After some thought, the timidity that rose in my heart disappeared, and was replaced by the determination to make up my mind. I saw that Huizhu raised her head without giving in, let Yinzhen's judgment eyes lock and stare deeply, and said slowly: "The concubine hereby asks the emperor to take back her fate!" ”

Hearing Huizhu say so surely, even if her well-founded words had already moved him; But at the same time, she also challenged his absolute authority! As a woman who belongs to him completely, she can only obey, not disagree and convince him in turn! Yin Zhen's face darkened, like an eagle's sharp eyes shooting a cold light, and his thin lips pursed: "You mean I'm wrong?" ”

Huizhu was stunned and only shuddered, but she still stubbornly looked at Yinzhen, and a faint doubt rose in her sparkling eyes, is this cold man the one who is inseparable from her?

The uncertain suspicion expanded in his heart, and an urgency that needed to be proved made Huizhu stand up uncharacteristically, sparing the food table separated by the two, and found the foot pedal under the kang to sit down, a pair of plain hands pulled down Yinzhen's slightly rough palm and rested between his knees, forced to calmly bury the left cheek on it, and slowly closed his eyes.

After that, the voice was like flowing water, and he said: "Hongli and Hongday are only a few months apart, but the emperor has not considered finding a wife for Hongday!" It's like I just wanted to find a companion for Hongli, and forgot about Hongday. Your Majesty, do you remember how Hongshi treated Hongli ruthlessly a few years ago? The concubine really didn't want Hongli to be jealous and hateful, so that Hongli couldn't have brotherhood. ”

Feeling the body of his subordinates tremble, Huizhu stopped for a while, and Fang Youyou said: "General Nian returned triumphantly, and the judgment was meritorious, since ancient times, the court and the harem complement each other, and the concubine's family has no eldest brother and younger brother to shine on the lintel, and what is the basis for you to be so favorable, first let Hongli go to Jingling to pay tribute, and then choose a second wife for him with great fanfare." But General Nian has made meritorious contributions to the court, and the concubines have to fight against the concubines in the harem, you are remote and concubines mother and son, to the Nian family, the mother and son of the concubine, isn't it favoritism to the Nian family, the mother and son of the Nian concubine, causing the dissatisfaction of the people below? ”

At this point, Huizhu raised her head suddenly, looked straight into Yinzhen's eyes, and mustered up her courage to let her ignore what kind of thrilling was hidden under Yinzhen's calm and watery face, and said with a shallow smile: "Your love for Baolian, your attention to Hongli, and your ...... for your concubines is different, the concubines all see it in their eyes and remember it in their hearts. You have given enough honor to your concubines, mothers and sons, and the emperor knows that it is too much. The danger of pulling out the seedlings is fueled, and the concubine believes that you have your own decision about this. As for the others, the eighth master, the ninth master, and the tenth master, they are the forces in the court, and the concubines are also resting, and the emperor will deal with it; There are also generals who have made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion, and the emperor will definitely be able to block the mouths of the people, so that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, the generals of the Eight Banners, and the people of Dawn can see their Son of Heaven...... There is a penalty for misconduct! The coldness in Yinzhen's eyes disappeared, and the fleeting guilt fell, and it was immediately replaced by a ray of hot light, and finally it was as waveless as a stone thrown into the sea.

She captured the very faint guilt, Huizhu's heart couldn't help pounding, she knew that she said that she moved him, but her heart was contaminated with gloom, it turned out that Yinzhen really intended to attract everyone's attention with her strong favor Hongli, so as to achieve the purpose of sharing the halo on Nian Qianyao's body...... There may be others, but not for her to speculate...... Yinzhen is a thoughtful emperor after all.

As soon as I thought of this, I only heard Yinzhen say: "Concubine Xi, Hongli is my son and the prince of the Qing Dynasty, he needs to exercise, and I will slowly send him some errands." As for his marriage, let's talk about it in a few years, as you say. "Saying that, he hesitated, reached out and pulled Huizhu in his arms, pinched her jaw quickly with one hand, and rubbed the thumb with the jade wrench on it, while saying;" You see some things very clearly, even beyond my imagination. "Your Majesty, your ......" didn't wait for Huizhu to speak, Yinzhen put her index finger on her lips to signal silence; Then, to Huizhu's surprise, Yin Zhen covered her lips and said silently: "Trust me, don't hide and deceive me." Without saying a word, Yinzhen left slightly, his burning eyes lingered on Huizhu's surprised and hungry cheeks for a moment, and he naturally relaxed the clamps on his hands, stood up and walked to the doorrail, called "Xi Fei", and suddenly returned to Xia and ordered: "Take advantage of these two months for you to go to the garden more, after May, you will stay in the house with me, and you are not allowed to go out." "Say VIII., lift the curtain and leave.

After May? Huizhu stared at the empty door curtain dumbfounded, but the next moment her eyes bent and she giggled. Men are sometimes like a good-faced child, such as Yinzhen who has an imperial face. Yinzhen once suffered from heat stroke, and he was the most intolerant of summer heat; It was still in May last year, Concubine De died, he stood up to the summer heat, during which the body fainted no less than three times, in this body has always been Kang Tai's Yin Zhen heart, it seems to have left a lot of shadows, which is why today's awkward blunt life.

Thinking about it in her heart, Huizhu was suddenly in a good mood, a kind of pride that peeked into the secrets of other people's hearts spread in the bottom of her heart, or knew what the cold yin owl was afraid of, and it made her sweep away the melancholy of spring. At the end of the third watch, Huizhu washed and went to bed, and the corners of her mouth still couldn't help but curl up with pleasure...... It's as if he's not that intimidating......

