Seeing the reaction of the fourth brother and sister, the eldest princess Fulana and the second princess Mo Yaqi, who were deeply encouraged, stopped doing it. The two sisters stood aside each other, stretched out their little hands and shook the little prince's arm, asking curiously
road:
"Then, brother Prince, who is your favorite sister in your heart?"
Before Yinreng could reply, the third princess Yilmu, who was born on the heels of Yinreng, also asked with a blushing face shyly:
"Is Mumu the prince's second favorite sister?"
Seeing the second child being pulled against each other by his elder sister, younger sister and younger brothers as if they were fighting over toys, Baoqing couldn't help but say with emotion:
"Fortunately, I am Erba's only brother! He must be his favorite too!"
Yinreng turned his head and glanced at the big boy beside him with his big auspicious eyes.
At this moment, he couldn't care less about dealing with Bao Qing, who was full of confidence.
Although the voices of the brothers and sisters surrounding him were buzzing and buzzing, the little prince was inexplicably excited and had an indescribable warm feeling in his heart.
Seeing his precious son surrounded by his children in the middle, his cheeks turned pink, Kangxi felt a little sour and a little relieved in his heart.
I feel sour because when I was a child, except for having a good relationship with my second brother Fuquan, I had a mediocre relationship with my other brothers, sisters, and sisters, and I was not as popular as my precious son.
"True love in the world" is the rarest thing in this royal family. Now seeing their children hugging each other in pure joy without any grudges, in his eyes as a father, it is, after all, another
Feeling gratified.
When several children were competing for the honorary title of "Prince Brother's Favorite", Qingyan had already bent down and put Xiaosi on the ground, who was eager to go to the ground to defend her title of "Prince Brother's Favorite Brother".
At this time, he was standing aside with a smile, looking at the little prince who was being admired by the stars, thinking in his heart that this kind of tenderness was something that the prince Yinreng in history could not feel...
The Queen Mother, who was sitting at the top, looked at the lively scene below with dim and cloudy eyes. She was really at a loss when she saw her great-grandson. She didn’t know what to say. She hurriedly waved her hand and said to a group of dumplings:
"You guys come over quickly and have a rest. Aunt Ukuma has just made honey hawthorn cake here. It's sour and sweet and delicious."
Hearing the word "honey", the eyes of several sweet-toothed children instantly lit up and they stopped bothering the little prince.
Yin Xiaozhen even opened his slender red phoenix eyes. He didn't even care about getting angry with Xiao Kejing. He hurriedly stepped forward with his short legs and used all his strength to rush forward, returning the milk.
Shout loudly:
"Wu, Ku, Ma, Ma, hurry up, Sisi, want, eat, cake."
Qingyan saw that Yin Xiaozhen was able to leap over her brothers and sisters and rush to the side of the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces first with her two short legs upside down. She couldn't help but twitching the corner of her mouth slightly, and once again deeply realized the sweet tooth.
The attraction of a son is so great.
Of course, Yin Xiaozhen cannot understand these.
The Empress Dowager looked at her little grandson who was swaying on the steps, standing in front of her and looking longingly at her little grandson. She hurriedly bent down and hugged him joyfully into her arms, and stretched out her hand to hold the white glaze filled with honey hawthorn cake.
The chrysanthemum plate was pulled to the table, and I took a piece of hawthorn cake from it and handed it to Xiao Si.
Yin Xiaozhen looked at the red hawthorn cake made into the shape of a koi carp. After thanking Madam Huang, he excitedly stretched out his two small hands to hold the "fish tail" part and said, "Ouch!"
The "fish mouth" was bitten off in one bite.
Honey hawthorn cake tastes soft, fragrant, sweet and sour, and will tremble a few times after taking a bite. It looks good, tastes delicious, and is fun to eat.
This time, Xiaosi's mouth was completely occupied, and he couldn't think of talking anymore, so he buried his head in the bun and ate one bite at a time.
When the remaining children began to eat hawthorn cakes in their hands, the noisy hall became quiet.
Kangxi sat on the first armchair on the left side, and Qingyan followed suit and sat next to him.
The Empress Dowager couldn't help but stretched out her hand and touched the cold lotus leaf clothes on Yin Xiaozhen's body. She couldn't help but admired in her heart: Little Hesheli is really ingenious. She is so beautiful that she takes care of her son too.
It's so pleasing to the eye.
Looking at Xiaosi's thick and curly long eyelashes, her crystal clear eyes, the large pink and white lotus flowers all over her body and the bright red cinnabar mole dotted between her eyebrows, just looking at this appearance alone, she looks better than a princess.
