[Qing wear] Harem promotion expert

Even if the person in front of him is the emperor, no matter... no matter how many reasons there are, Master Jiu doesn't want to bring the current Hongshi south to do things!

The last time about the A Furong matter, although the emperor did not pursue it afterwards, Master Jiu still felt that he had to take some leadership responsibilities.

He was the one who gave Hongshi the nod when he went to the foreign affairs yamen, and he also reviewed and approved the English merchant's manifest, but fortunately nothing major happened.

But Master Jiu always felt a little sorry for Hong Shi, a nephew who was very close to him on weekdays.

Especially at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet not long ago, Lord Jiu met Hongshi once.It was found that he was thin and pale, his eyes seldom met with others, and he was always evasive, and he didn't dare to toast and talk in front of the emperor - he looked like a different person from the former eldest son of the emperor who always wanted to show off.

Feeling more and more uncomfortable.

That's right, the drug incident was reported to Dali, but the murder of Junfu failed.

Putting himself in his shoes, Master Jiu thought that if he almost poisoned Huang Ama, he would be terrified and sweat all over.

So he didn't even want to see Hongshi, let alone take Hongshi out.

Among other things, with Hongshi's physique, Master Jiu was really afraid that Hongshi would disappear outside!The emperor's eldest son died young in the hands of his uncle, the king of Baylor. In front of Jiuye's eyes, it was not Yinzi who was waving to him, but the exile was waving to him.

So he raised his eyes and looked at the emperor again: If it doesn't work, he'll play tricks!

Here in Kyushu, Qingyan cried and begged to leave, and collapsed if he couldn't do it. Could the emperor still force a sick man to bring his sick son south?

Unexpectedly, just when Master Jiu was about to throw porcelain on the ground, the little eunuch's announcement sounded: "Prince Yi is here."

Master Jiu couldn't fall down.

Besides, the Thirteenth Lord, who was originally calculating the repair cost of the palace in the household department, suddenly received a piece of paper from the eunuch of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, on which was the familiar and flamboyant handwriting of the emperor's brother: I am afraid that Lao Jiu will let you go, come quickly.

The thirteenth master immediately put down the official duties at hand.

The emperor's timing was just right, Thirteenth Master happened to be in time to watch the excitement: Ah, isn't this Brother Nine?It's only been a few days, why is it so slow?Isn't this the time to pluck my garden to the point of baldness?

And the emperor specially called Shisan to watch it. Firstly, there is a good thing that the two brothers will reward together. Second, because Shisan is the younger brother, Lao Jiu can let go and beg for mercy in front of the emperor and elder brother. Difficult to let go of the figure and howled out.Sure enough, Jiu Ye's well-prepared cries were all held back in his throat, and his face was red and white.

It can be seen that the emperor's bad thoughts are definitely no less narrow than Ba ​​Ye's.

It wasn't until seeing that Lao Jiu was really in a difficult situation, that the emperor said slowly: "What are you afraid of? I just asked you to take Hongshi all the way south, and there is another person who is responsible for taking care of him."

Master Jiu:?

Then the emperor told him: "I told you to go to Guangzhou, not only because of the prohibition of drugs in various ports, but also to tell you to continue to go south to Annan. Lao Ba has been waiting for you for a long time, waiting for you to go there to raise money for the border. A matter of trade."

Lao Jiu's eyes lit up immediately.

"As for Hongshi, I will let Yinxuan watch him. After you arrive at the Thirteenth Bank in Guangzhou, you will only take over the matter of banning drugs with the title of Chief Minister of the Foreign Affairs Yamen, and then hand it over to the old twelve and Hongshi. You Just go directly to Annan."

Master Jiu only realized now that he was swayed by the emperor, but he was happy to be swayed so rarely.

"As for Hongshi's body, I will arrange for the imperial physician to take care of it along the way. And you should also be able to see that Hongshi has a heart disease, and if he stays in the capital, it will only get worse. Instead, go out and take a break, maybe I can clear my mind." He also warned: "Don't be in a hurry this way going south."

Today, the autumn is bright and crisp, and the autumn scenery is different in different places all the way to the south by boat - Hongshi can't suffer much when he goes out with an uncle who is rich and enjoys like Lao Jiu.

I just went out to see the sky is high and the sea is wide, knowing that many things will always pass.It has been stuck in my heart, like a swollen and watery steamed bun that has been soaked, stuck there.

Master Jiu was concerned, and silently complained: "Will Hongshi not be nervous to guard fourth brother Huang Ama who can scare people like you?"It really scared me to death just now.

