[Qing Chuan] No pet little promise

Yinzhen sat on a chair with red eyes.

It has been three days since Xiao Shengzi went missing, and the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs determined that he fell into the water by mistake and were going to close the case.

He refused to believe it, and still sent people to search, but there was no clue. As time went by, the possibility of surviving became less and less.

Just as he was contemplating, a figure flashed by looking outside.

"Didn't I tell you not to disturb?"

The figure stopped and squeezed in through the crack of the door, "Fourth brother, it's me."

Seeing that it was the fourteenth elder brother, Yinzhen calmed down a little, and saw the fourteenth elder brother holding a booklet in his arms, remembering that today is the day to urge him to do his homework.

Yinzhen suppressed his irritability, and said in a deep voice: "Bring it here." It's rare for this naughty guy to take the initiative to deliver homework, and he doesn't want to dampen his enthusiasm.

Flipping through two pages of the booklet, there are a few lines of big characters at the beginning, written like a dog's plank, crooked and unsightly.Yin Zhen frowned.

Looking back, it made him even more angry, and there was a page of colorful blueprints inside, on which was drawn a big-headed bear, standing upright, not ferocious, only naive.

Turning Yinzhen's expression black, Elder Fourteen hurriedly confessed: "Wei Changzai drew this for me. He said it was called Xiong Da Xiong Er. They lived in the forest in the north, which is the land of Longxing our ancestors. There is a live in the hut."

"Wei Changzai also said that she was riding a horse at the north end of Yanxi Palace yesterday, and saw a hut that looked like the one in the story, but unfortunately there were guards haunting them, and they were the guards she had seen in the summer palace..." Elder Fourteen tried hard to recall Wei Rong's words to him were spoken out in a staccato manner.

Yinzhen wanted to reprimand him for what a mess, but when he heard the words "summer resort", his heart skipped a beat.

After the fourteenth brother finished speaking, his eyes sank, "I see, you will do it today... well written."

After a pause, he urged: "You don't need to tell Er Niang what happened today."

"I see." The fourteenth brother was full of excitement, and it was the first time he received a comment of the level of "very well written" from the serious fourth brother.

Holding the brochure, he happily went out.

***

Inside the main hall, Eldest Brother stood by the table with a gloomy expression on his face.

"Have you not confessed yet?"

"Not yet." The guard in charge of the interrogation lowered his head.

The elder brother snorted coldly, "This kid is really tough."

The guard hurriedly said: "But we found out that every time this kid left the palace some time ago, he would run to Buddhist temples and Taoist temples. He asked for a lot of consecrated amulets, and now he has found several of them."

The elder brother sneered, "My good fourth brother is indeed unparalleled in supernatural powers!"

After thinking for a moment, he said again, "Look for an opportunity in the past two days to transport people out of the palace, and slowly pry them out. I don't believe that a young eunuch can be tougher than the master's torture chamber."

The guard quickly took orders.

When the people stepped back, the elder brother picked up a letter on the table.

This is the letter Ce Wang sent him, and it is already the third letter. Apart from explaining the actions of the two parties colluding, the letter urges him to find out the whereabouts of his dead wife as soon as possible.

My fourth brother...

***

In the early morning, when it was just dawn, several large carts passed through the east gate in a file. There were seven or eight large wooden barrels half a person's height on the carts, and there was a smell of rancidity.

This is the cart used to transport swill from the dining room.

The guard by the door pinched his nose and checked it casually, before he was about to let him go.Suddenly there was a violent barking from behind.

Two big dogs galloped towards this side, surrounded a slop bucket, and circled non-stop.

The guards watched in surprise.

The leader had an idea, "Open the barrel and have a look!"

***

The news that Xiao Shengzi was found quickly reached Wei Rong.

Xiaolizi and Yufu were filled with righteous indignation when they chatted their teeth, "It's Qian Sande, who is in charge of steaming cakes in my brother's small kitchen, who killed a thousand knives. He had a conflict with Xiao Shengzi before, and he even wanted to kill him , transported out with a swill truck. Fortunately, when I found it, I was still breathing..."

Wei Rong listened in the room and smiled.

The fourth elder brother is really efficient.

She knew that such a small matter would definitely not bring down Big Brother, but it was enough to give him a headache for a while.

The follow-up treatment, how to end it, and who was the corpse that was closed as Xiao Shengzi before, all had to be clarified.

Human life in this palace is worthless, but death for no reason is not allowed.After all, the master's life is still precious.

Thinking of the draft I drew today, I wanted to ask to see Concubine Hui, but was turned away.

The maid said that Concubine Hui had a headache and was resting.I'm afraid that the headache is fake, but it's real that the pain of wiping his ass is real!

Then I thought again, dare to do this kind of thing in the palace, the elder brother's behavior is becoming more and more unscrupulous.

Did Kangxi really not notice that their mother and son were so arrogant?

***

In a blink of an eye, autumn and winter come.

