026. Honor

The Forbidden City is bounded by the Qianqing Gate, which divides the north and south into the outer court and the inner court. The Outer Dynasty is centered on the three halls of Taihe, Zhonghe, and Baohe, and is the place where the emperor holds court meetings, exercises power, and holds grand ceremonies. The inner court is centered on the three palaces of Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Palace, and Kunning Palace, and the Qianqing Palace is at the front of the inner court, which is the place where Emperor Kangxi handles daily affairs and lives.

Qing'er followed Yinxiang and his brother to the Qianqing Palace to meet Emperor Kangxi, and outside the palace gate, Yinxiang waved his hand to stop the internal officials from reporting, and led Rong Yu and Qing'er into the main hall. Kangxi was behind a bunch of folds on the imperial case, and buried himself in reviewing the folds.

"Erchen has seen Huang Ama, and Huang Ama is auspicious." Yinxiang lifted his robe and knelt on the carpet in front of the imperial case to greet Kangxi.

"The minister has seen the emperor, and the emperor is auspicious." Rong Yu's movements are the same as Yinxiang's, but the title is different.

"Qing'er greets the emperor, the emperor is auspicious." Qing'er knelt down uprightly, but did not kowtow to Yinxiang and Rong Yu like that, but straightened up and stared at the song. Hearing the voices of the three people, Kangxi raised his head from the fold and looked at the three of them. "Why did you come back so late, I'm in a hurry, get up quickly." There was more joy than reproach in his tone, and the three of them stood up when they heard this.

"Huang Ama, you don't know how many things Qing'er has done along the way, but her son actually accompanied her to inspect the Hu family's business." Yinxiang approached the imperial case, looked at Huang Ama and smiled.

"Your Majesty, you don't know how anxious the thirteenth elder brother is to go, and he doesn't give Qing'er time to rest at all." Qing'er complained angrily, raised her eyebrows and looked at Yinxiang proudly, and her tone was clearly coquettish to the emperor.

"Huang Ama don't listen clearly, she can't ride a horse for half a day every day, so she says that she is tired and doesn't want to move. It takes an hour or two to take a bath and massage every night, and she reads a book while washing, and after the bath, the book is fished out of the water, and she falls asleep in the water. Yinxiang couldn't stop shaking his head and smiling bitterly at the end.

"What, I want to bathe the book." Qing'er looked at Yinxiang seriously and raised her willow eyebrows.

"Hahaha, you girl! Just make me amuse! Kangxi laughed loudly, knowing that his son and Qing'er were making himself happy, he felt warm in his heart.

"Since you're back, let's go with me to see Lafayette." Kangxi looked back at Yinxiang and asked again: "Thirteen, have you seen your master?" ”

"Yes, Huang Ama." Yinxiang glanced sideways at Qing'er, reluctant to mention it in front of her. Kangxi also seemed to understand, and didn't ask any more.

Kangxi stepped down from the imperial case and said to Rong Yu: "Rong Yu go back to the house and rest, and tell your grandfather and Ama that I left Qing'er in the palace." Rong Yu responded, and Kangxi walked to Qing'er's side again and stood still: "Why are you still wearing men's clothes?" ”

Qing'er walked behind the emperor and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it's convenient to wear men's clothes, Qing'er is used to it." Kangxi looked at her, shook his head and smiled, and then took the lead and walked outside the hall.

"Huang Ama, the sons and daughters also went to greet the Queen Mother." Yinxiang watched Qing'er step forward to keep up with Huang Ama's footsteps, and said anxiously.

"Okay." Kangxi responded lightly, turned his head to look at Qing'er and said, "The Queen Mother has wanted to see you for a long time." ”

Qing'er smiled and responded, "Yes!" ”。

Kangxi went to Cining Palace first, Qing'er and Yinxiang followed behind him, the eunuchs on both sides hurriedly followed to wait, and Rong Yu went out of the palace to return home.

Along the way, Qing'er looked around with his eyes, and saw the pine and cypress in the garden, the beautiful stones were stacked, the rockeries were exquisite, and the pavilions and pavilions were hidden in the meantime, which was really beautiful and quiet. couldn't help but take a long breath, Yinxiang looked at her: "What's wrong, you like it here?" ”

"I like the scenery here, but I don't like the palace walls." looked left and right, and whispered to Yinxiang: "Is it like a cage?" ”

"Be quiet, it's okay to be heard!" Yinxiang lowered his voice and leaned over to whisper in Qing'er's ear, and swept his eyes at the guards and eunuchs beside him.

