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Before the emperor called his two sons over, he first asked Su Peisheng and Chai Yu, the chief punishment officer, to conduct a thorough investigation of the nursing mother and the inner prisoner who served the prince in the fifth Gandong house.

Each prince belonged to a total of [-] people in the palace, but there were so many people who couldn't look down on a five or six-year-old child.

The emperor also doubted in his heart whether there were palace servants with evil intentions in the Gandong No. [-] Institute, who were instigated and bribed by others to deliberately lure the princes out and coax them into doing things.

After careful inspection, it was determined that this matter was indeed an accident.

It has only been two months since Hong Zhou arrived at Qiandong No. [-] Institute, and the wet nurses who followed him were not familiar with the princes' schedule. Seeing that the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother were carrying small bows and arrows together and said that they would take homework added by the master, the nurses did not doubt that there was something wrong. , So the two slipped away with only two young eunuchs.

As for just sneaking into the Imperial Garden to shoot swans, it is also due to the geographical location. In fact, the Qiandong Fifth Institute went west out of the Qiongyuan Gate to the Imperial Garden, which was very convenient for the two children to have fun.

After sifting through the emperor who had no sand around his son, he began to concentrate on educating the child.

The two little princes knelt down and trembled.

They are afraid of the emperor from the bottom of their hearts.

In terms of blood relationship, the emperor is their biological father, that's right, but Huang Ama, Ama had the word emperor before her.They were taught by their masters since they were young, to be loyal and filial. Loyalty to the king comes before filial piety to the father. So Huang Ama is the king they need to be loyal first, and then their father.

What's more, the emperor, Ama, doesn't see them very often, and every time he sees them, he still has a standard strict father's face, so that for the two children, the admiration does not mean much fear.

After all, Hongli was half a year older, and he felt that he was a brother, so he had to speak first.

Fortunately, this kid has a lot of small talk, he can compose poems since he can write, and he speaks more clearly than Hong Zhou, who is five and a half years old, so he told the story from the beginning.

They didn't hit geese on purpose to pounce on people, hoping that people would be hurt and unlucky.At that time, when they saw a person dressed as a concubine being rushed by a goose, they were both shocked and frightened.The child's emotions come and go quickly, and when he reacts, he realizes that he has already run out.

Once I ran away and saw no one chasing me, I lost the courage to go back and take on the responsibility, thinking that this matter did not exist like an ostrich.

Hong Zhou was patching beside him: "Ama Huang, Fourth Brother and I haven't slept well in the past two days." I was terrified in my heart, but seeing Su Peisheng coming over today, the two brothers were actually relieved—otherwise we wouldn't be able to survive for a few days. Might as well have to confess.

The emperor looked at the two sons in front of him, and saw that they said everything like beans in a bamboo tube, and felt a little soft-hearted.

In the previous life, when these two children were five or six years old, they were not princes, they were just grandsons of ordinary concubines born in Prince Yong's mansion.And those ten years happened to be the most dangerous ten years for seizing the throne.

In fact, Emperor Yongzheng basically missed the childhood and childhood of all the children in his family.The days passed so quickly at that time, and when he came to the throne, the child would be a serious boy, a well-behaved prince.There will be no such thing as sneaking into the imperial garden, shooting randomly with a small bow, getting into trouble and running away childishly.

Heart softened and softened, the emperor still put on a standard and strict father's face, and finalized the punishment for the two of them to double their homework, and the palace servants who were accompanying them also had to deal with all of them for their negligence and mistakes.

Fortunately, the feather arrows given to princes under ten years old in the palace are all round-headed arrows, not to mention not sharpened, there is no point at all, they are ball-headed, so they won't hurt themselves.

"To be a man, especially a man, the first thing is to have a sense of responsibility. Otherwise, you can't run a family, so why talk about court affairs?" In the end, the emperor still solemnly gave his son the word "responsibility".

A man's ability and quality are two completely different things. There are many capable men in this world.But in the eyes of Emperor Yongzheng, his son must not be such a man who is timid after making mistakes and turns his head away without any responsibility!

The fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother kowtowed again to listen to the training.

They felt that if they directly confessed their mistakes at that moment, maybe Huang Ama would only be angry, but with this evasion, Huang Ama was not only angry but also solemnly disappointed, and a solemn warning that they would never allow them to do it again.

This made the two children who had been indoctrinated with the idea of ​​"Ama is heaven" very uncomfortable.This time, it was really unforgettable, and I deeply realized that I made a mistake and faced it bravely. In fact, the consequences are much better than running away with my head covered.

So they all kowtowed to promise that they would never commit another crime again.

"Huang Ama, your son and Hong Zhou should go and apologize to Lord Xin."

Even if the two of them didn't see clearly who the concubine was at the beginning, they would know after the news spread throughout the palace that the nobleman was attacked by a big swan.

Although Hongli is only a little older than Hongzhou, he is much more mature, knows more and thinks more.He knew that although Mr. Xin's status did not sound high, he had a good family background, and Huang Ama was also in love with him.

And the concubines in the harem, even if it is a promise, are Huang Ama's women, and to respect her is to respect Huang Ama.What's more, he still has to think about his mother, because he doesn't want her to be difficult in the harem.

So Hongli offered to make amends.

Hong Zhou thought more simply, and felt that he should make amends for his mistakes, which E Niang taught him before, so he nodded following Hong Li's words.

Hearing what the two children said, the emperor's face softened slightly: "It should be like this."

Hongli took the initiative to make amends, which is also a kind of responsibility.If he considers himself a prince, his status is higher than that of the world, and he refuses to admit his mistakes, the emperor will be even more disappointed.

Emperor Yongzheng himself was a happy person who could directly admit his mistakes to the ministers in the scriptures and said, "You are responsible for the mistakes in the previous edict". Of course, he would not let his son be the kind of person who wants to save face and suffer.

Ordinary people want to save face and suffer the crime themselves, but if the princes and courtiers want to save face, it is the people of Limin who will suffer.

Jiang Heng felt that this day was worth commemorating.

Not only did she want to understand a major event related to the course of life, but she also saw the cub period of the legendary "Qing Zhangzong" Emperor Qianlong.

The one standing in front of her now is just a very cute kid, not Mr. Zhang who likes to stamp cultural relics in history.

When Jiang Heng saw the two children for the first time, he even mistook them.

Somehow, in her impression, she always felt that Emperor Qianlong should have been a thoughtful and thin child when he was a child; and in the future, Hong Zhou, who was called the absurd prince, would be a fat little fat man with a big heart and a broad body. .

But when the two children introduced themselves, Jiang Heng was surprised to find that Hongli turned out to be the plump baby on his cheeks.

His complexion was exceptionally fair, his cheeks were plump and drooping, and he even had a crayon shin-chan look.

Jiang Heng looked at this pleasing little round face, and even thought, could it be that Hongli in history was also raised by Lord Kangxi because he was rich and cute?

But on this timeline, Hongli has never met Emperor Kangxi, the grandfather who had a great influence on his words and deeds throughout his life.

I don't know if Hongli, who has been growing up under Emperor Yongzheng, will still be that Zhang Zong.

All kinds of daydreams in his mind did not delay Jiang Heng's actions.

Seeing the two children standing in front of them, they said the matter a little embarrassingly, and apologized to themselves, Jiang Heng quickly smiled and said: "It's okay, I'm almost ready." Then he bent down again Ask the two: "You slipped out with bows and arrows? You didn't hurt yourself, did you?"

She didn't want to get a trick from the children, to see if there was anyone around them.She thought about the emperor's temperament, once she personally intervened in this matter, she would definitely cleanse her son's side.

Here, she just needs to finish this matter.

Children naturally like gentle and beautiful women, not to mention Jiang Hengyuan is a kind beauty.Seeing her smiling, Hongli and Hongzhou quickly relaxed, and Hongli replied like a grown-up: "Don't worry, my lord, we are using scorpion arrows, not arrowheads."

