In the summer of the 36th year of Kangxi, Kangxi, who had been fighting in the northwest for more than half a year, finally triumphed, and held a grand ceremony of sacrificing prisoners outside the noon gate. It is said that it was an extremely grand and lively scene, but unfortunately Zhao Yan did not have the opportunity to see it.

Zhao Yan and all the concubines above the rank of concubine, as well as several princesses who had not yet married, gathered in Cining Palace, waiting for Kangxi.

And so on, until noon.

Cining Palace is full of concubines and princesses.

Imperial Concubine Guerjia Zhaoyan, Hui Concubine Nala, Concubine Yi Guo Luoluo, Rong Concubine Ma Jia, Concubine De Wu Ya, Concubine Li, as well as Jing Concubine Wang Jia, Concubine Dai Jia, Ding Concubine Wan Liuha, Ning Concubine Zhaojia, Min Concubine Zhang Jia, Liang Concubine Wei, Duan Concubine Dong, all the concubines above the concubine position, none of them were absent.

In addition, there are many princesses.

The fourth princess is the oldest, she is nineteen years old, she is the daughter of Concubine Yi's sister Guo Guiren, and she is already slim.

The fifth princess Zhenyi and the sixth princess Zhenyi are both from good concubines, and Princess Zhenyi is only two years younger than Zhaoyi's Ah Yu, and now she is fifteen. And Princess Zhenju is the same age as Zhao's Ah Yu, and she is only thirteen years old.

I have to say that among the many princesses, the pair of daughters of the good nobles are the most Zhong Lingyuxiu, the two princesses are slender and graceful, with a big melon seed face, and they are delicate and supportive.

The eighth princess is the daughter of Concubine Min Zhang Jia, who is only one year older than Mi'er, with a round face and a pleasant face.

With the addition of the youngest Hui'er, there are a total of five princesses here. There is a missing seventh princess in the middle - it is Concubine Wen's infant daughter who died in infancy.

None of these princesses are inferior in appearance, even if they are still young, the eighth princess is also a beauty, of course, the most beautiful is naturally the fifth princess of the good concubine, although she is only fifteen, she is a fairy figure like Sister Lin.

It's just that the Queen Mother doesn't like the daughters of the good concubines, dislikes the thin ones, and looks mean, so the Queen Mother has never been very treated.

After Zhao Yan looked at these princesses one by one, she heard the shrill shouts of the eunuchs outside: "The emperor has arrived-"

Hearing this, Zhao Yan and the other concubines quickly knelt down with their respective daughters, kneeling neatly on both sides to welcome Kangxi's arrival.

Kangxi was wearing a dark blue dragon dense pattern regular clothes, which showed that he had specially faded his military uniform to ask the Queen Mother for peace.

"My son is back, and I have come to greet the emperor. Kangxi strode forward and asked the Queen Mother for a thousand children.

The Queen Mother couldn't help but be a little excited, "The emperor has fought hard, sit down and have a cup of tea." ”

"Thank you, the Emperor. Kangxi got up, put away his horseshoe sleeves, and sat down on the couch, while Mama Rui immediately served a warm and appropriate Yanghechun green tea.

Kangxi took the tea, but he was not in a hurry to drink it, but raised his hand and said to the concubines and princesses who were still polite below: "Let's all be flat." ”

"Emperor Xie!"

Kangxi picked up the lid of the enamel teacup and blew the hot air gently, but the phoenix eyes couldn't help but look at the mother and daughter of Zhaoyan and Wei'er, who were closest to him.

"Mi'er has grown taller. Looking at the girl in a peacock blue flag suit, Kangxi's eyebrows and eyes were full of smiles.

Mi'er tilted her head to look at Kangxi: "Khan Ama...... I've lost a lot of weight, I've lost a lot of weight. But it was also much darker, and although she muttered in her heart, she didn't dare to say it.

The Queen Mother nodded and sighed: "The emperor is gone, it will be more than half a year." Seventeen Elder Brothers are almost 100 days old!"

Seeing this, Concubine Jing hurriedly took a step forward with the seventeenth elder brother in her arms, and bent her knees and said, "The seventeenth elder brother has asked the imperial father to say goodbye." ”

Kangxi only glanced at the baby casually, only so indifferent, and then lowered his head to drink tea.

Concubine Jing was a little embarrassed for a while.

Zhao Yan hurriedly smiled and said, "Concubine Jing raised the seventeenth elder brother very well." ”

The Queen Mother smiled and said: "Concubine Jing is indeed a child who can raise children, and she raised the seventeenth elder brother to be white and fat, unlike the sixteenth elder brother, who is skinny!"

Forehead...... The sixteenth elder brother is the adopted son of a good concubine. The queen mother praised the concubine, and also damaged the concubine.

The good concubine naturally didn't dare to say anything, so she hurriedly buried her head and shrank back.

Concubine Jing hurriedly smiled and said: "The Queen Mother praised it, most of the children in swaddling clothes are white and fat. Whose little babies are not chubby, but grow up to be boys, they begin to be naughty, and they just want to have more legs and legs, and run around the world, and naturally lose weight.

Concubine Hui said with a smile: "The seventeenth elder brother was raised very healthy by the concubine, and the eighteenth elder brother, who just landed the day before yesterday, also cried very loudly, and he is also a healthy little elder brother." ”

Concubine Hui just said a few happy words, but the smile on the queen mother's face suddenly disappeared for the most part! Kangxi's face was even more stiff in an instant, revealing a little greenness.

Such a reaction caught Concubine Hui off guard, she looked at the Queen Mother and Kangxi in panic, and she didn't know that she was wrong!

Zhao Yan suddenly felt a stirring in her heart, the change of face between the Queen Mother and Kangxi was really wrong! And just now, too, the Queen Mother only mentioned the seventeenth elder brother, but did not mention the eighteenth elder brother who had just been born!

Could it be that the Queen Mother also had insight into the fact that the Eighteenth Elder Brother was not from Kangxi?!

Yes, at the suggestion of Zhao Yan earlier, the Queen Mother sent two grandmothers around her to take care of Gao Promise, although those two grandmothers were just sent by the Queen Mother casually, and they were not important figures at all in Cining Palace! But the child born by Gao Promise was so petite that even her nails had not yet grown! This was obviously a premature child who was only seven or eight months old!

Based on this alone, the Queen Mother is enough to doubt the bloodline of the Eighteenth Elder Brother!

Merely...... Kangxi had just returned from the victory in the northwest, how did he know that he had been cuckold......ed? Did the Queen Mother write a letter to tell Kangxi?

Well, that seems to be the only explanation.

Zhao Yan secretly said in her heart, this is fine, it will save her from talking and leading Kangxi to doubt.

Seeing that the scene was very cold, Zhao Yan smiled lightly: "It's not too early for my son, why don't the emperor go to the palace of his concubines for lunch." ”

"It's okay!" Kangxi nodded, and said to the Queen Mother: "A lot of loot was captured in this battle, and I specially asked someone to pick some good ones, and I asked someone to send them to the emperor's mother when I turned around." ”

The Queen Mother bowed: "The emperor has a heart." ”

Only then did Kangxi get up and say, "Then I'll come back another day to say hello to the emperor." ”

It's that simple to take away an emperor. Zhao Yan's heart bubbled proudly.

Back at Zhong Cui Palace, Zhao Yan was not in a hurry to mention the matter of the eighteenth elder brother, and first quietly accompanied Kangxi for lunch, today's lunch was specially prepared according to Kangxi's taste, which was very rich.