On the third day of October, the sixtieth birthday festival of the Empress Dowager Renxian, the palace is very lively, a sedan chair is carried to the palace gate, although the queue is still orderly.

Hundreds of civil and military officials celebrated and sent birthday gifts to show the loyalty of their courtiers, and they were full of tricks and □□ value. was compared by them, and the picture of longevity written by Yinzhen and Honghui before he came out looked too shabby, but no one expected that this year's Kangxi specially produced "Longevity Without Borders", and the book was dedicated to the screen.

Under the exemplary role of him, the emperor's filial son, Yinzhen's virtuous grandson immediately became the icing on the cake, which made the old lady smile, and praised the fourth child for being the most like his emperor Amma, who has a good heart, and even the innocent Xiao Honghui has become the object of people's eyes.

On a whim, the queen mother immediately rewarded the two of them with a string of hand beads, and the fourth master, who was said to be a member of the Buddha, actually got a string of rosewood, which amazed me. The good things that are scarce in the entire Qing Dynasty, the court searches everywhere every year, and almost all of them are picked up in the hands of Lao Kang, and he actually got a string of hand beads to reward the fourth master, I have to say that the old lady is indeed happy.

Of course, I didn't have the blessing to see it with my own eyes, and it was all about Honghui's unclear little adult storytelling, and I had to rely on him Ama to translate it. The father and son cooperated very well, one was chattering excitedly, and the other was silent, and the golden puppet opened the golden mouth, so I figured out what was going on.

Therefore, the world of men is clearly separated from that of women in this Forbidden City, and no one can take a wrong step indiscriminately. Even if little Honghui still likes to rely on me, he has to follow him like a man at this time and here, and do his filial piety as a descendant.

The Royal Inner Garden is a different scene, with dozens of noble ladies and ladies of four generations, old, middle-aged and young, gathered everywhere, no different from ordinary women in the market. The chatting and laughing voices are even louder, because they live with confidence, but the topic can't get around the eternal women's gossip. I mingled in the crowd, pinching my handkerchief and listening attentively, sometimes smiling and smiling, and posing as a good listener, but I didn't feel bored.

The winter snowflakes kiss the plum petals, the dark fragrance floats, and the whole white covers the golden glazed tiles of the Forbidden City, unable to hide the stretching red brick walls.

Just like at the end of Kangxi's 39th year, happy events are frequent, and it is festive and peaceful, and it can't be stopped.

I spent almost the whole winter in this palace, and I couldn't hide.

Approaching the end of the year, Lao Kang Jinkou Yuyan waved his pen, Concubine Tong Jia's family was promoted to a concubine, Guarjia's family was promoted to a concubine, and the most rare thing is that Babeile's Eniang worked hard to be canonized as a good concubine, followed by a good concubine again, and she was overjoyed.

The expression was even more excited than the man in her family, and her little face was red from the cold, and she was still pulling me around. People who don't know see it, I'm afraid that they will misunderstand that the fourth master and the eighth master have a close relationship, but who in the palace doesn't know what's going on between the prince's brothers. Regardless of the declaration, by the laughter of the temperament, Yinxi didn't say anything when she saw it, just looked at her and smiled.

With this undissipated festive energy, the sound of firecrackers on Chinese New Year's Eve resounded through the heavens and the earth, and Yin Chen and I stood in the corner of the palace wall looking up at the brilliant fireworks shining in the night sky, waiting for ourselves to enter the forty years of Kangxi in the tenth year of the Qing Dynasty.

The golden glazed tiles flashed in the sun, swaying the eyes of rows of pretty girls who had just entered the palace gate, excited, shy, timid, and more of a longing that could not be concealed in their eyes, and nothing else.

I leaned against the plum trees that were full of flowers, and I couldn't tell what I was looking at. It's another year of drafting, how many women stay in this deep palace because of this, from looking forward to being like Dai Qingsi to living like a year with gray hair, and how many are disappointed and leave and learn to enjoy the simple happiness of marrying another woman.

"Fourth sister-in-law, is this watching a show girl?"

I turned my head, Yinzhen actually pulled the old nine and eleven together, the young face smiled like the sunshine in early spring, warm but not scorching, just right. Lao Shi was grinning, still looking unstingy, simple and direct. But Yinyu looked awkward, half-tilting his face to look at the dead branches above my head.

