Mrs. Wei began to pay attention to Concubine Hui's behavior. This attention is not important, and she saw a behavior that made her dumbfounded.
Concubine Hui was disrespectful to the prince.
This will never happen in the harem, let alone the Empress Dowager, who is in charge of the harem and often beats these concubines.Besides, the imperial concubine is a watertight person, and all good things will be sent to the prince, and the prince will distribute them to the princes and daughters after the prince has selected them.Not to mention that the prince is the emperor's favorite, the emperor treats the prince better than himself, and no one in the harem has time to curry favor, so who dares to neglect him.
When she arrived at Concubine Hui's place, she picked out any good things and gave them to her son, and then sent them to the prince.It's okay to do it once or twice, and it's still done in a subtle way, but now it's Chinese New Year, and Concubine Hui has a wild nature.Even the gold thread embroidered on the clothes has to be shortened, so the big brother's clothes have been made, but the clothes of the prince and other princes and princesses have not had time to make.
It was a mistake.The only way now is for Concubine Hui to quickly take out the gold and have someone roll it into a gold thread.But when the things are in Concubine Hui's hands and she spits them out again, no one will say that she is brave.
Concubine Hui didn't want to pay, so she turned her head and looked at the concubines around her who lived in Zhongcui Palace. Most of them were unfavored, and they didn't have much money on them, so they couldn't scrape a few taels of oil.
Looking back at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he didn't have any confidantes of his own, so it was impossible to move some from other places.After thinking about it, she felt that there was no need to pay for it herself, so she called the low-ranking concubines of Zhongcui Palace over and asked them to play cards with her. When they came out, they found brass and told the craftsmen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to mix gold and copper and draw it into gold thread to embroider on clothes.
The manufacturing office couldn't laugh or cry when they heard this. Gold and copper alloys are completely different.Gold is soft, solemn and elegant when embroidered on clothes.Copper alloy is relatively hard, and when it is embroidered on the dress, the piece of fabric is not docile.
The new year is almost here, except for the emperor, the empress dowager, the empress dowager and the elder brother, only half of the crown prince's clothes have been made, and the imperial concubine's clothes have not been made yet.
Every year during the Chinese New Year, the auspicious clothes of the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Prince are made first. They embroider more gold thread on their clothes, while other princes, princesses and concubines use less gold thread.The trouble is for the imperial concubine. Although the imperial concubine is now the deputy queen, the imperial concubine has many items that overlap with the empress.There are things that are customary. For example, the tail feathers of the phoenix on the clothes are one less than the queen's clothes, and other parts are the same as the queen's auspicious clothes.Now that there is no queen, even the subtle differences, these embroiderers, try their best to make the imperial concubine happy.
Concubine Hui withheld the gold and urged to make eldest elder brother's clothes earlier, so that half of the crown prince's clothes lost the gold thread.Half of it has been embroidered, and the other half is made of copper alloy. The effect is also very different after the color is different.
Not to mention the auspicious clothes for imperial concubines that require heavy work.
The people in the manufacturing office were sweating all over their foreheads, and even the craftsmen who pulled the gold thread knew that the clothes made of copper alloy were uncomfortable and heavy to wear, and the corners would definitely warp.
In the end, everyone had no choice, and they couldn't get more gold out of thin air, so they had to send someone to the harem to ask to see the imperial concubine.
Tian Mi is pretending to be sick, and Aunt Su Ma got the order of the Empress Dowager to visit the imperial concubine.After coming out, he pulled the herring and was talking at the gate of the palace.
The two of them stood in the snow. They had just exchanged a few words between each other, but before they got to the important point, they saw a little eunuch sticking his head out at the entrance of the alley.
Herring has been co-managing the affairs of the harem for the past few years. When she saw this little eunuch sticking his head out, he couldn't help but frown, and asked someone to drag this little eunuch over. "Which palace are you from? You are so bold that you dare to peep here?"
The eunuch quickly called Qu, "Auntie, it's not that this slave is bold. The slave wants to see the two aunts finish talking before coming over to say hello. The slave is from the previous building office. I was ordered by several supervisors to see my lady."
When it was said that it was from the Manufacturing Office, Herring couldn't help rubbing his temples, "What happened again?"
"I shouldn't have kept it from you, but the gold thread for making clothes is gone," the little eunuch explained quickly, "It's definitely not that the slaves insisted on stealing themselves, the gold sent was not enough to make gold thread, the slaves just saved and saved. , and there are still clothes that haven’t been made yet.”
After all, it was a dirty thing in the harem, so Herring smiled and sent La Aunt Su Ma away first.Tian Mi couldn't help sighing after hearing Herring's report, "I wanted to let her take care of it for a few more days, but I didn't expect her to be so bold now."
We can no longer let the rats guard the warehouse. In the end, maybe all the grain in a warehouse will be eaten by the rats secretly.Tian Mi thought of it and decided here, since the New Year's Eve is very close, she should recover from her illness by this time.
"First take out 20 catties of gold from our palace, first fill up the gold thread, and then go to find out where there is not enough gold these days for them to pick it up. By the way, you and I will visit the Empress Dowager tomorrow, just say Now that I'm healthy, it's time to take over the harem."
Tian Mi was worried that if Concubine Hui was to take care of her for a while, there might only be an empty shelf left in the palace.
In the afternoon, Tian Mi called the imperial physician over and said that she felt that her breathing became much easier, so she didn't need to take any more medicine.
Kangxi came to Chengqian Palace in a sedan chair that night, holding Tian Mi's pulse case in his hand.
"Why do I feel that something is wrong? These two days are colder than the previous few days, but your condition has slowed down compared to the previous few days?"
"Maybe it's been adjusted a few days ago to get the effect."
"Don't hide your illness from medical treatment, but take care of yourself. I think it's almost Chinese New Year, and things are almost done. You might as well rest these few days and wait until the New Year's Eve to get busy again."
In the final analysis, this is also a good intention of others. If it was in the past, Tian Mi really didn't care, and Xie En must hurry up and lie comfortably on the kang to sleep.
But Tian Mi felt that if she didn't intervene anymore, and didn't care about Concubine Hui's big mouse, she would be able to move all the gold and silver from the House of Internal Affairs to her Zhongcui Palace.
Considering that I didn't mean to spoil Concubine Hui, nor did I mean to discredit her in front of Kangxi.Tian Mi could only tell him with a sad face: "The New Year's work is almost done, but it's not beautiful enough. If Concubine Hui takes care of it, I'm afraid the gold I saved will be gone."
Tian Mi talked about Concubine Hui's behavior in the past few days, and did not comment after the lecture, but only said that she must quickly take this matter back into her hands.
Kangxi didn't expect Concubine Hui to be such a person. After hearing this, he felt unbelievable at first, and then he couldn't help asking: "Did I starve her or thirsty for her, didn't I let her eat or didn't let her wear it? "
This kind of behavior is a bit petty. He couldn't help but walk back and forth in front of Tian Mi with his hands behind his back, "I can't let her be the master of the house anymore. Although Concubine Rong is a fool, she is not so greedy. What will happen in the future?" Leave the matter to Concubine Rong and Concubine Yi. From now on, no matter where the two of us go to the harem, don't let Concubine Hui interfere."
Tian Mi nodded, Kangxi turned around a few times and saw Tian Mi's expression, he couldn't help but find a reason for their mother and son. "Perhaps Concubine Hui thinks that the boss is getting old, so it's time to save something for his son. This is also human nature, so don't take it too seriously."
The reason why he is so talkative, he even explained it specially, the purpose is to let Tian Mi stop spreading his grievances on the eldest brother, "In the future, the eldest brother will need you to worry about it, and he will not be able to use it too much." Buckle. Leave this matter alone, leave it to me, and I will deal with it slowly."
