The morning sun jumped between the trees, and the branches were wet with water droplets, and the wind rolled down, splashing a brilliant glass flower on the rubble. There was no sound in Yikun Palace, and the emperor ordered the honor guard to wait on the palace street, only with two personal eunuchs, and walked quickly to Qingyunzhai. The palace people didn't want the emperor to drive Yikun Palace early in the morning, but they didn't pay attention. Hai'an bumped into him under the corridor and said at a loss: "Your Majesty, the pure master hasn't gotten up yet... You—" The Emperor waved his hand at her and lifted the curtain into the room.

Qingcheng rested late yesterday and was tired for another day, and he slept soundly at this time. When the palace people who kept vigil saw the emperor coming in, they hurriedly got up from the felt carpet and wanted to be blessed, but they heard the emperor whisper: "Stand down." The palace man silently bent his knees and bowed back. The hibiscus gauze tent hung low, and the thin spring days outside the window scattered in the house, rippling a warm crimson light.

The emperor picked up the tent and said with a smile: "It's time to get up too!" ”

Qingcheng was wrapped in a bed of pale green silver thread tuanfu pattern forging quilt, black silk spread all over her body, her eyebrows frowned, as if she had woken up from a dream, and opened her eyes in a trance. The emperor's smile was close at hand, kissed her softly on the lips, and lay to the side again. Qingcheng turned to face him and said, "Don't you have to go to the morning court today?" ”

The emperor brushed the broken hair from her cheek with his fingertips, and said with a smile: "The sun is three poles, and I have already dispersed the court." Qingcheng looked out the window, and suddenly said "ah", "Oops, I haven't breastfed the sixth elder brother yet, he should be hungry." So saying, he got up. The emperor stretched out his long arm, wrapped her in his arms with the quilt, and said, "The nurse will watch it, and she will not starve him." ”

Qingcheng felt that the emperor had something to say, so he didn't force it, he still lay back on the couch, played with his braid in the palm of his hand, and asked, "Why didn't you see me yesterday?" The emperor said: "I don't want to worry too much about the affairs of the harem. Qingcheng glanced at him and said, "You have to take care of the queen's control and concubine's control before, and you can say that you don't care if I have something!" ”

The emperor hooked his lips and laughed, pinched her two lips, and said, "You dare to pout!" After a pause, he said earnestly: "You used to have a low position, and you were a Han girl, so I can only protect you from front to back, left and right." Now that you are a concubine, raising the third elder brother and the sixth elder brother, you can take care of the affairs of the palace, and you can make your own decisions. ”

Qingcheng said with a smile: "There is the queen master in the front, and there is the master in the back, I just drink tea and enjoy the blessings." ”

The emperor said: "Don't make an early assertion, just take the matter of Concubine Gao, if you didn't have the right to associate the six palaces, everything you did yesterday would be wrong." How to deal with things can be learned slowly, and I am not in a hurry. Concubine Xian was grounded by the Queen Mother, and the Council of the Tai Palace was handed over to the Queen Mother. ”

Qingcheng wrapped his arms around his waist, squeezed him in his arms, and said, "I saw that Concubine Gao was so pitiful, so I wanted to help her, and I didn't think about being in power or anything like that." The emperor kissed her forehead and said meaningfully, "I know everything." They chattered and gossiped, and the hibiscus tent caged the two of them in a small world, almost without knowing what year or month.

After breakfast, Mama hugged the sixth elder brother over to say goodbye, with small arms and legs, looking very cute. The sixth elder brother is learning to walk and talk, and when he sees Qingcheng, he will shout "Eniang", when he sees the emperor, he will shout "Huang Ama", when he sees Yongzhang, he will shout "third brother", and when he sees others, he will only shout "Mama". The sixth elder brother is not better than the third elder brother, since he was born, the emperor has been watching him grow up, unlike the third elder brother, who stayed in the elder brother's place when he was a child, which made the relationship between father and son unfamiliar.

The sixth elder brother walked around the hall with a stool, and suddenly let go of his hand and threw himself on the emperor's lap, holding his thigh and drooling. The emperor was holding half a chestnut cake in his hand, looking at him with a rare lack of anger, and said with a rhetorical smile: "The baby can't eat this, didn't you eat enough for breakfast just now?" The sixth elder brother seemed to know that the emperor would not give it, so he ran to Qingcheng's feet instead, and muttered in his mouth: "Eniang... E-niang... Dim Sum..."Qingcheng bent down and picked him up, put him on his lap, and said, "Are you hungry again?" As he spoke, he unbuttoned the button on his chest.

