Chapter 154: Tea

At the end of July, news came from the border pass that Tsewang Alabutan had sent generals to invade Tibet, defeated Lazang in one fell swoop, killed Lazang Khan, and imprisoned him. Then in early August, the imperial court was busy, and the ministers of the military aircraft and others gathered together to discuss the use of troops against Dzungaria, but Emperor Kangxi thought that the time was not yet ripe, and refuted many excerpts on the use of soldiers, and did not reply, but secretly had already moved, several times in a row, and many circular letters praised Nian Qianyao in Sichuan.

Seeing this, everyone knew that Emperor Kangxi intended to use troops against Dzungaria, so he praised Nian Qianyao, who supervised Sichuan, and made him pay attention to the people's livelihood. As a result, the important ministers of the imperial court temporarily suppressed the heart of "promoting the prestige of the country", shelved the agenda of using troops, and made friends with this upstart of the imperial court who was about to be reused.

As the saying goes, a rising tide lifts all boats, and Nian's identity has risen a lot because of this. This year, Tang Yao's ascension is imminent, and he loves his sister Nian very much, and when he heard that his niece died early, he sent all kinds of treasures to Prince Yong's mansion; Later, I heard that Yinzhen loved Nian's heart, and Xiao Gege often stayed aside before his early death. Nian Qianyao felt great about this, and even wrote to him to express his heart; Yinzhen was affected by his sensibility, and immediately wrote a letter, nicknamed Lianggong, and called himself his brother, with an expression.

If so, in the cold season of autumn, although Nian's lost his beloved daughter, but the scenery was scorching, there were noble ladies in Beijing and friendly exchanges with him, and Yinzhen was very pitiful in the house, and the rest of the wives and concubines were even more to avoid and flatter, and Nian's face was enough. However, despite this, Nian's heart is still sad, and it is difficult to forget the pain of his beloved daughter passing away in the torture of illness.

On this day, the autumn wind is bleak and the weather is cool, and the grass and trees are shaken and the dew is frost. Nian leaned on the railing slightly, looking at the curling autumn wind, the remnants of the dead branches and yellow leaves, and his heart was stunned. Mama Xing put on a fragrant cloak, put it on for Nian's family, and comforted: "The weather is cold and the dew is heavy, the master has to be careful about his own body." Nian coughed slightly, shook his head lightly and said nothing.

Mama Xing sighed: "Master, although you have the support of the uncle now, the master also loves you, but a woman's family has a son to rely on." Xiao Gege, she is gone, don't think about it anymore, hurry up and conceive a child. Think about Li Fujin, her son even has a daughter-in-law. Nian's body shook slightly, like a residual lotus in the wind, and he raised his eyes halfway before he raised his eyes and said: "I don't know this, but when I think of my daughter's death so miserable, my little body twitches, and I spit out white foam and tongue blood in my mouth, I ......" Speaking of this, Nian couldn't help but cry and sob.

For a while, a pretty girl came to her, Nian Shi hurriedly stopped crying, and asked coldly, "What's wrong?" The pretty girl saluted and said, "Master, you have been here for two hours, and if you don't clean up a little, it will be a little late to go to Baolian Gege's Zhou Banquet." Nian's eyes were full of water, and he flashed fiercely, his left hand tightly grasped the railing, and his right hand holding Jinpa waved lightly: "Baolian Gege, she is really a good life, and she is safe until now...... Let's go, it's too late, recruit people. With that, he put his hand on the back of Mama Xing's hand, and walked away, leaving only a few deep finger marks on the vermilion railing.

Pauline's first birthday banquet was held in the lobby of the first courtyard. Before noon, Huizhu dressed up a little, and then took the one-year-old Baolian and walked to the courtyard with Yinzhen.

Huizhu was half a step behind, looking at Yinzhen's straight back, listening to the voice of Baolian's babbling in her ear, her heart was soft for a moment, and her eyes looking at Yinzhen couldn't help but soften.

In the year of Baolian's birth, Yinzhen held Baolian in her heart, and every time she came, she had to hold Baolian for a while, which made her a little stunned when she was used to seeing Yinzhen's cold and ruthlessness, as if she was grateful for his love for her daughter, and it seemed that the things next to her were invading bit by bit, so that she began to like the time spent together in the morning. There is Hongli lying on the desk to do her homework, she is holding Baolian and playing, and Yinzhen is either seriously instructing Hongli homework, or teasing Baolian, or chatting with her a few homely words......

In his mind, he suddenly heard a voice with a sharp throat saying: "Master, Niu Hulu Fu Jin has arrived, and Baolian Gege has arrived." Huizhu pulled back her thoughts, smiled, and walked out into the courtyard.

Baolian is the only daughter of Yinzhen now, and the daughter of the side Fujin, compared to the grid of other princes' mansions, she is more noble, and this first birthday banquet is a little luxurious and lively, as far as the eye can see, you can see the vermilion wall and green tiles, the red silk curtain shadow, and the new clothes of the servants are neat.

As soon as I walked to the Yimen, I heard laughter in the hall, especially the laughter of women, which was interspersed. When I walked into the inner door, the smell of fat powder came to my nose, and then I saw the Wulanala clan leading everyone to come forward, Huizhu glanced at everyone's clothes and decorations, and raised her eyebrows slightly, it seems that for more than a month, Yinzhen stayed overnight in Nian's place, and everyone still had a reaction.

