- Su Peisheng squinted for an hour when it was almost midnight, and got up again at one o'clock, checked everywhere again, and there was no omission, and it was already more than two o'clock when he returned to the study.

The dining rooms in the front yard and the back yard have been poked up, the water is boiling, and breakfast is being prepared.

The chariots and horses were ready, and the mules and horses were well fed and saddled.

Su Peisheng saw that it was almost three o'clock, so he led people to wait at the door. Silently counting the time in his heart, he whispered when he arrived: "Master, it's time to get up." ”

The little eunuch in the house was also ready, and when Grandpa Su called outside the door, he pricked up his ears to listen to the sound of the master in the tent in the inner room.

The fourth master hummed, the little eunuch hurriedly lit the lamp, opened the door and let Grandpa Su and others come in, prepared the washing things, and then respectfully asked the master to get up.

Pull up the bed tent, the fourth master lifted the quilt and got out of bed, the little eunuch knelt down to put on his shoes, Su Peisheng sent mouthwash, and after rinsing his mouth three times, the fourth master got up to untie his clothes.

Today is the New Year in the palace, which is different from the past.

The fourth master came out from behind the screen, and there were already skilled eunuchs who could comb their hair, and prepared combs, shavings, wigs, silk ropes and other things. First untie the master's braids, put on shavings water to make the hair shiny and comb out, weave into the wig to make the braid the same thickness from beginning to end, and then knot the silk rope.

Then wipe your face with a hot towel, trim your beard and stubble, brush your teeth with green salt, and put on mutton fat so that the wind will not blow your face and hands.

After this pass was cleaned up, I put on a new underwear again. The fourth master wore a cotton robe for breakfast: spring rolls, egg scones and beef scones, all wrapped in mung bean sprouts and shredded radish.

The fourth master took a big bite and told Su Peisheng: "Go and tell your brothers, don't drink too much soup in the morning, it's inconvenient to go to the palace." ”

Su Peisheng should go out, and the brothers in the three small courtyards got up, and the third elder brother already knew that he didn't have to enter the palace this year, but he was not very happy, and said in Hongyu's house: "Second brother, don't let me stay at home alone, tell me to go in with you." ”

He didn't dare to disturb Hongyu, he was the busiest in the morning when he was going to enter the palace.

Hongyu also wore only underwear, a cotton robe for breakfast, a long oily braid hanging on his back, and a trace of moisture on his head. He took a bite of a small longan bun, and said with a mouth full of stuff: "Let's all leave, leaving the fourth brother at home, E-Niang must not be at ease." Now it's just right for you to stay. ”

He urged the third elder brother and said: "E-Niang must be busy now, you can help E-niang in the past now, E-Niang is also happy, and you can rest assured, right?" ”

Thinking of being able to help Eniang, the third elder brother went ambitiously.

Hongyu ate two steamed buns, ate half a bowl of lamb leg meat with mutton soup, and then put on a large set of clothes outside after rinsing his mouth. In winter, there are several layers of clothes inside and out, and it is hot inside the house, and it is another layer of sweat when you wear it.

He said, "Open the window and blow the wind, and you're going to die of heat." ”

Tongfu opened the window of the side room, and as soon as the heat ran out, the cold wind rushed in, and the house soon became less hot.

Hongyu wanted Tongfu to put more tangerine peel in the purse, it was inconvenient to wash in Yonghe Palace, and after eating the heavy dishes, chew two mouthfuls of tangerine peel, and the taste in the mouth was gone.

Wrapped in a cloak and put on a hat, Hongyu slowly walked out of the house like a big bear.

Tongfu lifted the curtain, and the eunuch outside held an oil-paper umbrella and waited at the door early, and as soon as Hongyu came out, he held it high above his head.

Hongyu exhaled a puff of white smoke and said, "It's quite haode if there is no wind today." ”

Snowflakes like goose feathers fall silently. There was only a thin layer on the floor, and when Hongyu was having breakfast in the house, the outside had just been swept once.

It was still dark, and the four lanterns in front illuminated the road, and when I got out of the yard, I saw Honghui and his party in front. There are also lanterns in front and back to light the way.

