[Qing Chuan] The daily life of the seven princes

When Yinyou was in front of her, the imperial concubine couldn't say anything, so she had to wait for him to go to the study room early the next morning before calling Li Xi to the main hall and asking about what happened yesterday.

Li Xi walked into the room hesitantly, saw the imperial concubine sitting at the round table in the next room, and waved to her when she came in.

Li Xi walked up to her, bent his knees, and said nothing.

The imperial concubine pulled her to sit aside and asked, "What did the ancestors say?"

Li Xi bit her lower lip: "The old ancestor said that I have also reached the age when I should leave the palace. If I am willing to stay, I will continue to take care of Seventh Brother, but if I don't want to..." She paused and looked up at the imperial concubine "I don't want to, let the emperor give me a marriage."

The imperial concubine saw her cautiousness, so she patted the back of her hand: "It's okay, tell me about your choice."

Li Xi didn't speak for a long time, and she herself was very hesitant.It has always been her belief to leave the palace when she is old. She has been in the palace for ten years, and she has been waiting for this day.

Brother Qi is about to be six years old now, and he was supposed to move into Brother's house last year.Elder brother's servants are all eunuchs and elderly nuns, and there are very few young maids, unless it is given to the elder brother who is about to grow up.

Perhaps at that time, the seventh elder brother has grown up and become independent, so he no longer needs her company, and she can go out of the palace without any worries.Whether she goes home or gets married, she doesn't have to be locked in a high wall anymore, and she is not allowed to be free.

But now Seventh Elder Brother is still living in Chengqian Palace, he will always come back as soon as possible after school every day.

Just stepped into the yard, either called Er Niang, or Aunt Xi.

He also told himself over and over again not to marry himself, saying that he would take good care of himself.

"Me too..." Li Xi gritted his teeth, "I don't know either."

The imperial concubine looked at her, seeing the entanglement and hesitation on her face.She was originally a very independent and thoughtful girl.If not, with her knowledge, background and appearance, she should have been an empress in some palace long ago instead of a mere maid in the Ci Ning Palace.

Her father is Li Shizhen, the governor of Guangdong. His original surname was Jiang. He was originally from Changyi, Shandong, and was a prominent local family.

In the 15th year of Chongzhen, when the Qing army invaded Henan, Shandong and other places for the second time, Changyi fell.Including Jiang Shizhen's father, brothers, and uncles, a group of clan members were martyred. Jiang Shizhen, who was 23 years old at the time, was captured and sent to Liaodong.

Li Shizhen became an official with the imperial examination, and his career went straight up.During the San Francisco Rebellion, he served as a political envoy in Zhejiang, planning and planning, ensuring sufficient food and military supplies for the army, and providing sufficient logistical support for the Qing army, and made great contributions to the evaluation of the San Francisco.

Therefore, in the 20th year of Kangxi, Li Shizhen was promoted to governor of Jiangxi, and after Shang Zhixin's rebellion was put down, the situation in Guangdong was unstable, and capable ministers had to be governed.In the 21st year of Kangxi, he was transferred to the governor of Guangdong until now.

At the beginning of Li Shizhen's tenure in Guangdong, he was faced with a mess where the San Francisco Rebellion had just been put down, the officials were redundant, the army was arrogant, and the people were in dire straits.After several years of drastic reform work during his tenure, Guangdong's severely damaged political situation and economy quickly recovered, which played an important role in stabilizing the situation in the southeast after the San Francisco Rebellion. 【Baidu Encyclopedia】

Kangxi was quite sure of his work ability and appreciated him very much.Therefore, he did not pursue too much responsibility for his close relationship with Aobai, and let his son Li Xu Yiyin enter the Guozijian.

Li Xu was well appreciated by Kangxi for his intelligence and talent.At the age of 19, he was appointed as the secretary of the cabinet, and at the age of 24, he was appointed as the prefect of Shaoguan, from the fourth rank.

Cao Yin and Nalan are the same age as him, and they have worked by the emperor's side until they were 30 years old, and they have no such opportunity.

Now Li Xu works for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in charge of the construction and management of Changchun Garden.From a foreign minister to Kangxi's close minister.

The imperial concubine held Li Xi's hand: "I know you are reluctant to part with Xiao Qi. Since he was sent to the Palace of Compassion and Peace at the age of one, you have been taking care of him personally. Now he is almost six years old."

