When only the mother and son were left in the inner room, Yiner raised his sleeves to wipe away the tears on his face. He walked a few steps to the round table, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of warm tea for Xiao Niu Hulu.
, then walked to the canopy bed with the tea cup, kicked off all the broken lenses on the footrest with his toes, then reached out and handed the tea cup to Niu Hulu Mingya, and said in a hoarse voice:
"Mom, please stop crying now. We, mother and son, have missed each other for twenty-two years. You drink a cup of tea first to moisten your throat, and I will slowly tell you what happened in these years."
Xiao Niu Hulu looked up blankly and glanced at Yiner, then reached out to take the tea cup from Yiner's hand, pursed her lips, and listened to her son's story with tears in her eyes.
Yin'er lifted up his robe and sat on the edge of the bed, turned to look at the orange sunset outside the window, and said hoarsely while recalling:
"Oh, Mother, there are so many things that have happened in these years that my son doesn't even know where to start."
"After E Niang fell into coma after hitting a pillar, Khan Ama asked Huang E Niang to carry me to live in Chuxiu Palace. Not long after, Aunt Bai Lu also transferred Aunt Liu from the Clothing Bureau to take care of me."
"Huang'e Niang treats me very well. I grew up with my ninth brother, tenth brother, and fourteenth brother. On weekdays, as long as the twins have something, Huang'e Niang will prepare a copy for me."
"..."
"The Qing Dynasty has opened many women's colleges and colleges of Western learning in recent years. There is also a Qing Academy of Sciences on the outskirts of Beijing. Many good things have been produced in the Academy of Sciences."
"..."
"The fourth sister got married earlier than me. Her husband-in-law is Borzigit Dundobdorzi, the crown prince of the Mobei Chechen Khan tribe. The fourth sister is very capable and has strong political skills. She just got married.
He participated in the governance of Mobei. In the past few years, he has lost power to Monan and Mobei, and slowly began to extend his hands to Moxi. By the way, a few years ago, the fourteenth brother also captured the entire Moxi and merged it into the Qing Dynasty.
It’s on the map.”
"..."
"Shadali and I met at the wool factory in Monan Mongolia. Her sister-in-law Surina is the director of the wool factory..."
"..."
"During the days when Er Niang was in a coma, Mama Guo Luoma and Uncle Faka did some wrong things. Now the head of the Niu Hulu clan has become Uncle Aling'a, but Khan Amma replaced Uncle Faka's direct descendant
The eldest daughter married the eleventh brother."
"..."
Prince Dun counted the major events that had happened in these years one by one. Xiao Niu Hulu was shocked from the beginning. When he found out that the person sitting on the dragon throne was no longer Kangxi, but Prince Yinreng, she was not the same.
In Yongshou Palace
When Concubine Niu Hulu turned out to be Concubine Niu Hulu, who lived in Prince Dun's Mansion, she was a little dazed, her eyes were extremely confused, and she didn't know what she was doing in her life. In the end, it turned out to be a dream in vain.
.
Just thinking about it, she received a series of stimulations. Even though Xiao Niu Hulu drank the soothing soup cooked by the doctor, when night fell, she still lay on the canopy bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, with thousands of thoughts in her mind.
Her head hurt terribly.
The next morning, at the same time, Yinreng, who was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, had just finished listening to the imperial affairs and returned to the imperial study to review the memorials. At this time, He Zhuer, who was wearing the uniform of the eunuch in charge of the Qing Palace, was holding a letter in his hand. He hurriedly crossed the threshold and walked into the imperial study. He leaned over happily and said to Yinreng who was sitting next to the imperial desk:
"Long live my lord, the Emperor has given you a family letter."
When Yinreng heard the words of his confidant eunuch, he felt happy and quickly put down the ink pen in his right hand and said to He Zhuer:
"Bring it to me quickly."
"yes."
He Zhuer hurriedly stepped forward and respectfully handed the envelope in his hand to Yinreng.
Since last year, the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager arranged the marriage of Princess Wen Xian, Princess Chunci, and Princess Wen Ke, the old couple seemed to feel that their mission in this life had been completed, and the Empress Dowager had full authority to control the palace. The princess academy in the palace was handed over to the Queen Empress Guarjia, and the women's colleges outside the palace were also managed by Prince Fujin, Prince Yong, Prince Yi, and General Wang Fujin.
