[Qing Chuan] Yongzheng's embarrassing empress

In a prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, the salt merchants are extremely rich.They live a life of luxury, spending money in various ways to show off their wealth, and the money they spend on buying rouge and gouache for their female relatives is nothing more than sprinkling water.

All Shuwan needs to do is to make them take out the money willingly.

Although Wu Fujin is moved, this is not the place to talk. She and Shuwan made an agreement to arrange to open a branch after the new year.

After all, you have to make money early!

The palace banquet looks the same every year, nothing unusual.

The most unusual thing this year is probably the eighth Fujin. Her arrogance and arrogance have all disappeared, and she has become like an ordinary housewife.

After the banquet was over, the fourth elder brother and the others returned home. The first thing they did was to order the dining room to prepare food.

The dishes of the palace banquet were served lukewarm. After the Queen Mother finished speaking and everyone got up to toast and celebrate the New Year, the food on the table was almost completely cold.

The palace likes to put lard in the dishes. When the dishes are cold, the lard will condense into hoarfrost, which is unappetizing.

The fourth elder brother drank a lot of wine in front, and wanted to eat some hot noodle soup when he got home.

The dining room quickly prepared the food, Si elder brother, Shuwan and Kang Bao held bowls and ate deliciously.

Xiaobao is still too young to learn the rules, so it is inconvenient to bring him into the palace.Furthermore, the fourth elder brother and Shuwan were busy entertaining in the palace, so they didn't have time to take care of him when they brought him into the palace.

Xiaobao played with the nanny, maid and eunuch for a day, and finally waited until Ama Erniang and brother came back, and he clamored to come to the main room.

The youngest son is coming, how can Shuwan not see him?

After Xiaobao entered the room, Shuwan put down the bowl and chopsticks, picked him up and hugged him in her arms.

"Er Niang's little treasure, did you miss Er Niang?"

Xiao Bao nodded obediently, "I want to!"

Shuwan put a sticker on his chubby face, "Baby, Erniang misses you too. Are you good at home?"

Xiaobao still nodded, "Good boy!"

He watched helplessly as the fourth elder brother and Kang Bao sucked the noodles, tapped their mouths, and nodded his own mouth greedily.

"Little Treasure wants to eat too."

Kang Bao deliberately teased his younger brother, "Oh, Xiaobao, don't compete with your brother. My brother didn't have enough to eat in the palace."

Xiaobao doesn't care!He kept reaching for his mouth.

"To eat!"

Kang Bao sighed loudly, "Don't you like Eldest Brother? Why do you have the heart to grab Eldest Brother's rations? Ama Erniang and I have nothing to eat when we go to the palace. You are full at home. Your Eldest Brother and I have been hungry all day." !"

Xiaobao understood. He looked at Ama and then at Erniang.

Shuwan also followed him to tease him, she frowned and pouted deliberately to show misery.

"Er Niang didn't eat, Xiaobao has the heart to rob Er Niang?"

The fourth elder brother watched the fun with a smile, letting Shu Wan and Kang Bao lie to the children.

Xiaobao looked at the food on the table, then looked up at his mother, and cried loudly.

Shuwan was so frightened that she quickly went to coax her, "Okay, okay, don't cry, Er Niang, eat noodles! Don't cry!"

Seeing that the children are so greedy, they are crying. There is more to a family like ours.

The fourth elder brother also hurriedly shouted, "Hurry up and get the little elder brother some noodles!"

Xiaobao held Shuwan's face in his hands, and he asked the nanny to bring the snacks from his room.

"Xiao Bao doesn't eat, Xiao Bao's snacks are for Ama Erniang and elder brother to eat."

Only then did Shuwan realize that her son felt sorry for her that she was hungry.

The fourth elder brother took Xiaobao out of Shuwan's arms.

"Our little treasure is still filial, the good boy won't cry, Ama Erniang and eldest brother are not hungry, keep your snacks for yourself!"

The fourth elder brother also complained to Shuwan, "Look at you, it's the New Year's Eve, and you have to make the child cry."

Kang Bao felt a little guilty, obviously he was the one who provoked his younger brother in the first place.

Shuwan glared at the fourth elder brother.

Ah!Men, they will be an afterthought. When I am teasing the children, don't you also enjoy watching it?

Shuwan picked up her chopsticks and continued to eat noodles, hum, today is Chinese New Year, I don't know as much as you!You wait until the first month comes out, I have to stand up and be the master!

