Chapter 970: The Pedestal (Central)

Nanyuan camp, imperial tent.

Wei Zhu and Zhao Chang stood at the door of the tent and listened.

On the surface, Wei Zhu acted as if he had accepted the established fate and slowly followed the king he served to die. In fact, he was a person who was extremely afraid of death. In order to seize the little hope, he took the initiative to attack and took risks.

With Kangxi's current temperament, if he finds that the people around him collude with the prince, he may not have a good temper and listen to others' clever words and despise them, he will directly be punished.

However, in recent times, he has been worried because the emperor values ​​Zhao Chang more and more.

Zhao Chang was in his twenties and was originally a eunuch in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was appointed to the imperial court and became an eunuch who was sent to the imperial court.

According to the rules, eunuchs in the harem are not allowed to read, but there are many eunuchs who can read.

Because eunuchs entered the palace at different ages, some people entered the palace in their teens and couldn't learn to read outside. Such people usually cannot serve in front of the imperial court, and mostly work in the Jingshifang and the Interior Government office.

Zhao Chang is a literate eunuch, but his background is different from those who cannot survive outside the poor families.

He was Liang Jiugong's nephew and grandson. He lost his father when he was in his infancy. Liang Jiugong was the first person to use the imperial court at that time. He also had a private house outside the palace and wanted to adopt his son for his retirement. Many young people were pushed out among the relatives in his hometown.

This Zhao Chang's mother is Liang Jiugong's niece.

When Liang Jiugong heard that his niece was lonely, he directly asked someone to take Zhao Chang and his son to the capital. Then he met Zhao Chang at the age of five or six. He knew that he was filial to his mother at a young age. By the way, Liang Jiugong's temper was so angry that Liang Jiugong had no intention of adopting adopted son and directly accepted Zhao Chang as his grandson.

Two years later, Zhao Chang's mother died of illness, leaving only two grandparents and grandsons, and the relationship became deeper.

Unexpectedly, not long after, Liang Jiugong was detained in Jingshan because of the incident of joining the prince's battle for the throne.

In this world, there are the most people who can make trouble. Liang Jiugong lost his holy heart and had no power to turn things around, who would be polite to him?

When Zhao Chang was fifteenth, he saw his grandfather asking for guilt. Someone was thinking about his grandfather's foreign house property. He could not stop him from being a chariot. Instead, he simply sold all the property and sold all the gold and silver in his hand. Half of it was used to manage the palace so that Liang Jiugong would suffer less in Jingshan, and half of it would be respected in front of the sixteenth prince. He did not ask for anything beside him, so he asked to go to the palace to serve his grandfather.

Although Liang Jiugong was convicted, he was still in the imperial court for more than 30 years and took good care of Wang Concubine. How could the Sixteenth Prince receive this money? He did not agree with Zhao Chang's entry into the palace.

Zhao Chang is a good student and has already passed the imperial examination for the title of scholar. It is a pity for such a person to enter the palace to be an eunuch. The Sixteenth Prince felt that it was a sin, so he refused to nod.

Although Zhao Chang was young, he was determined. He spent money to clean himself and took care of him. After he had finished his treatment, he asked the Sixteenth Prince for the second time.

This filial piety made the Sixteenth Prince have no choice but to choose to fulfill his wish.

However, the money Zhao Chang had in hand was the wealth saved by Liang Jiugong's current servant. The sixteenth prince would not get involved. He asked Zhao Chang to deposit it in the money shop to keep Liang Jiugong's retirement funds.

The sixteenth prince was in charge of the Interior Affairs Office and it was cheap to receive a small eunuch, so he arranged for Zhao Chang to go to Jingshan West Garden to listen. The place where Liang Jiugong was detained was Jingshan West Garden.

Liang Jiugong was so happy when he saw that his beloved grandson was purified, he was so angry that he was half angry that he beat Zhao Chang half to death.

Zhao Chang just knelt down, but in the end, Liang Jiugong couldn't do anything, so he took the whip and cried loudly...

After that, Zhao Chang became a little eunuch in Jingshan West Garden. His daily errand was to "guard" the prisoner Liang Jiugong.

Liang Jiugong went from the first eunuch in front of the imperial court to the prisoner in the high wall, and his favorite grandson, who was defeated, and he suffered a stroke and fell ill after a blow.

Zhao Chang served in front of the bed, and never said any hard work.

I don’t know what Liang Jiugong was thinking, even Wei Zhu, who heard about this at that time, found it incredible.

He was such an idea-worthy boy and Liang Jiugong's family, even if the capital was not able to settle down, he would go away after leaving the capital, and he would achieve this point.

Who said that eunuchs had broken six senses and few people had a good ending? Liang Jiugong had such a grandson, even if he died of old age in Nanyuan, he would be blessed.

Liang Jiugong's illness lasted for three years. Zhao Chang was a filial son in front of the bed for three years before Liang Jiugong got up from the sickbed.

Although Zhao Chang was only eighteen years old and was a little eunuch of no grade, all the eunuchs who worked in Jingshan respected him three times, and even Liang Jiugong's life was easier.

You have to leave three-point room for life. With Zhao Chang, a filial grandson, everyone has to think about it. Even if they force their grandson to death and fall into the eyes of outsiders, they will be evil people.

Liang Jiugong's illness was cured, and he threw away the matter of fame, fortune and interests behind his head, and only felt sorry for his grandson's suffering.