Li Xi lowered his head: "This is what slaves should do."

The imperial concubine shook her head lightly: "In the Palace of Compassion, you were the favorite girl of our ancestors. In the Palace of Chengqian, Xiaoqi and I did not treat you as a servant. Even if you stay, you will always stay by his side , accompany him to grow up. When you grow old, he will definitely treat you like he treats me. "

Having said that, the imperial concubine paused for a moment: "But I know, that's not what you want."

"If you find out that you are about to leave the palace, you may not be able to cry and make a fuss. I don't know if he will be beaten up by his Ama. I can imagine that he pulled Your hand, crying and not letting you go."

Hearing this, Li Xi couldn't help but his eyes turned red again, and he wanted to stand up and tell the imperial concubine that he would not leave.

But the imperial concubine didn't give her the chance to be impulsive: "You are a very thoughtful girl, everyone's life in this harem is out of their own control, everyone lives without self, your independent consciousness is even more valuable. I hope you can respect your heart and pursue the life you want."

Li Xi couldn't understand what the imperial concubine said, but he seemed to understand.Inexplicable emotions surged in her chest. In the past ten years, her little sisters always said that they couldn't understand what she was thinking. She could be a concubine, but she chose to be a slave.

She never explained anything, never argued about anything, and they might not understand what she thought.

However, what the imperial concubine said just now, she felt as if she had spoken her heart.

The imperial concubine said again: "I know, you like Cao Yin Cao Langzhong."

"Your Majesty, be careful!" Li Xi didn't expect that the imperial concubine could speak so directly, she immediately blushed, and turned her head to the other side in embarrassment and haste.

"Don't be embarrassed, there is no one else here." The imperial concubine smiled, "The ancestors have repeatedly said that they want to marry you to a good family, and the most favorite person is Cao Yin. The family background, character, talent and appearance can match you. "

The more she said, the more shy Li Xi became, and the lower he buried his head.

She is already 25 years old this year, and after leaving the palace, she has no better choice than being a stepwife or concubine.

She had also thought about this question before, if she was not satisfied, she would rather not marry.

But as the imperial concubine said, Cao Yin's family background, character, talent, learning and appearance are all very good.

She would rather marry Cao Yin than marry those Manchu nobles as concubine.

Cao Yin is very handsome, with both civil and military skills. He has only one wife who has passed away for many years. He is still unmarried and has no concubine. They are about the same age.

The most important thing is, just like the imperial concubine said, he likes Cao Yin.How could anyone not like such a person?

The imperial concubine said: "But I know that liking is a matter of one moment, and marrying him is another. It not only depends on your willingness, but also on his willingness. So, you have to think about it. Or, if you have any ideas, you can also marry him." You can tell me, and I will do my best to help you."

Of course, it was not Cao Yin's turn not to be willing to give the marriage to the Empress Dowager.What the imperial concubine is worried about is that if Cao Yin doesn't like Li Xi, even if he marries her home, it will only be a display, what if he treats her badly?

Li Xi had mixed feelings in his heart, he knelt down in front of the imperial concubine with a "plop", kowtowed to her, "I am willing."

"..."

The imperial concubine helped her up: "Don't be in a hurry, maybe you can ask your brother to ask him what he means first."

Saying it this way, it seems that Li Xi has to rush to marry someone, and he is even more embarrassed.

The imperial concubine asked her to sit down, and the next thing to say was the key point: "You have taken care of Xiaoqi for so many years, and he has a very deep affection for you, and he is very dependent on you. If you just tell him that you are going out of the palace, He must not be able to accept it, and when he started making a fuss, the emperor was upset, and the empress dowager was also sad."

"Anyway, there is still a month to go. We are trying our best to get him to accept this matter. Don't be too sudden. He is a delicate and sensitive child. I don't want to stimulate him too much."

Li Xi nodded: "Okay."

Yinyou was in a daze all morning in class in the study room. The master shook his head helplessly as he watched him wander off.

This Seventh Elder Brother was born in the royal family. Even if he has no ink, with the emperor's favor, he can live a life without worrying about food and clothing.