Now that people have already spoken out, Tian Mi can only be considerate at this time, "This is all human nature, every mother wants to leave something good for her son. Not long ago when I was sick, I I thought about it, if I am gone, the things I left behind will not be distributed to Tong Guiren, and will be left to the fourth elder brother at that time."
"Don't say such unlucky words for those who celebrate Chinese New Year." He sat down again, held Tian Mi's hand and patted it, "I still want to grow old with you? We will live a long life. Since you think about the future When the time comes, I will give the fourth son a favor and send his eldest son to you so that you can raise him yourself."
It is indeed grace in the emperor's grandchildren raising palace. Except for the prince's son, the sons of other princes may not have this honor. "I am willing to do this, but when the time comes, the prince will need you to speak in person."
"Don't worry, Yinfeng is not an ignorant child, not to mention that you usually take good care of him. It is a good thing for you to have grandson Chenghuan at your knees. He will definitely agree with my idea when he knows."
In Kangxi's view, when he gets old in the future, he will give up the throne to his son.The old couple raised a little grandson to talk with them, and Yinfeng would definitely agree.Maybe he would send his son over to accompany him because he was afraid of being lonely.
He is very confident in the son he has taught, and he will be a loving father and a filial son in the future.
At this point, Tian Mi had nothing to say, the two of them looked at the heavy snow falling outside the door together, and said a few words of auspicious snow that heralds a good year, and put this matter aside and stopped talking about it.
The next day, Tian Mi took back the right to withdraw money from the palace back to her own hands, and the things that Concubine Hui had done these days were also quietly spread among the palace maids and eunuchs.The scope is getting bigger and bigger, and finally even the people around the prince heard about it.
The prince has been disgusted by his elder brother for a while now. For example, the brothers practiced Buku together during this period. The boss relied on his tallness, strength, and more experience than others to make the younger brother It fell and screamed.
Even the prince was not spared, he even laughed at the prince openly and secretly for reading too much, and lost all the heroism of Manchu.Except for the prince, the third child did not fall into any good.This guy was the one who was thrown the worst, after all, the fourth and fifth children are a bit young.The fourth child has not made any achievements in this area, and is always the bottom one in every assessment.The fifth child had no face and no skin, and was beaten severely. He served Mongolian and Chinese together, shouting and crying at the same time.
When the prince knew what Concubine Hui had done, he couldn't help but despise Concubine Hui's mother and son in his heart, "It's because I haven't seen silver."
The big nanny beside her nodded, "Yes, I'm sorry."
"It can't be described as inferior."
The crown prince shook his head, he also really wanted to know where Concubine Hui got all the money.
"According to the logic, how can she use the money as a concubine in the harem?" If it is to reward slaves, Concubine Hui receives so many congratulatory gifts every year, a little bit is enough.
And I didn't hear that Concubine Hui behaved extravagantly. Everyone ate the regular dishes in the palace. Decorate yourself in bling from top to bottom.
So where did all that gold go?
The eldest mother has already inquired clearly, "Where else can I go? The prince, you can't even think of it. She saved all the money and gave it to the elder brother."
Hearing this, the prince's mood became worse, "Sure enough, he is a child with a mother! His mother still remembered to give him some money, but Gu has nothing. Speaking of which, I have to say that the boss is really lucky. "
The younger brothers are all luckier than myself. Don't look at the fourth child who has no mother, and the adoptive mother is not so much better than the real mother. The fourth child is also a child who has a mother.
The prince wondered if he had been raised by Empress Xiaozhao when he was still alive, would he have had an adoptive mother who loved him back then?But then again, Empress Xiaozhao also passed away early, if I was raised by her, I might have to experience the pain of losing my mother twice.
At present, the only one who is qualified to support him is the imperial concubine, but he is getting older, so it doesn't matter whether he has a foster mother or not.
Thinking of this, the prince raised his head and asked the grandma standing beside him, "A while ago, there was a rumor in the palace that the imperial concubine could become a queen after giving birth to a child?"
"Hey, prince! This news was finally suppressed, why did you bring it up again? I wish that everyone in the world would not know this news. If she becomes a queen, how will you deal with yourself in the future? ?”
"Worry too much, not all stepmothers can be ruthless, not to mention Huang Ama is still watching, if Gu is wronged, it is a good thing."
"You can't think like that. There are a few empresses in this world who really think about you." The eldest mother was terrified. After so many years of fighting, I am used to seeing so many empresses acting, they are all kind-hearted in front of the emperor. The emperor relaxes, there is poison in their eyes, staring at you elder brothers, wishing to bite to death."
This is a bit far-fetched, and the prince doesn't want to tell the servants about the right and wrong of the harem, "Forget it, let's go ahead and see which brother is still practicing Buku?"
The prince changed his clothes and found that the brothers were still working hard here as the New Year approached.
When he entered the door, he found that the fourth elder brother was sitting on the steps, holding his face and staring at the fifth and third wrestling.
The prince couldn't help asking: "Why are you sitting here? You fell with the fifth child."
The fourth elder brother stood up and cupped his hands first, then he was a little worried, "My brother is restless, and the fifth brother will not fight with my brother."
"Hey, Gu didn't realize that you are restless at the moment. What's the matter?"
"It's Er Niang, she's very strong..." Fourth elder brother thought carefully about his words, and couldn't help frowning.After hearing this, the prince became a little curious, "Didn't you say that the illness is already cured?"
He wondered in his heart, didn't it mean that the imperial concubine had already recovered from her illness, after she recovered, she kicked Concubine Hui away and regained power in the palace.
The fourth elder brother shook his head, "Emiang loves to sleep more than before, I don't know why, she can yawn when she talks, and she goes to bed early and wakes up late every day. I feel like I can't keep my eyelids open these days." Same."
The prince thought that the imperial concubine might be pregnant, but he didn't want to talk about this kind of thing.If there is a dragon fetus, it may not be a good thing according to the body of the imperial concubine. This is the interdependence of fortune and misfortune.He thought in his heart that maybe it won't be long before the palace will mourn the empress again.
Thinking of this, I reached out and patted the fourth elder brother on the shoulder, "Don't think so much, maybe it's a good thing. You have to think about it a little bit."
They are all motherless children, but the fourth child is worse than himself, the prince thought in his heart that if it is really useful to ask the gods, why not bless the fourth child, so that his blessings will be longer.
The two said a few words at the door and the boss saw him, and the boss clamored to practice with the prince.The prince thought he was just looking for a reasonable excuse to beat up the boss.In the past few days, he learned a trick from the guards of Qianqing Palace, and let them practice with him for two or three days, in order to beat the boss violently at this time.
The two were evenly matched, and everyone around them watched from afar.Only the fifth child yelled "Brother Prince beat him", and none of the remaining servants dared to speak.
Anyway, every time the result of the competition is either the elder brother is unhappy, or the prince is unhappy.But the incidents of the two brothers throwing each other in the Buku field happened every day, so that these servants didn't know what to say, they could only keep praying that today they would not get bruised and swollen like they did a few days ago.After all, the Chinese New Year is coming, if the empress dowager in the palace asks, how is the master, and he can use various reasons to prevaricate.But these slaves can't say anything. Anyway, no matter what excuses they make, the superiors will only reprimand them in the end. It's all because they didn't serve them well.
At the beginning of this time, the elder brother obviously underestimated the enemy, and the two fell to the ground after being hugged by the prince and confronted each other for a while.The elder brother was not convinced, and wanted to start again.
