[Qing Chuan] The daily life of the seven princes

The three of them turned around and looked, my good fellow, there were three uncles standing neatly behind them, namely Ye Keshu, the eldest son of Tong Guowei, the Minister of Internal Guards, De Kexin, the second son, and Longkodo, the third son.

The minister in charge of the guards, a first-rank official, is in charge of the guards in the guards department. The basic duty is to lead the guards to protect the safety of the emperor and the entire Forbidden City.

As the highest military officer among the emperor's attendants, due to the particularity of his duties, the candidates for this position must also be the emperor's cronies. 【Note 1】

As Kangxi's uncle, Tong Guowei is naturally the best candidate for this position.Two years ago, he was promoted by Kangxi from a first-rank internal minister to a first-rank minister of guards.

And his eldest son Ye Keshu was also promoted to Luanyi Guard not long ago, becoming the only Luanyi Guard of the Han Army Banner in the Luanyi Guard.

All the boys of the Tong family were born in the Royal Guards and shouldered the heavy responsibility of protecting the safety of the emperor.

The eldest uncle is a bit of a big official, and he is a second grade, which is rarely seen on weekdays.The second uncle always followed the eldest uncle, and he didn't often walk around the Qianqing Palace.Therefore, Yinyou hadn't seen them much.

Ye Keshu was about the same age as Cao Yin, but he didn't have Cao Yin's romantic appearance. He looked resolute and stern, and he was a military officer at a glance.

Although Ye Keshu can be regarded as the boss of Cao Yin and Nalan, among the few people standing here, one counts as the other. They are very close to the emperor. Their official positions are of little use among them, and they do not obey each other.

Ye Keshu glanced at Nalan, then at Cao Yin, who looked back without fear.

"I remember you two are on duty tonight."

Cao Yin had no expression on his face, and nodded: "Yes, I will go back now."

"Wait a moment."

Ye Keshu walked up to Nalan, Yinyou was still leaning in Nalan's arms, looking at the three people in front of him with big watery eyes, his little face was blank.

Among the three, he only knew Longkodo.

Longkodo is sixteen or seventeen years old, with a youthful heart, so it stands to reason that he would be more popular with a child like Yinyou.

But he always regards himself as an uncle of the country, his eyes are higher than the top, and ordinary people can't get into his eyes, he is arrogant and not friendly enough, Yinyou doesn't like him at all.

Ye Keshu stretched out his hand, and Yinyou shrank instinctively into Nalan's arms.But it didn't work, a pair of iron-like palms rested on his armpit, easily hugging him.

Nalan didn't say anything, he was not only his boss but also the child's uncle, and he and Cao Yin had been away for so long, so it was time for him to return to his job.

Yinyou was a little scared, but also a little curious, looking up at Ye Keshu.The other party seemed to just hold him, and didn't intend to do anything else.

Ye Keshu looked at Cao Yin and Nalan. The two are celebrities around the emperor. As Luanyi guards, he caught a typical example of leaving his post without authorization. He didn't intend to pursue anything, so he turned around and walked away with Yinyou in his arms. up.

Behind him, De Kexin nodded politely to the two of them. They were all colleagues, and they worked in front of the emperor, so they had to live with face.

Walking behind the two elder brothers, Long Kedo reprimanded Cao Yin and Nalan in a low voice: "Hurry up and go back, be careful that the emperor knows, and you two will be punished for leaving your duties without authorization."

Cao Yin sneered: "You can try it."

"..."

Longkodo just had a mouthful, and he wasn't so stupid.No one inside and outside the palace knew what position Cao Yin held in the emperor's heart, and even his elder brother turned a blind eye to the matter, so he didn't dare to gossip in front of Kangxi.

Ye Keshu walked back for a while with Yinyou in his arms, suddenly stopped, and said solemnly to the child in his arms: "Seventh brother, you are a prince, how can you hang out with the guards all day long?"

Yinyou frowned suspiciously: "Aren't you also a guard?"

Ye Keshu: "..."

He didn't expect the child to react so quickly, and was choked for a while.

The atmosphere suddenly became more embarrassing, and Longkodo rescued his brother from behind: "How can it be the same, we are all your uncles."

Yinyou sighed bitterly: "There are too many uncles, I can't remember them!"

