[Qing Chuan] Qing Chuan Wu Shi

Because of his childhood experience, Kangxi especially hoped that his sons could endure hardships and stand hard work, get used to a simple life, and never be infected with arrogance and extravagance.

The fourth elder brother, like other princes, started wearing robes and boots when he was six years old. He seemed to work as a servant and studied in the upper study.In the upper study room, there is a "master" and a "chief master"-usually a noble minister at the time.

The fourth elder brother Yinzhen clearly remembered that since he entered the study at the age of six, he was exempted from going to the study every year except New Year's Day, Delay, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Huang Ama's birthday and his own birthday. Even if it's New Year's Eve, it's just leaving school earlier.

People are still coming.

There is no age limit for princes to study.Although the fourth elder brother opened a mansion and got married, he still had to go to the study room to "study all the time".

Of course, as Kangxi intends to experience several growing sons, the fourth elder brother's study time and burden are much easier than those of the younger brothers.Although it is cold and hot, it is just a matter of ordering and responding to a scene.

However, on New Year's Eve, the fourth elder brother did not dare to relax—Huang Ama attaches great importance to the prince's schoolwork, and often supervises the class examinations in person outside of government affairs, and repeatedly emphasizes to the teachers: "The way of teaching is never set, Strictness is beneficial, but leniency is harmful, and in the future the prince will grow up to know himself."

The fourth elder brother clearly remembers: In the 37th year of Kangxi, the eighth elder brother, who had always been cautious, did not report to Huang Ama or his master for some reason. With the fourteenth elder brother who was still young at that time, the two brothers unexpectedly He left the study without permission and tried to get out of the palace.

After the incident, Huang Ama was furious.The relevant personnel were severely admonished, especially the masters and masters of the eighth and fourteenth elder brothers were implicated.In the end, Huang Ama asked someone to copy his admonition into a text notice, which was specially pasted at the door of the upper study, so that all the brothers could watch it when they went in and out day and night.

The eighth and fourteenth elder brothers still remember the embarrassment on their faces at that time.

Seeing the Western clock in the room ticking to three o'clock in the morning, the fourth elder brother got up and went to the door of the study. The sky outside was dark and the master hadn't come yet. As usual, I want to review what I learned yesterday, and I can only hear the sound of reading in the room, some read "Mencius", some read "Great Learning"... Everyone is hurrying to review, so as not to be asked by the master what they learned yesterday If you can't answer the content, you will be embarrassed.

The fourth elder brother listened intently, probably because of the New Year's Eve, the young princes were extremely excited, pulling their throats and almost making trouble, the noise was so loud that it almost knocked off the roof.

The fourth elder brother frowned and stopped walking.

Su Peisheng stared at the profile of the fourth elder brother from the side.

The fourth elder brother is getting older, and his face is often expressionless and dignified. He no longer has all the emotions on his face like he did when he was a child. Although Su Peisheng is the eunuch who is close to him, he is the most powerful eunuch. In recent years, he has become more and more afraid. Fourth elder brother is here.

Even the personal eunuchs treated him like this, not to mention those younger brothers who hadn't had much contact with him on weekdays.

Su Peisheng thought of an inadvertently appropriate word for no reason: lonely.

The day passed very quickly, and the New Year's Eve hadn't arrived yet, and there were few pedestrians on the street—they were all rushing home to celebrate the New Year.The street was empty, and occasionally there were a few passers-by, who were also full of things with mixed hands, without looking sideways, and in a hurry.

In order to match the festive atmosphere in the mansion, Wu Ning changed into a new flag outfit. Just after lunch, she came to the main courtyard of Fujin. Because the mansion was newly decorated, she looked around all the way, and it was a bit awkward when she arrived. It was too late, and after entering the door, not only Song Gege was already here in Fujin, but Li Gege was also here.

She hurriedly leaned over to greet Ann, and sat down beside Li Gege, only to feel that the room was full of fragrances, and these concubine Fujin all dressed themselves up in colorful decorations—Wu Ning thought that he was already ostentatiously decorated, but never Thinking of comparing with these few, it is still plain.

After a while, someone came to report to Fujin, saying that the gate, the front hall, the inner hall, the inner door, and the main hall door of the mansion were all opened, and a pair of maids and eunuchs were left waiting all the way. It was a coincidence that the fourth elder brother returned to the mansion Very soon, I happened to meet the father-in-law who brought the reward from the palace, and now they are coming in together, please Fujin and the masters hurry up to catch up.

Wu Ning followed Fujin to the entrance of the main hall, only to hear the sound of footsteps outside.Mixed with the polite voice of the fourth elder brother, because it was Kangxi's reward, Fujin knelt down first, Li Gege and Wu Ning were in a row behind Fujin, Song Gege knelt down with difficulty even though he had a big belly and was unable to move.

A short and chubby old eunuch read aloud the list of gifts from the emperor to the Fourth Prince's Mansion. Wu Ning heard in his ears that they were all things like silver jewelry, ermine brocade, and a lot of food gifts in the end. , but there are quite a few melons and fruits that are rare in this weather, presumably transported from the south.

