The next morning, Fu Heng handed over the excerpt to the emperor, and the emperor immediately agreed, elected the husband and wife to be the ministers of the elderly, and went to Horqin to read the holy decree in parallel with the Wenli Domain, and the quasi-forehead Buten Balzhur will enter Beijing in February, and the wedding date is set for March 18 of the following year.

To the New Year's Day of the twelfth year of Qianlong, the emperor canonized his daughter as Gulun and Jing Princess, "Gulun" is Manchu, for the meaning of "the world, the country", is the highest grade of the queen's daughter, has always been only the daughter of the queen to be honored, or the daughter of the concubine who has been particularly favored by the emperor, or the younger brother is the emperor and queen Jin Feng or posthumously named the same mother. The princess had a grade, and the grade of the forehead was also determined, and Sebuteng Balejur was named Gulunbele, the same grade as Gulunbeizi, and wore all the utensils such as the crown and crown of the court dress prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

After that, the Ministry of Rites soon knew that the Ministry of Internal Affairs wanted to prepare the crown and crown court clothes, jewelry and honor guards and all the furnishings in the princess's mansion for the princess's marriage.

On weekdays, only the Forbidden City gathers the world's wealth, but it is scattered everywhere and cannot be seen, and now in order to marry a princess, it seems that in just a few months, all the gold, silver, pearls and jade in the world are gathered, every day there are people to look near the Changchun Palace, watching the mouth of the box carried in and out, recalling the ordinary situation of the eldest brother marrying Fujin, this has a mother's child and a mother's child, the treatment is so different, and a mother's child, the son is expensive by the mother, who can compare to the main palace.

In addition to the usual royal gifts, the queen mother and the queen have other bodies, and the emperor also gives another reward, and the princess's marriage is rich and grand, which is very imaginable. In contrast, this year's New Year's Day and Spring Festival, on the contrary, it is much simpler, after the New Year's Day canonization ceremony, it should be busy with the Lantern Festival feast, but the princess's initial ceremony is in February, and the Queen Mother issued a decree that Concubine Yu does not have to spend too much thought on the Lantern Festival, and put her energy on the initial ceremony of harmony.

On the seventh day of the first day of the new year, although the palace is still filled with the atmosphere of the new year, the trivial things everywhere are idle, Concubine Yu rarely rests for a day, and sends the fifth elder brother to the study in the morning, and lazily sleeps a night. But when he got up, he didn't feel relaxed, but he was uneasy about doing nothing, so he took the white pear to Yanxi Palace.

When the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to ask for a check on the princess's sedan chair, Hongyan led the Buddha to stand under the corridor and ordered, the little princess was already able to walk a few steps, and when she saw Concubine Yu coming, she babbled and opened her arms, but she took a clumsy step forward, and almost rolled down the stairs with a shake under her feet. ”

It took a long time for Hongyan to come back, Fo'er didn't cry anymore, she was amused in Concubine Yu's arms, but when she saw Hongyan, she wanted to stick to her, the little girl would already call Eniang, she couldn't help but hug her as soon as she was coquettish, and the nurse often said that it was not that the princess could not leave her mother, but that the concubine could not leave the little princess.

"I thought that on Chinese New Year's Eve and Spring Festival, I had to be seriously ill to carry it down, but everything went smoothly, for the sake of the princess, the queen mother and the empress had no intention of celebrating the festival, I was lazy. But look at you, you're so busy that your feet don't touch the ground. Concubine Yu smiled and kissed the little princess and said, "Buddha has not had to play with Eniang these days." ”

Hongyan sat down next to her and took tea to drink, she was not tired, she just said dryly, and smiled modestly: "Everything has rules to follow, but I am not tired, but I have done things properly outside, come and let me and the queen mother take a look, I don't have to worry about it, but it is trivial." ”

Concubine Yu knew that she was modest and low-key, and laughed softly: "That day I heard the Queen Mother say to Mama Hua in Ningshou Palace, I didn't expect that there was a person like you in the palace, and no one in the six palaces could share it for the queen, I don't know where you learned your skills." The queen mother said that the first emperor married several princesses, and I haven't seen such pomp, but you do it in an orderly manner, like you are very experienced. ”

Hongyan smiled: "It's just chasing ducks to the shelves, groping to do it, the princess's marriage, I'm afraid I have never experienced it in my previous life." can do everything thoroughly, it all depends on the ministers outside, we are just adding to the supplement. ”

She didn't mention Fucha Fu Heng's name, but she knew in her heart that she could deal with everything smoothly, it was all because Fu Heng did everything well outside, Ruyin passed the news from it, and the inside and outside cooperated tacitly, the queen could sit back and relax, and she didn't have to work hard. If you change the minister, you want to make profits or shirk responsibility everywhere, and you won't be able to take it.