There is nothing wrong with what you said, Tong Guowei already has many sons, and Tong Guogang has several more.The three uncles in front of me fell silent for a while, and the little nephew was quick to react and logical, so he couldn't say it.

When several people came to the gate of the main hall, the family banquet inside just ended.

Kangxi accompanied the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager out of the hall, and all the concubines followed behind according to their ranks.

Ye Keshu and the others knelt aside, Kangxi turned his head and glanced at Yinyou, although his son was mischievous and ran around, but today is his birthday and Laba Festival, the old father couldn't bear to be too harsh on him.

When Yinyou saw Ama, he wanted to jump over to hug his thigh, but after meeting his disgusted eyes, he turned a corner and ran to the side of the Empress Dowager.

When Kangxi saw his son running towards him, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but he didn't know that the little thing was approaching, so he suddenly changed direction.

Kangxi seemed to see the little tail dangling behind him, and his eyes became even more disgusted.

Yinyou raised his head and gave him a disgusted look back. The father and son looked at each other with disgust in front of everyone.

The empresses and young masters of the harem were forced to watch the emperor change his face, and their hearts fluctuated with the expression on his face.

The empress dowager smiled all over her face, raised her hand to caress Yinyou's head, and looked at the three Tong family brothers kneeling in the distance, and waved to the imperial concubine: "The Ai family is exhausted, let Xiao Qi live in Chengqian tonight." Palace."

Although Kangxi disliked his youngest son, he was actually in a good mood, and he could hear the grace in the words of the Empress Dowager, so he broke the rules and asked the imperial concubine to have a small gathering with a few brothers outside the palace to talk.

The square of Qianqing Palace was so windy, even with the grace of the emperor and the empress dowager, the few people just met in a hurry and couldn't say a few words.

They were brothers, but Tong Qingyi was not familiar with them at all. They exchanged letters on weekdays, and the family would send some money to the palace for her to reward the servants. Mother could visit the palace once a year, that's all.

Both Ye Keshu and De Kexin maintained proper etiquette to the imperial concubine, only Longkodo stepped forward and called "sister" because of his young age.

The elder sister stopped him from approaching with a single look. After all, this is the Qianqing Palace, not the backyard of Tong's family, so there must be proper etiquette.

Yinzhen led his younger brother and stood beside Eniang, looking at the uncles equally curiously.

Ye Keshu took out a brocade box from his sleeve: "Ama specially asked the minister to bring this thing into the palace this morning. He said that Brother Qi has been weak since birth and couldn't stand the severe cold, so he carried this little thing close to his body. , might be better."

He opened the brocade box, took out a safety button and handed it to Yinyou, but the latter did not reach out to take it, but turned to look at Eniang.

The imperial concubine patted her son's head and encouraged him to come forward: "You can keep the gift from Guo Luo Mafa."

The Tong family has done a good job in this regard. The two children under her knees will send gifts every year on their birthdays, and they do not favor one over the other.

Yinyou took the safety buckle, and looked at it curiously in the moonlight. The jade color was shiny and soft, and the tentacles were warm. It was actually a warm jade.

The imperial concubine has been in the palace for ten years, and she has little contact with her natal family on weekdays, so the changes are not insignificant.

Ye Keshu remembered that when his younger sister was still in her boudoir, she was still a docile little girl, but now she stood in front of her coldly, as if she had changed into a different person.

I can't help feeling a little emotional in my heart, the years of deep palace have honed people.

Yinyou yawned, leaned against the imperial concubine limply, and said in a childish voice: "Emiang, I'm so sleepy, I want to sleep."

Li Xi was standing not far away with the servants of the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and was about to come over to hug him, but the imperial concubine personally picked up the child.

She nodded to the three brothers: "Please, brother, please send a message to Ama Erniang, please take care of your health."

After speaking, she took the child and prepared to leave.

Ye Keshu and the others bowed and saluted: "Congratulations to the imperial concubine."

On the way back to Chengqian Palace, Yinyou fell asleep. The imperial concubine carried him all the way back to the bedroom, and took off his coat, shoes and socks by herself. After a simple wash, he put him back on the bed, leaned over and kissed the child Little face, watching him fall asleep.

