The Taiji Hall was brightly lit, and the banquet had just begun. When Wen Xi arrived, the hall was full of people, and it seemed that everyone was already here. Wen Xi's instructions to the Sixth Palace were always scheduled for three o'clock in the hour, but now it has passed the scheduled time.
.
Everyone bowed in turn, and Wen Xi asked them to take their seats according to their status.
It's just that Kangxi didn't come. It's not a big deal for a distinguished person to be late on such an occasion. Wen Xi told Xiaoluzi: "Go to Yangxin Hall and see if the emperor is coming tonight." As usual, the emperor also needed such a big banquet.
Appearing.
Wen Xi's eyes swept over the concubines. Today, nobles can also participate, so there are many more faces. Although they look familiar, many of them are not named by Wen Xi. As nobles, they are only in the fifth grade.
One of the lowest-ranking concubines, unlike the four concubines and the six concubines who all have a fixed number that cannot be exceeded easily. The noble can be canonized as many as he wants.
Scanning the area where the Sixth Concubine was seated, Wen Xi frowned suddenly and said, "Why hasn't Mrs. Wang come yet?"
Concubine Cheng stood up from the seat of the head concubine and said: "Go back to the master, my concubine has sent people to various palaces to invite you before the banquet started. I just saw that my concubine did not show up, so I have sent people to invite you. It's just..."
.." Although the concubine's Yonghe Palace is a bit far away from the Taiji Palace, it has been so late... Concubine Cheng couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied.
The fourteenth elder brother Yinzhen, who was sitting in the middle and back position in the prince's seat area arranged according to his title, stood up and said in a high-spirited tone: "The queen is very beautiful, and I have been feeling unwell in recent days, so I asked my son to tell me on my behalf."
"Tell me?!" Wen Xi savored these two words carefully, which meant that the concubine was just asking her son to inform Wen Xi that she was not coming!
The smile on Wen Xi's face gradually turned cold, and she said to Concubine Cheng: "I haven't restrained my concubines for a long time, why are they all so ignorant of the rules?" Wen Xi's tone was gentle, but it contained guilt.
mean.
She became a concubine. There was a disdainful smile on her face: "My mistress has always been kind, but it is inevitable that some concubines are even more ignorant of etiquette! My mistress had informed the Sixth Palace as early as the morning that if you were feeling unwell, you should send her away early."
If someone comes to plead guilty, please retreat!" Concubine Cheng's eyes swept over the face of the already angry Fourteenth Prince, "You think so, Prince Xun?!"
The fourteenth elder brother said with a proud face: "Eniang has indeed been unwell for a long time. It was only when I went to pay my respects before the banquet that my condition suddenly worsened. If the concubine has any questions, you can ask her
Imperial physician!"
Concubine Cheng immediately lost her composure. She had been in charge of the harem for many years and had a vague status as the first concubine under the queen. How had she ever been so disrespected by a junior?!
Wen Xi said with a cold face: "It seems that my concubine is really very ill! Then there is no need to show up for any big banquets or New Year's holidays in the future! Stay in Yonghe Palace to recuperate, and no one will do it without the decree of this palace and the emperor."
No one is allowed to come in or out of Yonghe Palace!"
"The Empress!" Fourteenth Prince Yinzhen couldn't bear it any longer. He hurriedly came out and said, "The Empress has nothing wrong with her. Why does the Empress seal the palace?!" No one is allowed to visit, and no one is allowed to enter or exit the palace.
What's the benefit?
Wen Xi sneered, with a few wisps of cool sneer at the corners of her lips: "I am also doing this for my concubine's good. I have been ill for so long, and not only am I not getting better, but I am getting worse! Not to mention that I have tuberculosis. Not only does it make me sick after I come out,
The condition is getting worse. What if it’s infected?”
"Eniang doesn't have tuberculosis, it's just an ordinary cold!" Yinzhen defended hurriedly and fiercely.
Wen Xi's face didn't change, and she said slowly: "If it's cold, why haven't we seen each other for so long?" Wen Xi originally thought that the concubine knew the shame and didn't go out, but she didn't expect that today she wanted to give her, the queen, a showdown! In this case.
If you don’t want to go out, never go out again!
