Approaching the end of the year, Kangxi drove back to Luan, and before dawn, he got up and went to the Qianqing Palace to say goodbye. The fourth, eighth, ninth, tenth, and thirteenth masters were all there, and several brothers gathered together to talk in an idle hall. The eunuch who was on an errand inside was only responsible for sweeping the dust and taking care of all things, and he didn't even have a cup of hot water for making tea seriously.

Zhang Wuling, the eunuch in charge of the idle hall, found two taels of old Biluochun from nowhere, used a borrowed teapot pot, brewed a pot of tea soup in a daze, and brought it into the hall like horse urine, his hands trembled high, no matter which master was unhappy, he had to go around without eating. The Ninth Master was so thirsty that he poured two sips of tea and threw the teacup on the tea table, Zhang Wuling was so frightened that he almost knelt down, but he heard the Ninth Master say coldly: "I heard that Zhu Tianbao played a secret concert and asked Huang Ama to reinstate the second elder brother as the crown prince, do you all know?" When Zhang Wuling heard that it had nothing to do with him, Fang breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly exited the door.

The eighth master's eyes were slightly reproachful, and he looked at the ninth master and said, "Huang Ama is wise and has his own opinions. He said to the fourth master: "What do you think of the fourth brother?" The fourth master held the tea cup in one hand and put the other hand on his knee, calmly calmed, blew off the hot air in the tea, and said: "This matter has nothing to do with us, Huang Ama has already paid attention to it in his heart, and when there is a holy decree, everything will be known and understood." ”

The tenth master was reckless and said, "If you wait for Emperor Ama to give an order, will it be too late?" ”

All the brothers looked at him together, and the tenth master knew that he had lost his words, so he hurriedly replied: "I just said it casually, Huang Ama is wise, naturally what he says is what he says, we are loyal to the monarch and filial piety to our father, how can we not obey?" As he spoke, he turned his head again, and complained slightly: "Huang Ama has been back in Kyoto for most of the day, and he only summoned Long Keduo, and I didn't eat breakfast and dinner, and my belly was flattened." ”

Fourteen took off the purse on his waist, threw it to the tenth master, and said with a smile: "There is beef jerky in it, you have to rub your stomach." ”

The tenth master smiled: "It's still the fourteenth daughter-in-law who is close to the old fourteen, and this beef jerky has not been broken all year round." After that, he picked up two pieces from it and put them in his mouth to chew, and asked the ninth and thirteenth masters sitting next to him, "Do you want to?" ”

The ninth master laughed at his starvation ghost reincarnation, but the thirteenth master only shook his head and did not reply.

Wait, wait, when it was nightfall, Kangxi still didn't mean to summon the princes, and the princes didn't dare to leave, so they all cheered up to deal with it. Thanks to Zhang Wuling's two taels of tea leaves that have been added with boiling water several times, the brewing has no taste at all, and the princes are still unaware. They are all weighing the status of the waste prince in Kangxi's heart, and they are all in a trance, how can they be in any mood to care whether the tea is good or not. When the moon rose, Kangxi seemed to think of his sons, and asked the chief eunuch Li Dequan to pass the word, saying that he was tired and asked them all to go back. After waiting for a day in vain, the ninth master got a voice, patted the tenth master's shoulder, and said, "Go to my house to eat and drink?" ”

The tenth master pouted and said, "I just want to eat hot steamed buns now." ”

Fourteen got up, took out walnut meat and chewed it in his mouth, and said with a smile: "Everyone can remember, in the future, please invite the tenth brother to drink, and you don't need to prepare wine, just leave two cages of white steamed buns to send him away" The voice fell, and the tenth master punched Fourteen in the chest, and said with a smile: "Do you want to fight and then leave the palace?" Fourteen took half a step back, looking extremely painful, and said, "Tenth brother"

The tenth master smiled: "What's wrong?" ”

Fourteen: "Sure enough, I'm hungry, my fists are like girls, and I don't have any strength at all!" As soon as these words came out, the tenth master rolled up his sleeves, as if he was going to do a big job, walked towards the fourteenth, and said: "You kid has stiff wings, who was crying and shouting with snot when he was a child to let me teach Buku?" Fourteen smiled: "Who is it?" Do I know each other? "Two brothers, you come and go, the fourth master and the eighth master looked at them like children, and they didn't reprimand, but hugged their chests to watch the show, and said with a smile: "Don't just shout, whoever does it first will be powerful!" ”

It was lively, and suddenly someone came to spread the word, saying: "The emperor Prince Xuanyong is here." ”

The laughter stopped abruptly, and the brothers looked at the fourth master together, the fourth master's face was indifferent, and he didn't say anything else, and then followed behind the messenger eunuch and went to the Xinuan Pavilion. After a stalemate for a moment, the Ninth Master spoke first and said, "You say, what is Huang Ama looking for the fourth brother?" No one could have guessed, so no one spoke. Fourteen is sullen, if the emperor Ama doesn't see anyone, forget it, what does it mean to summon the fourth master? The fourth master has not paid attention to the affairs of the court for more than half a year, what is the important thing to talk about at this time?

