After Kangxi, the Queen Mother, the Imperial Concubine and others were served by the palace people, they entered the clean room and took a comfortable hot bath to wash away the dust they had contracted from traveling for days. They wore soft and clean pajamas and ate something easy to digest.
After the meal, the group finally felt that most of their fatigue was gone, and they all yawned and went into the side room to sleep.
The wing in the east courtyard of the inn, next to the west wall, is where Xiao Jiu and Xiao Shi rest.
Xiao Yinzhen, who had just got off the carriage and was crying and complaining about the bumpy road, became energetic again after eating and drinking enough and washing up.
At the end of Xu Shi, it was late at night, and the cold wind whistling through the treetops outside the glass window made a "whirring" sound. The candlesticks at the head and end of the bed were lit.
He lit a candle, and the dim candlelight swayed up and down with the sound of the wind. In order to keep vigil, the two brothers' nanny took turns lying on the soft couch outside, closing their clothes and closing their eyes to rest.
Xiao Jiu was wearing golden pajamas, sticking her butt out and getting into the warm quilt. She was lying on the bed with her cheek in one hand, her brows furrowed and her face looking thoughtful. Her pigtails were tied up because she was wearing a warm hat during the day.
, after taking a bath, it turned into thick and fluffy black waves draped over the little head. With exquisite and beautiful facial features, at first glance, it looks like a little girl under three years old with a strong spirit.
Xiao Yin'er, who was lying next to him, was wearing the same style of pajamas, like a spring roll. He wrapped Xiao Jin's quilt tightly around his body, turned over and opened his sleeping eyes in confusion, and unexpectedly saw Xiao Jiu.
Not sleeping yet, he could not help but yawn, and asked in a vague milky voice:
After saying this, "Little Spring Roll" pulled the quilt on his body again, yawned several times, closed his eyes and wanted to continue. He had a big rice bag tied around his neck, silver chopsticks in his left hand, and silver chopsticks in his right hand.
The dream of sitting on Khan Amma’s royal table with a silver spoon and eating all kinds of delicacies from his royal meal.
Xiao Jiu's thoughts were interrupted by Xiao Yiner's voice. After he came to his senses, he tilted his little head to the right. Under the dim candlelight, he saw the glistening saliva flowing out of the corner of Xiao Yiner's mouth and his occasional moans.
From the movements of his mouth, he knew that Xiao Shi must be dreaming about delicious food again.
Seeing Xiao Yiner sleeping sweetly without choosing a bed, Xiao Yinzhen couldn't help but be infected by him. A wave of sleepiness surged in his head. He turned over and lay on the bed side by side with Xiao Shi, sighing a little.
Then he stared expectantly at the dark carved beams above his head, and whispered softly:
"Xiao Shi, I really didn't expect that the official roads outside this palace are so bad. The carriage we are riding in is not of good quality and the road is not good. Sitting in it is like shaking to death. Do you think that when I grow up, if I can
The official system of the Qing Dynasty has been repaired to a mediocre level, and it can still be done
A carriage that is ten thousand times better than now will come out, no, a chariot, a good carriage that can fight and travel. When the time comes, I will ask Khan Amma to give me ten thousand taels of silver, no, gold for every official road I build.
, and then sell the chariot to Khan Amma, how much money will I make?"
There was obvious excitement in Xiao Jiu's tone. This high mood did not last for a while before the corners of his mouth drooped. He couldn't help but curl his lips and said with some grievance:
"My mother-in-law is right. I was happy at first when I went out, but after a long time I realized that I was suffering."
After thinking of Concubine Yi in the palace, Xiao Jiu became depressed.
No matter how smart he is, he is still a two-and-a-half-year-old kid with small breasts. In the Forbidden City, because of his naughtiness, his mother-in-law is holding a feather duster in her hand and wearing flowerpot-soled shoes, and is all over the palace.
He chased and beat him all over the place. At that time, he thought that E Niang was too fierce and he would just run away from home.
Now he was away from his mother for the first time. During the day, it was nice to have the emperor and his brothers playing with him in the carriage. But now that it was quiet at night, Xiao Yinzhen realized that he missed his mother. The more he thought about it, the sadder he became.
