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The emperor supported the hand of the queen mother and walked ahead, followed by dozens of palace people.

Most of the palace people were far away and did not dare to approach, and finally followed the inner eunuch carrying the chariot, and slowed down as the empress dowager seemed to be taking a walk.

Only Su Peisheng and Aunt Wu Ya were closer, holding a copper stove in the shape of a small pumpkin in their hands.

The wind was blowing towards the back, and when a sentence was blown, both of them heard what the two masters in front said.

Hearing the emperor mentioning "according to the imperial concubine's rule", Su Peisheng really pricked up a pair of big ears: his ears were very big and the earlobes were thick, which was a symbol of blessing in the eyes of the people at that time, but he was originally a eunuch, so the big earlobes were a bit ironic .When he first entered the palace, he was only seven or eight years old. At that time, his head was small and his ears were even bigger. Any old eunuch who saw him would say that if he hadn't become a eunuch, he might have a blessed and rich life.

But looking at it now, it is not a lie that this earlobe is blessed. Although he is a eunuch, he is a very rich eunuch.

For many people, if God guarantees him that he can take the position of Eunuch Su just by undergoing an 'operation', it will be like Yue Buqun who has won the Sunflower Book. of.

For Su Peisheng, being with the emperor is the most blessed thing in his life, so Eunuch Su is determined to be considerate of the emperor's joys, sorrows and joys.

So now he pricked up his ears—the emperor wanted to make Concubine Xin a noble concubine, and his personal servant had already guessed it.

Long before Concubine Xin gave birth to a prince, the emperor had this idea.He even called the current minister of the Ministry of Rites, Arsun'a, to come over, and lightly stated that if the Ministry of Rituals made another mistake that even failed to review the canonization document, then Arsun'a would have to go to Guizhou to accompany his former boss, Shi Erha.

Moreover, Shi Erha can still be the chief political envoy of Guizhou, and those who commit crimes again have to be his deputy.

When Arson'a resigned, Su Peisheng saw that the neckline of the new Minister of Rites was wet.

From then on, Su Peisheng knew that since the emperor had such an order, he must have Jin Feng's intentions.It's just that Concubine Xin entered the palace for a short period of time, as if she was promoted three times a year. The emperor doesn't care about others, he always has to worry about the Queen Mother's wishes.

Sure enough, it wasn't until this moment that the sixth elder brother was baptized three times to say it.

Su Peisheng pricked his ears in the back, not for the sake of spreading the word to please: he always remembered that no matter which empress the emperor dotes on, his only master is the emperor.Zhang Yuzhu, Changqing and others can sell some news, but he'd better be honest.

At this time, he wanted to hear what the Empress Dowager had to say, and he also thought that if the Empress Dowager refused in her tone of voice, he would have to live in a hurry recently.

According to Su Peisheng's daily thinking about the masters, he felt that the empress dowager would not directly reject the emperor's intention, and only the concubine Xin was the only one with both children in the palace, and the empress dowager liked the fourth princess so much.The imperial concubine is just a matter of time, and it is not out of the ordinary to take advantage of this year's happy event.

But the Empress Dowager might use this opportunity to talk to the emperor about other things, for example, the emperor hasn't flipped the card for a long time, for example, many newcomers who have entered the palace for three years are still worthy of the name, for example, they want to share the rain and dew, for example, since they want to be promoted to imperial concubine, Is it one or two?Do you want to use the 40th birthday to seal the Sixth Palace together?

How would the emperor respond?It seems that the emperor is unwilling to be arranged for private life...

Long before the emperor mentioned this matter to the queen mother, Su Peisheng had arranged and combined various possibilities in his mind.

However, Eunuch Su raised his heart, but the queen mother just smiled and said casually: "That's fine. If that's the case, let's make the decree before the twelfth lunar month, so that Minmin's two-year-old will also be treated as the daughter of a noble concubine." .”

The emperor also naturally responded: "My son knows. In fact, the prince is fine. In the future, he will have to earn his own future. But for the daughter's family, we will marry no matter how reluctant we are in the future. In the past ten years in my mother's house, I have to support her. Quite decent."

In just a few sentences, the matter of conferring a concubine in Jin was settled in this way, which was more natural than Xuan Wanshan.

