Ordinary clear day

Chapter 191
In the Qianqing Palace, a low pressure is shrouded.Emperor Kangxi sat behind the table expressionlessly looking at a document, while Tong Ying and another young man knelt on the ground, not daring to speak out.The eunuch Li Dequan quickly cleaned up a broken cup on the ground in front of the case without a sound, and then retreated without a sound.

There are also two people kneeling in the middle of the room, the leader is an old man with gray hair, and the one behind him is Xinran's husband Yitai.

The old man raised his bowed head and said with tears running down his cheeks: "Your Majesty, you have to be the master of this slave. The slave's good son can't just die like this for nothing!" After saying that, he burst into tears.Yitai's eyes turned red, but he didn't dare to make a sound, and still lowered his head.

Kangxi threw Zhezi aside impatiently, and said: "Baltu and Tongying, get up, this matter has nothing to do with you." Tongying looked at Baltu on the opposite side, and then at the old man in the hall, Standing up hesitantly, he stood by the side with his hands down.

Kangxi looked at the old man once again, and said: "Bo Weng Guonuo, when will you calm down? You were once the king of the county, and you were in charge of discussing politics, but let's see what you do?! "Nabo Wenguo Nuo was startled and stopped crying.

"Back then you were in a bad mood and beat people everywhere, but you knew how much Duke Jin treasured his son, and you broke the young man's leg, and you turned around and got drunk. What happened! Three years ago, I thought you were an honest person, and life was not easy. I planned to make you a duke of the state, so that your whole family would be better off. Who would have thought that you would cause me a lot of trouble when you turned around? Come on! Then Harqi just said a few nonsense words, and you caused someone to fall off the horse! You also forcibly got him drunk, but he passed away within a few days after returning! I will help you clean up the mess, but you still Do you think I'm troublesome in private? Fortunately, his family didn't know the truth, so they didn't make a fuss. After all, Harqi's father was a soldier brought out by Taizu himself! It was also used by Emperor Taizong, and Duke Jin is even more important to us Brothers of the Aixinjueluo family, you are so foolish, do you have ancestors in your eyes?!"

Boongono bowed his head, weeping silently.Itai looked shocked.But Tong Ying, who was standing on the side, was a little frightened when he heard it, thinking that there was such an inside story about the death of Duanning and Shuning's grandfather.

Kangxi took a few breaths, then slowed down his voice and said, "Since you want to marry your son a daughter-in-law, you just need to say hello to the palace. Although you have been dismissed, you only need to ask Prince Zhuang Fujin to say hello. But you want your own family Going to hire, and when looking for candidates, they didn’t even ask about their character. The Nasektu family is famous for being hot and spicy! They had a bad reputation when they were drafted, and no one dared to propose marriage after losing the election. But you The father of the covetous family is a deputy governor, and the dowry is generous, so he insisted on marrying such a person for his son! You will marry him back when you marry him, and live a good life, but in less than a year, you will take a concubine for your son! Put to death, your son's life is lost. Humph, Boongono, do you dare to say that this is all someone else's fault?!"

Bowen Guonuo burst into tears: "I... I am a slave who is confused, Your Majesty, please punish me..." He cried for a long time, then raised his head again and said: "Your Majesty, although it is a slave who did something wrong, but... But Funa died unjustly! The slave wants to pay that bitch for his son's life, but her father stops him desperately. Could it be that the slave's son died in vain like this? I beg you to make the slave's decision!"

Kangxi sighed, returned to his seat, squeezed the center of his eyebrows, and asked softly: "Sektu is at her mother's house now?" Boonguonuo hurriedly said: "Yes, her father brought dozens of people to pick up her daughter. We're gone, and we don't take us seriously at all." Kangxi called "Li Dequan" noncommittally, and after hearing "in", he said lightly: "Ask someone to send a white silk to Sektu's house, don't make a big fuss .” Then Li Dequan responded softly, and retreated.

A gleam of joy flashed across Bo Wenguo Nuo's face, and he quickly kowtowed to thank him, but Kangxi just said: "Let's go when the matter is over, and don't be confused again in the future."

