[Comprehensive Wear] A good brother's life

The Empress Dowager was naturally very dissatisfied with Kangxi's refusal to let the beautiful girls from the Horqin Grassland enter the palace, but she said that she could not accept Kangxi, so she could only promise that this year's draft would not allow the talented girls from the Horqin Grassland to enter the palace, but the next draft, The beautiful girls of the Horqin Grassland must enter the palace as concubines.

On the surface, Kangxi agreed to the Queen Mother's request, but he did not agree in his heart.He had made a decision long ago that he would no longer have Horqin's concubines in the harem.

In the second round of the draft, Concubine Tong took Concubine Rong to the selection together, and kept the few girls that Kangxi had confessed to.Concubine Tong Guifei decides whether or not to keep the brand for the remaining show girls.

Looking at the young and beautiful girls, Concubine Rong felt a little melancholy, but she didn't feel jealous.

The two were busy all morning, and finally chose the show girl before lunch.The selected show girls will participate in the final round of the draft.

Concubine Tong invited Concubine Rong to Jingren Palace for lunch.Xiao Yinzhen and the third elder brother just returned to Jingren Palace from outside.

The fifth elder brother will go back to Shoukang Palace for lunch.The fifth elder brother is very filial to the empress dowager, and will go back to Shoukang Palace to eat with the empress dowager every meal.From time to time, Xiao Yinzhen and the third elder brother would also go to Shoukang Palace to have dinner with the fifth elder brother to accompany the empress dowager.

With Fifth Prince and Xiao Yinzhen around the Empress Dowager, it became much more lively.She also became more cheerful.

Back at Jingren Palace, Concubine Tong, Concubine Rong, Yinzhi, and Xiao Yinzhen sat down to eat together.

Xiao Yinzhen and Yinzhi sat together, and they gave each other food.

"Fourth brother, these bamboo shoots are delicious." The third elder brother tasted the taste first, and if it was delicious, he would give Xiao Yinzhen another piece to eat.

"Thank you third brother." After thanking Xiao Yinzhen, he picked up the bamboo shoots and ate them, then nodded and said, "It's delicious."

Since the Chinese New Year this year, Xiao Yinzhen has not asked Concubine Tong to feed him, insisting on eating by himself.

Yinzhi is two years older than Xiao Yinzhen, and others have always fed him.This year, I had dinner with Xiao Yinzhen, and seeing Xiao Yinzhen eating by himself, as an older brother, he naturally couldn't lose to his younger brother, and had to eat by himself.

Concubine Rong was shocked at the beginning that Yinzhi had to eat by herself, thinking that the third elder brother could not persist, but the third elder brother persisted.

Since the third elder brother played with Xiao Yinzhen, not only has he lost his coquettishness, but he has also become "mature" and sensible.This made Concubine Rong very happy.

Xiao Yinzhen took a piece of ham and put it in the third brother's bowl, "Third brother, this ham is delicious."

"Thank you fourth brother."

Concubine Tong and Concubine Rong were relieved to see the two brothers serving each other food.

Xiao Yinzhen is still young, in order not to eat food everywhere, he eats very slowly.At first, Yinzhi ate by himself, eating food all over his face and on the table. Later, he learned from Xiao Yinzhen, eating slowly, and never got it everywhere again.

"Yinzhen, third elder brother, do you still remember the "Compassion for Farmers" I taught you before?" Concubine Tong decided to test the two children.

"Emiang, of course I remember." Xiao Yinzhen stopped the movements in his hands and took the lead in reciting a sentence, "The day of hoeing is noon."

The third elder brother followed him to recite: "The sweat drops to the ground."

Xiao Yinzhen: "Who knows the Chinese food."

Third elder brother: "Every grain is hard work."

Concubine Tong and Concubine Rong saw that the two children had memorized "Compassion for Farmers", they praised them without hesitation, and rewarded each of them with a big chicken leg.

Next, Concubine Tong took the Chinese test of Xiao Yinzhen and Yinzhi.

Xiao Yinzhen and the third elder brother still answered very well.

The two brothers, in addition to playing together every day, also learn things together.

When Concubine Tong taught Xiao Yinzhen Chinese, she also taught Yinzhi by the way.

When Concubine Rong taught Yinzhi to recite poems, she also taught Xiao Yinzhen.Not only that, when she made something for Yinzhi, she would also make something for Xiao Yinzhen.

Xiao Yinzhen and San Age have many things in common, such as clothes, hats, sachets and so on.

Third Elder Brother will move to Elder Brother's place next year, and at the same time, he will study in Shangshufang.Concubine Rong would teach San Age how to read or write every afternoon or evening.

Xiao Yinzhen is only three years old, and Concubine Tong Guifei hasn't taught him how to read or write yet.However, the third elder brother taught Xiao Yinzhen how to read and write.

The third elder brother will teach Xiao Yinzhen what his mother-in-law taught him.

Xiao Yinzhen learned to read and write with the third elder brother, but he could recognize a lot of characters and write some characters.

The third elder brother also taught the fifth elder brother, but the fifth elder brother didn't like to learn, so he didn't learn very well.

After lunch, Xiao Yinzhen and San Age went for a walk in the yard.The two played with one, two, and three wooden figures while digesting food.

Concubine Tong and Concubine Rong sat by the window, drinking tea and chatting while watching the two children playing in the yard.

"Mother, why didn't the Niuhulu family send their daughter to the palace to participate in the draft?" Concubine Rong remembered that Concubine Shu had a concubine younger sister, who should have reached the age for the draft.

"If it was delivered, it was rejected by the emperor in the first round." After taking a few sips of tea, Concubine Tong put the teacup in her hand on the table, "The emperor said that there is a concubine Shu in the harem. That’s enough, there’s no need for a second one.” In fact, Kangxi’s original words were that concubine Shu and Niu Hulu in the palace were enough to be an eyesore.

