Chapter Eighty-Eight: Can't Help but Love Him
I practiced walking in the yard, and Fourteen came into the house with a straight face, and did not look at me. I asked Zhang Fangfang with a mouth shape, "What's wrong?" Zhang Fangfang looked bitter, slapped at me, and said in a low voice: "Master went to the Qianqing Palace, and the slaves next to him don't know." ”
Ah Xing didn't get up from taking a nap in the back room, and the palace people were afraid of noisy her, so they were light everywhere. Fourteen is good, I don't know where the liver fire came from, I kicked on the high table, and the good vase fell to the ground and shattered. The palace people inside and outside were so frightened that even Zhang Fangfang didn't dare to enter the house, just waiting under the pillars. Regardless of the vase, I saw Fourteen sitting on the kang with his hands on his knees, his nose fluttering, and sweat on his forehead, and he was angry. I leaned over to him on crutches and asked, "Are you thirsty?" ”
Fourteen said angrily: "Not thirsty." ”
I said again: "Loquat clear the lungs, I'll peel it for you." As he spoke, he peeled one and brought it to his mouth. He turned his face sideways, frowned and said in disgust: "What are you doing to clear your lungs, I don't eat it!" I knew he was just trying to push my hand away, but the force was not right, and I was defenseless, and the loquat rolled to the ground.
Fourteen glanced at me, a little embarrassed, and said in a much softer tone, "I said I wouldn't eat it." He got up again and picked up the loquat, threw it into the spittoon jar, and said, "The master is upset." After a pause, he said: "The prince of Zhijun is too disagreeable, thinking that the emperor Ama will not succeed, and he will definitely grow." Today, he actually asked the emperor Ama for an order, saying that he would kill the abolished prince for the emperor. ”
I sat down across from him and asked, "What's in your mind?" ”
Fourteen was silent for a while, and said: "After all, the abolished prince is my own brother, and he treats me every day and does not deliberately blame him, so why do you have to put him to death?" "At this time, the fourteenth is indeed a little tender, and he follows the fourth, eighth, and ninth masters every day to do things, and he doesn't know the temptation of the throne. Even if he supported the eighth master, he never thought of murdering his own brother.
In his opinion, everything must rely on real skills, and he must win the trust of Huang Ama with a frank and upright attitude.
Instead of only knowing how to put dark arrows all day long.
I continued to peel the loquat and stuffed one into his lips, and this time he obediently ate it. I smiled and said, "Sweet or not?" Fourteen snorted and said, "It's okay." I spread my palm open to his mouth, made him spit out the seeds, and asked, "What do you think of Huang Ama's attitude?" Fourteen Dao: "Huang Ama values the relationship between father and son, so he naturally reprimanded the king of Zhijun." I continued to peel the loquat, curious, "Then what are you angry about?" Fourteen showed a childish demeanor, pouted and looked at me, and said: "At that time, I was the only one by the side, and after the emperor Ama trained the king of Zhijun, he inexplicably reprimanded me again..."
I couldn't help but be amused by him.
He is twenty-two years old this year. That grievance, that look, was exactly the same as the sixteen-year-old boy I knew.
He looked at me and smiled, and squinted at me with a look of "what the hell do you want to make trouble", I forced myself to laugh, held up the peeled loquat in my hand to him, and asked, "Do you still eat?" Fourteen took my hand, returned the loquat to my mouth, and said, "Eat it." He got up and walked to the study. Coincidentally, Ah Xing came out of the back room and curtched his knees and said, "Say hello to Amma." Fourteen lovingly patted her on the head and said, "Let's go outside and play." Ah Xing said, "I want Amma to play with me with the spinning top." ”
Fourteen flatly refused, and said: "Ama has something, you can play with Eniang." ”
Ah Xing was young, and the logic was clear, and said: "It's boring to play with E-Niang, she always loses, E-Niang is so stupid." ”
Me: "..."
Fourteen raised a smile and nodded happily: "It's still a visionary Ah Xing." Ah Xing climbed up the pole, hugged Fourteen's legs, and said, "Ama has more foresight than me. In fact, she didn't know what "vision" was, but a little spirituality in her mind felt that it was a good word, so she took a fart according to the gourd drawing scoop.
The point is, her dad feels very useful!
