On the seventh day of the ninth month of the twelfth year of Shunzhi, at night, two of the five institutes in Qiandong.

Hongyi, who had just returned from the Imperial Servant Bureau, had no intention of enjoying Sun's "food", so he gave up in a few bites. caused the Park family and the Sun family to be a little worried, but it was not easy to ask the "big man of the dynasty" in front of them.

Although he had made a decision with Fulin yesterday to talk about moving the old man to join the Inner Hanlin National History Academy for editing, although the "reborn father" Huang Ama was overjoyed when he heard that he had successfully said that he had successfully moved a die-hard former Ming "remnant" to be loyal to the imperial court, although last night's meal had solved the two major management problems of the Five Banners Sect and Baoyi, although the future of his cousin Xingbao's net worth was preserved, although he began to be ruthless to Little Japan, although he once again eased the relationship between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor under the pretense of Nu ~ Erhachi's hand, although he put " The idea of "opening up the sea" was initially planted in the emperor's heart, although for the first time in history the territorial waters and the territorial waters of the Qing Dynasty were demarcated, although there were many miraculous feats in these three or five days in one go, although ......

Despite all this, for some reason, Hongyi has felt a sense of urgency in his dark since the beginning of autumn this year, as if something will happen in this coming winter.

It is driven by this uneasy mood that he changed the old way of steady and steady work in the past, but took the initiative several times, from the second day of the first month of September to travel to the Liuli Factory, to today, how much has happened in six days, and he has also jumped from the "one lord and one position" (Dorobelle + the left presidential minister of the firearms battalion) to the "one lord and four positions" (Dorobelle + the left presidential minister of the firearms battalion + the prime minister of the lower five banners clan + the right Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion + the minister of the palm seal of the Royal Servant Bureau), and easily pioneered " The two important positions of "Prime Minister of the Lower Five Banners Clan" and "Minister of the Palm Seal of the Royal Servant Bureau"!

What is commendable is that Hongyi can guess very boldly: in the past five days, it has only taken less than a week, and the relationship between himself and the Queen Mother and the Emperor seems to be developing in a favorable direction, and the Queen Mother and the Emperor's mother and son seem to be slowly trying to tolerate each other under their own matchmaking!

But even so, the royal mother-son relationship can never be as simple as it seems! Playing politics, especially high-level politics, all the good things often end up turning into a shocking "good show"!

So, don't think that only you will have turbulent waves behind you, Xiao Xuanye, or Zeng Hongyi, a deputy director-level civil servant in his thirties, also has his own undercurrent!

At present, Hongyi's painstaking management has achieved initial results:

The military jishu, territorial sea demarcation, talent education, the eight banners of the clan, and even the system of clothed servants and officials have all been designed and planned. Even the field of international politics has long been involved, and the first breakthrough is the Rakshasa;

He is also gradually rising in terms of royal family, administrative positions, military popularity and even folk comments, and with the protection of the queen mother and the emperor at the same time, at least no one dares to jump out directly and say that he is an ominous person such as a demon;

Inside and outside the court, a group of literati such as Tan Qian, Yang Yongjian, and Min Xu slowly gathered, a group of scholars such as Tang Ruowang, Fan Chengmo, Ji Kaisheng, and Zhu Zhixi, Yue Le, Ka Dahun, and even several important ministers in the DPRK and the army such as Sony and Ming Andali were also very fond of themselves, plus the Tong Tulai family as relatives, in general, above the court, it was not monomorphic;

By his side, Liang Gong and Mara have already become confidants, and even the Park Sun family can help him; Outside the palace, there is an official businessman and a beggar, all of whom benefit from themselves, but they will never damage themselves by half a point, seeing that such a small team can still make a difference.

If you summarize it now, what is missing?

Hongyi was puzzled, and he couldn't agree with it, so he could only think hard......

"Master, Concubine Kang just asked the maid to send over a set of clothes, which she sewed herself......" Sun carefully interrupted Hongyi's train of thought and brought over a small golden cotton robe.

"Golden? No! Tell me Eniang, don't make any claims in the future, and sew me any more yellow robes! Hongyi glanced at it distraughtly and decisively refused.