Hongyu caught up a few steps, he saw what someone in front of him said in Honghui's ear, and he turned around and waited for him.

Hongyu arrived and bowed halfway forward, and said, "Big brother." ”

Honghui nodded and motioned for him to lean over: "Let's go." The eunuch waiting beside him dodged away, Hongyu stepped forward, and the two of them arrived at the door of the main house together. The fourth master was waiting for them in the house, Su Peisheng reported that the brothers had arrived, he got up and went out, and Honghui and Hongyu bowed together under the steps.

The fourth master tightened his cloak and exhaled a puff of white smoke: "Let's go, hurry up." ”

Zhang Desheng led people to walk briskly from here to the door one step earlier, and Zuihou checked whether there was ice and snow on the road at one time. When he reached the front door, the groom was waiting with his horse. The tall Mongolian horse snorted with white smoke and snorted. The groom waited in front of the horse, and the guards were checking the horse for anything unusual.

Zhang Desheng shuddered, they can wear cloaks and hoods without masters, and it is not appropriate to wait for their masters. He was now in two layers, inside and outside, and the snow had fallen on the way in a cotton robe, and his shoulders and knees were wet, and his toes in his shoes were cold.

He stood on the steps and shouted, "The master and the brothers are about to arrive, be in good spirits!" ”

Up and down the stairs, the porter, the groom, and the guards all looked solemn and raised their heads.

After a while, the sound of footsteps came, and behind the person who led the way and carried the lantern was the fourth master with Honghui and Hongyu.

Outside the door, except for the guards, all knelt down and kowtowed, and the voice was like thunder: "Greetings to the master!" ”

The guards just pressed their swords on their waists and bowed slightly.

After the call, everyone dispersed, the guards got on the horse, the fourth master got on the horse under the waiting of the personal guards, and the guards of Honghui and Hongyu were also here. Hongyu's guards were surrounding a car.

Amba was already on his horse, and instead of pressing his sword, he clenched the bow on his back. Yasoka came over and said, "Master, the servants are waiting for you. ”

He escorted Hongyu into the carriage. This year, he rode in a carriage alone, which made Hongyu want to ride with Ama and his eldest brother. But he always felt that this request could not be made. If you mention it, Amma may agree. But there was a feeling that he couldn't ride together.

After getting into the car, Hongyu still wanted to impulsively tell Ama that he wanted to ride a horse, he simply closed his eyes and memorized the book, and after memorizing the two chapters, he heard the sound of cars and horses coming around from the back street of the house.

Yasoka said through the curtain, "Master, Master Li's car is here." ”

After a while, Yasoka lifted the curtain and said, "Master, Master Li told you to sit in the car over there." ”

Hongyu immediately jumped down, and Tongfu and Tonggui who followed him didn't follow, holding things and shouting behind him: "Brother, you wait, don't run too fast!" ”

Li Wei's car followed Fujin's car, and there were ten guards in front of and behind the car.

Tongfu Tonggui had no place to sit, so he had to sit on the wheel, and as soon as the car walked up, the biting cold wind blowing in front of them made the two shiver for a while.

There was a foot stove under the couch in the car, and when he got into the car, Hongyu took off his boots and stepped on the foot stove, sighing comfortably. Ergege took a handkerchief and called him to lean over, saying, "I didn't wear a hat when I got out of the car just now, look at the snow at this end!" My hair is wet! ”

Hongyu said: "I didn't pay attention for a while, and I won't dare to do it again!" As soon as Eniang's gaze swept over, he hurriedly promised.

Li Wei asked him: "There is milk tea, do you want to drink it?" ”

Hongyu shook his head and said, "Let's drink it when we get to the mother's place, and I have to stand for a while when I get off the bus." ”

Ergege gently wrapped his hair with a handkerchief and wiped it slowly, combing his braids neatly, and there was no way to comb them again because things were not in order in the car.

Li Wei said: "If you two are sleepy, you can squint for a while, at least two or three quarters of an hour." ”

Judging from the experience of previous years, this road has not been easy.

The car swayed, and Ergege and Hongyu, who had nothing to do after wiping their hair, were holding a stove and leaning against the wall of the car and squinting.

Li Wei didn't dare to sleep, and kept listening to the movement outside the car.

