By the time the ladies and mistresses in each palace received news of the emperor's return to the palace one after another, it was already more than half an hour later.
At three o'clock in the morning, Da Tong, who was wearing a light golden butterfly-loving flower palace dress, was sitting on the embroidery stool on the dressing table, boredly holding the black pen newly presented by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and pointing at the oval shape on the table.
The glass mirror depicts the curved willow-leaf eyebrows with a sad expression.
After hearing the news reported by the little eunuch next to her, her beautiful eyes lit up instantly, and she stood up from the embroidery stool with a "swish" sound. She looked at the little eunuch with joy and asked:
"Are you telling the truth? Is the Emperor really coming back?"
After hearing the news, the little eunuch wearing an ordinary blue robe hurriedly ran back to deliver a message to his master. By this time, his forehead was already covered with fine beads of sweat.
Seeing his mother-in-law's burning eyes and very eager look, the little eunuch quickly swallowed his saliva to moisten his dry throat from drinking too much cold wind. Panting slightly, he leaned over to the big Tong concubine and cupped her hands:
"Yes, your Majesty, now only the Emperor's chariot has returned to the palace, and the motorcade is still on the way. When the servant heard that the Emperor's chariot arrived, he went straight to Cining Palace. Now he is paying his respects to the Empress Dowager in Cining Palace."
"Great, great, my cousin is finally back."
Because Kangxi visited Wutai Mountain, she looked like an eggplant beaten by frost in the Chengqian Palace. Da Tongbi, who had been wilting for almost a month, seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood. She became energetic again and clasped her hands.
He walked up and down the carpet excitedly and murmured.
The eldest maid of Chengqian Palace standing next to the embroidery stool was also digesting the news. Before she could open her mouth to congratulate her master for finally bringing the emperor back, she saw the eldest concubine looking at the mirror and caressing her with her right hand.
He turned around and ran out in his flowerpot-soled shoes.
The eldest palace maid came to her senses and hurriedly opened her legs to follow.
However, as soon as she chased him out of the inner room, she saw her master, who had already run to the threshold of the hall, turned around and ran back.
"No, no, I am not dressed appropriately. Cui'er, go and call all the dressing ladies over to me, and then go to the closet to get me a plain winter coat."
After the eldest concubine Tong saw her eldest palace maid, she hurriedly gave her instructions with her eyebrows slightly furrowed.
Cui'er was stunned for a moment. When she saw her master's red lips, she suddenly realized that the Empress Dowager was lying ill in bed. Her master just ran over wearing gold, silver, and heavy makeup. How could he show any signs of illness?
What a look. She nodded hurriedly and turned around to call the maids who were skillful in dressing up in the anteroom.
Tong Jia Yurou also opened the cotton curtain again, walked back to the inner room in a few steps, suppressed her excitement, sat in front of the dressing table, and looked at herself in the mirror with bright eyes.
When the dressing ladies hurried over, they saw that their master had taken off all his makeup and was looking at himself in the mirror with a bare face.
Concubine Tong saw the dressing ladies standing behind her in the mirror and hurriedly gave instructions:
"Hurry up and put your makeup on again. I want that kind of makeup that looks like watery lotus."
The dressing ladies who just reached out to pick up the rouge and gouache on the table were a little confused when they heard Da Tongbi's words. They couldn't help but look at each other, some of them didn't understand their master's words.
The leading maid had no choice but to bite the bullet, leaned over slightly and respectfully asked in a low voice:
"Your Majesty, you slaves are stupid and don't understand what the makeup of this 'Water Hibiscus' is?"
"Hey, you are so stupid, forget it!"
Hearing this, Tong Jia Yurou immediately frowned and cursed dissatisfiedly, but thinking about being able to see Kangxi earlier, she suppressed her temper, touched her cheek, and said:
"I want the kind of beautiful makeup that others can't tell I'm wearing makeup, but my cousin can feel his eyes light up when he looks at it, like a hibiscus emerging from water. Do you understand?"
Even though Da Tongbi explained it like this, the dressing maids still felt it was a bit abstract. The leading maid couldn't help but bite the cheek flesh on the inside of her mouth with her teeth. After thinking hard for a while, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought that her mother-in-law must be.