The prince thought to himself that this trick was really useful, as long as the foot is stable and both feet are firmly nailed to the ground, the boss can't do anything to himself.
So the two hugged each other again, and after confronting each other, the prince threw the boss to the ground again.
The other younger brothers looked satisfied, even elated, shouting in their hearts: Boss, you also have today.
For a while, except for the elder brother who was unhappy, everyone else was happy.
The unhappy elder brother went back angrily to see Concubine Hui. Concubine Hui was also in a bad mood, but considering that he made a lot of money, it was already a pleasant surprise.When the elder brother came, she was taking the maid to re-count the gold. As soon as her son came in, she held his hand beamingly, "See, it's all saved by Er Niang for you."
The elder brother was obviously unhappy, and muttered about his wrestling with the prince.
Wei Guiren, who was coaxing his son next door, soon heard the news that the elder brother was in the main hall.
The elder brothers are getting old, and the concubines are avoiding them on purpose, Mr. Wei hurriedly put the eighth elder brother down and wanted to go back to his room.
As soon as he left the door, he heard the voice of the elder brother speaking, and there was a lot of dissatisfaction with the prince in his words.
Reminiscent of Concubine Hui's contempt for the prince a few days ago, this made Mrs. Wei feel as if she knew something important.
Even if she has never read a book, she also knows that if there are thousands of hectares of fertile land in the family, the brothers will definitely fight for the family property.This is said to the outside world, that is, the wife of the main house died of dystocia and left a son to be taken care of by the old lady at home, but how long can the old lady live?Can the master of the family be trusted?
If it is in an ordinary family, this problem is nothing more than a gossip for people to grind their teeth in their mouths, but if it is put in the palace to compete for the country, there will definitely be people who will lose their heads.Blood flowed like rivers in the Forbidden City...
Wei Guiren quickly put his rebellious thoughts in his heart, and quickly went back to his room.After going back, he quickly drank a cup of herbal tea under the surprised eyes of several court ladies, and rushed the outrageous thoughts in his heart to the bottom of his heart.
However, Mrs. Wei is indeed a person who is not good at covering up, and soon her eldest maid Huang Li asked her, "Did you hear any news from Concubine Hui? Why did you come back in such a hurry? "
The expression on Wei Guiren's face trembled unnaturally a few times, and then she began to smile stiffly, thinking how to get rid of this matter, Huang Li knew that the other party didn't want to tell the truth just by looking at her expression.
"Your Majesty, we're a grasshopper on a rope. If you hear any news, you must tell your maidservant. The maidservant will work with you to find a solution."
"It's nothing, I just heard that when the crown prince and elder brother practiced Buku, both of them got their faces blackened."
After the court lady finished listening, there was a half-smile expression on her face, "Didn't we recite the "Three Character Classic" together yesterday? There are some things in it that I have already told you. Let's talk about the story of King Zhou today." Right. Legend has it that King Zhou asked someone to make a pair of ivory chopsticks, and a minister cried bitterly after seeing it, saying that he is extravagant and dissipated, and the country must be defeated by him.”
Nobleman Wei nodded, "And then?"
"Then the country was really defeated in the hands of King Zhou, so there are some things that have already begun to appear."
Wei Guiren didn't dare to think too much, she asked: "What is peeping through the tube?"
Oriole stood up and explained what it meant to see the leopard in the tube.
Although the crisp voice of oriole was explaining all kinds of allusions by his ears, Mrs. Wei's heart had already flown to Yonghe Palace.Her goal is to be the empress of Yonghe Palace, and then she can see her son every day.
Soon the New Year came, and ancestor worship began in the afternoon of New Year's Eve. Tian Mi performed all the responsibilities of the queen, and accompanied the empress dowager and the queen mother to worship the ancestors.
He was so busy at night that he had just had a sip of the soup, before Tian Mi tasted anything, the princes and daughters came to see her.
Those gold and silver picks that were hit a while ago finally came into play.The girls had more face in front of Tian Mi than the boys. Tian Mi gave each of the princesses a gold bracelet in addition to a bag of gold zizi.When the princes came here, they each got a purse of silver melon seeds. If they wanted to get more if they acted coquettishly like Brother Qi, Tian Mi asked someone to fill him with a whole bag of pastries, and let him walk slowly. eat.
After these people came to visit, Tian Mi changed her clothes and went to the Palace of Compassion and Peace to watch the new year with the Empress Dowager.
Apart from the empress dowager, there are also the empress dowager, the emperor, the prince, concubines and princes and daughters in the palace of compassion.There was a reunion dinner in the evening, and the stoves in the small kitchen of the Compassionate Ning Palace were not sealed, and hot dishes, hot soup, and hot dumplings were served in a steady stream.
At this time, everyone was beaming, and auspicious words followed one after another.
When it was the seventh elder brother's turn, he ran up to Tian Mi again, and insisted on asking for a gold bracelet on Tian Mi's lap, "I don't want this, it's for my future sister."
As soon as this sentence was said, the whole room roared with laughter.
Kangxi, who has never paid much attention to this son, couldn't help but reached out and touched his wide forehead, "When the time comes, let your sister ask for the reward by herself, why do you interfere?" Although it was a reprimand, there was a smile on his face .
Seventh elder brother has never been so close to the emperor's father. Maybe it's because the atmosphere is so good today, or maybe it's because he is lying on Tian Mi's lap that Kangxi has the illusion of a family of three. He turned around and told Li Dequan, "Go, take the crane that came as a tribute. Offer a birthday gift to Seventh Elder Brother, and wish Old Seventh a long and healthy life free from illness and disaster."
On this day of family reunion, Kangxi gave a little of his father's love to Brother Seven. Brother Seven sucked his nose hard. He is not too young. He was seven or eight years old. I learned that tears should not be shed on such occasions.
So the tears rolled in the eyes, and wiped them away quietly by knelt down to thank her.
It is undoubtedly Seventh Brother who is in the limelight today, but if the first person does something like this, if the second person follows suit, he will be a fool, and it will not be good, and some people will say that he is imitating.
Li Dequan sent a golden crane to the seventh elder brother. The golden crane was three inches high, with a Ganoderma lucidum in its mouth and a few fairy peaches under its feet. It was a good thing no matter it was placed on the table or on the shelf.
The envious eyes of his little brothers are all red, and at most they are just addicted to their eyes, and now they can’t even say that they borrowed it to see it. Do not come into your own hands.
No matter what others think, Kangxi is really happy now.It is rare that there is another child besides the fourth elder brother who is willing to get close to his cousin, and the seventh elder brother is also completely childish. He naturally does not pretend to be coquettish, and his cousin is also very natural when he is perfunctory. At this moment, it is not mother and child that are better than mother and child.
Kangxi has considered letting the seventh elder brother and his cousin move around more. In the future, in addition to the fourth elder brother, perhaps the seventh elder brother can also take care of the cousin.
But he will not reveal this kind of meaning himself, and he will not let these princes know that it will make him feel better by pleasing the imperial concubine.
And these princes really didn't consider that the seventh elder brother got this golden crane because he acted like a baby to the imperial concubine.From their point of view, Huang Ama is in a good mood today, and Lao Qi is a blind cat and a dead mouse.Even the fourth elder brother was envious in his heart, and stared at the crane for a long time through the fifth elder brother.
The prince doesn't care, he has many good things, he sees Huang Ama every day, and he has not been rewarded once or twice.
But Big Brother envied him.
When he was young, he grew up outside the palace, but when he returned to the palace, he couldn't get close to the emperor's father. Later, when he was older, he could talk to the emperor's father, but he didn't have much warmth.What the two of them could talk about was nothing more than reading and riding horses. The imperial father would not ask about any unsatisfactory things in his life, nor would he take the initiative to comfort himself.
