Sandalwood burns in the cloisonné enamel lotus pattern tripod furnace, and the pale white smoke escapes into the air and disappears without a trace. Concubine De slowly opened the scriptures she had transcribed this morning, and said: "Shi Chang is really lively in the house, all day long, it is Concubine Tong and the crown princess, no more than me, except for the eunuchs who are in charge, there is not even a figure in and out." ”

Fourteen pouted: "Aren't we here..."

Concubine De glared at him and said, "Are you here to see me?" As soon as the emperor said that he was going to hold a birthday banquet for Shi Changzai, you brothers were busy like something, and they wanted to raise the flag and seal the official for the Shi family. "I laughed secretly, this is the vinegar of the fourth master and the fourteenth master, the old lady doesn't see your flattery on her birthday, but she is often busy for a person who is not on the stage. I said quietly: "Eniang, the fourteenth birthday congratulations to you is sincerely wishing you to live a long life, and Shi Chang is here, but it is just a matter of human affection, for the sake of Huang Ama's face." Besides, where can Shi Chang compare with you? It's not enough to lift shoes. ”

said that it was too much, but Concubine De listened to it.

After maneuvering like this, Concubine De allowed me to enter the stone and often be in the courtyard. The yard is not large, but it is elegant and quiet, and the defense is extremely strict. Even when I asked to see him, he waited at the door for a quarter of an hour. Shi Changzai was dressed in a peach-embroidered multicolored flower and grass-patterned palace robe, holding the palace bun, pressing two gilt dotted emerald tassel hairpins, acting like a fine willow to help the wind, she helped the palace maid to hurry up, first curtsied and saluted, Fang said: "It's embarrassing for you to come to see me on a snowy day, I really don't dare to be." ”

I also saluted her and said with a smile: "Come and say hello to Master De, and come and sit down." ”

She led me through the courtyard and into the west pavilion. Originally, she was always there, and she was not qualified to live alone. But her grace is growing, and Kangxi has spoken first, so the big courtyard and good things assigned by the Internal Affairs Office are willing to send them to her. The warm pavilion is spacious, and the floor is covered with a thick blanket that reaches to the ankle deep, and there is no sound between walks. On the facing wall, there are large and small curiosities and strange toys with cabinet compartments, such as jade carved begonia fancy bonsai, yellow glass fired vases, and animal ear gossip copper kettle dripping, copper gold-plated rolling clock, copper gold-plated writer's clock, etc., even I and other people who have seen the big scene, are also dazzled.

Shi Changzai ordered someone to take new pillows and cushions from the cabinet, put them on the stool, and said, "Fourteen Fujin, please sit." "I glanced at the kang, and there was a bright yellow dragon pattern royal mat on it, which showed that Kangxi often came, so that others did not dare to sit on the kang. The palace maid held the tea, bent her eyebrows and smiled: "The slave maid originally wanted to give Fu Jin a bowl of the dragon well that the emperor had newly rewarded yesterday, but she thought that Fu Jin was pregnant and should not drink more tea, so she replaced Fu Jin with sour plum tea. ”

Even the girl is clever and likable.

I didn't pay attention to it, so I smiled: "Sour plum tea is very good, you think very thoughtfully." The palace maid lowered her eyes and smiled, blessed her body, and retreated respectfully. Shi Chang looked at my stomach and said, "I heard that this is Fujin's second child, but it's really good, if only I could have a son and a half daughter." I smiled and said, "You are blessed with great grace, it must not be long before you will have children, just rest assured." ”

Shi Chang smiled lightly, the curvature of his lips was like a person-Concubine Liang, she said: "The imperial doctor also helped to take a look, and the medicine was also eaten, but there was no news." ”

I comforted: "Children also depend on fate, and when they come to fate, three, four, or five can be born." ”

After just a conversation, a eunuch came with a high-five, knelt down under the corridor and said: "Qiqi Stone is always here, the emperor has arrived at Yonghe Gate, so you can prepare to take over." Shi Changzai answered, helped me up, and said, "It's so comfortable to talk to Fujin, next time we have a chance, let's talk a little more." I nodded and smiled, "Very good." With that, he helped Minqiu out of the side door.

Back in the main hall, Fourteen stood on the platform waiting for me, and when he saw me come out, he immediately stepped forward and took my hand, and asked, "Why is it so fast?" I whispered, "Huang Ama went to the side courtyard." "Fortunately, no one in the main courtyard has spoken, which shows that Concubine De has indeed fallen out of favor recently. I entered the house with Fourteen and knelt down for Concubine De, and then took a sedan chair out of the palace and returned home.

As soon as I entered the Baylor Mansion, I asked the Grand Steward of Qin to bring the account books of the treasury, and the Grand Steward of Qin was a little embarrassed, and said, "I don't know what the use of Fujin is?" There are forty or fifty books in total. I thought about it again and said, "I don't take the account book, you go and find out all the statues of Guanyin in the warehouse, pack them in boxes and send them to the West Courtyard." "Chief Steward Qin answered, brought the key and went to the warehouse.

