On November 14, the 23rd year of Kangxi, the holy driver left in Jiangning, and Emperor Kangxi went to Feixian County to explore the Yi place, summoned Jin Fu, encouraged him to repair the Yellow River and succeed early, and gave the imperial system "Reading the River Embankment Poem".

On the 17th, to Qufu. The next day to the Confucius Temple, in the Dacheng Hall three kneels and nine bows, personally written "Wan Shi Shi Table" four words, the order to hang in the Dacheng Palace. He also ordered that the 24-year land of Kangxi in Qufu County should be exempted from all the money and grain. On the same day, Prince Gong Changning and others were sent to the Zhou Gong Temple.

On the 20th, Kangxi set off in Dezhou and returned to Beijing by boat.

On the deck in front of the dragon ship, Cao Yue stood in a moonlight skirt facing the wind, her clothes fluttering, and her temperament was cold and alienated from the back, like a mountain snow lotus, which made people dare not blaspheme.

Kangxi came out of the study, and when he saw this scenery, for some reason, he panicked in his heart, and always felt that if he was not careful, Concubine Zhao would go with the wind.

He hurriedly stepped forward with a light step, untied the big shackle on his body and draped it on Cao Yue's shoulders, and hugged the person in his arms: "How do the minions around you serve?" It's so cold, I don't know how to add clothes for you. ”

As he spoke, he touched Cao Yue's hand, and his brows furrowed even more: "My hands are so cold, do you want me to feel distressed?" ”

Before Cao Yue could speak, An Ning hurriedly knelt down: "It's the slave's negligence, the slave and maid will go to fetch the stove for the girl." ”

How could she not feel sorry for the girl's body, but the girl must come out like this, and she can only obey her fate, fortunately, the emperor did not ask the girl to wait too long to come out, so the girl did not freeze for too long.

After speaking, An Ning got up from the ground and prepared to fetch the hand stove that had been prepared a long time ago, but before she could lift her feet, she heard the emperor scold: "What girl, your master has long been the concubine I canonized, and the title should have been changed a long time ago, if you can't remember it, I will order someone to teach you well." ”

An Ning's body shook, and the voice should be: "Slave, slave and maid know." ”

Seeing this, Cao Yue waved his hand to settle down, lowered his eyes and held Kangxi's hand, and said softly: "It's just a trivial matter, why should the emperor be angry, you are very prestigious, and the concubine's maids will be frightened by you." ”

Kangxi was very helpless, and the hand holding Cao Yue's shoulder added a little more strength: "I know that you don't care about these things, but there are no rules, and there are many rules in the palace, if you continue to indulge like this, after returning to the palace, there will be many things that will give you a headache." ”

has been getting along for more than half a month, and he has read countless people, and he knows a little about Concubine Zhao.

Concubine Zhao is different from those concubines in the palace, not only because of her appearance, but more importantly, she is indifferent, indifferent to fame and fortune, indifferent to gold and silver, and will never show her face because of how valuable the things he rewarded her are, nor will she be complacent and proud because he was a concubine for her first time.

No, it doesn't seem to be too accurate to say indifferent, but more accurately, it should be indifferent, only what can be seen by her can occupy her mind, and not let her be interested in all the ignorance.

A woman with such a temperament threw herself on him and regarded him as his man from the bottom of his heart, he was happy, but after the joy was worried.

In the palace, there is no room for such an incompatible person.

Thinking of this, Kangxi had a headache and wanted to continue preaching, but he saw Cao Yue looking up his face, and his clear eyes were full of doubts: "Why does the concubine have a headache, didn't you tell the concubine that only the concubine lives alone in Jingren Palace?" When the concubine does not come out of the palace or contact with outsiders, nothing that worries you will happen. ”

Kangxi choked, and the words in his mouth were blocked by Cao Yue's innocence, he sighed heavily, and stroked Cao Yue's face: "That's it, after returning to the palace, I will ask Liang Jiugong to take care of Jingren Palace." ”

If she doesn't care, she has to worry more, and after all, he insists on bringing people into the palace.

Cao Yue smiled, like a snow lotus blooming, which made Kangxi swept away his melancholy and was very happy: "It's cold outside, I will accompany you back to your room to rest for a while." ”

Cao Yue obediently led her back to the room by Kangxi, and when she was about to go down the deck, Liang Jiugong, who was following the two of them, listened to the sound of the wind: "The emperor and the concubine will tell me who are in the palace." ”

"Oh? Doesn't Yue'er care about this? ”

"If it's a concubine, the concubine naturally doesn't care, but the sisters in the palace are all people who serve you, and some sisters have also given birth to an heir for you, and the concubine wants to know ......" The more Cao Yue said, the more gloomy her voice became.

"That's it......" Kangxi lengthened his tone and began to bargain: "It's not impossible for Yue'er to get news from me, but what can Yue'er give me?" ”

Cao Yue hesitated and thought for a while: "The concubine will embroider a purse for you again?" ”

Kangxi chuckled twice, lowered his head and snorted behind Cao Yue's ears, and his voice was extremely soft: "I want it, but what I want more is Yue'er." ”

Since that day, after Zhao Concubine Cheng Huan for the first time, because of pity, he has never touched Zhao Concubine's body again.

Cao Yue's face suddenly turned pale, and there was fear in his eyes: "But the concubine...... It hurts a lot ......."

After entering the room, Kangxi took the person to sit on the bed, opened his mouth to hold Cao Yue's earlobe, and said vaguely: "Good, I promise that it won't hurt in the future." ”

When An Ning went to get the hand stove, the hand stove prepared earlier had long been out of temperature, so he had to go to the pantry to find An Ping to change a few pieces of charcoal......