Smiling and scolding Lao Qi like today is something that I have been thinking about for a long time but I can't get it.
He couldn't get it, and he was past the age of acting like a baby, so he couldn't help covering his mouth with a cup, and whispered to the prince, "Our brothers are already old, and we can't get into the eyes of Huang Ama anymore. It seems that the day when your brother and I will fall out of favor is just around the corner."
"Falling out of favor is because you are not alone, you have never been favored, why did you fall out of favor?"
"Prince, don't be complacent. I heard that you have moved from Qianqing Palace to Yuqing Palace. If it's not falling out of favor, what is it?"
How can there be a daughter-in-law who will live with his father soon? The prince originally wanted to refute the boss, but after thinking about it, the time he spent with Huang Ama has indeed become shorter, and it may be even shorter in the future.
Just thinking about it, he paused for a while, the elder brother thought he had caught the prince's sore foot, and drank a glass of wine happily.I thought in my heart that as long as I win a battle with Huang Ama, I will build more momentum in the army in the future, and follow Li Shimin's example to force Li Jiancheng, so why not worry about it?
When the family was happy, what Emperor Kangxi was thinking about was also the matter of the royal conquest after the spring.Looking at the room full of beautiful couples and lovely children, he couldn't tell what was going on in his heart.
No one can tell what the outcome will be like until the end of the war.If he loses this battle, it is possible that he will flee back to the capital. If the capital falls, he can only retreat to the northeast.
It is necessary to stabilize the capital and the land of Longxing.And this battle must be won no matter what method is used. The late emperor handed over the country to himself, so he can't just return to Shengjing in despair.
Speaking of Shengjing, Kangxi felt that it was necessary to manage the surroundings of Shengjing more.
He turned his head and discussed with the Empress Dowager who was sitting on the side talking cheerfully, "Old Ancestor, why don't we celebrate the New Year in Shengjing next year?"
"Go back to Shengjing for the New Year?" The old lady was willing in her heart, but she just looked at the big and small families in front of her.The old and the young are afraid that they will suffer on the road.
"The emperor should go if he wants to, and my wife has lived there for most of her life, so it's time to go back and have a look. But we're leaving, what should they do? The imperial concubine may not be able to survive the bitter cold on the road."
Considering that the Northeast is colder than Beijing, Tian Mi shivered all over.
Kangxi also considered this point, "It's better to let the cousin stay with the children, and the grandson will accompany you back to have a look."
The Empress Dowager knew that the emperor was definitely not just going back to have a look, so she agreed, "Okay, okay, let's go out early, and we can also visit the tombs of our ancestors on the way."
After finishing speaking, he turned his head and looked at the prince, "Bring the prince with you when the time comes, he has never been to Shengjing when he grows up."
"Take them all with you, from the eldest to the seventh. You don't need to go, just stay in the palace for the New Year."
The old lady nodded, and the master and grandson made a final decision on the next year's New Year.
In the middle of the night, Tian Mi couldn't bear it anymore.Helping the maid's hand to wash off the powder on her face, she lay in a crooked place under the quilt and slept for half the night.
On New Year's Eve, Tian Mi lay in the side hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace and had a nightmare.
In the dream, I didn’t know where I was, but I saw a funeral procession on a main road. Everyone in the procession was wearing filial piety clothes and filial hats and holding filial flags. Monks and Taoists walked in front. Paper money is like snowflakes.
Tian Mi told herself in the dream that it was too unlucky to do so, so hurry up and leave.But the two legs were fixed on the side of the road, watching the funeral procession pass by him.
Hearing the bleak cry in her ears, looking at the paper money in her eyes, in her dream Tian Mi could find that her hands and feet began to tremble non-stop.This seemed to be the anger that he tried his best to bear, and the anger reached the point where his whole body was about to twitch.
Then Tian Mi was pushed awake before her whole body was shaking, "Ma'am, what's wrong? Is it cold?"
Qing Yu thought that Tian Mi was shivering from the cold, so she quickly put a wool cape that Tian Mi was wearing on the quilt, "Wait a little longer, someone has already brought the brazier."
Tian Mi shook her head, her hands and feet were still shaking under the quilt, and she was already sweating, feeling that the quilt was hot and humid.
Tian Mi felt that if she had the conditions, she should take a hot bath right now, change the quilt and mattress and sleep happily.
But at this time, I can't take a hot bath at all, and because I am in the Palace of Compassion and Peace, and not on my own territory, it may not be a good thing if I start tormenting again at night.
"Hingyu, I'm not too cold. You open the quilt behind me slightly to let some heat out. It's really too hot. I'm afraid I woke up from the heat."
"Usually you feel a little cold when you put on a quilt, why today?"
Tian Mi closed her eyes, "It may be that the kang here is too hot."
Herring quickly moved the lamp to Tian Mi's side, and saw that Tian Mi's hair was already wet.
"Miss!"
"Don't yell, this is not in our Chengqian Palace, don't worry, I am in good health."
Herring had no choice but to take the fur cloak off the quilt to cover Tian Mi's head, and Tian Mi fell asleep again in this humid and hot quilt.
In fact, he didn't sleep for a long time before he was woken up, put on his clothes, it was still dark outside, and the nobles and princes who came to worship were already waiting at the gate of the palace.
Tian Mi always felt that her scalp was a little numb and aching, so she endured the pain and put on a smiling face and walked away from the old lady.
Sitting in the sedan chair, she wanted to lean against the wall to bump her forehead, but there was a crown on her head. Before Tian Mi touched the wall, the things on her head made a rattling sound.
Tian Mi rubbed her temples with her fingers, and sighed in the sedan chair, she might be getting sick.
After pretending to be sick so many times, this time it really came true.
Tian Mi's prediction was right, her face was flushed all day long, because she used a lot of jasmine powder, her skin looked rosy and rosy, which could be broken by blowing a bomb.Princess Yu also jokingly asked what kind of rouge she had put on, and Tian Mi also joked together, saying that it was her natural beauty, her skin was originally like a peach blossom, and today is her true face.
In the afternoon, the wives came in to kowtow, and Tian Mi talked with Auntie and Erniang again.
Hesheli is a mother-in-law, so she couldn't help looking at Tian Mi's face a few times, "Why does your mother's face turn red today?"
Tian Mi still smiled and perfunctory the past, the women of the Tong family were inevitably worried because the men in the family were about to go to the battlefield.They didn't pay that much attention to Tian Mi. In the limited talking time, the two of them expressed their worries about the man at home going to war.
Tian Mi had no choice but to comfort them with a headache.These noble ladies kowtowed in front of Tian Mi to say hello like a revolving lantern. Tian Mi only remembered those dignified court clothes, not even what they looked like.
Fortunately, the daylight hours in winter are relatively short, and Tian Mi only finishes her day's work when it's just dark.
Because it was Chinese New Year, and Tian Mi only drank some water in the morning and at noon, so Kangxi asked Tian Mi to be called to him, and wanted to have dinner together.
Tian Mi sat over, her eyes seemed to be unable to open at this time, seeing people was blurry.
At first, Kangxi didn't pay attention to it. Seeing that her wrist was weak and took a sip of a bowl of soup, he quickly took the soup bowl over, "What's the matter? Dozed off."
When I asked here, I looked at her face carefully, "Why are your lips peeling?"
Seeing that Tian Mi's face was turning red, he stretched out his hand to touch Tian Mi's forehead, only to feel that the skin under his palm was hot.
Kangxi threw away the soup bowl in the other hand, hugged Tian Mi angrily, and kicked the herring standing behind Tian Mi, "Useless servant, didn't you notice that your master has a fever?"
