Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty

It is a custom to appreciate chrysanthemums and eat crabs during the Mid-Autumn Festival. A few pots of chrysanthemums won Chen Qishan's heart very much. After boasting, he even read a few poems related to them.

There are more crabs eaten here in Suzhou. Most of the crabs eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival are steamed whole to symbolize a reunion.After Chen Xiuming ate one, he stopped eating and only ate some hot dishes and drank some warm wine. Kangxi was a bit greedy and ate several in a row.

Because eight pieces of crabs are used to eat crabs, the crab shell can be placed as a complete crab after eating the crab meat.

The wine for the Mid-Autumn Festival is not ordinary wine. Most of the wine is filled with herbs or ingredients that remove the coldness of crabs.

It was already very late when they returned home, because both of them drank some wine, they sat in front of the window with hangover soup and watched the bright moon, drinking slowly.

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival is not accompanied by two children. Although it is a bit regretful, it is also considered complete. People must learn to be content, Chen Xiuming felt the heat from his shoulders and thought.

On 24 and 25, as Kangxi said, he has not been able to leave the palace, but there will be a letter from the capital every half a month, and Chen Xiuming can also know the situation of the two children.

In May, the palace also sent a letter to Changchun Garden saying that Concubine Nian had given birth to a little elder brother. Changchun Garden quickly prepared a gift and sent it to the palace. At the same time, it also went to Suzhou. Handed over the letter.

When Chen Xiuming read the letter, what she thought was that the miscarriage medicine during that time was not in vain. Although Nian Guifei's child was not as strong as ordinary children, she survived anyway.

If Yongzheng wanted to keep the child, the medical skills and medicines of the imperial physicians in Yigong would also allow him to grow up safely.

At the end of the year, Chen Xiuming returned to Changchun Garden, and the palace's New Year's Eve banquet was going to be held this year no matter what.Last year, because of Kangxi's incident, there was no big event on New Year's Eve. This year, it is the first year of Yongzheng's New Year's Eve.

In September, Chen Xiuming and Kangxi set off to go back together. Because they had taken good care of themselves in Suzhou, they didn't rest too long on the way back, and they arrived at Changchun Garden in mid-November.

The Changchun Garden didn't change much from before leaving, it was just that there were more flowers and plants. As for the waiters, Chen Xiuming didn't care too much, and there were only a few people who waited by her side on weekdays.

Chen Xiuming stayed in Changchun Garden for a few days and then returned to the palace. As for Kangxi, he was doing business in the mansion in Beijing. If someone had told Chen Xiuming that Kangxi would do business, she would not believe it at all. It was only after seeing Kangxi's account book in Suzhou that Chen Xiuming knew that he really knew how to do business.

In the transaction of goods and silver, Kangxi has a clear account of the income and expenditure. Looking at the accounts, it can be seen that the business Kangxi has done is large or small. Reselling cloth from the south to the north...

Kangxi used to deal with a lot of political affairs related to the national economy and the people's livelihood, and he knew a general idea of ​​the situation in various places. By gathering some people in various places, he could quickly know what things and where could create the greatest benefits.

Among them, Kangxi has always been cautious about the trading of grain. Most of them bought and collected them in the warehouses of various grain stores and did not sell them. If there was a drought or flood disaster, they would sell them at normal prices. .

The money earned from each business is not a large amount, but the transaction books for half a year can fill a box, and you will know how much wealth you have accumulated. The accumulated wealth will neither attract people's attention nor rob others. make a living.

Chen Xiuming didn't read the account book carefully, but only roughly read the last few pages, and put it down when he was waiting for dinner. At the end, he only lamented that Kangxi's intelligence was not taken to heart.

The matter of Chen Xiuming's return to the palace from Changchun Garden was not a big deal or a small thing, but the empress dowager specially ordered the empress to be a major event.On the day of returning to the palace, the queen took all the concubines to wait outside the Palace of Compassion, and when she got off the sedan chair, Chen Xiuming saw the people standing in the cold wind.

"An imperial concubine." All the beauties were smiling, and their voices were pleasant. Chen Xiuming, who hadn't heard it for a long time, almost lost his mind.

"Get up, it's windy outside." Chen Xiuming is most familiar with the Queen and Concubine Nian, and the rest of the people are not very familiar, so they are very polite, "The Empress Dowager must have been waiting for a long time, so I will go to greet you first." Bar."

There are a lot of new faces in the Empress Dowager's palace, and those who are waiting around are still the same as before. At this time, the Empress Dowager is sitting on the kang couch and reading Buddhist scriptures. Speaking of which, all the women in the palace like Buddhist scriptures.

"Greetings to the Empress Dowager, may the Empress Dowager be safe and blessed." Chen Xiuming gave a big gift after not seeing the Empress Dowager for a long time.

"Get up, sit down quickly." The queen mother closed the Buddhist scriptures when she heard the sound, and the nuns beside the queen mother helped Chen Xiuming up.

The Queen Mother hadn't seen Chen Xiuming for a long time. Seeing her rosy complexion, she looked exhausted from the fatigue of the boat and the car, and her body looked rounder than before. Obviously, she was well raised outside during this time.

"Looking at you like this, I know that you haven't suffered outside during this time, so I feel relieved." The Queen Mother always smiled at Chen Xiuming, and it is the same now.

