[Qing] Princess is the first cute

The fourth elder brother stepped into the No. [-] Gandong Institute for the first time.

He and the third elder brother are next to each other in sequence, similar in age, and both born of high-ranking concubines, so they should be closer than other brothers.

However, the third elder brother grew up outside the palace. Not long after returning to the palace, he went to study in the study, and moved his residence to Qiandong No. [-], so that the two brothers had never met each other a few times at this age. The space is extremely sparse.

The fourth elder brother followed Ning Huan across the high threshold in front of the palace gate, walked along the corridor to the backyard, and his palms gradually became sweaty.

He came uninvited out of etiquette, I don't know if the third elder brother will blame him.

At this moment, the fourth elder brother felt a little regretful. He didn't have many friends. It was the first time he played with his brothers and sisters like this. It was out of proportion.In fact, he shouldn't have come here.

At least wait to get acquainted with him a little bit longer, or the third elder brother invites him personally.

So presumptuous.

Retiring started in his heart, and his pace slowed down a bit, Ning Huan turned and pulled his sleeve: "Fourth brother is walking so slowly, hurry up!"

The fourth elder brother couldn't break free, so Ning Huan had no choice but to step into the second door bravely by pulling his sleeves.

The sight is full of flowers.Poppies swaying in the wind, water lilies quietly blooming in large vats with multi-treasure patterns on celadon porcelain, and jasmine with a strong fragrance, there are many flowers and trees in a well-arranged pattern.A grape trellis was set up in the corner of the yard, and the turquoise grape bunches fell under the dark green branches, dangling like silent wind chimes.

Stone tables and benches are placed under the grape trellises. In the evening, when the golden sun falls and the heat gradually subsides, it is really good to enjoy the cool air here.

The third elder brother was sitting at the stone table holding a stack of papers to read at the moment. The afterglow of the setting sun fell on him through the dense branches and leaves of the grapes, looking gentle and peaceful.

The fourth elder brother suddenly became less nervous.

Ning Huan yelled "Third Brother" in the voice of the little milk, and the young boy raised his head from the paper, saw him stunned for a moment, and then showed a gentle smile: "Fourth Brother and Fifth Sister are back?"

The fourth elder brother's uneasiness disappeared in an instant in these intimate words.

He was ashamed to run over like Ning Huan and hugged the third elder brother's arm to be coquettish, and only saluted calmly: "Come here uninvited, I'm bothering the third elder brother."

The third elder brother smiled before saying anything, Ning Huan held a piece of pastry and said, "I didn't come here uninvited, Huanhuan invited the fourth elder brother to come here."

The words actually seemed to be able to make decisions for the third elder brother. If it was not a very close person, it would be rude to speak like this. The fourth elder brother was worried that Ning Huan would hate her because she was disgusted by the third elder brother. He was about to explain a few words, but saw the third elder brother Smiling and pinching Ning Huan's face, he didn't mind at all.

It can be seen that the relationship between the two is very close.

Of course the third elder brother doesn't mind.

Not to mention that he and Ning Huan are really close.It is only said that he was born with a gentle and magnanimous nature, and he was kind and tolerant towards his younger brothers and sisters. Besides, Ning Huan was willing to listen to his advice and reunite with the fourth elder brother. He could only be happy and not angry.

Ning Huan may not be able to tell the truth, but he is smart and sensitive, and only when he knows the bottom line of the third elder brother will he make a good opinion.

She asked the fourth elder brother to sit down, moved the snack plate to the middle, and poured him a cup of milk tea with her own hands.

It's sweet milk tea.

Not only honey, but also sweet-scented osmanthus are added, which is fragrant and sweet.The fourth elder brother's eyes lit up when he smelled it.

He misses this taste very much these days, but he is embarrassed to ask Ning Huan and Third Elder Brother for it.It's not difficult to do it by yourself, but the younger sister was just born and her health is not good, the whole palace worried about her, he didn't want to cause more trouble, so he never mentioned it.

Now that he finally drank it again, he took a sip from the teacup while listening to the two brothers and sisters talking next to him.

Ning Huan asked Luying to bring the basket over and put it on the table for Third Elder Brother to take a look: "Huanhuan found so many buds."

"Huanhuan is so powerful," the third elder brother praised with a smile, looking very sincere, he said, "Emiang has a few fruits, I heard that we need to use them and brought them here."

