Coming out of Eniang's room, I turned my feet and entered Xiaohai's courtyard. Surrounded by four large houses, the atrium is planted with several plantains, and the broad leaves are slightly green at this time.

Yuehua is embroidering female red in front of the window, she is wearing a plain white gauze skirt, with a slanted bun, very demure and dignified.

When she saw me, she hurriedly got up and gave up her seat, and ordered the girl to serve tea and present it to me herself. I said, "You sit too." She just stood, her eyes full of expectation, and asked, "What did E-Niang say?" I didn't dare to reply to Eniang's words directly, but said lightly: "According to Eniang's meaning, I have to wait for Ama to return home." Yuehua's face sank suddenly, her little white face drooped, and she didn't reply for half a sound.

I said again, "Do you know when and where Xiaohai went?" Yuehua shook his head and said, "He is outside every day, and he is idle in the yamen, and most of the time he drinks with his successors." He didn't say where to go, and I never asked. As she spoke, her tears began to fall.

There are two pots of Junzi Orchid on the flower case, with an elegant posture, like a beauty. In fact, Yuehua is no worse than anyone else, and she has a gentle temperament, never squeamish, and with Xiaohai, a bastard boy, she is completely more than everywhere.

I didn't know how to comfort her, so I had to say: "Xiaohai will write to Ama about marrying a concubine, don't worry, and wait for the news." "How can Yuehua not be in a hurry?

But she is a well-educated official lady, never noisy, no matter how anxious she is, she also adheres to the proper etiquette.

She blessed her body and said, "It's hard work." "I entrusted the fourteenth postman of the government, but after half a month, Ama had a reply, first scolded Xiao Hai with a loud voice, and then asked the people in the account office not to withdraw silver taels to Xiao Hai.

Having said that, but there are always places that cannot be taken care of, not to mention, there is also Eniang's habit, Xiaohai is still happy and happy.

Seeing that I was worried, Fourteen said, "A little ghost, it's not easy to settle him?" I propped my head and laughed, "Do you have a good idea?" Fourteen raised his eyebrows and said, "There are so many ways to do it!" I said, "Don't sell it, come quickly." Fourteen flipped through the account books casually and said: "Ming'er, I will go to the Ministry of Rites to find the manager of his department, and I will find a reason to lock him up for a few days, and then let people send the Qinglou woman to the south, and the two are not allowed to contact, I will keep it for two or three months, and no one will mention this matter." If Xiaohai is disobedient again, don't think about the woman's life. "I've never used the power of Fourteen to force others to do things, although they are Qinglou women, but they are also living people, it's too ruthless.

Fourteen sighed, and said: "It's just your mother-in-law and mother-in-law, you always have to coax him, his son is a few years old, but he hasn't grown up a little, he is spoiled by you" I retorted, said: "He's a younger brother, I always feel that he just hasn't grown up, and when he grows up, he will be sensible." Fourteen: "It's twenty-seven or eighteen years old and hasn't grown up yet?" At his age, he can decide on millions of taels of disaster relief funds. I smiled flatteringly: "Of course you are different, you are the fourteenth master." "The next day, I entered the palace to ask Concubine De to say goodbye, but Concubine De was not in Yonghe Palace, I heard from the people below, it turned out that there was a Han girl Chen who had no name in the harem and gave birth to a prince last night, but unfortunately it was less than a month, and she died of illness in the morning.

Kangxi didn't have time to pay attention to it, so he hastily drew up a permanent name for the Chen family, and handed over the rest to Concubine De for disposal.

Kangxi gave birth to his first child when Kangxi was thirteen years old in the sixth year, and now Kangxi is nearly sixty years old in the fifty-second year and is still giving birth to a prince, which is also quite hard.

- Although the quality is not good, most of them die young. Fourteen acted resolutely, and without waiting for my reaction, he had already properly sent the little customs to prison and sent the Qinglou woman all the way to Hainan.

In the end, he was still proud, and said, "I see them at the ends of the world, what can they do?" I couldn't help but sigh: "Our little people are really like grasshoppers in front of the imperial power, and we don't even have a chance to struggle." Fourteen laughed and said, "What little person?" What grasshopper? Didn't you listen to you? I reached out and touched his head, and said like a kitten or a puppy, "That's good." Xiaohai was imprisoned, but Eniang died in a hurry, and stopped Fourteen at the gate before dawn.

I haven't gotten up yet, and I don't know what their mother-in-law and son-in-law said, anyway, Fourteen coaxed her back, saving me a lot of tongue.

I turned around and asked Fourteen, "What did you tell E-Niang?" She didn't bother me. Fourteen was arranging the jade belt around his waist and said with a smile: "I told her that this is the Yamen's test for Xiao Hai, as long as Xiao Hai can stand firm and get through, he will be promoted." I sneered: "I don't believe it, E-Niang is not easy to fool, if you have no basis for this, can she believe you?" Fourteen squinted at me and said, "It seems that the master is going to establish his authority in front of you!" "I'm here - the fourth master's mansion held a lively banquet to welcome Miss Li Er's entry.

For the sake of the fourth master, I asked Shu Fang Fujin to go to Prince Yong's mansion to congratulate. Xiao Man brought a basket of jade pears by the way, saying that it was a gift from Kangxi and the fourth master, and gave me a taste.

