The sudden joy almost made Concubine Yu think she was dreaming. If she took care of the queen's face, she should have been polite and polite and said a few words of resignation, but at the moment, she couldn't say anything. What etiquette, what reputation, what back road, what calculation, at this moment all turned into a wisp of green smoke, flew into the sky, and disappeared without a trace.

With tears in her eyes, she knelt on the ground and bowed, and said in a loud voice: "Concubine Xie Lord Longen." ”

The emperor snorted and said indifferently: "You just need to raise the fifth elder brother well, and I will explain to the queen that you don't need to worry about anything else." Concubine Yu thanked Dade, kowtowed again, and got up. After Concubine Yu left, Qingcheng twisted a warm towel to wipe his hands and face for the emperor, and was about to wait for him to take a lunch break, when he suddenly heard someone crying outside, but it was Yongzhang's voice.

Hai An hurriedly entered the hall and said, "Master..."

Qingcheng asked, "What's going on?" Hai An said: "The eldest brother and the third elder brother fought just now. The emperor had already laid down, sat up again, and said with a sinking face, "Let the two of them come in." As soon as Yongzhang entered the house, he threw himself into Qingcheng's arms and cried so much that his liver and intestines were broken. The eldest brother stood stubbornly, his fists clenched tightly, and he didn't say a word.

The emperor asked, "Why fight?" ”

Qingcheng squatted down, half-hugged Yongzhang, and said, "Don't cry first, Huang Ama asked you, did you hear it?" Yongzhang wiped his tears and sobbed: "Big brother beat me." Qingcheng asked, "Then are you injured?" Yongzhang's face was full of tears and said, "It hit my teeth." He opened his mouth to show Qingcheng again, and Qingcheng touched his little brain melon seeds and asked, "Does it still hurt?" ”

Yongzhang had stopped crying and said, "It doesn't hurt anymore." ”

If you are outside the palace, it is most common for little boys and girls to fight. But in the palace, in addition to the prince and princess, there are also haha beads who accompany the reading, haha beads are slaves, where do they dare to scold people. And the prince and princess are even more strictly disciplined, and there is a large group of grandmothers and eunuchs around them, even if they want to fight, it is not so easy.

The fight between the eldest brother and the third elder brother was the first time in the Forbidden City.

The emperor said angrily: "Yonghuang, why do you want to fight Yongzhang? Yonghuang pouted and wept silently, but he didn't speak. Qingcheng said to Hai'an: "Go and wash the face of the eldest brother." Then he asked Yongzhang: "Tell me, what's going on?" ”

Yongzhang pumped and matched, he had no scheming, it was completely out of the innocence of the little boy, he said: "Just now I saw a particularly beautiful peony flower in the yard, and I wanted to pick it for you to wear, but the eldest brother also wanted to pick it, I asked him to pick something else, and he refused." Speaking of this, Yongzhang suddenly turned his head to Yonghuang and said: "She is my mother, not your mother, you still rob me, you will move back to the brother's house and find your own mother..."

Qingcheng got angry and scolded: "Yongzhang, look at what you said, do you think you are right?" ”

Yonghuang's tears became more and more turbulent, and he stared at Yongzhang with red eyes. Yongzhang was scolded by Qingcheng, felt aggrieved, and continued to cry. The emperor has been very upset about the affairs of the harem recently, and he wants to take a nap, and he has encountered these two little ancestors fighting. He really wanted to put on his shoes and go back to sleep in the Heart Nourishing Palace, and let them cry all the time. The emperor said patiently: "Stand in the corner of the wall for me, face the wall for two quarters of an hour, and then come and talk." ”

Yongzhang was crooked in Qingcheng's arms and refused to move, and the emperor was afraid that Qingcheng would not be happy, so he glanced at her. Qingcheng led Yongzhang to stand in the corner and said, "You stand well, and Eniang will ask you later." So the two brothers stood straight against the wall, and the emperor returned to the couch and closed his eyes. Qingcheng took a peacock lacquer handle fan embroidered on white silk and gently shook the wind for the emperor, while staring at the Western clock to see the time. The emperor took a nap, his spirits were much better, and he asked lazily, "Is it time?" ”

Qingcheng said softly: "It's here." ”

