starling is not a bird

Before it was too late to worry about the deficit of the household department, the future of the younger brother, and the way out in the future, the eighth elder brother Yinhu had new worries.In the spring of the 32nd year of Kangxi, there was plenty of rain, and the crops in various places were growing gratifyingly. Just after May, the first wave of wheat harvesting in the south began. The wheat harvests in Jiangsu, Sichuan, Anhui, and Hubei provinces were all bumper. Hebei, Shandong, Shaanxi, and Shanxi provinces will also receive large harvests.

Officials from all over the country reported the good news, and they were very happy, and everyone was rewarded and rewarded.Everyone in the court rejoiced, and inside and outside the court, everyone celebrated with their foreheads.Originally, the eighth elder brother should be happy together. He finally survived the severe drought, ushered in a bumper harvest, enriched the treasury, and strengthened the national strength. What a good omen!

It's a pity that the officials below are all flatterers. Taking advantage of the momentum of the harvest, they can go all out to pay tribute to the palace!There are those who enter auspiciousness, and those who enter Wanmin Umbrella. The thing that makes the eight princes hate it the most is that the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs have collected a bunch of rare birds and animals and put them in the imperial garden.

There is an eagle room in Donghua Gate, where more than a thousand falcons of various types are raised, all of which fly into the sky, and the sky in the Forbidden City will be half dark; a deer garden is specially set up in the imperial garden, and a bunch of sika deer are stocked. There is absolutely no shortage of velvet antlers here; cranes, pheasants, and golden pheasants are also stocked in the palace courtyard, which are fed by Su La at the animal breeding place. Although they are all flat hairs that waste food, he can bear it!None of these are his enemies.

He only hated Sula, who was in charge of raising birds in the animal breeding department. In order to please the concubines, Tete went to the "Queer Market" in Xuanwu Gate outside the palace, and bought all kinds of colorful and melodious birds. , pheasant, golden pheasant, thrush, lark, turkey, lovesick bird, Ruihong bird, achun bird, money bird, peacebird. Keep it for future enjoyment; if you are not satisfied, send it to the Royal Garden in the suburbs of Beijing, or give it to others.

He liked the birds too.However, the imperial concubine is in charge of the harem, so Xiao Ten left a bunch of starlings alone, and gave away Xiao Jiu, Xiao Eleven, Xiao Twelve, Xiao Thirteen, Xiao Fourteen and other little elder brothers, teasing and hanging in the swimming pool every day. The starlings in the corridor talked and learned how to sing, but when they made some progress, they raised the cage and brought it into the Wuyi Hall to entertain everyone: "Little starling, call out!"

"Mynah, sing one!"

"Xiao Ba, I'll feed you with drool!"

"Brother, show your wings to the big guys!"

Calling the bird in his mouth, his eyes must be looking at Yinhu, and there must be a bit of a snicker at the corner of his mouth.Most of his body was trembling slightly, and the other older elder brothers also covered their mouths and secretly laughed.Even the white beard who was reading in class fluttered a few times!

Every time Yinhu sees his beloved younger brothers making fun of him like this, he gets tired of it, and he is considered a son and a grandson, right?How did it become a bird?It's still for making fun of people, but the Dare to Love is just to make you bored?Fortunately, I usually protect my younger brothers like treasures, so I will be at a disadvantage now!

If you have to worry about it, it's just a trivial matter, and you have to take care of all the big troubles on weekdays, why bother to spoil the interest of your brothers?If you don't care about it, you get tired and panic.Every time the younger brothers take a nap, they rush towards those flat hairs and toss those mynahs desperately, but they are flat hairs that can only say a few beautiful words, and each one costs tens of taels of silver. Knowing the sufferings of the world, it is no wonder that Le Tian sighed: "A cluster of dark flowers is a gift from ten households."

Finally, one day, when Emperor Kangxi brought his ministers over to check their homework on a whim, before he heard the sound of his brothers reading aloud, he saw a row of bird cages hanging neatly outside the Wuyi Hall, and a group of flat-haired animals were chattering. After you sang, I came on stage, and my heart was so angry that I had no name. I called the class to read and scolded me a lot, and ordered the guards to confiscate all these birds and release them to Xishan to pray for the Queen Mother.

It was only then that Yinhu's pain was relieved. He truly felt the wisdom and long-term vision of his royal family, Ama, and immediately read the "Xianwen" explained in class: , The villain sent down" Eloquently wrote a large article discussing the dangers of playing with things and losing one's ambition, and finally insinuated that the ruler should cultivate himself to comfort the people, how can he be self-serving and blame others?