"Changchun Garden raises people." Chen Xiuming drank the hot tea and said, "I went out for a walk after eating all day, and raised some flowers and plants in my free time. It should be so leisurely, but I feel a little fatter , Looks like he's full of blood."

"It's also the late emperor who loved you, thinking that you had nothing to do in the palace, so he let you go to Changchun Garden to take care of yourself." When the queen mother talked about Kangxi, she didn't show any strangeness, "It's just that you have been suffering for so long See the child."

"Being close to the emperor on 24th and 25th, they should stay in the palace to study, and after a few years, they should go out of the palace and start a mansion. It will be the same if they are by their side or not." Although it is inevitable that I am not by their side There will be some regrets, but it's better than having too deep a relationship and passing away in a few years, and they will be sad for the rest of their lives.

Chen Xiuming's body is just like that, and now she looks good and leaves without knowing what to do, they still have a good life to live, looking at Kangxi's sad appearance during those days, she knows that she has deep affection, and she or she It's because they slowly got out of their lives, and it's because I have selfish desires to spend the remaining years with Kangxi.

"You, you are so ruthless, if they have a headache, you are more worried than anyone else." The queen mother sighed, "Aijia was a little bit biased before...you don't want to follow the old path of Aijia."

As soon as the queen mother said this, the people sitting below had already guessed what she meant, and Chen Xiuming naturally knew it, "It's a bit of a mistake."

"It's not time for school to end yet. The emperor knows that you will come back today, so he should let them rest in your palace overnight so that you mother and child can get along well."

The queen mother thought that Chen Xiuming's return to the palace was decided a long time ago, Yongzheng also asked about it before, the queen should have also mentioned the day of Chen Xiuming's return to the palace, 24 and 25 I haven't seen her for a long time, and she also thought about it As long as Yongzheng is a little more careful, he will let them go back to Shoukang Palace for one night.

Chen Xiuming smiled and asked about the little elder brother who was born to the noble concubine Nian. The women in the harem can talk a few words when talking about children, and for a while, the Palace of Compassion and Ning was happy.

24 and 25 are now attending classes with their nephews. They knew that Chen Xiuming was going back to the palace and waited for this day, but now they no longer had the impatience before and just listened intently.

25 It wasn't time for enlightenment, but he was a little bored in the Hall of Mental Cultivation and couldn't find anyone to talk to. Yongzheng asked him to sit in the study too. It's been a long time now, and he is quiet, but he can learn a lot here.

After school, the two brothers rejected the nephew's invitation to go back to elder brother's house together, and took the little eunuch who was serving them to Shoukang Palace in a sedan chair. The cold white snow falling from the sky was not cold, and the body was throbbing with heat heart of.

"I'm back." Chen Xiuming was sitting and embroidering handkerchiefs, her flat tone made 24 and 25 who had just entered the door feel that this was still last year, the same as when they returned to Yongshou Palace after going out to play.

"Stop saluting, drink a cup of milk to warm your body." Chen Xiuming put down the things in her hand, "Drink the milk and finish your homework, there is still some time before dinner, don't worry."

The heat in the hearts of the two brothers also dissipated a bit, and they sat on a small stool commensurate with their height and drank milk with nuts as they did a long time ago. After drinking, the serving eunuch put their homework on the small table.

The small table and stools were specially made by Chen Xiuming for the two of them. The tables and stools of this height are more convenient for doing homework and writing.Seeing that both of them picked up the pens, Chen Xiuming picked up the needle and thread again and continued to embroider the unfinished green bamboo.

The green bamboo is embroidered stitch by stitch, and the light outside the window has dimmed. Candles have already been lit in the room, and 24 is rubbing 25's wrists after finishing his homework.Both of them are young and don't have a lot of homework. Most of their homework now is practicing calligraphy. 24 is afraid that 25 will hurt his wrist. Every time he finishes his homework, he will rub it for him.

Seeing the homework, the little eunuch put away Chen Xiuming and asked Lan Chun to pass on the meals. It was still the meal from the small kitchen. After Chen Xiuming came back, he asked Li Dequan to see that it was still the same imperial chef.

From time to time, Chen Xiuming would pick up some dishes for the two children. These dishes were their favorites before. I don't know if they like them now or not. 24 and 25 would also pick up dishes for Chen Xiuming from time to time, which were all her favorites.It is said that they want to be hard-hearted, but when they are together, they can only press those thoughts deep in their hearts.

After eating, Chen Xiuming asked: "Is it still used to living in the Hall of Mental Cultivation these days?"

"It's a habit. The old people who serve you around me are comfortable to use. The small kitchen in the Hall of Mental Cultivation is separated into a small kitchen for cooking meals. You can order whatever you want. The fourth brother will also give his son instructions on homework when he is a little free. .” 24 The answer is not many, but it also reflects the details of life.

"I just miss my mother." 25 said from the side.

"In the future, if you miss Erniang, send a letter to Changchun Garden in advance, and Erniang will get you ready to pick you up for a while." Kangxi probably thought of this before, so he mentioned it when he left. As for how to operate, Chen Xiuming didn't need to worry about it, since he had thought of it, there must be a way.

Thinking that it was not too early, the two children had to go to morning class tomorrow, so they both went to rest. After taking a bath, the two of them wore new pajamas. laugh.

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