Returning the Pearl and the Reborn Emperor

Qing Ting watched Concubine Zhen's belly getting bigger and bigger, and sometimes she joked, saying that judging from the shape of her belly, she should be a little elder brother. Concubine Zhen was modest and polite, but she believed in her heart. The old man in the middle also said that if she is pregnant with a boy, her stomach will look like this.

Nine months after Concubine Zhen was happy, she gave birth to a baby brother. The emperor was overjoyed and rewarded the maids and eunuchs beside Concubine Zhen.The queen seemed very happy too, but she was overjoyed and told the emperor in private that Hejia's son-in-law had a tiger head and a tiger brain, and was cuter than sixteenth brother, and she liked it even more.

The emperor smiled and said: "You have a grandson, so you just throw the son aside. I see that the child is growing up very well, and he is quite lovable."

Qing Ting said with a smile: "The grandson is not good? The grandson is more likable than the son. Your lord, seeing Yongzhang Yongxiu and his brothers enter the palace, it hurts so much that they are all envious. I It's just a pity that the eleventh and twelfth girls haven't reached the time to marry Zheng Fujin and Chu Fujin. Fortunately, my body is strong enough. I can wait a few years before seeing them get married and have children. female."

"I said for a long time that you are anxious about this, not that the two children are not in a hurry to get married, why did you change your mind today." The emperor smiled to see how she answered.

"It is their fate that they shouldn't marry early. I am not in a hurry. In the past two years, I just watched their nephews and nephews get married, and their parents became parents. I couldn't help but think about it. Your Majesty, almost Forgot, sister Wan Guifei sent someone to tell me just now that Qiu Guiren on her side has been in poor spirits for several days and eats little food. Speaking of the situation, it seems that there is joy, if this is the case, your majesty will be blessed with double happiness."

The emperor Nian Xu smiled and said: "Wrong, it's three happy occasions. What do you think I'm here for? There's a big happy event. I just received a letter from Mongolia. Great happy event. Miss Lan is going to be a mother."

"Amitabha, this is really a happy event. This girl is really anxious to death. I watched Hejia, Qinger, and Ziwei all continue the incense lamps for her husband's family, but she has no news. I am anxious and I can't tell others. , often chant scriptures and Buddha for her, sometimes I am anxious to think about it here, and she shed tears when I think about it. She is a sensible child and always announces good news. Well, Your Majesty, did you say in the letter how she is now, can she eat, is she sick or not?" It's not true, it's just a show, Lan Xin was raised by her, she knows best However, in today's terms, it means that she wants to live a two-person world. It is normal for a young couple to have no children for two or three years. After two or three years of playing, they will be able to live at home, and her forehead will be taken by her. Next, will not disagree.Qing Ting concealed her behavior a lot, and she also agreed with her behavior in her heart. She said that when a family comes, there is a responsibility, and the child grows up. In fact, it is not the case. It seems that the pots and pans are ready. Diesel oil

Salt, but it may not be able to make delicious food, you have to have that skill and sincerity, and you have to have that kind of heart in your life. Married, of course, can't be compared with when you were single. There is always a process of adapting to transformation. Some people need a shorter period of time, while others need a longer period of time. Young couples, who have never met before marriage, rush to have children as soon as they get married, and trivial things are not necessarily a good thing.

"The letter says that she is all well and has a sour taste. Everyone in the house protects her like an eyeball. Don't worry. Whoever dares to be unkind to my daughter will never be spared." Lan Xinyuan married Mongolia is still living happily, and the emperor loves her a little more.

Both the emperor and the empress were happy for Lan Xin's happy event, except that they didn't know how Lan Xin found out that she was pregnant, and no one dared to make fun of this matter. Trying to pass the news here is obviously not a flattering thing.

Later, the emperor and the empress found out that Lan Xin accidentally fell down and felt unwell. So it scared the entire family, and she herself was taken aback. Since then, she has also paid attention to childbirth, and is going to give birth to a beautiful little Princess.

Later, when Lan Xin returned to Beijing, the Queen nagged Lan Xin about this matter. Lan Xin said that she was helpless, she was just pregnant, who would know.

