starling is not a bird

"Prince, do you still remember that the emperor once praised you, riding and shooting words and literature, you are not inferior to others?" Suo'etu held a half-cold teacup, his eyes were full of concern and worry for the prince.

"Of course I remember, I was raised and educated by Huang Ama himself, so it's better than others." In the prince's tone, apart from pride and arrogance, there was a hint of uncertainty.

"Then you must have heard that the emperor recently boasted that the third brother's riding and shooting words are comparable?" Suo'etu emphasized his tone. He believed in the eyes and ears of the prince. He had known such news for a long time.

Putting down the teacup, Suo'etu said softly, "It would be great if His Highness didn't insist at that time."

The prince suddenly raised his head, of course he knew what Suo'etu was talking about, so he couldn't help but stop him: "You are talking about my Huang Ama, who is a close relative of this palace, so I don't want that position and I want Huang Ama to be able to do it." Peace of mind, don't bring up such foolish talk again!"

Suo'etu had no choice but to swallow all the regrets in his heart. At that time, the emperor was dying. If the prince hadn't insisted on saving him, the emperor would have done his best, and the prince would have ascended the throne properly. How can there be such troubles now? ?

think about it

"Your Highness, seeing those princes and elder brothers grow up day by day, I'm afraid they are big-hearted too!" Suo'etu naturally knew the heart trouble of this man in front of him. The sentence that blamed the prince for not being loyal to the king and loving his father can be firmly remembered by those people.

"What good idea do you have?" The prince was not in a hurry, he knew that his uncle and grandfather were more worried about his status than anyone else, and with him around, his heart was half at ease.

"It's the New Year, and His Highness has turned [-]. It's time to rectify your name in front of the ancestors again." Suo'etu felt his mouth dry. He pondered for a long time alone. The emperor no longer trusted him. This kind of good deed to share the worries for the future master has to be done by others. Find a confidant to come out of this limelight. There are joys and sorrows. I just hope everything goes well!

Emperor Kangxi, who enjoyed the rare leisure time of the year in the deep palace, did not know that his crown prince and important court officials were discussing to plot against him.He was accompanying the empress dowager to watch "Slippery Tart" in the palace. Ling Pu, the House of Internal Affairs, just took office, and he wanted everything to be perfect. This year, the snow fell early again. He sent someone to pour water on the open space in the palace. , Four feet of iceberg.One side of the iceberg is slope-shaped, and the other side is in the shape of steps. Those who slippery go up the steps on one side, and then slide down the other side from the top of the mountain, to see who is faster.

Today all the brothers, big and small, went out to play on the ice, Ling Pu was afraid that the emperor would be bored looking at this bare iceberg, so he had already ordered people to wear the Eight Banners soldiers who were good at ice-playing and enter the palace to perform.The soldiers in military uniform wore special pig fur shoes and slid straight down the mountain. The action was very thrilling. The Empress Dowager was very fascinated and had a lot of fun watching it. Emperor Kangxi was also proud of the bravery of the Eight Banners.

The strong wind in Xiyuan started to blow here, and the snow was flying in the sky. Yinhu sat in the shed across the screen and didn't feel cold, but was worried about her younger brother. Didn't notice that little fluffy snow.

Concubine Yi is a careful person. In addition to the screen, she asked the guards to bring a few braziers, and brought out an altar of Yin Chen and Wujiapi. Yinhu knew that Concubine Yi's unique recipe must be filled with After eating rehmannia, angelica, wolfberry and other warming and tonic things, it would be boring to sit still. Anyway, my younger brothers are too busy having fun and have no time to enjoy this good wine.Looking at Yinzhen with a smile, he ordered the interior staff to fetch clean ice cubes, set them on the brazier and boiled hot wine.

Yinzhen has no other hobbies in his life, but he is greedy for the things in the cup. Although there is nothing good to eat in Fengdi, but the private brew of Yifei Niangniang is enough for him to be happy.Drinking fine wine by the fire with his younger brother in the snow, chatting casually, really made him happy.

The two were enjoying themselves, when they saw Xiao Jiu and Xiao Shi throwing away the order flags in their hands, and ran over yelling, Yinhu hurriedly got up and went to greet them, leaving Yinzhen alone.