They were dressed quite exquisitely, no wonder little Yinzhi was mistaken for her younger sister.
The Empress Dowager also withdrew her gaze from the children. When she saw Nan Huairen standing behind Kangxi, she couldn't guess why Xuan Ye brought the missionary to Cining Palace, so she planned to deal with Rong first.
Concubine’s affairs.
"Xuan Ye, you have now seen Yinzhi's problem. Concubine Rong has also asked Dr. Zhang to see her. The doctor said that the child does have difficulty in speaking. There may be some problems with oral development."
"Seeing that Yinzhi is about to turn two years old and will be enlightened next spring, why not let him return to the palace early."
"While the child is still young, let the imperial doctors diagnose and treat him carefully. Concubine Rong will also take good care of him and correct him carefully. I believe that when he grows up, this problem will get better."
The Empress Dowager turned the two walnuts in her hands, looked at her grandson sitting at the bottom and said softly.
Concubine Rong also put her arms around her son, who was sitting on her lap eating hawthorn cake, and looked at the emperor nervously and expectantly.
Yinzhi's long eyelashes also moved. Although he was eating cakes with his head lowered, his two little ears were straight.
His character is not as straightforward as Bao Qing, and because he cannot speak fluently, he is a little sensitive, weak and has low self-esteem.
If it weren't for the fact that Yin Xiaozhen's appearance was so eye-catching today, he wouldn't have spoken to this strange little brother easily.
Even if he is a nobleman from Tianhuang, so what if he is raised in someone else's house? In essence, he is living under someone else's roof.
The people of the Chuoerji family naturally did not dare to be disrespectful to him, but they also held him up high as if they were enshrining a giant Buddha and did not dare to get close to him in any way.
Every month, he could only go to Zhongcui Palace to see his mother and second sister when he wanted to pay his respects. Every time they parted, mother and son would cry incessantly.
Although the young Yinzhi didn't understand why he was sent to be raised outside the palace by Khan Amma, he still looked forward to returning home as soon as possible...
When Kangxi heard this, he glanced at Ma Jiashi opposite.
After the eyes of the two people came into contact, Concubine Rong immediately averted her eyes. Her heart was full of bitterness, as if she was being pricked by countless needlepoints, giving birth to tiny pains.
She remembered that in the deep winter of the year before last, when the snow was falling heavily, she had just given birth to Yinzhi, and she had not even been able to sit properly during the confinement period. When the emperor took time out to visit her while packing up his servants, she acted like a shrew.
She was crying and fussing in front of the emperor, and she had to ask the emperor to send her son out of the palace immediately.
The emperor was understanding that she had lost several children and had just given birth, so he didn't care too much about her.
But she was too panicked at that time, fearing that the palace would be in a mess and her youngest son would be unable to be raised. Then she got carried away and complained to the emperor in tears that he had failed to keep her Chengrui and Saiyincha.
muddy.
In fact, she regretted it as soon as she said it.
She is the emperor's first woman, and Chengrui is also the emperor's first son. When she was just pregnant, the emperor would not even go to Kunning Palace after going to court, but would be the first to come to Zhongcui Palace.
He visited her in the palace, and his ardent hope for Chengrui was no less than that of his mother-in-law...
The emperor didn't say anything else, he just looked at her coldly for a while, then stood up and walked away, followed by Yinzhi and was sent out of the palace. His favor was finally over.
But when she looked down at her little son in her arms, who was otherwise healthy except for his stuttering, she felt that she did not regret her actions at that time.
Even if she had to do it over again, she would still do that, but she would never mention Chengrui and the others inappropriately again...
The hall became quieter, as if everyone was waiting for the emperor to speak.
Kangxi turned the jade ring on his hand and glanced at the quiet third son sitting on Ma Jia's lap opposite him.
Now that the life-saving cowpox has been introduced, he no longer has to worry about his children dying from smallpox in the future, so the chance of feeding them is much greater.
However, the reason why he ignored Ma Jiashi was that he was angry because what Concubine Rong said made sense.
When he was young, he didn't have much real power. The forces in the palace were complex and there were too many people with bad intentions. His first few children did not survive. His physical weakness was one factor, but his failure to protect them was also a key reason.
He didn't even get to see Chenghu for the last time. He felt secret guilt and heartache for these young children, but the emperor would never make mistakes. Ma Jiashi dared to accuse and complain to the emperor.
, poking his scar is also a taboo in the palace...
