sent two ducks to the kitchen, and when he went out, he bumped into Huang Er who came out of the palace, Zhang Degui nodded again and again, and said, "Hello Grandpa Huang, have you had dinner?" Huang Er glanced at him, thought for a while, and laughed: "You are Zhang Gonggong of Qingfeng Division, look at my memory, I am too busy, forgive me." ”

Zhang Degui said with a smile: "You are a noble person, and it is okay." ”

Huang Er asked, "The duck was delivered?" ”

Zhang Degui said with a smile: "It's for the father-in-law who helps the cook, he is alive, fat and strong!" ”

Huang Er turned around and wanted to leave, and said: "The pure master wants to drink the old duck porridge to get on the fire, I'm afraid that they won't pluck their feathers cleanly, and they have to do it themselves to rest assured, so I won't leave you gossiping." Huang Er said this, which was quite polite, Zhang Degui hurriedly said: "I disturbed me, you are busy with yours, don't worry about me." ”

Along the palace corridor, through the garden, into the back door, turn a road, to the front yard of Qingfeng Division, a little eunuch stepped forward and said respectfully: "Grandpa Zhang, can you have lunch?" Zhang Degui patted the little eunuch's head and said, "Am I going to lunch?" Where can I find ready-made food? The little eunuch said with a bitter face: "I left you a plate of steamed buns, and half a plate of pickles, you hurry up and eat while it's hot. ”

Zhang Degui already knew about this, and he was not surprised, he went back to the house to eat steamed buns, and asked someone to fetch well water, fortunately, it was hot, so he took a bath with the cold water, changed into a clean bird pattern python robe, smeared osmanthus oil on the braid, combed it neatly, and went out with long boots. When I arrived at the apse, I bumped into Zhuo Dekai again, although the two knew each other, they didn't dare to talk much, and left silently.

There are several eunuchs guarding the corridor of the three courtyards, all of whom have ranks, their faces are strict and not smiling, and each person who comes must be interrogated before the little eunuch is led into the side hall. Zhang Degui and Zhuo Dekai both entered the third courtyard for the first time, and saw that the courtyard was deep and wide, and there were several palace people standing on the verandah, all dressed neatly and neatly. There were more than a dozen eunuchs standing at the door of the main hall, wearing one-color red-capped official hats, any of them were at the level of a chief administrator, their expressions were silent, and their actions were silent. There were one or two faint laughter in the room, Zhang Degui didn't dare to listen carefully, bowed his head and bowed his waist, and followed the little eunuch who led the way to the side hall.

Before meeting the pure master, Zhang Degui had been bluffed by this posture and sweated.

Outside a flower hall corridor, the little eunuch stopped and said, "Two fathers-in-law, please wait." Zhang Degui and Zhuo Dekai all played Qianqiu and said, "There is Gonggong Lao." The little eunuch secretly said in his heart: "I don't know..." but he took half a step back, and was not polite, and said: "The two fathers-in-law are polite, my grade is low, it really torments me." Zhang Degui and Zhuo Dekai glanced at each other, they were embarrassed, and they didn't say anything more, and stepped into the flower hall.

There were already several eunuchs and grandmothers in charge of the hall standing in the hall, some of whom were attendants, and some of whom were originally palace errands. Everyone knows each other, at least their faces are familiar, but no one dares to speak, at most they gesture and make a look. I don't know how long it took, but there was a Western chiming bell hanging high on the wall, and no one dared to raise their eyes.

Someone outside suddenly shouted: "Aunt Hai'an is here." ”

Zhang Degui followed the prestige, a woman wearing a light green spun silk palace skirt arrived, she smiled, stood at the door and bent her knees, and said: "Let you wait for a long time, the sixth elder brother is arguing to let the pure master hug, the pure master can't make trouble, so he will delay for a while, please sit down and drink tea first." ”

Everyone hurriedly said, "Aunt Xie Hai'an." ”

Hai'an smiled: "Most of you are older than me, and you have been worse than me for a long time, so you don't need to call me aunt, just call Hai'an." Everyone said in unison: "Aunt Hai'an is polite." Hai'an smiled, but he couldn't, so he didn't pay attention to it. Er Qi led people to serve tea, using the high-grade Biluochun of Xingong, the governor of Huguang this year, and smelled the fragrance of tea from a distance.

