Miss Tong was only fifteen years old. She had been brought up in seclusion since she was little. She usually did embroidery and grass picking. She had never come into contact with wind, frost, swords or knives. The servants who served her did not even dare to speak loudly. How could she have had a sharp sword pointed at her neck
The one pointing the sword at her was her much-admired cousin the Emperor, the one her father called the emperor who had both military and literary talents and ruled the world!
The cold touch brought the taste of death, as if it would cut her skin in the next second, splattering blood, without mercy. She trembled all over, a scream got stuck in her throat, and she could no longer hear other words. Her almond-shaped eyes were closed tightly, and she was about to faint.
After being shocked and angry, Kangxi was able to take a closer look and finally saw clearly that the woman in front of him looked like Empress Xiaokang Zhang.
He was too young and naive, and his mind was too simple. He had not learned any of his mother's charm. Even though they looked similar, he would never mistake her.
Recalling the shy and affectionate look just now, Kangxi gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, veins popping out on his forehead, and with a sullen face, he ordered his attendants: "This spy dared to offend the Holy Mother Empress Dowager, quickly arrest her—"
After the incident with Pingpin's attempt to win his favor, Kangxi developed a psychological trauma and was extremely disgusted with concubines who tried to find out his whereabouts and pretended to meet him by chance in the palace.
The person in front of him ignited his anger even more. Not only was he bold enough to sneak into the Imperial Garden, but he also tried to seduce him with his beauty!
The more similar this face is, the more it is a blasphemy to my mother.
Did she want to stir up his nostalgia and pity for his mother, and thus take this unknown spy into the harem? Was it the remnants of the anti-Qing and restoration Ming movement, or was it revenge by the Zheng family
For a moment, all kinds of conspiracy theories flashed through the emperor's mind. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Miss Tong Er with the same look as if he was looking at a dead person.
Spy? Taken down
The second girl, Ru Yue, was so frightened that she burst into tears and almost lost control of her bladder. She was trembling and unable to speak. She had only one thought in her mind: Run away... Father, save me, mother, save me...
Yun Xiu was stunned for a long while, feeling that the scene before him was extremely absurd. He was suddenly speechless and didn't know what to say.
Although the second daughter of the Tong family appeared rashly, something was wrong. Why would the emperor react so violently
The first time I saw little Tong Jia in my dream was not in the imperial garden, nor at this time, but two years later when she entered the palace to serve the sick.
The eighth child born to the imperial concubine died before he was one year old. After that, her health suddenly collapsed and she could not get better even after taking medicine. When she was lying on the sickbed, the imperial concubine thought again and again and asked the emperor for mercy to let her sister enter the palace to accompany her... It was under such circumstances that little Tong Jia met the emperor.
She entered the palace as a concubine and enjoyed the treatment of a concubine. One month later, she was conferred the title of concubine. Although no ceremony of conferring the title was held, the emperor himself stated that there was no difference between Concubine Tong and the four concubines Hui, Yi, De and Rong.
In the 39th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Tong Jia was in her early 30s and was canonized as the Imperial Concubine of Chengqian Palace, commanding the six palaces. She was much younger than the four concubines, but the four concubines were only assistants in palace affairs.
Except for having no children, Tong Jia lived a prosperous life and enjoyed enough blessings.
Although she was not favored, the emperor respected and loved her enough because she was similar to Empress Xiaokangzhang, and gave her the highest honor; similarly, because of her relationship with Empress Xiaoyi and Longkodo's mediation, the Fourth Prince did not forget to pay his respects to Chengqian Palace, and on weekdays, he also truly respected little Tonggiya.
Yunxiu remembered it very clearly. After little Tong Jia entered the palace, the imperial concubine once lamented to her that no matter how much the concubines in the harem competed, they could not compete with the women of the Tong family.
They don't have to do anything, yet they have high positions, honors, and gorgeous clothes... The Niuhuru clan, the Guoluoluo clan, and even the prince's mother's family, the Hesheli clan, can never compare to them.
