Guarjia was pregnant and her daughter was about to give birth. Kangxi was naturally overjoyed and chattered to Wenxi every day: "Now, one of us should be a legitimate grandson, right?"
Wen Xi listened to such words every day, and her ears almost became calluses! But Kangxi finally nagged her about her legitimate grandson. At the end of the year, Bi'er gave birth to Yinli's eldest son. After the full moon, Kangxi named the child
Hongzhao. Zhao, also known as Riming, is an excellent word. Unfortunately, the child was born with some bad luck. I originally wanted to celebrate the full moon and celebrate it, but I didn't expect that the child only lived for less than three months and died in infancy.
Bi'er was so sad that she cried every day. But at this time, one of Yinli's concubines, Meng, was pregnant...
When Bi'er entered the palace to pay her respects, her face lost its usual joyful look, her eyebrows were filled with sadness, and her expression became even more gloomy. With a big belly, Guarjia held Bi'er's hand and said something nice.
He comforted: "Meng's family is of humble origin. When she gives birth, you can just take her and raise her, just like Hongxian is under my knees!"
Xi'er forced a smile and said, "Sister-in-law said so."
Wen Xi vaguely remembered that this Meng family seemed to be the only show girl from the last talent show. Kangxi only rewarded this one to the Yinli Mansion.
Guarjia talked a lot, with a big belly, which was a bit preachy: "The most important thing for a legitimate wife and a married woman is to be virtuous! The seventeenth brother is famous for loving his legitimate wife, please forgive me.
That’s a bad thing to say. There’s already some criticism of my siblings outside! None of the concubines who have been in the Seventeenth Brother’s house for many years are pregnant. Others say that you are the second of the Eighth Fortunes..."
"Yilan!" Wenxi suddenly frowned and stopped her. How could Yinli's concubine not be pregnant? Wenxi knew it all too well. Wenxi treated her concubine very well. Guarjia didn't say it on the surface, but she inevitably complained in her heart.
, and more importantly, Yinli treats Wanbi much better than Yinlu treats Yilan. Yilan will inevitably become jealous. Now that she is pregnant, she loves to show off her belly! Wenxi also sees the discord between the sisters.
In the eyes.
If it had been another time, Wen Xi would have tried to persuade her to make peace, but now that Xi'er has lost her son and is grieving, she has to say these hurtful words. Isn't it just spreading salt on people's hearts?!
"Okay!" Wen Xi said with a straight face, "You are pregnant. There is no need to come into the palace every now and then. You can stay in the palace to raise the baby!"
Although Yilan was unwilling to do so, she did not dare to go against her mother-in-law, so she had to stand up and leave. Before leaving, she did not forget to teach Wanbi the attitude of a eldest sister-in-law: "Brothers and sisters, please be more open-minded!"
After sending Yilan away, Wen Xi hurriedly said calmly: "You don't need to take Yilan's words to heart."
Wan Bi smiled bitterly and said: "Don't worry, E Niang, Bi'er has thought about it for a long time. Meng is from a relatively well-off family among the concubines in the house. She has a good temperament and is in good health. My wife and I have discussed it.
Make her pregnant."
After hearing this, Wen Xi was stunned for a long time, "You and Yinli are still young and will have children in the future! Why bother..." As a woman who deeply loves her husband, she wants to push the other woman into the arms of her man.
How painful is this?
There was a hint of moisture in Wan Mei's eyes. "I and E Niang have doted on Xi'er all these years, and Xi'er cannot let me cut off the inheritance! My sister-in-law is right, the most important thing for a legitimate wife is to be virtuous!
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Unconsciously, Wen Xi's nose was sore, and she pulled Wan Bi's catkins, not knowing how to comfort her for a while.
Wan Bi hurriedly wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes with a silk handkerchief, and said with a smile: "Mom, don't worry about Bi'er! Bi'er is no longer the innocent and ignorant little girl before! As long as my heart for Bi'er remains unchanged, everything else will be fine.
You will be more open-minded!"
Wen Xi couldn't help but sigh, how could Yin Li have such a gentle and virtuous wife?! Wen Xi raised her hand to tuck the broken hair around her ears and said: "It is Yin Li's blessing to marry you!
I am also lucky to have you as my wife!"
Wanbi lowered her head and leaned on her warm arms, calling softly: "Eniang!"
In this era, women are weak. Whether you accept your fate or not, you have to make concessions. Even though Wanbi is the daughter of Duke Chengen, the niece of the queen, and has a prominent family background, she still has to be "tolerant and generous" to accommodate her concubines.
.Women are pitiful people, so Wen Xi cherishes Wanbi very much, but her life, her life, ultimately has to be lived by herself.
In the fifty-second year of Kangxi's reign, Prince Yong Yinzhen, who had meritorious service in the Qing Dynasty, was given a double salary as a prince by Kangxi, and became the most glorious person among the princes. His eldest son Honghui was granted the title of Baylor, making him the person with the highest title among the princes' grandsons.
At the same time, Kangxi also granted a marriage to Honghui Baylor and chose Wu Kuza, the daughter of the Shangsan Banner Guards Commander with a good background, as his direct descendant.
When Honghui got married, it was rare for Yinzhen to come back to Beijing. In these years, he followed Jingyi all over the world and could not come back more than a few times a year.
"Yinqi is not young anymore -" Kangxi said in a long tone: "You can choose two people in the room. I will point out a good fortune for him in the next draft!"
"Um..." The gentle eyes rolled, "Yinqi should not get married too early." Not to mention that Yinzhen is only thirteen years old, even if he gets married at twenty-three, it is not too late, not to mention that he himself has no money.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have attended Honghui's wedding and slipped away.
"Why?" Kangxi frowned a little unhappy when he saw the old brow.