The first month is the most idle time of the year, but also the busiest time of the year.

Leisure is because everyone has a holiday in the first month, and even the emperor seals the pen.Busy is because everyone is busy visiting relatives to pay New Year's greetings and having New Year's wine.

The prince and the clan will take turns serving wine to treat guests, and everyone gets together to communicate and communicate.

Don’t think that visiting relatives and friends, drinking wine and watching a show will be easy. When there are too many people, you have to be careful when speaking, and think three times before uttering a word.

And when you go out to meet guests, you always wear beautiful clothes and some expensive jewelry.The clothes and jewelry of the visitors are not light, the winter clothes are thick and heavy, and a set of clothes and jewelry weighs more than ten catties, sitting upright for a day, everyone will be tired.

There is nothing new about Chinese New Year this year, I just heard that Big Brother is about to continue.The emperor and concubine Hui are showing him a look, maybe next year Xinfujin will be able to pass the door.

This matter has nothing to do with Shuwan, she just listens to it casually.

After the first lunar month, Kang Bao began to formally study and go to class, and Shuwan began to think about opening a branch in Jiangnan at home.

In February, Xiao Ningzi suddenly received news that he wanted to return home.Shuwan quickly put down what she was doing and sent someone to pick up Xiao Ningzi back to her home to meet her.

Xiao Ningzi kowtowed to salute neatly when he entered the room, Shuwan asked him to get up, and looked at him carefully.

He was wearing a light blue padded jacket, clean and tidy all over, and looked very energetic.

Shuwan nodded again and again, "Not bad! Not bad! It can be seen that she has gained experience, and she looks much more stable than before."

Xiao Ningzi helped the imperial physicians study cowpox on Zhuangzi, and he was doing all kinds of trivial chores and communication.

Later, although the emperor called others to go there, Xiao Ningzi understood the overall situation, and he did things smoothly and properly. He stood firm by his own ability, and was not pushed away by others. He has been staying in Zhuangzi until now.

Maybe it's because Xiao Ningzi is not as detached as before when he is the manager of Zhuangzi, and he looks like an eunuch in charge when he stands there.

Hearing Shuwan's praise, Xiao Ningzi quickly laughed and said: "The servant is from Fujin, so Fujin thinks it is good no matter how you look at it!"

Shuwan smiled and shook her head, "Some things have changed, but some things haven't changed. It's still as sweet as before."

Shuwan ordered someone to watch the seats, and Xia Er moved a stool for him by herself.Xiao Ningzi quickly thanked him, and sat down cautiously, with his buttocks on the side of the stool.

Shuwan asked him, "Now everything in Zhuangzi is over? Why are you back?"

Xiao Ningzi replied: "It's basically over! The imperial physicians have found the best way to inoculate vaccinia, and the children who came to test are safe and sound. The slaves have finished their work in Zhuangzi. Before the New Year, they will be in a temple outside Zhuangzi After living in Li until now, all the things used in the Zhuangzi were burned, and I made sure that there was nothing dirty on my body, so I dared to go back to the house."

He burned all his luggage, and entrusted others to deliver the suit he was wearing.

Shuwan nodded, no wonder he came back empty-handed, without any luggage on him.

"You are too careful. You should come back after the matter in Zhuangzi is over. It's a big Chinese New Year. You spend the festival alone with monks and priests in the temple. How deserted! You have worked hard outside, so you should rest well after you come back For a while. Lord Baylor is very optimistic about you, so you don't have to worry about your future."

Hearing Fujin's words, Xiao Ningzi was naturally very grateful, but there was another thing bothering him.

Xiao Ningzi hesitated for a moment, then knelt on the ground and confessed to Shuwan.

"The slave dare not lie to the master. During the days outside, someone recruited the slave."

Shuwan smiled and asked, "Who is it?"

"One is the eunuch next to the emperor, named Wei Zhu. There is also a chief eunuch, who seems to be the prince's person. And... there is also the eighth prince's person."

Shuwan couldn't help laughing, the eighth elder brother is really a virtuous corporal!The eunuchs have to recruit them, but they still poach the corners of the fourth elder brother.

Shuwan smiled at Xiao Ningzi and said, "Forget about the eighth elder brother. What's the fun in jumping from one elder brother to another elder brother? Besides, the eighth elder brother is just an elder brother. Our family The first one is Lord Baylor! Besides, the eight Fujin are not as rich as me!"

