The story of the salted fish concubine raising cubs in Qing Dynasty

Kangxi took a deep look at her. In order to cool Baocheng, her hands were frostbitten in the ice water...but the first time she woke up, she still looked at Baocheng.

When I was young, I didn't have such an elder who treated me sincerely.Thinking about it this way, there is still some melancholy!

Despite the distance, Ming Xuan still felt Kangxi's gaze, and her heart shivered.Carefully said: "Your Majesty, can someone send the slaves back to Yongshou Palace?"

For the first time, Mingxuan felt that calling herself a slave was not so uncomfortable. It was much better than calling herself a concubine!

The back of her hand suddenly felt itchy, and there was even a strong smell of medicine on it. Mingxuan wailed in her heart as soon as she thought about it, the price was high enough, she might be the first concubine to frostbite herself in the summer, enough to be famous in history --stupid!

Kangxi did not answer his question, but asked: "You have made great achievements this time, what do you want?"

want?There are too many!

Want to leave the palace, is it possible?

Want to be beautiful for a lifetime, can you say that?

Ming Xuan's eyes lit up, and she immediately extinguished such thoughts. He knew in his heart that what he thought was impossible to achieve.

And even if Kangxi let him go out for a while, he might not be able to survive, and the Hesheli family would not allow himself, an abandoned concubine, to roam free outside the palace.

Since it was impossible, Ming Xuan stopped thinking about it.

Turning around, I happened to see Yinreng, whose face was still a little pale. My heart tightened, and I didn't care to think about it, and said softly: "If you go back to the emperor, how is the prince doing now? Can the servant know why the prince is suffering this time? Why would the imperial hospital know?" The prince is not feeling well today? Why are there so many people in and outside the palace today who are sick and need to be diagnosed and treated by the imperial doctor? Why didn’t the people around the prince find out that something was wrong with the prince in the first place? Why did it take so long?”

"At this time, I will give Yinfeng an explanation, and none of those involved will be left behind!" Kangxi said through gritted teeth while holding the tea bowl in his hand.

The front court, the rear palace, and even his own Qianqing Palace... unexpectedly there are people who do not go astray.Even if there is a backup, Baocheng has been killed so far, if it is too late...Kangxi can't imagine it.

The moment he found out that something had happened to Baocheng, he felt regret for the first time in his life, regretting that he deliberately connived and put his son in danger.He would rather be himself in danger than his own guarantee.

There are still things Mingxuan hasn't asked. She really feels sorry for Yinfeng. Those people delayed his illness, but they didn't take the opportunity to stop doing nothing.Taking advantage of the time of diagnosis and treatment to harm him, Ming Xuan wouldn't believe it if she said she had no courage, she did everything, why didn't she do it even worse?

Thinking of this, Ming Xuan froze suddenly.There was an incredible idea in my mind, and I couldn't even stop it.

There must be someone protecting the prince from behind, and this person must have enough deterrent power. Apart from Kangxi, Ming Xuan couldn't think of anyone else for a while?

If the guess is correct, the child had just passed his second birthday, and he was thinking about it and regarded it as his reliance, and Khan Ama, who deeply admired him, used him as a bait.

Whether active or passive, Ming Xuan felt terrible.

When his son encounters a dangerous situation, he not only maintains his rationality, but also makes calculations...Mingxuan can't do it, no matter how many times he is reborn, he can't do it.

"What are you thinking?" Watching the show, watching the changing expressions on her face, asked curiously.

Ming Xuan didn't dare to say what she had guessed in her heart, but said: "This servant is thinking about the emperor's question. Everything is fine in the palace, and I don't need anything. The servant is also good at serving, but..."

"Just what?" Kangxi raised his eyebrows and asked.

Mingxuan pursed her lips, and said cautiously: "My servant raised a Roller, um... it's a panda... no, Bamboo Bear, it is a little afraid of heat, and likes to eat fruits and vegetables. When I give it my own ice, it seems to be Not enough... If the emperor wants to reward his servants and servants, why not give them some more ice?"

It seemed that her own quota was not enough to make money. Seeing the little guy so hot, Ming Xuan felt distressed.

