The oil bottle of the Red Chamber

After hearing what Sister Feng said, the third sister You let the flow take its course and changed her mouth and called "Second sister-in-law Lian".Sister Feng smiled happily and wanted to say something, but Youshi came up to her with a smile, and said with a smile: "The banquet is about to start outside, you don't want to go to the banquet and sit, eat, drink and listen to the show, but run to this corner Guji what?"

Third Sister You smiled when she heard the words, got up and said, "Just chat a little casually, and it's over."

Youshi laughed again: "I know you don't like to eat banquets, and you are always afraid that you won't be full. After the banquet is over, you follow your mother and second sister to Dongfu with me. I specially prepared your favorite food. A few dishes. There is also a jar of good Huiquan wine, and our mother, daughter and sisters also take this opportunity to get together."

When Sister Feng heard the words, she smiled and said, "Oh, I know that you, mother, daughter and sister, have the best relationship. This mistake is out of sight, so I came here. Not only will there be good wine and food, but we can also kiss and talk together. See you We are all alone, and we are no one to hurt."

Hearing this, You Shi couldn't help but pinched Sister Feng's cheek, and said, "If you like it, you can follow me when the banquet is over. Don't say I don't love you. Today I only invite you, not anyone else. It also saves too many grandmas in your house, and you have to follow and wait on them. There is no leisure at all. "

When Sister Feng heard this, she was really moved.After thinking for a while, he said, "If you invite me sincerely, then I will talk to my wife. After the banquet is over, I will finish my work here before going to find you. As long as you don't bother me It’s good to be an uninvited guest.”

Youshi took Sister Feng's hand and said with a smile: "Then it's settled. I have prepared good wine and food at home. If you don't come, I won't."

After talking and laughing for a while, everyone went to the banquet to listen to the opera and eat wine.

At the end of the dinner, Mrs. Chen really brought her two sisters and Mrs. You to Ningfu.Jia Zhen wasn't there, and she didn't know where she was fooling around with her son.Only Jiarong and Qin's young couple were left, and they greeted Chen's mother and daughter. When they were about to leave, You heard him laughing and said, "Boy Rong, let's go first. Let your daughter-in-law stay. There are too many people to talk." lively."

When Jia Rong heard this, she had to smile.He also ordered the Qin family to serve the elders well, and then he bowed and left.

Mrs. Chen took Qin Keqing's hand and asked some housework and favors.

Qin Keqing was born with icy muscles and fine bones, a beautiful face and a moony appearance, and his mind is also extremely sharp and perceptive.It's only been a few days since she married into Jia's family, not only the elders like her gentle and filial piety, but also the peers like her harmony and closeness, even the servants all praise her.People who can do this, even if their nature is really gentle and kind, their means and nature are not ordinary.

For example, Youshi, before Qin Keqing joined the class, she was still a little dissatisfied, but after only a few days, she likes to take her with her wherever she goes.Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are inseparable, like twin sisters.

Seeing this, Mrs. Chen couldn't help being more intimate with Qin Keqing.Although Qin Keqing came from a humble background, she also knew the prominence of the Chen family in Beijing.Knowing how submissive her mother-in-law is to her stepmother and step-sister, she also wants to take this opportunity to please everyone in the Chen family, and she must be kind and attentive.He was so sincere and fearful that even Mrs. Chen couldn't help laughing and said: "Sit down and talk quickly. Our family doesn't have so many etiquettes. I don't like the rules of elders eating and daughters-in-law standing and serving. The more you That's it, I'm getting more and more uncomfortable. Besides, I'm going to be busy with the baptism in that house today, and you're tired, so you better sit down and have a rest, so we can talk peacefully."

Mrs. Chen is getting old now.but acted more magnanimously and kindly.Qin Keqing was so moved by what she said, her eyes were almost red.In fact, she was ready to be greeted with a smile and flattery even if she was made difficult.But I didn't expect that the Chen family's family had a great career, but they were not so domineering.

Seeing Qin Keqing's appearance, everyone couldn't help sighing that it was a joke.Such a beautiful daughter of a nobleman, who would have expected what would happen today?

For a while, the food and wine were ready.You Shi looked at the sky and said with a smile: "This Feng girl said that we should take a step first, and she will come over later. I don't know what you are dawdling over there, and you still haven't come yet."

