[Qing Chuan] Gongdou system of black lotus

The first month of the 11th year of Qianlong was extremely lively.

On the third day of the first lunar month, Gu Qianqian got up from the bed early in the morning, when a familiar sound of footsteps came from outside the room, a smile appeared on her face, and as soon as she sat down in front of the dressing table, people from outside ran in.

A red ball ran up to her, and happily said to Gu Qianqian: "Emiang, I can draw the bow so big this morning."

Xiaotuanzi danced excitedly and gestured to Gu Qianqian.

Gu Qianqian looked at him with a smile on her face, and praised: "Seventh brother is really amazing, it seems that eating glutinous rice balls this year has really grown a lot. Now he is also a big child."

After being praised by Gu Qianqian, the smile on Seventh Brother's face became brighter and brighter.

Gu Qianqian looked at Qianlong behind him, and said with a smile: "I thought you were going to do something with Seventh Brother early in the morning, but it turned out that you were going to draw a bow."

"Seventh Brother is a diligent child." Qianlong touched Seventh Brother's head, and rarely praised him, "It will not take long for Seventh Brother to completely draw the bow."

"My son will definitely work hard." Xiaotuanzi said with confidence and ambition, with his face raised and his fists clenched.

After he finished speaking, there was a gurgling sound in his stomach.

The room was quiet for a moment, and then Gu Qianqian couldn't help covering her face and laughing out loud.

Qianlong also had an uncontrollable smile on his face.

Brother Qi blushed, lowered his head, and tried to suck on the little milk belly.

But in the end it turned out to be futile.

Gu Qianqian coughed softly against her lips, "Let's pass on the meal."

The breakfast has been prepared early, small wontons with three delicacies, the stuffing is made of chicken, pork and river prawns, the soup is very delicious, I don’t know what spices are added, even Qianlong who doesn’t like seafood, It is rare to finish a bowl, which shows how much the cooking skills of the imperial chefs in the small kitchen have improved.

Previously, when there was no small kitchen in Changchun Palace, it was always troublesome for Gu Qianqian to cook something different. It’s not that the imperial chefs in the imperial dining room were unwilling to do it, but the imperial chefs were not only responsible for her meals, and occasionally they could make special meals for her. He ordered something different to eat, but it was a bit eye-catching if he did it often.Now that Changchun Palace has a small kitchen, Gu Qianqian's wish has been fulfilled. Whenever she thinks of it, she asks the people in the small kitchen to figure out how to make it, such as barbecue, sashimi, ice cream, and all kinds of delicacies that she hasn't eaten for a long time.

Under her "exercise", the cooking skills of the imperial chef in the small kitchen have improved by leaps and bounds. Even Qianlong sometimes praised the craftsmanship of this small kitchen as better than that of the imperial dining room, making Lin Ying and others so happy that they stayed up for several nights with.

After breakfast, Gu Qianqian asked the nanny to take Seventh Brother out to digest food.

After the digestion is over, Seventh brother has to go back here to draw red and practice calligraphy.

Last year, Gu Qianqian asked Seventh Brother to write only ten big characters a day. To practice this kind of thing, be greedy and not greedy. My son is young, and his body is growing. If he injures his wrist for practicing calligraphy, the loss outweighs the gain.

However, this year, after the fifth day of the new year, the seventh brother was going to study in the study, so Gu Qianqian asked him to write ten more characters every day, just as homework for getting used to the study in advance.

"Long live, my seventh brother will go to study in the study after the fifth day of junior high school, and this concubine is thinking about letting some of his companions come to the palace tomorrow to get acquainted with him first." Gu Qianqian said.

The other princes have already gone to school, and they only have five days off throughout the year. On Qianlong's birthday, his own birthday, New Year's Day, Dragon Boat Festival, and the Golden Festival, Seventh Brother should have gone to study in the second year of junior high school. But it happened that he had some wind and cold a few days ago, so Gu Qianqian told Qianlong to postpone the time to go to the study until the fifth day of the lunar new year.

"That's fine." Qianlong nodded and said, "There's no need for tomorrow, I'll send someone to tell them to come in later."

Gu Qianqian smiled and said, "Just do what you want, Lord Long Live."