She wanted makeup that was lighter than light makeup. She nodded hurriedly and started to call her colleagues around her to put makeup on the big concubine.
More than two-quarters of an hour later, no matter how hard the maids dressed them up, they could not come up with a look that satisfied Tong Jia and Yurou. The eldest Tong concubine was completely impatient. She drove the maids who were in the way out of her disgustingly and had to pick up the makeup with her own hands.
I used pens, gouache and other materials to carefully outline my face, and ingeniously painted myself a "nude makeup".
The eldest palace maid Cui'er, who was standing beside the maids who were dressing up, holding a blue and white winter coat embroidered with lotus patterns in her hands, couldn't help but widen her eyes when she saw the makeup painted by her master with her own hands.
Tong Bin actually still has this skill.
Tong Jia Yurou was also so beautiful by her "nude makeup". She didn't have time to look in the mirror to appreciate her beauty, so she quickly took the clothes from Cui'er's hand and put them on her body. She raised her hand to support herself and penetrated her diagonally.
The ivory white jade hairpin in her black hair led seven or eight palace guests out of her main palace in a hurry.
After receiving the same news, Little Tong Concubine walked out of the room in the backyard with her two confidants, the palace maids. As soon as she walked to the front yard, she happened to see her sister dressed up and crossing the door of the main hall with her legs raised.
The eldest concubine also saw her concubine, rolled her eyes at the younger concubine rather unluckily, and then walked quickly towards the palace gate without looking away.
The relationship between the two sisters was not deep when they were in the mansion, and now they have fallen out because of Xiaoliu's incident. The power of the Tong Jia family in the harem has also been divided into two. When they meet on weekdays, although they talk
Not as good as enemies, but close enough.
Little Tong Bin didn't react to the big Tong Bin's eyes, and glanced at her coldly, as if she were looking at a clown.
The confidant palace maids Shuang'er who stood beside her couldn't stand it. They couldn't help but bite their lips, looked at their master and whispered angrily:
"Empress, you are also a concubine now, and you have the sixth brother under your knees. I don't know what big princess is showing off. Every time I see you, my nose is not a nose, and my eyes are not eyes. I don't know why I'm so embarrassed.
What kind of energy!"
Little Tongbi pursed her red lips and said;
"It doesn't matter. She is a legitimate daughter after all, and she has a childhood sweetheart relationship with the emperor. As long as the emperor protects her, she will be able to stand firm in the harem. As long as we gain real power, there is no need to be angry with her."
"Mother, do you mean that Da Gege is going to find the emperor? But the slave girl sees that she is not wearing any makeup?"
"Haha~ That's because you didn't look carefully. My eldest sister's aesthetics are always on the line and she has always been good at dressing up. How could she go to the emperor with nothing on her face?"
The little Tong concubine saw that the eldest concubine Tong had already crossed the threshold of the palace, so she took her children and walked forward and answered.
"Then Master, are we going to Cining Palace?"
"No, the imperial driver stopped at Xihua Gate first. The convoy behind will definitely stop at Shenwu Gate in the north just like before leaving the palace. We will go directly to Shenwu Gate to wait for Brother Six."
Shuang'er nodded and said nothing. He helped his wife slightly and followed the eldest concubine Tong out of the gate of Chengqian Palace.
The two sisters walked along the palace road, one walking quickly towards the west, and the other walking slowly towards the north.
When Da Tongbi moved as fast as she could in her life, her whole body was running hot, and her fair face was covered with a blush, and she hurriedly and slowly arrived at Cining Gate, she had not yet asked the gatekeeper to come and pass for her.
Then she heard the news that made her furious.
"What do you mean the emperor has left?"
Da Tongbi bit her lower lip tightly with her teeth and looked at the eunuchs at the door with anger in her eyes. If she hadn't been concerned that she was at Ciningmen, her voice would have been raised long ago.
The eunuch guarding the gate glanced at the big concubine with a nonchalant look, cupped his hands and cupped his hands towards the Qianqing Palace to the east and said:
"It's really unlucky for Empress Tong. The Emperor and the Empress Dowager left Cining Palace more than a quarter of an hour ago."
"The servant watched the emperor taking His Royal Highness, the twin brothers, and the imperial concubine to the east along the palace road. As for whether he was going to the Chuxiu Palace in the north or the Qianqing Palace, the servant didn't know.
