Qing Chuan Zhi Wants to Be a Concubine

Chapter 233: Getting Along with the Royal Family

After Qingming Festival, Yongzheng took his concubines, children, ministers and others to the Old Summer Palace.

During the Dragon Boat Festival in May, a dragon boat race will be held in Fuhai of the Old Summer Palace.

Fuhai is a large lake in the east of Yuanmingyuan. It is approximately square in shape and covers a vast area of ​​about 28 hectares.

Fuhai, with such a vast water area, is perfect for hosting dragon boat races.

Yu Yao brought Hong Ye to live in Wuling Chunse. It was not that she deliberately chose a place far away from the emperor's residence, nor was it that the empress deliberately arranged for her to live far away, but it was a place close to the emperor. She had lived there before, and now she wanted to live in Wuling Chunse so that she could enjoy the beautiful scenery.

As Yuyao expected, different courtyards have different interests and beautiful scenery, so it is really a very good experience to choose a different residence to live in every time.

Soon, on the fifth day of May, the Dragon Boat Festival arrived.

Yu Yao got up early and dressed. When she was about to leave, she pulled Hongye over to tidy up his clothes. She also checked with Bihe to see if there was anything extra or wrong on him.

Although Hongye was young, as a child in the palace, no matter how young he was, he knew the turmoil and struggles in the palace.

So he obediently let his mother and Aunt Bihe check him, and he was not impatient at all towards his mother's nagging instructions, even though he had heard a lot of these words in the past few days.

"Ye'er, don't dislike your mother's nagging!" Yu Yao gently stroked Hongye's head, squatted down, looked at Hongye seriously and said.

Hongye shook his head and said in a baby voice, "I don't mind."

"Be good!" Yuyao gently stroked Hongye's chubby face and asked seriously, "Mother knows that you have a good memory. Tell me again what I just told you."

Hongye did not feel annoyed. Instead, he looked at his mother with a worried look and advised: "Mother, don't worry, I will be careful. Besides, I will remember everything you told me and will be careful."

Afterwards, Hongye repeated one by one what Yuyao had just told him.

"We must be on guard against others. Except for the food handled by Su He and Bi He, no other food can be imported into the banquet."

"If you encounter palace maids or eunuchs delivering messages, except for those close to Ama and E'niang, and the chief eunuchs around Uncle Thirteen, the others cannot be trusted and you don't have to pay attention to them. The palace servants around you will help you deal with it. You don't have to show up in person, just ignore them."

"You must not be alone, especially not without either Su He or Zheng Yunlin."

“Never go near the water.”

……

Every time Hongye mentioned something, Yuyao nodded.

Seeing that Hongye had not missed anything and she had not missed anything, Yuyao finally stood up, took the little one's hand, and got into the sedan together.

Although Yuyao doesn't often ride in a sedan chair and prefers to walk, Fuhai is quite far from Wuling Spring Scenery after all. If she walks with the little one, it is either not impossible or the time will probably be past by the time she arrives.

After a while, as the eunuchs shouted "Empress Jin and Eighth Prince are here", Yuyao led Hongye out of the sedan chair and entered the bathing area arranged on the west bank of Fuhai.

The pavilions are built very large and long, and are connected together to form a large open space, which is just right for placing tables and chairs for holding the Dragon Boat Festival banquet.

After all, Hongye was already four years old. Since the time of the late Emperor Kangxi, as long as he was four years old, he would stay together with the little princes and princesses when attending palace banquets, and would no longer stay with his biological mother or stepmother.

So, after coming in, Yuyao let go of Hongye's hand and asked him to take Su He, Zheng Yunlin and the three newly selected eunuchs to where the princes were.

She went to where the concubines were. When the concubines saw her, they all stood up and saluted her.

"Greetings, Concubine Jin!"

Yu Yao had no intention of making things difficult for anyone, so after she woke up, she walked towards Concubine Qi Li and Concubine Yu Geng, exchanged greetings, and then walked towards her own seat and sat down.

