Yinzhen turned her head to look at Huizhu, her lips squirmed, and she saw Huizhu standing aside, but she didn't squeak for a long time.

Wulanala didn't want Yinzhen to say nothing, and was a little puzzled, so he peeked at Yinzhen and Huizhu with inquired eyes, and thought about it, all kinds of signs showed that Nian's innocence, and Huizhu slapped Nian's in front of everyone in the house without evidence and no certificate, and Huizhu was at a loss; However, Yinzhen didn't speak for a long time, and he must be protective of Huizhu.

After thinking for a while, the Wulanala clan made up his mind, so he asked Yinzhen for words, and said on his behalf: "The tea girl ring began to say that a person in a ginger flag suit touched her, and she would knock over the tea cup. After a turn of words, Xiao Zhi reasoned: "It can be seen that her words are untrue, and her preface does not match the afterword, obviously she wants to exonerate herself." I knew that Sister Niu Colu must have been deceived by that cheap maid, so she thought that Sister Nian in a ginger flag suit had done it, but the people standing on the right side at that time were not only Sister Nian's clothes were the same color, but also the side Fujin of the Geng family and the Shuncheng County Wang family. And just now I have asked the people present, and no one said that it was Sister Nian who did it, you really wronged Sister Nian. ”

After saying that, the Wulanala clan saw that Huizhu still didn't have any reaction, and added: "Sister Niu Colu is worried about Baolian in her heart, so she did something wrong on impulse. Alas, in the final analysis, this matter is just the act of the who shirked her responsibility, and her mind was vicious, but fortunately she figured it out early. Sister Nian has always been a generous and kind-hearted person, and Sister Niu Colu lost her sense of proportion when she was blinded. In this way, Sister Niu Colu will make amends to Sister Nian, don't hurt the harmony between each other. ”

Nian's heart snorted coldly, could she have suffered this in vain, a good Wulanala clan who acted as a peacemaker, was about to say a few words, but heard Yinzhen say indifferently: "This is a happy event, and because of Yahuan's overturning of the plate, I lost face in front of outsiders, so be it." Niu Colu Clan, you will make amends to the Nian clan according to Fu Jin's words, after all, you are the first to beat people. ”

Nian Shi listened to Yinzhen's words, his hands were tightly twisted in Jinpa, he barely swallowed back the words he wanted to blurt out, raised, and the corners of his lips flashed with a wry smile: "Sister Niu Colu, alas, since I have known my innocence, I don't want to pursue the matter of being slapped, I only hope that Baolian Gege and An Shi are safe." Huizhu still didn't hear anything, and continued to stand aside by herself.

Truthfully, the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, everyone gathered around to persuade them, and Geng Shi even came to the front, and whispered in his ear: "Lord and Fujin gave the steps, you are about to answer, don't let things make a big fuss, and you will be the one who suffers at that time." ”

Huizhu raised her head and glanced at Geng Shi lightly, and continued to hang her head silently, making people feel that she was stubborn and couldn't put down her face, but she didn't know that she knew it very well in her heart. Wulanara's words, sentence by sentence, pointed out the current situation, she is speechless, no one has seen Nian's actions, only she recalled in the words of the tea maid that Nian did retreat at that time and did his tricks, but there is no evidence, what is the use?

However, in front of Yinzhen's wife and concubine, she looked at Nian's eyebrows coldly, and slapped her fiercely.

But let her know that it was Nian's ghost, and let her apologize to the person who wanted to harm her daughter, she couldn't do it, and she didn't want to do it.

Yin Zhen had a feeling of being despised, and couldn't help but be angry, staring at Huizhu with his eyes like a torch, and secretly cursed in his heart, "I don't know what to do", and said in a deep voice: "Niu Colu Clan, as a side Fujin, you actually beat people, and now you have been exempted from punishment, let you confess a crime, shouldn't you!" ”

People had to bow their heads under the eaves, and in the face of the anger pointed by Yin Zhen, Huizhu sighed and bowed: "For the matter of slapping Nian Fujin, the concubine will not apologize, if the lord and Fujin feel that the concubine is at fault, the penguin is willing to admit punishment." ”

Yin Zhen suddenly became angry, stretched out his hand and pointed at Huizhu tremblingly, and scolded angrily: "I don't know what to do." "The Ulanara clan is busy persuading on both sides? "Master, you are angry, Sister Niu Colu is also for Baolian's business, so she was dizzy for a while. Sister Niu Colu, don't be stubborn, listen to the master's orders, give the year" Before she finished speaking, she saw Huizhu kneeling on the ground, still blowing her eyes and saying: "Xie Fujin is compassionate, but the concubine is still the same sentence, willing to accept the punishment, and will never apologize." ”

Hearing this, Yinzhen was furious, and said "good" three times in a row, calming his mind, and said: "Niu Co Lu's family, arrogant and arrogant, beating people for no reason, and not repenting, reading the Yu Hongli and Baolian merits, not being seriously responsible, punishing the month for half a year, and being grounded for half a year!" Huizhu knocked: "Xie Ye punished." Yin Zhen glared fiercely, took a step, and walked away.

The rest of the people, stunned to watch Yinzhen leave, the first time they came back to their senses, hurriedly surrounded Huizhu to comfort Huizhu, Huizhu nodded and thanked, and said to the Wulanala clan: "Fujin, please take Concubine Rong Bao'er to retire first." ”

The Wulanala clan wanted to speak and stopped: "Sister Niu Colu, why are you like this, forget it, you can take Baolian back to rest." Huizhu was blessed again, and under the attention of everyone, she walked to the back hall and took Baolian away.

When Su Xin and the others heard that Baolian was injured, they were frightened, and anxiously turned around under the porch of the courtyard, and when they saw Huizhu and his party coming back, they hurriedly greeted them and asked, "Master, I heard that Xiao Gege was injured, but it is serious?" As he spoke, he looked sideways at Baolian, who was being held by Mama He.

Huizhu looked at Su Xin and the others with a concerned face, and said simply: "Baolian's hands are burned, but it's okay, but now she is tired and sleeping." You don't have to worry, go down and do your own thing. When he had finished speaking, he went back to the inner room.

Huizhu followed into the house, and waited for Huizhu to wait for Baolian to lie down and sleep, and then retreated from the people in the house, before asking about today's matter. Huizhu carefully talked about the life in the first courtyard, Su Xin gasped and exclaimed? "Master, do you really see clearly that Nian Fujin did it?" Huizhu nodded affirmatively.

Su Xin was angry and hated, scolded loudly, and when he was relieved, he remembered a stubble again, and hurriedly said: "You have been punished and grounded for half a year, this is not appropriate, if the master does not ask the master and Fujin to intercede, it may be saved." You make the master unhappy, and in the end, it is the master who suffers by himself. Huizhu shook her head and said, "To redeem is to apologize to Nian, I can't do it." But you know, Yinzhen has always been true to his word, and since he has tried to ban my feet in front of everyone, even if I go to soften now, it will not help. Su Xin's face darkened, and she wanted to say something, but she didn't say it, but a light sigh overflowed from her mouth.

For a while, the master and servant had their own thoughts, and they were silent together, at this time, only to hear the extremely heavy sound of running from outside, and the next moment, Hongli shouted loudly: "E-niang, E-niang, they said that my sister was injured, and I want to see my sister." As soon as the words fell, the man had already lifted the curtain and entered the house.

Huizhu beckoned Hongli over and said, "Be quiet, your sister is asleep in the back, don't wake her up." Hongli was immediately silenced, and after a while, he wrinkled a fleshy round face again, and asked quietly: "Eniang, is my sister really burned by hot water?" Huizhu didn't answer, but asked, "You just got out of school, who did you listen to?" Hongli replied honestly: "The mother-in-law in the house is saying, and the son heard it." Thinking about it, he hurriedly asked again: "Eniang, is my sister really injured?" I want to see my sister. Huizhu agreed, and took Hongli to the bedroom.

Hongli stared at Baolian's little black hands for a long time, and suddenly raised his head and said: "Eniang, the tea in the house is hot, my sister is so small, she must be splashed by the tea, it must be very painful, my sister's eyes are crying red." Huizhu listened to Hongli's childish words, and her heart felt sour for no reason, and her eyes were red.

Hongli was busy pulling down Huizhu's body, and said anxiously: "E-Niang doesn't cry, don't cry, Hongli will protect E-niang and her sister in the future, so that her sister will not be hurt, and E-niang will not cry." ”

Huizhu burst into tears and laughed, remembering that merry man, if there is no accident, it should be the one in front of him, so he hurriedly wiped his tears, squatted down, looked at Hongli, and half-jokingly: "Our Hongli is the best, and in the future, Eniang and Bao'er will rely on Hongli." So Hongli has to work hard now, and only when he grows up can he have the ability to protect Eniang and Bao'er, you know? Hongli looked at Huizhu as if he didn't understand, and then nodded with a firm face.