Qingyan also listened attentively, holding the little prince in her arms with her eyes lowered and did not speak.
She was just a noble concubine. Even if she had palace power, she was not the legitimate mother of these princes and princesses. She had no position and no status. Naturally, she would not jump out in public with a shy face and persuade Kangxi to let the third elder brother return to the palace early.
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Seeing that the emperor didn't speak for a long time, the eyes of Concubine Rong and her son couldn't help but dim. The second princess Mo Yaqi also couldn't eat the delicious pastries in her hands.
She knew that her younger brother's weight in E Niang's mind was much greater than hers.
E Niang transferred all her maternal love to her two deceased brothers and two younger brothers to her younger brother Yinzhi.
Xiao Sanwa could not return to the palace. Apart from visiting her in Zhongcui Palace after handling the affairs of the court, Khan Ama rarely looked at her name. She had seen her secretly shedding tears in the inner room countless times.
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The atmosphere in the hall gradually became a little awkward. The Empress Dowager could not directly bypass the emperor and let Yinzhi return to the palace. Just as he was thinking of saying something else, Kangxi suddenly spoke:
"Yinzhi is too young and is not suitable to live in Nansanzhuo."
"Concubine Rong, please take the palace servants to tidy up the side hall of Zhongcui Palace, and let him return to the palace at the beginning of next month."
It was now the end of July. After hearing the emperor's words, Concubine Rong realized that in a few days she would be able to hold her little son in her arms day and night.
In an instant, he burst into tears of joy and quickly put his son on the ground. He stood up from the chair and bowed to Kangxi, saying with a stuttering voice:
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty. I will definitely take care of the palace and clean up the house."
Kangxi looked at Concubine Rong crying excitedly and wanted to say something, but his mouth moved and nothing came out.
Hui Bin, who was sitting farthest back on the right, lowered her head in discomfort.
She had known for a long time that the emperor was partial, and her son had now grown into "Yinti". She had missed the time she could spend with "little Baoqing" forever in her life.
Thinking of this, Narashi's heart ached with sourness.
Yinti, who was leaning on the armrest of Huibi's armchair, felt Eniang's loss and felt a little uncomfortable in her heart. She just moved her body and secretly stretched out her little hand to hold Eniang's soft white jade hand.
When the Empress Dowager saw the appearance of Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong, she sighed slightly in her heart and turned the topic elsewhere:
"Is there anything the emperor brought Nan Aiqing to the Ai family for today?"
Hearing the Empress Dowager calling him, Nan Huairen hurriedly walked out from behind Kangxi and stood in the center of the hall. He once again leaned over and saluted the two empress dowagers.
Kangxi also sorted out his emotions, smiled and said:
"Mother Huang, didn't I bring Nan Huairen here a few months ago to paint a full-length Western oil portrait for you and Huang Aniang?"
"Now that Nan Huairen has carefully painted the painting and repaired the details, he is ready to let the craftsmen wrap it in a glass frame. Only then did my grandson think of bringing it to you two in advance to see if you are satisfied."
"Oh, if Xuan Ye didn't say anything, the Ai family would have forgotten about it!"
Qiqige said in a hurry to praise the venue, and at the same time she also wanted to change the atmosphere in the hall.
The Western oil paintings she had seen were indeed very different from the styles of their local painters in the Qing Dynasty. Liang Jiugong and Nan Huairen also hurriedly opened the scrolls with great eyes, and the next moment, lifelike portraits were revealed.
In front of everyone.
Art does not distinguish between national boundaries. The traditional paintings of the Qing Dynasty focused on freehand brushwork, while the Western paintings of this missionary focused on drawing shapes.
I saw that this oil painting was not only colorful and vivid, but also depicted the fine lines at the corners of my face and a few messy hairs beside my ears.
"Not bad, not bad, this painting is really similar." The Empress Dowager gently patted Yin Xiaozhen's soft belly and said cheerfully.
It was also the first time for Xiaosi to see this kind of oil painting. While nodding his little head in response to Mama Huang's words, his bright black eyes kept looking at the two paintings.
When the Empress Dowager looked closely at the remaining landscape paintings, she saw a palace architectural drawing and asked with some confusion:
"What is this? Why can't the Ai family recognize which palace this is?"
Kangxi put the tea cup in his hand on the table on one side, smiled and explained to the Empress Dowager:
"Mother Huang, I will be six years old next year and will start studying with my companions."
"I plan to build the East Palace for Baocheng on the site of the Fengci Palace of the previous dynasty, and nominate "Yuqing". What you are holding in your hand is the design drawing of Yuqing Palace."