Yinzhen stood aside, it was getting late, Nanny and Su Peisheng urged him several times to take him back to his room to rest, but he just stood still.

The imperial concubine settled the small one well, and only then did she notice the big one when she turned around.

She beckoned, and Yinzhen walked over.Tong Qingyi unbuttoned the child's belt and auspicious clothes.

Yinzhen was very conflicted. In the beginning of the new year, he would go to the study room to study with his brothers. After entering school, he would no longer be a child. How could he still sleep with Er Niang and his younger brother?

The imperial concubine could see what her son was struggling with at a glance, and patted his head: "Haven't you started studying yet? It's Erniang's baby, go to sleep."

After saying this, Yinzhen felt relieved, and immediately got into the quilt, hugged his younger brother, leaned his two little heads together, and soon fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Yinyou woke up and found himself lying on Erniang's bed, his brother was still hugging him tightly. I don't know if it was because the charcoal fire in the room was too full, or because his brother's embrace was too warm. Sweat.

Er Niang was lying on the far side, still asleep, and her brother hadn't woken up yet.

Yinyou remembered what happened last night, and carefully took out the safety button.

He moved very lightly, even Yinzhen who was holding him was not woken up.

Yinyou held the warm jade in the palm of his hand, and the touch was as delicate as gelatin. He put the jade pendant on his face again, and he could really feel the slight warmth emanating from it.

He remembered Rong Ruo said last night that he would be 30 years old in four days, so his birthday is December [-]th.

Yinyou frowned, already worried, what gift should I give him?

He told his troubles to the imperial concubine, who patted his little head: "You don't have to worry about this problem, you, Ama, will naturally be rewarded."

Yinyou didn't think so, Ama's reward belonged to Ama, and the gift he gave was his heart.

In the coldest season of winter, it is freezing outside, even the lake in the Imperial Garden is frozen, and the branches are bare, making it impossible to make leaf specimens.

He went back to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and took out all his toys, wondering if the two young masters of Rong Ruo's family would like them.

In the end, Yinyou gave up this idea, since he and Rongruo made friends, the gift must be for him and not for his son.

The little guy hadn't figured it out yet, but when he came to the South Study Room that day, he first received gifts from Cao Yin and Nalan.

The things were placed on Kangxi's dragon case, and Cao Yin sent several copybooks, all of which were his treasures, and they were not easily taken out.

Yinyou can't even write words now, so he can tell the good from the bad.On the contrary, his Ama couldn't put it down.

Kangxi teased Cao Yin: "You still have such good things, why didn't you present them earlier?"

Cao Yin rubbed his nose: "It's a gift from a friend. It's not because I ate brother Qi's snacks and my mouth is soft. I have to give something back."

Although Yinyou is three years old, he is not very tall, and he is still not as tall as his Ama's dragon case.

The little guy couldn't wait, he didn't want to move the stool, he turned his head and hugged his Ama's thigh, and shouted eagerly: "Ama, I want to hug, I want to hug~"

Kangxi was admiring those few copybooks, so he had no time to talk to him, he lowered his head and glared at him impatiently, the emperor was not angry.

Seeing Ama's expression, Yinyou immediately let go, turned around and left.

Kangxi thought he was afraid, and said to himself: "Little thing, you are also afraid sometimes."

Unexpectedly, he threw himself into Nalan's arms as soon as he turned his head. The key is that Nalan was still very happy, and hugged him as soon as he raised his arms.The two people were head to head, they didn't know what to whisper, and then they laughed.

Cao Yin pointed to the copybook he sent and asked Yinyou: "Do you like it, Seventh Brother?"

Yinyou nodded: "I like it, of course I like what Ziqing sent me."

Cao Yin also said: "Then we must practice calligraphy well in the future, and we must not disappoint the painstaking efforts of the minister."

Yinyou raised his chin arrogantly: "No practice."

Cao Yin: "..."

Nalan looked at Cao Yin, who was usually the most eloquent, slumped in front of a three-year-old baby, and suddenly felt quite relieved, and a bright smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

Seeing the three of them talking and laughing, the old father on the side felt a little awkward again, and stretched out his hand to Yinyou: "Come here, don't you want Ama to hug you?"

Hugs can be hugged, anyone's hug is the same, Yinyou also stretched out his hand, Ama took it, and held it in his arms with one hand.

