I was a little confused that night, and although I said a bunch of things that I didn't have, my consciousness was still there. Yinzhen asked Su Peisheng to send me back to the servant house and left, and the servant house I walked back to sleep did not alarm the others.

The matter of drinking with this fourth master under the moon, both of them tacitly did not let others know, and Su Peisheng also seemed to have told those cooks not to talk too much. In the days that followed, I didn't see him again, and the cycle went on and on.

At the end of the month, I heard from the people in the house that in a few days, Yinzhen and several princes would go to the outside of the city with the emperor and the queen mother to escape the summer, so every night after a hasty meal in the study, they buried themselves in official duties and stayed sleepless all night, wanting to deal with the unfinished business at hand properly, so as not to be delayed.

After that night's intersection, although Yinzhen has an elusive personality and is a little moody, it is not difficult to get along with, and even feels that he is a little lonely. Although it is said in history that Yongzheng is very unkind to his wife, children and brothers, he is also very strict with his subordinates. But I think Yinzhen is a person with great love, he has been a king for thirteen years, and he is worthy of the people of the world, which is enough.

The master is about to travel far away, and the people in the house naturally dare not slack off, so the manpower is becoming more and more tight. Although the new servant has entered the house, it will take time to adjust, so Mama Du asked me to stay longer and go back after this period. Thinking that being idle on weekdays is also idle, I agreed.

On the ninth day of the first month of June, Emperor Kangxi and the Empress Dowager Renxian went to Saiwai for summer vacation, accompanied by the crown prince Yinren, the king of Zhijun, the fourth Beile Yinzhen, the thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang, the fourteenth elder brother Yinzhen, the fifteenth elder brother Yinzhen, and the sixteenth elder brother Yinlu.

The main owner is not there, and the affairs of the house are handled by the Wulanala clan of Changfujin. Wulanala is one year younger than Yinzhen, and her mother Jue Luo is the great-great-grandson of Nurhachi, so she is Yinzhen's cousin, and because of this relationship, the two were engaged at the age of seven or eight. When Yinzhen was thirteen years old, the two got married, and they have been married for ten years now.

Although they are few husband and wife, the Ulanala clan is not favored, and the two have always gotten along with each other. However, the people in the house have a very good evaluation of this concubine, saying that she is virtuous and generous, tolerant and benevolent to her subordinates, and rarely interferes in the trivial affairs of the house.

Without the pressure of Yinzhen's presence, the atmosphere in the house is much more comfortable, and there are no major events on weekdays. Mama Du took advantage of her leisure to step up the training of the new servants and maids, and the rest of the people were doing their own things step by step. I still do chores to help, and learn the rules by the way.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and a batch of fresh fruit is delivered outside early in the morning. Among them, the wild black plum is made into sour plum soup by the dining room, and after being chilled, most of it is sent to the masters, and the remaining half is distributed to the servants and maids in the house according to their status to relieve the heat. Mama Du treats me very well on weekdays, and knows that I love to drink this thing, so she deliberately left an extra bowl in the kitchen.

was drinking with relish, Mama Du walked in and said that Fujin had sent someone to ask if there was any sour plum soup, and asked someone to send some more to the little brother. At this time, it was close to lunchtime, and everyone was busy, so the errand of delivering sour plum soup fell on my head.

Yinzhen's heirs are thin, although the Song family and the Li family also gave birth to several Gege and an elder brother one after another, but in the end they didn't live long before they died, and now only the eldest brother Honghui from Fujin is left in the house.

Honghui is five or six years old this year, and he has reached the age of enlightenment. As soon as I entered the courtyard, I heard the sound of a child reading aloud, I was curious, I walked over to take a look, and saw Honghui holding a copy of "Mencius" reading "Under the Confession", and my heart was speechless.

In ancient times, children's enlightenment usually began with the "Three Character Classic", "Thousand Character Text", "Kindergarten Learning", and "Disciple Rules", and the slightly deeper one was only "Zhuzi's Family Motto". How can anyone read Mencius to a child who has just become literate?

However, each child is raised by himself, although it is a change of thought, he will not say anything, but he just stepped forward and handed over the sour plum soup to the slave who served the little brother, and planned to leave.

“…… , Mencius said: Therefore, the heavens will descend on people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically, so they ...... So ......" Honghui took the book and recited this sentence back and forth several times, but he still couldn't remember it completely, and his little face was flushed with heat and anxiety.

