Only the Queen Mother and the Emperor's mother and son were left in the Dongnuan Pavilion. Qianlong saw that the palace maids were about to clean up the cards on the kang table, got up and said with a smile: "You are not needed here, even the eunuchs have retreated to the West Side Palace!" As he spoke, he personally took the silver bottle on the tea set table, poured a cup of herbal tea for the Queen Mother, held it with both hands, and slowly scattered the cards on the kang table, and said with a smile: "This card is all hairy, I really don't know how these killers serve Lafayette!" ”

"Just tell people to do those things." The Queen Mother smiled, "I heard that it was the third watch day last night, and I was too tired." Please, I can't bear to ask you to come over every day! Qianlong said "yes" and said with a smile: "These things are the duty of a son to do in a small family." My son waits for him once in a while, and it's a bit of fun! The civil and military arrangements have been decided, and I will go south with my mother this autumn. Let's find a temple to live in, and if we don't see anyone for three days, we will have our own family, and our son will have to be close to his mother, and he will do his best to be filial. The Queen Mother was excited by what he said, leaned on the big pillow, raised a glass with one hand, and said: "The Holy Grandfather toured the south of the Yangtze River for the sixth time, and I was just a side Fujin at that time, and I was not blessed to follow the first emperor." Listen to the first emperor come back to teach, that West Lake, Broken Bridge, Leifeng Pagoda, Lingyin Temple, Slender West Lake, Hongqiao, Xiaoqinhuai...... What Qin Huaiyue, Qiantang Chao...... It's ten times better than what is painted on the painting! It is also said that the Hongqiao side watched the sunset, and the twenty-fourth bridge watched the moon...... He was such a stern and stern man, and he laughed out loud when he said it—and memorized poems! ”

Qianlong saw that his mother liked it, so he accepted the words and said with a smile: "My son still remembers the poem of Huang Ama-" because he chanted:

The twenty-fourth bridge carries a wild voyage, and the six baht is ethereal and red.

Born children should take peach blossoms, Luanwei Xiang hooked out of the short wall.

- And one more song:

The new word is chanted and leans on the clouds, and Qingwan competes for the ladies class.

The red leaves and ditches have become a thing of the past, and the poems are left in the world.

After reciting, he said: "This is Mei Wending's poem, the people in front of the Holy Ancestor, who know astronomy and arithmetic, and the legal calendar." The first emperor praised him for not having such a talent now, so he remembered it-" Thinking of Lai Niang from the story of "Red Leaf Yugou", he stopped his mouth and said after a while: "Less than Jackie Chan built a academy in Hongqiao, and then I will go and see ......"

Seeing that he was happy, the Queen Mother suddenly became depressed, and asked after examining his face, "The emperor seems to have something on his mind." I've been discussing politics for a long time today, and if I'm tired, let's go back and rest. ”

"There is no shortage of sons, and they have a heart." Qianlong said. In fact, when the Queen Mother was talking, Qianlong had been thinking that the temporary Jin Fenglai Niang was afraid that the Queen Mother would be unhappy and wanted to explain; Although it is a state affair to kill his relatives, his father and the queen mother are cousins and brothers, and a relative who is not far away or close can not be bypassed, and now he wants to kill, and he doesn't even say hello, and he embarrass himself a little when he is a child, and the reputation of "filial piety to the Son of Heaven" is over. Thinking about it and picking a clear confession in advance. After a pause, Qianlong sighed deeply and said, "The case of the relatives has been clearly decided. has already issued an order, Feng Bilong knife him suicide. ”

"Ahh ——" The half-lying Queen Mother's hand trembled, and even the herbal tea in the cup spilled. She sat up straight, slowly put down the cup, her face became unusually pale, and asked with difficulty, "The will has been given?" ”

"Yes......"

"Is it Fu Heng's opinion?"

"No, it's me - Fu Heng is a minion, he can't call the shots."

"Can it be recovered?"

"I already have a will, and I will not wait for the afterlife."

"Yes...... You are the Son of Heaven and the Emperor. The Queen Mother's face became more and more pale to no blood, and she said in a trembling voice: "The queen is the old man's descendant, and it is a single lineage, and there is a hereditary first-class duke...... Every time you always praise him for doing a good job, and these merits should be remembered - reasoning, there is no point for me to speak here. Since you told me, you can not kill something, and it is best not to dismiss - Neqin is the prime minister, and the founding of the Qing Dynasty has not killed the prime minister! Long Keduo is a rebellion, and the temperament of the first emperor is only forever confined. This is a rule left over from the time of the great grandfather...... I say this for the sake of your reputation for future generations, and it is better to consider it more. The human head is not a leek, it can grow after cutting. ”

