Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2370 Seven Volumes 71
Little Shiwu booed for a while, and finally stood up in the emperor's arms, expressing his satisfaction.

Wanxi hurriedly called Cui Shi and Zhu Shi over to pick up Xiao Shiwu, and she tidied it up for the emperor herself.

Qu Xu's eyes were also sharp, and he hurriedly picked up the cloisonné enamel earcups, turned around and ran out quickly.

Wanxi finished tidying up for the emperor, so she asked Yu Rui to come in, and together with the eunuch serving the meal, she had to serve the emperor's meal first, and she had to go in to feed Xiao Shiwu and tell him to sleep well.

But the emperor stretched out his arms to hold Wanxi, and said calmly, "Today, my lord asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to select two nannies, one is Sun and the other is Zhang. You can rest assured."

"You have been feeding yourself for eight months, and your body should take a rest. Let the two of them try to take care of you later."

Wanxi raised her eyes to meet the emperor's gaze, her heart trembled slightly, and she understood what he meant.

After all, it was already the second half of June, and the emperor would definitely go to Qiuxi in July. If she accompanied her, he would have to cut off her feeding for Xiao Shiwu and hand it over to the nannies to make up for it.

Wanxi felt a little bit reluctant in her heart, she lowered her head and grabbed the emperor's finger, turning it in her palm again and again.

"It's not as good as Qiu Xi this time, the slave won't..."

But the emperor grabbed his hand, "I don't have to go this time, so why don't you go on the southern tour next year? I know you don't want to, but Yuanzi is eight months old now, and she is not just pointing at milk. Come grow up; it doesn't matter, you can let go and hand it over to the nannies."

Wanxi understood the pros and cons of this, so she nodded vigorously, but after all, her eyes were still a little blurred.

"But next year's tour to the south is still far away, and now the slave is still reluctant to part with it. The master will allow the slave to feed him for a few more months, and let's talk about it when the little fifteen turns one year old."

The emperor laughed, and hugged Wanxi back, "Then you don't care about me, huh? I have to go for another two or three months after Qiu Xi leaves this time. If you don't want to go, you won't go?"

Wanxi lowered her head, feeling mixed feelings in her heart.

Why doesn't she understand how many people are waiting for such an opportunity, not to mention others, Concubine Xin is eager to try.If she really stayed in Beijing, then during the two or three months in Mulan, she really couldn't have imagined what kind of tricks Concubine Xin would use.

She bowed her head and hesitated, and the emperor sighed softly, "I didn't tell you to wean you immediately. You can continue to feed yourself until Yuanzi is one year old. It's only during the autumn of July." , you still have to go with the master, and leave it to Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Zhang for the time being, that's all."

Although Wanxi is very reluctant to let go, but thinking about it this way, this is the only way that is the most appropriate.Then she lowered her head, sobbed a few times due to the soreness of her nose, and then fell into the emperor's arms.

In short, everything has the emperor.
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Xu Shi has been talking about weaning today, and the emperor's excitement today is always going to her two "rice bowls" for Xiao Shiwu.

In the past few months, in order to take care of Xiao Shiwu, she didn't ask the emperor to touch here.But today, the emperor is like a mischievous brat, always trying to get up.

She blushed and pushed reluctantly, one time after another, but she couldn't push the emperor's long arms and long hands and long fingers.Even though she tried her best, she was so tired that she was out of breath, and she always let him succeed several times, swipe across the sharp corner with her fingertips presumptuously...

It made her feel as if she was being struck by lightning, trembling and unsteady for a while.Then all the confidence was exhausted by him again, only soft as cotton wool, clinging to him, letting him have fun like a wild pony.

After the rain stopped Yunxi finally, the two lay down side by side, Wanxi rested her head on the emperor's shoulder, and the reluctance in her heart resurfaced again and again.

The emperor could hear her choking sobs, so he deliberately joked, "Yuanzi is our fifth child, look at you, it's like being a mother-in-law for the first time, so inseparable."

