novelraw Chapter 117 Trust
Chapter 117 Trust
The queen mother looked at Concubine Xi who was begging with red circles in front of her, and she was also very helpless.
She didn't know how the emperor changed his mind now, so she could only give Tai Chi to Concubine Xi: "The emperor bestows a marriage, and only the emperor considers it. Besides, isn't Ulanara's girl bad? It was a happy event, you are a mother-in-law. Wiping tears from the eyes, it makes others look at it and murmurs, and a good thing is ruined."
The Empress Dowager understands so well, if it's something else, or her own, Concubine Xi will definitely not bother her any more, lest the Empress Dowager get bored, but this is a lifelong event for her son!
Let's put it this way, Concubine Xi insisted on trying to please the Queen Mother all these years, all because of her son.
Just like saving money, the storage function must be able to withdraw cash to be useful, otherwise, whoever saves money will suffer.
At this moment, Concubine Xi just came to withdraw money, even if she didn't want the goodwill accumulated over the years, she still had to beg the Queen Mother for this matter.
Even if the imperial decree has been issued, it is impossible to change the candidate for Zhengfu Jin unless the Ulanara girl is gone, but Concubine Xi wants to intercede with the Queen Mother anyway, firstly to find out the reason, and secondly to want the Queen Mother to help Intercede with the emperor, and show Hongli two good side Fujin in the future.
For example, among the girls in the Hanjun Banner, many of their fathers were high-ranking officials, and even the girls who were born in the upper three banners were not without official fortune.
However, before Concubine Xi had time to plead for mercy with tears, she reported to the emperor outside.
It was too late for Concubine Xi to leave, so she hurriedly adjusted from a state of sadness and tears to a state of joy and gratitude.
Seeing the emperor enter the door, he quickly got up to pay his respects, and knelt down again to thank him.
The emperor only glanced at her, and calmly said: "Back off."
Concubine Xi had to swallow all the words she had been brewing for a long time.Coming out of Yuetan Yunju, there are stone steps going down all the way, Concubine Xi feels like stepping on clouds and mist, and Dongqing needs to hold her tightly.Dongqing panicked and persuaded: "My lady, don't worry, it will be 25 tomorrow, and the fourth elder brother will come to pay my respects to my mother. If there is anything, my mother can just ask my elder brother. Don't waste your body by thinking about it."
In the hall, the Empress Dowager asked someone to serve hot tea, puzzled and asked: "Why did the emperor suddenly change Hongli to Fujin? Aijia remembers that the emperor mentioned that Concubine Xi's mother's family is slightly worse, and the next generation will not have it." An outstanding man can be promoted. So you want to point out a better wife and family to help Hongli and each other, why did you suddenly change it? Such a hasty order?"
The emperor frowned and shook his head, "I thought of it for Hongli, but that child failed me."
He gave a brief introduction to the queen mother about today's events, and then sighed: "I have many brothers, so I know that if Ama is too partial, and some of his sons are valued and others are ignored, they will feel uncomfortable. So These years, I have always been very concerned about Hongli Hongzhou."
"I value noble concubines, but the sixth elder brother was born, except for the full moon and one year old, which are performed according to the etiquette of a noble concubine giving birth to a prince. During the rest of the festival, all my rewards to elder brothers are based on seniority. It's not because of the noble concubine that I favor the sixth elder brother."
Hongli felt that today was the most unlucky day he was born, but for the emperor, it was not a sad day.
"Because Hongli was smart and smart, he was better than Hongzhou in all aspects. I had high hopes for him, so I arranged it more carefully. Not only did I point out Xu Yuanmeng as a master, but I also wanted to point out him as a well-respected rich man. The daughter of the Cha family is Fujin, I have given him the best I can, and I am looking forward to his progress!"
"One day in the future, if he becomes a prince or emperor, he can understand the affairs, protect the country and protect the people in the court, and keep filial piety inside."
"Whoever imagined that I planned for him and wanted to give him all the good things, not only didn't make him develop filial piety, but made him develop a kind of good that I can only give to him, not to other people's crooked thoughts!" By the way, the emperor changed all the internal eunuchs around Hongli today, especially the two internal eunuchs that Hongli usually used for interrogation.
