starling is not a bird

Half a waning moon hangs in the middle of the sky. Yinzhen is lying on the bed watching the moonlight through the curtain. I remember seeing Mr. Dongpo visiting Chengtian Temple at night and writing that the moonlight is like stagnant water and the sky is bright. Then he laments that there is no moon in the night? There is no bamboo and cypress ? But there are only a few idlers missing.Turning over involuntarily, she sat in her cloak and meditated. The waiter next to her rushed up and asked if she wanted tea or water?Yinzhen thought for a while, and ordered them to light the incense burner, only use silver charcoal, no incense, pick up the bergamot and incense rafters and put the ripe ones on the top of the incense burner, so as to borrow some of the fragrance of nanguo.

Yinzhen took out Chen Menglei's anthology on the shelf and looked it over carefully. After a few more teas, he ordered the servant in charge of the pen and ink to prepare the pen and inkstone, spread the paper, and meditated for a moment. Undecided" was written down, and after reading it for a while, he turned around and told the servant behind him: "Tomorrow morning, you will take your master's writing, go to the town to find someone to frame and send it to you." He knew clearly in his heart, His own mother and concubine are not considered to be favored, and Empress Tong left early. Concubine Wen Xi doesn't care about herself except for being an enemy of the prince every day. Huang Ama has long said; "I am the son of heaven, and the only person I rely on God, the only one to trust is the Crown Prince."

In Huang Ama's heart, the crown prince occupies a position unmatched by any other prince.Not only did the prince receive special treatment everywhere, but all his shortcomings and misbehavior were tolerated by Huang Ama.If what happened today is done by the second elder brother, Huang Ama will turn a deaf ear to it.

Thinking about the fact that Huang Ama doesn't value him, Yinzhen feels even more sad. The mother and concubine only cares about younger brothers, and there are many biological fathers and children. There is no one in her own mother's family, and her wife's family is not as good as her elder brothers.Needless to say, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the eldest brother’s Di Fujin is the daughter of Shangshu Keerkun, the noble daughter of Yiergen Jue Luo, and the third brother’s Di Fujin and Dong E’s Di Fujin is the daughter of Duke Yongqin Pengchun. A first-rank minister with great power in his hand, his own son Fujin is only the daughter of an inner minister, how can he compare with them?

The younger brothers, the eighth brother, the ninth brother, and the mother and concubine are favored, the tenth brother is born of the noble concubine Wen Xi, and the mother family is strong, even the thirteenth mother and concubine are also rich, and the fourteenth has a mother who loves him, and he is alone Unreliable.Even if the eighth brother is on good terms with him, after all he is closer to the ninth and tenth younger brothers, the eighth brother has never defended himself for what happened today, so he will probably alienate himself tomorrow.Thinking of Gu Badai, a scholar in the capital, and his gentle lessons, is it true that there is no relative in this world who will stand by his side?

Could it be fate?

Yinzhen remembered that his birthday was Yinshi on October 17th, [-]th year of Kangxi, and the horoscope was arranged to be Wuwu Jiazi Dingyou Renyin. Is it because of bad luck?

Here Yinzhen couldn't sleep, and over there Yinhu was not idle either, tossing and turning on the bed and baking sesame seed cakes, her hair was turning gray.Yinhu knew that his fourth brother and ninth brother were not at odds for some reason. In his previous life, he was fine, and the brothers were always kind and friendly. Even if there was trouble, it would only happen after the emperor's death.Anyway, the brothers have been neighbors in Yuanmingyuan for more than [-] years, did they invite them to enjoy flowers and drink wine, why is this life so rough?

I only want my brothers to stay together, brother and sister, but the big and the small don't worry about it. Could it be that I have committed a crime?I remember that when I was in charge of the internal affairs, I took the imperial prince’s jade certificate and gave it to the fortune teller Zhang Mingde to calculate. In Yongzheng’s horoscope, the sky is in the unitary palace, and the unitary palace belongs to gold. It also belongs to yang water, the ground and air in the temple belong to yin fire, xingan also belongs to gold, and xinyou pomegranate wood is the three divisions of life wood.