A thin layer of mist slowly rose up in the crystal clear peach blossom eyes.
Little Yiner, who was so sleepy that his whole little head was about to turn into a pot of mush, vaguely heard the slight sobs of Xiao Jiu next to him who was covered in quilt, and it took a lot of effort to cling to him tightly.
The upper and lower eyelids parted together, and he turned sideways and stretched out his small hand to pull open Xiao Jiu's quilt.
Xiao Yinzhen was crying sincerely. He never thought that his quilt would be lifted by Xiao Yiner. Leng Buding was shocked. His crying stopped, but he started to hiccup.
Xiao Shi saw Xiao Jiu's red eyes and couldn't help scratching his furry little head in confusion. Sleeping Phoenix's eyes were full of concern and he whispered:
"Brother Ninth, what's wrong with you? Do you miss Empress Yi?"
Xiaojiu has the most arrogant temperament among his brothers and sisters. When he saw that Xiaoshi was not crying, how could he admit that he missed his mother's sleep? He quickly wiped the tears on his face with his sleeves while typing.
Crying Hiccup joked:
"Hier, the wind outside is really blowing too hard. Hier, it blew in through the glass window and froze my eyes, so I shed tears uncontrollably."
Xiao Yiner was just not good at reading, but that didn't mean he was a little fool. He straightened up and took a look at the warm silver charcoal basin placed in the middle of the wing, and then looked at the glass window on the east wall and the door of the wing.
They all had thick cotton curtains hanging to protect them from the wind and cold. You knew Xiao Yinzhen was looking for an excuse.
He didn't expose Xiao Jiu, but smiled with crooked eyebrows and said in a silly voice:
"No wonder, it seems that I didn't feel the cold wind because I fell asleep. Brother Jiu, I actually heard what you just said. I believe that when you grow up, you will definitely be able to design a very powerful and unique product.
A useful chariot can also make the official road smooth and smooth.
Kuan, when the time comes, you won't be able to help yourself to cultivate officialdom. As long as you sell all your methods to Khan Ama, you will definitely make a lot of money. By then, you will be the richest in the palace, no, in the whole Qing Dynasty.
Even Khan Amma and Brother Prince are not as rich as you!"
"Good Xiao Shi, you are so discerning!"
After hearing Xiao Yiner's rainbow fart, and seeing how he admired her with words and gestures, Xiao Yinzhen instantly burst into laughter. He stopped crying and hiccuped, and stretched out his right arm in the air with bright peach blossom eyes and waved it.
, his little short legs kicked up, and he promised Xiao Yiner with great pride:
"Xiao Shi, don't worry! When Brother Ninth earns money in the future, you will definitely be indispensable. I will keep you alive for the rest of your life. Then I will have enough money to buy the entire royal kitchen of Khan Ama."
, let the royal chefs inside stay by your side at all hours of the day, so that you can eat delicious food and spicy food, and eat whatever you want. Every meal will be a full banquet, and you can eat on the table and pour on the table!"
Xiao Shi also looked like he believed Xiao Jiu's words. He kept nodding his furry little head and praised repeatedly:
"Brother Ninth, you're awesome! I have a big appetite and can eat two tables of full banquets. I don't need to throw away the extra table, which would be a waste..."
Aunt Liu, who was guarding the door, just got up from the soft couch outside, pulled on her shoes, and took over from Aunt Yinyin. When she heard what sounded like crying coming from the inner room, she raised her hand and opened the cotton curtain gently.
I walked in on my feet and wanted to take a look. Unexpectedly, I just walked to the screen at the door and heard the two brothers lying on the bed talking about "you" and "me", and I couldn't help but smile.
About a moment later, when the two brothers' voices became quieter and quieter, until they disappeared completely, Aunt Liu slowly walked around the screen, walked gently to the bed, and saw the tenth brother standing sideways.
He put his little hand on Brother Ninth's arm. It was obvious that he used his little hand to gently pat Brother Ninth to sleep.
