Chapter 51
What kind of darkness and filth is hidden behind the seeming magnificence of the Forbidden City, the people outside the palace have no way of knowing, and the people outside the palace envy the rich life of the people in the palace, and the people in the palace are not envious of their freedom. The people in the Forbidden City are destined to spend their lives in struggle, the concubines compete for the emperor's favor, the princes compete for the supreme position, and the feelings between people become weak and terrible while competing for fame and fortune, and they should be the most intimate group of people, but who knows that the trust between them may not be as good as the strangers they met for the first time.
Aixin Jueluo Xuanye, who ascended the throne at the age of eight and became a politician at the age of fourteen, was born in the Forbidden City and was destined to spend his entire life in the palace. As an emperor, he was warned not to have too many feelings and not to be burdened by feelings since he was a child. Everyone wants to be the emperor, everyone wants to sit on that supreme seat, but the hardships and loneliness of the emperor are not understood by everyone, but he has understood it early since he was eight years old. So he cherished every affection he gave, his mother, his brothers, and his friends. Yes, he also had friends, even if he was an emperor.
Kangxi, who had just gotten off the court, rarely did not approve the folds, but came to the empty cloth warehouse alone, Kangxi picked up the pastries on the table and took a bite, and his mouth was suddenly full of sweet and greasy taste. Even in this old cloth storeroom, there will be someone in charge of changing these pastries regularly, because the emperor always likes to come here alone and eat something, and the imperial chef in the imperial dining room has changed several times over the years, but the master of this pastry has remained. In fact, thinking about it is just self-deception, even if the taste remains the same, but those who are willing to accompany themselves to talk and scold are long gone. Everyone in the Forbidden City knows that this old cloth warehouse is a forbidden place in the palace, even the most favored by the emperor, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not allowed to approach here, and there are all kinds of rumors about this place in the palace, perhaps only those little eunuchs who accompanied Kangxi back then know the truth.
Kangxi put down the pastries in his hand, sometimes he admired himself, and made two friends in his life, but one was the apprentice of the princess of the previous dynasty and the daughter of Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang. The other is the incense master of the Heaven and Earth Society, the white dragon envoy of Shenlong Island, should he say that he has a unique vision? Kangxi thought self-deprecatingly. Fortunately, although these two people are inextricably linked to the anti-thief, they have not joined the ranks of the anti-Qing, otherwise he really doesn't know how to treat these two people when he sees him on the battlefield again. After hesitating, Kangxi still took out the secret letter from his arms, and he has been asking people to find the whereabouts of Wei Xiaobao and A Ke all these years. It is said that 'the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister', as the emperor, he wants to find someone and can't find it, but a few years ago, he didn't want to know the news of these two people or was afraid to know their news, which also meant some anger. But now it's time to go and see them, hmph, they haven't been able to go into the palace to see him for so many years, it's really unrighteous!
It is said that 'there is heaven above, and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below' Lin Yiyi chose the last place to settle in Hangzhou and opened a restaurant on the edge of the West Lake, Chen Yuanyuan and Li Zicheng were very satisfied with this place, and the two traveled all over the streets and alleys of Hangzhou like a couple who fell in love again. Of course, Li Zicheng is no longer dressed as a monk, otherwise a monk with a beautiful woman to play around and behave intimately would feel ridiculous.
Recently, the business of the restaurant is very good, and the reason is that the emperor actually toured south and chose the location in Hangzhou. For a while, people who wanted to see the holy face flocked to it, and even the business of the restaurant was booming, no one would dislike having a lot of money, and the business of the restaurant was prosperous, and Lin Yiyi was naturally happy. Everyone in Hangzhou knows that the owner of this restaurant is a peerless beauty, and at the beginning, there were some blind people who beat Lin Yiyi all day long, but this group of people was quickly taught a lesson by Mu Jiansheng and Li Zicheng, plus Lin Yiyi herself is not a fuel-efficient lamp, so in recent years, there are no more guests who ask to see the boss as in previous years.
"Boss, there are guests outside who want to see you!" Xiao Er burst into tears in his heart, if it weren't for the fact that the person outside was too strong, he wouldn't want to trouble the boss, but fortunately, Mu Gongzi and the eldest master were not here today, otherwise he wouldn't even know how he died.
