Yin Zhen's thoughts were withdrawn, a strong jealousy was fermented in his heart, and when his unwilling emotions were slowly expanding, he suddenly heard a woman's soft voice blowing, and his heart suddenly sank, and his face sank instantly, and he was extremely unhappy with the leakage of his emotions. After secretly being strict for a while, Fang raised his eyes and looked at the person in front of him, under the orange candlelight, reflecting the woman's delicate eyebrows, thinking of Fang Cai's delicate and soft voice like a wisp of hot spring, from the woman in front of him, he couldn't help but move in his heart.

Huizhu didn't reply for a long time, her half-squatting body was a little stiff, she looked up suspiciously, and saw Yinzhen's eyes looking ahead, her fists clenched on the kang, as if she was trying her best to hide something, and there was a faint trace of anger on her cold face. Huizhu was shocked, at first she thought that Yinzhen's angry eyes were coming at her, but after a short while, she realized that although Yinzhen's eyes were looking directly at her, there was clearly no her in her eyes, which showed that this sudden fierceness was not aimed at her.

Yin Zhen saw Huizhu looking at her in surprise, remembering the gaffe just now, the charm that had just sprung up in her heart also receded, and she picked up the one in her hand again: "Get up, I didn't help much in this matter, if it weren't for your brother's own strength there, I wouldn't have taken the initiative to promote him." ”

Huizhu was still in amazement, at first glance when she saw Yinzhen return to normal, she was stunned for a while, only to hear Yinzhen say again: "Don't take a needle and thread at night, you go and rest first, I still have some things to deal with." With that, he threw away the book in his hand, put on his shoes, walked to the desk and sat down, picked up the blue fold that had been placed at some point, and looked at it with great care.

With such an obvious eviction order, Huizhu couldn't hear it, so after Fu Fu responded, he packed up the needlework, cloth and other things on the low collapse, bypassed the screen, and returned to the bedroom.

Today, Huizhu cautiously talked to Concubine De for half an afternoon, and when she saw the thick and warm bed laid out, she suddenly felt sleepy, so she simply blew out the lamp and lay down, and fell asleep after a while. When the drowsiness was thick, a hazy and hazy sound came, and he waved his hand impatiently, and the sound disappeared.

After a while, Huizhu felt her body sink, and suddenly noticed that she was trapped in a man's chest, listening to the heavy wheezing sound of the man above, she didn't have to think about it to know the man's intentions, and was shocked, and struggled to say: "Bold person, actually..."

After a while, Yinzhen moved away slightly, looking down at the woman below him, her deep eyes flashing with complex light in the dark night. Huizhu turned her head, panting, she hadn't recovered from the leak just now, she hadn't done anything with men and women for more than a year, and she was surprised for a while, and she forgot that there was only one person in the house who would treat him so unscrupulously, but ......

The tingling sensation on her lips came, which made Huizhu, who had given birth to a son and a daughter, blush on her face, and she clearly remembered that this was the second time that Yinzhen had kissed her since she had been married to Yinzhen for more than 12 years. Huizhu hurriedly shook her head, not daring to continue thinking, but felt that her face was not as hot as her own, which made her at a loss, and she was even more self-conscious in her heart, she was already twenty-four or five years old, and she was like a little girl, what kind of shame did she feel to the man who had been with her for so many years, didn't she let her be "abandoned" by her mother, and gave her a small favor...... Still is...... Father of two of ......

Yinzhen borrowed the light projected, and every slight change in Huizhu's expression fell in his eyes, the woman's unique delicate posture was fully revealed, the tip of the nose lingered with a faint fragrance, and the hand touched the soft waist, at this moment, Yinzhen only felt that something numb in his heart crawled over, tickling him, and his heartstrings floated.

Yin Zhen forced himself to suppress the urge to stop her into his arms, squinted his eyes, in March and April, when a butterfly with a cocoon full of youth and beauty, he was already moved, but he was deliberately alienated and couldn't pull his face, and wanted to be cold; Later, a few months later, he gave her a step, but she was still deliberately alienated, which made his always arrogant heart squeeze out his anger, and made up his mind that if she did not take the initiative to give in, she would not come again. Today, he came here for Concubine De's business, but without any thoughts, he felt the faint warmth brought by his children, and the woman who brought him a comfortable and warm feeling three years ago seemed to be back.

Thinking of this, the edges and corners of Yinzhen's face eased slightly, this woman who was in a fugue, the shyness on her face, and her angry eyes were all directed at him, a woman whose emotions and anger were completely attached to him.

The more Yin Zhen thought about it, the brighter his eyes became, and his heart suddenly brightened, yes, the awkwardness of this woman some time ago should also be the reason for him, after all, she once wrote such a Western poem, if there is no deep love, how can she write it?

Yin Zhen found a kind of attention in Huizhu's flushed face, and a sense of macho satisfaction arose, since this woman was completely his woman, why should he restrain himself? With a turn of thought, Yin Zhen followed his thoughts, reached out and touched Huizhu's face as thin as congealed cream, and said hoarsely in his throat: "Settle it." As he spoke, he leaned down again.

Huizhu's heart trembled when she listened to Yinzhen's hoarse tone full of desire, and before she could react, her body immediately softened, and the person on her body acted arbitrarily......

The hibiscus curtain, the light and shadow are swaying, moaning and turning, I don't know how deep the love is?

It's been a long time to sleep alone, now there is one more person next to the pillow, and there is a bit of sour feeling on the body, so when the sky is not yet bright, Huizhu has woken up leisurely, looking forward to opening it, looking at the sky outside, periosteum hours, thinking for a moment, then want to get up and prepare Yinzhen morning's things, but just sat up, I was surprised to find that there was not an inch on my body, and the original dirty clothes were thrown to the wardrobe again, and I was busy getting into the futon.

Yin Zhen coughed, Huizhu was stunned, turned her head very lightly, and met a pair of eyes with a slight smile in the next moment. Smile? Huizhu was dumbfounded at her appearance, and blinked her eyes in disbelief, but saw that the cold eyes that had no emotion in both directions were really smiling. However, after a while, Huizhu came back to her senses and understood the meaning in Yinzhen's eyes, her face was instantly red and abnormal, and she still unconsciously glared at Yinzhen, her eyes flowed, and the little woman's style was inadvertently revealed.

For so many years, when has Yin Zhen seen Huizhu's delicate state, she has always been cold and dull, but now she looks at him shyly and timidly.

Yin Zhen suddenly came hot again, this woman's style is shown for her, how can she not satisfy his heart as a man and a husband again.

For a while, the ambiguous breath echoed between the two, only to hear the "squeak" sound, breaking the ambiguity of the room, and then the slight footsteps got closer and closer, and it was already understood that it could be seen that the master in the screen had no intention of getting up, so he had to hesitate for a while, leaned forward and said: "Master, but when you get up, the slave has prepared two buckets of hot water for the master and Niu Yulu Fujin to purify." Servile, through the blurred screen, Xiao Luzi still looked respectful and cautious.

Yin Zhen half-closed his eyes, flirting on Huizhu's smooth and soft jade back, and didn't pay attention to Xiao Luzi's words. Huizhu blushed and buried in Yinzhen's neck, and didn't see any reaction for a long time, thinking that Suxin Xiaoluzi and they were still waiting outside, so she had to find a hole to bury her, but she had no choice but to face shallowly, and she couldn't open her mouth to answer, so she had to raise her head slightly, and said in her ear: "Master, get up, Xiao Luzi is still waiting." ”

Yin Zhen opened his eyes in response, squinted at Huizhu, reached out and picked up the robe next to the bed, got up and put it on, and put down the bed curtain again, Fang ordered: "Come in." "Xiao Luzi was pardoned, and he hurriedly called the people who served him to come in and wait for Yinzhen to bathe and dress.

After a while, Su Xin came over with the toiletries, and when he saw the situation in the house, he couldn't close his mouth with a smile, but considering that there were still people around Yinzhen at this time, it was inconvenient to say much, but when he waited for Huizhu to get up, he had to make a look. Now, it's boring to make Huizhu funny, now everyone in the yard knows what happened last night, one or two are still so happy, and Xiaojuan They are waiting closely, seeing the traces on her body, it is a red-faced and red-eared person, don't you dare to look at her with the right eyes, don't you know that she will also be embarrassed?

Subsequently, Huizhu finally packed up and came to the inner room under the sight of Su Xin and the others. Hot meals have been set up on the kang table in the house, Yinzhen is sitting on the kang table, drinking bean juice and eating dumplings, and the Hongli brothers and sisters are also eating on the side. Seeing this, Huizhu smiled unconsciously, and then walked towards the kang table.

At this time, I only heard Baolian holding her small silver spoon and pointing at Huizhu with one hand, as if she was surprised, and shouted in a childish voice: "Eniangniang - blushing - big red red, brother, look." Hearing this, except for Hongli looking up at Huizhu, everyone in the room looked at him, and Huizhu's originally slightly red face was red to the base of his neck in an instant.

When everyone saw it, they couldn't help but want to laugh, but thinking about their identity, they had to hold back a smile.

Yin Zhen put down the dumpling in his hand, eased his chest, looked at Hongli as if he had the intention of breaking the siege, and said: "Use it quickly, I will enter the palace with you later, and I will not delay the hour." Hongli didn't feel a weight on his shoulders, and said sullenly: "My son thanked Amma." But the fifth brother has always gone to the study with his son? Yin Zhen nodded with satisfaction: "As an elder brother, you should take care of your younger brother." But don't worry, I've sent someone to inform Hongtian to go to the outer courtyard earlier and wait, and then we'll go together. ”

Hongli respectfully responded, but his little heart was happy, he could feel his mother's joy, as if he noticed the changes between his parents, although there was actually no change, but he just noticed the difference, so that he liked it very much, if it could go on like this.

Chapter 167 ends

Chapter 168 Zhangfu - Hand Fighting

1st floor

168 Governor's House

personally sent Hongli father and son out of the courtyard gate, Huizhu hurried back to the house, did not wait to take a breath, and asked Su Xin to help dry her hair, comb her bun, change her clothes, and finish everything to clean up, and it was not too early. Huizhu glanced at the window frame, saw that it was already bright outside, and her heart paused slightly, and when she turned around, she smiled again.

Su Xin looked at Huizhu's line of sight, understood in her heart, and couldn't help but mutter: "It's already late, and I can't catch up, so the master should be more careful on the road and walk slower." As he spoke, he dusted off his cloak for Huizhu and told Xiao Ranzi a few words before letting Huizhu leave.

Last night, the wind did not stop, and this will go out of the yard, only to know that the snow has also fallen overnight, a thick layer, walking on the snow, from time to time there is a "squeak" sound.

Along the way, Huizhu stepped on the snow, and when she arrived at the main courtyard, the hem of the flag uniform was splashed a lot.

The Ulanala clan accepted the salute with a smile, swept the hem of Huizhu's clothes with a low eye, and said to himself: "Last night, the snow was a foot thick, Sister Niu Yulu, you came to say goodbye, and your hem was wet, but my sin." After a pause, he commanded again: "Find a foot stove with a lot of silver and carbon for Sister Niu Yulu to change, this splashes snow and is easy to freeze." Huizhu sat on the chair and saluted: "Lao Fujin is thinking about the concubine, and the deerskin boots worn by the concubine are not easy to soak. However, the concubine was greedy today because of the cold weather, and this night, I hope that Fujin and the sisters will not bury me. Geng's busy words contained everyone's meaning, and he waved his hand and shook his head, so that Huizhu was relieved.

Li still remembers yesterday's events, he has long been sour, and now he saw that Huizhu came late and didn't say it, his eyebrows were full of spring and smiles, and he knew what was going on when he saw it, the vinegar jar in his heart was overturned, and he couldn't do anything sour, but it was in the face of everyone, and it was hard to say anything, and he secretly had a sullen stomach.

Over the past year, except for the Nian family and the An family, Yin Zhen rarely stepped into the back house, let alone went to the courtyards of other wives and concubines. At this time, everyone saw that Huizhu was more beautiful, had children and daughters, according to today's situation, Yinzhen seemed to be about to regain his favor, and his heart was as sour and vinegar as Li's, and he was still a little hostile to Nian's. thinks that Huizhu is just an ordinary person with them, and if she wants to be beautiful, she is even more talentless, and she doesn't even have a lot of family affairs, but she is taller than them and becomes noble, why is this?

For a while, the atmosphere in the room was silent, and everyone did not dare to speak angrily, or served tea lightly, or talked in pairs, or whispered around the pa, all of them were silent, and no one responded to Geng's words.

Seeing this, Nian's lips hooked slightly, and he was about to say something, but he was robbed by Wu Yashi and said: "Ouch, what Sister Geng said is that Niu Yulu Fujin has a good temperament, who doesn't praise it, even if you live the Lord and Concubine De Niangniang, you also call you hello, come here tonight, and there is a reason for thinking about it, how can the concubine bury you." Wu Yashi moved out of Emperor Kangxi and Concubine De, and everyone had to suppress their unhappiness and echo in unison.

Huizhu seemed to notice that everyone's hearts were different, and she was curious about this sudden hostility, and Yinzhen also went to her for the night, which made people worry about it, such as Nian's and An's, and they didn't know how to hate it.

However, although Huizhu thought so, she still responded modestly, as in the past.

Nian listened to Huizhu's words, and the ridicule was even worse, a faction of hypocrisy, and the layman was introduced, and contempt flashed in his eyes. The Wu family has been attached to the Nian family for many years, and it is a city house, peeking at the expression on the face of the Nian family, he probably guessed the thoughts of the Nian family, and secretly thought in his heart, his apricot eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Huizhu and said with a smile: "It should really be for a reason, Niu Yulu Fujin wants to serve the master and the little brother of Hongli to enter the palace, and he has to take care of Baolian Gege, and he has delayed the time, so he came later, what is there to bury you, this is a blessing that others can't ask for, and the concubine can be envied." Wu's words undoubtedly put everyone's jealousy on the table, and the people who picked them had different thoughts.

Huizhu didn't make a sound, picked up the bowl on the side, lightly looked for the tea foam, and then threw it heavily on the high table, with a crisp sound of "sonorous", everyone who listened was stunned, and then looked at Huizhu with a brush, and it was expected that there would be a quarrel.

