When Xiao Yiner heard this, he raised his little head and looked at his fourth brother, smiled and nodded.
Yinzhen also lowered his head and smiled at Brother Ten, shook Xiao Shi's warm palm, said goodbye to his brothers and sisters, and said hello to Concubine An, Concubine Yi, Concubine Xuan and Concubine Xiao Tong.
So she took Xiao Shi and headed to Chuxiu Palace in the west. Bai Lu also bowed to the concubines and quickly followed the two brothers.
Yi Fei hugged Xiao Jiu and turned around to watch the brothers and Bai Lu leave. She couldn't help but say:
"They are all good kids, what a pity."
"Mom, what's the pity?"
Xiaojiu followed Yi Fei's gaze and glanced at the fourth brother and tenth brother who were gradually walking away. She couldn't help but scratched the warm hat on her head with her little hand and asked.
"nothing."
Concubine Yi tapped her son's little nose with her white fingertips, put down Xiao Yinzhen from her arms, and then talked affectionately with Xiao Wu and Xiao Eleven who were holding Guo Guiren's hands and walking over.
Concubine An, who was standing next to Concubine Yi and her son, understood what Guo Luoluo's unfinished words meant. She also turned her head and glanced at Yinzhen and Xiaoyin'er, who had turned into two small black dots, and couldn't help but feel
I sighed in my heart:
It is definitely good for the child to live with his biological mother, but the premise is that the biological mother loves her child.
A few years ago, when an earthquake occurred in the side hall of Yonghe Palace, Wu Yashi could leave her newly-month-old Xiao Si to escape alone without hesitation, but she was no longer able to be a mother.
Among the dwarfs, Xiao Niu Hulu is definitely taller than Wu Ya, but compared with the power in his hands, how much weight does Xiao Shi have in Niu Hulu Mingya's heart? I'm afraid
It's Xiao Niu Hulu himself who can't even explain it.
Even without mentioning these, Concubine An, as a bystander, could see clearly that when Xiao Shi was in Yongshou Palace for a day, Kangxi was worried about the stability of the crown prince's position, so he would never take a glance at Xiao Yiner.
Xiao Shi has a very laid-back personality and is a bit naturally stupid, while Xiao Niu Hulu is a natural fighter for power. Mother and son have conflicting temperaments, unless Xiao Niu Hulu teaches her son who is in the development stage of his temper as soon as possible.
After becoming like her, she also became power-hungry, otherwise the mother and son would be like the late emperor and the empress dowager, with mother-son wars breaking out from time to time.
However, if Xiao Shi really grew up to look like his mother-in-law, Mrs. Li was not sure how Kangxi would treat her tenth son who came from a prominent family. But one thing she was sure of was that if Xiao Shi was raised in Xiao Niu Hulu
Those who were born under his father would definitely not be able to form the close and harmonious relationship with his brothers and sisters that he does now.
It can only be said that if you give up, you will get something. Both Yinzhen and Xiao Yiner are good, but it is a pity that their biological mothers are more difficult than the other...
Concubine An quickly ran through these chaotic thoughts in her mind and thought of Xiao Niu Hulu who was lying unconscious on the bed. Concubine An shook her head and did not want to think about being with Liang Guiren and Xiao Ba any more.
Er turned around and chatted while walking towards the Changchun Palace in the southwest.
Following closely behind An Fei, Cheng Gui, Xiao Qi, and Yifei sisters took Xiao Wu, Xiao Jiu, and Xiao Eleven behind An Fei, and also went to the Sixth Palace in the West.
The team in the West Sixth Palace dispersed. Concubine Hui, Concubine Rong and others also took their children back to the Sixth Palace in the East along the palace road. The eldest princess led Ke Jing and the three prospective concubines to the south along the palace road.
Let's go. Changquan had already sat on Prince Yu's horse on the way, and followed him to send the little tsar to his home.
A group of brothers and sisters traveling in the motorcade dispersed near the exit of the Royal Garden.
