Chapter 251: May

Before I knew it, it was the beginning of summer in May, and the scorching heat was still better than in previous years.

The heat was unbearable, Huizhu took advantage of the Dragon Boat Festival before the arrival of the palace people pasted some cold cloth, hung the Xiangfei bamboo embroidery residual lotus curtain, and pulled the overlapping curtains to dispel the fire-like heat, but it seemed to have little effect, there was no breeze in the air, and it was still so hot in the house that people oozed layers of fine sweat.

At this time, it was the hottest time at noon, Huizhu had lunch, rested as usual, didn't want to sleep at home, still couldn't sleep well, simply half lying and half leaning on the rosewood Luohan couch, only elbows supported the edge of the couch to support the pink cheeks, one hand played a banana leaf-shaped fan through the wind, and looked tired to deal with the womb of a garden.

For a while, Xiao Ranzi took the booklet and picked up the bamboo curtain to enter the house, and saw a trace of irritation floating between Huizhu's eyebrows, so he came up with an idea: "Master, this year's summer is hot, it is better to let the slave send someone to fetch some ice and put it in the house." ”

Huizhu waved her hand to signal Su Xin to take a break from speaking, sat up slightly, and said to Xiao Ranzi: "Bad idea!" Seeing that Xiao Ranzi was puzzled by the second monk, he smiled and said: "The queen is thrifty, and the Forbidden City can only use ice after the Dragon Boat Festival. Xiao Ranzi understood, and Busy Nuo Nuo said yes.

Huizhu didn't want to talk too much, her eyes rolled to look at the blue booklet in Xiao Ranzi's hand, and raised her thin eyebrows. Xiao Ranzi meeting, bowed down and handed it over, and when he saw Huizhu looking at it in his hand, he explained from the side: "The slave has just gone to proofread, and most of the rewards given by the Dragon Boat Festival to the masters of the palace, princes and ministers are complete. ”

Huizhu listened to one wall, and saw that the ten lines on the wall were hastily glanced, and he saw that the white paper and black letters clearly explained the kudzu, fans, incense cakes, sachets, palace pendants and other things, which were still complete; There are more than ten copies of heatstroke prevention medicines such as purple gold ingots, toad crisp ingots, and salt water ingots that have been rewarded. I thought that after the fifth day of the first month, these medicines were not good to give away, so I simply rewarded the decent person in charge of the palace to make a face, which is good.

After measuring it in his heart, Huizhu was about to explain, but he saw Xiao Ranzi's face embarrassed: "Master, there are a few good palace fans missing, but the slaves don't dare to use shoddy, and send them to the ladies and nobles outside the palace, so"

Hearing this, Huizhu's face was straight, this lady and noble person referred to the Wulanala clan, Nian clan, Li clan, and Song clan in the palace, as well as the thirteen Fujin, Mrs. Long Keduo, and Mrs. Fuchafu outside the palace.

Huizhu quickly knew the benefits and disadvantages in her heart, frowned and asked, "How much is the difference?" Xiao Ranzi said with a bitter face: "In addition to the queen's mother, concubine mother, and Mrs. Fucha's preparations, there are still four copies missing." ”

"Bang-" Huizhu put the fan in his hand on the Luohan couch, thought for a moment, and hesitated: "Give the two carved fans decorated with ivory and silk from the Guangdong officials to Concubine Nian and Concubine Qi, and then reward the thirteen Fujin and Mrs. Long Keduo respectively with a pair of mud gold silk palace fans and porcelain Qinghu palace fans collected by the palace." ”

After speaking, I heard someone say in a deep voice: "You are going to give you something I have given away." The voice that was not angry and self-righteous frightened the palace people in the first room to kneel in panic, but Yinzhen didn't know it, and was waited by Xiao Luzi to enter the house, and walked towards the Luohan bed with vigorous steps.