Zhuo De opened the greedy tea, asked for two bowls with a shy face, Er Qi didn't care, but put the teapot on the table beside Zhuo Dekai, and said with a smile: "If it's not enough, just open your mouth." ”

Erqi often goes in and out of the kitchen, Zhuo Dekai knows her, but she doesn't dare to be as affectionate as Pingsu, she is estranged by half a point, and said politely: "Aunt Erqi's skills in making tea are excellent, and she is worthy of being a celebrity who serves by the side of the pure master." ”

Er Qi listened to flattering words a lot, and his left ear went in and out of his right ear, and he didn't take it to heart.

After two quarters of an hour, someone said: "The pure master is coming to the flower hall." Zhang Degui trembled, the soles of his feet seemed to be stepping on cotton, unable to touch the ground, and trembling with nervousness. After another quarter of an hour, I heard the sound of boots, and knew that the pure master had arrived in the palace corridor, and everyone sat up and knelt down, and as soon as someone entered the house, they shouted: "The slave greets the pure master." ”

Qingcheng helped Hai'an, walked directly to the throne from the middle, sat down, and then said softly: "Get up." ”

Zhang Degui secretly counted the palace people who followed him, at least there were twelve or thirteen, so many people, except for the sound of boot steps, they couldn't even hear their breathing, and couldn't help wiping sweat on their foreheads. He got up, bowed his head and hunched over, quietly listening to the orders from above. Hai An said: "You carefully tell your rank, name, and errand master. ”

According to the order of standing, it was Zhang Degui's turn, he took half a step forward, and said loudly: "Slave Zhang Degui, the supervisor of the Liupin Palace, is on an errand in Qingfeng Division." With that, he took another half step back, still standing back in the column. In just three sentences, half a step smaller, it was more tired than catching a day's leg of mutton, his feet were weak, and his hands were sweating.

After everyone finished speaking, Hai An said: "It seems that there is one less father-in-law." As soon as the words fell, someone outside the door said in a trembling voice: "The slave is here." Then he entered the house with a hard head, knelt in the center and said, "Ask the pure master for forgiveness." ”

Zhang Degui secretly raised his eyes and glanced at the pure master, only to feel that his skin was white and condensed, and it was three points more tender than the frozen tofu in the kitchen. She was dressed casually, not wearing a court robe, a light goose yellow robe, not even wearing a flag head, wearing a slanted bun, a hairpin with gold inlaid jewels and a golden phoenix tassel hairpin, her face was always soft, and she couldn't tell if she had rouge.

Even so, her eyebrows only frowned, and the kneeling man was already terrified.

Qingcheng said: "Why is it late? The eunuch said: "The slave is the head of the second courtyard who is in charge of sweeping, and he is afraid that there will be rain, so he stares at the palace people to move the flower pots placed outside to the porch, and delays the hour." ”

The hall was silent, seeing that Qingcheng didn't speak, and the others didn't even dare to come out. The sweat on Zhang Degui's head flowed down his sideburns to his face, and then into his neck, his entire collar was soaked, but he didn't dare to move.

Half a sound, Qingcheng said without being salty: "Is it important to move the flower pot, or is it important to be summoned by the master?" I can be late to summon you to move the flower pots today, is Ming'er to move the flower pots, delay something? "Yongzhang and Sixth Elder Brother live in the second courtyard, and even the girl Qingcheng who poured the footwashing water is ready to meet in person, not to mention the father-in-law who has the opportunity to give advice to the second courtyard every day.

The eunuch's forehead touched the ground, he wanted to have a good name for his duties, but he never expected to be reprimanded for being late, and he immediately panicked, and begged for mercy: "Slave... The minion is guilty, please... Please punish the pure master. ”

Qingcheng said: "The punishment must be punished, otherwise there are any rules!" He glanced at Hai'an again and said, "What is the sin of contempt for the master?" Hai'an thought about it, and roughly knew what Qingcheng meant, so he said: "Thirty canes are to be punished." Qingcheng thought about it, and in the end he couldn't bear it, so he said: "Seeing that what you have done is not wrong, I will spare you half of the punishment and go and receive fifteen rods yourself." ”

The eunuch was an old man who was sent to the palace during the Yongzheng Dynasty, and he didn't have a master, relying on his qualifications, he was used to being arrogant, and he was suddenly punished, like a fish in his throat, and he lost a lot of face. Zhang Degui said secretly: "Yes." "A person in charge of the palace who specializes in sweeping and sprinkling dares to often point fingers at Qingfeng Division, and often begs for eggs, ducks and eggs, but he is not allowed to keep accounts, which is really hateful. On the other hand, he figured out the master's thoughts, and he was submissive.