When she said this, she paused again, "Long Live Lord, there is another matter, I think maybe I should mention it."

"What's the matter?" Qianlong put down the teacup and looked up at Gu Qianqian.

"It's about Brother Six." Gu Qianqian frowned, with a look of concern on her face, "Brother Six is ​​the same age as Brother Seven, and older than Brother Seven, and now Brother Seven will go to the school soon Studying in the study, the concubine is afraid that the sixth elder brother's child will feel a little sad."

There was a thoughtful look on Qianlong's face. Naturally, he would not be so stupid as to believe what Concubine Xian said about Sixth Brother being sad. Sixth Brother is just a child, what can he know? Sad people, unhappy people should be Pure concubine is.

Concubine Chun has been secretly competing with Concubine Xian, Qianlong knows it well, but he can't intervene in such trivial matters, not to mention it's useless to intervene in such matters, his words can erase a life, but he still If you can control people's thoughts, why can't you?

With Concubine Chun's temper, she would definitely be unhappy knowing this.

However, Qianlong frowned and said, "You don't have to care about this matter. The sixth elder brother is different from the seventh elder brother. Although he is smart, he is still young. It may not be a good thing to go to the study."

In the past year, the wisdom of the sixth elder brother Yongrong has spread throughout the Forbidden City. He can write [-] characters and recite poems. He looks like a child prodigy.

But Qianlong didn't understand how capable Yongrong was.

Yong Rong's cleverness is that he is smarter than ordinary children. Those words and poems are all forced by the concubine Chun to memorize this child. In three or two years, he may have the reputation of a child prodigy, but as time goes by, he gets older. , how much he weighs, the world will naturally know.

Qianlong didn't care much about this son, but he didn't intend to let his son become the second hurt Zhongyong.

"The concubine understands." Gu Qianqian nodded slightly, found a topic and flipped through this article.

In the afternoon, Yongrui's companions came into the palace. The two were heirs of the Ulanala family, and they were Yongrui's cousins. The oldest was Song Zhi, the eldest brother's second son, and Song Rong, the second brother's first son. , and the other two are Li Jia's nephews, they are named Tashiha and Jalu. Tashiha means tiger, and Jalu means strong.These two children did not live up to the two names. They are seven or eight years old, and their bodies are strong and powerful, like two hills.

When Seventh Brother saw the two of them, he was stunned, a little unbelievable that these two were only three years older than him and so tall.

"Are you really seven years old?" Seventh Brother walked around Tashiha and Jalu, with four big words of disbelief written all over his little face.

The former Tashiha and Jalu lowered their heads showing embarrassment, while the latter patted his chest, laughed loudly, and said heartily, "Brother Qi, Jalu is indeed seven years old."

"You guys are too powerful." Seventh brother's eyes lit up immediately, he stepped forward, and when he realized that there was a big difference in height between himself and the two of them, he silently stepped back a few steps to preserve his dignity as a little man. "What do you eat on weekdays..."

Seeing that Brother Seven was so enthusiastic about Tashiha and Jalu, Song Zhi became a little anxious. He wanted to go up to talk to Brother Seven, but Song Rong gave him a look, and Song Zhi had to step aside aggrieved.

Gu Qianqian saw the interaction between the two children in her eyes, and a smile flashed across her eyes.

She doesn't care that the four companions are not in the same heart, and the four of them may not be very close. It would be a ghost if they showed a concerted effort when they first entered the palace.This person has his own selfishness, which is understandable.

She put down the teacup and said to Yongrui: "Brother Qi, take them to your room to talk, and the four of you don't want to see outside, you are only your own home in this palace, what do you want to eat? , tell Eunuch Wei."

Eunuch Wei showed a courteous smile at Song Zhi and the others.

Songzhi and the others knew what they were doing, thanked them, and followed Yongrui out.

"Seventh Brother talks about having a playmate every day, and now he has fulfilled his wish." Gu Qianqian said to Nanny Cai with a smile.

Cai Nanny smiled and said, "Isn't that right, this servant has never seen Seventh Brother as happy as today."