As soon as the master walked out of the study, the sixth elder brother stood up immediately. He was afraid that if he was too late, the younger brother who looked like brown sugar would post it again, telling him "sixth brother, drink more hot water".

Since that serious illness, his body has not been as good as before, and he always has a cold and cough from time to time.The imperial doctor has visited many times, the prescription has been changed several times, countless medicines have been taken, and acupuncture has been applied a lot, but there is still no cure.

Regarding this, Kangxi was furious again in front of the imperial physician and scolded everyone one by one.

However, Imperial Physician Liu still had the courage to say bluntly that Brother Six had fallen to the root of his illness.It needs to be adjusted slowly, not too hastily.In the future, the seasons will alternate, and extra attention must be paid to severe cold and hot summer.

Kangxi loses his temper and loses his temper, which cannot be blamed on the imperial physician.Thinking of Xiaoqi's legs last year, it seems that they are alive and kicking.

However, Xiao Qi was surrounded not only by the imperial concubine, but also by a large group of court ladies and old ladies who waited on him carefully.

And the sixth child, with an unreliable mother-in-law, who can be so attentive and inquire about her health.

So, after the little guy Yinyou learned of Ama's worries, he took the initiative to take on the responsibility of asking the sixth brother about his health.He harassed people in class every day, and he would stick to them as soon as class was over.The sixth elder brother was so annoyed that he was miserable, wishing to run away when he saw him.

Brother Six was about to walk out of the study room today, but he still hadn't heard Xiao Qi calling him behind him.He was a little strange, and poked his head into the study to have a look.

I saw the little guy still sitting at his desk motionless, neither speaking nor moving, and Baotai called him several times, but he was also indifferent.

Brother Six thought for a while, then went back to the study, walked up to Yinyou, and pushed him: "Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi?"

Yinyou turned his head to look at him, said nothing, and continued to drag his cheeks with his hands in a daze.

Brother Six lay down on the table and asked him, "What's wrong with you?"

"Brother Qi has something on his mind?" Yinhu from the other side also ran over, grinning, and forced Yinyou's hand, and stuffed a candy into his hand, "Come on, Brother Qi, eat something sweet. It will get better."

Yinyou looked at the candy, didn't eat it, didn't speak, stood up silently, and walked out of the study silently.

Brother Six and Baotai wanted to catch up, but Brother Eight stopped him: "Maybe Brother Seven wants to be alone for a while, so let's not bother him."

Yinyou walked out of the upper study room and came to the square in front of Qianqing Palace alone.

It is not early morning time, and there is no one here.The main hall behind was also quiet, no one was moving around.

He sat alone on the white marble steps, staring at the empty and quiet square in a daze.

"What's the matter?" At this time, a man suddenly sat beside Yinyou, put an arm around his shoulder, and asked him to lean against his side, "Tell brother about it."

When the fourth elder brother came out of the study, he happened to see his younger brother walking outside the study. He called Xiao Qi twice, but the other party ignored him.

The little guy was always happy, and it was rare to see him so preoccupied.

The fourth elder brother was worried, so he also followed.

Yinyou tilted his head and leaned on his shoulder, but still didn't speak for a long time.

At this time, a row of swallows flew across the air.The little guy raised his head and half-closed his eyes, watching the shot of them flying over from the north and disappearing into the southern sky.

In the end, Yinyou just shook his head and said nothing.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the little guy has to get up for class before dawn.

He couldn't sleep well, so he was always a little confused.When Li Xi was dressing him, he kept falling on the bed.

Li Xi let him lean on him, held his hand through the sleeve of his outer robe, and joked with a smile: "What will you do when I'm not here?"

The words didn't go through her mind, she just blurted out like that, after she finished speaking, she regretted a little, and carefully looked at Yinyou's face, for fear that the little guy would be keenly aware of something, and then ask her where she was going when she was gone.

However, Yinyou acted as if he didn't hear, and didn't even raise his eyelids.Suddenly he stood up by himself, stretched out his little hand, and passed it neatly through the sleeve on the other side.

"..."

Before Li Xi came back to his senses, Yinyou sat by the bed by himself, bent down to reach for his boots.

Li Xi hurriedly knelt down to put it on for him, feeling overwhelmed, wondering why this little master, who is used to acting like a baby, became sensible this morning for no apparent reason.