The old couple started to travel around the Qing Dynasty with nothing to do. They visited the north, the south, the east, and the west. They only stayed in Changchun Garden for more than half a month in the whole year, not to mention the emperor and the princes. They were nowhere to be found, and even the Queen Mother Qiqige, who lived in Changchun Garden, basically had no chance of meeting her cheap son and beautiful daughter-in-law.
This year's New Year celebrations had just ended, and the Emperor and the Empress felt that just having fun in the Qing Dynasty was no longer enough, so the old couple decided to go directly to Japan to see the cherry blossoms in early spring.
Before departure, the Supreme Emperor specially brought along the great scholar who was giving lectures, and directly packed up Brother Hongxi, Brother Hongyu, Brother Hongqing and Brother Honghui and took them away.
The euphemistic name is, go out to sea to see the world and increase your knowledge.
By the time Yinreng received the news, his Khan Amma and his aunt had already boarded the ship with his eldest son and nephew, leaving him and his brothers staring at each other.
Now, more than a month has passed, and the worrying old couple has finally received news.
Yinreng smiled and opened the folding book in his hand. After scanning the contents of the folding book at a glance, his smile froze instantly, and he saw the letter read:
【Bao Cheng, seeing a letter is like seeing you in person.】
[Your aunt and I have already seen the cherry blossoms and were preparing to return to Beijing by boat. Then we received another letter from Peter and your cousin Muldenge. The couple said that your uncle and aunt Fuquan are in Moscow. Invite me and your aunt to visit Tsarist Russia and visit the Academy of Western Studies and the Academy of Sciences in Tsarist Russia. I have already agreed. I believe that when you read this letter, your aunt and I have already arrived in Moscow. After leaving Tsarist Russia, we plan to Take Hong Xi and the four of them to Europe for a trip. I guess I won’t be able to go back to celebrate the New Year with you this year. You brothers can spend it together by yourselves.】
【Everything is fine, don’t miss it.】
[Handwritten by Khan Amma.]
[The fourth year of Huaxing, the eighth day of the second lunar month.]
"Oh, old boy, old boy, I finally understand what this word means today. The Emperor and the Queen Mother are more playful than Hong Xi and the others now! They don't even plan to return to Beijing for the New Year!"
Yinreng curled his lips, sighed helplessly, folded the drawn letter paper again and put it into the envelope, and then stuffed the envelope into the drawer beside him.
He Zhuer couldn't help but smile when he heard the envy hidden in Yinreng's tone:
"Long live my lord, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager went to overseas countries to promote the power of our Qing Dynasty and promote its overseas trade. These two old people have been worried about their lives all their lives. How could they just play and relax overseas."
"You little slave, you have learned all your master's skills, and you are becoming more and more fluent in conversation."
Yinreng smiled and cursed at He Zhuer.
Didn't he know that his Ama Khan and his aunt also had a political mission when they went to the West? They wanted to see the development of overseas countries for him, but after all, overseas was not as safe as the Qing Dynasty, and he was really afraid that the old couple would be outside.
Something happened, and those sons and daughters who stayed in the Qing Dynasty were the ones who were anxious at that time.
Seeing that the smile in the emperor's eyes became more intense, He Zhuer pursed his lips and spoke about another thing:
"Long live my lord, when I went to court today, I heard that Concubine Niu Hulu, who lives in Prince Dun's Mansion, woke up yesterday afternoon, and little brother Hongxuan was the first one to discover this."
When Yinreng heard this, he immediately raised his head in shock.
He had the same idea as Yiner. He really didn't expect that this man who had been in a coma for more than 20 years would open his eyes one day.
He leaned on the back of the armchair, turned the jade ring and thought for a while before giving instructions to his confidant eunuch:
"Okay, I understand. You go to the Imperial Hospital to find two imperial doctors and ask them to go to Prince Dun's Mansion to check Princess Niu Hulu's pulse."
"Yes, I will go right away."
As the emperor's confidant, He Zhuer understood that when the emperor was still the crown prince, he was actually somewhat dissatisfied with Concubine Niu Hulu. Now that the emperor is willing to arrange for the imperial concubine to have her pulse diagnosed, it also shows that the emperor does not care about the past. Thinking about it.
