At three o'clock in the morning, the bright moon hangs high in the night sky, and the stars are dotted.
After taking a bath, Kangxi put on bright yellow silk pajamas and sat in front of the golden nanmu imperial desk. He quickly flipped through the thin booklet of "Princess Academy Code" that he had received from Chuxiu Palace.
Once again, I couldn’t help but raise my hand and touch my chin, and inspiration burst out like a fountain.
He conveniently put the thin booklet aside, raised his hand and picked up a top-quality sheep's brush from the pen holder, dipped it in a little imperial ink, and began to lower his head and write "Quan Foreword Prince Consort" one by one on the spread out fine rice paper.
"Training Camp Code", it will take more than ten years to successfully cultivate a son-in-law who is satisfied with Chenglong.
About a quarter of an hour later, Liang Jiugong, who had also changed into the uniform of the chief eunuch, walked in quietly with a small wooden tray. Seeing that the emperor was still leaning on the desk writing furiously, he hurriedly took a few steps forward carefully.
He took out the small jade bowl containing the soothing soup from the tray, put it on the corner of the imperial desk, and reminded him in a low voice:
"Your Majesty, it's late at night, and there will be a morning court tomorrow. You need to go to bed now."
"Well, wait a little while, and Baocheng and Yaya are both asleep?"
The more Kangxi wrote, the more excited he became. He felt no sleepiness at this time and asked casually without raising his head.
"When I return to the emperor, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Princess Gu Lun have already gone to bed under the care of the nannies."
Liang Jiugong saw that the imperial ink in the inkstone was almost gone, so he picked up the ink spindle and began to grind the ink, while replying to the emperor.
Kangxi nodded upon hearing this, and then looked at the thirty-seventh rule he had just written on the paper:
[If a concubine is thirty years old and has no children, he can only have concubines and heirs with the consent of the princess. The same goes for the princesses of the clan, and the husbands of the princesses. 】
"There's something wrong with this. What if those brats take advantage of the fact that they are far away in Mongolia and I can't see them, and I secretly take concubines without saying that the princesses agreed in advance?"
Kangxi frowned and murmured to himself.
Liang Jiugong could actually see the vertical column of eye-catching titles with his peripheral vision and knew what the emperor was writing. However, he did not squint his eyes and concentrated on grinding the ink spindle in his hand, pretending to be blind and deaf, and lowered his voice.
He kept his head down and said nothing.
Kangxi rubbed the smooth pen barrel with his fingers and thought carefully for a while, then he crossed out this article neatly, separated a column and continued to write:
[Article 37: If your concubine is thirty years old and has no children, you need to give a confession to the capital first. After I send someone to understand the facts clearly, the Holy Emperor will personally decide whether to allow your concubine to take a concubine or agree to adopt the family.
Other men in the family, so as to achieve the purpose of procreating children and inheriting the incense. The same goes for the princesses of the clan and the husbands of the Princesses.】
After revising this article, Kangxi read it silently in his mind again before nodding with satisfaction. Then he wrote the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth articles while the iron was hot, until he reached an integer of half a hundred.
She imitated Qingyan and added the last sentence:
[All rules of the training camp are decreed by me, and the final right of interpretation belongs to the royal family. 】
After the first draft took shape, Kangxi took out his private seal, dipped some ink pads on it, and stamped it, which was considered completed.
"Liang Jiugong, tomorrow you will make two copies of this booklet and send them to Cining Palace and Chuxiu Palace respectively, so that the Empress Dowager and your Master Jing can take a look. Women are always more careful than me. Let's see if they have anything to add.
"
Kangxi put the brush on the pen holder, stood up from the chair, picked up a bright yellow sweat towel, wiped his hands, and said to the confidant eunuch beside him.
"Yes, I understand. Your Majesty's soothing soup is no longer hot. Please drink it quickly."
Liang Jiugong respectfully held the small jade bowl in both hands and handed it to Kangxi.
"What's going on over there with Yinzhi?"