Huizhu saw Hongli's appearance as a little adult, and couldn't help but reach out and touch Hongli's bare head, feeling relieved and distressed, it seemed that her infant daughter, sensible and obedient son, had filled her entire heart.

In the days that followed, Huizhu began her six-month lockdown. At the beginning, Xiao Ranzi and others were all worthless for Huizhu, and looked angry, but after a long time, seeing that Huizhu didn't care about her grievances, the other people in the house were still quite jealous of Huizhu because of the Hongli brothers and sisters, so they also lightened their minds, thinking that Huizhu's current position was not something that others could cross, so they slowly returned to normal, but secretly had to worry about Huizhu.

Huizhu didn't say anything on her face, but she was actually clear about Xiao Ranzi's thoughts, but she had been grounded, and the secret loss was also settled, so what was the use of saying more, instead of punishing herself for being wronged, it was better to live her life better. just sent back the news to Xiao Ranzi that Yinzhen scolded Mama Xing ten times on the grounds that Mama Xing had offended her master, and she was a little surprised, and something seemed to flash in her heart, but she put it aside very quickly.

Continue with the simple days of the day, and be comfortable and comfortable.

Huizhu thought that such days would last until the beginning of spring next year, but she didn't think of the midwinter wax moon, but news came from the palace that the queen mother was not hesitating, and Emperor Kangxi went to Cining Palace in the province, and the New Year was approaching, and he finally died of illness.

157 mourning

In the cold season, the fierce north wind blows more and more urgently, and the red branches twitch with the wind, and the sound of "pop-pop-" comes down, accompanied by the heavy snow, which is chaotic in the air together, sweeping the entire depression and silence of the winter.

On this day, the thick snow covered the sky low, the wind roared, the twilight snow was one after another, and a different kind of depression broke through, as if there was calm before the mountain rain was coming. Huizhu reclined on the kang covered with a thick leather mattress, with one hand on the scarlet gold embroidered Fushou double cotton pillow, propping up her left cheek, and gently lifting the window curtain with the other, looking at the snow storm outside the glass window, I don't know what I was thinking.

In the warm spring-like room, Hongli quietly wrote his homework, Su Xin sat on the foot of the kang to thread the needle, looked up from time to time to look at Baolian sleeping in Huizhu's arms, and lowered his head to work.

For a while, the room was quiet, only the almond tea that was boiling on the gold lacquer table was "gurgling" tumbling, wafting out a strong tea fragrance, lingering all over the room

Suddenly, I only heard the noise of gongs and drums outside the hospital, and the noise of life, Huizhu was startled, and hurriedly turned her head and asked, "What's the matter?" Then a quick knock on the door suddenly sounded. I'm afraid that something big happened in the house, Huizhu sat up with a spirit, and hurriedly put on her shoes and went to the kang, when she saw the curtain lifted, Xiao Ranzi and a girl in the courtyard of the Wulanala clan came in.

Huizhu waved her hand to stop the girl's salute and asked, "But what happened in the house?" The girl replied, "The Queen Mother is gone!" Fu Jin asked Niu Co Lu Fu Jin to take Brother Hongli and Bao Lian Gege to the main courtyard as soon as possible. Huizhu was stunned, opened her mouth, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

For a while, Baolian was woken up and cried loudly, Huizhu hurriedly hugged Baolian and coaxed, and said: "I know, you go and tell Fujin first, I'll be there in a while." The girl left in response, and as soon as she left the house, another girl came in with three sets of white cloth mourning clothes.

Huizhu looked at the mourning clothes that were sent, and they were actually made according to the figure of her, Hongli and Baolian, it seems that the Wulanala clan already knew that the queen mother was about to die, so even this mourning dress was prepared in advance. Huizhu knew in her heart, so she didn't say anything, she hurriedly changed into mourning clothes, removed the ornaments on her head, took off her earrings, inserted only a silver hairpin, and wore a white velvet flower, and hurried to the main courtyard with the Hongli brothers and sisters.

There was heavy snow on the road, and I took my two children with me, and when I arrived at the main courtyard, it was not too early.

I saw that the main courtyard had been completely decorated, the white paper lanterns were hung high, and the white silk curtains were all around, blending with the snow all over the sky.

In the main hall room, everyone changed their mourning clothes, talking in small voices, and when they saw Huizhu's mother and son coming in mourning clothes, they couldn't help but stop their voices, and looked at the past, as if Huizhu shouldn't have appeared here at all.

Seeing this, Huizhu squatted slightly, and there was an abrupt feeling in her heart, as if she suddenly broke into a place that did not belong to her, which made the originally harmonious atmosphere suddenly become sluggish.

The Ulanala clan didn't seem to notice the strangeness in the house, and greeted cordially: "Sister Niu Colu, you came just in time, I was just thinking about sending someone to call you over, we don't have much time to delay now, and we have to rush into the palace to mourn before the lamp." Hearing this, Huizhu hurriedly stepped forward to salute the Ulanala clan, and then greeted each other with the Li clan; When he arrived at Nian's, Huizhu's body was slightly stiff, the corners of his eyes swept down the people present, and he sighed in his heart, but he still bent his knees and bowed half-way, and Nian's was also generous in return. When the rest of the people saw it, they knew it in their hearts, and they all saluted to Huizhu.

After a while, I only heard the eunuch speak in his voice, and after a while, I saw Yinzhen come into the house with a cold air, and the Wulanala clan hurriedly led everyone to meet him, Yinzhen's footsteps stopped, and his sharp eyes stopped on Huizhu's body, and then he waived everyone's salute in a deep voice, and walked to the top of the house.

Yin Zhen also changed into a white cloth filial piety dress and took off the red tassel on his crown and hat, sat on the chair with a solemn face, hugged his fist with both hands, and said coldly: "The queen mother has passed away, stop all entertainment and marriage." Later, Fujin and I will go to the palace to mourn, and you will kneel in the house and knock on the spirit. Everyone responded, Yinzhen gave a few more orders, and Fang took four people, four people, and four children, and left the house and entered the palace.

When I arrived at the palace, the sky had already darkened, the raging wind and snow continued, and the long palace corridor was also covered with white curtains on both sides.

The overwhelming snow brushed down, Huizhu squinted and mixed with the crowd to move forward, I don't know how long, came to a small side hall to rest for half a cup of tea, and the palace maid came in with a tea tray with scissors comb. Then, they cut off the braids of Yinzhen, Hongshi, Hongli, Hongli and Hongday, father and son, and cut a small tuft of hair for the five people of Wulanara, Li, Nian, Huizhu, and Baolian, and said politely: "Please ask the fourth master and the little brothers to go to the front hall to kneel and guard, and the Fujin and Xiao Gege to kneel outside the main palace." Yinzhen responded, and Huizhu hurriedly pulled Hongli for a while, and then under the urging of the grandmother on the side, he picked up Baolian and left with the Wulanala clan and others.

Outside the white dazzling main palace, the black pressure was full of people, and before he could look more, a eunuch who was still dressed a little decently ran over and said: "Sifujin, you are finally here, come with the minions, the other masters' Fujin are already there." Ulanara nodded hastily, and hurriedly followed the eunuch to the front of the crowd.

Huizhu hugged Baolian tightly and followed, kneeling down on the edge of the second row of stone steps, through the translucent snow, it can be seen that everyone kneeling is mournful, and their bodies shiver from time to time, I don't know whether they are cold or cold. Suddenly, another gust of north wind hit, Hui Zhu's whole body trembled coldly, and she hurriedly stopped Baolian, who was kneeling on the ground, to block the wind and snow for her.

Not long after, there was a "woo" cry in her ears, Huizhu turned her head to look at the wife and daughter of the bitter Li and the fifth elder brother Yinqi, and hurriedly took out a Jinpa wrapped in chopped onions from the cuffs, and wiped it on Baolian's nose.

I don't know how long she knelt on the cold and hard marble steps, but Huizhu only felt that her knees bound with thick cotton slivers were numb and not her own, and her whole body seemed to be so cold that she couldn't feel it. In a daze, only to hear the sound of "Qiang-" piercing the sky, everyone's spirit was shocked, and the people who originally cried less turned into a cry in vain, and the sound shook the sky.

Huizhu hurriedly woke up Baolian who was napping in her arms, and saw two or three high-grade eunuchs coming over, Huizhu looked down at the sleepy-eyed Baolian, and was ruthless, and pinched Baolian, and Baolian immediately cried.

But after a while, a eunuch stopped on the stone steps of Huizhu, shook off the dust, glanced at the people in the second row of stone steps, and raised his head and announced: "Please Fujin and Xiao Gege go to the coffin to pay tribute to the last face of the Queen Mother." With that, turning around to lead the way, Huizhu hurriedly picked up Baolian and followed behind Li, while coaxing Baolian, who was crying.

Huizhu followed to the hall step by step, to the door, and was taking a look at the Ulanala clan who had just mourned, and saw the Ulanala clan looking at her with deep meaning, Huizhu wondered in her heart, but she didn't think about it, nodded her head, and followed into the house.