Xiao Ningzi hastily expressed his loyalty, "This slave will never dare to betray his master! This slave is born as a member of Fujin, and dies as a ghost of Fujin!"

Shuwan waved her hand to get him up.

"I trust you. If you can take the initiative to talk about it, it means that you have no ulterior motives. You don't have to be afraid, just rest at home for a few days."

Shuwan ordered Xia'er to open the box to reward Xiao Ningzi with a lot of things, and ordered someone to prepare luggage and clothes for Xiao Ningzi.

Xiao Ningzi kowtowed to Shuwan again, and left the main courtyard with anxiety.

Knowing that Xia'er has a good relationship with Xiao Ningzi, Shuwan specially asks Xia'er to send Xiao Ningzi back.

Xia'er led Xiao Ningzi to his new residence, it was a single room with good lighting and decoration, much better than his previous residence.

"See, Fujin ordered me to come down, and I will personally watch the house they clean up, do you see if it suits you?"

Xiao Ningzi thanked me again and again, "It's still Fujin and Sister Xia'er who love me. Alas, there's nothing better than being in the house when you're away from home!"

Xia'er couldn't help reminding him, "Since you know that the mansion is good, you should be loyal to the master honestly, and forget all the people who recruited you as soon as possible."

Xiao Ningzi smiled wryly. To be honest, the emperor's people and the prince's people recruited him. Of course he was tempted. Who wouldn't want to climb up?

"Thank you for your reminder, sister. I understand my sister's kindness. I am also reluctant to leave the mansion, and I am even more reluctant to leave my sister."

"Stop being so talkative! Who is your sister!" Xia'er sighed again, "There is one thing you don't know. In a few days, I will be leaving."

Xiao Ningzi was shocked, "I just came back, where is my sister going? My sister is not yet 25 years old, is she? Are you leaving now?"

Xia'er laughed and said, "Fu Jin wants to open a branch in Jiangnan, and I will be the shopkeeper!"

Xiao Ningzi said impulsively, "I'll go with my sister too!"

Xia'er burst out laughing, "It's really interesting! You refuse to accept other people's solicitation, and you will take the initiative to follow me without saying a word!"

Xiao Ningzi smiled embarrassingly.

Xia'er patted him on the shoulder, "I'll treat you like your own brother. When I leave, you can take care of yourself."

Xiao Ningzi's eyes were sour, and she almost shed tears, "Well, I will."

Not long after Xiao Ningzi came back, the emperor announced the benefits of the cowpox method at the court meeting.

Vaccinia is much safer than human pox. Human pox is to infect the human body slightly with smallpox, then develop a fever and develop pox, and finally recover to achieve the effect of immunity to smallpox.

Cowpox is to infect the human body with vaccinia. After having vaccinia, it will recover quickly and will be immune to smallpox in the future.

The emperor showed the test results on Zhuangzi, and the ministers shouted long live and cheered for the emperor's sageness, but when it came time to vaccinate, few of them dared to vaccinate their children.

The emperor felt a little helpless about this, but he also knew that there was no rush to promote vaccinia, and changing people's thinking would not happen overnight.

The first thing to do now is to reward meritorious deeds. The imperial physicians who participated in the research have all received honors and generous rewards, and the minister who presided over the vaccinia research was also promoted later.

Of course, the emperor did not forget his son and daughter-in-law.

He decreed that the fourth elder brother be the king of Yongjun, and Kang Bao and Xiao Bao be the sons of Gushan.The emperor promoted Shuwan's natal brother to an official position, and finally gave Shuwan a large number of rewards.

After receiving the decree, the fourth elder brother and his family kowtowed to thank them.

The congratulators rushed to Baylor's mansion, no, it's the county king's mansion now.There was an endless stream of people giving gifts for a while, and the threshold of the mansion was almost broken.

When there is a happy event, of course Shuwan wants to serve wine to invite everyone to enjoy the joy together, but she is not happy in her heart.

After entertaining the guests, Shuwan went back to the room to take off her make-up, and lay on the bed in a thin underwear. The fourth elder brother lifted the quilt and lay next to her.

The fourth elder brother felt strange when he saw her pouted and sullen.

"Aren't you happy about such a big happy event?"

"No!" Shuwan said bluntly, "The rewards are all from other people, I don't seem to get anything!"

