Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 18 Chanting Narcissus Qi Mu Fang Lan Yan Gong Ye Mo Chrysanthemum Controlling Pearl (2)
It wasn't until the black was broken that Zha Shenxing left some money before resigning.Gao Shiqi called the shopkeeper to come in, and said lazily, "Old Liu's family, you said that Mr. Gao should pay you for the rent every day, and throwing away cups and lamps is not a good idea. Look, what is this?" Something?" The shopkeeper took a look at the two Beijing ingots on the desk, the feet of the furnace flower, the surface was covered with white glaze, the edge was warped and the bottom was square, the authentic number one ingot in nine or eight colors, and he stared straight at it for a long time. With a smile all over his face, he said: "Master, why do you care about the knowledge of us villains? Well, I'll give you an old apology!" Gao Shiqi smiled and said: "I want to argue with you, and now the score will be settled. Just go, you just wait for me to deal with you! Now there is something I want to ask you to do, and if it is done, what is the money?" He said and threw an ingot.

"Grandpa, please tell me, old man!"

"Do you know the flower seller who came in just now?"

"I'm an old neighbor, why don't you know me?" Shopkeeper Liu smiled obsequiously, knowing that it was difficult, he made up his mind and said nonsense, "Isn't Cai Jialian'er from Zhengyangmen, a famous beauty—why, sir... I think I will!"

Gao Shiqi laughed secretly in his heart, but muttered in his mouth: "She is a girl from a good family, I'm afraid..." "A girl from a good family is not." The boss was afraid that the business would be ruined, so he glanced at Gao Shiqi and pretended to be thoughtful, "But I didn't show my face. Girls, you can’t tell if you don’t have 20 taels a night. The yellow-flowered girls always have to be careful, and they are shy, so they have more rules.”

"Hm?—hmm, what's the rule?"

"Wake up in the evening, ask my family to go for a walk." Shopkeeper Liu said with a smile, "If you don't come at the second watch, you can't count on it—you can't light the lamp, you can't talk, and you have to let him go when it's not clear. Your boss Mingjian, you know the reason here..." Gao Shiqi had already seen through the boss' tricks after staying in the shop for a long time. It's up to you - let's do it!" Shopkeeper Liu smiled, slapped a thousand children, and went away like a dog wagging its tail.

That night, the moon was dark and cloudy, and after the second watch, the lights in the shop were turned off.After half an hour, shopkeeper Liu knocked lightly on the window, pushed the door open, and said in a low voice, "Don't be shy, Mr. Gao is a gentleman, just like a man and a woman! You have met each other in the daytime... "Speaking, Hei Yuxi pushed a person forward.Gao Shiqi didn't care about the three sevens and twenty ones, he rushed forward and hugged and kissed, and hugged him to the bed, and he was really tender for a while...

In the middle of the night, when he was sleeping soundly, the charcoal fire in Gao Shiqi's room suddenly burst into flames. He first ignited a piece of paper, and then lit the legs of the table. ... After a while, he admired the eaves with a "teng".Gao Shiqi yelled: "It's on fire!" He jumped up from the bed, picked up a pile of changing clothes and jumped out of the room, while dressing, he yelled: "Fire! Everyone died? ——My house Out of the water!"

In an instant, a store was boiling.In the front and back yards there were more than a dozen workers and dozens of tenants, some were packing their own things, some were yelling, some were looking for buckets and basins, some were lighting wax, and when they opened the door with a "wow", they splashed water to put out the fire.Gao Shiqi was so anxious that he stamped his feet and shouted, "Save people! Dead beast, save people first—there are still people inside!"

The guys rushed in and came out with a naked woman.When people looked closely by the candlelight, it turned out that it was the owner's wife, Mrs. Wang——with one hand covering her breasts and the other hand covering her ugly parts, squatting on the ground with a cat waist, she was so ashamed.The guys couldn't help looking at each other in astonishment, how could the guests be patient?They all laughed out loud.

Out of breath, Gao Shiqi jumped up and cursed for a while. Seeing that the sky was about to dawn, he wrapped up his package and walked away.

During the period of returning from Kaifeng, although Kangxi was extremely busy, he was quite at ease in his heart.He summoned Jin Fu several times in succession, and he knew what to expect, but ordered Jin Fu not to rush to take up the post, but to walk around the yamen in the capital to familiarize himself with personnel affairs, and to go to Qingjiang to take up the post after the erudite Hongru had passed by.Everything was ready, Ziyou Mingzhu, Xiong Cilu, Suo'etu, Li Guangdi and others worked day and night to prepare for the grand ceremony, but Kangxi sneaked away from his busy schedule and went to Ziguang Pavilion every day to watch the guards practice bows, sabers and arrows, or called in Tang Bin and Zhang Cheng. Chen Houyao and Chen Houyao, a group of civil servants, are very busy talking about "Book of Changes", reading calligraphy and painting, learning Western languages, such as astronomical mathematics, sound, photochemistry, electricity, and geometric surveying and mapping.Chen Houyao was very knowledgeable in mathematics, and he taught every day, and his knowledge gradually faded away, which still could not satisfy Kangxi's desire for knowledge. Zhang Cheng, a Westerner, went out of the palace and praised everyone: "My emperor is really a genius! Europeans can't figure it out for half a year. He only needs one month to master the knowledge, and I am no longer qualified to teach him astronomy!"