Huizhu secretly scolded a few words, hurriedly put on shoes, and blessed Yinzhen, then played a fan, while personally serving Yinzhen in his wide clothes, changing shoes, and removing hats, while Zhang Luo Gong prepared summer cold food and warm water for washing. Fang Cai explained: "The ivory fan that the emperor gave to his concubines a few days ago is not only worth Venus glass, but also inlaid with tortoiseshell frames and painted enamel paintings, and the concubines and their cherishes. It's just that the May Festival has to send some gifts, and even can't be moved, so the concubines have to ...... But she is also reluctant...... "Now Huizhu is deeply shocked to get along with Yinzhen, as long as she accepts him first, she often gets twice the result with half the effort."

Sure enough, the quality inspection Yinzhen sank his face for a while, and the sky that broke into the three pictures was cloudy and uncertain, at this time it had turned from cloudy to sunny, and the burning eyes gathered on Huizhu's plain hand with a fan, and then swayed one after the other, the wide sleeves slipped down the arm, revealing a piece of Hao wrist wearing a blue bracelet, the emerald is transparent, moist and delicate, and it is eye-catching; Yin Zhen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he played with his slender wrist for a moment, and muttered: "Xiao Luzi, send the fan with a sandalwood handle inlaid with a bat pattern in my palace to Concubine Xi for the May Festival banquet."

Huizhu was annoyed by the sentence "domineering" in her heart, but she thanked her with a smile on her face: "Thank you for the emperor's reward, at the Fuhai Dragon Boat Banquet, the concubines must wear it." Yinzhen was satisfied with this answer, and no longer pursued Huizhu's mistake of giving away the imperial gifts at will, and comfortably enjoyed Huizhu's service.

After washing, he ate an ice bowl made of fresh lotus with the core removed, and Yinzhen ordered Xiao Luzi to take the folds, and he sat on the cool kang by himself, and read several batches of folds on the gold wire case in front of him. Huizhu didn't leave, sat quietly aside, or played a fan for Yinzhen, or just a few mouthfuls of snow-frozen almond tofu, and then flipped through the idle books in her hand at will, but the two of them settled down and got along well.

Approaching Shen Shi Zheng (four o'clock in the afternoon), Huizhu bored playing with the fan pendant, flashing her eyes, just in time to see Yinzhen's expression of focusing on the review and folding, sometimes frowning slightly and thick eyebrows, sometimes pursing her lips angrily, and sometimes waving a big pen...... It attracted her attention straight and was difficult to turn away, which made her deeply agree with the sentence - a dedicated man is the most attractive!

"Huh?" Yin Zhen raised his head and snorted softly in inquiry.

Huizhu flew two red clouds on her cheeks, hurriedly turned her eyes away in a little panic, rolled her eyes slightly, and suddenly stretched out her hand to point to Zhen Bing, who was holding a few hosta flowers in front of her, and said evasively: "The concubine is thinking that she is really stained with the emperor's dragon grace, in the harem of the Qing Dynasty, only the emperor's place has Zhen Bing these days, which is much cooler." ”

Yinzhen didn't comment, Huizhu was bored, hurriedly put on her shoes and stayed, and said: "You're almost done reading the excerpts, and the concubine will go and get them again." As he spoke, he hugged a stack of more than a dozen books on the opposite desk, and didn't want to just return to the kang seat, and stepped on the skirt under his feet, and even the people and things fell on Yinzhen.

Yin Zhen reacted very quickly and caught it, but he was not displeased by Huizhu's recklessness, but deceitfully reassured: "I'll come to accompany you when I'm busy, you stay by yourself for a while." As soon as Huizhu heard this, Nahan turned her head to look at Yinzhen, stayed for a moment, and suddenly remembered that her actions were nothing more than "throwing herself into her arms", and with a rumbling sound in her head, she hurriedly got up from Yinzhen's arms in a hurry, and sat down on the other side of the table far away.

