Changchun Garden, Shouxuan Chunyong Palace.

The Queen Mother sat on the kang and looked at her great-granddaughter in Concubine Yi's arms with a smile.

She left Horqin as a teenager and entered the Forbidden City. Although she did not give birth to a son and a half daughter, her identity as a queen made her full of children and grandchildren.

There are dozens of grandchildren and granddaughters, and by the generation of great-grandchildren, there are already hundreds. Many people, she didn't see it, and now many great-grandchildren and great-granddaughters have grown up Chengren, and even great-great-grandchildren.

Concubine Yi was sitting on a small stool next to the kang to coax her granddaughter, and seeing that the Queen Mother was interested, she smiled and put the little girl on the kang, and said to the Queen Mother in Mongolian: "Queen Mother, you see, this little girl's ears, like her Ama, are all with the master, and it is really painful to watch." ”

The Queen Mother couldn't speak Chinese all her life, and in the Queen Mother's palace, all the envoys were Mongolian and Manchu slaves. Even when Kangxi came here to ask for peace, he mostly used Mongolian language, and occasionally Manchu.

As early as when the Empress Dowager was still alive, there were no Han concubines in the harem, from the concubines to the eunuchs and palace maids, most of them spoke Manchu, and some spoke Mongolian, and there were very few who spoke Chinese.

The death of the Empress Dowager was the end of the Manchu and Mongolian era in the harem of the Qing Dynasty.

Although there is also a queen mother, she is also not in Chinese, but because she has always been honored and rarely interferes in palace affairs, her influence in the harem is not as good as that of the queen mother.

However, it is okay to speak Chinese in other places, and in front of the Queen Mother, everyone still has to answer in Mongolian or Manchu.

Concubine Yi entered the palace early, and she is a clever person. Not for anything else, just to please the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother, she also learned Mongolian very carefully, and spoke very neatly.

For this reason, among the concubines in the harem, the Queen Mother treats Concubine Yi the most kindly.

In addition, Concubine Yi's eldest son was raised by the Queen Mother herself, so they got along differently.

This little girl who was carried to the kang by Concubine Yi was one and a half years old. It seems that she is being looked at by people in the sky, and she is not afraid of life, standing there, her eyes are dark, and she looks at the Queen Mother with a little curiosity.

When the Queen Mother saw her, she liked it very much, stretched out her hand to pull her to her, hugged her and sat on her lap, and praised her in Mongolian.

The little girl pursed her lips, looked at Concubine Yi sitting on the stool, and then looked at her mother and grandmother standing behind her, tilted her little head, and looked at the string of golden coral bracelets on the Queen Mother's chest.

When the Queen Mother saw it, she untied the bracelet in front of the placket and hung it on the button on the little girl's chest.

The little girl seemed to be surprised, looked at the Queen Mother with wide eyes, and looked down at her placket, already laughing at two small dimples. She stretched out a pair of chubby little hands and played with the string of beads.

The Queen Mother squinted her eyes and rubbed her hand against the little girl's back.

The little girl was so happy that she grinned and giggled.

Suddenly, she stopped playing, stretched out two little fat arms, and put her arms around the Queen Mother's neck.

The Queen Mother was stunned at first, but then she was amused by the little girl.

The little girl hugged the Queen Mother's neck, poked her head out, and kissed the Queen Mother on the cheek, leaving a wet saliva mark.

This little girl is none other than the eldest daughter of the sixteenth elder brother.

Today, she was held by her mother Guo Luoluo to ask Concubine Yi for peace, and asked Concubine Yi to bring her to the Queen Mother's Palace.

The sixteenth elder brother only has this one daughter now, and she is a descendant, so she naturally loves her like a treasure.

When he saw it, he just held his daughter in his arms, refusing to let go, and when he saw any good things, he wanted to exchange them for his daughter to play, but he was a little closer to his son than to his son.

The interaction between father and daughter is to "fragrant".

Coaxing the girl to be happy and letting the girl "fragrance" herself is the pleasure of the sixteenth elder brother.

The little girl was overjoyed for a while, so she took the initiative to "incense" the Queen Mother.

Although the Queen Mother has been in the same house for five generations and has many children and grandchildren, it is rare to see each other.

Even if they meet, the children have been taught the rules by adults, and they will only kowtow and say goodbye, and keep the word "etiquette".

The Queen Mother was also overjoyed, and when she saw that her great-granddaughter liked this golden coral object, she asked someone to send several gold coral jewelry in the jewelry box.

There are collars, morning beads, Buddha beads, and rings and earrings.

Seventy-seven-eighty-eight, half of the kang was placed. It's red, and it's very eye-catching.

The little girl can't see it anymore, and she doesn't know which one to touch.