After Master Jiu resigned with emotion, Prince Yi only looked at the emperor and smiled.

The emperor was surprised: "Why, you don't know me anymore?"

"Your brother just sighs, Brother Huang really takes care of our younger brothers. This time, I specially asked Brother Twelve to go with me. Apart from taking care of Hongshi, I think it's more to make up for Brother Twelve!"

The emperor coughed lightly: "It's not a subsidy. If you want to suppress the governor of Guangzhou and the wealthy businessman in Guangzhou Shisanhang, you have to be a serious yellow belt. Yinzhen is meticulous in his work and can be thoughtful. Let him go I am also relieved, and such an important matter cannot be handed over to Hongshi, and the Westerners may coax it away."

But the Thirteenth Lord still said: "Brother Huang, why bother to be like this? He has a cold face and a warm heart, and he refuses to say anything because he is thinking of the brothers. I will tell Brother Twelfth if I don't want to tell you about the painstaking efforts of Brother Huang."

Are there still few yellow belts in Beijing?

The reason why the Twelfth Master was chosen deliberately, the emperor did have his own reasons.

These brothers all have their own abilities.

Yinxuan's ability is to take care of weddings and funerals, especially funerals, he is very good at it.The national funeral of Lord Kangxi was organized by Yin Lin leading the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs - good at funeral management, this is not a joke's strength, but a very serious skill, and it takes a lot of talents to do it well.

Funerals are never easy.

Just look at Wang Xifeng who has been the housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion for several years, but still afraid that everyone will not accept it, and has to go to Ningguo Mansion to take care of a funeral.

It takes a lot of energy and ability to arrange such a major event properly, with both face and face.

Of course, weddings and funerals have always been the most expensive things for the royal family—it is also the most lucrative and easy to corrupt when the Ministry of Internal Affairs handles them.

So during the funeral of Lord Kangxi, the original officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs colluded with the slaves of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the palace, and according to the usual practice, they enriched themselves for a while.Unexpectedly, it happened to hit the gunpoint - the emperor looked at the empty treasury at that moment, wishing to go down to search the house himself, but these corrupt officials bumped into it first, and became the first batch of chickens to be cleaned up.

Moreover, when the emperor was collecting debts, in order to stand up and deal with the upper-level umbrellas of the privately-pocketed officials in the House of Internal Affairs, he first took the twelfth master and gave him a heavy punishment.

The intention is to warn the courtiers: Don't even think about throwing the subordinates out to take the blame when things happen. This leadership responsibility, but even the princes and princes have to bear it.

It can be said that Master Twelfth was treated as a monkey to scare the chickens, and sure enough, the chickens became honest later.

Master Twelfth has always been a mediocre person. If others are greedy, he can't make water lotus, so he naturally takes a share.So the emperor made a thorough investigation, and the Twelfth Master, who had always spent a lot of money, had to pay so much money to the accounts all at once, and his pockets were shy. It was said that he was anxious to join the Ninth Master at that time, and sold the ornaments and treasures of his palace to pay for it.

Later, part of the compensation money was transferred by the Thirteenth Master to the Twelfth Brother in private.

But the Twelfth Master still became one of the brothers whose family was quite poor.

Now the old eighth has a place to go, and the wind and water in Annan are very nourishing. In Gao Qizhuo's words, Prince Lian has almost become the emperor of Annan.

Lao Jiu worked hard in the foreign affairs office to extract money from Westerners, and then went to Annan to make a fortune.

The rest are brothers who have done nothing at all. They occasionally undertake some errands such as offering sacrifices, traveling, and meeting Mongolian princes in the court, and their lives are considered comfortable and affluent.

Even if the Twelfth Master had a bad luck, he heard that it was always a bit embarrassing to prepare gifts during the New Year's Eve, so the emperor was going to send him out and get some money to supplement the family.

Searching the ports along the coast is the fattest job in the fat job.

However, the emperor still only said: "Yinqian and Hongshi, one likes to do funerals, and the other is very depressed recently, so they happen to go together on business."

Prince Yi suddenly said: "Brother Huang, do you still remember the incident when Fourteen and I went to Henan two years ago?"

The emperor looked up at him.

Of course the emperor remembered, that was when he just came here, the first time he saw Shisan and he lost his composure.

The Thirteenth Master also said: "At that time, I felt that Brother Huang seemed to be extremely tired. He was so tired that it was like a string that was about to break." Even if you let go of the bowstring that is too full at this time, you will hurt yourself.

But over the past few years, the emperor has slowly and calmly let go of this force.