The fourth elder brother turned around and put his arms around her waist, "How could it be? My position as the king of the county is still in your favor!"

Shuwan complained: "That's what you said! You are the king of the county, my son is Beizi, and my natal brothers have also been promoted, but I have nothing! I am the one who does things, contributes, and spends money. How can I Did you get nothing in the end?"

The fourth elder brother lay on her neck and laughed sullenly, "Others are more expensive than their husbands, but we are more expensive than our husbands, are you still not satisfied?"

"I'm not satisfied! You may not have a title, but I should have it! I've already made up my mind, the emperor will give me a title, and the title is pox! Whether it's Beizi or Baylor, I don't dislike it!"

The fourth elder brother laughed even louder, "Amused? Do you make me laugh? Amuse Baylor, um, this title is very nice!"

Shuwan pinched him, "You're still laughing! You've been awarded the title, and I've worked so hard to entertain the guests, and I've lost my smile to them. My tired feet are swollen!"

The fourth elder brother nodded perfunctorily, "Okay, okay, let Chun'er come in and give you a pinch later!"

"Okay! You man, you have benefited, and you don't even want to pinch my feet!"

"How can I pinch a woman's feet as a majestic county king? Where will I put my face when it spreads?"

Shuwan sneered, "You still want face? My good brother, I have to pour some cold water on you! From now on, you have to be careful when you go out. When people call you the king of the county, they are laughing at you Woolen cloth!"

Shuwan sat up and pinched the orchid fingers, making a contrived look.

"Tsk tsk tsk, look, look, the fourth elder brother's county king got it too easily, he got it by relying on his wife! Hmph, it's nothing special!"

The fourth elder brother felt depressed, and Shuwan's words were right on point. In the past few days, there were indeed such rumors in the capital that the fourth elder brother just married a good wife, and he was promoted to the rank of nobility by relying on his wife.

If it was up to him to be knighted, he would have to wait!

Shuwan has slept in the same bed with the fourth elder brother for so many years, and she has figured him out thoroughly. Seeing the fourth elder brother's expression, Shuwan's heart skipped a beat.

She has also heard the gossip that the fourth elder brother eats soft food.

Although the fourth elder brother treated her well, he was a prince after all, and his education and environment since he was a child made him a bit machismo.

He was often discussed by others, but he didn't care about it at first, but after a long time, he would definitely feel uncomfortable, which was not conducive to the relationship between their husband and wife.

Shuwan also deliberately brought up this topic tonight, just to try the attitude of the fourth elder brother.

Shuwan licked her lips, and lay softly on the fourth elder brother's body.

"To tell you the truth, I am very happy to see that you have become the king of the county. If someone says that you eat soft food, I will be even happier!"

The fourth elder brother pinched her butt angrily, "The most poisonous woman's heart, you can't see me well!"

Shuwan giggled, "Other people say you rely on women, so don't make a sound, just admit it! Then others will know that the fourth elder brother is afraid of his wife. Then, the dignitaries in the capital would not dare to treat the good girl at home. Delivered to you!

They had to think it over carefully, the fourth elder brother's Fujin was so fierce, and the fourth elder brother was so henpecked, the daughter came into their house, was bullied and disfavored, and she would be blind if she sent it over! "

Shuwan put her arms around Si elder brother's neck, "In this way, elder brother belongs to me alone!"

The discomfort in Brother Si's heart dissipated immediately. He pressed Shuwan's nose and said that she was worthless.

"The man from another family is honored by the king, and the daughter-in-law in the family is so happy that he can't find the north. You are lucky. You only think about things in the back house."

Shuwan got up and said: "You don't understand! I call it "planning ahead! You must cooperate with me! In our family, apart from me, there can only be Song Gege and Wu Gege, and no other women are allowed to appear!"

Shuwan pinched the fourth brother's sleeve and wiped the corners of her eyes, and she held her throat and pretended to cry.

"I'm a burnt paper. Song Gege and Wu Gege are worse than me. With them as a foil, I can still look pretty. If another younger sister comes into the mansion, she can read and write. , and still recite poems against elder brother, is there still a place for me in this mansion?"

The fourth elder brother pulled back his sleeves, "Okay, stop pretending to cry!"

Shuwan rolled her eyes and began to kidnap morally.