The emperor still wants to put the tenth prince between his biological mother and his adoptive mother.
Sure enough, when Princess An Li, Princess Hui, Nara, Princess Yi, Guo Luoluo, and Princess Rong, who were retiring in the mansion of their adopted son/biological son, saw the news from Prince Dun's mansion, they saw Hua Xing again.
The emperor sent the imperial doctor to watch the movements of the concubine Niu Hulu, and they all understood the new emperor's attitude towards the concubine Niu Hulu, and they began to make appointments in pairs to visit the little Niu Hulu family in the palace of Prince Dun.
Although when they were young, they were not very close due to their respective positions, but now that times have changed, they are all of the Maternal generation, and their sons have become princes, and they have grandchildren and granddaughters. Those days when they were young
All the stumbling and falling were ignored.
About half a month later, Xiao Niu Hulu was slowly able to walk. She looked at the flat cement floor in the courtyard of the palace, where the high-efficiency spinning and weaving machine invented by Yinzhen was wrapped in a rubber cart.
The two-wheeled vehicles and mechanical vehicles driven by steam engines gave me a deep understanding of the rapid development of the Qing Dynasty over the past two decades, and also fully accepted the current retirement life.
On the eighth day of May, the Dragon Boat Festival had just passed. Li family, Nala family, Guo Luoluo family, Ma Jia family, Tana and others sat together with Xiao Niu Hulu family, eating melon seeds and sitting in the flower pavilion of Prince Dun's mansion.
Playing leaf cards.
When the sisters were chatting, Xiao Niu Hulu couldn't help but said:
"I heard from Lao Shi that the Emperor and the Empress Dowager will probably not come back for the Chinese New Year this year. The Empress Dowager just enjoys it better than us. We are sitting here playing leaf cards, while others go directly to the sea. She lives so freely, I can't help but
It makes me envious."
Mrs. Li knew that Niu Hulu Mingya was high-spirited and her mentality was still in the youthful and vigorous state. Hearing a hint of sourness in her words, she couldn't help shaking her head and laughing:
"There's nothing to envy in this. I heard Lao Ba say that Long Live Master and Sister Jing are equivalent to going out to visit other countries. When they go there, they have to communicate with kings and queens of other countries and talk about trade between the two countries. How can it be just for leisure?
What about playing? Those of us concubines who stay in the capital have more freedom. The emperor is not here, and the emperor has a good personality. If you really want to go to other provinces to play, let Lao Shi give the palace a hint.
, he can take you out of Beijing for a walk."
As soon as Li finished speaking, Guo Luoluo also answered:
"Isn't that right? In the spring of the year before last, I went to Jiangnan with Lao Wu and his family. Last autumn, I went to the prairie with Lao Jiu and his family to eat roasted whole lamb. There was no Emperor.
Around me, I really can play whatever I want. Life is really good now. Our sons have a bright future. We have a lot of money and a lot of time. Let’s go outside and watch a lot while our arms and legs can still move.
Take a look, otherwise you won’t be able to walk in the future, which would be a pity.”
Concubine Xuantana, Concubine Hui, and Concubine Rong also nodded in agreement.
After listening to the words of these people, Xiao Niu Hulu's last trace of unwillingness slowly dissipated in her heart, and she decided that she would take advantage of her money and leisure to visit more places to enjoy her retirement life.
Live more freely.
…
Next year, when the first month of the year was cold and snowy, Kangxi and Qingyan finally returned from overseas with their four grandchildren.
After receiving the news, the emperor and all the princes went to greet the holy driver.
When the old couple returned to Changchun Garden with Liang Jiugong and Bai Lu, as soon as they received the news that Xiao Niu Hulu was awake, Xiao Niu Hulu came to Changchun Garden to pay their respects to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.
After Xiao Niu Hulu left, Prince Yong and Prince Yong Fujin also brought their second son, Aisin Gioro Hongli, to visit his Khan Ma Fa and Queen Ma Ma.
Xiao Hongli is already half a year old this year. When Qingyan heard that although Qian Xiaosi was still the fourth elder brother of Prince Yong's palace in this life, he had become the youngest son of the Ulanala family, the corner of her mouth twitched non-stop.