Li Wei almost slept until she was old, but she woke up as tired as if she hadn't slept.

So when she opened her eyes, she couldn't figure out what time it was and where she was for a long time.

Then a hand reached over and touched her forehead, warm and dry, with the aroma of books and pen and ink. He sat on the edge of her bed, "Awake? ”

By this time it was already dark. Li Wei didn't expect that she would sleep until now, and when she saw the clock under the window, she was startled, "It's past eight o'clock?" "Eight twenty-five, to be exact.

It's bedtime.

"Don't worry, you're probably tired from traveling these days." The fourth master called someone to come in and wait for her to wash, "Just change your clothes and tie your bun." He said.

Yuyan only changed her clothes and put her in a bun. Except for the two hairpins on his head, he didn't wear any other fat powder jewelry.

The fourth master led her to the outhouse couch, and Yuyan led someone to quickly make the bed again.

Li Wei still didn't seem to wake up, and after sitting down, she was not hungry and didn't want to eat, so she took the tea out of her mind and talked to him about Ningshou Palace. He left early in the morning, and he didn't know what they were talking about.

Actually, I didn't say anything. The concubines, princesses and daughters-in-law are all chatting along the topic of the queen mother, the queen and her. There are only two things that are interesting.

First of all, Concubine Yi said that the ninth master came back from Jiangnan to find several haode peony flowers, and invited the craftsman to take care of them carefully, and recently raised a pot of Erqiao, and wanted to give it to the Queen Mother to enjoy.

Yi Taifei can also be regarded as a model of being able to bend and stretch. The Queen Mother smiled and excused herself, saying that the good things offered by your son should naturally belong to you, my mother, how can I win people's love?

Concubine Yi said with a smile, Lao Jiu is my son, why is it not your son?

No matter how the Queen Mother pushed, Concubine Yi was able to round up these words without leaking, and she didn't seem to be particularly stammered. It's all like a joke.

zuihou still let the queen mother accept this flower.

The fourth master laughed when he heard it: "Lao Jiu also said the day before yesterday that he would send me flowers, it seems that he really raised a garden of flowers." ”

Li Wei admires the ninth master, if you want to say that she hugs the fourth master's thigh, helps him in business, and makes achievements in these idle things. The ninth master walked all the way to send flowers, and it really gradually earned him a lot of favors in front of the fourth master. At least now that I heard him mention the Ninth Master, his tone was much softer.

followed Concubine Cheng and said that after the seventh master came back, he said that Duanyi was married well, the princess's mansion over there was built very well, and the concubine was also very considerate.

Then Concubine Mi told a joke, that is, the sixteenth master became the queen of Anjun, and the outsiders called him King An or the prince, and those close to his family also called him sixteen, so one day he was drunk, and the fifteenth said to his entourage: "Come, prepare the horse, I will send your prince back to the house." Then he picked up Sixteen and said, "Sixteen, follow your people, be careful on the road." ”

Sixteen and a half drunk, dragged his brother and said, "Brother, why do you just care about that prince and me?" ”

The fourth master laughed with a puff, and the book in his hand almost fell. He just grabbed the book even if he didn't read it.

After laughing, he said: "Sixteen is so old, and he is not sensible." ”

Li Wei just laughed lazily and didn't say anything.

It's just because he's a prince that he's so ignorant. Fifteen and sixteen brothers are two, fifteen is more shrewd than sixteen, so the fourth master is sixteen instead of fifteen. Really change a shrewd brother and let him be the king of the county? The fourth master won't be so stupid.

After talking on the phone, the fourth master asked someone to bring dinner, which was quite simple rice porridge and a few fried dishes.

But she still didn't have much appetite when she sent it, but yawned one yawn after another.

The fourth master served her a bowl of clear chicken soup and said, "Call the imperial doctor tomorrow to take a look." I think you didn't have the appetite when you first woke up, so I deliberately pulled you to talk, why didn't you seem to have slept enough? ”

Li Wei waved her hand, drank the chicken soup, and ate a few flower rolls, without touching anything else.

"It's just that I'm tired on the road, so I don't need to call a doctor. I didn't have anything. Li Wei thought that maybe she was tired, and if she caught a cold, she would have chills and headaches. Now there is nothing but a tired and unappetized one.

"If you're tired, go to bed early. Have a good rest these days, I asked Hongyu to come back to accompany you? He said.

Hongyun just moved into the elder brother's office this year, and a group of brothers over there are good for his growth, otherwise the old circle is in Yongshou Palace, and it is not good to have Erhe with him. Before he moved in, he was often brought over to play by Hongyun, and Hongyu was taken by Hongshi after he had a Gege, and later because Hongshi didn't have a good head, he took his younger brother to be able to have a pair of panda eyes in the morning, and Hongyun had no choice but to put Hongyun there for him.

