Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1067

Smallpox in the first year of Yongzheng did not cause much disturbance in the capital.

With the promotion of vaccinia, the tense atmosphere that permeated the capital gradually calmed down.The rich and powerful family, who spared their lives, arranged for their servants to be vaccinated first.

When I saw that the planted cowpox was infested, it was just a row of blisters in the place where the flowers were planted, and there was no pain in other places.Moreover, it disappeared in a few days, and there was no other discomfort except for a thumb-sized scar. More and more people choose to vaccinate.

The show girls from all over the country who were ordered to go to Beijing for candidates have been waiting for more than a month.At the end of October, there was finally news that on the second day of November, the show girl entered the palace as a candidate.

Hongzhou, who got the news, couldn't wait for a moment, rushed to Jingren Palace in a gust of wind, looking for his adoptive mother Xi concubine Niu Hulu to talk about Xiangxiang.

"Er Niang, good Er Niang, don't forget, my son is waiting for you." Hongzhou invited Ann, then twisted Niu Hulu's arm, coquettishly.

Although he was not born of the Niu Hulu family, he was raised in front of the Niu Hulu family when he was young. The two love each other like their own mother and son.

As early as when the general election was ordered in the palace, Hong Zhou came to beg for mercy, asking his adoptive mother to help pay attention to one person.

In today's imperial harem, Concubine Xi ranks after the Empress, Concubine Gui, and Concubine Qi, and is the fourth person in the harem.Logically speaking, even if she has a role in the draft, she is only arbitrating and has no right to make decisions.

But she has a docile temperament and has always been loved by the queen. After she was named concubine, she assisted the queen in taking care of the palace affairs.Like the imperial concubine Nianshi, although she has the same scenery, she has a very delicate body and never bothers about common affairs; Failing, she has long been out of favour, even if she wants to intervene in palace affairs, she can't say anything.

I have been enthroned for one year now, and although I have been named concubine, they are all old people in Qiandi, and no new ones have been added.

From the placement of these concubines in the palace, it can be seen who is the empress who can talk.

In recent years, the imperial concubine Nian, who has dominated the emperor's favor, the Qi concubine Li, who had the most children of the emperor, and the emperor's first concubine, Song, were all placed in the West Sixth Palace.

The queen took the fourth elder brother's birth mother Xi concubine Niu Hulu and the fifth elder brother's birth mother Yu concubine Geng, and lived separately in the East Sixth Palace.

Instead of begging his biological mother, Hongzhou begged his adoptive mother, because compared to the strictness of his biological mother, the adoptive mother doted on him more.

Under Hongzhou's begging, Niu Hulu had already agreed to him, but he didn't want him to get in touch with women too early, so he said with a straight face: "If you are honest and well-behaved, you will stay; , even if you say it’s a miracle, I’ll put up my sign.”

Hong Zhou used to be able to observe words and expressions, knowing that she was not really annoyed, so he patted Niu Hulu's shoulder attentively and said: "It's a girl from the Cao family, and the cousin of Cao Yong, the son-in-law of Heshuo. Their family's tutor is everyone. All praises are good, you can’t go wrong.”

Concubine Xi knew that the Cao family had a good relationship with the thirteenth elder brother. Among so many clans, the Queen's Prince Chun's mansion, who was going to marry the Cao family, was also very close, so she naturally fulfilled Hongzhou's wish and was willing to facilitate this matter. .

But she was afraid of Geng's superstition, after all, the fourth elder brother didn't have anyone around him right now, so she said: "But it's already agreed, even if you keep a sign, you have to wait until next year if you want someone."

Hong Zhou was satisfied with being able to get someone successfully, he didn't dare to bargain, he put his arms around Concubine Xi's arm, and said flatteredly: "My son is all arranged by Emiang!"

There were footsteps at the door, and then a court lady and eunuch greeted her in a low voice.

Hiroshi is here.

Seeing that he wanted to pay his respects to his biological mother, Hong Zhou got up and avoided it.

Seeing his bright smile, Hongli pulled the corner of his mouth and said, "You are so happy? You got a bay red horse and a nanmu bow a few days ago, and you haven't seen such joy!"