When he was talking, he only heard the announcement from the little girl outside the door, "Second Grandma Lian is here." Youshi smiled and hurriedly asked, and brought Qin Keqing to greet her.Only a burst of laughter came first, and then Sister Feng laughed and said, "I'm late, please forgive me."

When Youshi saw this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Why did you come here so sooner or later? But the old lady, the eldest wife, and the second wife don't want you to come here?"

When Sister Feng heard the words, she hurriedly opened her mouth to argue: "The old lady knows that I want to come, so she is willing. She also told me to have a good time for a day, so that I can live up to your heart. I just complain that my heart is too sincere. People I'll be there as soon as you invite me. It's not good to come to the door empty-handed. So I ordered the kitchen to make a few special dishes and asked me to bring them over. It also meant to add food. I also asked Mrs. Chen and my sister They apologized, saying that they did not come."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Chen thanked her with a smile.Yin said again: "Old ladies and wives are really multi-hearted. It's just a small banquet for my family members, so there's no need to be so polite."

Everyone talked and laughed and entered the table, eating and chatting, having a great time.Needless to say.

Just say that in the blink of an eye, at the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, the weather will gradually get colder.Every household also bought new clothes for the winter.

The saint in the palace is getting older, and because of his solar terms, his health is getting worse.A few days ago, I contracted a wind and cold, and I have not recovered until now.He often coughed continuously during the court, but after the court, he was lucky to have the prince serving him with him. It also meant that the sage would not allow him to consume too much energy and lose his body.

As a result, the affairs of the DPRK and China are more and more dependent on the prince to supervise the country.The prince had the experience of supervising the country more than ten years ago, and this matter was easy for him.Moreover, the crown prince is not greedy for power, and often orders the six cabinet ministries to deal with them in accordance with the law. If there is an unclear decision on a major event, the crown prince will first look at the memorial, and then discard the useless rhetoric to simplify it and summarize the matter clearly in a few words.In the end, he ordered the ministers of the DPRK and China to come up with at least three solutions, and then hand them over to the sage to decide.

But he himself was busy serving the decoction and the saint.He also called more than a dozen princes, big and small, into the palace on the grounds that the saint must miss his son when he was ill. Talk to the saints.As for the concubines in the harem that the saint likes... Of course, the crown prince forbids the saint to be so tired when he is ill, so naturally he pushes him as far as he can.But because he didn't mind the prince serving in front of the dragon couch, even if the concubines in the harem were dissatisfied, he didn't dare to complain, and he couldn't make up any bad words, he could only secretly hate it in his heart.

When the sage was seriously ill, I was still a little embarrassed at first, but I had to admit that I was "old and incorruptible", and my energy and physical strength were not as good as before.I was also worried that the prince and several other adult princes would do something while he was sick.Looking at it now, although there are many small actions in private, the prince suppressed them, but they didn't make trouble in front of him.

At least when all the people came to serve the sick, they all put on the appearance of a loving father, a filial son, and a respectful brother and friend, so there is no need to worry him.

Since ancient times, it has been said that there are no fathers and sons in the heavenly family, and that there are no filial sons in front of the sick bed for a long time.However, the saint had such a serious illness, and he felt more and more that he had a good son.Not only can he help and assist him in court affairs, he can even take care of his own feelings emotionally, and he can take care of his younger brothers so well...

Whenever the sage was recuperating in bed, because the crown prince refused to let him spend his energy on reviewing memorials, the sage himself couldn't sit still, so he could only close his eyes and think about it.After much deliberation, he thought of one thing, but he didn't tell the prince, but called his confidant minister Zhang Huaiyu into the palace overnight when the prince was sick and went back to the palace to rest at night.After discussing in this way, the two monarchs and ministers tacitly parted.

It is not a secret that the sage summoned Zhang Huaiyu to enter the palace overnight.For a time, the civil and military meritorious dignitaries of the Manchu dynasty knew about it.

In the early morning of the next day, after the prince went down, he had to be informed, and he was still very puzzled.Now he has to be reminded by an expert that his private attitude towards the saint is no longer the fear and fear he used to face the king before, but the attitude of a son towards his father.That being the case, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had doubts, so he naturally had something to say.So when he was serving the saint to take the medicine, he mentioned this matter.

In fact, it is the third prince and the fourth prince who serve the saint according to their shifts today.When the prince was arranging shifts, he had said in advance that as long as it was the prince's turn to serve the sick, the prince would not have to go to court that day, and would be by the saint's side from morning till night.Even the prince himself is the same.

