introduction
Do you still remember the clever Mr. Wu in "Yongzheng Dynasty"? He told the fortune of the thirteenth master Yinxiang and said that he could live to be ninety-two years old!
But who would have thought that the thirteenth master would die just after the age of forty-six. What's going on here? Could it be that Mr. Wu also has a time to look away?
In fact, this is inseparable from the thirteenth master's wife Alain, Alain's power is not comparable to ordinary people, so how powerful is she?
"Ninety-two good endings", Mr. Wu's prophecy
When Yongzheng was still the fourth master, Wu Sidao often lived in the mansion as a guest and gave advice to him. The fourth master and the thirteenth master Yinxiang have a deep brotherly relationship, and often talk with Wu Sidao, drinking and talking.
One day, the three of them got together again, and after three rounds of drinking, the thirteenth master looked at Wu Sidao, remembering his reputation for being clever, so he had a playful heart, and wanted Wu Sidao to calculate his lifespan.
Wu Sidao didn't shirk and asked the Thirteenth Master to stretch out his hand. He carefully studied the palmistry of the Thirteenth Master, frowning slightly, as if he saw some ominous omen.
But after a while, he stretched his brows and said to the Thirteenth Master with a smile: "The Thirteenth Master is deeply blessed, and it is the appearance of the 'Ninety-two Good Endings'. ”
When the thirteenth master heard this, he was immediately overjoyed. Ninety-two years old, that's a longevity that ordinary people can't achieve!
As a prince, he has fine clothes and food, unlimited honor, if he can live a long life, wouldn't he be a winner in life? Thinking of this, the Thirteenth Master couldn't help laughing, and raised his glass to thank Wu Sidao.
But the Thirteenth Master didn't know that Wu Sidao's seemingly frivolous sentence had a deep meaning. Wu Sidao is proficient in the art of face-to-face, not the trick of the warlock of the rivers and lakes, but the integration of the five elements of yin and yang, gossip and the art of face-to-face, and he is a family of his own.
He looks at people's faces, not only looking at the facial features and bones, but also paying more attention to observing the complexion and texture, and even a person's eyes, breathing, and mannerisms can become the basis for him to deduce numerology.
It is said that when Wu Sidao was young, he traveled all over the world, visited famous teachers, read a lot of books, and finally realized the essence of the art of physiognomy. He can not only judge people's character and fate through their faces, but also see a person's hidden secrets, past experiences, and even predict future misfortunes and misfortunes.
Therefore, when Wu Sidao looked at the appearance of the Thirteenth Master, he did not simply judge the length of life, but saw the hidden crises and variables in the fate of the Thirteenth Master.
The five words "Ninety-two Good Endings" seem auspicious, but in fact they hide mysteries. Wu Sidao knew that the heavenly machine could not be revealed, so he could only use this obscure way to convey some kind of warning to the Thirteenth Master.
It's just that the Thirteenth Master at that time, immersed in joy, didn't notice the subtle changes in Wu Sidao's tone. This prophecy, like a sharp sword hanging over the head of the Thirteenth Master, eventually became a proverb of his fate.
The eight kings forced the palace, and the thirteen masters desperately escorted them
After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he named the thirteenth master Yinxiang as Prince Yi, the prime minister, and became his most relied on minister. The Thirteenth Master knew that the throne was not easy to come by, and in order to help Yongzheng stabilize the country, he tried his best to do everything himself.
In the fourth year of Yongzheng, the Eight Masters Party, which had been dormant for many years, was about to move, and Yinzheng secretly contacted other princes and several banner lords with heavy troops, wanting to launch a coup d'état and force Yongzheng to hand over imperial power.
When the news reached the palace, Yongzheng was very angry, but he also felt pressure. At this time, the Thirteenth Master's body was not as good as before, and after years of hard work and depression, he was sick and often felt powerless. But in the face of such a crisis, the Thirteenth Master still stood up resolutely.
He endured the pain and ignored the dissuasion of the imperial doctor, and personally rushed to the Fengtai camp to persuade the generals, stabilize the morale of the army, and regain the military power controlled by the Eight Masters Party.
Then he rushed back to the palace non-stop, assisted Yongzheng in controlling the situation, pacifying the courtiers, and finally smashed the conspiracy of the Eight Masters. Yongzheng watched the thirteenth master dragging his sick body and running around the court for himself, and his heart was both moved and worried.
He knew the loyalty of the Thirteenth Master and his physical condition. He has advised the Thirteenth Master many times to take care of his body and not to work too hard, but the Thirteenth Master always smiled and said: "The younger brother can still share the emperor's worries, which is the blessing of the younger brother." ”
After the crisis of the Eight Kings forcing the palace was resolved, Yongzheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that he could reward the Thirteenth Master and let him recuperate with peace of mind, but he didn't expect that the Thirteenth Master's physical condition would deteriorate rapidly. At a court meeting, the thirteenth master suddenly fainted, vomited blood, and fell in front of Yongzheng.
The imperial doctor was helpless, and the life of the thirteenth master seemed to have reached the last moment of his life, and finally passed away suddenly. Yongzheng was devastated by the loss of his closest brother and his most powerful assistant. Grief-stricken, he even felt that the death of the Thirteenth Master was caused by himself. He gave the Thirteenth Master too much responsibility and too much pressure, which eventually crushed him.
