Chapter 54 The sudden death of Concubine Yi
At the end of the 22nd year of Qianlong, Yipin suddenly died of illness. She died less than half a month from discovering the illness to being sent to the imperial physician for diagnosis and treatment. The imperial physician could not diagnose the disease. She was just afraid of the cold and convulsing. It was useless to feed the tonic and eventually passed away.
Because it was a difficult and complicated disease, the imperial physician could not explain what the disease was. The queen advised the emperor not to go to Yonghe Palace. I am afraid that the contagious disease would not be cured. Rumors spread, saying that Yipin had a strange disease, and the concubines did not dare to visit him without authorization.
After Concubine Yi died suddenly, the emperor ordered the Yuling Concubine Garden to be buried according to the etiquette of the concubine's throne. There was no posthumous title. When Concubine Yi was favored, she was honored by the whole clan's flag-raising. The emperor ignored the opposition and appointed Concubine Bai as a concubine. But at this time, there was not even a posthumous title and was buried in a hurry.
Yipin left, Yonghe Palace was free, the queen proposed to clean and renovate Yonghe Palace and ordered Xinpin to move it over. After all, Yanxi Palace is remote, and Xinpin is also favored. Living in the remote Yanxi Palace is not that true.
The emperor had no intention of caring about these trivial matters, so he agreed to the queen. The queen ordered people to clean up and renovate the Yonghe Palace thoroughly, and ordered Xinpin to move into the Yonghe Palace after the spring of the next year.
Yongshou Palace
Concubine Chun: "There is strangeness in this contempt of consort. People leave quickly. They don't have time to say apart. Although they have not had much friendship for so many years, they have been serving the emperor together for so many years. It is also a pity to see her from a Han girl entering the palace and becoming favored, and her whole family is honored by the flag to slowly falling out of favor."
Lin Yanyan: "I secretly asked Doctor Shi. Doctor Shi said that the symptoms of Yipin Yi were like he died of poisoning."
Concubine Chun was shocked and said, "Poisoned?"
Lin Yanyan: "This matter cannot be born in Zhang, but you and I know it in my heart. Yipin was favored before Qingpin and Yingpin entered the palace, but later fell out of favor. Just after Shujia imperial concubine and Shufei were alienated from the queen, Yipin suddenly got close to the queen one day. Later, Yipin suddenly died suddenly, and there was probably some reason for this."
Concubine Chun: "Is it the queen?"
Lin Yanyan: "I don't know if it's right? But now the queen and Xinpin are very close again. Xinpin gave birth to two princesses in succession but did not get the throne of concubines. Before, the emperor would rather have a single concubine than make her a concubine. However, the imperial concubine was full, but the emperor wanted to make Concubine Ling a concubine several times. This is the gap."
Concubine Chun: "Although Yipin was favored in the early years, she was no longer as good as Qingpin and Yingpin and other newly favored concubines in recent years. Her family had no power. She originally thought that the queen had given her olive branch and had caught a life-saving straw. Did she ever think that this was not a life-saving straw, and it was a life-saving straw!"
Lin Yanyan: "The queen and Xinpin have had a gap. This time they join forces again, and they may not be able to persevere together. When Xinpin meets Xi again, it is the time when the two fall apart. Let's see."
Lin Yanyan thought that the queen would experience the difficulties of Empress Xiaoxian after losing her daughter and son. Unexpectedly, the queen was stimulated and now she was even more ruthless in her work. She accepted Xinpin's approach, and did not really want to help Xinpin and become Xinpin, but just used her.
Spring of the 23rd year of Qianlong
Borjigiddom, who was learning the rules in Yufei Palace, was named a nobleman and was the emperor's nobleman. He followed Yufei Palace to live in Xianfu Palace. Xinpin moved into Yonghe Palace, and Yipin's sister Bai Chang moved to Wanping's Zhongcui Palace. This Yonghe Palace completely erased the traces of Yipin.
