Chapter 15 – The Wet Nurse and the Nanny
Hongyi woke up, opening his newly upgraded, jet-black and clear baby eyes, and staring at the darkness around him without blinking.
It turned out to be a dream: the prosperous Xidan, the angry Xiao Ai, the gentle grandmother, and the sad mother...... Just now, he thought that he had ended this dream of last resort, and returned to the time and space where he should be, thinking that everything that had just happened was just a dream of Nan Ke, but he was shattered by the cruel reality after waking up. Everything, here and there, seems to be just a dream. In the face of the seemingly real crossing, Hongyi is still unwilling......
The even breathing in his ears told Hongyi that he should be lying in the arms of his nurse Sun. But what exactly is a dream? This dark palace, or did you shed tears just now? I don't know, I really don't know...... If you are destined to cross, you can only face reality. The cruel reality, but there is also a side that I yearn for. If he becomes the emperor in the future, how many concubines does this ~ palace ~ need to be equipped with? I heard that in the real harf ~ palace ~ of the Qing Dynasty, there are few beautiful ones......
What a mess! What I really want to think about is - if you are the later Emperor Kangxi, what will you do next? How? Before crossing over, I was unprepared, without adding a little bit of knowledge needed in history, language, culture, religion, martial arts, science and technology, etc., and only relying on some novels and "jokes" on TV, can I gain a firm foothold in this time and space? Can it be at least as good or even better than the real "Emperor of the Ages" in history? And all the regrets and even mistakes that Kangxi faced, how sure can I avoid and overcome them? What to do? What to do? ……
"The night gave me black eyes, but I used them to find the light."
This is Hongyi's favorite poet Gu Cheng's "Generation", a poem of only two sentences, but it makes him feel full of emotion every time he recites it silently, and he also has his own understanding: "black" is the result of stifling the light, and the night is the tomb of light, which is a suffocating symbol of a specific era. However, the "black eyes" are undoubtedly the rebellion of the night, and its black is the night
What is "given" is the result of the darkness blocking the light. The darkness of the eyes does not signify turning away from the light, but rather longing for it. In other words, the great awakening of the "generation" that came from a specific black age is beyond the reach of other people who "have no chance" to the "night......
"Now, what kind of light am I going to look for with these black eyes?" Hongyi was dazed and confused......
I don't know how long it took, but the originally dark surroundings penetrated a trace of fish belly white through the white paper of the window lattice, and gradually turned into light blue again. It's almost dawn.
The sound of walking appeared one after another, first the footsteps of one or two people, and slowly turned into the busyness of a group of people. Sun also woke up, she was only in her early twenties at the time, but she was the oldest person in the two schools now, and she needed to be the first to set an example. After a night of tossing, she didn't rest well, but when she saw the little prince staring at her big eyes and being distracted, she immediately came to her senses, and while taking advantage of the situation, she put her snow chest, which was already wide open and waiting for her, towards Hongyi, and whispered in Chinese: "My little master, get up earlier than the slave, are you hungry, don't call a sound, do you see the slave asleep?" Such compassion for the minions, hehe, it's really tormenting the minions. Hongyi was preoccupied, and in the face of the food that he had already enjoyed several times, he didn't mention his interest, and he couldn't bear the word "slave" that he couldn't do without, so he smiled at Sun and didn't open his mouth.
"Isn't my master hungry? Well, let's go out for a walk and see the sunrise. Sun closed his shirt and wrapped the little prince in a thick quilt brocade jacket[1], and then he dressed tightly, picked up Hongyi and walked out of the door, standing on the platform.
At this moment, with the extinguishing of a palace lamp, Zuihou could no longer cover the fiery and unrestrained under him, and he could not show a trace of retreat, and then a glow shone brightly, and in the blink of an eye, the golden sun jumped out. First of all, a corner, a semicircle, a full circle, in an instant ten thousand golden light cast to the earth, the majestic palace is full of golden light, the vermilion high wall oblique shadow is lingering, and the palace of Qiongtai in the imperial garden is like weaving...... The sun is shining on the earth, and it's a new day!
"Master, look, the sun is rising!" Sun half-held Hongyi in his arms and welcomed him towards the rising sun...... "The Lion King Simba?" In the blink of an eye stabbed by the sun, Hongyi suddenly thought of the classic scene in the cartoon, and felt that he was the little lion cub who was born not long ago, and was being lifted to the sun like a wheel......