Kangxi laughed and said, "You gave your ice cubes to a bamboo bear? Would you rather heat it yourself?"

Ming Xuan took it for granted, "Gun Gun is so precious and rare, and the number is also small, how can a servant girl compare to it?"

Panda, a national treasure?

So what if I just use less ice?

To raise it is to give it the best.

Because it deserves the most gentle treatment in the world!

Kangxi held his forehead speechlessly, he really didn't know what to say, this girl has a novel mind, and she really thinks that she is not as precious as a bamboo bear?

"The ice in the palace is stored according to the quota. If you ask for more, others will have less." Kangxi joked.

Liar!

Mingxuan tried her best to suppress her desire to complain, and said, "Your Majesty, don't make fun of your servants. Your servants have also read history books for two years. Since the Tang Dynasty, there was a technique of making ice with saltpeter, which can be reused." It has been thousands of years, so there is no better way?"

After speaking, Mingxuan turned her head and stared at Kangxi blankly, as if you don't want to lie to me.

Kangxi paused and asked curiously, "What is saltpeter?"

"The emperor doesn't know?" Ming Xuan blinked and asked in shock.

After Kangxi nodded and said that he really didn't know.

Ming Xuan panicked.

oops!Careless...

Isn't there ice cream in the Yuan Dynasty?

Kangxi lowered his eyes, looked at the soothing decoction in the tea bowl, and said calmly, "I'm only twenty-two this year, how can I read all the books in the world?"

"Your Majesty, you read only serious books." What else could Ming Xuan say?

The Tang Dynasty was almost a thousand years ago, right?

Who knew this stuff was still a secret?

Kangxi raised his eyebrows and asked back: "Aren't you reading serious books?"

"Compared to the emperor, most of the slaves read unofficial histories and story books, which are really not serious books." Ming Xuan said confidently.

Kangxi couldn't help laughing again, he was eager to learn, and when he was funny, he patiently asked about the ice making with saltpeter.

"Your servant doesn't know? If your servant knows, can I still ask the emperor for ice?" Ming Xuan said very bare-faced.She only did it in chemistry class, how many years have passed, how can she remember it so clearly?

Kangxi continued to ask which book said it.

Ming Xuan covered her mouth with her hand, yawned, and explained: "Which one is it? I can't remember it! I just read the recipes and saw that in the Song Dynasty, there would be fruit juice and ice in the street in summer. It is sold, and ordinary people can taste it. In the Yuan Dynasty, there seemed to be jam and milk made into ice cream to eat... When I became interested, I searched for it. It is said that at the end of the Tang Dynasty, people researched the method of making ice with saltpeter. technique."

After finishing speaking, Ming Xuan couldn't hold back and asked: "I think it's been passed on for so many years, so it's not a secret. Your majesty might as well ask the Ministry of Works. I haven't seen this servant before. When I was at her mother's house, this servant was going to find something to try." Yes, but Er Niang said that the girl’s house will see less ice, so she won’t give money.”

If you can do it yourself, why open your mouth?

Seeing that Kangxi was so shocked, Mingxuan was fortunate that she didn't do it, otherwise she would have become famous a long time ago, and the last thing she wants now is fame.

Thoughts flashed across Kangxi's eyes, and he said with a smile: "I'll ask later, but what your mother said is right, it's better for the girl's family to avoid the cold!"

Mingxuan stopped talking, was the greatest joy of summer gone?

Kangxi raised the corners of his lips and continued: "I gave you your bamboo bear, even if I gave it, you can't let it consume your share. I will release its ice in the future, and I will cover the daily expenses." gone."

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live, you are such a good man!" What do you mean?This is called!Ming Xuan was a little pleasantly surprised.

Squeeze the wool, if you can squeeze a little bit, it's a little bit, and the days will be long in the future!An iron rooster can pluck a single feather.

Mingxuan took advantage of the victory and chased after her: "The servant girl spent before, will you make up for it?"

Kangxi looked at her surprised appearance, and it took him a long time to say the word "make up"...

The emperor's compensation was very plain and simple, he gave Ming Xuan 100 taels of silver!Ten ten taels of silver ingots.

Xuan cursed secretly in her heart for being stingy, and then hurriedly put a ten tael beside Yinrong's pillow, and put away the rest.

