Emperor Tong's Concubine Tong in Qing Dynasty

Nowadays, many people don't know Kangxi's layout, but after all, Kangxi has experienced a lot, and he is cunning and cunning.He is more partial to Honghui in his heart, so he treats even the equally intelligent Hongli.Because of various preconceived impressions, Kangxi somewhat looked down on him.

In all fairness, Hongli is much better than the other grandsons.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was time for the Chinese New Year again. The fourth elder brother's family lost one person this year, and Hongyun was a medicine jar. It was a great fortune to be able to come out and walk around, let alone let him hold up the lintel.

Hongshi's child has never been reassuring since he was a child, and the fourth elder brother even thought silently sometimes, is it possible that anyone who is a three-year-old is unreliable.

My third brother is extremely unreliable, and my third son never did anything that made me happy when it was his turn.

It's already like this, and of course the affairs of the family will not be handed over to these two sons, so regardless of Hongli's young age, he can already be regarded as a person who can replace the family and communicate with others.

The Chinese New Year almost starts on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the palace distributes eight-treasure porridge to the residences of the princes. As usual, all the princes have to come to the palace to thank them, but the fourth elder brother is too busy, so he is the one who comes first. The fourth son Hongli.

Regardless of her young age, she has already behaved well at this time, with a fair and clean face, plus the baby fat that has not completely faded, wearing new clothes, talking to Tian Mi very gently , When speaking, the tone is neither urgent nor slow, the voice is neither high nor low, and there is no superfluous expression.Seeing that the sisters are very graceful, they never compete with the sisters. If there is something to eat and play, let the sisters choose first, and he will be the last to get started.

As far as his performance is concerned, Tong Binle's face is full of teeth but not eyes.I couldn't help holding Hongli's hand and praised, "Sister, your family has many grandchildren, but mine has few grandchildren, why don't you give this to me."

Tian Mi couldn't bear to reprimand her in front of so many juniors. Kangxi was definitely not happy to hear this. He hated someone to alienate his son, even if his sons had already torn their faces. "The children are all here. What are you talking about? Our family belongs to the same family."

At last he looked at Hongli and smiled, "Don't ask me about this, you have to ask them."

Hongli's boy is also very good at talking, "Madam, grandson will respect you in the future, I am afraid that you will not let grandson in at that time, if one day grandson goes to Yanxi Palace, you will take grandson and Thirteen The younger brothers of the uncle's family should be treated equally."

"It's easy to talk about," Tong Pin stretched out his hand to rub his chubby face, and let go of his hand contentedly, "I don't know how the fourth family raises children. These children are really smart."

In short, Concubine Tong is very envious.

Because of Hongli's good performance and Sifujin's deliberate actions, all the dignitaries in the capital knew that Hongli was as good as his elder brother Honghui.

And because of the conversation between the fourth elder brother and Yang Dan, Yang Dan didn't go to the fourth elder brother's house for a long time, and Si Fujin couldn't help complaining to the fourth elder brother.The fourth elder brother was too busy at the time, so he said casually, "You just eat salty radishes and don't worry about it. He is busy, and he will come when he is not busy. If you are worried, let Hongli run for you. It happened that a lot of bacon was sent from Zhuangzi outside the city, and some of it was given to Yang Dan."

Hongli did not study at all during the first half of the Chinese New Year, and only ran errands for his parents.At this time, I came to Yang Dan's house, Yang Dan was not at home, and met the eldest son of Yaerjiang'a, who was also a gift to his uncle, and the clan brothers hit it off right away.Of the two of them, one was already a young man and the other was still a child, so they could talk together and went to the city to play together without waiting for uncle.

Through the relationship of Yaerjiang's family, Hongli quickly got to know his brothers of the same generation in the capital.

Judging from Hongli's performance in making friends, he has the demeanor of his eighth uncle.But unlike Lao Ba, Hongli didn't expect to put anything into his own bowl, but always thought about putting his family first.

He came back from playing outside for a day and brought a lot of news to the fourth elder brother. The fourth elder brother was very satisfied with Hongli's performance. Apart from worrying about the eldest son every day, he was quite proud of the fourth son's growth.

In this case, the two direct sons are very good, and the other sons are fine.To put it bluntly, what many people don't want to see is that if Honghui really dies for the country, Hongli can also lift the lintel.

Relying on his long-sleeved and good at dancing in the past half a month, Hongli has already become a leader among the little brothers.

New Year's Eve is New Year's Eve, a group of people got together again, and this year's New Year's Eve banquet was less attended by Lao Qi, his father and son, and Hong Hui.Tian Mi and Kangxi took special care of the old Qi's family. Seeing the old couple express their opinions, other families also came to help with everything.

