[Qing Chuan] Five elder brothers intermittent salted fish

The Yikun Palace was extremely busy this morning. The maids and eunuchs came in and out with all kinds of lacquered fruits. Concubine Yi, who was forced to get up early, put her hands on the dressing table and let Yinqiao, the maid behind her, do her makeup dress up.

After another yawn, Yin Qiao said with a smile: "Last night, I asked the empress not to go to bed early, and she insisted on reading some scripts. Is it because I can't get up early today?"

"Hey...how do I know what kind of interest Long Live Lord is in today, insisting on coming to our palace for breakfast? If he didn't come, why would I get up so early?" Concubine Yi rubbed her eyes again while talking.

On her face, which has not yet applied makeup, there are impressive results from staying up late last night to read the script... Dark circles, even though the moist and rosy skin is not damaged by staying up all night, it still remains tender, but the whole person's spirit is still there. Very bad.

The small window next to the dressing table was only half open, and the soft wind in May crept into the room along the window sill like a creeper.There is also a light fragrance of Qionghua floating in with the warm wind, which makes people feel a little warmer and do not want to open their eyes.

The maid carrying the lacquer plate quickly passed by under the verandah, only to see that the sunlight on the window sill dimmed slightly, and soon returned to normal again, but the original light fragrance of Qionghua was completely covered by the smell of the food that just passed by. , the stronger and stronger food aroma has become the human flavor that awakens Yifei's daily life in the Forbidden City.

She opened her eyes and asked, "What delicious things have you prepared this morning?"

"Going back to your mother, the Imperial Dining Room knew that Long Live Lord was coming, so in addition to your usual millet porridge and sugar cake, we also prepared stewed mutton slices, boiled cucumbers, boiled fresh fried sauce, chess piece soup, and old rice dishes. "Yinqiao reached out and dipped the silver comb in the sweet-scented osmanthus water, then combed her hair again.

Concubine Yi said again: "Eating mutton this early in the morning is too angry!"

Yinqiao laughed, and said: "I know you don't like meat in the morning, but this Long Live Lord just came back from the morning, and he has been working hard to make up for it all morning! Don't worry, I told the people below to prepare more." Some fruits, and I will serve a good tea with a clear fire later, so there is no problem in keeping them."

After Yinqiao finished speaking, she said with a warm smile: "Your Majesty, what color do you plan to wear today?"

"Hmm..." Concubine Yi froze for a moment, but before she could react, Yin Qiao smiled again: "Your Majesty, why don't you just wear pink? Didn't Long Live Lord say that you look best in pink?"

As soon as Yinqiao finished speaking, Concubine Yi suddenly turned her head, with an inexplicable smile on her face, she said: "Pink is delicate and delicate, how old am I now? Still pink!"

Speaking of Concubine Yi, she still seemed to be serious about it, she sighed slightly, and said in a low voice: "Alas... I don't know if San Elder Brother has grown taller recently?"

"Third Elder Brother?" Yinqiao held the silver comb in her hand, and looked at her master very puzzled. Why did she mention the Third Elder Brother? This Third Elder Brother has been kept in the home of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Chuoerji, and has not been seen for a long time. Who knows if the third elder brother has grown taller!

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At this time, Xuan Ye, who had just left the early court, was quite troubled by the early court's discussion with the ministers about the battle with the old Maozi Yaksa, and now sitting in the sedan chair is full of worries.

The eunuch Liang Jiugong who followed was by Xuan Ye's side all the time, so he naturally knew why he was troubled and worried, but although he knew it, the rules of the Qing Dynasty were to prevent the harem and eunuchs from intervening in politics by name.

There is the example of Wei Zhongxian in the previous dynasty, not to mention being involved in politics, but eunuchs who are in important positions in this dynasty are like eunuchs like him who have to serve pen and ink every day, and they are not even allowed to read books or write words. knowledgeable.

There was no way to share the government affairs, so Liang Jiugong had other ideas.

He just said: "Long live Lord is very interested today and wants to go to Yikun Palace for breakfast. I think that the concubine Yi must be very happy in her heart. Why don't you go and see Elder Brother Eleven? This Eleventh Elder brother! They all say it's long It is most like your majesty, those eyebrows, ouch! And that little nose..."