Ninth brother is Huo Ming, Huo overcomes wood, no wonder Xiao Jiu always spoils fourth brother's affairs, how can this be resolved?I heard that Huang Ama got very angry today, the fourth brother was originally a mediocre person, this account has to fall on Xiaojiu again, if it doesn't work, tomorrow he has to think of a way to bring the two of them together.

Waking up the next day, the red sun was like fire, and a group of people who went out of the fortress arrived at Kouwaihan Temur Dabahan to stay.The married eldest princess Heshuo Chunxi and the second princess Heshuo Rongxian came to visit the emperor with the eldest concubine Pandi and the second concubine Urgon.

When Kangxi took his sons on a siege outside the Great Wall that day, he took the two sons-in-law with him and asked them to help him hunt bucks with the accompanying prince.The fast horse ran for twenty miles before the hunting team entered the mountainous area. Kangxi took the lead in hunting a buck weighing more than 500 kilograms.

There were many quails and pheasants in the valley, and the princes caught many with falcons, and the guards shot some fleeing pheasants with bows and arrows.

After noon at the beginning of the new year, Kangxi ordered the preparations for the dinner to start according to the Tatar habit of eating dinner early. He personally sorted the liver of the deer he had killed.The meat of the liver and buttocks is considered the most delicate part in the grasslands.After a while, curling smoke rose from the grass in the valley.

The eldest brother, third elder brother, seventh elder brother and two sons-in-law helped him.Kangxi happily taught the Tatars how to clean up the deer liver in ancient times, and distributed pieces of deer liver to other sons, son-in-laws and some officials around him.

Yinhu roasted the venison with an iron fork, but kept staring at the fourth brother who was silently cleaning up, thinking about how to repair their relationship.The movements in his hands naturally slowed down, and suddenly he heard a voice in his ear: "Mynah, it's mushy! It's mushy!" When he lowered his head, the good venison had turned into a piece of black charcoal, and Xiao Jiu pointed at his meat. The work said regretfully: "Mynah, what are you thinking! It's all ruined."

Yinhu shyly threw away the piece of black charcoal in his hand, not wanting to look at his masterpiece at all: "I'm thinking about trying your handicraft, Brother Jiu!"

Xiao Jiu looked at the strangely colored meat on her iron fork, and hesitated for a while.

: "Brother, I still want you to take me to see Huang Ama catch fish tonight! Let's take a look at this meat, or let's take it to honor the fourth brother?"

As he said that, there was a mischievous light in Xiao Jiu's eyes, and Yinhu quickly interrupted his delusions: "Xiao Jiu, he is your elder brother, even though he passed it yesterday, Huang Ama also punished him Now, you should be satisfied, and you must not try your best when the wind blows, why should you only want to be happy in front of you?"

Xiao Jiu didn't bother, she lowered her head and just fiddled with the meat in her hands, not knowing how much he listened to, but Xiao Ten over there said: "Brother Nine, the meat is roasted, let's eat together."

Looking up, the venison roasted by Xiao Shi was golden and shiny. It made people move their index fingers. Xiao Jiu cheered, threw away the weird masterpiece in his hand and jumped on it. The big team set off this morning, Xiao Jiu I got up late, but I hurriedly chewed a few mouthfuls of dry food on the horse's back, and now I'm already hungry.

Yinhu stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Go, Xiao Jiu, take it and give it to the fourth brother first."

"I don't want it, why should I bow my head first?" Xiao Jiu puffed her cheeks in displeasure, and stretched out her fingers: "Mynah, look, my hands still hurt, and fourth brother has a full beard and tail! Why don't you see me?" He roasted a piece of meat for me?"

As he said that, he turned around and hugged Xiao Shi, and made a gesture to give him a sip of incense on the head.

: "In this world, the tenth brother is still reliable!"

Xiao Shishi pushed his brother away,

"Don't make fun of me about grandpa. If you eat something, you can't stop your mouth?"

