Kangxi half-lay on the royal couch for a while, and suddenly remembered that Su Malagu was on duty last night, and he was afraid that he had already gotten up at this time, so he ordered: "Send this plate of fruit to Su Malagu." For lunch, I went to the Queen Mother's side for dinner. After that, he stood up and was about to go out, but he saw the Empress Dowager helping the palace maid to come in with a smile on her face, and shouted loudly while sitting: "Sister Man! Call her! ”

Kangxi hurriedly smiled and asked for peace: "Grandmother is happy today!" I was about to go over to say goodbye, and by the way, I spared a lunch, and I didn't want you to come. ”

"I'll take a look, two happy events are nested in my heart, where can I still sit still!" Seeing Aunt Su Mala come in with a smile to say goodbye, the Empress Dowager nodded and motioned for her to get up, and said, "The two beautiful girls of the Suo family and the Ji family have just come with their grandmothers, and I like it very much." These two children are both handsome, very intelligent, and have excellent personalities. Let me ask you what you mean, have you seen it? Can you fall in love with your personality and appearance? ”

Kangxi glanced at Aunt Su Mala, and saw that she was smiling at herself with her mouth pursed, but she felt embarrassed, and smiled with a red face: "Grandmother looks good, naturally it is good." Su Malagu was used to laughing in front of the Empress Dowager, so she smiled and said: "Long live Lord is very satisfied, the two imperial concubines are like dragon girls, and waiting for Lafayette is also commensurate!" ”

"Don't talk about it yet," the Empress Dowager said with a kind look at Aunt Su Mala, "This is going to talk about you!" ”

"Slaves are slaves left and right," Aunt Su Mala said with a smile, "I don't see much of Grandpa Ji's granddaughter, and I can wait for Miss Hesheri of the Suo family." ”

The Empress Dowager laughed and said: "It's not this - reasoning, you are also not a small man, you are so tall at the age of six, you will follow me, and then you will be with your master, and you have been waiting for all these years, and you are not bad with a princess!" If you refer to a person from the Baoyi family, it seems that you are too wronged; refers to a shrimp (guard), and is afraid that he will have to train for several years before he can get his head; Now there is a satisfactory one-" At this point, he stopped and stared at Aunt Su Mala.

Kangxi had already heard that there was something wrong with the style of his words, and when he saw that Aunt Su Mala was also full of discomfort, he took the opportunity to laugh and said, "Grandmother is extremely good!" I also thought about Wan Niang's affairs for her, and I had to find a person who was good at writing to be worthy of it. Pay attention to the past few years, it is good to be Mr. Wu! ”

The Empress Dowager listened with a smile on her face at first, but later she smiled and said slowly: "Mr. Wu is also good, I haven't thought about it." But he is Han, how many women are there in our Manchurians, and they are all used to match Han people, so what kind of system is it? When Su Mala Gu heard this, she knew that there was no hope, so she was heartbroken, and looked at the Empress Dowager blankly.

"Mangu is different from other people, so it's okay if you don't take it as an example." Kangxi was still unwilling to smile and said, "Wu Yingxiong, the son of Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, hasn't he made a forehead?" ”

"That can't be done, and it can't be compared like this!" The Empress Dowager said, "The times are different, and the proportions are different." - Besides, I've already promised Mother Soetu. Did the emperor still tell me to change my mind? ”

Kangxi deeply hated that he hadn't told the Empress Dowager about this earlier, and he regretted it at this time. Fang wanted to say more, only to hear Aunt Su Mala "coo" and knelt down, staring at the Empress Dowager with two eyes and said: "The slave has never disobeyed the order since he entered the palace to serve your old man, and in today's matter, the slave will have the courage to reject Lafayette!" As he spoke, two lines of tears fell silently.