The lanterns in the hall are hung high, the hall is as bright as day, Huizhu looks at it through everyone, and can only see a corner of the golden lacquer coffin, thinking that this is the so-called golden burial after the death of the emperor and concubine.

didn't have to think about it, so I heard the sound of the gong, a eunuch shouted and knocked, and Huizhu was busy holding Baolian and bowing three times and nine bows to mourn the queen mother. When another gong sounded, after the ceremony, Huizhu got up, and when he left, he looked to the side, wanting to find Hongli's figure, but he saw Yinzhen and some of his brothers kneeling aside, with a gilded brazier in front of him, Yinzhen brothers and others were burning paper money, and Hongshi and Hongday brothers knelt behind Yinzhen, but they didn't see Hongli?

Huizhu was in a hurry, and hurriedly turned her head to look around, this look, she couldn't help but be stunned, Emperor Kangxi, who had always been Kangtai, was thin and swollen, and was kneeling on the futon next to the golden coffin at this time, staring blankly at the brazier burning in front of him. However, what stunned Huizhu the most was not Emperor Kangxi's true feelings, but the child kneeling beside Emperor Kangxi turned out to be Hongli.

Huizhu stabilized her mind and wanted to take a closer look, but she just bumped into a glance of Yinzhen's warning, and saw that someone in the hall seemed to be showing her strange appearance, so she couldn't, so she had to walk a few steps quickly, catch up with Li and the others, and go out of the hall.

Later, there were successive princes of the clan who entered the hall to mourn, and when they came out, they all intentionally or unintentionally cast a glance at the Wulanala clan and others, this glance, the eyes were extremely complicated, but it made the second monk of Huizhu Zhangzhu puzzled, very puzzled, on the Kangxi Emperor kneeling beside Hongli, would actually make them pay so much attention, but the Li family, who should be the most dissatisfied with this, did not have any jealousy, and the whole person was even a little excited.

Excited? Huizhu felt that she must have been kneeling in the snow for a long time, and even hallucinations appeared, so she shook her head slightly, shook off her thoughts, and continued to kneel on the stone steps with Baolian in her arms.

In fact, what Huizhu didn't know was that during her grounding, because the empress dowager was seriously ill, Emperor Kangxi was ill, and she summoned the prince and the Manchu and Han ministers to the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace to announce the edict.

And said: "This edict has been prepared for ten years, and if there is an edict, that is, these words, it will not be talked about in the future." This time, I saw that Emperor Kangxi was among the many descendants, only the intimate Hongli, and the heart was a calculation, but all I thought was that the Kangxi Emperor's intimate Hongli was the cause of the edict.

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158 untie your feet

After four times, Huizhu couldn't help but be in good spirits, fortunately the position she knelt in was okay, at the edge of the stone steps, it was not easy for others to pay attention, and there was a stone fence on the left hand side, so that Baolian was sandwiched between her and the stone fence to lean on, and their mother and daughter could not only snuggle up to each other to warm up, but also squint and close.

The gong sounded again, Huizhu woke up, squinted her eyes slightly, and saw that there were eunuchs leading people into the hall, she couldn't help but yawn deeply, it seemed that she still had to kneel.

It is often said that beggars still have a few relatives, not to mention the royal family of the lord of the world, but the words are to take advantage of the queen mother's funeral to pay homage, but there are a few people who really have the heart of admiration, most of them are focused on the side of Emperor Kangxi.

Thinking of this, Huizhu was worried about how Hongli would come to Emperor Kangxi's side, according to Emperor Kangxi's current posture, eighty percent would personally guard the lantern, Hongli knelt beside Emperor Kangxi, wouldn't he have to accompany him, this big winter body is unbearable.

Huizhu Hall was worried about Hongli's body, and Li Dequan in the sacrificial hall was also persuading Emperor Kangxi to rest, but he didn't respond for most of the day, so he had to turn to Yinzhen and the third elder brother Yinzhi for help.

Yinzhi bowed and said: "Huang Ama, you have already read the sacrificial text, and now it is the seventh day of the lunar month, it is the cold season at the end of the year, or go back to the Qianqing Palace to rest earlier, this is guarded by the sons and others." ”

Emperor Kangxi didn't seem to have heard it, still holding the sacrificial text in his hand, and his lips squirmed slightly.

Yinzhi shook his head helplessly, and Yinzhen continued to persuade: "Huang Ama, in order to save your illness, you have lived in the curtain erected in the west of Ningshou Palace for a month, and even your iron body can't hold it. You are concerned about the safety of the world, the people of Li, and your body is the important matter of the society. ”

Emperor Kangxi's body stiffened, turned his head and looked deeply at the expressionless Yinzhen, and then called Li Dequan and ordered: "Go back to Cangzhenmen." The three of Yinzhen were taken aback, and Yinzhi took the lead in exhaling: "Huang Ama, you have been living in the Cangzhen Gate in the west of Ningshou Palace for a month, which is no more cold than in the palace. Emperor Kangxi still didn't speak, but just raised his hand and motioned for Li Dequan to help him up.

Emperor Kangxi was sixty-four years old, kneeling for a long time at this time, and suddenly stood up, but he was dizzy, his legs trembled, and his body shook for a while. Everyone in the hall was frightened when they saw this, and Yinzhen grabbed Emperor Kangxi, who was standing unsteadily, and blurted out: "Huang Ama! ”

Emperor Kangxi took advantage of Yinzhen's support, first stabilized his body, and then separated Yinzhen's support, and lamented: "At this time, there are only those who are filial to me, and there is no one who loves me. After that, he wanted Li Dequan to help him leave, but he heard Hongli call loudly: "Huang Ma Fa!" ”

Emperor Kangxi looked down at Hongli with a sincere expression, a trace of warmth and love flashed between his eyebrows, and he reached out and touched Hongli's forehead with a slight trembling, and whispered: "Maybe there are still children with filial piety." ”

Hongli grabbed Emperor Kangxi's sleeve, and called out "Huang Mafa" in confusion, Yinzhen glared at Hongli fiercely and shouted: "Let go." Emperor Kangxi's eyes motioned for Yinzhen to step back and asked, "Would you like to accompany me?" The words fell, everyone in the hall held their breath, Hongli did not feel the abnormality around him, thinking that Emperor Kangxi was the most powerful person he had ever seen, and it should be right to be close to Emperor Kangxi, so Hongli responded with more than half a year of experience in the study, with instinctive awareness.

Emperor Kangxi's voice was a little lonely: "Then let's go." After speaking, he took Hongli's little hand and left the hall with staggering steps.

Everyone looked at them, but no one made a sound, but just knelt down to see the old and the young leave. When the figure disappeared around the corner of the door, everyone got up, Yinzhen put his hands behind his back, looked at the place where Emperor Kangxi left, and in an instant, he returned to the lower left of the third elder brother Yinzhi with a cold face and continued to kneel.

Xu is because of the departure of Emperor Kangxi, everyone has no previous hands and feet, the back should be suitable to go down, the efficiency is very fast, to the day when the sky is bright, a ritual is finally over, everyone out of the palace to leave, Huizhu also has to support the extremely tired body, holding Baolian, with the Wulanala clan out of the palace back in a carriage.

Back to the Yongwang Mansion, the sky has been bright, the night snow is at the beginning of the night, the outer courtyard is sweeping the snow on the ground with a broom, a small guy wearing a cotton jacket holding a broom, his hands keep poking and rubbing, gulping for hot air in the palm of his hand, suddenly heard the sound of "clicking" horses' hooves, turned his head to look, and saw four carriages coming in from the side door, hurriedly put down the broom, and shouted inside: "The masters of Fujin came back but when they saw Huizhu's mother and daughter,."

Before long, five or six mothers-in-law and girls came on foot, nodded their heads, opened the curtain of the carriage, placed a small stool in front of the carriage, and stood aside and waited. Ulanala got out of the carriage, raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, his face couldn't stop the tiredness, a bright light flashed in his eyes, and then he took a few steps forward, and said with concern: "I haven't closed my eyes all night, and I knelt in the open air all night, so let Mama give you a hand, don't hug Baolian by yourself." Huizhu was really tired, so she handed Baolian to Mama He to hold as she said.

Saying this, Gao De hurriedly spoke, and the four of them didn't say much, so they walked to the inner courtyard with the support of their mother-in-law. When they arrived in the main courtyard, the Song, Geng and other Gege concubines were still kneeling on the ground in plain clothes, and when they saw the Wulanala clan coming over, they hurriedly asked the girl to help them up, and asked questions with mental concern.

The Ulanala clan shook his head and appeased a few words, and after instructing the rest of the house to eat vegetarian food and other mourning matters, he asked the concubines and girls to retreat first. Then he carefully talked about the situation in the palace, expressed his feelings about the death of the queen mother, and announced the cancellation of tomorrow's Laba feast, and the New Year half a month later should also be simplified, such as peach charms, window flowers and other courtyards are best not pasted.