I couldn't wait for fourteen any longer, so I changed my bed clothes and sat on the couch to pretend to sleep, and when I heard the movement outside, I got up, put on my shoes and walked to the outer hall, and asked, "Have you eaten?" Fourteen hummed, threw away his shoes, cleaned his hands and face, and said, "Let the kitchen cook a bowl of beef noodles, you are still hungry." Min Qiu went out, I saw that his face was not good, I knew that it must be something in the court, I didn't dare to ask more, only talked about Hongming, and said with a smile: "Today, he is walking fast along the corridor with his support for the wall, and I can't think of three or five days, so I don't need to support the wall." ”

Fourteen still didn't smile, and said, "Let the grandmothers watch it well, don't fall into trouble." ”

I said, "Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on it myself." He leaned lazily on me, closed his eyes for a while, and then said, "I waited for a day, and I didn't even see Huang Ama's face." I said, "The boat is tired, and the emperor is tired." ”

Fourteen said: "If it is really good that no one is seen, but when we left, we announced that the fourth brother entered the palace, and the fourth brother lived in Zhuangzi for most of the year, and I really don't know when I will please the emperor Ama again." ”

I didn't know how to comfort him, so I reached out and touched his face, then changed the conversation and said, "Have you not eaten for a day?" Finished eating beef jerky? After Fourteen finished talking, his face turned a little gloomy, and said, "Even the walnut meat has been eaten, you can prepare some more for me tomorrow." I was afraid that Ming'er wouldn't see him at all, so I got up and said, "I'll prepare it for you now, don't forget to take it in the morning." ”

Fourteen nodded, and at this time, Minqiu brought a bowl of spicy beef noodles and four plates of sour sauce side dishes, which were neatly placed on the kang table. The beef is marinated and coated in a layer of red oil and paprika, which makes you appetizing to look at. Fourteen taels of chopsticks went to half a bowl, I swallowed my saliva, and said, "I want to eat a piece of beef." He also made a firm promise and said, "Eat only one piece." Fourteen didn't think much about it, took the largest piece of beef and handed it to my mouth, and said with a smile: "I know you're greedy, why don't you let the kitchen serve you a bowl too?" I opened my mouth to swallow the beef, shook my head again and again, and said, "Eating in the middle of the night is the easiest way to gain weight, you see my arms, they have grown a circle of meat." ”

Fourteen then continued to eat, and said, "It's better to be fat, it's comfortable to hold softly." ”

Early the next morning, at just over three o'clock, the fourteenth got up and entered the palace. I got up at six o'clock, got dressed, and took a warm sedan chair to Yonghe Palace to say goodbye. When I entered the main hall and saw Concubine De sitting on the kang with a thin and skinny body, I was shocked, why didn't I see it for a few months, and I was so thin? Concubine De was darkened, her eyes were sunken, and her cheekbones on both sides were bulging. I don't know what she has suffered, after all, she has been calling her Eniang for nearly ten years, and she has real feelings, and she is a little distressed when she looks like this.

I said, "I'm tired of running around the road." ”

Concubine De was not in good spirits, put one hand on the kang table, and said, "Do you know the reason for the Li family's falling into the water?" ”

I wondered what this had to do with Concubine De, so I left three points of interest and said, "I haven't heard of it, and I haven't inquired about it, but the funeral is luxurious, and everyone in the capital knows it." Concubine De was slightly saddened and said: "The Li family has served me several times in the palace, and has never given her a good face, now that I think about it, it is really unnecessary." "Is it difficult for Concubine Dao to be so disgraced for the sake of the Li family? I don't believe it. I always have to have enough face, and said: "E-niang doesn't have to blame herself, everyone has their own life, compared to others, the Li family is also a blessed person." ”

Concubine De stopped talking, and the hall fell silent.

The bell rang twice, and it was twelve o'clock at noon, and I wanted to kneel and leave the palace. Concubine De suddenly said: "Before returning to the palace, your emperor Ama told me that she would make Hongfu a concubine, if it weren't for the fact that she was a Han girl and came from a low background, I am afraid that she would be in the position of the queen."

But I can guess that.

Although I knew that Kangxi liked Hongfu, I was still taken aback.

The position of the queen, the people of the harem, no one wants to. Concubine De has been in charge of the six palaces for many years, has the real power of the queen, but has no title of the queen, and she is infinitely satisfied when she starts to be a concubine, but after a long time, she can't covet the position of the middle palace. thought that one day she would be able to touch the emperor's heart, but for decades, she thought that no one would be able to shake her status, but she didn't want to, so she killed a Han girl Hongfu halfway. If she loses to Concubine Tong and Concubine Yi, she can only pretend to be blessed, but in the end, a maidservant can trample her under her feet, so how can she be relieved?

I pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "E-niang, don't worry, Hongfu can't be atmospheric, you don't need to take her to heart." ”

Concubine De smiled sadly, clutched her chest and said, "On the way back to the palace from Chengde, I have been comforting myself, but I can't be deceived in the end." He showed anger again, and said extremely out of shape: "What kind of ** soup did Hongfu pour into the emperor?" One day, when I find out, I will definitely break her body into pieces. "The first time Concubine De showed a fierce and sinister look in front of me, I trembled all over, as if I was facing a jealous woman who had lost her mind, which was unreasonable.

I knew that no matter what I said at this time, Concubine De would not believe it, so she didn't bother to persuade her, only reminded her, and said: "Eniang, the coming day is long, Huang Ama will always be tired of one day, you must not act rashly, Hongfu is being favored at this time, if she has any three long and two short, Huang Ama will definitely be furious, but will harm himself." In my opinion, you just have to prepare the palace for Hongfu generously, even if you agree, can Concubine Tong and Master Yi stand by and watch? Hongfu's identity is destined to make it impossible for her to be sealed, besides, you still have the fourth master and the fourteenth to rely on, so you can sit back and relax. ”

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