Wen | heart
In the sixth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the fourteen-year-old Kangxi married the granddaughter of the first assistant of the dynasty, Herschel, as empress, and when all the red tape was completed, a pair of Bi people were exhausted.
Although Kangxi was an emperor, after all, he was still young and naughty, and he heard that Heschel was an "ugly woman" with a persimmon face, so he did not dare to lift the red hijab.
Heschel waited left and right, and couldn't stop lifting the hijab, a bright face, thin eyebrows high: "Emperor, do you see that I am a persimmon cake face?" ”
Kangxi's peerless countenance stunned Kangxi, and he was overjoyed: "Haven't you seen such a beautiful woman yet?" “
At that moment, the hearts of a pair of innocent young boys and girls were close together, and Herschel became the most supreme woman in the Great Qing Dynasty, the mother of the world, and the eternal fragrance.
But in the past five years, Herschel, who was barely pregnant, has died in childbirth. Before she died, she used all her strength to call out "Emperor, Emperor", but her husband, a generation of emperor Kangxi, was overwhelmed by Wu Sangui's rebellion, and even went out of the palace to relax.
Although in the end, the second brother she exchanged her life for, Yin Rong, was made crown prince and preserved the glory of the Herschel family, but because of her premature death, Yin Rong lacked the cultivation of maternal love from birth, and Grandpa Soltu was only interested in profit, only using his grandson Yin Rong as a tool person to ensure his glory and wealth, and had no intention of guiding him correctly. Soltu even gave his adopted daughter Hongyu to Yin Rong, so that he was addicted to female sex and did not want to make progress.
In the end, Kangxi was completely disappointed in Yin Rong and deposed the son who had been made crown prince at birth. He went to his mausoleum and said to Therasschel's coffin:
Oh Hersheri, you have been waiting here for 48 years, I am sorry for you, your son Yin, who has been abolished, abolished, and has not been able to become a great instrument in the end, this is the sin of Decay...
It is really touching to look at this paragraph 10 years later, Hesheli, the woman who accompanied Kangxi through his youth and youth, this woman who should have been the happiest woman in the world, but because she was mixed with various political interests and weighed constraints, she was treated coldly by Kangxi and ignored by Xiaozhuang, and finally died in childbirth in the cold wind and rain.
The tragic death of Herschel showed the ruthlessness of the royal family and the coolness of the emperor to the fullest. Her death has a deep meaning.
Kangxi had no choice but to marry Hesheri
The marriage of Kangxi and Herschel was a political marriage, a pawn of Xiaozhuang's efforts to win over Sonny and balance Ao bai.
Shunzhi became a monk, ceded the throne to Xuan Ye, who was only eight years old, and established Soni, Aobai, Sukshaha, and Shubilong as auxiliary ministers, so that the four of them could restrain each other and be loyal to the royal family.
However, these four people were outwardly loyal, but in private, they formed a party for personal gain, and each of them was pregnant with a ghost fetus.
The imperial court watched them grow bigger day by day, suffering from the lack of reckoning. Kangxi was young and vigorous, and did not want to be a "child emperor" who was subject to people, and he wanted to pro-government in advance.
At that time, among the four auxiliary ministers, Shu Ao Bai was the most powerful, and Sukh Shaha regarded Ao Bai as a competitor, and the two were incompatible with each other, and often impeached each other in the court; Sonny sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, wanting to sit and reap the profits; And Qiu Bilong was timid and cowardly, and did not dare to offend anyone and remain neutral.
Kangxi then used Sukshaha to participate in the Aobai enclosure to violate the law, but he did not expect that Aobai had already taken precautions in advance, listed The crimes of Sukshaha, and asked people to take Sukshaha in the hall, and threatened Kangxi to enforce the law impartially.
Faced with this chaotic situation, Xiaozhuang could only go out of the mountains to clean up the mess, and in order to appease the powerful Aobai, she ordered the execution of Sukshaha.
Kangxi bluntly said that Sukshaha was a loyal subject.
Xiao Zhuang's face did not change color: "I know that he is a loyal subject, but now we are in a weak position, so we must behead him and change the taiping of the imperial court for a few months." “
Subsequently, Xiaozhuang Suyijian went to Suofu, and Sonny, who had always said that he was sick at home, heard that Empress Xiaozhuang had personally visited, and the whole family solemnly welcomed him.
Both old foxes were well versed in the affairs of the court, and needless to say, they knew the purpose of Ming Xiaozhuang's visit. Sonny ordered his own granddaughter, Herschel, to serve tea personally, and during the feast, he repeatedly praised his filial piety and righteousness.