In addition to the copybook sent by Cao Yin, there is also a stack of books on the table, called "Miscellaneous Knowledge of Lushui Pavilion", a total of four volumes.

Kangxi pointed at the author's name under the title of the book, and said to Yinyou: "This is a birthday gift from Rong Ruo. It is he who compiled his knowledge and insights from years of familiar scriptures and history into a document. When you go to the study room to study, you will be able to avoid many detours."

Yinyou bent over and turned around for a long time, then sighed melancholy: "Oh, I don't know how to read yet."

Kangxi was almost dying of laughter from his tone of voice: "Didn't Ziqing send you a copybook, you can start learning now, Ama will teach you, okay?"

"Not good," Yinyou turned his head to the side and leaned on his Ama's shoulder, "I don't want to learn to read, I want to learn Kung Fu, I want to be Batulu!"

Liang Jiugong, who was waiting on the side, was terrified when he heard it. This is why Seventh Brother dared to speak so unscrupulously because of the love of the emperor's father.

If it's another prince or concubine, when he hears that the emperor wants to teach him how to read, it's too late to kneel down and thank him, so how dare he refuse.

"Nonsense!" Kangxi's tone contained anger, but the young son in his arms leaned softly on his shoulder. He was not willing to be really angry. If you are proficient in everything, how can you not read and practice calligraphy?”

Yinyou didn't speak, and wrapped his small arms around his neck.

Cao Yin and Nalan also stood aside without speaking, quietly watching the father and son quarrel.

After a while, Yinyou turned his head and asked Amati: "You can also read and practice calligraphy. I want Ziqing and Rongruo to accompany me."

Kangxi glanced at the two standing on both sides, and knew that Yinyou had always been close to them. These two were his playmates since he was a child.Kangxi was also relieved that Yinyou would make trouble with them, at least he had recited a lot of poems in the past few months.

Kangxi nodded his son's nose: "Little guy, you want to be beautiful. They can't accompany you."

Yinyou pouted: "Why not? They are Ama's bodyguards, can they only accompany Ama?"

"That's not true." Kangxi sighed, the years passed like a passing time, thinking that these two people came to the palace to accompany them, Rong Ruo for eight years, Cao Yin for ten years.

One of the high-spirited young men will be twenty-seven next year, and the other will be 30 years old in two days.

Kangxi put his son down, looked at Cao Yin and Nalan: "I can't keep you forever, after this busy period, I will find an errand for you two, it's time to go out and practice."

The two looked at each other and knelt down together: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Now it is the end of the year, and no matter whether it is the outer court or the inner court, there is no possibility of major personnel changes. Kangxi just mentioned this matter, and it will be discussed later in the year at the earliest.

Even so, Cao Yin and Nalan were very happy to hear what Kangxi said.

The two of them had read poetry and books since they were young, and they were famous all over the world when they were young, and they made friends with many scholars.Where would he be willing to stay by the emperor's side for the rest of his life, as a little bodyguard?

Walking out of the South Study Room, Nalan couldn't help asking Cao Yin: "Brother Qi, didn't you say that on purpose?"

Cao Yin frowned, he recalled it, Yinyou didn't say anything, only said that he wanted them to study with him, this was purely out of the child's trust and dependence on them, how could there be so much meaning.

"No way, he's only three years old, so why bother?"

Nalan added: "Perhaps that night outside the Qianqing Palace, he listened to one of my complaints and remembered it in his heart."

Cao Yin put his arms around his shoulders: "So, don't complain in front of your children from now on. Seventh elder brother is sincere to both of us, so we can't cheat him."

Just as Nalan thought, Yinyou really kept his phrase "he is still working as a follower in his thirties" in his heart.

He just thought, if he could ask Ama to let Ziqing and Rong Ruo teach him how to read and write, wouldn't they need to be little followers?

Unexpectedly, after listening to his words, Kangxi felt a lot, and began to plan and plan for the future of the two.

The days passed quickly, and it was New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye. The Forbidden City has already started a grand Chinese New Year mode, which will last until after the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

The princes who have worked hard in the upper study for a year can also take a good vacation and rest.