Hong Zhou's eyes flickered, his little face was blushing, he smiled "hehe" and didn't answer.

Concubine Xi asked the brothers to sit down, and asked Hongli: "The fifth child knows how to ask Er Niang to beg for someone. As a brother, what do you want? Do you have a charter in your heart?"

Hongli knew that according to the rules, the two brothers had to refer to the concubine before the wedding.He was also ranked higher than Hongzhou, and if Hongzhou wanted to please the people around him, he would point out one in advance.

"My son hasn't thought about this yet..." Hongli said, looking at Hongzhou, as expected, seeing his little face drooping, showing a bit of nervousness, he couldn't help laughing secretly, and then said: "If you refer to someone, all According to the arrangement of the Queen's mother and her mother."

After hearing this, Concubine Xi smiled and nodded, very relieved.

The former emperor treated Hongli differently, which made Hongli stand out, but also pushed him to the forefront.

How many pairs of eyes, waiting for their mother and son to make mistakes.

Hong Zhou chooses the people around him, but he can do whatever he wants; Hong Li can only wait, waiting for the queen to point out people, waiting for the emperor to point out people.

If you choose someone yourself, you choose someone with a low family background, and your eyes are vulgar; you choose someone with a high family background, and you have ulterior motives;No matter how you choose, people will say bad things.

It's okay for Hongzhou to act like a baby in private, but in front of his brother, he couldn't help it, and after a few words with him, he slipped away in a gust of wind.

There were so many people, even the biological mother and child did not dare to be too close relatives, so Hongli left with Hongzhou.

On Concubine Xi's side, she packed up and went to the Queen's Palace to pay her respects and ask about the general election in the future.The day after tomorrow is the first day of the Eight Banners draft, read two yellow flags.

In the Nuan Pavilion of Zhongcui Palace, the queen used up a cup of bird's nest, sipped clear water, and complained to Nanny Lu: "They will make up their minds, being the emperor is just a display? The emperor is not Taizong, and I am not a filial queen. They are jealous Nian's family is beautiful, but I don't know that only when Nian's family is in front of me can I have peace."

Nanny Lu hesitated for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, seeing what the uncles and wives think, it seems inevitable that the four girls will run together. If you don't keep any of them, I'm afraid you will complain."

The queen sneered and said: "Let them complain. Don't ask for things that make me better. If they are promising and can support me, what's the matter with fulfilling them? I just know how to dawdle, and I want to live on the welfare of women."

The master and the servant were talking, when Concubine Xi arrived, a maid came in to report.

The queen raised her voice and called in, because the person who came was not an outsider, her face was unrepentant, and she was still angry.

Seeing this, Concubine Xi became a little more cautious, and respectfully invited Da'an.

The queen waved her hand, woke her up, sat down beside her, and said: "I was thinking about getting someone to invite you over..." While speaking, she took a post and handed it to her, saying: "This is the list of clans that need to be married , you have to see how many people will stay this year, so you can count in your heart."

Concubine Xi took it with both hands, and glanced at it. They were all sons of a certain palace, those who had wives needed concubines, and those who had no wives needed concubines, a page was full.

She opened her mouth carefully and said: "The people outside need these, what about the palace?"

She had also heard about the fact that the empress's natal family wanted to send someone into the palace. She had also met the empress's sister-in-law in the empress's palace a few days ago.

The queen's natal family is Zhenghuangqi, which will be selected for reading in the future.

The queen smiled, looked at her and said: "Yesterday I talked about this matter with the emperor, the emperor will keep a filial piety for the emperor and the empress Daxing, not one of them will be left behind."

Concubine Xi was surprised when she heard this, but she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

If the girl from Ulanara's family really enters the palace as a concubine, if there is a prince, she will definitely be raised in the Queen's Palace.In that case, the fourth elder brother's position will become awkward.

The queen pointed to the post in Concubine Xi's hand, and said: "I'm really impatient and bothered, my sister should be more careful, and help me find two similar candidates. The title doesn't need to be high, either Duke Zhen or Duke Fu will do. Those of me For nieces, if you are a concubine, you will be rewarded with a sign, and if you are a concubine, you will be honored."