Asked that Hongli was not in the right mood since he knew that Gu Lao Jijiu was the enlightenment master of the sixth elder brother.
All good must be given to him?An excellent teacher can only be given to him, but not to the brothers?
That being the case, the emperor will not give it.
"It's all packed, Mr. Su can take it to the emperor."
The day before Wanshou, Jiang Heng was in the palace choosing the clothes to wear for tomorrow's banquet. Su Peisheng came to see him outside, saying that the emperor wanted to temporarily move the small barbecue stove and grill here for a day. He wanted to invite Eighth Master and Ten The third master enjoys snow and barbecue.
It is said that Prince Lian fell ill once on the way, so although he left early, he was the last one to rush back, and he just arrived in Beijing the day before yesterday.
Hearing that the emperor actually wanted to invite Eighth Master to eat barbecue, Jiang Heng smiled and said, "The emperor is in a good mood? Then, would Su Wenda bring some snacks and drinks along the way?"
Su Peisheng hurriedly laughed and said: "The servant has not spoken yet, and the empress is in charge. Before coming, the emperor ordered the servant. It will be the Longevity Day tomorrow, and the empress must be busy here. If there are ready-made snacks, take some." Forget it, if not, don’t let the lady’s small kitchen make it now, just go to the imperial dining room to get it.”
Thanks to the empress who likes to do everything ahead of time, all the work has been completed ahead of schedule, and there is nothing to do on the day before the Longevity Festival. The empress only asked them to go back and tidy themselves up, take a good rest, and have to take care of it tomorrow. Mental entertainment inside and outside life.
Thinking about not being able to eat well tomorrow, Jiang Heng asked the small kitchen to make a lot of small snacks today, and planned to eat snacks first when he was free tomorrow.At this time, I heard that the emperor was going to invite people to eat barbecue, so I chose some for Su Peisheng to bring, and I also picked out an extra fruit basket, and placed some fresh fruits that were rare in winter from the fruit shop.
In the end, Su Peisheng simply took away the pot of chestnuts fried in sugar and Xiaoluzi: "The stir-fried ones are delicious, let's take them together."
Afterwards, Jiang Heng went back to the house to choose clothes, and suddenly felt different from the past after a long while, so he raised his head and asked Qiu Xue, "Do you feel that today seems to be extraordinarily quiet?"
Qiu Xue said with a smile: "Brother Six is studying at the front, and the princess went to live in Prince Xun's other garden, and there is no sound of the child in the palace, so the empress feels quiet."
Immediately following Si Age Hongli's imperial decree referring to the marriage is the imperial decree of Prince Xun as the prince.
Naturally, Jiang Heng also prepared a gift for Fourteen Fujin, congratulating her on her official promotion to Prince and Concubine.The Fourteenth Fortune entered the garden to thank her, and took Minmin away by the way: "Our father really wanted to see our little niece, and it was a pity that we met in a hurry in the Mulan paddock."
The Fourteenth Master was still thinking about Minmin wearing the prince's regular clothes and cheating his relationship with the emperor, so he always wanted to talk to his little niece again.
Fourteen Fujin couldn't be bothered by him, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and try to ask the imperial concubine for a princess.
Jiang Heng asked Min Min, and seeing that she was willing to go out to play, he asked her to take someone out.
The late emperor had many sons, which is not a good thing for the emperor, but it is good for Min Min, because there are many relatives who can move around.
Jiang Heng hoped that she would go out and see more of the world.
These children in the Baylor Mansion of the royal palace will not be too innocent. Their biological mothers are different and their identities are also different, so they must have their own thoughts.There are those who want to make friends with Minmin, and some who want to use her—Minmin always has to learn how to get along with all kinds of people, to face the various emotions of others, and to distinguish the other party's purpose and true attitude .
No matter how much Jiang Heng taught her verbally, no matter how many stories he told, he couldn't teach her.
Parents' precepts and deeds are always just textbooks, and there are practical lessons outside.
No matter how distressed the parents are, and want to pass on more experience and lessons, the south wall that the child should touch cannot be avoided-the child just listens to the parents telling him not to touch the wall, but if she has never seen the wall or touched it with her own hands The wall, how can it be avoided?