But Hongzhou saw that Mr. Xin seemed to have never heard of the arrow, so he asked for a pen and paper, and wanted to draw and explain to Mr. Xin.

Hong Zhou said while drawing: "The masters said that if Huang Ama went hunting, the guards around him would not directly use feathered arrows, but would shoot the grass with this kind of round-headed arrow first, which is called... it is called hunting the grass to startle the snake. This is not the case. would hurt the skin of the beast."

Jiang Heng earnestly expressed his thanks to the two children. I learned something new today.

After expressing their apologies for the big goose incident again, the fourth and fifth elder brothers left.

Although Jiang Heng liked these two children quite a lot, he didn't want to stay too long.

She knew that the elder brothers could only see the mother-in-law once every ten days, and stayed for two hours, which was the length of time for talking after meals and meals.Therefore, it is not good to come to her for a long time, 10 minutes is enough, it seems that the elder brothers sincerely expressed their apologies for their "hit and run", and it will not be long enough to make the mother-in-law worry and feel sad.

After Hongli and Hongzhou left, Qiuxue came to ask, "My lord, the ointment left by the imperial physician Mao, my maidservant can go to the fire and roast it for you to apply."

Jiang Heng shook his head: "Don't worry, the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother are here, and after a while, the concubine Xi and the concubine Yu will probably come to visit in person. After seeing all the guests, then apply the medicine properly."

Originally, the harem was full of people who ate melons, and everyone just had to wait for Mr. Xin's legs and feet to recover, and express their concern and condolences when returning to greet the queen.As a result, as soon as the two elder brothers left for the Yonghe Palace, Concubine Xi and Concubine Yu changed from spectators to parties involved.

Sure enough, Concubine Xi arrived soon.

It is now the end of June in the lunar calendar, which is considered the hottest day in Beijing.When many concubines got up early to pay their respects, they all changed into green silk clothes made of Jiangnan Xingong, which were breathable and light.However, Concubine Xi's attire is still upright, generous and standard concubine attire.Just like her, the expression on her face is always appropriate.

Her whole person is the best example of decency.

Jiang Heng thought, Concubine Xi must have been a standard concubine when she was a concubine in Prince Yong's Mansion, and now she is the number one concubine in the palace, that is, a standard concubine. A very standard queen.

If the concubine had an assembly line and had to pick a sample with the highest qualification, then Niu Hulu would definitely be the sample.

The condolence and apology ceremony brought by Concubine Xi was also affixed with the seal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a tonic that would not go wrong at all, a box of tortoise jelly and a box of dried bird's nest.

After entering the door and sitting down, Concubine Xi made amends for her son again, and then properly cared about Jiang Heng's condition, and what prescription the imperial physician prescribed.

Then he smiled kindly and said: "You have just entered the palace, so it is inevitable that you have a weak foundation in your hands. This palace is different from the outside, even if your mother's house is not short of anything, you can't hand it in. If the imperial doctor says what supplements are good , you just send someone to my palace to get it." Concubine Xi's words were a disguised nod to Jiang Heng, so that she would not know the taboo and find a way to contact her mother's family to ask for medicinal materials and supplements.In case someone brings in some medicine that is harmful to the dragon's body, it will be a big trouble that cannot be cleaned up.

Jiang Heng thanked Concubine Xi for her point: Although there is a rule in the palace rules that communication between the inner court and the outer court is not allowed, many concubines don't care about it, because this rule is not strict, and money and other things can be handed in.Many people let down their vigilance in their hearts, and they will pass on other things.It doesn't matter if there is no accident, once someone takes advantage of the loophole, it will really be bad luck.

Concubine Xi saw that she could understand what she meant, a smile appeared on her face, she thought for a while and said: "Although you have congested blood due to twisted feet, it is not easy to take some supplements to break the stasis internally. You You are favored when you are young, and you may be pregnant at any time, so you should be careful and use less blood stasis and blood-removing things."