The news from Concubine Wan came quickly. Lady Qiu is indeed happy. Although she was discovered early, she showed signs of premature birth and had to stay in bed to take care of her. Qing Ting was not surprised that she might give birth prematurely (the pelvis is small and easy to Difficult childbirth, easy miscarriage if you are lenient, and if your body is weak, the chance of accidents will be greatly increased), but on the surface, you are still worried and concerned, let Concubine Wan take care of you, and I recited a few times, but I thought in my heart: I am really a sinner Killing, praying to Buddha but wishing her bad.

Concubines and concubines in the harem know what to do when they are pregnant and have children, and Qing Ting doesn't take it seriously. The emperor doesn't see through the red dust, or he only loves public affairs and state affairs. Except for the queen, enjoy the beauty of the country and experience it. Experience that flowers can explain language, people, men and women cannot escape diet.

The emperor had already seen through Qing Ting's thoughts, and he secretly half-jokingly said to Yong Xing and Yong Xing's two elder brothers: "Sometimes I let you go out of the palace for your own good. I drink a lot of old vinegar, so if it hurts the fish in the pond, I would be wronged." But in the palace, he didn't allow anyone to show that the queen was jealous, otherwise it would be a felony to criticize the royal family.

The two elder brothers had no choice but to pretend to be stupid and didn't understand. The Queen's mother was jealous, and the Queen's mother liked to eat old Shanxi vinegar.

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Concubines in the harem conceived and gave birth to children, and they were more happy in the harem, but the men of the Qing Dynasty returned from a long journey, and it was the court that shocked the court. You can figure out a thing or two by looking at the emperor's face.

Reform is not just a play. At the beginning, the emperor wanted to set up a school of astronomy and arithmetic, and it took a lot of trouble. There was a big debate between the ministers who were in opposition and the ministers who supported it.As an emperor, I am used to fighting wits and courage with my courtiers, and fighting back and forth is a lot of fun.In the official history, the establishment of the Astronomical and Mathematical Academy in the Qing Dynasty was during the Cixi period. When the old empress Cixi proposed to establish the Astronomical and Mathematical Academy, the reaction of the ministers was not to mention how lively it was, but since Cixi was able to settle the ministers who opposed it, the emperor must be able to do it too. Arrived,.

Now that these people came back, they were all full of ambition and eager to do something. The emperor specially summoned them, and specially allowed the queen to summon her nephew.

When the Nala brothers were the imperial guards, Qing Ting did not summon them in order not to cause gossip. If the queen wanted to meet her nephew, it was not impossible. Later, even the emperor said that she had overcorrected, so she summoned them. After three or two times, the time of meeting each time is also very short.Counting the time, it has been seven years since they left the Qing Dynasty. Seven years later, when the two nephews saw their aunt again, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts: my aunt is older than before.

Qing Ting looked at the two brothers from left to right. They hadn't seen each other for seven years, and they had changed a lot. They looked calmer and stronger. Simple pidgin English, etc., Lin Ge said, he knew how to talk to the locals after learning it for more than two months.

Qing Ting thought, this is a genius. I have read books before, and I have read that there are secret agents who learn a foreign language in two months and have mastered 32 languages.Maybe you can become an agent if you train clearly.

Tu Ming'e and others are not secret agents, but they also did similar things as secret agents. Hundreds of years later, some scholars in Europe said: During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong sent a delegation to visit Europe and stole European xxx, xxx, xxx, etc. technology.

If Qing Ting wants to know, she must say something in her heart: When Macartney visited China, he stole tea and silk technology, and it was not rude to come and go.However, Macartney in this space was not so lucky. Tea and silk made more money in the export trade, and this technology must be protected.

"Since you are back, you have to do business for the court and share your worries for the emperor. You have been away for so long. Although our Nala family has obtained official positions thanks to the emperor's favor in the past few years, our children must not embarrass the family, let alone embarrass the family. Lose the title to the emperor, the emperor bestows favor on Nala's family, if our family members are not up to the job, or even do something disgraceful, won't it make others think that the emperor is incompetent in employing people." Qing Ting paused, then said, "you go back When I got home, I also saw Brother Lin. It’s a coincidence that you guys came back. Brother Lin just had another son, who is still the first son.

Well, you came back three days after the baby was born, and I even told people that the baby is a lucky star. "

The brother Lin that Qing Ting mentioned is another grandson of Naerbu, Alin, the son of another elder brother of the Nala clan. He also passed away when he was young, so he lived with his aunt. He was older than Tu Ming'e, and for some reason in his early years, he led troops outside the pass for several years.Outsiders don't know the reason, and privately guess that A Lin's uncle and his father are not of the same mother, so maybe they can't tolerate him.At the beginning of his career outside the customs, his official position was mediocre, and his official career was mediocre, and his queen's aunt gave birth to a son-in-law and never brought him any luck.