I didn't want Huizhu to be thundering and raining, so she looked away from the bowl, swept over the people in the room one by one, and finally looked at Wu. Pretended to respond: "Wu Gege is straightforward and fast-talking, I know what you mean, people should cherish their blessings, cherish what they have in front of them, and don't be that ambitious." Now, I am blessed to have Hongli Baolian by my side, and to have Fujin and all the sisters to get along with me. ”

Wu was dumbfounded, although Huizhu said that she was gentle and agreed, but with irony, she was reprimanded in turn, and after these confrontations, she was at a disadvantage every time, and she underestimated her in the first place......

Huizhu called softly, "Wu Gege? Wu was thinking about it, being called by Huizhu, knowing that he was distracted, he hurriedly looked up, and Huizhu's smile flickered, as if he knew what she was thinking, he was suddenly startled, and hurriedly replied: "What Niu Yulu Fujin said is that the concubine has been taught." Huizhu smiled and stared directly, but let out a long sigh in her heart.

The Wulanala clan looked at it from the top position, and saw that Huizhu was getting harder and harder, not worried but happy, and was pondering in his heart, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the indifferent Nian clan out of the corner of his eye, and unconsciously deepened his smile: "Sister Niu Yulu, I still have something to discuss with you today." Huizhu was not finished with a long breath, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but pouted secretly, looked at the Wulanala clan suspiciously, and said with a smile: "I don't know what Fujin wants the concubine to do, although it is ordered." ”

The words of the Ulanala clan came out, and the room full of people was different, and I wondered what Huizhu needed to help do?

The Wulanala clan said kindly: "Sister Niu Yulu, you have been in the house for many years, and you are the most careful in dealing with people, just now Sister Geng and they said it in person, so I just borrowed this file and asked my sister to come over to help me manage the affairs of the house, but my sister is willing?" ”

Huizhu was shocked, no matter how she thought about it, what the Wulanala clan wanted to say was this, the management of the mansion is powerful, but not to mention whether the people in the mansion are convinced or not, that is, the Li family and the Nian clan will take the lead in refusing to follow.

Huizhu was right, everyone was stunned at first when they heard this, they still couldn't believe it, and then they reacted and directly disagreed. I saw Li's chair handle slapped, and immediately stopped it loudly: "Fujin, the concubine thinks that this time is inappropriate, although Niu Yulu's sister is a side Fujin, she has not been promoted for a long time, and her qualifications are still shallow, so she must not be able to cover everything." Li said this, just to show that he was the most suitable candidate. Nian disdained the meaning of Li's words, but also twisted his eyebrows and objected: "Fujin, the concubine also thinks that Sister Li's words are reasonable, Sister Niu Yulu still has to take care of Brother Hongli and Baolian Gege, I don't think I have the energy to take care of the mansion anymore, and I ask Fujin to think twice." ”

The Wulanala clan seemed to have expected everyone's disapproval, and said calmly: "Sister Li and Sister Nian don't worry, I have considered all of this, and I still think that Sister Niu Yulu is the best candidate." In the past few years, I have been a little struggling to manage the huge palace, and I have long wanted to find someone to help share the burden. At the beginning, Sister Li was chosen, but Hongshi had just accepted the side room, and he was about to choose the main room, which was the top priority, and Sister Li had to be busy, so she had to give up. Although my sister's heart is as fine as dust, her body has always been weak, how can I be tired of my sister again? ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Huizhu and said with a smile: "Sister Niu Yulu is steady, although she doesn't talk much, but this point is praised by Lord Banzai, and Sister Niu Yulu was close to the father back then, and she wanted to come to the master." As for the Hongli brothers and sisters, don't worry about it, Hongli is already a big child, and he has been in the study for more than a year, and he doesn't need to take care of Niu Yulu's sister personally, and Baolian is a personality, she is raised in the deep boudoir, and she has a mother-in-law to watch, and she is taught by her grandmother, and she doesn't need Niu Yulu's sister to take care of it herself. Do you think I'm talking about it? ”

The words were reasonable, and everyone had no way to refute them, so they responded a little stiffly.

Although the words came to this, Huizhu was still unwilling, and when the Wulanala clan finished speaking, he hurriedly interjected: "Fujin, the concubine is stupid and extremely lazy, although Cheng Fujin can afford it, but if it is not taken care of well, it will not live up to Fujin's hopes." The Wulanala clan glanced at him, and the Song clan hurriedly helped to persuade: "Niu Yulu Fujin, don't be too modest, but even the Long Live Lord has praised you, so according to the concubine, this matter is the most suitable for you." ”

Seeing that Huizhu still wanted to shirk the past, the Wulanala clan made a gesture and said angrily: "Sister Niu Yulu is helping the master, and all the sisters are in favor, if the sister still refuses, it is unwilling to help me and disappoint the hearts of all the sisters." If so, Li and Nian also knew that they could help say a few words lightly, and Huizhu saw this and knew that it was difficult to shirk. I had to accept it.

Subsequently, most of the people in the house had no intention of having a good morning, only Wu Ya's kept talking, which was obvious to Huizhu's flattery, attracting a lot of white eyes, but they still didn't know it, knowing that it was two o'clock, Fang stopped talking, and everyone went back to the hospital.

On the way back, Huizhu and Geng went together, and after saying something about Hongli and Hongday's homework on the way, Geng saw that there were no outsiders on the left and right, so he leaned over and said: "It's a good thing to be able to take charge of the affairs of the house, but according to the concubine, the timing of this matter is not right, and Nian Fujin is the time when the limelight is rising day by day, and you ...... There are fewer times when the lord has been in the back house for more than a year, and you have only come back these days, and there must be people with red eyes, and when the fourteenth master appointed the general, Brother Hongli was sent back to the house again...... The concubine thinks that this matter is not good, you still need to be careful, the New Year is coming soon, and there are many things in the house, ......" As he spoke, Geng Shi frowned and shook his head, looking extremely difficult to say.

Huizhu didn't know this reason, but it was not good to say much, so she patted Geng's hand, answered simply, and then left Geng and went back to the courtyard.

Chapter 168 ends

169 Momentum (I)

In the courtyard, Su Xin was already waiting under the corridor, and when she saw Huizhu coming back with a bad face, she stopped and hurriedly greeted her, waited into the house, and asked, "Master, but what did they say?" It makes your heart unhappy."

Huizhu said that the Wulanala clan asked her to help manage the mansion, and Su Xinxi said: "Over Li and Nian, the two Fujin are in charge of the mansion, this is a good ...... to get power" Halfway through the words, she noticed that something was wrong, and immediately stopped, frowned and said: "Let's not say anything else, in recent years, the master and Nian Fujin have become more and more wrong, and Nian Fujin is now on the rise, you are favored by Fujin, she must be unconvinced, and she will inevitably stumble." Fujin arranged it like this, wouldn't it be a good thing to let the master compete with Nian Fujin. ”

Huizhu was also worried in her heart, and only yesterday did Concubine De vaguely point out that Nian's was a stumbling block on her path; Today, the Ulanala clan asked her to assist the head of the family, so that she had no choice but to counteract with the Nian clan, or with the Li clan, the Wu clan and others who were not convinced by her.

As her mind went down and down, thinking about the troubles that might ensue in the future, Huizhu frowned and suddenly fell silent. Su Xin raised her eyelids and looked at it, Qiaoxin returned to the circle, and said with relief: "The master is in charge of the mansion, it was Fujin who put it forward in front of everyone, as long as the master does what Fujin ordered properly, no one can find a mistake." ”

Huizhu was worried about Concubine De's side in her heart, she didn't know, and she didn't plan to say it, so she reluctantly nodded in agreement, secretly, she just said that she would pay more attention to herself in the future.

In the evening, Yinzhen came to the courtyard again, Huizhu was worried about things, but she didn't have the awkwardness of Qingxiao, Yinzhen was not the person who was in the wind and snow, so after dinner, he said coldly: "You want to help Fujin take care of the house?" Huizhu didn't have a good feeling in her heart, seeing Yinzhen's cold-hearted and cold-faced appearance, she couldn't help but mutter, and after a few words, she still answered softly.

Yin Zhen glanced at Huizhu and said: "In this way, you can just do the things arranged by Fujin, and you don't have to pay attention to other things." Huizhu didn't like the directors in the first place, how could she take the initiative to deal with other things, and after listening to Yinzhen's instructions, she didn't want to respond loudly.

Yinzhen saw that Huizhu answered quickly, and he was quite satisfied, so he didn't say anything, turned around, and fell on the march of Yinzhen's army. Huizhu saw that Yinzhen was thinking about business, so she followed her previous habit and didn't bother, but only asked the kitchen to prepare some supper at night and send it up, and then went to clean up and sleep.

On the second day, Huizhu got up early, freshened up, and waited for Yinzhen father and son, they had breakfast, left the yard, and directly put on a cloak, took a hand stove, and went to the main courtyard for good morning. In the main courtyard room, a wife and concubine chattered and gossiped for a while, and the Ulanala clan saw that the hour was almost up, so they summoned the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were in charge of the house and others to come over, and in front of everyone, they made it clear that Huizhu was helping to take care of the house, and the other faction generously took half of the account books in the house and distributed them to Huizhu, indicating the meaning of trust and decentralization.

When the matter was properly explained, everyone left. Huizhu returned to the courtyard, took the account book and looked at it for a while, she shook her head and sighed, she was dazzled, it seems that most of the things that Zhang Jia's family taught her back then seemed to be returned, and this will look at it, it is not as good as Su Xin to know more.

Xiao Ranzi's mind turned quickly, and when he saw that Huizhu was at a loss, he made a move on the side. When Huizhu heard this, she immediately stroked her palms and laughed: "It's your kid who is clever." "Anyway, I was busy asking Mr. Fang to come over and give some advice, after that. She only knows most of it and can get started.

There are not many account books under the Wulanala clan, there are three, but most of them are small and cumbersome things: one is the account book procured in the house, which is difficult to Huizhu, and the procurement of the house, the house has always been in charge of the head of Fang, and Zhang Fu is also followed by Zhang Fu at the bottom, so she doesn't have to worry about it, and she has reduced a lot of things.

The second is the operation of the house from the master to the slave's clothing and ornaments, etc., this Huizhu can be painted according to the gourd, according to the original arrangement, but now the New Year's Festival is approaching, the new clothes of the Manchurians, the extra monthly money already need to be planned, and they have to be prepared before the twenty-fourth of the lunar month, and they have to be busy.

The third is the matter in the kitchen, according to the words of the Wulanala clan, Yinzhen has praised the food in Huizhu's courtyard for doing a good job, so the small kitchen in her courtyard must be good, so it was divided. In this way, it is more complicated than the first two, it looks like it is an easy job, in fact, it is the most responsible, especially in the New Year's Festival, the food on the table every year is those, and it is almost the same as in previous years, and it is not good to make it a little bad, and it will be a body that is not.

Huizhu read and looked at the three account books, discussed with Su Xin for a long time, and finally decided that the top priority was to do the things on the New Year's Festival. So, Huizhu thought about finding a clothing workshop and a silversmith's jewelry shop first, customizing new clothes and making gold and silver bills, and at the end of the year, they would be distributed in each courtyard. Then let the manager Fang set the vegetables, melons and fruits, and wine koji elixir during the New Year's Festival, and plan for the New Year's Festival after Laba as early as possible, so as not to have insufficient ingredients at that time, and arrange the dishes of the New Year's Festival in advance.

In this arrangement, Huizhu felt that it was feasible, but after more than ten years of being the shopkeeper, she was still not at ease, so she went to Manager Fang again to tell her thoughts, and saw that Manager Fang nodded in agreement, so she went to the main courtyard in person on the second day and slept with the Wulanala clan.

The Wulanala clan praised Huizhu with a smile on his face, and said angrily: "Sister Niu Yulu, you are really, since I handed over the matter to my sister, my sister is intuitive, don't worry about me." Huizhu smiled and refused to agree, and when she should act, she still came to ask the Ulanala clan before acting.

In the following days, Huizhu was really busy, at first she just set a big approach, and then she was meticulous about the facts. If so, Huizhu will follow the instructions of the matter, and after a few days, there will be problems, and someone will have something wrong.

Up and down the house, the people in the big kitchen are the most high, and the most tricky, Huizhu didn't treat them in the early years, but they cut corners on the ingredients they sent to concubines like Gege, but they turned a blind eye. I don't want these mothers-in-law to see Huizhu in charge for a few days, and do things secretly to them, but they don't say anything, and this courage gradually grows up, and they start to talk nonsense.

This word spread for two days, and when it reached Huizhu's ears, Huizhu was not angry, but just thought about how she would take care of other things if these kitchen wives were arrogant and had a bad head. It seems that if you want to wait for the New Year, you can't clean up the kitchen again, and now you have to police them.

Things came quickly, and two days later, Xiaojuan went to the big kitchen to get the ingredients, and was mocked by the mother-in-law in the kitchen, feeling aggrieved, she hugged the ingredients and ran out of the yard. At this time, as soon as Xiaojuan walked outside the courtyard gate, she heard the laughter of the mother-in-law in the courtyard, and also laughed at the master in the house. After hearing this, he changed his clothes and hat, stepped on the porch of the courtyard, and happened to meet Gao De who came to discuss things, so he found a reason and asked Gao De to go with her to see the ingredients of Laba the day after tomorrow.

Outside the kitchen compound, a woman showed off: "You are deducting the ingredients from Geng Gege's yard, but what I deducted is the good things in Nian Fujin's yard, which is extremely high-quality, I asked people to sell it yesterday, guess how much I sold?" a full forty taels of silver. Another mother-in-law said: "You dare to do anything about the things of Nianfu Jinyuan, I don't dare, at most I don't dare to deduct Wu Gege." Several other mothers-in-law chimed in. A mother-in-law said disdainfully: "Don't talk about Nianfujin Academy, it's the Niu Yulu Fujin that cares about us, and I also deducted it, which is also the best thing, and Brother Hongli usually eats......

Huizhu glanced at Gao De, and while bypassing the wall shadow, he asked: "Oh, there are a lot of things that are not deducted, it seems that this kitchen is really a fat difference, I don't know what the master and Fujin use, but you also deducted it." The mother-in-law was happy, and when she heard someone holding her, she didn't understand, and said proudly: "Hehe, Lord and Fujin, the old woman didn't dare, but now this soft-footed Niu Yulu Fujin is in charge of the kitchen, of course the old woman ......" This mother-in-law is also a clever woman, seeing the original atmosphere of talking and laughing, suddenly condensed, and the words blurted out unconsciously disappeared into her mouth.

