I lay on the couch for several days and didn't dare to walk on the ground, and when I was better, I had a dry cough. The imperial doctor did not dare to use medicine on pregnant women, and I refused to take it. Minqiu had no choice, so she had to stew a cup of rock sugar pear juice for me every day. The daughter-in-law of the Qin steward's family in the outer courtyard was ingenious, and she picked the loquat that was not yet ripe and boiled it into a paste, mixed it with honey, sealed it with a porcelain jar, and sent it to the house for filial piety. Every morning and evening, she scooped a spoonful out of the jar and melted it with warm water, staring at me to finish it.

Minqiu said: "The slave maid asked the daughter-in-law of the Wu family in the concierge to take two Su embroidered satins, a pair of white jade hairpins with eight treasures and beads, and then the pink lotus gold silk pattern sachet you made yourself after the year, and sent it to the Thirteen Fujin to apologize, and the Thirteen Fujin returned in the same way." ”

She had a sad face and was sullen.

The loquat juice is sweet and sour, and the taste is just right. I drank a few sips and said, "You don't have to feel too guilty, the mistake is irreparable." Besides, you care too much about me. The girl handed over a warm towel, I wiped the palms of my mouth, and said: "I personally explained the fall into the water to the four blessings, eight blessings, and nine blessings, so that everyone can understand the reason, presumably the thirteen blessings can relieve anger." Min Qiu's eyebrows furrowed, and he said, "It's all slaves and maids who are not good, and they have caused trouble for Fujin." ”

I comforted her and smiled, "It's okay, you go get a pen and paper." ”

I wrote four letters, and the handwriting was a little poor, but the matter was clear, and I also sent one to the thirteenth master to clear up the misunderstanding between their husband and wife. The Thirteenth Master replied with a few words, saying that he knew, and I didn't have to worry about it.

Before dawn, the fourteenth got up and went to the palace to say goodbye, Kangxi did not change his habits, and ordered someone to hold up the lamp to see the excerpts on the kang early. Several princes waited in the side hall, waiting to be summoned. The fourth master sat on the top, holding a bowl of Longjing, savoring it carefully, and was silent. When the eighth master saw that the fourth master didn't speak, he also pondered and didn't want to speak. It was the ninth and tenth masters, holding steamed buns in one hand and pickles in the other, and they had breakfast on the kang. Fourteen clasped his hands in front of his chest, tilted his eyes sideways and slept.

The house is quiet, and the servants who serve are all people from the weaving house, they have never seen the world in their lives, and some of the slaves of the family have never even been to the suburbs of Suzhou, let alone the capital. They were cautious, drooping their heads and hanging their heads, for fear that they would accidentally make any master angry, and they would not be able to eat and walk around. The little dumpling guarding the door is just twelve years old this year, and she was the dowry girl of the eighth aunt's wife of the weaving adult. The little dumpling had nowhere to go, so he stayed at home on an errand. Xiao Dumpling has seen the world, once followed the eighth aunt from the north to Suzhou for three months by car and boat, along the way ups and downs, practiced surprisingly bold, dare to walk alone on the road in the middle of the night without the slightest fear.

Xiao Dumpling knew in his heart that as long as he climbed up to anyone in this house, it would be better than staying in the weaving house.

More importantly, she wanted to go back to the capital to visit her father and mother.

Fourteen moved his body, stretched his waist, and said a little annoyed: "Presumably Huang Ama won't see us, I'll go out to stretch and stretch my muscles, I can't stand it like this." The fourth master said: "The genius has just dawned, wait a little longer." Fourteen had already stood up and said, "I'll go to the back to practice boxing, and call me again if I have something." He raised his feet and walked out, and saw a little girl with a blue cloth standing by the door, and said casually: "Pour a bowl of cold water for the master." ”

Xiao Dumpling knew that the opportunity had come, and the blessing was answered, so he went to the tea room and said a bowl of herbal tea. She thought that the cold cold white open had no taste, so she took it upon herself to add a spoonful of honey to it, and carefully held it and sent it to the yard. Fourteen was practicing boxing empty-handed in the court, he was strong and powerful, and Xiao Dumpling saw the man practicing martial arts for the first time, and immediately admired.

She also knew that none of these princes had family members, and the backyard was full of the emperor's concubines. couldn't help but move his mind, his face was red with nervousness, and he said, "Please ask the Fourteenth Master to drink water." "Fourteen practiced earnestly, but did not hear the speech.

Xiao Dumpling repeated it again, and raised his voice: "Please drink water from the Fourteenth Master." ”

Fourteen stopped moving, took the cold water before taking a sip, raised his eyebrows, and said, "How is it sweet?" Xiao Dumpling heard that the tone was wrong, and her heart trembled, and she said, "The slave put a spoonful of honey..."

Fourteen said in a deep voice: "Who asked you to put it?" ”

Xiao Dumpling said: "The slave is afraid that the master will eat tastelessly, so..."If it is in Baylor Mansion, who dares to be courteous without anything, she must be rewarded with a meal." Fourteen finally cared that he was outside, so he endured it without having a seizure, slammed the cup heavily, and said, "Go and change the cup." The little dumpling was already in a state of disarray, and said, "The slave obeys the order." She turned around and went back to the tea room, but she didn't dare to step forward to do anything again, so she pulled the older girl and said, "Sister Hongfu, you help me..."