For a while, Yinzhen father and son returned to the house and came to the hospital, and the Wulanala clan led everyone to squat and salute Yinzhen, Yinzhen quit the salute, walked to the top and sat down, Yahuan immediately poured hot tea. Yinzhen picked up the teacup, looked for the tea powder a few times, took a sip, and suddenly a warm breath was used, and the whole body was smooth, and he couldn't help but sigh comfortably.

Li and Geng also called Hongshi and Hongtian to their side, and for a while, they asked for warmth, and asked Yahuan to serve hot tea and snacks, so that the two brothers could use it first to cushion their stomachs.

Huizhu looked at Hongshi and Hongday who had been back for so long, but they still didn't see Hongli, thinking that Hongli was kneeling beside Emperor Kangxi, she faintly understood a little in her heart, but she still hesitated: "Master, I don't know where Hongli went, why haven't you seen him come back?" ”

At this time, everyone present appeared that Hongli came back with him, looking for Hongli in the house with doubts, but heard Hongli muttering crisply: "The fourth brother was taken away by Huang Marfa and lives in the palace." Hearing this, everyone's spirits were lifted, and the tiredness disappeared in an instant, and the burning eyes glanced at Huizhu, and then looked at Yinzhen, as if waiting for Yinzhen's answer.

Yin Zhen slowly opened his eyes, raised his eyes to look at Huizhu and said, "Well, Hongli was taken by Huang Ama, and it is estimated that he will live in the palace for a few days." After Yinzhen's affirmative words, Huizhu's eyes widened, and she silently asked why.

Yin Zhen retracted his gaze, ignored Huizhu's doubts, and continued in front of everyone: "Kneeling for a night, let's go back to rest, if there is anything, there will be a servant to pass the word." Everyone still wanted to ask something in their hearts, but when Yinzhen said this, they had to swallow the words in their mouths and retreat respectfully in response.

Huizhu dragged on to the end, and refused to get up and leave, Wulanala knew what Huizhu meant, so he took a peek at Yinzhen's expression, his mind turned, he nodded appeasefully to Huizhu, and said generously: "Master, you haven't been to Sister Niu Colu to see Baolian for more than three months, last night, the wind and snow were heavy, and such a small child knelt for a whole night." ”

Yin Zhen followed the steps given by the Ulanala clan and said, "In the afternoon, let the imperial doctor come over and take a look." Well, I just have some free time now, so I'll go see Pauline. After speaking, he said hard work to the Ulanala clan, and told the Ulanala clan to rest well, and if he was tired of the death of the queen mother, he asked Huizhu to leave with him.

Back in her own yard, Huizhu first asked Mama He to take Baolian to the east chamber to sleep, and then cleaned her face with Yinzhen, changed into plain clothes, and hastily ate some heat and food, then retreated left and right, and hurriedly asked Hongli how he knelt beside Emperor Kangxi, and why he was taken away by Emperor Kangxi later.

Yin Zhen glanced at Huizhu without being salty, and said: "According to what you said before, you are the mother of two children, and you should be more stable, why are you still asking such impatient questions now." At the end, seeing that Huizhu was indeed anxious, he talked about Hongli being brought to Emperor Kangxi's side: "You know, my third brother and I knelt on the left hand side of Huang Ama, Hongli followed me and knelt together, close to Huang Ama, he cared about you and Baolian kneeling outside, just let Huang Ama listen, Huang Ama praised Hongli's filial piety, and recruited Hongli to kneel beside him." After hearing this, Huizhu looked directly at Yinzhen, and some didn't believe that it was so simple, so Emperor Kangxi asked Hongli to kneel beside him.

Yin Zhen frowned and said: "Don't believe it, that's the way it is, Huang Ama has always remembered Hongli, since he went to the study, his homework has been much better than his age, and his master has also praised him in front of Huang Ama, if so, it is common for Hongli to be closer than other grandchildren." ”

Speaking of this, Yin Zhen suddenly stopped talking, as if immersed in his own thinking, he woke up after a while, and muttered to himself: "It's just that Huang Ama took Hongli away is surprising, isn't it?" You don't have to worry. After speaking, he left Huizhu and went into the bedroom to make up for sleep by himself.

158 ends

159 rusty

Since Yinzhen came to the courtyard, Huizhu's grounding order has been gone, and no one has mentioned it again. Huizhu didn't seem to be aware of it, but she just took care of her own trivial matters and turned a deaf ear to other side conversations.

In fact, there is a reason for this. Coming back from the palace that day, Baolian contracted the wind chill that day, got a high fever, and was so anxious that Huizhu was turning, but she didn't wait for Baolian to go away, and the second day was the day when the queen mother was buried, Huizhu only left Baolian to Su Xin to take care of, and she went to the palace to kneel for a whole day, so she had to go back to the house to take care of Baolian.

Subsequently, in the following days, Huizhu was running around in the palace at both ends, and at the same time she was worried about Hongli in her heart, so after the first funeral, crying, doing seven, funeral, burial and other ceremonies of the queen mother's funeral, the whole person actually felt that she had lost weight, and her face was also revealed, with more colors than before, and she was also a beautiful young * woman.

However, Huizhu didn't pay much attention to the changes in her appearance and figure, until she was shocked to see that she had lost weight and had already turned over the New Year, which was in April of the fifty-seventh year of Kangxi in the next year. Huizhu secretly couldn't help but sigh that time passed so fast, more than five months passed unconsciously, and Hongli had been with Emperor Kangxi for so long.

Compared with Huizhu's alertness, time flies quickly, but some people still feel that the past five months have passed very slowly.

First, the queen mother died in the wax moon, and it was about to celebrate the New Year, but because of this national funeral, this year was unbearable. And it was also because of this state funeral that the Queen Mother's coffin had to be buried during the New Year's Festival. In order to prevent the death day, the day of the burial was delayed, and it dragged on for many months, which made Emperor Kangxi extremely unhappy and angry in his heart, so a group of ministers undoubtedly attracted the anger of Emperor Kangxi.

Then, on the day of the death of the Empress Dowager, the nobles in Beijing were deeply touched by Emperor Kangxi taking Hongli to live in the palace, and secretly speculated that Emperor Kangxi's edict was established in Yinzhen. So when the first month of the new year, someone asked for the restoration of Yinren as the crown prince, but after Emperor Kangxi angrily reprimanded, he found the head to kill the person who was sparse.

Then, in March, before Emperor Kangxi came out of the pain of the death of the Empress Dowager, he received a note from Lazang Khan, who reported the situation of Dzungar's invasion of Tibet and asked for the assistance of the imperial army.

Seeing this, Emperor Kangxi thought that the time was ripe and ordered the Xi'an general Erlunte to lead troops to rescue Tibet. But a few days later, news came that Lazang Khan had already died, and Emperor Kangxi was surprised, and even sent guards to lead the army to Tibet. Therefore, the Qing government's use of troops in Tibet was put on the agenda for a time, and suddenly, the court was surging again, and the two forces of Yinzhen and Yinzhen had been planning for this matter for several years, and finally reached the last critical moment, and the open and secret struggle reached a white-hot stage.

To be honest, in just five months, the national funeral, the establishment of the reserve, and the border pass are all coming. For a time, the court in Beijing was full of soldiers, and all factions lived on thin ice, and no one dared to act rashly.

Such a cautious and cautious approach, so in April, Yinzhen ordered the news that the queen mother's coffin was buried in Dongling back to the palace, and Emperor Kangxi's face was a little pale, and everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw this, and finally went to this big thing.

In the afternoon of this day, Yinzhen had a few days of rest for the burial of the queen mother, and after handling the major matters in his hand properly in the house, he saw that the sun was shining outside, the sun was just right, and the summer cicada had begun to "squeak" the cicadas, so he moved his mind to see Huizhu's mother and daughter, so he called Xiao Luzi who was waiting outside the study and followed him to Huizhu's courtyard.

Nothing to do, he has been busy for a few months, and now it is rare to be idle, Yin Zhen sighed deeply. The lines on his face have also stretched a little. I was in a good mood, and my steps were bigger, and after walking for a while, I arrived at Huizhu's yard.

Before he entered the courtyard, he heard Xiao Ranzi's voice shouting: "Xiao Gege, you slow down, oops, the minion's braids!" Xiao Ranzi screamed in pain, and then a large number of women's laughter faintly came.

Xiao Luzi smiled shyly: "It seems that Niu Co Lu Fujin is playing with Xiao Gege, but the master went to the courtyard first." Yinzhen listened to the laughter in the yard, and was already moved, only to see Yinzhen squeezing his eyes after appreciating Xiao Luzi, dusting his hem, and picking up the steps into the yard.

The laughter in the courtyard continued, Yinzhen stood in the shadow of the wall, and Huizhu didn't show Yinzhen's brought, just smiled and watched Baolian riding on Xiao Ranzi's back, and pulling Xiao Ranzi's braid in her hand, which made Xiao Ranzi cry bitterly.