Huizhu looked at the four or five mothers-in-law who changed their faces in an instant, and said softly: "I take care of the kitchen, of course you ......" Saying this, her tone changed suddenly, and she shouted: "I have to touch the things in the house and sell them, seek my own selfishness, and chew right and wrong behind my back." ”

The mother-in-law was stunned, turned around tremblingly, and Huizhu was wearing a sable falling cloak, wearing delicate armor and holding a small glass-gilt hand stove in her hand, and the eyebrows on her forehead were strained, but she looked directly at a shocking momentum.

The mother-in-law only glanced at it, her face turned white for a while, her knees trembled, and she only heard a "bang", and the mother-in-law knelt directly on the ground, and then the remaining mother-in-law also came back to their senses, and knelt on the ground busily, and read in their mouths: "The slave is wronged, and the slave deserves to die." ”

Huizhu looked coldly and begged for mercy from several mothers-in-law, until there were onlookers who came to watch after hearing the sound, Fang said lightly "Oh", "Since it's time to die, why should you be wronged." You have already admitted that you have deducted the ingredients in the mansion, and you have also deducted the ingredients of the Lord and Fujin, how can you be called wronged. Besides, Gonggong Gao also heard this, so it is possible that he has really wronged you. With that, he looked sideways at Gao De. Gao De glanced around, took a step forward, and shouted: "Bold, dare to quibble in front of Niu Yulu Fujin, a group of dog minions who don't know whether they are alive or dead." ”

Chapter 169 ends

17o momentum (below)——

The rest of the mothers-in-law saw that the general trend had gone, and they were all frightened that the six gods had no master, but they could not escape the responsibility, and their hearts were horrified. At this time, one of them suddenly crawled to Huizhu, crying: "Niu Yulu Fujin, the minions are wronged, they are all instructed by Mama Xue, how dare the minions deduct the use of the master and Fujin, the minions are wronged, the master Mingjian, this is all Mama Xue's idea alone..."

The other mothers-in-law have also been in the welfare for more than ten years, and they know the reason of punishing the public, which will be alerted by the crying and shouting, and they all reacted, Qi Qi pointed to the arrogant mother-in-law who was the first to meet, and shirked: "Master, you are Mingjian, this matter is all made up by Mama Xue alone, and the minions dare not disobey...... You also heard it, and she admitted it herself, not only did she detain you and Nian Fujin Yuan, but also returned the grandfather and ......" The words did not fall, and between Xue Mama turned around, and rushed towards the mother-in-law who cried the loudest.

"Bang" a few times, the direct sound of the fan, the people around were all stunned, and in a moment, Mama Xue opened her mouth and scolded angrily: "The shameless Po Po Niang, dare to splash dirty water on the old lady, you don't let the old lady have a good time, and the old lady doesn't let you get by." Saying that, Mama Xue relied on her five big and three rough, and beat the remaining four mothers-in-law to death fiercely, and the mothers-in-law who beat them kept screaming.

Huizhu was also a little stunned, how did she know that this person named Mama Xue was so fierce and spicy, seeing that the situation was getting more and more wrong, she hurriedly asked Gao De to bind Mama Xue. Gao De took the words, turned around, called a few stout mothers-in-law to tie up Mama Xue, and said in a sharp voice: "What are you still doing, why don't you go and deal with her quickly." Not to mention committing a big crime, if you dare to be presumptuous in front of Niu Yulu Fujin, you should beat me and beat me hard. Turning around, he said with a respectful face: "This woman has embezzled the master's things and sold them privately, not to mention, and she is still presumptuous in front of you, which is really unforgivable." I don't know what you think, is it fifty or a hundred? ”

Fifty or a hundred, whichever you choose, you will be beaten to death! Huizhu was full of horror under strong pressure, looked at Xiaojuan and the others with a frightened look on their faces, and secretly relieved herself, at this time, it was difficult to ride a tiger, and she was not soft, otherwise she and the Hongli brothers and sisters would be sad in the future.

Thinking of this, Huizhu hardened her heart, looked at Mama Xue who was tied to the bench again, gritted her teeth, and said quietly: "Fifty or one hundred canes are punished, there is no difference, let Grandpa Gao make the decision." Gao De responded, and then shouted: "A hundred rods to blame, and afterwards, the whole family will be beaten." When the words fell, the two little eunuchs held up the red lacquered wooden planks and really beat them down.

Mama Xue was still struggling on the wooden bench at first, and her mouth with rags was also whimpering and crying; At some point, the rich smell of blood began to drift away, and the mottled blood stains fell on the white snow, showing the gradual passing of a handful of lives.

Mama Xue was still struggling on the wooden bench at first, and her mouth with rags was also whimpering and crying; At some point, the rich smell of blood began to drift away, and the mottled blood stains fell on the white snow, showing the gradual passing of a handful of lives.

"Thirty-eight...... Forty-one...... Forty-five ......" The eunuch who reported the number on the side shouted forty-five, frowned, turned to Huizhu, and asked, "That woman has lost her breath, but she still wants to continue?" Hearing this, Huizhu gasped and forced himself to calm down: "Everyone is dead, don't fight." The little eunuch received the order, and Gao De smiled: "Niu Yulu Fujin is benevolence, and having you as the master is the blessing of us to be slaves." ”

Benevolent? Huizhu sneered silently, looking ahead of the mess, and the mother-in-law kneeling beside her all shrank down and looked at her in horror. Huizhu was stunned, retracted her gaze, and her thoughts flew to the year she entered the mansion unconsciously, and it was also like this today, and the white snow was soaked in bright red anthropology. At that time, she was still accusing the Ulanala clan of being ruthless, but now, the scene has changed, the people have changed, but the ruthless executioner has become her.

Huizhu thought about it for a while, and was suddenly pulled by Xiao Ranzi's sleeves, Fang Hui regained his mind, and instructed Gao De: "It's almost the New Year, and it is not appropriate to have more lives, so as not to get dirty." As for them? Just if you don't report it, you will be fined three months per person. Gao De comprehended, looked at the mothers-in-law and said: "Don't thank Niu Yulu Fujin soon, and I will be on an errand in the future." The mothers-in-law were busy kneeling and kowtowing: "Thank you for your great grace, thank you for your great grace ......."

Mama Xue was still struggling on the wooden bench at first, and her mouth with rags was also whimpering and crying; At some point, the rich smell of blood began to drift away, and the mottled blood stains fell on the white snow, showing the gradual passing of a handful of lives.

"Thirty-eight...... Forty-one...... Forty-five ......" The eunuch who reported the number on the side shouted forty-five, frowned, turned to Huizhu, and asked, "That woman has lost her breath, but she still wants to continue?" Hearing this, Huizhu gasped and forced himself to calm down: "Everyone is dead, don't fight." The little eunuch received the order, and Gao De smiled: "Niu Yulu Fujin is benevolence, and having you as the master is the blessing of us to be slaves." ”

Benevolent? Huizhu sneered silently, looking ahead of the mess, and the mother-in-law kneeling beside her all shrank down and looked at her in horror. Huizhu was stunned, retracted her gaze, and her thoughts flew to the year she entered the mansion unconsciously, and it was also like this today, and the white snow was soaked in bright red anthropology. At that time, she was still accusing the Ulanala clan of being ruthless, but now, the scene has changed, the people have changed, but the ruthless executioner has become her.

Huizhu thought about it for a while, and was suddenly pulled by Xiao Ranzi's sleeves, Fang Hui regained his mind, and instructed Gao De: "It's almost the New Year, and it is not appropriate to have more lives, so as not to get dirty." As for them? Just if you don't report it, you will be fined three months per person. Gao De comprehended, looked at the mothers-in-law and said: "Don't thank Niu Yulu Fujin soon, and I will be on an errand in the future." The mothers-in-law were busy kneeling and kowtowing: "Thank you for your great grace, thank you for your great grace ......."

But at night, Huizhu lost sleep, tossing and turning for a night, until the fourth watch, when she felt a little sleepy and closed her eyes. However, at dawn, he still cheered up, changed into a rose-red broken flower flag suit that could lift his complexion, rushed to the main courtyard before everyone asked for peace, and explained yesterday's situation to the Wulanala clan, and said: "The concubine dealt with that woman without authorization, and asked Fujin to blame." ”

Wulanala and Mama Wang glanced at each other, took Huizhu's hand, and whispered softly: "Sister, I came here early this morning just to tell me this, you, you are too obedient and wronged yourself." Our sisters have been together for ten years, and I still don't know your character, I can trust my sister, so don't tell me about this matter one by one in the future. "Huizhu is still the same as last time, she doesn't sit down, and if she has something, she must first go to the Ulanala clan.

Since Huizhu took the kitchen man to open the knife, and made Mama Xue lose her life, everyone was vigilant in their hearts, only that Huizhu was ruthless with means, and whoever rebelled against her, Mama Xue would end. So, these things managed by Huizhu's subordinates in the back were all handled properly.

So, under the careful management of Huizhu, the servants at the bottom were cautious and errands, and the various colors of Laba porridge made by Laba in the house were also prepared as scheduled, and then to the twentieth day of the lunar month, the clothing workshop and the decoration shop sent the items set by Huizhu four days in advance, and Huizhu divided it according to the status of the clothing and decoration, so as not to make a mistake.

In the meantime, when Zhang Fu ran to purchase, he also met a Nanyang who came over to be a businessman, and he was in urgent need of money, so he took stock of the decoration styles that were not available in Beijing, but although these decoration styles were difficult to see, they were not made of precious materials, and they didn't cost much. Huizhu was satisfied, and sent these new styles of ornaments to Yinzhen's wives and concubines, because of the good style, and got an unexpected example in the season when the decoration should not be made, most of them liked it in their hearts, and praised Huizhu all over, even if it was Li's, Nian's and others were in the way, they also praised a few words.

In this way, in the season when there are many exchanges between various prefectures in the next year, the affairs of Huizhu's cooking mansion have also spread. Therefore, Huizhu's reputation for being virtuous, skillful, steady and capable spread in the palaces of the major princes. Even Concubine De in the palace also learned the news, and was secretly happy that Huizhu listened to her words and wanted to fight against the Nian family, so Huizhu was more cordial after that.

Huizhu handled the things in her hands in an orderly manner, won momentum in the house, and won a good reputation outside the house, which she never thought about. It's just that Concubine De didn't leave her alone to talk about Nian's affairs, and she felt that it was an unexpected gain, which made her worry about it for most of the time.

If so, Huizhu's later days are smooth, Hongli has succeeded in her studies, Baolian is well-behaved and sensible, she gets along well with Yinzhen, and there is no trouble in the house to her. And this kind of day passed very quickly, fleeting, and before I knew it, more than half a year had passed, and in a blink of an eye, it was the end of the summer of Kangxi's fifty-eighth year.

On this day, Huizhu explained the things in her hands, pinching the hour, it should be the time for Hongli to get out of school, so she asked the kitchen to make Hongli's favorite fruit shaved ice, she was in the house while teaching Baolian to read and write, while waiting for Hongli to come back from school. I don't want to be halfway through the unitary time (6 o'clock in the afternoon), and I don't see Hongli come back, I am a little anxious, and I am about to go out of the room to go to the courtyard porch to take a turn, to see if Hongli is back, I heard Hongli come afar: "Eniang, Eniang" non-stop.

Huizhu opened the curtain and stepped out of the room, and before he saw anyone, he pretended to complain: "Where did you go again, I came back two hours late today." ”

171 Oracle

While speaking, Hongli had already run into the house in a few big steps, three or two times, and pounced in front of Huizhu, breathless and gasping and calling "Eniang", before he got to the point, he was interrupted by Huizhu angrily: "Don't worry, slow down, look at your heat, you are sweating profusely, go into the inner room, drink some herbal tea." As he spoke, he took the Jinpa to wipe the sweat of Hongli, and dragged him to a room. "Grunt" a few times, the herbal tea went down, and before he could take a breath, Hongli was busy and shouted excitedly: "Eniang, Huang Mafa wants to take his son to the Mulan paddock to hunt." Hearing this, Huizhu was startled, turned her head and looked at Su Xin, still in disbelief.

Seeing this, Hongli hurriedly proved that "Eniang, Mama, really, Huang Mafa said that Hongli rode and shot well, so he deliberately brought Hongli, and even the fourteenth uncle's Hong (I don't know) didn't bring it, so he only brought Hongli." The words stopped, as if he remembered something, and shouted loudly: "At most, before the time (seven o'clock), there will be a father-in-law to pass the decree and let Hongli accompany Mulan." After speaking, he raised his head with pride. Even the holy decree was moved out, so I had to believe it, only to see Su Xin's eyes wide, excitedly grabbed Hongli's arm, and said happily: "Long live Lord has appointed you." Do you want the Holy Decree to come to the house? Hongli grinned and said, "Mama, it's true, the will of the evening was given to Hongli, not even Amma." After returning to the province, staring at Hongli's radiant smiling face, Huizhu couldn't stop being proud in her heart, but suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help frowning and asked: "Then Long live the Lord let you go with Amma?" After a reminder, Hongli's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said more excitedly: "E-Niang, Huang Mafa agreed to go with E-Niang, and came to the Mulan paddock, Hongli took E-Niang to ride a horse." ”

Huizhu was stunned, and only listened to Hongli's speech: "My son thought that E-Niang used to talk about the magnificence of the grassland, and he knew that E-niang must still want to go." He asked Huang Ma Fa if he could also let Eniang go, Huang Mafa said that if his son could make that geometry problem, let Eniang go, that question type was taught by Eniang before, the son divided by two in three times and five, and it was made in less than two quarters of an hour, and Huang Mafa allowed his son on the spot. Huizhu looked at Hongli's slightly childish face, knowing that the Mulan paddock was the place he had always longed for, and he couldn't bear to pour cold water, but he still had to ask some things clearly, so after praising a few words, he asked again: "Your aunt is also going, and how was the face of the long-lived lord at that time?" Hongli's little face wrinkled and said, "Whether grandma is going or not, my son doesn't know." However, Huang Mafa touched his son's head at that time and praised his son's filial piety, which should have been happy. Hearing this, Huizhu felt relieved, and thought that when the holy decree came, it was not too early now, so she hurriedly instructed the kitchen to prepare dinner, boil water for Hongli to bathe and change clothes. After dinner, Huizhu still wanted to wait for Yinzhen to come to the courtyard to ask about the situation, and the little girl from the main courtyard came to say: "Fujin invited Niu Yulu Fujin and Brother Hongli to go to the main courtyard to receive the decree, and the father-in-law has arrived." After hearing this, Huizhu straightened her face, and rushed to the main courtyard with Hongli.