He has the momentum to wipe out all the birds in the palace, leaving no one behind!It's a pity that the emperor is also a human being. If the birds are banned, what about the hounds?Without hounds, how can you beat the princes of Mongolia when you go out of the fortress?Therefore, Yinhu's good article on governing the world and admonishing him won the emperor's few words of praise for nothing, and then he threw it away.

Seeing his younger brothers who were unhappy, Yinhu did not want to be too complacent after all, holding his own article and went silent.May is sunny and sunny, and all kinds of flowers are competing for beauty on the road. Canna, dahlia, hollyhock, oleander, pomegranate, impatiens, deep and light red, layer upon layer of purple, each with its own charm.Milan, jasmine, white orchid, gardenia, magnolia, pearl orchid, thick and faintly fragrant, rich and pleasant, each with its own flavor.Yinhu walked all the way, splitting flowers and brushing willows all the way, picking up the winding path leading to a secluded place, and the few companions behind him almost couldn't keep up.

He just came to a gentle slope with green grass at the foot. He planned to step on it, and then he went down the small slope. An exquisite and strange-shaped rockery stood in front of him. Everyone said that the rockery in Taihu Lake is good, and the ones that stay in the water for a long time are the best. Expensive, every year is impacted by waves, all become empty stones, with exquisite faces.

The rockery in front of me is as high as two people, and the treasures are treasures. Yinhu walked over slowly, remembering that Wu Rong in the Tang Dynasty once sat in "Taihu Stone Song" and praised: "The lake at the bottom of Dongting Mountain is blue, and there are deep and quiet stones in the waves. I got it from Qianxun with the iron cable, who can recognize the strange shape." I wanted to enjoy it, but I heard some voices from the other side of the rockery, and the clothes of the imperial teahouse were vaguely revealed in the cave.

Yinhu knew in his heart that there were many private matters in the palace, and the things that were imported were very important, and if they were taken out casually, it would only cost other people's lives, so why bother to commit crimes?Moreover, all those who commit adultery and crimes have some small schemes, otherwise how can they succeed?Rather offend a gentleman than a villain.Left and right have nothing to do with him, so why bother?Immediately turned around and took the people away in a hurry.

Just when I went around to the inner hall, I remembered that my whereabouts did not avoid people. If I yelled out, I still couldn't tear it apart, so I didn't leave. I sent a quick-witted servant back to get the vase, and I took people in the garden. Pick flowers and break willows generously.When the servant came over with two Jun kiln twined lotus vases, Yinhu was already full of long branches of various colors, and the numerous flowers attracted bees and butterflies to get close to them.

Yinhu quickly inserted the vase, but picked up the full and brightly colored branches and randomly stuffed them in. Yinhuyuan didn't understand these things, but he wanted to share a sentence with his mother and Concubine Hui: " Flowers bloom and enjoy together."Looking at the bead vase held by the two companions, Yinhu was very proud. There were colorful flowers in front of her eyes. It was really festive. Presumably the girls would like it.Just as he was about to leave, he heard a familiar voice behind him: "Xiao Ba, what are you doing?"

As soon as he turned his head, Yinhu's scalp felt numb. Who is this smiling man in front of him?who is it?Is he really his fourth brother?Shouldn't he be a cold noodle king?How could he smile like a flower?

Calling the fourth brother dully, Yinzhen, the unsmiling master of Yongzheng in the future, stretched out his slender fingers to fiddle with the flowers in the vase a few times, laughed wildly for a while, and then said: "Little Ba, although the flowers are beautiful, they are also beautiful. I can't stand your ruin. "Vase Flower Spectrum" once said: When folding flowers, you must choose branches, or the upper part is thinner than the lower part; Or stand out from the middle of the stem, with clusters on the top and flowers on the bottom, and cover the mouth of the bottle. Take the pitch up and down, dense and oblique, each with its own mood, all like the scene of the painter's broken branches and flowers, which is interesting. If the flowers on the straight branches are not in the Make a confession."

While explaining in detail, Yinzhen stretched out his hands to sort out the branches in the bottle, some left some discarded, some cut off some and some took leaves, and after a while, a bottle was sorted out, compared with the original work by Yinhu next to it, One is Qiannv Xinmu, and the other is like a peasant woman.

Yinhu was already blushing, knowing that she was at a disadvantage, she didn't argue, she just held the other bottle in person, waiting for this one to turn decay into magic.Yinzhen didn't refuse, and made another move, this bottle is another kind of style.

