On the ninth day of December, Changchun Garden

The kitchen in Chunhui Hall is always filled with a strong smell of medicine these days, lingering, and the source of the smell of medicine is the jar stewed on the stove at the moment, Li Dequan's apprentice Sixi has been guarding the side of the medicine, let the people next to him come and go, he has not moved for half a minute, and he still holds a fan in his hand, and he fanned it a few times when the fire is not strong enough

"Haruko, add some firewood." Sixi glanced at the firewood burning in the furnace.

"Hey." With this voice, a head poked out from behind the stove, and his facial features looked a little immature, thinking that he was not very old; After throwing a few pieces of chopped firewood, he said flatteringly: "Father-in-law, is it okay?" ”

Sixi nodded, and put all his energy on the medicine jar again, the medicine in it was for the emperor to drink, and there was no room for negligence. After guarding for a while, he estimated that it was almost enough, wrapped the handle of the medicine jar with a soft cloth, and slowly poured the thick black medicinal juice out of the mouth of the medicine jar, which happened to be seven points full.

Sixi put down the medicine jar and was about to serve the white porcelain begonia flower bowl containing the medicine, when a pair of hands took it one step ahead of him, and suddenly looked up, but it was Hongli, not waiting for him to call a thousand people, Hongli had already said: "Father-in-law, I will send this medicine to the imperial grandfather." ”

Sixi hurriedly waved his hand and said, "How dare you bother Brother Li, let's take it by yourself." "He is Li Dequan's apprentice, and he naturally knows that Kangxi loves this grandson very much, and the fourth elder brother also worshiped the sky before, at this moment, the palace and the palace are secretly rumoring whether the emperor intends to pass the throne to the fourth elder brother, if this is the case, then Hongli is the future prince, and he is too late.

"Don't get in the way, it just so happens that I'm going to see Grandpa Huang too." Hongli said as he put the medicine bowl on the red lacquer tray held by the little eunuch, and then walked out after serving, not giving Sixi a chance to continue.|i^

It is not far from the kitchen to the back hall of Chunhui Hall, but it is only a half-pillar of incense, Li Dequan saw Hongli coming from a distance, and hurriedly said: "Why is Brother Hong coming with medicine, but Sixi's little cub is lazy?" As long as Hongli says one word, he will definitely teach Sixi a hard lesson later.

"It has nothing to do with Grandpa Xi, it's me who wants to bring the medicine over, Grandpa Li, can the imperial grandfather be inside?" Hongli asked heartily.

Li Dequan's expression darkened, and he said with a strong face: "It's inside, Brother Li, go in quickly." ”

Hongli nodded, and walked in lightly, where the smell of medicine similar to the kitchen was permeated, and an old man in a bright yellow silk dragon robe was lying quietly on the couch with his eyes closed.

Although Hongli's movements were very light, the old man still noticed it, his nose moved, and he said tiredly: "Put the medicine down, I will drink it later." ”

"The medicine should be drunk while it is hot, and the effect will be much worse when it is cool." Hongli took the long plush blanket and gently covered Kangxi's body, "Recently, it has been cold, and the emperor's grandfather sleeps like this without a blanket, and it is easy to be invaded by the wind and cold." ”

"Why are you here?" Hearing Hongli's voice, Kangxi opened his eyes, "Shouldn't you still be in class with Taifu at this moment?" ”

"Taifu will hand in his homework today, so Taifu allows his grandson to leave class early." Hongli took the medicine bowl, scooped a spoonful, put it to his mouth and blew it cold, and said, "Grandpa Huang, grandson will serve you to drink medicine." ”

A trace of disgust flashed in Kangxi's slightly cloudy eyes, and he shook his head and said: "I haven't seen any improvement after drinking it for so long, and it's the same if I drink it again, put it down." ”

"Sickness comes like a mountain, and illness goes like a thread; The disease must be cured slowly to get better, and there is no urgency. Hongli handed the spoon forward and said: "The medicine is bitter, and my grandson believes that the emperor's illness will definitely be cured." ”

"Really?" Kangxi smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "I know my body best, I'm afraid this disease won't get better." ”

Hongli bowed his head and was silent, but his shoulders were swaying slightly, Kangxi glanced at him and said, "Why don't you speak?" ”

Hongli raised his head, his eyes like stars were shining with water, and he choked up: "Grandpa Huang is the honor of all times, the most noble person in the world, many winds and waves have survived, how can a little illness be difficult to fall for the emperor's grandfather, the emperor's grandfather will definitely be fine." ”

Hongli's heartfelt concern made Kangxi pleased, and he stretched out his hand to cover the top of his head, "The Venerable of Ten Thousand Vehicles is also a human being, as long as you are in this red dust cycle, you can't get rid of the process of birth, old age, sickness and death." ”

"No, Grandpa Huang will definitely be fine. The emperor's grandfather still has to teach his grandson to read, how can there be anything! As he said this, the light in his eyes condensed into tears, dripping into the medicine bowl, and the already extremely bitter medicine took on a hint of astringency.

"Silly boy." Kangxi could feel Hongli's innocent heart, smiled slightly, looked at Hongli for a long time, turned his gaze to the medicine bowl he had held in his hand for a long time, and said softly: "Feed me and drink medicine." ”

Hearing that Kangxi was willing to drink the medicine, Hongli nodded hurriedly, wiped the tears in his eyes, and fed Kangxi spoonful by spoonful, he didn't know if this medicine would help Kangxi, he just hoped that Kangxi could live a little longer and a little longer.

After drinking the medicine, Kangxi asked a few words about the schoolwork that Hongli had learned these days, and since he was not well, he asked Taifu to teach Hongli to read, so as not to drop the schoolwork.

As he was talking, Li Dequan walked in with a stack of folds, "Your Majesty, this is the fold just sent, do you want the slave to read it to you." ”

After the winter, Kangxi's spirit became more and more weak, half of the day was in a coma, and when he was awake, he would feel dizzy when he watched the folds for a while.

Kangxi waved his hand and said, "Let Hongli read it." ”

"Huh!" Li Dequan bowed down and agreed, walked up to Hongli and whispered: "Brother Li, pick up the important content of each excerpt and read it to the emperor, and you don't have to read those that are empty." ”

Hongli agreed, took the fold on the top, he has been following Kangxi since he was three years old, he is no stranger to these folds with the cover of yellow silk, after a skimming of it, he already knows it, and tells the content in the simplest words.

Rao is like this, a large number of excerpts also read for a full hour before they were finished, and Kangxi added the content of the reply with a red pen in the back. Kangxi, who had been ill for a long time, trembled slightly when he was holding the pen, and the handwriting was vain and weak, and Hongli was sad to see it, he would not forget how calm and powerful his hands were when he taught himself to write by hand in the past.

After annotating all the excerpts, Kangxi was already exhausted, and after panting vigorously for a while, he said to Hongli, who was stroking his chest: "From now on, I will come to read the excerpts for the emperor's grandfather every day." ”

"The grandson takes the order." Although he didn't want to admit it, Hongli knew in his heart that the emperor's grandfather was really not good this time, and every moment of getting along was precious.

Not long after Hongli retreated, Kangxi, who had already closed his eyes, suddenly opened his eyes again, and said to Li Dequan, who was standing silently: "Go, summon the fourth elder brother." ”