Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2298 Six Volumes 353 I Only Have One Heart ([-] words completed)
That night, the fourth princess went to the third South Institute to meet Yong Rong.

Yong Rong is handsome and handsome, but after this decree, it took only half a day for her to look haggard.

When the fourth princess came in and saw her, she felt a pain like a knife gouging out her heart.It's just that she remembered Aunt Ling's words, and now she could no longer mourn and cry in front of her brother.

Yong Rong saw her younger sister, and hurriedly asked her mother, "Emiang, how is she? I thought I would go to the palace today to pay my respects, but I was afraid of what I would look like today. When I saw Emiang, I would just call Emiang." Mother is sad."

The fourth princess suppressed the sadness in her heart, and only smiled faintly on her face.

"Sixth brother, Er Niang is fine. Er Niang has been up and down in the palace for 30 years, and she has not experienced anything? Er Niang is just worried about you right now," the fourth princess raised her eyes to focus on her elder brother, "Although you are an elder brother, but You just turned 16 this year. Only if you are okay, will Erniang be okay."

Yong Rong smiled miserably, and fell back to the kang.

"I just turned 16, where?! December 16th is my 16th birthday, and I don't turn [-] until December [-]th! But Huang Ama happened to make a decree on the eighth day of December. I succeed..."

"Not even willing to wait for six days. Huang Ama is really not afraid of me being sad at all."

The fourth princess took a deep breath, raised her eyes and stared at Yong Rong's eyes.

"Since Huang Ama is not afraid of your sadness at all, then you must not let Huang Ama down. That's all for tonight. Tomorrow morning, when Huang Ama wakes up, you should pack up early and go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation Thank you Empress Huang!"

The fourth princess pushed Yong Rong to the front of the mirror, pointing at Yong Rong's face, "The haggardness and sorrow on this face must be erased tonight! You have to be calm and even go with joy."

Yong Rong hurriedly turned around and pushed away the fourth princess's hand, "What do you think I am? How can I do it?!"

The fourth princess slowly retracted the hand that was pushed away, and stared quietly into her brother's eyes, "I know you can't do it, but you must do it!"

"Whoever made you a prince, this destiny not only calls you to enjoy glory and wealth, but also makes you bear the pressure that ordinary people cannot bear."

Yong Rong fixed her sister with a pair of black eyes.

The younger sister in front of me was also born in December and just turned 14 at this time.

At this moment, the 14-year-old younger sister is calmer than his elder brother.
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Yong Rong was intimidated by the silence of the fourth princess, but he finally calmed down a lot.

He sat aside and turned his face away, "...I understand. Please greet me tomorrow morning, and I will definitely go. Even if there is something on my face, I will cover it with some makeup powder while the sky is still dark tomorrow morning."

"At this moment, the third brother is already like that, so I can't be willful. If I annoy Huang Ama because of me, it will only hurt Er Niang and the third brother even more."

The fourth princess breathed a sigh of relief, and came forward to hug her brother.

"Sixth brother... the third brother has become depressed and sick, and he has been sick for several years. Sixth brother, you must not have anything else. Otherwise, we four, who will we rely on?"

Yong Rong drooped her eyes and sighed in pain.

"Being a prince, I thought that my aptitude and hard work would never be inferior to any of my brothers. Even my fifth elder brother Yongqi, although he has gained a lot of fame, but in terms of talent and learning, bowing horses, or painting and calligraphy, what am I inferior to him?"

"...In the end, the only difference between me is the blood of half of the Han people flowing in my body!"

The fourth princess nodded slightly, "Then what are we still fighting for? No matter how hard we try, who can change the half of the blood in his body? Would you be willing to cut off your own blood and replace the blood?"

"Sixth brother, listen to me - we can't change our bloodline, so we can't fight for this life. At this time, Huang Ama's decree has been issued, so we have to remind ourselves to let the blood flow smoothly. Heart."

The fourth princess' eye circles are also reddish, "Sixth brother, I am most afraid to see you like the third brother..."

Yong Rong sighed and put his arms around his younger sister's shoulders.

"Why don't I understand these principles? It's just that my heart is always hard to calm down."

