Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2446 Seven Volumes 150
Before the tenth day of the first month of November, Wanxi, Concubine Ying, who was one step late in returning to the palace, and the House of Internal Affairs, had already made preparations for the Empress Dowager's birthday.

By this time, Xiao Shiwu was able to walk on the ice more steadily.It's just that I still don't dare to play tricks, but it's not easy to fall on the ice.

And the emperor was able to handle the affairs of the previous dynasty with peace of mind during these days.Not only did he personally test the martial arts candidates in front of the Ziguang Pavilion, and selected the top three martial arts candidates; he also went to the "Autumn Ceremony" where criminals from various provinces were colluded this year.

The emperor had already asked Gao Yunlai to send a notice to Wanxi: on the tenth day of the lunar new year, he would leave the palace and return to Yuanmingyuan.

This meant that the emperor was going back to meet the empress dowager, and they would return to the palace together to officially celebrate the empress dowager's birthday.

Wanxi finally let go, and Yurui hurriedly sent a good news: Prince Zhongyong Chenggun Zhabuzou invited to Beijing a few years ago to bring Yizi Lavandorji to Beijing to celebrate New Year's Day!

Wanxi immediately clapped her hands with joy, "Great, the kid Lawang is finally coming back!"
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In September, when the emperor returned to Luan, he also brought back Cheng Kunzabu's request from the north - to ask Lavandorji to go home to visit his relatives.

Lawang has been raised in the inner court for these years, and has rarely visited relatives at home in the past few years. Wanxi just cherishes it.Without saying a word, he packed his luggage with his own hands, and solemnly sent Lawang out of the palace, and sent him back to Prince Zhongyong's mansion. His family will accompany him back to Khalkha Mongolia.

On the day of leaving, Xiao Qi, who has grown up now, is not like when Lawang came home when she was a child; Xiao Qi did not shed tears, and did not go to bring persimmons to Lawang, her face was calm Ruoshui smiled in front of Lawang, as if there was no farewell in front of her.

But both Wanxi and Wanbi knew in their hearts that this child had hidden the sadness of parting in his heart... At night, when Lawang and the boys left the inner court on time, Xiao Qi wiped his body After entering his bedroom, he lay down on the kang and didn't go out for a long time.

Wanbi carefully went in to have a look, only then could she always see water marks on the pillow towel.

In fact, at that moment, how could Zi Wanxi be willing to go back to Lawang?But first she knew that Lawang would also be homesick, and secondly, the request from Prince Chenggun Zhabu to call Lawang home came a bit suddenly, and Wanxi worried that something happened to Lawang's family.

After all, it has been several years since Lawang entered the palace, and some of the elders in the family may be seriously ill and will pass away.Nalawang had to go back no matter what, even in October, Khalkha Mongolia in the north of the Mobei was already cold, but Wanxi still had to let him go back.

Wanxi quietly told Xiao Qi what she had said, and Xiao Qi was already a sensible girl, so she endured the pain and said with a red nose, "Er Niang is right, my daughter is also worried in her heart." Therefore, the daughter hides and sheds tears at this moment, and it’s not that she doesn’t want to ask Lawang’s house to go; the daughter is——thinking of Wangwang going home, if there is really an elder who is really old, how hard will he have to go? But the daughter I can't stay with him by his side, and when I think about it, I feel uncomfortable, and I shed tears in advance."

Wanxi felt distressed and relieved when she heard it, so any words were superfluous, so she could only hold Xiaoqi tightly in her arms.

Xiaoqi is the first child of her and the emperor. Although she is a girl, the meaning of this child to Wanxi is incomparable to any other child.Even Xiao Shiwu is different.

But in the past few years, Wanxi has been born one year at a time, and after all, she can't take care of both. Xiao Qi is the first child entrusted to her first.Although Sister Chen is Wanxi's one-hundred-year-old adoptive mother, but... Wanxi finally feels ashamed of Xiao Qi.

And Xiaoqi is naturally well-behaved and sensible, knowing that she is the eldest sister, in the past few years, she has only cared for Wanxi and controlled her younger brothers and sisters, but no longer competed with her younger siblings for favor - this has been a long time since Wanxi Acted like a baby in front of me.

