Chapter 16: First Encounter (Part II)
After Wanru went back, she let the two of them go down, and she was in a daze at the queen mother's bunch of rewards, all of which were some jewelry, because Wanru's hair was still too short and could not be used for the time being.
Thinking back on what happened this morning is like a dream.
is stupid like himself, he will never please his elders, but today he made the queen mother laugh again and again, it is very strange, what he said is very ordinary.
I can't figure it out, Wanru doesn't think about it anymore, anyway, the Queen Mother likes herself, and there is always no harm.
In fact, in the final analysis, the Queen Mother is still too lonely. Although he has the fifth elder brother, the fifth elder brother is seven years old this year and has moved to live in the elder brother's house. The people in the palace are divided into two categories, one is the eunuch who has cut off his children and grandchildren, and the other is the widow who sits and waits for food and drink.
Xiaozhuang is not in good health, and the Queen Mother often goes to serve, what can the two old women in the deep palace say when they get together, recalling the past, they are all bitter and tearful. Anyway, now, Xiaozhuang is often sick and can't get out of bed, alas. Looking forward to the future, what a better future can an old woman in her seventies and an old woman in her fifties have? Sigh.
Therefore, the appearance of Wanru is as literary and artistic: it is as if a clear spring is injected into the dry heart of the Queen Mother. Petite and fruity girl, how to see how you like it.
I haven't had lunch yet, and Wanru can't take a nap if she wants to, so she can only sit and wait for Tong Jia's summons, because her mind is full of what happened this morning, so she didn't remember for a while that she didn't sleep well last night. When she was bored, Qin Sang came over to spread the word: Tong Jiashi asked her to go over to have dinner together.
Wanru then followed Qin Sang to the main hall, and after arriving, Tong Jiashi was sitting on the couch talking to Mama Wu, and when she saw Wanru coming, Tong Jiashi beckoned: "Come and sit." ”
After Wanru sat down, he said: "The fourth elder brother went to the study to study, and he will come over to eat together later, let's wait for him first." ”
Wanru said: "The fourth elder brother must be very hard to study, and he should wait for him." ”
"Ugh." Tong Jiashi sighed first, "This fourth child in this palace is a stubborn temper and extremely strict rules, you have to pay more attention later." ”
Wanru hurriedly spoke: "Xie Niangniang instructs, the slave knows how to do it." "According to the clear passages I read before and the large number of historical books and legends I have read, Sisi likes to be indifferent on the outside and smart on the inside, smart on the inside, and Sisi will definitely not feel it when I meet for the first time, but it is much easier to be indifferent on the outside, isn't it just a silent backdrop, she is very good at this.
"This palace likes you very much, and the queen mother also likes you as a little girl, so you may want to live here for a long time in the future, so don't be a slave and maid, it seems that you have a lot of life, so you will use your name in the future."
Listening to Tong Jia's words, Wanru was about to burst into tears with gratitude in her heart, from the short time she entered the palace, the people she saw were all nobler than her, she had to call herself a slave, God knows how much she hates this word now!
So this time, I sincerely thanked Tong Jiashi: "Wanru knows." ”
At this moment, Beth came in and replied: "Niangniang, the fourth elder brother is here." ”
Wanru has already had many scenes in her mind about the first time she met Sisi, and the actions she should do at that time, the words she said, and the expressions on her face have been rehearsed countless times in her heart, striving to be perfect and leave a good impression on Sisi.
But when this moment really came, Wanru found that those were all floating clouds, and they floated away as soon as the wind blew, leaving no impression at all, so when she saw the legendary fourth master, Wanru reflexively looked at the top of his head, and didn't even see what the fourth master's face looked like, and then secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart: Fortunately, it was a yin and yang head, not a funny and obscene money rat tail.
When I realized what I was thinking about this important moment with historical significance, Ahri in her heart was crying in circles: calm and self-promised not to mess up or something, it was really far away from her.
Wanru's mental activities are described in words a lot, but the time is just a short second or two, and when Wanru comes back to her senses, Yinzhen has just walked in front of Tong Jia's and is asking Tong Jia's to say goodbye: "My son asks for my mother." ”
"Hurry up." Saying that, Tong Jiashi took Yinzhen's hand, took Yinzhen in his arms, and said, "Hungry, right?" Wait a minute, E-Niang let you know someone. ”
Then he pointed at Wanru and said, "This is the little Gege of the Feiyang Gu family that Eniang told you last time." After speaking, he winked at Yinzhen with a naughty face.
Yinzhen's face is full of black lines, and his mother is always like this. However, he still looked at Wanru in the direction pointed by Tong Jia, and when he came in just now, he found a little girl sitting next to Eniang, thinking that it was the Wulanala clan that Eniang said last time. Last time, he thought that E-Niang was just talking casually, but he didn't expect E-Niang to really take this little girl into the palace. It was very late when he learned the news yesterday, and there was a lot of homework assigned by the master, so he didn't have time to come to Jingren Palace until now.
