The Empress Dowager and Concubine Jing stayed in the Qianqing Palace all morning, and it was not until early noon that they walked out of the palace holding each other.
After the two left, Yongshou, Zhong Cui, Yanxi and other ladies in charge of the palace also sent palace officials to secretly inquire about what these two people were talking about with the emperor after staying in the Qianqing Palace for such a long time. .
Towards the end of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the cool autumn wind in the evening carried the faint scent of osmanthus into the palace, they heard some news and heard that the emperor was planning to let the three Mongolian teenagers who appeared at the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner last night wait until the beginning of next month. And he moved out of the training camp outside the palace and entered the Shang Study Room 1 to study with his eldest brother Yinti.
After hearing the news, the smarter people immediately realized that the training camp for prospective husbands outside the palace had been established for more than two years, and the emperor had finally selected a son-in-law whom he was satisfied with!
At three o'clock in the morning, the bright moon hung in the east of the night.
Concubine Rong was taking the two little maids to pick some good things in the warehouse of Zhongcui Palace, and planned to take them to the Nansan Institute to arrange the courtyard where the third elder brother Yinzhi was assigned early, so that When my third brother moves in next spring, he will be able to live comfortably.
At this time, Ma Jia, who was wearing a brown flag dress and half-white hair, opened the warehouse door, stepped across the mahogany threshold and hurried in. She saw Concubine Rong bending over and stroking a horse on the carved box. When she touched the soft blue Shu brocade, she quickly raised her hand and waved away the palace maid waiting inside, and walked forward to Ma Jia's side in a few steps.
When Concubine Rong saw that her confidant Nanny was back, she quickly put down the Shu brocade in her hand, reached out eagerly to grab her arm and asked:
"Mommy, how's the situation? The identities of those three Mongolian teenagers have been found out clearly."
"Your Majesty, I have learned everything clearly. Please sit on this chair first, and I will explain it to you in detail."
Aunt Ma Jia stretched out her hand to help Concubine Rong sit on the carved chair beside her, and then she said slowly:
"Mother, those three young men are all Mongolian princes and nobles, with prominent family backgrounds and high status. The big young man we saw on the palace road yesterday who first noticed something was wrong with the sixth elder brother was named Bor. Jijit Bandi is the successor of Horqin's tribe in Monan Mongolia, he is thirteen years old this year."
"Oh, this is a bit of a pity. Mo Yaqi is only eight years old this year. The age difference is a bit big. The eldest princess Fulana happens to be eleven years old. I think this boy will be the future prince-in-law."
Concubine Rong said warmly with some regret that the meticulous and steady demeanor that Bandi showed to the outside world yesterday was seen by her with her own eyes, which made her feel that this child is the candidate for her son-in-law, not to mention that Bandi is the Queen Mother and the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager is close to her natal family, and her future will be unlimited when he grows up, but just from his age, it can be seen that this is the prince-consort that the Emperor has clearly prepared for his adopted daughter.
Aunt Ma Jia also nodded in agreement. Seeing the regretful look on her master's face, she opened her mouth and said comfortingly:
"Your Majesty, the eldest princess plays the role of the emperor to win over the clan. Her marriage will be watched by all the princes and belles of the clan. It can only be better than the emperor's own daughters, and can never be worse than them, not to mention the eldest princess.
She has been raised by the Queen Mother since she was a baby. Even though these princesses are all the great-granddaughters and granddaughters of the Queen Mother of the two palaces, people's hearts are biased. The eldest princess was watched by the Queen Mother of the two palaces.
, such a close junior from her natal family will definitely be appointed as the eldest princess’s consort. When the royal family saw that the emperor married the eldest princess to the Horqin tribe, they had nothing to say. They could all see the emperor’s affection for the eldest princess.
Care and love.”
"Yes, that's right. That's what mama said. What about the other two teenagers?"
Once Concubine Rong was enlightened by her wet nurse, she stopped trying to get into trouble and cheered up again to ask other people.
"The other two little boys are eight and a half years old this year, and the other has just turned eight."
"The eight-and-a-half-year-old boy's name is Borzijit Wuergun. He is the second son of the Zasakdoro County King of Bahrain in Monan Mongolia."
"Bahrain tribe? Isn't that the Mongolian tribe where Princess Shuhui belongs?"
When Concubine Rong heard these three words, her eyes lit up and she quickly looked at Grandma Ma Jia to ask for confirmation.
"Yes, your Majesty, you are right," Ma Jia said with a smile, "That Wu|er|gun is the biological grandson of the eldest princess Shuhui and the great-grandson of the Empress Dowager. The remaining one has a fair complexion.