The emperor had never seen her feed the baby herself, and he couldn't help but be stunned. Who knew that halfway through, Qingcheng pulled up his shirt again and said, "You don't have to summon the courtiers today?" The emperor came back to his senses, deliberately looked out the window and said, "It's not early." He got up, put the sixth elder brother in the middle, leaned down, bit Qingcheng's ear, and said faintly: "Wait for me at night, don't let the baby eat it up." ”

Qingcheng comprehended, and glared at him with a smile.

The saint drove back to the Heart Cultivation Palace, Qingcheng arranged everything, and also took a sedan chair to Xianfu Palace to see the noble concubine. Concubine Gao's spirit was slightly better, her cheeks were rosy, and she smiled lightly: "Thanks to you for taking care of it." Qingcheng sat on the square stool in front of the couch, took the ginseng soup from Er Qi's hand, scooped it spoonful by spoon and fed it to the noble concubine, and said with a smile: "It's nothing." Concubine Gao asked again: "Why don't you see Jin Ling?" She didn't know that her blood collapse was murdered, and she didn't feel used to it when she saw Jin Ling serving her when her brain was clear.

Qingcheng said perfunctorily: "The imperial hospital prescribes a lot of prescriptions, so I ordered her to decoct the medicine." ”

Concubine Gao nodded, puzzled in her heart. It stands to reason that he gave birth to a prince and spread branches for the royal family, which is a happy event for the entire Qing Dynasty, not to mention the emperor's reward, even if the concubines next to him should come to congratulate him on face, how can it be so cold?

She wanted to ask, but she didn't dare to ask.

Concubine Xian was grounded, and no one presided over the deliberations of the Jiaotai Palace, and it was finally shelved. Two days later, the emperor sent an edict, saying that the queen's body had recovered and she could control the six palaces. In order to avoid being overworked, Concubine Chun, Concubine Jia, and Concubine Shun are still co-ordinating. At night, the Queen Mother Xuanxian was summoned in Shoukang Palace, and Concubine Xian's eyes were full of tears, crying and crying. The Queen Mother leaned on the kang and said: "It's useless for you to cry, fortunately, the pure concubine is looking for the mourning family, and the mourning family will deal with it, if the emperor intervenes, the demotion is inevitable." ”

Mama Yan took Supa and handed it to Concubine Xian, and said kindly: "Don't be too sad, Master Xian, there will always be a day when you turn over." The most important thing now is to find out who is behind the scenes. Concubine Xian treated the people around the Queen Mother very politely, held back her tears and said "thank you", and said: "Who else can harm me except the queen?" No one has the guts! ”

The Queen Mother said: "I heard that the drowning palace person is the maid on the side of the high girl, and he is the most trusted person of the high girl. The mourning family looked at it, but it didn't look like the queen's means. ”

Concubine Xian wiped her tears and said, "The queen has asked for the will to raise the fifth elder brother, and she has been close to Concubine Yu recently. The Queen Mother said: "You guess it's Concubine Yu's idea?" Concubine Xian shook her head and said, "Even if it is Concubine Yu's idea, it must be instructed by the queen behind the scenes." ”

The Queen Mother leaned on the pillow and said in a deep voice: "Since you can imagine it, the emperor has a bottom in his heart, so don't be too discouraged." But you have to remember that there are knives, arrows, and traps behind you, and no matter what, you can't go back! The night was dark, and Concubine Xian didn't stay for long, so she said, "Empress Dowager Xie for guidance." Then he knelt down and withdrew.

In addition to going to the Taidian Palace to discuss matters and visit the noble concubine, most of Qingcheng's business is still to raise the sixth elder brother. Spring and summer are staggered, and it is very easy to get fever and cold. Qingcheng stares at the sixth elder brother almost all the time, takes it off when it's hot, and wears it when it's cold. Yongzhang has to go to the south study every day, so he takes care of it less, which saves a lot of heart.

After the lunch break, Qingcheng still led the sixth elder brother to walk in the court, the lion lame followed his side, as soon as the sixth elder brother walked, it followed, and as soon as the sixth elder brother stopped, it also stopped. Sometimes the sixth elder brother grabs its tail to play, and it will be docile like a cat, not arrogant or impatient. The sixth elder brother likes lions very much, so after learning the words "Huang Ama", "Eniang", "Third Brother" and "Mama", he first learned to call it "Lion". As soon as he shouted, the lion would roll out of all corners and wag its tail and beg for mercy.

