Qing Dynasty Chronicle

After the beginning of winter, it often encounters rainy and snowy weather. The queen mother has not seen her beloved panda cub for several days. She can't think about it. Seeing that the weather is good today, her grandson should come into the palace with small things. Get up early to let the ladies and nuns wash up and sit there waiting.

Knowing that Yinzhen is not a lazy person, he didn't wait for a while and watched Prince Yong enter the house with a bulging object, "Sun Chen pays his respects to the emperor's mama, and the emperor's mama is blessed and safe."

"Okay, okay, let's get up." The old lady called out cheerfully, her eyes stayed on the ball that was held in Yinzhen's arms with the thin brocade, and she didn't leave. Are you asleep, haven't woken up yet?"

As soon as the old lady mentioned the troublesome little ancestor in her arms, the corners of Yinzhen's mouth twitched again, and after a couple of dry laughs, he said, "Sun Chen has something to say to Madam Huang in private. Said, please also ask Huang Mama to let the rest of the people retreat first."

The old lady was always talkative, she just froze for a moment before waving her hand to let the old lady by her side lead the maids and eunuchs to retreat.

Seeing that there was no one else in the room, Yinzhen put down the little thing that he had been holding in his hand all the time. Before the old lady could scream, the little yellow-haired monkey pulled out of the brocade quilt before the Bao'er in the mouth of the old lady made a sound. She was stunned, and looked at Yinzhen with questioning eyes, "This is..."

Ever since he got up in the morning, Yin Zhen felt that the sudden pain in his head was not good, and now he still took a deep breath in his heart before bending over and saying, "If you go back to Huang Mama, this thing is like this..."

Early in the morning, I witnessed a big change to a living person, ah, no, it was a big change to a living monkey. The visual stimulation to Prince Yong is not insignificant, but if it is the tenth elder brother or the twelve elder brother If you are not calm, maybe you jumped up on the spot. Although Prince Yong's facial expression was a little distorted at this moment, he adjusted his breathing. First, he asked, "Yinzhen?"

"Huh?" Our Prince Duan was still a little confused about the situation, so he responded stupidly.

With such a one-word response, Yinzhen turned into that Prince Yong who was calm and calm again, and asked with a sullen face, "What's going on?"

Yinzhen also felt wronged, looked down at his sharp fingers, then at the long tail behind him, and looked at his brother blankly, "I don't know..." See Yinzhen's lips moved as if he wanted to say something, and he quickly added, "It was fine when I slept last night, but it became like this when I opened my eyes."

"Well, why did you suddenly become a monkey again? You didn't feel anything when you changed?" Yinzhen also had no solution to this situation beyond his own understanding, so he could only ask Yinzhen to find out the reason.

Yinzhen thought hard, and recalled his words and deeds from yesterday's eating and drinking, and finally he really thought of it. Yinzhen glanced at Yinzhen with some guilt, and then said aiaiai, "Change Before pandas, when I was still a human, I muttered something that day, saying that if you don’t want to be a panda, you can be a golden monkey..."

Yinzhen looked at Yinzhen who was about to bury his head in his stomach, "..."

In the end, the cold-faced fourth master said, "I'm really glad you didn't say you were going to be a pig or a worm."

Fourteenth Master, "..."

But obviously, the old queen's acceptance is much higher than that of the fourth master. After hearing Yinzhen's explanation, the old queen laughed, "The queen mother liked to joke when she was around, but now the fourteenth is the queen's usual temper." Well." Then he got up and led Yinzhen to his side, "It doesn't matter if it's a cat or a monkey, we are all equally handsome when we are fourteen."

Empress Mama, isn't that the point?Yinzhen was almost powerless, but he still had to follow the old lady's words, "What Huang Mama said is true."

"Okay, today I asked the kitchen to prepare some snacks that you like, and you can take them to the department to eat." The old lady waved her hand and started to chase people away, "As usual, you just come and pick them up after work." .”

Seeing that the queen mother was not in the mood to take care of him, Yinzhen thanked the old lady for her concern, saluted and left the queen mother's bedroom to go to work.

Seeing Yinzhen gone, the old lady regained her spirits, and turned to look at the monkey-turned little grandson who was obediently staying by her side. She stroked his little head and pinched his little paws, "I just said, how did we change when we were fourteen?" They all look good." After that, he took the dried fruit at hand and put it in Yinzhen's hand, "Eat it, I see that you just woke up, it's useless to have breakfast, I'll get someone to prepare it for you."