"Giggle......" Hongyi laughed. This smile made Sun very happy. After all, today is only the second day of the birth of the little prince, and I haven't heard of anyone's child smiling so beautifully now! "Master is really auspicious! Look how good this smile is! If the Queen Mother and Concubine Kang knew about it, I don't know how happy they would be! Little work! Little work! Come and see, our master is smiling! All of a sudden, Liang Gong, the eunuch who had newly entered the second institute, and a group of palace maids all came over, chattering and admiring......
"It's all gone," Liang Gong was the first to stop the noise at this moment, and knelt down first, "The minions say hello to the master!" I wish you all the best if you are like the rising sun, red and prosperous, and glorious on the earth! From now on, the minions will be waiting for you wholeheartedly, you say to the east, the minions will never go west! Many palace maids, eunuchs and envoys also bowed when they saw this, and as a result, Hongyi was officially promoted to the little master of this group of people from a newborn under the efforts of Xiao Gongzi. In fact, Liang Gong didn't know that if his words were heard by Wu Liangfu and others, it would be a big trouble! "Like the sun ascending to heaven and shining on the earth", these words were only worthy of being enjoyed by the king of a country at that time, and a little prince would never dare to trespass. It's just that Liang Gong, a young eunuch who is only in his early thirteenth year this year, doesn't recognize a few words at all, and he hasn't gone to school for a day, so he doesn't know the stakes and harms, so he has to get by. On the contrary, later, these few words brought him infinite glory! Hongyi secretly sweated for Xiao Gongzi and himself, and saw that the group of people did not raise any objections, so he put his mind at ease, but he was greatly touched by the loyalty and agility of this little eunuch.
Please have good morning, the people of the East Second Institute started a busy day under Liang Gong's dispatch. From time to time, there will be various rewards from the Queen Mother and Concubine Kang, and they will be very busy.
Hongyi had just enjoyed a meal of Sun's "non-delivery" and "point-to-point" "breakfast milk" in the house, and was listening to her chatting with herself: for example, the Borzigit clan, who was deposed from the queen to Concubine Jing in October last year, is now more perverse and eccentric; There is still a big brother living in the east house next to him, his mother is the concubine Dong E, and the relationship with his mother Tong Jia was not bad before; There is also a concubine Ba Shi, who just gave birth to a daughter on the thirteenth day of the lunar month last year, ranking among the three princesses, and she gave birth to the emperor's first son, Niu Niu, but unfortunately died in less than 100 days...... Two days ago, I heard that a scholar named Chen Mingxia had just been hanged, because he said to the emperor that "keep your hair and clothes, and the world will be peaceful", isn't this looking for death [2]? On the twentieth day of the first month of this year, several courtiers of the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty went up the Yangtze River, climbed the Golden Mountain, looked at the city of Nanjing, and said that they wanted to sacrifice the Ming Tomb of filial piety. There is also the deceased courtier Zheng Zhilong, who was surrendered a few years ago, and was named Tong'an Hou last year, but his son Zheng Chenggong just didn't surrender, and often led troops to the north to attack and harass; In the open sea of Fujian and Zhejiang, there is also a Taiwan island, but it is occupied by red-haired ghosts......
Although Sun's emphasis is on rendering some old anecdotes in the current Hou ~ Palace ~ , interspersed with some hearsay about the major events of the current dynasty, but for Hongyi, who is now semi-literate, this small talk is very informative, whether it is ** or the previous dynasty, everything will make Hongyi think about it for a long time......
"Slave maid please Grandma Park!" Suddenly changed the Manchu language, Hongyi did not know what to say, but he also secretly made up his mind, this Chinese language [3] must be mastered as soon as possible, and he still doesn't believe it, with his more than 30 years of intellectual level, can't he learn Manchu!
The Sun family hugged the prince of the Qing Dynasty and did not bow down to this Pu family, but bowed slightly. The Park family also flashed lightly, avoiding this salute, and then solemnly kowtowed and said, "The slave Park family greets the master!" Only then did he get up again and cautiously took the baby Hongyi from Sun's hand.
