Indulgence in the Red Chamber

Sure enough, Honghui pestered Daiyu to go to the Old Summer Palace, and it was not until lunch time when he returned to the garden.

Many people already know about Xuan Ning's return, so there is no need to hide it now.It's just that Honghui had never seen him before. At this time, he suddenly saw a strange man in Daiyu's room, so he rushed forward and asked loudly, "Hey, who are you? Why did you come to my sister's room?" ?”

"Your sister?" Xuan Ning looked at the six or seven-year-old child in front of him in confusion, looked up at Daiyu at the door, and asked, "Who is your sister?"

"My sister is the owner of this house, who are you? Why are you so unruly and casually entering the princess's house?" Hong Hui asked Xuan Ning with his hands pinched on his waist, looking aggressively at Xuan Ning.

"Little devil." Xuan Ning asked puzzledly: "Who are you? How dare you call me princess sister, are you the prince?"

"Hmph, I'm not the prince, I'm the grandson of the emperor!" Hong Hui said seriously.

"Isn't this messing up the seniority? Couldn't your Ama tell you how to call someone?" Xuan Ning had a headache, what's the matter with this child, he is so old that he doesn't even understand such common sense?

"Hmph! I'm too lazy to talk to you. Be sensible, get out quickly. Otherwise, I'll go back and my Ama will bring someone to arrest you."

"Drink! The tone is not small." Xuan Ning saw that Honghui's facial features and expression resembled Yinzhen's, and Daiyu had just come back from Sibeile Mansion, so she had already guessed who this little guy was, and she just wanted to tease him. Grind his teeth.Then he stretched out his hand to touch his bare forehead and said with a smile: "You brought someone to catch me? Can you catch me?"

Hong Hui tilted his head, and said unhappily, "Don't touch my head! I'm a man."

Daiyu couldn't help it long ago, she was already giggling, she went into the room and sat on a chair while laughing, took the tea brought up by the girl to moisten her throat, and said: "You two stop fighting. Honghui, he is not an outsider, You, Ama, also know him, so you can just call him Uncle."

"Sister, who is he, why is he called uncle?"

"What did you call me? I'll tell you Erniang and Ama later, how should we settle the debt?" Daiyu looked at Honghui with feigned anger, "You're so indifferent in front of people, but your ass is so big. Itchy?"

"Good sister, there is no outsider here. He is not my Ama, nor my uncles, nor the people around Grandpa Huang. Even if he hears me calling your sister, so what? I don't like being called Your aunt, it seems how old you are, and you are only five or six years older than me, so I like to call you sister." Xuan Ning said, squeezed his nose at Xuan Ning again, made a grimace, and then I called my sister five or six times in a row.

It turned out that it wasn't that he was inferior in seniority, but that this brat deliberately caused trouble?Xuan Ning is angry.Standing up and bending over, he brought his face closer to Hong Hui, pretending to be ferocious, and asked, "Little devil, tell me what's your name?"

"Hmph, if you don't want to change your name or surname, my name is Aixinjueluo Honghui."

"Oh!" Xuan Ning's heart softened. It was recorded in history that this child died early, and this was Nalashi Jinyu's only flesh and blood.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but raised his hand and touched his head, and said with a wry smile: "You are really naughty. The princess calls you sister Erniang, how can I still be your sister? You said that I am not the person next to your grandpa, How do you know that I can't see your grandpa? I was thinking of going to the palace in the afternoon. You said if your grandpa knew that you called Princess Gu Lun your sister, would he smash your ass?"

Hong Hui turned his head, broke away from Xuan Ning's palm, and said disdainfully: "Bragging! My grandpa is the one you can see if you want? Who are you?"

"My name is Xuan Ning."

"Xuan Ning?" Honghui looked at Xuan Ning suspiciously, then shook his head in disdain, turned around and walked to Daiyu, "I've never heard of it."

Xuanning looked at Daiyu helplessly.Daiyu laughed and said, "There's no way, no one in Fourth Master's house is allowed to mention your name. All these years, this child has never known who you are."

"Hey! It's all the fault of those adults." Xuan Ning shook his head with a smile, took out a delicate pure steel slingshot from his bosom and shook it in front of Hong Hui, "Do you know what it is?"