Qingcheng said slowly: "Some of you I brought from Yikun Palace, and some of you are old people from the palace, you should cherish them when you have a grade, and you must not be arrogant and presumptuous." Someone told me to wait today, I can no longer pursue it, but if someone is worried about something next to me, I will not tolerate it! What else did she say, Zhang Degui didn't listen to a word, it should be said that every word was heard, crackling and exploding in her ears like firecrackers, but she didn't understand it when she closed it.

But in the end, it is one, we must abide by our duty and do what the master tells us without distractions.

After finishing the training, Zhang Degui thought that he was going to disperse, after all, the emperor was still in the bedroom, and the pure master could not delay for too long. Unexpectedly, Hai An said with a smile: "The master said that it is not easy for you to work hard, and you must comfort everyone." As he spoke, he raised his face out of the window, and four eunuchs carried two large black lacquered boxes into the house.

I opened the box, and there were all kinds of satin in it, including Ning silk, Jiang silk, Sichuan silk, brocade satin, flash satin... Colorful, radiant, are first-class good material. Qingcheng smiled lightly: "I came out of the palace in a hurry, and I didn't bring many things, these two boxes of satin were paid tribute to the emperor by the ministers below, and the emperor rewarded me again, and now I reward you again." "Such a good thing, I casually took two boxes to reward the people below, the palace concubines, except for the queen, only the pure master has this strength.

Zhang Degui is really happy and worried, the good thing is that the pure master is generous, and everyone present has a share of satin. The worry is that he is just the head of Qingfeng Division, and he usually doesn't wait in the back hall, let alone the masters, and he won't be able to do anything good in the future.

After thinking about it, he sighed heavily.

The emperor watched Yongzhang writing in the study, and when he saw Qingcheng entering the room, his face was tired, so he asked, "How is it?" Qingcheng casually took the golden hairpin on the bun, handed it to Hai'an, and said tiredly: "Always hold the shelf, tired and panicked." ”

I didn't wear a hairpin on my head, and I instantly felt that my brain was much clearer. The emperor pursed his lips and smiled, and said, "The queen is called to hold the shelf, you..." paused, couldn't find the right word, and said: "At most, it is a summons." ”

Qingcheng walked behind Yongzhang, looked at his handwriting, and said, "Yongzhang's words have grown much better than before." ”

The emperor raised his eyebrows and said proudly: "Don't look at who taught it, naturally you have to grow!" After that, he took Qingcheng to the outer hall, took a fold from the kang table, handed it to Qingcheng, and said, "The name of the sixth elder brother, you can choose it yourself." Qingcheng opened the bright yellow fold wrapped in moire forging cloth, and there were four words written on it - "珹, Qi, 瑢, Yan".

Qingcheng gently read it in order, looked up and asked, "Which word do you think is good?" ”

The emperor said, "It's all about the same. "The name is not a name, he is too lazy to care, as long as Qingcheng likes it. Qingcheng pondered silently for a moment and said, "It's forever, the word Ying sounds pleasant." The emperor nodded and said, "Listen to you." He shouted outside the door, "Wu Shulai." Wu Shulai bowed his head and entered the house, knelt down on one knee to ask for peace, and asked, "Long live what the Lord commands?" The emperor said: "Let the Internal Affairs Office make a book, the fourth elder brother will be named Yonghui, the fifth elder brother will be named Yongqi, and the sixth elder brother will be named Yongying, and then write an excerpt and hand it to the Queen Mother." ”

He did not save trouble, and named his three sons in the order proposed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Wu Shulai responded, and bowed down without saying more than half a sentence. As the sun sets, the oblique shadow on the flower window becomes thinner and thinner, thinner and thinner, and finally dimmed. The palace lamp is lit under the corridor, illuminating the orange-red halo, which ripples slightly in the summer breeze. Qingcheng prepared a snack's snack according to the emperor, Yongzhang, and Yongying's favorite meals, and while eating, Yongzhang suddenly spit out all over the ground.

Losing honor in front of the palace, if you are in the palace, it is a big crime.