Let's talk about the matter, actually!It took Yinreng a little bit of strength to raise Gungun before...so it is right to pay him back.

"You must be saying I'm stingy!" Kangxi shook his head and said, "If you don't have my protection, you will definitely be bullied by everyone in the harem."

She can't even pretend to be an expression on her face, she is a sincere and silly girl.

"Slave...isn't it so useless?" Ming Xuan was a little unconvinced. She was indeed not a genius, but just an ordinary person's IQ, but she wasn't so stupid that everyone could bully her, right?

"Did I say something wrong?" Kangxi raised his eyebrows, walked over, looked at Mingxuan, and said, "When you refuted Ma Jiashi, I still thought that you should be an astute person who knows how to preemptive strikes. Clever enough."

Ming Xuan quickly closed her eyes, not looking at him.This dog man is absolutely forced to say that the dog is relying on others... He scolded himself...

"But yesterday, if you think about it, let the palace servants help you twist the veil? You won't get frostbite." Kangxi sighed and continued: "Also, you can't hide things on your face at all. , in the future... Forget it, let it be like this! Although it is stupid, but it is still the same sentence, if the heart is not bad, I will not talk about you. After all, it is not impossible to protect my own woman!"

Thinking about it carefully, she is very good like this, easy to be satisfied, impulsive, but not bad-hearted.As Kangxi spoke, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Ming Xuan held her breath, waiting for his reprimand, but in the end, that's all?Sure enough, Kangxi is still young now, and his cursing is not as vicious as the rumored scolding his son?

Quietly opened his eyes, squinted, and suddenly said pleasantly: "His Royal Highness, you are awake, how are you? Is there any discomfort?"

At some point, Yinfeng woke up.

Following her exclamation, Kangxi also saw the round eyes of his precious son, and quickly said softly: "Baocheng, are you better?"

"Well..." Yinfeng nodded, just about to speak, but found that he was a little speechless, and suddenly became a little anxious.

Kangxi stretched out his hand to hug his son, and said with red eyes: "Good boy, you are just sick, you will be fine in two days."

Yinfeng woke up, and Mingxuan couldn't help but feel uncomfortable, besides, she felt that she was lying down, and Kangxi was very awkward standing up.

'Difficult' got up, put on his shoes and stood aside, and said, "Your servant will leave!"

"Who told you to go?" Kangxi frowned seeing his son staring at her.

Ming Xuan lowered her head, and said softly: "This is not the place where servants should come, it doesn't make sense...the sign set up by the Empress Dowager is still there!"

'The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics'... This is an iron law, and Kangxi is narrow-minded, Mingxuan doesn't want to be found out by him anytime to find trouble.

"You stay with Baocheng for a while longer." Hearing this, Kangxi softened his voice and said softly.

Baocheng was still looking at her!Why are you so blank?stupid!

Yinfeng woke up, and the imperial physicians who stayed behind in Qianqing Palace hurried in, which made the imperial physicians heave a sigh of relief.

Although the prince had some sequelae due to high fever, his throat was red and swollen, but the prince's body was not damaged too much, and he could recover completely.

Their lives... were saved!

"Give concubine Shu a look at her hands, and make some effective ointments." The son was fine, and Kangxi was the real boulder, and then he said to Sun Taiyi.

It's just a slight frostbite, a little itchy, no need for a doctor, let alone a doctor Sun, Mingxuan knows it's nothing to worry about, it will be fine after ten days and half a month.But in front of so many people, he could only awkwardly stretch out his trotter-like hand.

"Ah?" Seeing this, Yinreng frowned, his eyes full of worry.

Mingxuan said casually: "It's okay, it's just that it was too hot for the past two days, and it's not a big deal to play with the ice." The little guy has a lot of thoughts, if now he knows that he was injured because of him, what would he think?

Yinreng glared at Mingxuan, and the shape of his mouth seemed to be teaching Mingxuan a lesson.

"Your Highness is right, I will be more careful in the future." Ming Xuan promised softly in exchange for Yinfeng's satisfaction.

good guy?The degree of acquaintance between the two is indeed extraordinary.