The emperor opened his eyes and sat up, waved his hand, and said, "You two come here." Yonghuang and Yongzhang glanced at each other, slowly walked in front of the emperor, and stood stiffly. The emperor asked, "Do you know what's wrong?" The two little boys lost the fearlessness just now, and knew that they were afraid of the holy face, and said in unison: "Erchen knows that he is wrong." The emperor nodded and said, "It's good to know, Yonghuang, you say first, where are you wrong?" ”

Yonghuang said in a proper manner: "I shouldn't have beaten Yongzhang." ”

The emperor asked again, "Yongzhang, what about you?" Yongzhang was so young, and he relied on the green orange to support him, he didn't want to answer the emperor's words, and began to cry again. The emperor has always been majestic and intimidating, but he doesn't know how to coax children. As soon as he frowned, he was about to open his mouth to train people, but Yongzhang looked at the situation and cried more and more heartbreakingly. Angry, the emperor said to Qingcheng: "Look at it, it's all your favorites, girls are like families, they only know how to cry." ”

Qingcheng ignored him and said directly to Yongzhang: "Don't cry, calm down and calm yourself." ”

Yongzhang had never seen Qingcheng angry, and when he saw her face stiff, he was a little afraid. Gradually, I stopped crying. Qingcheng said: "On that day, you asked the eldest brother to move into the Daode Hall to live with you, and E-Niang agreed." If you really want the eldest brother to move away today, E-Niang will also respect your opinion. But you have to think clearly, do you really want the big brother to move away? Do you remember what you said when you begged Eniang to keep the eldest brother? You say, "My eldest brother is very good at arithmetic, and if we live together, he will be able to teach me arithmetic every day." Yongzhang calmed down, wiped his tears and thought about it, and said frankly: "Eniang, I don't want my eldest brother to move away, I like to play with my eldest brother." ”

The emperor was amazed that this was all right.

Qingcheng Chunchun was kind and seductive: "Think about it, if E-Niang lets you go back to Ah Ge's office at every turn, will you be sad?" Go, you go and apologize to the big brother yourself. Yongzhang was a little embarrassed, and Qingcheng said: "Wrong is wrong, and having the courage to take responsibility is a good child." Yongzhang finally clasped his fists at the eldest brother and said, "I'm sorry." ”

Yonghuang is not a person who does not know etiquette, so he hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted back, saying, "I also have something wrong." Then he asked, "Do your teeth still hurt?" Yongzhang wiped his tears, grinned, put his finger into his mouth and shook it, and said, "It doesn't hurt, this tooth is about to fall out." Seeing him smile, Yonghuang also laughed.

After a fight, the relationship between the two brothers became more harmonious.

Qingcheng was pleased, held them left and right, and said, "Where did you see the peony flowers, can you pick them and wear them for Eniang?" This is the first time in Yonghuang's life that he has been held by "Eniang", and his thoughts are surging, and he can't say it in detail. The warmth in his eyes was not because he was sad, but because he was so happy, he wanted to cry. Yongzhang pulled the green orange and walked out, and said, "It's in the yard, Eniang, we're going to pick it for you to wear." ”

The three of them pulled and pulled out, leaving the emperor alone in the house. He lay back on the couch, his arms resting on his head, closing his eyes and listening to the laughter from afar, as if all his worries had suddenly disappeared. After a while, Qingcheng entered the house alone, she thought that the emperor couldn't sleep, so she sat on the edge of the couch and shook him, and said, "Look, does it look good with peony flowers?" ”

The emperor didn't know that he was asleep, and he opened his eyes in a trance, and his mind went blank. Qingcheng's smile was bright and clean, without a trace of impurities, which he couldn't see anywhere.

She is not only the frankness and sincerity that he spoiled, but also her natural nature.

The corners of the emperor's lips raised a shallow smile, and he said vaguely, "What did you just say?" Qingcheng didn't want him to fall asleep, so he said softly: "I'm arguing with you." The emperor shook his head, glanced at the Western clock, and said, "I should get up anyway." He said this, but the man did not move, and said, "This is the flower that the two brothers fought for?" ”

They are filial, Qingcheng is happy in his heart, and he can't help showing off, and said, "Is it good-looking?" ”

The emperor looked at it carefully for a moment, and said, "The two brothers are very similar, but they both have poor vision. Although the peony is magnificent, the color is too bright to suit you..."Before the words were finished, the green orange had already turned around and left. Emperor Yu sat up and said, "Why are you leaving, hurry up and wait for me to dress, and I have to go to the Hongde Hall to speak." ”

Qingcheng didn't reply, and said: "They have poor vision, and I don't deserve the magnificence of peonies... See for yourself. The palace people listened to the two princes fighting until the two of them quarreled, and their faces changed from full of melancholy to forbearance and snickering. It was still Hai'an Mali, and hurriedly stepped forward to serve the emperor to wear.

