Concubine Yi saw Kangxi nodding and said busily: "Your Majesty, although the fifth elder brother has been married, several Fujin have not given birth to children, and there are only three Gege in the house. The concubine heard that Hanchen Liu Wenhuan's two daughters were born after marriage, and the concubine wanted to ask the emperor for a favor and pointed out Liu Wenhuan's youngest daughter to Yinqi as a concubine, if she could give birth to a son, she would be promoted. ”

Kangxi said with a smile: "It is right to have more children and more blessings, you are very right, when she is drafted next year, she will ask the Queen Mother to marry." ”

The queen mother obviously had already heard Concubine Yi say this, looked at the fifth elder brother Yinqi who was silent on her face, but her eyes were slightly anxious, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it's just that there is still something to do, Concubine Yi doesn't dare to hide it from the emperor, Liu Wenhuan's youngest daughter was weak when she was a child, and she never reported for election, she is seventeen this year, so she couldn't be selected, Liu Wenhuan betrothed her, and I heard that it was matched to Ma Sanhe's fourth son." ”

Kangxi frowned, turned his head to look at Yinqi, and the fifth elder brother hurriedly knelt down and said: "Erchen is just begging for a son, and it is already good to see her in person, and he also asks Huang Ama to be the master." ”

Qi Su Niang watched from the side, most of the five elder brothers were not to ask for children, but to fall in love with the beautiful wife who was engaged, relying on her own mother to be a favorite concubine, and beat the famine to the emperor, it was clearly a bully, and then thinking about his comments on Shen Yuezhi, he suddenly saw that this person was very unpleasant, and listened to how Kangxi replied.

Kangxi was silent, everyone didn't dare to speak, Concubine Yi was a little apprehensive on her face, and then she only heard Concubine De smile and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine heard from the emperor that Ma Sanhe is very careful, and it seems that he also has a daughter in his family who has never been married, and has reported for next year's draft." ”

Kangxi paused slightly, and said: "That's true, they should have been promoted to their family, Huang Eniang, Yinqi has no children, and the youngest daughter of Liu Wenhuan's family and the daughter of Ma Sanhe's family were pointed out to him as Shu Fujin, if anyone gave birth first, he was raised to the position of side Fujin, what do you think?" ”

The queen mother smiled and said: "The emperor's idea is naturally good, fifth elder brother, don't you thank you Emperor Amma?" ”

The fifth elder brother was so happy that his face was full of smiles, and he thanked him again and again, but Concubine Yi's face was also glowing, and the room was full of joy, as if everyone had won a gold ingot.

Kangxi said again: "In next year's draft, the emperor will pay attention to it and point out one to Ma Sanhe's fourth son." ”

Concubine Yi hurriedly said: "The concubine remembers that Concubine De's sister has a cousin and niece, who is fourteen this year, who behaves dignified and looks good, and the queen mother has also seen it, so she thinks she is worthy of it." ”

Qi Su Niang was no longer interested in listening, this room full of royal nobles naturally turned their elbows inward, all for their own people, that is, to make you suffer a dumb loss, and to say that it is to promote you.

Emperor Kangxi is very good at governing the river, and he is also clever in robbing his wife for his son. Thinking of this, her eyes couldn't help but sneak a glance towards Concubine De. This palace concubine is very shrewd, not only saw the emperor's thoughts, handed a beautiful step to the emperor, but also sold favors to Concubine Yi with a smile, and rounded Ma Sanhe's face on the other hand, and finally sold her niece to her maiden cousin without any effort. And only such people can get along in such a place. I don't know if she has a son herself, and when she will personally go out to rob someone for her son, I'm afraid that she will be even more invincible.

She thought like this, but suddenly felt that a vision fell on her face, and her heart suddenly trembled, afraid that the irony in her heart would be exposed on her face, so that people could see the flaw, and quickly lowered her head.

On the second day, the sky has cleared, the royal nobles finally came to the south once, although Kangxi is diligent in government, but also to have fun with the people, looking at the weather is excellent, he took the queen mother in the big garden of Jiangning Weaving Mansion to open a banquet, with the palace concubine, brother and Jiangnan ministers, and the edicts to drink and enjoy the scenery and watch the play.