When Duo Guiren greeted the queen for the first time, he saw the concubines, it was very different from before. He took off his Mongolian clothes and changed into the clothes of Manchu concubines, dressed up in a simple manner. Although he was twenty-seven years old, his charm was still there.
"Please pay tribute to the Empress and to all the Empresses!"
Queen: "Get up, give me a seat!"
In terms of the position of noble people, we have already left a place for many noble people, and many noble people have made rapid progress. Now there is basically no problem with the Manchu language communication.
Queen: "The nobleman came from the Jungelerut Mongolian tribe. It is different from the customs of our Manchus. We must adapt one by one. If you don't know anything in the palace in the future, learn more from these concubines in the main position and serve the emperor well."
"It's the Empress and the Concubine who obeyed the order."
That night, the emperor turned over the sign of Duogui Ren. Duogui Ren entered the deep palace with his family's mission. Although he was not young, he looked lively and cheerful.
After spring, the emperor repeatedly proposed to add to the four concubines. Now there are Concubine Ling, Concubine Yu and Concubine Shu. The emperor is Yipin Qing and Concubine Ying together. However, since there is only one concubine vacant, Concubine Qing entered the palace early, so the emperor planned to concubine Qing as a concubine.
As soon as the news spread, Xinpin immediately panicked. What she feared the most was that once Qingpin was granted a concubine, the position of concubine would be full. Unless anyone died or was demoted, she could only make up for the position. However, these four concubines were all in their prime, and except Qingpin, they had children. When would they want to make up for the position, they would have to wait until.
Just when the emperor was planning to confer Qingpin as his concubine, Xinpin Dai Jiazhuangmeng's brother-in-law and Jiangsu governor reported to the emperor that the salt administration of Lianghuai Pufu had donated an official position to Qingpin's father Lu Shilong. He also reported that Qingpin's uncle was a cowardly and incompetent person, and often troubled everywhere in the name of Qingpin's uncle.
The emperor was most disgusted with the matter of buying and selling officials. Now this kind of matter of buying and selling officials actually happened to his concubines, which made the emperor very angry.
The empress dowager also learned about this and called the emperor over, saying that such women from a family background could not be granted a concubine. Xinpin was born in a family of loyalty and martyrs, and there were two princesses who were the candidates for the concubine. The emperor did not be confused and appointed Qingpin as a concubine.
The emperor was upset about this and said that the vacant concubine position would not be discussed for the time being. He would discuss it in the future and he could only give up the matter of conferring a concubine.
The emperor seemed to be used to having troubles, so he liked to sit in Yongshou Palace. After all, Fucha Qingyan was his company since childhood. When encountering problems, the emperor always liked to talk to Fucha Qingyan.
Lin Yanyan prepared the dishes that the emperor loved and accompanied him without saying a word.
"Don't you persuade me?"
Lin Yanyan: "What are you trying to persuade? Who is the concubine? I am already a concubine, and I don't think about the position of imperial concubine and queen. As for who is the concubine, that's the emperor's business."
"You are so open-minded. In the past few days, I have been to Cining Palace or Yikun Palace, and I have advised me to confer Xin as a concubine. When I go to Jingren Palace and Chuxiu Palace, I have also advised me to confer Qing as a concubine. I am really upset."
Lin Yanyan: "The emperor had an idea in his mind. If this idea had not been revealed, it would have not been in these chaos."
The Emperor: "How do you say this?"
"The emperor wanted to confer Qingpin as a concubine, but at this time there were many more things about Qingpin's family. Qingpin was also sent to the palace by the Lianghuai Salt Administration. It was natural to take care of Qingpin's family outside the palace, but the method was useless. However, Qingpin's father Lu Shilong was also a scholar and had some reputation in the local area. As for her uncle, Qingpin could not control her uncle, and there was no stubborn child in any family. Let Qingpin's father take more supervision and compulsory discipline in the future. In fact, these things do not seem to be a big deal, but now they are being furious and fanned the flames. Now Qingpin's concubine position cannot be awarded, and it is also annoying to the emperor."