It has to be said that the old lady's attitude as before made Yinzhen relax a bit. He grinned at the queen mother, and stretched out his long arms to return the dried fruit that the old lady handed to him back to the queen mother's mouth. Beside, there were two squeaks.

"Oh, our Mao Mao is so good, and we know how to feed Ai's family!" Yinzhen's action made the Queen Mother smile and squinted. It was the panda cub who looked naive in the Queen Mother's eyes for a while, but now he has turned into a monkey. Well, that's smart and well-behaved again, and it pleases the old lady no matter what, but looking at the old lady, something is wrong, "What did your fourth brother do to you, the clothes don't look like clothes."

Yinzhen was thinking of the old lady who gave herself a new name so quickly, and when Jijiong was in a good mood, he also lowered his head to look at the piece of cloth on his body when he heard the old lady's words——Yinzhen also I don't know what kind of style is going on, saying that being naked is unsightly and indecent, and I have to give Yinzhen a piece of satin I don't know where to find it before I hug it out. I was tossed and forgotten just now, and now the old lady mentions Yinzhen again. Thinking about it, I felt like that Indian, once wrapped in a piece of cloth, it became clothes, no matter how awkward it looked, so I couldn't help stretching out my little paws to grab the satin on my body, trying to pull it off.

"Hey, don't pull, don't pull." But the old lady stopped Yinzhen's behavior, "I think the fourth elder brother did the right thing, it's so cold now, you have to dress warmly, but this man It’s just carelessness, how can this satin keep you warm! Look at the material, it’s pretty good, I’ll ask someone to make you a decent little dress later, it’ll look good and keep you warm. Speaking of which, I still have a few bolts of material there. It’s been moved, it’s just right for you to make clothes..."

Yinzhen looked at the old lady who was talking more and more vigorously and had already begun to direct the maids and maids to find materials, with a helpless expression on her face—Actually, you don’t want to make clothes for me, but you finally found something to do, right?

This is what the concubines in the palace saw when they came to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to pay their respects—everywhere where things could be placed was filled with spread materials.

The low-ranking noblemen dared not say anything more, and the leading ladies in front were also dumbfounded—what is the trouble?

The old lady saw that her daughters-in-law were all coming, and then she sat upright and said with her head raised, "Here you are?"

As soon as the queen mother spoke, everyone turned their eyes away from the materials in unison, greeted them standardly, and waited for the queen mother to ask everyone to sit down before sitting down according to the ranking.

Concubine Yi was the first to speak, "Queen Mother, this is..."

The old lady took Yi Fei's words and said with a smile, "Find some materials and make some clothes for Mao Mao."

As soon as the queen mother spoke, everyone turned their attention to the little golden monkey that they had seen a long time ago. Because of the fifth elder brother, Concubine Yi and the old lady have always had a good relationship and talked the most, "Hey, where is such a clever monkey?" Cute little monkey, look at those gliding eyeballs, full of spiritual energy!"

"Prince Yong sent it to the Ai family." The old lady followed Yifei's words and gave the excuse she had discussed with Yinzhen, "I don't know what happened to Bao'er these days, she has a very irritable temper, and she doesn't eat or sleep well. It's very normal, the doctor didn't see why, but the fourth child was afraid of being sent to the palace to cause trouble, so he was taken to his Zhuangzi to recuperate." While talking about the Queen Mother, she held Yinzhen's little paw and pinched it. Pinching, "But you also know that Bao'er is used to being with Aijia these days, and if she is gone suddenly, she will feel really empty in her heart. The fourth child is caring, so I found such a clever little monkey My son came to relieve my boredom, Aijia and Maomao are destined to be together, Aijia fell in love with it at first sight."

Regardless of how the old lady felt when she heard the true and false words, everyone still praised Prince Yong for his caring and filial piety, and then began to praise the golden monkey next to the old lady in all directions.

For the old lady, if you praise her favorite things, it has the same effect as complimenting her. She narrowed her eyes when she was happy, and waved her hand when she was excited, "It's not about boasting, this little guy is really smart." After finishing speaking, he put a plate of dried fruit in Yinzhen's hand, "Come on, Maomao will share the fruit with all the girls!"

Yinzhen looked at the plate of dried fruit in front of him, and couldn't help cursing in his heart, "Ouch, old lady, you are a treasure!"But the muttering is the muttering, our fourteenth master still obediently picked up the plate of dried fruit and walked to the ladies and started to share the fruit.

At first, all the ladies thought the old lady was just joking. Who would have thought that this little monkey was really obedient, and he really came over with dried fruits and shared them. No one gave more and no one less, and everyone was amazed. His eyes were rounded.