Wanru saw Yinzhen looking at him, and hurriedly stood up and saluted: "The slave Wulanala clan asks the fourth elder brother to say goodbye." ”
Yin Zhen looked at the respectful little girl in front of her, and wondered, she was not very outstanding, why did Eniang just look at her? Although he was puzzled in his heart, he didn't show it on his face, and said with a small face: "Get up." The bland tone and the cold expression made Xiao Wang Ba's anger fully revealed.
Wanru silently complained in her heart, you are so cold at a young age, who can you show cold and noble. But there was still a respectful look on his face: "Fourth Brother Xie." ”
At this time, Tong Jiashi suddenly said to Wanru: "Didn't Bengong say it just now? In the future, here in this palace, you can no longer call yourself a slave, and it seems that you have a lot of life. The tone was full of intimacy, which was in obvious contrast to Yinzhen's coldness just now.
However, Wanru and Yinzhen thought at the same time: Men and women are seven years old at different tables, and let him (me) know my (her) maiden name when they meet for the first time, is it possible that the imperial concubine (Eniang) really wants me (her) to be his (my) blessing?
If Tong Jiashi heard Wanru and Yinzhen's hearts at this time, he would definitely be very happy: they were so heartfelt when they met for the first time, and they would get along well in the future, and the two childhood sweethearts would definitely be able to live happily after they got married in the future.
Wanru raised her head and quietly glanced at Yinzhen, and then looked at Tong Jia's family, with a look of embarrassment, and Yinzhen was also embarrassed, the person who met for the first time, did she need to use such a familiar name?
Tong Jiashi didn't care what the two of them thought, and directly decided: "Well, Wanru will be called like this in the future." As he spoke, he pulled Yinzhen with one hand and Wanru with the other, and walked towards the dining table.
At Tong Jia's and Yinzhen's dinner table, there was no such thing as eating and sleeping, although adding a gentleman who was a stranger, but Tong Jia's intended to match the two of them, so in the process of eating, as in the past, he chatted with Yinzhen casually: Is it difficult to do a lot of homework, pay attention to rest with a combination of work and rest, how did you sleep last night, and let people make two new clothes, and try to fit it later. also gave Yinzhen and Wanru a sandwich of vegetables from time to time, persuading them to eat more, and looked like a standard mother who loves her children.
And Yinzhen can't do Tong Jia's self-familiarity, he doesn't say anything like usual, and only uses words such as "um", "oh" and "got it" to respond to Tong Jia's enthusiasm.
Now he is so awkward in his heart, what does E-Niang mean by doing this, is it really possible to let this sluggish little girl be her own blessing?
He saw it clearly just now, this little girl was expressionless and sluggish when she saw him for the first time, and she didn't say a word from the beginning to the present, sitting on the side and just eating with her head stuffy, although he didn't ask how smart and beautiful his Fujin was in the future, but at least he couldn't be sluggish, and with that bulging bun face, he looked stupid.
Of course, Yin Zhen absolutely didn't admit that when he saw Wanru's white and tender bun face clearly, he had the urge to touch it, absolutely not.
Well, the first time we met, Wanru was defined as sluggish and stupid by Yinzhen, Wanru would never have imagined that the indifferent appearance she deliberately made was defined as sluggish by Yinzhen, and it can only be said that dogmatism will not work, and copying the Qing Dynasty will kill people.
Wanru didn't know until a long time later that what she thought was a beautiful first sight had long been defined as disgusted by another person. . .
After eating, Yinzhen went back to the study and went down to take a riding and archery lesson. Kangxi's requirements for the princes are very strict, the prince began to study in the study from the age of six, and the time for reading was "in and out", that is, from one o'clock in the morning to two o'clock in the afternoon, and the content of learning included Manchurian, Mongolian, Han and other languages and writings, as well as Confucian classics such as "Four Books" and "Five Classics".
Because the Qing Dynasty won the world on horseback, the princes also had to practice riding and archery, and they must be skilled in bowing and horseback.
Therefore, Kangxi's sons are proficient in scripture and history, strategy, poetry, songs, calligraphy and painting, etc., and are good at riding and shooting, all of them are talents with both civil and military skills.
Yinzhen originally liked riding and archery lessons, after all, being confined to the study at a young age and reading books for so long was something that people would be bored with, and riding and archery classes could be used to run and jump outside, so even the third elder brother Yinzhi, who was good at poetry and books, liked riding and archery lessons very much.
But slowly, Yin Zhen became more and more disgusted with riding and archery lessons, because he found that his strength seemed to be born not as great as other brothers, although he worked very hard and practiced diligently, but archery was always not as good as other brothers. Even now, even his fifth brother, who is a year younger than him, is more skilled in bows and arrows than him.
So recently, Yinzhen has been very reluctant to ride and shoot lessons, the more he rejects, the worse he is, the worse he is, the more he rejects, so that a vicious circle has formed.
But he won't tell E-Niang about these, one is afraid that E-Niang will laugh at him, E-Niang always likes to watch him change his face. Second, he is a man, and he can't go to Eniang because of a little setback, he believes that he can solve this matter!
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Thanks to Aquan for the cover!
The more I look at it, the more I like it!