Retirement in Qing Chuanwen

After Jinghao received the New Year's money that Liang Jiugong sent her at the order of Kangxi, her expression was a little dazed.

The New Year's money in the Qing Dynasty is very particular. It needs to be threaded with red string and woven into a dragon shape, and the money is cast with various auspicious words or mascots, such as all the best, and cranes that symbolize longevity.

But no matter how exquisite and exquisite, Jinghao felt that this was not what she should accept, because in the Qing Dynasty, only children would receive lucky money.

Although Jinghao feels that she is indeed a child at this age in future generations, but in Daqing, she can be a mother, and if she remembers correctly, it seems that there are only the little prince and the eldest princess in the audience just now The princes and princesses just received the lucky money from Kangxi, right?

So did he make a mistake?

Where is there any reason to give lucky money to the little wife?

Jing Hao couldn't figure it out, but the concubines who saw this scene were secretly jealous.

The other concubines are actually not short of the New Year's money, what they lack is the love that Kangxi had for them.

Although it is reasonable for Kangxi to give New Year's money to Jinghao, it is not very proper, because the ancestors (here refers to the ancients) said that the New Year's money is for children, not for concubines.

But Kangxi is the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, he is willing to do this, who would dare to jump out and say that what he did is not in compliance with the rules?Didn't you see that the empress dowager and empress dowager who are elders turned a blind eye to pampering the emperor?

Empress Dowager: "..."

Empress Dowager: "..."

It's not conniving, they just don't see it.

Ever since the Empress Dowager decided to let Jinghao take care of the little prince, she has been watching coldly for the past few months. For her, she doesn't need Jinghao to swear to her, and it's useless to promise her anything.

People who know what the empress dowager has experienced, even if they haven't witnessed it with their own eyes, can imagine how decisive she was when she was young. Such people don't believe in the so-called verbal promises at all, and they don't believe that people who break the oath are really There will be lightning strikes from the sky.

After all, God is busy, so how could he have the time to worry about whether an ant broke his oath?

At first, the Empress Dowager would think, how would Jinghao take care of the little prince?To take care of him meticulously like a loving mother?Or was he deliberately indifferent to show that he had no intention of treating the little prince?

But after the empress dowager watched coldly for a while, she found that she had guessed wrong. Jinghao took care of the little prince, but it was not to the point of being meticulous, and she seemed not afraid of others saying that she was climbing high branches, and would give the little prince whatever delicious food she had. The prince sent it.

At the beginning, when I saw the little prince running to find Jing Hao during meals and lunch breaks, the Empress Dowager did not stop her. She was waiting to see how Jing Hao would handle this matter.

She knew that the little prince liked Jinghao very much, otherwise she would not have preferred to run so far and waste time going to Jingxiu Palace to find Jinghao, but she was not sure how Jinghao treated the little prince.

Until she knew that Jinghao rejected the little prince, then she would go to Jingxiu Palace for dinner and lunch break...

From that time on, the Empress Dowager was relieved a lot.

It is easy to find someone who is obedient to the little prince, but it is hard to find someone who dares to say "no" to him.

It must be true that the empress dowager loves the little prince, but knowing that Jinghao rejected the little prince, she was not angry at all, because she knew that her rejection was out of concern for him.

The so-called love of the house and Wu is aimed at Jing Hao's affection for the little prince. The Empress Dowager is naturally more tolerant of her. Even Kangxi favored Jing Hao during this time, she chose to turn a blind eye .

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Jing Hao didn't know that the empress dowager's attitude towards her had already changed, because of Kangxi's advice, she really didn't drink too much today, although she really liked being slightly drunk, but was it in a public place? You also need to pay attention to manners.

So after the banquet was over, Jinghao was still awake, and after letting Lizhi put on her cloak, she left in an orderly manner.

It's just that people are sober, but tired is really tired, and today is just the beginning, so after returning to Jingxiu Palace, ask Cherry to remove the jewelry from her head, wash and change clothes, and put the After putting the lucky money at the foot of her bed, Jinghao collapsed directly.

Although Kangxi often came to Jingxiu Palace to stay overnight, he will definitely not come today, not to mention whether it is in compliance with the rules for an emperor to stay in the palace of a concubine on New Year's Eve, even in terms of time. Kangxi is not allowed to do this.

Because Kangxi, who was able to sleep until the fifth watch on weekdays, had to get up before the third watch was over on the first day of the first lunar month.

