Prince Heng [Qing wear]

Eight days later, Kangxi's 55th birthday will come soon, because it is not a full birthday, and the previous entrustment of the princes has caused the court's financial constraints, so Kangxi does not plan to hold a birthday banquet this time, but it is a family gathering , watch a show together, and have a meal together.

But even though the emperor said so, as the sons, the birthday ceremony should not be too shabby, and the elder brothers were very troubled.

"Xiao Ru, what do you think we should give?" The fifth elder brother was quite distressed by this, if only he could follow the routine as before.

Chunru shook her head helplessly: "How can you be like this, and start preparing gifts when the day is approaching? If I don't prepare in advance, it depends on you."

"I knew that Xiaoru must be ready. If you have a wife like this, what more can you ask for?" The fifth elder brother hurriedly served tea and water to please Chunru, "What gift do you plan to give Khan Ama?"

Chunru really had no choice but to tell him, "This year's new rice, the yield is [-]% higher than before. Although I am forced by technical limitations, I still have a way to restore the previous experimental results. , but it can be regarded as barely reaching the passing line in my heart."

"Thank you, Xiaoru." The fifth elder brother gave Chunru a bear hug.Thank you for these things you have done for me and for the people here.

Chunru rubbed the fifth elder brother's head and sighed: "Speaking of it, I feel sorry for the two children. There are too many things this year, and I didn't give the two children a good birthday. I have turned ten years old, and I feel sorry for them for staying in the Shang study room on my birthday. Although Empress Yifei prepared a table of good food for the two children, did the two of us accompany them? By their side. When the emperor's birthday banquet is over, let's ask Shang Shufang for a leave of absence and take the two of them out for a few days."

"That's good. Then the leave from Shang Shang's study——" the fifth elder brother glanced at Chunru's expression, and immediately hesitated, "Of course I personally asked for the leave from Mr. Han Ama's study. Everything is covered On me." Even if he was scolded by Han Ama for spoiling the child, he would admit it, but who told him to only have these three big babies.Since Chunru wants to maintain her character as a strict mother, he can only accept the script of a loving father who spoils his children.

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On the day of Kangxi's birthday, the fifth elder brother woke up the two children early and asked them to wash up and have breakfast by themselves.When everything was ready, Chunru got into the carriage and drove towards the Forbidden City.

Of course, as the fifth prince, as a newly released prince, although the imperial court has not yet received the formal promulgation, all the specifications of the prince can already be put on the agenda.This time, the Zhulun carriage that Chunru sat in was much more comfortable than before.It's a pity that as a man, in order to maintain his masculinity, the fifth elder brother and the two children insisted on escorting them on horseback outside, and Chun Ru was helpless.

When the fifth elder brother and the two children supported Chunru to get off the carriage, they happened to see the fourth sister-in-law opposite also got off the carriage.It's just that the fourth elder brother is more polite, so the fourth sister-in-law is sitting in the carriage she used when she was the fourth Fujin.

The fifth elder brother greeted the fourth elder brother's family with Chunru and two children.

"Fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law Ann."

"Fourth Uncle and Four Aunt Ann."

The fourth elder brother waved at the two children: "Family, there is no need to be too polite. Xiao Wu, your fourth sister-in-law is not feeling well today, so I have to trouble you, Fujin, to take care of her."

"Okay, I know fourth brother, I will tell the little one—I, Fujin."

The group separated, the two men took the older children to the front hall to celebrate Kangxi's birthday, while Chunru and Sifujin took the younger elder brother and little Gege from the fourth elder brother's house to Ningshou Palace to meet the empress dowager.

Chunru is not a long-sleeved cheater. Although she has experienced it all these years, she is still not used to communicating with unfamiliar people.But she saw that Si Fujin's face was indeed a little pale, so she could only concern herself dryly: "What's wrong with Fourth Sister-in-law? After seeing the Empress Dowager, let's go to the side hall to rest for a while. The empress is kind, and I won't blame you."

Sifujin just smiled at Chunru and didn't answer.In fact, there was nothing serious about her, it was just a problem brought out by her inner discomfort.Since Honghui's death, the fourth elder brother never entered her house again, and only went to the small courtyard of Cianfujin Li's.She told herself to be magnanimous, the fourth elder brother is not a womanizer, but Li Shi gave birth to more children for the fourth elder brother, and the fourth elder brother is just worried about offspring.

She also knew that she was raising concubine sons and concubine daughters like that before, which made the fourth elder brother unhappy.But she thought she did nothing wrong, her Honghui was the eldest son, so what did she do wrong for the sake of their common child?It's a pity that Honghui left her early because of his poor fortune.Now that the fourth elder brother has become the prince, among the elder brothers in the mansion, who will the fourth elder brother choose as his son?

"Sister-in-law four, are you okay?" Chunru asked worriedly.

Si Fujin smiled and said: "I'm fine, but you, have you decided on a candidate in your family? Which child do you want to choose?"

"Which child?" Chunru was a little puzzled.