"You get up!" The Empress Dowager saw that her face was bleak and her voice was extremely sad, and she couldn't help but feel compassion, "If you have something to say, don't you have to say it." - We're doing this for your good! ”

"That's what the minion was about to say." Aunt Su Mala cried, "Lafayette and Long Live Lord are really more kind to their slaves than the mountain!" What is the reward for a slave woman? What Mr. Wu, what Lord Suo, all the minions are not! I would like to go back and serve Galeries Lafayette for the rest of my life! ”

"Your hoofs are going to die!" The Empress Dowager snapped. People inside and outside the Heart Cultivation Hall saw her angry, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out. After a while, I heard the Empress Dowager sigh again: "Silly child, how can a woman not marry!" Can't you be a sister-in-law? ”

reminded Aunt Su Mala, and said busily: "It's not bad to be a sister-in-law!" Lafayette believes in my Buddha the most, and once vowed to shave a monk, isn't it appropriate for a slave? Lafayette often says that one person attains the Tao, and the seven ancestors ascend to heaven! Even if Lafayette became a Bodhisattva a hundred years later, there must be a dragon girl by his side! ”

"I'm tired too," said the Empress Dowager, who was speechless, "and that's it." Turning around, the emperor asked someone to prepare it for her. It's a lifelong thing, and I don't follow it if it's sloppy! So saying, he got off to drive.

Kangxi silently sent his grandmother out of the palace of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and when he came back, he saw that the people in the courtyard were all surprised, and he couldn't stop peeking inside, and said angrily: "Give me a retreat!" He was very upset. The Empress Dowager brought a letter from Hesheri, which was supposed to be happy one day, but it was all swept away.

Seeing that Aunt Su Mala was not in the main hall, Kangxi knew that she was not feeling good and must have hidden. He walked alone in the patio, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. While regretting himself, he was angry with Suo Etu: Mr. Wu and Wanniang are like-minded, you also know this. You have three or four concubines, and you dare to stir up such nonsense if you continue to break the string. I can't make you wish! Thinking of this, Kangxi commanded sharply: "Come on!" Tell Xiong Ci to deliver the sign and come to see the draft! As he spoke, he entered the hall and sat down beside a few cases and sulked. Suddenly I felt thirsty again, picked up a few teas and took a sip, but it was already cold, so angry that I picked up the green jade cup and smashed it with a "dang long" sound.

After the palace maids finished cleaning up, Xiong Cixu had already come to the outside of the hall and said loudly: "Slave Xiong Cixu, long live my lord!" ”

"Come in!" Watching Xiong Cixu prostrate and enter, Kangxi suddenly felt that he was a little out of shape, and hurriedly changed his posture, leaned down slightly, and said solemnly: "You get up and sit on the footstool over there." - This edict has been prepared. You see, if there is nothing wrong, I will ask Jie Shuming to send it out today. ”

Xiong Cixu took Zhu's edict with both hands, sat down, and read it slowly. He also felt that the rhetoric was unelegant, but in all fairness, it was rare for a fifteen-year-old man to write such an edict. Hurriedly said: "Long live the Holy School has made great progress again!" In this way, not only the courtiers and guests, but also the spirit of the first emperor in the sky are also happy! ”

"I don't want to hear that." Kangxi said coldly, "If you think about it again, is there anything to add or subtract?" ”

Xiong Cilu pondered for a moment and said: "If you talk about dealing with this matter, the words will be exhausted, and it would be better if you could add a few more words to comfort the hundred officials." ”

"Good!" Kangxi felt that this should indeed be the case, and his mood was a little better, "You write it to me!" ”

Xiong Ci fulfilled the order, retreated to a case in the corner of the hall, ready-made pen and ink, thought for a while, and added a few words in the back of Kangxi's tone. When Kangxi took it, it read:

As for the civil and military officials inside and outside, those who are attached to them because of their power, or those who are fortunate enough to be attached to them, should be punished and forgiven. From then on, we must wash our hearts and minds, change our past wrongs, abide by the law, and abide by the profession, in order to rectify the discipline and love the people!