Hongyi still doesn't know that this Park is the one who was arranged for him to be a nanny by Fulin yesterday and was also his grandmother of Fulin. Park is nearly forty years old, the same age as the Queen Mother and Su Mala, and I can't help but like it when I see this round and full little baby boy. Although she is still a slave in the palace, because she has contributed to feeding the current emperor, she has long been raised and stopped doing those miscellaneous labors. Last night, the eunuch in front of the emperor came to spread the news, saying that the master asked her to be the little prince's grandmother (nanny) again, which made the Park family, who had nothing to do every day, very happy. When people reach middle age, they just like to do something, and this matter is arranged by the emperor who regards him as his own, and he takes care of the newborn little prince, his own old business, so he can't ask for it!
"Sun, I've been bothering you for the past two days." In the same industry, it is naturally a little closer.
"Back to Mama Park, the slave is not hard, it is the duty of the master." The Sun family was about to kneel down and speak at this time, and there was no need to do this, but the woman in front of her was the emperor's wet nurse, and her status was naturally much more noble, much more expensive than ordinary nobles, promises and constant presence.
Seeing that Sun was so reasonable, Park was also proud, and then praised it. "The old slave is at the behest of the queen mother and the master, and he will take care of the master with you from now on, and I will bother you a lot!"
"Slaves and maids do everything, but according to the arrangement of the mother, they must do their best."
"Okay, how many bites did you take yesterday?"
"Half an hour after the birth of the master, the milk will be opened, and the next hour will be pleased. It's just that the master was a little uneasy last night, and the slave didn't dare to sleep, and whenever he woke up, he still asked for it every two hours. ”
"Well, the first birthday of the master, the body is delicate, and you can't invite too often, please for two hours during the day, and only invite twice at night!"
"Huh!" Park is now the patriarch of the grandmother industry in this palace, and he has to listen to whether it is right or wrong, and Sun doesn't feel that there is anything wrong.
"Here, let the old slave see."
"Huh!" Sun walked up to Park and quickly unbuttoned his coat and middle coat, revealing his chest. Park looked carefully, the pair of spherical shapes were wide and round, white in color, and there were no spots; A pair of milk ~ peak ~ abrupt and straight, pink and tender in color, at this time there are two drops of emulsion pouring out, which shows that the storage is sufficient; Leaned over and smelled it, the milky fragrance was slow, and there was no peculiar smell. After looking at it, she took a blue and white porcelain bowl that Sun had already prepared, stretched it out under a round ball, and watched Sun squeeze it hard, and a few injections of white milk ~ water ~ spurted out like a fountain, and after a while, a small half bowl was filled. Pu Shi shook the milk ~ water ~ from side to side in the bowl, looked at it for a while, and sniffed it under his nose, then gently took a sip [xiā] [4], and then turned around in his mouth, and said: "Sun, this milk ~ water ~ is used, but recently eat less sour and use more light." Looking at it, Hongyi thought of one word - "chemical experiment"!
The "old revolution" is just can! Sun had to admire and hurriedly agreed.
After the inspection, Liang Gong brought forty envoys to salute the Park. Park's return salute to everyone was also a good return, and the arrangements were thoughtful, which made Xiao Gongzi also admire. Hongyi, who was in Park's arms, generally understood that this was a meeting between the new leader and the masses, and suddenly felt that maybe his work experience in an agency in another time and space was still promising here! Looking at the jiashi in front of him, it is clear that it is the establishment celebration of his "Qiandi [5]" team!
"Dong Guiren has arrived! Big Brother has arrived! Aunt Su Ma has arrived! Hearing the loud announcement of the deacon and eunuch outside the hall, Hongyi immediately collected his thoughts, and now after a day, some words in Manchu are also understood, and he generally knows that another elder brother and Su Mala are coming, but the other person who started has no clue.
"Slave maid please for Master Dong! Say hello to Big Brother! Hello Sister Su Ma! Park led the crowd out of the room and said hello under the platform.
"Mama Park, please get up! I don't dare to be! The person who came hugged another little boy and gently picked up Park, who was also holding the baby boy. Hongyi looked carefully, this lady was similar in age to Concubine Tong Jia's Kang, but she was ruddy and had light makeup, which gave her a little more grace and luxury as a young woman. The main hall where the group entered was seated one by one, and the concubine Dong E handed the boy who was climbing up and down in her arms to the grandmother behind her, and she stretched out her hand to come over to Hongyi, and looked at it very kindly. Su Mala next to him also approached and said: "At the behest of the Queen Mother, the slave maid also came over to take a look at the two princes to see if the arrangement of the five eastern institutes is appropriate, and whether the two little elder brothers are complete." Although he made a special trip to see the little prince, but he met the concubine Dong E's and the eldest brother at the door, Su Mala adjusted his vocabulary in time to include the two elder brothers, so as not to make Dong E's jealous.