"Hey, slave and maid will go back." Sun's witty response. The child in front of her has great wisdom, which is not something that she can fully understand as a wet nurse. If you don't understand why, then just obey what you say.

"Wait a minute!" Hongyi sat up suddenly, even forgetting the injury on his left shoulder that had not fully recovered, grabbed the yellow cotton robe, and looked at it carefully:

The small cotton robe, the workmanship of the stitches and threads is extremely fine, and the stitches and feet seem to exude the love of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old "little mother" for her son......

"Alas, take it, don't go back, so as not to hurt Eniang's heart. However, the words still have to be brought, let's just say that from today on, except for the last dynasty, the emperor and I will not wear golden clothes. Let her also pay more attention and be cautious, lest there be people inside and outside the palace waiting for an opportunity. Hongyi told Sun in detail.

"Yes, the slave wrote it down. I'll go and report to Concubine Kang that she knows. Sun folded the cotton robe, put it in the cabinet, and prepared to go to Jingren Palace.

There are many rights and wrongs in the harem~ Tong Jiashi, you are really unlucky, you are so young and young that you are going to be ruined in the Forbidden City. Hou ~ Gong Ah Hou ~ Gong ......

When Hongyi was thinking wildly, he suddenly realized something! After! Palace, yes! I was thinking about internal and foreign affairs, but I just ignored this place under my nose, which is the Forbidden City, and to be more specific, it is the "Three Palaces and Six Courtyards" behind the Forbidden City~ Court, where many concubines gather in one place!

I want to lead China Shenzhou step by step to continue to lead the trend of Shijie, but I can't fall on the starting line without leaving home! That's a shame! This is not a joke, those harem~ women, which one of them is not good at it!

Well, Jihua has a direction for the next step!

"Grandma Sun, slow down, I'll go with you." Hongyi decisively ordered.

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Less than a quarter of an hour later, a palace lamp, a shoulder lamp, two servants, and a group of people came to the gate of Jingren Palace.

Liang Gong stepped forward and patted the door and said, "Open the door quickly, the second son of the emperor will meet his mother!" ”

"Which father-in-law called the door?" After a while, a half-asleep inquiry from the eunuch guarding the door came from inside the door.

"I'm Liang Gong, the eunuch of the East Second Institute, hurry up and open the door!" Liang Gong, as an intermediate eunuch, showed a rare patience with the little eunuch on duty.

"Oh! The little one asks for peace to Liang's father-in-law! ……”

"Excuse me, just open the door."

"Back to Liang's father-in-law, it's already the second watch, and the door of this palace can't be opened anymore according to the system......" The little eunuch was a little embarrassed.

"You're such a big ......" Liang Gong couldn't help but roll up his sleeves when he heard this, and thrust the dust in his hand into his waist, ready to swing his fist and hit the door.

Just as the eunuch was about to use his little authority, Hongyi whispered on the shoulder behind him in time:

"Xiao Gongzi, you come here first!"

"Huh!" Liang Gong hurriedly ran back to his shoulder.

"In the dead of night, you must not make a mistake. Don't forget that the rules of the Forbidden City are not something you can break. Not even me. Hongyi bowed his head and asked.

"But master, we've all come, can we go back?" Sun complained.

"Xiao Gongzi, you just said that I suddenly had a nightmare, I missed my mother, came to visit, and I went back to the second institute in a short time. Give it a try, remember, and speak well. Hongyi commanded in a low voice.

"Minions understand." Liang Gong instantly flashed in front of the gate of Jingren Palace.

"The little brother inside, our Lord Belle had a nightmare tonight, and he misses his master Concubine Kang very much, he really can't sleep, so he has no choice but to come over and disturb you. Come, this is a little reward from our master, you accept it, and hope to be accommodating, don't make it difficult for me, little brother, isn't it ......" As he spoke, Liang Gong had already stuffed a few pieces of broken silver through the crack in the door. Just as he was waiting for a response, Hongyi seemed to see the reluctant look on this kid's face.

Sure enough, this time it was two or three sentences of effort, only to hear the sound of "shaking", it was the door bolt that was lifted, and then "squeak" again, the palace door flashed a large crack, revealing a half-bald little head, and glanced at it by the light of the palace lamp in his hand, and the little eunuch hurriedly knelt down: "The slave asks for peace for the second master." ”

"Excuse me, xiexie, you're accommodating." Hongyi stepped into the palace gate, and did not forget to thank him, regardless of how the little eunuch behind him could stand this politeness, he knelt there and kowtowed.

