The night was quiet, and with the scream of the palace maid in front of the emperor, the entire Forbidden City was awakened. Fourteen had red circles in his eyes, knelt down in front of me, held down my wounds, and yelled at Li Dequan: "Go to Xuan Taiyi!" The calm female official Ma Li handed over Supa, and Fourteen trembled and tied the bleeding place for me, and her lips trembled: "Does it hurt?" ”

Supa was dyed a little scarlet, and I was dizzy, leaning limply against Fourteen, unable to speak.

Kangxi was furious, he was angry, he had been on the throne for forty-nine years, and no one had ever dared to disobey his holy order by death. His eyes were full of anger, and he scolded loudly: "You dare to coerce me? It's turned upside down! Now, Fourteen couldn't care about anything else, and said with his hands on the ground: "Huang Ama, in this life, except for Weiwei, no woman wants it." Even the Mongolian princess, in my eyes, is nothing more than straw duckweed. Emperor Amanai Holy Monarch, I beg you to take back your destiny. ”

Above the western sky, a flash of lightning suddenly struck, the stars and the moon disappeared, and the dark clouds were dark and wanted to urge the city. The thunder was rolling, Kangxi was shocked, the resentment in his eyes was gradually replaced by sadness, the corners of his eyes drooped, and he looked extremely old and tired. The hall was silent, Li Dequan's brain was numb, and he said softly: "Your Majesty, the imperial doctor is here." ”

Kangxi seemed to come back to his senses from a dream, mumbled loudly, and raised his chin at me.

The imperial doctor silently slapped Kangxi for a thousand years, half-knelt in front of me, and took out plasters, gauze, etc. to bandage me. Kangxi leaned weakly on the bright yellow pillow, turned his face to look out of the dark window, the summer rain was pouring down, like a broken bamboo, and occasionally a lightning bolt tore the whole night and illuminated the Forbidden City. I don't know how long it took before Kangxi said in a deep voice: "The fourteenth prince Yinzhen did not obey the decree, lost his honor in front of the emperor, and was fined twenty boards, and Ming'er went to the Internal Affairs Office to receive the reward." ”

Fourteen sighed slowly and said, "The son is willing to be punished, thank the emperor and Ama for rewarding." ”

Li Dequan saw Kangxi move, hurriedly stepped forward to help him, and knelt down to put on Kangxi's shoes. Kangxi walked straight out and said to the guards behind him: "Mukden, go with me, no one else is allowed to follow." ”

Li Dequan glanced at him, and a little eunuch brought an umbrella, and he handed it to Mu Keden with his own hands, and said softly: "I will lead people to follow behind." Mukden understood and nodded secretly.

After walking along the palace corridor for a while, turn into the corridor and go straight into the harem. Kangxi's steps were fast and fast, and Mu Keden followed closely, not daring to relax the slightest. The rain was falling, and Mukden was like a green pine, unforgiving. Turning further to the west, Chuxiu Palace is close at hand. The dark and towering palace wall was still desolate and lonely in the rainstorm, Kangxi paused, stood at the bottom of the steps and said: "Do you remember, Lin'er knelt here that year and told me that all women expect their husbands to treat themselves wholeheartedly." Mukden replied: "Concubine Liang is a rare woman in the world, so she is so persistent. ”

Kangxi's voice was weak, and he said: "She cried and asked me, can I let her leave the palace, even if she is shaved as a nun and often accompanied by the ancient Buddha of the green light, it is better to stay in the palace day by day." If it weren't for Yinxi... She has long been..."Speaking of emotion, Kangxi choked and staggered, almost out of breath. Mu Keden supported Kangxi with one arm and said, "Please take care of the Holy Body, don't be too sad." Kangxi stared at the closed palace gate of Chuxiu Palace, as if as soon as the door opened, the figure of Miaoman would come out of it.

The rain fell so hard that it seemed to fall on the tip of his heart, so cold, so sad.

There was a sudden creak, and a gray figure came out of the corner door next to him, and asked through the rain curtain, "Who is talking?" It's late at night, and I'll talk about it tomorrow. "The voice is delicate, crisp and smart. Kangxi turned around stiffly, his eyes were full of brilliance.

The eunuch held an umbrella, hugged me in his arms, and walked quickly outside the palace. My heart is still pounding, but fortunately, there are fourteen to shelter me from the wind and rain, in the small world on his chest, feel his breath, and rest peacefully.

Back in the house, Fourteen took my hand and carefully examined the bandage, and said, "Does it still hurt?" ”

I shook my head with a smile and said, "Compared to Huang Ama taking back his life, this pain is nothing. ”

Fourteen pinched my fingertips and said, "Sometimes I really can't understand you. ”

I grabbed his palm and said, "I don't need you to understand me, I just need you to love me." ”

Fourteen was puzzled: "Aren't you afraid that the emperor will punish you?" ”

I smiled and said, "Hey, how can there be a reason for a father-in-law to beat his daughter-in-law, of course, if you want to teach a lesson, you must teach your own son." Besides, our Emperor Ama is the Emperor of the Ages, how can he deal with my little woman? Thinking that Fourteen Ming'er would receive twenty plates, he said distressedly: "I asked the imperial doctor to prepare ointment for the treatment of muscles and bones and waited, although you can go boldly and boldly, even if the lower body is disabled, I will not dislike you, and push you to the yard every day to bask in the sun and watch Ah Xing swing... The Emperor Ama will never reward you with beauties again..."