"Well, then Yuqing Palace is right between Fengxian Palace and Zhai Palace." The Empress Dowager thought about the layout of the Forbidden City and said.
Kangxi smiled and nodded slightly.
Hearing that this was the Prince's East Palace, Qi Qige also turned to take a look at the drawing and found that it was a narrow courtyard with three entrances.
The Empress Dowager twisted the canvas with her fingers. After being silent for a while, she said, "Suma, show this palace picture to Concubine Jing."
"yes."
Aunt Sumala hurriedly held the scroll and carefully walked down the three steps and came to the imperial concubine.
Qingyan and the little prince raised their heads to look at the design drawings.
Yinren couldn't understand these horizontal and vertical lines. His most intuitive feeling when he saw the design was that there were three large squares connected together by several vertical lines.
Qingyan looked at the drawings in front of her carefully. When she saw that the backyard was divided into many large and small rooms with thick black load-bearing walls, she felt a little dissatisfied and said directly:
"Your Majesty, I only know the layout of the inner palace. I am a little unfamiliar with the previous part of the palace. It's just that I feel uncomfortable just looking at the design."
"What's wrong with you?"
Kangxi was a little confused. He felt that the layout was quite exquisite. How could there be any discomfort?
Qingyan turned her head to Kangxi, pointed at the drawings held by Aunt Sumala and explained to him:
"Although this Yuqing Palace is said to be a courtyard with three entrances, I think it is not as comfortable as the layout of Chuxiu Palace."
"Although my concubine's palace is a courtyard with two entrances, it also has east and west halls. The space is large, and you can plant fruit trees and build a large slide."
"Just think about it, all the beauties in this palace have their own independent houses regardless of their status, and the ladies in charge all have their own independent palaces."
"But if you look at the backyard of Yuqing Palace, isn't it just one big courtyard separated by many small rooms?"
"Well, by then Baocheng's wives and concubines will all live in this courtyard. Do you think it's appropriate?"
"It's not that I'm vulgar. This house is next to another house. I'm afraid that the sound of the shaking wooden bed during sex will be heard by the people next door as long as they lie on the wall, right?"
Qingyan pointed to a few small houses and said.
After Kangxi heard her last words, he instantly spit out all the tea he had just drank.
"You are a royal concubine, can't you be more elegant and reserved when you speak?"
Kangxi quickly reached out and took the bright yellow handkerchief that Liang Jiugong bent down to hand over, wiping the corners of his mouth angrily and said.
Qingyan didn't think she was embarrassed, she just looked at Kangxi innocently with her big eyes. She felt that what she said was absolutely right.
Most of this palace is made of wooden structure. Could it be that he didn't know whether the sound insulation effect of the walls was good?
Kangxi originally didn't think so much in his mind, but after hearing what little Hesheli said and seeing the small rooms separated in the backyard, he felt a little uncomfortable.
"There was only so much open space in the previous dynasty, so I couldn't build the Yuqing Palace into the inner palace, right?" Kangxi said with a frown. Could it be that he didn't have any idea about the structure and sound insulation effect of the walls?
Kangxi originally didn't think so much in his mind, but after hearing what little Hesheli said and seeing the small rooms separated in the backyard, he felt a little uncomfortable.
"There was only so much open space in the previous dynasty, so I couldn't build the Yuqing Palace into the inner palace, right?" Kangxi said with a frown. Could it be that he didn't have any idea about the structure and sound insulation effect of the walls?
Kangxi originally didn't think so much in his mind, but after hearing what little Hesheli said and seeing the small rooms separated in the backyard, he felt a little uncomfortable.
"There was only so much open space in the previous dynasty, so I couldn't build the Yuqing Palace into the inner palace, right?" Kangxi said with a frown. Could it be that he didn't have any idea about the structure and sound insulation effect of the walls?
Kangxi originally didn't think so much in his mind, but after hearing what little Hesheli said and seeing the small rooms separated in the backyard, he felt a little uncomfortable.
"There was only so much open space in the previous dynasty, so I couldn't build the Yuqing Palace into the inner palace, right?" Kangxi said with a frown. Could it be that he didn't have any idea about the structure and sound insulation effect of the walls?
Kangxi originally didn't think so much in his mind, but after hearing what little Hesheli said and seeing the small rooms separated in the backyard, he felt a little uncomfortable.
"There was only so much open space in the previous dynasty, so I couldn't build the Yuqing Palace into the inner palace, right?" Kangxi said with a frown.