The emperor asked with a confused mind: "What's wrong with your master?" ”

Hai An pursed his lips and smiled, but did not reply.

Soon it was the Qixi Festival, and the daughters of the princes and ministers all entered the palace to accompany the queen to the banquet and beggar. Qingcheng has the power to associate the six palaces on the surface, but with the queen and concubine, she basically has nothing to do. The courtiers sat in a sedan chair at the Donghua Gate before dawn and waited for the palace gate to open, entered the palace at dawn, first went to Shoukang Palace to ask the Queen Mother, and then went to Changchun Palace to salute the queen.

Qingcheng intended to find a wife for Jian Yuheng, and after lunch, he announced the sedan chair and went to Chuxiu Palace to relax. She deliberately did not reveal her identity, only wore a moon white embroidered small chrysanthemum tribute satin palace robe, combed her hair, and wore an eight-treasure cluster of Dongzhu tassel hairpins. got off the sedan chair from afar, took Hai'an and Er Qi to turn across half of the palace street, entered through the back door of Yongdao, and secretly hid into the temple.

Chuxiu Palace is not big, it is not as big as Yikun Palace, there are five or six tables in the courtyard, and I feel that my feet are not resting. The side halls of the warm pavilion are all set up with banquets and tea, and the courtiers who have titles wear grade robes, and those who do not have titles are also dressed dignified and beautiful, and they dare not be too ostentatious. They spoke in twos and threes, speaking softly, behaving appropriately and politely, and any one of them could satisfy Qingcheng. Hai An said with a smile: "I can be a sister-in-law for my master, but the blessings they have cultivated for several lifetimes, although the master chooses slowly, he must be satisfied." ”

Er Qi said: "If you want to say that the master is satisfied, it is better to like it yourself." There was a faint anger in her heart that had nowhere to vent, and she came out of her mouth without realizing it. Fortunately, she usually has something to say, and Qingcheng is also used to it, and said with a smile: "That's right, he always has to like it himself to make up his mind." ”

The sun was scorching, so that no one could stand in the court, Qingcheng walked back and forth along the palace corridor twice, saw that there was no one in the hall, and tired the iceberg with a copper boat, so he went in to rest. From time to time, two courtiers entered the house with a smile, and the girl in purple said with a smile: "If we pick this time, we can also be exempted from next year's draft." The blue-shirted girl seemed shy, smiled slightly, and did not speak.

The two of them crashed into the hall headlong, and when they saw Qingcheng sitting upright, they were all stunned, but they didn't know their identity and status, they just thought that it was the princess and lady who were invited into the palace by the queen, so they nodded, which was considered a salute. Xu was an outsider, the two girls were embarrassed to speak, and after a while, the girl in purple took off her shoulders and smiled uninterestingly: "It's so hot." ”

The blue-shirted girl took out a palm-sized sandalwood incense folding fan from her sleeve and unfolded it to shake the wind for the purple-shirted girl. The purple-shirted girl said with a smile: "Yesterday, my Ama said that your family carried a yellow flag, and your sister is the imperial concubine. The blue-shirted girl was a little embarrassed, stagnated, and said, "My sister's one-year mourning period has not expired, and even the draft has been postponed for a year, how can I leave the cabinet at this time?" Long live the wisdom and martial arts, it will not be like this. ”

The purple-shirted girl had watery eyes, and she was very good at observing words and feelings, and said with a smile: "That's right." He changed his words again and sighed: "My cousin is a nobleman, and she has been in the palace for a few years, and she is not necessarily favored." If you think about it carefully, it's better to be a palace maid, release yourself from the palace when you are old, and find someone to marry, according to the power of our family, not to mention the right family, it should also be a wife and mother, it's better than ..."The blue-shirted girl sighed, made a look, and said: "Hugh is nonsense, this is the Forbidden City!" ”

The two muttered, becoming more and more suspicious of Qingcheng.