Suddenly, Xiao Ranzi turned around and faced Huizhu head-on, her face squeezing her eyebrows vigorously, her expression was very funny. "Flutter", Huizhu turned her face, half-lay on Su Xin's shoulder, smiled breathlessly and said: "Come on, Xiao Ranzi, don't give me oil to be careful, don't let her fall down, it's going to flow out."

Xiao Ranzi was still waiting to carry Baolian in a circle, and just turned around again, he saw Yinzhen in a stone blue single dress standing under the shadow of the wall, because it was backlight, and he couldn't see his look, Xiao Ranzi was frightened when he was frightened by the six gods, and he was anxious about how long Yinzhen had been here and how long he had watched, and he didn't dare to move his body, for fear of falling Baolian on his back, and he had no way to do it left and right, so he had to shout loudly: "Slave Xiao Ranzi, please be safe." ”

Hearing this, everyone was stunned, Huizhu looked along Xiao Ranzi's line of sight, at first, Huizhu didn't believe it very much, she didn't want to look at it, and she really saw Yinzhen standing straight under the shadow of the wall. Huizhu was very surprised, Yinzhen hadn't been to the yard for a long time, how could he come at this time? However, his face was flat, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a brocade handkerchief, and hurriedly squatted down and saluted: "Concubine, please Da'an." ”

Yin Zhen responded quietly, but his heart was floating in a different way. I haven't been here for four or five months, even the meeting two months ago, and I just glanced at it in the palace in a hurry, and now I look at it, I don't want Huizhu to change a lot, how can I look like a person who has given birth to a child.

I saw Huizhu wearing a peach-colored one-piece flag suit wrapped tightly around her body, with her shoulders slashed, her chest high and straight, and her waist slim; Walking with broken steps at the bottom of a high flower pot, his posture is sultry and eye-catching. When I got closer, I realized that this plump and slender woman also had an excellent appearance, her face was like a hibiscus, her thin eyebrows were like willows, and her dark eyes were filled with a little tears, soft as autumn water, and she looked straight into the bottom of other people's hearts.

Yin Zhen coughed slightly, and looked away for a moment of surprise in his eyes: "It seems that Baolian's wind chill is good." Huizhu frowned almost invisibly, thought about it and replied: "Grandpa is busy, maybe he forgot the time, Bao'er, she is the wind chill dyed in the moon, and she has been fine for a long time." Yin Zhen sighed in his heart and didn't speak, but when he looked at Baolian, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty in his eyes.

Xiao Luzi saw that Yinzhen didn't seem to be able to get off the stage, and muttered in his heart that Huizhu would not do anything, and he still helped Huizhu play a round on his face: "Master, this day is big, and it's weird, but I went into the house." Yinzhen answered by the nod of the donkey under the slope, signaling to enter the house, but listening to the one-and-a-half-year-old Baolian muttering the words "hug" in her mouth, her heart moved, and she walked to Xiao Ranzi and reached out to hug Baolian, but Baolian waved two li.

For a while, Su Xin served refreshments, Yinzhen drank tea for a while, and saw Huizhu's mother and daughter playing on the low couch on the side, she was dissatisfied, and her original good mood disappeared. But because I still feel guilty about Huizhu's mother and daughter, and I have some freshness for Huizhu, who I haven't seen for a long time, I haven't made it.

After another half an hour, Baolian was clamoring to go to the yard to play, Huizhu didn't want to let Baolian out of the house at this time, and was coaxing Baolian, who was crying, but listened to Yinzhen's instructions: "Let the girl lead her outside to play." Huizhu glanced at Yinzhen a few times, but didn't say anything, picked up Baolian and walked out of the house, and looked for Xiaoranzi He Mama to play with Baolian.

After explaining the matter, Huizhu went back to the house, and as soon as the curtain was lifted, she saw Yinzhen standing in front of the table with her hands behind her back, looking at the Western painting that Lang Shining painted for her and Hongli on the wall, and couldn't help but stop, pestle at the door, and did not enter the house.

Hearing the movement, Yinzhen didn't reply: "Why don't you come in?" Huizhu paused, then stepped into the room, and asked politely with apologies: "What about Su Xin?" How can I stay in the house alone? ”

Yin Zhen was full of anger on his back to Huizhu, but his voice replied very calmly: "I let them step down." Huizhu said "oh" and stood aside without saying a word. "Tick-tick-" The Western pendulum clock on the kang table went around again, Huizhu was finally not as calm as Yinzhen, and found an excuse and said dryly: "Master, the tea is cold, the concubine went down to change the hot tea, and then let Father-in-law Lu enter the house to serve." As soon as he had finished speaking, the man had already reached the door.

Yin Zhen turned around abruptly and shouted, "Stop!" Huizhu put down the curtain, turned around, and Yingying bowed: "I don't know what else the master commands?" ”

What a rusty but respectful look, from the time he came, he ignored it, what's the matter, could it be that he came to her courtyard, and wronged her? I don't want to think about the whole house, who is not looking at him, she is fine, she doesn't care at all. Is he not good enough for her, so ignorant of what is good for her, and it is not the same thing to take his kindness to her? Or, at all, she still has a pimple in her heart and resents her.

Yin Zhen's mind went down every time, thinking of this, the guilt in his heart had turned into anger, his face was getting colder and colder, and he looked at Huizhu who bowed his eyebrows in front of him, and the more unhappy he became. Unexpectedly, he took a big step forward, pulled Huizhu over, firmly clamped her waist with his left hand, raised her jaw with his right hand, and stared at her with hazy eyes.

159 ends

16o rusty (down) hand hit

Huizhu was held by Yinzhen coldly, her chin was also raised high, and her mind involuntarily showed the situation of being violently committed against Yinzhen before, and she couldn't help but shudder, looking at Yinzhen with an angry face, she was stunned for a moment, and looked at each other in pairs. Suddenly, the strength of Yinzhen's right hand increased, and the pain stimulated, and a nameless fire in Huizhu's heart soared, and then began to struggle violently.

Yin Zhen looked at Huizhu's slight flush due to struggle, like a faint rouge and thin powder, a pair of dark and cunning apricot eyes were wide open, and the eyes were shining with anger, like a blooming rose, full of life, delicate, but with thorns and provocative hearts.

Yin Zhen's eyes once again flashed a touch of amazement, but more than that, she was surprised by Huizhu's change, a woman who had been lying by her side for eleven or twelve years, a woman who gave birth to children for herself, a woman who completely belonged to her body and mind, and a woman who had everything under her control. However, until today, it has not been realized that this woman is not as plain and cold as she imagined, silently making people unaware of her existence, or did she not care at all before? will pass by with a light smile.

Yin Zhen thought a little frightened, but obviously forgot that the person in his arms was glaring at him, and as soon as he was distracted, his hands were broken free.

Huizhu felt the strength of her body loosened, and without thinking about it, she pulled away Yinzhen, turned around and ran out, as soon as she took a step, she was hugged from behind, and even dragged and dragged it to the kang table, and her waist hit the edge of the kang fiercely, and before she could cry out for pain, she only heard a few "bang bang" sounds, and the incense burner and tea cup on the kang table fell to the ground in response. In an instant, the tea bubbled up with a fragrant mist, and the ashes that were scattered also flew away, and the fragrance was endless

Huizhu was startled by the sudden sound, forgot to cry out for pain, forgot to resist, and let the person on Yinzhen's body be pressed heavily. Yin Zhen looked at the little face close at hand, there was no blood, and there was also a trace of surprise in his apricot eyes, which made him feel a little unbearable, and his face was a little gentle, and he was about to let go of Huizhu, but he saw Huizhu's willow eyebrows frowning lightly, and her red lips were biting, as if she was enduring something.

Seeing this, Yinzhen's mind softened a little, and became cold and hard again. He has always been a suspicious person, and when he saw Huizhu's expression at this time, he guessed that this expression was enduring (the picture couldn't be seen clearly) At this time, Huizhu was unfamiliar with his politeness, and the more he must be impatient to endure him.

Thinking like this in his heart, the things that had been hovering in his abdomen also bubbled, and then Yinzhen's body pressed down a few points, stared at Huizhu coldly, and said extremely slowly: "Actually, since the day Baolian was injured on the first birthday, you have always resented me in your heart, blame me for punishing you for grounding, blame me for making you apologize to Nian's." Later, Hongli was taken into the palace to live, although you didn't say anything, but because of the incident that Hongli made in the palace two years ago, you have long had a pimple in your heart, and you also complained about me, thinking that this was arranged by me, so that your mother and son were separated. Come again" The tail note dragged on, staring at Huizhu with scrutinizing eyes, not letting go of the slightest change in expression, and pointed sharply: "You complain more about me in the past half a year!" ”

Huizhu turned her head unnaturally, there was an embarrassment that the deepest secret was revealed on the spot, and a deep annoyance that someone saw through it, but when she heard the last sentence, there was a voice in her heart shouting no, not at all.

