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Jiang Heng waited in front of the door.

This courtyard dedicated to vaccinations for princes and princesses has had its red walls repainted this year, and the copper ring on the door is also tied with bright red silk gauze worn by butterflies.

After Jiang Heng counted how many butterflies were on the gauze several times, the door finally opened.

Minmin also flew out like a little butterfly.

"Er Niang! You're here to pick me up!"

Jiang Heng held her in his arms, held his daughter's small face and looked at it for a while, and then said seriously: "Emiang has to apologize to you, I promised you to come and accompany you, but Emiang broke her promise."

Minmin's cheeks were held together, pink puffs in Jiang Heng's palm, and she smiled carefreely: "Emiang is not breaking her promise, both Huang Mamu and Huang'eniang are sick, and I need Emiang even more."

Jiang Heng originally asked the empress dowager for a leave of absence, and wanted to accompany his daughter to come in for vaccination and isolation, so that he could take care of her personally.

The queen mother was very happy to be on leave, and said that if she was not old enough to come in and have someone to serve her, she would also like to come in and see her granddaughter with her own eyes, so she can rest assured.

Unexpectedly, on the Double Ninth Festival before Min Min was vaccinated, the Empress Dowager was rarely interested, and went to climb the Long Live Mountain outside the city with the emperor and grandchildren.

Probably because of the wind blowing, a fever broke out the next day, and the empress dowager said on the sick bed that she would never go out again.

As for the queen, she was already in good health, but when the Double Ninth Festival came out, she probably became worried again. After the festival, she became dizzy and had a severe headache again, and she couldn't get out of bed.

The two palaces fell ill one after another, and the emperor also got angry, with blisters on the corners of his mouth, and had to be diagnosed and treated by the imperial doctor, who prescribed medicine and ointment to apply every day.

In addition, the Tai Hospital allocated the manpower early to vaccinate the fourth princess, and the Tai Hospital was almost overwhelmed in those few days.

Since both the empress dowager and the empress fell ill, Jiang Heng could no longer go in to accompany his daughter, but had to stay outside, and truly took charge of the Six Palaces once.Jiang Heng had no choice but to temporarily change the plan and let Qiu Xue, who had suffered from acne in childhood, and Xiao Luzi, who had a flower life, go in with Min Min.

Xiao Luzi happened to be in charge of the spoon, and went in to take care of the food. Now when Jiang Heng saw his daughter coming out, she was still white and tender, neither thin nor haggard. It is probably due to Xiao Luzi.

Minmin took Erniang's hand as she walked and asked about the situation of the queen mother and queen.

The empress dowager no longer had a fever, and the empress dowager's dizziness was also greatly relieved.

Jiang Heng simply took her to greet the two palaces.

The Queen Mother only saw Minmin through the window, and waved her hand through the bright glass window: "Good boy, the Queen Mother saw you, you go back obediently, and come back to play in a few days."

It turned out that the Empress Dowager still had a cough, and she was afraid that it would be passed on to her granddaughter who had just been vaccinated.So from the window, Min Min was in good health, and urged the mother and daughter to leave.

The queen's illness is not afraid of others. Hearing that the fourth princess has recovered from the vaccination, she hastened to invite her.

After Minmin came in and greeted her, she lay on the side of the couch: "Emperor Niang, are you feeling better?"

The queen stroked her cheek and said with a smile, "It's much better."

Min Min asked again why Queen Empress suddenly felt unwell, the queen smiled at her and said, "Emperor Empress is sick because of the heavy imperial crown."

These words sound very literary at first, but in fact what the queen said was literal.

The first time she had this disease, she had a sudden severe headache and passed out. After waking up, she only felt top-heavy when walking.After resting for a while, until walking and talking as usual, I thought it was all right.

Unexpectedly, after the Double Ninth Festival wore court clothes and crowns and took the concubines to Kunning Palace for daily sacrifices, it happened again.

The diagnosis of the imperial physicians was not far from Jiang Heng's guess. The Empress should have a cervical spondylosis caused by years of overwork and unhealthy sitting posture.It may have oppressed the blood vessels and nerves, and it could not be said about the posture, or it was induced again after another burst of fatigue.

The weight of the facing crown must not be ignored. Jiang Heng himself has one. Every time he lowers the flowerpot to face the crown, Jiang Heng is grateful for the walking skills he learned during his internship in Chuxiu Palace.

This time the queen was forced to rest in bed for another ten days, and when she was bored, she hugged Minmin and talked for a long time when she saw Minmin.

