The Concubine of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 464: 'Gentle' means
Because of Kangxi's sudden imperial edict, people in the palace were in turmoil even though the Emperor's birthday was less than a month away.

The Queen has been drawing up a list of palace maids to be released from the palace these past few days, because the banner she raised was to pray for the Empress Dowager's recovery. The Empress Dowager has not recovered yet, so in order to show her piety, the maids on the list must be released from the palace as soon as possible.

In an emergency, one must take the necessary measures and cannot delay. Since the purpose was to pray for the Empress Dowager's recovery and to do good deeds, the promise had already been made, so Kangxi naturally had to fulfill it as soon as possible.

Only in this way can it be effective and the effect can be maximized.

Coincidentally, as the Emperor's Birthday was approaching, the Empress was so busy that she was overwhelmed and could not handle everything. In the past few days, the Empress ordered Concubine Nianhulu to go to Kunning Palace and work with the Empress to draw up a list of palace ladies and regulations to be released from the palace.

Therefore, in the past few days, not only the emperor, who stayed in the Qianqing Palace every day, went to the Cining Palace when he had some free time;
Not to mention the Empress and Concubine Niuhulu, who were either serving in the Kunning Palace or the Cining Palace. Concubine Niuhulu was even worse, going to the Kunning Palace at dawn every day and returning to her bedroom only after traveling under the stars.

It can be seen that things are complicated! The concubines went to the morning and evening visits, or waited in the main hall of Kunning Palace for a while, and then the queen directly let them go;

What's worse, they couldn't even enter the main hall of Kunning Palace and just waited in the courtyard. The queen then sent servants to disperse them.

After two days, the queen asked them to stay in her own bedroom and temporarily stopped them from paying their respects to her parents every morning and evening.

No matter what happened, it all showed that Kangxi's edict was not just talk.

Once something happens, it will definitely not end well.

Qin Rou understood this point. She wanted to rest and take care of her pregnancy, but she was also a human being. She could not enjoy wealth, fine clothes, delicious food, and a horde of servants just by being high and mighty.

Being in the palace, one cannot do without the careful service of servants, and one also has to be dragged down by them.

The servants who came to serve in the palace were not single, they all had relatives and friends behind them. They could not present themselves to the empress, nor follow the path of the empress or Concubine Niuhulu, so they could only ask Qinrou, the concubine, for help.

The people serving in Chengqian Palace and Zhenshunzhai are not all the same person.

Even Aunt Chen is not alone, and she always has relatives and friends coming to her for help.

Qin Rou could ignore it, but the price she paid was the people's hearts. The loyalty of all the servants in the past and in the future to her as a concubine.

The loyalty of a slave is very important. It represents whether she can live and what kind of life she will live from now on.

Qin Rou stroked her belly, thinking for a long time, lost in thought, not looking at anyone, and asked, "Do you know why the emperor suddenly let the palace maids leave the palace?"

Aunt Chen remained silent. Could it be said that she was unaware of this? Not necessarily. Aunt Chen was such a shrewd person that it was impossible for her to say that she had not noticed anything.

But no matter how clearly she was asked to explain, Aunt Chen felt that there was a layer of fog between them and it was difficult to express herself clearly.

"I beg the concubine to resolve my doubts." Ever since Aunt Chen realized that her future was tied to the concubine, she had understood what attitude and degree of loyalty she should show towards Qin Rou.

Qin Rou asked at this time, and Aunt Chen hesitated for a while and said immediately.

Qin Rou didn't know whether Aunt Chen had thought it through, but in her opinion, it was clear as day, so she said, "The most fundamental difference between the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace is that the eunuchs are of Han Chinese origin, while the palace maids are all from the Baoyi Banner of the upper three banners of the Manchu army. Although they are from the Baoyi Banner, they are also pure Manchus."

The Manchus were the backbone of the Qing Dynasty's rule and the foundation of Kangxi's rule.

It is a more important part than the Behemoth flag!

The superiority of the Eight Banners of the Manchus is innate.

Aunt Chen hesitated, perhaps confused. Qin Rou continued, "Comparatively speaking, their backgrounds are also noble." Compared with whom, of course, they were the bannermen of the lower five banners and the Han people.

"Your Majesty is merciful. It is indeed against natural ethics and human harmony for palace maids to serve in the palace for their entire lives." This was written in red ink by Emperor Kangxi in his imperial edict, and Qin Rou dared to bring it up.

"The Emperor has issued a special pardon to allow the palace maids to leave the palace and marry on their own. If the palace maids can have one or two children in the future and enjoy the happiness of family, the Emperor will surely be very pleased."

How could Kangxi not be happy? The Qing Dynasty used the Eight Banners system to rule the Han people. The Manchus were the foundation of Kangxi's rule. The more Manchus there were, the deeper the foundation of Kangxi's rule was rooted in the vast land of the Qing Dynasty.

It will be less likely to be destroyed and its rule will be more stable.

Qin Rou said: "The Han people can't enjoy the happiness of family life, but the Banner people are miserable."

Qin Rou spoke against her conscience. She thought that when Kangxi issued the imperial edict, he might not have thought about the palace maid's perspective at all.

Kangxi really didn't care whether the palace maids lived a miserable and lonely life. He was the ruler and the emperor, and he couldn't see these details. But these details were the life of some of the palace maids.

What Qinrou said made sense, and she was also speaking from the facts. At least, Kangxi's edict could have this meaning.

Aunt Chen listened to some of it, and after saying good, she should say bad things. Qin Rou sneered and asked, "Aunt Chen, how many of the palace maids in this palace are fickle and loyal? The palace can't even support an heir to the throne."

Ha! With the situation that the palace couldn't even support the emperor, not only Kangxi didn't believe it, Qinrou didn't believe it either.

These servants are all loyal.

The Queen is not innocent, and Concubine Nianhulu may not be innocent either. However, in this palace, the competition for the royal heir is so serious that those who can get pregnant may not be able to give birth, and those who are born will definitely not be able to raise the child. This is definitely not just a problem of the Queen and Concubine Nianhulu.

Even if the Empress or Consort Nianhulu wanted to do it, they would definitely not dare to do it so blatantly.

The Queen came into the palace and had already cleaned up the servants, but it was still not clean enough.

From this we can see where the power of others surging in this undercurrent has deep roots.

If the emperor doesn't understand now, will he have to live in such an environment for the rest of his life?

The queen also allowed others to abuse their power in her palace.

Qin Rou said it lightly, but she hit the point.

Some people are no longer in the palace, but their power is still stubbornly entrenched in the palace, which is not good.

It would be fine if he just occupied the palace, but he also stirred up trouble and made waves. If Kangxi could tolerate this, Qinrou would have to praise him as a saint.

Weak and incompetent!

Some people were too ignorant and refused to admit defeat and withdrew on their own. Kangxi had no choice but to use bloody means to drive them out.

The more severe, cruel and bloody the means are, the more they can deter evil spirits and villains.

There was insufficient evidence, the rotten leaves were still alive, and the Three Feudatories were about to rise up, so Kangxi didn't want to stir up a bigger mess, otherwise he would never have used such a "gentle" method.

Therefore, it is imperative to let the palace maids leave the palace.