Concubine Xi respectfully agreed, and talked about Hongzhou's begging for others, not saying that she had already agreed, but only saying that Hongzhou dared not come to ask the queen, so she asked her to talk about it.

Thinking of the appearance of Hong Zhou's little boy, and knowing how to beg for a woman, the queen added a smile on her face: "It's hard for him to grow up, so he might as well fulfill him. It's just that the emperor has to hide it. Otherwise, the emperor Knowing his young age, he began to be jealous of other girls, fearing that he would be reprimanded again..."

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The Cao family is the Zhengbai Banner, which is selected for the second day of the Eight Banners election.The candidate for the show girl had to leave home in the afternoon of the previous day to queue up outside the Shenwu Gate.

The whole Cao family, because the fourth sister and the fifth son are running for the election, are all paying attention to this matter.

Brother Cao Song didn't have the desire to cling to power through his sister, so he was not as nervous as Zhao Jia.

Although Mrs. Zhao Jia has gone to Thirteenth Brother's house, she is still worried about her beloved daughter. After seeing off her fourth sister and fifth son, she waited for them to come back without thinking about food and drink.

When she learned that her fourth sister and fifth son had returned from the primary elections, Siu-Kia's eyes were red from the heat.

The fourth sister and the fifth son both passed the primary election, and they will be re-elected five days later.

In Zhao Jia's heart, he didn't know whether to be happy or reluctant, and fell ill all of a sudden.

The illness was severe, and after three or two days, he could not wake up with his eyes closed and fell into a drowsy sleep.

The Cao Song brothers were so bluffed that those who changed shifts changed shifts, and those who asked for leave asked for leave, they all waited on the bedside.

At this time, Cao Fu had already passed the exam of the Hanlin Academy, got a second-class exam, and became the head of the Ministry of Rites.Because it is a light provincial government office, it is cheap to ask for leave.

Cao Ying got the news and came back once.Because I lived with my parents-in-law, it was not easy to go back to my mother's house to serve the sick, so I stayed for a whole day before returning.

Now that the mother is seriously ill, the fourth sister and the fifth son are still thinking about candidates.

In the presence of Cao Song, he ran to Prince Zhuang's mansion and asked Elder Sixteen for help.Not afraid of anything else, after all, because Zhao Jia's family is dangerous, and afraid that the two younger sisters will marry in filial piety.

The sixteenth elder brother knows that Cao Yong takes good care of his cousins ​​in Dongfu.Now that the elders in Dongfu are seriously ill, the younger generation is also filial if they want to serve the sick before their bed.

But it's okay for the fourth sister to be a concubine's daughter, but it's unnecessary for the fifth son to be a concubine's daughter.

So, he made the decision, the fourth sister asked for leave and did not participate in the re-election; the fifth son re-elected as usual.

As a result, Wu'er's re-election was once again left with a sign.

The fourth sister had to wait for the next draft and participate in the re-election.Because this draft is a year ahead of schedule, if the estimates are correct, the next draft will be four years later.At that time, the fourth sister will be eighteen years old, but she still has to participate in the audition before she can talk about marriage.

Just as the Cao Song brothers were discussing in grief whether they should start preparing birthday materials, Zhao Jia opened his eyes.

Illness comes like a mountain down, sickness goes like a thread.

She was only worried about her daughter, so she was hurting her body and mind. After sleeping for a few days, she gradually regained her energy...

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Khan, the machine crashed and restarted a few times overnight, lost a lot of words, and the code was interrupted until this time, so I must hurry up tomorrow. .Tears, the mainframe of the desktop computer is useless, and this netbook has been used since the Chinese New Year, and it seems that it is not working anymore. It buzzes continuously, and there is a problem with heat dissipation. . .Tears run, Big Ben in my dream.Last summer I wanted to buy an air conditioner, but I was hospitalized and spent an air conditioner; the desktop computer I had used for many years during the Chinese New Year broke down, and I wanted to buy a big budget, but the ten-day pneumonia infusion cost me a big budget.Now I don't dare to think about the new book, otherwise Xiao Jiu will probably have to date the doctor again. .

(End of this chapter)