The fourth princess sniffed, and carefully looked at the injustice in the sixth brother's eyes with tears in her eyes, "It doesn't matter if you complain about everything, I'm most afraid that you will resent Huang Ama. If you resent Huang Ama because of this, go, Then your life will be ruined."

"Besides, you said that Huang Ama didn't worry about you at all, but how did you forget that after Huang Ama issued an edict to succeed you, she immediately issued another decree, ordering the princes to be entrusted with each other?"

Yong Rong squinted at the fourth princess.

The fourth princess smiled with tears in her eyes, "Huang Ama said that the old rules were: in the palace of the prince's education, all four regiments of dragons should be served; and after entrustment, they should be taken according to their current rank. Huang Ama ordered you to leave the palace next year." As far as the mansion is concerned, according to the old rules, you should wear Baylor's clothes. You can no longer wear the prince's four-ball dragon dress."

"Since then, brothers have met each other, and you are already a head shorter in appearance. Presumably, you are naturally uncomfortable in your heart."

"Don't talk about others, let's talk about our third brother. Since the third brother was deprived of the right of inheritance and left the palace to divide the mansion, the clothes he wears are no longer the color of the prince; when you meet brothers, you have to salute according to the clothes you wear."

Yong Rong took a deep breath, "Why not!"

The fourth princess smiled quietly, "But this time, Huang Ama changed the rules for you. Huang Ama said, 'When the prince is enshrined every year, why should he be a prince? Since Prince, The king of the county, as well as Baylor, Beizi, public, and ranks are divided into five grades, which are all ordered by me. But the princes and others are all in the inner court, and they are not in the same family as the outer court. It is not appropriate for the brothers to be in the same family. Clothes and uniforms are different, resulting in appearance."

"Huang Ama said that according to the rules of our Qing Dynasty, not all princes can be crowned kings; our princes in the Qing Dynasty can be divided into five ranks according to their clan titles: Prince, County King, Baylor, Beizi, and Duke. What is the specific title? The title of title is determined by Huang Ama, there are no other written rules."

"But Huang Ama said that since they are all princes, even if they have different grades after enfeoffment, if they are different because of their clothes, it will be called disharmony between brothers."

"That's why Huang Ama changed the rules: 'Afterwards, the prince will be entrusted, and all the paid officials will be entrusted with the title. One of them should be served according to the rules, and the prince will still be taken as the prince." That is to say, sixth brother, although you are born Ji, even though you are enfeoffed as Baylor, you can still wear four dragon suits according to the color of the prince's clothes. There is no difference between you and the fifth brother, or even your son-in-law Yongxi."

Yong Rong stared at her sister with tears in her eyes.

The fourth princess nodded vigorously, "So you see, although you have been ordered to inherit the throne, you are already the heir of King Shenjun according to the patriarchal clan, but Huang Ama didn't say that you are no longer Huang Ama's son... You can still wear the prince's clothes, and Huang Ama still treats you as her son!"

Yong Rong smiled sadly, "Yes, I understand after hearing you say that. Huang Ama still comforts me, at least don't ask me to be different from my brothers in obedience as soon as I was born."

"It's just... so what if I can still wear the prince's four-ball dragon dress? Even if Huang Ama still recognizes me as his son, so what? I can wear the prince's clothes, but I can no longer wear them from the perspective of patriarchal clan." Inherit everything from Huang Ama."

Yong Rong raised his eyes, the pupils were dark.

"According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, the successor son can still take it back, unless the biological brothers are all dead, and the successor son becomes the only son... But you see, Huang Ama still has so many sons , I will never have another chance.”

The fourth princess hastily covered Yong Rong's mouth with her hand, "Sixth brother, speak carefully!"

Yong Rong smiled sadly, "Silly sister, what are you afraid of? Do you think I'm cursing all my brothers to die? - How could I, I'm not that stupid."

The fourth princess quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Yong Rong sighed again, "I know you've been sensible since childhood. However, I don't believe that you, a 14-year-old girl, can say all these words tonight."

"It can't be Erniang either. Zhimu Moruozi, I know Erniang must be in chaos right now."