Huizhu's eyes revealed a hint of confusion, and she couldn't figure out what she was thinking in her heart, but one thing was for sure - disappointment, her disappointment in Yinzhen as Baolian's father.

Suddenly, Huizhu came to the confidence and asked in a countervailed voice: "Bao'er was injured, and it was you who have always felt guilty in your heart, so you can't let go of this matter for most of the past half a year; Even if Hongli was accepted into the palace, even if it wasn't a plan you made, you also contributed to it, so you have nothing to say. And if you don't come to me, I don't complain to you, it's because you don't know how to face our mother and daughter, or you simply care about Nian's family, because Nian Qianyao was promoted to the governor of Sichuan at the beginning of this year, and is also in charge of governor's affairs, commanding the military and civil affairs, you need his power to arrange for him to enter the war against Geerdan, so that he can control the military and political power, and help you achieve the goal of seizing the throne. ”

After saying it in one breath, Huizhu felt a sense of relief, and she didn't think about the identity of the person in front of her at all, and she didn't think about the consequences of saying it, but as a modern person, she had a deep-rooted sense of indifference and protection, and instinctively made a kind of resistance to the person who wanted to peep and expose her mind on the spot, or a kind of suppressed revenge, or an unfair accusation.

Yin Zhen looked at Huizhu fiercely, and the murderous intent in his eyes suddenly appeared, his thoughts that had been up and down for many years were exposed on the spot by a woman in the house, and even the deployment behind him was so clear.

Yin Zhen squinted, directly stretched out his right hand, and pinched Huizhu's neck fiercely, and his five fingers gradually got closer. Huizhu's eyes were full of horror, her hands kept slapping Yinzhen, and her feet were kicking on the ground, making a whining sound, but He Nai Yinzhen was extremely powerful, and he couldn't break free.

Huizhu felt that she was gradually unable to breathe, and she knew that her face was flushed without looking, and a fear of imminent death completely enveloped her. In her mind, the strength of her struggle became smaller and smaller, and just when she felt that she was about to suffocate to death like this, Baolian's giggling laughter came from outside the house, and her heart was in vain, and she broke one of Yinzhen's fingers and shouted: Don't"

Xu is crying and begging to recall Yinzhen's reason, only to see Yinzhen suddenly let go of her hands, stood up, and looked at her coldly patting her chest and panting, and when she calmed down a little, she spoke: "What did you just say?" “

Huizhu was still in fear, hearing Yinzhen's voice, she couldn't help but be stunned, raised her head tremblingly, and saw that Yinzhen had resumed her usual expression, on her upright face, with a board and a glance, and the corners of her eyes drooping slightly, revealing a little deep, a little cold, but faintly revealing the spirit of a king.

At this moment, Huizhu clearly recognized that the person in front of her was her husband, the father of her children, but also the future emperor, a famous cold-faced emperor in history. Huizhu suddenly appeared in her heart the words "escape from death", the reality that she had forgotten from her comfortable life a few years ago was vividly placed in front of her, and she was quick to speak for a while, with her understanding of the Yongzheng Emperor and Nian Qianyao in her previous life, and with the words she heard about the political affairs of the court, she deduced it at will, almost killed her, thinking of this, Huizhu was afraid for a while.

After not getting an answer for a long time, Yinzhen sank his face again, and asked again: "Say, what did you just say?" “

Huizhu lowered her eyes, her heart flipped sharply, at this time, she must not be hard-hitting, Yinzhen has always been small-minded, if he provokes him again, even if he will not take his own life, he will never let himself feel better.

After making up her mind, Huizhu followed Yinzhen's words in her heart, and said in a voice that seemed to contain grievances: "Shouldn't the concubine be resentful?" Bao'er is such a big person, so let people harm like this, but what about the master, not only did he not protect my mother and daughter, but also punished the concubine, which made the concubine embarrassed. There is also Hongli, every time the concubine remembers that when he comes back from the palace, there are traces of blue and purple on his body, and the concubine's heart is like a needle prick. These words, but they are true, Huizhu said and said, her eyes couldn't help but redden.

Yin Zhen tightened his thick eyebrows, was silent, and said in a much softened tone: "Nian Qianyao, where did you know this?" Huizhu exhaled and said, "The matter of the use of troops in the Geer Department has made a lot of noise, and the concubine knows something." And the young man was promoted, and the lord favored that one so much, some people in the house will still say that you were good to her because you looked at her brother's face, and the concubine still thinks that it was her hands and feet that Bao'er was injured. ”

Huizhu suddenly bowed again, mustered up her courage, looked directly at Yinzhen and said: "The concubine never said that the lord coveted the throne, and just now she said this big rebellious thing without holding back for a while, and the concubine is willing to be punished." After speaking, Huizhu stared at Yinzhen without changing her face.

Yin Zhen's inquiring gaze stopped on Huizhu's face for a long time, and it took a while to retract his gaze, and then he said: "I won't pursue it this time, if there is a next time, I will severely punish it." You've been in the house for so many years, and there are some things you should know, so be it. Let the girl clean up the house, and you will take the Hongli brothers and sisters with you in the future. ”

Huizhu answered, went out of the house to find Su Xin and the others, and saw Xiao Luzi and Su Xin looking frightened and anxious Hou under the porch of the main house, and when she saw Huizhu coming out, Su Xin couldn't care about Xiao Luzi on the side, and hurriedly pulled someone over and asked in a low voice: "Master, what happened?" The slave and maid heard a noise in the house, but they could not enter the house after being ordered by the master. Huizhu smiled bitterly: "It's okay, you let Xiaojuan and the others go into the house to clean up, the ornaments on the coffee table are broken." Su Xin still wanted to ask, but saw that Huizhu didn't want to talk more, and this was not the time to speak, so he stopped talking for the time being.

In the evening, Yinzhen saved face for Huizhu, and in front of the underground people, he treated it as if there was no quarrel today, and he had dinner here in a normal way, and handed over the words of staying overnight.

At night, the light was moved under the curtain, the two went to bed, Yinzhen lay on the bed, feeling the woman next to him, his heart was still a little undulating, thinking about the years of getting along, the anger that was provoked today, he couldn't help but sigh a long sigh, turned over and hugged the person curled aside, and now the body in his arms trembled slightly, and he was silent for a while: "It's not early, settle it." ”

Huizhu responded in a low voice, but she was still alert, until the person behind her fell asleep for a long time, she relaxed, hazy and a little sleepy, the dream kept repeating the scene of this afternoon, breathing couldn't help but feel miserable, and woke up all night. When the sky was bright, she finally realized that she was not afraid of Yinzhen in her heart, but what she didn't know was that when she woke up repeatedly, there were also people who didn't sleep

16o end

161 suspicion (hand-hitting) complete

1st floor

(The picture can't be seen clearly) Qingxiao, Huizhu stood up, washed her face with water, drove away the drowsiness, and went to the kitchen in person, carefully explained the breakfast according to Yinzhen's preferences, and instructed Xiaojuan to prepare things for grooming, Fang took the clothes sent by Xiaoluzi, and returned to the inner room.

Yinzhen has always slept lightly, and woke up as early as when Huizhu got up, when he saw Huizhu coming in with his clothes, he didn't take much of the shelf, and sat up by himself. Huizhu hurriedly put down her clothes, took three or two steps to the bed, half-squatted, and said while waiting for Yinzhen to put on her shoes: "Breakfast is ordered, after the master washes, you can have breakfast, but it will not delay the morning dynasty." Yin Zhen was silent, and Huizhu dressed him.

After a while, Xiaojuan and Xiaowu came over with hot water and towels, Huizhu took over, soaked the towel in hot water and wet it, tiptoed, and the whole person came to Yinzhen to clean his face. may be very close, the hot breath exhaled by Yinzhen came over, Huizhu's hand movement stagnated, and she felt a little uncomfortable, so she quickly cleaned her face for Yinzhen, retreated, and said, "Master, you wait for a while, the concubine will go and order the dinner." As he spoke, he threw the towel down to the basin, turned around and walked out of the room.

Yinzhen looked at the slender figure that was about to disappear with a dark face, and she was really unhappy in her heart, Huizhu seemed to be soft, but in fact, it was not, but under the docile and respectful surface, there was alienation, and even deliberate avoidance. Thinking of this, Yin Zhen's pale face full of horror appeared in her mind, and her thin lips were pursed, just that, she should have been scared yesterday, and it is understandable today. However, it is inevitable for a woman to make some small temperaments, especially women of some status, but some things are too much, and it seems that they still have to be left dry.

Careful in his heart, Yinzhen's displeasure eased, and his mind naturally turned to business, even Huizhu, a woman in a deep house, was aware of his intentions, so did other people also notice it, especially Emperor Kangxi. Yin Zhen hesitated in his heart, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and a slight cold sweat appeared on his forehead, so he hastily ate breakfast, and left with a full stomach.