This kid Hongli is really shrewd. No matter what he does on New Year's Eve, he will attract a few little brothers from Uncle Qi's family.Regardless of his young age, Kangxi thought coldly that this kid might be the one giving orders.

Some people are born to control others, thinking that Honghui was studying honestly at his age.Although smart, but whether doing things or being a person is a step by step.No matter when you check it, or when you look back, you can see the growth trajectory of this person in the three aspects of learning, doing, and being a person.

This is not the case for Hongli. Hongli's growth is galloping forward at the same speed as riding a horse, which can be called a thousand miles a day.Maybe a year ago or more than half a year ago, this was just an ignorant child. At most, his brain turned faster, he had more bad ideas, and he was a little mischievous.

But in the past six months, this kid's scheming is no less than that of an adult.Maybe there are some deficiencies, but as long as there is someone behind him to clean up the mess, this kid is definitely the most outstanding one among the many grandchildren.

If it was 20 years ago, there would be such a grandson Kangxi would be happy in his dream, but he is old, especially as an emperor, he knows that some things cannot be rushed.

Food needs to be eaten bite by bite, books need to be read one by one, and people need to be down-to-earth.

So he still supports Honghui, even if Honghui is not as bright as Hongli, but as long as Honghui is down-to-earth, everything will be enough.

At this time, Tian Mi also saw the demeanor of the so-called child prodigy.

It's not that the educational resources are bad, it's that most of the people in this room are receiving the best education available today.However, no matter how good the educational resources are, as a human being, there are two attitudes: willing to learn and unwilling to learn.Even if everyone is willing to learn, there are some talents that are different.

These things such as IQ may have been determined at birth, everyone's starting line.However, fate is a race between the tortoise and the hare. It is not whoever starts from the finish line can win, but who can persevere in the long river of life.

Hongli is undoubtedly the person favored by heaven, and his starting line is already beyond the envy of others.In addition, this kid is also willing to read, and made a poem in public. Tian Mi still liked the poem because of Kangxi's attitude. On the surface, he nodded and said nothing, but his face was full of joy.

The third child, as the most learned among the brothers, shook his head and commented on his nephew's poem.

All the young and old in the family applauded.

It's really not easy, this nephew can compose poetry at such a young age.

It's not that everyone can't write poetry, but poetry is difficult for everyone.Why did Li Du, Wang Bai, and others come out in thousands of years, including later Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, there were also many masters of Confucian classics, and those were all learned people, but learned people do not necessarily mean they can write poetry.

If a person's poems are particularly aura, it proves that his knowledge is not bad.

Considering that everyone has no aura in poetry writing, and they don’t usually write poetry, and Hongli is still young, it is already very impressive for him to have such a performance at this age, so everyone is not stingy with praise.

Most of these compliments came from sincerity. Hongli's senses were very keen, and when he saw someone praising him, he immediately raised his head proudly.Especially when some uncles said: "Not bad, not bad, our family can be regarded as successors, who are more promising than our brothers." "Our brothers haven't understood this rhyme until now..."

It's okay to praise him for being good and promising, but it would be a bit too much to praise this child as having surpassed his uncles.

Elder Brother Ten sat next to Brother Ninth with a glass of wine, "Even if I don't like reading, I'm not good at learning, even if I don't understand the words of the sages. But this group of people is too fake. A child's boasting will make him look like a saint in a few decades, this is called flattery, and the fourth brother doesn't care about it."

Lao Jiu shook his head, "You know one thing but don't know the other, how many of them are praising children, they are mocking Lao San. Lao San published a collection of poems a while ago, what did he write about? Shit No way."

"No way, the third child is serious and knowledgeable. I don't like him, but I still like his knowledge."

"Tenth brother, his collection of poems is good, but most of them are edited by others. Whether it is writing poems or writing essays, the person who edits is of high level, and he can naturally embellish the poems into eternal masterpieces. The third brother's level is higher than ours, but there is still a gap between the seriousness and the eighth classics compared with those Jiangnan talents. So those slaves with a few inks in their stomachs read his articles and criticize him as nonsense, but this is In private, everyone still praises him very much on the surface."

This time the meal was as lively as in previous years, but Kangxi had another plan. He wanted to call the fourth child to him, and secretly confessed what was in his heart to this son.

So everyone left after eating, and just after leaving the Qianqing Palace, a eunuch chased after him in the snow.

"Fourth master, Sifujin, my mother said that it's New Year's Eve, and I want Jiao Gege to stay with you two at home for a few days. Things are about to be packed, you two, please wait a moment."