Qingcheng can be heard that the blue-shirted girl is the sister-in-law of the high-ranking princess, and the purple-shirted girl is also the cousin of a nobleman in the palace. The draft has always paid attention to family status, and those who have relatives in the harem are often directly sealed. Qingcheng looked at the blue-shirted girl with a calm temperament, which was quite agreeable. is the sister-in-law of Emperor Gao's concubine, and her family was brought from the Han military flag to the yellow flag, which is half a point lower than the original yellow flag. The Jane family has the support of green oranges, and it is not considered to have climbed the lintel of the Gao family.

Back in Yikun Palace, the emperor came to take a lunch break and told him. The emperor groaned for a long time and didn't speak, so anxious that Qingcheng looked at him with a jealous face, and said, "What, I am reluctant again?" The emperor didn't bother with her, and said, "There are some things that I can't tell you, but the people of the Gao family can't do it, so as not to drag you down in the future." He couldn't tell him, but Qingcheng understood it.

The father and brother of the Gao family are high and powerful, and they have always been highly valued, but it is not good to have high merit and cover the master. When it will fall, it all depends on the emperor's mood, even if he sits in the position of the minister of the interior and the governor of the river, he is only a servant of the emperor.

The Emperor smiled, "Don't worry about it, I've already taken care of it for you." Qingcheng raised his eyebrows, forked a peeled and squared watermelon scoop with a hollow plum blossom handle small silver stick, handed it to the emperor's mouth, and smiled: "Whose family?" The emperor said: "Riding a horse ahead, Fu Heng mentioned it to me, saying that his fourth sister had reached the end of the year, so that I could see that good people gave permission." ”

Fu Heng is the younger brother of the queen, surnamed Fucha, with a yellow flag inlaid with eight classics, and his family background is richer than the sky. Qingcheng was worried, and said: "The Jian family has a shallow foundation, and it is a Han person..."The emperor said: "Don't be afraid, I will ask the imperial hospital to raise Jian Yuheng to two ranks." Qingcheng asked, "Did you mention it to the queen?" ”

The emperor chewed his mouth full of sweet juice, returned the silver skewer to the green orange, and said, "I opened my mouth, what can the queen say." ”

Qingcheng still had a lot of words to ask, but the emperor had already gotten up and said, "There is a banquet in the evening, you hurry up and dress up, don't be busy when the time comes—let's discuss the matter of marriage in the long run." With that, he walked out.

Er Qi was waiting for the fruit on the side, and after listening to the emperor's words, his mind was groggy and he forced a smile. Even the emperor didn't know about it. How much is the difference between the daughter of the Fucha family and the princess, and how can she compare?! All these years of wishful thinking and delusion will eventually be wiped out. She mourned and saddened in her heart, but she didn't even have the qualifications to mourn and mourn.

Humble to the dirt.

Qixi Festival was originally a festival for the Han people, and the grand event of the CCP in the palace was also to win over the Han people and consolidate the rule of the Manchu Dynasty. The begging banquet is not a big feast, it is located in the courtyard of Kunning Palace, the queen mother does not like to be lively at night, and she declares that she will not come, and the queen will receive the gift alone.

The moon was extremely round, and the eunuchs of the Imperial Garden cultivated several vat of vine trellises early, built a long shed, and moved into the Kunning Palace. The table is placed under the grape trellis, which is meaningful. The palace lights everywhere shine magnificently, even the soles of the feet are lit with wall veil lamps, and the moonlight is clear, it is really bright as day. The courtiers and ladies sat down first, ate some snacks and fruits, and waited for the queen to come with all the concubines, and then got up and bowed. After the ceremony, the queen gave wine, and then announced the cold dishes and hot meals, and enjoyed the song and dance of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl prepared by Nanfu while eating. In the end, it's a begging game.

The so-called begging competition is actually very simple, it is nothing more than threading the needle. The palace people will prepare filaments and silver needles for each guest, and in a certain hour, whoever wears the most silver needles will win, even if they beg for "skill". The queen prepared a pair of hand-embroidered brocade curtains, and a Hetian jade Ruyi as a gift. Gold and silver treasures, etc., all the officials and nobles present are not necessarily worthy of it, but the brocade curtain embroidered by the queen herself is unique in the world, and it is a supreme glory to hang it in anyone's house.