Concubine Hui was disrespectful to the prince.
This will never happen in the harem, let alone the Empress Dowager, who is in charge of the harem and often beats these concubines.Besides, the imperial concubine is a watertight person, and all good things will be sent to the prince, and the prince will distribute them to the princes and daughters after the prince has selected them.Not to mention that the prince is the emperor's favorite, the emperor treats the prince better than himself, and no one in the harem has time to curry favor, so who dares to neglect him.
When she arrived at Concubine Hui's place, she picked out any good things and gave them to her son, and then sent them to the prince.It's okay to do it once or twice, and it's still done in a subtle way, but now it's Chinese New Year, and Concubine Hui has a wild nature.Even the gold thread embroidered on the clothes has to be shortened, so the big brother's clothes have been made, but the clothes of the prince and other princes and princesses have not had time to make.
It was a mistake.The only way now is for Concubine Hui to quickly take out the gold and have someone roll it into a gold thread.But when the things are in Concubine Hui's hands and she spits them out again, no one will say that she is brave.
Concubine Hui didn't want to pay, so she turned her head and looked at the concubines around her who lived in Zhongcui Palace. Most of them were unfavored, and they didn't have much money on them, so they couldn't scrape a few taels of oil.
Looking back at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he didn't have any confidantes of his own, so it was impossible to move some from other places.After thinking about it, she felt that there was no need to pay for it herself, so she called the low-ranking concubines of Zhongcui Palace over and asked them to play cards with her. When they came out, they found brass and told the craftsmen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to mix gold and copper and draw it into gold thread to embroider on clothes.
The manufacturing office couldn't laugh or cry when they heard this. Gold and copper alloys are completely different.Gold is soft, solemn and elegant when embroidered on clothes.Copper alloy is relatively hard, and when it is embroidered on the dress, the piece of fabric is not docile.
The new year is almost here, except for the emperor, the empress dowager, the empress dowager and the elder brother, only half of the crown prince's clothes have been made, and the imperial concubine's clothes have not been made yet.
Every year during the Chinese New Year, the auspicious clothes of the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Prince are made first. They embroider more gold thread on their clothes, while other princes, princesses and concubines use less gold thread.The trouble is for the imperial concubine. Although the imperial concubine is now the deputy queen, the imperial concubine has many items that overlap with the empress.There are things that are customary. For example, the tail feathers of the phoenix on the clothes are one less than the queen's clothes, and other parts are the same as the queen's auspicious clothes.Now that there is no queen, even the subtle differences, these embroiderers, try their best to make the imperial concubine happy.
Concubine Hui withheld the gold and urged to make eldest elder brother's clothes earlier, so that half of the crown prince's clothes lost the gold thread.Half of it has been embroidered, and the other half is made of copper alloy. The effect is also very different after the color is different.
Not to mention the auspicious clothes for imperial concubines that require heavy work.
The people in the manufacturing office were sweating all over their foreheads, and even the craftsmen who pulled the gold thread knew that the clothes made of copper alloy were uncomfortable and heavy to wear, and the corners would definitely warp.
In the end, everyone had no choice, and they couldn't get more gold out of thin air, so they had to send someone to the harem to ask to see the imperial concubine.
Tian Mi is pretending to be sick, and Aunt Su Ma got the order of the Empress Dowager to visit the imperial concubine.After coming out, he pulled the herring and was talking at the gate of the palace.
The two of them stood in the snow. They had just exchanged a few words between each other, but before they got to the important point, they saw a little eunuch sticking his head out at the entrance of the alley.
Herring has been co-managing the affairs of the harem for the past few years. When she saw this little eunuch sticking his head out, he couldn't help but frown, and asked someone to drag this little eunuch over. "Which palace are you from? You are so bold that you dare to peep here?"
The eunuch quickly called Qu, "Auntie, it's not that this slave is bold. The slave wants to see the two aunts finish talking before coming over to say hello. The slave is from the previous building office. I was ordered by several supervisors to see my lady."
When it was said that it was from the Manufacturing Office, Herring couldn't help rubbing his temples, "What happened again?"
"I shouldn't have kept it from you, but the gold thread for making clothes is gone," the little eunuch explained quickly, "It's definitely not that the slaves insisted on stealing themselves, the gold sent was not enough to make gold thread, the slaves just saved and saved. , and there are still clothes that haven’t been made yet.”
After all, it was a dirty thing in the harem, so Herring smiled and sent La Aunt Su Ma away first.Tian Mi couldn't help sighing after hearing Herring's report, "I wanted to let her take care of it for a few more days, but I didn't expect her to be so bold now."
We can no longer let the rats guard the warehouse. In the end, maybe all the grain in a warehouse will be eaten by the rats secretly.Tian Mi thought of it and decided here, since the New Year's Eve is very close, she should recover from her illness by this time.
"First take out 20 catties of gold from our palace, first fill up the gold thread, and then go to find out where there is not enough gold these days for them to pick it up. By the way, you and I will visit the Empress Dowager tomorrow, just say Now that I'm healthy, it's time to take over the harem."
Tian Mi was worried that if Concubine Hui was to take care of her for a while, there might only be an empty shelf left in the palace.
In the afternoon, Tian Mi called the imperial physician over and said that she felt that her breathing became much easier, so she didn't need to take any more medicine.
Kangxi came to Chengqian Palace in a sedan chair that night, holding Tian Mi's pulse case in his hand.
"Why do I feel that something is wrong? These two days are colder than the previous few days, but your condition has slowed down compared to the previous few days?"
"Maybe it's been adjusted a few days ago to get the effect."
"Don't hide your illness from medical treatment, but take care of yourself. I think it's almost Chinese New Year, and things are almost done. You might as well rest these few days and wait until the New Year's Eve to get busy again."
In the final analysis, this is also a good intention of others. If it was in the past, Tian Mi really didn't care, and Xie En must hurry up and lie comfortably on the kang to sleep.
But Tian Mi felt that if she didn't intervene anymore, and didn't care about Concubine Hui's big mouse, she would be able to move all the gold and silver from the House of Internal Affairs to her Zhongcui Palace.
Considering that I didn't mean to spoil Concubine Hui, nor did I mean to discredit her in front of Kangxi.Tian Mi could only tell him with a sad face: "The New Year's work is almost done, but it's not beautiful enough. If Concubine Hui takes care of it, I'm afraid the gold I saved will be gone."
Tian Mi talked about Concubine Hui's behavior in the past few days, and did not comment after the lecture, but only said that she must quickly take this matter back into her hands.
Kangxi didn't expect Concubine Hui to be such a person. After hearing this, he felt unbelievable at first, and then he couldn't help asking: "Did I starve her or thirsty for her, didn't I let her eat or didn't let her wear it? "
This kind of behavior is a bit petty. He couldn't help but walk back and forth in front of Tian Mi with his hands behind his back, "I can't let her be the master of the house anymore. Although Concubine Rong is a fool, she is not so greedy. What will happen in the future?" Leave the matter to Concubine Rong and Concubine Yi. From now on, no matter where the two of us go to the harem, don't let Concubine Hui interfere."
Tian Mi nodded, Kangxi turned around a few times and saw Tian Mi's expression, he couldn't help but find a reason for their mother and son. "Perhaps Concubine Hui thinks that the boss is getting old, so it's time to save something for his son. This is also human nature, so don't take it too seriously."
The reason why he is so talkative, he even explained it specially, the purpose is to let Tian Mi stop spreading his grievances on the eldest brother, "In the future, the eldest brother will need you to worry about it, and he will not be able to use it too much." Buckle. Leave this matter alone, leave it to me, and I will deal with it slowly."