The main courtyard was brightly lit, and the courtyard was full of slaves. Huizhu's heart was coiled on the hunting business, and she didn't respond as usual, and passed through the saluting servants and entered the hall, but in the eyes of these slaves, it became a different meaning. In the hall, Yinzhen and Wulanala sat on the upper seats, with Li's mother and son and Nian's on the side, and a middle-aged eunuch wearing a grade of service stood in the middle of the room. As soon as Huizhu stepped into the house, she felt that the scorching realization looked straight over, each with a deep meaning, it seemed that the news in the palace had reached their ears, Huizhu gathered her mind, and immediately calmly took Hongli's hand and saluted, sat down on the side, and said apologetically: "Let the lord, Fujin and everyone wait for the concubine mother and son for a long time, and the concubine apologizes." Wulanala said with a smile: "Sister Niu Yulu's yard lives in a remote place, and it will take some time to come here, how can I blame my sister." ”

Yin Zhen seemed to be impatient, and as soon as the Wulanala clan finished speaking, he directly interjected: "You have declared your will." The father-in-law standing in the room shook off the dust and answered, "Huh." "said that it was to receive the order, but in fact, it was just reading Kangxi's dictation. Huizhu led Hongli to kneel and listen to the order, the oracle was extremely simple, a few sentences made the meaning clear, Hongli was outstanding, and won the favor of Emperor Kangxi, and the end of the oracle was added, she was the biological mother, and she was allowed to accompany and take care of her young son. This reminded Huizhu of a sentence in this era with emotion, a woman's glory comes from her husband and son, and what she gets now seems to come from Yinzhen and Hongli. After passing the decree and saying the holy edict, he said with a sneer: "Niu Colu Fujin and Little Brother are getting up quickly, and the slave is here to congratulate the two of you, this is a great favor." Huizhu smiled faintly and rose in response.

The three of Wulanara, Li, and Nian listened to the last sentence of the holy oracle, and their faces froze slightly, it was not news from the palace, only Hongli accompanied the hunting, why did the holy oracle become Huizhu when it arrived in the mansion? Although the Wulanala clan had doubts in his heart, but for a moment, he was sincerely happy and said: "It's still a thoughtful thing for the long-lived lord, Hongli is young, and it is best to be taken care of by Niu Colu's sister." As he spoke, the conversation turned sharply, as if he had suddenly seen something, and hurriedly turned his head and asked, "Master, do you have to accompany you this year?" The concubine thought that it was almost the end of summer, and the long live lord would not go to the land of Rehe, but she didn't want to pass on the decree today, and deliberately let her sister and Hongli go, which was really a happy event. Yin Zhen replied lightly: "This is Huang Ama only temporarily started three days ago, and I only learned about it the day before yesterday, I was going to tell you in a few days, but I just said it today, and I will accompany Rehe on the twenty-eighth of this month." Li Shi whispered: "Twenty-eight, isn't it three days later, why are you in such a hurry, will you be in such a hurry?" Wulanala chuckled and said, "There is Sister Niu Colu on the road, and it is very stable, and Sister Li is at ease." Li suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and complimented: "Yes, with Niu Colu's sister accompanied, he is careful, and before Brother Hongli, my sister also served." After that, she smiled and glanced at Nian with a deep meaning in her eyes.

Nian's stubbornly stirred the Jinpa in her hand, she didn't know that it was Rehe, who was the attendant of that year, that Huizhu was pregnant with Hongli, canonized Fang Fujin, and became her biggest enemy, seized power, and supported An's to compete with her for favor. Now he is intervening between her and Yinzhen, originally yesterday Yinzhen had already said in advance to take her to Rehe, but now that the situation is going on, can she still be allowed to serve? Thinking of this, Nian's hatred deepened, and his eyes looked straight at Huizhu's mother and son like a snake letter. Huizhu noticed it and looked along the line of sight, but saw that Nian's didn't look at her at all, but looked at Yinzhen with a pair of wonderful eyes, and her lips opened lightly, but she didn't say a word. Seeing this, Huizhu condensed her eyebrows and thought, what does this mean, is it possible that the adult still wants to go? Yin Zhen pursed his thin lips and said unclearly: "Hongli wants to accompany the emperor Ama to drive, the big tent carriage is not from the palace, and the road is also in the team of the royal driver, unlike other accompanying princes' mansions." As he spoke, he put the celadon bowl in his hand on a few sides, stood up, and continued: "That's it, I still have something to do, and you can go down and rest." With that, he took the lead and left.

Then, the four people in the room seemed to laugh and laugh in a friendly manner, and then said goodbye and left. During this period, Huizhu was a little puzzled about the reason why Nian's mood was suddenly happy, until the way back, the more she thought about it, the more wrong it became, especially the last sentence Yinzhen said, which made her have a bad premonition, only to feel that Nian's mood suddenly changed because of Yinzhen's words. When his mind flipped, he had returned to the house, and he didn't want to pull the curtain, but he saw Yinzhen, who was supposed to be dealing with business in the study, was sitting on the kang with a relaxed expression at this time, and there was a strange quiet standing next to him, for a long time, Yinzhen raised his eyes to look at Huizhu, and there was a trace of hesitation between his eyebrows, and he couldn't help but hesitate and said, "Well, the day after tomorrow, you and Hongli will move to Changchun Garden first, and the next day you will keep up with the royal car." Huizhu replied almost inaudibly, and Yin Zhenfang continued: "I have already arranged it at the beginning, accompanied by Nian's family. However, your mother and son went with Huang Ama's side, and then went to the tent where Mulan lived in the paddock, which was also in the royal tent, so I decided to take Nian's with me, and she lived in the tent set in the house. After speaking, Yinzhen looked at Huizhu again, only to see Huizhu's expression indifferent, half a point of joy and anger, which made him frown, remembering Huizhu's resolute means half a year ago, directly killed the kitchen in charge of the mother, that grandmother has always been tricky, in the house for many years, he saw that the mother-in-law did not make a big trouble, there is something to be a distant relative of the concubine who has to be favored by the Tong Mansion, but also put it first, but I don't want to be used by Huizhu to kill chickens and monkeys, so the power in the house has risen sharply. Huizhu turned her head, but she avoided Yinzhen's sudden gaze, and before she could squeak in response, Yinzhen asked without saltiness: "The trip here is a good thing for Hongli, but in this way, you will not be in the house for a few months, you need to let go of what you are doing, but are you willing?" As soon as she heard this, Huizhu replied suddenly, met Yinzhen's eyes without hesitation, and said: "Assisting Fujin in taking charge of the mansion is not allowed to be prevaricated by concubines, everything is due to the will of concubines, what is the will?" Zhen closed his eyes slightly and said, "I know." After that, the two stopped talking and went to sleep. It's night, the night breeze is gentle, and the moon is as cool as water. Huizhu lay quietly on Yinzhen's side, feeling a big hand that seemed to be heavy on her waist, and a sigh came from her ear: "With you to follow, I don't worry." Huizhu's body stiffened, and then she lowered her voice and said, "I know." Yinzhen said "um", and said: "Settle it."

172 Road

The trip was in a hurry, for three days in a row, Huizhu was busy with her feet not touching the ground, and she had to hand over the government affairs in her hand to the Ulanara clan, and she had to take care of her luggage and other things. Until the afternoon of the third day, I took care of everything properly, and I had free time to kiss Baolian, looking at Baolian with an ignorant appearance, a little guilty, but I was still ruthless and personally hugged Baolian to the main courtyard.

The Ulanala clan saw Huizhu's worries in her eyes, took Huizhu's hand, and said with a smile: "Although my sister can go with peace of mind, Baolian is here, I will treat her like my own daughter, and when my sister comes back, I will return my sister a lively and lovely little Gege." After hearing this, Huizhu reluctantly smiled, the words of the Ulanala clan are indeed credible, and it is the safest to put Baolian in the courtyard of the Wulanala clan, but how to say that Baolian is only three years old, she can't rest assured.

The Ulanala clan sighed: "My sister really doesn't worry about Baolian, since I have already responded in front of my lord and other sisters, I will protect Baolian's safety." It's my sister who can drive Rehe this time, but fortunately, otherwise Hongli would have to be taken care of by my sister. After a pause, he knocked Huizhu with his eyes, and Fang continued: "Sister Nian's body is weak, and she will definitely not be able to take care of Hongli at that time. You also know that the grassland place is the most prone to bad diseases, and the eighteenth brother was as big as Hongli back then, so he gave it to ...... Alas, don't mention it. It's not too early now, my sister has to rush to Changchun Garden first, so my sister won't delay your time much. ”

The trip was in a hurry, for three days in a row, Huizhu was busy with her feet not touching the ground, and she had to hand over the government affairs in her hand to the Ulanara clan, and she had to take care of her luggage and other things. Until the afternoon of the third day, I took care of everything properly, and I had free time to kiss Baolian, looking at Baolian with an ignorant appearance, a little guilty, but I was still ruthless and personally hugged Baolian to the main courtyard.

The Ulanala clan saw Huizhu's worries in her eyes, took Huizhu's hand, and said with a smile: "Although my sister can go with peace of mind, Baolian is here, I will treat her like my own daughter, and when my sister comes back, I will return my sister a lively and lovely little Gege." After hearing this, Huizhu reluctantly smiled, the words of the Ulanala clan are indeed credible, and it is the safest to put Baolian in the courtyard of the Wulanala clan, but how to say that Baolian is only three years old, she can't rest assured.

The Ulanala clan sighed: "My sister really doesn't worry about Baolian, since I have already responded in front of my lord and other sisters, I will protect Baolian's safety." It's my sister who can drive Rehe this time, but fortunately, otherwise Hongli would have to be taken care of by my sister. After a pause, he knocked Huizhu with his eyes, and Fang continued: "Sister Nian's body is weak, and she will definitely not be able to take care of Hongli at that time. You also know that the grassland place is the most prone to bad diseases, and the eighteenth brother was as big as Hongli back then, so he gave it to ...... Alas, don't mention it. It's not too early now, my sister has to rush to Changchun Garden first, so my sister won't delay your time much. ”

3rd floor

After waking up, I remembered the unhappiness of my previous life, a round little face collapsed instantly, and I was aggrieved and climbed on Huizhu's arm, and shook it: "E-niang, E-niang......"

Huizhu had something in her heart, she didn't fall asleep after tossing and turning all night, and finally she felt a little sleepy and had to get up again.

At this time, when he went out of the city gate, he squinted and fell asleep. At this time, he was troubled by Hongli relentlessly, so he had to lift his eyelids, yawn and asked, "What's wrong?" Hongli saw that Huizhu took care of him, took a piece of chestnut cake from the small table, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it with a humming chirp, just without squeaking.

"Plop" for a while, Huizhu laughed, Xiao Ranzi and Xiaojuan on the side laughed in response, Hongli angrily stretched out his hand and pointed at the three of them, and said angrily: "You...... You ......" spit out a word for a long time, and didn't say a name, (.) On the contrary, he was choked by the pastry in his mouth, his little face was red, and he coughed non-stop.

Seeing this, Huizhu was still soft-hearted in the next moment, sat up hurriedly, poured a cup of herbal tea and handed it over, while following Hongli's back, she sighed: "E-Niang knows that you want to ride a horse, but look at it, which one is as big as you ride a horse." When you get to the Mulan paddock, where the sky is blue and the grass is green, let you Amma find you a pony to ride, okay? ”

Hongli also understood what Huizhu said, but after all, he was still a half-grown child, and it was normal to have a temper, and at this time he heard his mother's gentle comfort, how could he still have a temper, and he fell into Huizhu's arms, and said with a smile: "Hongli still has to hunt, and Eniang has to allow it." Huizhu opened the Hongli and bluffed: "It's not as high as the prey, so I'm thinking about hunting, and then you see if I'm allowed." After that, seeing Hongli scratching his ears and cheeks anxiously, he couldn't help laughing when he was amused by that.

was laughing, the carriage stumbled for a moment, and then he heard a voice like Yinzhen asking, "What are you laughing at?" As he spoke, the curtains of the car were opened. Huizhu's smile was still on her face, and when she saw Yinzhen on horseback, she had a gloomy face, so she smiled for no reason, and asked rhetorically, "Master, what's wrong?" ”

Yinzhen's face was slightly pale, and he replied lightly, "It's nothing", was silent for a while, and then asked, "Last night, why didn't you say back when you left the house?" Huizhu thought to herself, "You were in Nian's house at the time, I sent someone to look for you in her courtyard, maybe what kind of idea did you think about Nian's, begging for a fishy smell, and those who don't know thought I was robbing people", but on the bright side, he was sitting upright, and replied: "It was late last day, and the concubine went to Fujin to owe An, so she went directly to Changchun Garden with Hongli." ”

After listening to the explanation, Yin Zhen frowned, but did not continue to dwell on this words, and said: "The carriage stopped, Huang Ama had lunch in the front station, and Xuan Hongli passed." Huizhu was stunned for a moment, and asked a little stupidly, "The carriage stopped?" After asking, he reacted, and immediately blushed and disguised: "Oh, just now the carriage staggered, it stopped, that one stopped." ”

Yin Zhen's eyes narrowed, staring at Hui Zhu's red cheeks for a long moment, but he quickly looked away, and said, "Hongli, get out of the car." In front of Yinzhen, Hongli has always been a little adult, and now it is the same, only to see Hongli respectfully responded, and said goodbye to Huizhu in a proper manner, Fang got out of the carriage, and followed the horses that Yinzhen rode on, and went to the bright yellow curtains.

Huizhu lifted the curtain slightly, looked at the direction where Yinzhen and Hongli left, and did not withdraw her gaze for a long time.......

After dinner, Hongli was sent back by the guards, Huizhu was worried, and when she saw Hongli, she hurriedly asked, "What did Lord Banzai tell you to do, you can use it for dinner?" How did you get to this afternoon? Hongli said: "Huang Ma Fa taught Hongli to go to the study, and also assigned homework, and his son finished it, it was evening, and he came back with dinner." Huizhu listened to it was a mixed blessing, happy that Hongli was personally taught by the first emperor of the ages, and worried that such a holy favor would attract people's eyes, and Hongli's four-year-old life was born because of this.

