The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

"Why not together?" Little Fourteen asked suspiciously, "We have always been together."

"No way." Concubine De rejected it.

This makes people speechless, the small arms can't twist the thighs.

So we still have to move to the palace separately.

The first day was when Xiao Shisan moved to the palace, and Xiao Shisi gave him a congratulatory gift of 100 taels of gold before he left.

Xiao Shisan thought it was too much!

"I don't need to spend money." Xiao Shisan wanted to return it to Xiao Shishi.

"We are both six years old. We will move to the palace in the future. We will be the masters of the house. How can we do without money? I have my mother-in-law's subsidy and the things my brother gave me. I have a thick skin and even asked for it from Huang Ama." As for the money, this is the gold in the bottom of the box for Brother Thirteen." Xiao Shisi pushed it back with a smile: "Don't think it's too little, we will still be neighbors in the future."

Xiao Shisan was a little bit sorry, he couldn't give so much money to Xiao Shishi.

"When my younger brother moved to the palace, Brother Thirteen secretly brought two catties of pork jerky to my younger brother. I am very grateful!" Xiao Shisi deliberately whispered, and secretly whispered to Xiao Shisan: "We moved out of the palace. Er Niang can’t control us! It’s limited.”

"That's not necessarily true. Er Niang will always be Er Niang." Xiao Shisan understood in her heart that no matter whether they were in the Yonghe Palace or in Elder Brother's house, the Empress Defei could see their every move. She is a concubine, but she still has to rely on the Empress of Yonghe Palace to live.

Unless they go out of the palace to build a mansion.

But that would require the absence of Huang Ama, so they would have the opportunity to ask the new emperor's permission to take Erniang out to enjoy the blessings.

Otherwise, even without Huang Ama, they would not be able to justifiably take Erniang out to serve her.

Little Thirteen is not so ignorant.

"Okay, Brother Thirteen, you must give me two catties of dried pork!" Little Fourteen still likes to eat dried pork. At his age, he will always be hungry when he wakes up in the middle of the night, but raising children in the palace is not right. It will ruin the child's appetite. You can eat up to three bites per dish. Don't look at so many meals. You can only use three chopsticks for one dish. Think about it yourself, how many chopsticks are needed to be full?And people won't let you eat too much. The eldest mother allows Xiao Shishi to eat [-]% full at most, and at night, she only needs to eat [-]% full.

There are many kinds of dim sum, but you can only eat three pieces.

Since he knew how to use chopsticks, Little Fourteen has eaten by himself and picked up vegetables by himself. With one chopstick tip down, he can pick up a large piece of meat, a chicken leg, or even half a plate of vermicelli.

This is all done through practice. He used the energy he used to grab food in the orphanage back then, otherwise he would not be able to eat enough.

But he can still eat when he is [-]% full... Add milk, goat's milk, and it's almost the same.

So Xiaoshi made the pearls he raised round and smooth, plump and soft, and extremely cute.

"Okay, I will give it to you secretly." Xiao Shisan was happy.

The money is no less than fourteen, but there is still pork jerky.

It was the servants who were busy with the matter of moving to the palace. Little Fourteen was 15 years old, not to mention only five years old, so he didn't need to pack things by himself.

Things were packed one after another. His winter stuff had already been transported to the South Second Office, the warehouse and large pieces of furniture had also been transported there, and even the serving servants had moved. In the end, only he and the bedroom were left. Those things in it have not been moved.

Tomorrow is the day to move to the palace, and Xiao Shishi can't sleep a little bit, but fortunately, Grandma Sun has someone prepare a bowl of soothing soup in advance.

After drinking, I fell asleep peacefully.

The next day at the Yonghe Palace, please have dinner after dinner. After breakfast, it's time to move out.

Little Fourteen looked at Concubine De eagerly, and Concubine De felt a little aggrieved, but she had to smile and tell him: "If you go to the Second South Institute, you don't have to be in charge of the world, but don't be naughty, you know ?"

"My son knows." Little Fourteen slipped to the ground, and flicked his horseshoe sleeves seriously. Today he is wearing the smallest robe, with a pointed collar, horseshoe sleeves, small court boots, and melon skin hat. It is a very particular Manchu costume. .

Shaking off the horseshoe sleeves, she kowtowed three times to Concubine De on her knees.

Concubine De's eyes turned red.

"My son thanked Erniang for his kindness in giving birth, and moved to the palace today. In the future, it is okay for the son to come to pay his respects. I am afraid that there will not be many opportunities to eat with Erniang and even sleep in Erniang's arms, but the son will not forget about the birth. En." Little Fourteen raised his head and looked at Concubine De with tears in his eyes: "In the future, when Er Niang sleeps alone, remember to cover more quilts, don't think that summer is cool and you won't cover the quilt, if the thin quilt feels hot Well, it’s also good to just cover a burlap list. Don’t just focus on keeping healthy when eating, but also have to be full. It’s best to be eight or nine percent full. Don’t be six or seven percent full, or you will be hungry; don’t just be good-tempered, those people If young women dare to speak harsh words to you, you should deal with them, and don't let them kick their noses in the face!"

