Chapter 074, the end of the palace
Lin Xianyu glanced at Kangxi and whispered: "There are two reasons. One is that I watched the emperor grow up. Maybe the emperor thinks I am not worthy, but I have always treated you as my own child."
Kangxi's face turned a little green.
Lin Xianyu muttered to himself: If there is a spirit in the nine springs of Shunzhi at this moment, then it should be green!
Lin Xianyu continued: "Er, I vaguely feel that the Empress Dowager seems to have known something."
Kangxi frowned: "No, the Empress Dowager will not inform you!"
Lin Xianyu thought to himself: This tone is very certain, but Kangxi may not trust this legitimate mother, I am afraid he has a suspicion in Renshou Palace, right?
Lin Xianyu sighed, "A few days ago, Su Malagu asked me to sew a shroud for her, and his words seemed to be hinting at me."
Kangxi's eyebrows sank. Of course he knew that Su Malagu was not familiar with Wei's family, and it was indeed a bit strange to ask Wei for such taboo needlework for no reason...
Lin Xianyu was frowning and said quietly: "The emperor is afraid he doesn't know that I angered the late emperor several times back then, and was confined to the late emperor for two years. The late emperor hated me deeply, and it is said that he originally intended to let me bury him."
Kangxi said with a stern face: "That's just a nonsense among the servants below!" - But Kangxi also understood that the person who talked about the nonsense was the eunuch of Xin Chong next to the late emperor, and he said after drinking, so I'm afraid it's...
Kangxi said again: "Don't be too worried, the late emperor did not leave such a will."
Lin Xianyu sighed, "No matter whether there is such a will or not, I can see that the late emperor does have this intention." As he said that, Lin Xianyu lowered his voice and said, "If the Empress Dowager knew my origin, maybe she would fulfill the late emperor's wishes."
Kangxi couldn't help but change his color. He was silent for a long time and then said, "Don't worry, I'm here."
Lin Xianyu: At this time, this would be enough to impress those innocent girls.
But, it's a pity...
She is not a simple ignorant girl.
Lin Xianyu lowered his eyelids, "I watched the emperor grow up with my own eyes and didn't want to see you disobey the Empress Dowager. So, let me go to Xiaoling to practice. In this way, even if the Empress Dowager guessed anything, he would not even give me the opportunity to practice." - At the beginning, she had been a tool for Xiaozhuang for so many times, so Xiaozhuang had to be nostalgic, right?
Kangxi's eyes were a little sluggish, and his tone was also sluggish: "Do you have to do this?"
Lin Xianyu sighed sadly, made a weak attitude, and whispered: "In the eyes of the Empress Dowager, nothing is more important than children and grandchildren. I don't want the Empress Dowager to hate me as much as I hate Concubine Dong E."
Concubine Dong E remarried her uncle's son.
If she really fulfilled Kangxi's thoughts, she would be no less than Dong E Wanyan.
Kangxi was silent, and the palace had been silent for a long time.
It was so quiet that only the sound of the enamel Western bell swaying.
The orchids quietly exuded fragrance, and the setting sun in the afternoon shone softly through the window paper, landing on Lin Xianyu's current weak and beautiful face.
Kangxi slowly let go of the beeswax bracelet that was tightly clamped in his palm, and his voice was a little depressed: "I... understand."
Lin Xianyu breathed a sigh of relief, you kid understand!! It’s so hard for me, I actually want to pretend to be weak! I’m going to have goose bumps all over my body!
Kangxi said again: "It is said that the Empress Dowager missed the late emperor, so he asked you to go to Xiaoling instead of her to pray for the late emperor."
Lin Xianyu bent his knees and said, "Thank you, the emperor." - I don't think I will be neglected when I go to Xiaoling in this name.
In the summer of the 19th year of Kangxi, two major events happened in the palace. One was that the concubine Dai Jia gave birth to the seventh prince, and the other was that the empress dowager dreamed that the late emperor was uneasy, so she issued an imperial edict and assigned the palace maid Wei to Xiaoling to pray for the late emperor.
In the imperial edict, only praying for blessings was mentioned, and there was no word "to practice with hair".
Forget it, no matter what, she at least temporarily escaped from the quagmire of the harem, hoping to spend the rest of her life in Xiaoling.
Before leaving, Tana cried loudly, "Why are you here?!"
Lin Xianyu said: "You finally know what I am thinking now, right?" I would rather go to guard the tomb of Shunzhi than stay in the palace to be Kangxi's concubine!
Tana still didn't understand, but knew that things were a foregone conclusion, so she quickly stuffed a thick stack of silver notes to Lin Xianyu, "I don't have too many silver notes in my hand, that's all."
Lin Xianyu looked at the fact that these silver notes were worth 1,800 taels, which was enough for her to support her in the rest of her life. Although Tana was a concubine and had countless treasures, she didn't have much real money.
After choosing a sunny day, Lin Xianyu knelt down and left the empress dowager. He rode out of the capital in an inconspicuous carriage, heading east to the Xiaoling Mausoleum of Changrui Mountain.
The imperial tomb is the most comfortable place. The person in charge is an old eunuch. Because he received the imperial edict early in the morning, he had already cleaned up a small courtyard for the great palace maid of the Empress Dowager Lin Xianyu.
The yard is a little narrow and the house is low. There are vegetables growing in the yard! What about spinach and cucumber? A small piece of green is so green that it looks very beautiful.
The old eunuch in charge had an awkward face, "There are not many chores in the imperial tomb. When I have nothing to do, I will grow some vegetables and other things. If the girl doesn't like it, I will turn around and ask someone to dig it out."
Lin Xianyu smiled and said, "The vegetables are well grown, so keep them." - Because she was the substitute of the Empress Dowager to pray for the late emperor, she was like the Empress Dowager's substitute, a bit like an imperial envoy, but something was missing. Anyway, her status was quite high. The salary was still paid according to the first-class palace maids.
There are three main houses in the courtyard, which is several times wider than the "small dormitory" she had lived in before. It was obviously cleaned up inside and it was very clean, but there was no furniture except a bed and two half-old stools.
Lin Xianyu thought for a while and took out twenty taels of silver notes from her sleeve. Tana was willing to give all the small amount of silver notes. She handed them to the old eunuch in charge: "Don't ask my father-in-law to help me get a table and chair. If the rules allow it, I can clean up a small kitchen..."
When the old eunuch saw the silver notes, he immediately smiled and said, "The imperial tomb is not as good as the palace rules. Don't worry, girl. I will send someone to call the bricklayer, make a set of furniture for you, and then build a stove kang. This imperial tomb is cold in winter! If there is no fire kang, it will be difficult to bear."
Can you still have the whole kang? If you have a good relationship, you can save a lot of charcoal.
Lin Xianyu took another five taels of silver notes and said, "This is for treating my father-in-law to tea."
The old eunuch's face is like a chrysanthemum, "Girl just worry, I guarantee that I will dress you up properly!"
The silver seems to be much more valuable than the palace in the imperial tomb. Only twenty-five taels of silver can be bought for her to work hard.
Chapter completed!