[Qing Chuan] Have a meal in the harem

The Dragon Boat Festival in the Qing Palace is very long, from the first day of May to the fifth day of the Dragon Boat Festival.

During the period, there will be various big plays, which will be sung for five or six days in a row, which is very lively.

And during this time, besides zongzi, the staple food in the big dining room is zongzi, and the empresses of each palace will make zongzi by themselves and send them to the emperor, empress dowager, and empress dowager to show their filial piety.

Yimin was no exception. On the first day of May, she woke up early and took Zhang Guiren, Zhao Jia Changzai and Su Ying to make zongzi in the small kitchen.

Every room in Yongshou Palace is hung with a portrait of Zhong Kui, and even in the small kitchen there is a picture behind the door.

Because it was given to the emperor and the two empress dowagers, Yimin did not dare to add any fillings, although it is very likely that they would not eat it, but what if?In case someone has a whim, they really cook and eat.

It's a trivial matter if it doesn't suit your appetite, but it's a big deal if you have a problem with eating!

One person made 24 zongzi, each six wrapped with silk thread, each of Kangxi, Xiaozhuang, Queen Mother and Imperial Concubine got one.

Although Zhuo Yuan is not yet a queen, but she is already in charge of the harem, and she is also the imperial concubine who is the same as the deputy queen, so she can get a share according to emotion and reason.

"Okay, let's do it like this!" Yi Min made the dumplings very slowly, but they were beautiful. She was the last among the four to make the dumplings, but she was the most delicate.

"Young lady's craftsmanship is really good!"

"Compared to the empress's, the concubine's can't do anything."

The few people blew rainbow farts very smoothly, and Su promised to say with admiration: "The year my empress first entered the palace, she made zongzi for the first time, and compared my concubine's many years of craftsmanship, I really deserve to be an empress!"

After staying in a certain environment for a long time, it is inevitable that she will get used to it, Yi Min is like this, if she heard such blatant compliments before, she would definitely feel embarrassed and embarrassed, but now she is immune to all this.

She greeted Xiao Linzi as if nothing had happened, "Find some prudent ones, and distribute them to Qianqing Palace, Compassionate Ning Palace and Chengqian Palace, be careful!"

Xiao Linzi was standing by the side, and when he heard the order, he immediately responded. He has become more restrained over the years, has grown rapidly, has the aura of a eunuch in charge, and has good abilities. Yi Min is very relieved to entrust the matter to him.

On the way out of the small kitchen together, Yi Min often asked Zhang Guiren and Zhao Jia: "Have you tied the five-color rope that Ben Gong sent to you two?"

Zhaojia often nodded repeatedly.

Zhang Guiren said with a smile: "I tied it up yesterday, Tai Fenzhu likes it very much, and played with it for a long time before going to bed."

The five-color ropes tied by children on the Dragon Boat Festival have the meaning of exorcising evil spirits and avoiding plague. They cannot be cut until the first heavy rain after the Dragon Boat Festival. The meaning is: wash away all bad things along with the rain.

Yimin nodded slightly, "As long as the child likes it."

Of course, the five-color ropes in the palace are not made of ordinary silk threads. There are also emeralds, agates, beeswax, corals, and turquoises strung on them.

These five-color ropes were specially made by Yimin from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they were much more delicate than the ones sent over. There were three in total, one for each of Aya, Wu Xiha and Tai Fenzhu.

Aya's two wrists, one from Yimin and the other from Zhuo Yuan, were specially customized.

The little girl is not beautiful, she has to show off to everyone.

At the intersection ahead, Zhang Guiren and Su agreed that they would not go along the road, so they bowed their knees and said goodbye, while Liu Yimin and Zhao Jia often walked slowly.

"The fifth day is the palace banquet. These days, you should be more careful, don't let Wu Xiha get cold, and you should be more careful about your diet." Yi Min instructed carefully.

Zhao Jia often replied in a soft voice: "I understand, thank you for your care, I will definitely not disappoint my mother's heart."

"Is the outfit ready?"

"The clothes are made of tapestry sent by the empress, and the jewelry is also the jade rabbit pendant and two palace flowers sent by the empress before."

Yimin said helplessly, "I'm asking yourself, not Wu Xiha."

Wu Xiha's dress was made by herself, even the clothes were drawn by herself, how could she not know?

