[Qing wear] Harem promotion expert

Minmin came out and laughed, "My son, please greet Huang Ama!"

When the emperor saw Min Min dressed up as a prince, he couldn't help being startled.

He simply took his daughter by the hand and came to the front of the glass mirror standing on the side.

Because people always said that children's three souls and seven souls are still unstable, and the mirror will take away the soul, so except for Jiang Heng who uses this big mirror when he gets up early to change clothes, this one-person-high mirror is usually covered with a mirror case Yes, just in case the child suddenly sees him.

As soon as the emperor led Min Min, Eunuch Su rushed to the mirror and took off the tape of the mirror cover. When the emperor walked over, the embroidered autumn hibiscus satin cover covered by the mirror fell to the ground like running water, revealing a bright Come to the mirror, the emperor took his daughter to look in the mirror without delaying a second.

At this time, the servants beside Suxin Hall didn't react.

No matter how many times Jiang Heng watched it, he admired Eunuch Su very much. It took a lot of hard work to get the emperor's micro expressions and micro movements into his bones.

If Eunuch Su also entered the harem, wouldn't this kindness make him a noble concubine?

Thinking of this, Jiang Heng couldn't help laughing.

And what the emperor saw in the mirror was this picture: in the glass mirror that was as clear as water, he was holding his daughter's little hand, the father and daughter looked like miniature shadows, and even the slightly smiling expressions were exactly the same.On one side of the mirror, there is half a woman's genuinely smiling side face, and on the other side is the little head of the youngest son trying to stick out his head to look around.

In a mirror, what is reflected is Su Xintang in his heart.

Happiness and counting the morning and evening.

"Huang Ama, is it good-looking?" Minmin raised her head and asked him.

Every time the emperor sees his daughter's small face and hears her laughter, he feels that there are nothing to worry about.

He bowed his head and said in a warm voice: "It's very beautiful. After you like it, order the House of Internal Affairs to make more pieces, especially the prince's regular clothes. There are many styles, and they are not so heavy. You can also wear them for home use." Wiped his forehead: "Change this clothes first and then talk to Ama, look at this crown makes your forehead turn red, and it's too hot to wear in the room."

Although the weather outside is getting colder, there are braziers in the hall. Minmin just now put on the prince's official clothes, which was extremely troublesome, and she came to show them to Er Niang and Ama one after another with excitement. There were tiny beads of sweat.

Seeing the nurse coming forward to ask the princess to go to the back hall to change clothes, the emperor frowned: "Princess is still sweating on her forehead, why don't you go get a hooded cloak to wrap it up first? So what if you go out and catch the wind in the corridor?" If you are so careless next time, you don’t have to stay by the princess’s side to serve you.”

The nanny hurriedly took out the fur cloak tremblingly, and carefully wrapped Minmin like a bamboo shoot before she dared to lead the princess to the apse.

After sending off the princess, the legs are weak: the emperor is more meticulous than the imperial concubine and empress!

She did remember that once the princess and elder brother were chasing and playing with each other on the cushion, elder brother was unsteady on his feet, and fell on the cushion in a large font, while the imperial concubine was still laughing.

While Minmin was going to change clothes, Jiang Heng asked the wet nurse to take Sixth Brother away as well.

The emperor had just arrived, and he hadn't had time to share with his youngest son his progress in playing ball and reading in the past two days. Seeing that Jiang Heng wanted to carry him away, he wondered, "It doesn't matter if you let him stay."

Jiang Heng said helplessly: "He has been imitating adults for the past few days. He was having a meal two days ago when he suddenly said: It's not an untimely meal. I think it was the day when the emperor and the empress dowager were fasting. He heard what he said." Jiang Heng felt that these four words were quite tricky, and it was difficult for him to remember them clearly.

Anyway, now when she has to deal with palace affairs, or discuss serious matters with Qiu Xue and others, she always avoids her youngest son.

The emperor just let her go, and smiled: "When people inside and outside the palace see me, they always want to mention their children more, wishing they could push them in front of me all the time, but you, when they see me, hug your son out."