For several days in a row, Yinyou changed from the lively and noisy style of the past, and sat motionless in his seat.

All the brothers in the study knew that he was worried, and they all came over to care about why he was depressed.

The little guy looked at everyone and refused to say anything.

In order to coax him, the others brought him a lot of gadgets, including food and play, but Seventh Brother didn't even look at it.

Later, the person who helped Yinyou get up in the morning changed from Li Xi to Nanny Sun, and Li Xi was only responsible for helping him go to bed at night.

To their surprise, Yinyou didn't express any doubt about it.

The little guy's life is very regular, whoever helps him do things every day, there can be no mistakes, but if there is a little change, he will be keenly aware of it, and keep asking why.

But this time, he didn't ask anything.

The imperial concubine had already noticed the abnormality of her son, but she kept holding back and didn't ask or say anything.He just silently assigned Bai Lu to him, intending to gradually let Bai Lu replace Li Xi's work.

Half a month had passed like this, and through the half-month observation, the imperial concubine was very sure, but Zhi had already noticed something, but he just refused to show it.

She made a special trip to call the little guy to her side, put her arms around him and asked, "The baby has been unhappy for several days, why is that?"

Yinyou raised his little head and smiled at her: "No."

This smile broke the imperial concubine's heart.His son has always danced and laughed when he was happy, and cried when he was unhappy. When has he ever smiled so forcefully.

She raised her head and waved her hands, and said to the palace servants waiting in the room: "You all go down and close the door."

Only mother and son were left in the main hall, and the imperial concubine touched her son's face: "Baby, tell Erniang, do you know something?"

"What?" Yinyou blinked and asked innocently.

The imperial concubine didn't play tricks with him, and said straight to the point: "About Aunt Xi."

Yinyou's face immediately collapsed: "What about Aunt Xi?"

The imperial concubine spent a long time in the village, hoping to find some gentle words to talk about this matter with him, but found that no matter how she said it, it was Li Xi who was leaving, and Yinyou had to accept this fact.

The imperial concubine sighed inaudibly. Thinking of the scene of her son breaking down and crying at that time, she really wished that she could cry for him.

At this time, the son tugged on her sleeve and called her in a low voice: "Emiang, is it that Aunt Xi is leaving the palace soon?"

These words finally came out of Yinyou's mouth, and when he said these words, he didn't cry or make a fuss, he seemed very quiet.

The imperial concubine nodded: "Yes, she has reached the age where she can leave the palace."

The little guy continued to ask: "So, she didn't go to the Compassion Palace last time to deliver snacks to Mama Ukuma."

The imperial concubine nodded again: "She is from the Compassionate Ning Palace, and it is the ancestors who miss her and ask her what she thinks."

After all, Yinyou is a child. If it was just a guess before, then now, he can be sure that Aunt Xi, who has been with him and took care of him since he can remember, is about to leave.

The little guy raised his arm and wiped his eyes indiscriminately: "That's good. When I get home, she is also a master. Someone else will take care of her, so she doesn't have to take care of others."

The imperial concubine was a little surprised when she heard this, no one had ever told him about this, how did he know?

The little guy quickly took the initiative to answer E Niang's question: "The last time I went to Guo Luoma Fa's family, I found out that there are many people around Shun Anyan who take care of him?"

The imperial concubine marveled at her son's keen insight, and felt sorry for his sensibility.

She hugged her son into her arms and whispered softly in his ear: "Baby, if you are really sad, just cry."

The little guy limp in his mother's warm embrace, and gently shook his head: "I'm not sad, I know Aunt Xi has been waiting for this day, as long as she is happy!"

"But after she leaves the palace, she won't be able to take care of you by your side."

"It's okay, I still have Er Niang, Nanny Sun, Zhao Cheng, and Aunt Bai."

The imperial concubine couldn't help but bowed her head and kissed him on the cheek: "Baby, Er Niang will never leave you, and will always be with you."

The little guy hugged her neck and kissed her face: "I will always be with Er Niang."

The mother and son hugged each other, the imperial concubine was still worried that he would be sad, so she said some words to comfort him and make him happy.

After a while, the little guy proposed by himself: "I'm going back to my room to study."

"Go."

After Yinyou left, the imperial concubine was still worried.She knows her son best, this little guy is extremely emotional.Although he was sincerely willing to let Li Xi go, he would definitely be sad for a while.