"Ah, is it a concubine?" Zhao Jiachang was stunned for a moment, "The concubine has prepared a whole body of Hunan-colored clothes, and the jewelry is a hairpin and a pair of pearl earrings from the empress, and it will be enough to match a few silk flowers at that time. .”

"It's not bad, it's good as it is," Yi Min still agreed with Zhao Jia Chang Zai's eyes.

Don't look at how Zhaojia Chang is doing well now, she is also from a family of officials, a girl who was carefully trained since childhood, and entered the palace through serious drafts, has a certain level of calligraphy and painting skills, and her aesthetics are also top-notch.

And the reason for asking this question is because Zhao Jia always has a strong sense of being a mother!

When Mingming Yimin became a concubine, she was still a little rich woman who could give generous gifts. After giving birth to Wu Xiha, all her money and energy were devoted to the child, and her living standard dropped a lot.

Wu Xiha kept changing her little clothes, but Zhaojia Changzai hadn't made new clothes and jewelry for a long time, at most she just changed some new silk flowers and velvet flowers, and some gold, silver, pearls and jades were never made again.

"Don't treat yourself badly," Yimin said this sentence for the first time.

She really didn't think it was necessary, Gege had her own share, Uxiha's share was definitely enough for her, there was no need for Er Niang to save to make up for it.

"I didn't treat myself badly. After my mother said it last time, I also felt that it made sense in my heart. I made several new jewelry, but it's just not finished yet." Zhao Jiachang replied with a smile.

One advantage she has is that she can listen to what others say. As long as she thinks what others say makes sense, she will humbly ask for advice and correct herself.

This is a very rare quality!

A lot of people fail because they don't have this.

Yimin looked at her, and sighed again: If only Zhang Guiren was half as awake as her!

……

The fifth day of the Lunar New Year is the Dragon Boat Festival, the last day of the festival, and also the most important and lively day.

Because of the agreement, Zhaojia came to the main hall with Uxiha in his arms early in the morning.

The white and clean little girl is wearing a rose red dress, with two small silk flowers on her head and a white jade pendant made of jade rabbits pounding medicine around her neck, which is both festive and cute.

"Feed some complementary food first, there are many things to do today, and the nursing mother may not have time to breastfeed."

Yimin carried Wu Xiha to the special child seat, stuffed a toy in her hand, then picked up a delicate small silver bowl, scraped a layer with a custom-made small spoon, and fed it to the child. Sheeha mouth.

The little girl didn't pick at all, she just opened her mouth to eat, it was delicious, and she smiled at you with crooked eyes, Yimin fed it more and more vigorously.

"The empress really knows how to take care of the children!" Zhaojia often said this sincerely, usually as long as the empress Wen is around, Wu Xiha will eat obediently, neither picky eaters nor playful, and eat happily.

"I used to take care of my nephew when I was at home, but luckily my hands haven't been born yet."

At that time, the eldest sister-in-law Xilin felt that Luo's fourth son was only half a year old, and she was very naughty by nature, but it was approaching the end of the year, and some things had to be handled by her, the housekeeper, so she still asked Ying to take care of the little nephew. For half a month.

Zhaojia often said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I still have to thank my mother, since I listened to my mother's words and gave Wu Xiha a meal of supplementary food every day, Wu Xiha has grown better and better."

Hearing this, Yimin couldn't help but look up at her, and seeing her expression of gratitude, which didn't seem to be the slightest bit of hypocrisy, she couldn't help but sigh that the gap between people is so great.

It is common sense for modern people to be able to eat complementary food at the age of half a year, but it was deviant in the Qing Dynasty, especially for children in the palace, who had to be three years old to be weaned.

But Yimin did not ask them to wean early, but told Zhang Guiren and Zhaojia respectively that they could add some complementary food, which would be more conducive to the growth of the children. For this reason, several imperial physicians were specially invited to endorse, repeatedly proving that this is not a bad thing .

Different from Zhang Guiren's categorical refusal, Zhaojia often asks the imperial physician carefully, then finds an experienced nanny to inquire, and after two days of reading medical books by herself, after confirming that it is really beneficial, she decisively gives Wu Xiha a daily A supplementary meal was added.

He even came to the main hall to discuss with Yimin several times about the combination of complementary foods.

Yimin said with emotion: "This is something you can listen to!" Unlike Zhang.

Zhaojia Changzai had also heard about Mrs. Zhang, but she didn't like to gossip about people behind their backs, so she smiled lightly: "Your Majesty is thinking about Wu Xiha, why doesn't my concubine listen?"