In the end, Mingxuan held up her hands that were smeared with extremely thick ointment, wrapped into rice dumplings, and looked at the eyes of the prince who was cared for by the prince, as well as the grateful eyes of the handsome guards at the gate of Qianqing Palace, got on the sedan chair, and was carried back to Yongshou Palace.

"It was about an hour and a half after I left the palace that I realized something was wrong... I hurriedly ordered people to go back to the palace to protect you. I wanted to catch all the people behind it. Who would have thought... I will let my son suffer." After everyone left, Kangxi embraced Only after talking about Yinfeng did he talk about today's events.

After the incident, although he immediately ordered someone to protect the prince, but he wanted to use today's incident to find out how powerful the power was behind it?Hence the delay.

It was not his wish to hurt his son, but his son's delayed illness had something to do with him, and Kangxi was very annoyed by this.

Moreover, since his son was young, he was even more worried that someone with a heart would provoke their father-son relationship, so he didn't hide it.

Yinfeng shook his head, today he was trying to be brave, obviously already sweating so much that he couldn't stand up.But when I thought of Han Ama happily telling Eunuch Liang that Baoqing outside the palace could already shoot a bull's-eye, I wanted to grit my teeth and persevere.

Can't blame Khan Ama.

Unable to speak, Yinfeng hugged Kangxi's neck tenderly and rubbed against him.

Kangxi's heart warmed, and he regretted it even more.

Mingxuan came back to Yongshou Palace, woke up after a night's sleep, and received a room full of condolence gifts. Kangxi was stingy, but his harem was not stingy.

Not only the empress dowagers, but even the empress dowagers who don't pay much attention to Mingxuan on weekdays have given out a lot of rewards, not to mention the concubines of the palaces, as well as the Hesheli family outside the palace and the ancestor Zhaojia's family , all sent rich gifts.

There were a lot of things on display, but Ming Xuan's happiest thing was receiving a letter from Er Niang.

After half a year, Mingxuan was overjoyed to receive a letter from Erniang, as well as the needlework she made for herself, as well as the peace amulet.

In the letter, Mrs. Zhao Jia said that she was doing well, and both Ama and Di'eriang were very kind to her.Although the son under his name is naughty, he is far less well-behaved than Ming Xuan when he was young, but fortunately, there are more people serving him, so she doesn't need to bother.Mother Chen has already returned home because of her old age, and she has a little girl from the Chen family by her side, she is young and honest.Grandmother Chen has gone to slavery and has become my grandfather's good concubine.

Mingxuan knew what Er Niang meant. She told herself not to worry about things outside the palace. She read a letter that was not too long several times before Mingxuan put it down, put it away carefully, and hung up the purse containing the peace talisman. On the bed tent.

"Since I was born, I never imagined that I could receive needlework from my mother?" Chunni helped Mingxuan get up, and after helping her get dressed, she couldn't help laughing.

Ming Xuan turned her head to look at her, seeing that she wasn't too sad, she said with a smile: "When you go back to tidy up, pick some useful ones for yourself and move them into your house."

"I will tell you if I have something I want." Chuni shook her head. She is learning Mongolian from Madam Qiu these days, and she also talked to Auntie Su Mala. Divided into two characters.

Ming Xuan stretched out her hand to pull her, but saw that the dark brown solidified ointment on her hand hadn't stretched out, she turned her head and said with a smile: "There is no need for these vain things between you and me, just keep it if I give it to you. If you want to get married, let's pick a good one, if you don't want to get married, we will be together forever."

"My servant wants to live forever now." Chunni said excitedly with a bright smile on her face, "It's much better to be with you all my life than to be with a man who doesn't know the details and face his family. "

"When did you change your mind, tell me when." Ming Xuan nodded and urged.

The smile on Chunni's face became even wider, and she even whispered, "That's what I meant when I looked at Ulan, but she's a bit awkward with words."

"Why are you all guarding me? I don't want to make progress." Ming Xuan murmured in a low voice, "You guys are good, and be more generous to the people below. If you don't betray, you will give the dowry and pension later."

"Success! Listen to you." Chunni nodded.

There was a commotion outside last night, and many people were taken away. When we were getting the medicine, it was heard that the Department of Punishment was bleeding like a river, and there were screams.