Suddenly, the car stopped.

Outside the car, the horse that was exploring the road in front trotted over, got off the horse and ran to the front of the fourth master's horse, and said: "Master, the front is the king of Zhijun." ”

The fourth master nodded, waved his hand and asked the guards to pass the word: "Stand for a while." ”

Even the carts, horses, and people stopped on this road, and the stars twinkled in the sky, and the snow fell quietly.

Honghui breathed shallowly, the wind was too cold, and the breath in his stomach was cold. He looked at Ama in front of him, he couldn't hear what the guard had just said, but he could guess it. In the early years, he didn't understand the way to the palace, but after Hongxi and Hongyu rectified him, he understood when he entered the palace on the New Year of that year.

What is avoided is not to be with.

After about a moment, the explorer returned, and the carriage and horse continued on.

When passing through an intersection, Honghui saw that there were also stopped cars and horses at that intersection, and he couldn't see it clearly from a distance, but the jet sound of mules and horses could be heard, as well as the lanterns illuminating the road in front of and behind the cars.

Amma acted as if he hadn't seen it, and walked away.

At the intersection, the carriages and horses of the Five Baylor Province were parked there. The horse who was exploring the way watched the people of the Fourth Master's Mansion go away from a distance, and went around and said to the Fifth Master: "Master, the fourth Belle and they have gone away." ”

The fifth master hummed, and they just started.

Not long after the fifth master walked by, the car from the Seven Baylor Mansion also came. The explorer in front saw someone in front of him, and saw the 'five' written on the tall lantern from a distance, turned around and said to the seventh master: "Master, there are five belles in front." ”

The seventh master thought of Lao Jiu and sighed: "Stand still." ”

The guards responded, and rode their horses back, and the row of mule carts behind them slowly stopped.

The mule cart on the Thirteenth Master's Mansion came out early, but it stopped at a junction in Zuihou, not far from the palace gate, and waited. The pathfinder ran back and forth several times, and this time he finally saw the lantern of the Four Baylor Mansion, and immediately came back to report it.

When the fourth master and his group of mules and horses drove through this intersection, the thirteenth master ordered: "Go." He himself rode forward.

The fourth master's guard came up from behind, and Fu Er said, "Master, the thirteenth master is behind." It's coming up. ”

As soon as the fourth master reined in the horse, he stopped thinking about it. Honghui was puzzled and stopped with Lerma, and the fourth master waved his hand and said, "You go first." ”

Honghui continued to move forward, and the mule carts of Fujin and others behind him also walked over. The fourth master only stopped in the middle of the road with his guards, and not far away, the thirteenth master and his guards were running towards this side. Approaching, Thirteen beckoned and shouted: "Fourth brother!" His guards converged with the guards of the fourth master, and he trotted over by himself, rode with the fourth master, and said, "Fourth brother, I didn't expect to meet you in front of the palace gate!" ”

The fourth master smiled, patted his arm and said, "Let's go." ”

Thirteen has been smiling.

The mule carts in front of the palace gate stopped, and the Fujin and children of the two prefectures got out of the car and saluted separately. After the fourth master and the thirteenth master came, the ladies saw them, and after saying goodbye, they were led to the harem by the eunuchs.

The mule carts and guards were left at the palace gate and parked in designated places. The guards guarding the palace gate saw that the masters had passed by at this moment, and hurriedly picked up a broom to clean the mud in front of the door. Just after cleaning, the snowflakes fell another layer. The guard scolded, "When will this snow fall! ”

The masters in the palace are all counted, and when they checked that Brother Belle had arrived in each province, the guards just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but they were scolded by Shangguan: "Why don't you go and sweep the door away?" It's time for you adults to arrive! ”

A few guards helplessly continued to sweep the snow with brooms, and when they saw the frozen place, they had to shovel and smash it, and scolded in a low voice: "Aren't those grandchildren coming soon?" Tired of your grandpa waiting here for a long time! ”

A guard who entered the palace earlier than him said: "This can't be blamed, if you go in before the elder brothers, it seems that he is very loyal, but the elder brother is ...... Ah...... "Brother was compared to him?" This is all conventional, the brothers go ahead, and the rest of the adults enter the palace according to their titles, official positions, grades, distances, and proximity.