Su Peisheng, who had a lot of dramas in his head but didn't use them all, said: ...I'm really selling cabbage and smuggling drugs!

To a certain extent, Eunuch Su's worrying is not considered as fetching water from a bamboo basket, it is still seen by others.

After the emperor sent the empress dowager back to the Palace of Compassion and Peace, Sister Wu Ya stepped forward with a smile: "This is a noble concubine, and the empress just agreed to it so happily--I saw that kid Su Peisheng kept his big ears pricked up." , and then the eyeballs shook three times."

Although Su Peisheng has been in front of the imperial court for a long time, he can control his expression freely, but the inadvertent micro-expressions fall into the eyes of a sperm like Sister Wu Ya, and they are still completely seen.

The queen mother was amused by her witty words, and after laughing, she held the stove in her hands and said, "Why is the Ai family stopping? Who can stop the emperor from doing what he wants to do? When the emperor just came to the throne, he was about to enter the palace for five years. The Nian family, who has no daughters, is a noble concubine, and she has to raise the flag for the Nian family, didn't the Ai family stop her?"

"The days are just right now, why should the Ai family make things difficult for the emperor." The queen mother felt that the relationship between the emperor's mother and son had become more and more harmonious in the past few years, and it was a good time, so why bother to make trouble by herself.

"Besides, after a few years, Concubine Xin is also a good child. She often cooks food and gadgets in the palace to share the emperor's worries. It can be seen that the emperor is the most important thing in her heart."

The Empress Dowager brought milk tea and scooped it up with a small silver spoon.

This is also the milk tea that the emperor gave Jiu Ye and others to eat at the Hall of Mental Cultivation: "For example, this milk tea is made with taro, mung bean, and purple sweet potato powder, which are beautiful and filling. She also made it Things, not only those old Fujin who came to the palace to meet, thought it was new and went back to learn it, the most important thing is that this tea emperor can use it."

"The emperor is so busy that he is in the dark. Sometimes he doesn't want to wash his hands and eat snacks because he thinks it will waste his time. Drinking a cup of tea like this is considered a cushion, so as not to spoil his spleen and stomach. Don't you say it when the thirteenth daughter-in-law enters the palace? Listen It is said that taro balls and milk tea are often prepared in various ministries now, and what she is thinking about is not extravagant and precious, and it is rumored that others will only say that the emperor is simple when they see it, which is a good reputation."

The queen mother picked the color she liked, ate a purple taro ball, and continued: "Besides, Concubine Xin is still a sincere child, not only told Ai's family several times, but also met with the rest of the Fujin. Seriously said: These taro balls are delicious, but they are indigestible if eaten too much, especially I often tell people not to give them to children, let alone young children for fear of choking their children."

Maybe it was because she opened up the chatterbox, so the Queen Mother simply continued: "The most rare thing is that although Concubine Xin doesn't take the initiative to find out the right and wrong, she has never been afraid of the blame, and has never been bullied by anyone—— If she is domineering or soft-tempered, the Ai family will not trust her to take Minmin, but the Ai family will only have this girl in front of them."

Don't look at the queen mother's usual chief prince and prince, it's from a strategic level: the prince can inherit the throne.

But from the heart of the queen mother, she felt that it was not easy to raise a princess well: the emperor said today that it was in the heart of her old man, that the princess must support the scenes that can be supported in the palace.

My daughter has been at home for more than ten years. If she can't be taught to have her own ideas and stand up, she will inevitably be coaxed and bullied in the future.

If you don't have your own opinion, and you have the identity of a princess, it's like a child passing through the market with a lot of money in his arms, and will be coveted and sucked blood.

Of the three daughters of the Queen Mother, two died young, but one was given to the Queen Mother to be raised. She died within two years after she got married, which is deeply regrettable.

Aunt Wu Ya also knew that if it wasn't for Concubine Xin's daily behavior that suited the empress dowager's heart, the empress would definitely interfere more in her granddaughter's upbringing, instead of just playing with her granddaughter like now.

But... Aunt Wu Ya has been with the Empress Dowager for a long time, and she explained the most important thing in one sentence: "But the empress did not worry about the position of the prince's heir apparent before. Now a noble concubine, although the sixth elder brother is young, his status But it is higher than the other brothers."

But the queen mother just shook her head.