He also asked Gongmei to take out a new set of clothes and a head inlaid with red crystals that had been prepared for Minmin: "Since you are here, I won't ask anyone to send them to Yonghe Palace, just take them back. Touching Minmin's drooping braids, he said, "Our Minmin, after this experience, we are now grown-ups."

The emperor was free to visit his daughter in the afternoon, and he went to the study to pick up his son and go back to Yonghe Palace together.

The palace is no bigger than the Old Summer Palace, and there is no way to open a small study room for Sixth Brother in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, so the emperor directly opened another one in the courtyard of the upper study room, so that Sixth Brother who is not yet old can also go to the study , but only attend classes according to their own time.

The emperor saw that his daughter was fine, and asked a lot of questions, and then let the two children go to the back hall to play and talk by themselves.

Jiang Heng looked at the backs of the two siblings, and sighed to the emperor: "Your Majesty, look, how fast the children have grown up, and now they have many little secrets, and we only tell each other."

The emperor smiled: "If you have any secrets, you can tell me."

Jiang Heng turned his head and pulled up a corner of the clothes to prepare for the blessing: "I have no secrets to tell, but I have not thanked you yet." She had just picked up Minmin, when she heard the good news from Su Peisheng's apprentice, the emperor's general Su Yibo's mansion Promoted to Suyihou Mansion.

The emperor stretched out his hand to support him, shook his head and said: "I originally intended to reward you. The cowpox incident has benefited a lot. I originally wanted to give it to you after Minmin was vaccinated... but the queen was sick."

Jiang Heng understood what the emperor meant.

The emperor originally wanted to move her position, not Su Yibo's mansion.

Only above the noble concubine is the imperial concubine.The imperial concubine in the Qing Dynasty is a special type of concubine. Generally, there are no queens in the harem, and a concubine is required to hold the seal of the phoenix and the six palaces.The emperor originally wanted to use the cowpox incident to establish the imperial concubine, but the queen was fine, but the queen suddenly fell ill, so the emperor would not be able to mention this matter, otherwise it would spread to the outside, as if the queen was going to die.

Jiang Hengxin said: Fortunately, the emperor did not follow the original intention.

There is not much difference in treatment between imperial concubine and imperial concubine, but there is a far difference in reputation.

She really doesn't need the false name of an imperial concubine, it has froze the peaceful and harmonious relationship between her and the empress.

So he hurriedly tried his best to dispel the idea of ​​the emperor, just say goodbye to the empress's illness this time, so that the empress will be safe in the future, even if she turns back to a child, as long as the empress is here, she will never want to be an imperial concubine.

Xindao: This is the emperor's old problem again. Once he treats people better, it is easy to go too far, even off the mark.For example, the emperor insisted on inviting the Thirteenth Lord to be buried in the imperial mausoleum with him in the past two years. The world was so shocked that the Thirteenth Lord burst into tears and almost refused with death.

The emperor is kind to people, just like dry firewood in winter, if you don't draw firewood quickly to cool down, it will be easily roasted.

Sure enough, seeing Jiang Heng's extraordinary persistence, the emperor gave up, and added regretfully: "I see that you have been in charge of the harem these days, and you have done a good job, and the position of imperial concubine is very affordable. "

Jiang Heng: ...I really want to dig out the word "imperial concubine" from the emperor's mind.

So he stepped forward and said in a low voice from the bottom of his heart: "The emperor, think again, the empress is a generous and fair person, but if it is a concubine... the empress is afraid that she will feel sad secretly, thinking that she has not done enough to make the palace There are more imperial concubines."

The emperor shook her hand instead: "Okay, I'll just write this down and not mention it."

On the palace grounds, Hong Zhou looked at Hong Li who was repeatedly drawing the bow and shooting arrows, and couldn't help asking: "Fourth brother, has your bow strength increased recently?"

Hongli straightened his fingers, aimed at the straw man's target and said, "It's half-strength."

How can it not be long?

Only when practicing riding and archery here every day, did Hongli feel a moment of relaxation.

A year ago, he made a mistake.

At that time, Hongli knew that he had made a big mistake when he was called by Huang Ama and pointed at the Western ship that he accidentally burned.

But a year later, he realized that this was not a big mistake, it was simply a fatal mistake!

From that day on, Huang Ama changed all the eunuchs around him, and the two confidantes he raised with great difficulty were all gone. He didn't even dare to ask where they were. , or after entering the Anle Hall, it was burnt to ashes like the wooden hull of a Western ship.

