Qingxi Palace Crossing Jingfenghua

Chapter 175

Autumn is full of snow to welcome winter, and the snowy world is replaced by winter wind.

The first heavy snow after winter puts new clothes on the entire Forbidden City, covering the majestic and majestic palace in a silver world, adding a dreamlike dress to the solemn and solemn Forbidden Palace.

It was icy and snowy outside, but inside the main hall of Jingren Palace, it was warm. Xiu Yu was half leaning on the warm couch, watching her four children play.Hutulinga and Yinzhen were vying to ride the small wooden horse, the two siblings crowded on the sturdy wooden horse half as tall as an adult, Hutulinga was still waving the whip in a decent way; When playing Go with Yinzhen, of course, the siblings insisted that they were playing Go, and the black and white pieces were placed in different shapes on the chessboard.

Listening to the giggles of the eldest daughter and the eldest son, and watching the younger daughter and the younger son playing chess with dignity, Xiu Yu suddenly felt that her heart was filled to the brim. She had never imagined such a situation. .After her parents passed away unexpectedly in her previous life, she has been alone for more than ten years, and she has not met a suitable partner. She gradually got used to loneliness and to bear everything silently by herself. Such a warm scene made her feel unprecedentedly happy At this moment, she silently decided in her heart to protect her four children with all she had.Of course, she didn't think of Kangxi at all, and Kangxi was completely excluded.

"Your Majesty, the sedan chair is ready." Yuntang opened the heavy curtain and came in.

"Emma, ​​can I go?"

Hu Tulinga reacted the fastest, exclaiming in surprise, she slid off the wooden horse.

Hutulinga and Yinzhen stopped riding wooden horses, and Tuyili Chenbi and Yinzhen didn't play chess either. Two pairs of round almond eyes and two pairs of long and narrow phoenix eyes blinked and stared at Xiu Yu expectantly.

"Ah."

"Emiang, Xiao Shi'er is going too." Yin Yu threw down the chess piece and rushed over to hug Xiu Yu's leg, coquettishly in a milky voice.

"Let's go together, but you have to put on your clothes before you go, it's freezing outside." Because Jingren Palace is warm, the four children don't wear much clothes, so going out like this must be impossible.

"Mother, mother, hurry up and get a bengege jacket and fur, as well as fur boots, a muff, and a neckband..." Hu Tuling has always been a man of action, and as soon as Xiu Yu finished speaking, she pulled He called Mammy in a loud voice to bring a series of things for winter.

In fact, there was no need for her to scream at all, Xiu Yu told the nanny and the palace people to act immediately, and the triplets were wrapped into three balls in a short while.

Yinyou was lazy in Erniang's arms and asked Erniang to wear it for him. Yinyi was the most lazy among the four children, and Xiuyu thought that it was because he was not raised by her side that she was so attached to her. Didn't think much of it.

"I want to be with Er Niang." Pushing away the hands that wanted to hug him, Yin Yu's small hands tightly wrapped around Xiu Yu's neck.

"Your Majesty..." The nanny was worried.

"It's nothing, let Yinyou and Bengong sit in the sedan chair." Swinging away the nanny, Xiuyu hugged Yinyou personally, because Xiuyu felt guilty for not being able to keep the child by his side, and the youngest son was early. Hui, as long as Yinyou asks, Xiuyu will almost agree to him.

"But have you notified the Construction Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Before getting on the sedan chair, Xiu Yu asked An Cunfu.

"If you go back to your mother, the slave has already notified the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the head of the construction department, Ta Tara, is already waiting at my elder brother's place."

"Thank you for your hard work. You are the most appropriate. I am very relieved." Xiu Yu is very satisfied with An Cunfu. An Cunfu is also an old man who has been with her since she entered the palace. She is very loyal. Xiu Yu treats him He also trusts and uses him very much.

"Xie Madam boasted that serving Madam is the blessing of a slave, which is not called hard work." An Cunfu laughed so hard that the creases on his face straightened after receiving his master's boast.

After following Concubine Jing, An Cunfu lamented his good luck more than once. Who would have thought that his master would change from a low-ranking Chang Zai to Concubine Jing, one of the four concubines, in just five years.Looking at the eunuchs and eunuchs in the harem, who dares to show him face now, even Eunuch Lin who is next to the imperial concubine wants to give him three points, whoever laughed at and trampled him back then should not flatter him or compliment him.He is finally proud!
And all of this is because he has served a good master, the lord, noble slave, and everything he has is because of Concubine Jing, so he naturally wants to serve Concubine Jing wholeheartedly.

The four luxurious sedan chairs spanned most of the harem from east to west, passed through the imperial garden, and arrived at Ganxi No. [-] where the elder brothers lived.