Later, the three sons born by the queen's brother were appreciated by the present, and Nala's family did not take the opportunity to bring A Lin back from outside the customs, and the queen never mentioned this nephew.Therefore, there are some gossips in private, saying that the queen is unfair, and she is also a nephew, but she doesn't care about it to this extent.The Manchus are no different than the Han people, but they have been influenced by Confucian culture over the years, and they still value some of the sons, and outsiders can talk too much about the family affairs of the empress's mother's family, so this is just a few people talking about it, Ah Lin's mother-in-law Still living in Nala Mansion, she has never heard of any embezzlement from Nala Mansion, nor heard her complaining to others, but accepted the status quo calmly.

Later, Naerbu was reprimanded by the emperor, and the empress' brother was demoted. The Nala family suffered an unexplainable loss in the court.And Alin was promoted step by step outside the customs by relying on his merits, and it was at the end of that year that he was transferred back to Beijing.Although he has been outside the customs for many years, he is very clear about the situation in Beijing, and he has used his days outside the customs to get close to those generals who will be useful and promising in the future. , did well in the Ministry of War.

Gradually, some people noticed that the Nala family was not good at playing tricks. In fact, this family had too many ideas in their hearts.

Tu Minger said: "Before entering the palace, Alinto's servant thanked the empress, saying that he could not thank the empress face to face, so he had to ask the servant to convey it."

Qing Ting said with a smile: "This child, he said thank you again, a family of flesh and blood, isn't his son my grandnephew? It's only natural for my aunt to give something to my grandnephew."

Speaking of Iraqi, the thing he regrets the most is that he cannot go abroad with his elder brother, but now he works in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and he also has other things to do in the Astronomy and Computing Institute. He is also an aspiring young man with a good career development.

Linge brought a few firearms from abroad and gave them to the emperor and empress. Although the emperor was keen to build a modern army, the empress was better at it than him, so he kept two of the most convenient and powerful ones, and gave the rest to the empress. , Let her shoot at the target when she has nothing to do.

Qing Ting was playing with the new firearm brought by her nephew, but she thought to herself

Now, it's time to be tough with Concubine Zhen, this is not a lord who can live in peace, she is already the lord of the first palace, and she gave birth to a son, maybe she can become a dark horse.

Concubine Zhen is young and beautiful, and she was born in the Hadanara family. Her ancestor was "Mukun" who was separated from Ulanara. Although her father was a small civil servant in Beijing, there are several Manchu officials who are not relatives of high-ranking officials and nobles. However, the empress of Jiaqing was still born in Baoyi, and she was not yet a concubine Fujin, empress of the Qing Dynasty.

Qing Ting made people pay close attention to Concubine Zhen, she was young but also impulsive, although she looked cute in front of the emperor and empress, but in private she was domineering and domineering. There are a lot of little pigtails to be caught, but speaking of which, she has never done anything out of the ordinary. If Qing Ting brought up her punishment of court ladies and eunuchs, it would be a bit of a fuss, and she would feel jealous.The emperor said that she was jealous, that was their private joke, but in the palace the name of jealousy was confirmed, but it was a bit troublesome, especially Zhenfei and her son.

Qing Ting waited for the opportunity, the maids were all selected from the Baoyi Banner, and most of them were officials in the family. Back then, Qianlong asked Hui Xian, who was born in Bao Yi, to seal him as a Fujin. Hui Xian's father was one of the reasons.Now Concubine Zhen scolds and scolds the palace maids every now and then, besides not daring to slap her in the face, she uses a lot of dirty tricks.The rules and customs inside and outside the palace, after a month or two, there will be people from the maid's family to visit, they are no more than the parents of the empress and concubines, it is impossible to directly enter the palace and go to the place where the daughter works, and the maid will be accompanied by the eunuch at this time When meeting family members, the rules in the palace are that unless you follow the master, you can't leave the palace gate, let alone go to other palaces. Even when you meet family members, you have to be accompanied by eunuchs, so it's not considered to be alone.The palace lady was afraid that her family would be worried, and also because she was accompanied by eunuchs, she was reluctant to say anything wrong, but the concubine Zhen offended not only the palace lady, but also the eunuchs.There are eunuchs who get along with each other and have good relationships. When friends call them brothers, it’s okay to vent their anger on their friends and brothers. It’s because I feel that I’ve lost my children and grandchildren in this life, and there’s nothing to be afraid of. I can do anything. There is a word to describe this The most suitable eunuch is "insidious".However, most of the eunuchs are somewhere in between, there are small good and some small evil, using knives behind their backs and embedding flowers and trees are all their usual tricks. Maybe they won't do it for a while, but they don't know when they will borrow swords to kill people. While watching others fight, he stood on the shore and watched the ship capsize.Qing Ting knew that the eunuchs in the palace were not easy to provoke. Since Concubine Zhen had offended them, Qing Ting knew that sooner or later, Concubine Zhen would be tricked by them. However, Qing Ting had to take care of the maid's affairs.