But as the king of a country, Kangxi couldn't rest. From this ugly day, he would take the prince and all civil and military officials to the Temple of Heaven to offer sacrifices, and pray on behalf of the people all over the world for the prosperity of the country and the harvest of the grain in the coming year.

Later, in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he accepted the worship of officials at all levels, representatives of Mongolian tribes and foreign envoys.

At noon, a state banquet will be held in the Hall of Preserving Harmony for all the officials. It is not until Shenshi that the series of celebration ceremonies of the previous dynasty can be completed and they can return to the harem.

It is said that they are going to start reading and practicing calligraphy, but the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year is strong these days, whether it is various palace lanterns hanging high, or various festive decorations placed in the house, blessing characters, couplets and New Year pictures on the doors and windows... Everything attracts Yinyou's attention, he is busy every day.

This morning he got up early, ran to the Imperial Garden to pick two of the largest and plump wintersweets, and was going to take them back to give to Mama Ukuma and Er Niang. Halfway there, he ran into Yinzuo again.

The sixth brother doesn't talk about martial arts, he just grabs it when he comes up, Yinyou refuses to give it to him, the two children are making a fuss in the imperial garden, the concubine De and the imperial concubine are not there, the two young brothers are masters, the maids and eunuchs are not there People dare to step forward to block.

In the end, it was Li Xi who was afraid that Seventh Elder Brother would suffer, so he came forward to talk badly, so he separated the two.

The plum blossoms on the branches fell to the ground bare while being pulled, leaving only two bare branches in Yinyou's hands.

"Here, I don't want it anymore!" He pouted, threw two branches on the ground, turned around and ran away angrily.

He ran all the way back to the Compassionate Ning Palace, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, his buttocks pouted, and he lay on the kang with his whole body.

The Empress Dowager was sitting on the other side of the kang table reading a book, when she saw him running in angrily, she just lay there without saying a word, took off her reading glasses and looked at him for a while, she didn't know what was wrong with him.

The old lady glanced at Aunt Su Ma, who smiled and said, "Maybe there was some conflict with that little elder brother again."

The Empress Dowager said: "I know the child I raised, he has always been soft-tempered, if he is not provoked, he will not lose his temper easily."

She stretched out her hand and patted his protruding Lao Gao's buttocks twice, and asked: "Who is making you unhappy, tell Ukumamo quickly."

Yinyou still lay there refusing to speak.

The Empress Dowager took another look at Li Xi: "Girl Xi, tell me."

Li Xi roughly talked about Yinzuo's snatching of Yinyou's things: "Actually, it's not the first time. Although they are not valuables, they are things in the hands of the seventh elder brother after all. Sixth elder brother is just like this." Involuntarily snatching it away, my brother felt a little bit wronged."

The empress dowager pondered for a long time, the seventh elder brother is the emperor's son, and the sixth elder brother is also, as a great-grandmother, she is eccentric, and she can't be too eccentric.

Therefore, he could only criticize the child's mother: "This concubine De has spoiled the sixth child so much that the emperor doesn't care about it."

The emperor entertained hundreds of officials and envoys in the Palace of Preserving Harmony. He refused to eat and watched the people below eat. He sneezed twice for no reason, and Liang Jiugong was so frightened that he almost announced the imperial physician.

Seeing that the little guy was still lying on the kang and couldn't be coaxed for a while, the Empress Dowager pretended to be sullen and said, "Xiao Qi, it's the Chinese New Year, and Mama Ukuma will get angry like you."

Naturally, Yinyou didn't want to make Ukumama angry, so he turned over and sat up, his eyes were red, and there were crystal tears rolling in them.

"Don't cry!" The Empress Dowager suddenly said sharply.

Yinyou was startled, quickly slid down from the kang, and obediently stood beside Mama Ukuma, swallowing back her tears.

"Why are you crying? He is your elder brother, you should respect him, but he stole your things, so go and grab them back."

The empress dowager's eyes were sharp, and every word she uttered was like a sharp blade: "If you let him, once or twice, he will think you are easy to bully, and will rob you every time."

Yinyou had never seen such a Ukuma Mama, although she was very fierce, but Yinyou knew in her heart that Ukuma Mama said these words for his own good, so he stood obediently and listened to her teachings.