When the other people heard that they didn't take the matter to heart, they continued to move forward.But it was inappropriate to stand outdoors and wait in the ice and snow, so the fourth elder brother took his wife and children back to Qianqing Palace.

Si Fujin led the other daughters to watch the slaves pack Jiaojiao's things. Most of the things had already been packed, but the maids unpacked the bundles and checked them with Si Fujin.How many pieces of clothes are there, how many underwear are brought, how many boxes of jewelry, what is there, when will I use it...all clearly explained.

Sifujin also felt a little strange, but endured the strangeness, and led the daughters to listen.

Because Sifu Jin hadn't come back for a long time, the sons felt cold and followed them in.The fourth elder brother paced back and forth outside the door.I thought in my heart that there is everything in the house, and if my child returns to my own house, what can I wrong her?Er Niang is really too careful.

The eunuch who invited fourth brother back just now came quietly from a place, "Fourth master, the emperor wants to see you, so come with the servant."

The low voice, and the sudden appearance of the slave made the fourth prince's heart beat violently a few times.He looked back and forth, his son, daughter and wife were all looking at a pile of unpacked baggage in the house, and the servant waited for him to leave with him, thinking about it in his heart, anyway, he went directly to the Qianqing Palace.

Kangxi sat alone in the study and waited. After the fourth elder brother came in, Kangxi raised his hand, "Sit down, I have something to tell you."

The fourth elder brother wanted to be polite, but at this time he had to sit down carefully.

Time was too tight, so Kangxi didn't say much, "Not long ago, your mother took Honghui's birth date and said that she wanted to do the math for Honghui so that she could marry him a wife."

Brother Si knew about this and nodded.

Kangxi went on to say, "At that time, I sent people to look at those masters who had attained the Tao, and they all said that Honghui's fate is precious."

The fourth elder brother thought to himself: They are already the grandsons of the emperor, of course fate is precious, how many people can have such a good fate in the world?

Seeing that the fourth elder brother didn't think about other things, Kangxi couldn't tell what tasted in his heart for a while.I had no choice but to point it out again, "People told me that his fate is more precious than Mount Tai. It is a rare good fate."

With the height of the highest mountain in the world, Mount Tai has carried the footsteps of many emperors since ancient times.Back then, when the emperor ruled the world, he went to Mount Tai to proclaim his merits.

At this time, if the thinking can't diverge, the fourth elder brother will be in vain. He raised his head eagerly, with a surprised expression on his face.

Kangxi looked down at this son, his face was not clear to the fourth elder brother, but the candles on the lampstand behind Kangxi were burning happily.

The fourth elder brother only felt that his throat was extremely dry, and couldn't help but move a little, "What do you mean?"

"What I mean is very clear. What I tell you today is to tell you not to let Honghui follow the old path of your second brother."

At this time, the fourth elder brother plopped and knelt down in front of Kangxi, "Son...son..."

He was so excited that he was speechless, thousands of words could not describe his mood at this moment.

Kangxi didn't want to talk to him anymore, "Think about what to do. It's too late, go back."

After Kangxi finished speaking, he stood up and left the study. The fourth elder brother was still lying on the ground. After a while, a eunuch came in. Although his footsteps were very light, there was still a little movement when his boots stepped on the carpet.

The two eunuchs bent down to help the fourth elder brother to stand up, "Fourth master, Si Fujin and all elder brothers are waiting for you at the gate of Qianqing Palace. The empress told you to go back early, and you have to get up early tomorrow."

The fourth elder brother nodded blankly, stretched out his sleeve and wiped his face.With one deep foot and one shallow foot, he stumbled to the door of the study as if stepping on a cloud.

It wasn't until he got out of the door of the study and was blown by the wind outside, the cold wind biting his bones, that he shivered all of a sudden, and it was considered that he had returned to his senses.

Looking at the heavy snow floating in the night, the red lanterns under the corridor reflected the snow in red.The fourth elder brother carefully recalled what the old father said just now, his heart was full of fire, he let go of the eunuch's hand holding him, and he walked straight into the snow without waiting for someone to open an umbrella.

Walking this way seems to have gone through thousands of years, but in fact it didn't take long.

The fourth elder brother looked very serious along the way, and the children didn't dare to talk much when they saw his serious face. Everyone hurried forward, the road was too cold, and they all looked forward to getting in the warm carriage as soon as possible.

Just when they arrived at the gate of the palace, there were still several carriages that did not leave.

This includes the horses of Lao Wu's family.