Qi Su Niang originally wanted to go back and get some clothes, but was stopped by the grandmother beside the Queen Mother, and only said that the emperor meant, since she has not been a female official for a long time, she does not need to be restrained, and only accompanies the Queen Mother to talk. Not only is it in the filial piety period, but it is not a flag girl, so there is no need to wear a flag costume, and its own Jiangning Weaving House has sent a few plain clothes.

Qi Su Niang could only sigh at such an extraordinarily decent appearance, and she also knew that Chen Yan was afraid that she would return to Jiangning in the next two days, and the emperor would not let the two of them live together again. Fortunately, she doesn't have to learn from those palace maids and grandmothers who wear flower pot bottoms, where is she used to such delicate plays? This can be regarded as the emperor's grace to Chen Yan.

The chief eunuchs and Jingqi grandmothers around the Queen Mother knew that the emperor valued her betrothed husband, and saw that she was in line with the Queen Mother's wishes, so they didn't come to embarrass her, knowing that she didn't understand the rules of the palace, and no one asked her to do things. Qi Su Niang could only stand behind the Queen Mother, looking at the big theater in the garden in front of the banquet in a daze.

There are many high-ranking officials in the seven provinces of Jiangnan, and the second-grade Hetai and Caotai, from the second-grade Hebiao deputy generals, provincial governors, and Fuda officials are all accompanied in Jiangning, plus the official eunuchs and edicts of Jiangsu Province, I am afraid that there are not nearly 100 people. The eunuchs and palace maids who are waiting are constantly coming and going, and they are really lively.

Jiangning weaving Cao Yin presented two classes of Kun and Yi. The old people love to watch old dramas, and the queen mother still ordered a fold of "Dream" in "The Peony Pavilion". Kangxi also likes to watch dramas, and ordered a fold of "Suppression" in the new play "The Palace of Eternal Life".

Qi Suniang listened to the Kunqu opera played by the silk music team, although she felt that Yi Yi Ya Ya was also pleasant, but she really didn't understand it, so she felt bored, and couldn't help but think of the incident of the fifth elder brother's concubine room yesterday, and the twist braid on the back of her head was suddenly pulled hard, which only made her scalp hurt. She gritted her teeth and turned around, but it was the fourteenth elder brother standing behind her, his face full of unhappiness, as if he had come to find her anger.

Qi Su Niang was stunned for a moment, the princes were a little arrogant, and they were not much different from the children who were doted on by their relatives, although the fourteenth elder brother was unsatisfactory, he beat and scolded his subordinates, and Fu Yourong, who was closest to him, beat and scolded the most, but he had not seen him kill anyone, so it was not too annoying. When she was on the royal boat, although the fourteenth elder brother often came to look for her, he mostly pulled the thirteenth elder brother together, and he was very polite on weekdays, playing tricks on her like this, deliberately pulling her clothes and hair, but there had never been a problem. She was puzzled in her heart, and hurriedly asked for peace, and looked down at the fourteenth elder brother who was half a head shorter than her.

The fourteenth elder brother wrinkled at first, took two steps back, and waved his hand to excuse her. He walked to the side of the rockery where no one was in the distance and beckoned her to come over. Qi Su Niang hesitated slightly, and saw Fu Yourong carefully holding a sand table standing ten steps away, and estimated that it should be the same as on the boat, and asked her to wait for the sand table, so she walked over.

The fourteenth elder brother's face was a little better, and while beckoning Fu Yourong to send the sand table over, he said, "Qi, you have memorized the "Female Commandment" well. Fourteenth master, I will lift you, you tell me how to endorse the book to save time, effort and worry? If it's useful, I'll reward you again! ”

Qi Su Niang was stunned, she was not surprised that the fourteenth elder brother asked her to teach how to endorse, but the tone of the fourteenth elder brother's speech, although he had heard such a tone in his mouth, most of them were to the personal eunuch Fu Yourong, and it was the first time he spoke to her like this.