"Slingshot, who hasn't seen it?" Hong Hui said disdainfully.Even though he said this, he still kept his eyes on the slingshot, wondering what kind of material it was made of, it was so exquisite, and it was much more beautiful than the slingshots made of branches by the boys.

"Well, not bad, know it's a slingshot. Have you ever heard of 'no misses'?"

"I've heard of it, but that's what's said in the book. I've never seen a real perfect player. The book may be bragging."

"Hehe—" Xuan Ning walked to Hong Hui's side, grabbed his little hand and said, "Go, I'll go out and shoot birds for you."

"Really?" Hong Hui's eyes widened in surprise.Ama and Erniang forced him to study since he was a child, and every time he wanted to hunt birds, he would be reprimanded. Unexpectedly, this uncle is quite good, and he took himself to hunt birds as soon as he came.

"Of course it's true. And I want you to see what happened." Xuan Ning said and took Hong Hui's hand out of the room.Daiyu hurriedly got up to follow, and then warned: "Don't let him bump into each other, and Sifujin will never allow him to play here again."

"Boys, bumps and bumps are nothing." Xuan Ning looked at Hong Hui with a smile, "Have you ever fallen?"

"Yeah. I climbed a tree to dig out a bird's nest, and fell off the tree."

"and then?"

"Then it's nothing. Ama said, just get up when you fall down. How can you be afraid of these old men?"

"That's right. What you Ama said makes sense. A man must have the courage of a man, and he can't be like a woman who is stung by scorpions when encountering problems. It's hard to be a great weapon." Xuan Ning said, already pulling Hong Hui went to the flowers outside.

In midsummer, all kinds of wild birds inhabit the garden, and the branches are very lively.Xuan Ning picked up a few small stones from the ground, turned his head and hit the willow tree top.

With a scream, the wild pigeon fell from the tree, lying on the ground and thrashing about, but it couldn't fly no matter what.

"Okay!" Hong Hui ran forward to pick up the wild pigeon to look at, but saw that one of their wings was injured by a stone, and they could only circle back and forth on the ground but could not fly high.For a moment, Hong Hui happily grabbed the wild pigeon and ran back, pestering Xuan Ning to let him give him this trick.

Daiyu watched the two of them play happily from a distance, so she sat down and rested under the shade of a tree.

Xuanning naturally had the heart to teach Honghui some common sense that the royal children could not get involved in, which attracted him to be obedient to him, so naturally he was teaching him with all his heart at this time.

After lunch, Honghui didn't sleep, he just dragged Xuanning to chattering, making Daiyu unable to fall asleep, so she had to lean on the couch and listen to the two of them talking, but she seemed to understand but half understood. I can't figure it out in the fog.

"Teach your child some nonsense things, be careful to teach him badly." Seeing that the two of them were talking more and more mysterious, Daiyu hurriedly stopped her.

"It's okay, he should listen more to his children, otherwise he will have to make detours when he grows up." Xuan Ning said this, but he was thinking about how to teach Hong Hui more self-help skills.Such as swimming, such as anti-gripping, such as how to untie the rope by yourself and the ability to survive in the wild, etc.

The world is unpredictable, since it is recorded in history that this child died early, then give him more self-help skills, if he can save his own life at that time, it is not in vain to get along with him.

"After all, you have to go to the palace to meet the emperor. Otherwise, the emperor will find out and blame him, but he can't bear it." Daiyu couldn't sleep and got up, and embroidered a plain gold purse for Xuanning.

"If I meet rashly, I'm afraid I'll startle the holy car. It's better to ask the fourth master to bring a letter in." Xuan Ning said, then looked at Hong Hui: "How long have you not seen your grandpa?"

"I met you once during the Chinese New Year, so it's almost half a year since I saw you." Hong Hui looked a little sad when he said this.

"Why don't you follow your mother into the palace to pay her respects to Empress De Fei?"

"Go. But if you go to Grandma Huang's place, you won't be able to see Grandpa Huang." Hong Hui said it as a matter of course, but Xuan Ning's heart tightened when he heard it.The emperor has not gone to Concubine De's place for so many days.She must have an easy life, right?

"Then do you want to see your grandpa?"

"I don't want to." Honghui shook his head indifferently. It seemed natural that the children of the royal family would not see their grandfather.It's not as good as the children of ordinary people. If grandpa is there, he must be close to him like a sweetheart.What's more, Kangxi is only 50 years old now, he is in good health, has many sons, and he doesn't care much about the emperor's grandchildren on weekdays.So Hong Hui had no concept of Grandpa Kangxi.