The old lady sat on the top and looked at the reactions of everyone, and she was very proud. When Yinzhen finished sharing the dried fruit and sat next to her, she hugged Fourteen into her arms and rubbed Yinzhen's little head with love, " Look, Aijia's Mao Mao is clever!"

Seeing the old lady's disliked appearance, all the empresses had different feelings in their hearts, and it was Concubine Yi who spoke first, "Just now the queen mother said that she would make some clothes for this little monkey, but I don't know if the queen mother has chosen them for use." Is there any material?"

"Ah, yes." The old lady's attention was easily drawn by Concubine Yi, and she pointed to the few horses with great interest and said, "The Ai family picked those few horses, and the color and design are suitable for making clothes for Maomao, the Ai family Thinking about it, I can make some small hats and cloaks..."

After everyone listened to the old lady Balabala finished her plan, Yifei smiled and said, "Look at the cleverness of this little monkey, not to mention the Queen Mother, even we like it so much, we want to make some clothes for it! Speaking of this, my daughter-in-law has an idea, let the queen mother listen to it."

"Okay, tell me." The old lady nodded.

"My daughter-in-law thinks so, why don't all the ladies in our palaces ask the best maids in their palaces to make clothes for this little monkey, and after they are done, let the queen mother be a referee and see who Do the best." Saying this, Concubine Yi made a flattering expression, "It's just that the queen mother will not be able to make some money at that time."

In fact, in this deep palace, one is not afraid of short time but long time, busy but bored, listening to Concubine Yi say this new idea, the old lady became even more energetic, "This idea is good, if all the ladies have no objections, That can also be compared, the lottery will naturally come from the Ai family."

The queen mother has already spoken, who would say no, besides, this is indeed a good idea that can kill time and please the queen mother, so naturally they echoed.

In a place like the harem where there is constant competition for the winner, even a joking match can arouse the great desire of the empresses and nobles. As the initiator, Concubine Yi must not be left behind. Therefore, when Yinqi and Yinzhen came to Xianfu Palace to pay their respects to their mother-in-law, they saw that the materials that were originally placed in the cabinet were spread everywhere.

Both Yinqi and Yinzhen were taken aback for a moment, and then Yinqi first asked, "What's the matter? Erniang is making clothes?"

Concubine Yi beckoned her two sons to come in, and without taking her eyes off the fabric, she explained, "Clothes are clothes, but not for me."

Yinqi and Yinzhen looked puzzled, "Then who will do it for?"

"Give it to the monkey next to the Queen Mother." Concubine Yi saw that the gold thread embroidered blessing was made of good material, so she replied casually while motioning the maid to bring the material over for a closer look.

"Monkey?" Yinzhen frowned slightly, "Isn't Mama Huang carrying a panda cub? Why did he become a monkey again?"

Hearing her youngest son ask this question, Concubine Yi finally stopped what she was doing, sat on the couch, pinched her nose, took a sip of tea, and then replied, "It was originally a panda cub, but now it's a panda cub. It's a monkey." Seeing the two sons opening their mouths to ask something, Concubine Yi didn't stop, and continued, "The queen mother said that the panda cub named Bao'er has been very irritable these days, and Prince Yong is afraid to send him away." He came into the palace to cause trouble, so he brought it to his Zhuangzi to raise it elsewhere, but he was afraid that the empress dowager would not have something to relieve boredom, so he sent a monkey here."

Speaking of this, Concubine Yi couldn't help sighing, "I used to say that Prince Yong has a cold personality, but now I see that he is the one who really pleases the elders. Originally, Bao'er and you Khan Ahma were entrusted to him to take care of him. He also trained the panda to be very likable. The queen mother just hugged her and refused to let go. Now that Bao'er is gone, he immediately finds a monkey to replace him. This is also a very smart and clever little boy Things, the Empress Dowager is also in great pain, and even she is full of praise for Prince Yong." After finishing speaking, he glanced at the two sons in front of him and said in a low voice, "De Fei is..." In the end, the words were still Didn't say anything, just turned a corner and pulled on the monkey again, "I've never seen such a spiritual monkey, the queen mother asked him to give dried fruits to us ladies, that little guy is really holding a plate. I don't know if it's because of Prince Yong's training because of his small size, but when it's his turn to be in front of Concubine De, he will show his teeth and smile at her, and the dried fruit he gave is also very big..."

Concubine Yi babbled about the various spiritual actions of the golden monkey, Yinqi was very surprised to hear that, but Yinzhen frowned again, with deep thought in her eyes...

