The Woman Behind Kangxi: The Biography of Virtuous Concubine

Chapter 86
On the other side, Xuan Ye stepped down and walked back to the harem. First, he went to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager. Ning De was always there, but today there were two sisters from the Guo Luoluo family.

Ever since her elder sister Yi concubine Shu Yu gave birth to the fifth son of the emperor, Yinqi, who was brought up by the Empress Dowager Xiaohui, Shu Yu also found an excuse to come over, while her younger sister Mulan became pregnant immediately when she was serving her bed for the first time. After giving birth to the Dragon Seed, he was conferred as a nobleman, and he was equal to Ningde who had been in the palace for three years. Although Ningde voluntarily refused to be promoted, but he couldn't keep the people below him. It's a good match, and I still treat her as usual.It's just that for a while, the two sisters actually became the upstarts in the harem, and they were very beautiful. They changed from the Wen concubine Niu Hulu's family Hai Lanshan, which attracted the envy of countless people.But Mulan still couldn't change her weak and timid temperament, everything was determined by her sister's will, even in the Compassionate Palace, she still sat behind her with her head down.Usually when seeing Concubine Jing and Concubine Duan, she would be so nervous that she could not speak, Shu Yu could only shake her head and sigh at her younger sister.

Seeing Xuan Ye enter the door, Ning De got up to pour water for the emperor, but today there was an extra concubine, Shu Yu, who rushed up to hand the water first, Ning De stepped back, smiled silently to himself, turned around and poured another glass, but It was Old Meijun who the Empress Dowager was used to drinking everyday, offered the tea to the Empress Dowager, saluted the Emperor, and then returned to his seat and sat down.

Xuan Ye smiled slightly at Ning De, who had been sleeping with Ning De for the past few days.In the daytime, it is rare for her to wear a water-green embroidered cheongsam, which is very gentle and majestic. There is also a phoenix-tailed bun on her head, which flickers and flashes as her head shakes casually, overflowing with light.I remember hearing her mention that these days, Concubine Tong invited her to help with some trivial matters in the palace, so it is not appropriate to dress too plainly, so seeing her dressed up today is much more conspicuous than in the past, so I can't help but look at it more She glanced.On the contrary, Yipin has always been well-dressed, and after looking at it more, she looks a bit boring.

"Emperor," the Empress Dowager called out, Xuan Ye hurriedly collected his mind and listened intently, "The Emperor's School of Erudition and Confucianism has attracted many people this year, right?"

Kangxi said loudly, with a hint of lightness in his voice: "Yes, they are all famous scholars and officials from the south of the Yangtze River. There are 140 three people who are recommended for the test, and 50 people will be selected. I want to take all of them. If there are enough places, even those who are not in the waiting list will be awarded officials. Those who do not want to be officials will also be given a name, which can be regarded as a retirement, so as to dispel their wild thoughts of Han scholar-bureaucrats and promote the further integration of Manchu and Han." He paused Dun continued, "Except for Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi and others who refused to accept the recommendation, other celebrities in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, such as Zhu Yizun, Wang Wan, Mao Qiling, Shi Runzhang, Tang Bin, etc., should be selected for admission. "History of the Ming Dynasty" is to find something for them to do, and it can also calm down the mouths of the people in the world, telling them that the former Ming Dynasty is in the past, and the history of the Ming Dynasty has been repaired, so that the people of the world can feel at ease to be my sons of the Qing Dynasty Bar."

The empress dowager smiled and nodded: "The emperor's words are very correct, De'er, do you think so?"

Because Ning De has always been used to discussing the affairs of the world with the emperor, he himself knows Chinese, and has a certain attainment in poetry and poetry, so when he was at home, he had heard of Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi. , Then he replied with a smile without thinking: "This is what is said. Qin Shihuang swept the six countries, the cars were on the same track, and the books were on the same text, so that the Han Dynasty prospered, the country was unified, the people were happy, and all wastes were prosperous. Xiangrufu. Until the chaos of the eight kings of Wei and Jin, the world will be out of control. Only when the world is stable, can there be cultural prosperity. Now the world is peaceful, and the chaos of San Francisco, now only Wu Shifan is still jumping, which is not enough For fear, the unification of the country is just around the corner, and now the emperor has opened the erudition and Confucianism, which is a sign of the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty!"

Listening to Ning De's words, Xuan Ye kept nodding, with a satisfied smile on his face.Only the two sisters of Guo Luoluo's family stayed in the harem for a long time, and they were confused. They just knew that the words of the nobleman made the empress dowager and the emperor very happy. But Shu Yu was full of boredom.

(End of this chapter)