In the same year that Concubine Yu was promoted to Concubine Jin, she was also promoted from Concubine Yu to Concubine.

The former Concubine Xi, now Imperial Concubine Xi, is now under house arrest. She is no longer qualified to cause trouble, and the atmosphere among the concubines is surprisingly harmonious at this moment.

They just talked about clothes, jewelry, and how to dress more beautifully and energetically... They were all sharing their experiences with each other enthusiastically. It seemed that the previous swordplay in the conversation was an illusion.

The concubines were very harmonious, but among the princes and clan members, the atmosphere became a little stagnant since Hongye stepped in.

The royal family members who were originally chatting happily suddenly became silent and their faces were filled with joy.

"Look, it's the Eighth Prince!"

"Eighth Prince, it is said that the Emperor values ​​him very much!"

"Originally, the concubine only had the Fourth Prince, but now there is an Eighth Prince!"

"The Eighth Prince is the son of a favorite concubine, and is said to be very intelligent."

"It's a pity that the Fourth Prince was not here, so I didn't get to see his expression the first time!"

"You are so bold. What if the Fourth Prince finds out? What if he...makes things difficult for you in the future?"

"Haha, I didn't even say it, so who knows?"

……

Although the clan members were communicating with each other vigorously, they did not ignore Hongye because of his young age and they saluted him immediately.

Little Hongye acted very calm and friendly. Without waiting for the cousins ​​to finish their greetings, he immediately waved his hand and said, "We are all cousins. There is no need to be so polite. It is enough to just greet each other as cousins ​​on weekdays."

The serious and earnest expression of a little adult looks very cute on the chubby little guy with baby fat.

Some of the royal family members with low sense of humor couldn't help but shake their shoulders and laugh.

Little Hongye was not angry when he saw this, but felt a little depressed instead. However, he changed his mind and thought that everyone had been a child once, and maybe they had experienced what he had experienced.

So he was no longer depressed. Under the guidance of Su He, he walked up to Brother Hongxi and greeted him as a peer: "You are Brother Hongxi, right? I am Hongye!"

Seeing that the little guy was greeting him seriously, Hong Xi did not give him a perfunctory response and immediately said in return, "Cousin Hong Ye."

"Brother Hongxi, I don't know my other cousins ​​very well. Please help me introduce them to each other." The little guy said coquettishly in a baby voice.

Yes, act coquettishly.

In his opinion, a younger brother's request to his older brother was just like him asking his mother for help.

When he acted like a spoiled child to his mother or father, they would more or less give in to him. Especially his mother, whose concessions were very obvious, while his father's words were a little obscure, but they could not be hidden from his sharp eyes and perception.

He felt that his cousin Hongxi didn't hate him, so if that was the case, he would try to act coquettishly to see if it worked.

"Me?" Hong Xi was a little surprised. After all, Thirteenth Uncle and Fourth Uncle were closer. Thirteenth Uncle's sons were also there, and Thirteenth Uncle's sons often went to the palace. They must have met their cousin who was loved by Fourth Uncle and must know him.

  Wouldn't it be okay to ask them to help introduce it?

Why is it me?

"Yes, thank you, Brother Hongxi!" Little Hongye nodded. Seeing the other party's puzzled look, he explained, "Brother Hongxi is everyone's brother. It would be safer if you help introduce him."

safe?

indeed.

The cousins ​​of Uncle Thirteen were born later, and there were many cousins ​​before them. In terms of seniority, I am the oldest here, and in terms of status, I am also the most honorable here.

After all, he is already Prince Li.

However, the little cousin from my fourth uncle's family is indeed extraordinary. No wonder he is loved so much by my fourth uncle.

Thinking of this, Hongxi looked at Hongye with a deeper look in his eyes. Some cousins ​​who heard the conversation between Hongxi and Hongye not far away were also shocked by Hongye's intelligence.