But there is nothing wrong with Yongshou Palace, and now that the master has said such things again, I don't worry about them being unfaithful.

My hand was injured, and I couldn't do many things, even Gun Gun couldn't hug him anymore.Looking at his four eyes across the fence, he kept touching his tumble gently with his paws through the fence.

Knowing that it wanted to eat apples, Mingxuan sighed, and asked someone to take some money to the House of Internal Affairs to give it a few watermelons, only to barely calm its restless heart.

Looking at Gun Gun's pitiful appearance, Ming Xuan wished she could plant an apple orchard for him right away, so that he could eat as much as he could!

Taking advantage of her injuries, Mingxuan didn't care about the outside affairs at all. The Department of Punishment came in every day, and the people in the palace were panicked. Even Na Buqigege was suppressed by the Empress Dowager, so she didn't come to have a meal.

Because Chenghu died suddenly at about this age, even though the imperial physician Sun and others said that the prince was fine, Kangxi was still very worried. The prince was sent to Yongshou Palace only after he fully recovered from his illness.

"You've lost so much weight?" Ming Xuan was shocked when she saw the little prince. The little prince had been ill for a few days, yet he turned back into three heads and half body?

Yinfeng hugged Mingxuan affectionately, and said coquettishly, "The medicine is so bitter..."

"Good medicine is good for the disease." Ming Xuan squeezed his little face, held his hand, and said with a smile, "Even if you are sick, you have to eat. Only when you eat will you have the strength to fight against the bad virus in your body."

Yinfeng looked at the hand that still had some red marks, and touched it carefully, but it was no longer as smooth as before.

With his head lowered, he suddenly said: "Gu didn't... do it on purpose, Gu just... didn't want...to be weaker than others, let Khan Ama... be disappointed..." He was not feeling well and was trying to be brave, and was calculated by the wicked, even The aunt was injured in order to save herself.

Ming Xuan looked at his drooping little head, stroked the curly hair on the back of his head, and the small twitch on the top of his head, and said, "There are many people in the world who are good at many things. I guess you are talking about Brother Baoqing. He Bigger than you, more strength than you is inevitable."

"Khan Ama praised him..." Yinfeng still cared a little.

"Now there will be Brother Baoqing who is stronger than you. In the future, there may be someone who is more talented than you, better at writing than you, better at character than you, and better at making money than you... In short, the emperor will become more and more powerful. There will be more and more elder brothers here, and if there are dozens of elder brothers, it is impossible for you to compare them all." Ming Xuan said mercilessly.This year's princes are all werewolves, if the prince can't make a turn, maybe it won't change in the future.

Yinfeng's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief, "Will there be...so many?" Will Khan Ama really have so many children?

"Yes! The common people have more than a dozen children, but this is still only one daughter-in-law. What's so strange about the emperor having dozens? There are so many concubines in the palace, and they will come in continuously. Princes and princesses will only be more Many." Ming Xuan took it for granted, Kangxi seems to have more than 20 living sons, right?

"Gu will be better than...compared to them, everyone... Gu is the most... powerful." Yinfeng's mind was confused, so many people came to compete with him for Khan Ama's attention?No, he must be the most powerful one!

"You're stupid!" Ming Xuan knelt down, looked at his resentful little face, and said, "Brothers are capable, you should be happy? There are so many people who are capable of working, you see how tired the emperor is. Prince Yu can help a little. You just need to learn how to know people and make good use of them, learn the art of imperial servants, arrange them in suitable positions, and suppress their ambitions. It is enough to compare them one by one, and you will be exhausted. How bad is that?"

"Besides, can you compare yourself with people who are similar in age, can you compare yourself with people who are ten or twenty years younger than you?" Ming Xuan poked his puffy cheeks and persuaded: "Think about it! Don't put yourself It's so tiring."

Yinreng looked at Mingxuan and frowned slightly. Although he still didn't quite understand, he subconsciously said softly: "Baocheng has made a note of it, and will... think about it carefully."

"Your Highness, you really need to take note. To be honest, I quite like your hair." Even if it is inevitable to shave your head, thick hair and baldness are two different concepts.The brain is overused, but it is easy to go bald.