"Back then, the fourth and fourteenth were the biological sons of the Ai family, and the Ai family was able to hold back a word about the reserve position. Now it's the grandchildren..."

What's more, although the emperor favored Concubine Xin, fortunately he didn't show any preference for his son.It's not that once you have a youngest son, you will count all the previous sons.

Unlike Emperor Taizong, concubine Hai Lanzhu gave birth to a child as a treasure and pardoned the world, while the rest of the sons were treated differently from all living beings just like everyone else in the world.

As the Empress Dowager knew, the emperor had just picked out their own teachers for Hongli and Hongzhou, and they were all erudite Confucians.

Especially Hongli's master, the emperor actually ordered Xu Yuanmeng.This official position may not be as good as Zhang Tingyu and others in Ertai, but his qualifications are very old. Lord Kangxi appointed him as the prince's tutor back then. He taught two princes during the reign of Emperor Kangxi: one was Prince Yinfeng, The fourth elder brother Yinzhen is the current emperor!

Looking at their students, they are really expensive and not expensive.

Among them, the first prince, Lord Kangxi personally taught him in the early years. He was a precious son who looked like eyeballs, and he could make Xu Yuanmeng the emperor's teacher.

Xu Yuanmeng is the Chinese name he gave himself. In fact, he himself was born in the Shumulu clan of the upper three banners of Manchuria.

Xu Yuanmeng and Zhang Tingyu have reached a mutual achievement. Both of them have stayed in the Imperial Academy. The Imperial Academy is a bilingual exam, and Manchu and Chinese are both tested: Xu Yuanmeng, as a Manchu, passed the No. 1 exam in Sinology, and Zhang Tingyu, as a Han, passed the exam Full school No.1.

It is the emperor's teacher who is talented and simple in the emperor's heart.

Not only Hongli’s master, Hongzhou’s master was also carefully selected by the emperor. It was Wu Xiang, the former imperial examiner. Before he became an imperial examiner, he was working as the editor-in-chief. ——After the emperor ascended the throne, he dictated the court instructions of the late emperor to educate the sons, and Wu Xiang was in charge of compiling them. Being able to take this job shows that he has excellent knowledge, and the emperor himself praised him for his elegant writing.

Just by looking at these two masters, one can tell that the emperor is very caring for his sons (Hongshi has also been excluded by the queen mother, and his master has retired for retirement), just as the emperor said just now while holding her arm That sentence: "The prince is fine, the future must be earned by yourself."

The emperor's tone has been set.

The decree of Concubine Jin Guifei was promulgated to the world the day after the sixth elder brother died for the third time.

Master Jiu and Master Shi heard about it together.

Because Master Jiu had to face the saint on the first day of his return to Beijing, and on the second day to continue to face the saint to attend the third baptism of brother six, so Master Shi, who had been looking forward to his return to Beijing, didn't have time to say a lot of things to him.

The day after the sixth elder brother was washed, the tenth master simply came to the foreign affairs yamen, and he was even more satisfied when he heard that the ninth elder brother was taking stock of the warehouse. I have to go to the Western Commercial Center by myself. It’s not like you are in charge here, I come and go freely, and I can talk to you if I want anything.”

Master Jiu was surprised when he heard this: "Why, did Uncle Su Yi's mansion neglect you? Ordinarily, it shouldn't be, old Su Yibo is not a pedophile, and Jiang Yuan is even more round and has a good temper with everyone. Besides, we Everyone knows that brothers are always good, don’t tell me they won’t give you something if you come here to ask for something?”

The warehouse of this foreign affairs yamen is different from other departments. There is basically no public property, and it is usually samples and various tributes sent by Western businessmen from various countries.

After the Afurong incident, Master Jiu has also become more careful. He will no longer just look at the description of the list. Whenever there is something edible that enters Beijing, he must leave a sample, even if it is Western perfume, but the batches are different. Leave it as a certificate.

These things are not public money, Jiang Yuan is in charge of the foreign affairs yamen, a good person should do what he should do, why not give them?

Master Shi waved his hands and said with a smile: "It's not that they don't give it, it's just that Brother Nine is not here, so I don't want to find anyone else. What's more, Uncle Su Yi's mansion is not only used by the emperor, but there is also a lady in the palace, so don't mess with it."