The fourth princess nodded in relief, "It's Aunt Ling. Since my uncle passed away on 21 last year, when Huang Ama asked you to send the sutra quilt, Aunt Ling has already seen today. At that time, she has already secretly asked me to persuade you .”

Yong Rong nodded, "That's right. It's too late for others to laugh at our family's affairs. Only Aunt Ling, who is also a woman with the surname of Han, and has the same identity as my fourteenth brother, can sincerely help her." with us."
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After Yong Rong finished speaking, she turned and walked to the window, looking out at the night.

"This grievance, if I tell you, it will be gone. Don't worry, I won't be so foolish as to resent Huang Ama, let others catch it, and eventually implicate Er Niang, third brother, and you."

"I'm just..." Yong Rong reached out and clasped the window lattice, "I just can't see the future path clearly. As a prince, if the road in front of me has nothing to do with that great person, where will I go in the future?"

The Qing Dynasty had very strict regulations on the prince, especially after the Kowloon seized the throne in the Kangxi Dynasty, the court issued a strict order to prohibit the prince from making friends with ministers in private, and even forbidding the prince to hold positions in the six ministries.

As the prince, he has already succeeded, if he can't even take up the post, what else can he do?

The fourth princess bowed her head and thought about it, then got up and walked quietly to her elder brother.

"Auntie Ling said something else to me. I don't dare to say what it feels like, little sister. I just tell my brother. He will think about it for himself."

Yong Rong looked back, "What did Aunt Ling say?"

The fourth princess bowed her head, "Auntie Ling said, Ge Ge will be married when she leaves the palace next year. In my brother's palace, Huang Ama will definitely send someone from the House of Internal Affairs to serve. Brother In the palace, there is also Chang Shi from the House of Internal Affairs who manages big and small matters in the palace for my brother."

"Auntie Ling said that even though Chang Shi is in charge of this matter, I don't have to worry about it even if my brother has just divided the mansion; but the palace is my brother's mansion after all, and my brother can't just rely on Chang Shi for everything, and my brother should learn early. Just keep yourself in charge."

Yong Rong narrowed her eyes, "Aunt Ling said, I am a prince, I want to learn how to be a housekeeper?"

The fourth princess frowned, "Or maybe I heard it wrong. Aunt Ling also said that I will formally surrender next year, and there is also a long history sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take care of the house in the Princess Mansion; You want me to learn by myself, and manage my own princess mansion by myself in the future?"
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Yong Rong stared at the four princesses quietly, but shook her head for a while.

"No. You are a woman, and it is natural that you are in charge of your own princess mansion; what Aunt Ling said, I am afraid you still told me."

Yong Rong turned away, bowed his head and thought carefully, "Prince, but you want to learn from the housekeeper..."

After a while, the two brothers and sisters raised their eyes at the same time, and they looked at each other with bright eyes.

"I thought about it."

"I thought of that too!"

The fourth princess hugged her brother's arm with a smile, "Princes can't make friends with ministers, and they can't serve in the previous court... But the prince can learn to work in the House of Internal Affairs! The House of Internal Affairs is the chief steward of our royal family, and the prince learns to take care of himself." Home, what's wrong with this?"

Yong Rong also nodded, "Just like Prince Zhuang Yunlu used to be in charge of the House of Internal Affairs, I will learn from this and find a job from the House of Internal Affairs to do it, that's it!"

The fourth princess also laughed, "If my brother is willing to have this kind of heart, then the master is ready-made! I will surrender in a few months, and my father-in-law Fu is the minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs; besides my father-in-law, there are also There is Rui’s father, Debao, who lives in Aunt Ling’s palace, and he has also been the minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for many years... If brother wants to learn, I will try to help him!"
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The next morning, the fourth princess came to greet Wanxi, saying that Yong Rong had rushed to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to greet Huang Ama before dawn this morning.

A stone fell from Wanxi's heart, and she was also happy.

Wanxi grabbed the fourth princess's hand and said, "Your day is coming. While you are taking care of your mother-in-law and brother, don't forget about your own affairs. If you still have If you're too busy, just tell me."