Jiang Hengxin said: This child will come to the upper study room, and I see you too often.After hearing that the emperor had pointed out the learned masters to the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother, he didn't relax at all in his examination of his sons, and he had to take the exam with his sons every now and then.Not to mention that Hongli is getting thinner and looks more capable now, even a big-hearted child like Hongzhou, whose chubby face is exhausted by the huge amount of civil and military homework assigned by the emperor, every time Concubine Yu wants to cry when he mentions it.

After the children had all gone down, Jiang Heng asked the emperor, "The empress dowager sent this dress..."

The emperor patted her hand and comforted her: "It's okay, the queen's mother is really happy in her heart, but she can't show it, and it's comforting to put her heart on Minmin."

There is no need to hide the joy of Fourteen Fujin, the more excited she is, the more the Xun County Palace feels deeply about the emperor's grace - when she talks to other wives these days, except for mentioning that the Fourteenth Master is going back to Beijing, hang on His mouth is more about the emperor Long En, how he has strategized in the past few years, and the victory of the Northwest War can only be won thousands of miles away, and how he treats the soldiers generously and considerately.

It was incidentally promoting that their family has meritorious deeds but is grateful.

But the queen mother is not too happy.

The Fourteenth Master is her youngest son, but he is also a courtier of the emperor. She, as the mother-in-law, walks a graceful and calm way in front of the inner and outer wives: "This time the Fourteenth has some credit, and it is also thanks to the Mongolian ministries. And Celeng's son-in-law, and many officers and men work together." Hearing people ask whether King Xun wants to become the prince, the queen mother pretended to say: "Rewarding everything is the emperor's grace, mourning the family regardless of the previous dynasty. matter." From outsiders' point of view, that is called calm.

But I haven't seen her for a few years, and her son came back with great achievements. How can she not be proud and excited as a mother.

There is nowhere to show this feeling in front of outsiders, so I always find something to do, such as making a prince's dragon coat for my granddaughter, which is a slightly outrageous but harmless thing.

"Emperor Niang asked Min Min to go with me, because she wanted to take a look at Fourteen in advance." As an elder and empress dowager, it was impossible for her to greet Fourteen immediately.

Speaking of this, Jiang Heng couldn't help but ask the emperor again, what is the process of the Fourteenth Lord's return to Beijing.The queen sought her out today, and for this matter, she made several plans.Do you want to move back to the palace to hold a banquet collectively, or just hold the banquet in Yuanmingyuan?Always make a decision in advance, otherwise many things will be too late to prepare.

Jiang Heng saw that although the corners of the Empress's mouth were not on fire today, they were still a little dry and chapped, and she was covered with ointment, obviously she was on fire.

In the past two years as a noble concubine, Jiang Heng has become more and more aware of the embarrassment of the queen as the second in command of the harem. It is a bit like Wang Xifeng's situation: the upper layer is a decent mother-in-law and the concubine who cannot be offended, and there are countless concubines in the middle. There are also imperial heirs and clan juniors who have to take care of them.

Unexpectedly, when something happens, I can't make up my own mind and deal with it directly. I have to make several plans for everything, and I ask the Queen Mother to make the final decision.

The empress is too thoughtful, she always feels that it is not virtuous and virtuous to let the empress dowager bother her, so she puts a lot of thought into everything, trying to win the first plan if the empress dowager disagrees, she can immediately take out a spare, no Let the queen mother down, and don't let others see the joke.

Jiang Heng looked tired and flustered.

She was thinking about the corners of the queen's mouth, and thinking about the dryness of autumn, and when she wanted to fry bitter gourd today, she heard the emperor say, "You guys just stay here in Yuanmingyuan."

Jiang Heng:?

Does this mean someone is moving?

The emperor said to her: "I want to go to the Mulan paddock first, and reward the various Mongolian ministries that have contributed to the Northwest War."

Jiang Heng was startled, and then he understood: Yes, when it comes to rewards for meritorious deeds, it is still necessary to appease outsiders first, and then close the door to reward at home.

Compared with the fourteenth grandfather Yue Zhongqi and others, Mongolia is quite special. Although it is sealed by the imperial court, it does not completely belong to the imperial court. It needs to be pulled and beaten. Therefore, the emperor will go directly to the Mulan paddock to meet the Mongolian princes first. , to reward Mongolia.

