Outside Qianqing Palace, Brother Jiu stood for a while.
He hasn't called anyone yet.
Akdun is not a lovable child, but Brother Jiu is not the kind to wish for the death of someone he doesn't like.
He was more angry.
There is nothing strange about this.
Akedun had been holding on for more than half a month. He was fine when he was in Changchun Garden, but he died on the third day after he returned to the palace.
Is this to accuse the Crown Princess?
But is this enough?
It was not the Crown Princess's decision to keep Akedun in the West Garden.
It is impossible for the Crown Princess to abandon palace affairs and stay outside the palace to take care of her concubine.
Virtue is not here.
Then who is the opponent's target?
Fourteenth brother?
Not really.
A little brother is insignificant and is worth calculating.
Brother Jiu had a look of confusion on his face, feeling that he could not be called an outsider, but he could not guess the purpose at the moment.
You won't be able to search again and again, and finally find the person from Zhijun Prince's Mansion, right?
Using clumsy means to sow maggots between the eldest brother and the prince?
He milled around the door.
Kangxi was meeting with his ministers.
When waves of people left, Brother Jiu had no intention of letting the door pass.
However, Liang Jiugong got the news and felt worried knowing that Brother Jiu had been standing outside for half an hour.
It's late spring and cold weather right now, so don't make yourself sick.
Seeing that Kangxi had taken some time off, he reported: "Your Majesty, Master Jiu has been standing at the door for half an hour. He seemed to be in some kind of difficulty, but he didn't call anyone to inform him."
"Difficulties?" Kangxi pondered.
He was thinking about the errands of the Ministry of Internal Affairs after the New Year, and it seemed that many of them would have to wait for the weather to get warmer before they could be carried out.
For example, Brother Jiu talked about the woolen woolen farm for two years, and the summer palace outside the Great Wall that he chose a good place last year.
others?
Jin Yiren?
Kangxi said: "Ask him to come in!"
Liang Jiugong responded and went out.
Kangxi was still thinking about Jin Yiren's smoothness and humility, so that he would not directly confront Brother Jiu.
What's the reason?
At the gate of Qianqing Palace, Brother Jiu looked at Liang Jiugong and smiled bitterly, and whispered: "Shuida, I am the mourning bird."
Liang Jiugong's heart trembled when he heard that, and he whispered: "Master Jiu, please speak slowly."
Brother Jiu nodded and followed into Xi Nuan Pavilion.
Kangxi looked at Brother Jiu and noticed something strange about him.
Usually he is either proud or worried, with little thoughts on his face.
At the moment, the corners of his mouth were drooped, and he looked very aggrieved, with a somewhat gloomy air about him.
Is Jin Yiren really disrespectful to Brother Jiu? !
Thinking of this possibility, Kangxi felt a little annoyed.
Brother Jiu thought about Liang Jiugong's instructions and made a loud announcement of the funeral before he came up.
He took a long breath and said, "Khan Ama, my son is a little tired. Can you sit down and talk?"
Kangxi nodded and motioned to Liang Jiugong to move a stool for him.
Brother Jiu sat down, looked at Kangxi and said: "Khan Ama, has Mr. Ma Wu found out the results of the accident the day before yesterday?"
Kangxi straightened his lips after hearing this.
Just as the prince expected, he searched again and again and pointed his sword at Yuqing Palace.
On the surface, Akedun and Hongxi's maternal family, the Li family, were unhappy and suspected that Akedun was murdered by his eldest brother and then plotted against Hongyu.
But everyone knows that this is part of the other party's plan, and there is someone else behind the scenes.
It's just that the other party is hiding its head and tail, and no clues can be found for the moment.
He looked at Brother Ninth and said, "Many people have been detained and are still being interrogated."
Brother Jiu said: "Just now, the general manager of Changchun Garden entered the House of Internal Affairs. Ake Dunshang has been mourned. The eunuchs and nannies left behind in the West Garden have been detained. I am afraid that Master Ma Wu will have to go over and interrogate him..."
Kangxi looked at Brother Ninth and said after a while: "Where is the slave?"
Brother Ninth said: "Waiting in the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"When did you mourn?" Kangxi asked after being silent for a while.
Brother Jiu said: "At the second quarter of Maozheng..."