The fourteenth elder brother said to himself: "That clumsy slave can't wait for the master's sand table, only you, the master can rest assured, the master told you——"

The fourteenth elder brother was talking, and suddenly saw Qi Su Niang in a daze, impatient, and reached out to grab her braid on her chest. Qi Su Niang was taken aback, hurriedly dodged his hand, and said angrily: "Men and women don't kiss, don't you know that the fourteenth master doesn't know?" ”

The fourteenth elder brother was stunned for a moment, his mouth was half open, he was dumb for a long time, and suddenly said: "This is not the words in "The Female Commandment". Where do you see that? ”

Qi Su Niang consciously said that it was just a common saying that could not be more vulgar, where did she know where this sentence came from, she had not yet come back to her senses, and the fourteenth elder brother said angrily: "This is clearly the words in "Mencius", didn't you say to the Queen Mother yesterday that you have only read "The Female Commandment"? ”

Qi Su Niang didn't think for a while how the fourteenth elder brother could learn this, only to see that he had a vicious voice and a bad voice, putting the master's money, which was not the same as a while ago, and she was tired of it. just knew that this realm was not something she could be presumptuous, so she endured her anger and said: "Back to the words of the fourteenth elder brother, the folk girl didn't know that this sentence came from "Mencius", and the folk girl only vaguely remembered that she had heard her biological mother teach. ”

The fourteenth elder brother's little head was tilted, as if he remembered that Qi Su Niang had been sold by his father, and his momentum couldn't help but weaken by three points, and he coughed pretendly, "Forget it, you wait for the sand table for your master first." ”

I'm used to doing this thing for this young master on the boat, and Qi Su Niang doesn't shirk it. She took the sand table, squatted down and put it in the light, and took the copper hairpin from her sleeve to clean it little by little. The fourteenth elder brother squatted on the side and pointed his fingers, one deep and one shallow, one wide and one narrow, with a variety of tricks, and refused to be sloppy. Qi Su Niang already knew his temperament, and he didn't fight back for half a sentence, how to say and do it. It was the fourteenth elder brother who said that it was more difficult to do a good job, and when he worked, he used more force, and the hairpin scratched his own hand, and he didn't think about wiping it with a handkerchief.

The fourteenth elder brother looked at Qi Su Niang's hand, "Mess with your ......" but saw Qi Su Niang's resignation, and immediately glared at her angrily, "The godmaster endorses!" ”

Qi Su Niang saw that he was still worried about this, and Shi Li said: "Back to the words of the fourteenth elder brother, the people's qualifications are reckless, and they have lived for eleven years, and they only memorize a copy of "Women's Commandments". Brother can memorize more books than women, how can women teach Brother how to memorize. Looking at the fourteenth elder brother's unhappy face, he continued: "If the fourteenth elder brother has to teach the people's daughter, the people's daughter can only say that if she memorizes a book every day for half a year, she will naturally memorize it." ”

The fourteenth elder brother's eyes widened again, and he roared: "If you only memorize a book for half a year, what else does the master want you to teach?" I want to memorize it today! The voice was very loud, and the momentum was straight to the time when Fu Yourong was scolded at the beginning. Fu Yourong on the side had already hid far away.

Qi Su Niang was yelled at by him, and her heart jumped, and she glanced at the seat a hundred steps away, and sang the excerpt "Suppressing Kou" upstairs:

“…… Only in this blood, in the chest, there is some loyalty to the liver and gall......"

The sound of silk and bamboo and laughter are mixed together, very lively, and no one can hear the movement here. She breathed a sigh of relief and ignored him and shouted, "The folk girl is the one who will memorize it for half a year, and the folk girl can't teach the elder brother." ”

Although the two are both eleven years old, in the end, one is true and the other is false, and they are immediately divided into high and low. The fourteenth elder brother was so angry that the green tendons on his forehead jumped, and he scolded: "Is the master so easy to fool? You are so good at learning, how can it take half a year to memorize a book? After that, he took out a thread book from the arrow sleeve and threw it into Qi Su Niang's arms, "The master asked you to teach, it is to promote you, and you still dare to put a score for the master?" ”

“…… Falsely inheriting the new life of the lofty rank, hanging the seal to urge the generals......" Jiangning weaving Cao Yin bowed down and stood beside Kangxi, whispering to the emperor from time to time, and commenting on the wonders.