The list of gifts was long and trivial. At the beginning, the old eunuch was full of air, with a high-pitched voice and a show of poise. Later, his voice became hoarse and weak, mixed with phlegm in his throat. Hula Hula was like pulling a bellows. Everyone listened I wanted to laugh a little bit, but didn't dare, so I forced it in my throat.

Wu Ning quietly saw Song Gege holding her stomach with one hand and stroking her knees with the other, as if she couldn't hold on any longer, a little bead of sweat appeared on the side of her temples, her complexion was extremely ugly, and the nun behind her was quietly helping her Elbow, Song Gege saw that Wu Ning was looking at her, hurriedly knelt up and looked at Wu Ning vigilantly.

Finally, the old eunuch finished reading the list of gifts, and everyone kowtowed to thank them, and said in unison: "Thank you for the reward from the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live, long live!".

After the people in the palace had left, the fourth elder brother's mansion suddenly became busy. Fujin directed the people to carry in the rewards from the palace and arrange them separately, and then said to the fourth elder brother: "Master entered the palace early today, and he must be tired now." It’s over, I’d better go back to the house and change clothes to rest, there are still many scenes to come.”

The fourth elder brother was indeed a little tired, so he responded, "Fu Jin has worked hard."Fujin was instructing the people around him, he smiled and said: "It is my duty to share my worries for the Lord.".

The fourth elder brother nodded and patted her on the shoulder.

Wu Ning looked up and saw that the fourth elder brother was wearing a sky blue court dress today, but he was not the same as usual handsome and unrestrained. He saw Song Gege leaning on the nanny, his face was very ugly, so he walked over and said: "I just knelt for a long time, are you okay?"

Song Gege forced a smile, and wanted to salute, but was stopped by the fourth elder brother. He frowned slightly, looked at the nanny beside Song Gege, and said, "What are you doing? Why don't you help your master go back to the house to rest?" What?" The nanny responded again and again, helping Song Gege to go.

Wu Ning saw the fourth elder brother and Fujin talking and laughing at Yanyan, felt a little lost in his heart, bowed his head and stood on the spot, the fourth elder brother arranged a few more words, and took Su Peisheng to the back room, as if he hadn't seen Wu Ning, and talked with Wu Ning as if nothing had happened. She passed by, and when she was about to walk by, her right hand slid gently on the back of Wu Ning's hanging hand.

When it was time to light the lanterns, the fourth elder brother and Fujin went to the grand banquet in the palace. Due to their lack of status, the few concubines had to stay in the mansion as usual according to the rules. After a while, the dining room brought the dinner. It was the New Year's Eve dinner, and it was extraordinarily sumptuous, and the table was filled with exquisite designs. Wu Ning faced the big table alone for the New Year's Eve dinner, and was served by Qingming and Zhuqi.In the middle of eating, Li Gege came, arguing that it was too deserted to eat alone, and he wanted to eat at Sister Wu's place.

Wu Ning also felt that eating alone was not interesting, so he helped her add more dishes, and the two of them didn't pay much attention to it. They sat at the opposite table and ate while talking and laughing.After waiting to send Li Gege away, Wu Ning felt a little sleepy, so he tilted his head on the chair and was about to take a nap when he heard a deafening "boom" outside, followed by crackling like fried beans , The sound was like a cannonball falling on the ear, shaking all the vases in the room.

Wu Ning was startled, and suddenly jumped up. Seeing that Zhuqi, Qingming, Hetian and others were also cleaning up the dishes, they were all taken aback. They looked at each other before realizing that they were setting off fireworks.

Zhuqi and He Tian rushed out early to watch the fireworks. The steps in the yard were full of little eunuchs and maids, all blushing with excitement, covering their ears with their hands, pointing to the fireworks in the sky and dancing with a smile on their faces. It is red, green and green against the color of fireworks in the sky.Qingming continued to clean up the dishes on the table in silence.

Seeing that there was no novelty on her face, Wu Ning couldn't help but said: "It's so lively outside, why don't you go and have a look?".

Qingming shook her head, and said with a smile: "No." Wu Ning saw that although her face was smiling, there was no joy in her eyes at all, and she thought softly, "Today's New Year's Eve should be celebrated by every household. On the day of reunion, who else is in your family?".

Zhuqi was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and said: "Returning to the master, the slave's mother died of illness in early years, and there is only one elder sister, who has been separated for many years and has not been found until now." After speaking, his face became more and more gloomy.

Wu Ning saw that Qian had caused her sadness, so he stopped talking, but changed the topic and instructed Qingming to help him take it. At this time, a strange maid came in and kowtowed to Wu Ning. Wu Ning recognized her as The people in Fujin's yard got her up.

The palace lady said: "The slave pays respects to Ge Ge, Ge Ge is auspicious, and the slave is here to invite Ge Ge to go by Fujin's order.".

Wu Ning stood up and said: "Fu Jin is back?", thinking in his heart, since Fujin is back, the fourth elder brother must have come back with her.He hurriedly adjusted his clothes and hair in front of the mirror, and saw that he had just taken a nap on the chair, and his hair was really messed up, so he asked Qingming to help him soak it in water and deal with it briefly, and added a bead flower to prevent the messy hair place.He got up and brought Zhuqi and others, and the group headed towards Fujin's main courtyard under the sky full of fireworks.