An hour later, the house called for water, and after Kangxi cleaned up, Wen Yan coaxed Cao Yue a few words, left a sentence to come back in the evening, and went to the study again.

After An Ning entered, he closed the door, pressed Cao Yue's lower abdomen a few times like last time, then wiped it clean with a handkerchief, and took the ointment to apply it to the marks on Cao Yue's body that were forcefully made out by Kangxi:

"The emperor is really, he doesn't know how to pity some aunts... Empress. ”

Cao Yue frowned and glanced at the finger marks on the soft cotton in front of him, pulled the brocade quilt up, and said lightly: "If the emperor really pities me and can't help but touch me, I will be worried." ”

I'm worried about whether I'm not attractive to him anymore.

An Ning didn't know much about these men and women, and she didn't seem to understand it, and Cao Yue didn't mean to explain, so she commanded: "You also heard the emperor's words, tomorrow I will find a grandmother and learn the rules of the palace with An Ping, and there are still many omissions on the day of the middle school." ”

Speaking of this, An Ning immediately responded: "The slave and maid have written it down, these days the slave and the maid and An Ping are observing how the people who serve in front of the palace behave and serve, and then find a grandmother to teach in private for a few days, I think there will be no problem before entering the palace." ”

"That's fine. Tomorrow, I should ask someone to take out the flag costume and flowerpot bottom shoes, and I should be familiar with it. ”

She has been dancing since she was a child, and her balance is good, so she can get used to those high-soled shoes.

Cao Yue closed her eyes tiredly, and fell asleep after a while.

An Ning turned her head and looked at the incense burner that didn't have any soothing incense, and breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that it is still some benefit for the emperor to ask the girl to sleep, at least the girl doesn't have to rely on the soothing incense to sleep.

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Forbidden City, Chengqian Palace

The imperial concubine Tong Jiashi sat in the middle, swept over the concubines who were pressed below, and was already irritable in her heart, and heard them talk about the emperor's newly canonized concubine Cao, and slapped it on the square pillow at hand:

"Enough, this is the Chengqian Palace, not the market, you are the royal concubines, not those rural shrews, what kind of system is it to be so noisy?"

After puffing up the momentum and scolding, the imperial concubine's throat was a little itchy, and she wanted to cough, but she couldn't bear it.

The concubines in the palace were startled, and they all closed their mouths, but their eyes still revealed resentment.

At this time, only the noble concubine Niu Hulu dared to resist the anger of the imperial concubine, caress her stomach, and pretended to speak as if nothing happened:

"The imperial concubine is angry, and your sisters are just curious, after all, the concubines only know that we are about to have another sister, but they don't know anything about it. The emperor wrote a letter to you, in order to prevent the concubines from speculating arbitrarily, I don't know if you can tell me, so as to satisfy the curiosity of the concubines. ”

The imperial concubine wanted to sneer and throw her sleeves away, but she couldn't, if she did this, it would become a joke all over the palace, and it would reach the ears of the empress dowager and the emperor, and she thought that she couldn't tolerate people.

But just following Niu Hulu's wishes, she didn't want to.

The gaze hidden in the eyes of the imperial concubine was like a poison, staring at Niu Hulu's stomach for a long time, gritting her teeth and holding back her anger and laughing: "Since the concubine's sister wants to know, the palace is not impossible to say, and the sisters on the left and right will also know sooner or later." ”

When the words fell, the imperial concubine deliberately paused, and when she saw that the concubines in the palace were waiting for her to continue, she suddenly felt a little complacent.

Look, what if she's just an imperial concubine and not a queen? As soon as there is something, didn't my cousin just write a letter to her?

Putting away the pride in her eyes, the imperial concubine took a sip of ginseng tea slowly, and then said slowly: "The news of your sister is good, we do have one more sister who speaks, and it is said that this sister is from the Cao family in Jiangning, and the first seal is not to mention, the emperor also specially instructed the palace to let the palace clean up Jingren Palace for Zhao Concubine's sister to live." ”

As soon as the exact news came out, an uproar sounded in the hall, and someone gasped: "Jingren Palace? It was the residence of the former Empress Dowager Tong Jia. ”

Hearing this, the dissatisfaction in the imperial concubine's eyes flashed, she didn't know that Jingren Palace was her aunt's residence, and she knew that Jingren Palace was of great significance to her cousin.

When she entered the palace, she secretly begged her cousin for Jingren Palace many times, and her cousin was vague, but now she has given her a clothed maid.

The cold eyes swept over Concubine De, who was sitting on the side with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and was sipping tea, the imperial concubine only felt a stuffy pain in her chest, she couldn't compare to the Hesheri clan and the Niu Hulu clan in her life, couldn't even that group of clothed cheap maids compare?

Concubine Hui is the head of the four concubines and the old man in the palace, so she has not been favored much for a long time, so she is not uncomfortable at this time, some are just curious: "I can ask the emperor to reopen Jingren Palace, I think this Zhao Concubine must be a beauty." ”

Concubine Yi stroked the new step that she had just put on today, and her appearance became more and more bright, she looked at Concubine Wei who was standing behind Concubine Hui and cowered, and sneered: "Maybe Concubine Zhao's appearance is even better than Concubine Wei." ”

The success of these words made everyone's attention on Concubine Wei.

Concubine Wei felt the gaze from all directions, and flinched even more, her eyes stared at the tips of her shoes, and she spoke only promisedly: "Concubine, concubine is not as good as the master of the concubine......"

The imperial concubine retracted her gaze in disgust, and stroked the corner of her forehead with a headache: "Okay, if it's okay, you guys will disperse, and the palace will summon people from the Internal Affairs Office and let them clean up Jingren Palace." ”

The imperial concubine opened her mouth to drive people away, and they couldn't stay any longer, so they had to leave the Chengqian Palace with their own thoughts.