Ever since he left Jingren Palace and moved to elder brother's house, he thought he had his own world.

It wasn't until after this incident last year that he fully understood that the sky he stood on and the ground he stepped on belonged to Huang Ama.He was obviously the prince, but at that moment, he deeply felt that he had no home, no place to breathe.

Everything he did was under Huang Ama's nose.

After Hongli knew why Huang Ama went to the Old Summer Palace to return to the palace, he put the sixth younger brother in the upper study room instead of the Yangxin Hall.

Even if there are not as many places in the palace as in the Old Summer Palace, is it really impossible to find a room to house children?

Thinking about it, Huang Ama deliberately put their brothers in the upper study room, so that people can secretly watch his words and deeds, whether he is hostile or even malicious towards Yonghe Palace, especially towards his half-brothers and sisters.

Over the past year, Hongli felt that he was walking on thin ice and restless.

Naturally, he didn't dare to show a little badness to the sixth brother, but he didn't dare to do too much - if he showed too much care for the sixth brother, wouldn't he appear to be hypocritical and condescending, which would make the emperor even more Ma Sheng is suspicious?

Hongli faced the sixth elder brother with the same care as if he was picking soft tofu with chopsticks.

Even if he is so careful, he is always worried that Huang Ama will see his true heart - he doesn't like the sixth brother at all, of course he doesn't like him!

If there is no younger brother, the crown prince is something he holds in his hands.

No one likes someone who robs them of their status.

Sometimes Hongli couldn't help complaining to Huang Ama: Why is he not allowed to dislike his younger brother?When Huang Ama was young, she had many brothers who were like enemies.The eighth uncle is still wandering in Annan. Who in the royal family doesn't know that Huang Ama once thought of trapping the eighth uncle, and even killed him.

The state officials are only allowed to set fires and the people are not allowed to light lamps. Huang Ama can torment her younger brothers as much as she wants, but when it comes to raising her son, she wants them to be brothers and sisters?

Hongli was only 15 years old, and he felt extremely depressed when he went to the study every day. It seemed that there were eyes on the walls, and someone was staring at him all the time.

The only place to relax is on the school field.

Another arrow hit the bull's-eye.

Hongli laughed at himself and thought: It is also thanks to the sixth brother, otherwise his archery would not have improved within this year.

He drew the bow fully, feeling the tension with empathy.

It seemed like it was about to break.

Many times, when Hongli wanted to give up simply, he would think of Er Niang: he was not suffering alone, but Er Niang was also patient with him.

Concubine Xi was indeed patient.

The day after Minmin's vaccination came out, the concubines came on time to say hello to the concubines who were recovering from illness.

Concubine Xi is no exception. As a concubine, she has to be the one who takes the lead: first congratulate the noble concubine and the fourth princess for her safe vaccination, and then congratulate the noble concubine that her mother's family has won a marquis.

He kept smiling, making people feel that the smile was almost growing on his face.

Concubine Xi felt patient, but Jiang Heng also had a headache when he looked at her.

In the past year, Concubine Xi's attitude towards her has changed drastically - not bad, but too good.People in front of others, of course, mainly in front of others, can be called "respectful" to her.

So much so that during the Dragon Boat Festival this year, even the tenth Fujin saw Concubine Xi acting as a little daughter-in-law in front of her, bowing her head to her ears, and said to her euphemistically: "Concubine Xi is the biological mother of the fourth elder brother after all, no better than other concubines..." The implication is that even if Jiang Heng is a high-ranking concubine, he can be more polite to Concubine Xi.

Jiang Heng rarely sighed helplessly.

Life is a reincarnation, Concubine Xi's behavior now is fundamentally the same as that of Zhou Ying who lived with her at the beginning: use softness to overcome strength, and the weak are worthy of pity.

It's just that Zhou promised that his rank was too low, and he was identified as a fake and inferior product early on, and since then he has embarked on the broad road of growing flowers.

Concubine Xi is better than Zhou Xuying. She never talks about the concubine's 'bullying' her with anyone.It seemed that she was afraid that someone would hold her accountable if she said too much or said too little.

And Concubine Xi is very patient, she has persisted in this way for a year, and every time there are big banquets, there are some newly developed tricks, layer by layer to express her growing awe and concession towards the imperial concubine.

Jiang Heng has seen what is called a real entertainer, who can empathize with others through micro-movements without the need for lines.