It was only after getting out of the shed that I realized that it was very cold outside. Yinhu was usually wearing a cotton-padded jacket and leather jacket, but he felt light and weightless on his body. He just looked at his happy brother, what was the cold?Unexpectedly, his fourth brother picked up the cloak he had left behind and rushed up: "What are you doing like a chicken? It looks uncomfortable from the cold!" He said and draped the cloak on him.

Xiao Jiu rushed over excitedly with something in his hand

: "Brother, look what a good thing I picked up!"

Putting his hand directly under his nose, Yinhu saw a white bird that looked like a parrot, the bird must have been frozen and motionless, Yinhu reached out and fiddled with the reddish crown on its head .There was no movement, and Xiao Shi stood still next to him: "I told you earlier that this is a dead bird, why did Baba bring it here? Are you not afraid of taboo?"

"What kind of eyes do you have? You can recognize a fly under your nose as a mosquito. If I say it's not dead, it's not dead." Xiao Jiu refuted his younger brother with a puffy face.

Yinhu took the bird over and planned to put it in the shed to roast in the oven. If it was alive, the bird moved slightly in his hand. After fluttering a few times, he opened his eyes. Xiao Jiu said triumphantly, "Did you see? Who is the master? If you say you can't die, you can't die!"

The elder brothers went back to the shed together, Yinzhen poured some warm water into the basin, the bird flapped its wings and leaned against the basin and opened its mouth hoarsely, listening carefully it turned out to be the first seven wonders: "Haggard autumn feathers with bald lapels, Don't come to Longshu when it's old. When you open the cage, it's like releasing a snow-clothed girl, always thinking of Nanwu Avalokitesvara."

"Mynah, look, this bird can talk!" Xiao Jiu was very proud, this is the treasure he saw at a glance, Tete caught it for mynah, now this bird is so smart, he is more capable than himself Deyi Yinzhen was also very surprised when he was beside him, such spiritual feathers are really rare, it should be a thing of that family, and ran out accidentally.

Looking down, he saw that Yinhu was scooping up water with his hands to water the parrot, and the parrot flapped its wings a few times, sweeping the water spray all over the faces of several younger brothers, and he couldn't help laughing.

"At that time Empress Wu of the Tang Dynasty raised a white parrot, named Xueyi, who was intelligent and capable of reciting a volume of the Heart Sutra. Empress Wu loved it, and kept it in a golden cage, never leaving it. One day the play said: "If you can be a mate and seek escape, you should let it out of the cage. The parrot I just took it out of my mouth, I saw this in the notes of the Song Dynasty the day before yesterday, and I thought it was just a joke, who knew there really was such a clever bird, I think you must be the children who picked up the snow clothes?"

"Really? Mynah, you can take this parrot home and raise it! Just call him Xueyi!" Xiao Jiu became happier after hearing the story. Wrap the parrot with a silk scarf and hand it to the servant to take care of it.

After a few days of careful recuperation, the snow suit came back as expected. Yinhu didn't lock it, but just took a shelf and hung it under the window sill, letting it come and go. But every morning and evening, I fly outside for a while and then come back.Yinhu changed water and fed it every day, and listened to it reciting poems for fun, but it was also a lot of entertainment.

After eating Laba porridge, the new year will come in a blink of an eye. At dawn on the first day of the first lunar month, Emperor Kangxi and his harem had breakfast together in the Chonghua Palace, and then went to the court to wait for all the civil and military officials to gather in the Hall of Supreme Harmony to pay New Year greetings to him. Concubine Xi, with the help of the palace staff, put eight butchered whole pigs into the pot, cooked them and prepared to sacrifice to the gods.

After Emperor Kangxi returned from offering sacrifices to heaven at the Temple of Heaven, the grand New Year celebrations began.At Chenshi, the Qin Tianjian rang the bell and beat the drum on the Meridian Gate, the Luan Yiwei slammed his whip, and the praise officer shouted "Schedule".Two academicians from the Han Dynasty knelt and held the congratulatory form, which was read aloud by the watch announcer.After all the officials performed the three-kneeling and nine-kowtow ceremony, it was Emperor Kangxi's turn to present him with tea and a "Ruyi" purse.

