Chapter 1453 Satisfaction (rolling and asking for monthly votes)
Cold lotus leaf tips are prepared with hot and sour taste. The fragrance of lotus leaves is very obvious. It is refreshing and appetizing when eaten.
The scrambled eggs with lotus flowers have an ordinary taste.
However, Kangxi was still relatively cheerful.
It doesn’t matter what the new recipe is, or how it tastes. What matters is who honors it.
Brother Jiu just said in front of the emperor yesterday afternoon that he wanted to sort out the recipes, and sent them to the garden kitchen this morning. He took the food of his Khan Amma into his heart. How could Kangxi not be happy?
This is the joy of raising children, right?
He thought about these two ingredients, and found that they were relatively limited. They were only available in the garden, and the time was from the end of May to the beginning of August.
After carefully tasting the two new dishes, Kangxi ordered the manager of the garden kitchen: "Write these two items into the seasonal dishes and send one to Huichun Villa tonight."
The manager of the garden kitchen made a note.
After seeing Concubine De's stupidity, Kangxi missed Concubine Yi a little.
They are both solid people, Yi Fei's solidity is very cute, while De Fei's is hateful.
Thinking that he hadn't been to Huichun Villa for a while, he finished handling government affairs in the afternoon and went to Huichun Villa.
In Huichun Villa, Concubine Yi was talking to Chen Guiren, and they were talking about the seventeenth prince's selection of haha beads.
The Seventeenth Prince is now being raised by Concubine Shuhui, but she did not stop him from coming back to greet Concubine Yi and Chen Guiren. The concubine was also willing to mention the chores about the Seventeenth Prince to the two of them.
Seventeenth Brother was born in thirty-sixth year. He is five years old this year and will go to study next year.
Concerning the selection of Haha Beads, Princess Shuhui had no intention of intervening and let them choose someone.
Concubine Yi said to Chen Guiren: "According to the rules, the maternal family can invite children to choose from. I remember you mentioned once that your eldest brother's nephew is two years older than my elder brother. Isn't that just right?"
Chen Guiren hesitated and said: "Horqin also has Prince Taiji as an errand in Beijing. Do you want to choose someone from there?"
Concubine Yi shook her head and said: "As a descendant of a distinguished minister of the clan, let's not talk. It all depends on the emperor's arrangements."
The candidates they can propose are still Baoyi here.
Chen Guiren looked at Concubine Yi and said, "What about the concubine's clan?"
Concubine Yi shook her head and said: "My cousin only has one nephew, who works in the ninth elder brother's house. I don't know the younger generation no matter how far away I am, so I don't worry about them. Don't worry about me. You'd better choose from the Chen clan, or
They are the in-laws of the Chen family, and I will be able to take care of them from now on..."
Chen Guiren said: "Then wait until you return to the palace and send someone to the servant's house to tell you. Let's see what they want."
There was a sound of whipping outside.
The two looked at each other and went out to meet the driver.
Kangxi came on foot, helped Yifei up, glanced at Chen Guiren behind Yifei, and shouted casually.
After the imperial concubine entered the house, Chen Guiren took the palace servants back to the annex.
Looking at the dried fruits on the kang table, half of the fresh fruit plate was gone, and there was still half a plate of watermelon seed peels. Kangxi said: "You guys get along well..."
Concubine Yi served her a cup of Longjing tea herself, and then said with a smile: "Every one of them is as fresh and tender as green onions. Why don't you like to be a concubine and cherish the beauty of jade?"
Kangxi glanced at her and said, "Why don't you say that you just like good-looking things? You have been in the palace for more than 20 years and you still haven't changed."
The concubines of the Yikun Palace were expected to be good-looking, and the official women under the title of Concubine Yi were all outstanding among the beautiful women of the same period. Even the eunuchs of the Yikun Palace had prettier features than other palaces.
Concubine Yi giggled and said: "This is the color that is close to the red. Doesn't the emperor like to see it?"
Kangxi hummed and said: "It depends on me again. I don't just look at faces when looking at talents."
Concubine Yi nodded and said: "That's true. Your Majesty has the ability to recognize people without looking at their appearance. Isn't my concubine stupid? She doesn't know how to look at people, so she just likes the good-looking ones. She comes from the heart and looks good.
Yes, this kind of heart can't be bad."
Kangxi shook his head and said: "How can you look at people like this? I think you are just lazy and don't like to waste time."
Concubine Yi stroked her forehead and said, "Your Majesty knows my concubine. If you think about it too much, your brain hurts, so don't think about it!"
Kangxi glanced at Concubine Yi and said, "You are too lazy, and the fifth and ninth elder brothers you gave birth to are not diligent. When the eighteenth elder brother is enlightened, I have to keep an eye on you and not let you go astray."
Yifei really wanted to reason.
Did she confuse the fifth elder brother and the ninth elder brother?
It's just that the Queen Mother is involved, so there's no way to talk about it.
She was a little dissatisfied and said: "Your Majesty, how can you only look at the shortcomings when looking at a child? Look at the strengths as well. Although the fifth elder brother is not good at Chinese lessons and learned Chinese late, Mongolian and Mandarin are not the same.