Sending Yinzhen away, Huizhu returned to the inner room to refresh, ready to go to the main courtyard to ask for peace, when there was no one left and right, Su Xin saw that Huizhu looked haggard, and there were red bloodshots in her eyes, obviously she hadn't slept all night, and couldn't help but feel distressed: "The master's face is not good, don't ask for peace, let Xiao Ranzi go and take a leave." Huizhu shook her head and said, "No, please come back and rest after inviting An." ”

Su Xinquan had no choice but to answer, thinking that Huizhu's face was pale, so he turned out a fruit-green dress from the wardrobe, but was surprised to see that Huizhu's tender white and fine neck was imprinted with two black pinch marks, and her pupils were instantly wide, and she looked extremely surprised.

Huizhu touched the pinch marks on her neck, and pretended to be relaxed: "It's not a big deal, find some ointment and it will disappear for two days, don't let Xiao Ranzi and them know." Su Xin called "master" in disbelief, but was interrupted by Huizhu with a smile: "Don't be stunned, what time is it, if you grind for a while, you really don't need to ask for peace." Then he took his clothes and put them on himself.

After refreshing, Huizhu went to the main courtyard to ask for peace, it was not too early to come, most of the people came, sat for a while, Nian's and Li's also arrived one after another.

Li Shi looked at Huizhu in surprise and said "Huh", and then covered his mouth and chuckled. Wu Yashi was puzzled: "I don't know what Li Fujin remembers, he is so happy." Li has always disdained Wu Yashi, but he still replied, but he said to Huizhu: "I originally thought that Sister Huizhu should come later, and I didn't want to come earlier than me and Sister Nian. ”

Everyone knew what these meant, and they also wanted to know how Huizhu would deal with it, so they all looked at her and waited for an answer.

Huizhu smiled quietly and said, "Sister Li's words, I don't follow my sister's words. In addition to being lazy in the winter and coveting the quilt, I usually come to Fujin to ask for an encore. ”

Li Shi "sighed" in his heart, secretly thinking that Huizhu had always been a stuffy gourd before, and since he came out of the ground, this side Fujin style is really enough, and there is a sentence that is followed by the previous sentence. Didn't you see that Hongli was led by Emperor Kangxi's side, and moved his mind to the title of viscount?

Li's heart was surging with a dark tide, but his face was not obvious, he picked up the flower tea that the girl had just brewed, took a sip, and said with a smile: "It seems that I am confused, my sister has always been a knowledgeable and courteous person, how can I compare my sister to those others." ”

The implication is that the words are sarcastic, and the person referred to is self-evident, and everyone chuckles.

Huizhu looked at the small movements of everyone, and saw a Shaohua woman dressed in light blue embroidered small silk flowers sitting quietly, from the silhouette of the side, it can be seen that the woman's appearance is good, thin powder is applied to the face, and the tenderness rippling in the corners of the eyes is already like water, which makes people feel pity in the bottom of their hearts.

Unfortunately, there were some reddish marks on the lower cheeks of the woman's cheeks, which were covered by fat powder, but they could still be seen to be darker than the rest of the face.

Seeing it, it can't help but make people feel sorry, Huizhu remembered the origin of An's red marks, and there was an almost inaudible overflow of sighs.

An Shixuan's hand under the sleeve was tight and tight, unconsciously pinched out two blood marks in the palm of his hand, and the face that hung down so that the red lips that were bitten by the death were forced to suppress it, and he still sat at the end with his eyebrows lowered.

Under the ridiculed gaze of everyone, An Shi was helpless to bear it, but listened to Huizhu say slowly: "I am afraid that the rules of our house are known to everyone in Beijing, who in this house is not aware of the rules and etiquette, or the youngest Sister Wuya and Sister An, are also very decent, do you think so?" Geng nodded first and said yes, and the low-level concubine was still stammering with Huizhu, so she agreed.

With that, everyone shifted their attention, and An Shi looked up at Hui Gu with a grateful face. Huizhu nodded lightly to it, then turned her head away, and had other thoughts in her heart: An's has always been not a simple one, when the limelight is at the extreme, he fell down hard, but he can still stand in the house, and he is smiling at the slightly decent mother-in-law, which shows that he is extremely tolerant. Now it has re-recruited Yinzhen's favor, in addition to Nian's, Yinzhen will now go to An's courtyard at most, no wonder people are jealous. It's just that An's saved Baolian after all, even if she doesn't want to make more friends with her, she still has to repay the favor.

Nian silently watched the exchange between Huizhu and An's in his eyes, and he hated it very much in his heart, one gave birth to children for Yinzhen, and the other was young and beautiful and loved by Yinzhen, no matter which one was in her way, but the two were still all the way.

Nian's autumn-like eyelids narrowed slightly, I don't know what to think of, the corners of my lips hooked a shallow smile, but it was a very sweet smile, and then raised his eyebrows to Wu's, and Fang picked up a flower tea, as if he was drinking flower tea.

Wu Shi understood and said softly: "When I passed by the courtyard of Niu Co Lu Fujin yesterday, I saw that Xiao Ranzi in your courtyard was gathering the fragments of incense burners, tea cups and other things together, and took them out and poured them out. The concubine looked at it at the time, but she saw a pity in her heart, the incense burner looked at it and knew that it was golden, it was fired with glazed multicolored glass, and it was good to use it in summer; And the tea cup is also from the famous porcelain workshop, which is not easy to obtain. Alas. It's a pity that it was broken like this. ”

Wu Yashi hurriedly interjected and shouted: "The concubine knows that the colorful glass incense burner seems to have been found by the master a few years ago, it is a good thing, how could it be broken like this." As he spoke, Wu Yashi shook his head again and again and shouted pity.

Everyone was interested, and when they saw that the Wu clan and the Wu Ya clan both praised it as a good thing, they couldn't help but look at Hui Zhu curiously. The Ulanala clan knew everyone's thoughts, and guessed that the Wu clan would never mention this for no reason, so he also had a little peep desire in his heart, so he asked: "I seem to have seen that incense burner, it is indeed extremely exquisite, or is it a little precious, it should be collected well, how can it be broken?" ”

Huizhu suppressed her suspicion and surprise, and said with a smile on her face: "Fujin, you also know that Bao'er is almost two years old, and this age is unstoppable. But her little person, she can't beat and beat, scold and scold, and the concubine is helpless.

There are many ornaments on the small table, and there is weight, how can a frail one-year-old girl be able to break them all, and according to the practice of raising children in Huizhu, it will never be sloppy to let the child touch the ornaments on the small table, if it is replaced by someone else, it is still credible, but if it is replaced by Huizhu, it is absolutely impossible. If that's the case, it's not Yinzhen

In the blink of an eye, the Ulanala clan had sorted things out, and couldn't help but raise a smile, spreading from the corners of his mouth to the bottom of his eyes, and he smiled sincerely: "It's good for children to be lively, if they are broken, they will be broken, as long as they don't hurt themselves." Huizhu smiled and replied: "The concubine also thinks the same, although it is a thing sent by the master, it is a pity to break it, but it is a great luck that Bao'er is not injured." Believe it or not, but they all kept their minds in their minds, and either did not open their mouths, or laughed along with what they said.

After asking for peace, Huizhu returned to the room, and looked for Xiao Ranzi, and asked him if he had seen the Wu family when he cleared the debris yesterday, Xiao Ranzi knew that there must be a reason for this, so he thought about it carefully, and said: "The slave doesn't seem to see Wu Gege coming, could it be that after the slave left, Wu Gege passed by and saw it." ”

Huizhu pondered for a moment, said that it was okay, and waved Xiao Ranzi away. Then he found Su Xin and asked Su Xin to pay attention to whether there were people watching around the courtyard, or if there was anything unusual about the people in the yard, so he yawned and went to the low couch to rest.

161 ends

162 (hand-made plate finishing)

After another two days, the pinch marks on Huizhu's neck gradually disappeared, and Su Xin saw that Huizhu had been reluctant to mention the origin of the scars, so she had to rot the question in her stomach, but she also vaguely guessed a ten**, and she was secretly anxious. So I paid less attention to the things that Huizhu explained, although I also kept a heart, but in the end, I didn't care so carefully about what I had in my heart, so I didn't find out the reason for it for more than ten days.

In this way, the days then came in May, and the weather became hotter and the hearts of the people became more and more volatile.

On this day, the weather was still sultry, the scorching sun hung in the air, there was no trace of wind, Huizhu stood under the porch of the courtyard for a while, she was already sweating a lot, and even the placket was damp. Su Xin persuasion; "I think it's because my wife is delayed on the road, it will probably be late, and it's hot outside, so it's better for the master to go to the house and wait." Huizhu was a person who couldn't stand the heat, only squinted at the sun, then nodded and agreed to enter the meeting room, just walked three or four steps, only to hear Xiao Ranzi's voice shouting; "Master, my wife and second grandmother are here." Huizhu hurriedly withdrew from the courtyard and greeted him personally.

