Cining Palace is very quiet, and it has not yet reached the time when the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs will go to court, so the emperor has not yet come to greet the Queen Mother. In the east room, only the Queen Mother and her personal maid Su Moer were chatting. The current Queen Mother, known as the "No. 1 Beauty in Manchuria", is already forty or fifty years old, but because of good maintenance, she looks like she is thirty-four or five years old at most. The most conspicuous thing on a delicate and beautiful goose egg face is the beautiful Danfeng eyes. It's not that ordinary phoenix-eyed people often squint, but it's black and white, bright as lacquer. Under the high bridge of the nose, two thin lip flaps. This face is delicate in the overall combination, and when you take it apart, you don't feel that any organ is particularly prominent, and when combined it gives people a sense of atmosphere, luxury, and awe-inspiring. It's no exaggeration to say that when you see it, you feel awe-inspiring!

"Su Moer, you said, Lord Rui has been traveling for almost a year, right? Why haven't you heard from you until now? ”

Su Moer said with a smile: "Lord Rui, they just went out to visit the mountains and rivers, just like he worshiped the famous Buddhist mountains with the Tong family Fujin a few years ago, and walked forward by the reins, maybe it would be inconvenient to carry the letter, right?" I really should send a letter to Tong's Fujin, she is a woman supporting a palace, it's really not easy. Queen Mother, this is the cloud tea you want. ”

"Okay, well, Su Moer's tea-making skills are getting better and better. The same tea leaves, passing through your hands, will taste different. ”

Su Moer smiled: "Thank you Queen Mother for the compliment." ”

"You said that Lord Rui and they haven't heard from them for a year, will they have anything to say?"

Who is Su Moer? I immediately understood what the Queen Mother meant. She was a cautious person, and after thinking about it, she said, "It shouldn't be a problem, right?" Do you still have some thoughts about Emperor Taizong's desire to establish Prince Rui as the prince? ”

"How can Hongu not want to? How many people gave up the throne when they had the chance? ”

"The slave maid thinks, Lord Rui became a monk at the age of three or four, the environment in the temple, those scriptures, and that kind of coarse tea and light rice are all things that can't produce any fighting spirit and **, the first thing a monk needs to do is that the four are empty, Lord Rui has been a monk for so many years, and there is no interest in things in the world, right?"

"You have a point. But he is already vulgar, isn't Zhu Yuanzhang the emperor after returning to vulgarity? Who in the world does not envy the emperor who is the only one on the dragon chair? The palace has already taken Tong's Jinxiu's daughter into the palace, but she feels that it is not enough, Xue'er is a girl after all. These days, the palace is thinking about taking the Xuan Shizi from their house to the palace to study, and their two children are studying in the palace, so what else dare they do? Besides, except for the sick and disabled, almost all the boys in the royal family's mansion have come to the palace to study, and the son of Xuan in their house is already eight years old, and it is time to enter the palace to receive a little strict education. Isn't the master in the palace as good as the grandfather of the prince? What's more important is that the sons and daughters of the clan, including the prince, have to learn to ride and shoot, why is the prince in their house so special? Isn't he worried that this palace will harm him? Of all the princes' mansions, there is only one boy who has been crowned the son of the world, Xuan'er. When the son of the world doesn't take the lead in entering the palace to study, what do others think? The palace and the emperor mentioned this matter several times, but he rejected it, and he was very favoritistic! Alas, the emperor's personality is becoming more and more paranoid, and he thinks that all lice in a good life are double eyelids; If he wants to look down on the people, then he will hate them, and he can't wait to die quickly. The regent gave up the throne and assisted him wholeheartedly, but later ended up being frustrated! ”

The more the Queen Mother spoke, the more angry she became, and her fist slammed on the kang table, shaking the tea cup on it to the ground.

"Queen Mother, you are angry. The slave knows that you hate the emperor but you can't make steel, but in fact, you are too anxious. The slave maid has heard of people of the emperor's age, who work against their parents. It's not that he's unfilial, but he's taking himself as a man. Ordinary people are still like this, not to mention that he is still the emperor? Don't worry about him. The slave maid heard that Xuan Shizi of King Rui's Mansion had been learning Shaolin Kung Fu with Lord Rui since he was three years old, and the younger people practiced martial arts with their own soldiers every morning. Not only did he learn Shaolin Kung Fu, but he also learned wrestling, grappling and light skills with guards who were good at kung fu, and he was not very squeamish. ”

The Queen Mother didn't speak for a long time, don't look at Su Mo'er as just a maid, but her words are very weighty many times. The reason why the queen mother has an opinion about the prince is actually because she does not deal with her son the emperor, and has always regarded the prince as her son's "same party" and as Dorgon's enemy. Knowing that Dolgon wanted to occupy the Tong family's splendid scenery and imprisoned Prince Rui in the prison of the Zongren Mansion, Prince Rui was wronged, but Prince Rui was also the younger brother of Prince Su Haoge, and Prince Su and Dolgon competed for the throne, did Prince Rui really not support his own brother at all?