Jiang Heng would rather Minmin go out to take practical classes earlier, now no matter what wall she bumps into, her parents can cover her up.
It's better than growing up in a greenhouse, and planting yourself in it for the rest of your life the first time you suffer a loss.
"Yes, the palace has been lively and chaotic for a few years, and it will become more and more quiet in the future." The child grows up, the child bids farewell, and the natural reincarnation.
The emperor never thought that one day he would be able to sit with Prince Lian and eat barbecue while watching the snow.
Enjoying snow and barbecue is also a scene that Prince Lian has not passed by in Annan for many years: it has hardly snowed in Annan.
After drinking for three rounds, the barbecue is almost finished.
The Thirteenth Lord will be skewering vegetables below—the meat skewers prepared by the Imperial Dining Room are enough for ten or eight people, and the meat will get greasy after a long meal. Fortunately, there is a basket of fresh fruits and vegetables. The Thirteenth Master peeled an apple and baked it first. I feel that the roast is sour and hot, but the taste is different.
So he abandoned meat and ate grass, and began to experiment with various fruits and vegetables for roasting.
Anyway, he came to eat with him today, the emperor must talk to Prince Lian to be serious.
While roasting, he listened to the two elder brothers who had been in dire straits before talking calmly, and even discussed state affairs. The voice of the eighth master was blown by the wind: "... There are many small countries in Nanyang, many seas, wide seas and long coasts. There are few naval forces, but there are already traces of invasion by countries such as England, and the emperor wants to rebuild the navy, which is a far-sighted move."
When the official business came to an end and he started to talk about housework, Prince Yi shared all kinds of fruits and vegetables he baked.
Prince Lian saw that the thirteenth brother roasted a bunch of strange vegetables, so he lowered his head and picked for a long time, carefully choosing a section of corn.
Seeing that Prince Lian was choosing corn, the emperor told Xiao Luzi to wait for Xiao Luzi, who was making sugar-fried chestnuts, to roast a few pieces of corn with milk and honey.
"This is the way of eating in the imperial concubine's palace before. The corn is roasted to make it sweet. I think it tastes good. You can try it."
Hearing the emperor mentioned the noble concubine, Prince Lian stood up and said: "My brother went to greet Er Niang yesterday. I heard Er Niang mentioned that the noble concubine and empress have taken good care of her these years. Whenever Annan's things come to Beijing, always remember to send a copy to Er Niang. , greatly comforting Er Niang to remember the heart of my younger brother. It seems to be the emperor's kindness, and my younger brother is very grateful."
It was the first time for the emperor to hear about this, but he was not surprised, thinking that it was something a noble concubine would do.
In the afternoon of this day, the emperor came to the Tantan Pavilion.
Seeing the wine-colored look on the emperor's face, Jiang Heng asked, "Can someone prepare a bowl of hangover soup?" The emperor also had the wine-colored look on his face after drinking a cup. In the past, Jiang Heng had such a serious face that he had to judge the emperor's state by asking questions every time.
The emperor shook her hand and walked into the room: "It's too cold outside, don't stand here." He shook his head resolutely: "No need to sober up, I'm fine."
Jiang Heng walked in with the emperor, and turned his head to signal Qiu Xue: "Definitely need hangover soup, boil it quickly."
Generally speaking, people who say they are not drunk are drunk.
Qiu Xue flickered, and asked Qiu Shuang to serve strong tea first.
The emperor took a sip of the thick blackened tea, but commented: "The tea in your room is always weak and tasteless." Jiang Heng couldn't help laughing and said: "The emperor never likes to drink, and you can't shirk it during the New Year's Eve." I only drank two cups less. I drank a lot today? But tomorrow is the Longevity Festival." He opened the lampshade while speaking, and blew out the candles in the palace.
Let the emperor sleep for a while, so that he can hangover.
"Lao Ba and I talked about the navy, and about the special department..." The emperor leaned over and pulled Jiang Heng onto the couch to sit.It is easy for people to lose control of their strength when they drink too much, but the emperor still has control. He gently pulled her and motioned her to come up: "Come here for a while."
Qiu Shuang and the others retreated as early as after serving tea, and the winter room was dark and warm.
