Guoluo Luo's in the Qing Dynasty

The five-month-old baby looks a lot different from when he was just born, with a bulging smiling face like white dough, black eyes, strong little hands and legs, and small bubbles from his mouth from time to time, what's wrong with Wanzhao? See how he thinks his son is really cute.Even Xiao Liu, who always likes to hide his toys, sees his little brother, and is very willing to take out his treasures to make him happy.

"Er Niang, my brother is so fat!" Xiao Liu twitched the cloth tiger tightly held by his brother without pulling it back, and complained to Wan Zhao with blinking eyes, "He also took my toy. give me back!"

"Let me lend it to your brother to play for a while, and then return the cloth tiger to you after my brother sleeps with Erniang, okay?" Wanzhao smiled and patted Xiao Liu's head, "Little brother is very strong now, you are so obstinate If you pull it, the cloth tiger may be torn. Wait for Erniang to send it back to you."

"Okay then." Xiao Liu nodded like an adult, lowered his head and said to the yawning baby, "The cloth tiger will let you play first, but you have to sleep obediently later. You can grow up faster if you sleep on time." When Gao grows up, my sister will lend you the rattle to play with."

Wanzhao sniggered at the side, and when Xiao Liu finished speaking, he pulled her into his arms and asked Mu Jin to bring some fruits and snacks, coaxing Xiao Liu to eat.The three-year-old doll can already eat a lot. Although Wanzhao doesn't restrict what she eats, she has always been forbidden to eat too much sweet and greasy snacks, and today the ban is finally lifted.

"My lord, Eunuch Wu is here." Lian Xin came in and reported.

Wan Zhao raised her head, and saw Wu Shulai walking in with a smile, followed by two young eunuchs carrying things, and asked, "Why is Eunuch Wu so free today?"

"Greetings to Empress Concubine Shu." Wu Shulai said, "Today, the House of Internal Affairs has newly presented several gold-plated copper vanity boxes inlaid with tortoise shell inlaid enamel pieces, and the emperor ordered one to be sent to empress! There are two battles in the palace, the imperial concubine and the four concubines are the masters, and there are only the concubine, the concubine and the concubine."

"Oh, then Eunuch Lao will bring it over." Wan Zhao hurriedly ordered the two young eunuchs in his palace to carry them into the bedroom, and said, "I'll trouble you, Eunuch, for this hot day." After finishing speaking, Mu Jin So he gave Wu Shulai something with a wink.

"Thank you, Ma'am, for the reward. The slave has to send it to the other two concubines, so I'll take my leave first." Wu Shulai said.

After having Wu Shulai sent away, Wan Zhao wiped her hands with a handkerchief before entering the bedroom and removing the silk cloth covering the dressing box.The whole body is covered with a golden structure, and the comb, eyebrow pencil, and grate are all made of gold.Wanzhao's eyes were almost stung by the golden light, this thing is really valuable, why did Kangxi think of sending it to her?

"Hurry up and put this thing away, it's too precious." Wan Zhao said.

"Master is wrong to think like this." Wang Momo said, "This is a reward from the emperor to the master. The master should put it in the bedroom and use it. This is worthy of the emperor's reward."

Wan Zhao swallowed: "...Okay."

"Today the Empress Dowager is a little ill. The Empress Dowager is serving by her side. All the sisters don't have to go to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager." When they arrived at Chengqian Palace, the imperial concubine told Everyone, "The weather has been getting hotter recently. The emperor wants to invite the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager to Changchun Garden to escape the summer heat. After receiving the imperial decree, pack up and prepare to go."

In fact, the Changchun Garden is still under construction, but the main structure has been completed. After all, it was built on the Tsinghua Garden in the previous dynasty. Some palaces, gardens, ponds and flowing water and other landscape buildings are already on a large scale.This is the first time Wanzhao has traveled far in the past four years, and he is very much looking forward to it.He just raised his eyes to look at the imperial concubine, but saw that there was some worry in her brows, so he turned to concubine Cheng and said, "The imperial concubine seems a little unhappy?"

"It's probably because I'm worried that the sixth elder brother will be tired for a long time. I'm afraid he won't feel well." Cheng Concubine replied with a smile.This time, she has more chances to meet her son, who knows how much taller he has grown?The last time I saw him, he could already crawl.When I go back, I have to make him some light clothes with my own hands.

"Now that the weather is getting hot, it's normal for children to have some minor ailments." Wanzhao also kept some heat-dispelling pills in her palace, "Speaking of which, if I'm also worried about my little elder brother's body, five or more Wouldn't it be a little too hasty to go out on Yue?"

"Don't worry if you have wet nurses to take care of you, you are just staying in the carriage." Cheng Concubine said, "It's the imperial concubine who is going to take the fourth and sixth elder brothers with her today. Can't take care of it? Although the fourth elder brother is three years old, he still has to be careful."

Wan Zhao nodded in agreement, but De Concubine on the other side was secretly sad.After she was promoted to be a concubine, the emperor did not let go of his intention to bring the fourth elder brother back to her; the imperial concubine cared about the sixth elder brother every day, how could she take care of the fourth elder brother wholeheartedly.I don't know if there is any way to make the emperor change his mind and let the fourth elder brother return to her side?