Already."
Listening to the eunuch guarding the gate saying "Empress Tong" clearly, Tong Jia Yurou's anger rose.
Cui'er, who was standing next to her, saw that her master's face was red with anger, and she hurriedly whispered:
"Your Majesty, why don't we go back to the palace first? I'm sure the emperor will come to see you later."
"You bully bitches!"
Da Tongbi glared at the eunuch guarding the gate, cursed softly and vaguely, clenched her fists on both sides, turned around and returned the way she came.
After Tong Jia and Yurou left, the eunuch guarding the gate turned sideways and spat on the ground. He cursed a few words in a low voice. When he saw Aunt Sumala coming to the entrance of the palace, he hurriedly changed into a pair of clothes.
Zhang smiled and asked respectfully:
"What's the matter, mama?"
"Who came just now?"
Aunt Sumala turned her head and glanced east, but only saw the backs of a few palace people, and couldn't help asking in confusion.
"When I got back to my mother, Empress Tong who lives in the main hall of Chengqian Palace came to look for the emperor. The slave said that the emperor had already left, so she took her palace people back home."
"Oh, the emperor is so fast."
When Aunt Sumala heard this, she couldn't help but sigh.
"Mom, are you looking for the Emperor?"
The eunuch who had been thinking about currying favor with La Gu Suma or Aunt Gui so that he could be transferred to the Cining Palace to guard the main hall gate asked hurriedly with a smile.
When Aunt Sumala heard this, she looked at the eunuch guarding the gate with a half-smile and said softly:
"It's not a matter of discussion. It's just that the Empress Dowager asked me to upload a few words to the Emperor. I wanted to go out and try my luck, but I didn't expect that the Emperor walked so fast and could no longer be found."
When the eunuch guarding the gate heard this, he rolled his eyes and hurriedly cupped his hands and said:
"Mommy, I just heard that the emperor and the imperial concubine said that they would take His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the thirteenth and fourteenth brothers back to the Chuxiu Palace to wash up and have some food. I think the emperor is going to the Chuxiu Palace in the north now.
If you are in a hurry, you can go to Chuxiu Palace and have a look."
"Forget it, let's wait until the emperor comes to court tomorrow. The matter is not that urgent."
Aunt Sumala took a deep look at the eunuch guarding the gate, smiled, shook her head, crossed the threshold again and turned around to leave.
The little eunuch who was standing against the wall looked at the changes in the front and back legs of the gatekeeper, and couldn't help but realize that this was really talking about people and ghosts.
The eldest concubine Tong was not popular with others, so the eunuch who guarded the gate had a cold attitude towards her. However, Aunt Sumala was the confidant of the Empress Dowager, so the eunuch who guarded the gate was not afraid of spying on the emperor, and directly reported the emperor's traces.
After being "sold", is it possible that he has to do this as an errand in Cining Palace? The young eunuch who had just been transferred from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and had only been on duty for a short time couldn't help but blinked in confusion.
At this time, the rough eunuch carrying a big broom in his hand quickly walked out of the door, thrust the big broom into the hand of the gatekeeper, and before the other person could say anything, he rubbed his big rough hands with frostbite and said happily:
"Just now, the steward came to me and told me to guard the palace gate while you clean the yard."
"What? I'm doing a good job here, so how come I'm suddenly made to be a rough eunuch?"
"How do I know this? Ask the nanny in charge!"
The rough eunuch was used to doing the work and his hands were much stronger. When he saw the eunuch guarding the gate asking endless questions, he frowned and pushed him over.
The eunuch guarding the gate turned around angrily and was about to cross the threshold to ask the nun in charge when he happened to meet Aunt Sumala's cold eyes.
He couldn't help but shuddered, and suddenly realized what mistake he had made, and he didn't dare to say anything anymore. He quickly picked up the big broom and started sweeping along the base of the wall in despair.
The little eunuch standing by the wall couldn't help but shrink his neck and lowered his head, understanding that in the deep palace, he should be honest and do his duty. Only by following the palace rules can he live longer.
On the other side, because she knew that the motorcade was moving slowly and would have to stand there and wait even when it reached the Shenwu Gate, little Tong Bi walked slowly and leisurely in the Qing Dynasty with her twin children, as if admiring the winter scenery in the Forbidden City.