When the manager got the news, he didn't dare to delay. After asking someone to arrest the people there, he hurried to Beijing.
"Since he detained the people around him, did he find that something was wrong and someone was plotting to kill his master?" Kangxi asked.
Brother Jiu said: "The eunuch who was guarding him was called away, and Akedun fell ill alone and did not survive."
How could there be so many coincidences?
It doesn't sound right anyway.
He also has three children at home. When has anyone left him?
The rules are strict, and there are at least two people watching the young master every shift.
He is still a normal good boy.
Akdun was a sick child and suffered from epilepsy. He knew that he couldn't live without people. When there was no one around him, it would be strange if he didn't have ghosts.
Kangxi looked at Liang Jiugong and said: "Go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and tell that slave, let him go to Yuqing Palace to see the prince and the princess to report the matter. Regarding the death of the emperor and grandson, he will be buried in the Huanghuashan Garden according to the rules of the death of the prince."
If it were the other imperial grandsons, they would definitely not have this dignity and would find their own place to bury them.
But this is the prince's eldest son, which is different after all. He is not a young man.
Liang Jiugong responded.
Brother Jiu was very relieved.
Even if it's a little embarrassing, you can still say the words of mourning when you go to the imperial court.
If he really wants to go to Yuqing Palace, considering the prince's arrogance and rudeness, he will not be happy to be offended.
Kangxi saw Brother Jiu's reaction and asked directly: "Are you so afraid of the prince?"
Brother Jiu said sarcastically: "Isn't this bad news? If it's good news, my son will go there."
Kangxi said: "I will ask Ma Wu to take over this matter and investigate it thoroughly."
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Then my son will feel at ease. Otherwise, he would not dare to think about it carefully. The more he thinks about it, the more afraid he will be."
The soft ones are afraid of the hard ones, the hard ones are afraid of the horizontal ones, and the horizontal ones are afraid of the mentally ill ones.
To directly plot against the emperor's grandson, is the emperor's father dead?
Isn't this a brain disease?
This is not disrespectful, this is treason, the sin of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan.
Kangxi said: "You must not have the intention to harm others, and you must have the intention to guard against others. What happened in the past few days is a lesson, and you should take it as a warning."
Brother Jiu said: "My son understands."
From now on, if you don’t encourage people to drink, whoever likes to drink will drink.
Drink less yourself.
In addition, the family members were checked every now and then, and all gamblers and perverts were asked to retreat...
*
In Yuqing Palace, the prince met the manager of Changchun Garden.
The manager had a grimace on his face and felt regretful in his heart.
He went to the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to report to Ninth Brother first. This was indeed a little tricky, but it was also in line with the rules.
Master Jiu knew that he was timid, but he allowed him this time.
The emperor won't tolerate it!
He, as the general manager, has probably come to an end.
He clearly knew that Brother Jiu was the beloved son of the emperor, and yet he still plotted against Master Jiu like this. If he wasn't unlucky, who would be?
When he arrived at Yuqing Palace, he became even less confident and bowed down to report Akedun's death.
After hearing this, the prince asked after a long time: "Where is Aunt Cui?"
Aunt Cui is his wet nurse. She stayed in the West Garden to take care of Akdun this time. She is someone the prince and princess can trust.
The general manager said: "I heard that it fell down last night, and a new person has been put on duty for the night. He has been taken care of it together with the others."
The prince looked at the little eunuch at the door and said, "Send Fulton over."
Fulton is the eldest son of Ma Qi, a great scholar, and also the crown prince's haha bead. Now he is walking around the East Palace with a Shangcha Zheng.
Later, Fulton came over.
The prince said in a cold voice: "Akedun has to be kept in the dark. Go to the West Garden and ask Grandma Cui what's going on. If the emperor sends someone there, you should follow the imperial people. Question those minions.”
Fulton hurriedly said: "Slave accepts the order, master expresses condolences!"
The prince looked at Fulton and said, "The only people I can trust are old people like you."
Fulton also felt sad and angry, and all these incidents were directed at the prince.
Fulton retreated and hurried to the West Garden.
The manager of Changchun Garden was still bowing, with a bitter taste in his mouth.
The emperor ordered him to come to Yuqing Palace to report to the prince and princess.
