On this day, Jinxi and Yinzhen stayed at Ulanala Mansion until the palace gate was about to close, and then hurried to the palace.
Sitting on the carriage, Jin Xi couldn't help but joked: "There are more and more topics between you and Amma!" Since lunch, the husband and wife hid in the main study and stayed there until she
I went to urge Yinzhen to return to the palace, and then ended the chat. I don’t know where they got so much to talk about.
"Heh... can't I give you more time to chat with your mother?" Yinzhen reached out and brushed away the thin hair that fell from her ears, and explained with a smile: "Your mother is worried about Qi Chen. No, last time
Let me send a trustworthy person to deliver a message to him, he is asking me about the situation today."
"Oral news? Could it be that the second brother still wants to stay in the frontier for the rest of his life? I don't want to think that the second sister-in-law will still study business hard in Jiangnan in the future, looking forward to his coming back to get married." Jinxi sighed helplessly.
"You know the inside story of this matter, but your second brother doesn't. I guess you are still complaining about your snobbery." Yinzhen looked at her with a smile and couldn't help but rub the top of her hair, looking at her protesting eyes
He stepped down, retracted his hand, and said with a chuckle: "Don't be upset. I have sent Mang Yi to the front line a long time ago. Because it involves Luo Rong's true identity, your Amma and I are not worried about others going there, Qi
The members of the writing team have all been on missions recently, and it happened that Mang Yi came back to Beijing to resume his duties, so I asked him to go to Moxi."
"Nang Yi? Wait, he's coming back to visit Si Fan, right? On the day of my eldest brother's wedding, Si Fan came to the house to help my mother-in-law. Unexpectedly, I accidentally sprained my ankle. It has not recovered yet.
." When Jin Xi heard that the person Yinzhen sent to Moxi to deliver the message was Mang Yi, and thought of Si Fan whose foot injury had not healed, he couldn't help but speculate. Finally, he clapped his hands in surprise, "Haha, Yin
Zhen, maybe they can really succeed..."
"Yes, yes, it's thanks to a little matchmaker like you, otherwise they would have no choice but to fight bachelors." Yinzhen joked with a smile.
When Jinxi heard this, she quickly emphasized: "Matchmaker! It's a matchmaker! What kind of matchmaker... It's ugly..."
"Aren't they all the same?" Yinzhen continued to tease her with a smile.
"Of course it's different." Jin Xi muttered.
The word matchmaker made her think of the women in her previous life who always liked to drag her mother along and clamored to be matchmakers for her. After being forced by her mother to have sex again and again, she finally discovered that the "elites from all walks of life" who went to appointments were useless.
First of all, it was not blown up by them. Therefore, in Jinxi's ears, the word matchmaker was undoubtedly the same as those of pimps. They were all exaggerated words as much as possible.
As I recall, the carriage has already entered Xihua Gate and is heading towards their small home, Nansuo.
"Speaking of which, it is already June 19th. In a few days, Emperor Ama will definitely leave the palace to escape the summer heat. As usual, I am always on the list, and this year will definitely be no exception. You should prepare as soon as possible.
It is very possible that we will go together." Yinzhen thought of this and reminded him in advance.
When he heard that he would be lucky enough to go with him to spend the summer, Jinxi nodded repeatedly. But he thought that the Chengde Mountain Resort had not yet been built, so he asked doubtfully: "Where did Huang Ama go to spend the summer in previous years?"
"In the past few years, we basically went outside the Great Wall. However, the Rehe Palace is already under construction. When the small palace in Xiangshan is completed and the Forbidden Garden in Xiaotangshan is opened and renovated, the Rehe Palace will also be put on the schedule."
Come on, the Ministry of Industry is really busy right now. A group of people are working on developing new Western weapons, hoping to show them in time for the next military parade, while another group of people are working non-stop to build palaces and annexes..."
"From this point of view, Huang Ama is indeed an emperor who combines work and rest. You see, he is busy and busy, and he enjoys almost everything in life. But you... I remember that Emperor Yongzheng was young in history.
He could have died of sudden death... Now seeing how busy you are getting up early and working in the dark, I'm really worried..."
Seeing that the carriage had slowed down, Jinxi knew that Nan Suo had arrived. She stopped her unfinished chatter, but did not forget the necessary reminders. She patted Yinzhen on the shoulder and said sternly: "Although I know you
I have been mentally prepared for these. However, I still have to say something, Yinzhen, our life can be said to be stolen luck. Some things cannot be saved by your own efforts. As long as you are worthy
Just be kind to the conscience of heaven and earth, don’t force yourself too much...if you don’t tell yourself the pain, what should be developed should be developed, and history will still proceed on its own track..."
The reason why she said this is because Yinzhen is spending more and more energy on official duties. If this continues, the end of history may really come true.
Yinzhen pressed a kiss on her forehead and responded softly: "Don't worry, I know everything in my heart. But you, you have been running away from your parents' house recently, and you are worried about Xiao Yu. You haven't had a rest for a long time, so you can take advantage of the opportunity."
Take your time before preparing to escape the summer heat."
The young couple finished exhorting each other affectionately, got off the carriage, and ordered their servants to move the return gift from Jinxi's family into the warehouse.
I whetted my appetite and ate a lot of gourmet dishes with black truffle as condiment. I didn’t have much appetite at the moment, so I just waited until later to eat a bowl of assorted noodles.
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On June 24th, the list of people traveling outside the Great Wall for summer vacation finally came down. As expected, Yinzhen was on the list, and Jinxi, as the fourth prince, Fujin, also had to accompany him. In addition to Yinzhen, the princes and elder brothers who were traveling with him also had their eldest brother.
