The style of the Queen Mother in Qing Dynasty is different

The Empress Dowager thought about it all night, and finally accepted Qiqige's suggestion.It's not that Qiqige's suggestion is good, there is really no other way.

Because Tong Jia's body is weak, and also to take care of Xuan Ye's emotions, the Empress Dowager tolerated everything and dared not speak too harshly in reprimanding.

If this continues, there will be endless troubles. Even if the mother-child swap is too absurd, the Empress Dowager has to give it a try.

The matter of swapping identities must be done with caution, once it gets out, it will definitely cause an uproar.

The Empress Dowager first asked Xuan Ye to pretend to be sick, and then ordered someone to move him to Jingren Palace, where all reading, riding and shooting were suspended.

Xuanye moved into Jingren Palace, and the queen mother ordered Yurou to leave the palace on the grounds that men and women had different seats at seven years old.

Tong Jia's heart was all on her 'sick' son, and she didn't think much about getting the order from the Empress Dowager, and immediately sent someone to send her niece home.

The Empress Dowager also ordered people to remove all the maids and eunuchs from Jingren Palace and replace them with people from Cining Palace and Xian'an Palace.

In this way, the preliminary preparations are all completed.

In Jingren Palace, the Empress Dowager sat at the top, Xuan Ye sat next to her, and Qi Qige sat at the bottom on the left and right.

Tong Jia's slender eyebrows were frowned, showing displeasure.

They lived together in the palace, but they didn't see each other for a while, and Qiqige found that Tong Jiashi had lost a lot of weight.Her eye sockets were sunken, and there was no flesh on her face, and she looked bitter.

The Empress Dowager said with a cold face: "Xuan Ye is not sick, I told him to move into Jingren Palace, because there is one thing I must do!"

Tong Jia said with a smile on his face, "Empress Dowager, Xuan Ye is the emperor, and his physical condition has been watched by many ministers! You suddenly let him move into Jingren Palace, how will the outside guess? This is not good for the previous court." Great!"

The Empress Dowager ignored Tong Jiashi, she had already weighed the pros and cons clearly, and there was no need for Tong Jiashi to remind her.

She said to Tong Jiashi: "From now on, Jingren Palace will be closed. You and Xuan Ye will switch identities. Xuan Ye will be the mother, and you will be the son. As for when the switch will come back, I will inform you in advance."

Tong Jiashi was shocked, "This...how did this happen?"

The Empress Dowager said forcefully, "Just do what you want!"

The Empress Dowager pointed at Qiqige, "Don't be idle, you come and play Yurou."

Qiqige hurriedly stood up and agreed, "The concubine respectfully obeys the imperial edict."

The matter was settled in this way, and Tong Jiashi was not allowed to refuse and object at all.

As soon as this decision was announced, the Empress Dowager took Tong Jiashi away and asked her to study in another room.

Xuanye asked Qiqige: "Mother Huang, is this really good?"

Qiqige was afraid that Xuan Ye's heart would soften, so she quickly persuaded: "This matter has to be looked at in the long run, and now your mother is definitely uncomfortable, you have to wait patiently, even if she cries to you, she can't soften her heart." !"

Xuanye is a sensible boy, and his books are not for nothing.

He thought for a while and said: "I understand what the queen mother meant. Just like the emperor's grandmother taught me, the emperor's grandmother was also sad when I suffered. But for the sake of my future, the emperor's grandmother has to be ruthless and discipline me severely. .”

Qiqige nodded in relief, "You can say that, it's not in vain for your imperial grandmother to love you."

Qiqige turned her head and asked Aruna, "What is the Empress Dowager Jingren Palace doing at this time?"

Aruna has already understood, "Wake up early, wash and have breakfast, and then go to the Empress Dowager to greet her. When she comes back, she can either do needlework, or talk to the maids to pass the time. After lunch, refresh herself, and then take a nap. In the evening, I went to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager. After I greeted you, I came back to wash up and then went to bed."

Xuan Ye was very surprised, "My mother only does these few things a day? What about the cats and dogs I sent?"

Aruna said: "The Empress Dowager doesn't seem to like cats and dogs very much. Every three to five days, someone will bring the cats and dogs. After teasing her for a while, she will order the cats and dogs to be sent back."

Xuan Ye couldn't imagine how his mother's life was going. He got up early every day and had to study hard until late before going to bed. He hated that twelve hours a day was not enough.