After reading it, he was very satisfied, and nodded with a smile: "That's it, call the study to transcribe the Qingqing hair!" ”

Xiong Ci wanted to retreat, but Kangxi suddenly stopped him: "You go down to see Suo Etu, and say that I have decided to make Nasu Malagu a concubine, and tell him to ask the empress dowager to resign from his marriage earlier, and rest his delusions!" ”

Hearing Kangxi say that he wanted to "take the aunt as a concubine", Xiong Cixu was startled, thinking that he didn't hear clearly, so he knelt down and said: "Forgive the slave's ears, please pronounce the holy oracle again, and the slave will obey the order!" ”

Seeing his surprised appearance, Kangxi didn't feel funny, and said loudly: "I have decided to take Aunt Su as a concubine, you tell Suotu to be it!" ”

"Hooray!" Xiong Cixu suddenly became anxious. He is a protégé of Cheng Zhu, and his nephew "Nagu is a concubine" Don't say that you hear it, it's a sin to even think about it! Xiong Cixu knelt down and kowtowed with a bang, "Gu Nai respects the elder, ethics is orderly, don't mess up, this move hinders the sainthood, the slave riskes death to admonish, please take back the emperor's life!" ”

Kangxi saw that he had a deep misunderstanding, and moved out of the sage's words, and suddenly wanted to make a joke of him, so he said with a straight face: "Mr. Wu and you are not inferior in knowledge!" I didn't see him put on a face all day long. There are so many things in the world that are incomprehensible! She is neither a person who was born nor a person who was born of me, so why can't she be a concubine? This is my family matter, you can avoid it! ”

Although Xiong Cixu and Wu Ciyou are academically compatible, their personal relationship is not bad, they heard Kangxi say this, and saw that Kangxi moved the nameless fire, so he was suspicious, and it was not easy to say anything at this time, so he only kowtowed his head and said: "The slave does not dare to obey the edict!" ”

"Who wants you to do what?" Kangxi pretended to be angry and said, "I want to ask for an edict!" You go and spread a word, and you don't have to make a fuss about it! After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Kneel down!" Xiong Cixu had no choice but to kowtow and thank him.

After this farce, Kangxi was a little relieved, and turned to the box pavilion to find Aunt Su Mala. Although it was a joke about Suo Etu, he had a new idea at this time - Aunt Su Mala couldn't give it to Wu Ciyou, let alone Suo Etu, so I asked for it, what's wrong?

Stepping into the West Pavilion with one foot, Kangxi couldn't help but be taken aback, he couldn't believe his eyes. - Su Malagu has cut off a piece of green silk. She came out of the shower, naked and changing into a tie!

"You-"

"I ......" Su Malagu saw him come in at this time, and she was not ashamed, and while slowly dressing, she smiled miserably: "The slave has been an outsider since then, so why be afraid!" ”

"Mangu, Wan Niang!" Kangxi screamed in pain, "You can't be like this, isn't it good to be my concubine?" I also ...... I like you too! ”

Su Malagu put on her release costume and stared at the banner on the wall with her eyes: "Xia is the soul of the cloud, and the bee is the spirit of the flower" - this is still the couplet written by Wu Ciyou after Su Malagu came out as a maid in Suofu to test Wu Ciyou. Now that things have changed, only the soul and spirit are really left. What is the meaning of life? Seeing that Kangxi was sad, Su Malagu turned her face and said word by word: "The slave was guilty in the previous life, and he has recreated the sins in this life, I wish to be with him for a long time before the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha, pray for the safety of the master and all people, and spend the rest of his life to cultivate the next life." - Pray that the master will pass this word on to the infatuated lover! ”

Seeing her like this, Kangxi knew that persuasion was useless, so he wiped his tears and said: "Wanniang's ambition to be born is firm, and I will fulfill you." I'm going to see Lafayette, and you can practice in the palace!" ”

After three days, Xiong Cixu only brought a small servant, wore a cloth robe, and came to Suofu to "deliver the decree". He felt very embarrassed by this mission, Suo Etu is now very noble, and he is about to become the uncle of the imperial concubine, and to pass on such a holy decree is tantamount to coming to sow trouble, what can he gain in the future? But a Taoist has the cunning of a Taoist, and he came to visit as a cloth cloth servant and a personal friend, as long as he tactfully revealed Kangxi's meaning to him, it would be fine.