On the stone palace road.
When the two masters and servants walked through the bleak Imperial Garden and just reached the exit of the Imperial Garden, they saw the four concubines An, Hui, Yi, and Rong, as well as the Xuan concubine Borjigit, and the Guo noble Guo Luo.
The Luo family, the Wanliuha family from the Ding noble family, the Zhaojia family from the Bu noble family, the Dai Jia family from the Cheng noble family, and even the Wei family from the Liang noble family who had always lived in seclusion all came out of the Changchun Palace.
Regardless of whether the relationship between these people was good or not in the past, they were all gathered together now, talking and laughing, obviously waiting for their daughters and sons.
It's just like the parents of later generations who knew the ticket time before the Spring Festival and waited at the station exit in advance, eagerly waiting for their children who were studying abroad to go home for the New Year.
Although these princes and princesses are younger than the college students of later generations, this is after all their first trip away from the palace.
The mother was worried after her son traveled thousands of miles, and their ladies stayed in the palace for a month in fear, fearing that their son/daughter would suffer somewhere they could not see. Now they are finally looking forward to the convoy returning to Beijing, and Concubine An and others are here.
Just like New Year's Eve, even though the cold wind was blowing, everyone was smiling and beaming with joy.
Sons/daughters are much more important than the emperor, so none of the empresses and mistresses who have sons and daughters are as worried about where Kangxi is as the eldest concubine Tong.
"Sister Tong Jia, come here quickly, I'm waiting for you."
Wearing a rose-red cloak, Concubine Yi was chatting with Concubine An and Concubine Xuan with her head tilted. When her peach-blossom eyes moved, she happened to catch sight of Concubine Tong standing at the exit of the imperial garden. She rushed to him with a smile.
She waved.
The fifth elder brother and the sixth elder brother were raised together in the Empress Dowager's Shoukang Palace. Little Tong Bi and Yi Fei went to the Shoukang Palace from time to time to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager. The more often they would run into each other.
Concubine Yi was very talkative and had a good relationship with Chu Xiugong due to her cheerful and lively temperament. Little Tong Bi was also the concubine's second cousin to the imperial concubine's uncle's family, and her temperament was much more likable than that of her eldest sister. After this back and forth, the relationship between the two became worse.
Getting along well too.
Concubine An and Concubine Xuan heard Concubine Yi's voice and turned to look south.
"Sisters, you guys came here early enough. I thought it was early for me to go out, but when I got here, I saw a huge crowd of people. It turns out that I am the laziest one."
Little Tong Bi walked up to the crowd with her two children, bowed to the four concubines An, Hui, Yi and Rong, then smiled and said.
The five nobles, Cheng, Liang, Ding, Guo and Bu, also slightly leaned over and bowed to little Tong Concubine.
After the group of people had greeted each other and the sisters had shouted in a circle, Yi Fei stretched out her hand and grabbed little Tong Bin's arm and pulled her to her side.
Originally, I wanted to take this opportunity to chat a little more with little Tong Bin and build a good relationship, so that when the time comes to fight for the throne in the future, I can bring the sixth brother, who has long been out of the circle due to his handicap, and the Tong Jia family of the emperor's wife behind him.
When Concubine Hui Nala and Concubine Rong Ma Jia came to their son's camp, they couldn't help but twitching their lips slightly when they saw Concubine Yi's actions.
Concubine Hui picked up the handkerchief and put it to her mouth, covering up the sneer at the corner of her mouth.
Concubine Rong was still thinking about what Wu Yashi had said to her in the imperial garden behind her back and the palace people, and harboring the sweet dream that the future king would be her son, she turned her face away and rolled her eyes without covering up.
Seeing this, little Tong Bin, who was already transparent, quickly flashed a smile in her eyes, and stood beside Xuan Bin calmly. She looked at Yi Fei as if there were nails under her feet. She couldn't stand at the same place at all.
I had to lift my legs and walk a few steps to the north, then craned my neck to take a look at the Shenwu Gate, but the Shenwu Gate was tightly closed and nothing could be seen except the scarlet door panel.
She couldn't help but joked:
"How come Sister Yifei can't wait to see Xiao Wu, Xiao Jiu and Xiao Eleven?"
