The emperor raised his feet and wanted to go into the cornfield to see the situation, but he didn't want to take two steps just when a corn leaf swept by, and the old emperor hissed, stretched out his hand and touched his neck: "This leaf...... It's painful and itchy. ”

Turning his head to look at his son, daughter-in-law and little grandson, who were fully armed with long clothes and trousers, and wrapped their heads and faces, the emperor understood: "It's strange that you cover it so tightly, and it is really uncomfortable to be cut by this leaf." ”

When Hongyang heard this, he ran to Ta Marfa, rolled up a sleeve, and showed him a few red edges on his little arm: "Huang Mafa, you see, Hongmin has been cut many times, but it hurts." ”

The emperor bent down, held his grandson's delicate little arm with one hand, and stroked the red and swollen edges with the other, and said distressedly: "Since it is uncomfortable, why do you still go to the ground?"

Hongyang proudly held up his small chest: "Ama Eniang is tired, Hongyang helps with the work." ”

As he spoke, he smugly glanced at his brother Hongyao who was standing aside.

Hongyao was shown off by his younger brother's filial piety, and pouted unhappily, "My brother serves Marfa instead of Ama Eniang, which is also filial piety." ”

The emperor, who had already seen the two brothers' eyebrows and lawsuits, laughed, and reached out to touch the top of each of his two grandchildren's heads: "Good, good, they are all filial piety, they are all good children." ”

The emperor suddenly thought about it and turned his head to look at his fourth son: "What about Hongyun and Hongshi?"

The fourth master's face changed, and he bowed his head and said: "Hongyun's body is weak, and he can't help the scorching sun, Hongshi ......."

The fourth master shook his head, unable to hide his disappointment: "After working in the field with his son for half a day, his mother asked people to come and tell his son, saying that he was tired and sick." ”

Glancing at Ru Hui, who was flushed with red face and sweating profusely by the scorching sun, the emperor squinted: "What about the women in your house?"

The fourth master smiled bitterly: "From top to bottom, all of them are pampered, where can they endure hard work, today's heat stroke, tomorrow's fainting, my son is lazy to deal with them, and I don't have to come again." ”

The emperor looked at Ru Hui: "You have a strong body." ”

Ru Hui squatted down and saluted, "My daughter-in-law's grandfather's family is digging in the field, and my daughter-in-law is running in the field, and my father and mother are also rough in raising, but they are tired." ”

The emperor was amused: "The degree of food and clothing is more refined than that of my princess, so I am embarrassed to say rough?"

Ru Hui blinked, "My daughter-in-law doesn't know where Huang Ama started with this." ”

"Sure enough, if you make a mistake, remember to call Huang Ama. The emperor couldn't help laughing: "When your master entered the palace, I heard her say a lot of things about you, you learn things quickly, you have a good understanding, but you are a little pampered, you like to be idle and don't take care of things, you love to be quiet and troublesome, and you eat carefully." ”

Glancing at Ru Hui, who was stammering and at a loss, the emperor snorted: "What kind of miscellaneous grains are mixed with dumplings, but if they are not finely grinded, they will not be eaten, cotton cloth will not be worn if they are not fine, and the material will not be picked for the utensils, but if the production is not exquisite, they will not take over, and the incense is not made by Qin Zhen himself, and he will never use it...... If the fourth child is not here, you and Hongyang use no more than four dishes for each meal, however, these four dishes must be carefully selected, and the cooking process is also very harsh, not allowed to overwhelm the original taste of the food with many materials, not too greasy, and not to let the dishes lose their color......"

The emperor glared at the fourth son: "What about you, just let her be picky, what she dislikes, you use it well...... Alas, my son is more frugal than a peasant girl, how can you feel good in your heart?"

The fourth master was stunned, and knelt on the ground with his wife and children: "It's all my son's fault for making Ama worried." ”

The emperor snorted, glanced at the scorching sun above his head, and sighed: "Well, from spring to summer, she can accompany you every day in the wind and rain, the scorching sun does not leave, hunger and thirst can not leave, never a day to rest, but there is no resentment, for her heart for Wu'er, I will forgive her for these pampered acts." ”

"Shea Ama is magnanimous. The emperor's words made the fourth master almost choked.