Master Jiu just laughed: "Brother Ten, you're actually growing old now?" I always thought he was the most unobtrusive and reckless.

Just as he was talking, the confidant eunuch who followed Jiu Ye outside came to report, saying that it was the latest news from the palace, and it was still hot: "The emperor decreed that the sixth elder brother's biological mother, Xinfei, is a noble concubine." My lord, if there is only one imperial concubine in the palace, the title is often omitted, and only the imperial concubine is called.

"Noble Concubine?" Is this the promotion of Noble Concubine?The ninth and tenth masters were all surprised.

They have passed through the reign of the first emperor, and they know how difficult it is for a concubine to be promoted.

The prince was promoted to imperial concubine just three days after his birth. It can be seen that the emperor is afraid of wronging Concubine Xin, no, the imperial concubine is mother and child.

After dismissing the servants, Master Shi couldn't help whispering to Master Jiu: Could it be that our Aixinjueluo family cannot inherit the throne because of love?

Master Jiu almost didn't laugh and turned over: just now he felt that the tenth younger brother had gone through something, and he was no longer the stunned young man who said anything, but now he said this again.

But Jiuye himself is not very virtuous, so he boldly began to say to Shiye: "Then our Huang Ama is not Aixinjueluo's rebellion?"

After whispering to the two emperors in private, Master Jiu's heart was beating wildly, and he quickly changed the subject and invited Master Shi to choose gifts together: "Have you prepared all the gifts for the Longevity Festival in your house? If there are two less pieces for luck, just pick them from me!"

Hongli's mood has been ups and downs these days.

First, the emperor pointed out to him a formal master—originally he and Hong Zhou also had several teachers and masters who taught riding and archery, but they were not at the same level as Xu Yuanmeng, a heavyweight old man.

Before this, she was Huang Ama's teacher!

The implication of this is that Hongli cannot help but feel agitated.It wasn't until Hong Zhou also got a master who had been the chief examiner of the examination that Hong Li felt a little calmer.

Just felt that Huang Ama valued his Hongli very much, and within a few days of excitement, he heard the good news from the palace: Concubine Xin gave birth to a son, and the sixth brother was born.

Hongli immediately had mixed feelings: he is a younger brother...it doesn't matter if it is a younger sister who is favored.

Piansheng is a prince.

Piansheng is just like himself, and his mother is a prince born in Manchuria.

Hongli was in a complicated mood for the sixth brother's birth. Within a day, another brother called him who was more complicated appeared in front of him, and the third brother Hongshi returned to Beijing.

Although the emperor ordered Hongshi to go back to see his younger brothers in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Hongshi didn't want to see them.

For Hongshi, there is still a gap between realizing that he will not be able to be the emperor in the future, and changing his attitude to please his younger brothers without any grudges: You must know that Hongshi originally regarded these two younger brothers as his younger brothers. The son asked him to happily accept that one of the two younger brothers might sit on the dragon chair in the future, and he would kneel below.

So Hongshi didn't go to the study to see his younger brothers, and he didn't bother to divide up the various earthen rituals brought back from Guangzhou Port as favors. He felt that it was really tiring to go back to the palace to see Huang Ama, so he simply went back and lay down. It's time to catch up on sleep - he suddenly realized one of the benefits of utterly ignoring the prince's hope, that is, ease.

In terms of ordinary things, if he doesn't want to socialize, he quits, so what can he do?Huang Ama doesn't like it?It doesn't matter, Huang Ama already dislikes him very much, and he has already been kicked out of the candidate, and even after a month, he will leave Beijing again to see these people again, so what is he worried about, just let it go.

On the contrary, Hongli, who regards the emperor's words and deeds as his standard and dared not make the slightest mistake in his actions, heard that the third elder brother was back, and wanted to keep his younger brother's duty to pay a visit, and even called the reluctant Hongzhou to come with him.

Seeing each other felt extremely strange to each other.

Master Jiu became calm when he saw Hongshi, and Hongshi felt the same way when he saw his two younger brothers: these two are no longer the children he harvested the wheat back then, and they can only follow behind to pick up the wheat.

Even Hongli skillfully threaded the needle in the middle, and first asked Hongshi with a smile about Guangzhou scenery, port customs, etc., and handed Hongshi several conversation-starting topics, which made the three rather unfamiliar brothers talk for a quarter of an hour. .

