Yongzheng period

Xiaojiu woke up"

"Hmm~" Xiao Jiu shook his head obediently, raised his immature face to rub against the side of Yongzheng's neck, quietly lay on Yongzheng's shoulder, and whispered, "I am specially waiting for Huang Ama."

Xiaojiu's voice was immature and innocent, her big almond eyes were as bright as a flawless gemstone, "When Aunt Chunxian brought me here, I heard a lot of people discussing about the fourth brother - I was also worried about Huang Ama and Er Mother, so I can't sleep."

His small, baby-fat face was stained with a troubled look that didn't match his age, and he looked a bit ironic.

Yongzheng also couldn't help laughing, his expression was gentle, and he said intently, "Does Xiaojiu like your fourth brother?"

Hong Yang struggled for a long time this time, and Fang gave the answer, "I don't like fourth brother, and fourth brother doesn't like me either. But no one in the palace thinks fourth brother hates me, so I should act like fourth brother too." look."

"..."

For a while, Yongzheng couldn't tell whether he was more happy or more sad-the people of Chu were innocent, but they were guilty of conceiving Bi.The children who can be supported by the Tian family, even if they were born as pure white paper, how many of them are stupid and sweet when they grow up in the palace where people's hearts are unpredictable?

Especially when the elder brothers are young and old, the dispute between the ambitious elder brother and the younger brother who is expected to be loved - the dispute is even worse.

Maybe Yongzheng was silent for too long, Xiao Jiu blinked his eyes a little uneasy, "...Huang Ama?"

"It's okay." Yongzheng came back to his senses, stroked his smooth hair, and said with some emotion, "Huang Ama is just thinking, Xiao Jiu should grow up soon."

Yongzheng casually looked sideways out of the window, the midday sun seemed to pour in obliquely, leaving mottled shadows under the window - just like some people.

【one hundred】

At the end of November, the snow like catkins is falling sparsely, which is thick with the fragrance of white plums, and the pear blossoms are white all over the place.It is expected to be cold and cold in winter, and the wind blows snow and sleet hits the glazed tiles, rustling.

The square blue bricks of the palace road were also stained with a thin layer of frost, the sky was gloomy, and the lead clouds hung low, like a layer of dim yellow scrolls covering the entire palace, casting a hazy color.

Not long after, Yu under the snow became tense, but the wind died down, and there was a vast expanse of whiteness everywhere.The resplendent palace in the distance is now covered in silver, making it look extraordinarily quiet.

With a sound of "bang bang", the two young eunuchs struggled to lift up the straw mat that had fallen, and leaned against the corner door, panting, and soon a layer of mist filled their eyes.

Wrapped in the straw mat was a corpse that looked like a court lady. On the exposed feet were a pair of satin palace shoes inlaid with pearls, and there were shiny pearl flowers on the sideburns of the dry hair.Due to the strong vibration just now, several coral beads fell down, and one of the little eunuchs quickly picked them up.

The little eunuch twirled his fingertips and said with a grin, "Hey, the quality of this color is good. Although it is a little old, it can still be sold for a good price."

The other was a little greedy, and sneered and kicked the straw mat beside his feet, "This lady was a first-class court lady next to the imperial concubine. Anyone who sees her should call her 'auntie'! Naturally, it is more decent."

The little eunuch who spoke first had just entered the palace not long ago, and was surprised when he heard it, and looked at the straw mat and sighed, "It used to be a good time, but why did it end up being carried to a mass grave?"

The other spat while resting, "Of course I was implicated by the master! Although the master of Jingyang Palace is a noble concubine, she went away due to some unknown illness, and the elder brother who stayed behind was useless. The moon was circled by the Long Live Lord——Long Live Lord didn't care about it, and I'm afraid it would be useless."

The previous young lady was speechless, and the other one started to chatter more proudly, "We are slaves, and we are both prosperous and hurt with the master. It's not too bad to meet a more law-abiding one, and the worst is I met an unlucky master!"

The two of them rested for a while, lifted the straw mat and walked along the path of Yongxiang to the Xijiao palace gate.It was already dark, and as the year approached, festive sporadic lights could be seen everywhere.The flakes of snow were smaller, but still fine and dense, and fell silently on the body. There were a row of footprints of different shades on the thick snow, and the soles of the boots were soaked by stepping on the snow, which was cold and damp. .

The dilapidated straw mats rolled over the white snow, and there was a "creak" sound-it was the end of the year again.

*

Concubine Duan was posthumously titled "Jin Duan Guifei" and buried in "Tailing Concubine Yuanling".There was no pursuit of Jin and no grand burial, Qianqing Palace hastily wrote an edict written by the family members of the Ministry of Rites, and the mausoleum was opened a few months ago and the coffin was lowered. No one felt nagging in Yongzheng's ear.

It's nothing more than the old man in the palace, who has one more thing to talk about besides emotion.

Today is the day of the four Fujin turmoil, Qi Jia's and Sanfujin Ulanala's days are similar, everyone's spirits are tense for half a month, and the imperial doctor of the imperial hospital almost broke his leg.Coincidentally, they were activated one after another next to the hour, which can be regarded as the unspeakable tacit understanding between the brothers.

