The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 618
In this battle, the Qing army and the Junggar army tried their best, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.

Ulan Butong was originally a crimson mountain, and because of the days of fighting, corpses were scattered all over the field, and the mountain stream was stained with blood.For a while, it became a frightening purgatory on earth.

The next day, after chasing Galdan unsuccessfully, Fuquan decided to return to the imperial court.

Along the way, Tong Guogang's body was placed in a simple coffin and escorted back to Beijing by eight personal attendants.

After entering the capital, the emperor wanted to greet his coffin in person, but the courtiers urged him to stop it.

Although he was happy from the bottom of his heart, he always had to show the sorrowful appearance of losing a good minister for others to watch.

As a result, the tears flowed freely, and the princes and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were greeted, and a state funeral was ordered for him.Extremely mournful.

Returning to Beijing to report on his duties, Fuquan reported Shen Ye's excellent performance on the battlefield to the emperor one by one. After hearing this, the emperor praised him for his courage and strategy, so he proposed a decree to leapfrog the rank and promote him to be a third-rank ginseng in one fell swoop by the imperial guards. He will also give a hundred taels of gold to show his honor and favor.

If you become a general, you will be a military officer in the former dynasty, and you will no longer be an anonymous guard who can live in the verandah of the Forbidden City.

On this day, after going to the Palace of Mercy to greet the Empress Dowager, Wanyu knew that Shen Ye was entrusted by the Qianqing Palace, so she must go all the way to the Lufang to pack her bags and leave the palace to live.So I deliberately took a long detour, thinking that it would be good to see him from afar and see that he was safe.

The sedan chair walked on the long street for a long time before seeing Shen Ye pacing from a distance.

He is full of vigor, and he is more confident in his gestures, and his whole person is different from before.

He saw Wanyu's sedan chair from afar, and unconsciously, he froze slightly and stared.

Wan Yu didn't order the inner prisoner to get off the sedan chair, but stopped for a while when she passed by Shen Ye, looked through the curtain, and said, "How is Master Shen?"

Shen Ye was overjoyed to see her, tried his best to suppress his emotions, cupped his hands and said, "Thanks to your mother, I'm fine."

Wan Yu smiled calmly, her watery eyes swayed on Shen Ye's face: "It's originally bronze-colored leather, but after being exposed to the sun on the battlefield, it looks even darker. In any case, there is no injury, as long as you come back safely. "

The sun was scorching on Shen Ye's body, he met Wan Yu's eyes against the light, and solemnly nodded.

"Now you are a serious military officer, but you have to rush to the Lufang to pack your bags and move out of the palace?"

Shen Ye shook his head and said: "I fell in love with the emperor, and I promised my minister to serve the inner court as a general. Originally, I wanted to move the verandah to the outside of the Qianqing Palace. Later, I found it troublesome and didn't like to make public, so I invited you The Emperor decreed that the original site of Wei Chen's residence should remain."

There is a wind passing by, rustling the dead leaves in early autumn, like the sound of light rain falling in the ears.

Such a quiet relationship with each other has never been expected for a long time.

She waved her hand at Shen Ye, and said slowly: "You can be happy according to your own temperament. In the future, the Emperor's Qianqing Palace will host a banquet for meritorious ministers, and the four concubines and this palace will all be there. We have known each other for dozens of years, and we haven't had a good drink for a long time. On that day, I hope that your lord will not look down on Ben Gong as a weak woman, and have a good drink with Ben Gong." She paused, and said: " My lord has won the battle for the emperor, and I am happy for the emperor from the bottom of my heart."

Shen Ye bowed and bowed again, smiled at her, and walked away with a flick of his sleeve.

This night, Wanyou can be regarded as relieved of the depression in her heart, and a hanging heart also fell safely.

After dinner, Yunchan saw that she had a great appetite, so after waiting for about half an hour, she made another bowl of steaming plum soup to digest for her.