Qi Qige said to Xuan Ye: "Since you want to switch identities, you should also act. I'm going back to Xian'an Palace for business, so you can chat with Aruna here to relieve boredom!"

Xuanye hurriedly grabbed Qiqige's sleeve, "Mother Huang, please sit with me for a while! I can't read, ride and shoot, if I just sit like this, I will be driven crazy."

Qiqige thought for a while, "It's fine if I stay."

Xuan Ye said happily: "Mother Huang, let's have a good talk. You can teach me some more things, such as lighting a fire with a magnifying glass."

Qiqige shook her head, "No, I'm Yurou now, and I have to play my role well."

She pointed her fingers and pinched her throat with a childish and demented look, "Auntie, Yurou is thirsty and wants to eat tangerines."

Xuan Ye's small face was wrinkled, as if someone poured ten catties of vinegar into his mouth.

"Emperor Niang, although Yurou is savage, she is not like this."

Qiqige asked: "What do I look like?"

Xuan Ye thought to himself: What a fool!

He bowed his head and coughed twice, trying to match Qiqige's performance as much as possible. "Yurou! It's not the time yet! There are no tangerines right now, so eat some grapes!"

Qiqige pouted and said as if she was mentally retarded: "Okay, Yurou is obedient, Yurou eats grapes, but Yurou wants my aunt to peel the grapes for me."

Xuanye glanced at Qiqige helplessly, and resignedly peeled the grape skin.

Aruna moved a round stool over, and Qiqige raised her legs and put her feet on the round stool.Xuan Ye put the peeled grapes in a bowl, Linnet took a spoon and fed them into Qiqige's mouth, and held a small plate in the other hand to catch the grape seeds spit out by Qiqige.

Seeing Qiqige's comfortable look, Xuan Ye couldn't help complaining, "Mother Huang, who is playing the role of the elder and who is playing the role of the junior?"

Qiqige said lazily: "Of course you are playing the role of the elder, shouldn't the elder love the younger generation!"

"But Queen Mother never peeled grapes for me!"

Qiqige smiled and said, "Hey! It's also right for juniors to respect their elders!"

Xuan Ye peeled another grape, "Whether you say it right or wrong, the reason is always with the Empress."

Aruna looked at the time, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's almost time to eat, where is today's lunch?"

Xuan Ye smiled and said, "Let's put the lunch in Jingren Palace! I will eat with Empress Empress, please ask aunt to send someone to the imperial dining room to ask them to add some dishes."

Aruna took the order and went, Qiqige wet the handkerchief on the ground and handed it to Xuan Ye to wipe her hands.

"It's time for you to invite your mother-in-law over for dinner."

After Qiqige reminded, Xuanye finally realized, "That's right! Usually, Erniang will send someone to the front at this time."

Xuanye said to Linque: "No one around me is here, so I'll trouble Auntie to run."

Cardinal smiled and took the order, and came back after a while supporting Tong Jiashi.

As soon as he stepped over the threshold, Tong Jiashi swayed and almost fell down.

Xuanye and Qiqige rushed over to help her, Tong Jiashi wanted to cry when she saw her son, but when she turned her head and saw Qiqige, she could only hold back the tears.

Xuan Ye asked anxiously: "Emiang, what's wrong with you, I'll call the imperial doctor right away!"

Tong Jiashi forced a smile and said: "I'm fine, I just got up in a hurry, so I feel a little dizzy, just sit for a while and I'll be fine."

Xuan Ye hurriedly helped Er Niang to sit down, and poured hot tea with his own hands.

Tong Jiashi took the teacup with a smile, but her heart was as bitter as Coptis chinensis.

In the morning, the Empress Dowager forced her to read a book, and Aunt Su Ma stood next to her with a book in her hand to explain.The Empress Dowager was sympathetic to her poor health and allowed her to lean on the bed to study, but she was used to being pampered, so how could she bear this high-intensity study task.

The things in that book had to be read 120 times, and her mouth was dry after reading, and her mind was in a mess, all about things.

Qiqige winked at Xuanye, Xuanye became ruthless, and imitated Tong Jiashi's usual way of speaking.

"Uh... good boy." Xuan Ye said stiffly, "Are you tired? What have you learned today, and who have you met?"