Listening to Liang Jiugong's exaggerated but lifelike description, Xuan Ye couldn't help stretching his brows, and only smiled slightly: "Such a young child can tell what looks like me, and besides, what's so good about being like me?" , if he is blessed and looks like his mother-in-law like his fifth brother, he will be good-looking!"

"Long Live Lord, what are you talking about? If the little elder brother has three or four points of Long Yan, it will be a great blessing!"

Xuan Ye fiddled with the red sandalwood Buddha beads in his hand, and said with a light smile: "You have such a mouth! You have never spoken seriously since you were a child!"

"Isn't the servant talking to you just to make you happy? You listened and laughed! Then the slave is considered worthy, and it doesn't matter if it is serious or not!" Liang Jiugong said flattering words, knowing that Xuanye was in a bad mood at the moment. It's too bad, and it doesn't matter if he says a few glib words.

Xuan Ye let out a soft "hum", but as expected, he didn't say anything more, just thinking about Yin Qi just mentioned before he said: "This Yin Qi will be six years old by the end of the year?"

"It's six years old. The fifth elder brother is born on the fourth day of December in the 18th year of Kangxi. Look at how quickly the days go by! It's been six years in one turn, how lively and cheerful the fifth elder brother is now!"

"After the age of six, Xiao Wu should go to the study with his brothers, and then play like crazy in the palace all day, who can control him?" Xuan Ye said with a smile, Unexpectedly, Liang Jiugong suddenly laughed when he heard this.

Xuan Ye was curious for a moment and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Liang Jiugong hurriedly replied: "This servant remembered that he went to the Empress Dowager's Palace last night to deliver the silks and satins that Jiang Ning had brought as a tribute. I haven't stepped in this door yet! I heard the fifth elder brother crying inside with snot and tears!"

"What's the matter? Although this child is naughty, he is not squeamish and loves to cry?"

Liang Jiugong raised his head slightly, and said, "Go back to the emperor, fifth brother... he cried in fright!"

"Frightened to cry? Who has the courage and ability to scare him into tears?" Xuan Ye couldn't help becoming interested. Everyone in the palace knew that the child Yin Qi was raised by the empress dowager loved to play and was bold.

There are really not many people who can scare him into tears!

Suddenly Xuan Ye raised his hand and said: "It must be Concubine Yi, except for her who is a mother-in-law, the others probably don't have this ability!"

Liang Jiugong shook his head frankly, and said, "I know you can't guess, it's the fourth elder brother!"

"Fourth?"

"It's the fourth elder brother. When the servant left, the fourth elder brother was paying his respects to the empress dowager! Naturally, the empress dowager should be concerned about how well the fourth elder brother has recently spent on food and clothing, and whether he is improving in his studies.

The empress dowager asked, and the fourth elder brother said that he would go to the study room to study and review books at Yinshi every day, and that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would recite the "Book of Rites" 120 times under the supervision of two masters from Man and Han at Maoshi. "

Xuan Ye nodded slightly. When he was six years old, his homework was only a lot more than those of today's children. What Yin Zhen said now is already very good compared to his time.

Liang Jiugong said with a smile: "But the fifth elder brother cried when he heard that Yinshi was going to wake up! Your majesty, you didn't see it! The fifth elder brother was crying pitifully, with snot and tears, tsk tsk tsk... ..."

Xuan Ye clicked his tongue, and sighed slightly: "This child is really spoiled, which prince of my Qing Dynasty didn't grow up like this, he! He is sleepy and playful, and he doesn't know how to become a child if he is not disciplined." What does it look like!"

Thinking of this, Xuanye secretly made up his mind that he must hire a stricter master for Yinqi to treat him well.

The sedan chair landed at the gate of Yikun Palace, and Xuan Ye just got off the sedan chair when he saw a short leg running past, if Liang Jiugong hadn't also been stunned, he would have thought he had misread it!

"This..." Liang Jiugong looked suspiciously at the little short leg who disappeared in a flash. Before he could speak, he heard the eunuchs behind him shout: "Fifth Brother! Slow down! Slow down!"

Xuan Ye stood still and did not move, only waiting for the group of eunuchs to run over, then shook his head helplessly and went to Yikun Palace.

"Look! What will this little five be like if he doesn't get disciplined?"