I didn't sleep all night, until dawn the next day, when I got up from sleep, Xiaojuan led a few palace maids to clean up and wash in the house. Huizhu wiped her face with a cotton towel, and Fang sat in front of the dressing mirror and was dressed by the palace people. Looking into the mercury mirror, the more delicate and graceful faces are in the mirror, and the occasional wave of light naturally reveals a sharp color; Huizhu didn't want to take a closer look, spread out the brocade handkerchief in his hand, lightly covered the mirror, raised his eyes and asked, "Presumably today's time to ask for peace is a lot earlier, how many people came?" ”

Yu Yao, who was holding his head on the side, replied with a smile: "I can't hide anything from the master, when the master just got up, other ladies came to ask for peace, and now they are waiting outside." Huizhu didn't like Yuyao's previous words, so she frowned secretly, looked at the makeup of the person in the mirror through the Jinpa, shook her head and said, "That's it, it's just a routine morning province." "Put one hand on it, get up and salute each other. Huizhu smiled intimately, and asked the concubines a few words of harmless and elegant waiting for the rain to be talked about today.

After talking for a short time, the topic still inevitably turned to yesterday's events, only to hear Ning Concubine Wu ask softly: "Qinghai has won a great victory, and the emperor's busyness over the past few days can also be put aside a little." ”

As he spoke, a pair of eyes swept over the palace concubines with deep meaning, looked at Huizhu and said with a smile: "Niangniang, the concubines haven't seen the emperor for a long time, I don't know how the emperor is lately?" After all, these days, political affairs are cumbersome. ”

Yes, in the past month, only she has seen Yinzhen, and yesterday's bed was the first time she has been a concubine since she entered the palace, how can she not let the concubines look sideways? Huizhu looked at the face of Zhang Furong smiling, and suddenly had a sense of boredom, she is even more than a concubine, but she went to bed once yesterday, and such a private matter is spread out in the eyes of everyone, when will there be signs of stopping?

Hui Zhu didn't answer, just stared at Wu with fixed eyes, and unconsciously tapped on a few with one hand, making a crisp sound of "tuk tuk".

Wu Shi suddenly felt that her scalp was numb, and the rhythm that spread to her eardrums made her eyelids jump up and down, and she took a long breath of turbidity, Wu Shi struggled to maintain the smile on her face, as if calm and calm: "Niangniang, what are you worried about?" But what does the emperor have? After speaking, seeing that Huizhu still didn't respond, her face couldn't get up and down for a while, and she couldn't help but be secretly angry in her heart.

Huizhu stared, looked at the Wu clan and said with a smile: "The palace blew a cool breeze on the lakeside yesterday afternoon, and I got up today with a headache and brain fever, which snubbed Concubine Ning." As soon as Huizhu said this, Rao is Wu could hear that this was just perfunctory, so he had to get up and salute, and asked about Huizhu's discomfort with concern, and the rest of the people were also like a mirror, in the Old Summer Palace, everything had to be seen only by Huizhu and the horse, so they hurriedly echoed the concern, and even the Geng family could not help but express their concern.

Huizhu responded with a smile and said: "Although the Qinghai rebellion is peaceful, the subsequent matters are cumbersome, and the emperor will work hard for a while, but the sisters don't have to worry too much, the emperor has always been in good health, and he has Father-in-law Lu to serve closely, so there will be no errands." As he spoke, he picked up the teacup on the side and took a sip, and said with a smile: "All my sisters have been worried about it every day these days, but now the wind and rain have passed, and it is the time when the sun is warm, so it is better to gather in the Peony Pavilion with my sisters the day after tomorrow...... If the emperor is free, maybe he will also visit. When the words fell, the concubines were overjoyed, and they praised this very well, and even praised Huizhu again and again.

Huizhu smiled lightly and said nothing, and suddenly remembered the Ulanala clan, just now she was afraid that she was not much different from the Ulanala clan; It seems that as long as you are in the harem mansion, even if you are a queen, the helplessness and bitterness in it are not enough for outsiders, but it is like a person who knows how cold and warm he ....... Xu is a low-level concubine who lives more freely......

Two days later, Huizhu invited the Peony Pavilion to a banquet, and Yinzhen came to attend in front of the body, and Xi Bizi returned to the hospital with her.

In the following days, Yinzhen was busy again.

On the first day of March, the Qing army returned to Beijing in triumph, and on the second day of April, the imperial court pacified the Qinghai Communist Party; On April 12, a ceremony was held to sacrifice prisoners, and officials were sent to sacrifice to Taimiao and Zhuangji.

Subsequently, the strategy of Yu Youji began to be implemented: first, Yinzhen formulated the alliance flag system, which divided Qinghai into 29 banners, each set up Zasak to govern, and stipulated that the alliance would be held once a year, and all political affairs were assigned by the imperial court, and second, Yinzhen sent troops to station, built earthen walls, rectified the Nama Temple, and stipulated a series of measures such as tributary and mutual market systems, so as to ensure the effective rule of the imperial court over the Qinghai region.

At the same time, as the number one contributor to the counterinsurgency, Nian Qianyao, was promoted to the first rank duke with careful planning and surprising victory, and then rewarded to a viscount, inherited by his son Nian Bin; His father was named a first-class duke, plus the title of Taifu. For a time, the Nian family was full of scenery, and the northwest of Nian Qianyao Yiwei Town, and finally implemented the "Nian General".

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