After the clearing, I was forced to tease the fourth master every day

Chapter 947 The death knell is ringing
In the 56th year of Kangxi, the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Yesterday was another heavy snowfall. When we got up early in the morning, the palace people were clearing the snow against the howling wind.

Fourteen came closer with a glazed cup in his hand: "Little sister-in-law, the heat is just right."

After trying the warm wine, I fed it to the Queen Mother.

"Go and have a rest. You just rushed back to Beijing. You have been guarding all day for the past two days, so you didn't sleep well, right? I'll call you when the Queen Mother wakes up." Wen Jiu glanced at Fourteen With bloodshot eyes, he finally persuaded him.

"It's okay, I'm away all year round, it's rare to come back, I want to spend more time with Huang Mamo, little sister-in-law, you go and have a rest, you are still pregnant, the fourth brother just said that you can't get out of the front, let I advise you a few words."

Wen Jiu smiled and shook his head: "I just rested in front of the Empress Dowager." He took another look at Shisi: "You have suffered a lot these years, right? You have grown up, taller, darker, and stronger. "

Today's Fourteen has already grown tall and strong, with a pair of tiger eyes that are not angry and majestic. Because he has been leading soldiers and fighting outside all year round, he has suffered countless wounds on his body, and even has a scar on his face. The white and tender young boy had long since disappeared from his former appearance.

When Shisi heard what Wen Jiu said, he smiled embarrassedly: "It's just that my sister-in-law still treats me like a child. Fourteen is now over the age of four. How can it still be the same as before? But Xiaosi Sister-in-law, she is still the same as before, she looks a few years younger than Fourteen."

Wen Jiu glared at him: "At this age, I still can't speak properly."

Fourteen was scolded, but he laughed even more heartily: "I stayed in the military camp all day, and it was like a dream when I came back. The fourth sister-in-law scolded a few words, but it seemed to go back to the past.

At that time, we used to get together in Huang Ama's Qianqing Palace and eat barbecue. Huang Ama wouldn't allow us to drink too much, and everyone was tired of starlings, so they sneaked out.

The fourth brother, the ninth brother, the tenth brother, the seventh brother, the thirteenth brother, you, the little sister-in-law, and me, we always set up a table at Huang Mama's place, and have another secret drink. "

Thinking of the past, Wen Jiu couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth: "Yeah, you are the most naughty, the queen mother can't stand your soft and hard foam every time, originally to persuade us not to get drunk, but later on we will get along with you." We messed around until midnight."

There was a bit of reminiscence on the fourteenth face, and the dimples on the cheeks showed a little bit of a smile: "Yes, the next morning, except for the fourth brother, none of us could get up, and Huang Ama punished us every now and then. Big characters, punished with squatting, the fourth brother was the one who watched over us, and the fourth brother was very strict back then, when I saw him when I was young, I wanted to run away."

Wen Jiu laughed: "Now your fourth brother isn't strict anymore?"

After listening to Shisi, he immediately shook his shoulders: "There is nothing worse than that."

"You guys, secretly talking bad things about the fourth child, and he overheard him, I don't see how I can deal with you."

While talking, he suddenly heard the Queen Mother's voice, both Wen Jiu and 14 were a little surprised.

"Queen, are you awake?"

"Emperor Mama!" Fourteen immediately knelt in front of her, looking at the Empress Dowager with red eyes, "Do you still recognize me?"

Mother Fang also came to the front at this moment, looking at the Queen Mother weeping with joy: "Queen Mother, do you recognize the slave?"

The queen mother was stunned for a moment, but it took some effort to get up, and Wen Jiu immediately supported her.

The Queen Mother patted Wen Jiu's hand: "Aren't you stupid when you are Aijia? Aijia's little fourteen, can Aijia recognize you? And you, Suwen, you and I have been half our lives, turned into ashes I recognize it. And Aijia’s Xiaojiu’er.”

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the nurse next to her turned red.

"It's very kind of you to recognize. Very good."

The queen mother always doesn't recognize people these days, sober up for a while yesterday, looking at the fourteenth master, she asked who he was, and didn't know Hong Yun's elder brothers.He knew Wen Fang Fujin, but he grabbed Wen Fang Fujin's hand and asked, where did Dabao go, and why did he return to Wen Fang Fujin's stomach?

"What's the matter?" The queen mother held the hand of the house nurse: "My body knows it, it's fine, don't worry about it."

"Queen, what do you want to eat? I'll prepare the wine for you right now."

"Don't toss about it." The queen mother grabbed the warm wine: "Ai's family can't eat, you all accompany Ai's family, Ai's family looks at you, and I feel at ease."

"Okay, I'll be with you." Wen Jiuhong replied with eyes red.

At this moment, the princes also came here one after another after hearing the news that the Queen Mother had woken up.

Not long after, a group of people surrounded the Queen Mother.

"Baoqing, Baocheng is back, back."

"Emperor Mama." Prince Zhijun and the prince who was already Prince Ren both bowed in front of him.

The empress dowager saw them with cloudy eyes and nodded with a smile: "Okay, okay."

The eyes looked at everyone one by one again: "The third and fourth are busy again, the fifth, the seventh, the eighth, the ten, the twelve, the thirteen, and the fourteen."