In addition to the prince's place, there is also the prince's concubine's place to go to.
The prince looked at the general manager: "Have you seen my brother's remains?"
The steward's face turned pale after hearing this.
Not only did I meet him, I was deeply impressed.
I don’t know what Brother Akedun was like before he got sick, but he looks a little scary today.
Who would have thought that the emperor's grandson would become as skinny as a hungry citizen.
I heard that I have been sick for more than half a month. From the looks of it, I think I don't want to eat and I am starving and losing weight.
Poor view.
He also understood the reason why the younger brother stayed in the Western Garden to recuperate. Even if there had been no accident this morning, the younger brother would not have been able to survive much longer.
The manager murmured: "Brother's weight loss is great."
The prince looked down at his hands, and it seemed that Aktun was still determined to kill himself.
In order to avoid alarming others, he still hangs whips and lights incense burners in his house, but the incense is replaced by sandalwood, and a statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is also placed in his study.
And Aktun was seriously ill, so everything seemed to be going smoothly.
The prince waved his hand to the steward and motioned for him to leave.
The steward stepped back with breathless voice and went to see the Crown Princess again.
The Crown Princess had already prepared for this news.
She thought about the morning before yesterday, when she went to visit Aktun before returning to the palace.
With tears in his eyes, Aktun murmured, "It would be great if my son could be raised by his mother since he was a child."
Just hearing these words, the Crown Princess almost burst into tears.
Although Aktun was frivolous and mischievous in his early years, he has changed in the past two years.
If we really have to go back in time, back to the thirty-fourth year, when the Crown Princess first entered the palace, the Crown Prince did not move the Li family and their children to the Jie Fang Hall, and did not allow the Crown Princess to interfere in the upbringing of the Emperor's grandson. That might be another situation.
Akdun was only five years old at the time, Hongxi was two years old, and Li Gege had not developed a big appetite.
But the prince's decision laid the foundation for trouble for everyone in the East Palace.
Now that Akedun has passed away, and Mrs. Li also died of illness last year, Hongxi has followed in Akedun's footsteps and become an unpopular little pitiful person.
The Crown Princess also suffered physical injuries and was separated from the Crown Prince and his wife.
The princess sat and looked at the general manager: "Does the emperor have any instructions on how to mourn the emperor's grandson?"
The general manager said: "According to the example of the deceased prince, he was buried in the Huanghuashan Garden."
Huanghuashan Garden Bedroom was built by Emperor Shizu for Prince Rong.
Most of the princes who died in the palace in the past were buried here. There were no seals or trees, no grave packages or monuments. They only had open graves and were buried in small vermilion coffins.
The Crown Princess nodded and said, "I will arrange for my grandma to go over and sort out the artifacts that my brother used during his lifetime for burial."
Since it is a small coffin, the things that can be buried with it are limited.
The Crown Princess planned to ask people to pick out those who were rewarded by the Crown Prince. In the early years, Aktun was hoping for Prince Amma's favor. Now that the relationship between father and son has been severed, she just let the child live in peace.
The manager responded and withdrew.
Akedun is the eldest son. At the age of eleven, he is already in Confucian etiquette. He is already mourning and has obeyed.
It's just that the Manchus were not convinced, and there were many elders in Akedun, so Yuqing Palace couldn't do it.
The Crown Princess then ordered everyone to go down and stay on a vegetarian diet for three days in Yuqing Palace to mourn for Brother Aktun.
As the news spread, everyone in the palace knew that there was an affair in Yuqing Palace and that the emperor Sun Shang was dead.
*
Qiandongtou.
Brother Fourteen almost screamed when he got the news.
He waved his hand and sent the eunuch away.
Then he touched his neck, which was covered with sweat.
He had had some luck before, hoping that God would open his eyes and not accept Aktun.
Even if he becomes a cripple, as long as his life is saved.
After all, he was his biological uncle, and he didn't mean to cause his nephew to be like this. It was an unintentional mistake.
But with his life on the line, how could he dare to believe that the prince would not hold a grudge? !
*
Yonghe Palace, small Buddhist hall in the main hall.
Concubine De pinched the prayer beads in her hand, with a look of unbearable expression on her face, and murmured: "What a pity..."