"Do you think it's like it? You grew up in this big cage, brother! Lowered his voice again, this time only the two of them could hear it.

"Senior brother is not as free as you, no way!" The same voice, which sounded difficult, had to be closer, and the two of them didn't care about this intimate and ambiguous gesture at all.

"Senior brother is like Mao Mao!"

"Maomao! What hair? Who is Maomao? ”

"Of course Mao Mao is Mao Mao!" Qing'er raised her eyebrows to look at Yinxiang, with a smug face.

"Hurry up, who is Maomao?" Yinxiang asked with a smile, with a hint of urgency in his eyes.

"I won't tell you!" I wanted to tell him, but seeing that my senior brother was in a hurry, I suddenly became playful, and I didn't plan to tell him.

"I'll know." Yinxiang turned his head and whispered softly.

"Okay, I'll tell you when you know." Qing'er became more and more proud, senior brother would never send out spies in order to find out who Mao Mao was, hey, even so, they couldn't guess who Mao Mao was!

"I know it all, and you need to 'tell me' again?" Yinxiang stared at Qing'er, and couldn't help but snort after speaking.

The two of them whispered, and the sound of snickering aroused Kangxi's interest. Looking back at them, Kangxi smiled and said, "What are you two secretly having fun with?" Tell me about it, let me be happy! ”

"Your Majesty, the thirteenth elder brother told Qing'er about his childhood." Qing'er winked at Yinxiang and hinted.

"Oh, didn't he sneak out of the palace that time?" Kangxi happily stood up, turned his head and asked with a smile.

"yes!" Qing'er responded with a smile, and whispered again: "Senior brother, have you ever had such a thing?" Tell me about it someday, okay? ”

"'Also'? Could it be that when you were young, you also sneaked out of the 'Ming Garden'? Yinxiang noticed that Qing'er used a 'also', pointed at Qing'er with surprise and joy on his face, and couldn't help laughing. I really can't imagine that Qing'er also sneaked out of the house like herself when she was young. Come to think of it, it's always because the world outside the courtyard walls attracts children inside the courtyard walls.

"Hmm." Qing'er nodded with a smile, it was ** years ago, and many things that happened after that, some of them can't be remembered, but the events of that day have never been forgotten, and many of the things I did after that day are related to the experience of that day.

"Go back and tell the Queen Mother what you said, so that the Queen Mother will be happy." Kangxi said loudly in front of the two.

"Yes!" The two looked at each other and smiled again.

When the palace maid and eunuch saw Kangxi and Yinxiang, they immediately stood up and asked for a salute, but they looked at Qing'er curiously, Qing'er was used to seeing this kind of gaze and was not surprised, and followed Kangxi to Cining Palace with Yinxiang.

Before anyone entered the door, he heard laughter inside, and Yinxiang lowered his voice and said to Qing'er: "The ladies are also there." ”

The internal official lifted the curtain and announced loudly. Qing'er staggered and walked in after Yinxiang. Kangxi went to the Queen Mother to greet the Queen Mother, and when all the ladies saw Kangxi coming, they all stood up to greet Kangxi, and greeted Kangxi for a while, before they sat down in turn.

Yinxiang kowtowed to the Queen Mother and said, "Ancestor, my grandson has given you a greeting." ”

The Queen Mother looked down and said with a smile: "Yinxiang is here, get up, who is that person behind you?" ”

Qing'er hurriedly kowtowed and replied: "Dong E Qingyang has seen the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother is auspicious!" ”

Hearing Qing'er's words, the Queen Mother sat up straight, beckoned and said, "Girl, come here, let me see you!" When Qing'er approached, the Queen Mother took Qing'er's hand and pulled her closer to look her up and down, and then said: "I've been looking forward to seeing you for a long time, this look, it's really a beauty, why did you pretend to be a boy and raise it for so many years?" Haven't been seen through yet! Talking and laughing, he looked at Qing'er and rubbed Qing'er's hands carefully: "How old are you?" Girl! ”

Qing'er was held by the Queen Mother's hands, feeling that the Queen Mother's hands were soft and warm, seeing that the Queen Mother was fifty or sixty years old, her face was kind, and her eyes were full of concern when she looked at herself, and she hurriedly replied: "Back to the Queen Mother, Qing'er is thirteen years old." ”

"Ancestor, is it okay to let this child be your granddaughter-in-law?" The one who spoke was the closest Concubine Hui, the eldest brother's mother.