The queen mother felt that the only reason why the emperor and herself were "not dealing with" was that the relationship between her mother and the regent was despised by her son. So many times when teaching the emperor, he refuted or even contradicted him, and he was very angry and sad. The queen mother just felt that she was completely for her son's good, and the emperor didn't accept it, but she didn't know what to do.

While the two were talking, the eunuch Gao Gonggong, who was in charge of communication, whispered at the door: "Lord Rui and his Fujin are waiting outside the palace. ”

"Oh? Has Lord Rui returned home? Declare! The Queen Mother was relieved and took a long breath.

The prince and Fujin were waiting outside the palace, but the gifts were not around. Six large cardboard boxes of one meter cube with a large glass goldfish bowl on the outside. There are two whole carriages loaded, and there are too many things to be pulled directly into the palace. It is also said that entering the palace to give gifts must be strictly inspected by the soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army of Shenwu Gate. After passing guò, it had to be pulled in by a board car in the palace, so it could only be placed in the Shenwu Gate first, and the Nalan guards watched it.

The prince and Fujin were announced into the palace, and just after the queen mother was finished, the emperor came. said that Gonggong Wu saw the imperial brother and sister Jinxiu, and he didn't even have time to change his court clothes.

Emperor Shunzhi was very handsome, noble and elegant. He was wearing a bright yellow brocade court dress of the Son of Heaven, with a dragon robe in front and a dragon on the back, and five dragons on his waist; There are two dragons and four dragons; two shawls and dragons; One dragon with upright sleeves. In addition to the dragon pattern, there are also 12 chapters unique to the emperor's dragon robe: respectively: sun, moon, stars, algae, fire, etc. Hanging a pearl around his neck and wearing a crown of court clothes, he is a majestic Qing emperor!

After meeting the emperor, greeting and greeting a few words, the prince told the emperor that he and Yun'er brought back some gifts to give to the queen mother and the emperor. The face of the royal people, especially the supreme ruler, is much more important than the lives of others. Fang Cai also questioned the prince in every way, and when he heard that there were gifts, it was cloudy and sunny. - Ruiwangfu is very serious when giving gifts, and it doesn't cost much, but the content is very novel and decent.

"Lord Rui has been out for more than a year, and he still wants to bring gifts to the emperor and the palace, so let's present the gifts."

The prince said: "In Shenwumen, there are a lot of things. ”

The emperor said, "Tie Yan, you bring someone to pick it up." Tell the people of Shenwu Sect that no one is qualified to inspect Lord Rui's things in the future! ”

Tie Yan, who was standing outside the door, hurriedly agreed to bring a few guards, and had already heard that there were a lot of gifts, so he found four carts and hurried to Shenwu Gate.

This Zhao Tieyan is the emperor's personal guard, that is, the only son of Zhao Yong, the personal guard given to the prince by Huang Taiji when the prince returned to the palace. Zhao Yong died of illness, leaving behind a widow and an only son. Tie Yan's mother was the dowry girl Qi Qige brought by the Queen Mother from the grassland, and later assigned to Zhao Yong, Zhao Yong died Qi Qige was too sad and in poor health, so she couldn't be an errand by the Queen Mother's side. The Queen Mother remembered that Qiqige served herself, and her son was very outstanding, so she asked Tie Yan to enter the palace to serve as a personal guard for the emperor. Zhao Tieyan was born with a tall posture, a handsome face, and a literary and martial arts strategy, excellent in all aspects, and was very valued by the emperor.

Zhao Tieyan's father and Tian Liang's father are senior brothers and brothers, and Tian Liang and Tieyan have always been commensurate with each other as brothers and get along very closely. When Tian Liang came home from Mount Emei, his family suffered an accident, his parents died, and he was homeless. It was the old Zhao guards who took Tian Liang in and raised him as his own child for two years. Before his death, he entrusted it to the prince, and Tian Liang entered the palace as a guard. Tian Liang and Zhao Tieyan are very close, but they each have errands, and they usually don't have time to come and go. If there is anything at home, I will help without saying a word.

The relationship between Tie Yan and the prince is also extraordinary, after Zhao Yong's death, the prince has helped Tie Yan's mother and son a lot. As soon as Tie Yan had time, he came to the palace to ask the prince Fujin for peace.

Tian Liang and Nalan get along very well, and the two often follow the prince into the palace, so Tie Yan and Nalan are also relatively familiar friends.

After the two met and hugged their fists to say hello, Zhao Tieyan looked at the gifts on the carriage and said with a smile: "So many gifts? It's not easy to take. ”

Nalan teased: "You have a lot of strength, just carry it back." ”

"Where is my back? Oh, where are the goldfish? It's so beautiful! Hey, why didn't Ryoko come? went out with the prince for a whole year, and I missed him. ”

"The prince asked him to stay in the house and help Fang Fujin sort things out. You're here with your car, so hurry up and lift it to your car. How many brothers, do it? ”

The guards in the house and the guards in the palace worked together to carry the boxes. Nalan took advantage of this kung fu to gossip: "Brother Liangzi also brought you a box of gifts, but it's not good to bring them to the palace." ”

"Then I'll go to the house and get it, Liangzi, this kid is interesting enough, you thank Liangzi on my behalf."