The Empress Dowager looked at his little bun-like face. This child was so small and fragile. Since the day he was born, countless pairs of eyes had been staring at him, but under the care of everyone, he had grown into a soft and tender boy. The glutinous bun is sincere to everyone and has no defense.

"Yinyou, you want you to remember that you are the prince of the Qing Dynasty. In the future, you will assist your Ama and the prince to govern the country. There are many people around you, and they are watching you all the time. As long as you show a trace of Weak, and they'll pounce on you like wolves."

Yinyou didn't understand, Ama and brother Prince are so powerful, isn't it enough to have them govern the country?He didn't want to be with them, that didn't sound like fun at all.

But since Mama Ukuma said so, he nodded: "Xiaoqi remembers."

Next time if Brother Six dares to rob him again, he will definitely...

At this moment, the eunuch's biography came from outside, saying that Yuqing Palace sent someone to deliver things to Seventh Elder Brother.

As soon as Yinyou heard it, he forgot what happened just now, and looked out expectantly, wondering what fun things the prince brother brought him this time.

The prince did not disappoint him this time. He sent a puppy with exquisite workmanship. The puppy held a ball in its mouth, and its neck and tail could move.

Yinyou got a new toy, and forgot about the unhappiness in the morning. He spent the whole afternoon studying the puppy, and finally found that the puppy's mouth can still close as long as the ball is taken out.

"Little ancestor, hurry up and change your clothes, the New Year's Eve dinner in Qianqing Palace is ready."

As usual, Li Xi changed him into auspicious clothes, braided his hair, put on his cape, and prepared to go out with the Empress Dowager.

Before leaving, Yinyou still didn't forget his puppy, and took him to Qianqing Palace with him in his arms.

When night fell, hundreds of palace lanterns in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Hall of Zhonghe, and Hall of Baohe in the Forbidden City were lit at the same time. Outside the Qianqing Palace, two Longevity Sky Lanterns were placed on the left and right of His Majesty Dan, and His Majesty Dan also set up two sky lanterns. Lights, embellishing the majestic palace with brilliant lights.

Because it was the New Year's Eve dinner, this family banquet was extra grand and larger in scale.In addition to the empress dowager, empress dowager, concubine, harem concubines, princes and princesses, there are also Prince Gong and Prince Yu and their families.

The two princes, Fuquan and Changning, also had children, and it was even more lively now.

When everyone was full, they couldn't sit still. As long as one took the lead, the other children left their seats and went to play elsewhere.

As the crown prince, it is naturally impossible for the crown prince to run out to play with them. He is already sitting at the front of the hall, beside Kangxi.

Eldest brother no longer regards himself as a child. As the eldest son of the emperor, he has begun to feel conscious of sharing the worries of Ama Khan, and has always been by Ama Khan and the two emperor uncles.

Kangxi looked at his eldest son. Although he was not yet 13 years old, his height was already showing a slight tendency to be taller. It was not difficult to see that in the near future, he would definitely become a handsome young man.

After all, he is his own son, although he doesn't value it as much as the prince, but Kangxi is still very proud and happy to see the elder brother like this, and even concubine Hui, who has not felt Long En for a long time, was mentioned several times by him, and even Some rewards were given in public.

At this family banquet, the eldest elder brother undoubtedly became the most concerned object of Kangxi among the princes. He proudly praised Yinti's riding and shooting skills to the two brothers, and said that he would definitely let them see it during the next year's autumn round one time.

The prince listened quietly and didn't say anything.At this time, a small figure ran from a distance and threw himself into his arms.

The prince bowed his head, Yinyou was smiling at him.The prince put his arms around him and sat in front of him, the little guy took out the puppy in his arms, leaned into his ear and said sweetly, "Thank you, brother prince!"

The prince just got this toy, but he usually doesn't have enough time to study and practice martial arts, and he has to start assisting Khan Ama with some government affairs, so how can he have time to play with it.

What's more, he didn't play with such a naive toy for a long time. After getting it, he naturally thought of Yinyou immediately, and immediately sent someone to send it to the Palace of Compassion.

He put his arms around Xiaotuanzi, and leaned into his ear and asked, "Do you like it?"

Yinyou nodded: "I like it very much."

He put the puppy on the table, showed the prince his new way of playing, took out the ball, and the puppy's mouth snapped shut.

