Emperor Qianlong: the beginning of his glory

Chapter 39 Discussion on Rent Reduction, Monarchs and Ministers, Discussion on Civil Affairs, Eating Blessings, and the Trouble in the East Palace (2)
"Greetings to Huang Ama!" The two sons knelt down and kowtowed to Qianlong. When they got up, Yong Lian respectfully replied: "The sons just came from the Queen's mother, she caught a cold today. For fear of getting sick, I asked my sons to pay her respects in front of Lafayette and the Emperor." Yong Huang and Yong Lian were both at the age of Zongjiao, and they were born with pink makeup and jade, very cute, with red velvet tops. Wearing a green felt hat, a jade-colored robe, and a maroon-colored mandarin jacket trimmed with gold thread, he talked to Qianlong like a little adult, but his voice was childish.Qianlong, who was tired all day, really wanted to hug a kiss.However, the family law of the Qing court was "Father's morality and dignity", and they paid attention to holding grandchildren and not children, so they asked with a straight face: "Who is teaching the book today, and which section have you read in the Four Books?" Yong Lian hurriedly said: "Today Master Sun is teaching Mao’s poems, which is the chapter of "Shuoshu". Zhang Zhao came in for the first time today and taught us calligraphy. He watched each of us draw a piece of bamboo. The two of us went to see Mrs. Yang, and when we came back, we went to pay our respects to Empress Empress, and we came here only after dinner."

Qianlong originally asked casually, but when Yonglian mentioned Yang's name, he couldn't help being silent.The imperial hospital handed in the pulse case this morning. Yang Mingshi was already dying. Thinking about it, his face darkened, and he said, "Sun Jiagan and Shi Yizhi are also people with profound knowledge. They like to study and listen to your uncle. Can you hear me?"

"Yes……"

The two children promised and kowtowed again, then rushed over to pay their respects to the Queen Mother.The Empress Dowager hugged the two of them in her arms with a smile, screaming obediently, and ordered Nala and Concubine Dun to say: "Take some of the cantaloupe and fresh lychees they brought in for the children—— It's a pity that I have been stuck reading for a whole day!" Wrapping the little fingers of the two children, they asked which teacher's book they like and what's new in the school.Yong Huang and Yong Lian nestled in their grandmother's arms, seeming to have recovered their childlike nature, giggling and giggling, but they all said that Zhang Zhaohua's paintings were good poems, Yong Huang said: "It's nothing new, it's like It was Prince Yi and Prince Li who gave up their breath and kept quiet. I asked Uncle Qi what happened, Uncle Qi was not happy and kicked me over. Zhang Zhao taught me how to draw again. Plum blossoms, bring them to Lafayette tomorrow."

"Who's going to stop with whom?" Qianlong was already full and was about to resign to visit the queen, but when he saw Gao Wuyong came in with a green-headed card, he flipped over Concubine Dun's card and asked, "What did they say? "Yong Huang was chatting affectionately with his grandmother. Hearing what his father said, he hurriedly left the queen mother and said respectfully: "It's Prince Yi and Prince Li. When my son saw Hong pouring tea for Hongshang, Prince Yi pushed the teacup away without saying a word. , It’s not what they usually look like, I guess they’ve let it go.” Qianlong wanted to ask again, and the queen mother smiled and said, “Emperor, they are all young people, so they will inevitably have bumps and bumps. Go and see the queen, you are here, grandchildren You have to watch out for losing your temper if you are having fun with me!"

One sentence made Qianlong laugh too, stood up and bowed to the queen mother, saying: "Yes, my son will go right away." Nala said with a smile: "I haven't gone there yet, since the emperor is going, I'll go with you." "Winking at Concubine Dun, Concubine Dun knew that she had flipped her sign and that the Holy Family was not bad, she blushed and said nothing.

The days of winter were short, the two of them left the Palace of Compassion and Peace, the sky had already darkened, and a few stars had already appeared in the clear sky, and the cold light shot down from the gap between the high walls of the narrow Yongxiang, and the slight north wind whizzed around. There were bursts of biting cold, Qianlong shuddered as soon as he came out, and said with a smile: "No wonder the queen has a cold, it's so cold today! -- You, a female lobbyist, won't get a lot of money today! I don't know you yet , Don’t you just want to call your brand up! Tomorrow, I have to appease Concubine Dun today.”

"The queen doesn't have a cold, she has pain. It's hard to tell in front of so many people." Nala sighed: "... I haven't had Guishui for two months, maybe I have it again!" Qianlong said Listen and laugh.Said: "So you are also in a hurry. You want to give birth to a son, so you can stand firm, right? Let me tell you, you will naturally ask for what you deserve. If you don't have it, you don't have it. Didn't you ask Zhang Tianshi to count Do you have two sons, what are you worrying about? I am not old!" Nala twisted her body coquettishly, and said: "If I want to have it alone, I will have it? The emperor is good at everything, just one son, eat Looking at the pot in the bowl, thinking about the river, and looking forward to the sea..."