The emperor looked at the wet eyes of the fourth son, the eyes of admiration, and smiled with satisfaction.

Ru Hui kowtowed with the fourth master, but rolled her eyes fiercely when she kowtowed.

The women in the house are not more arrogant than her, this old man doesn't say anything, but he catches her as an honest bully, a bad old man.

When she raised her head, the expression on Ru Hui's face had regained her meekness and softness, and she really didn't feel a little resentful when she was inexplicably reprimanded.

The emperor finished scaring his daughter-in-law, brushed his son's closeness, and took his son around the cornfield with satisfaction, Ru Hui watched the father and son leave with the waiter, and grabbed the eldest son who wanted to follow: "Before returning to Changchun Garden in a while, I will go to Eniang's place first." ”

Hongyao smiled sweetly at his mother, turned around and ran after his father.

Seeing that Hongyao would soon return to his side, the emperor proudly glanced at his daughter-in-law with his spare eyes, turned his head and saw Hongyao holding his son's hand again, and thought for a while: "Ru Jia's body is strong, young, and can raise children, if I can give birth to a few more good grandchildren, it will be better." ”

The fourth master glanced up at his father, then looked back at Ru Hui dozens of meters away, the corners of his lips raised, and he bowed his head at him Amma: "My son has the order." ”

The emperor squinted, looked at the dense cornfield, thought of the Li family and her two sons and a daughter, and snorted coldly in his heart: Isn't it better to have a daughter than Ru Jia's?

The Li family is very wronged, she takes the fourth master very seriously, but at the age of forty, her body and bones have really not been good these years, and she is more of a world than Ru Huilai. Moreover, the sun is on the ground, the wind and the sun are rainy, no matter how good the skin is, it will become thicker and darker, where does the Li family dare to fight with God, he can only shrink in the house like all the women in the house, otherwise, she is afraid that the fourth master will not even look at her.

Hongyun lay on the couch, watching his mother holding a needle and thread in her hand, raising her hand and covering her mouth with the handkerchief in her hand and coughing lightly.

Li, who was called back to his senses by the cough, raised his head and looked at Hongyun: "Where are we talking about?" Ah, yes, the person selected by Fujin, which one do you fancie?"

According to me, the Guerjia clan is better than the Fucha clan, the Guarjia clan is powerful in the court, and the Fucha clan has two of them in the past two years, but in the end, it is still not as good as the Guerjia clan, and the Tong Jia clan is also good, it is the daughter of the prince's adoptive mother's family, if you marry back, the prince will like it, and then there will be ......."

"E-niang. Hongyun reluctantly interrupted Li's daydream: "Eniang, my son has such a body, if he picks these families, I'm afraid it will be a feud, not a marriage." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Hongyun lowered his head and covered his mouth again and coughed.

Seeing her son's coughing, Li's tears wet her eyes, she took out a handkerchief and scolded while wiping the corners of her eyes: "You debt collector, what are you doing when you come back? What's wrong with letting you follow Ru Jia's family? I want to come back, your mother has already fallen out of favor, you can only suffer with it, where is there a good, you are strong, you are strong, you are ......?"

Speaking of later, Li couldn't help it anymore, covered his face and cried bitterly, she knew that her son was in love with his mother, but as early as when Ru Jiashi rescued him, she told this son that he should follow Ru Jia's family, even if he did it, he had to be a filial son, but Hongyun's child was too pure and kind, and he refused to abandon his biological mother, even if he was pretty, all these years, Ru Jia's actions she saw in her eyes, that woman had a son, but she didn't mind taking care of Hongyun, because Hongyun was also the son of the master.

However, Hongyun never refused to get close to Ru Jia's family, and now, the prince finally gave up, but her Hongyun, her smart and filial Hongyun's body and bones have not been raised, he came back, Ru Jia's family can no longer take care of him as his own son, she Hongyun will drag such a sick body for a lifetime in the future, now, even the choice of a wife can not be determined by temperament, what should I do in the future?