"Slave and maid thank the Queen Mother!" Concubine Dong E bowed her body to thank her, her face was happy, but she knew Su Mala's original intention like a mirror in her heart, but she continued to caress the baby in her arms. "I heard yesterday that this little prince was born, and I rushed to Jingren Palace to see Sister Tong, and I heard that the emperor personally dispatched it there, so it was not easy to make a mistake. No, I came over with my eldest brother early this morning to visit the little prince, and let their brothers meet. Dong E's family did not call the new Concubine Kang "Master Kang", as a concubine, she was obviously a little dissatisfied with Tong Jia's family, who was also a concubine yesterday. Su Mala is so smart, and she can also hear her doubts about the little prince's "auspicious rain from the sky". "Master Dong has worked hard for the Qing Dynasty, and the slave and maid must report to the queen mother and the emperor. This little prince was born with the crown, and like the eldest brother, he is blessed by God, and the sky is auspicious, so as to ensure that I will continue forever and set the Central Plains. The Empress Dowager and the Emperor have decreed that Master Tong be honored as Concubine Kang, and she, like your Master Dong, has also made contributions to our Qing Dynasty. After speaking, Su Mala looked at Dong E's with a gentle face, but there was an undoubted determination in his eyes!
Dong E's face was stunned, and then he agreed: "What Su Malagu said is very true, Empress Dowager Xie and the emperor favor you, and I will go to Concubine Kang to congratulate you in a while." She felt bored, and easily handed over the baby to Park, and got up to say goodbye. At this time, Hongyi suddenly "giggled" at Dong E's family, and pouted with a small mouth calling "ahhhh When Dong Eshi saw it, he was also surprised, it was not good to turn around and leave in front of Su Mala, so he had to hold the little prince in his arms again, and said: "This little prince is really gratifying, he has clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and his instruments are extraordinary, you must help the eldest brother in the future, you brothers work together, and their profits are gold!" ”
"What Master Dong said is true, the two princes can get close to each other in these five eastern institutes now, no matter who inherits the unification in the future, his brothers are the pillars of the country and the foundation of the Qing Dynasty!" Su Mala smiled slightly, and continued to patiently correct Dong E's distracting thoughts, slowly persuading.
Dong E's heart was a little resentful, and his face darkened. Although he was not the emperor's first elder brother, the eldest elder brother Niu Niu died as early as the first month of the previous year, and it was less than 100 days old. Therefore, his son is the rightful boss, although he is not the eldest son, he should be the first choice for the future succession to the throne. Listening to Su Ma's words, I couldn't help but feel unwilling and secretly sad, plus I was also a concubine and gave birth to a prince, but Tong Jia's family immediately became Concubine Kang because of "auspicious rain from the sky", and she was still a concubine, so she was not lost.
At this time, the eight-month-old eldest brother also discovered the little guy in Dong E's arms, and became very interested, stretching out his little hand to scratch and have fun, which made the Park, Sun and even Liang Gong next to him anxious, and wanted to hug the little brother, but he still didn't dare to make a mistake, leaned forward several times, but did not dare to move at all. If there is a mistake in the little brother, no one can take care of it! But this one over there, or the eldest brother, can't afford to offend!
"Master Dong, let's go and see Concubine Kang together, shall we?" At the critical moment, it was Su Mala's words that resolved the embarrassment. Hongyi saw the worries of his team members and secretly felt nostalgic.
When the eldest brother was taken away, he suddenly cried, looking reluctant to give up. Hongyi looked at it, clearly felt the love of a little brother, and was also a little reluctant, so he cried a few times to cooperate. After all, as the same prince, it is good to start showing extra intimacy now, the bizarre, bloody, impatient, and even terrible of the palace fighting in the Qing Palace, Hongyi has really seen a lot. If you have one more opponent, how many brain cells will it take, so let's win one and count it as one.
Su Mala and Dong Eshi were relieved to see that the two princes had such a tacit understanding, so they hugged the two of them separately and let them get closer, and then arranged for the eldest brother to go back to rest and go to Jingren Palace as a companion.