After tossing all the civil and military officials, the emperor will offer sacrifices to the gods. The eunuchs in the harem bring up the cooked pork. The emperor cuts off a piece and sends the eunuchs to send it to the tin bucket on the "sacred pole" outside the palace for the gods to enjoy. It's supper.

The New Year’s Eve dinner in the palace was prepared by listening to paper cannons. On New Year’s Eve, the emperor would set off paper cannons as a guide when he went out and at the entrance. When it was time to cook the dumplings, as soon as the emperor arrived at the Qianqing Palace, the dumplings were cooked and brought out of the pot, and served on the dining table immediately. The eunuch immediately sent a message: "Send Long Live Lord to cook a piece of pastry."

Divided into eight sections from the outside to the inside, there are all kinds of meat and vegetable sweet and salty snacks, cold meals and hot meals, a total of 63 items, and two pairs of carved lacquer fruit boxes, four Su cakes, abalone and other fruits and pasta.

In addition to the main dishes, there are eight kinds of fruits and vegetables, and snacks such as naizi, small snacks, stove food, Aoerbuha, duck stuffed buns, rice noodle snacks, etc. are arranged in east and west, and there are four kinds of north-south side dishes.

According to the rules in the palace, each concubine has its own dietary standards, and they usually work alone.But only for the New Year's Eve dinner, the concubines, big and small, are also fortunate to come to eat with the emperor.Kangxi looked at the beauties in the audience, all the children were smiling, and he was very satisfied. He only felt that the regret of losing Yan Ci when he was young also disappeared like smoke.The daughters are extraordinary, and the sons are even more handsome, so they are not unsatisfied.

In addition to the emperor's family, there were six tables and eight banners Han Chen accompanied the guests. Each table ordered a total of 24 hot and cold dishes, which was much less than the emperor's, and the bowls serving the dishes were downgraded to porcelain bowls.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Emperor Kangxi ordered that all the meals he had eaten, including plates, bowls, saucers, spoons, and chopsticks, be rewarded to close ministers, princes, and county kings, and then everyone watched the "Qinglong Dance" together. Emperor Kangxi also specially wrote a poem for this banquet: "Dan Curtain Banquet tonight, a gathering of relatives.

It is said that the citrus is suitable for the festival, and the reeds are happy in the spring.

The fragrance is red and the snails are heavy, and the waxy sash is new.

There is no need to sing Zhanlu, the bright moon is enough to keep people. "

Xiao Jiu on the table lowered his head, full of dissatisfaction, Yinhu knew his heart disease, and the shopkeeper at the end of the year came to hand over the money, but it was more than ten thousand. Sure enough, this amount will naturally not satisfy him.

Yinhu wanted to mention him, but it was not easy to speak in front of so many eyes and ears at the table, so he had to cover him from left to right. Xiao Jiu also knew the trick, knowing that today is a big day, but it will be fine after a while of sadness, continue Teased Xiao Shi to be reluctant.

Only the crown prince was worried, Suo'etu had already sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that everything had been arranged, and before tomorrow's sacrifice, he asked the minister of rites, Sha Muha, to come to speak to the emperor, and strive to be in the New Year, in the ancestors of heaven and earth. In front of him, he once again declared the stability of his crown prince status.

The prince has long been used to the emperor's obedience to him, and this time he firmly believes that there will be no accidents. He is the son of the empress of the Yuan Dynasty, the elder brother who is the most noble and beloved, and has been ordered by the emperor's mother since he was born. I hate that those brothers are all against me.The princes in the Eight Banners are all rebellious and unruly, and it is a thing of the past for Eight and Shuobeile to rule the country together on the grassland.Back then, Prince Yue Anton almost took the position of his Empress Ama, could it be that this villain still expects to do it again?

Thinking that Huang Ama looked down on Tang Taizong in the past: "Tang Taizong's appointed crown prince is located in Changsun Wuji. Every time I read this, I am deeply ashamed." It's far away, pick up the cup and start congratulating Huang Ama!