The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

In fact, Chinese New Year is nothing, everyone presents gifts, eats a palace banquet, and then goes back to each house, each looking for each mother.

In view of the gradual increase of the third generation, the Yonghe Palace was quieter during the Chinese New Year a few years ago, but these years the number of children has gradually increased, and this year the Fourteenth Master is also here, so it is almost impossible to play with the children. The roof of the Yonghe Palace was lifted off!

Over there, Shisi and Shisan took the children to play with the eagle and catch the chicks.

The cry could be heard through the palace walls.

Concubine De and Fourth Master watched Fourteenth Master and Thirteenth Master play with the children together, and the younger children were watched by Concubine Min with Sifu Jin and Thirteen Fujin.

"Look, he's already 26, he looks like he's six years old!" Concubine De felt disgusted by the commotion created by Fourteen.

Fourth master smiled and said: "Fourteen is the child's heart."

Concubine De took the opportunity to ask Fourth Master in a low voice: "Your annual ceremony this year is so-so, what about Longevity Day? Are you ready?"

"It's ready." Fourth Master also said in a low voice: "But Fourteenth, he said to keep it a secret, so that I won't let my ministers know."

Concubine De was taken aback: "You brat, keep it a secret from Bengong."

No one knew what the birthday gift Sisi was preparing for, but during the Chinese New Year this year, Sisi gave each of the empresses in the palace a half-person-high vanity mirror.

What was given to Concubine De was a dressing table, a half-person-high dressing mirror, made of mahogany, and inlaid with many pearls, it looked very luxurious.

Concubine De liked it quite a bit. I heard that Fourteen's son also gave two dressing tables to his natal family, one for his brother-in-law and one for his mother-in-law. Fourteen seems to have a good relationship with his mother-in-law.

The old lady is old, and she still has two grandchildren of the prince. She usually visits the old lady when she is fourteen, but it seems that the fourth child has never been there?

Concubine De always felt that the fourth child looked down on her natal family.

Fourth Master actually didn't have that much thought, he was too busy with his business, not to mention his niece, besides, Wu Ya's family didn't have any outstanding figures.

Wu Yaboqi is now the foreign steward of the Xiaotangshan Palace, and his position in the House of Internal Affairs is much higher, so ordinary people can't control him.

Now that the court situation is weird and ever-changing, Fourth Master just hopes that Wu Ya's family will not add to the chaos.

The fourteenth master took the children and played with the thirteenth master for half the night of the eagle catching chickens. The children were tired from the fuss, and some of them fell asleep in the car when they returned home after the New Year's Eve dinner.

The next day, on the first day of the first lunar month, they all entered the palace to congratulate Kangxi on the new year.

And the ninth day of the lunar new year is the birthday of the Fourteenth Lord. Although it is not a big birthday, many people give gifts to Prince Xun's mansion.

There is no way, two years ago, Prince Xun was not in Beijing, even if everyone wanted to curry favor with him, they couldn't reach him.

Now the Fourteenth Lord is finally in Beijing, and many people give gifts to Prince Xun's mansion.

Tong Jiaqinggui had heard the news a long time ago, and asked Fourteenth Master: "Do you want to accept this gift?"

"Take it!" Master Fourteen said in one word.

"But, is it appropriate to receive so many presents?" Receive gifts without distinction?There are so many people giving gifts.

"Accept." The fourteenth master said: "I will accept the gift to congratulate you on your birthday, but if you have something to ask me, I'm sorry, I'm very busy, so I won't do it."

Tong Jiaqinggui wiped off his sweat: "It's nothing to accept gifts, and it's easy to be scolded."

Courtesy to people, there must be something to ask for.

But the fourteenth master has such a generous character, he doesn't do anything after receiving gifts, so he can't be scolded behind his back?

"It's not like I'm forcing them to give you gifts." The fourteenth master said with an attitude like a knife, "I'm still a prince now."

After all, it was a classmate who grew up together, Tong Jiaqinggui said very bluntly: "I have never seen such a shameless prince like you."

"Fuck you!" Fourteenth Master gave him a look.