At the winter solstice, folks have the custom of eating dumplings for family reunion, and the palace is no exception, and a banquet is held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The snow has just fallen, and the Forbidden City is covered with snow everywhere.

Kangxi got excited and ordered people to clear out the small square in front of the hall and set up a stage on which the music and dance of the band would be performed.

Now it's cheaper for Wei Rong and the other little concubines. In the past, only the lords in the main hall could see the performance, but now they can feast their eyes through the doors and windows of the side hall.

At first, everyone was restrained by the rules, and no one left the table. Later, many of them took advantage of the time to chat, and came to the door and window to point and point.

No wonder everyone was excited, not to mention the lack of entertainment in the palace, the winter was especially boring, it was inconvenient to go out, the long days could only be passed by doing needlework, it was rare to have fun to watch, naturally everyone rushed to be the first.

There are also fewer concubines performing on stage this year than in previous years.Probably because of Mi Guiren and Chen Xu, the two favorite masters of the harem, most people were disheartened.

Or maybe it was just too cold.Although the braziers were burning around the stage, they couldn't stop the biting cold wind.

It further highlights how professional the singing and dancing girls in the band are, dancing and playing without trembling.

I don't know how many years it took to practice the real kung fu.

"I heard that an outside troupe was invited for today's performance? It's the kind that can juggle." A well-informed little concubine was discussing.

"Really, I get tired of watching singing and dancing performances every year."

"Be content, you seem to watch singing and dancing every day." Several people laughed.

However, the matter of the magic team still caused ripples in the circle.

Cao Changzai was well informed, and said with a smile: "I heard that the elder brother invited him here, and he is extremely outstanding."

"Brother really has filial piety, no wonder the emperor also praised him."

Wei Rong listened silently, over the past six months, the elder brother's power has grown day by day, with his military achievements and his ability to sneak into the camp, he has won the hearts of many people.

Including the prince, they also have a good relationship with him, and call him brother and brother all day long.

It was praised both inside and outside the court.

Wei Rong thought, it was really hard work for the prince to perform such a respectful role of brothers and sisters.But with the expansion of the elder brother's power, sooner or later the prince can't help it.

As he was thinking about it, suddenly there was a commotion around him.

Everyone screamed, and even some young concubines couldn't help but left the table and rushed to the window and door.

Wei Rong looked over, there was a change of program on the high stage, seven or eight people were wearing blue clothes, with painted masks on their heads.

Surrounded in the center was a tall man in blue clothes. His hands were flickering with flames, and he didn't know what he was playing with. The originally small flames suddenly exploded, and the flames soared into the sky like a big tree, especially the flames below were dark golden. The top one is emerald green.

A few people in the corner beat the big drum, and with the sound of the drum, the big tree gradually dissipated, as if some force fell on the people around.Seven or eight people in Tsing Yi began to dance with the stars, dancing in the strange style of Nanban.

As the drum beats up, various difficult movements are performed, full of mysterious beauty.

The tall and tall man in the middle also put out all kinds of bright fire lights, which dazzled the audience by sight and hearing.

"Is this a fairy? Otherwise, how can you hold the flame with your bare hands?"

"I heard that the leader of this theater troupe has real supernatural powers, and can lure a fox fairy into his body."

……

Everyone in the hall was discussing.

Wei Rong knew that most of the tricks on stage used fire, medicine and asbestos, but it was definitely a real kung fu to be able to perform so wonderfully.

Then he performed a few more tricks, each with its own mystery, causing an uproar in the hall.

Finally arrived at the finale.

Wei Rong also raised her heart in her throat, because she knew that it was time for Song Qing'er to appear.

A huge colored ball was lifted up by eight men on a wooden frame, like a huge soft sedan chair.

The colored balls were placed in the center of the stage, and more than a dozen young men and women came to the stage and danced lightly to the drums, with flexible limbs and graceful dancing postures.

After jumping for a while, a row of more than a dozen flags was planted on the ground, and they retreated one by one.

At this time, the huge colored ball in the center suddenly exploded with a "bang", and the red shell shattered into dozens of huge petals, which slowly floated down.

What is more eye-catching than these petals is the person who appeared in the center, a woman in a red hunting suit, wearing a silver light armor besides the hunting suit, which is even more heroic.

Riding a snow-white horse, the girl in red flicked her whip, the horse neighed, and galloped across the field. Cooperating with the horse, the girl made various dangerous movements, sometimes standing on the horse and shooting arrows, sometimes whipping She moved, and the dozen or so flags that had been erected around the high platform were rolled up by her long whip.

After watching for a long time, some sharp-eyed people finally recognized it.

"Isn't that Song Changzai from Changchun Palace?"

"real or fake?"

A group of people crowded in front of the door, more and more people recognized Song Qing'er.

"It's really Song Changzai, why did he become a member of the juggling troupe?"

"Song Chang hasn't been summoned by the emperor for several months, so he must be impatient."