In the following days, Emperor Kangxi's holy favor could not be asked for or not. Every day at noon, Hongli would be taken to Emperor Kangxi's side, and he would not be sent back until dinner in the evening. Huizhu saw that there was nothing to do, so she also changed her mind and carefully instructed Hongli to cherish the holy favor of Emperor Kangxi and study hard.

And the days on the carriage, Huizhu is also comfortable, accompanied by Hongli in the morning, and after taking a nap in the afternoon, he took a book to read, and looked at the customs along the way. During this period, Yinzhen seemed to have disappeared, never appeared again, and came to pick up Hongli once, and the rest were the guards and eunuchs who were responsible for Hongli's exchanges.

Xiao Ranzi's heart is flexible, seeing that Yinzhen has never appeared again, I am afraid that Huizhu will be sad in her heart, after all, there is also Nian's with her. So Xiao Ranzi sometimes pretended to ask casually: "The master is in the royal car of the Long Live Lord, and he is majestic, but he is not free, even if our lord is the prince of the prince, he is not allowed to appear in the royal car." After that, I peeked at Huizhu, saw Huizhu coming over, and was busy prevaricating with a hippie smile.

Huizhu saw it. also knew Xiao Ranzi's kindness in this matter, so he let him do this. Actually, she doesn't care, some things can't be changed, it's destined to be like this, then there is only one way to go, which is to accept this reality and let you adapt to it.

On this day, the sound of "clicking" horses' hooves gradually stopped, the blue sky gradually darkened, such as the bloody sun, hazy shrouded the entire palace, now it has entered the autumn, the day is still steaming, in the evening, there is also a trace of coolness infiltrated, Xiaojuan thoughtfully put on an autumn fragrance cloak for Huizhu, and read: "It's very cold here, the master is tighter."

The leader who was waiting on the side bowed down and said with a smile: "The people around Niu Yulu Fujin are really good. Huizhu glanced at it and said, "It's just a little girl, it's ridiculous." Please let your father-in-law lead the way. The father-in-law who led the way was a discerning man, and he was busy making a gesture, and accompanied him: "The slave should die, the road is tired, the slave is still delaying the hour, please follow the minion's side." Hye-joo smiled absently.

The father-in-law who led the way turned sideways and led the way forward, accompanied by the night breeze, and there was an intermittent voice: "Stop for a day, and then camp directly with Mulan...... Brother Hongli is still in the Long Live Lord, and he will come over before the ...... watch" Huizhu raised her face slightly, and the tiredness of her expression was blown by the cool autumn wind, looking at the somewhat unfamiliar Rehe Palace, as if she spent her time here in the autumn and winter a few years ago......

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Rest for a day, set up a banquet for another day, to the tenth day of the first month of August, the Kangxi Emperor set off from the Rehe Palace to hunt.

On this day, before dawn broke, there were still a few remnant stars inlaid on the light ink canopy, and the hazy crescent moon was thrown at the end of the sky, like an ugly silver-gray veil covering the entire palace. Overlooking the crowd shuttling back and forth, masking the sound that came from time to time - "Hurry up, hurry up and delay the trip of the Lord Banzai, and when you are careful about your skins, you have to leave for the paddock, move faster."

In a small courtyard that is not big but extremely delicate and elegant, it is also so busy, and the woman's urging voice with a smile echoes in the courtyard. After two days of rest, Huizhu was in good spirits, got up prematurely, and did not lose the brilliance on her face, and was energetically directing Xiaojuan and the palace maids to pack their luggage.

Hongli used to eat, and saw Huizhu busy greeting him, not only did he not see the expression of the meeting in the house, but he was happy Fucai, and couldn't help but step forward and ask: "Eniang, do you like the grassland very much?" How can you be so happy? Huizhu looked down at Hongli, who was already above her shoulder, and said with a gentle smile: "E-Niang has always stayed in the capital, and she has never been to many places, so of course she is happy to be able to go to the Mulan paddock to tiptoe to breathe fresh air." ”

Hongli looked up at Huizhu as if he understood whether he understood or not, frowned and asked, "What is air and how do you breathe it?" "Huizhu was stunned, what is air? Then he woke up and said happily: "Well, it's hard to say, but what Eniang means is to smell the fragrance of the soil, the fragrance of the grass, and look at the other sky of the destination, which can make people feel comfortable." ”

Hongli is still not, but he just intuitively said: "Is it that Eniang will be happy when she sees rivers and mountains?" Huizhu nodded inexplicably, Hongli saw it, and the little face immediately became solemn, patted his chest and said: "When my son grows up and has the ability, I will take Eniang to the palace every year to escape the summer, and I will take Eniang to travel all over the rivers and rivers, so that Eniang will be happy every day." ”

Huizhu only thought that Hongli's words were a childhood joke, but she was not moved in her heart and was fake, she reached out and stroked Hongli's little head melon seeds, oh and said: "That Eniang is waiting for Hongli to take Eniang to climb the mountain and wade through the water." Hongli replied heavily: "En." With that, the mother and son looked at each other and smiled.

In an instant, the dawn of dawn pierced the twilight, and a ray of morning light slanted down, and the day dawned.

Yin Zhen stepped into the courtyard, and when he lifted it, the sunrise that suddenly appeared was like a faint halo, gilding the mother and son on the stone steps with a golden light. Under the golden sunshine, it is the dazzling smiles of the mother and son, and anyone who sees the scene in front of them can't help but be touched by the softest part of their hearts. Yin Zhen squinted, a little unable to open it, I don't know if it was the dazzling morning glow, or the first two most sincere smiles, shaking his eyes.

Xiao Ranzi's eyes were sharp, and he suddenly saw Yinzhen in a python robe, hurriedly put down the mahogany box in his hand, knelt down on one knee and said, "The slave invites Master Da'an." Hearing this, everyone who was busy saluted and said, "Slave, please be safe." Yin Zhen glanced at Xiao Ranzi unhappily, and said, "Get up, you continue to clean up." As he spoke, he walked towards the stone steps.

Yinzhen walked against the light, Huizhu couldn't see clearly, but there was a sudden knock in his heart, on the python robe with golden light, there was a majestic golden silk python, and the leakage of the king's momentum was faintly visible, which made people worship and admire. "Grunt", Huizhu looked at the striding person in front of her in shock. He is her husband and the father of her children, but before these two, he was the defender of feudal imperial power, and even in the near future, he was the ruler of feudal society - Yongzheng.

At the moment, Huizhu had already squatted and saluted: "Concubine please Da'an." Yin Zhen asked again: "How is it cleaned up?" Huizhu followed Yinzhen back to the house, and said with her: "It's almost cleaned up." It's a master, I came here early this morning, I shouldn't have breakfast, right? Concubine, let the grandmother in the small kitchen do some more. Yin Zhen glanced at the food on the log table that had not been removed, and stopped: "There is still half an hour, and I am about to leave, so I don't need to trouble anymore, I will use it." ”

Huizhu still knows the rules, and listens to the persuasion: "This is what Hongli used first, or let the kitchen make some again." After speaking, looking back at Hongli, how can there be the shadow of Hongli, I can't help but laugh, their father and son are like enemies in the previous life, and they can't be put together, especially when Hongli sees Yinzhen, it is like a mouse looking at a cat, and a puff of smoke will slip away.

Yinzhen stopped his hand, picked up the chopsticks on the side, and was about to use them, but he heard Huizhu laugh softly, raised his eyes, and stopped: "You shouldn't need to eat, sit down and use some, otherwise it will be uncomfortable in the carriage." Huizhu responded, found a low stool and sat down, and was very accustomed to serving Yinzhen to eat while eating by herself.

Simply afraid, Yin Zhen said: "Huang Ama is old these years and won't hunt in person, but this time he will definitely summon Hongli over, and Hongli is likely to go on horseback to hunt smaller animals." It's just that he is still young, and he is an active character, and he loves to ride and shoot on horseback, so you tell him to only let him not act impulsively, and he may not listen to other people's words, but your words, he has always remembered them carefully. Listening to Huizhu, she was slightly surprised, but she didn't expect Yinzhen to be so clear about her mother and son's private relationship, and she also touched Hongli's respectful temperament to the fullest, but she never said it.

Yin Zhen groaned for a while, frowned, and said: "The sword in the paddock has no eyes, and there is a war on the border pass, I am afraid that there will be an enemy who touches the gap to act, this is not easy to deal with, you have to keep an eye on Hongli, don't let him leave your nose." Well, he is still scruples in front of you, and you have a royal tent, there must be many people to meet you" Speaking of this, his lips moved but he had nothing to say, Huizhu looked at it suspiciously, Yinzhen coughed slightly at this time, and said hardly, "You don't show up often, when you can stay in the tent, stay there, you are careful." ”

When Huizhu heard this, she felt a little unhappy, the matter of Chen Sesame and rotten grain was still remembered, and she had stolen the account once in many years. However, after many years of getting along, Huizhu still knew Yinzhen's temperament, so she responded lightly, Yinzhen was satisfied, and when she saw that the time was almost up, she listened to a sentence or two and left first.

Before that, as soon as Yinzhen's front foot left, his father-in-law came to urge him to move. Huizhu didn't dare to delay more, and hurriedly beckoned Xiao Ranzi and them to bring suitcases and other things, and hurriedly got into the carriage that went to the Mulan paddock.

In the evening, the mighty procession stopped, Huizhu got out of the carriage, the sunset in the sky dyed the sky red, the red light soaked the thick soil, and the vast grassland was also dyed red and green in an instant.

Hongli, who jumped out of the carriage first, was confused by the scenery in front of him, born in the capital, grew up under the glass red wall, when did he see the endless green grass, although it was a little dim but it was still a translucent sky, the small mouth opened wide, a look of surprise and surprise

Huizhu was amused and teased, "If you open your mouth wider, your chin will have to fall." The eight-year-old Hongli blushed, hurriedly closed his mouth, looked at people one by one with his black round eyes, and finally looked directly at Huizhu's face, and said firmly: "Eniang, my son likes this."

Huizhu smiled, glanced at her father-in-law who was waiting on the side, patted Hongli's shoulder and said, "Go to Long Live with your father-in-law, remember to be obedient, have dinner, if you have nothing to do, go back to Eniang earlier." As she spoke, she let Hongli go with her father-in-law, and she took Xiao Ranzi with her, and Xiao Luzi and the two followed her father-in-law to the tent that had already been set up.

In the tent, the candle flame is bright, the lacquered wood table has already been placed with hot food, and there are little palace maids standing with hot water towels and other things on the side, Huizhu quietly looked at the surrounding furnishings, and couldn't help sighing: It is worthy of being a place for the royal driver, there are four royal guards outside the tent, and the furnishings in the tent are also luxurious.

Subsequently, Huizhu changed into her usual clothes, and after a little freshening, she had dinner comfortably, and then she went to sleep after Hongli returned. It was night, the mother and son listened to the unique rumbling sound of the grassland, and slept very steadily, sleepless all night.

The next day, the mother and son were both in good spirits, especially at breakfast time, Xiao Luzi came in person, saying that Yinzhen specially found a gentle pony for Hongli, Hongli was the extreme, half of it couldn't stay, a few bites of a bean noodles dumpling, so eager to try, had to ride a horse to the grassland for a walk.

Riding a horse is the nature of a boy, Huizhu thought about Hongli's usual precocious appearance in the capital, in the end he didn't want to go against Hongli's wishes, so he had to nod in agreement, but Yinzhen's instructions were still in his ears, at this time the border war was the most fierce, although there was Nian Qianyao to ensure the logistics supply of the Qing army, and there was Yinzhen leading the army in front of the commander, and the two fought together, and the Qing army was at the peak, but Yinzhen came specially to worry that the Dzungar Ministry would make strange moves, which showed the existence of danger.

Huizhu thought about it secretly, and made up her mind, the four royal forest soldiers sent by Emperor Kangxi chose two of them who were better at riding and archery to go together, so as to take care of Hongli's safety, of course, she also responded to Yinzhen's orders, and did not let Hongli leave her eyelids.

A few days after coming to the Mulan paddock, Emperor Kangxi wanted to set up a banquet to entertain the Mongolian nobles, and did not summon Hongli to go, but Hongli had this horse and Huizhu by his side, and every day was very happy.

In this way, after the mother and son laughed and talked for ten days, they returned to the tent from the grassland in the evening, but received the will of Emperor Kangxi, who had just returned from Tucheng on the ninth day of the first month, to attend the hunting feast tomorrow. (ENDS)

174 Injured (Lower)

Huizhu's heart seemed to have stopped beating, and her ten fingers were deeply trapped in the palace maids on both sides, especially if she didn't know, but her eyes were staring at the front of her, for fear of missing a star and a half.

43 meters, 42 meters、...... Thirty-nine meters、...... It's close, it's close! I saw the young man against the golden wheel, riding a high horse, shouting, the horse's hooves rising, under the sight of everyone, the horse tied the high-spirited young man, the young man with the prey ...... - a big black bear, returned triumphantly.

In an instant, the audience was silent, and then the earth-shattering cheers burst from the mouths of the Eight Banner soldiers, from far and near, even the most high-ranking ruler, Emperor Kangxi, stood up excitedly and clapped his palms.

The thunderous cheers were rising wave after wave, and the rich smell of blood was filling the nasal pharynx more and more.

After a while, the young man straddled his horse, and a big black bear that was shot into the chest by an arrow fell dying at the young man's feet.

Huizhu covered her mouth in disbelief, and pointed at Hongli with the other hand, her covered lips moved and moved, but she could only make a short sound of "yahh Hongli grabbed the horse rope with both hands, turned over and dismounted handsomely, and directly faced the speechless Huizhu. The round eyes flashed, the eyes were like stars, and the grin was dazzling.

Yin's chest was also difficult to calm down for a long time, and the worry and anxiety in his heart had already turned into the pride and pride of "he is my son", until he saw this Tianzi young man walking towards his mother, he suddenly woke up, and called in a busy voice: "Hongli, don't hurry up and return to your Emperor Marfa." ”

Huizhu covered her nose and lips with both hands, forced herself to suppress the tremor of silence, nodded at Hongli, and signaled him to hurry up to restore Emperor Kangxi, but her tearful eyes were still locked on Hongli's straight back, and she was proud that she had such a son.

Suddenly, only one person was heard screaming, and then another person shouted urgently: "Help! Before the words fell, the voice simply faded away.

The scene in front of everyone's astonished eyes was the big black bear that had fallen to the bottom and was bleeding profusely, roaring angrily: it showed its last revenge to the crowd with no teeth and claws.