Worshiping ancestors and gods, kowtowing and burning incense, after these things are done, Kangxi can take a breather, and after finding time to eat some pastries to fill his stomach, he has to continue to hold Manchurian sacrificial ceremonies and worship Buddha and burn incense.

It was not until Maozheng that Kangxi led his brothers and sons to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to pay respects to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager.

Don't think that all the ministers kneel and kowtow three times and kowtow to Kangxi in unison here, but send blessings to Kangxi one by one according to their grades, and kowtow three kowtows to Kangxi one by one.

After a long pilgrimage, Kangxi could finally have breakfast.

Jinghao: "..."

It's really not easy to be an emperor.

What Jing Hao knew was just part of what Kangxi needed to do on the first day of the first lunar month. There would be family banquets, state banquets, liaison with civil and military officials, hospitality for the Mongolian prince who came from afar, and so on.

Kangxi is busy, and Jinghao is not free. Even if she is not very polite in front of Kangxi on weekdays, he will not care about her, but on other occasions, Jinghao has to put on a show.

Therefore, it is not true to say that the saying of gaining N catties during the festive season is not valid in the palace of the Qing Dynasty. A year has not yet passed, and Jing Hao has already lost N catties.

When Kangxi finally came to Jingxiu Palace when he was free, he frowned as soon as he saw Jinghao, and while pulling him up to greet him, he asked aloud: "Why did you lose so much weight all of a sudden? None of the servants below Are you ready?"

As soon as Kangxi said this, Lizhi and the others who were serving in the house panicked. How could they afford such a big pot?

"It's okay." Jinghao waved her hand, signaling Lizhi and the others to go out, and then said to Kangxi, "It's not a matter of how well the waiters are served. You are so tired during the Chinese New Year, and it's normal to lose meat."

Jing Hao thought that it was too difficult to lose weight during the Chinese New Year. Not getting fat is already considered, but do you still want to lose weight?Isn't this just trying to fart?

Jing Hao just laughed, "Besides, I have gained weight after being nested for the winter some time ago, so it's good to lose weight now, and it will save me from spending all my time on losing weight."

"What are you losing? Where did you gain weight?" Kangxi disagreed with Jing Hao's words, he always felt that she was still a little thinner, especially after learning about her weak body from Ye Wenxing, he wished she could eat and drink well , Make yourself fatter.

Although nowadays Daqing regards thinness as beauty, but it has to be said that everyone agrees that fatter people are blessed.

"Don't think I don't understand." Jing thought well, man, he doesn't mind saying that you are cute even if you gain weight, but if you really gain weight, try your feelings every minute. .

Of course, if it's true love, then it's a different matter, but she and Kangxi are obviously not right. Although Jinghao is now planning to work hard to save pension money, she will not die if she falls out of favor in the future, but the one who is favored She still hopes to extend the time as much as possible.

Of course, Jing Hao didn't hope that she would not fall out of favor so quickly because she was greedy for Kangxi's body. Really, she is not such a superficial person, she just thinks it is better to be favored for a long time than to fall out of favor soon.

At least when he was favored, no matter what good or good things happened, Kangxi would always think about her share, just like when he was going to Shexingwei of Nanyuan School next time, he immediately thought of bringing Jing together.

"You're also tired during this time, so I'll take you to Nanyuan for a walk, just to relax." Kangxi said.

"Going to Nanyuan?" Jinghao suddenly showed a pleasant expression on her face. Although she was too tired due to the New Year, she heard that she was able to go out of the Forbidden City to see the outside world. Jinghao was looking forward to it .

"Okay, then when shall we go?"

Seeing Jinghao's happy look, Kangxi, who originally planned to come to give her a surprise, was satisfied at once, and it was not in vain that he was the first to tell her.

"No hurry, I have asked Qin Tianjian to choose a date." Kangxi thought to himself, probably around the beginning of February.

Hearing what Kangxi said, Jinghao remembered that Kangxi was different from ordinary people, and it was impossible to go on a casual trip. You had to choose a good day to go out.

But even so, this is enough to make Jinghao feel happy. After all, as far as she knows, Nanyuan is not far from the Forbidden City, just at the foot of the emperor. That is to say, even if the traffic is not developed now, Jinghao doesn’t have to worry too much about the uncomfortable journey. The problem.