The concubine is behind it?
When the thirteenth master was dying, Yongzheng was heartbroken, he held the thirteenth master's hand tightly, and cried and said: "Mr. Wu said that you have a ninety-two-year-old Yangshou, how can you leave like this?" ”
The Thirteenth Master smiled weakly and said, "Your Majesty, my brother understands...... Mr. Wu is right, his younger brother is exactly 46 years old this year, and he has been ...... day and night It's exactly ninety-two......"
The words of the Thirteenth Master seem to imply that his early death has another hidden meaning. And this secret is likely to be related to his wife Alain.
Why? Everyone knows that Alan is the side of the Thirteenth Master, and he has accompanied him through more than ten years of imprisonment, will she still harm her pillow person?
Why is there such a suspicion, but also from the identity of Alan, in the original novel "Emperor Yongzheng", the thirteenth master Yinxiang has two concubines around him, Alan and Sister Qiao.
On the surface, they are the maids who serve the Thirteenth Master, but in fact, they are the chess pieces placed by the Ninth Master Yinyu beside him, responsible for monitoring the Thirteenth Master's every move and passing the information to the Ninth Master.
Why did the ninth master Yinyu go to great lengths to install an undercover agent next to the thirteenth master Yinxiang? In the final analysis, it still stems from the competition for the throne between the princes.
The ninth master and the eighth master Yinzhen and others formed a party for personal gain, bent on taking the crown prince into their pockets, and the fourth master Yinzhen and the thirteenth master Yinxiang have a deep brotherhood, so they are naturally their biggest competitors.
In order to grasp the opponent's movements, the Ninth Master resorted to such insidious means, placing Alan and Sister Qiao beside the Thirteenth Master to act as his eyes and ears.
The Thirteenth Master is upright and upright, so he naturally will not be suspicious of the people around him, which gives the Ninth Master's henchmen an opportunity.
Through these two undercover agents, the Ninth Master can grasp the movements of the Thirteenth Master and the Fourth Master in time, understand their plans and strategies, so as to respond in advance, and even take action at a critical moment to sabotage their plans and weaken their forces.
For the ninth master, Alan and Sister Qiao are not only eyeliners, but also chess pieces in his hands, which can be used to disrupt the situation and strive for greater interests for himself, so Alain's identity is far from being as simple as it seems, and even very powerful.
However, this plot was adapted in the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty", only retaining Sister Qiao's undercover identity, and portraying her as a ruthless and unscrupulous woman to achieve her goals.
And Alain's image was beautified and turned into a gentle, kind, and loyal woman, who was infatuated with the Thirteenth Master.
But even in the TV series, Alain still retains some traces of eyeliner on his body. For example, she took care of the diet and daily life of the Thirteenth Master, but attentive viewers will find that the Thirteenth Master's physical condition has not improved because of Alain's careful care, but has deteriorated, which has to make people wonder if Alain is secretly doing something.
As the personal concubine of the Thirteenth Master, Alan is in charge of his diet and daily life. She decocted medicine and prepared meals for the Thirteenth Master every day, and even the imperial doctor sent by Yongzheng praised Alan for his carefulness and thoughtfulness.
But the more this seemingly unassailable care, the easier it is to hide the deadly murderous motive. Chronic poison was often a common means in ancient court struggles.
These poisons are slow to be easily detected, but they can gradually damage a person's body over time, eventually leading to death.
And Alan has every chance to mix this poison into the daily diet of the Thirteenth Master, and achieve his goal unknowingly.
For example, she can add some imperceptible poisons when decocting medicines, or add some chronic poisons to the dishes that the Thirteenth Master loves.
The dose of these poisons was extremely small and did not cause obvious symptoms, but they could gradually poison the body of the Thirteenth Master in the long-term accumulation, and eventually caused him to become terminally ill and unable to recover.
For the Thirteenth Master, who was imprisoned and physically and mentally exhausted, Alain's gentleness and thoughtfulness were undoubtedly a comfort.
He trusted Alain and entrusted his health and life to her, not to mention that behind this trust, there might be a fatal murder motive.
Of course, this is just a speculation based on the plot, and there is no clear evidence to prove that Alan is the murderer of the Thirteenth Master.
But the early death of the Thirteenth Master does make people feel regretful and suspicious. He gave everything for Yongzheng, but in the end he ended up like this, which is really embarrassing.
Maybe Alan didn't mean to harm the Thirteenth Master, but when he was carrying out the Ninth Master's order, he couldn't help himself. Or perhaps, she has true feelings for the Thirteenth Master and wants to get rid of the identity of eyeliner, but she is powerless to change her fate.
epilogue
"Ninety-two good endings", a prophecy of Wu Sidao back then, eventually became a proverb about the fate of the thirteenth master Yinxiang. He lived only forty-six years before he died, leaving behind endless regrets and speculations.
Some people say that the early death of the Thirteenth Master was due to too much work, and some people suspect that his concubine Alan secretly killed him.
But what the truth is, perhaps it has long been drowned in the long river of time, leaving only an intriguing mystery for future generations to comment.