The chaotic sound of the group must have affected the rest of others, and on the way to the main hall, Hongyi saw a house in the east side of the hall re-lit, but after a flicker, the figure inside hurriedly blew out the candlelight.

In the west inner room of the main hall of Jingren Palace, Concubine Kang Tong Jiashi had not yet slept, still sewing another golden cotton robe for her son under the lamp, and humming the Manchu children's song she sang softly when the little prince was "full of mouths":

Little Brother,

Yoyozha,

Your father has sent troops,

Large-flowered feathers,

bright red top tie,

The credit for the earned work is yours and your grandfather's.

……

"E-Niang ......"

Concubine Kang suddenly heard a call and was in a trance, but accidentally let the needle prick her finger. Tong Jiashi hurriedly took a mouthful of blood droplets on his fingers, and then shook his head.

"Xuan Ye, look, E-Niang thinks that you are thinking about the magic barrier, and I think you are calling E-Niang! I don't know if you're asleep now? Just now, Xiaocui sent you the cotton robe sewn by Eniang last night, it's cold, remember to wear it! My little Xuanye is now the Lord of the Qing Dynasty, and he is also discussing politics in the imperial gate, this golden yellow with you, it is really good-looking! The sixteen or seventeen-year-old mother was talking to herself as she began to work again with stitches and threads.

"Alas, the Queen Mother still doesn't let E-Niang go to the second institute casually. E-Niang knows that her old man is for E-Niang's good, for your good! Those women in other palaces in the province are jealous. But E-Niang misses you, I haven't seen each other for ten days and half a month, E-Niang misses you......" Tong Jiashi finally stopped the needle and thread in his hand, took out a handkerchief from his waist, and wiped his tears.

"E-niang!" Hongyi accentuated his tone and called out.

"Ahh Is it Xuanye? Tong Jiashi listened carefully this time, stunned for a moment, and then suddenly turned back and looked at the hall behind him. Sure enough, the two-year-old son was holding on to the door frame, looking at himself, and his little face was already in tears!

"Xuan Ye, my elder brother (Manchu: son)!" Tong Jiashi threw down the needle and thread in her hand and staggered to her son.

"Mother!" Hongyi was also infected by the sadness of the scene just now, and shouted from the bottom of his heart.

"Hey! Damn! When Tong Jiashi, who was originally from the Han nationality, heard this, he was even more sad and joyful, took a few steps tightly, and took Hongyi into his arms......

Sun Shi behind him silently wiped away the tears on his face, pulled Liang Gong, who was also sad beside him, and then the two quietly retreated, closing the door of the main hall silently.

"Sister Sun, I miss my mother too......" Liang Gong turned his back to the temple door and suddenly whispered to the Sun family beside him.

"Alas, that mother in the world doesn't want her own son!" Sun was also clearly in tears.

"Sister, don't cry, Xiao Gongzi has made you sad......"

"It's okay, it's windy......"

……

Behind him, the mother and son were crying, sobbing, and talking one after another, until the happy laughter of Xiao Xuanye and Tong Jiashi finally appeared...... The two people outside the door who listened were also sad and happy.

Half an hour later—

"Eniang, can you remember what your son said?" Xuan Ye asked loudly.

"E-Niang remembers, you can rest assured." Tong Jiashi is also refreshing.

"Then, Eniang, Erchen will leave, you should rest early!"

"Xuan Ye, it's cold, remember to wear more clothes, you are young, you have already begun to worry about state affairs for your emperor Ama, although Eniang is distressed, she is also happy. Just remember, take care of your body! ”

"The sons have thanked the mother, and the sons remember the teachings of the mother!"

"My Brother......"

"E-Niang ......"

Another quarter of an hour later—

Hongyi was lying on the kang of the East Second Institute, thinking about the poignancy of Tong Jia's just now, and thinking of his own mother going north in another shijie, he couldn't help wiping his tears......

"Okay, don't cry, Ming'er still has something to do!" Hongyi suddenly turned over, pulled Sun Shi without saying anything, and slipped into her arms......