Xuan Ning smiled helplessly, touched Hong Hui's head again, and shook his head.The children of the royal family are just pitiful. I think that since I was a child, I have rarely seen Huang Ama. I have been studying in the study since I was four years old, and I get up at the fourth watch. The sky is like an old man in his 50s or [-]s.If this is put into modern times, it is simply destroying the innocence.

"Uncle Xuan Ning, I told you not to touch my head. A man's head cannot be touched casually." Hong Hui tilted his head and pouted to protest Xuan Ning's actions.

"I'm your uncle, not 'other', what's wrong with Momo?" Xuan Ning stared back unconvinced, and neither one of them, one big and one small, was convinced by the other.It also attracted Xueyan Chunxian and other girls in the room to secretly laugh.

"Since I asked the fourth master to explain this matter to the emperor first, why don't you send Hong Hui back to the mansion today. It happens that the fourth master is ill, so it's also a kindness for you to go and see him." Daiyu looked outside and the sun was setting Next, thinking that Honghui has been out for a long time, Jinyu will definitely call someone to pick him up.

"There are so many people in broad daylight these days. It's better to go at night."

"Then it's up to you." Daiyu said, then turned her head and told Xueyan: "First send someone to Baylor's mansion to go back to Fujin, and say that the uncle will go back after dinner here. There is no need for someone to pick it up. Naturally, it will be appropriate. In addition, in the afternoon, tell them to prepare an exquisite dinner, the uncle has not come for a long time, let him try some new snacks and porridge we made here."

Xueyan agreed one by one and went down to order, and Honghui happily pulled Xuanning out to make fists and kicks.

That night, Honghui ate and drank enough at Daiyu's place, got into the carriage with Xuanning, and fell asleep as soon as they got in.Xuan Ning hugged him to sleep all the way, and sent him to the room.When Yinzhen and Jinyu saw each other, they were both gratified and moved.It's like a dream in a trance.

Until Xuan Ning entered the room and sat down to eat half a cup of tea, Jin Yu came back to his senses and laughed again and again: "What my sister said to me today, I just thought she was joking. Now it seems that I It's the one who was kept in the dark. I didn't expect that you have been back for so long, and thanks to you, you can hold back, so why did you hide it from us so hard?"

"Fu Jin is not to blame. After all, I have been away for so many years, and I was confused everywhere when I first came back. I dare not come out to meet each other, so that everyone will be surprised. It would be a great sin to scare the emperor." Xuan Ning had no choice but to say goodbye He roughly explained his affairs, but concealed the fact that Lin Ruhai and the assassin were still alive.He had already discussed with Daiyu, one thing more is worse than one thing less.Now Lin Ruhai is doing well, making everyone here think that he has passed away, which saves him a lot of trouble.

"Hey! Listen to what you said, it's true that 'good people get rewarded'. You treat illnesses and save people on weekdays, and how many people have left their lives in your hands, so God should favor you. Sister Lin is also a good fortune Yes, in the past few years, you have worked hard to manage and multiplied the property you left behind. The two of you will have no worries about food and clothing in the future." Jinyu said again and again, sneaking glances at Yinzhen, and she saw his expression Calm, with no waves on his face.So my heart gradually let go, determined not to bring up the old things again.Everything was done according to Daiyu's wishes, just now to live up to the friendship of the four brothers and sisters.

"You came back just in time. Yesterday was my birthday, since you came back early, you shouldn't miss my birthday gift. If you don't make it up for me now, don't ask me about seeing the emperor tomorrow." .” Yinzhen smiled faintly, looking at Xuanning with a slightly teasing gaze.

Jinyu burst out laughing.Shaking his head and looking at Xuan Ning, he said: "In these years, the fourth master has never said a single joke, and he has always kept a straight face to everyone. Even Huang Ama said that he is mean, ungrateful, and moody. Now that the young master came, he turned back It's here."

Xuan Ning also smiled, cupped his fists at Yinzhen: "The birthday gift is definitely indispensable. It's just that I didn't bring it here in a hurry. I will definitely bring it in person tomorrow. It's just that I can ask the fourth master to help me when I see the emperor. Except Fourth Master, who else can Xuan Ning bother?"

