Chapter 261 Cleaning the harem
Chapter 261 Cleaning the harem
In the end, something even more unexpected happened to everyone: after the full moon banquet, Kangxi actually took Yinzhen away.
Although His Majesty had said before that the prince would be sent out of the palace after the full moon, no one expected that he would be so impatient and send him out of the palace right after the banquet.
Huipin was also confused. After she came to her senses, she hugged Yinzhen tightly and begged for mercy: "Your Highness..."
Before she could finish her words, they were all lost in Kangxi's expressionless eyes. In the end, she could only watch with tears in her eyes as she walked away holding Yinzhen.
"If Yinzhen burst into tears again at this moment, it would really be like a tragedy." Yuan Xu said.
Ever since she learned that Chenghu's death was related to Nara's family, she could no longer sympathize with this woman. She was so good to her own children, but she had the heart to kill other people's children. The key point is that she is not a complete ancient person who can really ignore life, but she can still do this.
I can only say that human hearts are really complicated.
Fortunately, Yinzhen didn't cry until he disappeared from view, but his heart as a mother was still aching.
When Huipin returned to the Yanxi Palace, she saw a young eunuch from the Qianqing Palace waiting for a long time. Huipin had to cheer up again and said with a forced smile: "But does His Majesty have anything else to tell you?"
How arrogant Concubine Hui was in the past, and how humble Concubine Hui is now. This huge gap is so huge that anyone who sees it can't help but sigh. This young eunuch had naturally seen this "favored concubine" before, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that things are impermanent.
His face did not reveal a single flaw, and he answered respectfully: "It is not that His Majesty has ordered me to do so, but I have a message for you to pass on to Master Hui."
"What is it?" Huipin thought that her performance today was not good, and Kangxi sent someone to warn her.
Unexpectedly, the young eunuch said, "Since His Majesty's imperial decree was issued, the palace has been in turmoil. There are undercurrents everywhere, and many people have been killed outside the Yanxi Palace."
Huipin's eyes widened in shock. She naturally understood what the eunuch meant. So, the peace and tranquility in the Yanxi Palace during this period was just an illusion. She and Yinzhen were actually in danger.
The reason why Kangxi was so anxious to send Yinzhen out of the palace was also for the safety of the child.
Huipin secretly hated him, "Please tell His Majesty, Eunuch, that I know that the palace people are restless. I will handle it carefully after I start to deal with the palace affairs, and I will not let His Majesty down."
Huipin knew that the reason why His Majesty asked this little eunuch to tell her about this matter was, firstly, to explain to her why he was in a hurry to send Yinzhen out of the palace today, and secondly, to let her investigate the influence of the Hesheli family in the palace.
Huipin was naturally happy to personally deal with those who had caused the separation of her and her son.
After learning that Prince Yinzhen had been sent out of the palace, Madam Zheng regretfully ordered the messenger, "Since he has left the palace, we cannot get him anymore. Bring him back."
The person who came was a die-hard fan of Hesheli clan, and he said unwillingly: "Are we going to let Nara clan off just like that? She killed our Hesheli clan prince, and persecuted the queen to this extent, so why can she safely give birth to a prince, and even be promoted to the position of the head of a palace?"
Madam Zheng sighed, "The situation is stronger than people. The Queen is in this state right now. Without someone in charge, it's better not to act rashly. Wait for the master's orders."
Of course, the master that Nanny Zheng was talking about was not Empress Hesheli, but the old lady who had become the mainstay of the family since Soni's death, and Soetu, who had suppressed the eldest house and several other houses and transformed himself into the head of the Hesheli family.
"But now the palace gate is so strictly guarded, I don't know when I can receive the news."
"We will wait for it eventually." Every time there is a policy from the top, there is a countermeasure from the bottom. Even if His Majesty prohibits any connection between those inside and outside the palace, he cannot block all the channels.
Madam Zheng agreed to meet with the visitor every ten days to exchange information. It was not that she didn't know that it was best to lie low in the current situation. Such frequent meetings would easily be discovered.