After that incident, the emperor's attitude towards the first two older elder brothers obviously cooled down, and the five elder brothers showed their talents in the court and dominated the court.The same is "retreat", the fourth elder brother was resigned from his job and went home. Yongzheng issued an order to "warn and reprimand". Several times in succession, the fourth elder brother seemed to be forgotten, and the emperor turned a blind eye to him.

Only a few unclear 'clues' were found at the sticky stick, and there was no evidence. Besides, the emperor also had the idea of ​​leaving the fourth child to the little nine to practice. hot scene.

It's night, Sibeizi Mansion.

After a day of snow, it is rare that the floc-like snow beads stopped later, and the surroundings gradually seeped black, as if ink dripped into a water basin, slowly smeared, and the wintersweet plants in front of the door were covered by the heavy snow The branches are bent.Even though the wind is cold, it is not colder than the heart.

Sibeizi's mansion was brightly lit up and down, and the woman's hoarse voice of pain could be heard from the main room where Fujin lived.Hongli was waiting in the study not far away, holding a scroll in his hand, but staring at the deep night outside the window, distracted for no reason.

Knowing that his master was upset, Gao Wuyong sent away Fujin's servant girl who came to invite someone from Fucha at his own discretion - Fujin even dared to intercept someone on a good day, so he was a little bit wink.

The charcoal fire in the brazier inside the house was burning, and the red stars gradually faded into ashes.There was not much oil in the lamp, and the flame jumped, and the maidservant hurriedly stepped forward to replace the brazier and lampshade.The bell on the table rang, Hongli moved, and looked out of the window—the person he was waiting for finally came.

Gao Wuyong welcomed him in, and said in a low voice, "Master, sir is here."

Hongli's eyes rekindled the starting point, moved his throat a little cautiously, and pretended to be calm, "Please."

*

The next day was very sunny and fine. When the messengers from the two brothers’ houses entered the palace, Feng Hutu brought Daiyu’s two younger brothers to visit. The little one is just five years old, and the raw Yuxue is cute, with a face wrapped in dough.

It is rare that the smaller one is quite similar to Daiyu, with delicate eyebrows and eyes.Yongzheng fell in love with it when he saw it, made an exception and hugged it with his own hands, and said with a smile, "very similar", while ordering people to give the two children lucky money-all kinds of gold and silver beads and small bergamot.

Shunfu came in with a hesitant expression on his face, while Daiyu was studying his elder brother's homework carefully.Seeing him, he hurriedly stood up with Hu Tu and said, "These two boys should see He Jia and the others, as well as Second Sister."

Daiyu was already a big belly, and she stood up with some difficulty supporting Zijuan's hand.Yongzheng saw that something was wrong, so Daiyu smiled and said, "I've been lazy for the past few days, but it's rare that the weather is fine today, so I just go out for a walk."

Yongzheng thought for a while, then smiled, "That's the reason." Then he ordered Xueyan, "Bring your master's feathered satin cloak and the enamel copper hand stove."

Xueyan went down, Hu Tushi watched from the sidelines, and teased Daiyu, "Er Niang thought that you had entered the palace, so there must be negligence everywhere, only now do you know that someone is watching you!"

Daiyu spat, with a smile on her face, "No one thinks too much, if you see it this way, say something; if you see it like that, take care of it, it's like a spinning top!"

Yongzheng just smiled, and for a moment the snow geese came back with a big red cloak, shining brightly against the lights, very conspicuous.Daiyu asked, "Why did you take this red one?"

Xueyan smiled and said, "Master is wearing a satin gown with sapphire blue makeup and flowers, and the cuffs are also made of white fox fur. The red is bright, so it looks good against it."

Daiyu stopped talking after hearing this, and Yongzhengfu added twice as many people to follow, and told Shunying, "You are an old man in the palace, so I don't worry about using it. The empress has a big belly, you need to be more serious." Heart."

Shunying said 'yes' and respectfully agreed.When the group of people left the Kunning Palace in a mighty manner, Shun Fu hurriedly came in to reply, "The people from Sanbeile's mansion came from Choushi, and Sibeizi's mansion came from Maoshi."

Shunfu added with a low eyebrow, "Both of them are young elder brothers. Because Mrs. Hutu is here, the servant sent those two away first."

After hearing this, Yongzheng wrote two words on the paper, "Lao San Fujin is a good person. It has not been easy for Luo Shi in Lao San's mansion for many years."

Shunfu bowed and took the paper written by the emperor, and opened it to see the word 'Yongshou'.He also heard the emperor's reassuring instructions, "Didn't the House of Internal Affairs send a longevity lock that was protected by an eminent monk? I remember that it was typed twice."

Shun Fu said, "There are indeed two sets, and one set was given to Elder Brother Ten."

"Well, let's send this other pair to give blessings to the eldest son's son-in-law." Yongzheng was a little distracted, "A while ago, the people from Tai Hospital came to report that Xiao Shi's health has improved a lot, I should go and see