It's bad, the Queen Mother even praised her several times. Doesn't the ninth elder brother also like to learn foreign languages? He is also talented. Anyway, he is the emperor's elder brother. He is extremely rich and does not need to take the civil and military examination..."
Kangxi shook his head and said: "In the eyes of the Queen Mother, there is nothing bad about the fifth elder brother; as for the ninth elder brother, if you don't like the literary studies, then you don't like them, but you can't do the riding and shooting either. You must practice hard, otherwise I will ask the clan members to practice diligently.
Riding and shooting, but the prince can't lift it up is a joke."
After hearing this, Concubine Yi nodded more solemnly and said: "That's not right. Your Majesty, please train him more."
Kangxi was very satisfied when he saw Yifei's reaction.
She is also a protector of calves, so Concubine Yi is reasonable here and is very considerate.
Kangxi remembered the news about Changchun Garden in the past few days. Dong E brought three children into the garden to pay tribute to Concubine Yi.
You know, although he has more than twenty grandchildren, the three Fengsheng brothers and sisters left the deepest impression on him.
He asked: "I heard that Mr. Dong E took the children into the garden. How do the children look like?"
He felt sour in his heart.
I thought about saying hello to Mama, but I didn’t think about saying hello to him, Marfa.
But he also knew in his heart that Dong E was right to be so careful.
There were so many emperors and grandchildren in front of them, but none of the princes wanted to send them to the imperial palace to be married in colorful clothes.
This is a royal family, not an ordinary people's house.
In ordinary people's homes, it is common for grandfather and grandson to get along with each other, but in the royal family it is an eyesore.
Especially when there is no direct grandson in Yuqing Palace, it is not easy for the direct grandchildren from other families to come to the imperial palace.
Concubine Yi immediately smiled when she heard about the grandchildren and granddaughters, and said: "They know how to call people, they are very clever, especially Ni Guzhu, he is very popular with people, and he also likes to be close to others, what is it?"
Little Princess, what a little cotton-padded jacket..."
"Whether it's Fengsheng or not, even a young child looks like the eldest son and elder brother. He also knows how to take care of his younger brothers and younger sisters..."
"Akdan's eyebrows are the same as when Lao Wu was a child. He doesn't look like an uncle or nephew to the eighteenth elder brother, but more like a brother..."
I love each of my three children, but my favorite is my fat granddaughter.
Concubine Yi also mentioned Ni Guzhu's arrest of Zhou, saying: "He is a filial child, lively and well-behaved. The county chief raised him well."
Kangxi was surprised and said: "I thought you would like Akdan the most..."
Concubine Yi smiled and said: "I like them all, but I think Princess is cuter when I look at her. When the fourth princess was here, she was much more considerate than the fifth and ninth elder brothers."
Kangxi glanced at Concubine Yi, and he also knew that Concubine Yi treated the four princesses as if they were her own children.
The fourth princess also has a conscience. Even if she knew the secret of sending her biological mother back to her mother's family, she did not create any estrangement from Concubine Yi and her son. This is also a good cause and good result.
If Concubine Yi only cares about her adopted daughter, then the fourth princess has nothing to rely on as a concubine in her current status.
Concubine Yi continued, "Anyway, I am not short of sons or grandsons. My granddaughter prefers Ni Guzhu. I will leave a share of my concubine's private house for Ni Guzhu in the future."
Kangxi was surprised again and said: "Are you really interested?"
Otherwise, if I act as Concubine Yi, even if the private property is left to the children, it will be divided equally between the fifth elder brother, the ninth elder brother, the eighteenth elder brother, the fourth princess and the seventeenth elder brother.
After all, she usually behaves in an impartial manner, which is completely different from Concubine Rong and Concubine De.
Concubine Rong favors boys over girls. She values her third elder brother more, and she also has love for Princess Rongxian, but she has to cut it in half.
When she arrived at De Fei's place, she only valued the Fourteenth Prince, was mediocre to the Nine Princesses, and was indifferent to the Fourth Prince.
Yi Fei couldn't say that she owed her ninth brother, and wanted to make amends with her granddaughter. She just touched her face and said with some melancholy: "I don't know what's wrong. I know that we are all grandchildren, and we shouldn't be separated from each other."
, but when I met Ni Guzhu, she is a solid child and not as able to establish a family like her brothers, so I wanted to feel a little more partial."
Kangxi said: "People's hearts are biased, so there is no need to blame yourself harshly."
With their status, they have given their children the gift of raising children and do not expect their children to take care of them in old age. Do they still have to treat every grandchild fairly?
There's no reason for that.
Concubine Yi smiled and said, "Time flies so fast. It seems like just yesterday that Brother Jiu took Fu Jin to the 'first meeting ceremony', but now all the children are running around."
Kangxi nodded, he also felt that time passed faster and faster every year.
I didn’t do anything this year, and half a year has passed.
Concubine Yi thought of the haha beads of the seventeenth brother and said: "Your Majesty, I just told Chen Guiren that the haha beads of the seventeenth brother are here. A few days ago, I paid my respects to the Queen Mother and met with the Dowager Empress.