Although this big black bear has been hit by the vital point, it is a male bear who has grown up after all. I saw its huge bear paw wave, and the trembling little eunuch on the side was instantly torn in half, and blood splashed everywhere. Fresh blood splattered on the palace maid's clothes and face. They screamed in fright, but after a short shout, they stopped abruptly in the next moment. The stunned crowd came to their senses at this time, roaring and screaming, and the crowd fleeing in all directions, chaotic the entire city in an instant.

Huizhu ignored the maintenance of Xiaoran's words, and kept calling Hongli, but the palace maid and eunuch in front of the imperial tent were already frightened birds, and they collided and ran around in an orderly manner, blocking the way Hongli came. Huizhu clenched her silver teeth, and pulled away from Xiao Ranzi's pull, and wanted to run to find Hongli in person, but she didn't want to look back, and she was so frightened that she unconsciously climbed onto her already pale cheeks.

The black bear searched for a target, its nose twitching slightly, as if sniffing something. Suddenly, the black bear straightened up its huge body, its fierce black eyes flashed two bright lights, roared twice into the sky, and slashed a palace maid or eunuch in the way with one palm, and went furiously towards Hongli behind them.

"No, no, no......" Hye-joo muttered to herself in shock, as she ran towards Hongli desperately like a madman.

Hongli saw Huizhu who was close at hand, and hurriedly called out in surprise: "Eniang", turned around and wanted to run away, who knows, a disgusting and turbid smell hit his face, Hongli seemed to realize something, and suddenly sideways, just hit the evil eye of the black bear to kill the red eye, the body stiffened, and the person stood in place for a moment, looking at the black bear waving angrily.

Don't—a heart-rending cry suddenly sounded, loud and loud, hitting the crowd fleeing in a panic, at that moment, everyone couldn't help but be a little stunned, and when they heard the sound, they all stared at in disbelief, and their throats were dry and they could only scream, and for a moment, it was one after another.

Huizhu didn't know where she got the strength, but she was able to knock away the two eunuchs at once, take two steps forward, and firmly protect Hongli under her, and then, she closed her eyes and waited for the moment when the bear's paw swung down.

When the eyes flashed with satisfaction, they echoed to see the city, and Huizhu was also alerted, and when her consciousness returned slightly, she listened to the buzzing in her ears. "E-Niang ......" and "Huizhu ......", who are they? Who's calling her? How could the voice be so familiar, so familiar that even her heart was trembling? Hui Zhuqiang cheered up and followed the sound, and the first thing that was imprinted into his eyelids was the panicked looks of Yin and Hongli's father and son.

Seeing Huizhu wake up, Yin's eyes were full of Peking opera, but he was afraid that the person in his arms would never wake up again, so he had a gloomy face and threatened: "Don't have an accident, you are my side Fujin, without my permission, no one is allowed to take you away, even if it's you, otherwise...... The consequences are not something you can afford to bear. When he said the last sentence, the taste of ruthlessness suddenly appeared, and the surprised eyes were replaced by ruthlessness.

Huizhu subconsciously shuddered, and then her eyes lit up, but the strength of her body could only make her look at Yin softly, and she was unable to lower her eyelids, and gasped breathlessly: "You...... Will it be good...... Take care of Hongli Bao'er's ...... Right......" he said, begging to look at Yin.

Yin glared angrily, pursed his lips and said word by word: "You will be fine." "Anyway, busy side, call the imperial doctor.

Huizhu smiled silently. Turning his head to look at Hongli, the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously, and he stretched out his right hand with difficulty, just wanting to caress Hongli's round cheeks, but he was hit by the scorching heat behind him, and his eyes were pitch black, and he didn't feel a little more......

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176 sober

Huizhu felt that she had a long, long dream, in which she was wearing a white sleeveless shirt, which was still a little transparent, and a pair of black trousers underneath, dressed very strangely, but so familiar.

She used to stand in a large, bright room, in which forty or fifty men and women sat in, and she was teaching Western to these young men and women, which made her feel very undeserved, but she could not say what should not be. As she was about to enter the room, which was bright with few windows, the scene before her suddenly changed, she was wearing a knee-length skirt that exposed her neck and arms, and on the left and right were two women dressed in the same clothes, and she held hands with them, chattering and laughing, until it was getting dark, and they waved goodbye.

Then, carrying a hard paper bag, she came to a house similar to a house, there was a small puppy with unkempt fur in the house, she squatted down and touched the puppy's head, and heard a middle-aged woman's voice chattering: "I don't go to work on the weekend, and I'm still so late when I come home, go wash my hands, and dinner is ready." As the words fell, a middle-aged woman with a slightly chubby roll came out of a hut with a plate of vegetables in her hand.

For some reason, her heart was very sour, and her tears couldn't stop falling, but the woman who looked the same as her put down the dog in her arms and said with a flattering smile: "Mom, I know, I'll go wash my hands." As he spoke, he ran to a long collapse of cotton cloth flowers, bent down, said "wow", and then said with a smile: "Dad, the meal is ready, you can sit here on the Diaoyutai platform, is it possible to wait for my great mother to bring it to you." The middle-aged man stood up, glared at her with a scowl in his face, and tapped her head directly, causing her to scream.

Remember! Remember! The familiar woman was her, the middle-aged man and woman were her parents, the young woman was her friend, and the young girls were her students.

Huizhu couldn't help it, her eyes were clouded by tears, she blinked unconsciously, but when she opened her eyes, her parents, friends, and students were all gone! Everything around her has also changed, the cozy modern living room has turned into an ancient hunting ground, surrounded by panicked people, she stood in place blankly, and before she could react, a big fluffy black bear, ignoring the several bloody holes flying on its body, waved away a palace maid eunuch or a guard with a silver spear and halberd, rolling in a vomiting smell of blood, roaring and pounced......

"Don't!" Huizhu screamed silently in fear, sat up from the bed suddenly, and immediately came from a tearing pain in her back, she involuntarily fell back, thinking that she would hit her back again, but someone deliberately avoided the scars on her back, soft but slightly stiff hands hugged her into her arms, and a deep voice came: "Awake?" ”

Huizhu raised her eyes and looked at the person who came, only to see a man with a cold and hard face, neatly tidy, looking straight at her with a pair of bloodshot eyes. But as she looked more and more confused and unfamiliar, the eyes that were still faintly happy at first gradually withdrew all emotions, and finally just stared at him coldly, her lips pursed, as if gritting her teeth and asking: "Imperial Doctor, you said that he might wake up today, why did people wake up, but why did he look like a demon and didn't know people?" The imperial doctor wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, bowed down, and before he could answer, he heard a lot of noise outside.

Hongli struggled with the hands of the two guards, and glared resentfully at the two guards guarding the door. said angrily: "Let go, I want to see my mother, you let go of me, I want to see my mother." If you don't let go, be careful that I tell Huang Marfa that you will have a hard time......"

Yin Zhen touched his brows lightly, glanced at Huizhu, who was immersed in his thoughts, and ordered: "People have woken up, let Hongli come in." Two very simple sentences, but when they came outside the house, it was another earth-shattering, only to see Hongli's anger disappear in an instant, ecstatic at a loss, pulling the guards around him, and excitedly said: "You know, my mother woke up!" It wasn't until the guard was pushed to the door that he remembered what was going on, hurriedly ran into the house, and arrived at the bed in three or two steps, and squeezed into the middle of Yinzhen and Huizhu, and excitedly called: "Eniang", and threw himself into Huizhu's arms and cried loudly.

Huizhu just woke up, his mind was confused for a while, and he was in the horror of the black bear, and he clearly remembered the shock of his previous life, and his brain had just returned to operation at this time. Hongli didn't hear the voice of Huizhu's little nymph, and he was still crying, as if he wanted to cry out all the fears of the past few days.

Yinzhen stood aside, looking at the scene of mother and son embracing each other, but her face was not very good-looking, and her heart was even more moody, happy that Huizhu finally woke up after three days and three nights in a coma, and angry that Huizhu woke up and didn't know him, and looked at him with the eyes of strangers, which made her feel extremely uncomfortable. But looking at Huizhu's weak and pale cheeks, he still spoke: "Hongli, where are the rules you learned, don't get up for me, don't see your mother is injured," Hongli listened to the last sentence, remembered Huizhu's injury, hurriedly got up, stood beside the bed, and looked at Huizhu at a loss.

Huizhu couldn't bear to smile lightly, seeing Hongli crying with tears and snot, she couldn't bear it, and wanted to say a few words of relief and ask about the day when the black bear counterattacked, but her throat was dry and burning, and she swallowed back the words that came to her mouth, so she had to say hoarsely: "Water ......"

Hearing the sound, Yin Zhen looked at the imperial doctor with cold eyes, and the imperial doctor hurriedly gave a look to the palace maid who was waiting on the side, and the palace maid was also clever, and when she reached half a cup of warm water, she hurried over and served Huizhu.

At this time, the imperial physician saw that Huizhu was a little dark, so Fang scolded a thousand children and explained: "Niu Yulu Fujin woke up today, it can be seen that he has passed the dangerous period, but the black bear's palm is not small, fortunately, the back of the palm touches the back, so he was not killed on the spot...... Well, that palm is deep to the internal injury, and it needs to be carefully recuperated within this month, and it will have to be recuperated for a few more months later. After thinking about it, he glanced at Huizhu and said: "Niu Yulu Fujin has a high fever for two days, and today the fever subsided on the fourth watch, and this throat may be burned, and please Niu Yulu Fujin Don't speak for a month, in case of sequelae." Yin Zhen nodded and said, "I know, you will be responsible for her injuries this month." ”

While speaking, the eunuch in charge of Huizhu led the palace maid to bring the medicine, and Huizhu was served by the palace maid and drank the medicine, and lay down again.

Huizhu's injury was not light, as severe as the six intestines, so the following days, often day by day of sleep, very rarely awake, occasionally waking up, just like when she was in a coma, she was served by the palace maid and fed medicine, and then lay down to sleep. In the meantime, Huizhu was dazed and unconscious, and even let her fall into a coma with some indulgence, with very small hopes in her heart, hoping that the scene of her previous life could fall into a dream again.

As soon as such days pass, it is January, and it is the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. Huizhu's condition has improved, but it is not as predicted by the doctor, she has been in a coma for a month, and she is still more than when she is awake.

For this reason, the imperial doctors were secretly anxious, and they couldn't understand why Huizhu didn't improve much in January, and they were just out of danger. Faced with Yinzhen's overcast face day by day, several imperial doctors had to discuss it privately, and found a reason why the grassland was heavy and humid and not suitable for seriously ill people to live in, and first alleviated Yinzhen's displeasure. Yin Zhen knows a little about medical science, knows that the climate in the grassland is not good, this hunt is about to end, and everyone is about to return to the Rehe Palace, so he approved the words of the imperial doctor and moved Huizhu to the palace to recuperate.

However, moving to the Rehe Palace, which is suitable for recuperation, Huizhu's condition is indeed better than when she was in the grassland, but her symptoms are still not good. If so, it was the end of October, and it was about to enter winter, Emperor Kangxi's imperial drive was about to leave for Beijing, and Yinzhen and his son had to leave anyway, and Huizhu was seriously ill and was not suitable for a long journey, so he had to stay here to recuperate.

On this day, the night before departure, Hongli begged Emperor Kangxi to let him stay for a long time, but Emperor Kangxi closed the door and disappeared, Hongli had to wipe his tears and leave, and ran to Huizhu's bedroom with a breath of breath, drove everyone away like crazy, crawled beside the bed, and cried: "Eniang, wake up, don't you want Hongli?" They didn't let Hongli stay with you, Hongli begged for a long time, Ama didn't agree, and Huang Mafa didn't answer...... E-Niang, you wake up, Hongli will leave here tomorrow morning, E-Niang...... Eniang, Hongli begs you, as long as you wake up, Hongli will not listen to you, and will no longer bully his sister...... By the way, sister, Pauline...... Eniang, wake up quickly, Baolian is still waiting for us in the capital.......Eniang..."After saying that, she couldn't cry anymore, and fell asleep crying on the edge of the bed.

On the other side, Yinzhen heard the news and hurried over, and the palace maid and eunuch who stood outside the house grabbed one casually, and simply asked about the situation. In an instant, Yinzhen's anger was like being extinguished by a basin of cold water, standing outside the door, no longer moving.

Xiao Luzi's mind was flying, and he secretly peeked at Yinzhen's expression, pondered, and said cautiously: "Master, Brother Hongli has been kneeling at the Long Live Lord for an afternoon, and now he is like this, and he is also worried about ......" The words were still unfinished, and they were stopped by Yinzhen waving his hand. Xiao Luzi understood, saluted Yinzhen, turned around, quietly gestured to the eunuchs and palace maids, and led everyone away.

As the footsteps faded away, the night became unusually quiet. In the night, which seemed to be separated by a veil, only the rustling sound of the cold wind rolling the autumn leaves. can be heard in Yinzhen's ears, the whirring wind, the rustling of leaves, and all the natural sounds seem to be transformed into the boy's cry, and the cry there is the cry of Hongli in the house, and it is the cry he secretly cried in the lonely corner of the palace compound decades ago......

Yin Zhen closed his eyes slightly, expelled the thin figure under the corner of the wall in his mind, pushed the door in, walked to the bed, picked up the sleeping Hongli, stared at the person who seemed to be in a coma on the bed with an unpredictable expression, and said coldly: "Open your eyes when you wake up, take a good look at the Hongli you earned with your life, he is suffering for you." ”

The teardrops in the corners of Huizhu's eyes finally slid down her cheeks along the flickering eyelids, and after a while, she opened her eyes, and looked at Yinzhen and her father and son with teary eyes, and her dry lips moved for a long time before she called hoarsely: "...... Hongli ......" Yinzhen's heart was relieved, his face remained unchanged, and he said: "We will leave for Beijing tomorrow, and Hongli and I naturally want to go back." Take care of your illness, remember, Hongli and Baolian are waiting for you in the capital. With that, he looked at Huizhu again and turned to leave.

Huizhu was tormented in her heart, thinking about Hongli, thinking about Baolian, thinking about her parents in her previous life, thinking about her friends in her previous life, and she cried all night, until it was ten minutes in the morning, and the little palace maid came in with bitter medicine, and she felt a little sleepy.

