When the Louvre meets the Forbidden City

The two young men were about the same stature, similar in appearance, and even in the same clothes. They both wore dark yellow four-ball dragon men's uniforms and walked quickly in the palace.

Yu Xianzheng, the chief manager of the Compassionate Ning Palace, led a few little Suras out carrying two boxes, bumped into each other and quickly saluted with a smile, "The two princes are here to pay their respects to the Queen Mother? Coincidentally, Lord Long Live is also here."

Yu Xian was the most useful person in the empress dowager's palace. Fuquan and Chang Ning were also very polite when they saw him. They hurriedly made room for him, stood still and asked, "How is the empress dowager these two days? Has the emperor just arrived or has he been here for a while?" ?”

Yu Xiandao, "The queen mother has been in good spirits these past two days. She slept well at night and had delicious meals. The emperor has been in for a while, and said that there are still government affairs to be done. He just came to see the queen mother and have a few words with her old man. Later I will go back to Qianqing Palace."

Fu Quan said, "That's just right. Let's go in now. When the Queen Mother is in good spirits, there will be lots of excitement."

Yu Xiandao, "That's not it." He bowed again, "You two princes, please come in, the Queen Mother even sent some things to the servant, and the servant rushed to do it, so I won't accompany you two."

Chang Ning waved, "You go, you go, don't make the queen mother wait."

As soon as he and Fuquan stepped into the Palace of Compassion and Ning, they saw Wei Xiaobao, whom they least wanted to see at the moment, standing outside the palace with his hands behind his hands, followed by a few of Kangxi's servants.

Chang Ning snorted and whispered to Fuquan, "Second Brother, what is he doing standing outside the Queen Mother's Palace?"

Fuquan frowned, seeing Wei Xiaobao looking up and looking around, as if he was concentrating on studying the two ends of the main ridge of the roof and the pottery-burned animal head on it, so he also said softly, "He must have come with the emperor, the emperor is afraid of him The foreign minister rushed to the Queen Mother, so let him wait outside."

Chang Ning let out a 'cut', and got bad intentions, "Then let's go in and hold the emperor's brother, it's best to have dinner with the queen mother before leaving, and let him stand outside for a good hour."

Fu Quan glanced at him, thinking that Chang Ning, who is always dishonest, likes to do these trivial and trivial things, ignored him, and went straight to greet Wei Xiaobao, "General Wei."

Wei Xiaobao withdrew his eyes from the roof, nodded at the two of them very seriously, "Prince Yu, Prince Gong."

Chang Ning pouted, what kind of nondescript name is this!

Fuquan also didn't like it, but he was calmer than his brother, and he didn't bother to worry about these small things, so he said directly, "General Wei, but the emperor asked you to wait here?"

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Fuquan said sternly, "This is a bit inappropriate. This is the place of the queen mother, and concubines from the harem often come to greet her and walk around. General Wei is a foreign minister. If they bump into it, it will be troublesome! The emperor takes care of everything every day. Unavoidable negligence, how come others don't know to remind you!" As he spoke, he glanced hard at the few servants behind him.

Several servants bowed their heads one after another, very aggrieved, secretly thinking that we are in no position to control what the emperor wants to do, not to mention us, even Chief Liu, Chief Li and the others have no right to chatter in front of His Majesty!They all knew that Prince Yu's words were mainly for Lord Wei, and beating them was just a cover, so they kept silent.

Wei Xiaobao is Kangxi's favorite minister, and his official position in the court is not low. A few days ago, he was awarded the first-class Duke Lu Ding by virtue of his achievements in the battle of the three feudal lords. The elder brother—Prince Yu's posture, he scolded him all the time, and spoke very seriously, without showing any mercy.

It seemed that Wei Xiaobao would be ashamed to excuse himself, but he nodded his head, "The prince's reminder is very reasonable. If this is the case, please tell your majesty when you go in. It is inconvenient for me to be in the Queen Mother's palace all the time. Wait for him, I'll go now." After speaking, he waved his hands and walked away, walking away very chicly.

Chang Ning opened his mouth wide and looked at Fuquan in surprise, "No way, you said it was inappropriate to stand here and he left immediately?! When did this kid become so obedient!"

Scratching his head, he clapped his hands suddenly, and suddenly realized, "Second brother, we have been fooled by this kid! It was originally something he didn't care about, but now it's the two of us acting arrogantly in the palace and driving the emperor away without authorization." The courtiers around me, I'm afraid that Brother Huang will be happy when he finds out."