"Stay in the Mulan paddock for a few days, and then I will return to the palace to reward the soldiers who have returned victoriously in the Qianqing Palace." Afterwards, there will be a series of ceremonies such as offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors.

Jiang Heng calculated the date: it happens that this year's Gold Awarding Festival will be included in it. The emperor will probably bring people to celebrate the Gold Awarding Festival in the capital. It's easy here in the Old Summer Palace.

Hearing the emperor say it again, Jiang Heng felt that the busiest person in October was not the empress, but the emperor. He was running back and forth for a while, and basically couldn't stop before the Longevity Festival.

But...Jiang Heng still didn't understand when the Fourteenth Master would come back to see the Queen Mother.

Could it be that this series of sub-processes are all finished?Did you follow the emperor back to Yuanmingyuan before the Longevity Festival?Wouldn't that mean that the queen mother will be sick in a hurry?

It's one thing not to see your son during the war in the Northwest, but another thing to not see your son after returning to Beijing, running around during various ceremonies. The Queen Mother is definitely not happy.

And the emperor has long been considerate of this kind of family relationship between mother and child. While talking just now, he used the graphite pen in the pen holder on the table to write down these things one by one on the paper.

At this moment, pointing to the very beginning, he circled the fact that he was going to meet the Mongolian prince in the Mulan paddock: "I will stay in the Mulan paddock for a few days. But thinking that the empress must miss Shishi very much, I asked him to drink After the night of celebration wine, we will set off early the next morning to rush back to the Old Summer Palace to meet the Empress first."

He smiled at Jiang Heng again: "How about letting Minmin go out with me this time?"

Speaking of it, this should be the furthest time Min Min has ever traveled out of the house, and it is also the longest time she has to leave E Niang.If Minmin was two years younger, the emperor would not mention it.

I was also worried that Jiang Heng was not at ease. The emperor was about to say a few more words when she immediately responded: "Okay, now Minmin can take care of her own food and lodging, and she will also spread a small quilt for herself, just to go out with the emperor. I also know something about the outside world."

The emperor smiled: Sure enough, she let go of taking the child. Before Minmin was only three years old, she was willing to let Fourteen Fujin take her away, and put it outside the palace for the night. She didn't see how worried she was.

Daughters are like this, and the prince will not spoil her in the future.

That's it.

"How long will the emperor and Minmin go?" Jiang Heng is already thinking about how much clothes and daily necessities to prepare for her. Anyway, the emperor has a lot of vehicles when he goes out, and he takes all the necessities of life with him. The list is ready to be prepared for the daughter.

"Let's prepare according to January. This time it's not summer, and the paddock is very cold. Bring more woolen clothes for Minmin." Yuan wanted to bring some ready-made pills to dispel wind and cold, but then remembered that her daughter had been born since she was born. , I have hardly taken any medicine in these years, and occasionally I have a cold or accumulated food, and I just need to drink a decoction for a day or two to evacuate.

The emperor naturally brought an imperial doctor with him when he went out, so he didn't mention this, he just smiled and said: "This time I'm going out, most of them are on the road, but I should bring her some snacks and fruits to eat on the way. I also pack some of the things I often play, so as not to bored on the road."

Jiang Heng calculates that one month is not too long. She is often sent back to her hometown during the winter and summer vacations to play in the mountains and seas for a month or two, and then go back before school starts.Minmin is still following her father, and there is nothing to worry about.

What's more, Minmin will never feel bored, children like new things the most, just going out for the first time, all kinds of ostentation and scenery are enough for her to see, just like the spring outing when she was young, the happiest and most exciting thing may not be the actual place to play, It's the process of sharing snacks and thinking about what to play with classmates on the way.

After the emperor finished his business, he went to the apse to visit the two children, and then returned to Jiuzhou Qingyan.

This time the emperor went to the Mulan paddock to meet with the princes of various Mongolian tribes. Not to mention the two princes, he also brought the four princesses with him. The palace really felt the emperor's love for the princesses.

And the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother have other tasks.