Yinhu knew that Xiao Jiu had always been innocent, and it was impossible for him to bow his head, so that's all.Over there, the elder brother and the third elder brother chatted happily with the two foreheads.Only the fourth elder brother just bowed his head and did things without making a sound.

Last year, Emperor Kangxi first set up guards for the eldest princess who had been married for two years according to the rank of Baylor, and her long history wore peacock feathers.In October of the same year, Gonglan Shuhui, the second princess of Bahrain, and the third princess (five daughters of the emperor) who had just married Garzang, the Mongolian prince of Karakin, set up guards at the Baylor level in accordance with this example. Ling; forehead son-in-law Urgon and Garzang each have six third-class guards.This measure further improved the status and treatment of the princess and the forehead, and it was used by all subsequent dynasties. The bandi of the eldest princess was the first forehead of the Kangxi Dynasty. Yinhu did not forget this special status. It turned out that he was just an ordinary Taiji from the Horqin tribe of Mongolia. After becoming Kangxi's son-in-law, he held important positions in Beijing for more than 30 years, which brought good luck to his official career.In the 35th and 52th years of Kangxi, Ban was the second internal minister (Cong Yipin). After that, he successively served as the deputy governor of the Mongolian Xiangbai Banner, the governor of the Mongolian Xianghuang Banner, and the governor of the Manchurian Zhenglan Banner. Served as a forward leader.

Er Erfu Uergun is the son of the prince of Oqier County in Bahrain, Inner Mongolia. The second princess of Shang is the third daughter of the emperor born to Concubine Rong Ma Jia, who was married to the grassland the year before last.This is a good story about a marriage that pays equal attention to family affection and political achievements.Urgon's father, King Eqier, was born to Xuanye's aunt and Xiaozhuang's favorite second daughter, Princess Bahrain Shuhui. The second princess married the grandson of his aunt, and Bahrain had a son-in-law of the Qing emperor.Xuanye did not forget his grandmother's entrustment, and while taking care of his aunt, he also adopted his aunt and grandson as his son-in-law, which made the two relatives closer and continued marriages, and also made the relationship between the Bahrain Ministry and the Qing court closer.It is a pity that Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was not able to witness this happy event during her lifetime. If she knew, she would be deeply relieved. (note)

Huang Ama wanted to go on this tour with the idea of ​​winning over all the Mongolian ministries, and set up the rear for the future battle to recover Galdan.

In the evening, the team arrived in Chengde. In October last year, the 19-year-old fifth daughter of the emperor was conferred the title of Princess Heshuo Duanjing, and she married Karzang, the son of Tashi, the king of Duling County in Karaqin, Inner Mongolia.The Harqin Department is located east of Chengde (Rehe), near Zhili Province.

The moonlight was crushed by the horse's hooves, and the courier at the post station had to change three fast horses to catch up with Kangxi's team.

"Liang Jiugong, send the fourth elder brother over."

"嗻"

"Fourth elder brother, there is news from the palace that the seventh princess is happy." The male duck narrated the sad news in a mournful voice.

Yinzhen was stunned when he heard that, the seventh princess is the twelfth daughter of Huang Ama, and the sister of his own mother and compatriots. She is only seven years old this year, and she is usually the most clingy.He loves Hong the most, he has to hug him every time, and pesters him to ask for a small flower drum before leaving the palace, and asks him to bring her something new from Mongolia?How do you say that when you fall ill, you fall ill?

In a daze, he followed others to meet the emperor, Yinzhen was full of worries but did not dare to bring it out in front of Huang Ama, and just obeyed one by one.

"The Seventh Princess is the sister of your mother and compatriots, so naturally you also care about it. The memorial handed over by Tuba, the chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the chief eunuch consultant said: On the 23rd of this month, Gege started to have acne and fever. If you want to have acne, There is also a clue in the past few days. Tomorrow, you can stay one more day to see the situation and follow. Remember to bring a letter to your mother and concubine, saying that mother and child are connected, your sister is sick, she must be unstable, you have to Always be considerate of mother’s bosom.”