"You have to think about it, don't say it is in the palace, it is the minister's house, or even the family of ordinary merchants. If the family can afford a pacifier, they will not be asked to feed them by Fujin. Isn't it because they are all afraid of the hard work of Fujin? .”

The emperor turned over as he spoke, and raised his hand to pinch Wanxi's cheeks, "Look, I've already told you not to make any more reductions. You promised me that you would grow fat and fat, but this After eight months, I can see with my own eyes that we Yuanzi is the only one who is white and fat, and you are almost exhausted by that brat."

The emperor kissed with pity, "Although I am a man, I have heard of 'one drop of milk, ten drops of blood'. You feed Xiao Shiwu yourself, and you feed him fat for nothing, but your loss is really serious. big."

Wanxi pressed her body close to the emperor, her eyes were still a little sore, but she smiled from the bottom of her heart.

"That being said, this is the greatest happiness for every mother in the world. I don't know, whenever I hold him and feed him, I see his little mouth muttering and muttering." My son, that sense of satisfaction is unmatched by anything in this world. Don't say that I am haggard because of it, even if I gave my life to the child at that moment, I don't have any reluctance."

The emperor also laughed, "Well, why don't you understand this? I have never been a mother, but I am a son after all. Therefore, although I have had disagreements with the emperor's mother over the years, Sometimes, Grandpa was so annoyed that he almost wanted to slam the door and leave several times."

"But I endured it all. In fact, it was because I remembered the time when I was like this. Mother and child depend on each other, which is the most intimate bond in this world."

Wanxi also turned over and buried her whole face in the emperor's arms.

"Besides, the mother-child relationship between the servant and Xiao Shiwu was originally short-lived. According to the rules of the palace, after the prince enters the study at the age of five, he will move out of the inner court and move into the residence of the elder brother. Then Counting the days, there are not a few years in total; if you are like Xiao Qi and Xiao Lu'er, you may have to find another adoptive mother after being vaccinated at the age of two."

"Besides, as a slave...it is destined to only be Xiao Shiwu's aunt, and the empress is Xiao Shiwu's mother. Just like Yongxuan's example, on the day Xiao Shiwu gets married in the future, he will also salute in front of the queen. ..."

The emperor also tightly closed his eyes, "I understand everything."

Such pain, did his own mother, and now the empress dowager, never experience it?He is also the son of a concubine, so he has seen his mother's tears of grievance since he was a child. "

Wanxi choked and said, "I said 'know everything', is it because of the empress dowager? But in fact, the first emperor is a person who knows the cold and the hot, and the empress dowager may not have too many grievances back then. .”

The emperor couldn't help raising his eyebrows, "What did you say?"

Wanxi raised her head from the emperor's arms and wiped her tears, "Because Yongxuan got married, the slaves also heard a lot of stories about Yongxuan's father-in-law, Mr. Yin Jishan. For example, Mr. Yin Jishan was originally a concubine, and his biological mother Xu is his father's concubine."

"Lord Yin Jishan's father, Lord Yin Tai, was a scholar of Dongge University and Minister of the Ministry of War. His rank was high, and the rules of respect in the family were very strict. It was Lord Yin Jishan who had been appointed as the governor at that time, and his biological mother Xu Shi is also still "serving Pingyan in Qingyi", so he is not allowed to grant a patent."

"In the tenth year of Yongzheng, Mr. Yin Jishan came to Beijing for an audience. The late emperor asked Mr. Yin Jishan's mother if he had been granted a title. Mr. Yin Jishan took off his hat and kowtowed to the ground, but he couldn't speak. The first emperor was good at observing the intentions of his ministers, so he understood Mr. Yin Jishan's true nature. He was born as a concubine. Even if the late emperor had issued a decree to seal his mother, only the aunt could be granted the title, but the biological mother could not be granted the title."

The emperor listened, raised his long eyebrows lightly, "Then how did Huang Kao do it?"

Wanxi wiped away the tears, and turned her eyes lightly, "The first emperor issued a decree, which said, 'Great scholar Yin Tai is not a sage who succeeded his son, not his concubine Xu, how did he succeed? The imperial edict named Xu a first-class wife'!"