Kangxi took the Soothing Soup, brought the rim of the bowl to his mouth, blew a few times, took out the small spoon inside, then raised his neck and drank it all in one gulp.
When Liang Jiugong heard this, he bent down to arrange his hands on the imperial case. He quickly stopped, reached out and took out a small blue-sealed booklet from his arms, presented it to Kangxi and whispered:
"Your Majesty, I have recorded everything I found from Zhongcui Palace here. You can take a look for yourself."
Kangxi was a little surprised at this moment. He couldn't understand why he couldn't tell it orally? Did he need to write it down in the book?
He put the empty jade bowl in his hand on the tray, reached out to take the thin book and opened it suspiciously, and saw the first page written in black and white:
[The third elder brother wanted to run away from home, but he secretly tried five times but failed.]
[On May 31st, at the beginning of noon, after class in the South Third School, the third elder brother prepared to escape again, but was brought back to Chuxiu Palace by the fourth elder brother. The sixth escape plan also failed. 】
"Nonsense!"
Kangxi was so angry at this content that he scolded him. He hurriedly turned back a few pages and saw that it was written about the way Rong concubine raised Yinzhi. His brows could not help but frown more and more tightly, and his temples also bulged.
The ground started to jump, and he finally understood why his two-and-a-half-year-old third son always wanted to run away from the palace and go back to Choerji's house.
He really didn't expect that after Yinzhi finished his classes at Nansan School in the morning and returned to Zhongcuigong, he would have to learn to speak Mongolian and Chinese with the nuns hired by Concubine Rong in the afternoon and evening. This course was better than what he had given before.
Yinreng was very busy during his enlightenment, and there was simply no extra rest time.
Not to mention that Yinzhi had repeatedly proposed to go play with her brothers and sisters, but Rongbi rejected her request on the grounds that "it was too hot or too cold."
"What does Ma Jiashi want to do? Are you going to let Yinzhi grow up into a fool who only knows how to read and is not friendly with his brothers and sisters?"
After Kangxi read the whole book, he felt that he was filled with anger. He slammed the book in his hand onto the imperial desk, sat down on the chair and angrily turned the jade in his hand.
Finger pull.
He felt that the reason why Yinzhi has not developed aversion or resistance to reading now is definitely because he has inherited his good qualities of diligence and studiousness. According to Rong Bin's suffocating upbringing, it would be strange if Yinzhi does not go crazy in the future.
"Now that she finally has a son to raise, I really can't figure out whether this concubine's brain was kicked by a donkey? Or was she pried open and mercury poured into it? She is not afraid of Yinzhi at such a young age.
Are you just going to sit on the desk from exhaustion?"
Kangxi slapped the wooden handrail at his hand and cursed loudly.
Liang Jiugong stood aside with lowered eyebrows and said nothing, waiting for the emperor to vent his dissatisfaction.
He could probably guess what Concubine Rong was thinking:
The eldest brother Yinti is now the emperor's eldest son, the first emperor's elder brother to stand up, and he has an extraordinary importance in the emperor's heart;
Prince Yinreng is the direct descendant of the Yuan Dynasty. He has a distinguished status, is favored by his aunt, and has a powerful mother's family. Not to mention that he is the emperor's favorite. There is simply no one who can compete with him at the moment;
The fourth elder brother, Yinzhen Yudie, transformed from the son of a criminal official daughter of his mother's family into the "eldest son" of a noble concubine. He was smart and smart, his mother-in-law had a high position, and he had a good relationship with the prince. There was no need to worry about his future future.
Even the fifth elder brother Yinqi, who is only half a year old and still nursing, has the support of the empress dowager, and Monan Mongolia is standing behind him. Even if he doesn't work hard, he will not be able to escape the position of "prince" when he grows up.
of.
In comparison, the third elder brother Yinzhi, who is caught in the middle, neither above nor below, not only has no external advantages, but also has a stuttering problem. In this case, wouldn't Rong Bing, who is the mother-in-law?
Can we only let him study to death and use his knowledge to fight for a bright future for himself?