Coincidentally, the day when the four princesses will fall is also scheduled for next year's Spring Festival.On the other hand, the matter of vaccination with the little deer came together.

As soon as this matter was mentioned, the fourth princess burst into tears again, "Although this is a happy event, it happened when my mother-in-law was ill. Now that the two elder brothers are grown up, each of them has to leave the palace to go to the branch office. , Er Niang is the only one in the palace. But I am going to leave the palace so soon... How can I rest assured?"

Wanxi also felt uncomfortable in her heart, but she still tried her best to smile and held the hand of the fourth princess.

"Your filial piety is worthy of praise, but you don't know the heart of a mother... A mother, you have to see with your own eyes that your children are all married and safe, so that she can let go of her heart. "

I couldn't bear to say that cruel sentence—Even Concubine Chun couldn't survive this illness, but she always had to see her children get married before she could close her eyes~
The fourth princess is also sensible, so she nodded her head vigorously, "Aunt Ling is right. I will prepare well, and I want to take Erniang out of the palace when I settle down, and go to my princess mansion to have a look. "

Wanxi patted the fourth princess's hand, "It's a good thing to say, you married into the Fu family, and your sixth brother's Fujin is also the daughter of the Fu family. This is how you and your sixth brother get closer. They just help each other out.”

Wanxi nodded with a smile, "Brother Long is a good boy. You two grew up in front of my eyes. I believe he will treat you well."

Only then did the fourth princess's peach cheeks turn red, revealing a smile.
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December [-]th, Jiawu Day.

The Ministry of Rites invites you to order the noble concubine, concubine Qing, concubine Ying, and concubine Yu to perform the canonization ceremony on this day.

In the early stage, the emperor had sent officials to report to the back hall of Taimiao and Fengxian hall, and the Ministry of Rites asked the great scholars to be the chief and deputy envoys of the principal positions.

The emperor appointed Fu Heng as the official envoy for the canonization ceremony of the imperial concubine, and Liu Tongxun as the deputy envoy.

On the night of December [-], Fu Heng prepared a brand new crown early.It's late at night, but I can't sleep at all.

On such a night, he walked into the study alone again, closed the door, and sat alone under the lamp.

A lamp like a bean, reflected on the wall, will always be his solitary shadow.

On his hand, there was still the warmth from the emperor's gentle pat on his hand when the emperor issued the decree ordering him to be the envoy of Jiu'er.

From that moment on, he wanted to cry.

It's just that as the chief of the military aircraft these years, he has already learned to swallow all the emotions in his stomach without showing them.

At this moment, he was the only one in the study, so he didn't have to wear that mask anymore.He bowed his head to his heart, his eyes were wet with water after all.

——Jiu'er finally had such a day when she became No. 1 imperial concubine in the harem as a woman with the Han surname under Xin Zheku since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs.

——And the emperor actually entrusted him with the task of canonizing her.

In the past 19 years, he has not changed his original intention towards Jiu'er; but even more rare, the emperor's trust in him has never changed.

Just because the emperor is like this, he knows that he should put away his heart for Jiu'er.Can not read.

Also because of such affection, he was even more terrified of the emperor, and would rather die.That is, no matter how many people in the previous dynasty objected, he would always stand by the emperor's side; he did not hesitate to send his young son to the northwest battlefield early.

The emperor gave Jiu'er and him such a 19-year unchanging relationship; he also wanted to return his loyalty and life to the emperor.

He tried his best to think about the relationship between the emperor and his ministers, and tried his best to suppress the thought of Jiu'er later.

He didn't even dare to think that the moment Jiu'er was formally canonized tomorrow morning and the book was read out...whether he would burst into tears in front of everyone.

In 19 years, he was so close at hand watching her step by step to where she is today; but that close distance, but a palace wall, is as far away as the world.He looked at her, but he could never take a step closer to her.

He had also warned himself countless times that it was time to let go.On the night when Zhao Yi found out that the emperor was going to make Jiu'er a noble concubine, he once again warned himself that the emperor was so kind to Jiu'er, he could let it go.

So that night, he went into Rue Xiang's room.He knew that Rue Xiang had poured wine on him on purpose, but he also pretended that he didn't know anything.