Then the fire of the fourteen-one jar was completely extinguished, and Huan Huanxi took his daughter to the yard to play the spinning top.
It was only at this time that the lower palace dared to enter the house to clean up the fragments of the vase. Zhang Fangfang breathed a sigh of relief, explained a few words to the eunuch on duty, and went to the lower room of the side house to eat and rest. It's getting dark, and if there is nothing unexpected, Zhang Fangfang can also sleep well.
Within two days, the third elder brother presented to Kangxi, saying that the emperor's eldest son, the king of Zhijun, had close contacts with the warlocks of the rivers and lakes, and had ill intentions. Kangxi was sensitive, and searched the palace of the king of Zhijun in the middle of the night, and sure enough, he found that there were many sacrificial halls in the palace, wood carvings engraved with the birthday of the abolished prince and small cloth figures, etc., which finally confirmed the fact that the king of Zhijun used witchcraft to suppress the demon and abolish the prince.
Kangxi was angry.
From a scientific point of view, this demon suppression and witchcraft can never be trusted. However, the power of the king of Zhijun has grown in recent years, and the court and the central government call it nine thousand years old, and there is already a nine-thousand-year-old party, and there are many interests entangled, and Kangxi has long been on guard against him.
And the matter of suppressing demons just gave Kangxi an excuse.
The king of Zhijun is the eldest son of the emperor, and Eniang is the concubine. Concubine Hui is the concubine of Kangxi in the twentieth year of Jin, and she has been out of favor for many years. She has lived in the deep palace for a long time, is old and decrepit, sees everything very thoroughly, and is considered to be indisputable. As soon as she heard that the eldest son of the emperor had committed something, she was so frightened that she fainted on the spot. After waking up, the first thing I did was to find Concubine De.
I happened to take Ah Xing to ask for peace in Yonghe Palace, and when I heard the rumor, Concubine De ordered me to avoid it in the inner room.
Concubine De Hui has a blue heart, so she can naturally guess what Concubine Hui is doing.
As soon as Concubine Hui entered the house, she cried and fainted in Concubine De's arms. Concubine De and Concubine Hui were both concubines of Kangxi in the twentieth year of Jin, and the two coexisted peacefully and did not form a bond. But the feelings are also very indifferent, the rank is equal, and no one obeys anyone.
Now that Concubine Hui is down, Concubine De feels a little relieved in her heart.
Finally, Concubine Hui stopped crying, and said in a hoarse voice: "Yinyu, this kid, has always been reassuring, who would have thought that he would be... How can it be so confusing! Concubine De said: "Why don't you ask Lord Mingzhu?" After all, it is your cousin, and he is reused by the emperor, not to mention the side, it is not difficult to save his life. Concubine Hui wiped away a handful of tears and said, "According to the emperor's wishes, I'm afraid that even my brother will be punished, so how can I plead again?" After lifting the skirt, he was about to kneel, but was held down by Concubine De, and said, "I can't stand it!" ”
Concubine Hui said: "If I don't ask you, I can only watch Yinhe die..."
Speaking of the word "death", there was another bitter cry.
Concubine De is not a hard-hearted person, so she thought about it and said, "It's better for you to ask for a good concubine." Concubine Hui didn't believe it, and said: "Although Concubine Liang has a time of favor, but the emperor has been treating her coldly recently, how can it be useful?" Concubine De said: "When Concubine Liang's position was low, you raised the eighth elder brother for her, Concubine Liang is grateful, and now she pleads for your son King Zhijun, which is reasonable." After a pause, he said: "How the emperor favored Concubine Liang back then, you and I know best, that affection, you and I can't add up to one point..."
She wanted to speak and stopped, but Concubine Hui seemed to be enlightened, so she hurriedly retired.
After Concubine Hui left, I came out of the inner room and served Concubine De to drink tea. Concubine De played with the tortoiseshell armor on her hand and asked, "If you are punished today, what will you do?" I respectfully waited for the water to boil, washed a cup and poured tea, and said firmly: "I will never let Fourteen make such a big mistake." Concubine De looked at me with a smile and said, "You are also insightful, you have slept for a few years, and your mind is still very clear." ”
I held a small tea cup with gilt painted birds and presented it to Concubine De, and said, "Please drink tea from Eniang." Concubine De stretched out her hand to take it, uncovered the cover, smelled the tea with great enjoyment, blew it, took a shallow sip, and praised: "Good tea!" ”
Rao is the court is upside down, and it has nothing to do with me.