Qianlong is too familiar with her mother, not to mention her relatives, every year she has to fast and enter incense, and repeatedly advises: "Those who are forgiven must be left behind." As far as his heart is concerned, he can't bear to kill his relatives, but if he doesn't kill his relatives, not only can the battle of Jinchuan be fought again, but there are also chaos in Western Xinjiang, Huibu, and Tibet, morale is not good, and the rule of culture is just enough, and "martial arts" has been suspended since then. Qianlong's face was depressed, he nodded from time to time after listening to his mother's words, and said with a sigh: "Mother and son are heart-to-heart, and the son has also thought of this." It is also because his son is the Son of Heaven and the emperor, so he can't be married. I can forgive him for the crime of bullying the king, and 60,000 unjust souls are angry, what comfort and prayer can I use to pray? The dead man piled up piles of mountains, just like my mother said, cutting leeks! If you don't kill him, the general will send troops to release the horses in the future, and he will also tell Tseling Alabutan's soldiers to be cut down one by one. Eniang is a great compassionate person, think about those soldiers who died in the yellow mud, so miserable, his sins are unforgivable? Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, vowed not to kill the minister, and the minister harmed the people below, and the country was turned upside down...... Galeries Lafayette, what's that reputation? ”

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"It was not the Mongols who destroyed the Great Song Dynasty, but the civil and military officials of Wen Tian and Wuxi." Qianlong knew that his mother had been moved, and continued to follow his own train of thought and said: "The Mongolian army drove the last emperor of the Song Dynasty to the sea of Qiongya, the last emperor of the Song Dynasty was still a child, and the prime minister Lu Xiufu was still telling him "The Mean" on the boat. The ship was surrounded, and the boat of his wife and children sank first, and he committed suicide by throwing himself into the sea with the little emperor in his arms...... Eniang, do you know who the Mongol commander is who commands this battle? ”

The Queen Mother shook her head, tears already bursting out of her eyes.

"It's called Zhang Hongfan." Qianlong thought of the miserable situation of the last emperor of the Song Dynasty, and he also felt sad in his heart, and said in a choked voice: "He is a member of the Great Song Dynasty. Destroyed the Song Dynasty, and also grinded the cliff to cast words, and wrote a few words to say, 'Zhang Hongfan destroyed the Song Dynasty here'! Later generations despised him, and added another word in front of him to imitate his handwriting, 'Song Zhang Hongfan destroyed Song here' - this is not a literati meanness, yes, a real historical fact! The son wants to fight for a breath, don't let the future generations of our Qing Dynasty also produce thieves like Zhang Hongfan! As he spoke, the Queen Mother nodded while shedding tears, and sighed: "I understand, this is really helpless...... He has done evil, let him suffer......" Qianlong turned to comfort the Queen Mother and said: "Lafayette thinks like this, it is great mercy and compassion. To complete the country, the society, the soldiers of the three armies, the people, and the hard work of the son. Even if you know what you know, you should be grateful for mercy...... If he has no queen, his hereditary succession can be reduced to a knighthood. Only...... It's up to his brother to attack the second-class duke, do you think it can be done? ”

The Queen Mother sighed, folded her hands, closed her eyes and muttered, "Amitabha! My son, do these things yourself...... I'm old and not in good spirits. Even if the spirit is good, it is not a matter for women to ask. The things outside are very different from those in the hands of the Holy Grandfather and the First Emperor, even if the old Xiaozhuang Buddha is alive, she can't take care of it. Not only outside, but also in the palace, I can also scatter my hands. It's just that the body and bones of the Fucha clan are full of disasters and diseases. There are still gardens in the Forbidden City, as well as the forbidden gardens of Rehe Summer Resort, which are more than ten times larger than when the Holy Grandfather was there, and there are more than three times as many people in the Eunuch Palace. The outside language does not enter the inside, the inside language does not go out, the palace guards are on the feet, and there are eunuchs who bring men to pretend to be women. If you are not careful, who deserves the reputation of the word 'filthy'? There are times when I worry a little about the Queen. ”

"That's what Mother said!" As soon as Qianlong heard the words inside and outside, he knew that he was referring to such things as Lai Niang. Yin Bao smiled: "My son also heard some gossip. Lai Niang is innocent and innocent, and she can't describe a small tricky person as a person. This is the transgression of 'outside words into inside'. Gao Dayong is actually a stable person, so old, and he still carries a lantern to patrol at night. It's just that the situation is big, and he can't be busy alone. Bu Yi didn't live in any important palace concubines, Jin Gao Dayong and the six palaces were eunuchs, and Bu Yi came over as a deputy to help take care of palace affairs, but I was afraid that it would be better. These matters are discussed by the son and the queen, and the big palace affairs please ask Lafayette, don't worry about the small things, just entertain yourself. The country is in the scorching period, you don't have to be afraid to make money, as long as you are happy, you have to work hard to honor any son, and the quasi-teaching Lafayette is free to be a hundred years old! ”