According to the rules of the harem in the Qing Dynasty, all elder brothers will move to the elder brother's house after they reach the age of six, while princess princesses can live in the palace of their biological mother or adoptive mother until they get married.According to the imaginary year notation method of the Qing Dynasty, Yinzhen was born at the end of the year, so his age is one year old plus two years old.Yin Zhen was born in 17 years, and now he is 21 years old, he is four years old, plus the two years old of the virtual age, he is six years old.

It stands to reason that Yinzhen should move to Elder brother's house after this year's birthday, but Xiu Yu begged Kangxi to move to Elder brother's house after the beginning of spring on the grounds that it was cold in winter and Yinzhen was too young to take care of herself. .

Although she will not move until next spring, Xiu Yu still wants to choose a yard and repair it first so that the servants can look after her to raise her popularity, and then Yinzhen will move here directly in the next year.

Now living in the elder brother's house are Concubine Hui's elder brother, Concubine Rong's third concubine, the fifth elder brother of the nobleman, the seventh elder brother of the noble man, and the ninth elder brother of Wei Changzai.Among them, most of the five princes still live in Xufu Palace because of the Empress Dowager, but they should move in after a few years.

"Have Yinzhen thought about which courtyard to choose?" Xiu Yu asked Yinzhen after seeing a few good courtyards.

The yards where my elder brother lives are all three-entry yards, but although they are all three-entry yards, there are differences in size.Although the elder brothers are all princes, their identities are still different. The elder brothers born by concubines are naturally much more noble than the elder brothers born by concubines and other low-ranking concubines.Therefore, the yards where the elder brothers live are naturally different according to their backgrounds and noble backgrounds.

Now in the harem, apart from the crown prince, only the elder brothers born of the fourth concubine have the most noble status, and among the four concubines, Yinzhen, whose birth mother ranks second to the fourth concubine, is the highest born, he should be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the elder brother, He can naturally choose a better yard.

Originally, the imperial concubine should have arranged which courtyard to live in, but the imperial concubine didn't want to offend Xiu Yu in this matter and didn't want to be called unkind for treating the elder brother harshly, so she let Xiu Yu choose.

The elder brother was the first to live in, and because he was the eldest son of the emperor, he naturally chose the largest and best courtyard; and the third elder brother also chose the second largest courtyard among the yards with the same size as the elder brother. The opposite yard.Therefore, if Yinzhen wants to choose, he has to choose one of the remaining courtyards that are the same as the third elder brother.

"Er Niang, I choose this."

"Are you sure?" Xiu Yu was a little surprised.

"Sure, my son wants this."

"Okay, as long as you like it, this yard is excellent." Xiu Yu looked at the yard Yinzhen had chosen, and smiled in relief, as expected her son chose the same as she thought.

Xiu Yu was a little surprised that Yinzhen would choose the courtyard next to the third elder brother. She thought he chose the courtyard next to the eldest elder brother.But she was more optimistic about the courtyard on the third elder brother's side, and she didn't expect Yinzhen to go with her.

The reason why Xiu Yu wanted to choose the courtyard on the side of the third elder brother is because this courtyard has the best Fengshui among all the courtyards. Although every Fengshui in the Forbidden City is excellent, even if it is worse, it was adjusted and made up for when the city was first built. Yes, but there is a difference.

"Hee hee, Erniang, I chose this, I think this yard is the best." Hutu Ling'er jumped out from behind Yinzhen and passed Yinzhen, smiling proudly with her small face up, looking like she was inviting to boast.

"Yes, Xiao Liu chose the best, Xiao Liu is really good." Following her daughter's intention, Xiu Yu patted her daughter's head and praised her.Got to boast that the little girl giggled triumphantly, and gave Yinzhen a provocative wink, but Yinzhen just looked at her sullenly.

In front of Xiu Yu, Yinzhen is lively and childlike, but in front of outsiders, he has learned to restrain his emotions. It is not necessary for Xiu Yu to teach him these things. The majesty of a prince has already taken shape in him.This made Xiu Yu both gratified and emotional. The royal children were indeed precocious and had no childhood.In this life, Yinzhen still loves him so much, but Xiu Yu can't imagine how difficult it is for Yinzhen who is not loved by his biological mother in the palace.Every time she thinks about this, Xiu Yu can't help substituting in, and loves him even more. Of course, every child Xiu Yu loves him very much.

The mother and son went into the yard to take a closer look. Hu Tuling'er pointed to the big tree in the front yard and said, "Emiang, let someone build a swing here. I will come here to play on the swing in the future."

"This is where I live, not yours. I don't want a swing." Yinzhen was tense and resolute. He immediately denied it, thinking that setting up a swing in his yard would affect his image of a noble prince too much.

"I am the elder sister and you are the younger brother. The younger brother must listen to the older sister's words, and I will do it!" Hutu Ling'er stood upside down with her brows upside down, with her little hands on her hips, because she was wearing too many clothes and couldn't find her waist, her appearance was very funny , the whole person dressed in red like a little pepper roared at Yinzhen with a childish voice.