The emperor felt that his heart, which had been running around for more than a month, finally calmed down at this moment.Not talking about business, just opened the window a crack, and said to Jiang Heng: "Listen, it's still snowing outside."
The two of them listened to Snow's voice for a while.
The sound of snow reminded Jiang Heng of the day when she gave birth to Minmin, the emperor talked to her through the window, and it was snowing.
She was fascinated by the sound, until a sudden wind came in, and then she hid back.The emperor closed the window, stretched out his hand and pulled the blanket on the couch to cover her.
Then I started to be a little dazed: "Where did I just say that?"
Jiang Heng couldn't help laughing, and reminded the emperor: "Specially opened department... I don't know what is specially opened department?"
She knows that Enke in the imperial examination is mostly state-owned Daqing, so in addition to the general examination every three years, another exam is added to give the candidates one more chance to pass the exam, it is Enke.
The emperor was reminded by her, found the procedure again, and said: "It's no wonder you don't know. The system is rarely opened, and it is used to select extraordinary talents. It is different from the classics and meanings of the previous imperial examinations. Select special talents for the proposition. In the past 50 years of Huang Ama's reign, he only taught one subject."
Jiang Heng heard the words and thought: Is this the special selection of special talents?
If the emperor really wants to build a naval division, screening those who are proficient in coastal defense is undoubtedly the best way: After all, in the eyes of the people at the time, the imperial examination was the only way to get ahead, not to say that there is no such thing as Dai Zi in the great China Wizards, but many talents are considered to be out of the mainstream and unknown.
In fact, except for a very few true scholars who love to study the ancient meanings of the scriptures, in the eyes of the rest of the imperial examinations, the right way is not the Four Books and Five Classics, but being an official and a master.
If it is a special department, only majors such as coastal defense, water conservancy, and machinery will be tested, and the relevant talents in custody will come out.
Just like the joke Jiang Heng heard in his previous life, if he played football well and got extra points in the college entrance examination, the level of the national football team might improve within a few years.
It is just that a thousand-mile horse often exists, but Bole does not often exist.
Jiang Heng asked the emperor curiously: "What kind of talents did the late emperor choose for the department?"
The emperor said: "Huang Ama teaches erudite and macro CI." It is to select those with a high level of literature and art, who can compose poems and essays.
"At that time, San Francisco was at the beginning of peace, and Huang Ama needed to study the history books of the Ming Dynasty, so he opened this subject and specially called some people who are good at poetry to come to Beijing. These people are not limited to Juren, they can be from various places. Recommended by the above officials."
The emperor obviously had plans for a long time ago: "I will open a discipline, and it will not be a discipline of erudition and Confucianism. It must be a talent who respects practical learning and can contribute to coastal defense."
Jiang Heng raised his teacup: "The concubine will offer a cup to the emperor, and the emperor must recruit talents for this subject."
The emperor couldn't help but smiled and toasted, touched her for a moment, took a few sips, and told her in turn: "Although this wine is very weak, don't drink too much."
Jiang Heng: ...This man is really drunk.
Qiu Xue asked the small kitchen to boil hangover soup to no avail.
There were only the emperor and the noble concubine in the room, and Qiuxue dared not go in after the soup was ready. After a while, the empress came out by herself, smiled and waved her hand and said, "Forget it, the emperor has fallen asleep, let's warm it up first." , drink again if you feel uncomfortable."
Jiang Heng took out his small pocket watch while talking, it was almost time for his son to leave school.
"Has the fire been lit in the apse? He always likes to step on the snow. He has to change his whole body and bake it when he comes back."
"Don't worry, ma'am, everything has already been born."
When the emperor woke up, it was already dark.
For a moment, he had a feeling of not knowing when he was, as if this life was a dream, and his soul was still floating in the air.
It wasn't until I heard the familiar laughter outside that I finally settled down and felt that I was a real body.
The laughter outside was soft, the emperor sat up, and the teacup on the kang table in the dark rang.
Jiang Hengyuan took the sixth elder brother to play the gashapon machine outside, and when he heard the sound inside the room, he held a lamp in his hand and walked inside.
The curtain was lifted, and half of the halo poured out.
The emperor saw the light and shadow, and she walked in, the curtain was lowered, and her surroundings became the only light in the room again.Among the candles, the smile was as sweet as the first time I saw it, and it still moved the emperor's heart.