Yongzhang was so frightened that he didn't care about rinsing his mouth, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Huang Ama forgives his sins." Qingcheng said anxiously: "Yongzhang, what's wrong with you?" The emperor said, "Huang Ama is not angry, you can get up." Hai'an personally went into the house to clean up, Qingcheng hugged Yongzhang to the side, saw that his little face was pale, covered his forehead with his palm, and said, "It's a fever." ”

The emperor knew a little about Qi Huang's technique, diagnosed Yongzhang's pulse, asked Qingcheng to unbutton the button under his neck for him, and asked: "Yongzhang, tell Huang Ama the truth, where are you uncomfortable?" Yongzhang said with a crying voice: "My head hurts, and my stomach hurts." The emperor comforted Qingcheng and said, "It's just a hot feeling, don't worry too much." ”

Wu Shulai led the imperial physician who accompanied him into the house, looked at it carefully, and explained the condition to the emperor before prescribing the medicine. Erqi took the stove and put it in the courtyard, and stared at the boiling medicine himself. Qingcheng couldn't hold Yongzhang, the emperor personally carried Yongzhang back to the second courtyard, and ordered Mama not to let the sixth elder brother get close, so as not to infect the disease.

Yongzhang was uncomfortable, his little head drooped on the emperor's back, and said, "Huang Ama, will I die?" ”

The emperor was stunned, the second elder brother Yonglian was first diagnosed with typhoid fever. Qingcheng's eyes turned red, and he said, "What nonsense, Yongzhang will definitely live a long life." The emperor also reprimanded: "At a young age, where did you hear that you can't die?" Yongzhang's throat and eyes were hoarse, and he said in a thick throat: "Mama Gui always said that if I don't sleep well, I will get sick, and if I get sick, I will die." ”

He was young, but he also knew the meaning of the word "death".

Qingcheng is furious, she has always been calm, and rarely loses her temper. After listening to Yongzhang's words, he felt that the blood all over his body was rushing to one place, and he ordered: "From now on, Mama Gui is not allowed to serve in front of Yongzhang." ”

Mama Gui has already been like ashes, Yongzhang is naughty, sometimes she refuses to sleep at night, so she casually coaxes Yongzhang with two sentences, who would have thought that she would be poked out! She knelt on the ground and kowtowed, not even daring to say a word of begging for mercy.

Qingcheng took the medicine and fed Yongzhang personally, Yongzhang would never dare to be naughty in front of the emperor, he would do whatever he wanted, and he drank the medicinal soup that was more bitter than bile. Qingcheng was worried about Yongzhang and said to the emperor: "You go back first, I'll wait for Yongzhang to fall asleep before leaving." "The emperor really still has a lot of excerpts to approve, so he didn't say anything, but only ordered the imperial doctor to wait in the corridor to be on guard.

Yongzhang slept unsteadily, and sometimes cried in his dreams. Qingcheng took off his shoes, half-leaned on the bed, and held Yongzhang in his arms. In the middle of the night, he finally fell asleep, Qingcheng was thinking about the emperor and wanted to get up, but the robe was tightly pulled by Yongzhang, as soon as she moved, he opened his eyes and said in a daze: "Eniang, don't go." Qingcheng's heart was broken, and he said softly: "E-niang won't leave." ”

After the emperor approved the fold, he waited for a long time for the green orange, and finally moved to find it.

She was half asleep, and when she saw the emperor, she cheered up and said, "You go to sleep first, I'll accompany Yongzhang here." The emperor glanced at Yongzhang, probed his forehead with his palm, and said, "It's already cooled, and you don't have much use for a snack, are you hungry?" Qingcheng shook her head and wanted to sit up, but Yongzhang wrapped one hand tightly around her waist, she was afraid of disturbing him, so she whispered to the emperor: "It's late, you go back to sleep quickly, it won't take a few hours to get up again." ”

The emperor was snubbed, sat down on the couch, and said angrily: "If you don't go back, I won't leave." ”

Qingcheng smiled, patted the empty space on his side, and said, "Why don't you sleep here?" The emperor glanced at her and said, "How can it be done, I am the Ninety-Five, and I still have to sleep with my son?" ”

It's not about sleeping with my son, it's about robbing my wife with my son.

After a stalemate of two quarters of an hour, Qingcheng couldn't rest assured that Yongzhang was in the end, and the emperor had to go back to the third courtyard alone. As soon as the day dawned, Yongzhang woke up, Qingcheng fed him medicine, and he fell asleep again. Qingcheng didn't close his eyes for almost a night, and Hai An stepped forward and said: "The emperor is already having breakfast, so the master might as well use it together and rest well." There are slaves and maids here, and it will be fine. Yongzhang's fever had subsided, and Qingcheng fell into his heart, so he got up and put on it, and was about to put on his shoes, but after looking for a long time on the couch, one shoe was missing.