When the Queen Mother saw her reaching out to grab the ring, she hurriedly handed her a collar to play with, and then instructed Concubine Yi: "That little thing, let the sixteenth daughter-in-law help the child keep it, or send it to the mouth, but it's amazing." Let her play with the big things first, and give them to her when she leaves. ”

In addition to the Queen Mother and Concubine Yi in the house, Concubine De was also there, sitting on the stool opposite Concubine Yi. Behind Concubine Yi stood the princess and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Sixteenth Fujin, and behind Concubine De was the fourteenth Fujin and a few young nobles who accompanied them in the garden.

There are one or twenty pieces of gold coral jewelry in this half-kang, and even Concubine Yi is a little hot.

Concubine Yi smiled and trembled, turned her head to the princess and the sixteenth Fujin and said: "Don't hurry up and thank you, even my eyes are red, this great-granddaughter came, but she fell into the eyes of the queen mother." As he spoke, he smiled and flattered: "By the auspicious words of the Queen Mother, I have won the praise of the Queen Mother today, and I have won the reward of the Queen Mother, which is also the blessing of this child!" ”

Wang Concubine and Sixteen Fujin stepped forward, their bodies were already plugged into onions, and they went down to thank them.

The Queen Mother smiled and waved her hand and called them up.

Concubine Yi smiled again and said: "Queen Mother, this child is fifteen months old, and he hasn't named it yet, otherwise I would like to ask the Queen Mother to give her a name." ”

The Queen Mother smiled and nodded, pondered for a while, and said, "The nickname is Baoyin." ”

Everyone in the room, except for a few young nobles and Sixteen Fu Jin, who have been in the palace for a short time and are not very familiar with the Mongolian language. The other concubines, concubines and concubines have all studied Mongolia for half their lives, so they naturally know the meaning of this "Baoyin".

Baoyin, which is Mongolian, is changed to Chinese, which means "Fu".

Using this as a child's nickname is auspicious and generous, and it is very appropriate.

This time, even Concubine Yi also got up, and together with the princess and the sixteenth Fujin, she thanked the Queen Mother for giving her name.

The room was full of joy, and I heard the eunuch outside the hall raise the voice of a male duck: "Empress Dowager Qi, Li Shitong, the wife of Cao Yin, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites and the second-class uncle, and the lord of Ruijun came to ask for peace by order. ”

The bustle in the room instantly cooled down, and the Queen Mother looked at Concubine De, then at Concubine Yi, frowned slightly, and ordered the servants on the side.

In the early years, there were also many foreign women on the Queen Mother's side who asked for peace.

Because of the lack of physical strength in the past few years, the elderly are afraid of noisy, except for the Holy Birthday ceremony, the other women have seen less.

Occasionally, I summoned two, and they were nothing more than old men who had been over for years, and they came to talk about the ancients.

This time she made an exception to summon the Li family, but the Queen Mother was angry in her heart.

When the old man got old, the surname became stubborn.

She has a nephew who is close to her, and she wants to stay in Beijing as an errand boy, but because of the constraints of various family law systems, she only makes up for a deficiency, and she has nothing to do, and she has to come to the Queen Mother every three or five times to hit the bell.

What the Cao family relied on was nothing more than the love of the Sun family who took care of Kangxi for more than ten years.

This made the Queen Mother feel very uncomfortable.

Although she and Kangxi are now in a deep mother-son relationship, the relationship in her early years was very tight.

The Cao family is just a coated minion, just because of the light of the Sun family, the son is a high-ranking official, the granddaughter is married to the county king, the grandson pointed to the county lord, and the family carries the flag, which is already a great dignity.

Nowadays, even if a woman is pregnant, she has to call the grandmother of the Internal Affairs Office, which is still the treatment of the palace.

The relatives on the Queen Mother's side can't even compare to a minion, how can the old man feel comfortable?

Although the Li family also entered the palace with other edicts on the Holy Birthday last year, it was just standing in the crowd and saluting, and the Queen Mother did not pay much attention to it.

One time later, Li and Chu Yu had already come in with the attendants.

A few steps into the house, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law both squatted down.

Li Shi slammed into an unfamiliar Mongolian language, and said: "The slave Li respectfully invites the Empress Dowager Sheng'an." ”

Chu Yu's side was replaced: "The great-granddaughter respectfully invites the queen mother's ancestor Sheng'an." ”

The Queen Mother was slightly stunned when she heard Li speak Mongolian, and then looked at Chu Yu, estimating that her great-granddaughter had mentioned it.

If the Li family is a vulgar woman who is full of pearls, the queen mother's anger can still be dissipated.

Although he was wearing a plain grass green cheongsam, the flowing water patterns on the cuffs and collar were extremely chic, revealing a bit extraordinary.

The Queen Mother became more and more disgusted in her heart, and she only felt that this person's heart was not ancient now, and she was out of order.

This slave is more and more pedigree than the master, which is really undesirable.

"Well, let's get up!" After a long time, the Queen Mother answered, with a little coldness in her voice. Her face tightened, a little critical, and she looked at Lee.

Her gaze slid over Li's slightly bulging lower abdomen, but she couldn't tell whether she was jealous or envious in her heart.

