Chapter Twenty-Three: Guizi

Day after day, the days in the palace still went on as usual, but nothing major happened, that is, two more palace concubines were pregnant, one was Wen Chang of Xianfu Palace, and the other was Xiao Guo, Shu Wan didn't remember any records of Wen Chang in history, presumably a poor person who was lost in the harem.

When she moved to the Youyou Pavilion, there were many servants who wanted to leave, and she didn't force these people, just leave if they wanted to, so now with the little eunuch who sprinkled the sweep, there were no more than ten people serving by her side.

As for Kangxi? Surrounded by a group of beauties all day long, I'm afraid I've forgotten about her a long time ago, but because of this, Shu Wan feels that Youyou Pavilion is like a paradise in the palace, and her life is also very leisurely.

Kangxi didn't ban her feet, but Shu Wan still stayed in the secluded pavilion and didn't go out, and when she was fine, she practiced exercises or tinkered with flowers and plants or some snacks.

As the months of pregnancy got bigger and bigger, Shu Wan also added a task, that is, to give prenatal education to the little buns in her belly.

Every day, I read the three-character scripture and the thousand-character text to Xiao Baozi, feeling the action of Xiao Baozi in my stomach, and Shu Wan's heart swelled with an inexplicable sense of pride.

Now that it is the end of August, looking at the bulging belly, Shu Wan feels that her child is about to be born, and Xiaobaozi has always been very active recently, as if she can't wait to come out to see the world.

However, she also used her spiritual power to check the condition of the little bun, and the result was that the little bun was fully developed, and now it will not cause any problems when she is born.

But there is one more thing she has to do before this child is born, and that is to get rid of her ominous hat, otherwise the day of the child's birth is likely to be the time of her death.

This afternoon, Kangxi was approving the folds, maybe there have been too many government affairs recently, he always felt that his body was very tired, so he beat his neck with his hand, and at a glance he saw Liang Jiugong next to him as if he had something to say.

"Liang Jiugong, is there anything new recently, tell me about it." Kangxi casually put the fold on the table and leaned back on the dragon chair.

Liang Jiugong hurriedly stepped forward and replied, "Back to Long Live Lord, there is a vision in the imperial garden. ”

Kangxi took a sip of tea impatiently, "Vision? Hum. ”

Presumably it was made by the woman in the palace again, he didn't know how many of these visions he had seen when he was young, but it was just a means to compete for favor, and for a while he was particularly obsessed with it, and even found several books to study.

So in Kangxi's opinion, there is no vision at all, in fact, it is just some folk tricks to deceive people.

"Isn't it, all the osmanthus flowers in the imperial garden opened overnight last night, and the whole palace can smell the fragrance."

This kind of trick is not uncommon, but he can make it bloom by pouring a special potion under the osmanthus tree, and he has tried it several times.

However, Kangxi hooked the corners of his mouth lightly, revealing a little mocking smile, who is behind the demon this time, I really feel bored after thinking about it, in fact, he is not against women competing for favor, and even has a feeling of enjoying it, but these moves are too old-fashioned, and he has long been bored of it.

After taking another sip of tea, he continued to bury his head in the unfinished folds, "You know how to deal with this kind of thing." ”

Liang Jiugong's eyes flashed, "Yes, the slave will do it." ”

Several golden cinnamon trees in the imperial garden have been opened, and the rich fragrance lingers throughout the palace, and many palace ladies and eunuchs have stopped to enjoy this beautiful scene.

When Li Dequan brought people to come, there were already several circles of people around the largest golden cinnamon tree, and he was not polite, so he asked a few guards with him to disperse the crowd, and issued a ban on rumors about visions after the order, and those who violated the order were killed.

The matter of the vision of the Imperial Garden was in an uproar, and everyone speculated who was so unlucky this time, not only did they not please the emperor in front of him, but they were afraid that they would also destroy the image in the emperor's mind.

"Long live the lord, the minion has already checked carefully, and he didn't find the kind of potion that the long live lord said." Liang Jiugong brought a wooden pallet, with a pile of black soil on one side and golden osmanthus flowers on the other.

"Imperial Doctor Liu, what do you think?" Kangxi also took a little soil and smelled it, and there was indeed no smell of potion on it.

Imperial Physician Liu stepped forward and carefully examined the soil and flowers, making sure that there was really no potion added to them, and that these flowers were all open in their natural state.

Imperial Doctor Liu is an imperial doctor who specializes in diagnosing Kangxi's pulse, not only has superb medical skills, but also has a very good set of folk remedies for this strange door, since Imperial Doctor Liu said that there is no problem, then it can be determined that these osmanthus flowers are not born with medicine.

Now it's Kangxi's turn to be puzzled, it's not uncommon for one or two flowers to open at the same time, but it's unheard of for the osmanthus flowers in the whole royal garden to open at the same time, is it really a vision from the sky? After thinking about it, he sent the people from Qin Tianjian to come again, but this time it was not the Master Li who came last time, but another chubby Lord Hu.

Kangxi looked at Lord Hu who was born in his eyes and asked, "I look at your eyes, isn't it Li Yuan who comes on weekdays?" ”

Lord Hu said with regret on his face: "The emperor is wise, it should have been Lord Li who came this time, but Lord Li accidentally broke his leg a few days ago, and now he can only recuperate at home." ”

"I see." Kangxi didn't care much about this matter originally, no matter who he was, wasn't he all his minions? Waving his hand, Liang Jiugong stepped forward with a very good eye and said to Master Hu about the original situation.