Qianlong was articulate, and the Queen Mother was happy again with sweet words. She was an indispensable casual person, without much scheming, just had a seizure of Lai Niang, and heard that Qianlong promoted Lai Niang as a concubine, she was a little unhappy, and she was thrown to Java at the moment, because she said: "Lai Niang is pitiful, she has been angry in her mother's house for more than ten years, and she can't be spared when she enters the palace!" You are more refreshing than your mother's heart. Even so, I think it's very good. Ming'er called her to come over and kowtow to me, and I still have good things to reward her! Qianlong's thoughts flashed sharply, and he took advantage of the queen mother's excitement and said: "The son has thought about two things in the palace, and he hasn't discussed it with the queen yet." First, some palace maids are older, and some have been waiting for many years with heads and faces, and those who should be assigned are assigned to go out and wait for the master for a while, and have a good place to settle down - to those civil and military officials who have the ability to produce, and they also have to bathe in the grace of the queen mother. Moreover, the concubine has always been customized, and she is not allowed to return to Ning. I think they are also raised by their parents, and they have the same filial piety and love for their relatives. I come to my mother every day to say goodbye, and I feel that I can't do one ten-thousandth of my filial piety, they are locked in the deep palace year after year, and they can't see their fathers, brothers, sons and nephews. You might as well make a decree from Lafayette, and the son obeys the order and orders them to go back to their parents' home, go and return on the same day, and the family reunites and rejoices, isn't it also a benevolent act that everyone is happy about? ”

"Good! It's hard for my son to think about everything! The Queen Mother smiled with joy, and sighed: "The Holy Grandfather has done this. Later concubines were not blessed. beat me into the palace, and looked at the prosperity and honor of these ladies and concubines, in fact, they all had an indescribable bitterness in their hearts. Full of calculations, since the fight against Lafayette in Xiaozhuang, there are only two who have lived past the age of sixty, I'm afraid that they are also sad about these days? This is what you call the body and the sky, and you are reasonable! Even if it is the queen, I can also make an edict and tell her to go to Fu Heng's mansion to coil around. Heaven and earth conscience, what woman doesn't want to go back to her parents' house? ”

Qianlong saw that his mother was happy, so he got up and said with a smile: "My son still wants to go over the queen to have a look." Hearing that he was phlegm and wheezing again, and said that it was irrelevant, these imperial doctors were inexplicable. Some American ginseng came from France, and he asked them to fetch a few catties for Galeries Lafayette. I heard that it is different from the medicinal properties of Korean ginseng, so I asked the eunuchs to try it first, and then used it with my mother, and the queen did not dare to use these tonics lightly......" said and resigned, but listened to the queen mother chanting in the palace:

Nan Wu Drink Hello, Hello Night, Hello Hello, Residence and Residence, Molamo, Tiger Hello, He Su, Splash Foam, Suo Po He......

Qianlong thought about it for a while, and knew that it was for the sake of reciting the scriptures, and he couldn't help but be gloomy, looking at the hazy and verdant rain on the edge of the dan pier under the eaves, and was stunned for a while, and went up to the public opinion without saying a word.

The queen did not live in the newly built Western-style palace in the north area of Fenghualou. Out of the Ningju to the west about half a mile, there is a "Dao Ning Zhai" palace, the red wall and yellow tile eaves and arches, all hidden in the smoke and rain of the old trees and bamboos, along the palace a turn, all the iron trees planted, a large piece of the black crow crow, although not as magnificent and tall as the palace of the Ningju Palace, because the palace is built on the earthen hill like the back of a turtle, it looks very solid and solid. According to Qianlong's meaning, he originally wanted the queen to live in the winter palace of the Rakshasa country. The queen was reluctant, although the Winter Palace was cool, it was made of white marble, she thought the color was too plain, the palace was empty, and she couldn't get used to the style of the surrounding palaces. Daoning Zhai is a palace, Yongzheng met evil in the garden before the violent illness, and the prince Hongday thought that it was the demon Jia Shifang's unjust soul, please Jiangshan Longhu Mountain real Lou Shi Yan into the garden to set up an altar to suppress, on the choice of this feng shui treasure land, the palace will be safe. Therefore, when the garden was planned, Hongday specially requested that the "Daoning Palace" be built on this turtle-shaped mound, and then renamed "Zhai". The queen has always believed in Buddhism, and because she has made up her mind, she lives here. The little Sula eunuch guarding the palace saw that he was coming over, and he had already flown in, and when Qianlong went down, Qin Meimei had already trotted out to meet him, and hurriedly put on an oil coat for Qianlong, and took a pair of Ula grass and wood clogs, and replaced Qianlong's soaked deerskin boots with green satin cool soap boots, and said with a smile while he was busy: "This oil coat is from Daoluo Guogong, and it is full of mallard duck down inside and out, and no matter how heavy the rain is, it can't be drenched!" Don't look at this summer day, when you encounter this weather, your clothes are wet again, and the whistle wind blows, and it is also cold to the bones......"