Tong Jiashi looked at Xuan Ye in disbelief, she believed that the Empress Dowager was deliberately looking for an excuse to torture her, but she didn't expect her son to help his grandmother to torture his mother.

Tong Jia's heart was sore that she almost burst into tears, Xuan Ye was afraid that she would cry, so he hurriedly pushed the snack plate over.

"You...you eat some snacks." Xuanye said to Qiqige again, "Yurou also eats."

Qiqige followed Yurou's example, picked up a piece of snack and put it to her mouth, and then placed it in front of Tong Jiashi's eyes.

"You eat first." Qiqige pretended to be innocent.

Tong Jiashi didn't dare to get angry with the Empress Dowager, and she didn't want to get angry with her son. Now that Qi Qige bumped into her, she was about to get angry immediately.

"Thank you sister for the snacks. Although I am humble, I don't eat other people's leftovers."

Qiqige pursed her lips in displeasure, pinched the veil and began to cry fakely.

Xuan Ye hurriedly said: "Emiang, have you forgotten? Huang'eniang is pretending to be Yurou's cousin now! Yurou's cousin is young, and she can't help but go for snacks if she likes them. I don't know who told her in advance to let her The first snack was given to me first, so she took it out and put it on my plate."

Xuan Ye sighed: "Cousin Yurou hasn't bitten that dim sum, so it doesn't matter if I eat it. If she doesn't eat it, Cousin Yurou will cry. The mother-in-law next to Erniang is also always nagging, persuading me to give way to my sister. "

Xuan Ye took another careful look at Tong Jiashi, "I complained twice, and my mother also persuaded me to let my cousin..."

What Xuan Ye said made Tong Jia's face flush.

Qiqige sneered in her heart when she saw it, you advised your son to eat the leftovers, but you should eat them today!

Qiqige and Xuan Ye stopped talking, and no one said a word in the room full of masters and servants.Tong Jia's face turned red and red, white and white, and finally ate the snack.

Aruna, Cardinal and others brought food boxes over, which contained all kinds of exquisite dishes, and the amount of each dish was not much.

The Empress Dowager has always advocated frugality, and the masters of the palaces dare not waste food.

Tong Jiashi has developed a habit, she picks up the chopsticks to pick up food for her son.

Xuan Ye put a chopstick of roasted mutton on Tong Jiashi's plate, "Eat more mutton, and I will learn to ride and shoot in the afternoon! Eat this to give you strength!"

Tong Jiashi was stunned for a moment, she also wanted to pick up mutton just now.

"This... I don't like the fishy smell of mutton."

Xuan Ye said: "I don't like it too much, but doesn't Er Niang give me this every time? You said that eating mutton gives me strength."

Tong Jiashi was silent again, and finally could only eat the mutton silently.

Those who love to eat mutton like the fatness of mutton, while those who don't like to eat mutton don't like to touch it at all. If the mutton is caught in chopsticks, it will be too fishy.

Xuanye knew that his mother didn't like mutton, so he just picked up a chopstick and that's all.

Then he picked up a lot of vegetables and put them on Tong Jia's plate, Tong Jia said with a smile: "I know you are filial, don't always pick up vegetables for me! You eat too."

Xuan Ye imitated Tong Jiashi's usual appearance, he put down his chopsticks and looked at Tong Jiashi with a smile, "I'm not hungry, you should eat more."

Tong Jia's body is weak, she doesn't exercise often and needs to drink medicine, so her appetite is extremely small.

The dishes Xuan Ye made for her were all refreshing, palatable and easy to digest, but Tong Jia couldn't finish it after a few mouthfuls.

Xuan Ye kept urging, "Eat more, eat more!"

Tong Jiashi waved her hands again and again, "No, Er Niang really can't eat anymore."

"I still have to learn to ride and shoot in the afternoon! How can I have strength if I don't eat enough?"

Tong Jiashi had no choice but to pick up chopsticks and eat two more mouthfuls.

Xuan Ye stared at Tong Jiashi eating, his eyeballs were fine, as long as Tong Jiashi swallowed something, he would smile kindly and kindly.Tong Jiashi showed a slight reluctance to eat, Xuan Ye frowned and shook his head in disapproval.

Xuan Ye knew Tong Jia's appetite, and he stopped when he saw that his mother couldn't eat anymore.