Thinking about it this way, Jinghao smiled even more happily, and after pulling Kangxi to sit down, she said with great interest that she would make him tea for a while.

Seeing Jing Hao's appearance about to show off her skills, Kangxi thought it was funny: "When did you learn this?"

"I learned a bit when I had nothing to do in winter." Jing Hao said, there is no way, who made it so that there are not many things for entertainment now?Anyway, idleness is idleness, and Jinghao regards it as cultivating an interest.

Anyway, she herself likes to drink tea.

"Your Majesty, take a good look." After Jing Jing cleaned her hands, she knelt down on the couch in a dignified manner, with a serious expression on her face, as if she was doing something important.

First, after scalding the teacup with boiling water for a while, the tea was placed, and every step was done meticulously. After the tea was brewed, Jinghao served tea to Kangxi, and stretched out her palm to give him a "please" gesture.

Kangxi came to Jingxiu Palace not only to meet Jinghao, but also to relax, so he really enjoyed playing house with her.

He also took a sip from the teacup solemnly, how can I put it, tea is good tea, water is also good water, even the tea set is also a good tea set, it’s just the skill of making tea well...

Well, there is room for improvement.

But seeing Jing Hao looking at him with bright eyes, looking like he was waiting for praise, Kangxi said: "Yes, it seems that in time, I will have to let the people from the tea room of Qianqing Palace come to learn from you."

In fact, Jing Hao also has self-knowledge. If she hadn't drank tea made by professionals, she might not know how much she weighed, but after drinking it, she knew that she was still far behind.

It's just that, who doesn't like to hear good words, Jinghao saw that there was only one-third of the tea in Kangxi's teacup, so he refilled another cup for him, and then said: "By the way, I haven't thanked the emperor yet. Give me lucky money."

Kangxi took a good look at Jing: "Just thank you, don't ask me why I only gave you the New Year's money alone?"

"Then do you still need to ask?" Jinghao pretended that she had never been in a daze, and smiled with her eyes bent, "Of course it's because I have attracted the emperor's favor, so just give me the lucky money alone."

At that time, Jinghao didn't realize it. Could it be that she didn't know Kangxi's thoughts afterwards?

It is definitely impossible to send the wrong one, so the only explanation is that Kangxi has her in his heart, otherwise he would not have given her the lucky money that symbolizes evil spirits and safety.

"Don't you know how to be ashamed?" Kangxi joked Jing Hao, although this was indeed the reason why he gave her the New Year's money, but she was too embarrassed to say it like this?

Jinghao said, what's the point of embarrassment?Kangxi himself is sometimes more shameless than her.

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Two days later, Qin Tianjian calculated a good day - the 28th of the first lunar month, so Kangxi decided to set off on this day.

Now that the date has been set, everyone in the palace knows that Kangxi is about to go to Nanyuan School to shoot around. The Qianqing Palace is very lively, and people go to deliver soup and food to Kangxi from morning till night. There is an endless stream of people.

After all, once they enter the palace gate, they will have to live in the small square world of the Forbidden City for the rest of their lives. If they have the opportunity to go out with Kangxi to have a look, regardless of the distance, it is worthwhile to walk out of the palace gate. happy thing.

Besides, Kangxi is going to Nanyuan, so what are they still doing in the Forbidden City?

To know the Forbidden City without the emperor, it is no different from a simple cage.

Compared with other people, Jinghao is much calmer, there is no way, who made her confirm from Kangxi in advance that she will definitely be able to go to Nanyuan, so when others go to Qianqing Palace to deliver things, Jinghao patronizes to watch the fun.

It’s just that Jinghao calmed down, and the servants of Jingxiu Palace couldn’t calm down, because when Kangxi came to Jingxiu Palace to talk to Jinghao about this matter, there were only two of them in the room, so Lizhi and the others had no idea that Kangxi had already decided Take it with you.

Seeing that other people have taken action now, but their little master is still indifferent, Yang Mei and the others couldn't help asking Jinghao: "My little master, do you think we should also go to Qianqing Palace to give the emperor something?" something?"

No matter what it is, the emperor must know that the young master misses him, right?

"Why should I join in the fun?" Jinghao didn't realize what Yangmei and the others meant at first, but she suddenly realized it when she heard their hints, and she found it funny at the moment, "The emperor said to take me with me a long time ago, if I really If you imitate them and send things to the emperor, you won't be causing trouble to the emperor."