Xiaozhuang looked at the beautiful and dignified Herschel, her heart was like a mirror, and she naturally knew what Sonny meant. She took Herschel's hand and gave her the beaded beads she had worn for more than forty years, and said:
The emperor's dragon nature has just come into being, and it is time for a big wedding when he is in his youth. Today, I have a crush on Hesheri, simply let her enter the palace, I will treat her as a granddaughter like a pain, do not be a concubine, directly crowned as the empress of the palace. At that time, Sony will be the Taiguozhang, and Sotu will also be the Guozhang.
This caught the Sony family off guard, but they knew that from now on, the Herschel family and the royal family would be in the same vein. Sony excitedly knelt on the ground and vowed to assist the emperor wholeheartedly to ensure that the great peace was safe.
Xiaozhuang's wish was granted, but Kangxi was very disgusted by this marriage of interests, especially when he heard that Heschel had a persimmon face, and he was even more reluctant.
He said to Xiaozhuang, "Old Ancestor, the grandchildren are too young to marry yet!" ”
Xiao Zhuang's face did not change color and asked, "Do you want Jiangshan or beauty?" ”
Kangxi looked down on his father's behavior of ignoring Jiangshan because of Dong Efei's death, so he did not hesitate: "Of course, he wants Jiangshan." ”
Although Kangxi was young, he was well versed in the way of the emperor, and he knew that the current situation, only Sonny, one of the assistant ministers, could suppress Aobai and control the Jiangshan, and worry that there was no beauty.
Kangxi was suddenly cold and hot to Heschel, swinging from side to side
Kangxi compromised on marriage for the sake of Jiangshan, which doomed The future of Heschel to be in crisis.
On the wedding day, Herschel lifted the red hijab and asked Kangxi, do you see me as a persimmon cake face?
Herschel is beautiful and moving, and a phoenix crown xia shuai highlights the grace and luxury, standing with Kangxi, it is really a combination of pearls and the beauty of heaven. Kangxi couldn't help but say that he had never seen such a beautiful woman before.
Then he said, I didn't expect to be so tired of getting married, and the rules of this hundred or more dao really want to exhaust people to death.
Herschel smiled, she did not expect the emperor to be so approachable, at that moment, she regarded the emperor as a newly married husband, reached out to undress Kangxi, and wanted to serve him to bed.
Unexpectedly, the emperor, who had just been with the wind and drizzle, suddenly pushed her away, and fled the cave room on the pretext of handling official duties, leaving Hesheri alone in the empty room.
Kangxi ran out and did not deal with official business, he went to find Su Ma. Su Ma had been serving him since childhood, and he had already regarded her as his own woman from his heart, and he said to Su Ma:
Today is the big wedding day of Yuan, but Yuan wants to come and see you. Sister Su Ma, do you ever want to be a concubine, empress or something?
Su Ma was older than Kangxi, and naturally understood Kangxi's meaning, but she had been in the deep palace for many years, and she had seen more women in the palace crushing each other and suffering fate, she would rather not get married than live like that, she told Kangxi that she only wanted to be his maid and serve him as the master.
Kangxi was very frustrated, and being rejected by his beloved woman made him irritable with Herschel, and in the days that followed, he always treated Herschel with courtesy, but remained estranged.
Herschel did not know what she had done wrong, and when she returned home to save herself, she complained to her grandfather Sony: "The emperor was very kind to me, but he has never touched me until now, and talking to me is like talking to a minister." ”
Sonny knew kangxi's nature, and he was most tired of being led by the nose, so he rejected this marriage from the bottom of his heart.
He sighed and said, "The harem favor is a university question, and Grandpa can't help you in this regard." However, you just have to remember that we are no matter how noble, that is also a royal slave. Knowing this, you should be like a still water in your heart, and when you are a queen, your heart is not quiet. ”
Sony's words dispelled Herschel's concerns, she was because she was not quiet, afraid of being laughed at by other concubines in the harem, so she was anxious and uneasy, and lost her heart. The more urgent she was, the more the emperor felt that she had to ask for something, and the more he respected her.
After returning to the palace, in addition to doing her duty as an empress, she spent the rest of her time studying at ease and tempering her mind.
One night, she was reading intently, reading to the sad point, and couldn't help but shed tears. Unexpectedly, Kangxi saw this scene and felt great mourning in his heart. Yes, what is wrong with Herschel, she and he are also people who are wrapped up in the regime and can't help themselves!
Kangxi couldn't help but ask softly, "What's wrong with you?" There are some sad things to talk about. ”
This was the first time that the emperor spoke to her calmly, and Heschel knew that the emperor was not unkind to her, but only misunderstood that she had married into the palace for the glory of the family, so he deliberately alienated her.
She wanted the emperor to know that she married Kangxi because she had him in her heart and only him.