Yinzhen bowed his head and answered yes, but his mouth was bitter. This acne has always been dangerous, and many sisters in front of him didn't keep it. I don't know if my sister has this blessing to survive, and secretly planned to bring another letter to Fujin, Let her enter the palace to investigate more.

The bad news is always the ones with legs. When we went out on the second day, no one was surprised that the fourth elder brother was absent.Everyone expressed their concern reasonably.

This day the team arrived in Chengde, Yinhu asked the elder brother for leave, and took a few younger elder brothers for a stroll, the emperor heard about it, and ordered the guards to follow, not to cause trouble, and to come back before dark.

It was August, and the streets were full of melons, fruits, peaches and apricots, as well as snacks to cool off the summer heat. Where did they eat these, for fear of messing with unclean people.But pick up strange and interesting things to watch.The traffickers saw that although they were young, their clothes and manners were extraordinary, and the attendants behind them were also all mighty, so they knew that they were not ordinary people, so they stepped up to flatter them.

Yinhu saw a stall full of large pots, small pots, cages, water tanks, etc. made of pottery, porcelain, jade, and stone carving lacquer. stall.Cricket jars generally consist of a large lidded jar and 10 small lidded jars. The larger one is used for raising and the smaller one is used for fighting.He looked down at the ones with bamboo root carvings, multicolored porcelain, and various kinds of clay. Although they were not as exquisite and interesting as those in the palace, they were not so simple. He picked up a small one and looked carefully at the pears on it. picture.

The cricket seller was a middle-aged man, wearing a green collared shirt, with a slightly dark complexion. He saw someone patronizing his business and was busy selling his business. Seeing that the young man in front of him was young, well-dressed, fair-skinned, and delicate-looking, he couldn't help but be mistaken. understood.

"Brother, I have a good grasshopper gourd here, do you want it?"

As he spoke, he took out a bunch of gourds with scorched skin and shredded shreds from under the stall, and formed them into a bunch of blessings. The grasshoppers inside were screaming happily. Yinhu knew that these could not be raised in autumn, and his voice became more and more disabled in the next year, but He felt that the gourd was small and delicate, so he untied one and played with it. It was engraved with the pattern of Jiuqu Yellow River Wanlisha. Looking at you?" Yinhu ignored his intentions, couldn't help being furious, and kicked over the stall with his kick, and the guards who followed from afar rushed forward when they heard the movement, and surrounded the man, "You are my master!" Who is it? Presumptuous"

Seeing him hugging his head, Yinhu was obviously scared, and didn't want to entangle him, so he took a few gourds, picked a piece of silver from his purse, threw it to him, and left.

"Baye, it's the negligence of the subordinates."

"Brother, why did that person provoke you? Let's go and vent your anger on you."

"It's okay, the country guy is rude, if I'm taken advantage of and wants to lie to me, what's the big deal?"

"Brother, look at the straw puppy I bought, isn't it impressive?" Xiao Jiugao held a green straw puppy high, smiling complacently, and Yinhu's heart skipped a beat.

In the evening, Yinzhen, who stayed behind, had already rushed over, bringing a small pocketbook on red paper: "On the 26th, doctors Zhen Yujun and Chen Tianxiang visited, and it was reported that Gege had a happy event. It is planned to be held on the fourth day of next month, (published Pox) No. 12 days to send to the saints. Chad, before when the brothers had acne to send to the saints, they needed to use three sedan chairs, three horses, one incense pavilion, one boat, one treasure banner, three umbrellas, and sunscreen Four, the above things are all made of paper. The crown, gown, belt, and shoes are all made of Hangzhou fine silk. Also, (made of paper) four hundred gold and silver ingots, one hundred cakes, one pig, One mouthful of sheep, one (large) bottle of wine, and fine powder soup for rice. Bearers, guards of honor, and musicians all wear robes of feathers. The music starts from inside. The doctors have red silk and satin on their backs, and golden flowers. See today For Gege’s happy event, will it be handled according to Elder Brother’s example when sending off to the saint? Where is the decree for Gege’s happy event? Please ask for an order.”