"It is not suitable for a person who cultivates immortality to get married too early!" Wen Xi thought of a grand excuse for her son to deal with Kangxi's father's idea of marrying early.
A flash of anger flashed in Kangxi's eyes, and he asked in a long tone: "Did Shi Jingyi say that?!" When mentioning Jingyi, Kangxi's tone always contained a hint of anger. For the sake of his son's health, he had to
Kangxi was already deeply dissatisfied because his young son was not allowed to follow him around the world and delayed his studies for many years.
Wen Xi nodded, unashamedly blaming the reason on Jing Yi. Anyway, Jing Yi didn't care whether Kang Xi was happy or not.
"Humph!" Kangxi breathed out from his nostrils, as if smoke was coming out, "Shi Jing is a cunning and cunning person, how can you believe his words?! How can you delay Yinxuan's lifelong events for these flimsy reasons?!"
Wen Xi said with a serious face: "I would rather believe it than believe it, because I don't want to make fun of my son's future."
Although Kangxi's dissatisfaction with Jingyi deepened day by day, he couldn't help but hesitate a little after hearing what Wen Xi said. Yinxi was his biological son, so Kangxi naturally had to consider Yinxi. In this way, the matter of the marriage was settled.
No more regular schedule.
In the winter of this year, the Queen Mother was seriously ill and was very ill due to her old age. As a daughter-in-law, Wen Xi naturally had to wait on her with her clothes fully clothed. She ordered the princes Fu Jin to come to the palace and take turns to attend to her illness.
The layers of wrinkles on the Queen Mother's face showed her age. In fact, it was just a slight cold. If a young person had a strong body and took two doses of medicine, it would be cured. But when it fell on the Queen Mother, she has been ill on and off for almost two months.
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In the winter afternoon, Wen Xi personally served the Queen Mother to take the medicine. She said harmoniously: "The Queen Mother, please take a nap."
The Queen Mother strained her ears to listen to the sound of falling snow outside the palace, and then spoke slowly: "This year - it seems like it's snowing a lot?" Her tone was slow and questioning.
Wen Xi nodded and said: "Yes, the ice and snow outside are really beautiful. The auspicious snow heralds a good harvest, and the weather will be good in the coming year." Wen Xi picked up nice words to say to the Queen Mother. In the past two years, the Queen Mother's health was not good, but she did not pick Wen Xi anymore.
It's a problem. Wenxi doesn't mind being a filial daughter-in-law.
"Alas -" the Queen Mother sighed often and said: "Prince..." As soon as she said these two words, the Queen Mother immediately changed her words and said: "Second brother, are you okay?"
Wen Xi was stunned for a moment, and followed the direction her eyes were looking: directly south of Cining Palace, it seemed to be far across half of the Forbidden City, and that direction was the direction of Xian'an Palace. Xian'an Palace belonged to the former dynasty.
Naturally, Wenxi has never been involved in it. It has been more than two years since the prince was deposed for the second time, so Xian'an Palace is naturally not as good as Yuqing Palace.
Wen Xi considered the manuscript for a moment and said, "Second elder brother is still a prince after all. My wife's food, clothing, and food should be treated according to the prince's and elder brother's standards. I won't treat my second elder brother badly."
There was a faint smile on the Queen Mother's face, and her old hands covered the warm and slender fingers: "The Ai family knows that you are very broad-minded."
In the past, Wen Xi would have regarded these words as a polite comment from the Queen Mother, but today Wen Xi felt that the Queen Mother was speaking from the bottom of her heart. Although Yin Reng was no longer the Crown Prince, he was still the Queen Mother's direct grandson, and the Queen Mother liked her grandson.
In the early years, he paid more attention to Yin Reng, his direct grandson. Now even if he is deposed, it will not affect his weight in the heart of the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother's aging face was very tired, "The Ai family is really old, Yin Reng... The Ai family has been entrusted to you to take care of by Yin Reng!"
Wen Xi nodded seriously and said, "Don't worry, Queen Mother, my wife will not treat my second elder brother badly."
The Queen Mother hummed, gradually closed her eyes, and fell into a deep sleep. Wen Xi tucked the corners of her back for the Queen Mother, and looked at Xian'an Palace, which the Queen Mother had been looking at silently for a long time, and suddenly felt the urge to go and see it*
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So she told Wanbi, "You serve the Queen Mother for me, and I'll go out for a while."
Wanbi agreed softly and asked in a low voice: "Are you going to Xian'an Palace?"
Wen Xi nodded slightly, and Wan Bi hurriedly took the mink fur cloak hanging on the hanger wrapped with red lotus branches, put it on Wen Xi's shoulders with her own hands, and said: "It's cold outside, E Niang, don't freeze yourself."
Since Meng's death, Wanbi has become more and more familiar with the word "virtuous", her behavior has become more dignified, and her thoughts have become more delicate.
Outside Cining Gate, a warm sedan was waiting. It was the time when the wind and snow were blurring outside. The sky and the earth were completely white, and heavy snow like goose feathers rolled down. The shoes on the ground were already three inches below the bottom of the flowerpot.
Follow. Although it was only half a cup of tea from the Cining Palace dormitory to the Cining Palace gate, Wen Xi already felt that her thick clothes were almost blown through. In the season of thirty-nine days when dripping water turns into ice, I wonder if Xian'an Palace is
How does it look like?
Xiaoluzi helped Wenxi get on the foot warmer, and said in a deep voice to the eunuch carrying the sedan: "It's difficult to walk on the snowy road, please hold on tight!"
The warm feet were lifted up swayingly, and Wenxi sat in the sedan chair, listening to the whistling north wind outside, holding an octagonal hand stove with a purple and gold magpie in her hand, and her body gradually warmed up. (To be continued. If
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