But Ma Jiashi obviously underestimated the emperor's love for the few princes nowadays. Liang Jiugong buried his head and thought in his heart with a calm face.
"Liang Jiugong, after you come out of Chuxiu Palace tomorrow, stop by Zhongcui Palace and tell Ma Jiashi that I will never allow a palace concubine to interfere randomly with the prince's studies. She only needs to take care of the trivial matters in Yinzhi's life.
Okay, don’t give directions blindly. If I knew that she would unreasonably restrict Yinzhi from going to play with her brothers and sisters, I think it would be good for Yinzhi to move to Nansan Institute in advance to live with Baoqing. I understand.
?”
Kangxi looked ugly and ordered in a low voice.
"Yes, I have remembered this."
Liang Jiugong hurriedly leaned over and whispered in agreement.
At this time, Kangxi felt that his original good mood had been completely wiped out, so he stood up from the chair, angrily tossed his sleeves and left the imperial study.
On the other side, in the inner room of the main hall of Zhongcui Palace, Concubine Rong was leaning on the bed with a gloomy expression.
Aunt Ma Jia stood aside and accompanied her quietly.
"Mommy, how could Yinzhi say that?"
Concubine Rong remembered that as dusk approached, she held her hands in the front yard and anxiously walked up and down the bluestone road waiting for her son.
Seeing Liang Jiugong walking in with the sleeping little Yinzhi in his arms, she hurriedly stepped forward.
Who knew that she had just stretched out her hand to touch him and woke up little Yinzhi. Then she saw her biological son stretched out two short arms and hugged Liang Jiugong's neck tightly, crying and saying:
He didn't want to stay in Zhongcui Palace and wanted to go and play with his fourth brother.
He also said that he didn't like his mother-in-law.
Isn't this just tearing out her heart?
When Concubine Rong thought about the chaotic and embarrassing scene, she felt angry, angry and heartbroken and wanted to shed tears.
She transferred all the maternal love to her four sons who died young to her younger son. Why didn't he understand her good intentions?
Seeing Concubine Rong crying again, Aunt Ma Jia let out a long sigh and said comfortingly:
"Empress, actually I think what the second princess said today is quite reasonable. You really discipline the third elder brother too strictly. I know that you are doing it for our elder brother's good and want him to work hard and make progress.
If you can be seen by the emperor in the future, you will have a good future, but the third elder brother is not yet three years old after all. Haven't you noticed that the third elder brother is becoming more and more shy and introverted? "
Hearing what Grandma Ma Jia said, Concubine Rong paused in wiping her tears with a handkerchief and instantly raised her head in astonishment.
Seeing Concubine Rong turn her attention to her, Grandma Ma Jia pursed her lips and continued:
"Your motherly love for Third Brother is unquestionable, but it is like putting a thick cotton jacket on a person's head in the sweltering summer. It makes people breathless and feels depressing..."
"Actually, even this old slave can't understand. Even though the third elder brother hasn't returned to the palace last summer, you still hope that our little master can grow up as soon as possible and grow up healthily. Why do you want to do it now?
Why put so much pressure on him?"
Aunt Ma Jia let out a long sigh and whispered.
Concubine Rong grabbed the silk sheets under her and said nothing. She remembered that in the spring, when she was shooing away the palace servants following her in the imperial garden to enjoy the cherry blossoms alone, Wu Yashi limped towards her and said something to her.
She said some crazy and crazy things.
Even though she scolded Wu Yashi on the spot, those extremely bewitching words still left a deep mark on her heart.
"Honorable Concubine, I really don't dare to imagine that if the four little brothers in front of you have survived, then the position of concubine now will definitely be yours. You are the emperor's first woman, and it is for him to bear the brunt of his death.
You have five sons and one daughter, but now you are just a low-ranking concubine, still living in such a remote Zhongcui Palace, are you really willing to..."
"To tell you the truth, I had a dream a few days ago. The dream was very real. You will become the concubine the year after tomorrow..."