Now that people have already spoken out, Tian Mi can only be considerate at this time, "This is all human nature, every mother wants to leave something good for her son. Not long ago when I was sick, I I thought about it, if I am gone, the things I left behind will not be distributed to Tong Guiren, and will be left to the fourth elder brother at that time."
"Don't say such unlucky words for those who celebrate Chinese New Year." He sat down again, held Tian Mi's hand and patted it, "I still want to grow old with you? We will live a long life. Since you think about the future When the time comes, I will give the fourth son a favor and send his eldest son to you so that you can raise him yourself."
It is indeed grace in the emperor's grandchildren raising palace. Except for the prince's son, the sons of other princes may not have this honor. "I am willing to do this, but when the time comes, the prince will need you to speak in person."
"Don't worry, Yinfeng is not an ignorant child, not to mention that you usually take good care of him. It is a good thing for you to have grandson Chenghuan at your knees. He will definitely agree with my idea when he knows."
In Kangxi's view, when he gets old in the future, he will give up the throne to his son.The old couple raised a little grandson to talk with them, and Yinfeng would definitely agree.Maybe he would send his son over to accompany him because he was afraid of being lonely.
He is very confident in the son he has taught, and he will be a loving father and a filial son in the future.
At this point, Tian Mi had nothing to say, the two of them looked at the heavy snow falling outside the door together, and said a few words of auspicious snow that heralds a good year, and put this matter aside and stopped talking about it.
The next day, Tian Mi took back the right to withdraw money from the palace back to her own hands, and the things that Concubine Hui had done these days were also quietly spread among the palace maids and eunuchs.The scope is getting bigger and bigger, and finally even the people around the prince heard about it.
The prince has been disgusted by his elder brother for a while now. For example, the brothers practiced Buku together during this period. The boss relied on his tallness, strength, and more experience than others to make the younger brother It fell and screamed.
Even the prince was not spared, he even laughed at the prince openly and secretly for reading too much, and lost all the heroism of Manchu.Except for the prince, the third child did not fall into any good.This guy was the one who was thrown the worst, after all, the fourth and fifth children are a bit young.The fourth child has not made any achievements in this area, and is always the bottom one in every assessment.The fifth child had no face and no skin, and was beaten severely. He served Mongolian and Chinese together, shouting and crying at the same time.
When the prince knew what Concubine Hui had done, he couldn't help but despise Concubine Hui's mother and son in his heart, "It's because I haven't seen silver."
The big nanny beside her nodded, "Yes, I'm sorry."
"It can't be described as inferior."
The crown prince shook his head, he also really wanted to know where Concubine Hui got all the money.
"According to the logic, how can she use the money as a concubine in the harem?" If it is to reward slaves, Concubine Hui receives so many congratulatory gifts every year, a little bit is enough.
And I didn't hear that Concubine Hui behaved extravagantly. Everyone ate the regular dishes in the palace. Decorate yourself in bling from top to bottom.
So where did all that gold go?
The eldest mother has already inquired clearly, "Where else can I go? The prince, you can't even think of it. She saved all the money and gave it to the elder brother."
Hearing this, the prince's mood became worse, "Sure enough, he is a child with a mother! His mother still remembered to give him some money, but Gu has nothing. Speaking of which, I have to say that the boss is really lucky. "
The younger brothers are all luckier than myself. Don't look at the fourth child who has no mother, and the adoptive mother is not so much better than the real mother. The fourth child is also a child who has a mother.
The prince wondered if he had been raised by Empress Xiaozhao when he was still alive, would he have had an adoptive mother who loved him back then?But then again, Empress Xiaozhao also passed away early, if I was raised by her, I might have to experience the pain of losing my mother twice.
At present, the only one who is qualified to support him is the imperial concubine, but he is getting older, so it doesn't matter whether he has a foster mother or not.
Thinking of this, the prince raised his head and asked the grandma standing beside him, "A while ago, there was a rumor in the palace that the imperial concubine could become a queen after giving birth to a child?"
"Hey, prince! This news was finally suppressed, why did you bring it up again? I wish that everyone in the world would not know this news. If she becomes a queen, how will you deal with yourself in the future? ?”
"Worry too much, not all stepmothers can be ruthless, not to mention Huang Ama is still watching, if Gu is wronged, it is a good thing."
"You can't think like that. There are a few empresses in this world who really think about you." The eldest mother was terrified. After so many years of fighting, I am used to seeing so many empresses acting, they are all kind-hearted in front of the emperor. The emperor relaxes, there is poison in their eyes, staring at you elder brothers, wishing to bite to death."
This is a bit far-fetched, and the prince doesn't want to tell the servants about the right and wrong of the harem, "Forget it, let's go ahead and see which brother is still practicing Buku?"
The prince changed his clothes and found that the brothers were still working hard here as the New Year approached.
When he entered the door, he found that the fourth elder brother was sitting on the steps, holding his face and staring at the fifth and third wrestling.
The prince couldn't help asking: "Why are you sitting here? You fell with the fifth child."
The fourth elder brother stood up and cupped his hands first, then he was a little worried, "My brother is restless, and the fifth brother will not fight with my brother."
"Hey, Gu didn't realize that you are restless at the moment. What's the matter?"
"It's Er Niang, she's very strong..." Fourth elder brother thought carefully about his words, and couldn't help frowning.After hearing this, the prince became a little curious, "Didn't you say that the illness is already cured?"
He wondered in his heart, didn't it mean that the imperial concubine had already recovered from her illness, after she recovered, she kicked Concubine Hui away and regained power in the palace.
The fourth elder brother shook his head, "Emiang loves to sleep more than before, I don't know why, she can yawn when she talks, and she goes to bed early and wakes up late every day. I feel like I can't keep my eyelids open these days." Same."
The prince thought that the imperial concubine might be pregnant, but he didn't want to talk about this kind of thing.If there is a dragon fetus, it may not be a good thing according to the body of the imperial concubine. This is the interdependence of fortune and misfortune.He thought in his heart that maybe it won't be long before the palace will mourn the empress again.
Thinking of this, I reached out and patted the fourth elder brother on the shoulder, "Don't think so much, maybe it's a good thing. You have to think about it a little bit."
They are all motherless children, but the fourth child is worse than himself, the prince thought in his heart that if it is really useful to ask the gods, why not bless the fourth child, so that his blessings will be longer.
The two said a few words at the door and the boss saw him, and the boss clamored to practice with the prince.The prince thought he was just looking for a reasonable excuse to beat up the boss.In the past few days, he learned a trick from the guards of Qianqing Palace, and let them practice with him for two or three days, in order to beat the boss violently at this time.
The two were evenly matched, and everyone around them watched from afar.Only the fifth child yelled "Brother Prince beat him", and none of the remaining servants dared to speak.
Anyway, every time the result of the competition is either the elder brother is unhappy, or the prince is unhappy.But the incidents of the two brothers throwing each other in the Buku field happened every day, so that these servants didn't know what to say, they could only keep praying that today they would not get bruised and swollen like they did a few days ago.After all, the Chinese New Year is coming, if the empress dowager in the palace asks, how is the master, and he can use various reasons to prevaricate.But these slaves can't say anything. Anyway, no matter what excuses they make, the superiors will only reprimand them in the end. It's all because they didn't serve them well.
At the beginning of this time, the elder brother obviously underestimated the enemy, and the two fell to the ground after being hugged by the prince and confronted each other for a while.The elder brother was not convinced, and wanted to start again.
The prince thought to himself that this trick was really useful, as long as the foot is stable and both feet are firmly nailed to the ground, the boss can't do anything to himself.