Looking at Honghui's childish and cute little face, he couldn't bear it, and said in a loud voice: "So I am tempted to endure it, and I can't benefit it."

Honghui raised his little face and asked in a snort, "Who are you?"

I smiled and said, "Don't care who I am, let me ask you, do you know what this sentence means?"

Honghui thought for a moment, shook his head, looked at her with those big clear eyes, stood up and hugged his fists like an adult: "This sentence is a new practice, it is indeed incomprehensible, if you know, please give me advice." ”

Seeing his appearance as a little adult, I couldn't help laughing, squatted down, and explained with a smile: "This sentence means that if Heaven wants to impose a heavy burden on this person, it must first make his mind suffer, his muscles and bones to be tired, his body to be hungry, his body to be tired, and everything he does to be disturbed and disrupted, so as to make his mind vibrate, his character to become tenacious, and to increase the talents he lacks. Do you understand?"

Honghui repeated my explanation word by word, and then said seriously: "Although I still don't understand a little, I also understand the general situation, thank you for your advice." ”

I touched his head and said softly, "To learn knowledge, you must first understand before you can master and remember, rote memorization is useless, you know?"

This is indeed true, Hui'er must remember it. As soon as the words fell, a gentle female voice sounded behind me, and before I could react, I heard Honghui shouting "Eniang" to the person behind him, and then ran to her arms.

"Son, please say goodbye to Eniang" I stood up and looked back, and saw that Honghui let go of the woman, took a step back, and respectfully saluted the comer. turned back to the child's demeanor, took the woman's hand and lied affectionately.

The person who came was Ulanara, and it was the first time I had seen her since I entered the mansion. Twenty-three-year-old age of flowers, beautiful appearance, innate bearing, curved and upturned corners of the mouth with a natural and quiet smile, every qiē is very beautiful, but it lacks the freshness that this age should have.

"The slave asks Fu Jin to say goodbye" bowed his head and curtsied with everyone, annoyed that he missed the opportunity to avoid it for a while.

"Get up," the Ulanala clan excused everyone, looked at me and said, "You're a newcomer?"

Originally, he had already gotten up with everyone, and when he heard her ask, he had to reply again: "If you go back to Fujin, the slave Geng was brought into the house by Mama Du a few days ago to help temporarily. ”

Ulanara's eyes swirled around my face, and he chuckled, "I see, no wonder it's a little raw." ”

After saying this, the Ulanala clan glanced at the slave who was close to him, and the slave took the order to leave, and after a while, he took a small sandalwood box and opened it, and saw that there were two finely crafted headdresses, one pink and one purple, with forged silk beads.

"This is a new bead flower sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I think the color is brighter, you are young, you should look better than me wearing. Just now, you were very good for Hui'er's teachings, and Hui'er should have benefited a lot, so I will reward you. ”

As he spoke, he took out the pink beaded flower from the box and walked over, put it on my head himself, and looked left and right at the end and said: "This age is beautiful to dress up, and if you put it in the right clothes, it will be better." ”

Ulanala's tone was full of mixed feelings. Although her words and actions were full of kindness, they made me panic for no reason.

I hurriedly lowered my head and thanked him, and said: "The slave has been out for a long time, I am afraid that Mama Du will punish me, if Fu Jin has nothing to order, the slave will be allowed to retire first." ”

"Go, by the way, let the dining room make a few soft and delicious pastries to prepare, Hui'er is hungry these days, so it is indispensable to make up for it." The Ulanala clan didn't stay long, and said dotingly while stroking Honghui's head.

After speaking, he hurriedly withdrew from the garden, not seeing the deep meaning cast behind him.

Out of the front yard, there was no one around, took off the beaded flowers on his head and put them in the box, and went back to the servant house to put away his things, and the breath blocked in his chest was called out.

Somehow, everyone said that Yinzhen had an uncertain temperament and was difficult to get along with, but I got along very well with him. But this Ula Nara clan, who is known as having a gentle temperament, makes me feel a sense of depression that I can't breathe. Perhaps it is a woman's instinctive intuition, subconsciously thinking that this seemingly gentle and virtuous woman who does not surprise her, her forbearance and prudence show that her heart is delicate and bottomless, and the surface is just a disguise in front of people.

Hurriedly turned back to Mama Du. When asked why he came back so late, he mentioned the matter and told her that the Ulanala clan had given it to the dining room, but he didn't say anything about the Ulanala clan's reward, and the day passed so plainly.