Because she still had something to do, Yinzhen never stayed overnight, and Ling Ruo sat in front of the bronze mirror and Shui Xiu took off all the hairpins in her hair.

Shui Yue fetched water and came in to freshen up for her, Ling Ruo asked about Hongli casually, and learned that his house was still brightly lit, and he couldn't help but wonder, this homework was done early, why didn't he rest so late?

Ling Ruo was curious, so he postponed his freshening, moved to the door of Hongli's room, and after a few taps, the door was opened, but it was Hongli, he saw Ling Ruo slightly startled, and blurted out: "Why hasn't Eniang rested yet?" ”

"Aren't you too?" Ling Ruo smiled, and took his hand into the house as when he was a child, only to see a bow and a stack of arrows on the table, both of which were smaller than usual, but suitable for a half-grown child like Hongli, and there was a soft towel next to the bow, which was used to wipe the bow and arrows.

Ling Ruo casually picked up an arrow with feathers on its tail, the tip of the arrow was made of black iron, extremely sharp, just by gently caressing his fingers, he could feel a kind of intention that broke through the skin, "What are you doing without sleeping so late?" ”

"The day after tomorrow is the ninth day of the new year, and my son wants to check the bow and arrow again to see if there is anything that needs to be adjusted." Speaking of this, Hongli's eyes flashed with hope, "The emperor's grandfather said that the one who hunts the most among the emperor's grandsons will be rewarded with a yellow horse hexagram, and his son will definitely win the yellow horse hexagram." ”

Hongli has always been humble and polite to others, and he has never bullied others, but this does not mean that he has no arrogance in his heart. On the contrary, the nine-year-old Hongli is the proudest of all, and this pride makes him unwilling to lose to anyone, even those who are much older than him.

The arrow was gently put on the table by her, grabbed Hongli's shoulder, and Ling Ruo said seriously: "Hongli, you can go to hunt the day after tomorrow, but you are not allowed to hunt any animal in the enclosure." ”

"Why is that?" Hongli looked at Ling Ruo with a puzzled face and asked, "If E-Niang is worried that her son will be injured by animals such as tigers and leopards, you can rest assured that there are internal guards who will protect her, and besides, your son himself will be extremely careful and never let E-Niang worry." ”

Ling Ruo stroked Hongli's head and said slowly: "E-Niang is not worried about this. ”

"What's that?" Hongli became more and more puzzled, was he afraid that he would steal the limelight from his brothers and make them lose their faces?

"Hongli, you and the imperial grandfather have also studied for so long, and you know many things, then Eniang will test you, what are the four dimensions and eight virtues?"

The four dimensions and eight virtues, Hongli has long learned, and he doesn't want to think about it at the moment: "The four dimensions are: courtesy, righteousness, honesty, and shame; The eight virtues are: loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, love, courtesy, righteousness, harmony and peace. Although the answer was a question, Hongli still did not understand what these had to do with the hunt the day after.

Ling Ruo nodded and said: "In life, the most important thing is a moral character, if the virtue is not good, even if this person has a lot of money and power, he will be ashamed." Virtue is everywhere. If you hunt them in large quantities at this time, of course, you will be rewarded according to your temperament, but the beasts will not be able to reproduce because of this, which will not hurt the peace of heaven and damage your own virtue. ”

Hongli only thought about how to kill wild beasts when hunting, and he didn't even think about these things, but now that he heard Ling Ruo mention it, he knew that it was indeed reasonable. But he was still a child after all, and he was always a little unwilling to give up such a good opportunity to see others in the limelight there, and it was this unwillingness that made him slow to respond to Ling Ruo's words.

Ling Ruo didn't urge, she just stood quietly in front of the candlelight that emitted orange-red light and waited for Hongli's answer, she believed that Hongli would not let her down.

After a long time, Hongli finally said: "My son knows the way, E-Niang can rest assured, on the paddock the day after tomorrow, my son will never kill any beast." He was an extremely filial person, and although he was unwilling, he still obeyed Ling Ruo's words.

Ling Ruo bowed her head, she heard the unwillingness in Hongli's heart, but doing so was the best for Hongli, and it was also the best way for him to get Kangxi's eyes.

Yes, the so-called beast sex, wanton hunting and killing is harmful, but it is just to deal with the words of Hongli, and her real intention is not here, but to cater to the Sacred Heart.

Kangxi is no longer the sharp-edged young emperor of decades ago, he is old and has lost his previous decisiveness, and the imperial heart has gradually become benevolent, especially after the death of the queen mother, this feeling is even more obvious.

Such a Kangxi hopes that his next term will be a benevolent hero like him, Yinzhen is too cold and tough, obviously not, so Ling Ruo started on Hongli.

At Hongli's age, he may not be able to win the first place in the paddock if he tries his best, but it is better to take this opportunity to let Hongli jump out in front of Kangxi.

Everything, just as Ling Ruo expected, on the day of the hunt, Kangxi not only did not blame him for not having a single prey in Hongli, but instead gave him a green jade Ruyi, which was placed in the south study, the third elder brother asked Kangxi for it, but Kangxi never let go, and no one expected to give it to Hongli at this time.

What does this mean, no one except Kangxi knows Lu Dao, even Ling Ruo is just secretly speculating, waiting for the day when the mystery is revealed.

In the first month of the 60th year of Kangxi, Kangxi took the 60th year of the imperial pole to send the emperor's fourth son Yinzhen, the emperor's twelfth son Yinzhen, and the son Hongsheng to sacrifice Yongling, Fuling, and Zhaoling.

In March, Wang Yan, a university scholar, first secretly restored the reserve, and then thirteen people including Yu Shi Tao Yi asked for the establishment of the reserve, but Kangxi did not allow it, Wang Yan, Tao Yi and others were punished and sent to serve in the army.

The emperor's heart became more and more unpredictable, and the princes stared at the throne more carefully, and put everything in secret. And with the decay of Kangxi's body, the replacement of the throne was undoubtedly put in the first place.

In September, Kangxi formulated the Pingxi inscription.

In October, the general Yinzhen was summoned to Beijing.

In the first month of the sixty-first year of Kangxi, a thousand banquets were held, Kangxi wrote poems, and all the ministers were together, and the title was "Thousand Banquet Poems".

In the course of the Qiansu banquet, the princes each presented congratulatory gifts, but there was an accident when it was the turn of the fourteenth elder brother Yinzhen, he was to send a falcon that was tamed when the chaos was outside, but when it was presented to the palace, the living falcon became a dead falcon, which greatly disappointed the Qiansu banquet. Yinzhen was also scolded by Kangxi for a while.

After the Qiansu banquet, Kangxi fell ill again, found it difficult to get up, and was also weak to Hongli's teachings.

Kangxi's illness lingered for a long time, sometimes good and sometimes bad, and it was difficult to see improvement; This incident made the people of the harem and the previous dynasties panic, and they were all speculating whether Kangxi would be able to survive this serious illness.

If he dies and the choice of the prince is undecided, I am afraid that there will be a disaster that will affect the entire Qing Dynasty.

In October, Kangxi ordered Yinzhen and others to inspect the warehouse.

In December, Emperor Kangxi moved to Changchun Garden and ordered the emperor's fourth son, Yinzhen Gong, to worship the heavens.

When this decree was issued, it caused an uproar among the princes and officials, and everyone knew that in addition to the emperor, there was only the future prince who was qualified to worship the sky, Kangxi asked Yinzhen Gong to worship the sky on his behalf at this moment, is he preparing to pass the throne to him?