When the emperor heard Shisan say this, he was also moved.

Perhaps it is because I am not so bitter that I am more tolerant to others.It turns out that he can hardly tolerate other people's faults, especially any kind of betrayal. For example, Hongshi used to get close to Lao Ba and was almost deceived by Westerners. If the emperor still had the same temper as before, he might really cut off father and son like in his previous life relation.

The fact that the third elder brother was going to travel did not cause much splash in Beijing.

The matter of A Furong is regarded as a secret matter of the palace, and the officials outside know not much.

Master Jiu and other well-informed family members did not dare to speak out, and everyone remained silent.As a result, many people regarded the third elder brother as following the nine and twelve beiles to go south, as if the emperor sent the prince to go out on errands, which was not a rare thing since the first emperor.

On the contrary, the fact that the third elder brother can go out to run errands makes people more interested in next spring's draft: I don't know who will win the Sanfu Jin?

When mentioning Sanfu Jin, it is inevitable to talk about the beautiful daughter of the year. I wonder if there will be another favorite concubine this time?You must know that the mother's house of Concubine Xin in the palace has become Su Yibo's house in just two years!

Although Guan Bao worked hard and was ordered to go out of Beijing to rule the river in the wind and rain before he was promoted to earl, but it is like watching others win the lottery to achieve wealth and freedom, and they don't like to listen to others working hard. Like hard earned money.

The latter is the norm in the world, and it is too hard, while the former is more mysterious and relaxed, and is expected to fall on oneself.So others are more willing to believe that Guan Bao's title comes from his daughter and the princess's granddaughter.

Therefore, families with beautiful girls among the bannermen inevitably do not want to have a favorite concubine, a prince and princess as their grandchildren, even if they do not have a title, it is the gold medal for the family to avoid death.

So many wives in the banner sent posts to Fourteen Fujin's mansion one after another, asking her to point out some rules in the palace, so that the children would not make mistakes and lose face in the palace, but actually wanted to ask her to help and talk, after all, Fourteen Fujin is a businessman Fujin, who has the most palaces, is also the empress dowager's daughter-in-law, so she cleared the way in advance. If her daughter enters the harem, it would be great to have the empress dowager to protect her.

Fourteen Fujin finally felt extremely troubled by his usual talkative and social behavior.

He didn't even dare to enter the palace, and hid in Thirteen Fujin's place to complain: "Our family's good county prince's mansion is full of beautiful girls who are fourteen or fifteen years old now! What is it like?"

Thirteenth Fujin smiled and said: "Then you can pick and choose your daughter-in-law."

Fourteen Fujin gave birth to the eldest son in the 42nd year of Kangxi, and now the son is just 12 years old, so he can be regarded as a young adult.It is possible for the emperor to designate a marriage this year, if you are young, you can postpone it for two years. Anyway, the marriage of the eldest son of the Xun County Prince's Mansion must be arranged later than the emperor's eldest son San Age.After such a delay, from finger marriage to big marriage, the process of more than three years is very normal.

On the contrary, Fourteen Fujin had begged the Queen Mother long ago, if there is no good girl, I would rather not point out this time.

Thirteenth Fujin is not in a hurry. Although Thirteenth Master is an older brother, he is more than fourteen years behind in terms of children. The eldest son in the mansion is only nine years old, and Fujin's own son is only six years old. He is not in a hurry at all.

Fourteen Fujin heard the words and said with a sneer: "They only have Long Live God in their eyes, our county palace temple is too small to hold these big Buddhas!"

These wives and wives always take their daughters to her house, and it's not her son that they are looking for, they are so depressed for Fourteen Fujin.

Thirteen Fujin put down the needle and thread in his hand: "Then do you see anything good?"

Both of them have a good relationship with Concubine Xin, and they really have some gossip, so they don't mind selling it to Yonghe Palace in advance.

Fourteen Fujin shook his head: "In every draft, there will naturally be good girls from good families, but I'm afraid they all learn the rules at home. Those who are so eager to profit will never be good."

"They really don't have to run to my house. In the twelfth lunar month, at the four princesses' first birthday banquet, almost everyone can enter the palace to beg for a drink, and they can see the concubine Xin with their own eyes. , I have a few catties and a few taels, and compare it to see if it’s over!"

The two discussed what to give for the canonization ceremony of Concubine Xin and the birthday gift of the fourth princess.

Unlike the concubines in the palace, the gifts of the wives are sent to the palace only after the canonization ceremony is completed.

Until Yu Jia set off to return to the palace, Concubine Qi still didn't get the will to release her.