Hongfu said coldly: "It's not that I refuse to help you, but I don't dare to show up in front of my master." ”

Xiao Dumpling remembered the angry tone of the Fourteenth, panicked, and said: "I am usually not afraid of people, but somehow, when I see the Fourteenth Master, I feel afraid. Hongfu smiled: "They are relatives of the emperor, and one sentence can kill us, and everyone is afraid." But don't worry too much, this is not a palace after all, and you must always leave three points of politeness for the weaver. ”

She poured tea full of water, filled it in a basin, handed it to the small dumplings, and said in a low voice: "I know you want to go back to the capital, but don't lose your proportions, they... You won't take a fancy to people like us. Hello for yourself. ”

Xiao Dumpling was seen to be thoughtful, and she felt very shy, and said, "I didn't expect it there..."

Hongfu said: "It's good that you don't think about it, go quickly, don't let the fourteenth master wait for a long time." ”

When Xiao Dumpling returned to the courtyard to serve again, several masters disappeared, she guessed that it was the emperor in front of her who summoned her, and she couldn't help but sigh slowly, and felt flustered again, thinking of her parents who were far away in the capital, the tip of her nose was sore. After two or three days, there was a driver who was often ill, and there was a shortage of manpower in the backyard, so the person in charge dispatched Xiao Dumpling to the backyard to do things.

Along with the little dumplings, there is also Hongfu.

The concubines brought out by Kangxi this time were all young and often agreed, and they didn't even have a noble position. These ten-year-old girls are not even enough to carry shoes for Concubine De in the palace, and when they leave the palace, in the eyes of outsiders, they are first-class masters, and everyone has to serve carefully. Xiao Dumpling was arranged in Shi Changzai's house, she didn't know that Shi Changzai was the legendary favorite concubine, she just thought that all Changzai was so beautiful and decent, and she was envious. A few promised to go to Shi Chang in the house every morning and evening to ask for peace, Shi Chang's shelf at the end was more than Concubine De, saying that one is one and two is two, and others dare not say half a word.

Hongfu is still working in the tea room, Xiao Dumpling will go into the tea room every night and tell her what gorgeous clothes Shi Chang is wearing today, what delicious and rare food she has eaten, she said it over and over again, and the envy is also getting stronger day by day. Every time she finished speaking, Hongfu only smiled lightly, and her expression was still indifferent.

Until one day, Xiao Dumpling had a stomachache, so she asked Hongfu to help send a basket of fresh loquat to Shi Chang's house, Hongfu only washed her hands, collected the hair from her ears, and carried the bamboo basket to find the palace maid under Shi Chang. The palace maid in charge had a sense of superiority in front of the lowly maids, and picked left and right: "Why is there so much less?" Just now, Lord Barto said that there was a whole basket, did you steal it? Hongfu endured the insult and said: "The girl laughed, how dare the slaves and maids steal the food of the masters?" If nothing else, the slave and maid went back to the teahouse first. She looked calm, turned around and left.

Shi Chang was in charge of the palace maid at the bottom of her to rely on her master's favor, and she was also showing off her power in the Internal Affairs Office, but at this time, she was not taken seriously by a small tea lady, and she felt that she had lost face, and her arrogance rose, and she grabbed Hongfu and said: "I haven't finished speaking, who let you go?" Hongfu didn't expect the palace maid to pull with herself, a dustpan, fell to the side, and sat in the loquat basket with her buttocks. The palace maid in charge even got the handle, and said arrogantly: "Oh, dead slave maid, don't you want to die, don't you dare to spoil the royal tribute loquat that Shi is often eating, be careful of me..."

A mellow and warm voice came from the gate of the courtyard, "Be careful of what?" ”

Hongfu subconsciously looked up, and saw that the man was tall and thin, wearing a bright yellow yellow robe embroidered with dragon patterns, stepping on yellow leather boots, with his hands behind his back, and slightly white hair on his sideburns, but he still looked radiant and handsome.

Everyone around him knelt down and shouted in unison: "Long live the emperor, long live." ”

Hongfu wanted to get up, but her ass was sitting in the frame, her hands and feet couldn't touch the ground, she was panicked, and she didn't know what to do. But a hand stretched out in front of him and said, "Are you okay?" Hongfu was stupid all of a sudden, she didn't dare to move, let alone climb up to the palm in front of her.

She knew that the man in front of her was the one in charge of life and death in the world.

When he was standing at the gate of the courtyard, when Kangxi saw Hongfu for the first time, he was moved. Over the years, as long as there is the slightest resemblance to Concubine Liang, he will stay by his side. But Hongfu is the most similar among so many people.

Kangxi's hand kept holding and did not speak.

Hongfu didn't dare to disobey the holy order, so she put her hand in Kangxi's palm at the head of the skin. Kangxi's strength was very strong, and with just a slight mention, Hongfu stood up. She broke free of her hand, knelt down on her knees, and said, "Damn it, the slave maid broke the loquat where Shi Chang is here." Kangxi said kindly: "It's just a basket of loquats, it's nothing." After a pause, he asked, "What's your name?" Where to be on an errand? ”

Hongfu said: "The slave maid is called Hongfu, and she works as an errand in the tea room. ”

Kangxi smiled and said, "Get up." After speaking, he didn't look at Hongfu, and entered the house with Shi Changzai. Li Dequan is so shrewd, when he saw Hongfu walking towards the teahouse, he hurriedly stopped him, and said politely: "Miss Hongfu, don't go to the teahouse, it's important to go back to the house to pick up." ”

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