Tong Jiaqinggui got the letter from the Fourteenth Lord, okay, on the ninth day of the lunar new year, the Fourteenth Lord entered the palace early in the morning to greet Kangxi and Concubine De, but Prince Xun's mansion was full of guests, and Tong Jiaqinggui was the one who came No rejection, no matter whether you are a prince or aristocrat, or you are doing business on the street, anyone who comes can have a cup of tea at Prince Xun's Mansion. No matter what gift they bring, when they leave, they will be given a gift in return.

It is a gift box.

The gift box is a three-layer wooden food box, very simple, the third layer is Jingba piece of snacks, the second layer is eight kinds of dried fruits, and the first layer is fruit.

This Chinese New Year fruit is more expensive than oil.

Prince Xun's gift this time is not cheap.

Everyone doesn't know what the plan of this double-paid prince is?

Even fourth master was confused by his own brother.

On the [-]th, when he entered the palace early in the morning, he greeted Kangxi, had breakfast at Kangxi's place, and happily got a string of gold beads hanging from Kangxi's body as a birthday present.

After teasing Kangxi, Kangxi went to court, and then he ran to Yonghe Palace to greet Concubine De.

"Get up, knowing your birthday is today, Er Niang has prepared birthday noodles for you." Concubine De asked someone to bring them up. Eleven bowls of very ordinary hand-rolled noodles were spread with marinade of minced meat and mushrooms, and shredded cucumbers. and bean sprouts.

But Shisi knew that this was a bowl of noodles made by Concubine De herself, with a poached egg on top.

Fourteen ate cleanly: "Thank you, Erniang!"

"En." Concubine De patted his head: "I'm already 26 years old, you have to be more careful outside, you are the prince elder brother, you can't damage the dignity of the royal family, and you can't make yourself too tired."

Fourteen nodded: "My son knows, Er Niang has also worked hard."

"Have you prepared the gift for the Longevity Festival?" Concubine De asked Shisi curiously.

"It's ready, don't worry, Huang Ama will definitely be satisfied." Fourteen said with a smile, "Emiang, is the glass mirror easy to use?"

"It's easy to use, and the person taking pictures is so clear." Concubine De touched her cheek: "Emiang hasn't taken a good look at herself for many years."

Concubine De is old, but the palace is well maintained, she looks like a 40-year-old mature woman.

But after all, I am old, no amount of rouge and gouache can cover the crow's feet at the corners of my eyes, and my hair has silver threads.

"Er Niang's luck is yet to come. Er Niang, I have met my grandma before, she is very young and has a long life." When the Fourteenth Master mentioned Sai and Li Shi, Concubine De was fascinated: "Your grandma It's been a long time since she entered the palace, and she's getting old, so Er Niang doesn't want to torment her."

There are strict rules in the palace, and female family members kowtow quite a lot when entering the palace. How old are Sai and Lishi?Come in and toss to death.

Don't let the old lady suffer.

But Se and Richter are indeed long-lived people.

Concubine De's Ama and her elder brother also died in battle, not from old age, so speaking of it, there are quite a few people in Wu Ya's family who live long lives.

When Shisi was acting coquettishly with Concubine De, Kangxi had already left court and listened to Gu Chao's report.

"This kid accepts all kinds of gifts, and he's not afraid of getting hurt?" Kangxi laughed when he heard the news: "Oh, he wants to go out on business so that those people can't catch him."

Even if you want to ask Fourteenth Master to do something, then Fourteenth Master must be in Beijing.

Kangxi immediately decided to let the fourteenth go out on business after the Longevity Day, and stop wandering around in Beijing.

The Fourteenth Master's attitude was confusing, so he had a rare first month of leisure, but after February [-], the court began to prepare for Kangxi's longevity.

The banquet of thousands of seniors was held again.

There is no doubt about that.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs turned full power and got busy.

All kinds of rare and precious treasures gathered in Beijing. At this time, Prince Yong was in charge of the household department, and no one was allowed to borrow money.

As for Kangxi, he approved 100 million taels of silver to the side of the river, another 50 taels of silver to the south of the flood, and another 20 taels of silver and 50 shi of grain to the north of the drought.