Listening to Eniang's cries one after another, Hongyun gasped and lay down on the pillow, looking at the roof Hongyun gasping for breath and smiling bitterly, Eniang's calculations, how could he not know, but, Ama also said that the pill that saved him at the beginning was the only life-saving pill for Hongyao Eniang, and it was given to him, and there was no more, over the years, he had even used several bottles of a pill that was hard to find, but this body could not be raised as usual, and in this situation, even Ama gave up, which would be after he proposed to return to Eniang again。

Closing his eyes, the scenes in the East Courtyard flashed in his mind, Hongyun knew that his mind had never been hidden from Hongyao's Eniang, so, in addition to preparing all the needs for him to recuperate, she never did superfluous things, she treated him politely but also alienated, although she was attentive, but never on the line, took care of him as a child, but always respected him as an adult in her heart, so she was close to Eniang by him.

Hongyun stretched out her hand and pressed her chest, gasping for breath, she never had a son, a son who was thinking about her biological mother.

"Hongyun, Hongyun. Li looked at his eldest son, who was pale and sweaty, and had no difficulty breathing, and called for a pill to be taken and swallowed.

After taking the asthma pill for a quarter of an hour, Hongyun's wheezing finally calmed down, he opened his eyes, and looked at the frightened Li Shi apologetically: "Eniang, my son is fine, don't worry." ”

Li Shi sat down on the chair in front of the couch and choked in a low voice: "Okay, why did you get sick?"

Hongyun smiled bitterly, "Hongyao's mother said, her son's heart and lung injuries are too serious, and he will get sick when he is emotional. ”

You can't be happy or sad, you can't be angry, you can't eat salty food, you can't eat food that's too greasy, you can't ride a horse, but you can't be fast, you can't shoot a bow, you can't shoot a hunt, you can't be cold, you can't be hot, you can't be too full, you can't be hungry, you can't go to crowded places......

He was obviously a fifteen-year-old boy, who should have been in his prime, but he lived more like an old man than Huang Marfa, who was in his sixties—so that he, even if he married a wife, he would only let a poor woman accompany him to stay alive and widowed, so why bother.

Hongyun opened his eyes and looked at Li on the side of the couch: "E-niang, my son wants to raise his body, you tell E-niang, let's wait for my son to talk about marrying a wife after twenty." ”

Li Shi looked up at Hongyun with a surprised face: "Why wait for twenty? Marrying a wife is to let her take care of your body and bones, why do you say that you don't marry for the sake of raising your body?"

Hongyun took a deep breath, feeling tired for the first time in his heart, but he had to say: "Hongyao's mother said that the growth of a boy will last until he is twenty years old, and the son wants to wait, wait a few more years to see if his body can get better, if his son's body is good, the choice of a wife in the future will expand the scope, and he can choose a satisfactory daughter-in-law for you, and the son's current body is to marry back one, and it is just to look there, when it comes to taking care of the son......"

Hongyun's eyes fell on the big girl who had been standing silently in the corner and looked ordinary, but acted thoughtfully, carefully and considerately: "Xiaodong has been doing a good job. ”

Following Hongyun's expectant gaze, he glanced at the thirteen or fourteen-year-old Xiaodong who had been standing with his head down, and then thought about the fact that his son was just listening to himself crying, so he was so anxious that he fell ill, if his will was violated, what would happen to his son?

Li didn't dare to think about it, so he no longer insisted, raised his hand and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief: "Okay, you have an idea when you are young, it is established, E-Niang will listen to you, go to your sister-in-law, let's raise it for a few more years and then get married." ”

Seeing that Li agreed, Hongyun suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, because his heart was relaxed, coupled with the medicine he had just used, Hongyun's face rarely showed a little ruddy, and the spirit that was obviously a little better saw that Li could only rest even the last few points of unwillingness.

Hongshi has a big temper, and when it doesn't go well, she will make noise, and she can only go along with everything on weekdays; Hongyun is very filial, but she can still only follow his body.

Li raised his head and glanced blankly at the blue sky outside the house, the bright sun - in her life, she obeyed her father at home, married and obeyed her master, and gave birth to two sons, and she could only obey, she was humble as the female admonition said, right?