She said frankly to the emperor:
The emperor looked at me with a look, never as kind as looking at Su Ma's sister, and since the big wedding, the emperor has refused to touch the concubines, is it because I am Sony's granddaughter?
The concubines had also read some history books and knew that the emperor and the empress were both the most honorable couples in the world and the most bitter couples. Concubines do not expect to be favored by the emperor, they only want to be the emperor's companions, if it hurts, let the concubines rub the emperor; if the emperor is bored, the concubines will accompany the emperor to talk; if the emperor does not want to speak, the concubines will not make a sound, accompany the emperor to think about things.
The concubines also thought that even if the emperor did not touch the concubines for a lifetime, the concubines would be a good empress in face, and Herschel would be loyal to the emperor.
Heschel's earnest words not only touched Kangxi, but also made him open his heart, and he also expressed the pain in his heart:
As soon as you see you, you like you, but when you think of you being Sony's granddaughter, and marrying you to rely on Sony, your heart is filled with emotion, as if you were coerced into loving you.
Now, you understand your mind, and you understand your mind. Since then, I have regarded you as a confidant.
A pair of lovers who should have been like glue finally let go of the mustard in their hearts and hugged each other deeply. Herschel defended her love with her true feelings, and slowly melted the ice in Kangxi's heart, and a pair of Bi people began the happiest but shortest time in their lives.
Kangxi said affectionately to Hesheri, "You will give birth to ten eight princes for yuan, and you will make one crown prince." ”
Herschel lay on Kangxi's shoulder and nodded his head in delight.
Herschel died in childbirth
Good days are always too short, especially for Herschel. The marriage between the royal family and the Herschel family allowed Kangxi to smoothly govern.
But Sony was old, and with great effort, he could not afford to be ill, and he said to Kangxi on his deathbed:
Emperor, you must tighten up inside and loose, accumulate strength, and wait for the opportunity. The old minister originally wanted to help the emperor complete the great cause, but the day was not a holiday, and the old minister was too late. The Herschel family has been born as a subject of the Qing Dynasty for generations, and death is the soul of the Qing Dynasty.
While expressing his loyalty to Daqing, Sony swore the continued loyalty of future generations to Daqing. Sony's move was to ask the Emperor for a good death for the Herschel family, but this warning and last words were forgotten by Saltu.
After Soni's death, Kangxi alienated Soltu and reused Mingzhu in order to continue fighting with Aobai, and Mingzhu's sister was also sent to the palace and gave birth to the eldest brother early.
After Kangxi got rid of Aobai, he was deeply disgusted by the party rivalry between Soltu and Mingzhu, and Hescheli was sandwiched in the middle and gradually snubbed by Kangxi.
The emperor is ruthless, although Hesheri is an empress, but for many years nothing has come out, coupled with the increasing number of women around Kangxi, this woman who has declined from a delicate and innocent beautiful girl has gradually withered into a deep-minded, depressed and unhappy woman in the deep palace.
When she became pregnant with the dragon species five years after marriage, and because she was unable to serve because of her pregnancy, how long had Herschel not seen the emperor, she did not know.
Kangxi was distraught because of the matter of San Francisco, and was lured by the eunuch Huang Jing to the Sleeping Moon Building, and fell in love with the Ziyun girl inside, Kangxi gave the Ziyun girl a personal jade pendant, and also asked Huang Jing to find a secluded place to place Ziyun.
Kangxi thought that this matter was done secretly and no one would know, but he did not know that Ziyun was the sister of Prince Zhu San, intending to poison him. Although Ziyun turned against him, he drank the poisonous wine himself and saved Kangxi.
But this matter was related to the safety of the royal family, and after Xiaozhuang knew about it, Shengyan was furious, and she was reluctant to scold her grandson, so she spread her resentment to her granddaughter-in-law: "You are a lady of the palace, and even the emperor's heart can't be held back!" ”
Herschel was born noble and had a very high self-esteem, but now, he was compared to a woman in the Green House. It was this lowly woman who made the emperor linger, and even his personal safety could not be taken care of. How does this make her, the motherly lady of the palace, live by herself? Isn't this a confession that she is a woman forgotten by the emperor?
Pregnant people, the most taboo to sulk, but in the harem, these words can only be buried in the bottom of the heart, Herschel's emotional fluctuations, worries, doomed to bad health.
On the night of Herschel's difficult delivery, the sky was overcast and gray, and the thunder was loud.
At this time, her father Soltu was advising kangxi that in order to appease San Francisco, he took the pearl and the head of Zhou Peigong to show his sincerity.
Enraged, Kangxi raised the tea in his hand and poured it on him, scolding Soltu for using counterinsurgency to exclude dissidents.