Wanxi occasionally raised her eyes and saw Xiao Qi's sensible and well-behaved elder sister. Although she was relieved, she was even more sad-although Xiao Qi was her eldest daughter and the elder sister of her younger siblings, Xiao Qi herself After all, he was only seven years old.

In the past few years, Wanxi feels ashamed that she has not been able to accompany Xiaoqi all the time, so she is also thanks to the two children Lawang and Qilinbao for accompanying her.But later, Qilin kept his fifth birthday, and when he reached the age of entering school, he went out of the palace and went back to live in his own home. He couldn't come to the inner court every day, and the one who could be with Xiaoqi was Lawang Alone.

Fortunately, three years ago, the third elder brother Yongzhang passed away, and Yongzhang's Dagege Mianjin was also sent to the palace to be raised.Because Mianjin was the same age as Xiao Qi, she was placed next to Xiao Qi, and the two grew up and studied together, so they had another companion.

But after all, Mianjin came later, not as good as the two boys Lawang and Qilinbao who have been with Xiaoqi for a long time and love each other deeply.

Therefore, when Lawang left, there was no one around Xiao Qi.

The seven-year-old girl always makes Wanxi, a mother, feel a deep loneliness and pity.This kind of feeling shouldn't appear on a seven-year-old girl, let alone a princess of the Qing Dynasty with golden branches and jade leaves...

Looking at Xiaoqi's figure, somehow, Wanxi inexplicably thought of the lonely Lin Daiyu in "A Dream of Red Mansions".

The second chapter of the book borrowed Jia Yucun's mouth and said, "Today only my wife, Jia Shi, has given birth to a daughter named Daiyu, who is only five years old"; However, who would have thought that Mrs. Jia, the mother of a female student, died of an illness." It can be said that Lin Daiyu was only six years old when she first entered Jia's residence.

This is more similar to Xiao Qi's age at this time.

If someone says that a seven-year-old girl can't understand these miseries in the world, then Lin Daiyu is just a pretense.

Six or seven-year-old girls, although they are still young; but those who are transparent and sensible in nature are naturally wiser than other children.
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"But this time it's alright," Wanxi suppressed her distress, and Zhanyan smiled at Yurui, "Lawang is back, so Xiaoqi will have someone to accompany him again."

Yurui also nodded, "I didn't expect Prince Chenggong Zhabu to let our brother Wang come back because of such a boast. I always thought that I just went there in October, and I had to walk for many days on the road, so I got home late. Ordinarily Prince Cheng Kung Zhabu should stay with Brother Wang for the New Year, even if we miss him, we can still understand. Of course, we can’t be urged.”

"How could you have imagined it? It's only been a month, and Lord Cheng Gun Zhabu is going to send Wang Geer back to Beijing in person! Let me see, we Lord Cheng Gun Zhabu must know that our seventh princess cannot leave Brother Wang, the prince loves his daughter-in-law even more, so he sent Brother Wang back early!"

Wanxi nodded with a smile, "He came back so quickly, I hope everything in his family is fine."

Yu Rui also nodded, "No! If you can go back so quickly, everyone must be safe~~"
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On the tenth day of November, Wanxi, Yuqin, Concubine Ying, and Yurui took Xiaoshiwu to see the emperor off.

It was cold outside, and when they came back from the palace gate, they all gathered in front of the charcoal basin to warm up the fire.

After the emperor left, Wanxi took the lead in "being a demon", and asked for chestnuts, which were roasted on a charcoal basin.

After staying for a while, the body warmed up, and the fragrance of chestnuts also wafted into the hall.

Little Shiwu shouted anxiously, "Ernie, Yuanzi wants to eat!"

Wanxi was not too polite, so she picked up the chestnuts with iron tongs for holding charcoal, and threw them directly into the charcoal basin.

"I'll give you a few sisters, and put them clean on the edge of this pot; as for those who are in a hurry, they can only be thrown into the fire directly!"

The chestnuts were roasted on the fire, and the chestnut shells crackled after a while.

Yuqin was a little worried, and hurriedly yelled, "Jiu'er, can that work? The child's stomach is immature, and his stomach hurts after eating carefully!"