Concubine De's tears came down when she heard this: "Emiang knows, Emiank knows, Xiao Shisi has left Eniang, do you want to know well? You went to the front, and you are near your Huang Ama. What's the matter? Before I can find Er Niang, I will go to your Huang Ama to make the decision, he is your Huang Ama, he will definitely protect you, you know?"

Even at this time, Concubine De refused to say anything wrong with Kangxi, but told her youngest son to be filial, believing that his Empress Ama would protect him.

"My son knows that my son is leaving now. Emiang must take care of her. The son will come back to see her often. Besides, my brother will marry his sister-in-law next year. Maybe soon Erniang will have a grandson in his arms!"

"You're the only one with a sweet mouth!" Concubine De laughed through her tears.

But the fourteenth elder brother moved to the palace after all, and left the Yonghe Palace where he had lived for six years, or in other words, the harem of the Forbidden City.

There were people carrying him on his back all the way to the Nansan institute ahead.

There are three courtyards in the South No. [-] Institute. His is the No. [-] Unit. The gate of the No. [-] Unit is closed. Little Fourteen asks someone to put him down. He stands in front of the gate, and the people standing behind him are all taken care of by him. , other people are waiting inside to welcome his little master.

"Master?" Ma Lianying, as the chief eunuch, was the first to speak.

"Ma Lianying!" Little Fourteen waved his arms in high spirits: "Open the door for me!"

"Hey!" Ma Lianying laughed, stepped forward and pushed open the door vigorously.

"Greetings to the Fourteenth Master!" Inside the door is a large courtyard, which is already full of people, including maids and eunuchs. Seeing the door opened, they knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to say hello. It seems that they have practiced , neatly.

"Get up, everyone will be rewarded with two months' allowance. Everyone is tired of moving now." Little Fourteen had done their homework before coming, and these servants were tired for almost a month before helping to move the house. , of course he is not stingy with rewards.

"Thank you Fourteenth Lord for the reward!" Everyone was overjoyed, who wouldn't be happy if they could get money?

Fourteenth Master entered the courtyard gate, and then came in the person who carried his things, and all kinds of objects, things he used, were moved to his room.

But Xiao Shisi himself, accompanied by the grandma and others, carefully wandered around the courtyard of the Second South Institute.

The Second South Institute is a courtyard with three entrances, but the courtyards in the palace are different from the houses outside.

There are three main halls in the front yard, each with three rooms, and six east and west side halls, each with three rooms, which are the places for the prince to study, live and entertain guests; the middle courtyard also has three main halls, each with three rooms, and six east and west side halls, with three rooms There is a well pavilion in front of the main hall, which will be the place where the prince will live and manage affairs after he gets married in the future; there are three main halls in the backyard, five rooms each, and six east and west side halls, three rooms each, where the princes and concubines live.

In addition, there are six Shunshan houses in the three institutes, two in each, as well as value rooms, dining rooms, and cleaning rooms.Calculated in this way, the total number of rooms in this room is about two hundred, which is enough for my elder brother to live in.

The prince will live in Elder Brother's place until he gets married, and he will not move out until the emperor grants him the mansion, opens the mansion and builds teeth.

Rough calculations, at least ten years, maybe even longer.

Because his Huang Ama is too capable of giving birth, according to the regulations, if the prince leaves the palace to divide the mansion, the An family will be given 30 taels of silver!

Not including the things that are distributed, all kinds of rewards, it is very troublesome to say, ten or eight sons are fine, but his emperor Ama has more than [-] sons, not including the princess, the dowry of the princess is also There are rules!

No matter how much money you save, you can't save much.

His Huang Ama's internal treasury doesn't have that much money, so if he leaves the house and distributes the entrustment, it's likely to be a little stressful.

Since he was going to live for such a long time, of course this place needed to be repaired.

When Xiao Shisi was repairing, he went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in person and designed the drawings by himself through the connections of Wu Ya's family.

He has been drawing this blueprint for a long time. His own site must be well designed so that this new home has both beautiful and practical functions.

The place cannot be changed, nor can the general arrangement be changed, but the details can be whatever you want.

So even though he couldn't go to see it before moving to the palace, the general places were almost spoiled by Wuya Yuese.

When the palace was moved, Emperor Kangxi chose an auspicious day, and the two sons moved to the Nansan Institute together.

South One and South Two.

Xiao Shisan moved in on the first day, and him on the second day.

