There are now three elder brothers in the palace, in order of age: Yin a, Yin i, and Wan Fu.
There are three geges, also arranged according to age: Ji Lan, the second gege born from Ma Jia, and the third gege born from Zhaojia.
Of these six children, they are all alive and kicking. Only Jilan and Yina seem to be basically ready to grow up. Both of them have suffered from acne. The rest are still in the dangerous stage of raising children, and they are afraid that they will not be able to feed them.
As for the women in the palace, well, there are more women than children anyway. Excluding his biological mother Nalan, who is leaning next to the Empress Dowager, the only ones who can show up to Cining Palace are Concubine Niu Hulu and a few concubines.
.And among them, the one who is more eye-catching - of course, the one who attracts the attention of women is Guo Luoluo.
According to Qin Jiliao, she was very favored by the emperor. Even though she didn't have any children yet, news had already spread that she would definitely be the one to be crowned among the concubines next year.
When Yin A heard about it, he was surprised. Of course, it was not that I got along well with any woman that surprised him, but that Xiao Qin was so powerful! Before going to bed at night, he secretly asked Qin Ji how he knew, Qin Ji
A humble smile.
"The master has everything around him. He can ride a horse, know how to teach, and seems to be able to speak Manchu." Qin Ji said: "I think I must be loyal to my brother and not be a useless slave. Say something.
If you want to dirty your ears, it’s like a rat. Eunuchs like to gamble, and I also have ways to help my brother find out the news."
This is a bit sad to say, knowing the news is quite important, but, "Be careful. I want to know that the news is true, but I don't want you to risk your life in it. It doesn't matter if you lose money with them, just come back and talk to them."
Say it to Nanny Chen and I will tell her and ask her to give it to you."
Qin Ji stopped talking. Yin'a took a look through the light and saw that the boy was crying. Yin'a sighed and asked him to go to bed early. There was no use in comforting him, so it was better to let him do his best, so as not to worry about being useless all day long.
Drive away.
When you grow up in the future, how will you treat these "minions"? Do you still have the patience you have today... Tsk, there are so many things to think about. If you close your eyes, there will be no less people like Hadari in the future.
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Back at Cining Palace, Yin'a's visit to these women was not in vain. The Empress Dowager asked him and Ji Lan to pay their respects to these people.
"You are all going to be kings next year. Today, you are meeting my two great-grandchildren for the first time. But you have to prepare gifts. My old lady won't agree to it if it's too simple."
The Empress Dowager was naturally joking, and the people below also laughed in agreement. Niu Hulu was the first to speak: "Don't worry, ancestors, my slaves and sisters have already prepared the things for Princess and Brother.
Waiting to be delivered."
She spoke very fluently, but her voice was very soft and seemed a little weak. However, looking at the look of the Empress Dowager, she seemed to like her very much.
When it was Guo Luoluo's turn, she unceremoniously handed over the purse, Ruyi and other things she had prepared to her grandmother, and said with a smile, "In the future, I will also be blessed to have children, and they will all grow up to be as good as my elder brother."
That's great!" The Queen Mother seemed to like Guo Luoluo's appearance better, and added, that's for sure, having more children will make the palace more lively!
Ma Jiashi has been there for six months. The Empress Dowager blamed her for coming, so she said gently and softly: "The grace of our ancestors, but I can't rely on pampering to make me spoiled. I still have to come over."
Everyone knows that Ma Jia had to give birth to five children before she could live for more than two years, so she is not too worried about this one. Now even the Empress Dowager said that this baby must be blessed, and others naturally followed her up and said good things. Anyway
No pieces of meat will fall off.
The rest is Brother Wanfu's biological mother Nala. She is just an ordinary person, and there is nothing surprising about her. Nalan naturally does not need to prepare gifts for her son, so she prepared a large meeting gift for Ji Lan.
.Other elder brothers, Princess, were given away when they were born.
After the winter solstice comes the Spring Festival. The New Year's Eve in the palace is no different from that outside. Everyone stays together to watch the New Year. The characteristic is that the scale is relatively large, such as the current Cining Palace family banquet. Kangxi's women and children, as well as the three princes
Fujin and his children all appeared here.
There were not many people in the imperial family at this time, and everyone had a seat when they entered Cining Palace. Yin a met three uncles and aunts, and received a lot of greeting gifts. It's funny to say, everyone gave Yin a
and Jilan's gift, but the other children, including the crown prince, had no gifts to receive.
Because the old queen mother said that children are small and should not be disturbed all the time. If they are raised quietly, they will not attract any evil eyes if they have acne.
Prince Yu Fuquan was the second uncle, with a medium build and always had a smile on his face. When they were sitting around the Empress Dowager, he and Kangxi were sitting across from each other. In front of the old lady, they were discussing family etiquette.
Prince Gong Chang Ning is the fifth uncle. How should I put it, his face is a bit violent and not as smooth as Fuquan.
The youngest Chun Prince, Long Xi, is the seventh uncle. He is only seventeen years old this year. Like a big child, he left Fujin Shangjia and took Yin A and Ji Lan to play in the yard for a snowball fight.