She babbled with anger and laughter, making Qianlong laugh out loud, and said: "It's amazing for a woman to be jealous. You have more brands than the queen! The queen is a dignified person, and this one is also very weak— —I wondered if she had some symptoms—otherwise I really don’t know how you turned the jar! 'Am I a promiscuous king?'" Nala smiled and said: "You see one and love the other, The seed of passion is not the faint emperor. Fu Hengzuo came back last time and said that the girl from the Zhang family in Xinyang has a family. If you are a fool, why don’t you care about him? Let’s enjoy it! I think you are just melancholy...Actually I... I'm also light on this, but this concubine has no son, she's old and has nothing to do with it, it's hard to live..." She spoke so sadly that she was already in tears.

"Okay, okay." Qianlong comforted, "I know it all! This is the Zhongcui Palace, it's not good for people to see you crying!" Then he entered the Chuihua Gate.Nala's appearance also changed, and followed step by step, waving the handkerchief.

The elder brother Yonghuang has good eyesight, and his uncles had a quarrel today.

According to Qianlong's regulations, the princes went to the palace to study, entered the Yuqing Palace at five drums in the morning, had a meal and breakfast by the House of Internal Affairs, read the "Four Books" and listened to the "Book of Changes", and went home for dinner at the end of the day; they entered the palace before the end of the afternoon. , Dinner is served at Shenshi, and there is an hour of homework after dinner, but it is piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and each chooses to learn at will.The guards of the Qianqing Palace came to teach riding and archery. Buku martial arts is a compulsory course for every prince, and it is also arranged in the afternoon.

Because Yang Mingshi was critically ill, Zhuang Prince Yunlu took Hong Xiao and others to visit in the afternoon. Sun Jiagan and Shi Yizhi were both on part-time missions, and they didn't come for any business in the yamen.For a while, Yuqing Palace had no teachers and no leaders.At first it was all right, Hongzhan and his elder brothers gathered together, some played Go, some played with the piano, and some stood by and read the music score.More than a dozen young elder brothers were dressed in short clothes, but they were practicing hand movements on the brick lawn outside the I-shaped palace.Suddenly, at the gate of Yuqing Palace, Prince Heng Yunqi's old son Hong ran up and down, and said, "Do you want to eat Fuju? It's so big and has no seeds, just soak it in your mouth—" - Twelve big baskets have just been brought in, and I got one secretly, and the taste, tsk tsk... don't mention it!" He smacked his lips and licked his tongue and said with relish, and the little elder brothers all had their fingers in their mouths, halazituo out for a long time.Hong Jin, Hong, Hong, Hong, Hong, Hong who were playing together were all innocent children, how could they have any scruples?The little brothers gathered together and chatted, discussing, "Let's make one and try it." Just as they were talking happily, Prince Li Hongxi walked out of the room, stretched his hand, and asked with a smile: "You little tricksters Sneaking together, not practicing kung fu, what are you muttering about? Be careful, Uncle Sixteen is coming to punish you for endorsement!"

"My lord!" Hong stepped forward and slapped Qian'er with a playful smile, "I don't know which adult brought in the lucky tangerines outside. Each one weighs a catty. The brothers are greedy and want to try something new... The lord has a lot of face. Tell them about the Ministry of Internal Affairs, get a basket..." Hong Xi smiled and said, "It's not difficult to ask for a basket of oranges. It's just that the tribute has just come in, and the Hall of Mental Cultivation and Palace of Zhongcui haven't been delivered yet, so let's eat first If people want to say that we are not polite, it was a problem when we were with Jing'er. It doesn't count to eat Uncle Sixteen's ostentatious meal for this idea. Did you forget what Master Yang said about eating watermelon last time? It took half a day! We It’s all golden branches, jade leaves and dumb faces listening to people teach these things, isn’t it interesting?” Hong smiled and said: “Come on, third brother! The tribute is not recorded until it is put into the warehouse, and the eunuchs still eat it! You can’t move the whole basket It's suitable, try it alone, even if Long live knows it, it's just a matter of laughing. You are a prince, and you don't even have such a shoulder blade?"