When Grandma Liu saw the little brothers' little heads pressed together, her eyes became gentler. She felt that the relationship between the ninth and tenth princes in this palace was the best.
Although the two little brothers are half-brothers whose birth dates are only three days apart, emotionally speaking, they are more like brothers born from the same mother.
She leaned down and stretched out her hand to carefully pick up Xiao Shi's short arm that was resting on Xiao Jiu's body, stuffed his little hands into her brocade quilt, and then carefully slid the brocade quilt that the brothers had slid down and put it up again.
He tugged it to cover it, then turned around and blew out a candle next to the bed. He picked up the small scissors next to the candlestick and cut the wick of the candle at the end of the bed. He walked over very lightly.
Outside...
The next morning, the weather was very sunny, the sky was clear and green, and there were mostly white clouds that looked like cotton candy. However, the temperature outside was very low, and the occasional cold wind could still freeze people's necks and shiver all over.
Shivering.
After Kangxi's family sat in the hall and had breakfast, Yi Cheng walked up to Kangxi with a smile on his face, leaned towards him respectfully and said:
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen has already told you about the temple in advance and asked the abbot to vacate all the rooms in the temple. He also led all the pilgrims who were going to offer incense and worship Buddha in the past few days to another place.
In the temple.”
"Okay, I understand. You did a good job on this errand. I will leave for the mountain in a while."
Kangxi took the tea from Liang Jiugong, rinsed his mouth and said quietly to Yi Cheng.
"Yes, yes, I am resigning."
After waiting for so long, Yi Cheng finally heard the emperor's praise. He smiled and leaned over again, bowed and left with satisfaction.
About half an hour later, by the end of the hour, the royal family all changed into regular clothes and big sweaters, and followed Yi Cheng out of the inn.
After a good night's sleep, Xiao Yinzhen's energy returned. Standing at the door of the inn, he raised his little head and looked at the blue sky and white clouds above his head, and then at the towering clouds and endless blue-black mountains not far away.
, couldn’t help but asked in confusion:
"Huh? Why are there so many mountains here? Which Mount Wutai are we going to?"
Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard Xiaojiu's innocent little voice.
Xiao Wu walked up to Xiao Yinzhen, stretched out his hand to grab Xiao Jiu's fleshy hand, and explained with a simple smile:
"Xiaojiu, Wutai Mountain is not a mountain, it refers to a mountain system. Because the mountains here are tall and majestic in appearance, but the top of the mountain is wide and flat, so it is called Wutai Mountain."
"Yes, Xiaowu is right. The Wutai refers to the East, West, South, North and Zhongwutai. I heard that there are many temples in Dongtai and Zhongtai and they are very lively. Which temple did we go to pray for?
ah?"
Yinzhen took Yinqi's words and added with a smile. His slender red phoenix eyes looked at Kangxi expectantly.
After Kangxi heard what Xiaosi and Xiaowu had done in advance, he remembered the location of the temple he was going to, and couldn't help but touch his nose with a guilty conscience, but did not speak.
Yinti looked at the sun in the east, then pulled off the cloak on his body, and looked at the black cloak that his mother was wearing. He could not hide the envy in his round litchi eyes.
In the perception, a man should wear a big cloak to be domineering. When he wears a cloak with fur trim, he looks like a young boy!
Unable to hide the words in his heart, Yinti said carelessly:
"Khan Ama, I don't care which temple we go to. I just want to ask if this cloak can be taken off. I am so angry that I started to get hot and sweaty even after I put on this cloak before climbing the mountain."
When Kangxi heard what his eldest son said, he immediately put aside Xiaosi's question. He couldn't help but stretched out his big hand, slapped the warm hat on Yinti's head, and said:
"Baoqing, you idiot! Xiaosi and Xiaowu both know that they should know a little bit about the situation in Wutai Mountain before leaving the palace. You have grown up and don't know what it means to know where you are going before you go out.
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Yinti might as well have been beaten by their Khan Ama, and he was feeling aggrieved. After listening to Kangxi's entire sentence, he realized belatedly that he, like Xiaojiu, seemed to have made a joke.
He subconsciously turned his eyes for help to Yin Reng who was standing beside him.