up, change into decent clothes, and follow me to the palace for the banquet?"

"Determined concubine? Your Majesty, I... no, my servant's sister is just a little noble lady, she has no title!"

"Are you planning to let me stand outside the window and talk to you?" Tuoheqi suddenly realized what he was doing. He quickly put on a coat, opened the door, invited Prince An to come in, and sat down to talk.

The furnishings of the Bujun Yamen were simple. Seeing that there was no chair that he could like, Prince An simply stopped sitting and urged people to bring water and arrange Tuo Heqi's appearance.

"This means that the emperor is not looking good now. What the Queen Mother means is that maybe there are some things that are not considerate in daily life, and there are also things that the gods and Buddhas do not like. In the current palace, if you are below the rank of concubine and above the age of forty, as long as you have Anyone who has given birth to a prince or princess will be given a title and promoted to a higher position. Your sister will use this decree to make her a concubine when the emperor returns to Beijing. What a good thing, but you have resisted and refused to enter the palace. "

Tuoheqi washed his face in a hurry, picked out fresh clothes to wear, and followed Prince An to the sedan chair sent by the palace.

The fourth princess's intention was very clear. If he dared not to go, his sister could be a concubine today, or she could be extremely happy and miserable tomorrow, and die suddenly in the palace.

One wrong move and the whole game is lost.

The fourth princess took advantage of her, so she had no choice but to let her control her.

Beside the two sedan chairs, there were the soldiers of the fourth princess responsible for escorting them. Tuoheqi took a peek and saw that each man had two muskets on his shoulders, and a powder cartridge on his waist. The lead-filled waders were heavy on his thighs.

This meant that he was ready to fight at any time, but after hesitating for two days, he still did not dare to give his men a clear instruction. The fourth princess has already won half the battle before the war begins.

Come on, give in.

The sedan chair moved very fast, all the way to Cining Palace. Before entering the palace gate, the laughter of the women inside and the melodious music of silk and bamboo could already be heard. The twelfth elder brother who stayed in the palace stood outside to greet them and opened the sedan curtain with his own hands.

"I heard that my uncle is ill. Is he feeling better now?"

Tuoheqi didn't know whether to keep pretending or to tell the truth. Fortunately, King An was on the side and protected him.

"Your uncle was too polite and didn't dare to go to the palace to have a drink, so he said he was sick. In fact, the emperor is not in the palace, but the ladies collected some money and had fun secretly. What are you doing so seriously?"

The twelfth elder brother was only fourteen or fifteen years old and didn't know much about words and expressions. He believed it to be true. He took Tuo Heqi's hand affectionately and invited him to go to the side hall.

"The fourth sister has invited all the empresses in the palace. It is inconvenient for uncle to go, so we opened another table in the side hall for our family to eat. Then we invited the fourth sister. It was originally said to be placed in the palace of the empress Yi, Su Ma My mother said that the place was small and not enough fun, so she made the decision and ordered it to be placed in the garden of Cining Palace. Uncle, Enie can finally be granted the title of concubine! I thought I had to get married so that Enie could be promoted to a higher position! Fourth sister is always so considerate, and she takes care of things in advance that others don’t expect.”

Tuo Heqi looked at the young nephew who didn't know how to feel sad, and seemed to let go of something in his heart.

Forget it.

Without her younger sister's belly to live up to expectations, their family has gone up and down, and they are still serving as servants in Prince An's house, letting everyone call them here and there.

He can be a father outside and have unlimited glory, but it's not like his sister has to work hard in this palace where the sun never shines. At the age of forty, she has just been promoted to the rank of concubine, and she can still be successful like this.

Wealth will not be brought to you in life or death, so why be so persistent.

Tuoheqi smiled and grabbed the twelfth brother, took out a purse from his arms and put it in his nephew's hand.

"You must be careful and give this to the fourth princess secretly. I will go to the side hall first and wait for you and the concubine."

The twelfth elder brother took the purse and looked over it. He saw that it was not anything valuable, and even the needlework was a bit rough.

"What is this? Uncle, everything at Fourth Sister's place is of high quality, but ordinary things are not pleasing to the eye. If you want to give her a gift, why not give it something expensive? If money is tight, I still have some private money."

"Just give it to her. This is the most important thing, more valuable than any other treasure. The fourth princess will be happy to see it."

The twelfth elder brother left in a daze. Tuoheqi was relieved and walked slowly and leisurely to the side hall.

The mouth of the purse was tightly sewn with needlework, and there was only a short note inside.

The prince's handwriting and seal.

There were only twenty-six words on the note.

"Unlock the four Belles and capture the four princesses alive. The Crown Princess is expected to be at the Empress Dowager's nunnery. Rescue her quickly."

Tuo Heqi couldn't figure out why the two brothers and sisters turned against each other.

But he himself will not betray his sister and nephew until his death.

Fourth Princess, you must win against His Highness the Crown Prince!

I have put the whole family on you!

This chapter is linked to Volume 11, Chapter 10, Zhaicai; Volume , Chapter , Collapse

The nunnery is the nunnery where Xiaozhuang scolded the second princess, and it appears in the second volume.

After Kangxi's middle age, there were few Jin titles in the harem. The sealing of the harem mentioned in the article actually happened in the fifty-seventh year of Kangxi. For example, the biological mother of the twelfth prince, Wan Liuha, was not even a noble person before. To put it nicely, she was called a concubine. She was almost sixty years old when she came to the throne and decided to be a concubine, and she still had a prince. Those who only gave birth to princesses (provided that they lived to adulthood) mostly stayed among the nobles.