, a rather handsome eight-year-old boy, is the second son of Duling County King of the Karaqin Tribe in Monan Mongolia, Ulianghan Garzang. I heard that he is also very good at learning, and was even praised by the emperor.
He was praised in public and said to be a pillar of the future imperial court."
"I heard what mama said, so Wu|er|gun and Garzang are both pretty good, right? They are also of the same age as Mo Yaqi, which makes it a bit difficult for me to choose."
Concubine Rong said with some confusion.
Aunt Ma Jia looked at Concubine Rong and couldn't decide which one was most suitable, so she had no choice but to bend down and whisper in Concubine Rong's ear:
"Mother, I am more optimistic about Wuergun than Garzang, and I think he is the most suitable for our second princess. Think about it, he is the great-grandson of the Empress Dowager. With this relationship, as long as Wu|gun
Er|Gun will not be a fool when he grows up, and his future development will definitely be good. Moreover, the eldest princess Shuhui is the only daughter of the Empress Dowager and the only living uncle of the emperor. This tough-tempered person is very popular in Bahrain.
I am absolutely sure that if the second princess moves to Monan Mongolia in the future, life will be smoother with such an elder around, and you don’t have to worry about her being bullied."
"Think about it from another angle. If our Zhongcuigong really gets married to the eldest princess Shuhui, with her power in Mongolia, if she can say something nice for our third elder brother when he is trying to win the throne, then
Wouldn't it be much easier for our young master to seize the throne?"
Aunt Ma Jia's two long words seemed to be twisted into a thin thread and penetrated straight from Rong Bin's ears along the ear canal into the heart of her heart. She carefully rubbed the slender string on her hand.
Gilt nail polish, thought secretly in his heart for a moment, nodded and said:
"What mama said makes sense, then we will work hard to make Mo Yaqi and Wu Ergun a couple. When Yinzhi also moves to the study room to study in the spring of next year, we will let him and Wu Er in private.
Your relationship with Gon should be closer."
"But the Empress Dowager and Concubine Jing spent the whole morning in Qianqing Palace, did they just chat with the Emperor about these three potential consorts?"
Seeing that this matter was almost finished, Ma Jiashi looked at her confidant standing in front of her in confusion and asked.
After hearing what her mother-in-law said, the expression on Ma Jia's face became extremely wonderful. She was silent for a while before she could not hide her surprise and whispered:
"Your Majesty, I also found out that the Imperial Concubine went to the Chancellor's Study Room to study under the guise of her concubine, so I took the opportunity to make some suggestions to the Emperor, saying that he wanted the Emperor to choose the daughters of some important officials in the imperial court, and wait until the beginning of the Princess Academy in early September. Now, let the daughters of these ministers’ families also go to the Princess Academy of the Fifth North School.”
Concubine Rong had lived for half her life, and this was the first time she heard such a suggestion. Her eyes widened in astonishment, and she could not understand the strange brain circuit of little Hershey at all.
She was complaining in her heart, could it be that Concubine Jing likes to teach people to read so much? This princess and the princesses of the clan could not satisfy her appetite. She also wanted to find more female students to teach and pass her school. Addicted? She doesn’t have to work hard to give lectures. The female teachers who give lectures are extremely busy! With such a heavy teaching task, when the child of the noble family in the backyard is born, she will also learn from Concubine Wen to do this annoying job. I resigned.
Aunt Ma Jia caught a glimpse of the confused and indignant look on Rong Bin's face, and guessed a little bit of Ma Jia's thoughts. She coughed a few times, and then reminded Rong Bin with a slightly embarrassed voice:
"Your Majesty, I think that Concubine Jing is probably taking this opportunity to secretly raise a daughter-in-law for the young prince and the fourth prince. Think about it, the first few princes are all about the same age. When the time comes, When they started to choose Fujin, the time gates all met, but there were only a few girls from good families in the capital. Concubine Jing must have planned to take this opportunity to select the best ones in advance. Time is left to the little prince and fourth elder brother!"
Seeing Concubine Rong's eyes getting bigger and bigger, Aunt Ma Jia pursed her lips and patted her shoulder and continued:
"Empress, don't think about the things you didn't do in the North Fifth Institute. Take your clothing matching lessons. When those officials and their daughters are really sent to the North Fifth Institute to study by the emperor, you can also borrow them. Take this opportunity and pay more attention, and if you come across someone with a prominent family background, gentleness and skill, please leave it to our third elder brother."
Hearing this, Concubine Rong also put on a mask of pain on her face, wailing in her heart: "... Could it be that this is the method that Dean Jing came up with to retain female masters? But it's really such a loss, if nothing else, it's really I caught her accurately!"
If the imperial concubine knew what the master and servant were thinking, she would definitely burst into laughter.
At this moment, she was holding Xiaosi's hand and sending him along the palace road to Shoukang Palace just like last night.