"Whoever told her to be rude by herself, she can even give things to the prince's elder brother casually."

Everyone in the palace knows why Song Qing'er was banned.

"You can't behave like this even if you are impatient. If you hang out with the juggling troupe, you won't be afraid of losing your identity."

Everyone is full of jealousy when you say something to me.Anyone can see that this performance has been painstakingly performed, and it is absolutely outstanding compared to the singing and dancing performances of all the concubines.It made them more and more upset.

In the midst of sour waves, someone told the truth, "They are all performances before the imperial court, and it is reasonable to care about these things, whether the emperor likes it or not."

There was a moment of silence in the hall.Soon the chatter was up again.

Someone sneered, "It's not that powerful, it's just ordinary riding. What's really powerful is the horse, which is gentle and human."

"That's right. There was a loud explosion just now, but the horse didn't move at all. It really is a steed."

Wei Rong rolled her eyes, horses are animals, it is impossible to get rid of their nature, if they didn't move just now, they must have plugged their ears in advance.

But these people are just like this, Mu Xiuyu Lin Feng will destroy them, since Song Qinger still wants to win favor, she has to face these criticisms.

If we say that among these little concubines in the side hall, there is a strong sourness floating around.

In the main hall, it was full of admiration.

Even Concubine De and Concubine Yi had to be convinced. It has been two generations since they entered the customs. Even Manchu women are rarely good at riding, let alone Song Qinger, a young man from Jiangnan.

If women are like this, men will naturally feel more amazing.

Kangxi couldn't help clapping his hands and applauding.

The dozen or so princes at the table were also watching intently.

Elder Brother Shi clapped his hands non-stop, shouting, "This trick is beautiful, he is really handsome and handsome!" He is still young, and no one cares about his concubines.

The third elder brother laughed, "Brother still has a way to find such a powerful theater troupe."

The eldest elder brother was engrossed in watching, reluctantly moved his eyes away from Song Qing'er's vigorous and agile figure, nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes."

The third elder brother smiled all over his face, and rolled his eyes in his heart.If you say you are fat and you are panting, you don't even know how to be modest...

Amidst the discussions, Song Qinger's performance finally came to an end.

She quickly got off her horse and knelt down in front of the hall.

"Long live my emperor, with one hundred thousand flags, beheading all the thieves, and returning triumphantly!"

Kangxi got up and walked out from the hall.

He personally helped Song Qing'er up, and he asked with a smile, "How did you come up with the idea of ​​riding a horse and performing arts?" You can tell from the hearty laughter that he is in a great mood.

"My servant heard that the army is preparing for preparations, and next year the emperor will personally march." Song Qing'er raised her head, her eyes were bright and full of sincerity, "Although this servant is just a weak woman, I hope that the emperor will win the flag and return in triumph, and I hope that the emperor will be safe and peaceful, and the world will be happy." Surrender."

"Well said!" Kangxi was overjoyed, turned his head and ordered, "Come here, give me a seat."

Liang Jiugong immediately led the people, and placed another seat behind Migui.

After Song Qing'er kowtowed to thank the emperor for his kindness, she took a seat at the table.

Kangxi returned to the throne, and smiled at Concubine Hui who was sitting not far away: "You teach well, too."

He naturally knew that Song Qing'er's popularity was definitely beyond the reach of a powerless little Chang Zai.

Concubine Hui bowed gracefully and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has praised her, and it's Qing'er who is eager to learn and make progress."

Kangxi sighed: "It's only been a few decades since I entered the customs, and most of my Manchu horseback skills have been put aside. Let alone women, even the men of the Eight Banners don't know how to bow and horse."

Among the concubines, only Concubine Yi can ride twice, and now that she is older, she no longer moves lightly.

Concubine Hui smiled, full of complacency, she knew Kangxi's taste well, soft and sweet ones are good, but too many in the palace would make people feel tired and crooked, so it's better to be fresh and neat to make people's eyes shine.

Back then, Concubine Yi relied on her unique valiant and heroic demeanor to make Kangxi fall in love with her and give her unparalleled favor.

But this one is lacking in the palace today.It just so happened that Song Qing'er didn't come.

With Song Qing'er's brilliant performance, watching other people's performances will inevitably be much more boring.

The next dance, playing and singing, whether performed by the band or by the concubines, were all congenitally lacking momentum.

The banquet lasted another half an hour.

From the corner of the side door, a young eunuch squeezed in, quietly approached Liang Jiugong, and whispered a few words.

Liang Jiugong listened, his face changed slightly.

Looking at the gap, he hurried to Kangxi and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, Xi Concubine's side has activated."

Kangxi was stunned for a moment before realizing that he was pregnant, and his expression changed.It's only been eight months since Xi Concubine's plan was full, so why did she launch it ahead of time.

Liang Jiugong said tactfully: "The imperial physician has already rushed over, saying that Madam Xi's pregnancy is not very good."