"Uncle, cough cough, uncle hahaha." Ji Lan laughed so much that she almost fell down on the snow because Yin A secretly went around and put the snow ball into Long Xi's pants.
It's really convenient to wear four-piece skirts these days. However, Yin A didn't try to please him, so Long Xi caught him with his backhand and stuffed the snowball into his neck.
The three uncles and nephews were having a snowball fight, making it snowy both inside and outside. The servants didn't dare to take care of it, so they just asked someone who could take care of it. After a while, Kangxi appeared in the yard... As expected, the man's voice was full of confidence.
Floating in the courtyard of Cining Palace.
"Old Qi! It's okay for you to be crazy yourself, but you're leading them both crazy together, and you still haven't changed your clothes!"
Long Xi turned his head and made a face at Ji Lan and Yin A. His third brother was good at everything. Even Long Xi, Fan A and Ji Lan turned their heads and covered their mouths and snickered. Kangxi helplessly watched one by one return to Cining Palace.
, the two little ones were taken away by the nanny and eunuch, and Long Xi naturally handed them over to him, Fujin.
The daughter of Chunwang Fujin Shangjia, Heshuo's consort Shangzhilong and Heshuo Heshun Princess. This family is also lucky because they married into the imperial family early, and the San Francisco Rebellion did not affect them. The couple's relationship is quite good.
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Longxi took his nephew and niece to watch the New Year's Eve in front of his grandmother and aunt, telling them stories. Kangxi laughed with Fuquan and said, "Lao Qi still looks like he hasn't grown up yet."
"Get married, start a business, and have children. From my point of view, it's only when you have children that you can look a bit like an adult."
Next to him, Prince Gong was very happy to hear the two elder brothers complaining about his younger brother. The only thing that was not so happy was that his daughter, who was snatched away by the third brother, was living a happy life. He played well with the eldest brother, and the two queen mothers also treated her well.
Okay...so this Amma, whom he didn't meet very often, was ruthlessly ignored.
There is not much to talk about among the women. The only ones here today are Niu Hulu and the three princes Fujin. Everyone knows that this one will almost become the queen after the New Year, so everything is fine.
But after the Spring Festival, the first edict issued by the emperor was not to establish a queen or concubine, but to make Jin Fu, the governor of Anhui, the governor of the river. Because the Huanghuai floods had to be solved, Jin Fu took office in Anhui.
There are also efforts to control flooding, and the results are good.
Then March was the emperor's birthday. People inside and outside the court were speculating that the emperor probably wanted to confer a concubine on his birthday? Unexpectedly, an unconventional person like Kangxi once again shocked everyone. He used
On the excuse of "the war is not over", he neither celebrates his birthday nor mentions other things.
Only Yin'a and Ji Lan, as well as the little brother and princess were carried out, all wearing bright red robes and red hats, to congratulate the emperor on his birthday. Of course, only the two siblings could go over to congratulate him on his birthday.
, all others, including the prince, were held and saluted by the wet nurse.
At the end of March, there was finally good news in the palace. Concubine Ma Jia's concubine gave birth to a prince. The emperor gave him to the Minister of Internal Affairs Chuoerji to raise him, and the Empress Dowager once again urged the emperor, even if it was to give birth to a child with merit.
As a concubine, you have to become a concubine too!
In May, the emperor once again went to Gonghua City to commemorate the third anniversary of the death of Queen Renxiao Hesheli. After returning, he finally relented and ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Rites to prepare the canonization matters.
Everyone inside and outside the palace finally breathed a sigh of relief. How rare it is to get such a clear time decree. Your Majesty, you are finally relieved.
Of these things, there are probably only two things related to Yin A. One is that his mother-in-law has been granted the title, so he has to show his expression; the other is that he canonize the queen, that is, she is the legitimate mother, and she has to pay tribute. But he is not alone, this
At that time, Yin'a liked Ji Lan very much because he had the two of them as his companions.
"Xiao Qin, you have been waiting in Yanxi Palace for a long time. Let me ask you, what does my mother-in-law like?"
Qin Ji blinked and asked, "Brother, why don't I ask my master to find out?"
"Forget it, what if Gao Bage tells me..."
Yin A changed his position. He was stretching on the bed. He didn't intend to throw away his rock climbing skills. He has been practicing since he was young. When he is in his twenties again, he will definitely be even better than before.
"Mom, whatever you like, I will give it to you as long as my son can get it on the day of canonization!"
Yin A, who also did not follow the ordinary path, was too lazy to waste time asking around, so he went straight to ask Nalan. Then he saw Nalan smiling and crying, eh, eh, why are you crying.
"If you are well, my mother will be happy." Nalan hugged her son, "In the future, Qing will live a long life. Nothing makes my mother happier than this."
"..." Yin'a feels a little heavy. The care that parents can give their children is different from that of their ancestors.
Yin'a finally said in a low voice: "Then I will live a long life, and my mother will also live a long life. You will have to take good care of the glory that my son will bring to you in the future."
After the Mid-Autumn Festival in the palace, Kangxi finally issued an order to confer the concubines. At the same time, seven people including the Nalan family, the Ma Jia family, and the Guo Luoluo family were registered as concubines. The Nalan family was named "Hui concubine".