Recalling that she finally found a suitable opportunity this morning and proposed to Kangxi that the daughters of officials in the capital could have the opportunity to study in the academy, the imperial concubine couldn't help but feel excited, feeling that her educational career in the Qing Dynasty was going nowhere. A big step forward.
Now she is the daughter of a high official, so she can expand to the daughter of a small official in the future. After the productivity of the Qing Dynasty is fully improved and the people's minds are further enlightened and liberated, she will have the opportunity to open women's colleges all over the capital, and then slowly This made it possible for girls from folk families throughout the Qing Dynasty to have books to read.
Qingyan couldn't help but get excited when she thought of how women's colleges would bloom all over the Qing Dynasty in the future. Smelling the fragrance of osmanthus in the night sky, she felt as if she had eaten several spoons of osmanthus nectar, which made her feel sweet in her heart.
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Xiaosi didn't know why her mother was so happy today. When mother and son passed by Cining Gate and saw Shoukang Palace getting closer and closer, Xiaosi couldn't help but grimace and said with a small mouth:
"Mom, you don't even know how difficult it was for me during dinner this morning."
"What's wrong?" When Qingyan heard Xiaosi's words, she pulled her thoughts away from her education career, lowered her head and asked curiously.
Under the cold moonlight, she could only see her son frowning in pain and saying bitterly:
"Mom, can you believe it? Cilantro is actually Xiao Wu's favorite! It's the kind of side dish that you can't live without even if you don't eat it!"
"I was having a meal this morning. Unexpectedly, the palace people suddenly brought a large bowl of coriander, fish ball and shrimp soup. Before I could react, Xiao Wu's eyes became bright and he was carrying a big rice bag.
Waving his little spoon, shouting that he wanted to drink it all, wait
The smoky smell wafted to the tip of my nose. I was so frightened that I jumped down from the chair in a panic. I picked up the backpack on the soft couch and ran to Nansansuo with Sister Lixia. Xiao Wu’s taste was so great.
It scared me so much that I ran to class this morning without even eating."
"Puch!"
After hearing this, the imperial concubine looked at her little curly hair with her little head drooped, looking like her little five was so scary that she actually liked coriander. She couldn't help but burst out laughing, and raised her hand to rub her little four.
The black curly head said:
"Xiao Si, what are you saying? Your sudden behavior will definitely frighten Xiao Wu. There are so many tastes in this world, and you will always encounter all kinds of people with your temperament and taste in the future.
They are all completely different people. When you encounter something like this that cannot be changed, you can only seek common ground while reserving differences. Otherwise, what else can you do?"
Xiaosi nodded resignedly, looked up helplessly at the bright moon that was as round as a white jade plate above his head, and said sadly:
"What E Niang said makes sense. It seems that I have to help Xiao Liu adapt to Shoukang Palace as soon as possible. Every day I see Xiao Wu holding a white porcelain bowl and drinking coriander soup. I have to say one thing.
You will really be overwhelmed by the smell."
"Hahahahahaha, then you have to work harder."
Qingyan saw Xiaosi exuding a rotten atmosphere from the inside out, and she reached out in amusement and stroked her son's very touchable head, took his hand and rushed to the Shoukang Palace in the northwest corner.
After the mother and son walked away, they happened to walk to Cining Gate. Kangxi, who was standing behind the door and listened to the mother and son, also walked out of Cining Gate with Liang Jiugong.
When the master and his servant walked along the palace road to Yongshou Palace, Kangxi suddenly asked Liang Jiugong who was following him:
"Liang Jiugong, how old are Faka and Aling'a of Niu Hulu's family this year?"
Liang Jiugong didn't know why the emperor suddenly mentioned Niu Hulu's two younger brothers. He quickly turned his head, dug out the information about these two people, and whispered:
"When I return to the emperor, I remember that Young Master Faka is about seventeen years old this year, and Young Master Aling'a must be about eleven years old."
"Seventeen, eleven, this age sounds about the same as those two little girls."
Kangxi turned the jade ring on his hand and murmured.
When Liang Jiugong heard this, he couldn't help but raise his head and glance at Kangxi's back several times. He thought about it in his mind for a long time. For a while, he couldn't figure out who the two little girls the emperor was talking about were? Thinking of this morning
What Concubine Jing said is that for the happy life of the princesses, it is necessary to
It is necessary to train the husband-in-law well, but "a good wife will bring prosperity to three generations", and a good elder brother Fujin also needs to be carefully cultivated. The emperor is currently thinking about how the elder Yue will hold the red rope for the younger generations. Is it possible that the emperor still wants to do it?
Do you plan to grant holy matrimony to Queen Niu Hulu’s two younger brothers?