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Seeing that the days are getting colder every day, and it is the twelfth lunar month in a blink of an eye, there are many nursery rhymes in the capital, "If you don't shoot at [-], walk on the ice at [-]."

All the heads of the palace, big and small, put gourd velvet flowers on their heads according to the occasion, and pictures of red plum blossoms to dispel the cold were pasted on the walls of the Ming room. Picture one petal, looking forward to the 81-petal plum blossom becoming an apricot flower, which means spring will return to the earth.

Even if the imperial concubine Wen Xi did not have Daan, she had to struggle to get up and prepare for the winter festival. The eunuchs of the East and West Palaces hung up the palace training pictures that the imperial concubine empress had appointed for each palace. According to the case, the virtuous concubine of the Yonghe Palace, she chose Empress Cao Chongnong, and the Rong concubine Ma Jia of the Xianfu Palace was neglected for a long time, meaning to let Ban Ji resign.

In the Palace of Yanxi Palace, she specially released Zhang Zhaorong to comment on the poems, which disgusted Concubine Yi. Concubine Min Zhang Yashi lived in Yikun Palace. As soon as I planted jade in Lantian, I chose Jiang Hou to take off the hairpin in my palace. Concubine Yi knew about it and was not angry for a long time. Could it be that only Niu Colu's family gave birth to a queen?

Both internal and external ministers also wrote letters of congratulations to the emperor's harem. Ruyi was enshrined in all the palaces of the Forbidden City. In addition to Ruyi, besides the throne of the Empress Dowager in the Palace of Compassion, there were also glutinous rice cornucopias decorated with gold leaf brocade to attract wealth. Po's kindness.

The Ministry, the Minister, the Minister of Sanzhi, and the Vice-Governor all submitted two copies of Ruyi, including jade, ganoderma, and agarwood, but it was difficult to say, and only one Ruyi was enough to see the infighting among the concubines below. , It's just a wish, she would rather use her own huanghuali wooden handle carved with three inlaid white jade Ruyi for a clean one!

The four purses to be tied around Kangxi's waist on New Year's Eve have already been ordered by the prominent concubines in the palace to make them. The purses are filled with newly made gold and silver zippers and eight treasures. They are the lucky money given by the Queen Mother to reward her son .On New Year's Eve, she had to prepare the boiled buns that the emperor wanted to eat, carefully wrapping the buns with gold and silver.That night, it would be auspicious to eat these few for the emperor first.

Apart from Concubine Wen Xi, everyone in the palace was also busy, each with their own jobs.There are many rules in the palace, and there are so many things to do during the New Year's Eve. Even setting off firecrackers is particular. It will wait until the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. Those who are on duty will also go home to worship the stove. After the 24th, when Emperor Kangxi comes out of the palace, every time he passes a door, a firecracker will be fired.

From the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, the emperor drove back to the palace to "seal the seal" from Changchun Garden, where he lived in daily life, and stopped dealing with government affairs. He did not "open the seal" until the grand ceremony on the first day of the first lunar month.

In addition to staring at his brothers reading every day, Kangxi’s daily practice is that Qin Tianjian chooses an auspicious time to go to Chanfu Temple to burn incense, and then returns to Chonghua Palace to write the word "Fu" with a pen engraved with "blessing the common people". Divide the ministers.Then the Xinuang Pavilion of Qianqing Palace gave the written "Fu" to the prince and the inner court.Close ministers such as Suo'etu and members of the Tong family also bestowed four-character auspicious words such as "Yichun Yingxiang" and "One Year Kangtai" in addition to the word "Fu".

In the harem, except for the imperial concubine Wen Xi who got the word "Fu", the other concubines just got the "spring strips" leaked by the eunuchs of the Ruyi Hall as usual, which read "Fu Shou Kang Ning" "Fu Lu Zhen Xiang" "" "Bamboo for peace" and other auspicious words.

Even though she knew she might not be able to make it through this year, Concubine Wen Xi still wanted to reunite with the emperor for the last New Year's Eve. She always had hope in her heart. Her sister was sealed before leaving. If the emperor would miss her, she would be considered gone. , Leaving his son is also relieved.

Therefore, the Qingning Palace in the winter of Kangxi's 32nd year had already been packed with splendor by the people from the House of Internal Affairs. Even if Ling Pu, the prince's nanny, took charge of the housekeeping, she didn't worry that he would ruin the emperor's New Year's Eve with that dog. interest.