With a smile, swallow the cup of bitter wine.

He gave Rue Xiang another child, and he used this child to remind himself... let it go.

He also used this child to reassure his eldest son, Fu Ling - at the age of 13, his father sent him to the desperate battlefield in the Northwest. As a father, he felt ashamed of his eldest son.

He also used this child to give Lampe a warning.

Lampe kept Kang'er in the palace, and he could understand his intentions, but—he didn't like Lampe's way of embarrassing Jiu'er.

In his harem, there are only three women and a few children, and he is exhausted in weighing the balance; as for the emperor, with so many people in the harem, and so many families behind those people, the emperor has the ability to protect Jiuer. All the way to today.

He was ashamed.
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The door rang.

Fu Heng's thoughts were cut off suddenly, and he couldn't help frowning.

"Is it incense? What's the matter?"

This is the study room, if anyone dares to disturb it, it will naturally be Zhuanxiang.

As soon as the door opened, it was Nine Fortune Jin Lanpei who walked in.

Lan Pei stood by the door, and the shadow of the lamp illuminated the embarrassment on her face.

"So Master Jiu is waiting for Zhuanxiang? It's not the right time for my concubine to come."

Fu Heng frowned when he heard this, "Why did Fujin say such a thing? This is the study, and Zhuanxiang has lived here for many years, so when I heard someone knocking on the door, I naturally thought of Zhuanxiang first."

"It's just that Fujin's main house is quite a distance from this side. I never thought that Fujin would come here in such dark and slippery conditions."

Lan Pei quietly tightened the veil in his hand, tried his best to be calm, still smiling.

"So the concubine said, it's not the right time to come, and asked Master Jiu to take care of the concubine."

Fu Heng narrowed his eyes slightly, and stopped talking.

Lan Pei took a deep breath, stepped forward and smiled and said, "I shouldn't have come here, but I just thought that tomorrow is the canonization ceremony of the noble concubine and master, and Jiuye is the envoy, so I can't neglect it. Jiuye will be here before dawn tomorrow morning." Go into the palace to prepare, so this concubine came over to see if there is anything that Master Jiu is not ready for."

Anyway, Lan Pei came here for Jiu'er, so Fu Heng calmed down, "Don't worry, Fujin, I have thought about everything before and after many times."

Lan Pei lowered her head and smiled, "Let the imperial concubine enter the imperial concubine, this conferment ceremony has a different meaning from her previous ones, and the emperor specially ordered Lord Jiu to be the envoy of conferring... The emperor really has a heart."

Fu Heng's heart tightened slightly, "Lan Pei, what do you want to say?!"

Lan Pei didn't expect Master Jiu to be annoyed, and he was stunned.

It took a while before he started, "I understand, Master Jiu misunderstood. Master Jiu thought I was going to say something that would hurt the noble concubine again, didn't he?...So after so many years, Master Jiu still forgot It’s nothing to forget about the few times I had quarrels with Concubine Ling in the past.”

"I asked myself that I had given all my heart to Concubine Ling. Even if I had the opportunity to do something wrong in the past, I had tried my best to correct it. Time has passed. But I can forget, and Concubine Ling can forget, but Lord Jiu , but never forget it.”

Lan Pei shook his head lightly, "...Jiuye blamed me, never said it clearly, just used other methods. Now this child, Ruxiang, is still Jiuye punishing me."

Fu Heng frowned, "Then what did you want to say just now?"

Lan Pei walked up to Fu Heng and raised his head high, "I said that the emperor ordered Jiuye to be the envoy for the canonization of the concubine and master this time. It is the emperor's heart - the emperor's heart is the heart of trusting Jiuye .”

"I even feel that as Master Jiu is the envoy of Concubine Ling this time, maybe it is the emperor's intention to promote another family relationship between our family and Concubine Ling! I was thinking, maybe the emperor You already have the intention to point out the Ninth Princess to our family."

"At this moment, I'm all focused on respecting Concubine Ling and currying favor with Concubine Ling. I wish I could get married with Concubine Ling again—Master Jiu is treating my heart as something bad-hearted again?"

(End of this chapter)