The room fell silent, Kangxi seemed to be thinking about something, but Tongying and Baltu still didn't dare to make a sound.After a while, Li Dequan came back and said that someone had been sent. Kangxi nodded and asked again: "The son of Bo Wengguonuo, named Yitai, is the fourth-class guard, right? It's hard for him, but he is an honest boy. Turn around Tell Fei Yanggu to be promoted to third-class shrimp. Also, go to Zong Xue to ask how his young sons are doing in school, and ask someone to report to me." Li Dequan agreed, and then withdrew again.

Kangxi laughed at himself, and said to Tongying and Baltu: "So, marrying a wife is still a good thing. If you only covet beauty, power and wealth, it may not end well." Tongying and Ying looked at each other, smirking I agreed.

"What are you smirking at?" Kangxi made a serious face on purpose, "You two are not young, especially Baltu, who is 21, and should have married a wife long ago. It happens that the palace is drafting a talent show, and when the selection is over, go and see , whoever you like, come and tell me, as long as it is a beautiful girl who keeps a sign."

Tong Ying said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty...you said..." "Let you choose your own wife? I let you choose your own. The concubines in the harem still have good eyesight. It's all good. You just saw that Boonguo Nuo picked a failed show girl for his son, what happened? If you want to pick someone at random, I can't agree."

Tongying knew that the emperor had said this, and it was impossible to change it, so she had no choice but to agree, but she was secretly anxious, and somewhat regretted that when she met Shuning earlier, she said "It's okay to lose the election". If you think of a way and deliberately lose the election, won't this marriage just fly away?

He was anxious, but he couldn't show it on his face. He could only pretend that nothing happened and continued to discuss business with the emperor, but he was secretly thinking about how to reveal the news to Shu Ning who lived in the harem. Come alone.

When the emperor allowed him to leave with Baltu, he walked out of the palace full of thoughts, but was stopped by Baltu, saying: "It's getting late, I'm planning to go to the East Fifth Institute to find the fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother. By the way, let's ask for lunch, and you can go too."

Tong Ying said: "I just remembered something, I have to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to ask, you can go by yourself."

But Baltu refused: "Isn't it okay to ask after dinner? Besides, I met Si Bei Le this morning, and he said that he would go to the palace to visit his mother and younger brother today, and he might be in the East Fifth Institute right now. He is familiar with the household department, you Just ask him if you need anything."

Tongying's heart moved, but she looked at him with a puzzled look, and said: "It's strange, I don't see you so interested in the East Fifth Institute? Could it be..." He turned a smirk, and said: "I see, the East Fifth Institute Isn't it just beside the Imperial Garden? You heard that there is a talent show in the Imperial Garden, so you want to take a peek?"

Baltu coughed twice, and said with a stern face: "What are you talking about peeping, I obeyed the order, didn't the emperor just say, let us choose a wife from among the beautiful women? What's the point of going to see in advance? "

Tong Ying snickered: "Sounding so high-sounding, who is fooled? What the emperor said is to choose after the selection, not to tell you to go now. Besides, although the emperor said this, we should know it well. If you see Wouldn't it be embarrassing for someone to be chosen by the emperor or the princes?"

Baltu scratched his head: "Just take a look..." Seeing this, Tongying smiled secretly in her heart, and said, "Okay, I'll accompany you there, lest you say I'm not loyal."

Baltu was overjoyed, and walked away, but was held back by Tongying, who asked in a puzzled way, "What's the matter?" Tongying said angrily, "That's the harem! If you want to go, you should find someone to lead the way. So as not to let people get caught in such a trivial matter!" Baltu smirked twice, turned his head and waved to a little eunuch next to him: "Little Wanzi, come here!"

The little Wanzi ran over and called Qian'er: "Greetings to the two masters, what are your orders?" Baltu said: "We are going to the East Fifth Institute to find the seventh elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother to play, you Help us lead the way." Xiaowanzi heard clearly just now, rolled his eyeballs, and said with a smile: "Hey, Master Beizi, it's faster to go to the Imperial Garden from here, what do you think?" Baltu He patted him, laughed and scolded "little ghost spirit", and then picked up a purse and threw it over.As soon as the little Wanzi received the purse, which was heavy, he was overjoyed and hurriedly led the way.Tong Ying snickered and followed them.

However, they miscalculated.From the Qianqing Palace to the East Fifth Institute, you can only pass through the east of the Imperial Garden, but the draft is held in the Chengrui Pavilion in the northwest.They could only hear laughter faintly, but could see no one.Baltu was very disappointed, Tong Ying patted him on the shoulder with a smirk, and said, "Let's go, or you won't even be able to eat later, it's really a waste of time."

