One day in the first month of the following year, Hyland flew the kite again, and this time, another small boy kite had already flown next to the butterfly kite.

Just the day before, Ruyi heard the sound of joy and firecrackers in the palace, and she knew that Jia Concubine had successfully given birth to the fourth son. This child, who was born on the 14th day of the first month of the fourth year of Qianlong, became the first prince obtained by the emperor four years after he ascended the throne, and the first prince obtained by the emperor after losing his sister-in-law Yonglian, almost making up for the great pain and emptiness of his beloved son. The emperor was overjoyed, and personally named the prince Yonghui, set up banquets every day, and rewarded Qixiang Palace, and even the prince's biological mother Jia Concubine was also proud, and her grace was undiminished.

The queen of Changchun Palace was immersed in the pain and blow of losing her parent, and became seriously ill day after day.

After the fourth elder brother Yonghui was born, he was allowed to be raised by his biological mother Jia Concubine. This is a special grace and glory, falling in the eyes of outsiders, it is not only a symbol of the favor and glory of Jia Concubine and the fourth elder brother, but also a sign to Jia Concubine's mother Li Chao that Jia Concubine has an unshakable position in the heart of the harem and the emperor. The feast from the birth of the fourth elder brother to the full moon lasted for a month, and even Li Chao specially sent a special envoy from thousands of miles away to congratulate the people of the imperial court on participating in the special products, and sent the hometown snacks that Jia Concubine has always loved to eat, chatting about her homesickness.

At the same time, the pure concubine who raised the two princes was also promoted to the pure concubine, and for a time from obscurity to pivotal, the limelight was quite strong. Even the emperor was in his spare time, in addition to staying in the palace of the concubine, he gradually went to the Zhongcui Palace of the pure concubine. For the early death of Prince Duanhui, the emperor really didn't worry about the princess being raised by his brother, and Concubine Chun and Concubine Jia cried every time and persuaded them, and they were reluctant to separate the mother and son, so the emperor also agreed. In this way, the former lively Brother has also been purified, but it is just nothing. Except for the lowest-level sprinkling palace people, the rest of the elder brother were assigned to serve in various palaces. Yin Wan was in this column and was assigned to the pure concubine palace. Concubine Chun liked her with clear eyebrows and handsome eyes, and looked soft and lovely, so she specially dialed her to serve the eldest brother's tea and snacks.

On this day, Concubine Chun and Hailan sat in the court, admiring the flowers decorated with colored paper on the slightly dry branches in winter, and praised: "My sister still has a heart, and she decorates some colored paper flowers on the branches, and it doesn't look so deserted." ”

Hailan glanced at it and said, "Sister Chunfei doesn't know, this flower is the best to look at if it is cut with colored silk." Just not now. ”

Concubine Chun quietly looked out, nodded and said, "This is too wasteful, if you let the queen mother know, it will be another admonition." ”

Hailan smiled softly, pulled the newly made rose purple and gold makeup satin fox robe on Concubine Chun's body and said, "Now under the queen's mother, you are Concubine Hui and Sister Concubine Chun." You have two princes, with an unusual status, dressed better and used better, and others are naturally flattering, who dares to say anything. ”

Concubine Chun smiled and patted her hand, and pushed a string of agate red gold nine-ring bracelets on her wrist on her wrist, and said affectionately: "If there is no sister to persuade this palace to take an adventure for the third elder brother, where will this palace have the joy of gathering with the third elder brother today, and where will there be a good day for the concubine." ”

Hailan smiled quietly: "Sister Chunfei, this is also worth saying, that is, I have seen the outside." ”

The two watched Yinwan accompany the eldest brother and the third elder brother to play with a few nurses under the porch. But when he saw the emperor coming over, he said with a smile: "Wherever I go, it is the most lively in Zhongcui Palace, and I heard laughter from afar, and I feel happy when I hear it." ”

Concubine Chun and Hailan hurriedly curtled and said, "The emperor is blessed with Jin'an." ”

The emperor helped the two of them and said with a smile: "Hailan, you are also there." ”

Hailan looked at the emperor with a smile, and her eyes were full of waves: "The emperor likes to be lively, so don't you allow your concubines to envy the excitement?" ”

Concubine Chun smiled: "Hai Guiren is envious of the concubine having a child, it would be good if Hai Guiren could also give birth to a prince." The emperor said yes? ”

The emperor's smile contained a bit of sadness: "I don't think so, the more children, the better." The heirs of the Holy Ancestor Kangxi are prosperous, and our royal family can also prosper with it. ”