He also asked the little eunuch to bring a basket over, opened the lid, and there were more than a dozen orange-red fruits neatly stacked inside.

Concubine Rong got a total of two pots of foreign persimmons, and this is the one that was not kept.It was said that he wanted to make seeds for the emperor, but the emperor didn't want it, obviously he didn't pay much attention to it.

It is also understandable that the new crops are of course happy, but the happiness is not the same.If there is a crop that can fill the stomach, the emperor would like to burn incense and worship Buddha every day to thank God.But persimmons are vegetables after all.

Vegetables are just an adjustment for hundreds of millions of people. Eat some good ones. If you don’t have them, you can make a living by digging some wild vegetables.

But if the food is gone, try it.

Therefore, Kangxi paid limited attention to foreign persimmons.As for Concubine Rong, she has lingering fears about this thing.In the past so many years, I have known that this thing is poisonous, and suddenly I said it is not poisonous, not only is it not poisonous, but it is also delicious-to be honest, it is not because I have never eaten a good one, nor is it because I want to eat it. Why worry about eating this thing?

So as soon as the third elder brother asked for it, he heard that it was going to be planted, and Concubine Rong asked him to pick it all.

Not a lot, enough for Ning Huan to play.

Only then did the fourth elder brother know what Ning Huan wanted to plant.He didn't recognize it just by looking at the leaves, but only after looking at the fruit did he realize that he was ripe too.

There are also several pots in Chengqian Palace.

It's just that Tong Jiashi didn't like her very much and didn't take good care of her. After she was pregnant with the little princess, she even moved her away far away, and now she doesn't know where she is eating ashes.

On the other hand, I overheard Tong Jiashi say a few words about eating and causing trouble.It seems that some disturbances have occurred because of the foreign persimmons, and the harem is a little shaken.

Unexpectedly, Ning Huan and the third elder brother would make a fuss about planting it, he hesitated for a while, and said the matter: "Do you want more? I'll ask someone to go back to the palace to get it."

The third elder brother looked at Ning Huan: "Look, Huanhuan, these should be enough for seeds."

"But we can eat too much." Ning Huan held his small face, thinking about the tomato scrambled eggs, "Emperor Empress, if you don't eat it, it will be a waste!"

So the fourth elder brother sent someone back to the palace to fetch tomatoes.

And a few of them are going to plant tomato seedlings, this is no better than tomatoes.

The tomatoes can last for two days, but the seedlings have already been dug out from the soil. If they are not planted quickly, they will wither overnight.

A few people led their servants to the imperial garden in a mighty way. There is a remote corner here that doesn't grow anything, and it just happens to be used.

The construction department sent a big bag of lime, and the children did not ask the servants to help, but they sprinkled lime, dug holes, planted seedlings, cultivated soil and watered themselves. They were very busy.The face and body are dirty and can't be seen, but one, two or three are smiling and showing their bright white teeth.

Children are curious by nature, yearn for freedom and hate restraint.However, etiquette education requires them to behave in a moderate manner, self-denial and return to etiquette, which inevitably suppresses human nature.Appropriate decompression is good for physical and mental health. Brother San feels physically and mentally refreshed now, as if the shackles that usually bind his body have loosened.The fourth elder brother looked more at ease.

Several people returned to Gandong No. [-] Institute to freshen up.Ning Huan changed into the spare clothes stored at the third elder brother's place, while the fourth elder brother wore a new set of third elder brother's shirtless clothes.Although the hands and feet are slightly longer, they can barely wear them.

The three little ones sat together and talked, and they were still a little emotional when talking about today's events.

The third elder brother said: "It is noon on the day of hoeing, and sweat drips down the soil. Who knows that the food on the plate is hard work (note). Today I understand the meaning of this. When we go to the field in the evening, we don't have to dig the soil or lift it. Heavy work such as water is so hard, the life of the people is even more difficult."

Ning Huan and Fourth Prince also sighed, as if they could really empathize.

Ning Huan also said seriously: "It will be fine in the future."

The fourth elder brother nodded with a straight face, and then asked: "When will the foreign persimmons grow well? Are they really delicious?"

Ning Huan shook his head: "Huanhuan heard about it from others, but I haven't tasted it myself. I don't know when it will mature, it's not written in the book."

She was a little worried: "I don't know if the eggplants we planted can survive."