Zhang Jiashi patted Huizhu's hand and said distressedly: "You are most afraid of the heat, this time it is almost noon, it is the hottest time, you can wait for a while." Huizhu smiled, "I just came out for a while, and I didn't wait much." But why did Eniang and her younger siblings come late," a dignified-looking woman dressed in a lake-green flag uniform replied on her behalf, "The concubine and Eniang came to the second courtyard, and Fujin asked me to wait and say a few words of greetings, but it was only half an hour late." "It was Junxian's wife who had just married the door before the door, Suo Zhuoluo.

Hearing this, Huizhu glanced at the Zhuo Luo clan, and in her heart she was not satisfied with the decency given to her by the Ulanala clan, but she said in her mouth; "Fu Jin is a thoughtful person, he is so polite" Zhuo Luo hurriedly replied, and praised a few good words from the Wulanala clan.

When he spoke, he had returned to the inner room, at this time He was playing in the house with Baolian, Zhang Jiashi saw it, and was busy wrapping Baolian in his arms for a while, and took out the sachet prepared for the Dragon Boat Festival a few days ago to put on Baolian, and then laughed with his daughter and daughter-in-law.

Then, after lunch, the people who were waiting in the room left, and pulled Huizhu to say something about the life of Niu Yulu Mansion in the past six months, but he didn't have anything to say for a long time.

Huizhu saw that Zhang Jiashi wanted to speak and stopped, poured a cup of tea and handed it over, and said: "I see that there seems to be something in Eniang's heart, but I don't know what it is, which makes Eniang embarrassed." ”

Zhang Jia's family was indeed in a dilemma, but he didn't make it clear, but pulled Huizhu to ask her about her current situation, Fang sighed and said under the ardent expectation of Zhuo Luo's family: "I don't want to find you for this fact, but your brother is twenty-four years old, and he is still a military attache from the seventh grade, it is really not good-looking, you have joined the royal family for so many years, and the people in the house have never looked for you, but this time the opportunity is difficult, and there is really no way out at home, so I will think of you." ”

When Huizhu heard the word "official position", her heart was shocked, but seeing Zhang Jia's sad look, this matter was related to Junxian, so she still said, "I don't know what E-niang said?" ”

A hint of relief flashed in Zhang Jia's eyes, and then he frowned and said: "This month, Long Live Lord will send troops to set up a defense line in Henan and other six provinces, among which our Eight Banners disciples will set up Manchuria, Zuo Ling, Defense, and Xiao Cavalry School Each has eight people, you Ama and I mean, this Xiao Cavalry School is a military attache from the sixth grade, and your brother is originally a military attaché, and it is reasonable to be promoted to a second level when he is transferred out." ”

Huizhu listened to Zhang Jia's words, thought about it in her heart, and didn't speak for the time being.

Zhang Jiashi looked at Huizhu's expression, and said abruptly: "In the thirty-fourth or thirty-eighth year, a batch of military defense was set up, and the children of the Eight Banners who were sent over at that time were all promoted when they came back. When the time comes, your brother will go, and he will come back after a few years of seniority, and he will not worry. As he spoke, he took Zhuo Luo's hand, and said with red eyes: "Your brother and sister have a body of more than four months, and your brother's age can finally have an heir, and I am a lot more relieved." Alas, that's it, it's better not to embarrass you, the head of our family is soft-spoken, I haven't helped you anything, over the years in the Fourth Master's Mansion, you have become a side Fujin by yourself, and now you can't drag you back, you didn't mention it to me. With that, he turned his head and touched the tears on the corners of his eyes.

Huizhu glanced at the Zhuo Luo clan, who was still inconspicuous, and carefully pondered Zhang Jia's words in her heart, and knew that if it was replaced by someone else, her mother's family would have already come over to help the family, and she had not only found her in the twelve or thirteen years of the mansion, but also often sent some money and things to come over to think that this time she was really at a loss, so she would find her. Just let her open her mouth to Yinzhen for this matter

As soon as she thought of this, Huizhu beat a side drum in her heart, but when she saw Zhang Jia's appearance like this, she couldn't bear it, so she had to agree: "I don't guarantee that this matter will be successful, but I will tell the fourth master." When Zhang Jiashi heard this, he looked at Huizhu with a happy face, and then his expression was gloomy, and he said: "The fourth master has always been clear about public and private, if you go, forget it, lest you be bad in front of the fourth master, I and you Ama are thinking of a way." ”

Since she also opened her mouth, Huizhu fully responded: "E-niang don't worry about me, I'll talk about it when I see the time in the past few days." Zhang Jiashi couldn't help but feel guilty when she heard this, but her daughter was no match for her son after all, and Huizhu had both sons and daughters, and no one could surpass her. Thinking about it like this, Zhang Jiashi didn't shirk it, and then carefully told Huizhu about sending troops to defend it, and Fang and his daughter-in-law said goodbye and left together.

After sending Zhang Jia's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law away, Huizhu returned to the house and leaned on the kang alone, thinking about it.

For a while, Su Xin changed the herbal tea to eat and entered the house, and saw that Huizhu seemed to be bothered by something, so she asked, "What's the matter, but there is something going on in the Niu Yu Mansion?" Huizhu frowned and said the matter again, Su Xin Huo Ran said loudly, "What", and then hurriedly said: "Why is it at this fork, don't say that the master is not good to talk to, but now the relationship between the master and the master is stiff, when Xiao Gege was injured last year, you were punished by the master, and the master came once in the past six months, or because the little brother was taken into the palace, the master had some quarrels with the master last month, and at this time, how to go to the master to ask for an official position." ”

Huizhu glanced at Su Xin and didn't speak, in fact, she was thinking about these in her heart, even more worried than Su Xin, thinking of Yinzhen's fierceness that day, she had palpitations, and it was hard to say.

After a few days, Huizhu hesitated and didn't speak until the last two days of the matter, seeing that this matter could no longer be delayed, she took a look at Yinzhen's days in the house, found an excuse to send food, and sent Xiao Ranzi over to spread the word.

Huizhu waited anxiously in the room for a reply, stood up from time to time, walked around, sat down again, supported her neck, and looked out of the curtain for a while, Huizhu was thinking about getting up and taking a turn, only to see the curtain lifted, Xiao Ranzi smiled and said: "Master, the master asked you to send food over." ”

Huizhu was stunned for a moment, but she didn't expect Yinzhen to really agree with her, but she didn't think much about it, so she hurriedly instructed Xiao Ranzi to carry the food box and walk with her to the study room in the east of the mansion.

Along the way, Huizhu heart up and down, only feel that did not walk a few steps to the courtyard of the study, this courtyard is semi-enclosed, in front of the courtyard is a moon door, there is a pavilion with red paint and blue tiles in the door, borrowing the corridor on both sides, only stretching out a corner, standing in front of the moon door, only to see that there is a curved corridor around the small courtyard is a rockery stalagmite standing upright, green vines are around, the ancient tomb is lined with famous flowers, very elegant.

Just looking curiously, I suddenly saw Xiao Luzi with a smiling face, coming from the verandah, and now he gave a few orders to the guards guarding the Moon Gate, and then he said a thousand words: "The slave asked for peace for Niu Yulu Fujin." After speaking, he turned sideways, made a gesture to lead the way, and said, "Please come with the minion." Huizhu responded with a smile, took the food box from Xiao Ranzi's hand, and followed him into the courtyard.

The courtyard was not a big walk for a while, and stopped in front of a house, and then Xiao Luzi entered the house to pass the word, and got a reply, before he bowed down and pushed open the door himself, and whispered: "Lord let you in" Huizhu nodded and took a deep breath, tightened the food box in his hand, and then stepped into the study.

"Squeak" The door was closed, Huizhu was looking at the red door when she heard the sound, and she heard Yinzhen say in a faint voice: "Put the food box on the high table on the other side of the seat, I will deal with the matter at hand, and I will come over in a while." Huizhu hurriedly turned her head, and when she raised her eyes, she saw that Yinzhen was still looking down at the folds on the table, pouting secretly, and walked to the seat to wait.

The room was quiet again, except for the occasional rustling of paper.

Huizhu sat stiffly on the chair for a while, and still took a closer look at Yinzhen's study. The furnishings of the study are somewhat simple, with a marble hanging screen hanging in the middle of the main entrance, and a small square table below, with a left and right Taishi chair, and a chessboard on the table; In the east room, there is a desk where Yinzhen handles official affairs, and the desk is also very simple, with only inkstones, pen holders, pen holders, paperweights, printing boxes, etc., as well as a thick stack of folds. There are bookshelves against the wall on the west side of the table, and the bookshelves are full of books, but they are very neatly arranged, which shows that the owner of the books cherishes books very much.

I was about to continue to look at the study, but I heard the sound of the chair moving, and then I saw Yinzhen coming out of the table. Huizhu hurriedly pulled back her gaze from the stained window on the west wall and stood up respectfully.

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