This meal made Tong Jia's stomach full, and his heart was also full of annoyance.When eating, only one person stared at the food, and he was like a pig in a pen.

After eating, Xuan Ye smiled at Tong Jiashi: "You go for a stroll first, take a nap before going to the front."

The red bird stood up and reminded: "Your Majesty, you haven't read the book well this morning! I'm afraid I don't have time to take a nap right now."

Xuan Ye said displeasedly: "She is still growing, how can she not take a nap?"

Linque laughed and said: "Calm down, the emperor is eight years old this year, and he will be in power in six years. During these six years, the emperor must be familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, read the booklets every day to study government affairs, and practice riding and archery. Six Years are too short, every hour and every moment is extremely precious."

Xuan Ye slapped the table and said angrily: "What a bold slave, I need you to intervene to teach the children!"

Cardinal quickly knelt down, "Calm down, I know I was wrong!"

Seeing her son and the court lady singing together, Tong Jia felt chilled, she sneered and said, "Hmph, don't act in front of me. I know, I'm in your way, I'm leaving now!"

After she finished speaking, she walked out angrily, and Xuan Ye chased her out worriedly.Just as he ran out the door, Xuan Ye retreated back.

Qiqige asked him, "Why don't you chase after him?"

Xuan Ye returned to the table and sat down, "I saw that Er Niang didn't think about it. I can't coax her now, otherwise she will still be the same as before. Wouldn't our thoughts be in vain? Just like Sister Hongque said, every time I Every hour, every quarter of an hour is precious. The imperial grandmother and you also have a lot of things to do, you have spent all your time and effort, and I cannot hold you back."

Qiqige was greatly comforted when she heard this, the child could grasp clearly, see clearly, and was able to make up his mind, he deserved to be the future Emperor Kangxi.

Qiqige beckoned Aruna to prepare the meal again, "This meal is not good for the emperor to eat raw, you take it away and let the imperial dining room make it again."

Xuan Ye waved his hand, "Don't bother, the food is still not cold enough, I can just make do with a bite. I can't let go of reading and riding and shooting for a day, and I will go to review my homework after eating."

Xuanye and Linque used serving chopsticks for their dishes, and although there were leftovers on the table, they were not dirty.But after stirring for a long time, the dishes were already cold.Qiqige refused to let Xuanye eat something cold, and finally asked Aruna to order a bowl of noodles for Xuanye to eat.

Tong Jia went out in anger, she had nowhere to go, and she didn't dare to leave Jingren Palace to wander around, and Xuan Ye didn't chase her out to coax her. In the end, she could only go back to the Empress Dowager's place to study resentfully.

If you don't do today's homework well, the Empress Dowager will be punished. Tong Jiashi dare not stand up to the Empress Dowager.

After another hour of dizzy reading, Aunt Su Ma came over and reminded Tong Jiashi with a smile.

"Your Majesty, it's time to practice riding and shooting."

Tong Jiashi looked out the window, the sun was hanging high and the sky was cloudless.Although it is the beginning of autumn, everyone knows the power of the autumn tiger.

"It's so sunny..."

Aunt Su Ma laughed and said, "Except for the dog days, the emperor practiced riding and archery at this time of day every day. All of us are born on horseback, so we must not lose this skill in riding and archery."

Tong Jiashi did not dare to contradict this aunt. This aunt is a close confidant of the Empress Dowager and a mentor who taught the emperor Mongolian and Manchu. She dared not offend her.

Tong Jia had no choice but to change into light clothes and follow Lagu Su Ma to the yard.

The Empress Dowager took care of her frail body and purposely built a pergola on the open space.

Aunt Su Ma smiled and said, "Your Majesty is so lucky, the emperor doesn't have a shed when he practices riding and archery."

Aunt Su Ma handed over a bow, and Tong Jiashi took it and pulled it, but it didn't move.

Aunt Su Ma pretended to be surprised and said: "This... this is a three-strength bow, can the empress not be able to pull it? The emperor is eight years old this year, and he can already pull a seven-strength bow!"

Compared with an eight-year-old child, Tong Jiashi blushed a little.

Aunt Su Ma laughed again: "But it's no wonder, the emperor practiced martial arts hard, lifting stones up and down a hundred times a day, just to practice his arm strength!"

Lagu Su Ma's tone made Tong Jia feel uneasy, but she was also proud of her son, and there were mixed feelings for a while.