And those who are "skillful" not only have rewards, but more importantly, it is possible to enter the palace and be sealed without passing the draft. Therefore, some people are determined to win, and some people are slack off and deliberately do not show their talents. When the purple-shirted girl and the blue-shirted girl greeted Qingcheng, they found that it was the lady they had seen in the side hall before, and they were so shocked that they could swallow a goose egg. If it weren't for the emperor's words first, Qingcheng would have gotten a few words with the blue-shirted girl, but there was no need for it at this time, so he only smiled slightly.

Sometimes, chance is predestined.

Before the banquet was over, Qingcheng found an excuse to leave. She drank a few glasses of wine, dizzy, sat in a sedan chair, and was blown by the cold wind before she sobered up a little. As soon as he left Yikun Palace and walked to a secluded place, someone shouted behind him: "Concubine Chun, please stay." One of the eunuchs shouted, "Who is shouting? It was the girl in the blue shirt who caught up, her breath was not calm, and she stroked her chest and breathed.

Qingcheng knew that she was the sister of Emperor Gao's concubine, so she politely said, "Do you have anything to do?" ”

The blue-shirted girl bent her knees, revealing the decentness and solemnity of everyone's ladies, and said slowly: "The slave maid is Gao Nanxiu, the sister of the Gao Emperor Guifei, and she has come to greet the pure master." Qingcheng leaned on the stool hand and said condescendingly: "Didn't you ask for peace just now?" ”

Gao Nanxiu said: "I saluted with everyone just now, and I can't count. The slave knows that the concubine Gao has been taken care of by you before she died, and the family has not had a chance to thank you. The slave has nothing to repay, so she can only kowtow to you. With that, he knelt down and slammed the ground three times. Qingcheng ordered Hai'an to help her up, and deliberately concealed it: "When the high emperor and concubine were killed, her expression was peaceful, and she passed away from the world. Hearing this, Gao Nanxiu couldn't help but burst into tears, and said: "Everyone said that the slave sister was killed by someone, and the slave and maid had trouble sleeping and eating. ”

The sisterhood also moved Qingcheng.

When I arrived at Qingyunzhai, it was nearly midnight. Before Qingcheng entered the house, a palace maid whispered: "Master, long live the lord is inside." Qingcheng was overjoyed, took the sideburns in his hand, and said with a smile: "Kunning Palace is lively, what are you hiding here?" The emperor knew that she was joking, ignored her, and leaned on the pillow to flip through the book.

He's waiting for her.

Qingcheng sat on the side of the couch and said, "I bumped into the sister of the Emperor Gao again. The emperor did not raise his head, and said, "It is not good to meet your heart." After a while, he sniffed his nose and raised his face and said, "How much wine have you drunk?" The neck is red. Qingcheng felt that his cheeks were hot, covered his face with his hands, and said coquettishly: "This is obvious? ”

The emperor nodded, he was dressed in his bedclothes, kicked her waist with his bare feet, and said, "Go, come back after washing." ”

Qingcheng drank the wine, and his stamina was very strong, as if he was extremely happy in his heart, and his courage was a little stronger than before. She leaned over the Emperor's face and giggled with joy. The emperor twisted his nose, twisted left and right, blocked in front of the two with one hand, and said with disgust on his face: "Go quickly, it's really pickled..." He was also amused, and couldn't help but smile: "Don't make trouble, hurry up and go to the shower and change clothes, it's going to be dawn for a while." Taking advantage of the gap between his words, Qingcheng crossed his face and kissed his chin, before jumping out of bed and leaving.

The last time she got drunk and threw up the emperor all over. This time he was drunk, he forcibly kissed the emperor, and waited until the next time he was drunk - the emperor didn't dare to think about it. Really, it's not wrong to be bold.

By the time she had taken a bath, the emperor was half-asleep. Green orange crawls to him... The emperor was tired and not interested, and said, "Sleep, it's already midnight, I..."

She bites him .... The bedclothes he wears are hand-sewn by Qingcheng, so he won't follow his example, and when he gets in a hurry, he tears it open... She was unbuttoning her room safely - what is this called! The emperor waved his hand, and the brocade buckle rolled away, and Qingcheng said angrily: "Why don't you cherish it, I embroidered it with a needle and a thread, what are you anxious about..."The emperor rolled his eyes and said, "What do you say is in a hurry?" ”

Qingcheng's brain became more and more muddy, she turned over and said, "I'll go find a needle and thread to sew it..."