After a while, the imperial concubine stood up and walked out of the main hall to the side hall.

Kangxi heard about this when he went to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager a few days ago.The ancestors insisted on marrying Li Xi to Cao Yin.

He really didn't understand why the old ancestor was so obsessed with matching them, except that Cao Yin had no wives and concubines.

The Empress Dowager always said that Cao Yin was raised by her elders, and she knew her roots well. Girl Xi was the smartest and most capable person in her palace, and she was also the one who missed her the most. She had to find a good home for her, and Cao Yin was the most important. suitable.

Now that Li Xi is about to leave the palace at the end of his year, the Empress Dowager finally told Kangxi the truth.

A few years ago, when Cao Yin was still serving as a bodyguard beside Kangxi, he often followed the emperor in and out of the Compassion Palace. At that time, the Empress Dowager could see that Li Xi had that intention for Cao Yin.

But this girl is a responsible person, capable and diligent in doing things.It happened from time to time for other court ladies and guards to give handkerchiefs and tokens, but Li Xi never did.

Li Xi served ten years in the Compassionate Ning Palace. At first he served the Empress Dowager, and later he served Seventh Elder Brother. Seeing that he was about to leave, the ancestor wanted to know her a wish.

The emperor's grandmother talked about this part, and it would be impossible for Kangxi not to agree to this matter.

He came to Chengqian Palace to discuss this matter with the imperial concubine.

Who knew that as soon as he entered the door, he saw the imperial concubine sneaking towards the side hall.

The eunuch was about to sing "The Emperor is here" loudly, but was stopped by Kangxi with a wave of his hand, and he followed to the front of the side hall.

The imperial concubine felt someone approaching from behind, and turned around to see that it was the emperor.

She raised her finger and made a quiet gesture on her lips.Kangxi swallowed back the words he wanted to ask, and the two stood by the door, looking in together, peeping at their son.

Yinyou sat behind the desk, holding the book in his hand, but didn't read a word.After a while, the tears stayed, and I cried sadly.

After crying for a while, the little guy touched his tears again and sat there in a daze.

The imperial concubine clenched her handkerchief tightly and pressed her lips tightly, her sad expression was not much better than that of her son.

Kangxi looked at Yinyou, then at her.For a while, I didn't understand what was going on with the mother and son?

He patted the imperial concubine on the shoulder, pushed the door open, and led her into the room.

Yinyou was staring at the phoenix trees outside the carved window in a daze. Autumn is here, and the leaves are yellow and shining, and the wind blows and falls.

When he heard the movement, he turned his head and saw that Ama and Erniang had entered the room.

Kangxi asked him, "Why are you crying again?"

The little guy sat there dumbly, forgot to wipe away his tears, and forgot to say hello to Ama.

The imperial concubine walked over, held her son's head, and wiped away his tears: "It's okay, Er Niang knows that you don't want Aunt Xi, it's right."

Kangxi understood as soon as he heard it, it turned out that it was for Li Xi's business again.

He paced around the room with his hands behind his back, and said impatiently: "If you are reluctant, just let her stay in the palace."

I thought my son would be very happy when he heard this, but Yinyou just shook his head: "She doesn't want to stay in the palace."

"It's not up to her to make the decision."

A woman in the palace who has not left the palace is the emperor's woman.As long as he speaks, they can decide their fate.

The imperial concubine said: "When someone is old enough to leave the palace, it is against the rules to force them to stay."

But Yinyou suddenly said: "It's like flying a kite. When the time comes, you should break the string and give them freedom."

Kangxi had never flown a kite with him before, so he didn't know that he had a hobby of breaking kite strings.But these words sounded quite intriguing, and Kangxi couldn't help being stunned.

But when Yinyou thought of those beautiful kites, he didn't imagine any of them as his Aunt Xi.

He wasn't sad at all when the kite flew away, but he would be sad for a long time when Aunt Xi left.

Seeing his son so sad, and thinking of his ancestor's instructions, Kangxi was rarely agitated.

At this time, Yinyou picked up the book again and lowered his head: "I really want to study."

The imperial concubine pushed Kangxi out the door, and the two reluctantly stood by the window and looked in for a while.Seeing that Yinyou was really concentrating on his studies, he felt relieved.