When the seniors spoke, he couldn't speak, so he had to sweep the snow like a vent of anger, and raise the snow high. He suddenly thought, adults should be polite, and brothers should also be polite, right?

But this year, it was the third Baylor who entered the palace, the king of Zhijun ranked second, the fourth Baylor and the thirteenth Baylor came in together, and the fifth Baylor, the seventh Baylor, and the eighth Baylor arrived in order.

In the Wuying Palace, the third master was taking off his cloak and hood here, and he didn't dare to wash it, so he only asked the little eunuch to see if there was anything wrong with him. His eldest son, Hongsheng, stood aside in an orderly manner, not daring to look left and right.

King Zhijun strode in, saw him and smiled: "Third child, I told you to be ahead today." ”

Hongsheng stepped forward to ask for peace, and the king of Zhijun patted him and said, "Good boy, King Bo has something good to give you, go to your brother." ”

Hongyu also asked the third master to say goodbye, and the two small ones stood aside to talk. The third master was about to speak, when a little eunuch ran in from outside the hall and said to the king of Zhijun: "The king of the county is faster, long live the lord to call in." ”

King Zhijun didn't care to say more, and told Hongyu: "Follow your third uncle." Third, watch some children for me. He threw down the words and went with the little eunuch.

The third master stood in the hall very boringly, and said in his heart that he would get up early in the morning and catch up for a night. While the two children were chatting, he had nothing to do, so he had to continue to ask the little eunuch to check his clothes for him.

Soon, the fourth master and the thirteenth master came in together, and Honghui also played with his cousins after seeing the ceremony. Thirteen made a gesture to the third master, the third master waved his hand, and said to the fourth master: "Fourth, you are here." Your third brother doesn't even have anyone to talk to here. ”

The fourth master smiled and brought a cup of tea to the third master, and didn't say much.

After a while, everyone else also arrived, and the Wuying Hall suddenly became lively. Fourteen looked around and said loudly: "What about the eldest brother?" Why don't you see him? ”

The fourth master looked at a painting on the wall as if he hadn't heard it, and the third master sat next to him, holding tea and saying: "Call Huang Ama to call in, and I'll come out in a while." ”

There was silence in the room, and then they continued to talk in a heap as if nothing had happened.

In the junior pile, Honghui found that when the fourteenth uncle spoke, Hongyu pursed the corners of his lips slightly.

King Zhijun was still in the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace at this time, and the emperor sat with him and watched him have breakfast. After he came in just now, the emperor asked him what he used in the morning, and the king of Zhijun said that he was in time and didn't care about it.

Kangxi sighed: "When will your quick temper change?" When I was a child, I was in a hurry to ride a horse on the school field, and I could even sneak down for lunch. Calling for breakfast, he said, "I am here watching you, and I will not get up until I have eaten." ”

King Zhijun had no choice but to satisfy the emperor's fatherly heart and sit down to eat again. His words were just to express his eagerness to enter the palace, not that he really didn't eat breakfast. Now that Fu Jin is seriously ill, Da Gege is about to get married, how old is Ergege? Hongyu is also small, if he dares to fall, the people in this house will be caught blind immediately, how dare he neglect himself?

has lived for more than 30 years, and it is only in the past few years that King Zhijun feels that he has brains than before, and he thinks about everything much more thoroughly.

He had something on his mind, and leaving Hongyu alone in Wuying Hall also made him worried, so he had to swallow all the breakfast sent to him.

Kangxi wanted to shake his head when he looked at it, this kid still has this problem with eating, he can't even swallow his tongue, as if he has no teeth. When he was a child, in order to correct his habit, so as not to choke on himself when he swallowed too quickly, he also specially accompanied him to eat for two months, and the father and son chewed together 25 times each before swallowing.

He said, "Chew slowly, swallow slowly." Twenty-five times, do you remember? ”

King Zhijun was stunned, and subconsciously slowed down. The emperor once took him to dine together, but in order to correct his eating habits, he didn't remember it, but he still heard Concubine Hui say it.

But as soon as you hear this sentence, it is particularly familiar. It was as if I remembered a tall young man sitting on his right side, watching him eat.