Like a boat rowing in the dark.
Jiang Heng had already walked to the couch, and seeing that the emperor was still sitting still, he asked, "Do you want to sleep a little longer, Your Majesty?"
Only then did the emperor stand up, he naturally took the lamp from her hand, and then raised his head: "I have the lamp in my hand, please fasten the buttons for me."
Jiang Heng fumbled to fasten the button, and heard the emperor say: "I drank a little too much with them today." After a pause, he continued: "Since I was a child, when I drank too much, it was easy to talk more, and if I talked too much, I would get out of the basket. .So I don’t like drinking alcohol even more. I drank too much today, and I was afraid of going to another place to lose my composure, so I came to you.”
Jiang Heng fastened the last button, raised his head and smiled.
Brother Six waited outside the door, greeted Huang Ama, and then continued to sit back and twist the ball.
Now this ball twisting machine is no longer a solid wooden ball painted in various colors, but a hollow ball. Every time you open it, there will be a word, a simple arithmetic problem, or a piece of paper wrapped in oil paper. sugar.
Of course, the amount of sugar is very small, it is regarded as a reward, and most of it is still food for knowledge.
Jiang Heng originally made this game by occasionally getting candies to coax Minmin to read and count. However, after Sixth Brother inherited the twisted egg from his sister, it lost its original meaning: he would put the candy aside if he twisted it. I got excited when I twisted a word I didn't know.
The emperor saw his youngest son playing on the sidelines, so he drank tea and said, "Fourteen too, I took Minmin away for two days and still haven't sent her back!"
Only then did Brother Six turn around and supportively said: "Yes, send my sister back!"
Jiang Heng smiled and said: "The fourteenth Fujin entered the palace today and said that tomorrow's Longevity Day, we will bring Minmin in together." Then he turned to comfort his son and said: "When our sixth elder brother grows up, we can also go out with my sister. Gong went to the uncles' house to play."
Hearing that she was still called Sixth Brother, the emperor couldn't help but said: "Didn't I choose the word '苽' for him as a nickname?"
Jiang Heng laughed and said, "I'm used to being called concubines." And when she called her son Kuku, she always felt like calling another pigeon Gu Gu Gu, especially Min Min, even if she knew how to pronounce the word Ku, Also always called brother Guagua.
For a while, the palace servants served the meal, and they used it briefly, thinking about the big banquet tomorrow, the two of them still had a rest early.
"Your Majesty, go to sleep, you have to get up early tomorrow." The ministers had to get up early to go to Qingyan, Kyushu to celebrate the emperor's birthday, and the emperor who was bowed down also had to get up early, and it would take a while to wear the heavy auspicious robes.
However, the emperor slept enough in the afternoon.
At this time, I couldn't sleep, so I turned to talk to Jiang Heng, found her hand in the quilt, and patted her hand: "I haven't opened up to you about Hongli. That child burned the birthday gift you gave me." Li is really ignorant, don't be sad."
Hongli had a problem with Yonghe Palace, which seemed normal to Jiang Heng.
Yonghe Palace and Jingren Palace are like two companies competing for the largest project in history. Whoever wins this project will be the real family to inherit the throne; whoever loses this project will end up in retirement.From then on, for the rest of my life, it depends on whether the other party is in a good mood, whether to give me a bowl of stable food.
In such a situation, Jiang Heng could understand Hongli's great sense of competition and hostility towards Yonghe Palace.The only thing that surprised her was that she thought that Hongli, like Concubine Xi, was a very calm child.It's like the future Emperor Qianlong, who can play with ministers like puppets.
You are still young, and you have not yet honed into a political machine, but you have stumbled so much.
So Jiang Heng just felt sorry for the boat.
Seeing that she didn't speak, the emperor moved closer and said in a low voice: "I didn't ask Hongli to come and admit my mistake to you. There is a reason, and it's not that I'm partial to him. First of all, he already refers to the married person, no good Come to the harem alone; secondly, if he comes to kowtow and plead guilty, and this matter comes to light, then..." The emperor sighed.
Jiang Heng actually understood.
The sixth elder brother has not grown up yet, and he has not seen how talented he is.Therefore, if the emperor gets angry again, it is impossible to completely abandon Hongli, the heir he had chosen.