The two of them and a dog were having a good time, and a little eunuch walked quickly, knelt down and said: "Qi Qi master, Yu Concubine Niangniang asks to see." Qingcheng was stunned, she hadn't talked to Concubine Yu for a long time, and such a sudden visit was really incalculable. She asked Mama to carry the sixth elder brother back to the house, washed her hands, and said, "Let Concubine Yu come in." ”

Concubine Yu was dressed plainly, wearing an apricot embroidered long palace skirt, a slanted bun, a hairpin with gold and silver wrapped silk tassels and hairpins, smiling and groaning, Xu Bu stepped forward and bent her knees and said: "Please say hello to the pure master." Qingcheng still remembers that in Zhongcui Palace, Concubine Yu took care of herself everywhere, thinking of this old friendship, even if the emperor told her several times to beware of Concubine Yu, she has not been able to completely turn her away.

Qingcheng gave him a seat, and ordered Hai to serve tea.

Concubine Yu smiled: "I heard that you put Er Qi in Xianfu Palace to take care of the noble concubine, which makes it inconvenient for you to be in the palace." Qingcheng smiled: "It's nothing inconvenient, Hai'an is also very good." Besides, it is just to borrow the past as a few days to errand, and when the palace people of Xianfu Palace are assigned, Er Qi still has to come back. Concubine Yu said with a smile: "Erqi is loyal to the master, and it is rare to be a good slave, so you are naturally reluctant." ”

At this point, both of them stopped talking, and drank tea quietly for a while.

The sixth elder brother was playing with the lion in the dormitory, and occasionally there was a crisp laughter, and Concubine Yu listened to it, and her heart was jealous and envious. Qingcheng saw that she was stunned, so she asked, "But what's the matter?" Concubine Yu smiled and said, "I shouldn't have begged you for such a thing, but I really don't know who to ask for." After a pause, he said: "The fifth elder brother should follow Shangnan Study in two or three months, but at the moment, I haven't chosen haha beads, I'm his mother, but I can't do anything, it's really..." Qingcheng had a deep understanding, so he said: "The fifth elder brother was raised by the queen, and the queen has her own arrangements. ”

Concubine Yu snorted coldly and said, "Forgive me for saying a word of transgression, where would the queen really care about this, but she just wants to keep the fifth elder brother by her side and leave a way back." If I really opened my mouth to beg her, I was afraid that she would have a dislike and think that I wanted something, and I became more and more disinterested in the fifth elder brother. ”

Qingcheng thought secretly, and felt a little sympathetic, so he said, "I'll talk to the emperor." Concubine Yu didn't expect Qingcheng to agree so simply, and hurriedly squatted and made a big salute, saying, "Master Xie Chun." ”

The genius was dark, Yikun Palace held the lamp, Qingcheng took a comb and gave Yongzhang a head under the light, knitted long braids, tied apricot yellow ears, and smeared a layer of osmanthus oil. Hai'an entered the house and said, "Master, long live the Lord has arrived at Yikun Gate." When Yongzhang heard this, he twisted his body and was about to kneel. Qingcheng knew his thoughts, pulled him in his arms, and said, "Huang Ama is close to you in terms of knowledge, so that you will have a good future." Besides, there is a mother, what are you afraid of? ”

Yongzhang muttered in a low voice: "I haven't finished my homework today, and Emperor Ama will definitely ask." Qingcheng said: "Then you have to ask Huang Ama to go back again." "The two fathers and sons are separated by a membrane, and if they don't see each other more, it will be more difficult to get along in the future. When the emperor entered the house and saw Yongzhang, he asked first, "Have you finished your homework?" ”

Qingcheng took the plain robe for the emperor and said, "I called him here and gave him a head, and he is about to go back." Yongzhang stepped forward to ask for peace, and said in a proper manner: "Erchen, go back to do your homework." After saying that, I wanted to run.

The emperor called out to him and said, "You have a bottom in your heart, I will go to Chengde Palace next month, if you want to go with you, do your homework well." In two days, I will ask the teacher to give you an exam, and if you pass, you will be allowed to do so. Yongzhang had not yet walked out of the palace, and he was immediately excited, and said: "Erchen must live up to the expectations of the emperor." ”

When Yongzhang went, Hai'an offered melons and fruits and snacks, and the emperor asked, "What?" Erqi is still in Xianfu Palace? Hai An curted his knees and said, "Yes." Qingcheng picked up the strawberry and handed it to the emperor, and said: "The queen is still handing over affairs with Concubine Xian, and she can't take care of Xianfu Palace, and Concubine Gao always has someone to serve her." Speaking of this, he said: "Concubine Yu came to me today and said that the fifth elder brother is going to study in the south study, and there are no haha beads around him, please mention it to you." The Emperor nodded, signaling that he understood.