The emperor asked Shisi to leave the Mulan Paddock ahead of time and go back to the Old Summer Palace to meet the Empress Dowager, but it was impossible for him to leave alone.The emperor was going to support his prince, and asked the two princes to accompany him back to the Old Summer Palace to give him enough dignity and ostentation.

So calculated in this way, although the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother also followed Sheng Jia, they only stayed in the Mulan paddock for one day, and they would come back with the fourteenth master.

But the fourth princess will always follow the emperor.

At first, Qiuxue was worried for the princess, and when asked if this would be too outrageous, Jiang Heng just smiled and said: "It's nothing, I hope she will go out with the emperor more often - when she is not married, she can often go out with the emperor, wait It doesn't matter which family you marry in the future, is it stronger than the emperor's rules, preventing her from going out?"

Qiu Xue pursed her lips and smiled: "Your Majesty thinks long-term."

Counting the day when the army would return, the emperor set off for the Mulan paddock in a few days.He also considered how busy he was with this matter, so he clicked on Su Yibo's mansion among the officials accompanying him.If he was too busy, he would feel more at ease handing over his daughter to his grandparents and uncles.

Su Peisheng even came here on purpose to promise frankly: "Don't worry, empress, the imperial concubine, this time the people in front of you are all careful and careful, and the servants are also watching. If the princess breaks a piece of oily skin, the empress will just pick off the servant's head .”

Jiang Heng smiled and said: "Su Adanda is serious, but I have to ask you to watch more."

When the emperor really took Min Min to drive and heard the palace people report that the horses and horses had left the main gate of the Old Summer Palace, Jiang Heng suddenly felt that kind of parting and worry, and sat in the room in a daze for a while looking at a cup of tea.

Seeing this, Nanny Yu asked the wet nurse to bring Sixth Brother over, so as to relax the empress.

Sure enough, Sixth Brother stood on the kang, suddenly raised his hand and patted Jiang Heng's shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, it's fine."

That tone was too much like the emperor's, but it was so fun to say such a popular and stable word from a child.Jiang Heng turned his head and said to his youngest son, "Stop imitating your Emma's words in the future."

Brother Six was puzzled: "Why can't I learn from Ama? Isn't that right? Then who should I learn from?"

Jiang Heng: Forget it, the drive to get to the bottom of the matter is really exhausting.So he resorted to the method of "moving the universe" that is often used to face the youngest son, and directly changed the subject: "Your emperor Ama took your brothers and sisters to the paddock. Your emperor's grandmother is also worried about coming, so let's go." How about a visit from Yuetan Yunju?"

She has been relying on diverting her son's attention to avoid being questioned by him. Now he can still use it when he is young, but when he grows up, I don't know if this foolishness can last-it doesn't matter if he can't, when the time comes He went to read the 'military training boarding school' which does not take holidays on weekends.

The sixth elder brother heard that he was going to see the empress dowager and nodded obediently: "Ama said, I want me to take care of Empress and Huang Mamu." Trying to think back, he completed Huang Ama's words: "The third brother is still rushing back to Beijing. On the way, the fourth brother, fifth brother and sister are not at home, and I am the only one left to lead the family, so I have to be sensible."

Jiang Heng: ...the emperor chatted with his son about something before he left.

Sure enough, the Queen Mother was also sitting in the house, feeling sad--just look at how Aunty Wu Ya saw their mother and child as if she had met a savior.

Over the past few years, Aunt Wu Ya and Jiang Heng have spoken more casually. When they saw Fushen, they smiled and hurried in without going in to communicate: "Your Majesty and Sixth Brother are like timely rain! Ever since I was the eunuch of Qingyan in Kyushu The holy driver who came to report to the emperor had left the Old Summer Palace, and the empress dowager just sat there holding the Buddha beads without moving!"

The Empress Dowager was timid because of her closeness to her hometown, and her heart pounded when she thought of her youngest son coming back. In addition, the emperor and grandchildren who usually came to pay their respects also went to the paddock, and the Old Summer Palace was half empty at once.The queen mother only felt that every second was extremely long and difficult, so she started the dynamic Buddha ceremony again - she found out all the Buddhist beads and scriptures when something happened, and began to pray intensively.