The girl saw the joy of the master in her eyes, and said jokingly: "Your Majesty, there is something happy today."

She has always spoken in a tiger-headed and thoughtless manner, and she is definitely not as appropriate as Shuang Ruo.

So before she could finish speaking, Shuangruo interrupted the conversation: "The battle is initially settled, and the emperor finally showed a smile. Naturally, the empress has something to be happy about."

Yun Chan understood the meaning behind the words, and quickly changed the subject to echo Shuang Ruo's words.

Wan Yu fiddled with the huge plums in the bowl with a jade spoon, and murmured softly: "You two are the closest and most trustworthy people in this palace. It is late at night, and the three of us, master and servant, are alone in the palace, so there is no need to be so cautious." That's all."

Shuang Ruo was a little embarrassed: "Mother, it's not that your slaves can't see your thoughts, I'm afraid we can see it, and the emperor will also see it sooner or later. By then, I'm afraid it won't be good"

"What do you see? What's wrong?" Wan Yu sneered repeatedly: "Ben Gong and Mr. Shen have never done anything beyond the rules, and they acted in an aboveboard manner. Why should the emperor watch?"

Yun Chan carefully looked at Wan Yu's expression: "Your Majesty, you think so, but Mr. Shen may not be so. Now he has become a military officer of the third rank. He has won the emperor's respect in front of the emperor, and he has the gift of staying in the palace. Madam In the future, if we are not on par with Mr. Shen, we will meet each other."

Yun Chan hesitated to speak, gritted her teeth, and still opened her mouth: "This is the end of the conversation, the servant is not afraid to say more. This is on the long street today, Mr. Shen and the empress are only chatting for a while, and the empress is uncomfortable in the situation." I know, but the servant girl and Aunt Shuangruo are serious about it. Mr. Shen can't hide his liking for the way he looks at his mother. It's just like how Bai Changqing looked at his servants, the way the old lady looked at the emperor in those eyes. It's all saved. Even if you don't say a word, the corners of your lips will involuntarily rise when you see him. Today's situation is in the eyes of the servants, but if it is in the eyes of the emperor? Doesn't the empress know , Because of the emperor's suspicion, I have hurt the empress many times."

After hearing what she said, Wanyu felt like laughing.

She suppressed this emotion in her heart, thinking that no one but herself and Shen Ye would know about it.But she doesn't want to see Yun Chan, who is the most ignorant of the world in her eyes, so transparent, let alone those concubines in the harem who have become human beings?
Just thinking about it made my hair stand on end.

Shen Ye's friendship with her, even if it is not announced, will sooner or later become a sharp blade that puts each other in a sea of ​​flames.

But what should I do?
Talk to him through the skylight?Or avoid and never see each other again?
There is no better way now.

Wan Lai stood up, drank the plum soup in one gulp, and then reset the bowl on the table: "I will report to the emperor tomorrow that my health is in danger, and I will not go to the celebration banquet of the Qing Palace the next day." gone."

Yunchan understands Wanyu's intentions, so she doesn't say anything more about Nuosheng.

Shuangruo summoned the maid to serve Wanyu to wash and change her clothes.She watched Wanyu's clean and beautiful face with off her gorgeous makeup from the side, and she couldn't help admiring: "The skin of the empress is still like a peeled egg. With so many young masters in the harem, how many of them can maintain the appearance of an empress?"

Wan Lai shook her head and sighed: "I have put in a lot of effort to get this appearance. But look at Concubine Jia, look at Mrs. Zhang Jia, they are at such a beautiful age, why do they need to give up these thoughts? I know, Sooner or later, Ben Gong will grow old one day. Now a happy day is considered a happy day, and other things are no longer difficult to think about."

Shuangruo took Bai Changqing's fairy jade powder made exclusively for Wanyu, and carefully rubbed it on every inch of skin on the face and neck for Wanyu: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much, the emperor will come to our palace for lunch tomorrow." , let's tidy up and rest earlier, and we will look better tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)