When Concubine Yi heard the mention of her two sons and nephew, Concubine Yi couldn't help but waved her hands and said with a smile:
"I don't think so about the three of them. They are all careless little devils. Each one is more skinny than the other. They should spend more time outside."
Guo Guiren couldn't help but smile when he saw his sister-in-law's duplicity.
Xuan Bin answered directly and cheerfully:
"Since Sister Yi Fei doesn't want to read Xiao Jiu's words, when the motorcade comes back, I will take Xiao Jiu to live in Xianfu Palace. In this way, Xiao Jiu can be a companion with his seventh brother, and there will be Xiao Shi and Xiao Shi just across the wall.
It’s the twins’ place to live, and I’m sure he’ll like it better.”
"Ah, then I will give you that skinned monkey, so that he will not have to spend all day squatting under the table in Yikun Palace looking for gold."
Yifei laughed loudly and brightly, which made everyone present laugh.
After the smile dissipated, Concubine Yi couldn't help but frown, and with some concern, she whispered her innermost thoughts to Concubine An, Concubine Xuan, and Concubine Xuan, and Little Tong Concubine, who were close friends with her:
"I don't hide it from my sisters. Mainly Xiao Wu, Xiao Jiu and Xiao Eleven haven't been vaccinated. There has been no smallpox in this palace for the past two years, but I don't know what it is like outside. I'm afraid of Xiao Wu and the others.
If one of the three brothers catches smallpox while traveling, it will be troublesome."
Neither side took sides. Dinggui, who was standing alone in the middle, heard what Concubine Yi said and couldn't help but come over and said:
"Sister Yifei's words really hit home in my sister's heart. Not only the fifth elder brother, but also the ninth elder brother and the eleventh elder brother. The twelfth elder brother has also not been vaccinated."
With the presence of these two people, An Fei, Xuan Bin and Xiao Tong Bin could not help but widen their eyes, and they later realized that Xiao Liu, Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba were not vaccinated!
Concubine An seemed to be remembering, her brows slightly furrowed, and she asked uncertainly:
"Listening to what you two said, I remembered that the last time Chu Xiu Palace was sealed, Xiao Si and Ke Jing were vaccinated, right?"
Before the Xuan concubines could speak, Concubine Rong, who had been listening to the conversation between Concubine Yi and others, stretched out her hand, flicked her sleeves, and said with confidence:
"Isn't that true? That time, the imperial concubine took the Fourth Prince and the Fourth Princess to Chuxiu Palace for vaccination. My Yinzhi was driven to Zhongcui Palace by the Emperor for vaccination."
"Hey! Why do you say so sourly to my sister Rong Fei? Are you relieved that your precious son will be vaccinated against acne in the Chuxiu Palace? You can be so good even if you get an advantage. You really have a sister."
Concubine Yi was not used to concubine Rong. Concubine Yi noticed her rolling her eyes just now. When she heard her weird connotation that the imperial concubine was unfair and protected her shortcomings, she directly opened her mouth to retaliate.
Rong Fei was older than Yifei and had been in the palace longer than her. She was worthy of calling her "Sister Rongfei", but when she heard Yifei call her "sister" so nakedly, she immediately thought
He started to retort, but then he thought about it and thought that she was indeed ranked last among the four concubines. She became even more angry. She felt that the emperor was really heartless. She had given birth to five sons and one daughter for him!
Even if she is not ranked first among the four concubines, she should not be ranked at the bottom of the four concubines!
Seeing Concubine Rong's angry look, Concubine Hui moved away from her without leaving a trace. She felt quite disdainful of Ma Jiashi in her heart. She felt that in the past two years, as the third elder brother's speech became more and more fluent, his homework in Shangshufang became more and more perfect.
As things get better and better, Concubine Rong becomes more and more arrogant and brainless. No wonder she is firmly suppressed by Concubine Yi, who is younger than her.
"Okay, okay, the kids will be back soon, let's talk about something happy."
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Concubine An hurriedly smiled and tried to smooth things over.
Sometimes things are like this. If others don't mention it, it's okay if you can't remember it. But if you really hear something important and you haven't done it yet, you'll be scratching your head and scratching your head.