After a while, Qing Ting found concubine Zhen bad luck on the grounds that she punished the maid too much, but she didn't punish her too harshly, she just reprimanded her and fined her salary for one year.Concubine Zhen was too young and arrogant, and even ignored the rules in the palace, and slapped the maid in the face. There are rules in the palace, and the punished court lady can no longer serve the master.

Feng, were basically driven to do some menial work, and even had to do hard work in the clothing bureau because of "crimes".People in the palace have their own division of labor, and they are busy with their own tasks. Even if they are free, they will not give a helping hand to the busy person who is in a daze. Maybe one good intention hurts two people. Misdemeanors, the crime of favor from cronies cannot be afforded.The maids serving by the master's side are much more relaxed than other court ladies. Some of them comb their hair and jewellery, some of them clean their faces, and only care about dressing. Some of them just take a bath and don't care about other things. The eunuch and the maid pour tea and wash clothes, but if they are driven to do hard work, they will not only be busy every day, but also lose face.

After punishing Concubine Zhen, Qing Ting collected the list of court ladies who had been punished by Concubine Zhen for the past three months and showed it to him when the emperor came. I have never been angry and blamed, but as soon as I slackened, someone forgot the rules, although this maid is a slave, but the slave's face is not just slapped casually, she has already slapped directly in the face, what will happen next time?"

The emperor said: "You are the empress, this matter belongs to you. You have not always managed the affairs of the harem very well."

Qing Ting said: "I want to take care of it. I'm afraid that you feel sorry for the emperor. You are the person on your heart. You also gave birth to sixteen elder brothers for you. You have contributed to the royal family. I know that I have strict rules, but I don't know. Yes, I thought I was jealous and ate too much pantothenic acid."

The emperor said sternly: "Who says you are jealous of pantothenic acid, let me see who dares to criticize the queen."

Qing Ting said with a smile: "Of course no one dares, Your Majesty, my punishment for Concubine Zhen..."

"It's up to you. Come here, pass on my words, and ask Concubine Zhen to copy the palace rules three times. She can read and write anyway, so copying from the book will not be a problem."

Qing Ting couldn't help laughing, Concubine Zhen was able to read and write, but her handwriting was so-so, the emperor asked her to practice calligraphy, so she was very cheap.

The concubine Zhen received the emperor's oral order, and the eunuch did not dare to do anything in front of the eunuch, and when the eunuch left, tears were like strings of pearls. For a small matter, the empress would trouble her, and the emperor would not take pity on her.She hugged her son, weeping, and secretly said in her heart: Son, your mother-in-law has been bullied, and my mother-in-law is counting on you.

Concubine Zhen felt uneasy. Since she entered the palace, she has always seen the queen being more lenient towards them, but she has also seen the queen's strictness, and it is said that the queen is not very tolerant. It seems that she gave birth to sixteen Brother, I was hated by the empress, what should I do in the future, the emperor usually treats me well, but obviously I don't take myself so seriously.Concubine Zhen felt that she was young, and now she wanted to hold on to the emperor's heart even more. If she could hold on to the emperor tightly, how could such a thing happen this time.

Qing Ting guessed most of her thoughts, waited for Zhen Concubine to be busy for half a month, gritted her teeth and copied the palace rules three times, and dedicated them to Qing Ting. I hope you can remember it in your heart in the future."

Concubine Zhen bowed her head and agreed, but she didn't know that there was a second difficulty waiting for her immediately afterwards.

It's also Qing Ting because the Nala family is now more powerful in the court, and they are also tied to the emperor