Fuquan was very calm, "Your Majesty is not confused, just go in and make it clear, for fear of what he will do."

Chang Ning glanced at him sideways, and said bluntly, "Of course I'm not afraid, but second brother, my brother looks a little blue when I see you."

Fuquan stared, "I'm so pissed off! This kid is really pissing me off!"

Chang Ning nodded, agreeing, secretly thinking that he is annoying, this kid speaks too fast, the confrontation with him in these days has always caught people off guard, and he has suffered a lot.

The two went in, and Kangxi was about to leave. Hearing that Wei Xiaobao had already left on his own, he couldn't help frowning, "Second Brother, I asked him to wait outside. You have nothing to tell him what he is doing."

Fuquan couldn't say much, so Chang Ning explained for him, "Second brother just remembered that there will be concubines and concubines from the harem going around here with the queen mother. Impatient, not happy after hearing it, turned around and left without saying a word."

The queen mother smiled and reconciled, "What a big deal this is. It's worth the emperor blaming his brother. If you have something to ask General Wei, you can order someone to call him back."

Kangxi was silent, Wei Xiaobao didn't want to come to the Palace of Compassion and Ning today, he said there was something at home that he needed to go back to see, but he didn't let him go, Wen Yan told him to just sit in the Empress Dowager's Palace for a while, and I'll come out after a while outside .Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager has been very energetic and high-spirited in the past two days, so she took him to tell him how much food to use, how many clothes to wear, the emperor's dragon body is precious, and everything must not be neglected. After a while, Fuquan turned him away without a wink.

But having said that, these two are both annoying enough, Fuquan didn't wink and didn't say anything, Wei Xiaobao's behavior was too presumptuous, and he clearly told him to wait outside, he was so good, he didn't take it seriously at all, caught him An excuse and slipped away.

Looking at the upright Fuquan again, he felt that his expression was almost righteous and awe-inspiring. Kangxi had a headache, and knew that the second elder brother probably saw something, and he did it on purpose just now.

Sighing, "I just have something to say to my second brother, let's go back to Qianqing Palace with me, Chang Ning stays here to accompany the Queen Mother."

Fuquan knew exactly what Kangxi wanted to say to him, and said as soon as he came out of the Compassionate Ning Palace, "Your Majesty wants to tell me about General Wei?"

"That's right." Kangxi waved his hand and ordered the servants behind him to retreat further away, and then said, "Second brother, I know that you and Chang Ning both dislike Xiao Guizi, he, he is indeed from the market, and he has never read it. What kind of book, sometimes words and deeds are unavoidable, but I like him very much, take care of my face, don't always make things difficult for him."

Seeing that Kangxi spoke very directly, Fuquan also said bluntly, "I know that General Wei is really clever and flexible, and he serves well. It is understandable that the emperor likes him, but don't spoil him too unscrupulously."

"How come, he is a first-rank official in the court, and he has a title. Even if I don't favor him, he won't be timid when he walks in front of others. Kuang Xiaoguizi is very capable, and he is young and promising. It’s normal to be a little bit spirited.”

Fuquan has known that Kangxi is not generally defending Wei Xiaobao these days, if he insists that Wei Xiaobao is not good, it may backfire and annoy His Majesty, so he has long since given up his idea of ​​blunt advice, and changed to making sidelines, "Your Majesty It is true that General Wei is a rare talent. It is really rare that he made great military exploits on the Southwest battlefield at a young age. It's just that the young man's temperament is unstable and impetuous. It may not be possible to give him too much honor and grace all at once. It's a good thing. He has made great achievements, and he has such a face in front of the emperor. Now he walks outside without saying good things to win him over. After a long time, he will inevitably be arrogant. Why don't the emperor take care of him now when there is no major incident? , Restraining it is also for his own good."

"Huh?" Kangxi raised an eyebrow, "What does Second Brother mean?"

"Even I saw him several times in front of the emperor, disregarding the etiquette of the emperor and ministers, talking and laughing at will, seeing the emperor without attending, and leaving as soon as he said it, how decent it is."

Kangxi's face was full of surprise, "He came to me to greet him, but he forgot it because you were here." Wei Xiaobao always used that Western hand kiss to him, which was funny at first, but then became ambiguous, so naturally he couldn't To be seen.

