Before the southern tour, Zhu Zhen didn't find a chance to talk to Babeile again, and only saw Bafujin once from afar. I remember the only time I heard Babel mention the name of Ba Fu Jin, it was called Hui Qing, it was a bright woman, no matter where she walked, it was the most intense and dazzling scenery. Too far away, Zhu Zhen couldn't see her expression clearly, but she also knew that she must be bitter in her heart, after all, her husband accepted a concubine, and the reason was that she couldn't give birth, what an insult and irony for a woman, even if Bafujin was arrogant and strong, she was also a woman, not to mention that she was still born in ancient times.

"What is this?" The thirteenth elder brother took the gadgets handed by the bamboo basket and asked.

"Tiger, can't you see it?" The bamboo basket took a closer look at the gadget and said, "I saw that it was quite similar, so I bought it back." ”

"Of course I recognize it as a tiger, how did I think of buying such a gadget?" The thirteenth elder brother shook the clay tiger in his hand.

"Aren't you a tiger? When I saw that this one was still polished like that, I remembered that you were here, and I bought it back, knowing that you love tea, and you have nothing to do with the objects in the tea tray. "The thirteenth elder brother drinks tea, the big red robe tastes good, and the herbal tea on the roadside is also drunk happily, so he is the real tea drinker.

The thirteenth elder brother smiled and was about to put it away, but he heard someone behind the two: "The thirteenth brother is so good-looking!" ”

Hearing this, the two hurriedly turned around to greet the prince. The prince called out with a smile, took the clay tiger in the hand of the thirteenth elder brother, and looked at it and said: "Don't say it, these gadgets in Jiangnan have some meaning, and when they are put on the case, they are also rare." Then he sighed, "It's still a good blessing for the thirteenth brother, this year's festival has just passed, and before the birthday comes, there will be a gift to receive." ”

"What's rude, the girl's family loves to fiddle with these gadgets, and they happened to be in front of my brother's physiognomy, so I sent them." The thirteenth elder brother said with a sloppy eye.

"Oh? Lone is also a tiger, why don't you see someone send it? Glancing at the bamboo basket, the prince said, "No, let him be a brother." ”

As soon as these words came out, the thirteenth elder brother's face was a little stiff, so he wanted to step forward to theorize, and asked the bamboo basket to be dragged secretly, and the bamboo basket blocked the thirteenth elder brother on the side, and blessed the prince with him, and said: "The prince does not dislike it, just be a slave and a maid to honor you, it is not worth a few dollars, and the prince does not laugh." ”

The prince looked at the thirteenth elder brother, and when he saw that the thirteenth elder brother was silent, he put the clay tiger into his sleeve, and said loudly with a smile: "In this case, the thirteenth brother can take care of it more." ”

Sent the prince away, for a long time the thirteenth elder brother did not speak, Zhu Zhen saw him childlike sex, and looked at it and pounced "fluttering" and laughed out: "That clay pinched broken thing, I bought it for two pennies at a roadside stall, and the workmanship is not fine, and it will humiliate you if you put it." Catch up with Ming'er and return to Beijing, I will go to Tianmuju to customize a set of good purple sand for you, and all kinds of tigers will come to sit and lie down, and put it on the table, is it not more majestic than this? Seeing that the thirteenth elder brother was still silent, Zhu Zhen climbed his arm and said, "How old is a person, and he is not a child, he has to be angry when he is robbed of toys, he is different, and it is always bad for him to be angry with himself." ”

"He doesn't have any good things to do on weekdays, just look at a roadside thing, and now he looks like he's going to walk a terracotta figurine, who knows what he's thinking?" The thirteenth elder brother turned to the bamboo basket and said, "You have to be careful, if there is anything, come to me quickly, I am not here, just look for the little flute, do you know?" ”

Zhu Zhen smiled: "Don't worry, I know the severity." I'm just a little palace maid, and I don't have two or two weights, so you take me seriously, he's maybe turn around and forget it! ”

"It's for the best." The thirteenth elder brother nodded the head of the bamboo basket.

In the afternoon, when he was on duty in front of Kangxi, when he saw the tiger terracotta figurines on the table, Zhu Zong's heart was cold, if he hadn't worn thick clothes, he was afraid that his tremors would be exposed.