Even these two Fujin who have always been close to her have euphemistically reminded her to treat Concubine Xi better, so it can be seen what other people will think, I am afraid that they all feel that they are in the palace on weekdays, and the concubine does not know how to rely on her status and favor Coerced Concubine Xi who had a son with her.

Jiang Heng didn't explain too much, he just said to the two Fujins: "When there is another banquet in the palace, you can see it."

During the daytime of the Hungry Ghost Festival, lively dramas such as Fengshen will be performed in the palace to suppress this cloudy day.

The Queen Mother and Queen left after watching the opening two episodes.Jiang Heng was the only one left to watch the play with his concubines and wives.

Jiang Heng deliberately asked someone to bring two dishes of dim sum on his table, one for Concubine Xi and the other for Concubine Yu, and then said with a smile to Concubine Xi: "Today's dim sum is good, Concubine Xi tasted this dish, is it better than before?" Well done." The tone was soft and friendly.

Concubine Yu took it and sat down and said thanks, but Concubine Xi immediately stood up in fear and trepidation: "Thank you for the reward, Concubine Gui." Then she sat down nervously, and immediately picked it up and took a bite with a handkerchief. Replied: "Your Majesty said yes, indeed today's dim sum tastes better than last time's Dragon Boat Festival. It's because of your empress's clear and wonderful products, and my concubine is dull."

Concubine Xi's tense prelude to the general situation naturally fell into the eyes of the concubine, and they all felt that the imperial concubine was really overbearing.

Jiang Heng didn't speak anymore, he just winked and smiled at the ten 34 Fujin sitting at the front: Did you see that?It's better for me to be unfriendly, but once I try to be 'polite' to Concubine Xi, it will only have the opposite effect.

The two Fujin were also helpless.

They have also been in the palace for many years. In fact, when they first reminded Jiang Heng, they might not have noticed Concubine Xi's excessive caution and awe.I just feel that if this goes on for a few more years, I'm afraid she will become a noble concubine and frighten her concubines, so she should think of a way to preserve her reputation earlier.

On that day, Jiang Heng still leisurely watched the whole day's play.

What Concubine Xi did, in Jiang Heng's eyes, was just like a scene on stage.

She wrote the script.

In the script, Concubine Xi herself is the protagonist who is beautiful, strong, and temporarily dormant, while Jiang Heng is in charge of playing the domineering concubine, the villain who will be taken down by the protagonist justice in the future.

Regardless of Jiang Heng's willingness or not, Concubine Xi assigned this role to her anyway.

Even if Jiang Heng seldom talked to her, and had clearly shown that he saw through Concubine Xi's intentions and didn't want to play for her, Concubine Xi didn't care.

She also doesn't need Jiang Heng to talk to her, as long as the two of them show up together, Jiang Heng will be her "tool man" when he sits, and it will not prevent Concubine Xi from acting respectful to her.

Just like today.

Jiang Heng just nodded his congratulations to Concubine Xi, but Concubine Xi continued to respectfully say: "The concubine has copied the "Pharmacist's Original Vow Merit Sutra" ten times in the past ten days to pray for the four princesses, and has sent it to the Buddha in the Zhongzheng Hall. Thankfully, the princess is safe from the vaccination."

Seeing Concubine Xi's drooping eyes as if she didn't dare to look at him squarely, Jiang Heng couldn't help laughing: "Concubine Xi has a heart. I wanted to copy the Medicine Master's Sutra a few times, but Master Zhongzhengdian said, it doesn't matter if I don't copy it. The 99 pharmacist scriptures must be burned together to be more effective."

Jiang Heng said: I can copy as many points as you can.Since you want to act like you are trying hard, you have to do it well, and you have to suffer a lot to live up to the persona.

Concubine Xi's face froze when she heard the words, the scriptures of the pharmacist a hundred times are worth hundreds of thousands of words!

The imperial concubine's meaning is still waiting to be burned, so she must finish copying it soon.The imperial concubine followed her own words and forced herself to do a heavy physical job.It's just that people set up here recently, and Concubine Xi had to say something, and just respectfully said: "In that case, the concubine will go back and make up the remaining chapters, and send them to the Zhongzheng Hall together."

Seeing that she agreed, Jiang Heng wrote lightly: "It's hard work."

Then he turned his head and talked to Concubine Yu about the family routine: "I heard that Wu Zaku's Ama has been transferred back to the capital."