The emperor watched the third elder brother play vigorously with the eldest elder brother, and said, "It's just good to be lively." The third elder brother is now four years old, so he should recognize some words well, don't just be greedy for fun, and even the eldest brother will not study well. ”

Concubine Chun was obviously a little unhappy when she heard the emperor's words, and was about to argue a few words for her son, but she saw that Yin Wan Yingying gave a salute and said: "If you go back to the emperor, the eldest brother said that the third elder brother has just returned to Concubine Chun's mother, and it is inevitable that the mother and son will be estranged from each other, so after school, I will accompany the third elder brother to play, which also increases the brotherly relationship." And the third elder brother is now well-behaved, when the eldest elder brother is studying in the house, the third elder brother listens to it, and the eldest elder brother also teaches the third elder brother to read and write, which is really a brother and a brother. ”

The emperor said happily: "Really? Can the third elder brother already be able to read? ”

The eldest elder brother took the third elder brother's hand and shook it, pointed to the plaque in the main hall of Zhong Cui Palace and said, "Third brother, what is that word?" ”

The third elder brother raised his head curiously, looked at it for a while, and said, "Gentle." Big brother, is mild. ”

Concubine Chun didn't know a word when the third elder brother didn't know a word, and her heart was tightly raised, and she was secretly complaining that the eldest brother had picked out such a difficult few words for her son to recognize, but she didn't want the words "Shushen and gentle" on the plaque, but her son was able to know two, and she didn't feel relieved.

"I used to be illiterate, but now I can recognize two, which is already good." The emperor smiled and reached out to stroke the head of the eldest brother, "Good boy, worthy of being my eldest brother, who can raise his younger brother and learn with his heart." ”

The eldest brother hurriedly knelt down and said: "Huang Ama Mingjian, it's not that the son is attentive, but I think that the third brother is actually qualified, but in the past, the grandmothers and nurses of the elder brother were too pampered to recognize words and things too late, so I want to teach the third brother more to fulfill the responsibility of the eldest brother." ”

Concubine Chun was very pleased, and said with a smile: "The eldest brother is pure filial piety and friendship, which is really an example for all elder brothers. ”

The eldest brother took the emperor's hand and said: "But Huang Ama, my son has been studying in a few places recently, can you ask Huang Ama to give advice and teach his son and third brother." ”

The emperor Dayue took his two sons and went to the warm pavilion. He was about to take a step, but he saw that Yinwan's face was gentle and submissive, like a little spring flower that wanted to bloom, delicate and shy, but with a touch of pride.

The emperor unconsciously looked at it: "Are you serving the pure concubine?" How have I never seen it before. ”

Yan Wan's voice was as clear as a mountain spring, and she was eloquent: "The slave maid used to serve in the elder brother, but now she has been transferred to the palace of the pure concubine. Meng Niangniang did not give up, and let the slave maid be responsible for serving the tea and snacks of the eldest brother. ”

When the emperor saw that she spoke appropriately, he said, "I see that you are very clever and intelligent, and you are serving the eldest brother with your heart." With that, he took the two elder brothers inside.

Seeing that the emperor was so happy, Concubine Chun breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Amitabha, the emperor blesses you." The emperor actually doesn't dislike the third elder brother. ”

Hailan smiled and said with relief: "No, Ji Tailai." My sister said, as long as the third elder brother is raised by his mother's side, it will be fine. Sure enough, there is a sister and the eldest brother who are training, and the third elder brother is liked by the emperor. ”

Concubine Chun stroked her heart and said: "This palace doesn't admit that the eldest brother is so smart, and wants to show this face for the third elder brother." God really has eyes. ”

Hailan looked at Yan Wan, who was waiting outside the palace gate, dressed in palace maid clothes but without losing her beautiful complexion, and said with a smile: "Sister Chunfei wants to reward the eldest brother, and even more so to reward the palace maid beside the eldest brother." If it weren't for her, the emperor wouldn't be so happy today. ”

Concubine Chun laughed and said, "Reward, naturally you have to reward." Kexin, go and reward this palace maid with the sugar steamed cheese sent by the imperial dining room today, called ......"