Qi Su Niang was caught off guard, and did not pick up the book thrown by the fourteenth elder brother for a while, seeing that it was about to fall to the ground, the fourteenth elder brother had anger on his face, she hurriedly reached out to grab it, and the line of books still fell to the ground with a bang.

Qi Su Niang sighed secretly, lowered her head and picked up the book, stroked off the dust and grass roots, and offered it with both hands, planning to learn from Fu Yourong's forbearance to survive the little prince's beating and scolding. The fourteenth elder brother lowered his voice, eased his tone, and "play with your hand......" reached out and took the book.

Qi Su Niang glanced at the fourteenth elder brother, lowered her head and wrapped her bloody fingers in a handkerchief, and the fourteenth elder brother looked at the side and said, "It's hard outside the palace, right?" You see your hands, they are thicker than mine. ”

Qi Su Niang heard that he didn't yell anymore, her mind stabilized, and she said casually: "Back to the words of the Fourteenth Master, the folk girl feels that it is not bitter at all outside. ”

The fourteenth elder brother only regarded her as humble, and said with a smile: "No wonder the queen mother likes you, you really know the rules." The master told you that you stay in the palace, eat well and dress well, and you don't have to do rough work, so you just stay for a few more years. When Chen Bianzhi has a little work, Huang Ama is promoted to his official, and you go out of the palace to enjoy happiness. You are the wife of the main family, and you are the person next to the queen mother, and when the time comes, the women in the room will be the most decent for you, and they will all serve you. You wait for the master's sand table, and the godmaster endorses the book, and the master will accept you as a servant under the door. With the master here, Chen Bianzhi sees that you have to be honest, you say, what is the plan for you? ”

Although Wusheng's Kunyin on the stage is coquettish, his voice has a frankness, "...... The family is scattered and paid for a thousand dollars, and he leaves a sword to answer Jun's grace......"

Qi Su Niang couldn't cry or laugh, she had also heard on the royal ship that there were many servants under the prince and several elder brothers, most of whom were officials of the six ministries, governors of various provinces, and generals with military merits. The master used the slaves to make money, run errands, and compete for face in front of the emperor. The slave relied on the master's power to sit firmly on the official position. The fourteenth elder brother is still young at the moment, he is not an errand elder brother, and there is naturally no one under the door, could it be that there are many servants under the red brothers? The eunuchs and palace maids beside him are enough for him to toss.

Qi Su Niang only joked about him childishly, in addition to waiting for the sand table, what serious errand could she do for the fourteenth elder brother? A big tree like Brother Huang is not for nothing.

She was not interested in being a slave, and she didn't think about letting the emperor's brother pity and shelter, but she also knew that she couldn't reason with the fourteenth elder brother, seeing him was more or less kind, there were no crooked thoughts, and he was polite in the past, Fang Cai's evil feelings subsided, and he smiled and thanked: "The words of the fourteenth master are naturally right, and the folk girl has thanked the fourteenth master." ”

The fourteenth elder brother snorted, his face was better, and he had to say more. Qi Suniang saw Li Quan'er walking over hurriedly and said a few words to Fu Yourong in a low voice. Qi Su Niang saw that Fu Yourong gave her a look, so she smiled and said, "Fourteenth master, eighth master may have something-"

The fourteenth elder brother was stunned for a moment, looked back, Li Quan'er hurriedly stepped forward to call Qian'er, and said with a smile: "Fourteenth master, the eldest elder brother and the eighth master are at the same table with Lord Ashan, the eighth master invites you to come over." ”

The fourteenth elder brother showed a smile on his face and said, "I just said it before, and the starling brother took care of it for me." He turned his head to look at Qi Su Niang and said, "I'll come back to you later." After that, let Fu Yourong hug the sand table and go in a hurry.

Qi Su Niang looked at his back, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled, this Ah Shan is a person with a blue flag, who succeeded Zhang Pengxi as the governor of Liangjiang, for some reason, but the fourteenth master was so attentive, but he just relieved her siege. She slowly walked back to the banquet, and at the end of the song, Kunyin was majestic:

"The three armies laughed and opened together; The flag is full of contention, contention. With a general, the spirit is majestic, and the picture is drawn on the gimbal. Busy cutting military books, busy cutting; Jie Gong Jin Rank, Jie Gong Jin Rank. ”