Waiting for the imperial decree, except for Concubines Duan, Concubine Jing and Concubine An, the other dignitaries have to accompany them to Changchun Garden, besides Nobles Nala, Noble Bu, Wei Changzai and Yuan Changzai.

Wanzhao had already asked Nanny Wang to pack the two children and her own luggage, and when it was time to leave, she hugged her little elder brother by herself, and asked Mu Jin to carry Xiao Liu into the carriage together, with the nurses following behind. In that carriage.The carriage of the concubine ceremony is quite spacious and cool, Wan Zhao asked someone to fetch a fan to fan the little elder brother.

After arriving at Changchun Garden and her residence, Wan Zhao asked the wet nurse to carry the two children down.After taking a sip of the chilled sweet-scented osmanthus dew, he said, "It's a little cooler here than in the Forbidden City."

"Yes, there is a small garden outside the place where the master lives, and there is a small pond in the garden, which makes it even cooler." Lian Xin said, "When the master is free, he can go to the small pond to enjoy the cool and feed the fish. It is said that the people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs spent a lot of effort to feed the koi in the pond."

"I don't have so much time, I don't need to look at the two children." Wanzhao glanced at Lian Xin, and then ordered, "You are all tired today, go down and rest first. I only need Lian Xin and Mu Jin to take care of me here. Yes. Luyu, go and tell Mother Wang to let her take a rest too."

"Yes." Green Jade replied crisply.

"What do you want to eat tonight, master?" Mu Jin asked the little eunuchs to put their luggage away before walking in.

"It doesn't matter what it is, as long as it's refreshing and delicious." Wanzhao said, "By the way, let the nurses watch carefully. Although I'm in the carriage all day today, I'm still worried that the two children will be bored. After a while, remember to bring them to me after they finish bathing, and the three of us will have dinner together."

"Gege loves to eat asparagus in clear soup and coriander pigeon. The servant will order people to make it. Master, see if you want to add a cup of first-grade tofu stewed fish soup for Gege to drink." Hibiscus smiled, " I heard that the Imperial Dining Room will also cook jade shoots and bracken tonight, which is also the master's favorite dish."

"You know my taste best, just watch the people in the small kitchen make it." Wan Zhao was also a little tired, "I'll go take a shower and change clothes first, and after I fall asleep, you all go back and have a rest. That's it. Don’t get sunburned or damaged in hot weather.”

"Slaves know about it." Lian Xin replied with a smile, "Slaves will help the master to take a bath first."

The main purpose of Kangxi's coming to Changchun Garden was to serve the Empress Dowager to recuperate, so the concubines don't have to go to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager every day, even the greetings to the Empress Dowager were changed to once every five days.Wanzhao is also happy that she can go to bed later and not be bound by the rules. Meimei sleeps until she wakes up naturally and plays with the two children, and her life is relaxed.

Zhao Jia lived close to her, and the two of them could get together to chat from time to time.Looking at Xiao Liu obediently learning to write, Zhao Jia smiled and said, "Looking at Liu Gege being so well-behaved and healthy, I never imagined that she was also born prematurely back then, and you took good care of her."

"It's not my credit, it's just that the imperial physician and nurses took good care of me." Wanzhao didn't stop her when she saw that Xiao Liu was scribbling on the paper with a pen. It's not true that she was forced to practice calligraphy and reading so early, "But why are you so emotional all of a sudden?"

"It's just that I heard that the sixth elder brother was ill again. I just sighed. What a blessing at the beginning, but now..." Mrs. Zhao Jia shook her head, "The imperial concubine has been busy taking care of the sixth elder brother these days. When I went to see sister Dai Jia yesterday, I saw that only two nuns were taking care of the fourth elder brother, and I really felt sorry for him."

"The imperial concubine puts all her attention on the sixth elder brother, how can she care about the fourth elder brother?" Wan Zhao also felt that the fourth elder brother was very pitiful. The adoptive mother had a direct son and couldn't take care of him, and the biological mother wanted to take care of him. But he didn't have that chance. Now that he is in such an awkward position as a child, he doesn't know if it will leave trauma in his young heart. "Does the emperor know?"

"Even if the emperor doesn't know, the empress dowager must know about it." Zhao Jia said, "At the beginning, the empress dowager was not willing to let the imperial concubine adopt an elder brother, but this time it will be like what I saw, too. The empress dowager must do something."

Thinking of the woman who ruled the Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty and Shunzhi till now, Wanzhao also knew that the empress dowager's control over the harem was definitely much stronger than that of the imperial concubine, so let the empress dowager worry about the fourth elder brother's problem.Wan Zhao said: "It's better to meet by chance than to invite each other. Since my sister came to chat with me today, why not have lunch with me at noon."

"Alright." Zhao Jia agreed, thinking that he had nothing to do left and right.

After the two of them had dinner, Zhao Jia was about to leave, when she saw Lian Xin rushing in like a blind fly, yelling without any regard for etiquette: "The emperor just issued an order for Sixth Brother and Seventh Brother My brother has chosen a name. The sixth elder brother’s name is the 'Zuo' of 'Guo Zuo'!"

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