The Empress Dowager looked at each of them, and looked at the warm wine in confusion: "Jiu'er, where is Lao Jiu? He has been your little tail all day long, why didn't he come today?"

The queen mother said, as if feeling tired, she gently leaned on Wen Jiu.

Wen Jiu looked at the Queen Mother's state, and his heart tightened: "Queen Mother, do you remember that crystal lamp? Master Jiu went overseas, this is what he brought back for you, and that music box, which you have always liked, put it on Beside the bed, I look at it every day. Master Jiu brought these back from a long, far place, and he will be back soon, and he said he would bring you something more interesting, is the Queen Mother happy?"

The Empress Dowager looked in the direction of Wen Jiu's finger, then nodded again: "Huanxi, you can bring whatever you want, as long as you come back. Jiu'er, when will Lao Jiu come back? The Ai family hasn't seen him for several years."

Hearing what the queen mother said, many female relatives behind her had red eyes, and some even began to sob softly.

Everyone knows that when people are about to leave, they are always looking for the one who is not there.

The Empress Dowager's health is not as good as before this year, but in the past few days, there are already signs of exhaustion.

"Queen Mother, soon, Lord Jiu is rushing back. He said in his letter earlier that he misses you very much."

The Empress Dowager seemed to be extremely tired, she passed on the words several times, her eyes half closed, and she said in a low voice: "The Ai family also misses him. I don't know if he has lost weight."

After speaking, it was like falling asleep on Wen Jiu.

When Master Kangxi and Fourth Master came over in a hurry, the Queen Mother had already been settled down and fell asleep.

Lord Kangxi's hair is also gray now, he has been in poor health for the past two days, and his feet are swollen badly.The warm wine sent a lot of tea to reduce swelling, but with little effect.At this time, he was only wrapped in cloth strips, and fourth master helped him into the house.

After Lord Kangxi entered the door, he glanced at the faces of the people who were warming the wine, and he knew it. He went forward and knelt in front of the Queen Mother, and fed the Queen Mother the soup with his own hands.

"I've been guarding the Queen Mother for the past two days. The matter of the previous court, the fourth child, is left to you, the old 83 assistant."

"Yes."

It was not the first time that the emperor gave such an order, but everyone was not surprised.

It's just that the fourth master is a little worried: "Huang Ama, your body is not feeling well these days, and the dragon's body is the most important thing."

"I've made up my mind, don't try to persuade me."

Fourth Master glanced at Lord Kangxi's bound feet, then at Wen Jiu and her already pregnant belly, and frown even more for a moment.

Lord Kangxi also looked at Wen Jiu at this moment: "You and I take turns guarding, and you also take a rest, you have a big belly."

"Your Majesty, this servant is healthy and strong. And when this servant is tired, he will take turns resting with the Emperor."

Lord Kangxi nodded, knowing that the Empress Dowager couldn't do without warming the wine here, so he turned around and said, "Well, don't worry, fourth child, I'm watching her. Everyone else, go down, what are you doing here?"

"Yes."

The surroundings became quiet, Wen Jiu and Fang Nunnies told Kangxi everything the Empress Dowager said.

"If Lao Jiu doesn't delay on the way, I think he will be able to return to Beijing in ten days. It should...you can still see it."

Wen Jiu was stunned: "Well, what the emperor said is true, it will definitely be possible."

In the 56th year of Kangxi, the twelfth lunar month.

Seeing the end of the new year, Master Jiu rushed back to Beijing after a few days of fast riding.

Just an hour after entering the Forbidden City, the death knell rang.

when~
when~
when~
One sound, directly hitting people's hearts.

It wasn't snowing that day, but it was completely white.In the midst of howling, Lord Kangxi staggered forward, knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager's window, looked at Wen Jiu with cloudy eyes, and asked in a trembling voice: "Mother Huang, what did you say in the end?"

Warm Wine's throat was stuck, and with red eyes, he held up a simple box and presented it to him.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager said... that she will bury this thing with her."

Master Kangxi took the box with trembling hands, opened it slowly, and was stunned after reading it.After a long time, he finally took two steps back and knocked his head on the ground.

"I am not filial! I am not filial."

That day, Lord Kangxi held the box and mourned endlessly.

Tears poured into the soil inside the box, and finally, staggeringly took the scissors and cut off a strand of gray hair.

In the ceremony of the emperor's funeral, the empress dowager was buried.

"Auntie, what happened to the holding of soil?" Behind Sibao Tongtong's eyes flashed a little confusion.

Liusu wiped away her tears: "It's not just a handful of soil, it's the soil from the Empress Dowager's hometown. Prince Horqin dug it himself, and the master gave it to the Empress Dowager."

Sibao was stunned: "What does the old ancestor want soil for? If you miss your hometown, why didn't you go back and have a look when you were in better health?"

The tears that Wen Jiu suppressed fell suddenly after hearing Sibao's words.

Yes, if you can go back to your hometown, what else will you do?
In a trance, I suddenly remembered the moment when the Queen Mother left for the last time.

She grabbed her hand and begged in a low voice: "Auntie, don't get angry with uncle. If you are well, I can go back to Horqin."

"Grandfather said, my red rabbit is sick again, it won't eat grass without me, I have to go back and take care of it"

(End of this chapter)