Speaking of Concubine Shu, Concubine Rong couldn't help but think of the situation when she went to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to pay her respects during this period of time.

"Empress, have you noticed that during this period of time, when you went to the Palace of Compassion and Peace to pay your respects, Empress Concubine Shu not only didn't find fault with you, nor was she angry with you."

Concubine Tong Gui also noticed this, but she didn't take it seriously.

"The empress dowager's attitude towards me has changed, and it's not good for her to target me like before."

Concubine Rong thought about it, "However, Concubine Shu still hates and dislikes Mrs. Wei as always."

Concubine Tong sneered: "She is jealous."

"Your Majesty is right. Concubine Shu has been in the palace for several years, and she has never been favored by the Emperor." Concubine Rong is very displeased with Concubine Shu.One is that Concubine Shu, relying on her family background, is very arrogant, with an attitude of not taking all the concubines in the harem seriously.Second, Concubine Shu's mouth was very unpleasant. "There will be new beautiful girls entering the palace soon, and by then all the new beautiful girls will be in bed, but Empress Concubine Shu is still not in bed, which is interesting."

"It's true for you to say that." Concubine Tong smiled lightly, "Concubine Shu's face will definitely not look good by then."

"Your Majesty, to be honest, Concubine Shu comes from a famous family and is good-looking, why does the Emperor hate her so much?" Everyone in the palace knew that Kangxi didn't like Niu Hulu's family.If the Empress Dowager hadn't loved and protected Niu Hulu, she wouldn't have known how she would be bullied in the palace.

"It's related to her sister." Concubine Tong Guifei didn't know much about Niu Hulu's successor.All I know is that she was conferred the title of Empress not long after she entered the palace, and she died of illness not long after she was conferred.He was only 20 years old when he died of illness, very young.When he entered the palace later, he was in good health, but suddenly got seriously ill, and then died of illness, which is very strange.It would be normal if she died of illness due to dystocia.However, she did not give birth.

"Jihou?" When Jihou was alive, Concubine Rong had already entered the palace.At that time, all the concubines in the harem were very afraid of succeeding. "Your Majesty, did you do something afterwards?"

When Ji Hou was alive, there were often miscarriages in the harem, but it had nothing to do with her.Although Concubine Rong and the others were afraid of the successor, they did not doubt the successor.

"You are more advanced than me, so you should know better than me." Although Concubine Tong didn't know exactly what she did when she was alive, she could probably guess what she did.

Concubine Rong shook her head slightly: "I don't know."

Seeing that Concubine Rong didn't doubt what Jihou had done, Tong Guifei had to admire Jihou's ability to pretend.When he was alive, he was very strict in dealing with people, but on the surface he took great care of the concubines in the harem.Although the concubines were afraid of her, they never suspected that she was a person with vicious thoughts.

"It must have done something to offend the emperor." Concubine Tong guessed, "The emperor transferred his anger to Concubine Shu."

"So, Concubine Shu is actually quite innocent. She obviously did nothing and was implicated by her own sister."

"She is not innocent if she is the successor's younger sister." Concubine Tong contemptuously said, "Besides, even if she is not implicated by the successor, the emperor would not like her just because of her temper and her mouth."

"That's true." Concubine Rong stopped talking about Concubine Shu, and started talking about the Hesheli family, "Madam, after the Hesheli family enters the palace, I'm afraid they will be favored by the emperor alone. After all, they are the younger sister of Empress Renxiao." Empress Renxiao She was Emperor Kangxi's Yuan Empress and the biological mother of the present Prince Yinreng.Kangxi and Empress Renxiao are young couples, and their relationship is very good.Empress Renxiao died of illness, and Kangxi stopped working for five days. From this point, we can see the status of Empress Renxiao in Kangxi's mind.Now, Empress Renxiao's own sister is going to enter the palace, so Kangxi will definitely treat her differently.

"The younger sister of Empress Renxiao has finally grown up. The Hesheli family must have high hopes for her." Concubine Rong thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I think we should be careful."

"Empress Renxiao is Empress Renxiao, and the Hesheli family is Hesheli." Concubine Tong pointedly said, "The Hesheli family wants their youngest daughter to replace Queen Renxiao, so they are too small. The emperor is here. In the emperor's heart, no one can replace Empress Renxiao, including Empress Renxiao's younger sister."

"Your Majesty said yes, but this younger sister is ordinary in appearance, so she probably won't attract the emperor." Concubine Rong thought to herself that if Empress Renxiao's younger sister had the appearance of noble Wei, then they should really be careful.

"Don't worry about her, don't think she is special, treat her as you treat others."

Hearing what Concubine Tong said, Concubine Rong felt more at ease, but she soon thought of the Empress Dowager, and her expression became worried.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager should like Hesheli very much, after all, she is the aunt of His Highness the Crown Prince."

"It's okay, the emperor is here." In her previous life, the empress dowager didn't like the Hesheli family very much, so Concubine Tong was not very worried.

"Ma'am, let's pay attention."

"Er Niang." Xiao Yinzhen and the third brother came back from a walk, "My third brother and I are sleepy, we are going to take a nap."

"Go."

"Third elder brother, let's go to take a nap." Xiao Yinzhen took the third elder brother's hand and went to his side hall for an afternoon nap.

Concubine Tong and Concubine Rong chatted for a while, then went to the side hall together.Seeing Xiao Yinzhen and the third elder brother sleeping head to head, very intimately on the couch, they couldn't help laughing.

They tucked up the quilts for the two little guys and returned to the main hall.

At this time, Liang Shengrong hurried in from the outside, first gave Tong Guifei and the others a thousand children, and then reported with a grim expression: "My lady, something happened to Mrs. De concubine."