"But Mr. Yin Tai was still unwilling, thinking that Mr. Yin Jishan had sued the late emperor privately to ask for a title for his biological mother. Mr. Yin Tai beat Mr. Yin Jishan with a cane, and knocked off Mr. Yin Jishan's peacock feathers. Thanks to the late emperor Thinking of this festival, he sent a female official from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to go with him, and held down Mr. Yin Tai for a while, and then Mrs. Yin Tai and Mrs. Xu were married again... This party is called Mrs. Xu Righteously, she has become a first-class wife, also known as Mrs. Yin Jishan, you can finally call her a 'mother'."

After Wanxi finished speaking, her heart was also torn apart by sentimentality, and she buried her face in the emperor's arms again.

"...Who would have thought that Lord Yin Jishan's character is now bestowed by the emperor on Yongxuan as Fujin. But she is also a concubine, and her biological mother is still only Lord Yin Jishan's concubine. This means that Yongxuan will be able to do it when she gets married." Mother ', the only one who can get the imperial court's reward is Lord Yin Jishan's concubine Fujin; but her biological mother can only stand together with a group of servants and watch from afar."

Wanxi couldn't help crying again, "The slave understands his identity, and today it's just because of Xiao Shiwu's matter, so it's a bit redundant. Lord, can you blame me?"

The emperor hugged Wanxi tightly and stroked her hair, "Silly girl, I have already said that I am also a concubine. Your grievances, as a concubine, I have seen the emperor's mother go through it since I was a child. I have also experienced the bitterness of being a bastard."

"But then again, since Huang Kao has done such a thing before, father and son have passed on, so why can't the master do it?"
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Early the next morning, the emperor decreed that Zhang Shi, the concubine of Yin Jishan and the biological mother of the eighth elder brother Yongxuan Fujin, would be the imperial first-class wife.

With this decree, the front and back palaces, all the Mongolian and Han families, were all dumbfounded for a while.

As for Yin Jishan, he has always been a modest and prudent person in the past few decades, from officials to officials in the frontiers; this time, because the emperor granted the Zhang family special grace, he was so happy that he temporarily forgot his self-restraint, and he would boast about it to everyone.Yin Jishan couldn't help but rejoice, thinking that his biological mother, Mrs. Xu, was also a concubine of a Han girl. Don't confer the title of Mrs. Yipin, and couldn't help writing poems to praise her, calling it "an unprecedented glory". .

With this kind decree, Yin Jishan's mansion once again became the most eye-catching place in the entire capital.Just married, the daughter is the prince Fujin, and the Han female concubine is the first-class wife, such an honor is really rare.

It's just that before this decree of grace was issued, the honor of marrying a daughter as the prince Fujin only fell on Mrs. Yin's head; Congratulations to Mrs. Zhang.

Although Mrs. Yin is Yin Jishan's concubine Fujin, at this moment, she can't help but look at the former Han female concubine, and now she has become a first-rank wife, and she is already on par with her.

Since there is an edict from the imperial court, and she is the biological mother of the prince Fujin, so the two honors of the Yin family should only belong to Mrs. Zhang.

During the day, she can still forcefully smile in front of people, and personally accompany Mrs. Zhang to receive the Fujins who came to congratulate her, but when it comes time to divide the guests and hosts, she has to put on a show and insist on pulling Mrs. Zhang to sit. In the main seat, she sat aside.

In the final analysis, Yin Jishan at this meeting is only from the rank of the first rank, as the wife's edict follows her husband, so if her edicts are subdivided, they are also from the first rank; She followed the rank of the prince Fujin's mother, so she was directly the wife of the first rank.If this meeting is based on the rank of the imperial court, she has to be inferior to the Zhang family.

Although Mrs. Zhang won the glory once, she has not forgotten her status in the mansion for decades, and she absolutely dare not.But she herself could see the look in the eyes of those guests—after all, it was Mrs. Zhang who came to congratulate her.