At this moment, the eunuch came to warn that the empress was having difficulty giving birth, and the empress dowager asked the emperor to hurry up.
At this time, Herschel, his hair was messy, and he was lying on the bed in pain, accompanied only by Xiaozhuang.
The doctor carefully told Xiaozhuang: The empress is difficult to give birth, and there has been no auspiciousness for three hours, in case of accident, is it to protect the big or the small?
Xiao Zhuang already knew in his heart that Heschel was afraid that he would be sad about this pass. She told the doctor on the one hand, this is still necessary to ask, both of them must be saved for me, but when the last resort, it is very important to keep the emperor's great cause.
While instructing the slaves, hurry up and call the emperor, so as not to leave regrets!
The doctor did as he was told, and Herschel gave birth to the prince with his last breath, and then began to bleed heavily, and his life was about to come to an end.
Kangxi then arrived with Soltu, Zhou Peigong and Su Ma.
Only then did Kangxi feel guilty about Heschel, and he asked the old ancestor, how is Heschel?
Xiao Zhuang said with a calm face: Difficult childbirth, it is all caused by you, you have been treating him coldly, and you have also gone out of the palace to fish, don't say that he is a lady, even if he is an ordinary woman, he can't stand it!
As Kangxi walked to Herschel's bedside, he kept saying that it was all the fault of his grandchildren, it was all his grandson's fault!
But at this time, knowing what the use of wrong was, Herschel had run out of oil, and her mouth kept calling: Emperor, Emperor!
Besides, not a word could be uttered.
Kangxi asked Taiyi to do everything he could to save the empress, but Taiyi told Kangxi that the empress would have an avalanche after childbirth, I'm afraid...
Kangxi was furious, he probably never thought that this woman who had accompanied him through his youth was going to leave him completely.
He kicked the doctors to the ground one by one, venting the anger and wandering in his heart.
Herschel was still shouting "Emperor" with his last strength, and his voice was getting weaker and weaker.
In the last moments of her life, in such a way, she finally met the emperor she had in mind, but she could no longer accompany him.
Outside the palace, heavy rain roared in, as if weeping for Herschel.
Zhou Peigong had an insight into people's hearts, and he could not bear to let the empress die with regrets, so he said to the emperor: "The subject knows the empress's wishes." At present, there are rebellions in San Francisco on the outside and rebellions on the inside, which can be described as an extraordinary time. Today, the emperor has another brother, plus the eldest brother, the emperor has two princes, the emperor asked the emperor to choose a crown prince among them, and announced to the world, in order to show the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty, the origin of the long history. ”
Kangxi pondered for a moment, then walked over to Hesheli's bedside, gently took her in his arms, and said, "Hesheri, I gave our child a name, Yinrong. ”
After saying that, he put down Herschel, came to the big brother, and touched his head.
Then he looked up, his eyes like a torch, and his tone was firm:
According to the ancestral family law, sit on the king of the dynasty and not establish a prince, when this is extraordinary, it will become the foundation of the country and decide to build a reserve. The Crown Prince... Yin Rong was the crown prince.
As soon as Kangxi finished speaking, Herschel passed away.
Write at the end
Herschel's difficult birth and death was an eternal pain in Kangxi's heart, making him feel guilty whenever he thought about it. Such a beautiful and pure woman was thus buried by the crushing interests and power of all parties.
Her death made the purity in kangxi's heart, which had been pro-government for many years, disappear, and after that, the emperor was ruthless.
Although at the last moment, she let Kangxi push the fruit of the marriage between the royal family and the Heschel family, Yin Rong, to the position of prince, which seemed to preserve Soltu's position and the glory of the family, but it also became the source of Soltu's control of the imperial court, manipulation of the prince, and the root cause of heinous crimes. Soltu eventually became a sinner of the Herschel family and the Qing Dynasty.
Herschel's difficult birth and death, on the one hand, made Yin Rong lose his mother's upbringing, on the other hand, he also let him bear more attention and temptation than other princes, he seemed to be more honorable than anyone, in fact, more frightened than anyone, like walking on thin ice. In particular, being crowned prince from a young age has allowed him to withstand more targets and attacks, and has also allowed the royal contending to deposit too many ambitions and intrigues, and once it breaks out, it will be cruel to the extreme.
This is also why Xiaozhuang had to make a will before his death not to let Kangxi depose the crown prince, which would inevitably cause cannibalism, and if these things spread outside the palace and to the people, they would inevitably cause turmoil.
But everything happened anyway, Herschel died, Yin Rong was damaged by Soltu, Kangxi deposed him, and the nine sons took the wife, and the flesh and blood were killed.
How terrible.
If Herschel knew all this, she would not have fought to the death to make her son a prince.
No, she should have fought to the death not to enter the palace.