So the two hugged each other again, and after confronting each other, the prince threw the boss to the ground again.
The other younger brothers looked satisfied, even elated, shouting in their hearts: Boss, you also have today.
For a while, except for the elder brother who was unhappy, everyone else was happy.
The unhappy elder brother went back angrily to see Concubine Hui. Concubine Hui was also in a bad mood, but considering that he made a lot of money, it was already a pleasant surprise.When the elder brother came, she was taking the maid to re-count the gold. As soon as her son came in, she held his hand beamingly, "See, it's all saved by Er Niang for you."
The elder brother was obviously unhappy, and muttered about his wrestling with the prince.
Wei Guiren, who was coaxing his son next door, soon heard the news that the elder brother was in the main hall.
The elder brothers are getting old, and the concubines are avoiding them on purpose, Mr. Wei hurriedly put the eighth elder brother down and wanted to go back to his room.
As soon as he left the door, he heard the voice of the elder brother speaking, and there was a lot of dissatisfaction with the prince in his words.
Reminiscent of Concubine Hui's contempt for the prince a few days ago, this made Mrs. Wei feel as if she knew something important.
Even if she has never read a book, she also knows that if there are thousands of hectares of fertile land in the family, the brothers will definitely fight for the family property.This is said to the outside world, that is, the wife of the main house died of dystocia and left a son to be taken care of by the old lady at home, but how long can the old lady live?Can the master of the family be trusted?
If it is in an ordinary family, this problem is nothing more than a gossip for people to grind their teeth in their mouths, but if it is put in the palace to compete for the country, there will definitely be people who will lose their heads.Blood flowed like rivers in the Forbidden City...
Wei Guiren quickly put his rebellious thoughts in his heart, and quickly went back to his room.After going back, he quickly drank a cup of herbal tea under the surprised eyes of several court ladies, and rushed the outrageous thoughts in his heart to the bottom of his heart.
However, Mrs. Wei is indeed a person who is not good at covering up, and soon her eldest maid Huang Li asked her, "Did you hear any news from Concubine Hui? Why did you come back in such a hurry? "
The expression on Wei Guiren's face trembled unnaturally a few times, and then she began to smile stiffly, thinking how to get rid of this matter, Huang Li knew that the other party didn't want to tell the truth just by looking at her expression.
"Your Majesty, we're a grasshopper on a rope. If you hear any news, you must tell your maidservant. The maidservant will work with you to find a solution."
"It's nothing, I just heard that when the crown prince and elder brother practiced Buku, both of them got their faces blackened."
After the court lady finished listening, there was a half-smile expression on her face, "Didn't we recite the "Three Character Classic" together yesterday? There are some things in it that I have already told you. Let's talk about the story of King Zhou today." Right. Legend has it that King Zhou asked someone to make a pair of ivory chopsticks, and a minister cried bitterly after seeing it, saying that he is extravagant and dissipated, and the country must be defeated by him.”
Nobleman Wei nodded, "And then?"
"Then the country was really defeated in the hands of King Zhou, so there are some things that have already begun to appear."
Wei Guiren didn't dare to think too much, she asked: "What is peeping through the tube?"
Oriole stood up and explained what it meant to see the leopard in the tube.
Although the crisp voice of oriole was explaining all kinds of allusions by his ears, Mrs. Wei's heart had already flown to Yonghe Palace.Her goal is to be the empress of Yonghe Palace, and then she can see her son every day.
Soon the New Year came, and ancestor worship began in the afternoon of New Year's Eve. Tian Mi performed all the responsibilities of the queen, and accompanied the empress dowager and the queen mother to worship the ancestors.
He was so busy at night that he had just had a sip of the soup, before Tian Mi tasted anything, the princes and daughters came to see her.
Those gold and silver picks that were hit a while ago finally came into play.The girls had more face in front of Tian Mi than the boys. Tian Mi gave each of the princesses a gold bracelet in addition to a bag of gold zizi.When the princes came here, they each got a purse of silver melon seeds. If they wanted to get more if they acted coquettishly like Brother Qi, Tian Mi asked someone to fill him with a whole bag of pastries, and let him walk slowly. eat.
After these people came to visit, Tian Mi changed her clothes and went to the Palace of Compassion and Peace to watch the new year with the Empress Dowager.
Apart from the empress dowager, there are also the empress dowager, the emperor, the prince, concubines and princes and daughters in the palace of compassion.There was a reunion dinner in the evening, and the stoves in the small kitchen of the Compassionate Ning Palace were not sealed, and hot dishes, hot soup, and hot dumplings were served in a steady stream.
At this time, everyone was beaming, and auspicious words followed one after another.
When it was the seventh elder brother's turn, he ran up to Tian Mi again, and insisted on asking for a gold bracelet on Tian Mi's lap, "I don't want this, it's for my future sister."
As soon as this sentence was said, the whole room roared with laughter.
Kangxi, who has never paid much attention to this son, couldn't help but reached out and touched his wide forehead, "When the time comes, let your sister ask for the reward by herself, why do you interfere?" Although it was a reprimand, there was a smile on his face .
Seventh elder brother has never been so close to the emperor's father. Maybe it's because the atmosphere is so good today, or maybe it's because he is lying on Tian Mi's lap that Kangxi has the illusion of a family of three. He turned around and told Li Dequan, "Go, take the crane that came as a tribute. Offer a birthday gift to Seventh Elder Brother, and wish Old Seventh a long and healthy life free from illness and disaster."
On this day of family reunion, Kangxi gave a little of his father's love to Brother Seven. Brother Seven sucked his nose hard. He is not too young. He was seven or eight years old. I learned that tears should not be shed on such occasions.
So the tears rolled in the eyes, and wiped them away quietly by knelt down to thank her.
It is undoubtedly Seventh Brother who is in the limelight today, but if the first person does something like this, if the second person follows suit, he will be a fool, and it will not be good, and some people will say that he is imitating.
Li Dequan sent a golden crane to the seventh elder brother. The golden crane was three inches high, with a Ganoderma lucidum in its mouth and a few fairy peaches under its feet. It was a good thing no matter it was placed on the table or on the shelf.
The envious eyes of his little brothers are all red, and at most they are just addicted to their eyes, and now they can’t even say that they borrowed it to see it. Do not come into your own hands.
No matter what others think, Kangxi is really happy now.It is rare that there is another child besides the fourth elder brother who is willing to get close to his cousin, and the seventh elder brother is also completely childish. He naturally does not pretend to be coquettish, and his cousin is also very natural when he is perfunctory. At this moment, it is not mother and child that are better than mother and child.
Kangxi has considered letting the seventh elder brother and his cousin move around more. In the future, in addition to the fourth elder brother, perhaps the seventh elder brother can also take care of the cousin.
But he will not reveal this kind of meaning himself, and he will not let these princes know that it will make him feel better by pleasing the imperial concubine.
And these princes really didn't consider that the seventh elder brother got this golden crane because he acted like a baby to the imperial concubine.From their point of view, Huang Ama is in a good mood today, and Lao Qi is a blind cat and a dead mouse.Even the fourth elder brother was envious in his heart, and stared at the crane for a long time through the fifth elder brother.
The prince doesn't care, he has many good things, he sees Huang Ama every day, and he has not been rewarded once or twice.
But Big Brother envied him.
When he was young, he grew up outside the palace, but when he returned to the palace, he couldn't get close to the emperor's father. Later, when he was older, he could talk to the emperor's father, but he didn't have much warmth.What the two of them could talk about was nothing more than reading and riding horses. The imperial father would not ask about any unsatisfactory things in his life, nor would he take the initiative to comfort himself.