Yinzhen was busy with his hands, and he didn't stop talking: "Putting flowers in vases is a trivial matter, but trivial matters also have their own reasons. There are many and beautiful flowers, but if you insert all your brains, regardless of monarch or minister, the flowers will be different." It is just like being a human being. You can’t be greedy and occupy the spring in the garden. If you are willing to give up, you will get something. The same is true for flowers. If you want it to be beautiful, you must have a master. When arranging flowers, you must place them conspicuously. The position of the minister should be placed on the back or side, the short flowering branches should be placed in the front, and the horizontal, vertical, and oblique placements can use their own methods to create bold creations."

Yinhu was already muttering in his heart, Phoenix has no treasures, what happened to his fourth brother today?Barely coming over to please himself, and making a lot of big mistakes, he immediately became 12 mentally prepared.

Before he could get to the point slowly, two people came out not far away, one behind the other, looking furtive. Yinhu had already seen that one was Dezhu from the imperial kitchen, and the other was from the imperial tea room. Ya Tao, an elder brother would not be familiar with these people, but these two people were executed by Kangxi in the 35th year of Kangxi for the reason of messing up the court, so he couldn't help but not familiar with them.The crown prince has always been partial to Longyang, and these two should be his treasures.Otherwise, it would not be possible to listen to the heavens and kill your life.

I remember that when Huang Ama was furious, he beat to death more than a dozen servants serving in the crown prince's uterus. That night, the miserable howls resounded throughout the inner court.Before Yinhu had time to conceal the surprise in his heart, Yinzhen beside him had stopped chattering and snorted coldly.

Yinhu looked up and saw that Yinzhen, who was still smiling just now, was full of disdain, and when he was thinking about how to change the subject, Yinzhen said again: "Xiaoba, you are young, and you have nothing to do on weekdays. Read more books, follow Brothers, learn to run errands, and you have to distinguish priorities when doing things, and don’t just do things like the last time to experience the people’s sentiments, will your body be safe?"

Yinhu hurriedly bowed and replied: "Everything is fine, thank you for your concern, fourth brother."

Yinzhen smiled faintly: "I don't care about the grievances I suffered when I went out with me, and I didn't care if you called me fourth brother for nothing?"

Yinhu smiled foolishly and didn't answer,

Yinzhen hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Last time, thanks to you being considerate in front of several empresses, Fourth Brother will remember it."

Yinhu was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect this man to be so quick-witted. He immediately guessed that he was the one who persuaded his mother to go to Yifei Niangniang to make things right, so he quickly put himself out of the way: "Brother is overwhelmed, it doesn't matter to him at all. , it was all caused by my own recklessness, and it made my brother worry, my brother has to accept the punishment, what else is there?"

Yinzhen raised one eyebrow slantly, bit his lower lip, and smiled wickedly: "Is that so, so it wasn't the help of Xiaoba Gang? Fortunately, I still remember it in my heart for so long, and I want to repay you. If I had known, I would have done it today." I shouldn’t have led Huang Ama to watch you study, what a pity those birds were released in vain! They should be allowed to hang around for a few more days, and brother, I’ll make fun of you too!”

Yinhu was surprised, happy and frightened in her heart. She was surprised that her cold-faced fourth brother set up a trap to save her. She was happy that the birds were finally far away from her. He missed it, and whether it was good or bad, his life would be difficult.

Busy biting the bullet and pulling the cold-faced elder brother's sleeve, "Fourth brother, I don't know that you have put in so much effort for my younger brother. My younger brother knows that he is wrong. Why should you bother with my younger brother? What happened today, my younger brother will be deeply moved. In the future, the dog and the horse will definitely reciprocate."

Yinzhen was also joking, so he let him go down the donkey, and asked casually: "I don't need you for the dogs and horses, the Baifu raised by Huang Ama is much more obedient than you, and never eats outside things. I just feel sorry for you." Putting these two vases of flowers in your study really spoiled my thoughts, you don’t know if you can appreciate the beauty of flowers with your blind eyes.” Yinhu didn’t want to talk more and planned to return this. Favor, hearing him ask such a question, took it to heart.

"Originally, I planned to give these two bottles of flowers to Concubine Hui and Concubine Liang. Since my brother also deserves credit, I don't dare to take credit for it alone, so I will share the bottle with Concubine De. What do you think? ?" Yinhu heard that his fourth brother spurned him for being inferior to a puppy, and he didn't bother to argue with him, he knew that the regret of this fourth brother's life was the deep misunderstanding with the concubine Defei, and the mother and son were in the same situation.