, the third elder brother, the fifth elder brother, the ninth elder brother, as for the prince, this time he was appointed by Kangxi and was stationed in the Forbidden City. With the assistance of the ministers of the two dynasties, he performed the duties of supervising the country.
So Jinxi, who was in a very good mood, packed her luggage and felt extremely happy.
When Yinzhen went down to court, Jinxi was sorting out the wardrobe while humming a little tune.
"What are you so happy about?" Yinzhen opened the curtain and entered the room, waving his hand towards Jiangrui who was guarding the door, indicating that she did not need her service. Jiangrui respectfully left the bedroom, leaving the couple to face each other warmly.
"Aren't you happy that you don't need to go with the prince to escape the summer heat?" Jinxi smiled and stepped forward to greet Yinzhen. He took off his court clothes and put them on ordinary clothes. He also gave him a warm wet wipe and asked him to wipe it.
Face it.
"Ha... you, don't be so happy in front of outsiders. The prince is still the master of the East Palace. Offending him will do us no good. On the contrary, it will make him have other thoughts towards us and hinder us.
Act." Yinzhen laughed.
"Of course I know this. I'm just happy in private at most." Jinxi glanced at him, suddenly remembered Concubine De's proposal in the morning, and asked worriedly: "The fourteenth brother is not on the list of people accompanying him, and E Niang wants to take him with him."
He went to Saishang to see the world, and you said this..."
"Eniang, what a nonsense. We can add or subtract the list at will. The reason why Huang Ama didn't include a few young people is also out of consideration for their safety. Although the scenery is good, there are also hidden dangers.
There are a lot of dangers... If Eniang really made this suggestion, she might even be disqualified from accompanying her as a driver." Yinzhen shook his head and sighed.
Since having Yinzhen, his biological mother seems to have changed in this life. She never leaves Yinzhen in anything she does or says, and she even wants to take Yinzhen with her in person. But Yinzhen is the prince's elder brother.
She is not an insignificant palace maid or eunuch who can be replaced at will. The more she cares about her, the more she will spoil Yinzhen, and the more she will make Huang Ama disappointed in her... A mother-in-law who only thinks about the interests of her son in everything.
, what kind of son can you teach? No wonder the current fourteenth brother is so arrogant and domineering. Even his sixteenth brother Yinlu, who is a few years younger than him, is much more sensible than him.
"Eniang also asked me to ask you, does it mean that I want you to convince Huang Ama? Alas, Eniang, why didn't she think about it... The palms and backs of these hands are full of flesh. The fourteenth brother is his son. Could it be
Aren't you?" Jin Xi felt a little aggrieved for Yinzhen.
It doesn't matter to Yinzhen. Firstly, he has memories of thirty years in his previous life, and his adult soul makes him not care so much. Secondly, he has been raised in the late Qing Dynasty for most of the fifteen years since he came to the Qing Dynasty.
In the name of Empress Tong, there is indeed a lot less connection with her biological mother, Concubine De. Perhaps because of this, Concubine De poured her love into Yinzhen, whom she raised with her own hands, after having her youngest son.
Therefore, he does not blame her, nor does he think there is anything wrong with her doting on her fourteenth brother. However, if the doting in private goes against the emperor's personal will, he should stop it...
"I will explain this matter to E Niang myself, so don't make it difficult for me. I will leave on the first day of next month and will not return to Beijing until early August. It will be the Mid-Autumn Festival when I come back. Why don't you first send all the information about the palaces and your natal family?
Have you prepared the Mid-Autumn Festival gifts? So that you don’t have to rush when you come back..." Yinzhen suggested as he glanced at the warehouse account book on the table that Xihe had just presented.
Jinxi naturally agreed. After sorting out the clothes, shoes and socks that the two of them would use for the trip, they looked through the warehouse account books and carefully calculated the gifts that needed to be sent to various palaces and mansions during the Mid-Autumn Festival this year.
Yinzhen accompanied her, made several good suggestions, drank the tea in the cup, and planned to go to Yonghe Palace.
The two made an appointment to meet at lunch, and then went about their own business.
After seeing off Yinzhen, Jinxi had just picked up a pen to draft a few gift lists when she suddenly felt a dampness in her lower body. She froze on the chair for a long time, and then she realized that her "eldest aunt" was visiting.
It has been almost a year since the onset of menarche. You know, in the past few years in the Qing Dynasty, there were no visits from her aunt three to five days a month. She had almost forgotten what she had to endure as a woman.
Son.
Fortunately, before the wedding, when menarche had just arrived, she had asked Chuto to start launching a women's hygiene product called "Cotton Baby" at the "Xunfang Fabric Museum".
This kind of cotton sanitary napkin, which is different from the silk and cotton strips used by ordinary aristocratic women, is based on a World War I movie that Jinxi watched in modern times. In it, a French nurse used medicinal bandages and gauze to make the world's first disposable
style cotton sanitary napkin.
After appropriate improvement, Jinxi used fine cotton gauze and cotton batting to sew a very similar sanitary napkin. The water absorption and anti-leakage effect are much better than the silk cotton strips commonly used by the ladies of the Qing Dynasty. Generally, the menstrual volume
For women, just change two or three tablets a day. Therefore, the convenient and easy-to-use "cotton baby" has achieved great results once it is promoted.
Of course, for women from poor families, it is quite a luxury to use disposable sanitary napkins every time they have their period.
Therefore, this time the "Memorial" went to sea, Jinxi also gave Locke a task, which was to find a material that could replace cotton yarn. Maybe someone in Europe has already invented this material, but it has not been taken seriously yet.
If you start early, maybe this patent will be exclusive to the Qing Dynasty. (To be continued)