Qianlong smiled and listened to his chatter, and asked, "What is your master doing here?" How much did I eat for lunch? ”

"Master, mother, good today! For lunch, I had a flat bowl of old rice, a plate of ham stewed tofu, and a small plate of shiitake mushrooms and magnolia slices. Smell good! Qin Meimei ended the stop for Qianlong, walked in front of Qianlong's side, and from time to time picked up the wet and heavy flower branches to open the way for Qianlong, and said with a smile: "Niangniang is in good spirits today, Nala Master and Niu Master have come to congratulate the newly sealed Wei Master, and it just so happens that Mrs. Fu Zhongtang also came in to say goodbye, and they all called the rain to stop." The mother left them to eat together, and they were happy to eat at a big table, laughing and eating, and everyone was very happy! ”

Hearing that Tang'er also came in, Qianlong was stunned for a moment, and he didn't stop walking, but asked, "Is it still Chen's cooking?" "N-yes." Qin Meimei said: "Master Chen only sits and talks. Niangniang said that Zheng Er's meal is good for her spleen and stomach, and Master Chen should not cook with Zheng Er, because Long Live Ye loves to enter her meal, and he is afraid of what she is afraid of - Handan toddler, and the taste has changed Long Live Ye is not fragrant. He also said that this meal is the same as that of people, and it pays attention to the fate of the spleen and stomach......"

Qianlong stopped and thought: Queen Fucha, what a good queen, she is frugal and charitable, peaceful in character, although her six palaces are full, and from time to time she messes with flowers and grass, the queen only has tactful advice about this, but she has never been jealous, and she has never asked for any special favor. Dade is like this, and even such a small thing is so thoughtful and attentive to himself, he can't help but feel hot in his heart for a while. Qin Meimei thought that she had said the wrong thing, and she was so frightened that she stopped talking. Qianlong only smiled, then moved forward, and said as he walked: "Go back, you will send a decree to the Internal Affairs Office, and reward Zheng Erliupin." You are the one who follows the Queen, and the Queen and I are enemies[1]

。 Your rank and rank should be leveled with Bu Xiao Buyi, and it is also the top of the five grades - this is the best that a eunuch can get, so you can wait. I don't know how to reward you with blue feathers......" As he spoke, he saw several women standing in a row under the dripping eaves of Daoning Zhai Palace, and it was expected that the Nala clan, Niu Hulu clan, Chen clan, Lai Niang and Tang'er greeted him at the entrance of the palace, because he commanded: "You go to the queen." Tell her not to come out, it's raining and windy outside. ”

"Wow!" Qin Meimei never expected that she would get such a big lottery for nothing, and she was so happy that her head rose to the boss. I played a thousand children in the rain, got up and turned around, but I stepped on the moss, slipped and sat in the water, and jumped up and jumped up, and went straight into the temple, like a smoke, which made several women who greeted the corridor cover their mouths with handkerchiefs and laughed. Seeing Qianlong approaching, they bowed their heads together, and the warbler said unevenly: "Slaves and maids please long live the lord!" ”

"Okay, get up and go into the temple to speak!" Qianlong raised his hand slightly, took off the clogs, and stepped into the hall. The queen has come out of the warm pavilion, and while saluting Qianlong Fu'er, she beckoned a few women: "Don't make rules in the outer hall, the master is tired, come in and talk to the master to relieve boredom - I heard that Yingtai is discussing politics today, and the discussion is long, and I have to go to Yingying's side in the evening." Chen is also here, ask her to treat you, and then go after eating here. You still have to look at the excerpts at night, and you have asked someone to send them to the 'Turkish' palace. The guy over there doesn't have everything here, so he doesn't have to go over to eat, right? ”

