Chapter 2: Nanyuan Riding Shooting

Kangxi has twenty-eight this year, there are four princes, two princesses, and only the 8-year-old prince Yinchu and the 6-year-old prince Yinzhi can accompany him, although Yinzhi is only 3 years old, but there is a 7-year-old sister Lan Qier, who can go together under the care of her mother and concubine.

A group of carriages and horses lined up neatly on the long street in the west, and Jing Yu followed the guidance of the eunuch and got into a azure carriage.

Kangxi, Yinchu, and Yintou rode horses first, and they had already arrived, and when everyone arrived, they were selecting arrows in the grass hut.

The eunuchs and palace maids in charge of the reception of the hunting ground greeted in a procession, leading everyone to the horse farm. Jing Yu followed behind Concubine Rong throughout the whole process, and with the guidance of the palace maid, she walked towards the tent on the north side of the enclosure.

The eunuch, the leader of the racecourse, came to Concubine Hui first, led her to the main seat and sat down, Concubine Rong signaled to Jing Yu, and the two sat down next to Concubine Hui one after another.

"Niangniang hasn't been here for many days, today I prepared your favorite refreshments, Niangniang will rest first, and I will ask them to present them later." The chief eunuch complimented Concubine Hui.

Concubine Hui didn't bother to turn her face to look at the eunuch, and looked into the arena with great interest.

This is an open wild natural paddock, far away from the mountains and near the water, open and vast, Kangxi rode his horse to raise dust, even pulled out a few arrows from the quiver, the arrows hit the bull's-eye, and the riding and archery kung fu was really good.

The eldest prince followed closely behind, firing nine arrows in a row, although only three arrows hit the bull's-eye, the rest of the arrows did not have a single arrow, each shot of a sword, attracting a mountain of applause.

Concubine Hui smiled and closed her mouth, as if she had been filled with honey.

The eunuch stepped forward at the right time and complimented: "The eldest prince is only eight years old, and his riding and archery skills are already so exquisite!" ”

Concubine Hui glanced at the little eunuch, her face was full of spring breeze, and her heart was happy.

"If you don't say it, how can you be the eldest son of the emperor!" A little palace maid also complimented.

When it was Yin's turn to throw on the field, he shot arrows in a row, which was not inferior to his eldest brother in the slightest, and his performance was also remarkable.

A palace maid who didn't have long eyes clapped her hands excitedly, and couldn't help shouting: "The prince is raised by the emperor's side, and his riding and archery kung fu has grown so far, he has already hit four targets, surpassing the eldest prince!" ”

Concubine Hui smiled, turned her head to look at the little palace maid who had just spoken, and glared fiercely.

This small action can't escape Chunxiao, the personal palace maid who is the best at capturing the words and deeds of her master, and she gestured to the eunuch.

The eunuch understood, and ordered the little palace maid to step forward to serve tea, and then tripped her, and the palace maid instantly spilled the tea and dropped the teaglass.

"Drag it down, and enjoy the twenty boards." Concubine Hui saw that it was the little palace maid who praised the prince, and before she could beg for mercy, she gave an order, and changed her words: "Wait, isn't it articulate, give a few slaps first." ”

Jing Yu gasped, watching the palace maid being dragged out with her mouth covered, these twenty boards, I am afraid that my legs will be crippled. Concubine Hui is so powerful, and the palace maid will be unlucky if she says a few words.

Concubine Rong didn't react and guided Yinzhi to watch the game.

During the break, Kangxi took the tea handed by the eunuch and asked, "What kind of tea is this?" ”

"Back to the emperor, it is a newly picked wild mint in the mountains, and it is the best way to relieve the heat in summer." The eunuch said.

"It's rare." Kangxi took a sip, and suddenly asked Jing Yu, "Do you remember what kind of tea I liked to drink the most?" Then he said to himself: "I forgot, you shouldn't be able to remember!" ”

Jing Yu mobilized the memory of the master, she had been a maid in the tea palace before the emperor, she knew it, thought about it, and said: "Is the emperor talking about the time of summer?" Jing Yu blinked and blurted out, "Anji white tea? ”

Kangxi stared at her, his eyebrows flickering strangely.

Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong also flashed a hint of surprise.

Jing Yu suddenly had an epiphany, and hurriedly stretched out her hand to cover her lips, forgetting that she was a fool.

"Your Majesty, it's all ready." Liang Jiugong's recital interrupted everyone's doubts, Kangxi got up and went back to the paddock, and Gu Zi galloped in the vast paddock. Sometimes the horse runs straight, sometimes it turns sharply, sometimes it roars and raises its front hooves. The sassy heroic posture is undoubtedly revealed, as if it is a wordless declaration, this is the children of the grassland, this is the iron-clad pure masters, his bones and blood are flowing with blood and heroism, and he exudes ruthless and endless strength and passion all over his body.

Kangxi is twenty-eight years old this year, and his retreating youthful face is extraordinarily calm, but he still retains the handsomeness of a teenager.

The palace maid put up dishes of dim sum one by one, and the table was instantly filled with all kinds of delicacies full of wild characteristics.

"Niangniang, this is your favorite goat milk locust soup, try how it tastes!" At this time, a leader palace maid was replaced to flatter.

Chunxiao subconsciously blocked it, took the tray of the palace maid, and said, "I'll come." As he spoke, he skillfully cut it into small pieces and handed it to Concubine Hui.

