Qixi walked to the courtyard and looked around everywhere, but couldn't find it. She asked some second-class maids who were doing work in the corner and said that Sister Bixue was in the maid's room on duty.
Qixi frowned and subconsciously looked for Yiquan in the yard, but couldn't find it.
Her heart sank, and she turned around and went to the palace maid's room.
When they arrived at the door, they saw that the door was ajar. Qixi pushed the door open and went in. Sure enough, she saw Bixue and Yiquan both inside. Bixue looked extremely ugly, as if she had just had a dispute.
Yiquan wasn't much better. She was still holding an iron in her hand, her face was flushed, and her chest was rising and falling.
Seeing Qixi coming in, Bixue immediately calmed down, while Yiquan turned her head.
Qixi just pretended not to see it, stood at the door, and said in a medium voice: "Bixue, the master is looking for you."
Bixue hurriedly walked out. When she passed the door, Qixi lowered the curtain, looked at Yiquan, sighed deeply, and then turned around.
As she walked, she whispered to Bixue: "What did I say to you a while ago? Are you confused again now?"
Qixi pursed her lips in the direction of Brother Sixth's Xinan Pavilion and said, "You are getting more and more confused now - the master's order is: Don't leave the wet nurse alone in the house to breastfeed Brother Six. Where are you?"
Bixue whispered: "I just went back to add some clothes."
Qixi stopped, grabbed her wrist and frowned: "Are you still arguing? The two young masters are the master's destiny, and there is no room for any mistakes. We can't just rely on the master's generosity to be unlucky and undisciplined, then
Are there any rules at all?"
Halfway through her words, she thought of the way Bixue was staring at Yiquan just now, and sighed and said: "Bixue, don't be too greedy as a person. You will hurt others and you will hurt yourself. You are the master who is in the house all the time. In fact, in front of her
The bright heart is bright! How can anything in this world not leave traces? Don't compete with yourself, just let yourself go!"
When they arrived at the Dongnuang Pavilion of Brother Six, Bixue knelt down and said, "This slave apologizes to the master and asks the master to punish me!"
Ji Ling sat silently on the chair and said in a calm voice: "Bixue, do you remember what I ordered you?"
Bixue lowered her head and said: "I remember - when the wet nurse was breastfeeding Brother Six, she asked me to watch from the side..."
Her voice became lower and lower as she spoke, and finally she said: "I was just lazy. I just wanted to go back and add some clothes. I'll be here soon."
Ji Ling stared at her and asked quietly: "Why did I appoint you to look after Brother Six, but not anyone else?"
This question made Bixue blush, and she was immediately ashamed. She kowtowed on the spot and said, "This is all the slave's blessing. It's because the master trusts the slave! The slave can't help the master!"
She kowtowed here non-stop, then heard her master sigh, and said slowly: "From now on, I will hand over the mission of Brother Six to Evian. You can just kneel in this room.
It’s good to be quiet and calm—kneel down for two hours and then get up again before dinner.”
Bixue immediately raised her head and glanced at Evian, only to see that Evian had already come forward and knelt down, saying: "Master, don't worry, I will take good care of Brother Six!"
Qixi lightly stomped her feet and said: "Bixue, why don't you thank me? My master is so generous that he is not willing to let you kneel in the yard!"
This is the face that the master has left for Bixue - after all, she is the eldest maid among the first-class maids. She is kneeling outside. Not only is she embarrassed, but also the younger ones below see her being punished by the master to kneel down. It will inevitably happen in the future.
He will also be dissatisfied.
Bixue kowtows her head to thank her.
Ji Ling held Qixi's hand and walked out. After returning to the back hall, the afternoon tea cakes from the dining room were also delivered.
It's a plate of pea yellow, made into a diamond shape, arranged in twos and threes to form a pattern, it's really beautiful.
Ji Ling picked up a piece and put it into his mouth, then asked Qixi: "What's wrong with Bixue recently? It looks very wrong."
Qixi swallowed, said nothing, and said for a long time: "It's all a trivial matter between palace maids. I have already ordered her several times."
Ji Ling wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, turned to look at Qixi and said, "Little thing? What little thing?"
Qixi said softly: "Master, Bixue has a good heart, but if she has a strong temper, she will inevitably have conflicts with others, and it is easy to get into trouble - Master, don't worry, I will definitely wake her up."
Ji Ling reached out and handed the plate of pea peas to Qixi. Qixi thanked her and reached out to pick up a piece. Then she heard Ji Ling slowly say: "If she doesn't want to wake up, no matter what others say, she won't be able to wake up."
She looked at the pea yellow in front of her attentively, and said slowly: "Don't let her serve Sixth Brother for now."
Qixi nodded in agreement. Seeing Ji Ling raise her finger and point at her neck, she stood up and walked behind her master, gently rubbing her shoulders and back.
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The third elder brother Hongshi was in the corridor of the courtyard of his residence, holding a flower branch in his hand and looking out the window.
On April day, just when the flowers were about to end, the fragrance of lotus and water slowly overflowed from the cracks in the window.
He stood there in a daze for an unknown amount of time in the spring breeze, until his legs and feet felt a little numb, and he moved his posture.
Starting from the first year of Yongzheng's reign, the princes no longer lived in eight buildings and built government offices. Instead, they all lived in the fifth Qiandong residence, the fifth Qianxi residence, and the fourth Zhaoxiang residence in the outer palace of the Forbidden City.
Not only the princes lived in the palace, but also several younger brothers left behind by Emperor Kangxi and the younger sons of the deposed prince also lived in the palace.
Hongshi sometimes thinks about it - this may be the emperor's intention. If the brothers are not allowed to go out and establish their own careers, it will be difficult for the government and the public to guess the emperor's intentions, let alone who will be the future prince of the country.
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He couldn't help but think of his childhood. Although the Forbidden City was now many times larger than when his father lived in the dormitory, he could no longer feel the kindness of his father and the filial piety of his son when he was a child.
It's not that Huang Ama doesn't love him anymore, maybe it's because he has grown up, and it is even more difficult for father and son in the Tian family to speak freely like ordinary people.
There is always a lot of scruples - after all, Emperor Ama is not just "Ama", he is also "Emperor".
Hongshi thought about his mother who was demoted to a constant presence, and he slightly tightened his grip on the flower.
In the past, when I was still in the Qian Mansion, before Fujin entered the mansion, Huang Ama came to E Niang the most.
He heard that the old people in the mansion were gossiping behind their backs - they said that the reason Fu Jin was favored was just because she could give birth and raise children, and the emperor felt that she was lucky enough to be able to hold the child in her belly.
In his impression, E Niang was very strict with him, always urging him to make progress and asking him to perform well.
What to do?
He likes to play and doesn't like to "show off".
Every time he said this, E Niang would chase him all over the yard and beat him.
It was fine when I was a child, but later on my two younger brothers, Hongli and Hongzhou, grew taller and taller day by day.
He gradually came back to his senses and realized that no matter how "performed" he was at this time, it was Hongli who was praised more by Huang Ama.
After finding out, he felt that he could only swallow the sour taste in his heart over and over again.
Ever since Huang Ama pointed him to Kunning Palace, everyone in the harem looked at him with a different look. It was such a complicated look. It was hard to tell whether it was envy, pity, or sarcasm.