Qianlong looked at the queen's complexion, and it was really a little more ruddy than usual, because he smiled and said: "You are still afraid that you will not be used to inviting you to the garden-it's better here, right?" I heard this morning that you have a slight phlegm and wheezing, and your complexion seems to be irrelevant. He caught a glimpse of a scroll of drawings on the desk, and asked, "Where did the paintings come in?" It will be good, whose handwriting? Said and looked at Tang'er. Tang'er blushed and hurriedly lowered her head. Empress Fucha smiled: "This is not an ancient painting, it is a painted painting of the Old Summer Palace sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs by the Ministry of Industry." We were chatting, and they all wanted to open their eyes, so I called them over and showed them to see. Qianlong smiled and nodded, and when he saw that everyone was standing, he first sat on the chair by the kang and said, "The queen likes to meditate, and she still sits on the kang - you are free, don't be formal today." Because he looked at Tang'er again, he said for a long time: "It seems to have white hair, but if you don't look closely, you can't see it." Because he suddenly felt forgetful, Qianlong hurriedly smiled and said: "Fu Ling'an came in to greet Lafayette last time, and I was also in front of him, Lafayette loved him very much, and he was a guard, and asked his age, is he eighteen years old?" The first four Geges of the Nala clan have been promoted to Princess Doro; I think I can match him as a forehead - because of this matter has the queen's decree, it has not been discussed, so the decree has not been made. Although you are not her own mother, you have done this thing! ”

Tang Er saw that Qianlong first forgot his feelings, and then covered it up with serious things, knowing that Qianlong had not forgotten himself in his heart, his heart was warm and warm, and with a little sourness, he subconsciously swept his sideburns, and replied respectfully: "This is the Queen Mother's love for the dog." The concubines are grateful and miss their love, and the whole family can't be repaid, how can there be any reason to disobey Yi's will? I also hope that the master and the mother will give marriage. With that, he bowed down to the Fucha clan like a candle.

"Get up, get up! Negotiable. The queen hurriedly smiled and said, "This is the queen mother's mercy, how can I not allow it?" Sister Nala, what do you see? ”

The Nala clan knows best about the affair between Tang'er and Qianlong. Fu Heng's sons Fu Ling'an and Fu Long'an are all guards, they see the Queen Mother every festival, and they have also seen the curtain, and they are all handsome young men with jade bodies. The Empress Emperor said, already overjoyed. But she has more and more experience, and knows that Qianlong and the queen like to be stable and serene, because she was forced to be full of joy, she carefully owed the queen, pursed her lips and smiled: "If your daughter marries such a family, is there anyone who is not satisfied with being a mother?" It's all up to the master, the master's mother-" She suddenly had an idea, and said with a smile: "We have another princess Hejia in front of your lord!" I heard that Fu Longan, the second son of the Fu family, is also seventeen or eighteen years old, why not match the princess, kiss Lian'en, marry each other, and the royal family has two more good sons-in-law, and the court will not contribute more to the master? ”

"People say that they talk about historical commentary, thinking that the Eastern Han Dynasty died by relatives and eunuchs," Qianlong was so happy that his face shone brightly, he stood up and paced slowly in the hall, and said: "In fact, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, several young emperors in succession were not allowed to do government affairs, and everything was entrusted to the eunuchs to do, not the relatives were on top, and they would have died a long time ago - relatives and relatives, relatives and relatives, broken arms and tendons - relatives killed eunuchs, eunuchs killed relatives with power, and left the emperor aside, this is the Eastern Han Dynasty!" Our ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty relied on the people under the Eight Banners, a fence with three piles, and a hero with three gangs, which is what it means! ”

After saying that, several women looked at each other. None of them had ever read the Book of the Later Han Dynasty. But what Qianlong said about the fence pile, the heroes gang, the meaning is very clear. Seeing Qianlong looking at the painting, the queen smiled and got off the kang and ordered her mother, "Take the titles of the forty scenes of the Old Summer Palace brought by Fu Heng's family and name them to the emperor." ”

"Yes." Lai Niang shyly agreed, stood on tiptoe in front of the big gold cabinet, took down a plain gold silk framed folded page from the top of the cabinet, and held it to Qianlong with both hands. Qianlong took the folding page with one hand and said with a smile: "Congratulations to you for your promotion, turn around and ask the queen to issue a decree to the Ministry of Rites and Internal Affairs Office, note the gold book, open your face and worship the church, and the one who is bright and righteous is the 'Yi Concubine'." Lai Niang blushed, squatted Fu'er and retreated to the queen's side. Several concubines and Tang'er saw that they were so lingering and charming in public, with a smile on their faces, but they were guilty of vinegar in their hearts. Only then did Qianlong take a closer look at the folding, only to see that it was written:

Zhengda Guangming, Diligent and Qinxian, Kyushu Qingyan, Kaiyun in the Moon, Natural Pictures, Bitong Academy, Ciyun Puhu, Shangxia Tianguang, Xinghua Spring Pavilion, Tantan Dangdang, Rugu Hanjin, Changchun Xianguan, Wanfang Anhe, Wuling Spring, Mountain High and Water Chang, Yuedi Yunju, Huifang Academy, Hongci Yongyou, Ritian Linyu, Tranquility, Yingshui Lanxiang, Shuimu Mingse, Lianxi Pleasure, Many Crops Like Clouds, Fish Leaping and Kiteflying, Beiyuan Mountain Village, Yafeng Xiuse, Siyi Study, Fanghu Shengjing, Bathing Body Yude, Pinghu Autumn Moon, Pengniao Yaotai, Don't Have a Cave Sky, Han Xuan Langjian, Kuoran Dagong, sitting on the stone Linliu, the wind and lotus in the courtyard, the mirror and the qin, the depths of the cave, and the spring of heaven and earth.