"The gift seems to have been bought by the prince with money."

"You guy is talking so much, I have to clean you up."

When they arrived at Cining Palace, even the guards standing guard at the door got started, and everyone carried the boxes and fish tanks into the main hall and placed them in the center of the outer room of the Queen Mother's bedroom. Nalan was about to retreat, but was stopped by the Queen Mother:

"This guard, please stay."

"Subordinate Nalan Dongde, please say hello to the Queen Mother!" Nalan knelt on one leg to greet the Queen Mother.

"Okay, no excuses."

"Empress Dowager Xie."

"You and the guards and fathers-in-law who came with you will go back to the house first, and come to pick up Prince Rui and his wife in the afternoon. The palace is to keep them to speak and eat. ”

"Huh! Subordinates obeyed. ”

Nalan gave a salute to the prince, "Lord, my subordinates have returned to the house first." ”

"Okay, okay, you go back first, when you come back to pick up this king, Gonggong Qin won't use it, he is old. When you go back, let's see if Ryoko has anything to help him. ”

"Huh! The subordinates retired. ”

Nalan hurried back, but on the way, he met Nalan Donggui, the third brother who came to the house to find him, saying that Eniang was sick, Nalan hurriedly invited a very famous Lang Zhong with his younger brother, and waited for Lang Zhong to take the pulse and prescribed medicine, Eniang was not so feverish after taking the medicine, Nalan guards hurried back to the house, it was already noon, everyone had done the work that should be done, Tian Liang asked Nalan to go home to make up for sleep, and wait until the afternoon to pick up the prince and Fujin.

The Queen Mother's eyes were immediately hooked by the goldfish bowl. She walked over to the fish tank, her eyes filled with irrepressible surprise. In the Qing Dynasty, glass also appeared, all of which came from foreign countries, and the craftsmanship was still very rough and primitive. The fish tank in front of me is very clear and transparent, and there are no impurities at all. The lower part of the fish tank is a very elegant black wood base, which has turquoise aquatic plants, snow-white corals, rockery stones, small pavilions, and beautiful rain flower stones, which makes people feel refreshed when they look at it. The three pairs of goldfish in the tank have their own characteristics. The goldfish with red scales and gold spots and a white tail was much larger than a fist, and its four-petaled long tail swayed ethereally like a translucent gauze skirt. It gives people the impression that it is colorful, dignified, elegant, quiet and gentle. Lion's head and pearl fish are new varieties that have not yet appeared in the Qing Dynasty.

Goldfish were fed in the Tang Dynasty, and in the Song Dynasty, there were already varieties that spread to Japan, to Portugal and England in the seventeenth century, and quickly spread in Europe, and to the United States in the eighteenth century, and gradually became popular all over the world. Goldfish has always been known as the "golden scale fairy" and "peony in the water", and Western scholars call it "Oriental holy fish". In the Qing Dynasty, people who feed goldfish have been very common, in contrast, the variety of flowers and colors can not be compared with the "exotic", after all, it is more than two hundred years, and the modern scientific and technological content is very large, and the cultivation methods used are incomparable to the Qing Dynasty, especially the glass fish tank is unique in the Qing Dynasty. The goldfish and the fish tank will not have a big impact on people's minds, but they are better looking than here, and they know that they are fish tanks and goldfish if they have never seen it.

The Queen Mother likes to come over from her seat, bend over to look, and the emperor also comes over to watch. Fu Jin reminded the Queen Mother to look at it from a high place, otherwise it would tire her legs. Only then did the Queen Mother smile and straighten up and say, "Where did Lord Rui get the treasure?" Hongu really likes it! Su Moer, you go and find something to put in the fish tank. ”

Su Moer hurried to go. After a while, the two young eunuchs brought a table that was slightly lower than the table, and the size was enough, and several eunuchs carried the fish tank up. The prince told Su Moer about the general method of changing the water and feeding the fish, and then Fujin began to open the box and get the gifts; Su Mo'er, Fu'er, and Bao'er helped Fu Jin, carefully took it out, and gently placed it on the small kang table in front of the Queen Mother.

The first thing that came out was a copper tripod that occupied most of the cardboard box, of course, it was an imitation of zuò made with modern technology, and the appearance looked better than the real one, brand new. There are four big characters on it, "the country is eternal", all of which highlight the surface of the tripod. Emperor Shunzhi immediately praised loudly: "Good!" That's great! This tripod is so exquisite! It must be placed in a prominent position in the Qianqing Palace! As he spoke, he beckoned his personal eunuch Wu Gonggong to arrange a place to put the ding.