Smiling and scolding Lao Qi like today is something that I have been thinking about for a long time but I can't get it.
He couldn't get it, and he was past the age of acting like a baby, so he couldn't help covering his mouth with a cup, and whispered to the prince, "Our brothers are already old, and we can't get into the eyes of Huang Ama anymore. It seems that the day when your brother and I will fall out of favor is just around the corner."
"Falling out of favor is because you are not alone, you have never been favored, why did you fall out of favor?"
"Prince, don't be complacent. I heard that you have moved from Qianqing Palace to Yuqing Palace. If it's not falling out of favor, what is it?"
How can there be a daughter-in-law who will live with his father soon? The prince originally wanted to refute the boss, but after thinking about it, the time he spent with Huang Ama has indeed become shorter, and it may be even shorter in the future.
Just thinking about it, he paused for a while, the elder brother thought he had caught the prince's sore foot, and drank a glass of wine happily.I thought in my heart that as long as I win a battle with Huang Ama, I will build more momentum in the army in the future, and follow Li Shimin's example to force Li Jiancheng, so why not worry about it?
When the family was happy, what Emperor Kangxi was thinking about was also the matter of the royal conquest after the spring.Looking at the room full of beautiful couples and lovely children, he couldn't tell what was going on in his heart.
No one can tell what the outcome will be like until the end of the war.If he loses this battle, it is possible that he will flee back to the capital. If the capital falls, he can only retreat to the northeast.
It is necessary to stabilize the capital and the land of Longxing.And this battle must be won no matter what method is used. The late emperor handed over the country to himself, so he can't just return to Shengjing in despair.
Speaking of Shengjing, Kangxi felt that it was necessary to manage the surroundings of Shengjing more.
He turned his head and discussed with the Empress Dowager who was sitting on the side talking cheerfully, "Old Ancestor, why don't we celebrate the New Year in Shengjing next year?"
"Go back to Shengjing for the New Year?" The old lady was willing in her heart, but she just looked at the big and small families in front of her.The old and the young are afraid that they will suffer on the road.
"The emperor should go if he wants to, and my wife has lived there for most of her life, so it's time to go back and have a look. But we're leaving, what should they do? The imperial concubine may not be able to survive the bitter cold on the road."
Considering that the Northeast is colder than Beijing, Tian Mi shivered all over.
Kangxi also considered this point, "It's better to let the cousin stay with the children, and the grandson will accompany you back to have a look."
The Empress Dowager knew that the emperor was definitely not just going back to have a look, so she agreed, "Okay, okay, let's go out early, and we can also visit the tombs of our ancestors on the way."
After finishing speaking, he turned his head and looked at the prince, "Bring the prince with you when the time comes, he has never been to Shengjing when he grows up."
"Take them all with you, from the eldest to the seventh. You don't need to go, just stay in the palace for the New Year."
The old lady nodded, and the master and grandson made a final decision on the next year's New Year.
In the middle of the night, Tian Mi couldn't bear it anymore.Helping the maid's hand to wash off the powder on her face, she lay in a crooked place under the quilt and slept for half the night.
On New Year's Eve, Tian Mi lay in the side hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace and had a nightmare.
In the dream, I didn’t know where I was, but I saw a funeral procession on a main road. Everyone in the procession was wearing filial piety clothes and filial hats and holding filial flags. Monks and Taoists walked in front. Paper money is like snowflakes.
Tian Mi told herself in the dream that it was too unlucky to do so, so hurry up and leave.But the two legs were fixed on the side of the road, watching the funeral procession pass by him.
Hearing the bleak cry in her ears, looking at the paper money in her eyes, in her dream Tian Mi could find that her hands and feet began to tremble non-stop.This seemed to be the anger that he tried his best to bear, and the anger reached the point where his whole body was about to twitch.
Then Tian Mi was pushed awake before her whole body was shaking, "Ma'am, what's wrong? Is it cold?"
Qing Yu thought that Tian Mi was shivering from the cold, so she quickly put a wool cape that Tian Mi was wearing on the quilt, "Wait a little longer, someone has already brought the brazier."
Tian Mi shook her head, her hands and feet were still shaking under the quilt, and she was already sweating, feeling that the quilt was hot and humid.
Tian Mi felt that if she had the conditions, she should take a hot bath right now, change the quilt and mattress and sleep happily.
But at this time, I can't take a hot bath at all, and because I am in the Palace of Compassion and Peace, and not on my own territory, it may not be a good thing if I start tormenting again at night.
"Hingyu, I'm not too cold. You open the quilt behind me slightly to let some heat out. It's really too hot. I'm afraid I woke up from the heat."
"Usually you feel a little cold when you put on a quilt, why today?"
Tian Mi closed her eyes, "It may be that the kang here is too hot."
Herring quickly moved the lamp to Tian Mi's side, and saw that Tian Mi's hair was already wet.
"Miss!"
"Don't yell, this is not in our Chengqian Palace, don't worry, I am in good health."
Herring had no choice but to take the fur cloak off the quilt to cover Tian Mi's head, and Tian Mi fell asleep again in this humid and hot quilt.
In fact, he didn't sleep for a long time before he was woken up, put on his clothes, it was still dark outside, and the nobles and princes who came to worship were already waiting at the gate of the palace.
Tian Mi always felt that her scalp was a little numb and aching, so she endured the pain and put on a smiling face and walked away from the old lady.
Sitting in the sedan chair, she wanted to lean against the wall to bump her forehead, but there was a crown on her head. Before Tian Mi touched the wall, the things on her head made a rattling sound.
Tian Mi rubbed her temples with her fingers, and sighed in the sedan chair, she might be getting sick.
After pretending to be sick so many times, this time it really came true.
Tian Mi's prediction was right, her face was flushed all day long, because she used a lot of jasmine powder, her skin looked rosy and rosy, which could be broken by blowing a bomb.Princess Yu also jokingly asked what kind of rouge she had put on, and Tian Mi also joked together, saying that it was her natural beauty, her skin was originally like a peach blossom, and today is her true face.
In the afternoon, the wives came in to kowtow, and Tian Mi talked with Auntie and Erniang again.
Hesheli is a mother-in-law, so she couldn't help looking at Tian Mi's face a few times, "Why does your mother's face turn red today?"
Tian Mi still smiled and perfunctory the past, the women of the Tong family were inevitably worried because the men in the family were about to go to the battlefield.They didn't pay that much attention to Tian Mi. In the limited talking time, the two of them expressed their worries about the man at home going to war.
Tian Mi had no choice but to comfort them with a headache.These noble ladies kowtowed in front of Tian Mi to say hello like a revolving lantern. Tian Mi only remembered those dignified court clothes, not even what they looked like.
Fortunately, the daylight hours in winter are relatively short, and Tian Mi only finishes her day's work when it's just dark.
Because it was Chinese New Year, and Tian Mi only drank some water in the morning and at noon, so Kangxi asked Tian Mi to be called to him, and wanted to have dinner together.
Tian Mi sat over, her eyes seemed to be unable to open at this time, seeing people was blurry.
At first, Kangxi didn't pay attention to it. Seeing that her wrist was weak and took a sip of a bowl of soup, he quickly took the soup bowl over, "What's the matter? Dozed off."
When I asked here, I looked at her face carefully, "Why are your lips peeling?"
Seeing that Tian Mi's face was turning red, he stretched out his hand to touch Tian Mi's forehead, only to feel that the skin under his palm was hot.
Kangxi threw away the soup bowl in the other hand, hugged Tian Mi angrily, and kicked the herring standing behind Tian Mi, "Useless servant, didn't you notice that your master has a fever?"
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