The Emperor: "You mean someone did it on purpose?"
Lin Yanyan chose a dish for the emperor: "I didn't say it, but the time when these things happened was too coincidental. I don't know if it was a coincidence."
The emperor frowned and hurriedly left after dinner. After returning to Yangxin Palace, Concubine Qing had already knelt outside Yangxin Palace and begged the emperor to spare his life for his father and uncle.
Qingpin cried and said that his father was a scholar and had his own pride and would not accept the sale of official positions for no reason. He hoped that the emperor would investigate clearly. His uncle lost his mother since he was a child and was left uncontrollable, which caused the situation today. His uncle just likes to brag on weekdays, but he is actually very brave and has not done many things.
Seeing that Qingpin was crying in a mess, the emperor couldn't bear it and sent someone to Suzhou to investigate the matter overnight, and sent Li Yu to Qixiang Palace to comfort him.
A few days later, the person sent to investigate came back and said that Qingpin's father did not accept the donation of the official position, but instead, the Lianghuai Salt Administration, so he collected money to buy Lu Shilong for his official position in order to win over the father of Qingpin's father. As for Qingpin's uncle, Lu Shilong had already locked him in his house and forbidden him from going out to continue causing trouble.
The emperor immediately issued an order, ordering Qingpin's family to enter the banner and enter the capital immediately. Under the leadership of Yinglian, Yinglian, the encircled yellow flag, no one gave her three taels of grain, rice and stone to reward Qingpin's family with seven hectares and eighty-five acres of land in Zhuozhou. He took 264 taels of rented houses outside the Xiheyan outside Zhengyang Gate, and rewarded her house to live in the Chongwen Gate. At the same time, he ordered people to strictly monitor and restrain Qingpin's uncle and not to travel without authorization.
Like Yipin back then, the whole family was ordered to enter the flag and found out the matter of buying an official. The emperor scolded Xinpin's brother-in-law and warned him to submit a memorial after verification next time. The family of Princess Qingpin's family was not something he could slander at will.
In order to appease Qingpin, she allowed her mother and sister to visit the palace. In the harem, she had always been pregnant mothers to enter the palace. However, this time the emperor felt that Qingpin was wronged and comforted her.
Although Concubine Qing was not appointed as a concubine, the family entered the flag and the family went to the palace to visit it, which was already a favored concubine.
The remaining concubine position was still vacant, and the emperor would rather be empty than enthronement. It seemed that this position was left for Concubine Qing.
In July of the 22nd year of Qianlong, Concubine Ling was about to give birth again and gave birth to the emperor's ninth princess. Although it was a princess that made the queen and Concubine Xin breathe a sigh of relief, Concubine Ling made a surprising decision.
Concubine Ling wanted to send the ninth princess to Shu to raise the reason for taking care of the Seventh Princess and the Fourteenth Princess. You should know that because of Concubine Ling's recommendation, Concubine Shu had raised the eleventh Princess Yongyan, the Imperial Concubine Shujia. Now the ninth princess is still sent to Concubine Shu. Concubine Shu is like a son and a daughter. Although they are not biological children, they are both children.
The emperor did not agree at first, but three months later, Concubine Ling met again. She really took care of so many children and had to take care of the baby. Moreover, she had to give birth one after another. The imperial doctor said that Concubine Ling's pulse was very weak and needed careful rest and could be at risk of miscarriage at any time.
The emperor agreed to send the Ninth Princess to Chengqian Palace of Concubine Shu.
Concubine Shu was surprised and happy when she got the Ninth Princess, and was even more grateful to Concubine Ling. During the period when Concubine Ling was pregnant and pregnant, Concubine Shu took good care of her and often brought the Eleventh Princess and the Ninth Princess to Chuxiu Palace.
Chapter completed!