After all, Mrs. Yin is also a well-known lady, and she has read a lot of poetry and books, so her sense of propriety is not messed up in the slightest; but after returning to her room, thinking about all the things that happened during the day, she still couldn't help but feel uncomfortable .

Mrs. Yin's accompanying room, Mrs. Liu, saw it, and couldn't help sighing, "Gege of our family allocated the prince as Fujin, so the imperial court should naturally seal the Fujins. It is the emperor who is sympathetic to Gege who was born there, and gave the seal to the prince." The imperial edict was granted; but no one said that the distinction between concubine and concubine would be messed up, and only her imperial edict was granted, but not Fujin you!"

"It was the time when our old lady got the imperial edict as a concubine, and the imperial court first gave the imperial edict to Mrs. Fujin Yipin, and then gave it to the old lady... What kind of edict is this now? How can there be someone who seals the concubine but leaves the main room?"

Mrs. Yin became more and more unhappy, and threw away the handkerchief in her hand, "I was already a first-rank lady! Although after careful study, I have to follow the master's rank, it can be regarded as a first-rank; but even if I am a first-rank lady, That is already a first rank. If the imperial court does not grant this edict, then it will not grant it, after all, I am not far behind!"

Mrs. Liu sighed, "It's just that this concubine suddenly won the title of a first-rank lady, and she is already the highest rank among married wives; but in the mansion, the concubine who has been serving as a concubine for many years has become a first-rank lady. Will you forget the rules, relying on your own character to be the prince Fujin, this will surpass Fujin you?"

Mrs. Yin frowned, "According to her appearance in the daytime today, she still follows the rules of the mansion, so she shouldn't be able to. Besides, the imperial edict was given by the imperial court, and it was placed outside; to live with the door behind closed doors, We have to follow the rules of our own mansion, don’t we?”

Mrs. Liu shook her head, and looked at Mrs. Yin with some pity, "Even if the door is closed, the rules in our own mansion are also set by the master. If the master's mind wavers, then the rear house will be destroyed if it is not kept in order." It's a bad thing that a concubine is bigger than a wife!"

"The servant is telling the truth: Hasn't Fujin seen the master's happy look these days? It's almost a matter of boasting that the boss has won the patent. Seeing the master's joy, it is better than his own promotion , more joyful to go!"

"If this is the case, I'm worried. This mansion is about to change. As long as there is a word from the master, it makes sense anyway. No matter how unwilling we are, there is no imperial decree." isn't it?"

Mrs. Yin sat on the embroidered pier, only to feel that her eyes had turned white.The willows, green flowers and red flowers in this big June can't be reflected in her eyes at all, she seems to be in the heavy snow, her body is cold, and her heart is even colder.

After a long while, she reluctantly said, "... Actually, I can't understand this letter. After all, she is Ge Ge's biological mother, and she is related by blood. However, this letter came too suddenly, please call me I was dumbfounded. If there were some rumors from the palace earlier, telling me to prepare my heart earlier, it would not be like this."

Mrs. Liu also nodded, "At any rate, our girl from the E family is also the fifth elder brother's Fujin! She is in the palace, why didn't she tell the master something?"

Mrs. Yin shook her head dejectedly, "She herself is having trouble. The maid next to Brother Fifth has a child first, and this is the third time."

Mrs. Liu stamped her feet, "Oh, it turns out that another concubine wants to overwhelm his wife. I can't blame our girl for not caring about this."

Mrs. Yin bowed her head for a long while, and what Yingyuan said when she said goodbye that day came to mind.

"...I just can't help thinking of going to Concubine Yu. After all, Brother Wu's maid has a baby, which is a happy event for Concubine Yu. She won't go to trouble like our girls. .Then she can always hear some whispers from the emperor—but why hasn't she revealed anything to me?"

"I'm not her in-laws, but our girl is her daughter-in-law anyway, so she and our E family are both prosperous and prosperous, and both are harmed."

Mrs. Liu couldn't help but glanced at Mrs. Yin, but held back her words.

Mrs. Yin couldn't help asking, "Speak up if you have something to say. It's all over now, what else are you afraid to tell me?"