Hongxi couldn't help laughing, and called Hongshang to say: "You order a few people here, go to Fengchenyuan to find Zhao Botang, see if there is a crate that is not sealed tightly, don't move the whole crate, just say what I say, how many little ones are there?" Brother accumulates food, each of us makes one to try something new." Hongshang is the youngest son of Prince Wang Yun. His father was imprisoned for a crime and has passed away for three years. He is the most unhappy one. He is usually so honest that he can't even take a step. Don't go far, don't say a word, even though I'm greedy, I just dared to yell at other elder brothers quietly, wishing to hear Hong Xi's voice, and hurriedly agree to the number of people inside and outside the house - a total of 36 people——excitedly went to the Fengchenyuan tribute storehouse.It just so happened that when Hongsun arrived, the oranges were being weighed and put into storage. Zhao Botang heard that dozens of princes from Yuqing Palace wanted them, so he was very flattered. He counted 36 good ones and ordered the bookkeeper to say: Losses on the way will be deducted." He actually brought it to Yuqing Palace in a food box.

Here a group of young elder brothers were eagerly waiting for the oranges to arrive. When they saw the oranges being delivered, they cheered and swarmed up. You snatched them one by one, and peeled and ate them with a smile.Hongshang calculated that there would be one for each person, but when he saw that there was only one left, he was about to take it when Hongshou grabbed it from behind.Hong peeled the orange peel, broke off a large petal, and stuffed it into his mouth. He winked and said, "There are lucky ones. We, the unlucky ones, have to get wet too!"

"Whether you eat oranges or not is not a matter." Hongzhang was stunned for a long time, and then realized that he had missed his count--he was desperately running to ask for oranges, and he still listened to such sarcastic remarks. Some of the brothers sucked the juice, some chewed the fine products, some felt sour, licked their lips and smacked their tongues with a strange look, and they all smiled at themselves. Hongshang finally couldn't help it, and said: "This tongue It's so boring to chew, you're all my brothers, who will you fart for?" Seeing that he was jealous, the elder brothers coaxed him even more!
"Yeah - so sweet!"

"No, no, it's sweet and sour!"

"I'm sour..."

"How did you grow it? The same tree can produce so many flavors—my juice is so sticky that it can be smeared with honey! Tsk tsk..."

Hong turned around and asked Hong, "Do you know the name of the Jade Emperor?" Hong was taken aback, and said, "I don't know, I've never heard of it." "It's called Zhang Youren." The Jade Emperor left it for himself, and Shen Gongbao asked beside him, "Who will seal this and that, the Jade Emperor?" Jiang Ziya smiled and said, "Don't worry, someone will do it." Just Zhang Youren left the shift, kowtowed and said. Xie Feng!'——So, Jiang Ziya had to squat on the high place of the temple to watch the gods eat blood and incense—" Before he finished his triumphant words, Hongshang's face was white with anger, and he jumped up with a step, and "slapped" As soon as he raised his hand to hit it, the orange in Hong's hand had already fallen to the ground!Hongshang didn't give up, he simply beat the oranges when he saw someone holding them, and said in his mouth, "It makes you proud, it makes you proud! If the lucky orange falls to the ground, it will be bad luck for the rest of your life!"

A group of young elder brothers immediately went into chaos, some tripped, some punched, and some smashed oranges.Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhao Botang tiptoed away early.Hongxi was playing chess with Honghong in the east pavilion, when she heard the commotion outside, she pushed the scale out, and saw orange peels all over the floor, and the oranges were crushed.A group of people surrounded Hongshang and Hong, unable to figure out who was beating whom, Hongxi yelled, "What kind of disrespect is this? Everyone stop, the leader stands up!" Seeing his elder brother coming out, Hongxi became more and more excited, taking advantage of Hongshang's bewilderment, With a slap in the face, Hongshang was slapped all over his face.Hongshang scolded: "What a bitch, is she so bullying?" When he rushed forward again, several eunuchs rushed forward and held him tightly.Hongshang was mad with anger at this moment, and shouted: "Hongxi! You are sideways, do you guys join hands to bully others?" Hongxi had no intention at first, he is a prince, Hongshang is just a yellow-belt elder brother without a title, Seeing his impoliteness, he immediately flew into a rage, and shouted loudly: "He must have knelt down! —— A bastard who has no laws, just like his father!"

"You are just like my father, and you are just like your father!" Hongshang was held down by several eunuchs, his face was full of tears, and he cried loudly, "I have no law! I don't know yet What do other people do? Master Yang...you are so sick...I know you will never get better...If you are not sick, I will be better...Why is God so closed? Woo... ...Master Yang...I'm sorry for you..." Everyone was in a state of confusion at the moment, and no one paid any attention to his crying article.But Hongxi's head was already swollen with a "boom".With a pale face, he said: "Everyone go in and study! What's there to see! The eunuchs will clean up the place. After a while, Uncle Sixteen, Yonghuang, and Yonglian will come and see what it looks like?" Hongshang comforted him and said, "I really didn't mean to be biased. Of course, Hong, this little bastard, will take care of him when he goes back... Poor man, you're just so generous. How is your family? It's hard for you too... Come on, Go to that house with brother, there is something good for you!"

When Yonghuang, Yonglian and the others came, everything was calm.

(End of this chapter)