I received the gift, so I naturally got the gift in return, and asked Minqiu to wrap the rose nitrate that I just made this year and send it to the palace in person.

Soon it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, Kangxi was happy to reunite, and ordered all the princes to bring Fujin, side Fujin, Shu Fujin and their children to the palace for a banquet.

Shu Fang Fujin since the draft that year, or the first time to enter the palace to see, can't help but be nervous, a little half a month in advance began to Zhang Luo, from jewelry to court clothes are all new, even shoes and socks are thousands of choices.

Neither can steal my limelight, nor can she be shabby, but it is really difficult for her. Hongchun, Ah Xing, and Hongming all wore new robes made this year, Hongchun reached the age of marrying, Shu Fang Fujin counted on Kangxi to give him a marriage, so he specially told a few good words and let Hongchun learn to speak.

The banquet was placed in the idle Xinyang Palace, and all the concubines, princes and princesses, Fujin concubines, side concubines Fujin and emperors and grandchildren were lined up under the throne according to the rules, pushing the cups and cups, singing and dancing, which made Kangxi extremely happy.

Everyone stepped forward to toast one by one, Kangxi drank them one by one, he drank very well, and the small half of the tank was down, still with a shimmering expression, without a trace of drunkenness.

Hongfu was the only one in front of the royal table, and she persuaded: "The emperor should not be greedy for cups." Kangxi laughed loudly: "If twenty or thirty years ago, I wouldn't have drunk a jar." Hongfu said warmly: "The slave knows the heroism of the emperor back then, but now" She held a gold lacquer plate in front of Kangxi and said, "You still coughed last night, so you shouldn't drink." Kangxi paused, and put the wine glass on the plate very obediently, so that Concubine De and the others looked straight in their eyes.

The holy favor of the red fu, as expected, no one can match. After being old for half an hour, Kangxi couldn't hold it anymore and retreated to the backyard for a while.

When everyone saw that Kangxi was gone, they were no longer restrained, and they were even more happy. Hongfu waited for Kangxi to lie down on the kang and dozed, and tiptoed out of the door.

Today, she didn't have time to eat all day, and finally had the slightest free time, so she found a secluded place at random, planning to chew two mouthfuls of snacks to fill her stomach.

She gobbled it up while listening carefully to the movements in the house, lest Kangxi wake up and call her, and she was not there.

The dry and hard osmanthus cake was blocked in her throat, and she couldn't swallow it, so choked that her tears came out.

A hand suddenly appeared in front of him, holding a flask. Hongfu looked along her arm, it was the thirteenth master, and she was busy getting up to salute, but she was pressed by the thirteenth master on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Can you drink?" Hongfu nodded, slowly took the wine jug, and took two sips before swallowing the osmanthus cake.

She said timidly: "Thank you, Thirteenth Master." The thirteenth master smiled and said, "Last time you made me white porridge, this time I invited you to drink, let's clear up." Hongfu said: "The thirteenth master is right. The palace celebrated, huge lights were lit everywhere, and the entire Forbidden City was shrouded in flames.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a good time to enjoy the moon, the sky is not beautiful, the clouds are dense, there are no stars and no moon, which adds a bit of melancholy.

The Thirteenth Master asked, "Are you homesick?" Hongfu was stunned, she never expected to have a heart-to-heart relationship with someone in the palace, but the Thirteenth Master just said lightly, her heart suddenly warmed, no matter what he asked, she wanted to tell him frankly.

She said, "Yes." Hongfu looked up, and the thirteenth master was looking at him, and he couldn't help but be surprised. He looks like an emperor, his eyes, nose, mouth, and jaw, whether he smiles or not, they all seem to be smiling, gentle and calm.

The emperor doted on her very much, and she knew in her heart that she should be satisfied, and be liked by the most noble and powerful man in the world.

However, something was missing, at this moment she looked at the smooth and wrinkled corners of the eyes, the firm skin, and the jet-black braids, she suddenly understood faintly that what she lacked was a young body, a young and energetic heart, and someone who could make small talk.

Thirteen: "Jiangnan recalls, followed by Wu Palace." Wu wine a cup of spring bamboo leaves, Wu Wa double dance drunk hibiscus. Sooner or later, we will meet again. After a pause, he asked Hongfu: "Have you read poetry?" Hongfu humbled and shook her head slightly.

There has never been a time when she feels more embarrassed than at this moment. Thirteen had no trouble, and said with a hearty smile: "It's Su Dongpo's poem, and it's about Suzhou and Hangzhou." Hongfu suddenly realized that he was talking about her hometown.

Behind the pillar, there is the sound of eunuchs stroking their palms, which is the code used by the slaves and maids in front of the emperor, which means that the emperor is about to wake up when he turns over.

Hongfu handed the wine jug back to Thirteen, wiped a red glow on her cheeks, and said, "Thank you for the wine, the slave and maid will retire." When I thought about it, I felt that I was reckless, after all, she had drunk it.

Thirteen really smiled and said: "You stay, Huang Ama is awake, you go quickly." "He can understand most of the royal codes.

Hongfu answered

"Yes", he opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't know where to start for a while. She never looked up again, keeping her eyes on the surface of her feet, clutching the pot tightly in her hand, but retreated.

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