Cao Jia's and Cao Hao's sisters and brothers, she has seen them all, and knows that they are all good-looking children.

The woman in front of her can be regarded as a blessed person, but the blessing is too much, how can a lowly person stand it?

The Queen Mother was muttering in her heart, and the Li family and Chu Yu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had already gotten up.

The moment she saw Li's appearance, the Queen Mother couldn't help but panic, and her face showed a confused look.

Concubine Yi and Concubine De were secretly paying attention to the Queen Mother's side, and when they saw the Queen Mother like this, they were all puzzled, and at this time, they heard the Queen Mother say: "Li, you come to the kang." ”

Li's Mongolian words of greeting are still learned from Chu Yu before.

For the Queen Mother's Mongolian language, I don't understand it at all.

Chu Yu roughly understood, and whispered to the Li family.

Although Li was apprehensive, he still obeyed the order, walked a few steps forward, and stopped when he was still three or four steps away from the kang.

As if she was looking for some shadow in front of the Li family, the Queen Mother carefully examined her several times, and finally her eyes fell on her ears.

The Queen Mother's expression was very complicated, and after a long time, she asked, "Your mother's family...... Is it the Li family of the Internal Affairs Office in Suzhou today? You...... Is it Xinhai Nian? ”

Li lowered his head, not noticing the strange appearance of the Queen Mother. Listening to the Mongolian language of "grunt", she couldn't help but sweat in her palms.

This is just a passing scene when entering the palace to ask for peace, where would you think that the old lady would have to find someone to talk about homely things.

But I don't understand this, so how can this be good?

Even Chu Yu couldn't understand this, and looked at the princess as if asking for help.

Wang Concubine watched coldly, her mind was on Li's side, and she didn't see Chu Yu's request for help.

Looking at the meaning of the Queen Mother, as if she had met an old friend, could it be that the old lady of the Gao family had entered the palace in his early years?

Wang Concubine was a little confused, she only felt that it was foggy and couldn't see it really.

Chu Yu saw that the princess didn't pay attention, and she was in a hurry, so she wanted to take a step forward and tell the queen mother that her mother-in-law was not in harmony.

When Sixteen Fujin saw it, he hurriedly waved his hand secretly to stop her, and then pulled the concubine on the side and whispered.

Only then did the princess save her senses, but the queen mother's side had already changed her clumsy Chinese and asked, "Are you ...... Pig ......"

All the palace concubines in the room were surprised, this was the first time they had heard the Queen Mother speak Chinese.

Li nodded and said respectfully: "If you go back to the Queen Mother, the slave is born in October of the Xinhai year, and it is a pig. ”

The Queen Mother didn't know if she understood or understood, so she turned her head and said to Concubine Yi in Mongolian: "You tell her, let her take two steps closer and come to the mourning family to look up and reply." ”

Concubine Yi listened happily before, and when she heard the end, her expression was a little frozen.

The Queen Mother's face had already put away her previous coldness and impatience, and only doubts remained.

Concubine Yi hurriedly squeezed out a little smile, concealed her strange appearance, and said to the Li family: "Li, the old man of the Queen Mother passed you forward." Take two steps forward, and look up in front of the Queen Mother to reply. ”

Li Shi bowed his head and listened, and then walked to the kang according to the instructions of the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother grabbed Li's arm, and looked up at Li's eyebrows, her body was already trembling a little.

But after a moment, the Queen Mother already had red eyes, gagged her mouth, and said, "You...... Eniang...... Tomb...... What ......" finished speaking, but it was old tears, choked and speechless.

Such a change made Concubine Yi, Concubine De and others so shocked that they couldn't sit still and stood up.

Li's arm was scratched painfully, but his heart was confused, could it be that the Queen Mother was dizzy and recognized the wrong person, otherwise, his mother was a good pensioner in Suzhou, why did this come out with a deceased "Eniang"?

"The queen mother, the slave mother is now in Suzhou cousin's house for the elderly, and she is over the age of six, but her body is still tough." Li replied softly.

The Queen Mother listened to her, and hurriedly turned to look at Concubine Yi.

Concubine Yi was also in the clouds, stabilized her mind, and repeated Li's words in Mongolian.

When the Queen Mother heard this, she frowned, shook her head, and said, "No, no......"

The queen mother's gaffe scared Xiao Baoyin, who was sitting on the side, and couldn't help but cry with a "wow".

The Queen Mother was in a trance, and she didn't realize it.

"All out!" Kangxi's voice came from the door.

When the Queen Mother heard this, she hurriedly turned her head to look and asked, "Emperor, is she the daughter of your fifth aunt?" ”

When Kangxi heard the "fifth aunt", his face couldn't help but turn white, and there was more solemnity in his eyes when he looked at Concubine Yi and others.

Everyone, including Li and Chu Yu, first greeted Kangxi, and then went out one after another.

Kangxi hesitated for a moment, and said to the princess: "You take the Li family and Herui to your residence, I will go over later, and I still have something to say......"

(To be continued)