Si Fujin only thought that Chunru was unwilling to answer.After all, there are only two children in the fifth elder brother's house, and they are both twins born to Wu Fujin. No matter which child is chosen to be the eldest son, Wu Fujin may feel that he owes the other child.That's why Wu Fujin avoided answering her question.I really blame her for asking too bluntly. It seems that this Shizi incident has really disturbed her mind, and she should calm down and think about it.

Under the guidance of Ningshou Palace's nanny, the two went to the side hall to wash up, drank a cup of hot tea to warm their bodies, and then got up to meet the empress dowager.

"Greetings to the empress dowager, may the empress have a long life and good health." The two saluted the empress dowager.

The queen mother asked Mammy to move chairs for the two to sit down and chat with them.

But the main thing is that Chunru is talking with the Queen Mother.As for Sifu Jin, because he was not very familiar with the Queen Mother, he really couldn't understand the Manchu with a strong Mongolian accent, so he could only sit on the side and smile like a wallflower.

Fortunately, this period of time did not last too long. Not long after, a group of concubines, led by the concubine Tong Jia, came to Ningshou Palace to greet the Queen Mother.

Everyone came together and chatted happily for a while.

Kangxi then sent someone to Ningshou Palace to invite the Empress Dowager to the front hall, and the Empress Dowager took the women from this palace to the front to take their seats.

Because this year is a family banquet, the seats of the prince and Fujin are not separated, they are all connected together.On one side sat many concubines of Kangxi, and on the other side were the princes and brothers of Kangxi.

Kangxi first invited the Empress Dowager to take the seat, and asked the Empress Dowager to move the first pair of chopsticks, and then announced the official start of the birthday banquet.

The most eye-catching part of the birthday banquet is of course the birthday present.

The elder brother was still locked up in the mansion by Kangxi, so the prince was the leader.

What the crown prince gave Kangxi was a piece of natural white jade half a person's height.Jade is the most important treasure of the country and has always been a symbol of the country.It is a kind of auspiciousness that the prince, such a large piece of complete and natural white jade, can appear in the world.Not to mention the natural traces on this piece of white jade, from a distance, it vaguely resembles the Chinese character for longevity, which makes it even more obvious that the prince has put a lot of thought into the emperor's birthday gift.

The princes in several clans all praised the prince's filial piety to Kangxi.

Kangxi also had eyes full of smiles, and said to the prince: "The prince has a heart."

The fifth elder brother keenly noticed that Han Ama called his second brother "Prince" this time, instead of "Baocheng" by his baby name, and felt a little strange.But he thought about it again, probably because the princes of the clan were present at the birthday banquet, Khan Ama always had to address the prince more solemnly, the second brother.Probably during this period of time, I followed the two children to learn Houhei from Mr. Wang in the mansion. He always thinks more about such details, probably because he is overwhelmed.

The third elder brother sent the newly edited book that he had brought with him in the past few years, and Kangxi also said hello.

As for the fourth elder brother, he gave him the peanuts and sweet potatoes he planted on the Zhuangzi, as well as the Buddhist scriptures he and Fujin copied for Kangxi, which fully showed his true qualities as an otaku.

The fifth elder brother sent the new grain developed by Chunru, and Kangxi hurriedly ordered someone to collect it, and asked someone to pass the decree to Li Guangdi for verification.

The new grain caused a sensation, and Kangxi showed a real smile on his face, and asked someone to send a few plates of soft snacks and dishes to the table of the fifth elder brother.The fifth elder brother thanked Kangxi for the dish, and then returned to his seat.

The fifth elder brother didn't rely on his daughter-in-law's intuition that she should be rewarded at all. When he got back to his seat, he put fish balls for Chunru so that he could hug his daughter-in-law's thigh.Although he still wanted to give Xiaoru a fishbone and show his tenderness and consideration, the dishes made by the royal chef in the palace did not give him this chance.In order to prevent assassins from being assassinated, since the 24th year of Kangxi, dishes with big bones like roasted whole lamb are not allowed in palace banquets. Until now, this rule has been changed more and more by the people below. It's so strict, the fish can only be made into fish balls and fish foam, and there is no chance for the fifth elder brother to criticize him.

After the grown-up second generation of the emperor finished presenting the birthday gifts, the third generation of the emperor will be the next one to lead the way.

After the prince's two elder brothers finished delivering the birthday presents, Hong Yu of the eldest elder brother's family dedicated the birthday picture of "Auspicious Cranes Rising to the Nine Skys" and the longevity picture written by everyone in the Shang's study to Kangxi.

Kangxi ordered Liang Jiugong to bring the Longevity Picture to Yuqian for a closer look. The font size was different, some were slender, some were strong, or the calligraphy was already small, or the font was still immature, and Kangxi burst into tears.

He asked Liang Jiugong to give Hongyu some food, and he couldn't help but think of his elder brother who was locked in the mansion by himself.He heard that the child had no complaints in the mansion and prayed for him every day.It's a pity that elder brother made such a wrong thing, and he couldn't release the child for a while, so he could only let people pay more attention to elder brother's house.As for the child Hong Yu, he is indeed a filial and good child, but he is not good at giving him a title. It just so happens that this child is about to marry Fujin, so let's give this child a good marriage.