The following is densely packed with pavilion names, what Feiyun Xuan, Zide Xuan, Qin Quxuan, Junzi Xuan, Chengjing Hall, Yisi Hall, Hengyun Hall, Cuifu Building, Yingshan Building, Mustard Pavilion, Huanbi Pavilion, Jade Linglong Pavilion, Wenjia Book House, Huiyu Jingshe...... There are hundreds of algae words that are extremely decorated, and the variety of words cannot be flawed.

Qianlong smiled: "This is Zhang Zhao's pseudo-pen, otherwise it would be Ji Yun." Zhang Zhao's writing is luxurious, Ji Yun's solidity and agility, I can't tell who it is, but I can't get out of the range of the two. ”

"Look at the emperor's eyesight!" The queen smiled at several women: "This is a combination of Zhang Zhao and Ji Yun!" Ji Yun is the main writer, Zhang Zhao polishes - I told them just now, the master can definitely see who wrote it, and the Nala clan still doesn't believe it! Qianlong glanced at Nala and said with a smile: "There is a style from generation to generation, a person has a person's taste, and poetry, songs, and songs have a personality and style like a person, and they must no longer be mixed." I don't believe that you have taken a poem from each generation from the cold book in the "Yongle Canon", although I don't know who the author is, but I can't be wrong to determine which generation he is. Niu Hulu immediately took advantage of the situation to pour rice soup and said with a smile: "I heard our old man say in my mother's house that a powerful Confucianism can judge poetry. We also read a few lines of poetry with our brothers since we were children, and we all feel the same smooth mouth, who knows that there is a lot of knowledge here? The Nala clan was not willing to be left behind, and said: "My grandfather also said that when the Holy Grandfather was like our master in the Spring and Autumn Period, he could not distinguish the poetry from the dynasty. Our grandfather is not out of the blue...... Whereas...... And Lan Yuqing? Chen smiled: "It's the green out of the blue and the blue out of the blue!" Lord Nala is confused! Nala covered his mouth and smiled, and said, "It's the blue that is blue and the green is green - Chen, you don't understand!" ”

Several concubines competed to meet each other, and Yan Ying's language was confused. Lai Niang didn't understand, she was stunned and stupid, the queen was such a solemn and dignified person, laughing so much that her chest trembled, but Tang'er knew that they were flattering and teasing, and she smiled reluctantly, and she didn't feel good in her heart. Qianlong was amused by a few favorite concubines and laughed, and said: "The real indiscriminate use of dictionaries! Xunzi is here, and he also taught you to be confused! ”[2]

The queen smiled: "You see the sky and see the excerpts, either money and food or prison lawsuits, or you will be dispatching civil and military forces." It's also good to loosen your body bones like this. After laughing for a while, he said: "Zhang Zhao is old, Ji Yun carried him into the garden in a sedan chair, and looked at it all the way." Someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs asked, and I said that I allowed him to sit in a sedan chair. If someone wants to impeach, the emperor must have a number in his heart - they are just drafting, and these names must be determined by the emperor. You have to write it out, so that you can teach the masonry to carve it. To be honest, although this garden is good, I still think the project is too big. Mrs. You Mingtang came in to see me and asked, how many poor people can be relieved if it costs about ten trillion silver a year! ”

"My queen, there is no shortage of silver!" Qianlong said with a smile: "I know in my heart, this is not to build the Afang Palace, nor to build the Great Wall, and there must be no Meng Jiangnu!" Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan and Zhejiang provinces customs, a year is 20 trillion, take a little to repair the garden, not only for entertainment, is to declare my Yang Yang Heavenly Dynasty prestige, I have told you how many times, don't feel sorry for this bit of silver. You Mingtang is from the household department in charge of money and food, you are the king and queen of all countries, and you must have the grace and elegance of a mother and all countries, right? The queen was moved in her heart, and said with a smile: "The emperor is naturally far-sighted, I have nothing to say." It's like someone buying a property, and I mean doing what they can. It is still the most important thing for people in the world to eat and dress. ”

Qianlong nodded yes, and said: "You should all learn from the queen's heart, except for the country and the people, you never want to enjoy yourself." This is the demeanor of the mother's world—you see, she never wears bells and whistles, she is all half-worn clothes, and her headdress is not a single gold bead and jade, but she is tied with grass velvet flowers—I don't mean that women don't like to dress up, it's natural for women to love to dress up, as long as it's moderate. As he spoke, he saw that Lai Niang turned her face and covered her mouth, as if she was vomiting, so she asked, "Are you pale and uncomfortable?" ”

