The beauty of Chapter 414: It’s both honey and arsenic
The Empress Dowager's birthday went smoothly. Since March, there have been very few troubles, as if this was a festive month.
Everyone also presented their birthday gifts. Concubine Zhang presented Buddhist scriptures that she had embroidered stitch by stitch. Concubine Li presented calligraphy. Concubine Niu Hulu presented a picture of a royal horse on the grassland. The painting was lifelike. The person in the painting has a heroic appearance; he looks proud and energetic as he gallops his horse.
I heard that Concubine Niu Hulu invited the painter to go to the Horqin Prairie to watch the painting, and the spiritual energy came to create the masterpiece.
The girl brought it up to relieve the Empress Dowager's homesickness. In her spare time, if she was interested, she would take it out and have a look.
Kangxi thought that the Empress Dowager was homesick for her son, and the old prince had passed away many years ago. Kangxi used this as an excuse to leave the eldest princess Gu Lun Xingping to live in Beijing to accompany the Empress Dowager.
Princess Gu Lun Xingping could not find any reason to refuse, but she was more willing to keep Concubine Meng, who was born in Horqin, to accompany the emperor, the empress dowager, and the empress dowager in the palace.
But in the words of the queen, no matter how filial others are, how can they be as considerate as a biological son or daughter? If the adopted son is a hundred years old, he will worry about ninety-nine years. With Princess Gu Lun Xingping personally accompanying her, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager will not be in the same mood. Too depressing.
This is the grace of the royal family. Ever since the late emperor explicitly prohibited it, no princesses or clan girls have remarried in the Qing royal family. Princesses are like ordinary women, and they tend to follow their fate when they marry a chicken or a dog. The ruthless decision to go is in.
For example, the only remaining princess of the late emperor, Heshuo, is the best example.
The marriage between Manchu and Mongolia has been a national policy. Since the time of Emperor Taizu Nurhachi, some princesses and clan daughters who have married Mongolia have become Mongolians in their lives and have no room for return. Even if they remarry after losing their husbands, they will mostly be from the same country. Mongolia moved from one place to another.
The princess returns to the capital again, all of which are extravagant talks and extravagant hopes!
It can be said that the return of Princess Gu Lun Xingping to live in Beijing set a precedent, but no one can say that Kangxi and the Queen did not do a good job.
The eldest princess Gu Lun Xingping married Mongolia, gave birth to children, and headed the family. Even after the death of Fu Fu in the sixth year of Kangxi, the eldest princess Gu Lun Xingping still lived in Mongolia.
Now that the Empress Dowager is getting older, she has summoned the eldest daughter, Princess Gu Lun Xingping, to come back and stay with her for a few years. People in the world will only say that the emperor and empress are filial and considerate of the old grandmother's feelings.
Not to mention, Kangxi also specially pointed out the princess mansion in the capital for the eldest princess Gu Lun Xingping, so that the eldest princess Gu Lun Xingping could be raised and live in. She would not be treated unfairly.
Can Princess Gu Lun Xingping refuse? Is there any reason to refuse? The forehead has been taken care of. It has already been boned. The grass on the grave has grown three meters high. It has been more than five years and nearly six years. It cannot be said that the eldest princess Gu Lun Xingping is not happy enough and has not done anything for the marriage between Manchu and Mongolia. Set an example!
After raising her children, her children have grown up and her own son has inherited the throne. Princess Gu Lun Xingping has reached the age where she can live a prosperous life and enjoy the blessings of children and grandchildren.
The only person that Princess Gu Lun Xingping felt guilty about was her old mother who gave birth to the princess. Now that Enie is old, she wanted to keep her by her side to fulfill her filial piety. Isn't this a justified reason?
Therefore, the long-term residence of Princess Gu Lun and Xingping in Beijing was left to its own devices. Qinrou looked at it for a moment, and it was hard for her to believe that Kangxi didn't do it on purpose.
I'm afraid that Kangxi already had the idea of leaving Princess Gu Lun Xingping in the capital! Accompanying the elderly Queen Mother is the best excuse.
The Queen and Concubine Niu Hulu were also happy to see the success. At least Princess Gu Lun Xingping is here. Who would be able to say no more when she wants to send a Mongolian concubine to the palace to accompany the king on the grounds that the Empress Dowager is homesick for her relatives in the Horqin Prairie?
The eldest princess Gu Lun Xingping is not only the daughter of the Empress Dowager, but also married into the Empress Dowager's mother's family. She has been in charge of the family for many years, but she lost her forehead. Now she comes back to accompany the first and second Empress Dowagers. Such a huge filial piety.
Princess Gulun Xingping alone could defeat thousands of troops from Mongolia and Horqin. With Princess Gu Lun Xingping always at her knees and by her side, how could the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager miss the others in Horqin Grassland?
Moreover, children are the weak point of parents. No matter how old they are, children are always the most important treasures in the eyes of parents. With the eldest princess Gu Lun Xingping in the capital, if the Empress Dowager still has any thoughts, she must give careful consideration to this daughter.
The father's debt is paid by the son! It's never a lie. The Empress Dowager has to be strong all her life, but at the end of the day, she has such a big weakness in the capital. Even if she resorts to ruthless means, she has to soften up three points first.
As for royal family ties? Oh! Does the Queen Mother dare to believe this thing? The Empress Dowager herself did not have one. Shunzhi only had a surviving daughter, the direct granddaughter of her deceased son. She raised her like a jewel, but when the Empress Dowager used her, her methods were soft. One point?
Now it is still fending for itself! How dare the Empress Dowager dare to rejoice and gamble that others will have something she doesn't have.
Kangxi made a wonderful move, and the wonderful thing is that if the Empress Dowager can enjoy her old age with peace of mind, and the Princess Gu Lun Xingping can be happy at her mother's knees, then this will be a great joy for you, me, filial piety, and family harmony!
It can even be said that this is the emperor's importance to Mongolia and Horqin, and this is the only privilege that Princess Gu Lun Xingping enjoys. It shows the noble status of Princess Gu Lun Xingping in the Qing Dynasty, Mongolia and Horqin.
On the other hand, if the Empress Dowager and Princess Gu Lun Xingping have other ideas... then it will depend on whether they have suffered enough.
The wonderful thing is that for the Empress Dowager and Princess Gu Lun Xingping, this is both honey and arsenic!
Those who understand it will feel all kinds of emotions in their hearts! After all, it’s hard to say a bad thing.
After the Empress Dowager's birthday, all parties gradually made exaggerations, praising the Emperor for his filial piety and his wisdom.
On the contrary, some ministers have raised objections, but in the end they are unsound, untenable, and unreasonable? The Empress Dowager lived through three dynasties, and lost her husband, daughter, and son in middle age. As a grandson, he felt sorry for his elderly grandmother who supported and educated him. Even if there were irregularities, it would be hard for him to be an emperor. , are they not allowed?
It's hard to say whether Kangxi had the intention of being filial to the Queen Mother and who the Empress Dowager was thinking about. Kangxi couldn't say that he guessed 70% of the time, but he guessed 100% of the time.
Matters related to Mongolia, such as welcoming Concubine Horqin into the palace, or giving birth to the emperor's elder brother, and supporting the emperor's elder brother to succeed to the throne, Kangxi could not do it. He was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the co-leader of the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia. It is the head of the Manchu Army Flag.
This country is also the country of Manchu people!
Kangxi could only make compensation from other places; the eldest princess Gu Lun Xingping was a widow, and her children were all grown up. It was the time to take care of her, so it was most appropriate to leave her in the capital to serve as the queen mother.
This is the emperor and the emperor’s humanity!