Fourteen pretended to slap my palm and said, "It's beautiful..."

The Internal Affairs Office also looks at people spanking, after all, Fourteen is the prince, and he can't help but turn around and take revenge, who dares to really use all his strength? Just make up a number, it's almost enough, don't worry too much about everything, everyone is better.

Fourteen was punished and lay down for half a month, and Concubine De successively announced that I had entered the palace to give lectures. I confessed dozens of mistakes in front of her, but she was not satisfied, and ordered me to copy the "Female Commandment" ten times. I don't think I let the Mongolian princess enter the Fourteenth Belle Mansion, I have already earned enough capital, so I don't bother to bother with her, just copy it, anyway, let her son copy half of it. Fourteen thought that my writing was too ugly, and I couldn't imitate it, so I transcribed it with my left hand, and deliberately wrote it crookedly, which at first glance really looked like it.

Concubine De picked up my "homework" casually, and smiled bitterly at the waiting grandmother: "Look at these fourteen daughters-in-law, what is written here..." He lowered his voice again and said: "No matter which prince inherits the throne in the future, don't try to provoke the Fourteenth Fujin, we can't do it..." Concubine De held back a smile and said: "The former crown prince was deposed, I really thought that the emperor would appoint the eighth elder brother as the prince because of the good master, if this is the case, the next fourteen days will not be too bad." But now, with the momentum of the crown prince, my heart is always unhappy..."

Mama shushed and said, "Master, don't say that, who can say for sure what will happen in the future?" ”

The master and servant were talking, and a eunuch sang: "The emperor is here, and Shi Chang is here." Concubine De hurriedly got up and greeted the door, and Kangxi had already walked over. He was flanked by a slender and gentle little woman, who was the night maid of Chuxiu Palace before she accepted her favor.

She smiled and said, "Say hello to the emperor." ”

Shi Changzai blessed his body, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his face: "Say hello to Concubine De." Entering the house, Kangxi sat on the kang and saw the "Female Commandment" written by Rose, and actually smiled and said, "That little girl still knows what a female commandment is?" If you copy it, it's in vain. Concubine De took the royal yellow glass teacup in her mother's hand and said to Kangxi: "She is too presumptuous, but the concubine has not taught her well." ”

Kangxi drank two sips of cool sour plum juice, handed it to Shi Changzai, who was sitting on the enamel dwarf pier under the kang, and said softly: "Sweet and sour, it suits your appetite." Shi Chang took it in Dafangfang, took a sip without thanks, and said: "The slave likes it very much, thank the emperor for rewarding." Kangxi looked at Shi Changzai with a smile, just like looking at Concubine Liang when he was young, and only after a while did he catch Concubine De's words and said: "It's good for me to look at the fourteenth daughter-in-law, among the women I have seen, she is top-notch." He added: "Chuxiu Palace is too far away from Qianqing Palace, I want Shi Chang to live in your palace, and you can pick up a courtyard and arrange it according to the specifications of the nobles." ”

Concubine De smiled happily and said, "The emperor can rest assured, the concubine will not treat Shi Chang badly." ”

Kangxi nodded, looked at the handwriting on Rose's "Female Commandment", and said nothing else.

Fourteen were punished, and the posts and supplements of the eighth, ninth, and tenth masters were handed to the house in turn. When Ama heard about my "great achievements", she was so frightened that she pinched a cold sweat and sent her sister-in-law and Xiaohai's daughter-in-law into the house to ask what was going on. I had to deal with them one by one, and took them to my own "kindergarten" to see, and made an appointment to wait for the little nephews and nieces to grow up and send them to the house to study.

So I thought, such a good school, such a good teacher, and a dinner, if it is open to the public, run a noble kindergarten or something... Do you want to take them a little money?

I told Fourteen.

Fourteen took another bite of rice and said, "Silver... Silver... Master, you have made money? Do you think about silver everywhere? "I can't say: When you are banned in the future, there will be more places to spend money. I said: "The money in the house is like running water, don't save a little, in case..." ”

Fourteen glanced at me with a "too lazy to pay attention to you" expression.

I remembered the two baskets of cantaloupe sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs yesterday, and instructed Minqiu: "Cut two plates of cantaloupe, peel and cut into pieces, and fork them with a silver fork." Minqiu answered, but what was served was a large plate of watermelons. I saw that she was doing things in a trance, so I asked, "What's wrong?" Is it uncomfortable? I want cantaloupe. ”

Min Qiu was suddenly startled, picked up the plate and walked back, and said: "The slave is fine, the slave is damned, the slave and the maid are going to change..."

When Minqiu went out, I called Bai Zhi, the girl in the clothes, into the house and asked, "What's wrong with Minqiu lately?" ”

Bai Zhi was also very puzzled, and said: "Minqiu has always been diligent, and she has to ask the slave and maid about the clothes she takes to the laundry room every day, but for several days in a row, she forgot to ask the slave and maid, and the slave and maid don't know why." These days, I always feel that she loses her soul every day, and even when she shouts at her, she will pat her chest and turn pale with fright. I inquired, "Go and inquire and tell me at once if anything is wrong." Bai Zhi sighed, squatted down for a blessing, and bowed back.

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