Mammy Cai watched Seventh Brother grow up, and she had long regarded Seventh Brother as her own grandson in her heart. There were many little eunuchs around Seventh Brother to serve her, but little eunuchs were different from playmates. They can't play together.

For this reason, Seventh brother kept talking about asking Gu Qianqian to have a younger brother and sister to play with him.

Especially after Concubine Chun gave birth to Sigege, she often asked Gu Qianqian if her sister was here.

If this was not her own child, Gu Qianqian would have grabbed her and spanked her.

Having one is enough to worry about, and having another one, Gu Qianqian feels that her few motherly hearts will be exhausted early.

However, since the child went to study in the study, Gu Qianqian was finally free during the day. She planned to bring up the matter of learning painting that she had put aside earlier. She knew a little about Western oil painting, but Chinese landscape painting, fine brushwork and detailed drawing, She still has to learn.

"Pure Concubine Empress." Upon hearing this voice, Concubine Chun cursed bad luck in her heart, but she had to stand still.

After all, that person is not far away from her, if he leaves, I don't know how to arrange her when I see her tomorrow.

"Sister Concubine Jia, what a coincidence that I can meet you here." Concubine Chun greeted with a half-hearted smile.

Concubine Jia showed a bright smile, "It's not a coincidence, the concubine came here specially to find the empress."

Concubine Chun was stunned for a moment, with a little surprise in her eyes, "Why are you looking for me?"

"The concubine came here specially to tell the concubine Chun one thing, so that the concubine Chun would not be kept in the dark." Concubine, do you know that today the Long Live Lord passed on Seventh Elder Brother's companion to enter the palace."

"Read with me?!" Concubine Chun's pupils shrank, and her hands hanging on her sides were clenched tightly.

"Yes, I heard that the seventh elder brother will go to the study room to study with the elder brother and the others on the fifth day of the lunar new year. The seventh elder brother is only four years old this year, so this is an exception." Jiabi said meaningfully.

Concubine Chun sullenly, her face is very ugly.

She just found out about this, the seventh elder brother is going to study in the study, what about her sixth elder brother?

Could it be that the older brother has to lag behind the younger brother?Wouldn't her son become a joke when she said this!

Seeing Concubine Chun angrily heading towards the Palace of Compassion, Concubine Jia had a sneer on her face, she lowered her head and looked at her belly, this harem is not only Concubine Chun jealous of Concubine Xian, she is also jealous, she There are also sons, and the fourth elder brother Yongxie is her son, and the third elder brother Yongzhang is suppressed by the second elder brother Yonglian so that he has no future, so why not her child.

Now that Yong Lian has died a long time ago, she will not allow a second Yong Lian to take away her child's glory.

Let the pure concubine fight with the noble concubine Xian.

It's best to fight to the detriment of both sides!

"Empress Dowager." As soon as Concubine Chun entered the Palace of Compassion and Peace, tears fell. She came all the way and thought about it. Only the Empress Dowager can make decisions for her and Yongrong. It is impossible to find the Empress. .The queen is pregnant now, and she doesn't even care about the affairs of the harem, she's all about caring for her baby, she doesn't even see other people, for fear of being harmed.

How could such a queen stand up for her to offend Concubine Xian?

Moreover, the queen's child might be a prince, and helping her would not be of any benefit to the queen.

After thinking about it, except for the queen mother, there is no one in the harem who can help her.

"Okay, what are you crying for?" The Queen Mother couldn't help frowning when she saw Concubine Chun coming. If you want to say that there are not many things that the Queen Mother regrets in this life, one thing is that she didn't take advantage of Concubine Xian. Beloved, she killed someone earlier, so that now the tiger is infested, and she can't even try to touch her, and the other thing is that she accepted the concubine Chun's favor at the beginning.

Concubine Chun gave birth to an elder brother, but it was useless at all. The number of times she could help the Queen Mother was very few, but the number of times she came to the Queen Mother to cry and complain was so many that the Queen Mother became impatient.

"Empress Dowager, do you know that Seventh Elder Brother will go to the study in the next day." Concubine Chun wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said with a sob.

"I know—wait, what did you say?" The queen mother raised her head, frowned and looked at Concubine Chun.