The master of Concubine Hui greeted Concubine Rong in a condescending tone, and said, "Sister also taste it." ”

Concubine Rong smiled and lifted the celadon Fluttershy in front of her.

Concubine Hui tasted it and couldn't help but praise: "Who made this?" ”

The chief eunuch seemed to have discussed with the palace maid, and the cooperation was seamless, and with a look, the palace maid hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and answered: "Hui Niangniang, it was made by the slave maid." ”

"What's your name?" She asked again.

"Hui Niangniang, slave hibiscus." Hibiscus kowtowed.

"Raise your head." Concubine Hui said.

Hibiscus raised her head, her fair face, her lips and cheeks were red, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, her facial features were not outstanding, and she was comfortable on this face.

Jing Yu was stunned for a moment, this palace maid seemed to be familiar, rummaged through the memory of the owner, and realized that it was indeed an old acquaintance when she was working in the dining room.

Concubine Hui was also stunned, this girl's eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to herself, so she felt that she was in love.

"The cook in the palace's imperial dining room, the dim sum you make is sweet and smooth, which is very suitable for the appetite of the palace." Concubine Hui said: "You have such good skills at such a young age? ”

"Hui Niangniang, the slave maid has been a maid in the dining room, and she is the best at making desserts." Hibiscus Road.

"Very well done." Concubine Hui said: "Don't be here in the future, go to Yonghe Palace." Then she instructed Chunxiao and said, "Check the details of this little palace maid, and if there is no problem, take it back to the palace on a certain day." ”

Jing Yu opened her eyes, and whispered to Concubine Rong: "Concubine Hui doesn't have to ask Concubine Hui to do things?" ”

Concubine Rong said: "Concubine Hui has been appreciated by the emperor, let her learn to be in charge of the six palaces, in addition to the concubine, in terms of the status of the harem, in addition to An Concubine, she is it." After speaking, she looked at Jing Yu in astonishment.

Jing Yu touched his face, touched his head again, and said, "Is there anything wrong with the slave?" ”

Concubine Rong smiled and said, "Let's watch the game." Then he turned his face away, and while watching the game, he teased the third elder brother in his arms.

leisurely watched Kangxi, the prince and the generals perform difficult riding and archery, and the time passed in the middle of eating and drinking for an afternoon.

Unlike when he came, Kangxi did not ride back, but rode back to the palace with the concubines. The diligent Kangxi did not forget to take the folds handed in by Liang Jiugong on the way, and slowly flipped through it, squeaking and squeaking for more than half an hour, and it was almost evening when he returned to the palace.

Any disturbance by the emperor will set off a wave of reactions in the harem, but no one cares about Wu Yashi who went to Nanyuan to watch the game, who doesn't know, even before she was stupid, she was snubbed by the emperor, and she didn't hit him into the cold palace, because the emperor took pity on her and cared for her warm-heartedness.

That night, Jing Yu was lying on the bed, and Yueyao and Lily of the Valley were talking in a low voice outside the tent.

At the end of the month, Yueyao moved out the box where the monthly items and jewelry were stored, and the two of them were head to head, one counting and the other keeping the accounts.

"Shu brocade palace flowers, ruby step shaking, dot emerald pearl flowers...... These were rewarded by the emperor at the beginning of the year. Yueyao said softly, and Lily of the Valley wrote it down in the account book.

"Yesterday, I went to the Huanyi Bureau to pick up clothes and gave Bai Tan two taels of silver." Yueyao Road.

"At the beginning of the month, I also sent a pearl to shake." Lily of the valley remembered and said that Yue Yao wrote it down.

The two of them were busy until the end of the day, yawned, and put them all away, so that one stayed on duty and the other went to sleep.

Jing Yu actually didn't fall asleep, in the past few days, she almost couldn't sleep well every night, and now her mind is extremely awake, echoing the words of Yueyao and Lily of the Valley just now:

"The money has been spent everywhere, but fortunately, there will be some left at the end of the year." Yueyao.

"When the little master is ready, I don't know how happy I am." Lily of the valley.

"I don't know when I'll get better......" Yueyao.

Yes, I want this master to be stupid like this, the concubine of the main hall is weak, if it weren't for the support of these two loyal personal maids, she would have been a human figure in this palace.

Jing Yu began to turn from resistance to curiosity about his life experience, and took the initiative to ask the next day, only to realize that the experience of this body master was also rugged.

She was born in a family of medicine and diet, her grandfather was tired of serving as the head of the imperial dining room, and she was elected to the palace as a dining room maid, and she became a palace maid in front of the palace by mistake, and then she was favored and was named a nobleman, and soon gave birth to four princes. Originally, as a girl with a cloth and a slave nationality, it is also a life to go down this trajectory, but I don't want to go to Jingren Palace on a summer afternoon a year ago on the way to visit the fourth elder brother, because of saving a palace maid who fell into the lotus pond and fell into the water, after being rescued, I picked up a life, but it became like this.

I am now a person with a baby! Her son Yinzhen, who is still a 2-year-old little milk baby, was raised in the palace of Concubine Tong Jia.

"The emperor sighed that the little master was kind-hearted and made an exception to give you a title." Yueyao Road.

"So, that's how the title of 'De' came about?" Jing Yu asked.

Yue Yao nodded and said, "Only concubines and above are eligible for the title, the emperor is worried about the little master." ”