At this time, Kangxi on the other side didn't know what to think, and suddenly looked at the position beside the empress dowager.

The cousin sat there quietly, as she always did, seeming to be attentively listening to everyone talking, but in fact, Kangxi could tell that her thoughts had drifted away for a long time.

Indeed, as he thought, Tong Qingyi was already tired of such family banquets. She sat here, neither wanting to show anything nor to please anyone. The only pleasure was to see what her son was doing.

Sometimes when the Empress Dowager or the Empress Dowager spoke a few words to her, she would listen carefully and answer carefully.

And most of the time, she is thinking about her own affairs in her mind, either memorizing a passage of "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" or "The Inner Diameter of the Emperor", or sorting out the medical records she just read yesterday.

She used to be a student of pure Western medicine, and her attitude towards Chinese medicine was quite disdainful.

After coming here, most of the knowledge of Western medicine in my mind was useless, so I started to learn Chinese medicine.

Only then did I realize that traditional medicine is much more difficult to learn than Western medicine.

"Imperial Concubine." Kangxi called her.

Tong Qingyi came back to her senses, and bowed in the direction of the emperor: "The concubine is here."

"Brother is not young anymore. Since you are acting as the empress and taking care of the affairs of the Six Palaces, you should consider some things more for him."

When hearing this, Concubine Hui showed joy on her face, her son had grown up.

The imperial concubine didn't realize it for a while, the eldest elder brother's birth mother was sitting there, and her son was her lifeblood, what else could not be considered, should I consider it by myself?

She glanced at Concubine Hui's expression, and then realized that Kangxi's words meant that she would pick two girls with outstanding looks and send them to the elder brother's elder brother's office to become his gege.

This……

Tong Qingyi didn't know how to answer for a while, and hesitated for a long time before reluctantly answering.

Yinti is only twelve years old, she is just a child in her eyes, a child who has not yet entered puberty, so she can't wait to take him a concubine.

She also knew that this was the family's rule, when she was fifteen or sixteen years old, she had to marry Fujin, and before that, when she was twelve or thirteen, she had to arrange Princess.

However, this matter suddenly fell on her head. As a pediatrician who is very familiar with the children's physical structure and physiological characteristics, she really couldn't persuade herself to do this matter calmly.

Kangxi glanced at her meaningfully. He is usually very capable in doing things, but he doesn't know what happened today.

Yinyou couldn't understand what they were talking about, and when he was talking to the prince, he heard the excitement of the brothers and sisters playing on the other side. The little guy's attention was completely attracted, and he immediately stood up holding the puppy and went to the other side. While walking, he didn't forget to grab a handful of candy from the prince's table before leaving.

He came to several brothers and sisters, and everyone noticed the toy puppy in his arms, and Yinyou was also happy to show them his new toy.

He put the puppy on the ground, and the puppy nodded and wagged its tail again. It looked like a real dog, and made several children of the same age laugh, especially the eldest sons of Prince Yu and Prince Gong. And the princess, it looks very novel.

On a whim, Yinyou replaced the ball in the dog's mouth with a candy. The toy puppy still opened its mouth, revealing its sharp teeth, as if it might close at any time.

At this time, Yinzuo pushed away the crowd and ran in. Seeing the puppy in front of Yinyou, he reached out to grab it without saying a word.

This time Yinyou reacted very quickly, and rushed over to protect the puppy in front of him: "Sixth brother, don't grab it, the puppy is eating candy, he will bite you."

The young son of Prince Yu's family next to him, who was older than Yinyou, laughed loudly when he heard his words: "It's just a toy dog ​​made of wood, how could it bite people?"

Yinhu was not convinced: "My seventh brother said he would bite, so he will definitely bite."

"Why not?"

"Let it bite one and let me see."

The children started booing, and Yinzuo couldn't see what Yinyou had in his hand, and wanted to grab whatever he wanted.

Yinyou protected him from robbing him: "Really, Brother Six, it really can bite, it hurts so much."

Seeing that he refused to give it, Xu Zuo simply put his hand into the dog's mouth to get the candy.

At this moment, there was only a "click", and the mouth of the toy puppy closed in response. The next moment, the heart-piercing cry of the child resounded throughout the hall.

"..."