[Qing Chuan] Have a meal in the harem

In the 23rd year of Kangxi, the New Year has just passed.

The queen issued an imperial edict, and promoted nine low-ranking concubines in succession.

Guo Changzai was a nobleman in Jin Dynasty, Wei promised to be a nobleman in Jin Dynasty, Shunchang was a nobleman in Jin Dynasty, Lin promised to be Lin Changzai in Jin Dynasty, Zhang Jia promised to be a permanent residence in Zhang Jia, Wan Liuha promised to be Wanliuha in Jin Dynasty... …

For a while, the low-ranking concubines in the harem became more and more fond of the queen.

After all, compared to the emperor, the empress should not be too generous.

……

Yongshou Palace in June, at noon.

Yimin was eating at the same table with Concubine Qian, Wu Xiha, and Yinzhen, and Xiao Shi...he was too young to sit at the table.

"Come on, Yinyi, eat more bean sprouts. I saw you liked it last time. This time I specially asked the dining room to make more..." Concubine Qian is very kind to this son who has been hugged away from her side early in the morning, and she is very gentle every time they meet .

Wu Xiha is also very friendly to this younger brother, and takes care of him in a soft voice. She is now ten years old, and she feels that she is an adult, and she has a sense of being a big sister. It's all a protective gesture.

Most of the time, Yimin watched with a smile and didn't speak much.

Sixth elder brother is now four years old. He is a very quiet and shy child. No matter in appearance or temperament, he is [-]% like Concubine Qian. If there is anything like Kangxi, it is only at that end. Half bald hairstyle.

Since the sixth elder brother was carried to the South Third Institute, every five days, Yimin would bring the sixth elder brother to Yongshou Palace for a meal, let the mother and son of the concubine Qian get close and talk more, and often took the concubine to the Nan San Institute visited Sixth Brother.

After a meal, Yimin said very consciously: "I still have things to deal with in this palace, so you three children can talk for a while."

When mother and child are reunited, she shouldn't come forward to join in the fun, she has a son to coax!

Concubine Qian understood her intentions and smiled gratefully, "I understand, thank you, Madam."

……

Baby Yinyi, who is more than half a year old, has already revealed his lively and active nature, and his strength is quite strong, and sometimes the wet nurse can't hold him down.

And he is still very good at eating. Although the amount of food is not as good as that of his mother, he has already eaten a lot compared to babies of the same age. For example, the seventh princess born to Concubine Yi, and his sister who is only one month older than him - Er Lin beads.

Fortunately, fortunately, he also inherited his mother's physique - no matter how much he eats, he won't gain weight.

Has been maintained at a normal weight and figure.

"Xiao Shi, Er Niang came to play with you again..."

Yimin is really a super patient mother. No matter how boring the situation is, even if it is just a play house with two dolls bumping into each other, she can play with her son all afternoon.

No matter what she was doing, as long as Xiao Shi wanted a mother, she would drop what she was doing and concentrate on being with her son, as if she would never get bored.

She has always believed that when the child is still young, she must give him unparalleled intimacy, express her love to him repeatedly, and let him understand that her birth is expected and blessed.

Give your child the greatest sense of security.

And Xiao Shi is also super clingy to his mother. When he faces the nurses and nurses, he is very skinny. Sometimes when his temper comes up, he can kick people's bodies to bruises, but when facing his mother, he will always be Obedient.

He doesn't even use too much force to grab his hair, uh...compared to other people, not too much force.

"What little animal do you want to play with today?" She spread a dozen dolls on the blanket and let the little one choose.

"Ah oh..." The little guy is already a little bit good at crawling. He kicked his short legs and grabbed the dolls of the white rabbit and the black cat. These are his favorites. Every time he is asked to choose, he will Pick these two.

It's just... quite long-lasting.

"Hey, the baby has been chosen, let's start playing. Once upon a time, there was a forest, and there was a rabbit and a cat in the forest. They are a pair of good friends..."

With an extremely gentle voice, Yimin composes fairy tales impromptu, hoping to weave a dreamy and colorful sky for her children, where there are candy houses, little lions, all kinds of strange people... gorgeous And romantic.

