Yinzhen glanced at everyone, and when he landed on Ji Ling's face, he saw Ji Ling standing up with Qixi's support.
Today she wore a light pink robe, with a pale green Bo Yuanbao stitch embroidery pattern on the neckline of the same color, and a pink gemstone hairpin stuck diagonally in her bun, which was gentle and cute.
He stared at Ji Ling for a moment and did not look away for a moment.
Among the concubines, some boldly raised their heads and looked at the emperor, and then they all followed his gaze and glanced sideways at Mr. Ji.
Ji Ling also raised his head at this time and saw Yinzhen looking at him with a smile in his eyes.
She couldn't help but grinned at him and smiled.
When Yinzhen saw many people paying attention to Ji Ling, he turned away.
He was in a good mood today. He raised his hands slightly and smiled at everyone: "For the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, I was delayed for a while on my way back from worshiping the moon at the Moon Altar. Fortunately, I was admiring the moon, so it didn't matter even if it was late at night.
Don’t be restrained, everyone, it would be nice to be more lively today!”
As he spoke, he turned his head behind him and called, "You two, come here."
Ji Ling followed everyone's gaze.
Behind the emperor, two boys of twelve or thirteen years old came out.
Both children have not yet grown up in stature, and their faces are still childish. The one in front is slightly taller, has a fair complexion, and has a handsome face.
The other boy lagging behind, although his facial features are not as outstanding as the one in front, his eyes are clear and bright, dark and dark with a hint of intelligence, his forehead is full, his face is round, and his whole face has a look of happiness.
Both boys wore fine summer thin black satin hats on their heads, and their clothes were extremely luxurious.
Ji Ling's eyes fell on the yellow belts on their waists, and he realized: Yellow belts...yellow belts...these are two little brothers!
The third elder brother Hongshi was not at this age of twelve or thirteen, he was already an adult.
Moreover, according to the rules of the palace, an adult prince must stay away from his concubines.
So these two children should be... Hongli and Hongzhou?
I saw that the taller boy had already stepped forward, saluted to Uranala, and said clearly and clearly: "My son, please send your regards to the Emperor's mother, may the Emperor's mother be blessed!"
Ulanara's face was full of gentle smile, and his eyes moved: "Hong Zhou, I haven't seen you for a while, you have grown taller again! What have you done these days? Tell your emperor Ama and Huang Eniang.
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Sure enough, this is the fifth elder brother Hong Zhou, the baby of Concubine Yu.
Before Hong Zhou spoke, Ji Ling couldn't help but turned to look at Concubine Yu, and saw her clenching the handkerchief in her hand, her eyes gleaming eagerly, looking at Hong Zhou expectantly and nervously.
Zhou seemed to be hoping that he would have a brilliant answer, but was also afraid that his answer would be too brilliant and attract attention.
Ji Ling looked at Hong Zhou carefully - strangely, this child looked nothing like Yu Fei.
Yufei has a strong build, broad shoulders, round cheeks, and single-lidded eyes, which are slightly small.
Although she painted her eyebrows very hard, her curved eyebrows were raised high, which further widened the distance between her eyebrows and her eyes. It seemed that her eyes were not focused enough, and she always looked innocent and frightened.
Hong Zhou, on the other hand, has a clear face and a pair of handsome eyes that shine brightly.
Although he is still young now, his bones are there. Ji Ling puts on a lot of makeup for her friends. As a semi-professional makeup girl, she can tell at a glance - this boy will look good when he grows up!
I don’t know how many little girls’ youth will be delayed by then.
Yinzhen said: "Hongzhou, Huang Ama hasn't considered your knowledge for a while. Tell me, what has the master been teaching you these days?"
After Ji Ling heard this, he thought of some introductions he had read about the growth experiences of the princes of the Qing Dynasty when he visited the Forbidden City.
During the Qing Dynasty, as soon as a prince was born, he had to be handed over to a wet nurse.
If the prince's biological mother is below the rank of concubine, she is absolutely not qualified to raise the prince herself.
As for concubines and above, even if they are queens, the so-called "nurturing" only means they have more opportunities to see their children and the rules are looser.
The elder brother must live in the palace until he reaches adulthood.
But this elder brother is not in the inner palace - that is to say, after the inner palace door is closed at night, the elder brothers are in the outer palace and cannot see the emperor and his mother.
There is only one fundamental reason behind doing this - alienating the prince and his biological mother is conducive to preventing the harem from interfering in politics and the threats posed by foreign relatives.
Therefore, although the elder brothers were born as the proud sons of heaven, in fact, compared with the children of ordinary people, the family relationship between mother and child was completely severed.
There are many rules and etiquette in the palace. When a baby is born, a super butler-style service team composed of forty minions immediately takes over. Any problems will be reported to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for resolution.
These slaves were carefully selected - eight nannies responsible for daily living and eight wet nurses responsible for feeding.
In addition, there are sewing masters who are responsible for making clothes, master washers who are responsible for washing clothes, masters who are responsible for lighting at night, masters who are responsible for cooking and cooking, etc.
When the princes reached the age of six, they had to learn lessons. During the Kangxi Dynasty, the princes still studied separately. When Yinzhen came to the throne, he simply set up a study room in the palace, which is what later generations said.
"Go to the study room", gathering the princes together to study.
Regardless of the severe cold or heat, the princes had to get up at three o'clock every night to go to the study room.
There are three hundred and sixty-five days in a day, and only these five days can be taken off: Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, the emperor's birthday, and the prince's own birthday.
Other times, I have to get up at three o'clock in the night to read and read until lunch.
They couldn't take a break after lunch and had to continue reading. They couldn't get up until three o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, Shuda, who was training them in riding and shooting skills, was already waiting at the school ground...
When Ji Ling thought of this, he felt that being an elder brother was really miserable!
It is enough to be both civil and military. In addition, there are many palace etiquettes, and the speech and behavior are all exquisite, so as to train the princes to be graceful and generous.
Even what I said to my biological mother, how I said it, and how many words I said were all very particular.
Therefore, the brothers cherish the opportunity to meet their biological mother, because the time spent together is really precious.
Ji Ling understood: This is why Concubine Yu attended every banquet in the palace, but it was not until today that she saw Hong Zhou for the first time.
At this time, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Hong Zhou saw Huang Ama considering his knowledge. It happened that today was a holiday, so the master only left homework for them and did not supervise the reading. He was rarely idle for a long time.
A trace of hesitation flashed across Hong Zhou's face, and he prevaricated: "My lord... My lord, I learned today..."
He picked up some important books that he had learned a while ago and told them - but it was a coincidence that Yinzhen had only asked their master a few days ago.
When he heard what Hong Zhou said, he didn't expose it. He just smiled, paused, patted Hong Zhou on the shoulder, narrowed his eyes, and then looked at him, saying meaningfully: "I don't care about favors."
Before others, your virtues should not be left behind by others. Hong Zhou, you should also be careful in your spare time!"
Hong Zhou was worried at first, but when he heard Huang Ama say this, he knew that he had already understood everything.
He felt the blood all over his body rushing to his ears, and his face suddenly felt hot.
Hong Zhou knelt down, lowered his head and said loudly: "I am ashamed of myself, I should be punished!"
Seeing this, Uranala glanced at him and immediately said with a smile: "You are so sincere. Your Majesty just asked a few questions about your homework, and I didn't blame you for anything. You are so reserved! Get up quickly. It's a holiday today, Your Majesty.
As I just said, everyone doesn’t need to be restrained, it just needs to be more lively!”