"Empress -" Yinzhen was about to defend again, but Wen Xi immediately interrupted him coldly: "And since I am the middle palace, the affairs of the harem are naturally decided by me, and even the emperor will not interfere with my management of the harem!
How come the Fourteenth Brother has more lenient control than the Emperor?!"
"I -" Yinzhen was suddenly forced to blush, but Wen Xi's last words could not be refuted by anyone! If he refuted it, it would not only be unfilial, but also coveting the throne. Yinzhen's face turned red
Gradually, he said, "My son, I just reported E Niang's condition according to the facts. I also asked the empress to give me a clear warning! At least I summoned the imperial doctor..."
"No need!" Wen Ru's tone was indifferent and cold, "I am free to regulate the affairs of the harem. You, a prince who has been separated from the palace, really shouldn't ask about it! And you are disrespectful to Concubine Cheng today.
Later, you disrespected me because you have been a close concubine for many years and have failed to educate your son! I did not ask her about her crime, but allowed her to rest in seclusion. Brother Fourteen, you should be grateful!"
Wen Xi did this in front of many concubines and the prince and grandson Fujin, without giving any face to the newly crowned prince. Every sentence pointed at the key points of the fourteenth prince's "disloyalty and unfilial piety" and punished him.
The criticism was complete in public. Several other princes looked at their fourteenth brother (fourteenth brother) with a playful look.
At this time, Yinzhen was biting a piece of pastry in his mouth and said sideways, "Brother Fourteen, my empress asked you to thank you! Could it be that Brother Fourteen is deaf?"
As soon as he said this, everyone in the palace suddenly showed a look of ridicule on their faces - except for the iceberg-faced Prince Yong.
Yinzhen's face was completely gone, his face was purple and ugly, and the fists under his sleeves clenched loudly. He almost said the words through gritted teeth: "Thank you, the emperor, the empress, mother, mother,
grace!"
"Brother Fourteen is wrong!" Yinzhen said loudly with a smile, "The Queen is not only Brother Sixteen and I, but also the Queen of Seventeenth Brother, and she is also the legitimate mother of the prince. Could it be that Brother Fourteen doesn't think so?
Or is he dissatisfied with Emperor Ama’s appointment of my mother as the middle palace?!”
If Wen Xi gets angry, his harsh words can drive people to the point of being speechless. Yinzhen is Wen Xi's son, so naturally he is not bad in this regard!
Indeed, Wen Xi is the queen and the legitimate mother of all princes. Regardless of whether you are born to the queen or not, you must be respectfully called "Emperor's Mother", otherwise it will be suspected of being unfilial. Since Wen Xi was established as the queen, everyone except Yin Xi
Reng, the fourteenth elder brother, and other princes have all changed their words, and they are all respectful and courteous when they meet. The fourteenth elder brother's unruliness seems to be three points better than that of the former prince!
At this moment, Yinzhen was blocked and had an ugly look on his face. Wen Xi was indifferent to this, and his tone was neither salty nor cool: "I am not so lucky! The fourteenth elder brother only works as a concubine.
Son, it's too late for me to be happy!" She is just the nominal aunt of the princes. You are willing to ask Wenxi to listen, but are not willing to ask you to pull her down. Especially for someone like the fourteenth prince, Wenxi can't wait for him.
Don't scream! Otherwise, I won't feel comfortable hearing it.
Yinzhen hurriedly bent over and said, "I don't dare!" He naturally took the queen's words as irony.
At this time, Xiao Luzi also came back from the Yangxin Hall. Ma Liu trotted to Wen Xi's side. He bowed his body and said: "Master, your Majesty, the emperor suddenly felt unwell and said that he will not come today. Please host the celebration banquet."
Wen Xi gave a faint hum. On such an occasion, it would be disrespectful for the concubine not to come. Wen Xi would have reason to punish her. If Kangxi did not come, it would be true.
Xiao Luzi added: "The capitals of several imperial hospitals are in the Yangxin Hall."
Wen Xi frowned, and it seemed that Kangxi was really unwell. It was not like a close concubine, and she was definitely not pretending. Thinking like this, Wen Xi became more and more uneasy, and she said to the concubines: "I
I'm too drunk to drink, so I'm going back to the palace first!"