Gyeongin Palace. The new Concubine Kang half-leaned on the bed, and first quietly accepted Dong E's and Su Mala's invitation, and then saluted the two: "This palace is inconvenient, I can't go out to greet Sister Dong and Aunt Su Ma, please atone for your sins!" ”
Concubine Dong E closed her eyes slightly, took a deep breath, and secretly spit it out, and then said respectfully: "Master Kang has tormented the slave!" ”
"Sister Dong, don't say that, our sisters have all given birth to little princes for the emperor, and we will help each other in the future and pull the two princes well. And the eldest brother is the biggest, and I will definitely let the little prince respect the eldest brother everywhere. Aunt Suma, you said yes, right? ”
Su Mala was very optimistic about Concubine Kang's reasonableness, generosity and gentleness, nodded and said: "This Hou ~ Palace~ is just like ordinary people's homes, it is also harmonious and harmonious, what Master Kang said is very true." ”
In fact, in just a few words, Su Mala had already seen the superiority in her heart, and naturally stated it in front of the queen mother, and it was immediately clear which was higher and which was lower, and by the way, it also affected the closeness of the two little princes in her heart.
In any case, whether this palace fight will come, when it will come, and how it will come, it is not up to you Hongyi to say!
[1] In the third lunar month of the eleventh year of Shunzhi, according to today's so-called "common sense", it seems that it should be the end of April and early May of the Gregorian calendar, and it stands to reason that the weather should have begun to get warmer. However, the entire Ming and Qing dynasties, or the entire Shunzhi period, happened to be in the famous "Ming and Qing Xiaoice Period" in Chinese history. The so-called Xiaoice Age, that is, about the beginning of the 15th century, the global climate entered a cold period, commonly known as the "Xiaoice Age", also known as the "Ming and Qing Xiaoice Ages" in China, and the Xiaoice Age ended in the early 20th century. The climate response of the Xiaoice Age in China was very strong, coupled with this global cooling event. In 1320, the alpine lakes in Taiwan began to appear in a cold-dry environment, the Dunde ice core (above 4000m above sea level) in the Qilian Mountains indicated that a significant cooling began to occur in 1420, and the North China Ping principle entered a significant cooling period in the 80s of the 13th century. In addition to the lack of obvious cooling in Yunnan and Guizhou, the peak of the Xiaoice period generally occurs in the low temperature period across the country, and the cooling is more obvious in winter and summer, and the cooling range is generally about 1 °C. Because this period spans the Ming and Qing dynasties in China, it is also called the "Ming and Qing Xiaoice Age" in China. This Xiaoice period brought a huge blow to China's agricultural society, and even became the fuse of the outbreak of war, such as in the middle of the Ming Dynasty (about 1500 years) the northern ethnic minorities frequently invaded, there were many wars, especially with the Tatars, there were many wars, including the "Tumubao Change", and 1640-1700 was the coldest period of the Xiaoice Age, which is also consistent with the time when the Qing army went south to enter the pass and establish power.
[2] Fulin's courtiers and common people probably did not expect that their emperor often wore Han-style clothes in the palace, and once wore a Ming Dynasty crown and a Ming Dynasty imperial robe. The reason why he did this may have been influenced by the eunuchs around him, or it may have aroused his curiosity about Hanfu due to the Han people's anti-shaving and easy-to-wear protests in the region, and it is more likely that his unconventional, curious and playful nature could not be suppressed. In February of the 11th year of Shunzhi, on a whim, Fulin even brought the court's obedience of the Ming Dynasty to the inner court and showed it to the ministers, and everyone said yes, but Fulin did not refute it at that time. So Chen Mingxia thought that his opportunity had come. He said to Ning Wan: "As long as you keep your hair and redress your clothes, the world will be peaceful!" "Why did Chen Mingxia say these words to Ning Wan, it was really incredible, as if he didn't know that Ning Wan and I had a deep dislike for him, but instead wanted to give his own handle and find death by himself. In less than a month, on the first day of the third month of the thirteenth year of Shunzhi, Ning Wan made a difficulty, and the impeachment was very long, listing many crimes such as Chen Mingxia's unpredictable behavior, forming a party for personal gain, and bribery.
[3] In the early Qing Dynasty, Manchu was adopted as the Chinese language, forcibly promoted, and later failed.
[4] Xiabu Xiabu, even favorite!
[5] Refers to the residence of the emperor before his accession to the throne.