Since there is still hope for Hongli, this matter will not be brought to the surface, so that Hongli and the Yonghe Palace will be completely deadlocked.Otherwise, in the future, Minmin and sixth elder brother will still live under his brother's command, how can they live well?
The emperor was also very embarrassed.
Jiang Heng comforted, "Your Majesty doesn't need to tell your concubines, I understand."
The emperor was very comforted: Fortunately, she understands.Never hurt yourself, never embarrass me.Thinking of Hongli actually burning her birthday gift, the emperor was really worried.This is because I'm still here, if he's gone, Hongli's temper will come up, what will he do to his younger brothers and sisters?
Although he was not allowed to come to the Yonghe Palace to plead guilty, the emperor has made up his mind that he must turn Hongli's mind around in the next few years.if not...
The emperor let go of this matter first, and talked about another matter with Jiang Heng.
"There is one more important thing that I have to tell you in advance."
Jiang Heng, who was about to fall asleep: ... Your Majesty, if you don't sleep, I will be sad.
People say that some children are difficult to bring up as night owls, because they are full of sleep during the day and refuse to close their eyes at night, always pestering others to talk and play.
But Jiang Heng was lucky, and he had no such experience with his two children: Minmin is an angel baby, with low needs and self-sufficiency, there was once an emperor who had not started to put his daughter to sleep, and Minmin slept on the emperor's hand things.The sixth elder brother is a high-need child, but he has a very normal day and night schedule. He is born with a study material, and he wakes up early in the morning and goes to bed early in the evening.
Besides, they were always accompanied by people, Jiang Heng had never experienced being entangled by children so much that he couldn't sleep.
Well, the results are good, the two children are sleeping independently, she felt the difficulty of bringing a child who refuses to sleep tonight for the first time, what can't be said later?
She has to get up early tomorrow and have a busy day!
Jiang Heng couldn't help reaching out and patting the emperor twice, trying to make him fall asleep.
However, what the emperor said next made her stop immediately, and even sat up in the tent.
"When my Longevity Day is over, I'll vaccinate Minmin."
Jiang Hengyuan wanted to wait until after the Emperor's Longevity Day, and then find another opportunity to talk to the Emperor. Hearing that the Emperor had brought it up, he quickly sat up, held the Emperor's hand again, and said, "The cowpox that my concubine mentioned to you before, Can it be done?"
The emperor closed his eyes and said with a smile: "You still haven't forgotten the weird tricks in that Western book?"
"You don't know, Westerners' mechanical firearms are good, but their medical skills are not good. The English people are not completely fooling people. Some of them eat drugs as candy, and lead candy, which is poisonous." I don’t know. Some of them got sick, and they said it was all about bloodletting——Nowadays, foreign patients in Western guild halls don’t want to be seen by their own doctors, but ask a doctor in Beijing to prescribe medicine. How can they believe in their vaccination methods? have to?"
Before the invention of penicillin, medicine in the world was indeed at the forefront of China.
But vaccinia is different. This has been verified by history. Jiang Heng said: "The concubine told you that it was not a whim. I also asked Ama and brother to help find someone who had vaccinia. Two years ago We found a doctor who was infected with cowpox - he was also in the countryside to vaccinate people. In short, if the emperor is a trusting concubine, he will have to call his elder brother into the palace in time to ask, what's the matter?"
The emperor opened his eyes, the tent was so dark that he couldn't see anything, but the emperor felt that he saw her eyes, as clear as ever.
I changed the words that I didn’t want to answer when it came to my lips, and there was a smile in my voice that I didn’t know. That's it. After the Longevity Festival, I will announce him to enter the palace."
But he refused to directly agree, and only said: "The Tai Hospital has also worked hard on vaccination for decades. When Huang Ama was there, the Orosians came to learn it. Over the years, they have become more mature and have already raised The mature seedlings that have been planted seven times in a row, nowadays the children of the aristocratic family often use this kind of ripe seedlings to inoculate pox, if they are not physically weak, the rest of the children may not have an accident if they plant dozens of them."
"I will go and listen to the cowpox you mentioned. If it is stronger than the current mature vaccine, it will be a great merit of yours."