And Concubine Yu walked in Ningshou Palace all the year round, knew many things about the Queen Mother, avoided others and said: "The Queen Mother used to be the highest only in the position of the concubine, you also understand how the grace is, plus the family is just a four-grade ceremony, without the support of gold and silver, there is not much gold and silver saved for decades." This time, the queen has the Fucha family as a backer, and takes out thousands of gold and silver to buy a dowry for the princess, the queen mother is a little difficult to do, she takes less and is too shabby to be compared with her daughter-in-law, and she takes more, and there are so many princesses waiting to marry his wife in the future, but how good. ”

When Hongyan heard this, she couldn't help but be concerned, and asked Concubine Yu carefully, only to know that it was Mama Hua who leaked the words to her. Naturally, the Queen Mother has become the Queen Mother for more than ten years, and there are countless gold and silver in Ningshou Palace, but there are many gifts sent to usher in more than ten years. In front of the emperor, he had to hold the dignity of the queen mother, and often persuaded the emperor not to be extravagant and wasteful, and refused him to send gold, silver and jewelry, so that even if he accumulated a lot of money, he could not afford to spend a lot of money on the queen's biological daughter.

Concubine Yu said: "A few of our concubines are courtesy, there is not so much pressure, no matter how you can't cross the two palaces, it's just a meaning, I'm waiting there to see how Concubine Xian and Concubine Chun deal with it, and I can't cross them." It is not easy to say that Concubine Chun and Concubine Jia have two sons under their knees. ”

Hongyan has asked Ruyin to choose a suitable thing from the gold and silver left to her by Concubine Shouqi in Fucha's house, or take the silver to buy it as a dowry she gave to Hejing. She was originally enthusiastic, but when she suddenly heard Concubine Yu say this, she realized that she could not encroach on the dignity between the concubines, and secretly thought in her heart that she wanted Ruyin not to send it to the palace, and it was not too late to give it to her after the marriage in the future.

At this time, I kept in mind what Concubine Yu said that the Queen Mother was difficult to do, and chatted with Concubine Yu for a long time, and dealt with a few things found by the Internal Affairs Office, so I broke up with her.

When the emperor came, he also saw the people of the Internal Affairs Office waiting for Hongyan to see them, and when he saw the emperor coming, he couldn't wait to hide in the cracks of the ground, but Hongli was good-tempered and instructed them: "Explain things clearly, and save yourself from piling up tomorrow to disturb the concubine." ”

He went in the door to play with his daughter in his arms, and only when dinner was set up did he see Hongyan come in, and the emperor asked lightly: "So many things?" ”

Hongyan smiled bitterly: "Just because there is a slight difference in the size and color of the Dongzhu on the crown, they all have to come and ask if it is a remake, the emperor thinks so, otherwise what does the mother want her concubines to do?" ”

Hongli said guiltily: "I didn't help anything. ”

Hongyan smiled: "You don't make a mistake, it's already the blessing of the queen's mother and concubines, the mother was still chattering yesterday, and the emperor didn't ask anything about it, otherwise it would be troublesome enough to deal with you here." ”

Hongli frowned and asked, "How can I listen, this doesn't seem like a boast." ”

Hongyan said unceremoniously: "No one praised you." ”

The two laughed and dissipated their tiredness, and the hot pot was served, and the emperor asked casually: "The Queen Mother has been a little hot in the past few days, and I ordered the imperial dining room to send light food, have you done it?" ”

Manager Wu was busy resuming his life, saying that he had already ordered the imperial dining room to send medicinal food for the queen mother's conditioning, and the emperor was relieved, and Hongyan drank a few sips of hot soup on the side, but thought in his heart that the queen mother has never been greedy for food, and how could she eat too much food when she is on fire, it should be what Concubine Yu said, for the princess to buy a dowry.

"You guys step aside, I'll serve the emperor." Hongyan ordered the palace maid and eunuch to leave, but the emperor was feeding his daughter, so he didn't take the Buddha away, and persuaded Hongyan, "I don't want you to serve, you can eat in peace." ”

Hongyan got up and leaned closer, and said, "The concubine has something to say to the emperor, and outsiders can't listen to it." ”

"What's so serious?" Hongli saw that she was serious, and he was serious.

Hongyan told the emperor what Concubine Yu said, saying that the queen spent a lot of money for the princess, which was the queen's love for her daughter, and the Fucha family could afford such wealth, but the queen must have neglected the queen mother's side, and thought that the queen mother should also save a lot of gold and silver, after all, she is the mother of the emperor.

Hongyan said: "Concubine Yu is reasonable, the Queen Mother is not unable to give so much, but there are still so many princesses waiting to get married, and the number of princes and grandchildren in the royal family is also increasing, if the Queen Mother has to be compared with the Queen Mother, what will she do in the future." ”

Hongli listened and sighed: "I only thought that the queen was a lover of her daughter, but I didn't expect the queen mother to have such scruples." ”

Hongyan held her daughter in her arms and said to the emperor: "It's a pity that no one can say what the Queen Mother says, after all, she can't pull her face, but if this matter is to be considered, only the emperor can do it." The concubine thinks that if you persuade the mother to prepare less, the mother will definitely be unhappy, it is better for the emperor to make up for the queen mother, as long as the words are good, the queen mother will be happy. ”

Hongli smiled bitterly: "Do you think that there are countless mountains of gold and silver? I have to have a way to go for every penny I spend, and it naturally doesn't matter if I reward you with a little money on weekdays, and you know how generous the queen is this time. ”

Hongyan thought for a while and said: "Then the emperor might as well estimate how much he wants to add to the queen mother, and the concubines have some surplus." Concubine Shouqi gave most of her life's money to her concubines. ”