Little Concubine Tong didn't want to go with the two concubines Hui and Rong, so she took the palace maid Shuang'er, held her son's little hand, and planned to walk out of the imperial garden and return the same way.
"Xiao Liu, are you happy to go out and play this time?"
Little Tong Bin took out a soft handkerchief from her arms and lowered her head to wipe her son's face, smiling and asking softly.
"Mom, Mount Wutai is so fun. There are many animals in it, and the air in the mountain smells very good. But the vegetarian food in the temple is not delicious, but there is a roasted sweet potato food that is still very sweet. Khan Ama said that we will wait for this year
When the sweet potatoes in the imperial palace are ripe, they will be sent to the palaces for you to taste."
Xiaoliu held his mother's hand, raised his head and smiled and told interesting stories about their group in Wutai Mountain. He talked about whatever came to his mind, and little Tongbi listened patiently with a smile in his eyes.
After listening to Xiaoliu's emotional talk about the accident that happened due to the sudden appearance of his mother during the snowball fight on the racecourse of the inn, even though Xiaotongbi had a calm temperament, she couldn't hold back the sound of "plop" and burst out laughing.
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Listening to her son's retelling, she could picture Kangxi with his face covered with snow. The more she thought about it, the happier she became. She simply rubbed her son's head with her hands and laughed loudly.
The mother and son, with their two children, were talking and laughing along the cobblestone path, passing through a group of rockeries, and kept walking towards the south.
After the three masters and servants left the rockery group, the lame palace maid holding a broom in her hand flashed out of a large rockery like a thief.
Like other concubines who couldn't let go of their children, Wu Yashi had never had the chance to see the twins, and she couldn't be sure whether the little fourteen born to the imperial concubine was her old fourteen in her previous life, so now her heart is still racing
On Xiao Liu.
She hid behind the rockery at the exit of the imperial garden and squinted her eyes to watch the scene of the palace concubines picking up her children from beginning to end.
Seeing the fastest runner, little Yinzhen, being rubbed on the back of her leg by a calico cat, a flash of astonishing joy quickly flashed across her eyes, and she couldn't help but beat the rockery a few times with her fist hanging by her side in excitement.
, stared at the back of Concubine Yi, whom she had hated for two lifetimes, with a vague and malicious look for a long time. When she saw Xiao Liu's figure, she immediately put on a warm look and looked at Xiao Yinzuo intently.
Even though the distance between Xiaoliu and Yinzhen was only one meter, she did not give Yinzhen half of her eyes.
She looked at Xiao Liu's face and height carefully. After traveling, she saw that the soft flesh on Xiao Liu's cheeks was less, he seemed taller, and his personality seemed more lively. She couldn't help but twitch at the corner of her mouth.
He gave a soft smile.
Seeing Xiaoliu happily raising his head and chatting and laughing with little Tongbi who was holding his hand, the smile on Wu Yashi's face disappeared again, and the corners of her mouth were tightly pressed into a thin line of dissatisfaction.
When the master and servant walked out of the imperial garden, turned a corner to the east, and completely disappeared from Wu Yashi's sight, the calico cat that just rubbed against Xiao Jiu ran out from behind Wu Yashi, wagging its tail.
, grabbed the tree trunk with his furry claws, and climbed up to the apricot tree behind the rockery.
Wu Yashi raised her head and glanced at the calico cat lying in a huddle on the branch of a tree with a gloomy look and very low energy. The joy in her eyes was like ripples in the water, spreading out layer by layer.
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Seeing someone from the palace coming not far away, she hurriedly lowered her head and held the big broom in her hand and swept away the fallen leaves on the floor tiles, then dragged her lame leg and walked step by step towards Jingqi Pavilion in the east.
The location of Jingqi Pavilion is already remote. Since the death of Princess Jianning inside, the place has become even more gloomy. Occasionally, when palace officials pass by this place, they will feel unlucky in their hearts and have to shrink their necks and speed up their steps.
He left in a hurry.
Perhaps Kangxi and the Empress Dowager felt guilty towards the eldest princess Jianning, so this attic was a place they and their grandchildren did not want to think too much about.