"I heard the prince say that you sent it." Kangxi practiced calligraphy in front of the table and said casually.

"If you go back to the emperor, you will get it from the slave maid." After weighing and weighing, Zhu Zhen felt that if he put it together, Kangxi might believe his words, but he was afraid that he would lose the royal face and he would be even more miserable.

"The tiger is very well shaped." Kangxi spoke in a calm tone, put down the pen in his hand, and suddenly swept all the pen, ink, paper, and inkstones on the table to the ground, which shocked the palace people in the room to kneel.

"All of them are for me to go out, and no one is allowed to come in without my will!" Seeing that the bamboo basket also came out with everyone, Kangxi said in a deep voice, "The bamboo basket stays." ”

The bamboo basket stood in place with each other, and when he and Kangxi were left in the room, the bamboo basket slowly knelt down.

"Huh." Kangxi knocked on the table and said, "What are you doing kneeling down?" You have to explain it to me. ”

"If you go back to the emperor, the clay figurines of the slaves and maids are clumsy, and they are not worthy of being placed in the prince's house." Zhu Zhen said softly.

"You, you, you fool!" Kangxi paced in front of the bamboo basket, rarely impetuous.

Zhu Zhen doesn't know why Kangxi is like this, a terracotta figurine, is it really worth his anger? Zhu Zhen knelt unruly, only hung his head and waited to listen to Kangxi's teachings, and he didn't know what was wrong with him, when he was supposed to be nervous, he suddenly wanted to pick a son and quit, she ran all the way to the Qing Dynasty to come to her easy, she had to listen to the big boss for five days, and listen to the little boss for three days.

"Kneel or not, get up." Kangxi waved his hand casually.

"Your Majesty." Reluctantly got up, muttering in my heart that standing is more tired than kneeling.

"Tell me what you think, do you really want to go to Yuqing Palace?" Kangxi turned around and sat under the window, staring at the bamboo basket and said, "I see that you girl is an understanding person, at the beginning, I was thinking of pointing it out to the old thirteen, or the old fourteen, after all, it is Chang Fujin, who knows that you are a good girl, I have not once asked me to worry, and the good opportunities have let it slip away." ”

Zhu Zhen was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he understood, and said slowly: "The emperor is wrong to love, don't say that it is the crown prince, that is, the thirteenth master and the fourteenth master, and the slave and maid are also unattainable." The slave didn't dare to hide it from the emperor, and the slave and maid once broke their ankles in the imperial garden, but fortunately, they called the thirteenth master to meet them, so they called someone to help the slave and maid back to the house. The doll was originally a slave who looked at the thirteenth master's appearance and wanted to give it to the thirteenth master as a thank you, but the prince saw it and liked it in his heart, so he honored the prince. Anyway, now there are two people in the house, he and Kangxi, Zhu Zhen has no previous scruples, and said, "What is the identity of the slave and maid, the slave and maid know it in their hearts, and they don't dare to do any delusions, let alone cause anything, and on this, I also ask the emperor to put one hundred and twenty hearts." ”

Kangxi didn't speak for a long time, and when he spoke again, his tone had calmed down: "I heard Prince Yu say that you girl, you don't want to get married." ”

Zhu Zhen smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the slave maid is eighteen years old this year, and she is not afraid of the emperor's jokes when she says it, just ask, how can there be such a big girl who doesn't want to marry?" ”

"And what are you?" Kangxi narrowed his eyes and said.

"When the slave maid was at home before, she occasionally heard a little song, and she had such an idea." The first time I heard "Baitou Yin" was in junior high school, I felt that the sound seemed to come from the valley, far away and bright, just a guqin, deduced a legend and a good story.

"Sing and listen." Kangxi stood facing the window, his whole body melted into the twilight, and he couldn't distinguish his expression.