Thinking that none of the elders since the fifth elder brother had been vaccinated with cowpox, Xiao Tongbi, Xuanbin, Chengguiren, and Liangguiren couldn't help biting their lower lips, worried about what Concubine Yi was worried about.
As the head of the four concubines, Mrs. Li, although she was also thinking about her adopted son Xiaoba, she still smiled and expressed relief:
"Sisters, there is no need to worry. The imperial concubine is taking good care of her on the way. Xiaowu and the others will definitely not get sick. Besides, the vaccination technology is so mature now. After the convoy comes back, those little boys can take care of themselves for a few days, and I will give it to the emperor."
The imperial concubine asked her to arrange for the imperial doctor to vaccinate the fifth brothers with pox."
"Yes, Sister An Fei is right. Aren't the imperial concubine's twins the youngest? Then aren't the thirteenth and fourteenth brothers also vaccinated against pox?"
The implication is that the imperial concubine is not in a hurry, why are you all so anxious?
With a smile on her face, Concubine Hui flicked her sleeves with her hands and said casually.
Although what she said was good, no matter how you heard it, it sounded like you were being irritated.
Little Tongbi could see clearly that no matter whether the eldest brother would compete with His Royal Highness for the throne in the future, it would be a pity for the eldest brother to have such an ambitious mother-in-law around...
Concubine An couldn't help but frown. The warm atmosphere they had been pretending to be chatting and laughing with because of their children burst like a soap bubble.
The four concubines in charge were silent, and the concubines Xuan and Tong were also silent. The remaining five nobles looked up at the sky and down at the ground.
At this time, the faint sound of horse hoofbeats gradually came.
The eyes of the palace concubines who gathered together were bright, and they did not care about the bickering, and hurriedly walked north.
"Xiao Shi, Xiao Shi, let's go back to the palace!"
Xiao Yinzhen was leaning on the glass window of the carriage to look outside. When he saw the high red wall, he immediately stretched out his little hand and patted Xiao Yinzhen next to him and shouted in a sweet voice.
"Brother Ninth, hurry up and sit down in your seat. We will get off the carriage soon. Be careful if you accidentally fall down when the carriage stops."
Bai Lu was still thinking about her master and her twin brothers. She suppressed her worries, walked to the glass window in a few steps, stretched out her arms and pulled Xiao Jiu to his seat.
Xiao Qi also craned her neck and took a look outside. Thinking that she was about to see Xuan'e Niang and E Niang, she hurriedly said:
"Xiaojiu is obedient."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the guards driving the car shout, and the luxurious carriage stopped.
Following the emperor's order, Liang Jiugong, who stayed to look after his elder brother, hurriedly jumped out of the second large dark purple carriage according to the carriage frame, and first greeted the four princesses and five, six, twelve and three elders.
After I got off the bus, I immediately turned around and ran back to the third large carriage.
Bai Lu was about to bend down slightly and open the car door, when she heard a "squeak" and the car door was opened by someone outside.
Liang Jiugong looked at the little beans standing up from their seats, then looked at Bai Lu standing at the door and said with a smile:
"Miss Bailu, please get off the car first, and then take the young brothers back to the palace with the Zajia family."
Bai Lu nodded, stepped on the pedals and got off the carriage, then stood beside the carriage like Liang Jiugong, stretching out her arms to take the seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven and five little brothers out of the carriage one by one.
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After his feet stepped on the solid ground, little Yinzhen jumped excitedly on the spot twice, grinning happily and shouting in a milky voice:
"Xiaojiu is coming home!"
Yinzhi, Yinzhi, Yinzhen and others who got off the fourth carriage saw Xiaojiu's joyful expression and hurriedly followed him.
When they arrived at the Imperial City, Fu Quan rode his horse and took Peter's carriage straight to the training camp to settle down, leaving Chang Ning and Long Xi to continue moving forward with the convoy.
We finally saw the Shenwu Gate. Prince Gong and Prince Chun were not allowed to enter the harem, and they couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. At least they didn't have to see the emperor's face like an angry fire-breathing dragon again.