This is the favorite time for the elder brothers in Wuyi Temple, and they can finally look forward to the coming rest. Looking at the golden red and golden Wumen God, the blue and green Wenmen God of Wugu Fengdeng, and the fairy Huang of Fushou Shuangquan on the Dao Dao Gate. The purple door god and the pink and white boy door god all had smiles on their faces, and they were all full of joy.

There was no picture of plum blossoms hanging in the study room. Kangxi made a "Nine Nine Cold Dispelling Book" for his sons, with the nine characters "weeping willows in front of the pavilion cherish the spring breeze". Said 'Guancheng Chunman'.Fill in from the first day of the first nine, fill in the outline day by day, nine strokes per word, one stroke per day, every time you fill in a word, it will pass 81, and the sentence will be completed, and [-] days will be over.

The reading masters wrote a bunch of Spring Festival couplets for the New Year arrangement, and the brothers pinched their noses and thought about the auspicious words that are not repeated every year, and their heads turned gray.But Yinhu writes in Manchu on the white silk with blue border and red stripes that he used every day: Nine days, sun and moon, new luck, thousands of miles of music, peace, peace in the country, peace and stability, good time, spring and Vientiane, love to see three spring flowers Qian Shuxiao was very happy drinking a glass of good harvest wine and so on. This was his first new year after rebirth, and everyone said that the new year was sad. He always felt that it must be a good omen if he could pass this year well.

There have been several heavy snowfalls, and thick ice has formed in the North Sea of ​​Xiyuan. The elder brother’s ice play can finally start. The younger brothers in the study have recently seen that their elder brothers are very close. They sweetly ask An Daqian, But in order to follow to see Bingxi, I skipped those Spring Festival couplets that the readers always shake their heads.

The eldest brother was happy to be a good person at this time, and he told Kangxi that he wanted to take his younger brothers to watch martial arts and practice national customs. The emperor also felt sorry for his son. The chubby dolls wrapped in golden satin went to Xiyuan.

The prince naturally refused to praise the elder brother, the third elder brother Yun Danfeng smiled and raised the scroll in his hand to express his regret sincerely, the fifth elder brother said solemnly that he would accompany the empress dowager to pray for blessings, seven Elder brother smiled and remained silent.The eldest elder brother immediately turned his head to the fourth elder brother, Yinzhen couldn't hold back his elder brother's eager eyes, sighed in his heart and followed awkwardly.

Just when the weather was fine, the snow powder swayed down from the branches, and the North Sea was full of crystal light. Two teams of Eight Banners soldiers were practicing turning dragons and shooting balls facing each other. A gate was built near the ice bed made of pine. There is a ball hanging above and below the door, the upper part is called "Sky Ball" and the lower part is called "Earth".

Eight Banners soldiers form a group of three, all wearing skates, one person holds the flag as the leader, and the two follow him with bows and arrows, circling and gliding on the ice.Afterwards, the brigade either raised flags or held bows and arrows, and slid in in a single file.The eight teams are like eight swimming dragons spinning on the ice dough, which is really beautiful.When each team passes through the Jingmen, the bow bearer shoots at the celestial sphere and the earth at the same time, and returns in a spin after the shot. Anyone who hits the target will get loud applause from the onlookers.

Xiao Jiu and Xiao Shi have been fond of this kind of things ever since they went on tour outside the Great Wall with Kangxi. It seemed that their blood was boiling with enthusiasm, and they pestered the elder brother to practice on stage in person, so as not to disappoint Huang Ama's kindness.

The big brother wants to be a favor, how can he obey the little brother?After ordering someone to wait on them, they changed into light robes and put on the iron armor protective gear, and the elder brothers laughed and divided into several teams and started to play.

Xiao Jiu pulled her elder brother and younger brother to rush up, Yinhu hurriedly coaxed her younger brother, saying that she was caught in the cold and could not stand the cold, although Xiao Jiu was disappointed, she refused to embarrass her brother, and put herself and Xiao Jiu together. Ten prepared hand stoves and heart stoves were all stuffed for the elder brother, and the untied wolf fur cloak and the sable end cap wrapped the elder brother tightly, and watched him finish it in the temporary lookout shed on the shore, and then sent Pegasus Go to the palace to bring the screen, so that my brother won't catch cold while sitting in the windy field watching him play.