Speaking of which, these children are not as good as one another. Hongyu was the most haode, at that time it was her second child, or a son, the second son of the fourth master, he personally enlightened him and took him to ride a horse on the Zhuangzi.

When it came to Hongyun, it was one point behind. At that time, the fourth master was worried about Honghui who entered the palace, and he had to take care of Hongyu's homework, and there were gradually more things outside. Later, it was Hongyun who went to the front and gradually attracted a little more of his attention.

Hongshi is even worse, it was Hongyu who enlightened him, and even the calligraphy was written by his brothers. And because of the bad environment at that time, although he lived in the mansion and the Old Summer Palace, he didn't bring the haha beads that should have been given to him into the garden, and he grew up playing with eunuchs and Zalafen when he was a child.

However, at that time, Li Wei was very worried that Hongshi would be framed as a little girl and looked shy.

…… It turned out to be all a delusion. He wasn't shy at all, and certainly didn't look like a little girl. He was the skinniest of the sons.

Hongyun was born with good and bad things. Fortunately, after he landed, the fourth master ascended the throne and took him with him to raise him. The famous brother of the Heart Cultivation Palace, now when he says it, some people faintly think that he has the heart of the fourth master more than Hongyu and Hongshi.

The fourth master said that he really received an excerpt from Hongyun to ask for the crown prince, but he was a petty official who was not in the stream, probably thinking that he had discovered the emperor's true intentions, and he handed over this excerpt when he wanted to make a big splash.

As a result, the fourth master took this fold as a joke and learned from her. Zuihou criticized on the fold: I heard the saying 'the emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry', which is very compatible with Qing.

The next day, Hongyu was taken to Yongshou Palace by Su Peisheng after class, and as soon as he heard the tone of his voice, he knew that he was still mixed up with Hongshi after moving over.

Hongyun is saying: "These days, I always eat dim sum, and my sister-in-law sends it, and my second sister-in-law also sends it." The fourth brother said that when the third sister-in-law came, we could even save lunch. ”

"And then?" Li Wei held the gift list of the Gold Festival and the Holy Birthday Day sorted out by Yuyan and others, and asked him curiously.

"I was held down and beaten by the third brother." Hongyun sat in the chair and hung in the air, kicking his feet up and down.

"Don't kick around, it's not good-looking." She said casually, patting his little feet.

Hongyun obediently put down his feet, and then said: "Actually, I think so too, why don't the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law discuss?" All send snacks, and all send sweets. Wouldn't it be better if they could deliver sweet and salty food for one person, or dim sum for one person and soup for another, and they could eat it together? lives next door, and the two of them don't usually hang out? ”

Li Wei is single-minded: "Your sister-in-law is pregnant with a baby, and the second sister-in-law has just entered the door, Hongyun must be considerate of them." ”

Hongyu pursed his lips, which was particularly similar to Hongshi: "Eniang is coaxing again." This sentence is also like, "There is a grandmother on the sister-in-law's side, and there are people around the second sister-in-law, so they will discuss how to send snacks and other trivial matters. ”

Li Wei was speechless by what he said, and said seriously: "You are not allowed to learn from your fourth brother in the future." "What should I do if I learn a Hongshi again?

Hongyun stayed until the fourth master came over in the evening. Yan's father's version of Huang Ama first took Hongyu to the study with a straight face to ask about his homework, and then made a big wish, promising to take him with him no matter whether he went to the south or the north next year.

Speaking of which, Kangxi Ye dotes on his youngest son very much, and the fourth master also has this tendency. He is much more fond of Hongshi and Hongyu, and gives all kinds of good things as soon as he asks for them.

After letting Hongxuan go to sleep, the fourth master asked her how she felt today? She said it was very haode.

"It looks better than yesterday." The fourth master said, "Why didn't you invite a doctor?" ”

"I still have to take medicine to see the doctor, which is too much of a toss." She said, in fact, what she wanted was that she didn't want to attract too much attention when she returned to the palace, and she knew her body. Speaking of which, the recent menstrual events seem to be a little late, and if you don't come at the beginning of next month, then you should really call the doctor.

He saw a few account books on her desk, and when he picked them up, he remembered to tell her that he had rewarded both Chen and Nian.

"I've rewarded you too." He said.

It's him making a face for her, and of course she's not going to be sensible. Chen and Nian went out, no matter what the reason, outsiders seemed to be waiting for not only the fourth master, but also her. If she doesn't reward them, it means that she is dissatisfied with these two.

But if you know, you know, and what you feel in your heart is not up to you.

The next day, Yuyan brought the details of the fourth master's reward to the Chen family and the Nian family, and he rewarded the cloth himself, and the cloth was also rewarded on her behalf.

Li Wei smiled when she saw it. Originally, I was still uncomfortable, but the fourth master did this too perfunctory. Who can't see this? Even if she didn't think that the fourth master rewarded her, she should think that she was by the fourth master's side at that time and followed him to reward her.