I don’t know about the other emperors, but Kangxi, I’m sure he won’t be happy with other concubines doing this right now. After all, it’s not long after the new year, but there are a lot of memorials waiting for him to “lucky”. .

Sure enough, it only took one day, and the next day came the news that Kangxi had handed over the list of entourage to Concubine Tong Jia to decide, so the concubines all went to please Concubine Tong Jia with knowledge and interest.

I have to say that Kangxi did the right thing in entrusting this task to Concubine Tong Jia. Even though she was tired for a year, she was only physically tired rather than mentally tired. Concubine Jia has a feeling of being entrusted with a heavy responsibility.

Especially when the concubines came to Chengqian Palace to pay her respects again, and saw that one or two of them flattered her in various ways in order to get a place to accompany her, this made Concubine Tong Jia feel very satisfied.

So what if she is not the Queen of the Central Palace yet?

She is the one with the highest status.

But some people please Concubine Tong Jia, and some people don't please her.

Jing Hao will not talk about it, Yi Concubine who has just confinement is not too lazy to praise Concubine Tong Jia's stinky feet, it is time for De Concubine to give birth, even if she pleases Concubine Tong Jia, there is no possibility of accompanying her, and Niu Concubine Co Lu knew that she would not be favored by Kangxi, so she should not waste her efforts.

So when they came down in the morning, they really thought that they were here to watch the excitement, and they left directly after the greetings were over.

Seeing Jing Hao and the others like this, Concubine Tong Jia, who was in a good mood, became angry. Naturally, she was happy when the concubines flattered her, but what she wanted was not just the favor of some concubines, she hoped that All favored and unfavored, high-ranking and low-ranking people all surrender at her feet and respect her.

Instead of one or two, they don't pay attention to her.

"I won't talk about it for the others. Is it possible that Mrs. Dai Jia is really sure that the Palace will report her name?" Concubine Tong Jia said with an unhappy face after she returned to the inner room.

Jinghao is favored, but she is just a noble person. She is a noble concubine who has been ordered by the emperor to draw up the Nanyuan entourage list. If she doesn't want to add her name, is it possible that the emperor will refute her face?

You must know that even the empress dowager said that she had worked hard during this time, and she wanted the emperor to reward her well.

Grandma Liu is very clear about her master's thoughts, so she deliberately said: "Master, this servant thinks that Mr. Dai may have done it on purpose."

Concubine Tong Jia looked at Nanny Liu: "What do you mean by that?"

Liu Nanny said: "Master, think about it, the emperor is new to her at the moment, and if he goes to Nanyuan, he will probably take her with him. If you deliberately don't write her name, master, The emperor may not refute your face after seeing it, but he may feel that you are petty and feel that Mrs. Dai has been wronged."

At the beginning, Noble Concubine Tong Jia felt uncomfortable, but at the end, she had to admit that what Liu Nanny said made some sense.

"If you don't tell me, Mommy, I've really got her way." Noble Concubine Tong Jia changed her displeased look before, "That bitch Dai Jia wants to use me? There's no way! Although she doesn't please Ben Gong, but Ben Gong still added her name."

Although Concubine Tong Jia really didn't want Jing Hao to go to Nanyuan with her, she didn't want to be used by her and let Kangxi down on her.

Seeing this, Grandma Liu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, not because she wanted to help Jinghao, but because she knew very well that it was useless for Concubine Tong Jia to target Jinghao like this, she would only shoot herself in the foot.

Since Concubine Tong Jia got her advice, recently, she seemed to have opened up the two veins of Ren and Du, and no longer just being jealous and making troubles like before.

You must know that Guifei Tong Jia is only a concubine no matter how high her status is, but since Kangxi gave her the right to command the Six Palaces, at least he wanted to promote her and he could trust her.

Grandma Liu returned to the Forbidden City this time with the task given to her by the Hesheli family, which is to make Concubine Tong Jia sober, and at the same time remind her not to forget that she bears the expectations of the Tong Jia clan— —

Let the Tong family produce another queen.

Concubine Tong Jia didn't know what Mammy Liu was thinking, she just did what she said, and went to Qianqing Palace to find Kangxi that day with the list of entourages she had drawn up.

Although she added Jinghao's name after hearing Madam Liu's words, she didn't add any of the names of Concubine Niu Colu, Concubine Yi, and Concubine De, because she knew that Kangxi would definitely not think that she was there. against them.