Wanxi shook her head with a smile, but winked at Yuqin, "Sister, come and tell him first, what is meant by 'Li Yi Huan Min'~~"

Yuqin also chuckled, "What a mother, I thought this was what I was thinking. If I had to think about it, I would have thought you were going to tell him that 'food is right in front of you, you can get it at your fingertips, why wait for death'?" The Duke is going!"

Concubine Ying found it interesting, so she also brought Yu Rui over to listen.

The fire was warm on her face, Concubine Ying's cheeks were a little red, she turned her eyes to look at Wanxi, Yuqin and Yurui, "In terms of these ability to talk about literature and history, I am the weakest. Sister Ling and Sister Qing are the ancestors They are all Han people from the south of the Yangtze River, and their poems and books are heirs to their families; Yu Rui's mother's family has two bannermen Hanlin... As for me, I am a Mongolian, and my family only has military positions."

Yuqin also smiled, deliberately teasing Concubine Ying, "Wanxi is using chestnuts to teach her son, Gao Wa, you are so eager to learn from her, do you want to be her child too, or do you remember to learn from her?" How to teach children to go?"

Concubine Ying's heart was broken all of a sudden, and she blushed immediately.She ignored Yuqin and Wanxi, and just grabbed Yurui's hand, "I won't ask them anymore, after all, I can't compare to their delicate hearts. Yurui, you are the best, you tell me."

"If I ask you for advice, they will have no choice but to reject me!"

Yurui knew that Concubine Ying was really embarrassed, so she hurriedly said, "Okay, sister Ying, let's sit back on the edge of the kang, and I'll tell you. Let the two of them squat by the charcoal basin to teach their children." Bar."

Concubine Ying made a face at Wanxi and Yuqin, then sat back on the kang to talk.

Wanxi also laughed, patted Xiao Shiwu's round butt, and pouted at him, "Your Aunt Rui is going to tell a story, so you squeeze over and listen to her~~"

Xiao Shiwu wanted to listen to the story. Although he was still a little worried about the more fragrant chestnuts in the brazier, he made a "painful" choice and ran over by himself.

Yurui was so rare that he hugged it tightly, for fear of falling to the ground again.

"...In ancient times, there was a scholar named Han Feizi. The collection of his writings is also called "Han Feizi". In that book, there is a story: One year, There was a severe famine in Qin State. At that time, the prime minister of Qin State, Yinghou Fan Sui, asked the king of Qin State: "In your imperial garden, the fruits produced by the trees, such as oak, jujube, chestnut, etc., All of them can feed the people, please ask the king to distribute these fruits to the people."

"This is the story of 'Living the people with chestnuts', which proves that chestnuts can be used as food for the people. Therefore, chestnuts have been known as "hard-core crops" and "woody grains" since ancient times. Therefore, in times of war and famine In years of hunger, chestnuts become the "fruit of happiness" to save the common people. If there is no harvest in the field, then 'the garden is not fully harvested and the chestnuts are poor'."

"In the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen wrote "Materia Medica", and medical books clearly stated that 'the chestnut thickens the stomach, nourishes the kidney qi, and makes people endure hunger'."

Little Shiwu opened his eyes and listened carefully.After Yurui finished speaking, he looked up at Yurui and asked, "...In the royal garden of the king of Qin, those dates and chestnuts that were originally grown on the trees were not eaten by anyone. Yes or no?"

Yurui couldn't help staring, and turned her head to meet Wanxi's eyes.

Yu Rui didn't expect that Xiao Shiwu was only three years old, so she understood the key point of the story in "Han Feizi".

Wanxi nodded with a smile, then took Yurui's words and said, "You're right. Most of the products in the imperial garden were ruined. But your Empress Ama, that's not the case. Just like In our Yuanmingyuan, all the fields, lotus ponds, and bamboo groves were leased out for others to manage. This means that all the grain, bamboo shoots, lotus roots and lotus seeds produced in the Yuanmingyuan can be used by people, or sold for silver, or called farming. People who eat it themselves, after all, it is not spoiled at all."

Xiao Shiwu immediately clapped his hands happily, "My son knows! There is a bamboo forest and a lotus pond next to the Wufu Hall. My son saw with his own eyes that someone tended those bamboos and lotus flowers! They also handed out newly dug small bamboo shoots and long-necked lotus pods through the window. Give it to your son to play with!"