Yan Wan said obediently: "If you go back to your mother, the slave maid's name is Yan Wan." It is the honor of a slave to be able to enter the call of the mother's mouth. ”

Concubine Chun smiled more and more: "Kexin, let's reward all the sugar steamed cheese." ”

Seeing the opportunity, Hailan hurriedly said: "Sister Concubine Chun, while the emperor is happy, you can go in quickly, and my sister will retire first." ”

The next day, Hailan went to the Jiaconcubine Palace to see the fourth elder brother come back, and was carrying Ye Xin through the imperial garden, and saw the newly opened Spring Festival stars shining with goose yellow starlight, hidden among the verdant green branches, and sure enough, spring was already in the world. Hailan thought about the severe cold of this winter, and should have asked Jiang Youbin to go to the cold palace to treat Ruyi for the wind and cold earlier, but the second elder brother died early, the fourth elder brother was born, and the things in the palace were one after another, and there was almost no room for relief. Now that the weather is a little warmer, we should find a way to summon this Jiang Hebin into Yanxi Palace to ask and feel his details.

Hailan was thinking about it, but he heard someone whispering behind the Fubi Pavilion in front of him, and the voice of one of them was very familiar, so he unconsciously stood still and motioned for Ye Xin to be silent.

A bay of clear water is like a thin spring silk silently meandering through the Fubi Pavilion, gurgling down. The flowers and trees in the four places are gradually sprouting goose yellow and emerald green, and the grass is lush and lush. Through the gap between the branches and leaves of the clumps of beautiful trees, a bright yellow color unexpectedly crashed into his eyes, and the emperor only said to the palace maid in Tsing Yi in front of him: "I remember that I saw you in the palace of the pure concubine yesterday, why did you crash into my eyes in the imperial garden today." ”

The palace maid was a little timid, and said: "The queen mother summoned the eldest brother to Cining Palace, and after the slave maid served the eldest elder brother and sent him to the Shang study, she walked back to Zhongcui Palace to the imperial garden, not with the intention of disturbing the emperor." ”

The emperor smiled and cupped her small and round jaw and said, "Did I say you disturbed me?" Spring is happy and happy when it hits my eyes, and I look at you as well. ”

The palace maid immediately understood, hurriedly dodged from under the emperor's fingers, shy and timid, and said: "The slave maid is ignorant, and she dare not bear such praise from the emperor." ”

The emperor's smile was like a spring breeze, melting the budding buds and giving birth to a tree: "What's your name?" ”

"The slave's name is Yinwan."

"Yinwan is excellent, and the tongue is fragrant when you read it. Which one is it? His eyes suddenly lit up, with a hint of ridicule, "Shen Yue's "Beauty Fu" of the Southern Dynasty said, 'Pavilions are like the moon, and grace is like spring.'" Wait for the price, Si Shang clothes'. But from the woman's side? ”

There was a thin crimson color between her eyebrows, as if the clouds on the horizon were staring between her delicate eyebrows, and she refused to leave. She seemed a little afraid, although her voice was soft, but there was some restrained distancing, and said: "The poem read by the emperor is really good, but unfortunately the slave maid doesn't understand." ”

There was a vigorous smile in the emperor's eyes, and he said, "You don't have to understand, because you are the beauty who is as graceful as spring." When you stand in front of me, you understand and understand everything. ”

The emperor seemed to think of something, so he asked, "Yinwan, what's your surname?" ”

Yan Wan seemed to mention something displeased, but she had to answer: "The slave was born in the Han Army and was clothed in the Yellow Flag, and her mother's surname is Wei." ”

The emperor smiled slightly, as if relieved: "Wei's surname is ordinary, like a ghost who seeks perfection." But the Han army is covered with yellow flags, and the background is not very low. ”

There was a sad shadow that covered her clear and gloomy eyes: "Although he was born in the three banners of the Han Army, his father died early, and he didn't have a brother who was angry, he was really not a good family." ”

(Note: From "Beauty Fu" by Shen Yue of the Liang Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty.) Shen Yue, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, was an official in the Song, Qi, and Liang dynasties, and was a generation of literary leaders. The beauty of "Beauty Fu" is a typical image of geisha in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Shangsanqi: The three flags under the direct control of the emperor in the Qing Dynasty. The Eight Banners of Manchuria are divided into three upper flags and five lower flags. Before the Qing army entered the customs, the yellow flag, the yellow flag, and the blue flag were personally led by Huang Taiji, who was the emperor's personal soldier, with a noble status and generous conditions and treatment, called "Shangsan Banner". After entering the customs, Emperor Shunzhi relied on the political and economic power of the central power to master the positive white flag, set aside the positive blue flag, and adjusted the upper three flags to the positive yellow flag, the inlaid yellow flag, and the positive white flag. The lower five flags are adjusted to the positive red flag, the red flag, the blue flag, the white flag, and the blue flag. ）