"There's nothing wrong with the slave," replied Lai Niang, who hurriedly turned around, "lately, somehow, I've been turning my stomach a lot—if it's not tight, I'll be fine after a while." Qianlong said with a smile: "Don't stand up if you are sick, tell the queen, send the imperial doctor to come, and take two doses of spleen-strengthening medicine." ”

Several women couldn't help but laugh when they heard this. The queen asked, "Is it just vomiting?" Do you want to eat apricots? Lai Niang looked at the queen stupidly and said, "How did Niang Niang know?" Think! All the green grapes on the shelves in my yard are almost finished. I think, green grapes can cure diseases, why should I alarm my mother and call the doctor? Nala laughed, "Don't eat grapes, that thing is hot." My yard is full of plums, and every day I call someone to come and pick a plate of green ones. Niu Hulu said: "I have sour plum soup brewed there." Chen said: "I have Zhenjiang vinegar." Tang'er covered her mouth and smiled: "Shanxi old vinegar also makes ......" The sour thing that everyone talked about, chattered with laughter, heard Qianlong stunned, and said: "What are you talking about, I was originally a little thirsty, but now I am full of saliva." ”

The queen smiled: "Your Majesty, Lai-Wei Jia's family is there." ”

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The women leaned back and fell back with laughter. Qianlong suddenly remembered that Tang'er was pregnant with Fukangan, and quietly told himself that he "wanted to eat sourly", and suddenly realized that he was looking at the queen. Fucha's understanding and said with a smile: "The word has already been spread, Wei Jia's name is in the gold book, and Ming'er of the Ministry of Rites will send it in." From now on, I will set up a tent for Lai Niang outside my warm pavilion. The eunuch and the palace maid temporarily called her the master and ate at the same table with me. I will take care of her—this is a great joy, and we are all happy and happy, and we are all here to dine with the emperor!" - Who has any good jokes, Gu Ji'er, saying that the emperor will have fun and relieve his boredom. There is also a great joy: the emperor of Lafayette is like heavenly mercy and grace, and all the royal relatives above the concubine are allowed to return to their parents' home to return to Ning once. You can send a letter to your family, and the Ministry of Rites will draw up a system of honor guards according to the rules of the Kangxi years, and there will be grace when you turn back. ”

Everyone became more and more happy, everyone was so excited that their faces turned red, and they knelt down together to thank Qianlong, and after getting up, they still looked at each other, although they held their posture noble and steady, they still couldn't suppress their laughter. Chen smiled: "I'm here to tease the emperor's master." There was a big-bellied man in my grandmother's village, and when he didn't work as a long-term worker for my family, he once went to my father-in-law's house. It's pitiful, I can't even eat cornmeal tortillas on weekdays, so I let go of the amount at my father-in-law's house, and I ate eight big bowls of dumplings, and my stomach was swollen. At this point, everyone laughed. The queen said: "This must be another stupid son-in-law Gu Ji'er." ”

"Yes, he's not enough." Chen smiled and said, "--When I walked home and walked on the road, a gust of wind blew off the straw hat on my head. As soon as he bent over, a dumpling fell out of his mouth. The stupid big belly stomped on his feet, looked at it, and felt sorry in his heart, and said to himself, 'Alas...... If I knew it was mutton filling, I should have eaten two more bowls! ’”

The crowd burst into laughter. Qianlong held a cup of herbal tea and laughed all over. Nala held Lai Niang's shoulders and couldn't straighten her waist, Niu Hulu was eating Bingpai grapes, and even the nucleus swallowed her stomach, and Caiyun Caihui and several palace maids saw the queen laughing and coughing on the table, and hurriedly laughed and went to the kang to beat her back. The Chen family was still serious, and then said: "...... The straw hat can't be picked up, and he is reluctant to lose it, others are stupid and have their own stupid ways, all the way, kicking the straw hat all the way home. Just arrived at the entrance of the village and met his father. When the old man saw his son's description, he slapped the boss in the ear when he came up and scolded "something that has no interest, eating a bloated stomach like a watermelon, and he is not afraid of people laughing on the road!" Seeing his sister-in-law sitting under the big tree to rest in the cool air, this big-bellied man was also carrying a big belly, and he was aggrieved, so he pointed at his sister-in-law and said, "You just know how to beat me, and you are eccentric!" Look at what she eats! ’”

The crowd erupted in laughter. Qianlong smiled and pointed at Chen. It took a while to speak: "What a poor mouth! This man has become your domestic worker, and he still doesn't eat your rivers and seas? …… Okay, good...... I haven't smiled like this for a long time, and the queen hasn't smiled like this......" handed over the sandalwood folding fan of the Han jade pendant in his hand, and said, "I appreciate that the fan is not easy to write, this is written yesterday, I will reward you!" ”