So, why did the prince pamper the wayward Ru Jiashi more, but completely left her behind?

Men are really more important than virtuous.

Looking at the Li family, who began to be distracted again, Hongyun sighed: "E-Niang, Hong's illness, Ama specified that he knows, although he doesn't say it, even the five-year-old Hongyang has been following Ama to the ground, and Hongshi, who is five years older than Hongyang, is afraid of hardship and tiredness, E-Niang, if Hongshi has been lazy, it will not be good for him and E-Niang, you take the time to persuade Hongshi......"

"Am I lazy?" An arrogant voice came from the door of the house, cutting off Hongyun's words, Hongyun frowned, but saw the ten-year-old Hongshi walk into the house with an untamed face, and kicked over the one-person-high vase at the door.

In the sound of porcelain shattering, Hongshi looked at his brother lying on the couch with a rebellious face and sneered: "Can you bear it, you go, what do you do to let Eniang persuade me? Do you know how tired and bitter it is in the cornfield? If you don't know, don't talk, okay? No one will treat you as a mute."

What do you say, I won't go to the detriment of Eniang, hum, you yourself have learned to please Dong Xiaoyuan since you were a child, and even the name of a girl is called Xiaodong, and now I want me to learn from you to please the woman of Ru Jia's family, Hongyun, let me tell you, the bones of the master are not as soft as yours, the master stands up to the sky, this neck can't bend down. ”

Hongshi's words were too sharp and cold, so cold that Hongyun's limbs trembled, and his heart was cold, he looked at this younger brother who he had protected for ten years, and for the first time began to ask himself, is it really worth it for everything he has done to swallow his anger?

Li looked at his two sons, helpless and powerless, what should I do, who should she help?

"You have soft bones and can't bend your neck?" With a depressed and dangerous voice, in the Li family's dilemma, the fourth master in peasant clothes stepped into the room.

Standing at the door, the man's cold gaze swept over Hongshi, who looked back and saw his father's shocked face, and fell on Hongyun's face, who was pale and also frightened.

Looking at this frail son, the fourth master's eyes were cold, and he sighed: "Li, Hongyun, come out and kowtow to the saint." ”

After that, the fourth master, who didn't look at Hongshi again, turned around and walked out of the room.

Hongyun tried to stand up with his weak arms, but he repeatedly failed in his heart, and in the end, it was Xiaodong who reached out to help him from behind to make him sit up.

Leaning on Xiaodong's shoulder, leading the trembling Eniang out of the room, Hongyun looked back at his frightened brother and sighed: "Hongshi, you haven't come out to see the driver yet, why are you standing stupid?"

Looking at the backs of his brother and Eniang, Hongshi hesitated in place for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and walked out.

In the corridor near the water, the emperor stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the clear water of the lake at his feet and the lush green woods on the lakeside.

This is the 10,000-character room, located in the west of the lake behind the Old Summer Palace, with the white marble as the pedestal, built on the water, it is 33 east, west, north and south rooms are tortuously connected to form the "swastika" shaped temple, the scenery around the 10,000-character room is beautiful, the summer is cool and the winter is warm, and it is suitable for all seasons - the fourth let Li and her two sons live here, in order to be the body of Hongyun's child.

The emperor who saw the cornfield was in a good mood, so he wanted to see the sick but intelligent and benevolent brother that Hongyao often mentioned, so the three generations of royal fathers, sons, and grandchildren came by boat, and went to the northwesternmost corner of the corridor connecting the rooms of the Wanzifang from the waterfront wharf in the southeast of the Wanzifang.

It's just that what the emperor and his entourage never expected was that before they approached the northwest corner, they heard the crisp cracking sound of porcelain, as well as Hongshi's rude and merciless scolding.

A ten-year-old child, who is not a brother, does not respect his mother, has extreme thoughts, is ruthless in his words, and acts tyrannically and inactively, such a child will actually be the same age brother of Hongyao, who is sensible and reasonable, and is enlightened and benevolent!

The emperor was surprised, only from time to time, and then think about it, the reason why Hongshi became what he is now, is also very clear - one