The emperor summoned the little eunuch who endorsed the book into the house, picked up a few books that he often read, and sat cross-legged on the kang and flipped through the pages at will. Qingcheng was peeling apples next to him, and suddenly smelled a smell of wine, and asked, "You have invited the minister to a banquet today?" The emperor said, "No." Qingcheng asked again: "You came here for a snack?" The emperor's face did not change, and said: "In the afternoon, I went to Xianfu Palace to see Concubine Gao, and when I came back, I bumped into Concubine Shu, so I sat in her palace." Qingcheng sank his face and said, "I also drank wine." ”

She's so jealous, it's...

The Emperor put down the book, looked up at her and did not speak. Qingcheng peeled the peel, and the emperor instinctively reached out to take it, but Qingcheng took a bite himself, pretending not to care. The emperor couldn't help but smile and said: "Jealous, jealous, you don't look at it, my harem has not accepted new people for a long time." ”

Even the three nobles who entered the palace in last year's draft, he didn't have much luck.

Qingcheng ignored him, walked straight to the door, called Wu Shulai, and asked, "How long has the emperor stayed in Shu Concubine's house?" What did you eat? It didn't make Wu Shu say it, and it didn't say it, so he said: "Pure master, don't embarrass the slave." "What did the Queen Mother ask, Wu Shulai also said half without saying half, Qingcheng asked so straightforwardly, said the wrong thing, and was not scolded to death by the emperor. However, it was really a shame that she dared to ask in front of the emperor.

The emperor picked up the apple that he had eaten a bite of, and he didn't dislike it, and bit it when he opened his mouth. Qingcheng entered the house and said angrily: "There is my saliva on the apple." The emperor smiled and said, "Even you have eaten, what is it to eat some saliva." He picked up the apple again, pulled the green orange and sat down until he was in his arms, hugged his waist, and said, "I just sat down, not even for half an hour." ”

Qingcheng was stunned and looked at the gauze lamp of the Chaofeng gilt palace on the desk, and said in a low voice: "Are you the emperor..." The emperor rubbed her cheek with his jaw, which was smooth and tender, like a piece of tofu, and he said, "It is not for me to worry." ”

But occasionally she is jealous, and she is in a good mood.

Hai An wanted to enter the palace to ask for the dinner menu and kitchen affairs, but she was not as thoughtful as Erqi's cooking, and she always had to inquire about Qingcheng everywhere. When I got to the threshold, I looked at the situation inside, where did I dare to disturb it, and went straight back. Wu Shulai thought that the two had quarreled, so he trembled and asked secretly, "How is it?" He muttered to himself: "The pure master is also a little bolder." Hai An smiled and said, "Wu Yanda, don't worry about it, just go back to the next room and rest, it's good inside." ”

After speaking, he went to the kitchen, leaving Wu Shulai secretly surprised.

Qingcheng was poked by the scum of his beard, and pushed his face with his hand, saying, "Itchy." ”

The Emperor pinched her chin, kissed her on the lips, and said, "This will not itch." Qingcheng didn't kiss him back, he kept priing her lips and teeth with the tip of his tongue, and both of them had eaten apples just now, and their mouths were sweet and sour. He gradually overturned himself, stretched out his long legs, and was about to kick the kang. Qingcheng hurriedly shouted: "Don't kick, there is a light on the kang table." The emperor stopped, looked back, frowned slightly, and said, "Come on, take the lamp away." ”

The palace people in the outer hall tiptoed into the house, neither daring to raise their heads, nor daring to look at the two of them, so they blushed and took the lamp, and left quietly. The emperor kicked the kang a few times, and said proudly like a child: "It's okay now." Qingcheng was about to speak, but the emperor took advantage of the situation to sweep his tongue in, blocking her so much that she almost couldn't breathe. Because she was angry, she was always awkward and in the way, and the emperor twisted the button for a long time, and finally tore it open with brute force.