"It is as white as snow on the mountain, as bright as the moon between the clouds, and Wen Jun has two intentions, so he decided to break with each other. Today's wine party, the head of the ditch in Mingdan, the ditch is on the ditch, and the ditch water flows from east to west. Sad and miserable, you don't need to cry when you get married...... I wish to have a heart, and the white head is not separated...... although I eased my emotions before opening my mouth, in the end it was the wrong occasion, and I didn't have enough confidence, when I sang it for the first time, even my voice was trembling, and the second time it was stronger, but Zhu Zhen felt that this song was called to sing it, and the idea of artistic conception was all gone, so he only sighed for a good song, so that he was ruined.

"I usually like you as a girl, but I see that even if you are on duty in front of the emperor, you never have a big deal with Giotto, let alone rely on my favor and friendship with the old thirteen and a few of them, clinging to the powerful, planning and calculating everywhere. I hate most of all those people who are pretending to be high in their mouths, but who are greedy in their eyes behind their backs. Kangxi turned around and said, "I always compared the fortune of the old eight families with you before, and I said in my heart, Yue Lejia's Gege is arrogant, but now it seems that she still loses to you in her ordinary heart." ”

Zhu Zhen blessed his body, and said lightly: "The Eight Blessings are noble, and the slaves and maids dare not compare with the Eight Blessings." Slaves and maids are just mortals, and there are things that cannot be opened. Although it is said that life is unsatisfactory for ten times, but in a hurry for decades, in the blink of an eye, if there are not one or two things that are fulfilled by their own wishes, the slave feels that it is always in vain. ”

Kangxi suddenly burst into laughter, he pointed to the bamboo basket with a smile, and said: "Among these daughters, I am distressed, and all of them are delicate." Not only my daughter, but she has been in the customs for a long time, and she can't choose a few of the eight flags. Do you know why I dot on the Gege of Guo Luoluo's family so much? Zhu Zhen seemed to understand a little in his heart, but shook his head, Kangxi continued, "In terms of the Gege of Guo Luoluo's family, you can still see some of the Gege that we should look like before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs." Speaking of this, Kangxi sighed and sat back in his chair.

Zhu Zhen handed over the teacup, Kangxi took the teacup and took a sip, put down the teacup, and said: "If you say that you are a girl, and you are destined for the prince, it will also make it difficult, and it will not be ambiguous in major matters." ”

"Your Majesty, you ......," Zhu Zhen whispered.

"What's the hurry? I'm just gossiping with you, and I can't take it seriously. Kangxi is very interested, he is a person with strong self-restraint, and he never shows anyone what he thinks, which will talk endlessly on this sensitive topic, which Zhu Zhen couldn't imagine.

"You've been in this palace for four or five years, even if you've been by my side, you've been two years younger, come, tell me about me, none of my sons really have a crush? I see you're getting along well with them. Kangxi asked as he asked Zhu Zheng to sit down on a chair beside him.

At this time, Kangxi is very much like a kind uncle, like every father, he will also care about his son's feelings, and he cares about it. Zhu Zhen thought about it seriously and said, "The best men in the Qing Dynasty are concentrated in this Forbidden City, and no matter how tall the eyes of the slaves and maids are, they can't be taller. Just ......"

"Just what?" Kangxi asked with a smile while holding a teacup.

"Your Majesty, don't hide it from the emperor, it's because it's too high, the slave and maid always feel that it is out of reach, and the slave and maid feel that instead of working hard, it is better to live by yourself."

"Come on, I don't know if you're careful, it's not easy to deal with 'one-hearted people', the royal rules are there, the prince can't just marry one wife, but I can keep you safe." Seeing that Zhu Jiu Mian was puzzled, Kangxi said again, "I will be your backer, are you still afraid of being bullied?" ”

Zhu Zhen lowered his head and thought for a moment, and when he looked up again, his eyes were already clear, and he only heard a clear voice: "Your Majesty, the slave and maid are very sorry for their lives, and they dare not disobey your will, but in the hearts of the slaves and maids, there is something more important than life, that is, faith." Once the faith collapses, keeping the life is only to make the slave more misanthropic. ”

"What are your beliefs? Fourth? The eighth? Old Thirteen? Old Fourteen? ”

"Slaves and maids have always liked the saying, 'Life is precious, love is more valuable, if it is for freedom, both can be thrown'."

"You girl, you have a lot of courage."