Baltu was moving dejectedly, when suddenly there was a sound of a piano in the distance, he stopped and turned his head to listen.Tongying asked strangely: "What's the matter?" Baltu turned his head after a while and grinned: "It's nothing, it sounds nice."

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Shu Ning had a rough lunch today.Originally, it was good, but because I heard that in the morning, the people with the yellow flag and the white flag were re-elected, and there were several beauties with good looks and talents, and all of them were left with cards, so the beautiful women couldn't help but have some calculations.

Wanning was talking about the talent show with Chang Lu, but someone bumped into her from behind, and as a result, she poured out the whole cup of tea and stained half of her robe.She turned her head angrily, but there was nothing strange about it. Chang Lu and the people around said that she hadn't seen who hit her, and some even questioned whether someone had hit her.Shu Ning was sitting at another table with her back to them, she didn't see them, so she had to go back to the room with Wan Ning first.

Wanning changed the clothes, Shu Ning wiped them with a wet handkerchief while the tea stains were still wet, and hung up the clothes to dry.

Wan Ning still resented herself: "It must be the woman who scolded me in the morning! Do you think I don't know? She is Da Fujin's cousin, and her name is Yueying. She looks like that, and she can't compete with me, so use this despicable means!"

Shu Ning recalled the appearance, words and deeds of that beautiful girl, and felt that although she always thought of herself as an ordinary person, compared with that girl, she was probably more likable than her.Even if the fifth elder brother has no feelings for Wanning, he still knows who to choose.However, this conjecture does not seem to be valid.

She said: "This beautiful girl named Yueying seems to be sitting at a table in front of me. When you were bumped, she was still eating in her seat. I remember she even glared at you a few times. Impossible She did it."

Wanning said: "Who could it be? Except her, I don't hinder anyone."

Shu Ning thought for a while, and said seriously: "Second sister, we have always thought too simply. The so-called talent show is actually to fill the harem first, and then it is the turn of the princes and clans. This year's show girls are mostly people from around the capital. , but there are also people from Zhili and other provinces. If you are from Beijing, you have heard about you to some extent, but people from other places may not know that you are going to Wufujin. They see that you are handsome and well-dressed, so naturally Treat you as a strong enemy first, and want to squeeze you out."

Wanning felt that this made sense, so she put on a bitter face first: "Maybe it's true, hey, who did I provoke? These people look down on me too much. Who wants to marry an old man as a concubine?"

Shu Ning smiled wryly: "Second Sister, it's better not to say this in the palace, be careful that walls have ears." Wan Ning waved her hand: "Everyone is going to eat, who will hear it." Shu Ning was about to say something when she suddenly noticed something outside the window There was a figure flashing, feeling bad, hurriedly walked over to open the door, it turned out to be a ten-year-old eunuch.

As soon as he saw Shuning open the door, he greeted Qian'er first: "Greetings, my lord." Shuning asked nervously: "Who are you? What are you doing here?" The little eunuch replied: "Little step, slave, I work as an errand in Dongsan tea house, and I was ordered by some maids and sisters to deliver things to sister Ruifu in this palace." He smiled and raised the two purses in his hand to show that it was true.

Shu Ning looked him up and down, convinced her half-heartedly, looked at the purses in his hand, and said: "Your two purses are exquisitely made, I have a similar one, what do you think? " Then he took out a purse and took it out.

In fact, it doesn't look like it, but it's all blue with pink flowers embroidered on it.This is an experimental work of Dongqing Xuexue's new style, but it is only strong enough, and it is completely incomparable with the exquisitely embroidered purse in Xiao Buzi's hand.But the opening of the pouch is a little loose, revealing the golden color inside slightly.

That little step was clever, he took the purse respectfully, squeezed the little gold ingot inside, and said with a calm smile: "My lord's purse is naturally delicate, compared with those of the maids and sisters, it is not at all Not inferior."

Shuning smiled: "You really can talk. I have a younger brother who is about the same age as you, but not as sweet as you. I will reward you with this purse. Ruifu just went to the laundry room at the back, so you can go directly to her. Just be careful, don't let the aunts see, or they will scold you for running around."