Master Hu thought for a while, and touched the eight-character mustache above his lips, "Congratulations to the emperor, 'Gui' is known as 'Gui', which means noble son, presumably a little brother will be born in the palace soon." ”

Little brother? Kangxi thought about it, now there are only two pregnant women in the palace waiting to give birth, Ma Jiashi and Wu Yashi, is it one of them?

"Now the palace is about to give birth to Ma Jiachang and Wu Ya promised the two, do you know that it is one of them?"

After frowning and thinking for a long time, Master Hu replied: "Don't hide what the emperor said, in fact, when the minister was watching the stars last night, he found that the northwest corner of the imperial garden was faintly filled with a peaceful atmosphere, I don't know which little lord's residence is there?" ”

In the northwest corner of the Imperial Garden, isn't that the Jing'an Pavilion where Ma Jia's family lives?

"Didn't Li Yuan say that Ma Jia is always in the Seven Evil Qualities of the Moon Order, how can there be peace now?"

"Back to the emperor, Lord Li only knows one but does not know the other, although the seven evil qualities of the moon order are regarded by many people as ominous, but when Weichen was a teenager on a study tour, he was fortunate to discuss this issue with Master Yuanguang, and Master Yuanguang and Weichen both think that people with such a personality are actually real blessed people."

"Oh? How do you say that there is such a thing? As soon as Kangxi heard the name of Master Yuanguang, he was instantly interested, everyone knew that Master Yuanguang was a famous monk today, and it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get his guidance.

"Back to the emperor, yes..."

In the evening, Kangxi led Liang Jiugong to the Youyou Pavilion in the sunset, and three meters away, he saw a plaque that read "Youyou Pavilion", and there were a lot of green vines wrapped around it.

Looking at the plaque with lacquered gold characters hanging on the palace gate, Kangxi smiled helplessly.

Originally, the palace people called this Youyou Pavilion because it was haunted, but today, when I look at it, the name of this Youyou Pavilion matches the surrounding environment, and it really gives birth to a bit of leisurely taste.

In fact, Kangxi has been secretly sending people to protect Ma Jia's family, and he usually doesn't believe it when he hears reports from people below about how leisurely Ma Jia's life is, but now it seems to be true at first sight.

As soon as he stepped into the Youyou Pavilion, Kangxi smelled a smell of honey mixed with barbecue, and the sweet smell filled the air, which couldn't help but make people's appetite move.

As usual, he didn't let anyone report it, Kangxi pushed the door and entered, it was completely different from the stuffy outside, the room was fresh and cool, and the tempting aroma came from the table, Shu Wan was about to move the chopsticks when she saw Kangxi come in, and hurriedly got up to say goodbye.

Kangxi hurriedly stretched out his hand to block it, "You are heavy, you don't need to be polite." ”

After speaking, he consciously walked to the table and sat down, Zhixing also hurriedly took a new pair of dishes and chopsticks, seeing that most of the dishes on the table were unseen before, Kangxi was also curious, Shu Wan took the initiative to introduce it when he saw this.

At night, Shu Wan originally thought that Kangxi would leave, but she didn't expect Kangxi to sit directly on the bed, pick up the three-character scripture used by Shu Wan for enlightenment next to her, and read it.

"Read it to Little Brother?" Kangxi flipped through the three-character scripture in his hand, and found that there were sketches in many places, and he originally thought that Ma Jia's simple and innocent appearance was pretended, but looking at those messy and disorganized graffiti, he felt that he had overestimated Ma Jia's before.

Shu Wan was also a little embarrassed when she saw her "masterpiece" being seen, and hurriedly went up to close the book, "Let the emperor smile, the concubine usually reads a little book to the little brother when she is fine." ”

"Then let's read it." Kangxi stuffed the book into Shu Wan's arms, and then Shu Wan could only read it hard, and after reading for a while, she noticed that Kangxi next to her didn't seem to have spoken, Shu Wan put down the book and looked at it, it turned out that Kangxi had already fallen asleep tired.

Shu Wan tiptoed to take off her boots and robe for Kangxi and then covered it with a quilt, because she was pregnant and inconvenient and had to pay attention not to alarm Kangxi, she was already sweating profusely after a few movements, looking at Kangxi's frowning brows and white hair on her sideburns in her sleep, presumably even if Kangxi was asleep, he was probably thinking about national affairs and world affairs.

Shu Wan looked at it for a while, and then quietly performed a small spell to sleep before getting up and pushing the door and walking out.

Where Kangxi stayed every night was the most concerned topic for women in the palace, and I heard that Kangxi actually went to Ma Jia's family, who had already fallen out of favor, and the palace didn't know how much porcelain was lost.

Especially Concubine Rou, after all, the reason why Shu Wan suddenly moved to Youyou Pavilion was unknown to others, can she still not know? I kept thinking about it that night, and I couldn't sleep as I lay in bed tossing and turning.

Of course, there are not only concubines who have insomnia, and the palace concubines who once took advantage of Shu Wan's despair to gossip at the door of the Youyou Pavilion were also uneasy in their hearts.