This day, after retreating from lectures, having breakfast too early, seeing that the sky was overcast and the wind was blowing slightly chilly, Kangxi changed into a wind-hair jacket with Shi Qingjiang silk, and brought Mu Zixu and Li Dequan with him, Qingmen walked out for a walk to digest food.Because I saw He Guizhu, the master of the upper study, coming from Longzongmen holding a stack of documents.Seeing that it was Kangxi, He Guizhu stopped quickly, bowed his body and said with a smile: "Master Jin An, forgive me for holding important documents, I can't kneel..."

"What are they?" Kangxi raised his face and looked at the workers who were coming and going to repair the hall at the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and asked casually, "Why are there so many? It's not a long-established rule to ask the ministry to hand them over in abbreviated form." Yes."

He Guizhu said with a smile: "Back to the Long Live Lord, the abbreviations have already been sent to Xiong Cilu. Of these memorials, one is for Shi Lang to lead the navy, the other is for Feiyanggu to train troops in Gubeikou, and there are Liuqiu, The tribute lists and seals of Siam and the Netherlands are all important military affairs. Long live has ordered them to be sent in for viewing...the bottom pile is all the class books of officials above the minister..."

Kangxi took the top one and looked at it, but it was a tribute list from the Netherlands, which read:

A string of large coral beads, two large mirrors for the body, 24 pieces of exquisite amber, fifteen pieces of large-sized duoluo woolen cloth, ten pieces of medium-sized duoluo woolen cloth, four collars of large gold-woven blankets...

There is still a large list below, and it is too late to take a closer look.Kangxi laughed and said: "There are not many things, it means something. These days the countries have come to congratulate me, but I have not been able to receive them in time - the window class books are sent in, and I want to review them one by one. Li Dequan remembers that these objects of the Dutch national tribute should be taken in." Show it to Lafayette, and if you like it, keep it. I just need a Juyao candlestick for reading. Twenty gold-inlaid bird guns will be given to each of the first and second-class guards; Wei Dongting will be given a barrel of wine and a bird gun; Cilu, Jieshu, Mingzhu, Suo'etu, Feiyanggu, Shi Lang, Bahai, Tuhai—and Zhou Peigong, Zhao Liangdong each with a flower saber, a glazed cup, and ten bolts of soft cloth. The rest cannot be moved , I still want to reward people who are erudite and profound in Confucianism in the examination—do you remember?" Li Dequan hurriedly agreed: "I remember." He actually repeated Kangxi's will on the spot.This eunuch has such a good memory, He Guizhu couldn't help but glanced at him in admiration, and said to Kangxi with a smile: "Master, the blessings are equal to the sky, this is called the coming of all nations, and the times are turning! This father's death, that mother's illness, all of them have become problems, and they all have to ask for leave! - And they are all courtiers and servants who are deeply benevolent! Things in the world are exactly the same as opening a shop..." Kangxi listened to He Guizhu's rambling After savoring these words, I didn't feel my heart move, and said with a smile: "You will also think about things, and you have made great progress. Send these things to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and ask Xiong Cilu to go to the Qianqing Gate to ask some ministers to go to the study room Let's all go, I want to check their classes and tell them to rest." After saying that, he waved his hand and left.

Arriving at the entrance of Yongxiang, Kangxi caught a glimpse of two beautiful girls coming from Jingyun Gate with a second-rank wives, and said with a smile: "This must be the one who met Lafayette in the fasting palace. Whose wives are these? It seems to be inconvenient - I look a little familiar." Mu Zixu squinted his eyes and looked around, and said with a smile: "My master has a good memory, this is not the personal maid of the master who passed away earlier, she is called Ju, now With Feiyanggu..."

"It's Mo Ju!" Kangxi suddenly remembered, "Call her over!"

In fact, before calling, Mo Ju had already seen Kangxi, saw Kangxi beckoning, quickened his pace and came over, prostrated himself and saluted.Kangxi smiled and said: "Forget it, you have a problem with your leg, so you don't need to salute."

Mo Ju was originally the maid of the dead Queen Hesheli.In the 12th year of Kangxi, Yang Qilong had an incident, and the people in the palace rebelled. He was injured by a knife because of protecting the queen, and his leg became lame. Don't even think about it. Tell the master a word, the slave man has been back to Beijing for three days, and he wants to see the master!"

Kangxi laughed and said: "It's not bad to have a girl in the Qing Dynasty, Li Tieguai! I haven't seen you for a few years, and you are still the same - Feiyanggu will not come back, you should come in frequently anyway, to relieve Lafayette's boredom, Besides, the prince was sealed in your arms, so you don't miss him?"

"Master, this is what you call empathy, that's what you say!" Tears welled up in Mo Ju's eyes, but she clapped her hands and sighed: "It's just that the rules have become more and more serious in the past two years, and the new Sula eunuchs have grown up Dog eyes, unexpectedly impersonal! The slaves wanted to enter the Yuqing Palace several times to meet the young master, but they were blocked, what can I do?" Kangxi laughed and said: "Others can't, so can you also come in?" Mo Ju Said: "Master doesn't know, all the old people in the palace have been kicked out. Now the eunuchs of Su La who are around the young master are not born by others. I heard that even an honest person like Caiping was kicked out a while ago." Went to the laundry room, Zhang Wanqiang came out to intercede, so he asked Jing Shifang to go back..."

Mo Ju managed to meet Kangxi, she was always outspoken, so she couldn't hold back and came out.After Kangxi handed over the authority of Da Nei to Mingzhu, he thought that everything was in order, but unexpectedly, his face changed color.

(End of this chapter)