With so many troubles at a young age, he will definitely be a bald reserve in the future.Thinking of this, Ming Xuan was still a little heartbroken!

After all, watching a handsome guy turn ugly is also a kind of torture.

Yinfeng didn't understand why the aunt's words jumped so fast, why did she mention hair again?But he nodded seriously again.

Mingxuan got up and said as she walked, "It's so hot outside, let's go back inside to cool down for a while. After two days for your spleen and stomach to recover, I'll treat you to something delicious."

Now that she has no shortage of ice cubes, she can make them.When Kangxi starts making ice, she will study ice cream, the happiest food in summer, and then she can give the prince... a lick.

Yinfeng wanted to say not to say such an unlucky word, but seeing Mingxuan's happy expression, he didn't say anything.

Ming Xuan only put two basins of ice in the window of the bedroom, and opened the window. There were also several basins of flowers in the room, and melons and fruits on the table. It was not as hot as outside, but it was not very cool either.

"There is only ice, here it is for you." Yinfeng said when he came in and saw that there were only two pitiful basins of ice.

Mingxuan shook her head and said, "No, no, Gun Gun has his own ice, mine is enough. It's Chunni who is strict, afraid that I will catch a cold."

"Calm...it's naturally cool!" After sitting down, Yinfeng drank warm milk, looked at Mingxuan sitting while writing and drawing, and asked, "Hand...does it still hurt?"

Now he already knew that his aunt's hands were not for himself to play with ice cubes, but for himself, but his aunt didn't want to mention it.

"It's just a little itchy, and it's gone for a long time." Ming Xuan shook her hand, and seeing that he was still worried, she drew a picture for Yinfeng and said, "Come and play with coloring!"

Yinfeng looked at the several colors in front of him, as well as the writing brush that was suddenly stuffed in, and the pictures that were a bit complicated for him.I was a little at a loss, but seeing my aunt was busy writing and drawing there, after all, she was not messing around like she used to, and insisted on her to accompany me.

Looking at the picture in front of him, Yin Reng held the pen and paused, remembering his previous experience of dyeing the building blocks, and began to sketch carefully with the pen.

Arrange and combine different colors according to your own ideas, smear it on the drawing paper, and then this picture magically turns into a big smiling face. Many graphics seem to be combined in a messy way, but they really become one. painting?

Yinfeng looked at the painting and held the pen, seeming to understand it, but also not understanding it.

Mingxuan was going to extract some of the knowledge she needed from Qi Min Yao Shu, but she didn't hear Yin Reng speak for a while, so she turned her head and looked, good guy, are you done drawing?

"Your Highness is still amazing! The coloring is so even, there is no one out of the frame." Is it a brush?Ming Xuan felt sour again.

Yinfeng pinched the drawing paper and asked, "This painting...is it okay to give it to Gu?"

"What I drew by myself is naturally His Highness's, so what can I say?" Ming Xuan said as it should.After speaking, he also drew several outline drawings for Yinfeng and let him play slowly.

Yinreng is not interested in these pictures of rabbits and houses, looking at the smiling face he dyed before, he is thoughtful.Like what his aunt said before, he had some vague thoughts in his mind.

"Baocheng in the future...will be careful...to protect himself and not let you worry." When leaving Yongshou Palace in the evening, Yinfeng threw himself into Mingxuan's arms again, earnestly promising.

Ming Xuan patted his little head. Today he is unusually well-behaved, making people feel soft-hearted, so she smiled and said, "With the guards and maids, Baocheng will be fine. As long as you grow up happily , and the rest will be left to you, Khan Ama, to consider."

Even though Mingxuan didn't trust Kangxi now, she couldn't let the current crown prince be wary of him.

Yinreng hugged Mingxuan tightly, then got up, and said slowly: "Gu listen... Eunuch Liang said that tomorrow there will be... lychees, and Guangdong and other places... quickly send... prawns Like shellfish, it's still alive..."

Mingxuan immediately regained her spirits, and said hastily, "Then let's eat lychee shrimp balls, arhat prawns, and braised red clams tomorrow?"

"Okay!" Yinfeng couldn't help laughing and said: "I want to drink porridge to nourish my stomach." My aunt likes to eat it, so I give it to her.