Nodding and smiling at Yinzhen, he leaned back to the trunk, squinting at the small figures in the distance, pink and green, and fresh, it was the rainy season of flowers to be picked.

Yinzhen stood beside me and grinned, "Stand so far away where you can see clearly, look inside." ”

I couldn't help but bow my head and laugh, put away the handkerchief and walked back, and sighed loudly, "It's really spring." ”

"Fourth sister-in-law, if you don't look at it, you won't watch it, and you don't need to laugh at our brother like this. Lao Shi took the lead and walked next to me, and his loud voice frightened me to stop.

Is my words so obvious? Can even the old ten understand?

"That's it, we can't compare to the fourth brother with the fourth sister-in-law with him, but it's always right to come and see the excitement. Yinzhen pulled Yinzhen to catch up, and actually pouted, which was really different from his fourth brother.

Seriously swept over the three brothers in front of him, it seemed that there were only two of Sichun, and there was even a Zhi who pulled Yinyu to cushion his back, young man, very ghostly.

Facing the three of them, he said: "The three masters, go and take a look, it's useless for me to see it, no matter how beautiful they are, I am the ears of a deaf person - pure ornaments." Therefore, I will not disturb the Yaxing of the three masters, and I will go back first. ”

I just turned around and wanted to leave, and Yinyu's voice came steadily, "Fourth brother has gone to Yonghe Palace." ”

"Thank you, Ninth Brother, for mentioning. After thinking about it, he said seriously to the three of them: "The fourth sister-in-law didn't mean to make fun of you at all, she had a good time when she was young, and she sent a sentence to the three masters: persuade you not to cherish the golden clothes, and persuade the king to cherish your youth." ”

There was a question from the old ten, "Brother Jiu, what do you mean by the fourth sister-in-law?"

Xiao Fourteen replied, "The fourth sister-in-law is going to sue the tenth brother you, if there is a show girl, don't be stunned here, hurry up and go to my younger brother and I will pick a tenth sister-in-law is serious." ”

"Where is our turn, it's just to watch the excitement, the one Huang Ama refers to is your tenth sister-in-law." ”

This old ten's mind is really clean and understood, I shook my head and smiled and walked quickly towards Yonghe Palace.

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I turned the red sandalwood hand beads in my hand, sat at the table and copied the "Dizang Sutra", Honghui's little head lay on the table and looked at it seriously, and I didn't feel bored.

Lao Jiu and Lao Shi's Chang Fujin were quickly settled by Kangxi, for some reason Yinyu actually delayed the wedding time, Concubine Yi was no better than ordinary concubines, Lao Kang was not angry and annoyed, and the mother and son didn't know what kind of calculations they were making.

Concubine De's Yonghe Palace has added two new palace maids, both of whom are the future prince Fujin, as expected, Zhaojia and Wanyan.

After writing the last stroke, I rubbed my slightly sore neck, and Honghui stretched out his small hand to grab my shoulder, and gently tapped it as if it were the same.

Meiyu opened the curtain and walked closer, smiled and straightened Honghui's crooked body, and then said to me: "Fujin, the fourth master is back, the thirteenth master and the fourteenth master are also here together, and they are drinking tea in the pavilion at this time, and the fourth master said that he called you over." ”

Honghui quickly jumped out of the chair, grabbed my hand and ran out, the four-year-old boy was already a little uncontrollable.

The three brothers are very good at enjoying it, blowing the breeze by the pool and leisurely playing the folding fan, saying that they have changed the wine at the time of drinking tea, and I don't know what happy event they have such a mood.

Honghui stopped outside the gazebo and blinked his black eyes and kept turning, the little guy was a year old, and his heart and eyes seemed to have given birth to several more, I patted him on the top of his head and said with a smile: "Please be safe in order." ”

Honghui showed a small tiger tooth and saluted the three people in the pavilion with a smile, grabbed the small robe and walked into the pavilion in a similar manner, stood next to Yinzhen and called Ama very obediently.

Yinzhen watched me walk over and sit on the stone bench, before turning to Honghui and asking, "What did you do in the morning?"

"Look at Eniang's copying of scriptures, Tibetan scriptures. ”

Yin Zhen raised her eyebrows and looked at Honghui's smiling face, "Do you understand?"