——It’s really hard to tell what one looks like!

Before Yimin never expected that Zhang Guiren, who looked clever and smart, was a pushover, while Zhao Jia Changzai, who looked dull, was open-minded and open-minded.

There is not much in the small bowl, and the child cooperates, and the feeding is finished in a short while.

"Okay, we're done eating, Wu Xiha is awesome, it's all clean!" Gently wiped the crumbs from the little girl's mouth with a handkerchief, Yimin praised without hesitation.

The little girl seemed to understand, she excitedly waved her little fist.

"Mother, mother..."

There was a childish babbling sound, Yimin and Zhaojia often looked at each other, and they could see each other's surprise.

"Concubine, concubine heard Wu Xiha speak, is it true?" She covered her chest with surprise on her face.

Yi Min nodded, "It's time to talk!"

They surrounded Wu Xiha together, "Good boy, can you say it again?"

The little girl is really good-natured, she first tried to utter a meaningless cry, and then struggled to speak: "Wen, Wen..."

The first call was "Er Niang", and the second call was "Wen Wen".

Yimin's whole body softened.

Although she knew that this must have been taught by Zhao Jia Changyu in private, she was still pleased, and a sense of accomplishment emerged spontaneously.

Just as the entire harem is courting Kangxi, the entire Yongshou Palace is also courting Concubine Wen. Yimin has long been used to being courted by others, and can easily see what the other party wants. It's normal, there's no need to be mean.

"Wu Xiha is amazing! When you come back, Wen Erniang will make fruit puree for you."

Zhaojia Changzai always taught Wu Xiha to call Yimin "Wen Er Niang", and Aya also changed her tune less than half a month after moving to Chengqian Palace, calling Zhuo Yuan "Huang Er Niang" and calling Zhuo Yuan "Huang Er Niang". Yi Min is "Wen Er Niang".

Uh... Zhang Guiren teaches "Mistress Wen", and occasionally brings Tai Fen Zhu to the main hall to pay his respects, always saying something like 'Sangege greets Niangniang Wen' or something like that.

This is not a rigid requirement, whether it is called 'Niangniang' or 'Wen'erniang', it is their freedom. Yimin neither opposes nor praises it, it is just a title anyway.

It's just that the bias in her heart is only known to her. After all, which one she likes more is her freedom!

Yes or no?Everyone loves freedom!

……

The Dragon Boat Festival was held in Jingren Palace. Ever since elder brother Baocheng was raised in Qianqing Palace, Kangxi had never held a palace banquet in Qianqing Palace, and they were all changed to Jingren Palace.

It's like he was afraid that someone could hurt his legitimate son in Qianqing Palace.

……

Jingren Palace.

The seats of the concubines are still the same as before, the only change is: the imperial concubine is wearing a big grid, and the concubine Wen is holding a four grid.

The thoughtful concubines had a lot of thoughts in their hearts. Under normal circumstances, during the palace banquet, Ago Gege would be taken to a special seat by the wet nurse. It is not impossible to sit next to the concubine, but it is relatively rare.

Just like the fifth elder brother Baoqing and the second Gege Yalici, they were carried to the seats instead of sitting next to Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong, including the third elder brother Tai Fenzhu, who was also hugged by the wet nurse, and sat down to the brothers and sisters in a low-key manner around.

After all, most people in the palace are very particular about the word 'rule'.

The probing eyes kept sweeping over the two of them, Yimin didn't look back directly like Zhuo Yuan, making people afraid to look at her again, she naturally bathed in all kinds of gazes, calmly teasing the little girl in her arms .

The person next to her at the table was Concubine Rong who turned sideways and asked, "Why did my younger sister bring Si Gege here? It's against the rules."

Taking away the chopsticks waving in the little girl's hand, Yi Min smiled and said, "Sister, I'm worrying too much, there's no clear text in the palace rules, it's not in compliance with the rules, not to mention this child is very clingy, my sister doesn't know how much I like it, I wish I could hold it all the time."

Concubine Rong was still persuading: "The Empress Dowager values ​​decency the most, and my younger sister should carry Si Gege to the table."

Yimin turned around and persuaded: "Gege is the great-granddaughter of the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager is always kind, so how can she be harsh? Sister, why don't you bring Er Gege over as well. It happens that the two sisters are together as companions. I look at Er Gege. Ge Ge has been looking this way, presumably because she is reluctant to part with Er Niang."