Aunt Wu Ya didn't pass on the information, so she deliberately entered the room and said with a smile: "This old slave can make a trick for your mother."

Jiang Heng only heard the Queen Mother's lazy voice through the curtain: "No need, the Ai family is not in the mood." Then he said unhappily: "Ask the opera troupe in the Yuanmingyuan and Nanfu to stop for two days, and the Ai family listens to the music. When the sound floats indistinctly, I feel annoyed and flustered.”

This is when the big boss started to be unreasonable: the emperor's longevity will soon come, and the theater troupe and Nanfu hate to have to sleep in the rehearsal for fear that the day will go wrong, but the queen mother cuts off the rehearsal.It can be seen that the heart is very irritable.

Aunt Wu Ya smiled and lifted the curtain, revealing Jiang Heng and Sixth Elder Brother: "Then Madam, do you think this trick is good? If you don't like it, I will change it again."

Sure enough, when the Queen Mother saw the little grandson, her expression immediately changed, she greeted them with a busy smile, and then said to Jiang Heng: "The Ai family thinks that Min Min will go out for the first time, and you are afraid that you will still be worried in the palace and shed tears of sadness." You might as well bring Sixth Brother over here?"

Then he touched his grandson's face with a smile: "If you want to have a sister, come to Huang Mamu's place to play."

Since the sixth elder brother was born, the siblings have hardly been separated for a day, and they even came to live with the Queen Mother together.

Sixth elder brother greeted the queen mother first, and then stood up and said: "The emperor wants the son to watch the emperor's mother and don't forget to drink the medicinal food." Then he turned to Aunt Wu Ya, and continued to repeat the emperor's instructions several times : "Tell the nanny, before going to bed, the royal mamma should comb her hair to be relaxed and refreshed, not drink strong tea, and not chant Buddhist scriptures all night!"

The Empress Dowager listened, her nose turned sore. Firstly, she was moved by the emperor's filial piety and thoughtfulness. Knowing that the palace people might not be able to persuade her, I don't know how long it took to teach such a young child to recite, so she specially persuaded her through her grandson; secondly, , Brother Six standing here like a little adult suddenly reminded her of when she was fourteen hours old.

In fact, in the early years, when Fourteen often entered the palace in Beijing to pay his respects, the queen mother didn't think much about his childhood, and even thought she had forgotten it.

Until the past few years, Shisi has not been able to come back, thinking about it day and night, but remembers everything about him since he was a child, and it is polished and brightened in the memory.

At that time Fourteen was about the same age as Sixth Brother, and after seeing that she was reluctant to give up the eldest son to pay his respects, she had to leave in a hurry, so he stood in front of her and said to her like a little adult: "Er Niang, my son quietly went out to chase Fourth Brother Come back, okay? Mother, don't be sad."

"Your Majesty..." Hearing Nurse Wu Ya's worried voice beside her, the Empress Dowager realized that she had not only a sore nose, but tears welling up in her eyelashes.

She was afraid that shedding tears would scare her grandson, and fortunately, as a woman in the palace, controlling crying or not crying is a basic skill, so she put her face away, touched her grandson's face softly again and said, "My dear child, what you said, the emperor mam Listen."

There was still some nasal sound in this opening, the queen mother got up and said: "Mr. Ai, go in and change into clean clothes first, and then come and hug our sixth elder brother." Then she went to the inner room to tidy up her demeanor.

Aunt Wu Ya hurriedly pointed to the two smart maids to follow, and she talked with the imperial concubine outside, and sighed: "Your Majesty has been holding back, but... it's okay." Taking advantage of this incident, she went in and cried for a while. I can't help but cry in my heart.

During this time, Jiang Heng saw his son run to the place where the empress dowager was sitting just now, stepping on the pedals and start tiptoeing to reach for the teacup that the empress dowager had just used on the kang table.

Jiang Heng was about to go forward to hug him back, and Aunt Wu Ya also said beside him: "This old slave is confused, and he didn't ask anyone to serve tea. Thinking about it, the empress and the sixth elder brother are also thirsty after walking all the way."