Prince Yong, who came to the royal nursery to pick him up after finishing his official duties, saw Yinzhen's children standing there dressed up in golden light and playing tricks for the queen mother as soon as he entered the Palace of Compassion.

The fourteenth master, who has become a national treasure and has improved his hearing by several levels, turned his head to look at the movement behind him, immediately bared his teeth, and called affectionately, "Fourth brother."

It's no longer that chubby panda cub, Yinzhen's movements are much more nimble, he climbed into Yinzhen's arms with a squeak, his two little paws tightly grasped Yinzhen's skirt, his expression was very excited, "Hey Yo, brother, you are here, take me away quickly, I am going to be tossing the emperor madly!"

Here Yinzhen keeps complaining, but there are only a few squeaks in the Queen Mother's ears, but seeing Yinzhen running all the way towards Yinzhen, he just thinks that his little grandson is talking to his brother. Saying hello, I couldn't help but cheerfully said, "You two have a good relationship."

This beautiful misunderstanding made the corners of Yinzhen's mouth twitch, and he grabbed Yinzhen's tail indistinctly to prevent him from talking nonsense, and then looked up at the queen mother, "Sun Chen pays respects to Emperor Mama."

"Hey, get up." The old lady called out, "Are you busy with business today? Have you eaten on time?"

"Emperor Mama Lao cares about her, and Ama Khan dares not slack off when she is on tour. There are servants serving her beside her, and she doesn't forget to eat." Yinzhen replied sternly.

There was another silence.

The Empress Dowager is easy to talk to, but she needs to resonate with her brainwaves to have a conversation. Obviously, Yinzhen's thinking is not the same as that of the old lady, so a few words left the scene cold.

But the queen mother also knew what kind of character her grandson was, and seeing that it was getting late, she said, "Okay, okay, although the official duties are urgent on weekdays, you should also pay attention to your body. It's getting late now, and the Ai family won't keep you Now, you can take Mao Mao out of the palace. If the weather is fine tomorrow, bring him back into the palace."

"Sun Chen knows." Yin Zhen knelt down and bid farewell.

The Fourteenth Lord, who was lying on Yinzhen's shoulder when he left, did not forget to wave his paw goodbye to the old lady sitting above, which made the old lady laugh again.

After getting into the carriage, Yinzhen hurriedly crawled out of Yinzhen's arms, leaned on the seat and let out a long breath, "Emma, ​​I'm very tired today."

Seeing Sisi's out-of-shape appearance, Yinzhen really wanted to reward him with a chestnut, "Whether you sit or not, what do you look like!"

"Oh, my fourth brother, please let me take a breath, I've been tossed about all day!" He said, tugging on the little gown on his body, "Do you see this dress? Concubine Yi gave it to Huang Ma today." Mammy came up with an idea to let all the women in the palace point out their daughters who are famous in the palace to make clothes for me, and then Huang Mama will make a judge and judge who has the best clothes in the palace. Just for this Thing, several palace daughters have come to Huang Mama's place today, and I've been tormented so much!"

After all, it was his Mama who nodded, and Yinzhen couldn't say it was a joke, so he had to say something else, "Then who made this clothes for you?"

"The people in Huang Mama's palace, Huang Mama said that what you made for me this morning is really not good, so I asked the people in the palace to hurry up and make it." Yinzhen replied, tugging on his clothes.

"It's not bad, it looks very festive." Prince Yong expressed his appreciation.

"What's so good, it looks like a big red envelope!" Yinzhen muttered, and then took out a few preserved fruits from the pocket of his jacket and put them in Yinzhen's hands, "The emperor mama gave it to me, brother, try it." After speaking, he began to sigh with emotion, "But speaking of it, it's more convenient to be a monkey. You don't have to do anything and let others take care of you."

"You still feel pretty good about your relationship and you don't want to change back at all?" Yinzhen flicked Yinzhen's forehead, of course he wouldn't tell his fourteenth brother, in fact, sometimes today when he felt like a panda cub, he would Very flattering.

"I'm not compared with before!" Yinzhen rubbed his forehead and muttered.

Regarding the fact that his master came back with a golden monkey in his arms, the people in Prince Yong's mansion didn't ask much although they were puzzled. They just did what they were supposed to do honestly.

In the evening, Yinzhen stayed with Yinzhen in the study as usual, seeing that Yinzhen was writing a letter to Kangxi to report on his work, begging for nothing to add two strokes.

A few days later, the emperor in Xi'an received his fourth son's work report, but when he saw the last line of slanted characters and the monkey paw print, his beard trembled three times.