Mrs. Liu hurriedly squatted down, "The servants all went back: because our E family is not the E family that used to be when Mr. Ertai was there... All the ministers of Manchuria used to fawn on our family, but our own Thirteen years after Qianlong, gradually no one dared to enter the door of our house."

"Then our elders are removed from the Xianliang Temple... our E family is even more empty. In this situation, the princes are probably the most understanding, so you didn't see how the fifth elder brother responded. Our girl and that maidservant? Fifth elder brother, he would rather let the maidservants get a child before our girl one by one, rather than let our girl give birth to a son first."

Mrs. Yin stopped her breath, "You mean, fifth elder brother doesn't care about our family, so naturally Concubine Yu doesn't pay attention to me as a concubine. Therefore, Concubine Yu doesn't care about this matter at all. You never thought about getting involved, did you?"

Liu choked up and nodded, "I have shallow eyesight, so I can't think too much. After all, from the perspective of a slave, I'm afraid that's what happened."

Mrs. Yin was silent for a long time, then suddenly burst out laughing, "Come on, come on! Originally, I was happy in my heart. Anyway, I married the two princes. But it turned out that in the end, the eighth elder brother would not marry me. As a mother-in-law; and the fifth prince and concubine Yu don't even look at me at all!"

"That's right, how can the grievance I suffered today affect other people? Isn't the fifth elder brother spoiling his concubine and humiliating his wife? Their mother and son may feel that this happened in our family, it's only natural! "

Mrs. Yin laughed, got up and walked to the bookshelf, took out the written thank you book, grabbed the pen, and ticked off the words "please concubine Yu Niangniang" written on it!
"Forget it, I don't know what is good or bad. What am I? Concubine Yu doesn't even care about our daughter-in-law, who is a decent daughter-in-law. She just gave birth to her grandson by holding that concubine; why is she As for going to take care of me as an aunt? Our E family can't help the fifth elder brother, so I don't want to be so hot and post it!"
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The next day, Yu Rui came in with a smile and said, "Master Yin Jishan entered a letter of thanks to the emperor. There are also letters of greetings from the two first-rank wives, Mrs. E and Mrs. Zhang, to the dignitaries of the inner court. Mrs. Yin is a letter to the empress dowager." , the queen thanked you, but did not mention Concubine Yu afterwards."

Wanxi nodded, and then smiled slightly, "Mrs. Yin was originally a well-known lady, knowledgeable and sensible. I heard that these years, Master Yin Jishan is also a loving husband and wife, and they are compatible with poetry and painting... Come to think of it, she should also be a sensible person. Yongqi and Concubine Yu Although she is the in-law of her mother's family, but she is no matter what age she is now, so naturally she should have her whole heart towards her husband's family."

Yu Rui also said, "Ben Dang really has to make a choice between the fifth elder brother and the eighth elder brother, and she should naturally stand by the eighth elder brother; where there is still love for my mother's family, I have to give up the eighth elder brother." Brother and choose the fifth elder brother?"

Wanxi snorted softly, "It's not because of Yongxuan's feet that everyone thinks that Yongxuan is the most hopeless one, let alone comparing with Yongqi. But, I believe that from before and after Yongxuan's big wedding, Some people should understand a little bit about the emperor's series of holy wishes."

Yu Rui nodded, "The most wonderful thing is that the imperial concubine Shujia has already been buried in the imperial tomb, which means that the three princes of the imperial concubine Shujia are likely to inherit the great treasure. But this possibility may not be as good as The concubine born by the last empress is higher than Concubine Yu after all. After all, Concubine Yu is still alive and well, and the people in the harem have no way of guessing whether she will be buried in the imperial tomb after death or whether she is a concubine or not. Mausoleum, so I can only guess at the fifth prince, but I can't be sure of it at all."

Wanxi bowed her head and smiled faintly, "Anyway, I would like to thank the three children left behind by the imperial concubine Shujia. After all, with them standing in front, no one will worry about our Yuanzi going away for a while. Tell us, if we can find a gap, we can watch Yuanzi grow up safely."

(End of this chapter)