Fuquan tried his best not to criticize the obvious incomprehension in his younger brother's words, but said sincerely, "Gifts from monarchs and ministers are not child's play. Your Majesty likes him and cares about his liking, but the rules have to be followed. Don't make a favorite who doesn't know the heights of the world. Walking sideways outside every day, at that time, the first pipe will be troublesome, and the second emperor will not look good."

Kangxi pondered, "Second brother said the same thing."

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Wei Xiaobao had indeed taken advantage of the pretext that Prince Yu sent him to him, and left the palace quickly taking advantage of the situation.He loved the little emperor very much in his heart, but he didn't like wasting time, it was too much to wait for half a day with Kangxi in the palace.

After returning to his mansion and entering the study room, an attendant brought fragrant tea, leaned back in the chair comfortably, drank the fragrant hot tea, felt very comfortable, and called Shuang'er, "Mr. Hu, please?"

Shuang'er pursed her lips and smiled, she liked her lord's studiousness very much recently, "Yes, lord."

Mr. Hu was a scholar who came to Beijing to take the exam with Enke from Kangxi last time. He didn't pass the exam, so he stayed. With his articulate and eloquent skills, he was hired by Lord Wei to be a teacher at home.

Wei Fu's requirements for teachers are also different. They don't need to teach every day, but only need to teach two passages of vernacular Zizhi Tongjian when Lord Wei has spare time.

One of the great skills of Mr. Hu's life is his ability to talk. This job does not require him to be very knowledgeable, as long as he can speak.

Because Wei Xiaobao only listened to him once every two or three days, so Mr. Hu had enough time to prepare, he was not tired of teaching, and earned a lot of money. Mr. Hu was doing this job like a fish in water, and he almost gave up his exam The mind of becoming an official.

The last time we talked about the conflict between Chu and Han, Wei Xiaobao kept thinking about it halfway through the talk, and now he hastily called Mr. Hu to continue talking when he came back after stealing some time.

He used to ask someone to read to him when he was too lazy to read, but now because he is illiterate, he doesn't have to read it by himself at all, just listen to and read it, which is easy.

He listened with great interest to Mr. Hu's eloquent narration of the Gaixia Elegy. Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, was driven to a corner and committed suicide.Mr. Hu added a story about Farewell My Concubine so that Lord Wei could enjoy listening to it.

Wei Xiaobao drank up the Biluochun in his cup, felt a little sad, recalled the situation when he was forced to the end of the road after he was defeated in the army, he was a little sympathetic, the overlord of Chu could only win but not lose, and he was forced to die as soon as he was forced, so it was better for him to persevere, but The sincere love of the beautiful woman Yuji is with her in life and death, but she is luckier than herself.

The poignant love reminded him of his lover, the little emperor. Originally, he made an excuse today and didn't plan to enter the palace again. He planned to rest in his mansion for two days, but now he changed his mind involuntarily.

He sent Mr. Hu away, summoned the Deputy Commander of the Xiaoqi Battalion and his two lieutenants, made arrangements in advance for what he planned to order them tomorrow, and then called his confidant girl Shuang'er to inquire carefully about the situation with the Tiandihui.

Shuang'er said, "I've already made an agreement with Boss Qian. After a few days, when the adults find a safe place, I will invite them to talk face to face."

Wei Xiaobao was satisfied, "Okay, you go and tell Qian Laoben that I will meet them at the Huiyan Tower in the capital the day after tomorrow and ask them to come pretending to be merchants."

Shuang'er agreed, seeing Wei Xiaobao getting up to leave, she was very strange, "Your Excellency has been back for less than half a day, and you haven't eaten, why are you leaving again?"

Wei Xiaobao was still holding the "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" in his hand, "I miss my sweetheart, and I can't sit still at home, so let's go find him."

Shuang'er blushed, "My lord can joke, whose girl do you like? Don't mess around, if you really like it, marry her back to the manor."

Wei Xiaobao laughed loudly, "His status is too noble, I can't marry him back, so I can only go by myself." Shuang'er was left with a puzzled face, and went back to the palace.

Kangxi was reading the memorial in the bedroom, and was very happy to see Wei Xiaobao went again, but he was not forgiving, and lightly patted the folder in his hand on the table, "It's just in time, I'm going to punish you! The Empress Dowager dared to get impatient after waiting outside the palace, and sneaked away without authorization, she is so daring!"