Yinzhen's heart softened, the six years of hard work, grievances, and sufferings all turned into light smoke at this moment, and disappeared with a chuckle.

"Okay. Tomorrow's birthday gift is not to my liking, I will settle the score after autumn." Yinzhen smiled lightly and took tea and tasted it slowly--well, this year's Longjing before Yu is actually much better than previous years!

On the second day, Yinzhen went to court, and after the court meeting, he went to Yonghe Palace to pay his respects to Concubine De.Because at today's court meeting, the emperor had just appointed Yinti to supervise the army in the Northwest camp, Concubine De was reluctant to let her son go away to the northwest desert, she was sitting in the courtyard and weeping secretly, thinking of her three sons, one lost and regained, one gained and lost again, Now the yin and yang are separated, and the other is going far to the northwest.There is only one Yinzhen left, and he has not been by his side since he was a child, and he always seems to be separated from him by a layer.I have grown old, but now I am alone and helpless.Look at Concubine Yi, Concubine Hui and others, who doesn't live happily with his son standing in front of him?Only myself, although I have many sons, none of them can compare with others.

When Concubine De was sad, she suddenly saw Yinzhen coming in, the pain in her heart a little better, but she just asked indifferently: "Where are you from? Have you seen your fourteenth brother?"

Yinzhen went up to ask for Ann, stood aside respectfully and replied: "Returning to Erniang, the fourteenth brother has received the emperor's order, and has already gone to the Xishan Daying to transfer people. He must do it this time. Bring a few confidantes there. You can only come back at night to bid farewell to Er Niang."

"Well, that's all. Think about the barren land in the northwest, where the yellow sand is everywhere and the sky is sparsely populated. How can he survive being spoiled and spoiled since he was a child?" Concubine De said, crying again.

"Emiang, don't worry. Although the northwest is barren, the fourteenth brother is still the prince. None of the soldiers dare to neglect. Besides, now that Huang Ama values ​​the fourteenth brother, it is time for the fourteenth brother to be proud. After returning from the military service, it is naturally different. This is also the honor of Er Niang."

"Hey! Who cares about those honors? I just think that our girls can grow old in peace. You only value those things!" Concubine De was even more unhappy, she gave Yinzhen a lazy look, and got up Entering the hall, he ordered again: "I'm tired, you go."

Yinzhen wanted to say a few sweet words to Concubine De, and told her that Xuanning had come back after not dying.But Concubine De didn't give him the slightest chance.In desperation, he could only say goodbye.

After leaving the Yonghe Palace, Yinzhen walked slowly along the palace wall, thinking whether he should pay his respects to the Queen Mother, and maybe meet the Emperor there.I don't want to see a little eunuch walking towards me, carrying a food box and walking forward.Seeing Yinzhen, the little eunuch rushed to say hello to Qian'er: "Slave greets Lord Baylor."

"Isn't this Xiaopingzi? Where are you going in a hurry?" Yinzhen asked him wonderingly when he saw that it was the little eunuch in front of the imperial court.

"Back to the fourth master. Princess Lin made almond cakes and sent them to the Long Live Lord. The Long Live Lord ate very well, so I specially asked the servant to send a bowl to the Queen Mother."

"The princess has entered the palace?"

"Not at all. It was sent by the nurse next to the princess." Yinzhen nodded, knowing that Daiyu had a badge to enter the palace, and the nurse next to her could take the badge and enter the palace to answer.This is something that Kangxi has specially allowed since the Dezhou Prince incident.

"In this case, go quickly." Yinzhen smiled and nodded at the little eunuch.

The little eunuch was taken aback by Yinzhen's smile, and only when he saw Yinzhen had left, he raised his foot and walked forward, while walking, he muttered: Why did this cold-faced master suddenly smile today?What an anecdote.

Yinzhen knew that the emperor usually dealt with political affairs in the Qianqing Palace after going to court, since he used the almond cake at this moment, there must be no idlers in front of him, so he walked a few steps towards the Qianqing Palace.

really.

Yinzhen was waiting for an audience outside the gate of Qianqing Palace. Li Dequan came out with a smile not long after entering, bowed to Yinzhen and said, "Fourth Master, the emperor asked you to come in."

"Well, thank you, Wenda." Yinzhen smiled at Li Dequan and walked in the door.