It's hot in June, but with ice in the house, it doesn't feel hot.

Life in the harem is boring, but with someone you want to love and protect, you won't feel lonely.

……

Kangxi 23 years, early September.

One month before Yinyi's birthday banquet, Kangxi announced his first southern tour.

They have a legitimate reason - to inspect the Yellow River.

There are a lot of texts in his decree, and Yimin translated it by himself. The general meaning is: the Yellow River bursts its embankment repeatedly, causing people to live in dire straits, so he decided to go and see for himself what was going on, to see if there were any moths hiding. inside.

But no matter what, the harem became restless following his will.

The southern tour takes at least two months. If you can go with the emperor, not to mention the exclusive favor, at least you will have more opportunities than in the palace. If you have more chances to be favored, the chance of pregnancy will be greater.

All the concubines and concubines are making 'crackling' sounds, especially some concubines who have no children, so don't be too excited.

Before the date of Kangxi's departure was determined, a group of people either recommended themselves to the empress or begged the emperor, all in all, they wanted to get a place to accompany him.

To say that the most unhappy people in the harem should be Yi Min and Yi Guifei.

The child's birthday party is about to be held, but the child's father ran out to mess around, what's going on?

And because Kangxi's reasons were sufficient and upright, they couldn't ask him to wait for the two children to finish their birthday party before leaving.

Chuxiu Palace.

Yi Min rubbed the center of her brows, "What do you think? Should Er Linzhu's birthday party be held in advance?" She couldn't make up her mind, so she wanted to ask Concubine Yi whether it was held in advance or according to the original plan. There is a charter.

There is a folk saying: This birthday can only be done in advance, not postponed, otherwise it is unlucky.

Concubine Yi also had a headache, "Wait a little longer, when the emperor sets the date for the southern tour, E Linzhu's birthday is at the end of September, and now it's the beginning of the month, there is still time..."

She was still looking forward to it: what if the emperor planned to attend the two children's birthday party before leaving, after all, the date of departure had not yet been determined, so it was too early to draw a conclusion.

Glancing at her, Yimin smiled wryly.

Unlike Concubine Yi, who still has hope, she has no confidence in Kangxi.

She even suspected that Kangxi's move was deliberately trying to suppress Yinyi, the son of the imperial concubine, and to beat Yiguifei and the Tong family who had become increasingly high-profile because of raising the fourth elder brother and giving birth to the princess...

These years, she stayed in the Yongshou Palace and kept aloof from most matters in the harem, but she could see it very clearly.

Kangxi's most valued princes are the eldest son, the crown prince and eldest brother. Besides, the most beloved princes are fourth elder brother and little ten.

The former is the adopted son of the concubine's cousin, and his biological mother rescued him from death, while the latter is the elder brother born to the concubine he likes more, with a noble status.

In comparison, he is much less serious towards other princes, and he is also very snobbish, the less he pays attention to the princes whose biological mothers are born with lower backgrounds and titles.

But... Yimin watched with cold eyes, always feeling that he was using the elder brother to sharpen the crown prince!And... it is not allowed that elder brother other than the whetstone he selected can be qualified to threaten the status of the crown prince.

There is no basis for it, this is an instinctive intuition...

Especially, after hearing that the prince studied harder and practiced martial arts in order to compete with the elder brother, her feeling became more and more obvious.

……

And the development of the matter was as expected by Yimin.

In mid-September, Kangxi completely set the departure time and entourage.

The date was set on September 23rd, and this day happened to be seven days before the Seventh Princess' birthday party, and eighteen days before the tenth brother's birthday party.

As the accompanying concubine, he only chose Concubine An, a concubine of Han origin. After all, on the southern tour, there would naturally be more Han people there. Bringing Concubine An was a friendly signal.

Oh, by the way, he also took the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager away together.

……

Unlike Concubine Yi, who organized the seventh princess's first birthday banquet before Kangxi left Beijing, Yi Min thought about it and decided to follow the original arrangement.