The little palace maid served Huizhu to take the medicine, and when she saw that Huizhu's spirit was improving, she was thinking about calling the imperial doctor over in surprise, but she heard a voice from outside: "The slave (slave) asks for peace to Nian Fujin." The little palace maid hurriedly put down the medicine bowl, took a few steps forward, and squatted to salute. Nian Shi lightly opened his lips and said, "Get up, I have something to say to Sister Niu Yulu, you go down first." The little palace maid bit her lip and stood crampedly in place, refusing to leave. Nian stroked his sideburns absently, and said gently: "It seems that someone specially instructed you, okay, I won't embarrass you, stay." After hearing this, the little palace maid was overjoyed and hurriedly knelt down to thank her.

Nian Shi turned his head, didn't pay attention to the little palace maid anymore, walked to the bed and stood in front of the couch, and said with concern: "Sister Niu Yulu, you have to recover as soon as possible, don't let Brother Hongli and Baolian Gege worry about you." You must know that if there is no sister in the house, the two of them will ...... "Speaking of this, he paused for a while, until Huizhu suddenly opened his eyes, and Nian Shi sighed with satisfaction, and said happily: "Sister Niu Yulu is awake, it seems that my sister is not far from the day of recovery." ”

Huizhu looked at Nian's coldly, Nian's didn't see it, and continued: "By the way, I still have something to share with my sister." As he spoke, he saw Nian's hand holding a brocade handkerchief caressing his lower abdomen, and said with a sweet smile: "My sister may not know, a few days ago, the imperial doctor diagnosed my pulse and said that I just had a two-month body." ”

177 one person

In November, Chengde has already entered winter. In October, the grass and trees are still withered and yellow, the bare treetops stand in the wind, and the lonely residual leaves cover the earth, a bleak and desolate scene. I don't know when, it changed silently, and the large expanses of snow white were in an absolute posture, venting the coming of winter.

Huizhu was wrapped in a thick fur mattress, lying on the pillow, her head tilted to the side, her eyes were looking out of the window, her lips were slightly closed, as if she was muttering something, instead of stretching out her fingers and gently scraping the snow piled up outside the window, as if the temperature in the window could directly penetrate the white swaying glass to cover the ice and snow outside.

The footsteps of "kicking" gradually approached, interrupting the silence of the room, the thick door curtain was lifted, and the cold wind came into the house, and the four little palace maids who were waiting in the house couldn't help but shrink down, and were busy greeting the people who came. Xiao Juan nodded casually, then walked up to Huizhu, put down the tray in her hand, and called softly: "Master, it's time to drink medicine." ”

Huizhu turned her head and glanced at Xiaojuan and asked, "Did you say they arrived in the capital?" Why hasn't there been a letter for so long? Xiaojuan rolled up her cuffs, untied the medicine cup, and suddenly, the strong smell of Chinese medicine came, Huizhu frowned, took the medicine bowl, raised her head and drank it, Xiaojuan smiled with satisfaction, took back the empty bowl, and handed over the rinsing water, before replying: "Master, you can recuperate with peace of mind, don't worry about the master and Brother Hongli, this snow is big, and it is common to delay some on the road, and it will be more than ten days, and when it comes to Layue, the letter in the house should also arrive." ”

Huizhu twisted a piece of honey orange in her mouth, and said vaguely: "The snow is heavy, and the snow will cover the mountains at that time. Xiao Juan was beckoning the palace maid to clean up the medicine bowls and plates on the table, and when she heard this, she hurriedly stopped the movements in her hands, and her voice unconsciously raised: "How can you let Brother Hongli suffer, with the favor of the Lord of Long Live, Brother Hongli is a baby pimple." Besides, isn't there still a master? ”

Speaking of Yinzhen, Xiao Juan's eyes suddenly lit up, and she squeezed her eyebrows at Huizhu, and said with a red face: "Master, you have been in a coma for three days, but the master has come to see you every day, although he is not by your side day and night, but he also comes several times a day." The slave maid heard from the father-in-law that the master stayed in the study for three nights, and the lamp was burned until dawn. The words deliberately stopped, glanced at the little palace maids in the room a few times, leaned over, and whispered in his ear: "People outside are rumored that the master is not forgetting business, in fact, there is no official business, the slave maid in the middle of the night, go to the master to pass the news, and see the master staring at the table without turning his eyes, at first the slave and the maid really thought that the master was because of official business, but the master, guess what, what is on the table?" ”

Huizhu glanced at Xiaojuan angrily, pretended to cough twice, looked weak, and said with an unsteady breath: "Whatever you say or not, I don't have the energy to guess or not in my body now, anyway, you have become more and more bold over the years, but you have learned a lot from Xiao Ranzi." "Anyway, close your eyes and pretend to sleep.

Xiaojuan remembered that Huizhu's body had just gotten a lot better for more than half a month, and now she was coughing again, her eyes were red all of a sudden, and she wanted to blurt out, but she was afraid of something, so she hurriedly turned around and beat the people in the room out, and knelt down in front of Huizhu with a "bang", which startled Huizhu and said in surprise: "What's wrong with you?" ”

Xiaojuan cried so well that she didn't feel sad and said: "The slave and maid should die, they shouldn't forget their identity, and they don't care about the master's body, so the slave and maid will tell the master." Huizhu thought of the things in her previous life, and her heart unconsciously deviated from her previous life, and she didn't want to make a joke with Xiaojuan, but she sighed helplessly, because of her weakness, she just helped Xiaojuan, and after a few words of relief, she changed the topic and said, "Don't you want to tell me?" ”

Xiaojuan looked up with tears in her eyes, saw that Huizhu's face was not as pale as a few days ago, and thought that it should be fine, so she stopped her tears, her tear-stained face, I don't know what to remember, her cheeks turned red again, she looked down at her toes, and said shyly: "Master, do you remember that you once wrote a poem in the Old Summer Palace, and asked the slave to read it, and there was a word on it, the word...... That one...... Love ......"

Xiaojuan pondered for a long time, but when she looked up, she saw Huizhu looking like she was in a good position, so she simply stomped her feet, as if she had a posture of going out and said: "What the master looked at in the middle of the night was the love poem written by the master himself, containing "love". Although the slave maid is only a glimpse from afar, it can be seen that the master has preserved it very well, the paper is a little yellowed, and the master is still carefully stored in the small wooden box. ”

Huizhu was stunned for a moment, then let out an "oh" and covered up: "Really? Xiao Juan nodded hurriedly and said: "Of course yes, the slave can see it clearly, so master, you should recover quickly and return to Beijing before the year, don't let the master and Brother Hongli and Baolian Gege worry." Huizhu smiled and said, "It's almost the moon, and it's unlikely that you want to return to Beijing before the year." As he spoke, he lay down again, closed his eyes and ordered, "Xiaojuan, go down, I'm a little tired." ”

Xiaojuan didn't understand why Huizhu suddenly lost interest, and secretly pondered it, but she still couldn't understand, but some eyes didn't ask much, and after answering the words obediently, she twisted the quilt for Huizhu again, and left the house lightly.

Huizhu felt Xiaojuan leave, opened her eyes, propped up her elbows, sat up, looked at the heavy snow outside the window, secretly distracted, and after a long time, she overflowed a sigh: "I hope Xiao Ranzi is smarter and protects Hongli ......" After sighing, Xiaojuan's words sounded unconsciously in his ears, his heart trembled, he shook his head, threw away his thoughts, and said with a smile on his face: "Wait for Eniang to come back." ”

After that, another ten days passed, and it was the middle of winter. Er Huizhu's internal injuries recurred, and she was asked by the imperial doctor to lie down and collapse, so she had to lie down all day, Xiaojuan saw it in her eyes, knowing that she couldn't go back for three or four months, and she was afraid that Huizhu would be bored in the house, so she sent someone to find some books, or she often picked some interesting things to say, and accompanied Huizhu to play some boring.

In this way, the master and servant lived in this place far from the hustle and bustle. In this big palace, there is only one master, Huizhu, and everyone has the decree of Emperor Kangxi, so they offer Huizhu as a bodhisattva. Therefore, Huizhu's life is good, but she has to drink medicine several times a day, and the light kerosene in her mouth tastes a little, and she thinks about the Hongli brothers and sisters who are far away in the capital.

After lunch that day, Huizhu came to some energy, leaned on the bed, and looked at the child. But after a while, I saw the curtain lifted, Xiaojuan ran into the house in a panic, and said breathlessly: "Master, someone has come to the palace." Huizhu was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly sat up and said, "Quick, call someone over." ”

In the blink of an eye, the people from the palace faction had arrived, and when Huizhu saw it, there was a very familiar person Zhang Fu among the people who came. Huizhu suppressed her undulating thoughts, and asked Fujin to understand the general situation. It turned out that when Yinzhen and they returned to Beijing, they encountered heavy snowfall, and they did not return to the capital until November 13, and the snow blocked the road, so the news was postponed again and again, until the eighth day of the lunar month, the government sent someone to send it together with the letter and the New Year's gift.

Huizhu thought about it, Zhang Fu and the others must have returned to Beijing after the New Year, so they were not in a hurry, so as not to be anxious, and they attracted bad gossip, so they asked Xiaojuan to give a reward and beat it. Afterwards, Huizhu hurriedly retreated left and right, and hurriedly opened the letter sent from the house. As soon as I opened the yellow oil paper, I found that there were three letters inside, one was written by Yinzhen, one was written by the Wulanala clan, and the last one was written by Hongli.

Huizhu didn't hesitate to pick up Hongli's letter first, and her heart was very excited, this was the first time she received a letter from Hongli, so how could she not be excited. When she opened the letter, she took the five pages of letter paper written by Hongli and read it over and over again, although the letter was about some trivial things about his and Baolian's life, but she was happy in her heart, and she couldn't put it down when she held the letter.

Next, he opened the letter from the Ulanala clan, which only said that Baolian took good care of her, and told her not to worry, and to recuperate. After reading it, Huizhu called Xiaojuan to prepare pen and ink on the spot, wrote a reply directly, and sealed it with oilskin paper.

After these were done, Huizhu glanced at a letter next to the pillow, hesitated, or picked it up, opened it, felt a little repulsed, and some expectation or curiosity, pinched it in her hand for a long time, and then opened it. I saw that there were not many words written on the letter, but the handwriting was elegant and neat, and the font structure was rigorous.

——Niu Yulu's words:

Healed.

All is well with my sons and daughters.

You can just rest and recuperate, and you don't need to worry about it.

Return soon.

- Husband: Aixin Jueluo. Yinzhen

After Huizhu took a closer look, her eyes fell on the genus, and she held the pen and thought about it, but she never put down the pen for a long time. At this time, it was already evening, Xiaojuan took the medicine again, prepared dinner, saw Huizhu holding a pen in one hand and a letter in the other, she was curious, but said in her mouth: "Master, don't be in a hurry to reply, it's better to take the medicine first, and then want to reply after eating." ”

At first glance, Huizhu woke up, turned her head to Xiaojuan and smiled unnaturally, hurriedly put away the stationery, and without thinking about it, she found a piece of rice paper from the small table next to the bed, and wrote very quickly:

- Wufu:

The concubine invited Ye Da'an.

Lao Ye closed it, and the concubine cried when she heard it.

The children of the lord are all right, and the concubine is pleased.

- Side wife: Niu Yulu's

After writing, Huizhu didn't look at it, took the letter and dried it slightly, and then packed the envelope.

178 hands hit

In November, Chengde has already entered winter. In October, the grass and trees are still withered and yellow, the bare treetops stand in the wind, and the lonely residual leaves cover the earth, a bleak and desolate scene. I don't know when, it changed silently, and the large expanses of snow white vented the coming of winter in an absolute posture. Huizhu was wrapped in a thick fur mattress, lying on the pillow, her head tilted to the side, her eyes looked out of the window, her lips moved slightly, as if she was muttering something, and from time to time stretched out her fingers and gently scraped the snow piled up outside the window, as if the temperature in the window could directly penetrate the white swaying glass to cover the ice and snow outside.

The footsteps of "kicking" gradually approached, interrupting the silence of the room, the thick door curtain was lifted, and the cold wind came into the house in a hurry, and the four little palace maids who were waiting in the house couldn't help but shrink their bodies, and were busy greeting the people who came. Xiao Juan nodded casually, then walked up to Huizhu, put down the tray in her hand, and called softly: "Master, it's time to drink medicine." Huizhu turned her head and glanced at Xiaojuan and asked, "Did you say they arrived in the capital?" Why hasn't it been so long? Xiaojuan pulled down her cuffs, untied the medicine cup, and suddenly, the strong smell of Chinese medicine came, Huizhu frowned, took the medicine bowl, raised her head and drank it. Xiaojuan smiled with satisfaction, took back the empty bowl, handed over the rinsing water, and replied: "Master, you can recuperate with peace of mind, don't worry about the master and Brother Hongli, this snow is falling heavily, and it is common to delay some on the road, and it will be more than ten days, and when it comes to Layue, the letter from the house should also arrive." Huizhu twisted a piece of honey orange in her mouth, and said vaguely: "The snow is heavy, and the snow will cover the mountain, and there will be no store in front of the village and no store, and Hongli will have to suffer some hardships on the road." Xiao Juan was beckoning the palace maid to clean up a few medicine bowls and plates, and when she heard this, she hurriedly stopped the movements in her hands, and her voice unconsciously raised: "How can you make Brother Hongli suffer, with the favor of the Lord of Long Live, Brother Hongli is a baby pimple, besides, isn't there still a master?" ”

Speaking of Yinzhen, Xiaojuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and she squeezed her eyebrows at Huizhu for a while, and said with a red face: "Master, you have been in a coma for three days, but you have come to see you every day, although it is not by your side day and night, but it is also several times a day, and the slave maid heard Father-in-law Lu say that the master stayed in the study for three nights, and the lamp was burned until dawn." The words deliberately stopped, glanced at the little palace maids in the room a few times, leaned over, and said: "People outside are rumored that the master does not forget his official business, in fact, there is no official business, the slave maid in the middle of the night, go to the master to pass the news, and see that he also stared at the table without turning his eyes, at first the slave and maid really thought it was because of official business, but the master, guess what, what is on the table?" Huizhu glanced at Xiaojuan angrily, pretended to cough twice, looked weak, and said with an unsteady breath: "Whether you say it or not, I don't have the energy to guess or not in my body now, anyway, you have become more and more bold over the years, and you have learned a lot from Xiao Ranzi." "Anyway, close your eyes and pretend to sleep.