The three giants all ignored Jingqi Pavilion, and the palace concubines also looked down upon this place. As time went by, Jingqi Pavilion gradually became a place where filth and evil spread, and where no one could see it.
Wu Ya, who lived alone here, carried a big broom and walked slowly to Jingqi Pavilion while holding on to the palace wall. She leaned the big broom against the mottled and faded courtyard wall. Then she walked along the steps to the threshold.
He stretched out his hands and pushed open the dilapidated door with a creak, crossed the threshold and walked into the front yard, leaving a gap in the door.
The front yard was overgrown with weeds, and yellow dry grass came out from the gaps in the floor tiles, covering them up.
On the mahogany flower stand under the eaves, the pots of sweet peppers and sunflowers that the eldest princess of Jianning raised on it a few years ago have long since dried up, leaving only a thin withered stem standing upright.
Poke in the flower pot.
There is a thick layer of dust on the soil of the flowerpot, and the outer wall of the flowerpot is also covered with dust. The flower stand is covered with spider webs stained with dust. From time to time, brown geckos crawl along the flower stand.
This desolate Jingqi Pavilion is just like this abandoned mahogany flower stand. It has no popularity at all and has become a paradise for insects.
Wu Yashi picked the floor tiles without grass and walked into the backyard without squinting. She picked up the rusty copper basin under the tall pear tree, used a gourd and ladle to scoop some water into the water tank and poured it into the copper basin.
The water in early November was bitingly cold, and Wu Yashi had several chilblains on her hands. As if she didn't feel the cold, she washed her hands carefully with cold water until they turned red before she gave up.
Then he turned around and walked into the house where he lived. He saw a hot food box placed on the long lame table at the door of the house as usual.
She picked up the food box, opened the door and walked in. She sat on the dining table in the center of the room, opened the food box and took out the meals one by one.
After the mass production of glass, the windows throughout the palace were gradually replaced with glass windows. Wu Ya's house still used white paper windows.
There is no charcoal pot in the house, and the white paper windows are not insulated. Sitting in the house is actually not much different from sitting outside under the pear tree.
She held the warm rice bowl with her cold hands, took large gulps of rice into her mouth with chopsticks, chewed the rice grains in her mouth, and waited quietly for the arrival of the person who was supposed to come.
In the afternoon, a young eunuch who was on duty near Beiwusuo glanced at the courtyard wall out of habit when passing by Jingqi Pavilion as usual.
When he saw the big broom leaning against the courtyard wall and a gap left in the door of Jingqi Pavilion, the signal appeared again. His eyes lit up and he hurriedly rubbed his hands together, took a breath of hot breath into his palms, and said
He cursed in a low voice: It’s so cold, poor people don’t deserve to spend the winter!
After saying this, he immediately turned around and ran away.
It gets dark very early in winter, and when twilight dyes the sky little by little, it doesn't take long for night to fall and cover the entire Forbidden City.
The temperature at night was very low, and the masters all got into the warm quilts early after washing and being served by the palace people.
The palace maids on duty also went off to work earlier. There were no maids on duty, and the eunuchs gathered in twos and threes in the penthouse, chatted around the charcoal basin, and then went to bed early.
At the end of the Xu period, everything was silent, and the entire Forbidden City was so quiet that the only sound that could be heard was the howling north wind.
The cold winter wind blew the dim palace lanterns around.
Several young eunuchs followed two old eunuchs who were over fifty years old, walking very lightly along the palace road into Jingqi Pavilion like ghosts.
After the group of people crossed the threshold, the young eunuch walking at the end alertly looked around with his head. After making sure that there was no one around, he gently closed the door.
Then the eunuchs walked straight to the backyard with tall pear trees.
The two-story attic in the backyard was dark, with only a room with a north-facing window faintly revealing the light of an oil lamp.
The two old eunuchs raised their right arms and waved forward. The young eunuchs behind them hurriedly walked towards the room and patted the door three times and one long time.
The door creaked and someone opened it from the inside.
The cold wind blew in, causing the flame of the oil lamp placed on the candlestick to jump up and down.