In the eyes of outsiders, this period of time can be regarded as brotherly harmony.

Moreover, Hongli was good at accepting good offers, so when Hongshi was about to get impatient, he said, "Third brother must be tired after returning from a long journey. Brothers don't dare to disturb you." He cupped his hands and said, "Should have given three Elder brother will take the wind to wash the dust, only the sixth younger brother will wash the third tomorrow, I am afraid that the third brother will not be able to rest."

Hong Shi said dryly: "No need, it's enough to see you today."

Seeing the back of Hongli and Hongzhou leaving, Hongshi couldn't help laughing at himself: probably because he was not in Beijing for a long time, when it comes to etiquette, he can't compare with Hongli.

Thinking about it further, maybe he was no match for his younger brothers in the first place, and it was only because he was a few years older that he appeared stronger.

He is seven years older than Hongli—the seven-year age difference has always been his greatest advantage.

When Huang Ama first came to the throne, he was 13 years old and Hongli was only six years old. He couldn't do anything better than him, he was just a child.But five years passed in the blink of an eye, and he, Hongli, was 11 years old. He suddenly felt that there were not many advantages brought by those ages, only an empty shell of an "older brother".

I'm afraid that in another five years, Hongli, who is sixteen or seventeen years old, will be stronger than him by a large chunk.

After all, people will grow up, but not necessarily smart and talented.Hongshi suddenly felt that he was so stupid before, thinking that because he was the eldest son, he must have an advantage in reserve.

When Hongli went out, his mood was more complicated.

After leaving the gate of Hongshi's courtyard, Hongzhou obviously relaxed immediately, and invited Hongli to say: "Fourth brother, the fifth day after tomorrow is the day when we can go back to see Er Niang every five days, and it happens that the sixth brother has finished washing three times." It's no big deal - Er Niang sent the eunuch to tell me that when the time comes, I will pick up Minmin to play in Xianfu Palace, do you want fourth brother to come and see my sister?"

The children in the palace grow up so fast. Although they are only in their early ten years, they have already been recognized as teenagers, and they can no longer enter and leave the houses of other concubines except for their own mothers. a lot.

This time I heard Er Niang said that I could bring my younger sister to play for a while, Hong Zhou was very happy, and pulled Hongli again: "Fourth Brother, it's been a long time since I saw my younger sister! Let's play together when the time comes, my younger sister can speak very long sentences now." Yes, it’s good for eating by yourself, it’s interesting!”

When Minmin was a child, Hong Zhou liked this younger sister because she was cute and spitting out bubbles like a little goldfish.Now as Minmin grows up, Hong Zhou realizes that the younger sister who can talk and communicate with him is cuter!

Only then did Hongli come back to his senses, and said with a slight smile: "Let's talk about it later, when it suddenly became cold at the end of September, Erniang was a little bit windy, I'll go back tomorrow and have a look, if there is a cold wind, I won't go there. "

Hong Zhou nodded: "Is that so? Then Fourth Brother greets Empress Xi on my behalf."

Having dealt with Hong Zhou's warm invitation, Hong Li returned to his courtyard, and only then did he understand what the complicated mood after seeing the third brother was: it was surprise and vigilance, the third brother really broke the jar, look at today Whatever he does, he doesn't look like a brother at all.Thinking about it, the third brother would never get Huang Ama's favor again in this life.

I have to take it as a warning, and don't fall into this situation where I don't even care about my face.

Hongli had just raised his heart that "using people as a mirror can tell gains and losses" and that I am the son that Huang Ama values ​​most now, but the next day his defenses were a little bit broken.

The three baptisms of the sixth younger brother were actually done according to the process of a noble concubine giving birth!Hongli was startled when he saw the golden brocade wrapping all the utensils used by the sixth brother for washing and washing.

Golden satin!

Only emperors and empresses can use bright yellow in this palace, followed by imperial concubines and concubines who can use golden yellow, but concubines are absolutely not used.

There will never be any piece of golden satin material in Erniang Palace. This kind of satin has always been a big taboo in the palace.

Although the things for washing three were brought by the wet nurse and nanny of the sixth younger brother of the Yonghe Palace, the golden brocade was definitely not from the concubine Xin.

That was licensed by Huang Ama.