Seeing that the warm hat on Jiu Jiu's head was about to slip off as he jumped around, Long Xi smiled and walked forward, bent down and pinched the warm hat on Xiao Jiu's head, jokingly saying:
"Xiao Jiu is so happy. Why don't you go back to Yikun Palace today? Ful Hulun has been so idle this month that he is almost going to be moldy. Uncle Wang, will he take you back to Prince Chun's Mansion to stay for a few days?"
"No, I want to see my mother-in-law, so I won't go back to my house with Uncle Wang."
Xiao Jiu's eyes rolled, and his little body flexibly broke away from Long Xi's hand. Then when he saw the Shenwu Gate opened, he immediately turned around and ran forward with his two short legs.
Seeing Xiao Jiu running away, Xiao Qi, Xiao Ba and Xiao Ten rushed forward closely behind.
Xiao Eleven and Xiao Twelve, who were about to turn two years old, saw that Brother Ninth had run away in a hurry, and they hurriedly tried to run forward.
The two small-breasted dumplings didn't go very far when they were picked up by the eldest brother Yinti and the first person in the class who were about to eldest brother-in-law, who were chasing after them from behind. They carried them into their arms and strode forward.
Among the concubines who finally reached the Shenwu Gate, the anxious Concubine Yi walked at the front. When she saw a small breast dumpling wearing a dark blue winter robe with red lips and white teeth, her peach blossom eyes lit up and she hurriedly shouted
road;
"Xiaojiu!"
"Eniang~~~"
When Xiao Yinzhen saw his mother-in-law, her peach-blossom eyes that looked like Concubine Yi also lit up, and she quickly waved her little hands and shouted loudly.
Seeing that the mother and son were about to hug each other when they were eight to nine meters apart, a calico cat suddenly jumped down from the ornamental flower tree nearby and pounced on Xiao Jiu.
Seeing this, Concubine Yi couldn't help but shrink her pupils. Bai Lu and Liang Jiugong, who were following closely behind the younger brothers, also widened their eyes in shock.
"Brother Ninth!"
Xiao Yiner quickly quickened his pace to catch up, pulling his ninth brother behind him.
Although Xiao Jiu was also frightened by the calico cat that jumped out of the way, there was a delicate white Persian cat in Yikun Palace, so Xiao Jiu was not afraid of cats.
Fortunately, this calico cat was also the royal cat in the palace and did not hurt anyone. It just rubbed against Xiao Yinzhen's leg and then ran away.
Yi Fei and others breathed a sigh of relief. Xiao Yinzhen saw the cat rubbing all the dirt on his winter robe. He frowned and bent down to pat the hem of his winter robe with his little hands.
Said in a sweet voice;
"The cats in our palace love to be clean."
As soon as he finished speaking in a complaining voice, the next moment his little body was lifted into the air, and Concubine Yi bent down and picked her up.
Although it was a false alarm, Concubine Yi couldn't help but feel scared, what if the cat pounced on her son and scratched his beautiful little face, or even scratched his eyes.
Feeling the warm little body in her arms, she couldn't help but slap Xiaojiu's elastic little butt angrily and scolded in a low voice;
"Yinzhen, why are you running! If you had followed the palace people properly, how could you have been pounced on by that cat?"
If it had been left in the past, Xiaojiu would have talked back to his mother-in-law.
Now that he has been playing outside for a month, he has become much more sensible. He put his two short arms around Yi Fei's neck with a smile, rubbed her smooth little face against her neck, and said softly:
"Mom, I miss you so much, that's why I ran forward first."
This was the first time that Yifei heard her naughty little son say such thoughtful words. She couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, and gave her little son a rare kiss on the cheek. For the first time, she felt her old mother's affection.
Happy, I feel that my younger son has become more sensible after going out for a while.
At this time, Concubine An, Concubine Hui, Concubine Rong, Concubine Xuan and others also gathered around their daughter/son, speaking warmly and caring words.
Xiao Shi, who was standing alone, looked at his elder brother, elder sister, and younger brothers who all had aunties. He couldn't help lowering his head slightly and rubbing his two little hands together.
When Yinzhen who was following behind him saw this, he couldn't help but sigh. He stepped forward and took hold of Xiao Yiner's chubby little hand, and said warmly:
"Xiao Shi, let's go. Fourth brother will take you back to Chuxiu Palace. Maybe E Niang, Xiao Shi San and Xiao Fourteen are waiting for us in the main hall."