It was June at the time, and the scorching heat was steaming, and there was no trace of wind. On the Suofu Gate, several families sat on the bench to drink tea, play fans, and set up a dragon gate to spend the summer. Seeing Xiong Cixu coming, they all got up and saluted and said, "The master came at the right time, Wei Ye and Wu Ye are inside!" Xiong Cixu smiled and nodded: "I'll go and stir them up!" While preventing the person on the door from informing, leaving Xiao Xi to play on the door, he walked in with a fan.

He turned the back hall and turned towards the garden of the west courtyard. On the water pavilion, Suo Etu, Wei Dongting and Tie Beggar were sitting eating melons and drinking ice water, talking happily, but they didn't see Xiong Ci coming. Xiong Ci saw that the stone bench under the willow tree was clean and cool, and the goldfish in the pond were like swimming feet, so he sat down on the stone bench to watch the fish. A breeze came from the water, and the voices of the three of them talking on the pavilion could be heard clearly.

"Brother Huchen," this was the voice of the iron beggar, "I heard that the virtuous brother is going to abandon the martial scriptures, Mrs. Zun is a martial artist, and your husband and wife must be regarded as all-rounders in civil and military affairs." ”

"How can this be done by the brothers themselves!" Wei Dongting said, "The saint saw me a few days ago and said that Nanjing is the land of gold dust in the Six Dynasties, with a large number of scribes and attractive scenery, and he is very yearning, and he wants to take his brother to travel." At that time, the brother invited the saint, and he had to leave the minister in Nanjing, and he did not ask for officials, but he could learn a little more about the southern soil customs. ”

"What do you say?" This is Suo Etu asking, he is eating cantaloupe, and his speech is slightly slurred.

Wei Dongting smiled and said, "Long live Lord didn't say anything, only nodded, and the meaning seemed to be quite agreeable." ”

Hearing this, Xiong Cixu smiled slightly, got up and was about to go to the pavilion to talk about it. But he listened to Suo Etu and said: "Speaking of the emperor's sage, I can't finish talking about it for three days and three nights, the day before yesterday, my mother went to the harem to meet the queen mother, and Lafayette said to my mother that after the emperor went to prison, he was busier than before——"

Wu Liuyi hurriedly asked, "Is there anything else important at the moment?" ”

Suo Etu lowered his voice, Xiong Cixu couldn't really hear it, and after a while, he heard Wu Liuyi say again: "What kind of thing is he!" The emperor gave me 100,000 soldiers, and I could kill this ugly kind! Xiong Cixu couldn't help but be stunned.

But he heard Wei Dongting's "shhhhh It's a top secret now. Brother Tie Beggar is only afraid that he will be released to supervise and fu, and Fan Chengmo, the emperor also intends to use it as a fu. - The emperor's second big game of chess is about to begin! He took a sip of ice water and said, "Last time, he said that the emperor had made meritorious contributions to the three emperors and the five emperors of Dechao, and he was reprimanded by the emperor, saying that he had the intention of flattery. According to the brothers, the emperor's ambitions are only much higher than those of Tang Taizong! ”

The three people in the pavilion were silent so far, Xiong Cixu felt a pang in his heart, and wanted to come to Wei Dongting to tell him about Kangxi's writing of the word "three feudatories" on the pillar of the palace. At this time, he was not in a hurry to meet in the pavilion, so he simply sat down, he wanted to think about it.

"Go all of you! The eldest husband has made meritorious contributions in the world, and he has comforted his life! "This is Suo'etu's voice again.

The iron beggar laughed and said: "The last time Mr. Wu saw me, he gave me a painting, which was written on Cai Shigong's "Luo Jiang Resentment", and it was good. So saying, he began to recite:

Fame, wind and moon, two things, day camp. After several disturbances, it is difficult to settle down, and if you want to wait for the green and red, you are reluctant to bear the yellow roll and green light, and the Yutang Golden Horse people admire; If you want to be attached to the phoenix and climb the dragon, you are reluctant to look jade and flowers, and the grace in the hibiscus tent is heavy! How can you do both? Fame and kindness, three cups of royal wine Chang'e!