"I'm so sad, my elder brother won't believe it! I know, it's all my fault, I'm old and decrepit, I have no charm, now I can't pretend to be a fairy, I can't pretend to be a bandit, I don't have any new tricks .It's all my fault, brother no longer loves me, I can understand."

Fourth elder brother: "..."

His daughter-in-law loves to act so much, he just feels a headache.

The fourth elder brother pulled Shuwan into his arms, turned over and pressed on her, leaned over and pressed her lips against her, telling her to shut up quickly.

Don't talk nonsense, let's see the actual action!

In the early morning of the second day, Shuwan opened her eyes and felt that her vision had narrowed.

Did she time travel?Oh no, her eyes are swollen.

At this time, she was like a dehydrated vegetable, without any moisture on her body, and she was completely squeezed dry.Fortunately, this is a Qingshui essay, what if this is a Haitang essay?Like this every day?

Wow!Don't dare to think, don't dare to think!

The fourth elder brother put on his clothes in high spirits and buttoned them up.

Shuwan struggled to raise her hand, pointed at him and shouted: "Hey! You sucking monster!"

The fourth elder brother burst out laughing, and Shuwan laughed too.

It's not because of anything else, it's because Shuwan's voice is too hoarse, and her speech is out of tune.

Shuwan touched her throat, "Baojuan! Baojuan! My throat!"

She laughed while talking.

The fourth elder brother brought hot water to her to moisten her throat.

"Who is Baojuan? What are you playing?"

After drinking the water, Shuwan felt her throat much more comfortable, "Ahem, it's nothing, I was just joking."

"Brother, do you still remember what happened to Xiao Ningzi? Do you think he stayed in the mansion or sent him to the palace?"

The fourth elder brother smiled and said: "Don't worry about this matter, I will arrange for him."

The fourth elder brother has always wanted to put people in the palace, so it is best to send Xiao Ningzi into the palace.

But the fourth elder brother didn't like Wei Zhu's behavior, he wanted to find a better master for Xiao Ningzi.

The fourth elder brother said don't worry about it, so Shuwan didn't worry about it anymore.

She was exhausted last night, and today she planned to lie in bed all day and enjoy the lazy time in bed.

The fourth elder brother dressed neatly and entered the palace to attend the court meeting.

The court was over, and the emperor left a few princes behind, planning to test the princes' academic homework.

The eunuchs went to the study room to ask the young elder brothers to come over, and the eldest elder brother, the prince, and others were waiting in the side hall.

Idle is also idle, the brothers chatted.

San Age and San Fujin have been together for a long time, and their habits and tempers are similar.

He smiled and asked the fourth elder brother, "Congratulations, fourth brother! Your current title is even higher than mine!"

The fourth brother glanced at him, "If the third brother didn't shave his hair then, the two of us would be the same."

The third elder brother curled his lips unhappily, this fourth son, his words are really unpleasant, and he can't open any pots and carry which pots.

The third elder brother came back in defeat, and the ninth elder brother came over.

"Speaking of which, the fourth brother has set a good example for us. The fourth brother was enshrined, thanks to the fourth sister-in-law! From now on, we will treat our daughter-in-law better when we go home, and spoil the fourth sister-in-law like the fourth brother. This good luck will come It's gone!"

The bad-hearted brothers laughed loudly, and the fourth elder brother was a little annoyed.

But thinking of the night of ecstasy last night, Brother Si couldn't help laughing again.

He admitted generously, "Jiu Di is right! I can become the county king, thanks to your fourth sister-in-law! I may be born with a daughter-in-law, and Jiu Di is not envious."

Brother Nine: "..." Bah!What a thick skin!

If the fourth elder brother is annoyed, these brothers will have something to say.But he openly admitted that he relied on his wife, but others were speechless.

It's like when people have a bottom line, they are always timid. If there is no bottom line, then there is nothing to be afraid of.

Not long after, the younger princes arrived, and so did the emperor.

The emperor tested the homework of all the princes, so it goes without saying that the fourth elder brother studied and practiced calligraphy, but he did not expect to be the first in riding and shooting Buku.

The emperor was very pleased that his son was making great progress.

"The fourth one is doing very well! You used to be unwilling to work hard on riding and archery, but now you have made great progress. It can be seen that you never slack off at home!"

The fourth elder brother smiled and said: "Fu Jin and I practice martial arts every day, and the children also practice together. I dare not say that there is progress, but the body is indeed getting healthier."

Princes: Tsk, it's great to have a good wife!