Back in the main hall, Kangxi recalled how sad his son was just now, and it was not difficult to imagine what he would have been up to when he learned that Li Xi was going out of the palace.

The old father was even more irritable, and asked, "How long has he been in trouble?"

The imperial concubine shook her head: "No trouble at all, very sensible."

The more they said this, the heavier their hearts became. They sat for a long time in relative silence. In the end, Kangxi couldn't take it anymore and didn't say anything about the marriage, so he got up and went back to Qianqing Palace.

When Li Xu found Cao Yin, he was drinking with Nalan in a restaurant.

The two sat in the private room, counting peanuts and listening to the music.

At the other end of the room sat a young girl, holding a pipa and singing along.

Li Xi listened to it, he had heard the tune before, but the lyrics were quite fresh, it was the first time he heard it.

Cao Yin patted the seat beside him and beckoned him to sit down.Xiao Er who was waiting outside brought bowls, chopsticks and wine glasses, came and went quietly, without disturbing.

"The camel is crispy and the horse is scorpion, the white grass is yellow and the elm road, I hate the pipa and complain about thousands of years of nonsense, I draw a picture to know the spring breeze, and I wear the ring to return to the soul of the night and the moon alone.

It's hard to tell, who is the best for the cows and horses? With only a trace of green, they broke the Yanzhi soil outside the Great Wall.

Take it easy with your relatives, and read Han Shifang's famous annotations, but I, Wen Ji, was arrested and captured when I was disturbed by soldiers.Filled with grief and indignation like Ziqing surrendering captives, sad and miserable like dew in the morning, it is better to live in peace with the concubine Ming. "["Continued Pipa" - Cao Yin]

This is like an excerpt from Kunqu opera, in which Cai Wenji lamented her life experience in front of Wang Zhaojun's tomb.

At the end of the song, Li Xu was sure that he hadn't heard it before, so he asked, "What is this, why have I never heard anyone sing it before?"

Nalan sneered: "Of course you haven't heard of it. This paragraph was just written by Cao Langzhong, and it's still fresh."

Li Xu asked, "Why did you think of writing this?"

Nalan joked with a smile: "He claims to be a descendant of Cao Mengde, and he intends to reverse the case of Duke Cao."

This is a joke, Cao Yin was originally fond of these poems and operas, and his hobby is high point creation.

He took a sip of his wine and asked Li Xu, "Are you looking for me?"

Only then did Li Xi explain the purpose of his visit: "It's like this, I have a younger sister who works in the palace."

Nalan gave Cao Yin a meaningful look, and said with a smile, "Miss Xi, Li Xuan knows her."

Cao Yin glared at him: "Drink your wine!"

Li Xu went on to say: "My girl is exactly 25 this year, and has reached the age of leaving the palace. The Empress Dowager takes pity on her and wants to give her a marriage."

Speaking of this, Li Xu looked at Cao Yin and smiled: "My sister has been different from others since she was a child. She had the opportunity to be the master as soon as she entered the palace. It was she who proposed to be a palace maid, just for the day when she left the palace. I also Don't beat around the bush, the Empress Dowager wants to give you two marriages, so I ask you if you are willing. My sister said, if you don't want to, she will go back to the Empress Dowager and let her out of the palace. Don't dare to call her an old man Please worry about her marriage."

The single dog wandered around by himself for so many years, and suddenly a daughter-in-law fell from the sky. She was also a daughter-in-law with excellent appearance and talent, which made Cao Ziqing a little confused.

Nalan laughed to death at the side, and quickly interjected for Cao Yin: "Yes, why not? I wish for it!"

Cao Yin couldn't help pushing him, and the smile on his face couldn't be restrained: "Go, go, I didn't ask you, why are you so excited, just stay and go."

Nalan's booing didn't count, Li Xu had to ask Cao Yin for a letter.

Cao Yin poured himself another glass of wine, then smiled and said: "If the emperor and the empress dowager offer a marriage, I dare not refuse."

Nalan looked at him with disgust: "Li Xuan, what you said is a bit shameless."

Cao Yin stood up suddenly, and bowed his hands to Li Xu: "It's Cao who can marry Miss Xi as his wife. Even if the Empress Dowager doesn't give her a marriage, after she comes out of the palace, I will definitely pick a good day and go to Xudong. Hired by the government."