Afterwards, how lively the sixth younger brother’s Xisan was, how others congratulated him, and how Huang Ama recited the Peace Sutra to the youngest son himself, and tied the safety talisman, etc., all of which were flashing in Hongli’s eyes, only the ubiquitous golden satin , His eyes hurt so much.

He comforted himself in his heart: it's okay, when the fourth younger sister was just born, although the Yonghe Palace was still a concubine, Huang Ama still acted as a concubine, just caring for her children.After all, the concubine Xin's qualifications are so low, she can't be directly promoted to imperial concubine.

However, on the second day after the three washings, the official documents came down: Concubine Xin Jin Guifei, the canonization ceremony will be held in the spring of the next year

Hongli: ...

The fifth, fifteenth, and 25th of every month are the days when the fourth elder brother and fifth elder brother can go back to the harem to visit their birth mother.

As soon as Hongli entered Jingren Palace, he heard Erniang coughing quite violently.

He hurriedly quickened his pace and walked in without waiting for the little eunuchs to pass on.Because Concubine Xi never liked to be served by many people, especially the little maids were not allowed to stand near the door of the corridor, so there was no one in the corridor, and Hongli lifted the curtain to enter by himself.

When I entered the door, I saw Eniang had just finished coughing and was drinking water.

Concubine Xi was startled when she saw him, she turned her head and scolded Dongqing sternly, "I told you that this is just a minor illness, don't alarm Hongli, you actually took my words as nothing!"

Holly quickly knelt down.

Hongli stepped forward to take the teacup from Erniang's hand, and said softly, "Did Erniang forget? Today is the day I should come back."

Only then did Concubine Xi's face relax, she coughed twice, and then said: "There have been a lot of things lately, it's because Er Niang is confused." Then she waved her hand to let Dongqing go down first.

Hongli looked at E Niang, who had lost a lot of weight this year.

He felt more and more uncomfortable.

Hongli is thoughtful and careful, and he is also a prince. Since he moved to elder brother's house, he has his own staff. He is no longer a child who couldn't know about the outside world if Er Niang didn't tell him when he was a child.

He actually knew the rumors that hadn't fermented in the first half of the year.

Although the matter was not obvious on the surface, it was actually surging deep down, so that the Department of Punishment took people everywhere under the name of "theft" in those few months, and it was not until after the June election that the strict investigation of the wind came. Go on——Many maids were newly recruited into the Xiaoxuan Palace, and dozens of underage maids were also released. There were people from all palaces, including Jingren Palace.

Hongli also vaguely guessed that Erniang might have something to do with the rumors.

He believes that Er Niang will not be the first person to fabricate rumors, because Er Niang has always known where Huang Ama's Ni Lin is, so she would not make such a mistake.Moreover, the Department of Punishment conducted a rigorous investigation for several months, and in the end, Erniang was fine.But judging from the attitudes of the queen and concubine Xin to Er Niang, perhaps Er Niang did something else.

Hongli didn't ask.

Back then, when he had something on his mind that he shouldn't have, Er Niang could point it out and ask him, but he was a son, and the son never blamed his mother, so he couldn't point it out to embarrass Er Niang.

But it is undeniable that he has a little more grudge against his biological mother who has always been close and trustworthy: How did Er Niang teach me back then, and why did he do something wrong?It's not that I made some big mistake or made some big mess, but Er Niang knows how hard I have to work hard to get Huang Ama's eyes in front of me?

But now, looking at Concubine Xi's thin and sickly face, Hongli inevitably transferred his grudge against Er Niang to Yonghe Palace: I heard that before this, Concubine Xin of Yonghe Palace repeatedly made deliberate pressure A move to suppress the mother.This caused Erniang to always worry and feel unhappy.

The Yonghe Palace has the protection of Huang Ama, and has never been damaged in the slightest.Even after going through the rumors, everyone in the palace feared the Yonghe Palace even more, and they no longer dared to discuss it in private. After careful calculation, the Yonghe Palace also benefited.Why did Concubine Xin hold her grudge so far?Why did he fight with Er Niang several times, embarrassing Er Niang?

Now that she has become a noble concubine again, wouldn't it be more difficult for Er Niang in the future.

He walked over and sat beside Concubine Xi, and said softly: "Emiang, the future will be long."