Concubine Rong followed her words and glanced at her daughter who was sitting on the other side. As expected, seeing Er GeGe glance over here from time to time, with a bewildered expression on her little face, she couldn't help feeling distressed.

But she still refused, "No, Yaliqi can also be with Fifth Prince and San Gege there." After losing her two sons in a row, she became more timid and cautious, and never did things in the first place.

Neither of them convinced the other.

But soon, Concubine Rong regretted it.

Because... Kangxi came, he brought Elder Baocheng, he took Elder Baocheng to his seat, and put Elder Baocheng on his chair.

When Kangxi came to the throne at a young age, he took the position of emperor almost as soon as he had his own thoughts. His way of expressing his love and attention has always been direct, never secretive, and he can't wait to praise what he likes to the sky.

like this moment...

The word "preference" is displayed blatantly.

The Empress Dowager arrived at the same time as Kangxi. Seeing this, her lips twitched a bit, but she still didn't say a word. The emperor's power became more and more powerful, and his thoughts were beyond the control of others, so she wouldn't be hurt by such a trivial matter. mutual affection.

Elder brother Baocheng was raised very well, he was a tough guy.

As an imperial concubine, Zhuo Yuan sat on Kangxi's right hand, and was also close to Brother Baocheng. She naturally praised a few words until she obviously made Kangxi happy.

Only then did he pull Aya who was beside him, and introduced to her: "This is your younger brother Baocheng. I saw you last time. Do you remember?"

Aya is very smart, and she was taught earlier in the morning. She nodded her head immediately, "I remember, my brother smiled at Aya last time." Her smile was clean and pure, and her eyes were full of interest and love.

Because the children's good and evil are obvious, Zhuo Yuan didn't tell Aya anything, but just guided her to be more curious about Brother Baocheng, and told her sister to take care of her younger brother, and a series of characteristics that made Kangxi like him.

really……

Kangxi looked at Aya with more gentle eyes, and he called her to his side, "Come, come to Huang Ama and show me."

Zhuo Yuan pushed lightly, and Aya obediently ran to Kangxi with her short legs, carefully avoiding Brother Baocheng, and softly shouted: "Huang Ama!"

Seeing that Aya loves his younger brother and is not stage-frightened at all, Kangxi also loves him a little bit, and smiled at the imperial concubine, "You teach this child very well."

With a shallow smile, Zhuo Yuan was dignified and virtuous, "Aya is smart and well-behaved, and my concubine didn't bother much, let alone sharing the emperor's worries is what a concubine should do."

While the two were talking, Aya was already playing with elder brother Baocheng. She raised her head and asked, "Can my younger brother eat milk cake?"

Zhuo Yuan drew her into his arms, pointed at her small forehead and said angrily, "Why do you want to feed her milk cake when you see one? Do you remember the last time you made your fourth sister cry?"

"Oh? Si Gege is only a little older, and he can cry in anger?" Kangxi became interested and asked with a smile. Can a child who is more than one year old know what anger is?

"Your majesty doesn't know, Aya just likes a bite of milk cake. Last time when my concubine took her to play in Yongshou Palace, she took advantage of my concubine and sister Wen not paying attention, and wanted to feed her sister some milk cake. Fortunately, Zhaojia is always there. It was discovered in time, but failed.”

"But Si Gege tasted it and liked it very much. Seeing that the concubine couldn't wait for her, she cried like something. Sister Wen and Sister Zhaojia were so frightened that they coaxed her for a long time before falling asleep sobbing. "

Kangxi laughed out loud, and also nodded at Aya's forehead, "Not only did you spoil my sister, but you also asked my mother to clean up the mess for you!"

As he spoke, his eyes swept down, and his eyes stopped on Wen Bin. Seeing that she was holding a girl in pink clothes, teaching her to recognize things, he couldn't help asking: "Is that three grids or four grids?"

Zhuo Yuan raised the corners of his lips, "Back to the emperor, that's four gege, three gege should be more introverted."

Then he said softly: "The emperor hasn't seen Si Gege for a while, but you want to ask sister Wen to come up and have a look? Also let Brother Baocheng meet your sister."

Kangxi nodded, and with a wave of his hand, Liang Jiugong went down to invite him in person.

Yimin's arm strength is all trained on Wu Xiha, the little girl likes to hug, she wants to hug anyone.