Jiang Heng once again mourned in silence for the number of times Emperor Yongzheng entered the harem, four times, and after four times in two months, he was firmly labeled as the favorite.

Concubine Xi also stuck for 10 minutes, then got up to say goodbye.

Jiang Heng waved his hand: "Let's change the tea, Mrs. Concubine Yu will be here soon."

Compared with Concubine Xi, Concubine Yu has been sitting here for a long time. After entering the door and going through the procedure of condolences to the victims, she quickly entered the mode of complaining: "If you want me to say, those slaves in my elder brother's office should be severely beaten, and then they will be beaten again. They should all be sent to the Department of Punishment for interrogation, so the two elder brothers can slip under their noses!"

Jiang Heng told the truth again, and then showed the fifth elder brother's painting to Concubine Yu.Concubine Yu looked at his son's pen and ink cherishingly, and then asked Jiang Heng: "It was seven days ago when I saw Hongzhou last time. Look at his face. Last time, there was a circle of prickly heat on his forehead. Are you ready?"

This is my mother's heart.

Jiang Heng was very close to Hong Zhou just now, and the two of them entered the room and took off their summer hats. Jiang Heng recalled now: "Looking at the prickly heat powder on the fifth elder brother's head, he looks much better."

Concubine Yu showed a distressed expression on her face: "Oh, during the month you entered the palace, Hong Zhou had just moved to Elder Brother's house, and he was still not used to everything. Before, he was also a strong child like Fourth Elder Brother, but now he has lost weight. Better."

When it came to the end, Concubine Yu almost forgot that she was here to condolences to Mrs. Xin, the victim of the big goose. Instead, she became very sad because of the separation of mother and child in the palace. Jiang Heng turned around and explained for a long time.

Concubine Yu came to her senses when she was saying goodbye, and said to Jiang Heng: "There is not enough ice in the nobleman's order, and you need a cold compress on your ankle." She directly nodded to Qiushuang who was standing at the door: "You, yes, it is You, just go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs with my maid, and just say that in the next ten days, half of the ice basin in my daily quota will be brought to Mr. Xin."

Before Jiang Heng could refuse, Yu Pin waved his hand resolutely: "Okay, I'm leaving, you can continue to rest."

Three days later, Mr. Xingui's green card was placed on the plate again.

The emperor knew she was cured as soon as he saw it.

It's just that the emperor didn't flip the card, but arrived at the Yonghe Palace at dusk.

Entering the main gate of the Yonghe Palace, the emperor smelled a particularly refreshing smell. He could distinguish it with his sense of smell of countless rare spices, and he could only distinguish the very fresh and even a bit spicy mint aroma. There was another main fragrance, which seemed to be Taste of orange, but not quite like it.

He heard the maid's voice outside the door of the apse: "Master, it's not enough to read those books every day. You also need to read medical books to make ointment yourself. You should pick out new clothes first." Sleep.

Hearing Qiu Xue's words, Jiang Heng turned his head and said, "Taking care of yourself is the most important thing. Qiu Xue, it's like the money in our account, don't care how many zeros there are in the back, but if there is no one in front, right? Is it in vain? My body is that one."

This was a very old joke in the previous life, but it is brand new when it comes to this place.

At least Emperor Yongzheng was very touched when he heard it outside.

He is a person who has lived until the oil is exhausted and the lamp is dry, and he knows the importance of health.It's hard for her to know how to take care of herself at such a young age.

If Jiang Heng knew how the emperor felt, he would have to answer sadly: who is not a laborer who stayed up all night until his heart arrhythmia occurred.When she was working on a big project, some of her colleagues went to the hospital, and they all worked with 24-hour dynamic electrocardiograms on their backs.

When the emperor entered, he saw a beauty couch and a small square table in the courtyard.

She should have just washed her hair, and she is wearing silk hair. The cloud shoulders on her shoulders and the clothes are the same pink and purple color, which almost blends with the afterglow of the sunset in the summer sky.

Entering the yard, the refreshing aroma becomes more and more pure.