After all... There is only one birthday party, and she doesn't want her son's birthday party to be rushed and hasty.

In order to make up for the baby, Yimin and Zhuo Yuan held a very beautiful birthday banquet, and because Kangxi, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, and Empress Dowager were not in the palace, the concubines who stayed in the palace also let go of their restraint to some extent, and they were more happy.

The little guy was also very excited that day, he didn't cry once, when he caught the week, he grabbed the small wooden sword, and refused to let go if he liked it.

……

In the 24th year of Kangxi, on May [-]th, Yipin gave birth to her eleventh elder brother, Yinxuan.

In the 24th year of Kangxi, on December [-]th, Wanliu Ha Changzai gave birth to the twelfth elder brother, Yinqi.

In the 25th year of Kangxi, on October [-]st, Zhang Jiachang gave birth to his thirteenth elder brother, Yinxiang.

……

Since Xiao Shi's first birthday party, Yi Min became more and more low-key, focusing on raising her baby on her own territory.

The inside of Yongshou Palace and the outside of Yongshou Palace seem to be two worlds. The many disturbances in the harem are blocked by a palace gate, and they never disturb the inside.

But Yimin has been very worried recently.

Because Xiao Shi will be three years old soon, it's time to move to the South No. [-] Institute.

"I don't, I don't want, I don't want to leave, I don't want to leave my mother, wow..."

After two days of deliberation, Yi Min decided to tell the truth. After hearing what E Niang said, Xiao Shi blinked her mother's almond-shaped eyes, and sat on the ground on the spot crying, crying and shouting in a very loud voice.

Yi Min felt distressed and helpless.

Her senses are not bad, after all, even in modern times, when children grow up, they still have to go to kindergarten, and she doesn't feel so conflicted when she regards Nansan School as a boarding-style kindergarten.

But Xiao Shi is different, he has grown up so much, and he has never left Eniang, his little heart really can't bear such a blow!

In order to appease him, Yimin specially called Aya, Wu Xiha, Tai Fenzhu, Yinzhen, and Yinyou over in advance, thinking that her brothers and sisters would persuade him.

But apparently it didn't work.

Aya, Wu Xiha, and Tai Fenzhu went forward to hug him to coax him, but he not only refused to hug him, but also turned around and pointed his butt towards them.

When Yinzhen and Yinzhen told him all kinds of fun things about Nansan Institute, as well as all kinds of small activities between their brothers, he also covered his ears, with a look of 'I don't listen, I don't listen'.

In the end, it was too hard for him to do anything, so Yimin said casually, "Do you think everyone can go to Nansan Institute? Only smart kids can go!"

Xiao Shi stopped crying, he let go of the chubby hand covering his eyes, and hesitantly choked up, "Really, really?"

Seeing that there was something going on, Yimin nodded quickly: "Really, really!"

He turned his little head to Aya, Yinzhen and the others. Their moods were getting complicated, but they still nodded vigorously and said, "That's right!"

Xiao Ten stood up timidly, and said embarrassedly: "Then why didn't you say it earlier?" Then he happily took Erniang's hand and walked out, saying that he was going to tidy up and salute.

Leaving a room full of petrified elder brothers and princesses.

——Is your mood changing too fast?

Aya was the first to react. Although it was not the first time she had seen it, she was still easily surprised by the stupidity of the tenth brother. It was just... stupid and cute.

She patted Yinzhen on the shoulder, and said to this younger brother who had always been smarter and more reliable: "Fourth brother, turn around to Xiao Shi, please take care of him..."

Yin, now eight years old, Zhen, suddenly felt a heavy weight on his shoulders.

It was Tai Fenzhu who said a fair word: "The tenth brother is only three years old, so it's normal to be cheated!" which drew Wu Xiha and Yinzhen's agreement again and again.

Aya & Yinzhen were puzzled together: "Is it normal?"

One of them has a photographic memory, and the other is born with precocious intelligence. They really can't understand: why would someone be cheated at the age of three?

Wu Xiha & Taifenzhu & Yinzhen: ...