Look, the emperor named the elder sister Empress Xiaoyi, and then he worshipped the younger sister, not allowing anyone to disrespect her. Even if the empress dowager didn't like little Tong Jia and was disgusted by her face, she could do nothing about it because the emperor was protecting her.
It was the Queen Mother who revealed this matter to Yinqi, otherwise, she would have been kept in the dark her entire life.
Even the Imperial Concubine sighed like this, so how could Concubine Yi in the dream not be jealous
As early as when the Imperial Noble Consort fell from power, Yunxiu had anticipated that little Tong Jia would enter the palace, but she did not expect to meet her in the Imperial Garden today.
The only thought in my mind was that I had wasted my energy and tired my hands in vain, and I would not be able to visit Merlin today.
Before she could express regret, Yunxiu calmly watched the development of the situation, but the emperor did not play by the rules and simply and rudely shattered all her guesses.
Hearing Kangxi angrily call him a "spy", Yun Xiu was stunned: "..."
How could such a gentle and weak girl become a spy
The imperial guards surrounding the emperor's carriage had never seen little Tong Jia, let alone knew that she was the emperor's cousin. Upon hearing this, their faces became solemn, they drew their swords, and were ready to rush forward.
For a moment, Yun Xiu didn't know whether to pity or laugh. She coughed and quickly stopped him, saying, "Your Majesty! Please take a closer look. This girl is about fifteen or sixteen years old, and she entered the palace today... I think she looks very familiar. If she is the second daughter of the Tong family, then her age will be exactly right."
Before Kangxi could retract his anger, he was stunned for a moment when he heard Yunxiu's words, and his expression became quite stiff.
The second daughter of the Tong family
My other cousin whom I have never met
He thought with a stiff face, so that's how it is, if they are really aunt and niece, then she looks like my mother... for a reason.
But why did Tong Guowei hide it and not tell him about the resemblance?
Why did the second cousin act like she wanted to say something but hesitated, not revealing her identity but trying to seduce him? !
Just a glance, the fact that Tong Jia's standing position was extremely similar to that of Concubine Ping, as well as her shy and timid demeanor immediately reminded Kangxi of the past and aroused his disgust.
It's so pretentious. My mother would never be like this. If she knew...
At this moment, no one knew the storm sweeping through the emperor's heart. He was as upset as if he had eaten a fly, and his face turned pale and blue.
Yun Xiu saw him in a daze, and the second Miss Tong was shaking like a sieve, as pale as paper, and looked like she was frightened and sick. She rubbed her eyebrows and reminded him helplessly: "Your Majesty, why is it so? Your sword is still across her neck."
Kangxi woke up as if from a dream, let go of the sword, put his hands behind his back, and waved to the guards majestically: "Back off."
The guards followed his orders and retreated behind him. Kangxi was silent for a while, then he calmed down and glanced at the second girl who was lying on the ground. "Is your surname Tongjia?"
Ru Yue was shaking, her face covered with tears. She was speechless and nodded subconsciously, her eyes revealing the deep fear in her bones.
From this perspective, she doesn’t look that much like her young mother, the emperor thought.
Ru Yue's frightened look was really unbearable to look at, which diluted the discomfort in Kangxi's heart and also broke free from the emotion of missing the Holy Mother Empress Dowager. He looked at her objectively and coldly, and the more he looked at her, the more he felt that she was not like her.
He was just out of his mind and had a preconceived notion of who he was.
"… I have wronged you. You came into the palace with my aunt?" Kangxi sighed, pacing back and forth, his tone unable to tell whether he was happy or angry. "How could you appear in the Imperial Garden? No one followed you. No wonder I thought you were a spy."
Yun Xiu: “…”
The tone of this preaching was exactly the same as that of a strict brother disciplining his sister. She was really convinced.
Seeing Ru Yue was frightened and confused, with a disheveled appearance and dust on her hair and clothes, Yun Xiu turned away and called the emperor softly: "It was unexpected that the second young lady was frightened by an accident. It's too frightening. The emperor should send someone to take care of it and make a pot of soothing tea to comfort her..."
As for welcoming her into the harem, she had a premonition that this time, the Tong family's plan might not succeed.