Therefore, even though she was sitting on her lap with her in her arms, Yimin didn't feel any more uncomfortable, and felt quite soft, and she almost wanted to have a daughter.

Holding Wu Xiha's small body about to stand up, Yi Min turned her head and saw Liang Jiugong walking towards this side.

"Eunuch Liang? But does the emperor have any orders?"

Liang Jiugong smiled, "Go back to your mother, the slave is here to ask you to take Si Gege to show the emperor."

As soon as Yimin heard it, she knew that it was Zhuo Yuan who made the effort, she calmly smiled and said: "I know, please trouble my father-in-law to run."

"Don't dare."

Concubine Rong at the side was a little envious and regretful, but there was no other way, the opportunity was all her own.

First tidied up the messy clothes of himself and the little one, and then adjusted Wu Xiha to a comfortable posture, then picked her up and sat up.

Standing up suddenly, the little guy was a little nervous, his little fist was tightly grabbing Yi Min's clothes, causing Yi Min to pat her on the back while walking.

"The concubine has seen the emperor, the empress dowager, the empress dowager, the imperial concubine..."

First, he bowed a round of salutations by himself, then hugged Wu Xiha in his arms, and after being called out, he sat on the embroidery pier that was temporarily moved, and showed Wu Xiha who had been appeased. Come.

Earlier, Yimin said that Wu Xiha had a pair of obsidian-like eyes, and because of her young age, they were even more pure.

Being watched timidly and curiously by such a pair of eyes, even Kangxi couldn't help reaching out to tease him a little bit.

"What were you teaching her just now?" Adhering to the tradition of embracing grandchildren but not children, Kangxi did not hug Uxiha, but reached out and tapped her little nose following Yimin's movement.

Yimin sent the little girl forward a little bit to make it easier for her, Huang Ama, "The concubine is teaching Sigege to recognize the names of the dishes."

Recognize the name of the dish?

Thinking of one of Concubine Wen's 'characteristics', Kangxi shook his head helplessly and amusedly, "You!"

"I remember Sigege's nickname is Uxiha?"

"Go back to the emperor, yes."

Kangxi embraced his son-in-law, pointed to Wu Xiha and said to him: "Baocheng, look, this is your fourth younger sister, her name is Wu Xiha, which means little star."

Brother Baocheng imitated Kangxi's words, and said in a childish voice: "Sister, Xingxing!"

"That's right!"

Sitting high for a while, the atmosphere was very happy, even the empress dowager and the empress dowager who were watching silently showed some smiles.

Jingren Palace has set up several theaters, allowing concubines to choose their favorite theaters.

For example, concubine Borzigit, who is not liked by Kangxi, and I don't like to see Kangxi very much, naturally left the table long ago to find the martial arts show I like to watch, and those who stayed in place made up their minds to follow Kangxi is gone.

After a while, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager also left their seats and went to play on their own.

Almost as soon as the two empress dowagers left, the atmosphere at the scene relaxed, and the concubines immediately stopped carrying them.

Yi Min didn't intend to look over, but felt that these sisters had used eight lifetimes of provocative power, from her point of view, they would either have a sideways smile, or be drunk and red-cheeked, or they would laugh softly people……

Some people deliberately raised their arms to support their temples, or pretended not to drink too much, and stood up shaking their heads, making more noise than those singing operas on the stage.

——Everyone is working so hard!

Yimin saw Kangxi looking at those concubines with interest from a close distance, and applauded these versatile colleagues in her heart.

Carry Wu Xiha to the chair where Aya and Baocheng elder brother sit, and let her brothers and sisters take her to play, Yimin has the mentality that everyone is drunk and I am alone, and does not look at the colleagues who are competing for favor with each other, and the obvious The big boss Kangxi who was attracted.

He turned his head to look at the fighting scene of Wusheng on the stage.

——Wait, it doesn't seem right!

Yimin brushed her eyes and widened her eyes, she subconsciously shouted: "Ah Yuan, the knife in his hand is the real knife of Kaifeng!"

There is absolutely no mistake, the Dong family was born in the army, and her eldest brother has been practicing martial arts since childhood. She has seen him dance with a knife several times in the Dong family's martial arts arena, and she has secretly played with that knife countless times!

As for the sword in the hands of the wusheng, the blade is thick and cold, and it can't be struck without a few tens of catties of iron. It doesn't look like a prop made of thin iron sheet!

Whose prop looks like this!

How did the imperial guards search and release the water? !

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