On a summer night, the ground is still radiating heat, but she is like spring water in a cool night breeze.

Jiang Heng originally thought that bathing and washing would be a big problem in ancient times.

But fortunately, the palace has always followed the stipulation in the "Book of Rites" that "there is a bath for three days, and a bath for five days." Mu is to wash your hair, and bath is to take a bath.In summer, this frequency can be increased as appropriate, Jiang Heng is relieved, and keeps refreshed according to his previous habits.

Today, she happened to have just washed her hair and was sitting in the courtyard. When the emperor came in, she got up to greet her.

Although they are the same person, in Jiang Heng's eyes, they are completely different.

This is not the male protagonist emperor in "Xin Fei Lu", this is Yongzheng, the liver emperor.

The emperor didn't know it was an illusion brought about by the great atmosphere, he felt that Mr. Xin's smile was even sweeter, and looking into his eyes was like a bowl of sweet wine, making people sweet and drunk.

He came up and brushed Ruyun's beautiful hair with his hand: "Dry it? Well, that's the best. If it's still wet, I'll sit in the courtyard and blow the air. I don't feel it now, but I will have a headache in the future."

This is all the experience of Emperor Yongzheng back then: He also bathed once every three days according to the palace rules. However, the palace people were very careful when wiping the faucet with a fine cotton cloth, for fear that the rubbing would hurt the emperor himself, so he wiped slowly and gently. Just dry very slowly.Sometimes he was in a hurry to critique the papers, and without waiting to dry them, he waved away the palace servants and left his head to dry.

Later, I had a headache for a while, and the imperial physicians couldn't diagnose any symptoms at first. They didn't persuade the emperor until they asked the emperor about his living habits in detail, don't let his head get wet.

Jiang Heng responded with a smile.

The emperor withdrew his hand, and smelled a scent of fragrance on his fingertips, and asked, "Is this the smell of ordinary bathing ointment in the palace?"

Jiang Heng said to the emperor: "We made it ourselves in the palace. The citrons from Nanguofang were used." As he spoke and beckoned, Qiu Xue quickly fetched two small porcelain bottles.

It is said that this body cream was the gift of citron from Rinan Guofang the day before yesterday, which brought her inspiration.

At that time, the eunuch called citron, but Jiang Heng didn't know what it was. The eunuch explained: "This kind of fruit is extremely sour and can't be eaten, but it tastes fresh. Knowing that nobles like the aroma of oranges, the servants dared to send some. , please enjoy it, my lord."

Jiang Heng took a look, isn't this a wild lemon! !

It turned out that there were lemons at this time.

According to the eunuch, this kind of nanguo tasted extremely sour and was not popular in the palace at all. It was only because of its beautiful color, fresh taste, and round shape that it was used as a decoration for smoking houses.

Jiang Heng felt very sorry, and even gave Nanguo Fang some money to get a large basket of lemons.

The body cream used for hair washing in the palace is divided into two types of foaming main medicinal materials, acacia and sapindus, and then added with hair-nourishing Polygonum multiflorum, Cortex Phellodendri, and tea dry powder to make the basic body cream.

In the end, various spices and essential oils are added to create a variety of aromas: the existing hair oils are all flowery, and rose oil and camellia oil are the most popular among concubines.

Because of the strong fragrance of these two kinds of flowers, it can be fragrant all over the body in the hot summer.

Jiang Heng also has many bottles of rose-scented bath cream here.If it is the fragrance of roses in winter, it will make people warm and comfortable, but in summer, Japan is hot and dry. This kind of strong floral fragrance is all over the head, which often makes Jiang Heng feel dizzy.

After getting a basket of lemons, she boiled some of them into essential oil, and added them to the body wash with mint cream. It really worked well: the lemon-flavored body wash is the most refreshing in hot summer.

She took the porcelain bottle from Qiu Xue and handed it to the emperor.

With her expectant eyes, the emperor opened the cover and smelled it, then nodded emphatically: "It's okay."