"This is a real person!" Chen thanked him and said with a smile: "My grandmother's family takes long-term jobs, and the first thing is to eat, and she can't eat two catties of white flour cakes and wants to be her family worker." This person's name is Chen Er, and he ate four catties of cakes in front of the old man in a fit of anger, wiped his mouth and said: 'I will be full, I can't be afraid of the owner's food' - it is not all right to say that he is stupid. ”

Qianlong smiled: "Don't be another person who can eat but can't do it." 'I can eat two buckets of rice in one meal, and I picked two and a half pounds, and I sweated until I was pressed', right? Chen said: "The people of Zhuang and the housekeepers also looked at him like this at first. He was in a wolf body, hoeing wheat, planting seedlings, cutting rice, peeling corn, digging wells, and he couldn't do any of these farm work. The jack car broke the shaft, and he could pull it up with one hand. If you are idle, you can lift the stone of the mill to the three-pronged tree and erect it, and no one can take it down if you look at it. The head of the village was about to fire him, and the old man said, "It has been recruited, and it is not good to get rid of it again." It's not necessarily useless. His house has no land, and it is also a sin to go back and starve to death. In that year, the tenants resisted, and thousands of people rushed to my grandmother's yard, and the long-term workers and Zhuang Ding fled to the courtyard. Those poor tenants were red-eyed, and they ran around the courtyard like crazy, carrying grain when they saw it, beating people when they saw it, and robbing things when they saw it...... Grandma was frightened and collapsed in front of the statue of Guanyin, and the old man was so frightened that he hid under the bed. Only this Chen Er was loyal, and he guarded the hall with a mulberry stick, and knocked down seventeen or eighteen rebellious people. Two of them rushed up to the dripping eaves, and he carried one in one hand and drove it straight into the pool three feet away...... After the incident, the old man allocated 30 acres of land, a house, and complete farm tools, all of which were given to his family, and a girl was rewarded to Chen Er, and their family lived again! ”

When she first spoke, people laughed, but when they heard it, they were in awe, and they were all silently pondering. Qianlong was also shocked, and after a long time, he sighed: "This is a general's material, buried in the crop yard." Your lord is not confused in his heart, and there is water in his eyes. If you want to listen to the small talk and get out, maybe he will lead the tenants to resist rent and rush to the compound, and he will be the leader! You're from Fujian, aren't you? There is too much land annexation, and there are many large owners. If you are not careful, you will have a dispute between the master and the tenant. If you don't get it right, it's a big mess. Moreover, he was close to Taiwan, facing the sea, and when he committed a crime, he went on the ship to hide, and became a pirate again. Write to your old man, don't mention these words, just say that this matter is well cooked. The imperial court issued an edict to persuade tenants to reduce rent, which seemed to be aimed at tenants, but in fact it was still for the good of the owners. If the tenant rent is reduced, there will be fewer things to resist rent, and you can't be rich and prosperous for a long time? The imperial court exempts the disaster-stricken localities from donations every year, and the same is true in large terms - of course, Diao Dian's resistance to tenants leads the crowd to make trouble, and one of the leaders kills the other, which is also not merciful! The first is the truth, and the second is the rules, and it should not be abandoned. ”

He spoke at length, eloquently, and spoke earnestly, and everyone bowed their heads to obey him. The queen smiled and asked Tang'er: "How many Zhuangzi in our house, last time I said that it would be reduced to 40% of the rent, have you done it?" Fu Heng is busy, you have to worry more about these things. Tang'er hurriedly said: "It was reduced the year before last, don't worry, no more accidents." Our heavenly family is noble, Fu Heng receives such a favor from his master, and I refuse to be a miser. Chen hurriedly said: "I will write a letter to the Ministry of Internal Affairs tonight and bring it back with the official document of the post station." My mother's family also has to reduce their rent! Niu Hulu said: "My mother's family also has a few large estates, and I also need to reduce some rent." Money is something outside the body, and if you accumulate too much, it becomes a burden! "That's it!" Nala was afraid that he would have told others all the good things, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "My family's last year has also been reduced." I told my brothers a saying: My son is better than me, what do you want money for? My son is not as good as me, so what if I have money? - And they were minus! ”

"My son is better than me, what do you want money for? My son is not as good as me, so what if I have money? - That's a good thing to say! Qianlong applauded and laughed, "It's more delicious than Confucius said, 'Wealth is like a floating cloud to me' - pass on the food!" Happy tonight! ”

[1]

Enemy: Equal status.

[2]

"Green out of blue and green out of blue" see "Xunzi Persuasion".