In addition to coaxing a fourteen-year-old petty character.
Fourteen goes out early and returns late every day, it is said that Kangxi asked him to assist in the investigation and handling of the case of the king of Zhijun, and when he was the busiest, he would be called away in the middle of the night. He was in front of me and didn't talk much about business, but I could see that he was very depressed and aggrieved.
He didn't want to hurt any of his brothers.
One day he came back in the early hours of the morning and tore my shirt in the dark, just as he had done for the first time with me, without a single tenderness entering me. And then I kept manipulating my body in various poses, as if I wanted to be comforted somewhere.
And I, like a tool to vent my anger.
My leg was just able to run, and he tossed it, and I couldn't get out of bed the next day.
On that day, Kangxi made a decree to remove the prince of Zhijun, demote him to a commoner, and be confined in the mansion for life, guarded by the Eight Banners Guard. And the clothes and collars and the servants of the palace belonging to the king of Zhijun, as well as most of the property, were rewarded with fourteen.
Fourteen felt deserved, but he couldn't refuse.
At noon, I was crooked in Fourteen's arms, and he honestly apologized to me: "I was not good last night, only this time, and never again." He rubbed my face again and said, "Does it still hurt?" ”
I hummed lowly, looking at the shadows of the branches on the white window, slightly dazed.
Fourteen stretched out his arms and hugged half of my body to his chest, and said, "Our mansion has already been repaired, and we will be waiting for you to recover and move over." Another day, I'll find an opportunity to talk to Emperor Amma. His palms patted me on the back rhythmically and slowly, and said, "When you leave the palace, everything is up to you, and you don't have to go to Yonghe Palace to ask for peace." ”
I rested my chin on his chest and said with a smile, "Then you have to talk to Huang Ama quickly." ”
Fourteen smiled, arched her head and kissed me.
As soon as the king of Zhijun fell, there was a bloody storm inside and outside the court. Kangxi's methods were ruthless, uprooting the henchmen of the king of Zhijun, and he didn't talk about the slightest affection. And the king of Zhijun himself, although he is guilty, has no worries about his life.
Concubine De said that it was all thanks to Concubine Liang's intercession.
When I was free, I invited the eighth, ninth, and tenth masters to the south courtyard for a drink. The brothers spoke for a day, and the lamp was dispersed. Fourteen was very drunk, and I knew that he was very uncomfortable these days, and I could not bear to criticize him, so I carefully changed his clothes, bathed him, and ate sobering soup, and served him to sleep. The next day he had a headache and diarrhea, and he got sick.
invited the imperial doctor to take a look, and handed Kangxi a leave note, so that he was allowed to rest for a few days.
It's rare that we have time to sit quietly in the pavilion drinking tea and basking in the sun, and in early summer, the cherry blossoms have not yet withered, and the flying petals have fallen on me. The birds murmured in the treetops, and Fourteen turned their heads and closed their eyes, but did not say a word. I sat next to him, and when I was savoring, he suddenly said, "Ming'er I want to leave the palace, you remind me, remember to buy you books." ”
I looked up and said, "There are still thousands of books on the shelf, so I'll buy them when I'm done." ”
Fourteen was speechless, still closing his eyes and recuperating. I said, "It's useless for you to have a comfortable stomach?" Fourteen's face was slightly pale, and he didn't care: "It's okay, it's okay in one day." He looked at me again and asked, "What else do you want to buy?" I'll bring it back to you together. I laughed, "You have a good errand, I don't have anything to buy." ”
My things have always been taken by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and I really don't lack anything for what I want.
Fourteen was silent for a while, and then said, "I have temporarily suspended my official position. I was taken aback and asked, "Why?" "Fourteen's eyes were as clean and black as those of Ah Xing. He said expressionlessly, "I'm so tired." ”
Brothers turn against each other, for him, it is a burden and a burden.
He is so simple and kind, I can't help but love him.
I smiled brightly and said, "That's fine, you've lost weight recently, I'll make some good soup for you to replenish your body." The corners of his lips curled into a faint smile, and he closed his eyes again, his voice was inaudible, and said, "Hmm." ”
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