Concubine Yu was happy when she mentioned this matter: "That's all right, I was worried that Hong Zhou's father-in-law would not be in Beijing when we got married next year."

After referring to Hongli for marriage last year, the emperor pointed out Wu Zaku's family as Fujin to Hongzhou.

When Concubine Xi heard the two of them talking about this matter, she wished she could close her ears: Ama of the Wu Zaku family is also the vice capital of the same banner!In terms of status alone, Hongshi's father-in-law, the king of Mongolia, is the tallest. On the contrary, Hongli's marriage was originally a marriage that their mother and son had placed high hopes on, and they only pointed to the daughter of Zuo Ling as Fujin.

If it weren't for Ulanara's family having a good surname, Concubine Xi would be even more depressed.

All the concubines sat in Zhongcui Palace for a while and drank tea together before Gong Mei came out and said: "Everyone, please come back, my lady is not ready yet." Then he said alone: ​​"Please leave your concubine and my wife behind." stay."

The rest of the concubines quit.Concubine Yu shook her head when she saw the back of Concubine Xi leaving: They have known each other for 20 years.But what Concubine Xi was doing this year, she really couldn't understand.

The last time the emperor came to visit her in Xianfu Palace, he casually said: "I heard that Concubine Xi is very respectful to Concubine Gui recently?"

Concubine Yu didn't know how to answer, so after a long while she had to say nonsense: "The status in the palace is different, although the concubine is young, all the concubines respect her very much."

After that, the emperor didn't mention it again, it seemed that it just passed away.

Concubine Yu felt very tired. After entering the palace for many years, she became more and more incomprehensible about the situation in the palace.

The queen lying on the bed held a very simple velvet flower in her hand.

After Jiang Heng came in to say hello, the queen showed it to her: "Look, Minmin gave it to Ben Gong early this morning, saying that since Ben Gong felt uncomfortable with the heavy imperial crown, she and my younger brother posted one together. Very light velvet."

Jiang Heng really didn't know that his daughter made velvet flowers for the queen.Minmin has a lot of toys and several handmade tables. Jiang Heng rarely interferes with what she plays every day. At this moment, he just smiled and said, "It's strange that she has to go out early in the morning." The emperor's pet dog went out early.

After Jiang Heng left, Gong Mei said: "Your servant is watching, the imperial concubine really doesn't know."

The queen lowered her head and twirled the flower in her hand: "It can be seen that the palace has not loved the princess for nothing all these years." Then she raised her head and murmured softly: "It is not wrong to see the concubine." The daughter is close to her, the queen mother.

When the emperor came to visit the queen's condition, the queen showed the velvet flower to the emperor.

Afterwards, he suddenly looked at the emperor and said: "The concubine's illness, I am afraid that in the future, the noble concubine will be required to take charge of the palace affairs - it is better for the emperor to register the noble concubine as the imperial concubine, and the name will be justified."

When the queen said this, she weighed it over and over again.

If she fainted suddenly the first time, she still had a strong mind, but the second time she just presided over a Double Ninth Festival, she fell ill again, which made the empress disheartened.

For the rest of her life, she might just be raised like a waste.

That being the case, instead of waiting for the emperor to ask her to agree to the appointment of an imperial concubine, it is better to take the first step.

The emperor was fine with it at first, but when he saw the empress solemnly persuading him to establish an imperial concubine, he suddenly realized that the empress cared about and tabooed the position of 'imperial concubine'.

As a result, I was so discouraged that I brought up this matter after thinking about it in every possible way.

At this moment, the emperor finally understood Jiang Heng's words, "Although the empress is magnanimous and fair, she is still a person who will be sad and afraid."

Jiang Heng returned to the Yonghe Palace and asked Minmin if he took someone to see the swans this time.

Six or seven-year-old children are the most energetic, not to mention they have just been locked up for more than ten days.Jiang Heng couldn't help her to go around, as long as Minmin abided by one principle: never leave people around, not even less than three people, and she was not allowed to get rid of people to play by herself.

After Minmin came back after looking around at the animal friends, Jiang Heng said to Qiu Xue: "Let Qiu Wu come in."

After many years in the Yonghe Palace, such as Qiu Xue Qiushuang, and even some second-class court ladies, have an extra temperament of being in charge, at least they stand out differently from other court ladies.

Only the autumn fog is still a faint shadow.

It was already cold, Jiang Heng stretched out his hand to hug a fluffy pillow, and asked, "How are the two Concubine Xi living in our palace doing these past few years?"