Honghui raised his head and looked at Yinzhen, and actually smiled with a serious face, "Eniang said to honor his parents, and Honghui will copy it in the future." ”

Yinzhen laughed and walked behind Honghui, and threw him into the air with both hands, so frightened that I stood up and raised my hands to protect him. Yinzhen caught Honghui steadily, and the uncle and nephew looked at each other and smirked, and actually looked at me together and said the same thing, "It's okay."

Yinzhen sat back on the stone bench with Honghui in his arms, took a plate of snacks from the food box on the table, and the kid held the plate and counted the heads one by one, and finally leaned on Yinxiang to eat, no wonder it hurts.

I don't know what happened to the three brothers going back to the house together, I didn't ask if no one spoke, I just drank tea quietly.

The afternoon sun was scorching, and the subordinate handed me a few times, and Yinzhen looked at me with a smile, "Fourth sister-in-law, my brother has something to ask you for today." ”

Without waiting for me to ask, Yinzhen walked up to me and bent down slightly and whispered, "My brother wants to marry Xiaoyan." ”

I looked at Yinxiang who was sitting opposite, and stared at Yinzhen with a frown, and the hand holding the wine glass gradually turned white. Looking at Yinzhen again, it is slightly better than Yinxiang, but the corners of his lips are very straight. What's going on?

Yinzhen didn't pay attention to our reaction, and continued to smile, "I told E-Niang, but E-Niang shouldn't, on weekdays, you go into the palace more often to ask E-Niang to say goodbye, and help my brother say a few good words." ”

"Who is it?" I looked at Yinzhen's smile and felt a little dizzy, how could Concubine De of Yonghe Palace hurt him so much.

"Zhaojia Xiaoyan. ”

My head buzzed, and I leaned against the table with my temples and took the teacup only to find that my hands were shaking. Mega ...... It turned out to be called this name, is this the so-called marriage? Yinxiang's reaction just now, as if he cared about this girl very much, was beyond my expectations, but it was reasonable, and this name alone was very powerful. It's just that there are never many women who can make him fall in love, and this woman must be different.

Since the last time I saw the show girl at the palace gate, I have been deliberately hiding and not entering the palace again, not that I don't care, but the more I care, the more afraid I will see, but now it's good, I don't know anything, so I was put here by Yinzhen. But shouldn't Yinzhen's concubine Fujin be Wanyan's family?

Yinzhen took the teacup in my hand and put it on the table, got up and stood beside Yinzhen and said in a deep voice: "Fourteenth brother, your fourth sister-in-law has been in poor health recently, and this matter is ...... Let's talk about that another day. ”

Yinzhen ignored his fourth brother, looked down at me and grinned, "Fourth sister-in-law, help, my brother never asks for you." ”

I squinted at him and asked softly, "What is the name of Wanyan?"

Yinzhen was stunned for a moment, but quickly came back to his senses but turned around and walked to the railing to look at the pond outside the pavilion, his right hand seemed to inadvertently wisp the jade tape on his waist, and his □□ was quite elegant, and he spit out the word "Peihan." ”

I stood up and pulled Yinzhen to sit back, walked to Yinzhen's side and looked at the pale pink lotus half-bloomed in the pool, and couldn't help but smile, "This is a favor, you can help!" But my mother won't listen to my words, it's okay to help you say two good words." It's just ......"

"But what?"

"If it really helps, I'm just afraid that some people won't be happy. ”

Yinzhen looked at me sideways and asked in a low voice, "Who?"

I walked out of the pavilion with a smile and replied briskly, "Where do I know, who is it, who understands in his heart." ”

"Fourth sister-in-law. Yinzhen chased me and walked side by side, smiled evilly and whispered: "Don't scare my brother, I said that I want you to help to amuse Brother Thirteen." ”

Walking slowly and looking back at the two brothers standing in the pavilion, Yinzhen looked at me, but Yinxiang stared at Yinzhen.

"You're bad, be careful not to make your thirteenth brother angry, your marriage is gone. ”

Yinzhen laughed, his eyes flashed with certainty and affirmation, full of confidence, "No! It's just that the fourth sister-in-law knows ......"

Seeing that Yinzhen was still talking, I shook the handkerchief and quickened my pace, leaving a sentence, "You ask that little lotus plant." ”