Xiaojuan remembered that Huizhu's body had just gotten a lot better for most of the month, and now she was coughing again, her eyes were red all of a sudden, and she blurted out, but she was worried about something, so she hurriedly turned around and beat the people in the room out, knelt down in front of Huizhu with a "bang", and bluffed Huizhu and said in surprise: "What's wrong with you?" Xiaojuan cried so much that she didn't feel sad and said: "The slave and maid should die, they shouldn't forget their identity, and they don't care about the master's body, the slave and the maid will tell the master." Huizhu thought of the things in her previous life, and her heart was unconsciously a little biased towards her previous life, and she didn't want to make a joke with Xiaojuan like this, but she sighed helplessly, because of the weakness in her body, she just helped Xiaojuan, and after a few words of relief, she changed the topic and said, "Don't you want to tell me?" Xiaojuan looked up with teary eyes, saw that Huizhu's face was not as pale as a few days ago, and thought that it should be fine, so she stopped crying, her face was stained with tears, and she didn't know what to think of, her cheeks turned red again, she looked down at her toes, and said shyly: "Master, you can still remember, you once wrote a poem in the Old Summer Palace, and asked the slave maid to read it, and there is a word on it, the word...... That one...... Love ......" Xiaojuan pondered and grinded for a long time, but when she looked up, she saw that Huizhu looked like she was in a good place, and simply stomped her feet, as if she had a posture of letting go and said: "The master looked at things in the middle of the night, and it was the love poem written by the master himself, containing 'love'." Although the slave maid is only a glimpse from afar, it can be seen that the master has kept it very well, the paper is a little yellowed, and the master is still carefully packed in the small wooden box. ”

Huizhu was stunned for a moment, then let out an "oh" and covered up: "Really? Xiao Juan nodded hurriedly and said: "Of course yes, the slave maid can see it clearly, so the master, you should recover quickly and return to Beijing before the year, don't let the master and Brother Hongli and Baolian Gege worry." Huizhu smiled and said, "It's almost Layue, and it's unlikely that you want to return to Beijing in time for the year." As he spoke, he lay down again, closed his eyes and ordered, "Xiaojuan, go down, I'm a little tired." Xiaojuan didn't understand why Huizhu suddenly lost interest, and secretly pondered it, but she still couldn't understand, but some of them didn't ask much, and after answering the words obediently, why did they twist the corners of the quilt, and they left the house lightly. Huizhu felt Xiaojuan leave, opened her eyes, supported her elbows, sat up, looked at the heavy snow blowing outside the window, and was secretly distracted, for a long time, before she overflowed with a sigh: "I hope Xiao Ranzi is smarter and protects Hongli ......" After sighing, Xiaojuan's words echoed unconsciously in his ears, his heart trembled, he shook his head, threw away his thoughts, and said with a smile on his face: "Wait for Eniang to come back." "After that, there were more than ten days, and it was the middle of winter. And Huizhu's internal injuries recurred, and she was asked by the doctor to lie on the couch, so she had to lie down all day long, Xiaojuan saw it in her eyes, knowing that she couldn't go back in March or April, and she was afraid that she would be bored in the house, so she sent someone to find some books, or she often picked some interesting things to say, and accompanied Huizhu to play some boring. If so, the master and the servant stayed in this place far away from the hustle and bustle and lived. In this big palace, there is only one master, Huizhu, and everyone has the will of Emperor Kangxi to offer Huizhu as a bodhisattva. Therefore, Huizhu's life is good, but she has to drink medicine several times a day, and there is no taste in her mouth, and she thinks about the Hongli brothers and sisters who are far away in the capital. After lunch that day, Huizhu came to her senses, leaned on the bed, and looked at her son. But after a while, I saw the curtain lifted, and Xiaojuan ran into the house in a panic, and said breathlessly: "Master, someone has come to the palace." Huizhu was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly sat up and said, "Quick, call someone over." ”

179 Dream Language - Hand hit

Huizhu still had a smile on her cheeks, but her bright eyes were wide open, revealing a little doubt, as if asking "Why are you here", and she stared at the visitor in a daze for a long time.

Yin Zhen saw Huizhu's expression in his eyes, and he felt uncomfortable, but he didn't show any emotion on his face, walked into the house, pulled his hem, and sat down on the kang.

Huizhu was really stunned for a moment, and for someone who couldn't be possible at all, suddenly stood in front of you, and no one could react for a moment. At this moment, seeing Yinzhen walking in front of her, sitting down with her face as usual, Huizhu secretly knocked her eyes, and estimated that she was unhappy in her heart, but she also put the words on her lips quite colored-"Why are you here" was replaced by "Master, you should send someone to say it, this road is not close, the concubine is good to let people clean up first, and let the master go to the shortage." So saying, he ordered them to go down and prepare hot water, refreshments, and food.

Yinzhen took the teacup handed over by the palace maid and took a sip, his eyebrows stretched slightly. Raised his eyes and said: "When I first came, I met the girl and the imperial doctor next to you, and asked a few words, saying that you are in good health, but you should tighten your body and sit first." ”

After standing for a while, Huizhu was tired, and she didn't push, so she let the palace maid help her to sit down on the other side of the kang table, but she was a little puzzled in her heart, the year is less than two months, and she should give birth, why did Yinzhen come over at this time, could it be that she came to pick her up? Thinking of this, Huizhu couldn't help but chuckle and came to pick her up? Even if it is changed to an adult, it is impossible to pick it up according to Yinzhen's temperament.

Yinzhen left the house, Baolian is still good to say, but what about Hongli?

So, I saw Huizhu frowning, and asked bluntly: "Lord went out this time, and it took half a month to form back and forth, and it would take half a month to do it, what should I do if this Hongli is a half-year-old child?" Yin Zhen squinted at the pearls, did not say anything, held the tea cup in his hand, lightly picked up the tea powder, and breathed the fragrance of hot tea with some greed. But this was so anxious that Huizhu, who was waiting to speak, couldn't help but ask, "What happened to Hongli?" ”

Yin Zhen saw that Huizhu was in a hurry, remembering that Huizhu saved Hongli by risking herself, knowing the importance of Hongli to her, she wanted to reply to her words, but she was holding her anger for several months, and she couldn't get her face down, so she snorted coldly: "Half-grown child? I think you also know, let him go to live in Fujin's courtyard for the time being, what did he say? He is no longer a three-year-old child, he can take care of his own child, and said that you are injured to save him, Huang Ama taught him not to be ungrateful, and this grace is still given by his own mother, and it is more important than the mountain, he wants to stay in the yard and wait for you to go back, a show of gratitude, a show of filial piety. Listen, listen, your son is so high-sounding, every sentence is reasonable, or a half-grown child no. ”

The more Yin Zhen said, the more angry he became, he was very worried about this son, and now that he saw Huizhu, he simply counted Hongli's not one by one, but there was one meaning in the words, blame Huizhu for spoiling Hongli too much, and Hongli came to have a strong temper. But in the end, he still answered Huizhu's words positively, and said: "Huang Ama misses his grandson, Hongxi (the son of the abolished prince Yinren), the fourteenth elder brother's Hong, and Hongli called to Changchun Garden to accompany him." ”

Huizhu for Hongli, Baolian's matter, the brain turned very fast, as soon as I heard Yinzhen say this, I figured out the relationship, knowing that Hongli was not going to have an accident, my heart was at ease, then I remembered the things on the side, and I didn't ask Yinzhen why he came to the palace alone at this time, but before the words in his mouth jumped out of a word, Xiaojuan entered the house with hot water, and had to swallow the words back.

3rd floor

After a simple wash, put on the regular reward, and the kitchen was also prepared to eat, when Huizhu was going to eat, she asked a few words of concern, she didn't want to take a dose of medicine, her body was too weak to hold on, and her upper and lower eyelids were fighting. Yin Zhen looked at it coldly, but she couldn't see Huizhu sitting on the kang and taking a nap, glanced at Xiaojuan, and said in a deep voice: "Help your master go down and rest." Xiaojuan was a little afraid of Yinzhen, listened to the instructions, hurriedly bent down and called Huizhu a few times, and helped Huizhu to the bed to rest.

Huizhu slept soundly this night, pillowing the letter from Hongli under the cotton pillow, smelling the fragrance of the residual lotus on the bed, and smiling sweetly in her dream. In the dream, she had recovered from her illness and returned to the capital, and Hongli and Baolian were playing in the house while waiting for her to return; Then, she was now at the door, so happy that the two brothers and sisters couldn't care, ran straight over, threw themselves into her arms, and danced and called "Eniang" and "Eniang......

Yinzhen temporarily dealt with the things in his hand, got up and moved his body stiffly, suddenly heard the "giggles" chuckle coming, couldn't help but step around the screen, follow the sound to the bedroom, and saw the faint yellow candle flame, reflecting Huizhu's happy smile, the slightly upturned corners of the mouth hung with joy, like a blooming rose as delicate, people can't take their eyes off.

Dreams are dreams after all, and there are times when you wake up. When Huizhu woke up slowly, she was still a little annoyed in her heart, her dream was fragrant, why did she wake up, she stretched her waist unhappily, and rubbed her sleepy eyes, only to open her eyes, and in the next moment, a straight figure broke into her eyes, and she couldn't help but let out a very short "ah".

Yinzhen calmly walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, when Huizhu's thoughts were still in chaos, she was pinched by Yinzhen's chin, and her burning gaze was firmly locked on her face, so that she could not escape.

Huizhu was a little uncomfortable with the two of them, and the corner of her eye caught a glimpse of the twilight outside the window, and her voice seemed to be muttering: "It's dark, I have slept for so long." The words fell, breaking the silence in the room.

Yinzhen loosened the clamp, followed Huizhu's gaze and looked out the window, and muttered: "It's a watchday, you should also get up and take medicine." With that, he stepped out of the house.

After a while, the little palace maid rushed in, lit the lamp, moved a few, set the table, worked hard for a while, and when Huizhu took the medicine, the room was already bright, and there was also a small table of gold lacquer next to the bed, and there were seven or eight dishes on the small table, faintly bubbling with the fragrance of food.

Huizhu quietly looked at the busy figures of the little palace maids, and with just a glance, she could see from the face of Xiao Juan who was standing on the side, these were all Yinzhen's orders, but what does this mean? Huizhu shook her head slightly, but the small bowl handed by Xiaojuan was used silently, but she ate this meal very carefully......

After the meal, the hour was not early, and Huizhu was in good spirits because she had slept for a long time in the afternoon, and she had no sleepiness and turned out the letter under the pillow and read it carefully. Suddenly, Yinzhen said, "What are you looking at?" I'm glad I did. Huizhu looked up and smiled: "I didn't read anything, I was bored for a while, so I flipped out the letter that Hongli wrote to me a year ago, and it was quite interesting." This is the truth, the letter wrote a lot of small things about Hongli's life, and interesting things about the students in the study, so that Huizhu saw it, and she couldn't close her mouth with a smile.

When Yinzhen heard this, his face suddenly turned unhappy, and he didn't speak with a gloomy face, but just stared at Huizhu.

Huizhu smiled for a while, felt that it was wrong, and after a little glance, she saw Yinzhen's elongated face, pondered in her heart, carefully collected the letter, and remembered what she wanted to ask in the afternoon, so she said: "Why did you come to Chengde at this time?" Seeing the dust this afternoon, I don't know what the urgency is? ”

Yin Zhen's face was a little pale, and his tone was still cold and hard: "Shanxi and Shaanxi have had poor harvests for two consecutive years, and the people have fled in all directions. The year before, there was another earthquake in Shaanxi, and many soldiers and civilians were injured. This year, there was another earthquake in Shacheng, and even a slight earthquake was felt in the Jingshi area, and food was extremely insufficient. Speaking of this, Yin Zhen's chest rose and fell, and he said angrily: "Let's not mention the continuous natural disasters in these places, that is, the west is now using soldiers, and the local officials and people are extremely hard to transport rice and wages, but there are still people who make up their minds here, and they dare to lose money and food, and they ......."

Huizhu was stunned, it was rare to see Huizhu so thunderous and angry, and she was a little frightened and called: "Master? Yin Zhen stopped talking, and knew that the words were far away, and after a while, Fang calmed down and said: "Huang Ama sent me to Shanxi and Shaanxi to investigate the situation, I am here, just here to rest, so I came over, and I have to leave tomorrow afternoon." ”

Huizhu instinctively exclaimed, "Tomorrow afternoon? You only came here today, so you should rest for two days. Yin Zhen immediately reprimanded: "There are priorities, how can I do it cheaply." Huizhu was stunned and didn't speak again.

Yin Zhen glanced at Huizhu, and said in a relaxed tone: "If you leave this time, it will be almost a month, and I heard that the imperial doctor said that your condition can be recuperated for another month, well, so be it, when I return to Beijing, you can go back with me." Huizhu was stunned for a moment, and then nodded busily. Yin Zhen rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, and said, "En", "That's it, settle it." ”

Huizhu looked at Yinzhen who was collapsing in her wide clothes, and a trace of strangeness seeped into her heart, whether she was by the way or not, he always came, to take her back to the capital, back to Prince Yong's mansion, depending on where she belonged......

Suddenly, a trace of heat tickled in the earlobe, and then only a muffled sound was heard to the eardrum: "Don't get used to Hongli anymore, I actually wrote him a full eighty-three pages of reply, a loving mother is a failure, but you know." Actually wrote eighty-three pages, you just have so many words, you actually want to write eighty-three pages? ”

Huizhu was stunned, and was questioned by Yinzhen repeatedly, she naturally stiffened, and secretly kept thinking about answering, and felt Yinzhen's arm directly circle and rub on her waist. Huizhu lowered her eyes, waiting for Yinzhen's next move, but heard a slight snoring sound, turned her head in disbelief, under the dim flickering candlelight, it was a tiredness that could not be covered, I don't know what he was disturbed by, in his sleep, his thick eyebrows were still locked.

Huizhu suddenly felt that this man was very tired, and unconsciously reached out to smooth the wrinkles between his eyebrows and eyes, only to hear Yinzhen mutter a few words, Jing's Huizhu hurriedly withdrew her hand, tensed her nerves and listened to the movement. However, after a long time, Zhihuizhu not only fell asleep, but only felt as if someone was muttering in her hazy consciousness: "...... Eighty-three pages of letter paper...... I signed it...... Not eighty-three words yet...... Woke up...... I don't know ...... either."

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