The fifth brother slipped on his feet and walked up to the fourth child. Seeing his sister-in-law, nephew and nephew getting into the car, he couldn't help but say to the fourth child: "In such a day, the fourth brother should not take the child out and let the child run back and forth with him." I really suffered. Not long after the third brother left, the servants who followed the carriage slipped a lot, and the carriage could only go very slowly. In such a cold day, what can I do even if I have a brazier and a cotton jacket? There's no room to be comfortable in."

The fourth elder brother always felt that there was a pile of flames burning in his body. He knew very clearly that he could no longer talk to the old five and the seven like before, and his mood was completely different.

Hearing Lao Wu's words, he just hummed, "Even if this road is difficult, we still have to go. At most, we should walk slowly and steadily. What can we do?"

The fifth child also nodded, "That's right," he looked back at Miyagi, since he moved out, this palace is no longer his home.It's really embarrassing that I can't stay in the place where I grew up, even if it's snowing for one night.

What's more, the cruel father, it's freezing outside, he doesn't know that.If you don't feel sorry for your son, don't you feel sorry for these grandchildren?Your old man kept these children for one night, and no one said anything about you when you drove these sons and daughters-in-law back, but you didn't keep anyone.

Both of them were in a complicated mood at this moment, and they didn't speak for a while during the long wind, snow and cold wind.

The fourth elder brother calmed down a little and asked, "Who has left?"

"The family members of our family have left, the third brother's family has left, and the younger brother sent someone to send the seventh brother and his family away. Let the brothers walk slowly. By the way, the way they came up with was to turn the wheels If there is some straw tied to the shoe sole, it will be better and not so slippery."

The third child has always been unreliable. Since he knows the road is slippery in this weather, he should come back and watch it.After all, he is an elder brother, but the third child did not stay, the fourth child was still in the palace, and the fifth child was the oldest among these brothers, so let the wife take the child away first, and he stayed and watched These brothers go.

After the fourth elder brother and his family's carriage was tied with straw, they walked away slowly. Hongli stuck his head out from the window, yelling for the fourth elder brother to go back quickly.

After the carriages of Shi 67's family also left, there were no more carriages in the open space in front of the brothers.

Although there are still a few horses left for transportation, who would dare to gallop in such weather?

The two pulled the reins of the horse together, followed by the guards and eunuchs and walked slowly on the road.The snow is still falling, the temperature is too low, it has been snowing for several days, and the road is freezing hard.

After so many carriages passed by just now, the road was dark, and some places even stepped on water.

The fifth child complained on the road, "This bad road, when it's sunny, it's fine, but when it rains and snows, it's all mud. We've only passed so many carriages today. Let's wait and see when so many people go to worship tomorrow. Even the best bluestone pavement can be crushed into slag.”

The fourth elder brother has indeed changed his mentality. At this moment, he is thinking about how to build this road when he becomes the throne.

And Lao Wu asked casually, "Why did you go back for so long? I met the old man again and called you over to talk?"

The fourth elder brother withdrew from his imagination of the future and lied subconsciously. "No, the old man has already gone to bed. It's just that the child has a lot of things, and he can't bear this or that. He only lives at home for a few days and wants to move everything away."

"Girls are like this, and so is my niece. Her little things don't know what's good about them. They're like baby ones."

The two of them came to a fork in the road, and they were about to part. The fifth child didn't think too much, "Fourth brother, we're going to leave alone. Let's meet at the gate of the palace tomorrow morning. The road is cold and slippery, you can go back." , don’t ride a horse. After all, our brothers are no longer young, and we can’t stand the toss.”

This sentence had another meaning in the ears of the fourth elder brother. After watching the back of the fifth child and leaving, he pulled his horse and walked towards home.

It is true that everyone has to walk their own way, and the way ahead is like tonight.Knowing that the road ahead is full of wind and snow, it is freezing cold.But I have to go on.

The other brothers have already arrived home at this time, with high beds and soft beds, hot water and hot soup.But I am still in the snowstorm, but all this is what I want most.

He felt a sense of pride, and said to the guards behind him: "Hurry up, don't celebrate the new year on the road. I don't know what's going on in the northwest, but I want to go back and write a letter to your eldest brother." .”

The fourth elder brother felt spiritually lonely at this time, and no one could say such a good thing.He desperately wanted to find someone to confide in, but because of the particularity of this matter, he couldn't mention it to anyone.

Even if it is a letter to your own son, even words or sentences that can arouse other people's associations cannot be written.Even so, he was still excited tonight.The blizzard of this night can be remembered by him for a lifetime, and he will never forget it until he dies.