"Nope! There is something for him to go to the treasurer. Lin Yiyi lowered her head and counted the accounts, and said without even raising her head.
Xiao Er wanted to leave in a tangled way, but thought that the master outside was not angry but majestic, and he stayed obediently, "The master outside said that he was a little Xuanzi, and said that the boss would naturally go to see him when he heard such a name!" The corners of Xiao Er's mouth twitched obviously when he said this name, obviously not understanding how such a noble person could call such a strange name.
"Oh?" Lin Yiyi took her eyes off the ledger, looked at the white clouds floating outside the window and said softly: "I still found it!" Lin Yiyi thought that even if Kangxi Weifu left the palace, the first person to look for should be Wei Xiaobao, but he didn't expect that he would choose to come to her first. She and Wei Xiaobao have been in contact all these years, and she also knows that Wei Xiaobao has married six people except Ake, and has also opened a brothel in Yangzhou, to be honest, she really feels worthless for Shuang'er, but this is Shuang'er's own choice after all.
Every time she corresponded with Wei Xiaobao, she tacitly avoided the topic of Kangxi, but they all understood that in their hearts, Kangxi was still the teenager who could laugh and scold together. You must know that Wei Xiaobao was not a little worried when Kangxi Ping was in the three feudal domains, and he also donated a large amount of money as a military salary through her relationship. I haven't seen him for many years, and it's impossible to say that I don't think about this special friend at all, but Lin Yiyi's feelings for Kangxi are still different from Wei Xiaobao. For Lin Yiyi, Kangxi may just be a friend with a special identity, but for Wei Xiaobao, it is completely different. Not to mention the relationship between them, which is also a teacher and a friend, if there is no Kangxi, I am afraid that Wei Xiaobao is still a gangster who does not learn and has nothing, how can he become Lu Dinggong or even become a legendary figure of a generation.
Although his mind turned back and forth to outsiders, it was only a matter of a moment, Lin Yiyi put down the account book in his hand and muttered: "Since it is an old man who is visiting, of course he should meet it!" ”
Lin Yiyi followed Xiao Er to the private room and let Xiao Er leave first, the person inside has a special identity, or the less people see it, the better. Looking at the back of Xiao Erru who was busy leaving with amnesty, Lin Yiyi felt a little funny, maybe the guys in this store need to be trained, and this courage is too small. Standing in front of the door and taking a deep breath, Lin Yiyi was really nervous, and Lin Yiyi smiled self-deprecatingly.
Pushing open the door and walking into the room, I saw Kangxi facing the window looking at the outside scenery, there was a person standing on the side ready to wait at any time, and there was a child sitting at the table eating pastries elegantly.
Hearing the sound of pushing the door, Kangxi turned his head to look at the door, a few years have passed, and the woman in front of him seems to have not changed at all. "You don't seem surprised that I'm here." Kangxi smiled and said to Lin Yiyi.
"I thought you would come, but I didn't expect you to come to me first, I thought you would go to find Xiao Guizi first." Lin Yiyi said psychological words, she always felt that the relationship between Kangxi and Wei Xiaobao was not comparable to her, and she thought that even if Kangxi went out of the palace, the first thing she looked for should be Wei Xiaobao instead of her.
"Hmph, I don't know that stinky boy yet, if I really get to Yangzhou, I'm afraid he will run faster than anyone else! His grandfather's is really unrighteous! Kangxi pursed his lips and said disdainfully.
Lin Yiyi was not surprised at all by Kangxi's sudden foul words, when he was in the palace, Kangxi talked to Wei Xiaobao "your grandfather's" and "his grandfather's" endlessly, although he did not have the majesty of the emperor, he seemed much closer. It's just that Kangxi's reaction now frightened the two people who had been silent on the sidelines, especially the child who obviously never thought that his father, who had always been majestic, would have such a side, and for a while he didn't even care about etiquette and didn't even know that the pastry in his hand had dropped.