Even though they were mentally prepared, the young eunuchs standing by the door were still frightened to the point of their hearts skipping a beat when they saw Wu Yashi, who had half a beautiful face and half a disfigured face.
"Come in."
Without even looking at the young eunuch at the door, Wu Yashi glanced at the dim shadow of the old eunuch in the distance and shouted.
The two old eunuchs also sniffed their frozen red noses and walked into the house.
The old eunuchs and Wu Yashi were sitting at the table, and several young eunuchs scattered to the door and window, standing behind the old eunuchs.
The dim light of the oil lamp illuminated the faces of the group of people, making it difficult to see their expressions clearly.
After a while, Wu Yashi spoke first:
"You are such trash! Kangxi took so many little ones to the deep mountains and old forests, but you didn't even hurt any of them, and you even told these people to come back with all their hair and tail. With your virtues, you still rebelled against the Qing Dynasty.
As for regaining sight, I’m afraid it may not be successful in the next life!”
When the old eunuch sitting on the left heard this, his face darkened suddenly. Several young eunuchs in the room also glared at Wu Yashi who was sitting on the stool.
No one will be happy if they are scolded in front of them.
The leading old eunuch sitting on the right stretched out his hand to stop the old man next to him who was about to curse, straightened his wind-blown cuffs with his orchid fingers, and laughed in a high-pitched voice:
"Miss Wuya is smart. If the Tatar Emperor was so easy to assassinate, the Prince of San Francisco and the Zheng Family of Baodao would have chopped off his head a hundred and eighty times. How could it be our turn?"
"Now the entire Wuya clan, young and old, have been chopped to pieces by the Tatar emperor. The girl's relatives are still suffering in Ninggu Pagoda. Ning Guta, girl, do you know? That place is better than here.
It's even colder. Many of the exiles died on the way before they even got there. Since Miss Wuya and we have a common enemy, we should share the same hatred. How can we expose our scars as soon as we meet?
?”
As soon as he finished speaking, another old eunuch sitting next to him sneered in a hoarse voice:
"Miss Wuya can just talk. We did all the practical things. This morning, the calico cat also followed Miss Wuya's instructions. It jumped down from the tree and jumped down with good luck.
I pounced on Brother Jiu. Isn't this the object of your dreams? Miss Wuya got her wish today. Didn't you come to trouble us when you were happy? "
When Wu Yashi heard the old eunuch's rough words, a smile appeared on her lips.
When the old eunuch with an orchid finger and a steady temperament saw this, he couldn't help but narrowed his eyes and asked cheerfully;
"We have been delivering hot meals to Miss Wuya all day long. The Za family has always wanted to ask how Miss Wuya learned that the Tatar Emperor was going to take his Tatar sons to Jingshan for hunting.
?”
"If Miss Wu Ya hadn't categorically said in advance that the Tatar Emperor would go hunting in Jingshan in June, we wouldn't have seized the opportunity and worked overtime to dig out the tunnel, and hanged Emperor Chongzhen day and night beforehand.
Waiting for rabbits near the old locust tree."
"If we had better luck last time, we would have killed both the Tatar emperor and his prince in one fell swoop. How could we have waited until now? Four years have passed in a flash. We have been dealing with each other for such a long time, and we are all old acquaintances.
, I wonder if Miss Wuya can help the Za family solve their doubts tonight?"
"You have always been thinking about feelings."
When Wuya Delian heard this, she couldn't help covering her mouth and chuckled twice.
Two old eunuchs sitting opposite her looked at her with serious expressions and squinted eyes.
"The Baoyi family is like the roots of the bamboo. It stretches deep and far, and is intricately connected. Because of the corruption problem, Kangxi quickly raised his knife and dropped it.
After killing a few of the leading ones, could it be that he just wanted to cut off all the connections between the Baoyi family in just a few strokes?"
As Wu Yashi spoke, she stood up from the stool, found a simple and thin hairpin and flicked the wick of the oil lamp. The blue flame swayed with the movement of her hand, disfiguring half of her face.
Hidden in darkness.