"Don't be heartbroken just because Third Elder Brother stutters now. He is a noble man who is too late to speak. Your future blessings will be frightening. In my dream, I saw that His Highness the Crown Prince, who is currently being held in high esteem by the Emperor, will be killed many years later.
He was deposed, but the new king is the third elder brother..."
"If you are wondering why Prince Yinreng was deposed, I can only tell you that in the sixty-first year of Kangxi's reign, the Emperor was still alive..."
"My slave is living a difficult life now. I have nothing. I know there is no hope of regaining my favor, but I believe in fate, so I want to seek your protection..."
"Mother, what are you thinking about?"
Seeing that Concubine Rong didn't speak for a long time, Aunt Ma Jia couldn't help but asked softly.
"It's nothing, forget it. Starting from tomorrow, we will stop all the extra classes for Yinzhi in the afternoon and evening. Let's wait until his third birthday at the end of the year. Mom, you should go down and rest first. I'm sleepy.
Already."
Concubine Rong, who came back to her senses, waved her hands and said with a headache.
Aunt Ma Jia bowed obediently and bowed before leaving.
When the door to the inner room creaked and was closed from the outside, Ma Jiashi slid her body from the head of the bed to the bed board, then turned over and lay on her side on the bed, looking at the light yellow embroidered clothes.
The branch-patterned window curtains started to dazzle.
In fact, she half-believed the dream told by Wu Yashi, but which woman in the palace had not had the sweet dream of living in Kunning Palace and Cining Palace?
Alas, I can only say that people are always greedy and want to look forward to Shu.
Whenever Concubine Rong closes her eyes, she will think of Wu Yashi's words: "In the sixty-first year of Kangxi's reign, the emperor is still alive."
She is not stupid, she only needs to use her brain to think about it and she will know that if the emperor really lives that long, the prince will be as prosperous as the sun, but the emperor will decline like the setting sun, then such a prince will definitely not end well.
But "The third elder brother is the new king" suddenly stirred up all the ambitions buried deep in her heart, causing her to uncontrollably give Yinzhi extra lessons after she came back, hoping to help him overcome his stuttering.
She became better at her shortcomings, and she even thought of helping Wu Yashi. Maybe she was really crazy...
Ma Jia was lying on the bed tossing and turning, but the people in Chuxiu Palace, which was symmetrical on the central axis across the central axis from Zhongcui Palace, were sleeping soundly.
At the beginning of the next day, Qingyan and Yin Xiaozhen finished breakfast together.
When Xiaosi was led out of the palace by Zhang Tianxi to the South Third Institute for enlightenment, Liang Jiugong walked into the main hall with a smile on his face.
"I wish you well, your Majesty. May your Majesty be blessed with good luck."
"Why did the wind blow Mr. Liang so early in the morning?"
Qingyan stood up from the dinner table and asked with a puzzled smile.
"Your Majesty, it's like this. The Emperor wrote something last night and wanted you to read it and make some suggestions."
Liang Jiugong smiled and took out a re-transcribed booklet from his arms and handed it to Concubine Jing.
Qingyan took it curiously and was shocked when she saw the title on the first page.
She never thought that Kangxi would be so down-to-earth and want to provide "child husbands" for his daughters and nieces, and also organize a "training camp" to engage in "fish farming" with the last elimination system, and the best will be selected from the best?
After quickly flipping through the booklet in her hand, Qingyan could clearly see Kangxi's dual attributes.
She felt that if this book could be passed down to future generations, it would definitely be called the "Overlord Clause".
The fifty rules written in a eloquent way are implicitly written between the lines: "As a prince-in-law, you must abide by male virtues!"
The key point is that this "male virtue" was formulated by Kangxi himself. In a nutshell: "It is impossible for me and the princess to make mistakes! As long as there is a mistake, it must be because the father-in-law secretly failed to learn well!"
Qingyan had a feeling that if Kangxi's manual for raising a son-in-law was really implemented, it would be those Mongolian concubines who should cry for father and mother in the future. Kangxi was really a man with such a strange mind!