Instead, he waited for the news that his son was going south.

In addition, I also got the news that Concubine Xin was named Concubine - because they were afraid that Concubine Qi would have some mental sequelae, the palace staff in Guanlan Hall kept the news of Concubine Xin from her.

But the concubine is not used to her.

Concubine Nian still remembered that Concubine Qi drank the medicine and ran over to expose her scar, so Shi Shiran also came over and repaid Concubine Qi.

Speaking of which, the days of being sealed in the Old Summer Palace were really boring.Concubine Nian gradually felt that it was quite interesting to have a concubine like Qi who had such violent ups and downs.

Sure enough, after Concubine Nian left, Concubine Qi grabbed the maids beside her and complained.

The magpie tried to persuade Concubine Qi: "Your Majesty, at that time, the fourth princess's baptism was done according to the princess who came out of the concubine's position. The promotion of Concubine Xin's position by the Lord Long Live this time should be for the fourth princess's first birthday banquet. Otherwise, even life The Ministry of Internal Affairs has done more, and there are always some names that are not right. It can be seen that the emperor values ​​his children, and he cares so much about his kindness and biological mother to the princess-you have a third elder brother, and now the third elder brother can go out on business, you Better days are ahead."

Concubine Qi said: "The emperor also knows that the name is not right and the word is not right. Isn't the daughter of the concubine justifiable if she does it according to the concubine's position? Why do you still have to promote the letter concubine to a higher rank? Now it's all right, she has to follow This palace is shoulder to shoulder."

The magpie sighed: "It's not shoulder-to-shoulder, and you can't go out, my lady, where can we go side by side?"

After that, he was in a daze with Concubine Qi, worrying about himself.

The emperor has not forgiven his mother, and this time he still has no intention to let Concubine Qi drive back to the Forbidden City, so he has to wait until the third elder brother gets married.

If no prince gets married and his birth mother is not around, then the emperor will definitely release his mother, and after that, he should be able to go back to live in Changchun Palace.

After the September ninth day of Chongyang, Shengjia moved back to the Forbidden City.

Jiang Heng also returned to the more familiar Yonghe Palace.As soon as she entered the door, she saw Qiushuang leading the palace servants who stayed behind in Yonghe Palace to salute.

With such a quick glance, she could tell that Qiushuang had lost weight, and tears filled her eyes when she saw her.

After Jiang Heng entered the room, he first asked, "Is there any trouble in the palace?"

Qiushuang shook her head with tears in her eyes: "The maidservant is only thinking about the empress, and thinking about the happy event of the empress becoming a concubine, and she is not here, so she is in a panic."

She handed over the keys and accounts, and breathed a sigh of relief: Unlike Qiu Xue, she was more willing to follow orders than to be in charge.

"Miss Yinqiao has helped the servants a lot in the past few months." Qiu Shuang reported the affairs of Yonghe Palace and Jingyang Palace in the past few months, while talking about Yinqiao.

"In the beginning, the slaves and maidservants just lived their lives behind closed doors and had nothing to do with the outside world. On the days when the Jingyang Palace published books, they also took the note left by the empress and went to the House of Internal Affairs to follow the rules of previous years. Everything went smoothly."

"Unexpectedly, for a few days, all the palaces were locked and people were not allowed to go in and out, and people from the Department of Punishment came to search the servants' rooms of each palace, and the winter clothes and quilts chained in the boxes were all searched. If the empress is not at home, the servants will inevitably feel flustered."

"Fortunately, it was Miss Yinqiao who took care of her and told the reason in private. She also told the servant in detail how to pay attention to the drug on weekdays-the empress doesn't know, but someone really handed the drug to our little Chenzi. Fortunately, he is timid. I didn't dare to accept it."

Since the Yonghe Palace has pets, there are naturally eunuchs who are in charge of purchasing outside. They have the same idea as Changqing Zhang Yuzhu and others, and want to catch this line.

It's just that it's hard to get into the inner court if you buy a big eunuch, so you have to move forward in a curve, thinking about getting the eunuch from the Yonghe Palace first.

Jiang Heng also nodded solemnly when he heard the words, and said to everyone: "In the future, we must be more careful. From now on, there will only be more people who want to take wires or mix sand in the Yonghe Palace."

Autumn snow and autumn frost should be.

Especially when Qiushuang saw that Nanny Yu had also returned, she immediately felt relieved: just like a young shepherd who is always worried that the fence will not be secure and the sheep will run away, seeing the senior who is the best at fences come back, he immediately With the backbone.