Even now, the concubine de concubine dislikes him twice a day, and from time to time gives Si Fujin shame.No wonder the mother and child were incompatible later on.When Yongzheng became a great treasure, the first person who was not convinced was his biological mother. Soon after succeeding to the throne, the queen mother passed away, which confirmed the rumors that he killed his father and mother.Concubine De only thought about Xiao Shishi when she was dying, but unfortunately Yongzheng didn't let her see her, so she refused to see Yongzheng with her face covered, leaving the emperor with a lifetime of regrets.Let yourself be human now.

Yinzhen didn't expect that this younger brother could really throw out something he wanted in return. It's not that he didn't desire the warmth of his mother, but he was raised under the name of Queen Tong since he was a child, and he had no chance to get close to his mother. With a little brother, I was clumsy with words and had a gloomy temper, and my mother gradually distanced herself from me, and gradually became alienated, and then it was almost unbearable.Now that he has the opportunity to do his best in front of his mother, he is not unwilling, but will his mother accept it calmly?

After thinking about it carefully, "This was originally your wish, so how can I take it away? It's still early in the morning, and I will have time to add another bottle. Since my two brothers worked together to complete it, it is natural to enter it together. Yes." Saying so, he sent a servant back to fetch the vase.

Yinhu originally hoped to sell favors to him, but firstly, he escaped himself, and secondly, he got rid of himself, but now he took the opportunity to take advantage of him, and he was very annoyed. To cover him up, he could only grit his teeth, who asked him to make the suggestion first?

The two of them picked up a clean stone and sat down, smelling all kinds of fragrant flowers and herbs, golden bells chirping at the base of the wall. The road to Gyeonggi is easy to travel, and it takes more than a month to walk. Starting from Zunhua, passing through Qianxi County, passing through Dajikou, Pingquan County, and taking a rest in Pingquan County, and then exiting the customs, along the Heili River in Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia. Sidao Township, after crossing the Yatugou, it is Daxi Kabuqierkou, and finally met the Mongolian princes at the Xifengkou.

It was not the first time that Yinhu followed Kangxi on a tour outside the Great Wall. He also knew all the rules and regulations, but he was a little younger after all, and he always only acted with his father. Unlike Yinzhen, who was married, he had a certain degree of freedom and knowledge. some more.It's also interesting to listen to the taciturn Yinzhen ramble.

Not long after, the servant came with a silver silk vase, and Yinhu knew it was an offering from Huijiang at a glance, knowing that it was a valuable gift from the queen, and deliberately clicked his tongue and said: "Brother, it is so good for you to keep it. I have never opened my eyes to my younger brother, what a small tool!" Yinzhen was busy cutting branches and leaves, and without looking up, he just responded casually: "What is this worth? If you like it, I still have a gold coin." Tired, I'll send it to you tomorrow!" Yinhu was just joking, but he was so serious, and if he wanted to push it away, he was afraid that he would be paranoid; if he wanted to keep quiet, he was afraid that he would get involved with the fourth brother There are too many troubles in the future, such a smart person just froze there, speechless for a while.

Yinzhen was busy with his hands, and his ears were not idle. He didn't hear a sound for a long time. He expected that his younger brother was frightened, so he didn't point him out, but softened his voice: "Why, I'm sorry? This is not in my heart. How is the eighth brother's temper?" Without waiting for Yinhu to reply, he went on to say, "You are only allowed to love Xiao Jiu and Xiao Shi, and I, the fourth brother, is not allowed to hurt my younger brother? That's impossible!"

Yinzhen looked at the flowers in his hands, they were not very bright, so he sent his servants to pick flowers deep in the garden, then turned his head and said to Yinhu: "Although I am cold-tempered, I still understand in my heart. Anyway, I know that you have a delicate mind and a soft heart, but you have a broad vision, and you will be used by the community in the future."

After a while, he gently whispered to his ear, "Brother, that man is too sharp, and he will fail in the end. Don't follow him around. It's hurting yourself."

When Yinhu heard this, he couldn't help being shocked. Everyone knows the ambition of the elder brother, and he followed only because he hoped that Concubine Hui would take care of his mother. , but never expected.Unexpectedly, this cold-faced fourth brother would come to wake him up specially.

Thinking about how he was always on guard against this fourth brother in the past, and was always in a difficult situation, but he did not expect this kind of advice today, which is considered to be a one-two-layered, two- or three-layered advice, Yinhu couldn't help feeling a little ashamed in his heart.It's not that he doesn't understand him, even his own mother's younger brother Shisi can deal with the cold-hearted and cold-faced, it is already a great affection to say these words to himself.