She sneered: "Unless he has the courage to abolish the wrapping, but without the wrapping, the entire Forbidden City will be paralyzed, and he will not be able to take care of himself."
"I'm telling you this, just to stop you from overthinking it. Rats have their own ways, and we have ways to find out the exact information. I can guarantee that as long as the information I tell you is true,
You just need to do what I say and don't ask me about the source of the information."
The eunuchs present all frowned when they heard what Wu Yashi said. Obviously this was not the answer they expected.
The two old eunuchs couldn't help but turn to look at each other.
The steady old eunuch frowned slightly, put his right hand on the table and tapped the table with his fingertips. After pondering for a while, he felt that what Wu Yashi said was reasonable. If the emperor decided to go hunting or leave the palace for a long trip, he only needed to move his mouth.
However, the preparation of tools and all logistical services have to be done by the servants.
These links are intertwined, and maybe there is someone close to the Wuya clan somewhere in the middle.
Wu Ya took this opportunity to know in advance the exact hunting time of the Tatar Emperor, so there was no problem in thinking about it.
At present, Wu Yashi has made it clear that he will never tell them this life-saving method of finding out secret information.
It's better for them to pretend to be confused, as long as the information provided by Wu Yashi is accurate.
As the leader, the old eunuch quickly ran through all his thoughts in his mind, then raised his hands, cupped them at Wu Yashi and smiled:
"Hahahaha, thank you Miss Wuya for clarifying the mystery. Today, I finally solved the mystery that has troubled my family for many days."
"Otherwise, the Zanzha family will mistakenly think that Miss Wuya will predict the future."
The old eunuch said jokingly.
Wu Yashi, who was standing in front of the candlestick, froze when she heard the second half of his words, and said mockingly:
"If I really had the ability to predict the future, our Wuya clan would not have had this disaster."
The old lady with a rough voice sitting on the left listened to her old friend and Wu Yashi talking for a long time without mentioning the next thing. She couldn't help but become a little anxious and said:
"Then what should we do next? The Tatar Emperor has returned to the palace, and people from our church can't assassinate him anymore."
"You can't just watch him live in such comfort, living as a beautiful wife and concubine, right?"
The old eunuch reached out and slammed the table in front of him, spit on the ground, and cursed fiercely.
The leading old eunuch also turned his attention to Wu Yashi, wanting to see if he could extract any more useful information from Wu Yashi's mouth.
Wu Yashi looked at the spitting old eunuch with disgust, frowned and tried to search through the memories of her previous life, and counted the days on her fingers. She was sure that the Empress Dowager did not have a few more years to live, so she pressed her teeth tightly
He bit his lower lip and said:
"No rush, just wait. As long as you are not lazy and do what I say, Kangxi will definitely not have an easy life in the future. Since we can't kill him now, let's make him care one by one.
people died before him.”
When several eunuchs heard this, they looked at Wu Ya's fierce look and stopped making any sound.
A young eunuch standing behind the two old eunuchs couldn't help but recall the calico cat in the morning. A look of worry could not help but appear in his eyes. However, thinking of the monarchs of the Ming Dynasty, he quickly changed the look of worry in his eyes.
He put it away, raised his head and took a deep look at Wu Yashi, feeling that this woman was really scary, and she would dare to do anything if she was ruthless.
Seeing that everything that needed to be said had been said, the leading old eunuch pointed at the frostbite on Wu Ya's hand with her orchid finger raised and said with a smile:
"The Za family sees that Miss Wuya has a lot of frostbite on her hands. Why don't we ask the eunuch to bring some frostbite ointment to Miss Wuya tomorrow when he comes to deliver the food?"
It was a good thing that the old eunuch didn't say this. When Wu Yashi mentioned chilblains, she felt that her chilblains were itchy and numb.
She waved her hand, frowned and refused coldly:
"No need, these chilblains can make me aware of my situation at all times. People with their necks tied to their belts should not be too comfortable."
"Okay, I've said everything I need to say. If you're okay, just leave quickly and don't let anyone find out."