Yin then said, "Suo Gong is not just two successes, the appointment of a scholar is about to be issued, and he will become the national abbot, isn't this two?" Yesterday, my son Sun Dianchen told me again that the Empress Dowager wants to give you Aunt Su Mala, which is really 'three cups of imperial wine Chang'e'! We martial artists are always cheap in front of you! After laughing, Suo Etu humbly thanked him.

But when he heard the sound of "dangchang", Xiong Cixu was busy looking, but it was Wei Dongting who knocked over the cup by mistake. Suo and Wu saw that his expression was abnormal, and hurriedly asked, "Huchen, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Aunt Su Mala has given you a foot?" Wei Dongting asked. Xiong Ci was about to come out to speak, but when he heard Wei Dongting's slight trill, he knew something was wrong, and he stopped again.

"I haven't hired yet, but the Queen Mother has already promised her mother." "What, is there anything wrong with this?" ”

"It's just inappropriate!" When Xiong Cixu heard this, he saw that the time had come to speak, and said loudly: "Whether it is Wu Ciyou or you Suo Etu, whoever marries Su Malagu will have a catastrophe one day!" ”

The three of them chatted on the pavilion, but they didn't expect that "talking on the shore, there are fish in the water", they were all startled, and when they looked up, Xiong Ci was wearing a green cloth robe, standing on the opposite bank with a folding fan in his hand, quite a posture of a Taoist fairy - Suo Etu hurriedly said across the water: "Please come over and talk!" Xiong Cixu hurriedly returned the salute, and then paced along the curved bridge step by step.

After finishing the seat, Suo Etu hurriedly asked: "What the Duke of Dongyuan just said, I would like to hear it in detail!" Xiong Cixu said with a smile: "If you don't take it as an alarmist, how can you be sensational!" But what is said below is true. He told a few people the details of Kangxi's summoning of him a few days ago, and finally said to Suo Etu: "You are now married to Aunt Su Mala, and the emperor is hindering the empress dowager's affection, so naturally he doesn't say anything, and when it comes to the day of the scene, no one dares to save you even if he is afraid of saving you!" ”

Suo Etu was very frightened when he said this, and he only complained in his heart that Mingzhu should not have such a bad idea, and he was afraid that Wei Dongting and Mingzhu would be similar, so he had to secretly admit his bad luck. said: "It's also to blame me for being dizzy, but the matter has come to this point, how can I deal with it?" Wei Dongting was also shocked, but it was more strange. Because of the relationship between Kangxi, Su Malagu and Wu Ciyou, he knows. I didn't expect Kangxi's attitude to become so fast and too out of line!

"If you are dizzy, you should drink a few more glasses of ice water," Xiong Cixu picked up a glass of ice water and held it in his hand, and said coldly, "You still have to tie the bell to the bell, you go to see the Empress Dowager and the emperor yourself, and you will blame yourself, and you will say that your deceased wife will not be mourned soon, and you can't bear to remarry, and you don't plan to renew the string, so even the Empress Dowager will go down the stairs." ”

"What about Mr. Wu?" Wei Dongting couldn't help but ask, "He has a heavy relationship with Su Mala, but I'm afraid it's not easy to talk about it!" ”

"It's up to you Brother Huchen." Xiong Ci tracked. He didn't agree with what Wu Ciyou had learned, and the emperor had used Wu Ciyou to attack him many times, so he became more and more displeased, but Wu Ciyou was favored by the Holy Grace and had nothing to do. He then said, "Why is the eldest husband without a wife, if he is obsessed with this, no matter how good his learning is, he will enter the lewd." ”

Xiong Cixu said Wu Ciyou's words, and Wei Dongting listened to it and was useless. But there is really no other way, and I can only start from here to persuade him, so I got up and said: "Take care of yourself!" ”