Xiu Yu looked at the siblings who were carrying them again, covering their foreheads and sighing, "Hutu Ling'er, you just keep emphasizing that you are your sister's son just to bully your younger siblings."

But Xiu Yu doesn't care, let the children deal with it by themselves, this is Xiu Yu's attitude and way of getting along with the children.

In the end, as the younger brother, Yinzhen compromised with his sister, and added a thousand years, followed by the head of the construction department who was serving, and hurriedly wrote down the places to be improved. In no mood.

The two siblings quarreled from the front yard to the back yard, and from the outside to the inside. The long list of changes made and recorded by him, the head of Tara, was already sweating.The quarrel between the two siblings was not worth it, and Yinyou also inserted a few words from time to time to add a pavilion for playing chess and enjoying flowers in the front yard, and for Li Chenbi to add a place for painting. In short, the four children were noisy all the way. It took an hour to get it done.

"Okay?" Xiu Yu smiled and looked at the four children who all had red faces, and they seemed to be arguing very excitedly.

"Well, it's ready!" Yinzhen returned to the appearance of a little adult, imitating Kangxi's little hand behind his back, but the clothes are too fat, and the fat little hand on the back can barely reach.

"He is in charge of Tara, thank you for your hard work." Xiu Yu gave An Cunfu a wink, and An Cunfu hurriedly handed him a purse to him in charge of Tara.

"It's not hard work, this is what the slave should do. If the empress has no other instructions, the slave will go back and make arrangements."

After Tara's principal resigned, Xiu Yu also left elder brother's office with her four children, and the snowflakes all the way.When the sedan chair passed Chengqian Palace, suddenly a court lady rushed out from the side and nearly bumped into the eunuch who was carrying the sedan chair.

"Bold, how dare you run into Concubine Jing's luanjia." Yun Tang pulled the maid down and scolded.

"Your Majesty, spare your life, this servant deserves to die, this servant deserves to die, this servant didn't intentionally bump into your Majesty..." The voice sounded like a thud, and the maid kowtowed desperately to beg for mercy.Because it was close, a fragrance emanated from the maid, of course the fragrance was very weak, only Xiu Yu with such a keen sense of smell could smell it.

Before Xiu Yu could say anything, another voice from a court lady came:
"Green branch..."

There was another plop on the knees, and the maid begged for mercy and explained, "Concubine Jing, please forgive me, Lu Zhi didn't deliberately bump into her. The slave and maid belonged to Chengqian Palace, and the servant and Lu Zhi went to the firewood under the orders of the imperial concubine. Take silver charcoal from the charcoal place, the imperial concubine is in a hurry to use it."

Xiu Yu originally wanted to reprimand the maid, but when she heard that it was from Chengqian Palace, she stopped thinking, "The imperial concubine's, that's all, since it's in the imperial concubine's palace, it's fine. It's just not an example, it's fine to collide with the palace. If you are impulsive, the master above, you will lose your little life."

"Concubine Xie Jing."

"Luzhi, if you don't change your hasty temper, one day your little life will lose your impatience..."

"Sister Luyou, I was wrong..."

Kneeling and watching the four warm sedan chairs go away, the two maids got up. The voices of the two were not low, even though the warm sedan chairs were far away, Xiu Yu could still hear them clearly.

After returning to Jingren Palace, Xiu Yu and the four children drank ginger tea to dispel the cold, and arranged for someone to send Yinzhen back to Shoukang Palace and sent the triplets back to write big characters. After that, Xiu Yu cleaned her hands and planned to copy scriptures.Before she could start writing, Yun Kui came in and reported that it was Mrs. Guo Luoluo who handed over the sign asking to see her.

"Mother? What's going on at home recently?" Xiu Yu put down her pen and asked Nanny Sun.

"Your Majesty may have forgotten that Fourth Master and Fifth Master have just got married. Madam is afraid that she wants to bring Fourth and Fifth Younger husbands to meet Madam and show them to Madam."

"Look at this palace's memory, last time Erniang said it was the Fucha family and the Meng Jia family?"

"Your Majesty didn't forget, the fourth young lady is a girl from the Shengjing side branch of the Fucha clan, and the fifth young lady is a girl from the concubine of the Meng Jia clan."

Xiu Yu has quite a few concubine brothers and sisters, and the married concubine sister is nothing more than a helpless one, but the concubine brothers are different.Guo Luoluo's family was well educated, even though Xiu Yu's concubine brothers could not be called talents, they were still capable.Now the concubine brothers have already received errands. Although the official positions are not high, they all have a little power.Xiu Yu thought about it and decided to meet her.

"Then let's take it. It just so happens that I also want to see Fourth Sister-in-law and Fifth Sister-in-law. By the way, Second Sister-in-law is six months old. Let her also come to the palace to have a look at me."

(End of this chapter)