Yinhu watched his younger brother busy himself, although he was wrapped up like a fluffy rice dumpling, but his hands and feet were warm to the bottom of his heart. After all, it was his younger brother who cared about him.I couldn't help feeling guilty that I couldn't have fun with my younger brother. It wasn't that Yinhu really had a cold, but that he had suffered from typhoid fever in the winter of Kangxi's 55th year in his previous life. After being ill, he could only walk with crutches for a long time.

At that time, Huang Ama even issued an order to accuse herself of pretending to be sick and evade official duties. God is pitiful, her legs are festered and festered, and every movement is excruciatingly painful.

But in the second year, Huang Ama went to Rehe to escape the summer heat. She was afraid that she would be a disaster in Beijing, so she forced herself to drive with her in Rehe. Her feet hurt so badly that she couldn't sleep at night, so she secretly invited Xiyang Doctor Luo Huaizhong came to see him for treatment.

Luo Huaizhong said that he was still running errands, and he couldn't walk around until the wound was healed.Although the problem is not serious, the internal injury is still very large and serious. Once the tendon is touched, the swelling will become bigger and bigger.At that time, when he was in severe pain, he was only willing to clean up the pus and serum, so that he could find a warm and windless place to lie down, so that the pain would be better.

At that time, Huang Ama didn't have the heart of a loving father. He had to wait until he was free for a few months before he had time to let Na Luo sprinkle some twist on his wound in his arms, and then put on a pair of Brazil and Li plaster. After the beginning of spring , After the wounds on the left and right feet healed up, it took half a year to heal with Western medicine rosmanil.

Until now, when he saw his Huang Ama, he felt a dull pain in his legs and feet. The West Sea was beautiful, but his heart was very cold.Carefully wrapped the clothes on his body tightly, the hand stove and the bosom stove were not warm enough.

Xiao Jiu and Xiao Ten were happily going back and forth on the ice, comparing whose posture was the strangest and whose speed was the most shocking, it was as smooth and smooth as the tune sung by Yingyan on the willow branches in spring, Yinhu didn't even realize that she was There was a faint satisfied smile on his face.

Yinzhen, who was pulled out by force, was too cold for a long time, but because of his eldest brother's face, he refused to go to the shed to take shelter from the wind. In the end, the people around him couldn't stand it anymore, and winked at the nurse who followed him. Li Dengyun.The fourth elder brother has been close to his nanny Xie since childhood, and this nanny has been by his side since he started, so he is willing to listen to a word or two of persuasion from him.

Li Dengyun was already too cold to stand upright. Elder brother still had a hand stove, but they didn't even have any fur clothes. At this time, they rushed to talk and didn't mention a word about avoiding the cold. They just said: " Fourth Master, look at Eighth Master sitting alone in that shed, so lonely, Baba has been staring at you for a long time. Why don't you go and have a look?"

Yinzhen has been looking over there for a long time, envious that his younger brother can sit safely and comfortably in a warm place, now that something is on his mind, his face blushes slightly, without making a sound, he raised his legs and passed by. The people who followed breathed a sigh of relief, they could go to the fire now, and the screen pulled over by Brother Nine's guards looked really nice.That big will definitely block the wind.

Yinhu stared blankly at his younger brother until someone sat down next to him, looked up and saw that it was his fourth brother, his face was already blue, Yinhu didn't make a sound, stretched out his hand from the thick fur, He gave him one of the stoves in his arms, and then calmed down after talking about the temperature and temperature casually.

Yinzhen is not a person who likes to be lively and playful, so he took the stove silently, and watched the fierce game on the ice with his little brother who looked like a furry rice dumpling. It looks incredible with the glass screen.

Yinzhen was almost infected by their pure happiness, and occasionally exchanged a piece of snacks with his younger brother, shared a pot of hot tea, and shared a cloak with him to make Yinhu look even more ridiculous, and messed up his face under his younger brother's angry eyes Hair on the temples, a few warm words emerged from the bottom of my heart: the years are quiet and good, and the world is stable.

The prince who stayed in the palace received a bold temptation from Suo'etu. Yes, the so-called imperial power cannot be exercised by one person alone.Even without the Eight Kings discussing politics, they still have those true and false worlds.