Hai An saw a piece of forged green exposed in the quilt, and carefully lifted it to see that it was Yongzhang who was tightly holding Qingcheng's shoes in his hand, how afraid he was that he would not see Eniang when he woke up.

Qingcheng's heart softened, and his eyes became hot.

After breakfast, the emperor thought that Qingcheng should come back, so he deliberately waited for a while. But when the day dawned, there was no green orange in sight. His face sank, a little annoyed. Wu Shulai stood at the door and waited, not daring to speak, let alone urging, secretly coveted the emperor's face several times, and he didn't dare to move even anymore.

As soon as Yongzhang opened his eyes in the morning, he saw Qingcheng, first bent his eyebrows and smiled, arched his little buttocks and said, "Eniang, did you sleep with me all night?" Qingcheng stroked his forehead, the fever had completely subsided, and said with a smile: "Yes." Yongzhang wrapped his hands around Qingcheng's neck and said affectionately: "My good mother." Qingcheng hugged him for a while before asking, "Are you hungry?" Shall we get up and eat? Is your mouth bitter or not, do you want to eat puff cheese? ”

Hai An reminded on the side and said, "Master, the imperial doctor said that it is best not to let the third elder brother eat cheese and milk in the past two days, and it is best to drink porridge." Qingcheng snorted, hugged Yongzhang to get up, and said, "You have to get better quickly to eat good things." Yongzhang nodded, and asked in a low voice: "Eniang, can I not go to Yizhitang to study today?" ”

Qingcheng took Brother's robe and changed it for him, and said, "You can not go to school today, but you have to promise E-Niang to take medicine well." ”

Yongzhang suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, deal!" ”

After taking care of Yongzhang, Qingcheng went back to the third hospital for breakfast, then changed his clothes and went to bed to make up for sleep. I slept until noon before I got up and dressed, and watched Yongzhang obediently eat dinner, so I asked Er Qi to boil honeysuckle water for the sixth elder brother to bathe. After finishing everything, it was already dark, and the stars in the sky were like sprinkling East Pearls casually, shining on the blue curtain.

The emperor sat cross-legged on the kang and looked at the excerpts, Qingcheng smiled when he entered the door, and said: "Yongzhang has already calculated, and there is still a little cough, I want him to rest for another day, so I don't have to go to Yizhitang." As if he hadn't heard, the emperor stared at the fold for a while. Qingcheng saw that the situation was not right, so he sat down beside him, and before he could speak, the emperor turned his back with his fold and ignored her.

Qingcheng pulled his sleeve and said with a smile: "What's wrong?" ”

The emperor didn't speak, Qingcheng leaned his head on his shoulder, and said, "Are you still angry about what happened last night?!" The emperor half-squinted, squinted at her, and snorted coldly. Qingcheng wrapped his hands around his waist again and said, "Yongzhang is our son, of course I'm worried about him." You are his emperor Amma, aren't you worried at all? The emperor finally opened his mouth and said, "Worry is worry, is it necessary to let Eniang sleep with you?" The prince of the Qing Dynasty, he was the first. You've been spoiling him, you're going to spoil him! ”

Qingcheng said angrily: "If you are spoiled, you will be spoiled, with the support of you, the emperor Ama, what are you afraid of?" The emperor was speechless, shook his head and said, "Go back to the palace and let him move to the place where my brother lives." Qingcheng straightened up and said, "No! ”

The emperor said sharply: "Then you don't indulge him anymore!" ”

Qingcheng thought for a long time before he was discouraged: "Okay, I'll pay attention to it in the future." ”

The emperor looked at her little face so nervous that he lost color, threw the fold, reflexively wrapped around her waist, and comforted: "He is not a child of an ordinary family, since he enjoys the wealth and honor given by the royal family, he should bear the responsibility of being a royal descendant." You are a reasonable person, and I am sure you will not be uninformed. He twisted her chin again, rubbed his thumb against her cheek, and said, "You are his mother, even if you pamper him, you should let him learn to survive in the palace by himself." He had wanted to say these words for a long time, but because he didn't have a good time, and he was afraid that Pingbai would make her unhappy, so he endured it and didn't speak.

Now that I have started, I will say it all in one go.