Yin narrowed his eyes, pointed at the enclosure and said, "What's going on?"
Su Peisheng only glanced at it, then turned around and immediately brought a young eunuch to take a look. After a while, the person came back and said that he was the cooking clerk behind the Qianqing Palace. He was preparing meals and left a stove burner. It was dry and dry. , Mars appeared without paying attention.
Yin stared at him and felt a little itchy after hearing what he said.
He raised his chin and said in a cold voice: "Go and tell the servant on duty that you must take precautions against everything. In the palace, you must be careful, and be careful!"
Su Peisheng was beside him. Looking at the emperor's face, he knew that he must have thought about the incident in the previous dynasty.
In the eighteenth year of Kangxi's reign, an unprecedented fire burned in the Hall of Supreme Harmony due to the negligence of the eunuch on duty in the imperial dining room. The fire was so intense that it was frightening.
The fire took advantage of the wind, and the Jinluan Hall was turned into scorched earth in an instant. The person in charge of the imperial kitchen and the eunuch involved were hanged.
In that year, Wu Sangui rebelled, and the fire in the Hall of Supreme Harmony made things even more ominous, and Emperor Long Yan of Kangxi was furious.
At that time, Yin was still in his infancy.
This matter was also told by Empress Xiao Yiren in private when he grew up later.
It was not until he was twenty years old, that is, in the thirty-sixth year of Kangxi's reign, that the Hall of Supreme Harmony was rebuilt on the ruins.
This incident left a deep impression on Yin. After he came to the throne, although he had many things to do, he never paid less attention to the fire prevention of the Forbidden City, whether it was the gold-plated copper cylinders in the three main halls or the iron cylinders that can be seen everywhere in the East and West Palaces. , filled with water inside, just for emergencies.
After Yin finished giving the order to the young eunuch, he raised his head and frowned at the eaves of the enclosed room for a while. Still uneasy, he turned around and ordered Su Peisheng: "Immediately pass my order to the Office of Internal Affairs to build the Rijing Gate of the Qianqing Palace. The enclosed houses in the Yuehuamen area...
He pondered for a moment, touched his waist, and immediately changed his words: "No, I will change all the eaves in the palace that are close to cooking expenses into wind and fire eaves! To show caution and take precautions before they happen!"
The so-called wind and fire eaves are also called sealing eaves in the Forbidden City.
This is a kind of protection for the beam head, so that the wood will not be directly exposed to the outside. In this way, even if sparks float in the house while cooking and fall on the eaves, there will be no danger of fire.
Su Peisheng agreed repeatedly, beckoned for Xiao Chenzi to wait on him, and then turned around and left.
Just when Xiao Chenzi was carried to the side of the emperor, Yin saw something was wrong again. He frowned and asked coldly: "Where are the fire squads in this area?"
The fire squad is a team dedicated to preventing fires in the Forbidden City. According to modern concepts, it is almost equivalent to the fire brigade. It includes infantry, armored men, Sura, etc.
There are about 100 people in a fire squad, and the duty changes every day.
Xiao Chenzi was speechless for a moment, hesitating and unable to answer, and almost sweating.
Fortunately, Yin flicked his sleeves and strode forward. Without looking back, he said: "The guard of the fire squad of Qianqing Gate has been found. Let him come to Yangxin Hall immediately!"
Arriving at the Yangxin Hall, Yin sat in the Nuange study room. Two ice buckets in the corner of the pavilion were steaming out.
After a while, he held a cup of hot tea in his left hand, held an imperial pen in his right hand, and stared at a pile of folders to be processed.
After a cup of tea, Su Peisheng rushed back out of breath to wait on the emperor who asked him to deliver the order, but he would not really run far away. Halfway through, he had already waved his sleeves and grabbed someone, rolling and crawling to take his place. It would be a great honor to be able to work for Eunuch Su.
The emperor can't live without Su Peisheng!
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After an unknown amount of time, the sky was finally darkened with black. Yin watched the palace people lighting up lamps and candles silently in the pavilion. Suddenly something occurred to him and he asked, "How is your visit to your mother's house today, noble lady?"
This is a question for those who serve in the palace.
As soon as the palace man woke up, he immediately said cautiously: "To return to the emperor, Madam Ji left the palace in the afternoon. Madam accompanied Mr. Ji to have lunch, and she feels much better now!"
Yin snorted and thought to himself: Except for the first few days when she was injured, when was she not in good spirits on weekdays?
He lowered his head, thinking about Ji Ling. Zhezi couldn't stand it anymore, so he stood up and walked out. When he passed by Su Peisheng, he ordered: "Go to Yanxi Hall."
After walking through the corridor and arriving at the entrance of Yanxi Hall, the maids knelt down and saluted from a distance.
Yin walked in, and Su Peisheng followed suit and stopped in the front hall.
The maids opened the curtains layer by layer. Yin turned his head slightly and walked in. He saw Ji Ling walking slowly in the room around the table. When she saw Yin coming, she turned her head, stopped, and just bent her knees.
, Yin had already pulled her up.
He held her hand, walked to the table and sat down. He looked at her carefully up and down, and then said, "How are you today?"
Ji Ling knew that Fourth Master was asking her: How does it feel when your mother comes?
In fact, if she were asked to use one word to describe today's interview, then there is one word that is most suitable: "awkward chat."
Awkward chat...really awkward!
Carrying the false shell of someone else's daughter, listening to Mrs. Ji's various instructions, especially being forced to pay six hundred taels of silver notes, six hundred taels is certainly not a small amount, but compared to the various rewards given to her by Yin,
It pales in comparison.
You know, Fourth Master has never been stingy with her in the slightest.
But when Ji Ling saw Mrs. Ji dressed simply and even coldly, she felt a deep sense of guilt holding the money.
Of course Yin didn't know what Ji Ling was thinking, but she suddenly stopped talking, looking thoughtful and a little depressed.
Yin was startled, and naturally interpreted the frustration on Ji Ling's face as "sadness".
Yes, the maternal family entered the palace for a long time and then left the palace again.
Missing your loved ones is as much as missing them when you don’t see them, and it’s hard to say goodbye when we meet. How can Lingling not feel sad?
Yin stretched out his arms to hug Ji Ling and held her in his arms, avoiding her injured arm.
He gently held her shoulders, breathed a sigh of relief, and comforted her: "It doesn't matter, there are many opportunities! I can't make it clearer to the queen: as long as you want to see your mother's family, you can submit an application to Kunning Palace at any time, and I will do it for you."
permit!"
Ji Ling huddled in Yin's arms and was very moved when she heard these words, but she knew that Fourth Master had completely misunderstood.
After sitting quietly for a while, when Ji Ling usually had dinner, Qixi asked the emperor before letting in the eunuch from the imperial kitchen who was delivering the meal.
The dishes are still very light.
Although Daodao was beautifully made, Ji Ling looked at it with his eyes and felt that he was almost full.
It was rare for Yin to use two bowls of rice in a row.
He put down the bowl and saw Ji Ling holding the chopsticks boredly, drawing pictures on the empty plate with a little honey juice. He shook his head slightly, scooped out a bowl of lotus root, lily and lotus seed soup for her, pointed to his life and said: "I
I won’t force you much, just drink this bowl of soup obediently.”