As for this, don’t delay Brother Seventeen, he will enroll in school next year..."
Kangxi then remembered that Brother Seventeen would be six years old next year.
In that case, we have to decide who will be the companion half a year in advance.
He was a little startled.
Last year, he originally wanted to choose one of Jin Yiren's nephews to make haha beads for Brother Seventeen.
I was thinking of giving grace to the Cao family and the Li family, but it had not yet benefited the Jin family.
As a result, there is no need to choose someone from the Jin family now.
"Is there anyone suitable in the Chen family?"
Kangxi asked.
Concubine Yi said: "We still need to see if Chen's parents and grandchildren are of the right age and what their temperament is."
Kangxi said: "Then take a closer look. If you are arrogant, forget it. Don't lead me astray again."
Concubine Yi nodded and said: "When you return to the palace, ask Mrs. Chen to bring her into the palace to have a look."
But looking at Chen Guiren's behavior, he is very responsible.
The Chen family is a leader of the Han army, not even ranked among the Qi family.
Chen Guiren was young and only entered the palace in thirty-three years. Earlier, she was still a concubine and had no qualifications to benefit her family.
By the time Jin Guiren arrived, the Ministry of Internal Affairs had already changed the rules.
As a result, the children of the Chen family seem to have more responsibilities than other relatives.
However, the more ordinary a family is, the more important it is to take good care of their tutors, otherwise it is easy for them to become rampant.
Kangxi came here and ate here before dinner.
Seeing the new dishes, Yifei chose differently from Kangxi. She preferred fried lotus and ate half of the plate.
After putting down her chopsticks, she said: "Sister Hui Fei will also like this dish. When there are more lotus flowers in July, can we also add it to the menu in the imperial dining room?"
What you eat is what you take.
For women, no matter how old they are, they always cherish their appearance.
There’s no one who doesn’t love these flowers when used in dishes or when used in tea.
Kangxi nodded and said: "I will instruct the manager here to send some lotus flowers and lotus leaves to the palace every few days..."
After hearing this, Concubine Yi said happily: "Then I can have more concubines in the future..."
Kangxi was a little worried about the scenery of Changchun Garden.
Immediately, he remembered something. Brother Jiu bought a piece of low land in Nancheng, built many yards for rent, and even surrounded a lotus pond in the middle.
snort!
When the palace is unable to supply enough, it will be up to Brother Jiu to fill the hole in the lotus leaf...
A few days passed in a hurry, and on May 24th, the Queen Mother was escorted back to the palace by the Holy Emperor.
Shu Shu, following the departure of the large army, Chen Chu returned to the Prince's Mansion.
Compared with Haidian, which is densely covered with lakes, Beijing is steaming hot.
It's still a little cool in the early morning of Chen, but it's steaming hot in Chenzheng's room, and it's time to put on the ice basin in the early morning of Sichu.
Here at Shu Shu, the old rules are still followed. The study room in the east room is sealed and an ice basin is placed.
This room became a cool room, very comfortable.
The back room and Ning'an Hall also have a cool room each according to the rules of the study room.
This is how comfortable it is.
However, Shu Shu also knows how hard it is to be on duty, especially those in the water-sprinkling class, who have to fetch and sprinkle water every day to cool down.
The same applies to the people living in the dining room. Summer is difficult and prone to heatstroke, so Shu Shu also set up an ice basin in the dining room.
The melons and fruits in Daxing have also begun to ripen. Knowing that the masters will return to Beijing today, they directly sent two carts of melons and fruits.
Shu Shu, on the other hand, went to the Tenth Prince's Mansion in person.
Here in Shifujin, I returned to the Prince's Mansion after I found out I was pregnant. It's been half a month now.
My complexion looks good and there is no obvious change.
Shu Shu said: "It looks good, what does the imperial doctor say..."
Shi Fujin smiled mischievously and said: "The imperial doctor said it has been three months and it is no longer a problem. Master Shi has moved back from the study."
Shu Shu: "..."
I always feel that this "thing" is not serious.
She changed her words and said, "Would you like to invite An tomorrow?"
Shi Fujin nodded and said: "Go, I miss my grandmother and great-aunt..."
Shu Shu said: "It's okay to go there once, and then we can rest assured to raise the baby."
The Empress Dowager has always been kind to her granddaughter-in-law, and she does not need to pay her respects if she is pregnant, just for fear of being tired.
However, Shifu Jinhuai seems to be in good condition, and he has not seen any elders since he was diagnosed with Ximai pulse, so it is time to pay him a visit.
The next day came, the 25th of May, the day of the Emperor's dynasty.
Last year was the year of great planning, and many civil and military officials were promoted, so they were not summoned individually, but thanked them directly in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Brother Ninth also had to make arrangements for his duties during the dynasty, so I went over to make arrangements.
Here, Shu Shu met up with Shi Fujin, got into a car, and went to the palace.
"Sister-in-law will also come today, and she seems to have a good temper..." Shifu Jin said.
Shu Shu then remembered that the royal family had one more bride, and by the end of the year, there would be two more.
Even if there are days when the sisters-in-law get together in the future, they will never speak as freely as before...
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