Zhao Chang was getting older, and he could not let his grandson sweep the yard for the rest of his life. He wanted Zhao Chang to work in the palace, and while he was still alive, he gave up his old face and paved the way for his grandson. After ups and downs in the palace for most of his life, Liang Jiugong knew the darkness of the palace and hoped that Zhao Chang would have a smooth journey in a hundred years.

However, Zhao Chang was worried about his grandfather and did not respond to anything. He was stubborn and angry.

Two years later, Liang Jiugong's legs and feet became more and more flexible, and Zhao Chang was already twenty years old.

Under Liang Jiugong's hard work, Zhao Chang no longer insisted.

Since he became a palace servant, he could not help himself. Now the Sixteenth Prince is in charge of the Interior Affairs Office, and he takes good care of their grandfathers and grandsons. He turns a blind eye to them and allows them to be at peace in the West Garden. If the Interior Affairs Office changes people, they are old sinners and the other are rankless eunuchs, where can they settle down?

He finally nodded in agreement.

Liang Jiugong asked someone to pass on the message to the Sixteenth Prince and asked the Sixteenth Prince to arrange an errand for Zhao Chang.

The old eunuch who was in charge of the Internal Affairs Office died of illness, and the sixteenth prince asked Zhao Chang to take over. The eighth-rank eunuch is not of high rank, but he is decent and worry-free in his work.

At the beginning of spring this year, I don’t know why the emperor thought of Liang Jiugong. He knew that his grandson was working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so he transferred him to the Qianqing Palace. Although he was still an eighth-rank eunuch and had not been upgraded, the position of the eunuch was very popular.

There are many opportunities to leave the palace, and foreign ministers are flattering, and even Wei Zhu is a little savory.

Wei Zhu didn't say anything on her face, but she began to pay attention to Zhao Chang in private.

He is young, humble, and not at all ostentatious.

Wei Zhu still felt something was wrong. She had been serving in front of the imperial court for more than 20 years and was the most likely to wink. Although Kangxi did not show it, he was very different to Zhao Chang. A eunuch who was sent to the emperor was just a melody of the emperor. What is there to be something worth treating with?

If the emperor is nostalgic and cares about Liang Jiugong, then it would be just a matter of saying that he would release people.

It was not until a few days ago that Wei Zhu suddenly realized that there was a piece of cinnabar on Zhao Chang's little finger.

He was puzzled and always felt that something was out of control, which made people worried.

Zhao Chang noticed Wei Zhu's gaze, raised his head, looked at him, but his ears were standing still, listening to Kangxi and Zebuzundanbahutuktu.

The content of the two people's speech was not a national event, nor an alliance between Mongolia and Manchuria, but two young men standing next to them, Emperor Hongli and his companion to study in Hang Seng.

Hengsheng grew up different from the Han people, and Zebuzundanbahutuktu could tell at a glance that he was a Mongolian.

However, with the emperor's grandson, Zebuzundanbahutuktu was also tactful and praised Hongli with Kangxi.

Kangxi was so happy when he heard this. Hongli looked at him well, and he hoped that others would also look at him well.

It was not until he praised the mature Hongli that Zebuzundanbahutuktu turned the topic to Hang Seng next to Hongli.

I heard that it was Cao Yong's son, Zebu Zundanba Hutuktu changed his original idea of ​​asking questions, and smiled and changed the topic with Kangxi.

Kangxi waved his hands to Hongli and Hang Seng and sent them down.

It was not until the two of them went out that Kangxi turned around and asked seriously: "Big Lama, what about my grandson?"

Zebuzundanbahutuktu smiled slightly and said, "What about the little prince? Didn't the emperor have a conclusion long ago?"

Kangxi shook his head and did not admit this statement, but he refused to say another word about other things...

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Hengsheng followed Hongli out of the imperial tent, walked a hundred steps away, stroked his chest and said, "This old lama's eyes were thrilling, and it seemed like he was really a little trick."

Hongli heard that he regarded Zebuzundanbahutuktu as a liar in the world, and was amused and crying.

There was a person walking in front of him. It was the Sixteenth Prince. Hongli and Hang Seng both made way and greeted the Sixteenth Prince.

The sixteenth prince stopped and said to Hongli: "Is this back from Yuqian? Who else is there in Yuqian?"

Hongli nodded and said, "The Great Lama is in front of the emperor and speaks with Emperor Mafa."

The Sixteenth Prince nodded and expressed his awareness, and then said to Hang Seng: "Hang Seng said, your father took shifts in advance. Today has arrived. Have you gone to pay tribute?"

When Hengsheng heard this, his eyes lit up immediately and he was already calling out: "Grandpa Sixteen."

The Sixteenth Prince had an errand, so after saying this, he hurriedly left.

Hang Seng turned his head and looked at Hongli and said, "Fourth Master, look?"

Hongli glanced at him and said, "If you want to be busy, go and do it. Will you stop you from being a filial son?"

Hengsheng smiled silly, and left Hongli with him, and asked for his father.

Cao Yong had already returned to the tent at this time and was talking to Li Wei.

Perhaps because of the heroic spirit on the field these days, Li Wei was transformed and no longer as reserved as before.

"Father, Uncle Li." Hang Seng followed the servant who delivered the vegetables into the tent and greeted the two of them with a smile.

"Uncle Li?" Li Wei narrowed his eyes and turned to Cao Yong and said, "If I remember correctly, I am a little bit longer than the adults."

"Call Li Bo." Cao Yong would not argue with him anything, so he honestly asked Hang Seng to change his words.

Seeing that his negligence caused his father to be implicated by others, Hang Seng felt a little uncomfortable.
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