Subsequently, Huizhu gave the Wulanala clan a salute, and Fang and Yinzhen entered the hall surrounded by everyone and sat down. In addition to the wives and concubines in the house, there are also several clan wives and daughters-in-law, and a bunch of women are together, and they are rarely allowed to talk about clothes, jewelry, beads, rings and jade matches, but after Huizhu came, after a few words, it was pulled to Huizhu's mother and daughter.

Li Shi first smiled and said: "Sister Niu Hulu is really a good life, look at Baolian Gege's well-behaved appearance, I am envious." Huizhu glanced at the delicate woman standing behind the Li family with deep meaning, and smiled back: "With the Zhong family here, it will be enviable to add a grandson to Sister Li at that time." When everyone heard this, they all looked at Zhong. Zhong is still a bride, and in the face of everyone's ambiguous gaze, he blushed and lowered his head in an instant.

Li looked at Yinzhen with gloomy eyes, and sighed: "I have been in the mansion for many years, and I have gone through many things, and I am only looking forward to a Hongshi concubine, so I should not mention it." Everyone felt that they had not been in the house for many years, but they did not even have the hope of a child, and they were even more embarrassed, and they couldn't help but have their own sorrows, or Huizhu who looked at both children with their eyes, or Nian who was favored by their husbands.

Yin Zhen also felt in his heart, remembering that several children born to the Li family had died early, and recalled the relationship with the Li family when he was young, but he also gave face indifferently and said: "In a few years, when Hongshi is older, I will choose a good wife for him, and he will be more sensible." Well, he was a teenager, so he should have been more educated, and I hadn't asked him about his homework for a few days. ”

This is self-evident, Yinzhen's words are promising to pay attention to Hongshi's wedding, and he will also go to the Li family courtyard to have a look. After hearing this, Li raised his eyebrows and thanked Yinzhen with a happy face.

Seeing this, the people present naturally had to rest their minds for a while, and they turned over flattery and praise, and continued to talk and laugh. As he was talking, Gao De said that the auspicious time had arrived, and Yinzhen nodded in agreement.

In a short time, the little eunuch had set up a large carved mahogany couch in the middle of the lobby, on which were books, jewelry, flowers, rouge, food, shovels, spoons (cooking utensils), scissors, rulers (sewing utensils), embroidery threads, patterns (embroidery utensils) and other things. Huizhu took the shouting Baolian from Mama He's hand, walked to the couch, placed Baolian in the middle of the couch, and retreated.

Baolian was dressed in a large magenta dress, with gold locks on her hands and neck, one red and one gold printed on her pink little face, which was very cute. A group of female dependents gathered around and stood in front of it facing the door, and Huizhu had to retreat to the left side of the couch to stand with Yinzhen and Wulanara.

Baolian is also not afraid of life, seeing that there are so many people around, it is lively, and she is dancing happily, but she doesn't catch it, so anxious that Huizhu whispered endlessly: "Go and get it, grab the rouge and jewelry, Bao'er, you go quickly." Wulanala, who was standing next to Huizhu, covered his mouth and chuckled: "Sister Niu Hulu, look at you, Baolian just can't catch rouge, and looking at her face, she knows that she will be older in the future, and she is a good color." Hui Zhu stopped, turned her head, and smiled at the Ulanala clan, but just missed a mocking glance from the Nian clan.

At this time, Bao Lian Xu was interested in the crowd of onlookers, and paid attention to the ornaments around her, only to see Bao Lian crawl to the right hand side with a few "dong dong", looking at a few pieces of jewelry in front of her, and turning her head. When everyone saw it, they estimated that Baolian would grasp the jewelry, so they congratulated: "When you look at Baolian Gege, you know that she is a rich person, and there are so many objects, so I stare at my head and look at it." Huizhu was useful, and she was also looking forward to Baolian grabbing the jewelry, which meant good, so she smiled and greeted everyone.

Nian lowered his eyes to look at Baolian who was puffing on her cheeks, thinking of her daughter's pale complexion, and her heart was as uncomfortable as ants gnawing; Listening to everyone's praise in her ears, she remembered that her daughter was sick when she was one year old, and she didn't even have a weekly gift, complaining about God's injustice, and hating the happy smile on Huizhu's face.

Nian shook his head and shook off the image in his mind, but suddenly saw a little girl holding a plate with a tea cup and walking over from the upper position. Nian's eyes narrowed slightly, and a sharp light flashed very quickly, and when everyone was not paying attention, he took a step back slightly, and stood side by side with the criminal grandmother in the right rear, and immediately grabbed the sleeve of the criminal grandmother tightly with one hand, and closed his eyes to ease the tension in his heart.

Mama Xing felt a pain in her left arm, and looked at Nian in surprise to speak, just in time to see Nian raise her left elbow and lift it up, and hit a hand wearing a green dress and ring......

"Ahh

Huizhu shouted, "Baolian—", and the whole person rushed forward. In an instant, before touching the corner of Baolian's clothes, I only heard a few "pops", the tea cup was broken, followed by a soft woman's cry, and the child's "wow" cry was more than once, and the screams were one after another.