After opening the door, the servants greeted him, and Xiao Shishi gave him a reward. He wandered around his elder brother's office and found that it was really repaired according to his ideas. Generally speaking, he was very satisfied.

The grandma who was following him said softly, "Master, go in and have a look?"

"Okay, let's go in and have a look!" Little Fourteen was not at all tired from walking around.

After entering the house, I found that it should have been completely repainted. The copper rings on the door and the veils on the windows are all new. It was written by the fourth elder brother. The three-legged Buddha-shaped copper tripod incense burner on the small table, and the water-blue colored porcelain floor-standing vase on the wall are also very familiar. Oh, it is something from the Yonghe Palace. He is used to it in the Yonghe Palace stuff.

To the east is a Manchu-style guest room with a large heated Kang bed. Most of the room is filled with cabinets and large wardrobes, serving as a place for guests.

The west side was tidied up and used as a study room. Inside, the desks, chairs, antique racks, and bookshelves are all brand new rosewood. There are some enlightenment books on it, as well as the Four Books and Five Classics that he is about to learn, etc.

The most important thing is that the Empress Dowager's Palace of Compassion and Ning sent four "Four Gentlemen's Screens". This is a handicraft from the south of the Yangtze River, and it is one of the tributes.

Probably because the old lady doesn't understand the "gentleman's style", she only knows the gold inlaid silver technique used by the four gentlemen of "plum blossom, orchid, chrysanthemum and bamboo", and various emerald jade, which are rich and glorious, so she sent them to Xiaoshishi up.

In addition, Emperor Kangxi rewarded a complete set of chicken wing wood furniture, as well as rosewood ornaments, a green sandalwood chessboard, and a set of black and white jade chess pieces.

The other brothers gave a variety of things, as big as a whole set of small armor sent by the elder brother. This is the armor that was shrunk down according to the adult's armor, which is suitable for the little fourteen to wear. In Fourteen's study, he said it was to let him experience the bravery of Manchuria.

It was so small that the little emerald tortoise sent by His Royal Highness was very exquisitely made, and it was so vivid that it was impressive.

In ancient times, the meaning of tortoise originally represented longevity, rather than cursing. What's more, His Royal Highness gave this to the younger brother to wish longevity, and no one can fault it.

Moving to the palace is a big deal, and someone below will help clean up these reciprocal things, and during dinner, Brother Fourteen received the second wave of rewards from Kangxi.

In addition to the [-] dishes of the royal banquet, there was also a suitcase sent by Emperor Kangxi alone to Li Dequan as a reward. Li Dequan personally handed it to the fourteenth brother: "You have to put it away!"

Brother Fourteen picked it up by himself...but didn't pick it up!

"What is this, Li Wenda, something that Huang Ama rewarded?" Elder Fourteen touched the box, there was no lock on it, but it was so heavy, what was it?

"Well, Long Live Lord said it's a secret, and I only let you open it to see what it is before you go to bed at night, and you can know what it is." Li Dequan said with a smile: "This slave is here to give a reward, and I also congratulate you on your housewarming."

Others are masters rewarding slaves with purses, but Li Dequan gave fourteenth elder brother a red envelope, which contained 20 taels of brand new silver coins.

"Why is this so embarrassing?" Xiao Shisi loves money, but there is no reason to accept all money.

"You keep it. The slave is your master. The thirteenth elder brother also gave it to the slave. When the fourteenth elder brother grows up and gets married, the slave will come to ask for red envelopes." Li Dequan really liked it. Fourteenth elder brother, this little elder brother is a rare good boy.

After sending Li Dequan away, Xiao Shisi had a meal. Nanny Sun served him, and the dishes for him were soft and easy to digest. Among the [-] dishes of the royal meal, Master Fourteen was asked to eat one by one. After eating, he drank half a bowl of bone soup, and Xiao Shisi waved the rest: "Enjoy it, everyone eat some, this is the craftsmanship of the chef in the imperial dining room, if it is all stained, it will be a housewarming, yes Alright, let’s add another meat dish for the people below, braised pork in soy sauce!”

"Thank you fourteenth brother for the reward!" Nanny Sun was so happy, she left the Yonghe Palace, and the people below could breathe a sigh of relief, the pressure to make a living under the eyes of the Empress Defei was extraordinarily great.

Before going to bed at night, Xiao Shisi opened the box sent by Kangxi, and when he opened it, he smiled in surprise and his mouth crooked.

Inside turned out to be a sudden golden scorpion!

A total of 1000 taels of gold, the key is that there is no mark on it, but the fineness is extremely good, and it is definitely the hard currency in the country.

However, the gold exchanged by Xiao Shisi has the imprint of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it can be traced wherever it is sent.

Touching the gold, Xiao Shisi pondered for a moment, and he changed out the set he had prepared. The gold ladles were of the same color, but one had a mark and the other didn't. This was the biggest difference.