"Okay, then Miss Wuya, let's go to bed early. The Za family will take the others back so that they won't disturb Miss Wuya's sleep."
The old eunuch stood up from the stool in a good manner, bowed his hands to Wu Yashi, and then led the rest of the people out of Wu Yashi's house one by one.
Wu Yashi watched as several people walked away with their necks shrunken.
She picked up the teapot on the table and poured herself a cup of warm cold water.
Holding a coarse porcelain cup, she leaned against the door frame and looked at the pear branches not far away swaying in the cold wind through the hazy moonlight above her head.
She drank the water in her hand like wine. After downing half a glass of warm water, her thoughts gradually drifted away.
"Haha, aren't the Ai family just prophets of things to come?"
Wu Yashi murmured in a low voice mockingly.
June of the 18th year of Kangxi's life in her previous life was the happiest month for her, and she remembered it throughout her life.
At the beginning of June, she finally moved out of the Chengqian Palace and lived in the Yonghe Palace next door. And unlike this life, the emperor directly let her live in the main palace.
Immediately afterwards, the emperor took the five-year-old prince to Jingshan for hunting. The prince shot "four rabbits and one deer" at a young age. Kangxi was so happy that he couldn't help himself and sent the prey that the prince had shot to the imperial kitchen.
Make meals out of it and send them to various palaces as rewards.
He personally carried half of a roasted rabbit to her main hall of Yonghe Palace. However, she retched after just one smell of the rabbit. The emperor was so panicked that he called the imperial doctor to check her pulse. Only then did she realize that she had...
She was more than a month pregnant, and that was her mistress.
A few months later, she carried her Xiaoliu and enjoyed the scenery of being a concubine alone.
How much she loved the emperor in her previous life, how much she hates Kangxi in this life!
Wu Yashi closed her wet eyes, raised her neck and drank the rest of the water in the cup.
Xiaoliu in her previous life was her lucky star and the product of her closest relationship with the emperor. Old Fourteen was her younger son who gave birth to a child at an older age. Only Yinzhen was the product of her lowly official life.
The north wind became stronger and stronger, blowing Wu Yashi's tears out.
She had a headache when she thought of her eldest son, whom she had never liked in her entire life.
With a "pop", she threw the coarse porcelain cup with a small chip in her hand onto the floor tiles outside. The porcelain pieces shattered into pieces. The past was like smoke. Everything in her previous life had been disillusioned. Even if she was to spend the rest of her life in this life,
Risk your life to trip up those damned people one by one...
The howling cold wind blew all night long, and before dawn the next day, fine snow started to fall.
After waking up, the people in the Forbidden City were surprised to find that it had snowed for the first time this year.
At the end of Chenshi, Kangxi returned to the Palace of Qianqing after his morning dynasty. He had just taken off his bright yellow dragon robe and changed into a thick silver-gray winter coat with gold trim. Liang Jiugong took Lagu Suma there.
In the main hall.
"Why did my aunt come here in the snow? I was planning to change my clothes and go to the Cining Palace to pay my respects to the Queen Mother."
Kangxi saw Aunt Sumala walking in with a layer of snow on her shoulders, walked over in a few steps and laughed loudly,
"Your Majesty, this old slave is here to deliver a message to you on the order of the Empress Dowager. My master wants you to take the imperial censor and the living assistant to the Cining Palace when you are free today. She has something to say.
Let me tell you."
Aunt Sumala bowed to Kangxi in a standard manner and then said with a smile.
"Bring the censor and the living official?"
Kangxi was completely confused when he heard this and couldn't help but repeat it again.
Aunt Sumala nodded without explaining much.
Kangxi had no choice but to tell his confidant eunuch:
"Liang Jiugong, please hurry up and go to the front court to see if Liu Yushi has gone far. If you see someone, call him to the Qianqing Palace. Then go and see who the living official is today, and bring him to the palace." And call me."
"Yes, I will go right away."
Liang Jiugong could not guess the Empress Dowager's intention, so he hurriedly bowed to Kangxi and walked quickly towards the entrance of the main hall.