Seeing the empress dowager's shocked appearance, Concubine Chun felt a little relieved, at least she was not the last to know about it, "Empress dowager, don't you know? All the companions of the seventh elder brother have entered the palace today. "

The Empress Dowager's face became gloomy, and Concubine Chun added fuel and jealousy beside her and said: "Mother Empress, I think this fact is too absurd and too much, the sixth elder brother is older than the seventh elder brother, and he hasn't even gone to the study room yet. , Seventh elder brother went there first, if this matter gets out, wouldn’t it make people in the world laugh at our royal family regardless of age.”

Concubine Chun's words were a bit nonsense.

Does the old and the young have to reflect everything?Even the old Hanlin who has read the Four Books and Five Classics until his head is confused can't say such a thing.

But at least this meeting will be very useful to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother frowned, and said to Nanny Zhou: "Go and invite Lord Long Live."

"Emperor Niang wants to see me?" Qianlong raised his eyes from the memorial and glanced at Nanny Zhou, "What's the matter?"

"It's about Brother Six." Nanny Zhou didn't dare to hide it.

Qianlong's eyes darkened slightly. It was really the concubine Chun's trouble. He was a little impatient, but since the concubine Chun had gone to the queen mother to complain, she should go there and give an explanation. She didn't look at the face of the monk but at the face of the Buddha. Face still has to be given.

"Emperor Niang." After entering the Palace of Compassion and Ning, Qianlong bowed to the Empress Dowager, his eyes lightly glanced at the concubine Chun who bowed her knees beside her.

"Emperor, the Ai family summoned you, did it delay your handling of state affairs?" Although the queen mother had something on her mind, she didn't talk about it straight to the point, but cared about state affairs routinely.

Qianlong said with a smile: "The Queen's mother was joking, it is only natural for the sons and ministers to come to talk with the Queen's mother, how can it be described as a delay."

The Empress Dowager's expression improved a lot, as if it was overcast and cloudy, she glanced at the concubine Chun next to the banquet, and said: "Hearing what you said, the Ai family is relieved. Ai's family came to you because there is actually something I want to discuss things with you, but I don’t know if I should talk about it or not?”

"Emperor Niang, it's okay to speak up." Qianlong said.

"It's like this." The Queen Mother rolled up her sleeves, folded her hands on her knees, "Aijia heard that in a few days, Elder Brother Seven will go to study with Yong Huang and the others, is this true or not? "

Yonghuang is not young anymore, he even has a child soon, but according to the rules of the royal family, even if the elder brothers go out to build a palace, as long as they are not working, they still have to go to study in the study.

For example, at the time of Lord Kangxi, those elder brothers who were in their tens of years also had to go to the study room to study with their younger brothers who were old enough to be their grandchildren.

Qianlong: "There is such a thing."

"Seventh elder brother is only four years old this year." The queen mother showed a surprised look, "Isn't it appropriate to let him go to school at such a young age? Concubine Xian is too impatient."

"Emperor Niang, this matter is not the concubine's intention, but the minister's intention." Qianlong said calmly.

Queen Mother was stunned

A look of embarrassment flashed across his face.She coughed, cleared her throat, and said: "That's the case, but the Ai family still feels that this matter is a bit inappropriate."

"Emperor Niang," Qianlong looked at the Queen Mother seriously, "I know that you think I am partial to Seventh Brother, but Seventh Brother is smart enough to go to the study. Do you know that a few days ago, Seventh Brother The son asked the son a question, he asked, why the Eunuch Wei and the others beside him are obviously older and stronger than him, but they are willing to submit to him and listen to him."

"What's the matter? It's just a very common question for a child." The queen mother pursed her lips, disapproving of this question.

"No." Qianlong shook his head, "This question is unusual. I have never asked such a question when I was a child. This question is not difficult to answer. I told him that because he is the prince, then Eunuch Wei and the others are responsible for serving him. So they naturally have to listen to him. Immediately afterwards, Qi Geer said why it is the prince, and Wei Gonggong and the others have to obey. The son did not answer, but he figured it out by himself. He told the son, because the prince hand have rights."

The house was quiet for a moment.