Comfortably changed his clothes, sat cross-legged on the kang, warmed his stomach with hot tea, and asked, "What is your idea?" I said, "Shi Chang is on his birthday, and I am thinking of preparing two things." ”

Fourteen came to be interested, looked at me with interest on the pillow, and said, "Which two?" ”

I said: "The same is to send the son Guanyin, in my opinion, Shi Chang has everything at the moment, and there is a lack of a child who can be honored." On the other hand, I want to send a table of Sichuan food to the palace to celebrate my birthday. Fourteen crossed Erlang's legs, drank the tea slowly, and said, "Send a table of dishes?" What is there to eat in the palace? Do you have to send it? It's too petty. I put my stomach on my shoes, stood in the middle of the room regardless of the image and stretched my waist, pulled through the meridians, and said: "Although the dishes in the palace are complete, most of them are according to the taste of Huang Ama..." ”

Fourteen put down the teacup, rolled his eyes at me, and said word by word: "The ghost is clever." ”

The chief steward of Qin moved two boxes to send Zi Guanyin into the house, there were gold, silver, porcelain, jade, colored, glass, all kinds, counting, there were seventy or eighty. I couldn't help but ask, "Where did they all come from?" The chief steward of Qin turned out the account book and pointed it out to me one by one: "The white jade carving is the reward of the master when Kangxi got married in the forty-second year, and the gold is the gift given by Liu Yanqing, the lord of the household in the forty-third year of Kangxi, and then there is the forty-fourth year of Kangxi..."

I waved my hand to signal him to shut up, and said, "Needless to say, find a sandalwood box with a fruitful grape pattern, and put the porcelain bottle of Guanyin statue well, and order someone to send it to the palace tomorrow to present it to Shi Changzai." The Grand Steward of Qin agreed, and Fourteen asked me, "Why did you choose the least valuable one?" How much more transparent the jade. I smiled and said, "You don't understand this, the porcelain doesn't look expensive, but the vision is still there." If you really send jade and gold, it is like giving money, but it is not good. After a pause, he said: "Ming'er will let the Guanyin statue be sent to the palace first, and it will be Shi Changzai's birthday before tomorrow, and when the time comes, we will send the hot meal again." ”

Fourteen has no idea about human affairs and sophistication, and listens to me in everything, and does whatever I say.

The little plums in the kitchen were brought out of the palace by me, and I was quick to do things and learned dishes quickly. In the past few years with me, because of my heavy taste and love spicy, he has pondered a lot of Hunan and Sichuan cuisine and made it well. I asked Lao Lizi to prepare 12 dishes, including boiled fish, hot pot meat, fish-flavored shredded pork, sweet and sour pork ribs, saliva chicken, mapo tofu, kung pao chicken, dry fried green beans, boiled pork slices, spicy chicken, fish-flavored eggplant, and Mao Xuewang. Well, in the name of sending food to Shi Changzai, I asked Lao Li Zi to make a meal for me to eat first, and Fourteen didn't allow me to eat too spicy, and kept nagging me to eat less, and I ate happily.

Shi Changzai got two things from me, and he was very happy, and thanked Kangxi again and again. Kangxi felt guilty for not carrying the flag for her, and when he saw her like this, he was immediately relieved, and suddenly remembered that he had come to the fourteenth, and that night he ordered someone to reward the fourteenth and one piles of fire sickle purses, snuff bottles, inkstones with gold dragon patterns, etc., and of course gave a very precious thing at that time - Qianli glasses.

It's a telescope.

This thing is rare in the Qing Dynasty, not to mention that it was made by Kangxi, and even the crown prince has never been rewarded. Fourteen was very happy when he received the reward, and he hugged me at night and kissed me and did not let go, and the next day he happily took the binoculars and went to the study room to show off to the brothers. Jiu Ye loves Western things the most, and he can't put it down when he holds it in his arms, and says: "I originally had one, but it was accidentally broken and never repaired." The eighth master was rarely curious, and said, "Show me." "Anyway, the two of them looked around with binoculars under the pillars, and they were very happy. The fourth master overheard the idea of the fourteenth, but it was not adopted by Kangxi, but let the fourteenth think of another way to show his face, and he was secretly unhappy in his heart, but his face was silent, and he sat calmly in the corner and taught the thirteenth master to learn the Pythagorean theorem.

It was already night when he was on duty, and the fourth master rode to the gate of Prince Yong's mansion, and saw that someone was ghostly at the corner gate, so he scolded: "Who's there, come here." A figure slowly walked out of the darkness, wearing a green silk forging robe, and it could be seen that it was a child of the family. The fourth master's tone softened a little and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The man knelt down on one knee and made a swing, and said: "The slave's surname is Chen, he is a merchant who sells medicinal materials in Yuquan Town, I heard that Prince Yong's mansion uses a lot of medicine, and I want to win over the steward, I don't want to be lucky enough to meet the prince, I am really fortunate to have three lives." The medicinal materials of the palace have always been supplied by Xiao Man's brother Niu Co Lu Jiahui, and the fourth master has always looked down on people who do business, and shouted: "Talking about business is talking about business, sneaky, what kind of system." After that, let Second Young Master Chen kneel and enter the mansion by himself.

Second Young Master Chen hung his son, and when he saw that the fourth master had entered the mansion, his originally timid expression immediately changed, patted the dust on his knees, snorted coldly, and walked into the stone alley on the side.

Ai Lian wanted to meet the Li family, but she ate the closed door, and when she turned back, she hit her head on the fourth master's chest. She hurriedly curts, and said, "Say hello to the fourth master." The fourth master hid the displeasure in his heart, and said softly: "How did you come out of the side Fujin courtyard?" Ai Lian didn't dare to cross the slightest, and said softly: "The slave maid wants to ask for peace for the side Fujin, but the side Fujin has a lot of things, and I don't have time to see the slave maid." ”

The fourth master smiled faintly and said secretly: What can she do? "She has two children with her, and she has a lot to worry about." He helped Ai Lian tuck the fox fur cloak on her shoulders and said, "It's cold, go back." Ai Lian saw that the fourth master was bent on remembering the Li family, and it was not good to say anything, so she blessed her body and said, "Congratulations to the fourth master." ”

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