Lin Yiyi looked at the child's surprised little face and said with an unkind smile: "Little Xuanzi, you scared your son!" ”
Hearing Lin Yiyi's words, Kangxi remembered that there were other people in this room, and coughed dryly to hide his embarrassment, Kangxi pointed to the child sitting obediently on the side and said, "This is my son's name is Baocheng." Then he went on to say to the child, "Aunt Ake." ”
After listening to Kangxi's introduction, Lin Yiyi, who still guessed which number it was, immediately reacted, it turned out to be the prince who was two sides and two wastes, but now the little prince is still a little doll with red lips and white teeth.
When Lin Yiyi looked at the little prince, he didn't know what kind of turmoil was going on in the little prince's heart now, and his self-respecting imperial father would actually let him call the civilian woman in front of him his aunt. However, he was curious and curious, and the number of etiquette should not be bad at all, since it was his imperial father who spoke, the little prince still stood up in a proper manner and made a junior salute.
It's just that he wants to do this ceremony, but Lin Yiyi doesn't want to accept it, although she and Kangxi are friends, but this prince's gift is not so acceptable. Slightly staggered to avoid it, Lin Yiyi said with a smile: "Don't, I can't afford your son's aunt!" ”
"I haven't seen you for many years, but I'm getting more and more careful!" Kangxi looked at Lin Yiyi and couldn't help but sigh.
"Who hasn't changed anything over the years, isn't Xiao Xuanzi becoming more and more majestic!" Lin Yiyi said with a smile.
"Hehe, I can't talk about you all the time!" Kangxi lowered his head and fiddled with the teacup in his hand, "I came to you this time to hope that you can go back to the palace with me!" ”
Kangxi's words startled Lin Yiyi, and soon Lin Yiyi calmed down, "Go back to the palace with you?" Do what? Be your concubine? ”
"Yes, I want you to be with me!" Kangxi looked at Lin Yiyi and said.
"Little Xuanzi, you think that I accompany you just because I covet the casualness of getting along with us, but have you ever thought that if I really enter the palace, one day I will become the same as your concubine."
"I'm sure you won't!"
"But I don't believe in myself! And I don't want to fight for a man for the rest of my life! That's not the life I wanted! Lin Yiyi said firmly.
"I remember that the concubines of the anti-thief Li Zicheng and the remnants of the previous dynasty and the anti-thief Wu Sangui often appear in this restaurant." This is the first time Kangxi has called himself 'I' in front of Lin Yiyi, and the threat in these words is too obvious.
To be honest, Lin Yiyi never thought that Kangxi would choose to threaten her, she was a little surprised, but she was not sad, because she had long understood that even if the relationship was good, the domineering that Kangxi belonged to the emperor in his bones could not be ignored.
"Little Xuanzi, do you remember that after the original wisdom captured Ao, you promised me to keep the three of them safe for a lifetime, and you have no jokes!"
Kangxi frowned and looked at Lin Yiyi, "You calculated it back then!" The feeling of being used made Kangxi feel a little angry.
"How is that possible! At that time, I really wanted to help you, and I didn't know who my parents were at that time. One of those three places was for my master, and the other two were for me and Xiao Guizi, but I didn't expect to use them on my parents today! Lin Yiyi smiled bitterly, sometimes you still need to tell some little lies.
"That's it, since you don't want to, I won't force you! I still have to stay here for a few days, you go and send a letter to call Xiao Guizi, just say that Xiao Xuanzi misses him! After speaking, Kangxi left with a group of people.
Kangxi just left Mu Jiansheng and hurriedly broke in, he looked Lin Yiyi up and down and found that there was nothing wrong, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and finally let go of his hanging heart. "Ke, are you alright?"
Lin Yiyi looked at him amusefully and said, "What can I do?" ”
"It's okay!" It seems that he and Ake's marriage date is better advanced, so as not to keep his daughter-in-law from being remembered.
Lin Yiyi could see Mu Jiansheng's thoughts at a glance, thinking that he had been by her side all these years, it was better to get married earlier, and her mother was chattering all day long. But I still don't tell someone first, let him be entangled for a while, thinking of this, Lin Yiyi smiled playfully. I don't want you anymore!
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Chapter 51 of the text.