"Your Majesty, people often say, 'The king is a tall wood, and the concubine is a vine carrot', but the slave maid is unwilling to be a vine carrot, and needs to be attached to survive, and the slave and maid do not expect the world to be big, but they are not willing to be confined to a small courtyard, if this is the case, then it is no longer the original slave and maid."

"Even your own husband can't change you?"

"I can't."

"The royal daughter-in-law can't let you run around."

"It's not that the slave and maid can't live in that courtyard, but they are disgusted with the deceit in that courtyard, and they are jealous. At first, his husband could still protect him, but he still had business and would be tired, and after a long time, his love would be gone, and the two would be resentful, so it would be better to miss it. Kangxi has repeatedly asked about his life's events, if he told him about himself and Sibeile, Kangxi would not object to it, but in fact, he was still unwilling in his heart, otherwise he would not be bent on going outside the palace.

"Let's go down." Kangxi exhaled, leaned back in his chair, and said.

"Yes." The bamboo basket saluted and exited the room.

Seeing the prince and the thirteenth elder brother sitting outside the house, Zhu Zhen was stunned, saluted, and went back to the house by himself.

In the evening, the thirteenth elder brother came over, and Zhu Ji let him into the house, but he didn't speak for a long time, Zhu Ji was good-tempered, and he didn't urge him, knowing that if he was like this, he must have something difficult to say.

The teacup of the thirteenth elder brother loosened his grip in his hand, and he held it and released it, and only when the tea in the bamboo basket's hand had already eaten three cups did he speak: "During the day, I sat with the prince outside the emperor's house for a long time. ”

Zhu Zhen lowered his eyes, rolled his eyes, and said: "The emperor was not very good-tempered before, I sat with him for a while, the prince didn't blame him, right?" ”

"Did you sing?"

Zhu Zhen nodded and said, "Sing casually, make the emperor happy." ”

"After you left, the prince and I entered the house, and the prince casually asked Huang Ama what song you sang, and Huang Ama didn't want to say." Without waiting for Zhu Zhen to answer, the thirteenth elder brother said again, "I sat close and heard it." ”

Zhu Zhen didn't know why the thirteenth elder brother had so much, so he just looked at him without speaking, and the thirteenth elder brother said, "I never thought that you were thinking like this." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Zhen smiled and said, "You're here for this?" At that time, the emperor asked, and he was in a hurry, so he said that. ”

"So, doesn't that have to be the case?" The thirteenth elder brother stared down at the teacup and said.

Zhu Zhen sighed: "I haven't thought about it, let's take one step at a time, besides, these grinding things, when I get out of the palace in the future, it's not too late to have a headache, there are still several years in between!" ”

The thirteenth elder brother was silent for a while, and Zhu Zhen said, "When did you start caring about my life's events?" Didn't we have a tacit understanding for a long time, if I didn't get married at that time, I would count on the Thirteenth Master to support me? Could it be that you are going to repay your debts? As he spoke, the bamboo basket simply stuck his waist.

The thirteenth elder brother saw it, laughed, looked at the bamboo basket and said: "Look at your rude appearance, I see, nine out of ten can't get married!" I can tell you first, go to my house to beg for a living, but you have to practice your skills well, if you don't have any of them, don't blame me for not opening the door. ”

"Humph!" Zhu Zhen didn't eat his set, and said, "The emperor can say, he wants to support me, whatever I choose, if you don't honestly open the main door to me, I will go to ask for the Holy Decree to see if you have the courage to shut the Holy Decree out of the door!" ”

The thirteenth elder brother looked at Zhu Zheng's arrogant appearance with a smile and did not speak. When he went out, the thirteenth elder brother did not leave immediately, and it was not until the light in the bamboo basket house disappeared that he said softly: "Yu'er, if it wasn't for the time when I was in Mount Tai, I would not have been so sorry today." As if thinking of something again, the thirteenth elder brother shook his head with a smile and said, "The main entrance? Yu'er, you little girl, don't you know that only the big red sedan chair of Chang Fujin can enter through the main entrance? Do you know that as long as you nod my head, I will bear the resentment of my brother, and I will definitely go to ask the emperor immediately. ”