Xiaobuzi smiled and hit Qian'er: "Xie Xiaozhu for reminding, this servant knows what to do." Then he put the purse in one sleeve and left.

Shuning heaved a sigh of relief, the palace is full of human beings.After closing the door, Wanning asked: "Could it be someone who sent a spy?" Shuning said: "He smells like tea, and there are traces of tea on the hem of his clothes, and his clothes, shoes and socks are a bit worn out, it should be They are not important people. But let's be careful, this is not home after all, so we must pay more attention to what we say and do."

Wanning was extremely depressed: "I don't even have the freedom of speech, I really hate it, when can I go home!"

Shuning sighed, why didn't she think so?She smiled: "Let's go back to the hall, I wonder if there is any food left."

Back in the main hall, many people had finished their meals, and they could only eat pasta and snacks.

Chang Lu said to Wanning worriedly: "Sister Wan, are your clothes okay? Are you washing them clean?" Wanning said with a smile: "It's okay, just dry them. This kind of trick can't help me. .” When she said the latter sentence, she specially raised her voice, which attracted a lot of attention.Chang Lu smiled and clapped her hands: "Great, I was worried that my sister would not have good clothes to wear when she was re-elected. The robe is so beautiful, it would be a pity to get dirty like this." Wanning smiled: "Don't worry, there won't be such a thing." sort of thing."

Shuning sighed softly, feeling her head hurt again.

Throughout the afternoon, Zhongcui Palace was filled with the sounds of piano, singing, poetry reciting, etc. It seemed that everyone was trying their best to prepare for the talent test in the next few days.Of course, there are also people who are not prepared, and practice some "hometown ditties" in a hurry, or think of some jokes and anecdotes to make up for it.

Shuning stayed in the room to practice piano with Yuanning.However, this obviously interferes too much with each other, so I made an appointment to practice for half an hour in turn.

Yuanning was sweating profusely from practicing, when the maid Ruifu knocked on the door and came in, bringing the clothes washed last night.The court lady is a taciturn person, but she does things very neatly.She handed the washed clothes to Shu Ning, Shu Ning took it with a smile, but found something stuffed in her hand.She thanked her calmly, put the thing and the clothes into the cabinet together, only to find that it was a letter, and the words on it were clearly Tong Ying's handwriting!She held back the excitement in her heart and looked back at Ruifu, but the other party silently blessed the two sisters as usual, and retreated.

After a while, it was time for Yuanning to rest, so she changed her clothes and said she wanted to go out for a while.Shu Ning thought that she was probably going to see Jin Xu, so she didn't care.As soon as she left, she immediately took out the letter, remembering to avoid people's eyes and eyes, and was about to close the window, but felt that it was too conspicuous on a hot day, so she simply turned around and walked behind the screen to read the letter.

Tong Ying's letter was only one page, and it was densely packed. She first asked her if she was okay and if she was bullied, and then directly told her the emperor's will, which made her feel black.It seems that Kangxi has always been the nemesis of Qing Chuannv, and loves to do messy things.In this way, I really have to find a way to choose.

She continued to read, but it was Tong Ying who asked her to be careful, including not leaving this letter, so as not to be discovered; be careful about words and deeds in the palace, even when alone; For some disputes, she must be more careful around her cousin, and don't be tricked by others; if she sees something uncomfortable, she must endure it and complain to him later; If you are exposed to the hot sun, you should take care of your body and don't get sick...

Apart from the important first few sentences of Tong Ying's letter, most of the page is about trivial matters.She looked at it, and suddenly felt mixed feelings.Although most of them were sweet, there was a hint of sourness in them. She didn't realize that she was crying until she tasted salty in her mouth.

Although she was very reluctant, her rationality told her that it was the correct way to destroy the letter according to Tongying's instructions, so she gritted her teeth and set fire to the letter.

But seeing the piece of paper full of concern disappear into the fire, she didn't feel much sad, because she suddenly found that all the worries she used to worry about were no longer important, and she already knew what to do.Now that Tongying has done so much, it's her turn to work hard for the future of the two of them.

(Yesterday, Kangxi complained to me: "Although I am a male supporting role for ten thousand years, I should also enjoy the treatment of supporting roles. How can I not be assigned a role in more than 80 chapters?! You girl, quickly add to me Let’s play~~~” Old Kang Huang was intimidating, so I had no choice but to let him come out more...)
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