Seeing that he finished eating, Kangxi got up and said, "Okay, I go to change clothes, you rinse your mouth, wait for me." ”

King Zhijun hurriedly got up to send off the emperor, and then he was stunned.

He found that Huang Ama was lower than him, as if even the skeleton had shrunk. He took a few steps back and saw that the braid hanging from the emperor's back was already mixed with white hair, a thin one.

With the support of the eunuchs, the emperor walked slowly, not even taking big steps.

The king of Zhijun found that he was a little pitiful and sympathetic to the emperor. Long live long live, long live, but which human emperor in history really lived long-lived? Even a hundred years old is rare.

Huang Ama ...... He was only fifty-two years old.

He stood outside the warm pavilion and waited, and after a while, the emperor came out, changed into a dragon robe, put on a crown, and then put on a cloak, the emperor looked a hundred times more energetic, and even his steps were much stronger.

The king of Zhijun found that he was more familiar with this emperor Amma.

Kangxi beckoned the king of Zhijun to help him, and said with a smile: "Let's go, your younger brothers are afraid that they will have to wait." ”

Lifting the curtain and going out, King Zhijun found that the snow had stopped.

Only one road was swept out in front of the warm pavilion for people to walk back and forth, and snow was left on the remaining two sides. There was not a single star in the sky, and the king of Zhijun looked up, and even the moon could not be seen except for the morning star on the horizon.

Kangxi looked at the thick undamaged fine snow on both sides of the road, and said with a smile: "This year's good snow, the grain in the coming year will definitely be abundant." ”

King Zhijun hurriedly responded: "Emperor Ama Shengming, the people don't have to starve now." ”

He waited for the emperor to arrive at the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, and he retreated to the Wuying Palace, where his younger brothers and nephews had untied their cloaks and hoods and put on their crowns.

He asked someone to pour a bowl of tea, and even though the tea was hot, he drank half a bowl. The emperor was old and heavy-mouthed, and the breakfast he had just served in the Dongnuan Pavilion was too salty, and he didn't dare to drink soup or tea before he came, and his thirsty throat was smoking.

A group of younger brothers were waiting for him, watching him.

King Zhijun put down the tea bowl, straightened his clothes, put on his crown and said, "Let's go." ”

He was followed by a string of brothers and nephews, and when he arrived in front of the Qianqing Palace, he saw an apricot figure standing there from a distance. The crowns of clothing shine under the night, and above the snow.

Approaching, the king of Zhijun and all the brothers and nephews behind him knelt down.

The crown prince is a half-monarch, he kneels to the emperor of heaven and earth, and the rest of the people have to kneel to him. Especially on a big day like today, it's not easier than usual.

The prince smiled: "Big brother and younger brothers, get up." ”

Hongxi and Hongjin avoided the side just now, and came out at this time to greet the princes and uncles such as the king of Zhijun. Then there is the third generation led by Hongyu to say goodbye to Hongxi.

In the square in front of the temple, re-rank. The crown prince stood at the front on the left, the king of Zhijun stood on the left side, and the three beylers to the fourteenth beylers were behind, and then the emperors and grandsons led by Hongxi.

They stood for about half an hour, and the ministers of the clan also arrived, all lined up behind them.

The sky was gradually getting brighter, and the king of Zhijun counted the hours in his heart, looking at the place where the sun was rising due east. The prince stood in that direction, tall as a pine, and the apricot yellow prince suit on his body was slightly blown up in the cold wind.

King Zhijun looked at this prince's younger brother who had been kneeling down since he was sensible, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

A eunuch came out of the hall and shouted, "Kneel! ”

The square was brushed with the sound of kneeling robes. King Zhijun knelt on the ground, his hands pressed his sleeves on the ground, his forehead almost touched the cold ground, and he saw that the prince in front of him also knelt down, just like them.

On the steps, the emperor slowly walked out, facing the rising sun.

The eunuch shouted again: "Get up!" ”

"Kneel!"

"Knock!"

"Up!"

"Kneel!"

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In the harem, Li Wei knelt in the corner, just hoping that the sun would rise soon. As soon as the sun rises, it will not be cold on the body.

The author has something to say: good night everyone, see you tomorrow