But that's what it means.

She went out with the fourth master, and when she came back, Ningshou Palace and Changchun Palace rewarded her. This is also a reward for her hard work in waiting with her.

There's nothing wrong with that, and there's nothing to worry about.

At least she didn't even care about what she was rewarded at that time, and she was sent directly to the warehouse.

An autumn rain and a cold.

It has been cold since it rained, and in mid-November, the little eunuchs actually saw ice cubes in the corner of the wall, of course, the sun melted as soon as it came out, but it also showed that the weather was really cold early.

The halls of the palace burned the kang in advance, and they all changed into thick clothes.

Li Wei doesn't like to go out since the cold weather, and sits on the bed every day with the stove in her arms, letting Momofuku and Zaohua lie down with her.

When the fourth master came in from outside, he was wrapped in a cloud of cold air, and after entering the house, he exhaled and said, "As soon as I came in, I smelled the sweet fragrance of you." ”

He took off his hat and touched the stubble on his head, "It's time to shave your head." He said, placing his hat on the table.

Yuyan brought the tea, he took a sip and asked her, "Why are you lying in bed all these days?" Call the Imperial Doctor to take a look? As he spoke, he remembered, put down the tea bowl and looked at her seriously: "I remember that when you came back from Xishan half a month ago, you were so lazy and unenergetic, and you refused to see the imperial doctor at that time." ”

Li Wei thought that it had only been half a month, and she would have to wait for another half a month to be sure. Of course, it may also be an illusion. She's lazy.

The fourth master touched his forehead and touched his palms for a long time, and he gave her a good pulse, and also looked at her tongue, and then said that she had fire on her body, and said: "It's all hot on the kang every day, if you don't want to go out because it's cold, then go to another room to sit, and let people warm up the house with a brazier in advance before going in." ”

She thought he could really see it when he pressed his pulse just now, so it was just a piece of paper.

Since there is no serious illness, the fourth master does not insist on calling the doctor. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and it is somewhat unfortunate to call the imperial doctor. It's not that he's afraid of bad luck with him, but he doesn't think it's lucky enough for her.

When he went to bed at night, he pressed his Bodhi bracelet under her pillow and told her to wear it every day after that.

"I've been wearing this bracelet for ten years, and it can be regarded as a blessing that can be dyed with a little bit of me. You can rest assured that you can wear me. He said so seriously that she didn't dare to laugh if she wanted to, and promised him that she would wear it well.

The next day, when she got up in the morning, she forgot about it, and Yuyan still remembered to turn the bracelet out from under the pillow and hang it on the placket of her clothes.

She smiled: "Long live specially confessed." ”

The fourth master said to Su Peisheng like this: "Your noble master doesn't have much memory, so you can mention it when you go back." ”

Su Peisheng said to Yuyan in the morning, long live rewarded your master with a string of bracelets, put them under the pillow, you remember to wear them for your master.

Before the New Year, it was very lively, and she had to meet a lot of people.

This year, the queen is not 'sick', she can be like a normal person, and Yongshou Palace is suddenly a lot easier.

But after a few days, Li Wei thought it was her own illusion, but let people take a look at the list of invitations in the past few days, and then compared it with last year and the year before that, they immediately saw the difference.

The year before last, there were five pages of names on one day, and of course only the first page could be seen.

Last year, there were more than a dozen pages a day.

This year there are only three pages a day.

There are fewer people, not her delusion.

Li Wei asked people to inquire while recalling carefully. In fact, she also felt a little, the people who came before were too enthusiastic, so enthusiastic that she wanted to avoid it, and wanted to excuse her illness. It seems that everyone is holding a red heart to the sun, as long as she says a word, they can hug her and accompany her to defeat Changchun Palace, defeat Honghui, and push Hongyu to the top.

This was not her imagination, and the words of those people were more or less faithful.

The people who came this year also showed their loyalty, but they seemed to be ...... There is a kind of indifference after a thousand sails. It seems that Li Wei agrees or not, they are all here.

Except for these 'die-hards', the rest of the people have begun to avoid the topic.

Li Wei also felt it, as if Honghui and Hongyu, the tug-of-war situation between her and Changchun Palace began to cool down.

That should be a good thing, of course. The fourth master is still young, it is difficult to say how many years he can be the emperor, and it is even more uncertain what will happen in the future, these people are not showing loyalty now, they want to force her and her son into a dead end.

They were in a hurry to come out with a new emperor. Li Wei was not in a hurry at all, she wished that the fourth master would sit on the throne for a long time.

Just look at Ningshou Palace, even if it is the queen mother, she doesn't dare to say that she must be better than the Kangxi Dynasty now.

It may be that the status has improved, and the son has become filial.

But she did completely withdraw from the stage of history.

There is the emperor, there are them.

That's why there is a fourth master, and there is her.