Yuqin testified and nodded with a smile.He said calmly, "You have seen it with your own eyes, but do you know why we can see it most clearly on our 'natural picture' island? That's because, the whole Old Summer Palace was rented out. Yes. Because you, Ernie, lived on that island at that time, so that idea was given by you, Ernie, to your Huang Ama!"

Wanxi couldn't help raising her eyes and smiling at Yuqin.

Although Xiao Shiwu has been entrusted to Yuqin at this time, Yuqin has never cut off the mother-child relationship between Wanxi and Xiao Shiwu.Every day, I personally bring Xiao Shiwu to greet Wanxi, not to mention, as long as I am in front of Xiao Shiwu, I will not give up any chance to praise Wanxi.

"Sister." Wanxi called softly with a smile, and all her thoughts were contained in these two words.

Sisters for a lifetime, companionship for a lifetime, in a trance, half a lifetime has passed.

Little Shiwu then climbed down from Yurui's arms again, and returned to the charcoal basin in three steps at a time. The little man, with his legs together, squatted obediently beside Wanxi, They looked at the chestnuts in the red charcoal fire together.

Wanxi could see that the child was a glutton just now, and he was anxious to eat chestnuts by the brazier; but now he came back to squat, but he was no longer in a hurry to eat, there was an extra layer of chestnuts in his eyes and on his face. The meaning of reverence and solemnity.

Wanxi felt even more relieved: This child really has a kind heart.

Wanxi smiled and turned the chestnuts with the tongs, and said inadvertently, "Chestnuts are such a good thing. People who obviously don't have to worry about food and clothing have to work hard to grow chestnuts. Such a person, Yuanzi said, okay?" Woolen cloth?"

Xiao Shiwu nodded without hesitation, "Then such a person must know the story Aunt Rui told. They grow chestnuts for the living..."

Wanxi smiled and pulled out a roasted chestnut from the fire, peeled it off with her own hands, let it cool down, and brought it to Xiao Shiwu's mouth.

——This is the best reward.

Xiao Shiwu ate the roasted chestnuts, he was satisfied and didn't care that the corners of his lips were dark, but he was not in a hurry to get another one, but he looked at Wanxi seriously, "Ene said, who is that kind of chestnut person?" ah?"

Wanxi's eyes turned lightly, "It's Liu Tongxun's family, a university scholar. Their family is in Zhucheng, Shandong, where they grow a garden, and the garden grows chestnuts."

The canonization ceremony for Wanxi to become a noble concubine is that the ninth master Fu Heng is the chief envoy, and Liu Tongxun is the deputy envoy; and "Mr. Fox Talk" Zhao Yi was a guest in Liu Tongxun's mansion back then.Therefore, Wanxi already knew all kinds of things about Liu Tongxun in Zhao Yi's notes.

"It's just that Mr. Liu Tongxun is currently working in the center, and he hasn't returned to his hometown to cultivate it himself for many years. Therefore, the chestnut garden is more planted by Mr. Liu Tongxun's son, Liu Yong, who is now the prefect of Taiyuan, Shanxi."

Little Shiwu listened quietly, thoughtful.
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With this story, after all the chestnuts are roasted, when Xiao Shiwu eats chestnuts again, he is no longer a greedy three-year-old child, but sits upright and eats deliciously. Cherish it.Even if there were crumbs that fell out after being bitten, he carefully wrapped them up with the flaps of his clothes, then gathered them into a pile, picked them up with his fingertips, and put them back into his mouth.

Yuqin's heart melted when she saw it, she didn't eat any of them, she peeled them off and fed them to Xiao Shiwu.

After noon, Yuqin took Xiao Shiwu back to Jingren Palace for a rest, and Concubine Ying went back with her.

When Chuxiu Palace became quiet, Yu Rui laughed, "Your Majesty has taught you well, but my sister's lesson is also not too much."

"The emperor taught the truth, and it was the courage of Batulu who gave us the [-]th elder brother; the sister taught us the height of the temple and the compassion for the people, and the elder sister taught the [-]th elder brother Brother started to accumulate talents~~"

Only then did Wanxi smile quietly, "How many years can the emperor accompany him, and how far can I accompany him? After all, in the years to come, it must be those capable ministers who serve as teachers, friends, kings and kings." The minister will accompany him. What kind of person he can become depends not on me and the emperor in the future, but on those who accompany him~"

When Wanxi said this, Yurui's nose was sore, and she laughed hard, "Look at what my sister said, it's frustrating. But I admire the principles that sister said. It's like throwing yourself to the ground."