Kangxi saw the memorial and heard it, and made a Zhu Zhu on another piece of paper: "All matters are in accordance with the previous example of elder brothers and princesses sending saints, and I respectfully send them."

The Seventh Princess was in a stable condition after suffering from smallpox, and she had safely passed the initial dangerous period. Therefore, Tuba and others from the House of Internal Affairs specially wrote a red paper to announce the good news, and planned to hold a grand "sacrifice" ceremony when she recovered.

When Yinhu heard the news, he coaxed his younger brothers to inquire about his sister's condition, and brought a gift for her by the way.

When the brothers passed by, Yinzhen was having dinner, and when he saw his younger brothers coming, he just nodded his head in greeting. Since childhood, the princes pay attention to eating and sleeping without talking, and this is a good time to talk.

"Fourth brother, I heard that the seventh sister is safe? This is a great thing." Yinhu took out a gift while talking, "The fourth brother must be anxious to stay there today, but the younger brothers are really worried, or I want to trouble my fourth brother."

"What's not troublesome for my brother, let's talk about it." Yinzhen rushed over all the way, suffering from the heat and feeling uncomfortable, and couldn't eat anything at all, but after taking a few bites, he put down his chopsticks and picked up the warm cup next to him. Gargle with tea.

"I heard that Huang Ama rewarded my sister with something, and she will send it to Beijing tomorrow." Xiao Jiu was impatient with the two of them going back and forth, so she directly explained the topic.

"But I rewarded two pairs of amber earrings, two jade beasts, and a silver box. Why, did you like it?" Yinzhen said lightly, thinking that he couldn't give it to him if he really wanted to. There are many concubines. Playthings, even grab some little things from my sister, even if I offend him again, I won't give them.

"Who do you take me for? Sister's things are also robbed?" Xiaojiu felt humiliated, a dignified elder brother, his own mother and concubine received a lot of favor, and he saw a lot of rare things on weekdays. How could he go to Chuchu Yu's younger sister grabs a plaything?His tone was a little more unkind.

"Fourth brother, you look down on your younger brothers too much. Are we sure we are ignorant?" Seeing that the atmosphere was going to be tense, Yinhu hurriedly smoothed things over, and at the same time took out the gifts he had prepared with Xiao Shi, and showed them to his brother one by one." Look, this is the wheat straw puppy bought by the ninth brother, how gratifying is it? This is the grasshopper gourd bought by the tenth brother, thinking that the seventh sister must have a fever and feel uncomfortable when she has acne, and can’t sleep at night. Beautiful? This is the gold inlaid rice bead bought by the ninth brother. I like the head flower in front of my eyes. Fourth brother, do you know how can there be good beads in a small place? But it’s a good idea, don’t you think? This is "

Before he finished speaking, Yinzhen, who had been silent beside him, threw himself on the table, and then there was a mess.

The author has something to say: Note: Quoted from

"Emperor Kangxi's Family" by Yang Zhen, pp. 280-281

In the 30th year of Kangxi (1691), the third daughter of the emperor born to Concubine Rong Ma Jia, the 19-year-old Princess Er was named Princess Heshuo Rongxian, and married Urgon, the son of the king of Eqier County in Bahrain, Inner Mongolia. [This is a good story about a marriage that pays equal attention to family affection and political effects.

Urgon's father, King Eqier, was born to Xuanye's aunt and Xiaozhuang's favorite second daughter, Princess Bahrain Shuhui. The second princess married the grandson of his aunt, and Bahrain had a son-in-law of the Qing emperor.Xuanye did not forget his grandmother's entrustment, and while taking care of his aunt, he also adopted his aunt and grandson as his son-in-law, which made the two relatives closer and continued marriages, and also made the relationship between the Bahrain Ministry and the Qing court closer.It is a pity that Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was not able to witness this happy event during her lifetime. If she knew, she would be deeply relieved. 】