Mingxuan sent Yinreng away in a good mood, couldn't help but whistled, it was a good feeling to have the inside story, and went to the imperial dining room early to make a reservation for tomorrow's meal.

This kind of seafood offering is only once or twice a month at most. Apart from being favored, it depends on luck.

Kangxi was also afraid of wasting people and money, so he didn't have much weight every time.When these fresh tributes entered the palace, everyone in the palace stared at them!

Iron rooster Kangxi Mingxuan doesn't count on it, but the crown prince wants to nourish his stomach. Isn't his share all at the expense of himself?

Ming Xuan took a sip of her saliva and immediately looked forward to it.

Sure enough, the seafood feast did not disappoint Mingxuan, the imperial cooks showed their exquisite craftsmanship to the fullest, and once in a while, she didn't have to worry about gout, Mingxuan ate very happily.

Seeing Mingxuan eating with joy, Yinfeng drank the fish porridge without even saying restraint to Mingxuan.

After a full meal, Mingxuan took the crown prince to eat, and heard from Yinfeng that he, Khan Ama, intends to raise his elder sister, the adopted daughter of Prince Gong Changning, by the side of Concubine Niu Hulu.

The little guy became more stable after being ill for a long time, and Ming Xuan couldn't help but recall someone saying that having a fever before the age of three can promote brain development.

"The eldest princess will be six years old next year..." At the age of six, she can live in the third residence in the West. What is the purpose of moving from the empress dowager's side to Niu Hulu's side at this time?

"Master, Concubine Niu Hulu's birthday is tomorrow, and I have set up two tables. I invite you to have a bowl of seafood birthday noodles." Just as he was speaking, Wu Yun came in from the outside, holding a post, and reported.

The post about Concubine Niu Hulu's birthday was sent out half a month ago, and Yongshou Palace probably received it last.

Birthday = gift?

Mingxuan thought of this in an instant.

"Don't you want to go?" Yinfeng asked curiously.

Mingxuan shook her head, Niu Hulu's voice is very loud now, and she knows that the other party will be a queen in the future, since she knows that she is her future boss, she must go, so why leave something to talk about?

"It's not that I don't want to go, or I don't know what gift to give? Madam Liu, did you have an order before?" Ming Xuan turned to ask Madam Liu who was not far away.

Yinfeng wanted to say that he could use his own things, but he didn't open his mouth when he thought that Khan Ama next to the pillow said that his aunt had returned the silver to him.

Because there is no precedent, Liu Mama only knows that according to the degree of favor, she will give 200 taels of silver and some fabrics to the concubine for her birthday.This has no reference for Ming Xuan.

Ming Xuan went through her inventory, and Ming Xuan decided to give a piece of ginseng that Kangxi had sent before.Very good condition, looks quite valuable.

"It's really poor!" Ming Xuan looked at the increasingly rich warehouse, and was satisfied in her heart, but suddenly she heard Yin Reng complaining in a low voice.

Mingxuan picked him up, squeezed her face, and said with a smile, "In half a year, so many things have been made for nothing, how can you be poor?"

Yinfeng said: "Everywhere is poor, and there are no...good things. Khan Ama..."

He has seen Khan Ama's warehouse, a single shelf is more valuable than this room.

"Don't compare me with the emperor, can you compare me? Among ordinary concubines, I am really not poor. You know, a family of ordinary people can't spend ten taels of silver a year." Mingxuan herself was satisfied Yes, take your time, she will always fill up these warehouses.

Yinfeng was very good at grasping key points, hesitantly said: "Less than ten taels?"

"That's right! I used to live in Chaoyang Nunnery for a while, and there was a little nun who was sold by the family for two taels of silver." Ming Xuan did not hesitate to tell him about people's livelihood.

Yinreng frowned and would ask Kangxi.

"As long as I am alive, if the people in the world have thick porridge to drink every day, I will be called a wise king through the ages." Hearing his son's question, Kangxi said with emotion.

On Niu Hulu's birthday, Kangxi thought about the prince's question, and exchanged the generous reward that was originally planned to be given with the seafood that was tributed this time.