Wanxi was out of her mind, "You just mentioned the lesson the emperor taught Xiao Shiwu, but it reminded me of something - did you see that day, when we first arrived in Beihai, the emperor Not in front of Xiaoshiwu, but talking to people from a distance."

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be the newly crowned Prince Jane——Fonneheng."

Yu Rui thought about it hard, "...I think it should be. Why did I feel that the emperor's face seemed a little bad at that moment, and Feng Neheng knelt on the ice, as if It's like pleading guilty."

Wanxi lowered her head and thought about it, and nodded, "It is said that the old Prince Jian's bones are not cold, and Feng Neheng is not yet out of filial piety, so the emperor should not be too strict."

Yu Rui's eyes lit up, "I remembered, did the emperor order the new Prince Jian to continue to manage the Jianrui camp? Then the practice of the 'Dayue Skate' that day was mainly for the Jianrui camp. With the participation of the forwards, is it true that the emperor is dissatisfied with the training, and that's why he threw face at Prince Jane?"

Wanxi thought it was reasonable, and nodded, "Yes... If it wasn't for this, I couldn't think of why the emperor would be unhappy with Feng Neheng."

Yu Rui frowned, "...The emperor is returning to the palace today, did you see that Prince Jane is following the emperor again?"

Wanxi nodded, "Since Prince Jian is in charge of the Jianrui camp, the emperor will go back to the garden, and the Jianrui camp will naturally send someone to escort him."

Yu Rui frowned, "Is there nothing else to do? I feel that there is still something wrong with Prince Jane's expression, as if it is slightly similar to the situation in Beihai that day... What is Prince Jane's crime?" What kind of mistake did he make to make him feel so uneasy?"

Wanxi didn't pay much attention to it before, but now she heard Yurui say it, so she couldn't help raising her eyes to focus on Yurui.

Yurui said: "It just so happened that before the emperor got up today, he just issued a decree, saying that he would choose another 120 people from each banner in the Eight Banners guards; a total of 1000 people from the Eight Banners will be allocated to Jianrui Camp. Jianrui Camp If there are too many soldiers in the village, there will naturally be officials to take care of them. The emperor called the general Jianrui battalion the existing first-class second-class bodyguards, deputy guards to lead, commissioned forwards to lead, Yun Qiwei, etc. It's called comparing grades, and I let go of my errands..."

Wanxi just raised her eyebrows, "Not to mention a thousand more soldiers, there are twenty or thirty more officials. Feng Neheng has just been crowned prince, and he is still in the filial piety. Make him feel uncomfortable from head to toe?"

Yu Rui suddenly realized, and clapped her hands, "Why do I feel that the emperor is deliberately tormenting him? Could it be that he did make a mistake before, but it was inconvenient for the emperor to criticize him during his filial piety; A way to make him feel uneasy?"

Wanxi also frowned, "I'm afraid that's the case. But what did Feng Neheng finally do?"
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Two days later, that is, on October [-], the emperor returned the empress dowager from Changchun Garden to the palace.

This time, all the harem concubines, princes and grandchildren returned to the palace together to celebrate the Winter Solstice Festival and the Empress Dowager's birthday.

Wanxi went to pick up Xiaoqi first, and asked her with a smile, "Do you know the news that Lawang is coming back?"

Xiaoqi blushed immediately, and looked back at Wanbi.

Concubine Wan also laughed, "The emperor will tell Xiaoqi the news when he returns to the garden."

Concubine Wan lowered her voice, "...Although she is still young, I think Xiao Qi already knows what she wants."

Although Lawang has been raised in the inner court all these years, and grew up with Xiao Qi as a childhood sweetheart, it is inevitable that the adults joked a few times into Xiao Qi's ears, but she was still young in those years, how could she know those things?
But now, since she already has such a melancholy and melancholy attitude... Maybe she is already proficient in human affairs.

Wan Xi nodded, "After all, this layer of window paper still has to wait for the emperor to pierce it. This matter will not be settled until the emperor officially issues an order."

(End of this chapter)