The fourth elder brother raised his neck and watched: "Why haven't you come back yet!"

"Fourth brother, don't worry." Ning Huan patted his arm to comfort him, "If it doesn't work, we'll eat third brother's first, and use yours as seeds."

Third Elder Brother: "..."

In the end, he had to eat the tomato brought from Chengqian Palace.Tong Jiashi really didn't like this thing very much, just like Concubine Rong, she gave it all to the fourth elder brother, and even the young ones didn't let it go.

Brother San gave it to the small kitchen and called it scrambled eggs.As for the specific method, play it by yourself.

The imperial chef knows a lot better than them.

After a while, the steward of the small kitchen begged for an interview, and brought the tomato back as it was, tremblingly expressing that it was not edible, because it was poisonous!

The third elder brother smiled and said, "You know quite a lot."

The steward said: "The servant was lucky enough to see it by chance."

"But the news is a bit late." The third elder brother pointed at Ning Huan with a smile. Two big eyes were exposed from the edge and blinked, watching the play happily.

This... the steward's face turned pale: "The princess can't eat this! Elder brother, please call the imperial physician!"

"Okay." The third elder brother smiled, "Does she look like she has been poisoned? Persimmons are not poisonous. Huang Ama has tried it, so don't worry."

To put it bluntly, the steward just cooked a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes.I tasted it myself before sending it to my master.

If you really want to die, death by poisoning is better than a thousand cuts.

But the taste is really good hey!

The three children also thought the taste was good, and they quickly shared a plate of dishes. The third elder brother said: "Sweet and sour, the taste is very special."

The fourth elder brother nodded in agreement.

Ning Huan held her small face in anticipation: "When our eggplants are ripe, Huanhuan will eat tomato scrambled eggs every day."

The fourth elder brother wondered: "Why do you call foreign persimmons tomatoes? Is there such a name?"

He looked at the third elder brother.

The third elder brother is not very clear: "Maybe there is. Fan means the West. The shape of a foreign persimmon is like an eggplant. The name tomato is also reasonable."

Ning Huan shrunk his neck and let out a sigh of relief, and decided to be more careful in the future, so as not to accidentally reveal his secrets and be burned as a monster.

The fourth elder brother asked Ning Huan again: "You can clearly say the word tomato, why is it called eggplant?"

Ning Huan scratched his head: "I can't read it alone."

She had tried it before, and she had an interview in front of her two older brothers. As expected, it was as if her tongue was stuck when she said the word tomato alone, but it was fine when she said tomato scrambled eggs.

Strange.

The fourth elder brother wanted to ask again, but Ning Huan pinched his waist: "You talk a lot."

Fourth elder brother: "Hmph!"

Ning Huan: "Hmph!"

**

When Ning Huan went back, he asked the third elder brother for two tomatoes, and planned to give them to the eighth elder brother.

She was in a hurry to go back to the palace to write big characters, so she didn't go in. She just handed it to the eighth elder brother's maid at the gate of the palace. Take it back specially for the eighth younger brother."

The maid said with a smile: "Please trouble the fifth princess to remember, this servant has written it down."

But when she turned around and told the matter to the nanny, the nanny pinched the corner of the veil to look at it, and snorted coldly: "It's really not on the table, and I will eat any messy things."

The palace lady knew what it meant, she just put the things away so that the elder brother would not see them, and then quietly threw them away in two days.

Ning Huan didn't know.It was night after returning to the palace and writing the two big characters. She lay on the bed in vain and poked the system: "Yanyan, have you got your points yet?"

Gu Yan: "No."

"Why?" Ning Huan didn't understand, "Huanhuan planted eggplants today."

"Insufficient impact."

First of all, it is not innovative enough. Her biggest innovation is to sprinkle a layer of lime for sterilization. Even so, it has not attracted relevant attention. The system judges that the follow-up promotion potential is low, and it does not promote much progress in the world, and does not achieve points.

Gu Yan said: "You don't have enough points, so use other ways to earn points first."

Ning Huan was not happy: "You said that you will get points for planting eggplants."

Gu Yan: "Well, if you do well, you will get points, but it will be later."

Ning Huan's small mouth pouted higher and higher, and Gu Yan couldn't bear it when he saw this: "Do you need my advice?"