Sixth elder brother turned his head: "No, I want to touch the teacup—Huang Ama said that sometimes Huangma prefers to drink cold tea, so that's not acceptable."

Jiang Heng: ...How much did your Empress Huang say before leaving?It's hard for you to remember all of your worries. Could it be that chattering can't be inherited.

And the queen mother, who had just finished her makeup and was about to come out, heard this sentence and almost broke her defenses: Yes, I never drink hot tea when I am anxious, and I prefer cold tea. It is refreshing, but it hurts the internal organs.

It's hard for the emperor to think about it.

So the queen mother came out, ordered someone to change the tea, and then hugged the sixth elder brother and said, "Okay, I will never drink cold tea again." Holding the grandson, the queen mother remembered something: "Speaking of it, the sixth elder brother and the sixth elder brother Brother’s name, it’s about to be three years old, don’t worry about getting a big name, it’s better to wait for him to get the pox, but after three years old, you can also have a nickname.”

Nowadays, the children of rich and noble families in Beijing are named later and later, and they are all called "brother" according to the ranking of the family. It is purely a feudal superstition that has begun to involute-your son was named late, and my family will be named later, so as not to be older than yours. Morning hell!

The prince in the palace is even more so.

Hongli and other elder brothers had no choice back then: the late emperor had many sons and more grandsons, so he was the one to name them.Lord Kangxi is always saving, and when he saves up to ten elder brothers, he will start wholesale names, and use them at any age when they are allocated, there is no choice.

Now there is only Sixth Brother in the palace, so the Empress Dowager naturally wants to delay.

Then he talked about nicknames with Jiang Heng: "This baby name is so cute, I don't need any names for rare jewels, so I just pick some of the most common names such as sparrows, flourishing weeds, wild vegetables, etc. That’s good. You usually know how to read and write, and you know a lot, so draw up a few more, and Ai’s family will help you choose together.”

Jiang Heng nodded in response, and the baby name always had to be a little bit "stubborn and wild". For example, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's nickname Liu Zhi'er, also known as Liu Xiaozhu, is very good, it sounds lively and delicious.

The queen mother looked at Jiang Heng while holding her grandson in her arms: "I couldn't see it when I was just born, but now I see that the sixth elder brother is more like you. Look at these big eyes. If you give birth to a daughter like a father, your son is like your mother." .”

While the two were talking, the palace maid came to report to the empress to see her.

The queen mother smiled at Jiang Heng: "You are all filial, it's hard for the queen to be so busy, so I still have to come here." The queen mother has long seen that the queen has a great reputation, and everything must be perfect.The Empress Dowager also ordered her a few times, and it's fine to do [-]% of the work in this palace.

For those of them who have enough experience in palace cooking, it takes only five cents of effort to do one thing [-]% well, but it takes twice as much effort to do everything perfectly. Efforts don't stop.

Isn't it too tiring to panic when you are always so tense?

But the empress still has the posture to do everything well, and even smiled wryly with the empress dowager once: "The emperor's mother's point, the daughter-in-law does not understand. But I have no merit for the emperor's heir, so I have no choice but to do the inner court affairs." It's better, and I will share my worries for the Long Live Lord."

Once the words came out, the queen mother couldn't persuade her any more.

She has a son, and relying on her son to become the queen mother's mother-in-law, it seems that she doesn't feel pain in her back while standing and talking.

However, after the empress entered, not only the empress dowager, but even Jiang Heng could see that the empress should have something important to report when she came back.

The empress dowager didn't see her first, let the queen sit down, chatted a few gossips, and then handed the sixth elder brother to the wet nurse: "Take elder brother to play in the yard for a while, take care of it carefully! Jie Duo, look at my elder brother and don't bump into him."

Jiang Heng saw that his son's eyes lit up when he heard the word stone steps, and he didn't want the nurse to hug him, so he walked out on his short legs.

I want to practice climbing the steps again.

Jiang Heng looked at his back helplessly: It's okay, spend a little more time with the Queen Mother today, so as not to go back and pester her.

Inside the house, the queen mother asked directly: "Queen, is there anything that needs to be judged by the family?"

The queen got up: "Going back to the empress dowager, there is indeed a dilemma."