Everyone knew that the sage called Zhang Huaiyu into the palace last night.But the third and the fourth were stunned all morning and didn't dare to ask.I am afraid that the saint will blame them for spying on the emperor.Only the prince ignored it and asked casually.

The sage was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said, "Are you the one who is straightforward and didn't hide it, so you just asked?"

The prince smiled when he heard the words, and not only responded to the sage's words, but also used the topic to complain: "What is there to hide from my father? Naturally, I have something to say, and I will cut to the chase. You just think too much on weekdays, and you are too weak. It's just getting worse. Now that I've been ill for a while, it's not easy to recuperate."

After finishing speaking, he turned the empty jade bowl and put it aside, picked out a green plum with honey juice from the sweet white porcelain plate, and smiled to the saint: "Father likes to eat green plums. But your spleen and stomach are not in harmony, and you always eat green plums." It’s not good to have a sour stomach. This is the green plum that I asked someone to soak in honey roses. It’s sour and sweet, but it’s appetizing. You have to try it.”

Sage smiled and took the green plum and put it in his mouth.Sure enough, the taste is sweet and sour, which not only removes the green and sour taste of green plums, but also does not have the sweet and greasy honey osmanthus.And there is a little more fragrance of roses, it tastes refreshing and sweet, and it should be chewy.

The sage couldn't hold back one of them, and stretched out his hand to pick up two more, and the prince immediately ordered someone to bring down the greengage with honey sauce.

The saint was a little unhappy immediately, "Why are you still carrying it?"

"This is the rule set by the ancestors. You must be restrained in everything. Besides, you have already eaten three pills, even if there is a bitter taste in your mouth, you will go now. If you continue to eat, it will be a while later." How about lunch?"

The sage sighed, shook his head and said, "When you get old, you can't be your own master. Even eating a green plum depends on the face of the person."

The prince didn't realize it.Sitting on the couch, he squeezed the saint's leg, and said in his mouth: "Father is always lying on the bed, and his whole body must be sore. My son has learned a few tricks from my colleagues recently, and I will massage you. How do you feel?"

Of course, the strength technique is not as good as that of a professional masseuse.But the sage enjoyed the prince's filial piety and still said, "Very good."

Then he asked the prince why he didn't recommend this master to the palace.

This is looking for something to say.

The prince smiled when he heard the words, but he said: "I really want to do this, I'm afraid the official Yushi will find out and criticize my minister."

After all, he made it clear to the sage that he learned these skills from Chen Gui, the minister of the household department.Due to old man Chen's old age, he would always feel sore all over his body on weekdays, so he specially studied medical books and learned a few hands, and gave massage to old man Chen on weekdays.

When the sage heard this, he couldn't help but smile, and said, "You have a good relationship with him."

The prince laughed when he heard this, but didn't say anything.

The father and son chatted again, and the sage still couldn't forget the plate of green plums with honey sauce, and said, "That's it. Let's make an exchange between father and son. If you return the plums, I will tell you why you invited Zhang Huaiyu into the palace." .”

Hearing this, the prince said directly without thinking: "Then you better stop talking. There must be no greengage in honey sauce right now. Seeing that it's time for lunch, you can simmer a dish of honey-glazed ham. I don't know father Does the emperor like it or not?"

The sage has been sick for many days, and it is the crown prince who has taken care of his esophagus the most.It's been many days since I didn't see meat.Hearing that there is honey-glazed ham at this moment, he immediately put the honey-glazed green plums to the back of his mind, and said with a busy smile: "The ham is naturally good."

After lunch for a while, His Royal Highness helped the saint to relax outside for a while to digest, and then served the saint back to the inner hall for a rest.

While the sage was taking a nap, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was also reviewing the memorial in the warm pavilion.When the sage wakes up in the afternoon, he can inform the sage of the courtiers' suggestions, so there is no need to delay the sage's rest until night.

The warm winter sun shines into the hall through the window sash pasted with bright paper, and the father and son sleep alone and work while the other feels peaceful and comfortable.

The matter of Zhang Huaiyu's entry into the palace was left alone.Later, the sage recovered from his illness and rested for some time before returning to the court to deal with affairs.Many courtiers including the prince gradually forgot about this matter.

Unexpectedly, when the banquet was given in the palace on New Year's Eve, the saint suddenly made a big move at the imperial banquet. He even announced in front of the prince and his relatives that he would abdicate and let the prince succeed him.

Once the news came out, not to mention the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, even the common people were shocked.