"No need!" Ning Huan didn't want to talk to the "liar" Gu Yan, angrily exited the system, thought for a while, took a book from the bedside cabinet, hugged it in his arms, and fell asleep with tears in his eyes.

There are five large characters written on the thick cover of the book: Three Hundred Tang Poems.

She will work hard to recite poems to earn points in the future.

The next day, Lu Ying woke up Ning Huan and was still surprised: "Why is the princess sleeping with a book in her arms, she is not sick!"

"No," Ning Huan held the book and did not let go, "Huanhuan needs to develop a good relationship with it."

Please abuse me!

**

When the fourth elder brother returned to Chengqian Palace, it was still dark, but the lights in the palace were lit early.There were court ladies and eunuchs walking around in the courtyard, but they didn't make any sound. When they saw him, they just saluted without making a sound.

Because his newborn sister is weak and sleeps lightly, she will be awakened by a slight movement, so no noise is allowed in Chengqian Palace.

He came to the gate of the main hall and asked the maid to go in and report.There was a rustling sound from inside, and after waiting for a quarter of an hour, the maid lifted the curtain for him: "Old man, come in."

He followed the maid into the inner room.Tong Jiashi was sitting on the bed, with almond eyes and cheeks, and a small face, she was a weak and slender beauty.Her baby was not smooth from pregnancy to delivery. Not only was the little princess born weak, but the mother's body was also greatly damaged.In this midsummer weather, she not only closed the doors and windows tightly during confinement, but also covered herself with a thick quilt, so she didn't feel hot at all.Her face was pale and bloodless, and even her eyes were not as bright as before, and she was much more haggard than before.

The fourth elder brother paid respects politely, and was helped up by the maid before he knelt down.Tong Jia said with a smile: "It's only our mother and son, why is this so?"

The fourth elder brother said solemnly: "Courtesy cannot be discarded."

It made Tong Jia feel angry at him: "You have such a temper..."

Before she finished speaking, she coughed violently. The maid hurriedly stepped forward and patted her back lightly. The fourth elder brother poured a glass of water and handed it over, her eyes were a little red: "Emiang has taken so many heavenly medicines, why doesn't she feel better at all? Is Tai Hospital a bunch of quack doctors?"

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Tong Jiashi barely suppressed the itching in her throat, and her pale face became a little more flushed. She said to the fourth elder brother: "Your temper is too impatient, and you will suffer in the future. You need to work hard."

The fourth elder brother showed a bit of dissatisfaction on his face.

Tong Jiashi smiled slightly and said no more.Just ask him: "Have you visited your sister?"

The fourth elder brother pursed his lips, lowered his head and did not speak.

Tong Jiashi sighed lightly: "Go to rest earlier."

......

It was late at night, and Tong Jiashi was still sitting on the bed in a daze.

The big court lady Qiu Zi held a sweet white porcelain tea bowl and said: "My elder brother has turned off the lights, so please rest."

Tong Jiashi responded softly, took a teacup and took a sip of the warm white water.Through the translucent windows, one can see the dim lights of the side hall.

On one side is her daughter, on the other side is her son.

Her body is useless, and she doesn't know how many years she can last.The daughter's body is worse than her, and the son...

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Tong Jiashi coughed violently again, bowed her back slightly and trembled violently, wishing to cough up her heart, liver, spleen and lungs, Qiu Zi hurriedly put down the tea cup and patted her on the back.

It took a long time for the dryness in his heart to recede, and Tong Jia sat down again, panting slightly, and said to Qiu Zi: "What did brother do today, tell me."

**

The lights of Chengqian Palace stay on all night, and Emperor Kangxi of Qianqing Palace has not yet rested.

With a book in his pocket, he listened to the report from the person who was sent to watch Ning Huan: "...except for planting foreign persimmons, the princess has not had any contact with suspicious people."

"Well," Kangxi said in a deep voice, "keep watching, foreign persimmons are not poisonous, so maybe the third and fifth are safe, if something happens, I want your head."

The man retreated silently, quietly blending into the boundless night.

Kangxi recalled the situation reported by the secret guard: "Specialized foreign persimmon planting techniques, is there some rare book in Xiaowu's study?"

Liang Jiugong said: "If you want to know, why don't you ask the secret guard to investigate?"

Kangxi pondered for a moment: "Forget it, she is my daughter after all, she is still young."

He didn't want to use this method to her, and waved his hand: "Let's see again."