Qing'er was taken aback when she heard this, and hurriedly looked at Kangxi, hoping that he could say a special case that exempted him from the draft, but Kangxi was silent, his eyes only scanned the faces of the ladies one by one, and did not look at her. Qing'er couldn't say anything about the bitterness in her heart, so she could only hang her head and be secretly anxious.

"I'm willing to be my granddaughter-in-law, but I don't know who is blessed to marry her." After speaking, the Queen Mother looked at Yinxiang and smiled.

Yinxiang looked at the Queen Mother with an inexplicable gaze, and then looked at Qing'er, and saw that she bowed her head silently, and lowered her head a little embarrassed.

This situation was seen by the Queen Mother and Kangxi, both of whom pursed their lips and did not speak.

The Queen Mother introduced the ladies around her to Qing'er, including Concubine Hui, Concubine Yi, Concubine De, Concubine Ding, Concubine He, Secret Concubine, Qin Concubine and more than a dozen other concubines. Qing'er respectfully greeted them one by one. For Qing'er, an unusual woman, these ladies have already heard from their sons for a long time, this time I saw Qing'er, seeing that although her form is like a weak wind supporting willows, delicate and gentle, her actions are decent, and she is generous, first I liked it a little, and then I saw that the queen mother and the emperor love Qing'er very much, and I don't think that this love has risen to ten.

The demeanor of all the ladies fell into Kangxi's eyes, Kangxi smiled at the Queen Mother and said: "Huang Eniang, my son will leave Qing'er in the palace to accompany you for the Mid-Autumn Festival, okay?" ”

The Queen Mother clasped Qing'er's hand and said with a smile: "This is the best!" ”

The mica screen candle shadow is deep, and the long river is gradually falling. Chang'e should repent of stealing the elixir, and the blue sea and blue sky are night and night.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the princes and brothers all came to the palace with their families to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the royal family banquet looked more like a lively fashion show, with a crowd of people in the clothes and temples.

Kangxi's ladies and daughters are all glorious and luxurious, all the sons are outstanding, all the blessings are gentle and generous, all the princesses are gentle and delicate, and the palace has collected the essence of the world. Princes, brothers, princesses, Fujin, and side Fujin ,......, sat at one table after another.

The emperor and the queen mother are at the same table, Qing'er is sitting on one side of the queen mother, and Kangxi is sitting on the other side. Qing'er thought that it was not appropriate for her to sit anyway, so she sat beside the Queen Mother according to the Queen Mother's wishes, but what she didn't expect was that the emperor also sat down beside the Queen Mother.

The prince's family sat at another table nearby, and the ladies sat in their respective places according to the pinji.

After a tour of drinking, the field was no longer as solemn as before, and the sound of toasting and laughing began to be heard below.

Ignoring all the people's attention to herself, Qing'er sat beside the Queen Mother with peace of mind, and listened to the Queen Mother tell her the legend of the Mid-Autumn Festival: "According to legend, on the night of August 15 one year, Emperor Tang Ming had a dream, dreaming that he flew to the sky and walked to the beautiful palace gate. Emperor Tang Ming entered the Guanghan Palace, saw hundreds of fairies were dancing, dancing beautifully, melodious music, after waking up from a dream, he quickly ordered someone to write down the tune in the Moon Palace, which was later the "Neon Clothes and Feather Clothes Song". Since then, the custom of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival has begun. ”

"It turns out that "Neon Clothes and Feather Song" came here like this, it's really rare!" Qing'er should be with the Queen Mother, this story, before the master passed the song to herself, this time I heard the Queen Mother talk about it again, I couldn't help but think of the master again, and my expression dimmed.

"Qing'er, I heard that you can play this "Neon Clothes and Feather Song", right?" The Queen Mother glanced at Qing'er, saw that she was lonely, and knew that she had something in her heart, so she diverted the topic.