When the entire palace was talking about the emperor's love for the Niu Hulu family, Ming Xuan suspected that Kangxi was trying to save money, after all the seafood had already been delivered, and if he didn't eat it, it would go bad.The theater troupe belongs to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so they don't need to spend money.

"Don't sit at the same table with me today. I heard that all the ladies in the palace have small appetites, except you." On the day of Niu Hulu's birthday, Na Buqi arrived at Yongshou Palace early in the morning, looking at Ming Xuan who was dressing up, Straightforwardly.

Mingxuan was speechless immediately... Wherever this child went, the first thing she thought about was eating. Every time she ate too much, she was forced to clear her stomach when she returned to the Palace of Compassion, but she would do it the same next time.

Nabuqi looked at the red spots left on Mingxuan's hands, took out a palm-high bottle from her bosom, and said, "This is a good medicine for treating frostbite on our grasslands, and the effect is very good. I don't bring much, you use it first Come on, I will write a letter to my father later, and bring a few more jars."

"Thank you Gege." Ming Xuan took the bottle after a second of silence for Prince Horqin having such a girl.

When I opened it, I saw something greasy, and it smelled really good. Just as I was about to touch it on my hand, I suddenly thought of something, and Ming Xuan quickly asked, "What kind of medicine is in it?"

"I don't know." Na Buqi shook his head directly and said, "I don't care about that, I probably heard that there is something called incense."

"Musk?" Ming Xuan continued to ask.

Nabuqi frowned and thought for a while, then hesitated and said, "It seems... that's the name?"

"I advise Gege, don't just give this stuff away to others in the future, musk invigorating blood is considered a forbidden item in the palace." Ming Xuan put the cork on the bottle and sighed.

Nabuqi still wanted to ask again, but Mother Qiu helped her popularize the science of musk and its ability to make people slip, and she shut up.

"Look at his palace, and then at you?" After entering Jingren Palace, Nabuqi couldn't help muttering: "I'm also a concubine, look at how grand this man is, there are so many ice cubes in the pavilion , What about you? Tell Ben Gege if you lack gold, if Ben Gege lacks everything, there is no shortage of gold.”

"Ge Ge, please shut up!" Ming Xuan glared at Na Buqi and said, "I'm stingy, Ge Ge will find someone generous to play with in the future."

Na Buqi quickly shut up, the others, forget it.She couldn't understand the words, but she didn't like what she could understand.

Ming Xuan didn't come too late, nor too early, most of the concubines in the palace came, and they looked familiar to each other, after Ming Xuan and Na Buqi came, most of them were watching them.

"This is Sister Hesheli?" When Niu Hulu saw Mingxuan, she was startled for a moment, and then said with a smile: "It's hard to invite my sister here today, we have to have a good drink." .”

"Although I'm not strong enough to drink, I still have to drink sister's birthday wine." Ming Xuan replied with a smile.

My Yongshou Palace is indeed incomparable with Jingren Palace, the decorations of Jingren Palace reveal luxury everywhere, Mingxuan used it to paste the gauze of the windows, and here it is extravagantly used to make the tents of the gazebo, it looks very rich at first glance!

Niu Hulu's family is exquisite, and when talking to Ming Xuan, she did not forget to greet Nabuqi, and even specially found a concubine who could speak Mongolian to accompany Nabuqi.

On the other hand, he smiled and pulled Ming Xuan back into the palace. When he saw the red dot on Ming Xuan's hand, he even said lovingly, "Sister has committed a serious crime."

Ming Xuan smiled awkwardly.

"I really admire my younger sister. The crown prince is the heir apparent of the Qing Dynasty. If he is killed by that treacherous villain, what is the prestige of the Qing Dynasty?" The Niu Hulu family looked at Ming Xuan with tenderness in his eyes.

"The emperor is here? Even without me, the crown prince will be fine." Ming Xuan hurriedly said, "The emperor is wise and powerful, and I just happened to be. The emperor even said I was stupid!"

Niu Hulu covered her mouth and smiled, then dragged Ming Xuan into the hall together, what happened?When Niu Hulu entered the door, it seemed that he had not stepped on his foot firmly, he wobbled, and was about to fall to the ground.

Ming Xuan hastily