Lord Long Live is now "rich and powerful"!

The princesses of Fumeng returned to Beijing collectively, and they all brought their children and husband-in-law, and the palace suddenly became lively, especially Princess Wen Xian, as a land household, entertained her sisters and sisters who had returned to her natal family, which was a matter of course.

When Kangxi saw his sons and daughters, daughters-in-law and sons-in-law, grandchildren and grandchildren, there were hundreds of people gathered, and it was a great sense of accomplishment.

Especially at this time, Se Hetu's diagnosis was joyful.

This is the icing on the cake. At the age of 60, he can still make his concubines happy. Kangxi is always strong.

So on the day of Wanshou Festival, it was full of gongs and drums, and it was very lively.

A total of three days, the first day of the feast of thousands of old people, let everyone see the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty.

The second day was a grand banquet for civil and military officials, Mongolian and Tibetan princes and nobles. This time it was a part of presenting gifts, and even foreign envoys came to congratulate.

The third day was the royal family's own celebration day. All the princes and princesses, married and unmarried, came.

The entire Taihe Palace was filled, and Kangxi's face was flushed with excitement.

The most exciting part of this lively Longevity Festival is the gift.

Envoys from foreign countries, as well as visitors from Mongolia and Tibet, all presented a large number of exquisite gifts, and even gifts from living Buddhas.

This is all secondary, and when it is the turn of the princesses to present gifts, it is all needlework.

Princess Wenxian personally embroidered the "Wanfu" screen and gave it to Kangxi. It was embroidered with red silk and gold thread. Among other things, the gold thread alone is worth a lot of money.

In addition, there is a pair of birthday gods and birthday women carved from white jade sent by the forehead.

There are also a pair of gem bonsai and other gifts.

The other princesses also gave other gifts, especially Princess Chunxi, who gave Kangxi a set of [-] golden arhats, which made the fourteenth master's eyes shine!

At least twenty catties of gold.

The gift i from Prince Yong was indeed the pair of dragon and phoenix auspicious Venus coral trees.

The fifteen princes, the sixteen princes, and the eighteen princes gave ordinary gifts, but there was a special gift, which was jointly made by the three princes and given to Kangxi. picture".

However, the embroidered picture is as tall as a person and more than two meters wide. Every county on it is represented by pearls.

Gold pearls were found in the Qing Dynasty, white pearls were found in Tibet, green pearls were found in Mongolia, and blue pearls were found in the South Seas along the coast.

Kangxi was very satisfied with this gift: "Send it to the Dong Nuan Pavilion of the Palace of Mental Cultivation."

The gifts from the Thirteenth Master were also outstanding. Among the gifts, there was a jade carving mountain of "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" carved from emerald.

In fact, there are one or two outstanding personal gifts that make people's eyes shine.

The most interesting thing is the gift that the Fourteenth gave to Kangxi: he replaced the windows, door edges, and mulberry paper covering the Hall of Mental Cultivation with large transparent glass.

After Kangxi knew about this, he suddenly realized: "No wonder you had someone measure the doors and windows of Qianqing Palace last year."

"Last year's production was limited, and there were not enough blockbuster movies. I can only accumulate slowly. I have been saving since last year. Finally, I have saved all of it. I will replace the doors and windows of the Hall of Mental Cultivation for you, with glass The windows and doors have good light, and the wind will not let in mosquitoes." Fourteen said with a smile: "It's just a little late, I changed the glass doors and windows for you today."

"Fourteen, is there nothing else besides this?" At this moment, Prince Cheng said cheaply, "What's the matter?"

Prince Cheng also bought a lot of good things for Kangxi. Without the presence of Prince Abandoned and King Zhijun, he is the boss, but his things are not very brilliant.

Prince Yong's gift was the first to shine, followed by others, and the last was Fourteen's gift. Although I haven't seen it, it can replace the doors and windows of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. It was planned a long time ago, which means that the emperor Ma is very tolerant of Shisi, even allowing him to measure the Hall of Mental Cultivation!

Prince Cheng's eyes are terrible!