"Congratulations to the Queen!" Wen Xi waved her sleeves and left. I was afraid that everyone would think that the Queen was angry with Prince Xun.
In the Yangxin Hall, as Xiao Luzi said, there are several imperial doctors with the most superb medical skills in the Imperial Hospital: Imperial Physician Gao, Imperial Physician Xu, Imperial Physician Qin, etc. They are all old physicians who are over fifty years old.
Wen Xi saw Kangxi lying on the dragon couch in the palace, frowning deeply. His eyes were so painful that he couldn't open them, and his face was abnormally pale, "What's wrong with the emperor?"
Kangxi opened his eyes slightly, his brows furrowed into the character "Chuan" in pain, "It's an old problem——"
Kangxi said this, and Wen Xi also understood. An old problem inherent to people who have been working hard all year round is cervical spondylosis, which causes headaches due to the compression of cerebral blood vessels by the cervical spine. Wen Xi hurriedly took off the sharp armor on her hands and handed it to Zhu.
He kept it with his son, so he sat sideways on the Kangxi dragon couch. His hands fell on his temples, slowly rotating and rubbing them.
Kangxi took a long breath, which seemed to relieve some pain, "Why are you here so quickly?"
Wen Xi rubbed it and said, "It's just a celebration banquet. Just let them enjoy themselves. Anyway, I don't have the intention to stay in Tai Chi Hall."
Kangxi suddenly held Wen Xi's hand and said, "Now that you are here, I feel much better."
The gentle hand paused slightly and said: "I have been busy with paperwork all year round. It's time for the Emperor to take a good rest."
Kangxi hummed softly, slowly opened his eyes, looked at Wen Xi softly and said, "Come on, I will finish the remaining messy things in the past few months." He took a deep breath.
In one breath, "What kind of fragrance do you have? It smells so good."
Wen Xi smiled and said: "It's just an ordinary plum blossom fragrance." It's just grinding the petals and pollen of iron-bone red plums and green-calyx plums in the space, and blending it with mint, borneol, agarwood and other spices to diffuse it.
It's just a fragrance for clothes. Naturally, it smells very refreshing, and it also has a certain effect on relieving pain.
Kangxi took two breaths and said: "Smells Gaohua Qingyuan, it suits your temperament very well. I will use this fragrance from now on!"
With a soft smile, Wen Xi nodded and said, "Okay."
Li Dequan took the opportunity to bring some decoction and candied fruits to the table. Although Kangxi was not afraid of the bitterness, he frowned slightly when he looked at the dark concoction. Kangxi was not a person who avoided medical treatment. Even though he knew that the medicine was very bitter, he still frowned.
Drink slowly. In the sixty years since Kangxi ruled the world, he has never bowed his head to anyone. But now he is in pain and has to succumb to the bitter medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor.
Wen Xi smiled and ordered: "Li Dequan, go and make a cup of honey water."
Li Dequan bent down and said, "It has been prepared for a long time!" After saying that, he picked up the tea cup filled with honey water from the red sandalwood tray held by the eunuch Xiao Tang behind him, and handed it to Wen Xi.
Wen Xi opened the lid of the cup, looked inside with her little finger, poured a small amount of spiritual spring water, and then handed it to Kangxi.
Kangxi was so bitter that the concoction made his stomach uneasy, so he drank the honey water in large gulps. After a few gulps, he drank the honey water and said, "Today's honey water is particularly sweet!"
Wen Xi pursed her lips and said, "It's the emperor who is so bitter. Only when your mouth is bitter to the point of extreme bitterness, will sweet things taste particularly good!"
Kangxi laughed and said: "This can be called the end of all hardships and the joy of it!"
It can also be said to be joy in suffering, Wen Ru secretly said in her heart. (To be continued...)
ps: Hua Wushuang's "Pastoral Flower Wedding":
A strong business woman has no choice but to travel through time and become a poor peasant girl. Oh my god, what kind of life is she living like this? She doesn’t have enough to eat, she doesn’t have warm clothes to wear, her uncle marries a wife, her grandpa marries a daughter, and she can’t even make money? Not even a bowl of rice and half a plate of custard.
A kind of luxury! Don’t panic, let’s see how the heroine farms, makes wine, and leads the family to a well-off life!