Because Concubine Tong Jia was able to give legitimate reasons, Concubine Yi and Concubine De did not talk about it. As for Concubine Niu Colu, Concubine Tong Jia said this: "The concubine thinks about the time to go to Nanyuan. It's not long, but the trivial matters in the palace will be troublesome if no one takes care of them, so it's not easy to go to the Compassionate Ning Palace and bother the ancestors and the queen mother."

"So the concubine thought about letting the Niu Colu family take care of the harem for a while. After all, she is the younger sister of Empress Xiaozhao, so she can manage the harem in an orderly manner when the concubine is not in the palace. .”

Since Concubine Tong Jia dared to hand over the affairs of the harem to Concubine Niu Colu, she was naturally not afraid that she would take the opportunity to seize power and install people. After all, they must not have been in Nanyuan for long, and they might be back in less than half a month. What is enough time for Concubine Niu Colu to do?

Besides, even if Kangxi is not in the Forbidden City, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager are still there, wouldn't the slaves dare to rebel?

So Noble Concubine Tong Jia was very relieved, thinking that doing so might make the emperor feel that she was not in love with power.

Kangxi naturally didn't know what Concubine Tong Jia was thinking, but she took the initiative to add Jinghao's name, and at the same time she was willing to temporarily hand over the rights in her hand to Concubine Niu Colu, which made Kangxi look at her with admiration.

"You are very considerate." Kangxi nodded, and then said, "But Concubine Rong will not go this time, Yinzhi has just returned to the palace, and Concubine Rong will always be more secure by his side."

Yes, after the new year, Kangxi took Yinzhi back to the palace and gave him his teeth at the same time.

Kangxi especially waited until the Chinese New Year was over before letting Yinzhi come back, not because he didn't like this son and didn't want to spend a reunion year with him, but because he was young and had been growing up outside the palace. Unfamiliar with him, coupled with the many affairs in the palace during the Chinese New Year, Concubine Rong couldn't stay by his side all the time even if she had a loving mother's heart, so Kangxi decided to bring him back after the Chinese New Year.

Concubine Rong had given birth to so many sons, but Yinzhi was the only one left in the end. Naturally, she thought about him a lot, but because of the rules, she dared not say anything even if she missed him.

After finally waiting for Kangxi to be merciful and allow her son to be brought back to the palace ahead of schedule, so that he could return to her side, Concubine Rong was so happy these days that she didn't even have the heart to watch other people's fun and make trouble for them when paying her respects.

Kangxi often regretted that his parents were not well-connected, so thinking that Concubine Rong and the third elder brother had been separated for so long, he couldn't bear to let their mother and child be separated for a while longer.

Besides, Concubine Rong was Yinzhi's biological mother no matter what, with her by his side, he wouldn't be so panicked.

"Your majesty is more considerate." Concubine Tong Jia didn't mind whether Concubine Rong, a concubine who fell out of favor, followed her to Nanyuan or stayed in the Forbidden City.

After deleting Concubine Rong, the list of entourage drafted by Concubine Tong Jia was finalized. Besides her and Jinghao, Concubine Hui, Concubine Jing, and Concubine Xi also had a wonderful promise, a concubine Wanliu Hashi .

As soon as the list was announced, some people were happy and some were worried, but Noble Concubine Tong Jia didn't care. After returning to Chengqian Palace, people would remember to take good care of Yinzhen after she left the palace.

"If something happens to Yinzhen during the time when I went to Nanyuan with the emperor, I will not let you off lightly," said Concubine Tong Jia.

The servants below knew that Concubine Tong Jia's words were not meant to scare them, so naturally they all agreed with sincerity and fear. In fact, even if there was no threat from Concubine Tong Jia, they would not dare not to serve Yinzhen carefully.

Those are the heirs of the emperor, and they cannot tolerate any mistakes.

At the same time, Concubine Tong Jia also ordered that if the people of Yonghe Palace wanted to take the opportunity to approach Yinzhen, they should just refuse.

Although Concubine Tong Jia also knew that it was about this time that Debi would give birth, and she would not joke about the child in her stomach even if she had any calculations, but she still had to say what she had to say, so as not to wait for her to come back from Nanyuan Afterwards, her son was taken over by Debi.

"The slave obeys the order."

After finishing all the instructions, Concubine Tong Jia asked the servants to pack her bags, and now the 28th of the first lunar month is not far away.

But no one expected that an accident would happen before departure.