When he was making a lot of trouble, he still held a book of folds in his hand, and was busy handing it back to Yinzhen, lacking a "huh", and took a closer look at the content of the folds, and the disgust swept over his cheeks, and he said on the matter: "There is still such a record, it's just a mess." Although May is commonly known as the evil month, it cannot be said that children born in May are sons and mothers. This waiter of the Ministry of Rites even gave an example of last month. Hey, my father's life is thin, the quilt is ke, and the son is sent away, and the life is blessed. In another case, the father's life is hard, and the son is not as good as the father, but is defeated by the father. It's ridiculous, and it's ridiculous. ”

Yinzhen's eyelids twitched, took the fold in Huizhu's hand, and muttered, "Officials? Seeing her, a glimmer of mutual help flashed in her eyes, and Kamechi asked rhetorically, "Are you sure it's ridiculous?" Is it boring?" Huizhu was dumbfounded, Yinzhen held the pen and crossed a red hook on it, and then closed the fold, disgusted to the side.

Since I don't like it. Why do you still want to approve it, but the yamen has to put up a warning notice. Huizhu called out puzzledly: "Your Majesty? Yinzhen replied, only listening to the outside report: "The fourth elder brother has arrived-"

Huizhu smiled on his face, put aside the matter for the time being, said goodbye to Yinzhen, and hurried out of the inner room, seeing that Hongli was sweating profusely, he was busy wiping his sweat with the handkerchief in his hand, and led him to the bedroom of the West Chamber, and said: "Your emperor Ama is in the upper study to review the folds, our mother and son don't go over to disturb." What are you doing, you're sweating profusely. As he spoke, he hurriedly handed over a bowl of herbal tea. "Gollum" Hongli said a few times, grinned: "I went to practice equestrianism with Hongday." Huizhu glanced at the big boy who was already taller than her, her eyes were full of pampering and gratification, and she didn't say anything, and heard Hongli quip: "E-niang is with Huang Ama as a girl again today." Huizhu glanced at the past, remembered what happened to Fang Cai, and couldn't help sighing: "Fortunately, you and Bao'er were not born in May, otherwise you would have to talk about something." ”

Hongli said casually: "What do you say? Huizhu explained the matter in detail, Hongli stopped smiling, and chewed: "The excerpt on the servant of the ministry." Seeing this, Huizhu also had a pair: "Is there any problem?" ”

Hongli's sharp eyes swept the curtain of the door, and then frowned and said: "Eniang, you can know that the third brother's Taishan Lord Silda, he is also the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and the secretary of the ministry. The eighth brother (Fuhui)'s uncle, Nian Qianyao, is now the prime minister of all important matters in the west. They have always been at odds, and this time the officials and servants made this move, and Huang Ama also approved it, and his son felt that it was not so simple. With that, he pondered.

Huizhu looked at the son of the Tao who analyzed the head of the analysis by a trivial matter, and felt a little touched in her heart, and couldn't help but stretch out her hand to smooth the thick eyebrows of Hongli and Yinzhen, only to hear the voice of the outside: "Niangniang, the emperor asked you to come over, so that the fourth elder brother doesn't need to go to ask for peace, just use it for dinner." Huizhu withdrew her hand in annoyance, not wanting to squeak, and saw that Hongli had returned to a carefree youth, and said with a smile: "Eniang, you are going over quickly, the master is still waiting for his son to complete the homework he gave in the morning." After hearing this, Huizhu had no choice but to leave, and asked Su Xin to prepare some food and send it over, and then returned to the inner room.

Yinzhen heard the sound, glanced up and said, "I'm back, it's been a long time." Huizhu "uh-huh", which was counted as an answer, Yinzhen only didn't hear it, and ordered: "The queen is unwell, stay in the harem." You prepare two courtyards, and on the fourth day of the new year, Concubine Nian and Concubine Qi will come to live. Before that, he glanced at Huizhu again and added: "They came to see the dragon boat, and they returned to the palace early on the sixth day of the new year." "She is in charge of the first palace of the Old Summer Palace, and she should not mention it.

The next three days passed in a blink of an eye, and it was the fifth day of the Dragon Boat Festival in the first month of May.

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