Jiang Heng saw that Qiushuang's round face had shrunk into a small face with big eyes within a few months, so he knew that these few months would be difficult for her.

Especially when she was not at home, the Department of Punishment and Punishment's sudden and thorough investigation into the palace's ban on smoking must have frightened her a lot.

"Give you a three-day vacation, so you can take two days off to make up for it." Jiang Heng closed the booklet of accounts recorded by Qiushuang: It can be seen that Qiushuang has also learned from experience, at least she can read the accounts clearly at a glance and read them smoothly.

When she entered the Yonghe Palace at the beginning of the year, the time for her to sort out all the registration books and income and expenditure accounts by herself has passed.

The first batch of palace people in Yonghe Palace, after three years of running-in and training, finally formed a small team that kept pace with her.

Qiu Shuang thanked her, and she went back and rested for two days.She has never felt such a solid sleep before, and sure enough, the Yonghe Palace is still where the empress is, and it is the Yonghe Palace.

As for Jiang Heng, after a few months, he finally saw the approach bridge again.

A few days ago, after Yinqiao heard about Concubine Xin becoming a concubine in the palace, she was so happy that she didn't sleep well all night.The next morning, my eyes were a little blue, and I was punished by my master, Nanny Su: I was still too young to hold my breath, any emotions would come out on my face, and I still needed to continue to practice.

But on the surface it was punished, but in my heart I was relieved that the apprentice I accepted was a grateful person.

What Jiang Heng prepared for the approach bridge was a separate red seal.

When she was visiting the Thirteenth Library, she immediately fell in love with a rare golden and red gemstone.Western gemstones are not very popular these days, because unpolished gemstones are black in color, not eye-catching, and can’t compare with the moist luster of jade. The color is bright and spicy, and jadeite of various colors is gradually becoming popular.Therefore, Western gemstones are still quite small.

But Jiang Heng still took a fancy to this one.

There are some natural golden threads in the red color of this gemstone. If it is carved, it happens to be a little fox with a big tail and gold and red.

Sure enough, the craftsmen in the palace had outstanding craftsmanship, and carved a little fox according to the color of the material. It was still a lively little fox running with a bunch of red fruits in its mouth.

Let alone Jiang Heng, even Qiu Xue said, "This pendant reminds me of Miss Yinqiao."

The craftsman specially inlaid a circle of gold on the outside of the gemstone, which can not only protect the gemstone from being damaged (after all, the shape of the fox is complicated, it is not as easy to store as a round gemstone, and it is easy to be bumped), and a hole is reserved on it for easy wearing. Wear on gold thread.

Jiang Heng matched a long gold thread so that the approach bridge could be worn around the neck without being seen by others.

Yinqiao received such a unique gift, she just felt that happiness was about to overflow: she should always remember the empress in her heart, but there is actually a small place for her in the empress's heart, and she treats her differently from others .She is willing to let her go through fire and water at this moment.

It was the twelfth lunar month, and the Yonghe Palace was filled with an extremely busy atmosphere.

Firstly, the concubine ceremony of the mother-in-law is coming soon, secondly, the first birthday banquet of the fourth princess is coming soon, and thirdly, preparations for the Chinese New Year are still needed!

I really wish that one person could be divided into three people to do the work, and Nanny Yu drove her wheelchair very fast, making arrangements everywhere.

However, for Jiang Heng, the canonization ceremony was once familiar.

The process of sealing a concubine is not much different from the process of conferring a concubine. The officials of the Ministry of Rites of the former dynasty are responsible for presenting the gold book and treasure to the apse of the Taimiao. After a series of complicated procedures, the book and treasure can be sent to the concubine in the palace.

The biggest difference in the canonization ceremony should be that the rank of the official in charge of this matter has risen, from the Rites Department member Wailang to Zuo Shilang.

If it is the rank of imperial concubine or imperial concubine, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites must come forward in person.

If the emperor's imperial decree is an oral appointment, then when the concubine's letter is received, it is equivalent to an official document that has been put into the personnel file.

For Jiang Heng, this day's work is mainly to salute everywhere.

First, he took his own booklet and treasure, and under the guidance of the female official, saluted the incense table to heaven and earth, and then the emperor, queen mother, and empress walked around each other.

Compared with the canonization ceremony, Jiang Heng cared more about his daughter's grasping the week.

On this day, she was checking the belongings of Zhu Zhou one by one with Nanny Yu, when the eunuch reported that the emperor had arrived.

Along with the emperor, there were several internal eunuchs carrying a large box.