La Aunt Su Ma didn't give her time to mix up all kinds of things. She smiled and reminded Tong Jiashi, "Mother, I will change you to a lighter bow. You can try it again!"

Although Aunt Su Ma is over 50 years old, she has not lost her riding and archery skills.Back then Xuanye lived outside the palace, so she rode out of the palace every day to give lectures to Xuanye.

This afternoon, Aunt Su Ma tried her best to teach Tong Jia how to archery.If the movements were not standard, he would repeat them over and over again. Tong Jiashi was so tired that his arms ached and he almost passed out.

Tong Jiashi practiced riding and shooting hard outside the house, while Qi Qige taught Xuan Ye wrestling inside the house.

When it was evening, Xuan Ye saw that it was almost time, so he hurriedly called Aruna.

"Auntie, help me go to the front to pass the message, and ask the Queen Mother to come and talk with me."

Aruna went in a hurry, Xuan Ye grinned after thinking about it for a while.

He turned around and asked Qiqige, "Mother Huang, why can't I cry? How do you women cry when you say so?"

Qiqige slapped him on the back, "Nonsense! You're sexist, I've never cried in my life without saying anything!"

She beckoned to Cardinal, "Go! Get some ginger for the emperor."

Cardinal hurriedly ran out to get ginger, and when Tong Jiashi came in, she was greeted by a red-eyed son.

"Good boy..." Every time Xuan Ye called his mother like that, he felt something was wrong.

Xuan Ye lowered his head and wiped away his tears. He squeezed the handkerchief, raised his orchid fingers and cried, "You ran out angrily at noon, are you angry with me? It's not easy for me to give birth to you and raise you. For your own good! Why don't you understand my painstaking efforts!"

Tong Jiashi was already in a bad mood after a day of hard work, but seeing Xuan Ye's appearance made her even angrier.

She couldn't help getting angry at her son, "What's your expression, what's your attitude? You've grown up, your wings have hardened, and you're helping others bully your own mother! Is it easy for me to give birth to you..."

She realized that these words were exactly the same as what Xuan Ye said, and she didn't know how to say the rest of the scolding.

Xuan Ye cried: "Er Niang, calm down, you and I have switched identities, isn't that what you usually say about me? I dare not forget Er Niang's gift of childbearing, I just want Er Niang to feel how I usually live. What's the day like."

Tong Jiashi was still stubborn, "I'm being strict with you, but I'm doing it for your own good! I can't let you do what you want!"

Xuan Ye raised his head, tears fell patter, Qiqige couldn't tell whether the tears were real or fake.

Xuan Ye asked: "Emiang, after this day, you have realized that I have lived a good life. Do you think...you have been doing good for me? My daily schoolwork is much more arduous than what Emiang realized. I have to get up early and go to bed late every day to practice calligraphy. In order to practice good calligraphy, I hang a heavy object on my arm and write against the wall, do you know, Queen Mother?"

Tong Jiashi was speechless, and she also cried, "You are the emperor, and you don't need to take the number one prize, so you don't have to study hard like this. Er Niang just... just wants you to spend more time with Er Niang."

Qiqige couldn't listen anymore, "Ministers have studied hard for ten years to get the Jinshi exam. In the future, in the court hall, the emperor will not understand what the Jinshi said. How can he convince the public? You want Xuan Ye to accompany you, Xuan Ye Didn't Ye come to accompany you? Have lunch with you every day, and you haven't missed a single morning and evening appointment, what else do you want? If you want him to stay by your side all day, you will be happy?"

Tong Jiashi said coldly: "You don't need to worry about our mother and son."

"Hey! I don't need to worry about it at this time. In the future, your son will become a foolish king. I will see what you will do! Let you experience Xuan Ye's life today, and you still don't know how to regret it! What you have to endure is Xuan Ye's daily hard work. One tenth, Xuan Ye not only has to study and practice hard, but also runs from the front to the harem to accompany you every day, and coaxes Tong Jia's little girl for you, you are quite at ease every day."

Qiqige pointed at Tong Jiashi's nose and cursed: "You are selfish! You only think about yourself!"

After scolding Tong Jiashi, Qiqige also regretted it.She rolled her eyes and fell to the ground.

Come on, let me pretend to be sick too!In case Tong Jiashi cried and fell ill first, what should I do!