Hearing the word Shang Ke, Jiang Heng originally thought that the emperor didn't like it very much. After all, lemon-flavored things have some limitations, some people like it very much, and some people don't like it very much.Unexpectedly, the porcelain bottle in the emperor's hand was not returned to her, but handed to Su Peisheng instead, and she confiscated it directly.

Jiang Heng knew he liked it.Thinking that the emperor's character is really a bit awkward, he couldn't help laughing: "Since the emperor is used to this smell, why don't you try the jasmine lemon tea made by my concubine?"

The emperor continued to be reserved: "Alright."

Jasmine Lemon Bobo Tea with ice and three portions of sugar was Jiang Heng's favorite summer drink in his previous life.Of course there was no popbo at this moment, so Jiang Heng ordered some chewy jelly from the dining room instead.

The freshness and refreshing taste of lemon can not be replaced by other fruits in summer, and the cool and refreshing ice is refreshing.

Seeing that the emperor drank half a cup before putting it down, Jiang Heng consciously went to get the recipe of lemon tea: professional workers, you can't wait for the leader to ask for it, you have to deliver it directly.

"These are some teas that my concubine tried to make. Your majesty is well-informed. Please give me some advice."

The emperor reached out to take the tea party.It is not so much a tea recipe as it is an experiment diary, which is a thick book.

Jasmine Lemon Iced Tea:

"First brewing: [-]% green tea, [-]% dried jasmine, [-]% citron (dried), [-]% sugar, [-] level scoop of jelly powder jelly (note: do not soak for a long time, do not add)." The taste is recorded at the back: "jasmine Slightly less floral, not enough dried citron slices."

"Second brew: [-] points for green tea, [-] point for dried jasmine, [-] points for citron (fresh slices), and [-] points for white sugar—the fresh slices are too bitter after pressing."

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The emperor just flipped through the pages, and saw that she had already recorded seven or eight pages, among which the tea recipe she thought tasted the best, he circled it with a red pen.

In addition to jasmine citron iced tea, there are several kinds of white peach oolong iced tea, fresh orange apple iced tea and so on.

The emperor saw it, and suddenly felt that her actions were somewhat similar to his own. She likes to be perfect in everything, and she is persistent and doesn't mind trouble.

Jiang Heng said from the side: "People in the world have different tastes. The concubine thought, some people like sweets, some people like sour. The emperor brought the recipe back, and let the people in the imperial tea room adjust it to the emperor's taste."

The emperor wondered: "You wrote it for so long, I took it away, don't you regret it?"

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "Your Majesty, just take it away. These concubines will write twice here. One copy is kept at hand for daily use, and the other copy is locked in a fixed cabinet. When one is gone, there is always another copy." File backup It has always been her habit.The backup process is also a calligraphy practice process.

The emperor didn't expect a girl's family to have the habit of backing up important files.

This is a habit he has had since he was a teenager: he prepared at least two copies of the abbreviations, articles and other important writings ordered by Huang Ama, just in case.

"It's a good habit." The emperor's praise of a trustworthy person is equivalent to praising himself invisibly.

Seeing that the nobleman smiled sweetly at him again, the emperor nodded: Well, this is not my own illusion, she just smiled more than usual today.

Could it be that I like the body cream and tea she made, and she is so happy?

Moreover, he presented all the prescriptions without hesitation and without any secrecy, which made his heart sigh.Unlike some concubines, the small kitchen in the palace made fresh snacks and dishes, and they kept them hidden for fear of being exposed. They only hoped that the new dishes would attract more emperors.

It's really good intentions for me.

Jiang Heng didn't know that the emperor was attacking himself, she was just in a bright mood, so she smiled more: Yes, the emperor is no longer the emperor who had a deep love for the concubine Nian in the early stage of "Xinfeilu".Judging from his recent actions, it is obvious that he doesn't like the style of Concubine Nian here, which means that she doesn't need to keep a low profile in the early stage, trying to avoid Concubine Nian's edge.

On the contrary, you can generously show your favorability in front of the big boss, and strive for promotion and salary increase.

The future career path is really much smoother.