When he was almost done, he turned over and asked her to sit on it, and opened his mouth to grab milk and drink with the sixth elder brother. Qingcheng said: "Sixth elder brother has to eat enough at night to sleep well, stay and cry at night, don't be annoyed." The emperor relieved his mouth and said, "If you are hungry, give him porridge and mush, he is more than a year old, and it is time to quit milk." ”

Qingcheng was amused by him, and said angrily: "You can figure it out." ”

Two or three days later, the emperor announced that Concubine Jia and Concubine Yu were in Changchun Palace, and said in front of the queen about choosing haha beads for the fourth and fifth elder brothers, and said: "I heard that the grandmother of the elder brother said that the fourth elder brother has been in poor health recently, and he always cries at night. When Concubine Jia heard this, she was anxious and said, "Ask the emperor to let the concubine go to the elder brother to see the fourth elder brother." ”

The emperor said: "You don't have to go to the elder brother's office, I have already passed on the will, and someone will send the fourth elder brother to Yanxi Palace tomorrow, and the fourth elder brother can enter and exit the south study room with the eldest elder brother, the third elder brother, and the fifth elder brother." The emperor's meaning was to let Concubine Jia raise the fourth elder brother by herself, Concubine Jia was overjoyed, her eyes were red, and she knelt down and said, "Concubine Xie Lord Longen." Concubine Yu knew that the matter of finding haha beads for the fifth elder brother was because she begged the pure concubine, but she didn't dare to mention it in front of the queen, but fortunately, the emperor didn't say much, and ordered two sentences, and talked about the matter of driving the Chengde Palace next month.

The queen looked embarrassed and said: "There are a lot of things in the palace, and the concubines have not been properly handled for a while, and it is inconvenient to leave the palace at this time." The emperor did not force it, but said, "Thank you for your hard work." Then he said to Concubine Jia: "I originally wanted to take you and the fourth elder brother together, but the fourth elder brother is sick, you will take care of it in the palace, if you are well, you must write to tell me." Concubine Jia was still immersed in the joy of reuniting with the fourth elder brother, and without thinking about it, she said: "The concubine obeys the order." ”

Because of the presence of Concubine Yu, the emperor also said a word, saying: "Concubine Yu can do whatever she wants." Concubine Yu was very clear in her heart, what was she worth, she didn't annoy the emperor, so she smiled and said: "The concubine has been very tired recently, and the fifth elder brother went to the south study to study, and the concubine wants to keep an eye on it herself." The queen also said: "Things are complicated in the palace, and there are many places for concubines to help." ”

Seeing that they were sensible, the emperor nodded with a smile.

The queen has just taken power, and she wants to weaken the power of Concubine Xian in the harem, and she is even more planning to wait for the emperor and the queen mother to leave the palace, so that she can clean up the portal. And Concubine Jia is worried about the fourth elder brother, Concubine Xian is grounded, Concubine Gao is in bed, Concubine Shun has been saying that she is sick since Concubine Xian's accident, and in the end, when she left the palace with the emperor, there was only one Qingcheng among the concubines.

Yikun Palace packed up the things for half a month, clothes, food, utensils, everything that could be transported away first, and more than 100 boxes of carriages of things drove into the Chengde Palace. Qin Tianjian had already chosen a good day and an auspicious time, and on the day of the departure of the holy car, the spring was bright and bright, and the clear sky was like a sea of blue clouds. Before leaving, the Queen Mother passed a message, saying that she had a sudden leg disease and asked the emperor to set off on his own. The emperor exempted the concubines from seeing him off, and as soon as the morning dawned, he took Qingcheng, the third elder brother, and the sixth elder brother out of the palace. The journey is not too far, and it does not stop, and it takes most of the day to arrive non-stop.

The third elder brother has never been out of the palace, although the two sides of the street are covered by yellow curtains, but the third elder brother is still lying on the window sill and watching intently, every time he sees something he has never seen, he has to exclaim in surprise, ask this and that.

For example, when he saw a river, he would exclaim, "Eniang, this river is much wider than the royal river in the palace." When he sees a mountain, he says, "When I grow up, I must climb up and see it." If you occasionally see people prostrating on the ground from a distance, you will ask, "Eniang, are those people the people of Huang Ama?" ”

Qingcheng will tell him firmly, saying, "Yes, the entire Qing Dynasty belongs to your emperor Ama." ”

When I arrived at the Chengde Palace, the palace gate was already full of ministers, and the places within a radius of dozens of miles from the palace were guarded. Fu Heng, Minister of Military Aircraft, personally transferred the elite guards of the four forward battalions, and then specially added the officers and soldiers of the outer firearms battalion to guard the pass. The emperor did not forget about political affairs, and he didn't even care about eating, so he went to Nian'en Hall to approve the folds before entering the palace, and saw a few copies of the 800-mile expedited border defense folds, and immediately made a reply.

Qingcheng is also familiar with the way, and took the third elder brother and the sixth elder brother to live in the apse of Nian'en Hall. When she first came to Chengde Palace, she lived in the apse, which was closest to Nian'en Hall, and when the emperor wanted to come, he walked through the courtyard and arrived. The furnishings and decorative utensils inside have remained the same, and the emperor has never let others live in it since she lived.