However, the queen was under house arrest, and there were imperial guards everywhere outside. Nanny Zheng, who was staying by the queen's side, could not leave Kunning Palace at all. Not only could she not contact anyone, she couldn't even receive any news.
After a long time, you will become deaf and blind, and even if something really happens, you will not have time to react.
Fortunately, this man was an inconspicuous eunuch who delivered meals in the imperial kitchen. With the help of him, Madam Zheng was able to get in touch with the spy planted by Hesheli in the palace.
But Nanny Zheng didn't expect that since there were people who could block all their methods and protect Nara's mother and son, how could they not follow the clues, find this force and catch them all in one fell swoop.
After all, the people of the Hesheli clan had been relying on the power of the empress in the palace and had been arrogant for too long, so much so that they had forgotten that the Forbidden City belonged to the Aisin-Gioro family, not the Hesheli family.
It can only be said that the slave behaves like his master. The queen has paid the price for her recklessness, but these people of the Hesheli clan have not learned their lesson.
Soon, Madam Zheng was dumbfounded. It had been almost a month, but the man still hadn't come. At first, Madam Zheng could still comfort herself, thinking that maybe the other party was tripped up by something, but after a month, Madam Zheng couldn't understand that something had happened.
Nanny Zheng could only worry, hoping that the one in trouble was only the little eunuch, and that things would not develop in the direction she feared most.
However, what you fear will come true. During this period, many nails of Hesheli were found. Huipin was originally in a good mood, but one day she dreamed of Chengqing and Yinzhen, and her mood took a sharp turn for the worse. She had to find a chance to vent.
So, early the next morning, Huipin entered Kunning Palace under the pretext of visiting the Queen. Of course, Huipin didn't want to do anything. If something really happened to the Queen after she left, she really wouldn't be able to explain herself.
Huipin just glanced at the Queen from a distance, admired for a moment the miserable and miserable appearance of her enemy, and then smiled at Zheng Ma's face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot.
She didn't care about Nanny Zheng's attitude. After all, the two sides had already torn their faces apart, not to mention that she was the winner, so she naturally wouldn't mind the hostility of the defeated opponent.
"Mammy, you have worked hard in taking care of the queen."
"I dare not say that I have worked hard. The Queen is the master of the harem. It is her duty for anyone to serve her, let alone a servant."
Huipin raised her eyebrows, she didn't expect that until now, the dogs under the Queen's command still couldn't see the situation clearly and were promoting the Queen's dignity. It was really a joke. Everyone in the palace knew that the Queen had long been just an empty title.
Even in the court, although such a big thing had clearly happened in the palace, no one said a word. Not even the Hesheli family mentioned it, as if nothing had really happened.
"Alas, I used to think that the Queen deliberately allowed those beasts to harm the heir to the throne. It was not until now that I realized how difficult it was for the Queen. There are too many dog slaves in this palace who dare to lay their claws on the sons of the emperor and the grandsons of the emperor."
Nanny Zheng sneered. She thought that Nara was deliberately showing off her power in the palace. She felt that she was indeed short-sighted. The queen was the legitimate queen. A concubine who was born as a bondservant would not be able to keep the power for long even if she got it.
Unexpectedly, Huipin's next words were, "I spent a lot of effort to catch these people. Although there will still be fish that slip through the net, please rest assured, Queen, I will do my best to clean up the harem again and again to ensure that such things will not happen again."
Nanny Zheng's face turned from dark to blue. How dare Nara do this? The Nara family behind her was just a bondservant family. Isn't she afraid of Hesheli's revenge?
You know, the former dynasty and the harem have always been interdependent. They really can't do anything to Nara for the time being, but her family and children are all outside the palace.
Madam Zheng gritted her teeth and reminded, "Master Huipin, you know that if the water is too clear, there will be no fish. It is better to leave a way out for everything. Otherwise, while cutting off the chances for others to escape, you will also cut off your own chances of survival."
"I am attached to Your Majesty. With Your Majesty's dragon energy blessing me, my vitality will naturally continue forever and will never be cut off."
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