Concubine Chun looked at Qianlong with an unbelievable expression in astonishment. She taught the sixth elder brother Yong Rong to read and write day and night, and was delighted that the sixth elder brother could have such an outstanding performance at the age of four, but the seventh elder brother could already think Such a terrible answer.

"Could this be taught by the imperial concubine?" Concubine Chun was unwilling to admit defeat.

Qianlong let out a sneer from his throat, "You are wrong. The imperial concubine never taught Seventh Brother these things, she only told Seventh Brother a story and let Seventh Brother find the answer by himself. The answer is Seventh Brother himself Figured it out."

Concubine Chun was speechless, her eyes were dark and gloomy, and her heart was covered with a haze.

"Emperor Niang, do you think such a child is qualified to study in the study?" Qianlong asked.

The Empress Dowager couldn't refute it, if what Qianlong said was true, then Yongrui was not only qualified to study, he had even surpassed his older brothers, even the oldest Yonghuang might not be able to say such a thing. Let's talk.

This child is really too smart.

But the more this is the case, the more unwilling the Queen Mother is. This is the son of Concubine Xian. If Qianlong continues to value this son, the seventh elder brother may become the crown prince in the future. The Queen Mother has hated Concubine Xian for so many years. The imperial concubine would never let herself go if she had the opportunity, so she couldn't just sit back and watch Seventh Brother win Qianlong's attention.

The queen mother said solemnly: "Seventh elder brother is indeed very smart, but in my family's opinion, sixth elder brother is not bad. Since seventh elder brother has already gone to the study, sixth elder brother can't be left behind. Otherwise, wouldn't it be called an outsider?" Saying that the emperor treats one more favorably than another, and the sixth elder brother knows that, and it doesn't feel good."

Qianlong knew that the Empress Dowager was going to talk about this, he frowned, shook his head and said, "Sixth elder brother is going to study, I have no objection, but I have to wait for two years."

"Why? The Empress Dowager said displeasedly: Could it be that the sixth elder brother is not as good as the seventh elder brother?"

Qianlong fell silent.

Sometimes silence is an answer.

Concubine Chun bit her lower lip, almost bleeding from it. She had been fighting with Gu Qianqian for so many years, she could bear the fact that she lost to Gu Qianqian, but she couldn't bear the fact that her child lost to that woman's child, "Long live, the seventh elder brother is your son, and the sixth elder brother is also your son. With such an arrangement, how can the sixth elder brother gain a foothold in the palace? If others find out, how can they not laugh at the sixth elder brother?"

"That's the reason." The queen mother said: "If there is an exception, there is no reason to leave one behind. Either go to school together, or wait until they are six years old."

Qianlong was impatient in his heart, so he tried to explain it. The Queen Mother and Concubine Chun still insisted on doing so, so Qianlong simply ignored him. He is not the kind of person who can explain so much to others. It is already very good for the Queen Mother He lost face with Concubine Chun, but the two of them became determined after eating the weight, so Qianlong simply let them get their wish, "The emperor's mother and Concubine Chun mean that the sixth elder brother must also go to the study?"

"That's right." The Queen Mother nodded.

"That's good," Qianlong said, "today, the emperor's wife is talking, how can I refuse. However, I also said ugly things first, if something happens to the sixth elder brother in the upper study, you don't regret it, pure concubine." .”

"The concubine believes that the sixth elder brother will not disappoint you, Lord Long Live." Concubine Chun was so happy that she didn't hear Qianlong's warning at all.

Qianlong only felt that he was playing the piano to the cow. He even wondered if he was blind when he thought Concubine Chun was talented. Such a dull and ignorant woman is worthy of the word "talent". Your greatest talent lies in your mind, you know your strengths, you know how to advance and retreat.

Seventh elder brother is so smart, even Concubine Xian is unwilling to let him make an exception to go to the study two years in advance, but Concubine Chun is full of confidence.

He just waited to see how Concubine Chun would regret it then!

"In this case, let the sixth elder brother go to the study together on the fifth day of the lunar new year." Qianlong said, "I still have some memorials that have not been approved, so I won't bother the emperor's mother here."

"En." The queen mother nodded slightly, very satisfied with the result.