As if he had found the stairs, Kangxi hummed in an unfathomable way, and looked at Yunxiu with tender eyes: "You have a point."
Recalling Ru Yue's shy look, he couldn't help but associate her with Pingpin, so he simply turned a blind eye.
What do you think of him? A tyrant who wants to take his cousin into his harem just because he sees her?!
But she looks like this...
Kangxi stared at the silently crying Miss Tong for a long time, his expression becoming more and more solemn.
If it weren't for the incident in the imperial garden, he would not allow a woman who looked like his mother to marry someone else. The most likely scenario is that he would take her under his wing for protection, which would also be good for remembering his mother together.
Thinking of this, he frowned again, his face turned pale, and he went into the Plum Garden to learn from Pingpin... Was it her sister's instigation, or Tong Guowei's instigation, or the Tong family's instigation? !
*****
The emperor met Miss Tong in the Imperial Garden by chance. Miss Tong had her clothes torn, so she asked Liang Jiugong to take her to a side hall in the Qianqing Palace to change clothes. The news quickly spread throughout the Forbidden City.
The harem was shaken instantly. Just as an imperial concubine fell, another little Tonggiya came
Since Yun Xiu was present, she must have known some of the inside story. Half of the people looked at the Yikun Palace, but no one dared to go to the palace to verify. For those young ladies, the domineering Concubine Yi was still vivid in their minds. They couldn't even hide, so how could they go forward and ask for trouble
The Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother soon learned about this.
The two empresses dowager had no ill feelings towards the deceased Holy Mother Empress Dowager, and were even grateful to her for giving birth to the emperor, but they did not have the same attitude towards the Tong family.
Especially today - my elder sister made a big mistake, and the emperor was kind enough to allow my younger sister to visit her in the palace, but she even showed up in the imperial garden. Who wouldn't understand what she was thinking?!
Hearing that Kangxi had taken people to the side hall of the Qianqing Palace, the Empress Dowager couldn't help but feel worried: "What kind of fairy has that little Tong Jia grown up to be? Even Concubine Yi can't persuade her? The Emperor must not be confused!"
In the dream, when Miss Tong entered the palace, the Empress Dowager was no longer around. Now it is very different. After receiving the news, the Empress Dowager used her cane to knock on the ground, making a loud bang: "... He has his own scale in his heart, and he won't be confused."
That being said, the Empress Dowager was unsure. The Defei and the Liang Guiren of the past all won favor by virtue of their looks. If the little Tong Jia was attractive and had a relationship with the emperor and cousins, it was hard to say.
Yes, even Concubine Yi couldn’t persuade her. Could it be that she really looked like a fairy
"Su Ma, go to the Qianqing Palace." The Empress Dowager sighed, "I don't know if my face will be of any use..."
Outside the palace, Tong Mansion.
On the other side, Madam Tong had not yet left the palace. Thanks to the emperor's summons, Tong Guowei changed into court robes and hurried into the Qianqing Palace.
Upon learning that his second daughter was recuperating in a side hall, Tong Guowei was delighted, yet a little nervous. Was the emperor acting too quickly
He just told Ru Yue to go to the Imperial Garden when she had time. Whether she met the Emperor or not, it would be good to familiarize herself with the layout.
Thinking of Ru Yue's appearance, his heart was determined. If the emperor went to the Imperial Garden on a whim... it was not impossible.
I never expected that when I arrived at Qianqing Gate, I would see the prince's sedan chair coming towards me.
Tong Guowei stopped and smiled faintly. Just as he was about to salute, the prince looked at him solemnly with a stern face, "Master Tong, please don't be polite. I have something important to ask you to see the emperor. How about we go together?"
Tong Guowei paused and quickly agreed.
Hearing that the prince wanted to see him, Kangxi was slightly surprised. Even though his face was gloomy, he still smiled and said, "Announce."
After a while, as soon as the prince entered the imperial study, tears welled up in his eyes and he choked up and said, "Father, have you forgotten my fourth and sixth brothers? How much torture did they suffer from the Imperial Noble Consort, no, Consort Tong? I beg you to take back your decision!"