With his words, Li Xu felt relieved, bowed back to him, and left.

Cao Yin and Nalan sat down again, and the two clinked glasses, and they laughed very heartily on happy occasions.

Nalan put down his wine glass to grab some food for himself, and did not forget to pour cold water on him: "Don't be too happy, think about how to explain to Seventh Brother."

Cao Yin rubbed his forehead, how could he forget about this little guy.Li Xi is the personal palace lady who can't be separated from him.

If the little master finds out about this, is his Aunt Xi going out of the palace to marry someone, or to marry Cao Ziqing...

Thinking of this, he poured another glass of wine for Nalan and himself: "I will explain to him."

After drinking, the two went back home.As soon as Cao Yin arrived home, the servant girl brought him a bowl of sober tea, before he drank it, the servant rushed in and sent a message: "Someone is coming from the palace, saying that Lord Long Live asked you to come."

What time is this, the emperor actually called him into the palace?

When Cao Yin came to Zhaoren Hall, Kangxi hadn't gone to bed yet, and was sitting on the kang flipping a book.Seeing him coming in, he screened off the eunuch.

He asked Cao Yin: "Do you know that the Empress Dowager is going to give you a marriage?"

"Just found out."

"Tell me," the emperor stretched out the last syllable, "what do you think?"

There was still a smile on the corner of Cao Yin's mouth, and he immediately knelt down: "Thank you, Empress Dowager, for your kindness."

Kangxi glanced at him coolly: "I went to Chengqian Palace in the afternoon, Xiao Qi found out about this and kept crying, and the imperial concubine also felt uncomfortable with him."

When he said this, he sighed.He felt sorry for his son and couldn't see the little thing being sad, but he couldn't say it, he could only rely on Cao Yin's own experience.

The friendship between Cao Yin and him is very deep, not to mention his overtones, even if he frowned, Cao Yin can still guess that it is almost inseparable.

"The emperor means..."

"I plan to give her a promise to let her stay in the palace and live in Chengqian Palace."

Cao Yin was dumbfounded when he heard that, he was so happy that within two hours, the emperor is going to come to win his love?

He stood up and walked out of the hall without saying a word. Kangxi shouted angrily behind him: "Come back!"

"What can I do? That's my son. For him, what's the point of leaving a maid in the palace? Li Shizhen also has to kneel in front of me to thank him."

When he said this, he was a little afraid to look at Cao Yin.

Cao Yin stood there without speaking for a long time.After a long time, there was a "pop" sound from the candlestick next to it, and the two came back to their senses.

Kangxi spoke with some difficulty, and his tone was rarely flattering: "If you... want to continue, I will choose a good one for you."

"It's all up to the emperor's arrangement, I...resign!"

He left without waiting for the emperor to speak. He was very rebellious and could be punished.

But the emperor had a deep relationship with him, and he was reluctant to punish him, so he could only let him go.

On the second day, Kangxi came to Chengqian Palace and told the imperial concubine about this matter: "Although she was sealed and promised, let her continue to take care of Xiao Qi in Chengqian Palace."

The emperor wanted to seal a palace lady as a promise, that was the blessing of the palace lady, whoever put this matter on, the whole family must kowtow to thank him.

But Li Xizhi was not here, and the imperial concubine felt that this matter was really difficult for the strong.For the sake of his son, delaying a girl's life may be nothing in the eyes of the emperor, but the imperial concubine feels very sorry.

"Then... how does the emperor plan to explain to the empress dowager?"

Kangxi sighed: "This is also a problem, but I'm also doing it for Xiaoqi, the ancestor loves him the most, so it should be understandable."

"No!" At this time, Yinyou walked in from the outside.

This afternoon, they were supposed to learn riding and archery, but it suddenly rained, so Wen Da asked them to finish class early.

As soon as Yinyou walked to the door, he heard Kangxi's words.

The little guy was not afraid of him, Ama, walked in, stood in front of Kangxi and the imperial concubine, and said directly: "Ama, you can't do this, Aunt Xi doesn't want to promise anything, he just wants to get out of the palace!"

"..."

The little guy bit his lower lip, and continued, "She doesn't like Ama, she likes Ziqing!"

"!!!"