Ma Jia became the honorary concubine, and Guo Luoluo became the appropriate concubine, but they were not the most conspicuous in this canonization.
Even Queen Niu Hulu is not the most conspicuous. This time to seal the harem, the emperor brought the cousin of Tong Jia from his mother's family and the Hesheli, the younger sister of the former queen, Queen Renxiao, into the palace. One was granted the title of noble concubine, and the other was granted the title of concubine.
Concubine Ping.
After the queen was canonized, the emperor thought that the country was at war, so the ceremony was simplified and the etiquette due to the queen was reduced. Among the concubines, only the newly-entered concubine Tong Jia went to see the queen. However, Yin A and Ji Lan were both taken away the day after the canonization.
Go to Kunning Palace to meet you.
Compared with the Chinese New Year, Yin'a found that the queen's condition seemed to be worse. He thought that he was not very careful, but even he could find this symptom. How obvious it was.
The queen called Yin'a and Ji Lan to her side and stroked their necks. Yin'a felt her fingers were cold, which made him shrink back in excitement.
She retracted her hand apologetically, and just smiled and said to them something like "enjoy your studies and take care of yourself", gave them a reward, and let them go back. The crown prince, however, was still in Xinuang Pavilion and did not show up.
"The emperor is too willful." The empress dowager complained to Sumala Aunt. Everything was done and everything was perfect, but she had to make everyone uncomfortable. "He and the late emperor are really a biological father and son!"
Aunt Sumala said, "It's finally done. If the emperor keeps putting off doing it, can you still issue an order for him? The queen will come to salute you and the queen mother later, so please be patient."
The Empress Dowager sighed, "Yes, it's true that the child has to be raised by his mother, and the same goes for his grandson. Although Niu Hulu is the daughter of Yi Bilong, when Ao Bailibao was born, the emperor was a little distraught because of this. But times have changed, and Shan has to follow
In terms of talent herself, the Empress Dowager does not think she is inferior to Empress Renxiao.
That's all, once I meet the child and give him some advice, maybe gradually the young couple can live a better life.
It's a pity that the Queen Mother's thoughts were completely cold when she met the new Queen. Even Yin A could tell that the Queen's state was not right, not to mention the old lady who was sophisticated and had gone through many trials and tribulations. She knew as soon as she saw that the Queen had settled her worries.
I don't want anything, I don't even care about my life.
"...You are still young, please be more open-minded."
But Niu Hulu didn't care, she even said with a smile: "My granddaughter-in-law will do her best to assist the emperor, and what she needs to do will be done well, don't worry." She will definitely clear the family's reputation, and she will make everyone
Admit it, she is the most suitable person to be the queen.
There are three things to do when a new official takes office. When a new queen takes office, it is more than just three things. The new empress first stipulates that the concubines above the nobles must go to the queen's place every day. After gathering, they will greet the two queen mothers under the leadership of the queen.
In addition to other trivial matters in the harem, the queen also directly inquired about the studies of elder brother and princess. In view of the current actual situation, of course only Yin A and Ji Lan were involved.
"My brother is six years old, and Gege is seven years old. It's time to study seriously." In Kunning Palace, the queen and the emperor were talking to each other, as if a monarch and his ministers were talking to each other. Kangxi couldn't help but stamp on the ground.
Less than ten days after the sealing of the throne, Kangxi went to Gonghua City again, personally inspected the completed queen's mausoleum, and threw the queen who had not passed the wedding period into the palace. Now that they met, he couldn't tell whether he felt guilty or something else.
Anyway, I always feel a little uncomfortable when I'm face to face with the queen.
"I am thinking about whether it is time to arrange a serious master for my two children, Shuda." Niu Hulu said: "The two of them are the oldest, and today's arrangement will be the example for the children in the future, whether it is A
Brother, you should still read the Four Books and Five Classics in addition to Manchu and Mongolian."
This is true, Kangxi believed deeply. Bannermen should maintain a martial style and be proficient in bowing, horse riding, and shooting, but this does not conflict with studying sinology and using fire/guns and cannons in the firearms camp.
When he was a child, the Empress Dowager felt that sinology had harmed the late emperor, and the ministers thought that the emperor could only learn the bow and horse riding and archery skills of the bannermen, so they refused to arrange a teacher for him. He studied four books with the eunuchs of the previous dynasty.
Kangxi did not want the next generation to continue this kind of informal education.
"What does the queen mean?"
"If the emperor is looking for haha beads for my brother, then he can study separately. On Gege's side, he can also find the daughter of his minister's family as a companion." Niu Hulu thought for a while: "It's easy to deal with my daughter's family, I am here.
, or find a place in the Sixth Palace of the East and West for her to study. Brother, it still depends on the emperor’s arrangements."
The queen has her own concerns. She should interfere with the children's studies, but it is the prince who will speak. Whether the eldest brother has his own master now or waits until the prince starts studying depends on the emperor's wishes.
She would not get involved in anything that could have anything to do with the prince, so the queen made up her mind.