Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty

"This small hole can make the soup in the steamed stuffed bun cool down faster, and the soup inside can be sucked clean through the small hole, and you can also eat the steamed stuffed bun whole. Be careful not to burn your mouth when eating. There are not many people who go out in the rain today, and there are old people who come here with some money at home, and there are even fewer people here. Now there are only four of Kangxi and his party.

The buns are all made of fine white flour, and the stuffing is made of fine minced meat and simple ingredients. Although such things are not expensive, they are still very expensive for the average farmer every year. Will not come to eat a few times.

There are only a few tables and chairs in this small shop. It is a different feeling to eat freshly steamed hot buns and watch the drizzle outside in the cool morning.

Slightly open your mouth to suck out the thick soup from the small hole of the steamed bun. The soup is steamed when the steam enters the steamed bun and boiled with minced meat and vegetables. Light and appetizing.

A basket of buns was eaten up in a short while, and Li Dequan at the other table took copper coins from his purse and put them in the old man's hand.

After staying in Tianjin for four or five days, it is time to leave. This time, there are two more carriages in the party. Most of the carriages are bought cloth or flowers. During this time, Chen Xiuming was brought by Kangxi Strolling in the streets and alleys is also a little more relaxed and willful when I was in the boudoir. I bought a lot of flower seeds from a family that grows flowers and thought about planting some in the yard when I went to Suzhou.

It has been three months since the group went round and round, stop and go, and so on. During the period, Kangxi would take Chen Xiuming to eat something every time he stayed in one place for a few days, some of which were well-known restaurants or small restaurants. There are also many small shops for old people who live an ordinary life quietly in a remote corner of the town.

I don’t know how Kangxi found these places. Sometimes Kangxi is not picky about food, even a bowl of clear porridge can be used comfortably with side dishes, but sometimes he is picky, and even the cook can’t think of new tricks. Let Kangxi take a sip more, and he can find that most of these small shops should be specially searched by him in advance and only try new ones when he is interested.

It was the end of April now, when the carriage stopped at the gate of the house, Chen Xiuming smelled a faint fragrance of flowers, the fragrance was light and long, and dispelled the fatigue accumulated from sitting in the carriage for a long time.

The word "Jin Fu" on the plaque at the gate of the mansion was written by Kangxi himself. It is good that you don't have to be afraid of being recognized in this slightly secluded place.In front of the door stood several persons dressed as managers and servants, and inside the door were dozens of young women dressed as servants.

Seeing the carriage stopped, the two women stepped forward to help him down, and after helping him down, everyone said: "Master, madam."

"Has the house been tidied up?" Li Dequan asked the housekeeper as he walked in.

"It's already packed, and all the decorations have been put away as the chief steward said, and the house will be cleaned and scrubbed every morning and evening." The steward is not outstanding in his 40s and is honest and honest.

This house was built by Kangxi, and he knew the general layout, so he led Chen Xiuming inside.

The front yard of this house is not big and there is only a study room, front hall, a small garden, and a yard are all prepared for visitors. The back yard is more refined and comfortable. The lotus pond, a garden, a study, a conservatory, and the kitchen are all self-contained in order to separate the stoves for cooking and snacks into two rooms.

Kangxi didn't intend to live in the front yard, so the large courtyard in the back yard was built extremely.

The things and layout in the room are very similar to Yongshou Palace, but here is more simple and elegant, and Chen Xiuming likes it very much.

It's not too early now, because the meal has already been sent to the people to prepare it, but the meal can be passed on directly, and the two of them took a bath early after dinner, and then rested.Today Li Dequan and Lan Chun can also have a good rest, I am afraid that the two masters will tell people that Lan Chun is resting on the small couch outside the screen in the middle of the night.

The person on the bed woke up when the sun shone through the window on the ground. Lan Chun had been up for a long time and heard a voice to go out and call for water to the little maid standing outside the door. She went back to the room and hung up the layers of curtains to serve with Li Dequan. Two people get dressed.

The clothes they are wearing now are much thinner than before the departure. After breakfast, the two of them were walking in the yard outside the house to refresh themselves. At this time, Chen Xiuming saw a bunch of white clothes hanging on a tree. Small flowers, flowers are somewhat similar to bells, and what a breeze brings is not the crisp bells but the fragrance.

"What kind of flower is this? It has a light fragrance." Chen Xiuming pointed to the flower and asked Kangxi.

"Sophora japonica, the flower of sophora japonica only blooms for about ten days, and it tastes good when made into buns." Kangxi may not know the things planted in other yards, but he ordered everything planted in this yard one by one. I know it myself.

"Then eat buns tomorrow morning."

The meal for tomorrow morning was set, and the two of them almost left, so they went back and prepared to go out.

The place to go today was discussed by the two long ago, even though they have never mentioned it now, there is a tacit understanding.The sedan chair had been prepared long ago, and after sitting in it for about half an hour, he passed through the downtown area to another clean place, where Li Dequan knocked on the door knocker and handed the letter of greeting to the concierge. After a while, he opened the side door, and the two were arrested. Please go and sit in the lobby.

Not long after the tea was served, they heard someone coming. The two put down their teacups and looked in the direction of the visitor. The visitor was surprised when he saw the person sitting there.

"Master Chen." Kangxi got up and called Chen Qishan, and also made a junior salute.

"I haven't been in touch with your father-in-law's branch for a long time, but I don't know that there is such a fate that I have a child who is so similar to the little girl." Chen Qishan did not recognize Kangxi and Li Dequan who had been tampered with. Although Chen Xiuming's face was surprised, she quickly calmed down.

"I heard from my father-in-law that Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen's sons and daughters are not close here. It just so happens that my wife and my wife are going to live here for a long time so they come to visit. My wife and my wife also have some fate. If it is convenient, I'm afraid I will bother you."

"This is a small thing I got on the way back to Suzhou from the capital. If you and your wife don't mind it, please accept it." Chen Xiuming saw that his parents looked older than the previous few months, and the clothes on his body were already a bit out of place. I'm getting older, I think I've lost a lot of weight these days, tears welled up in my eyes as soon as my nose became sore, I could only lower my head to cover up my current expression.

"Naturally, I don't dislike it. I feel kind when I see you. I think it's because of the similar appearance and temperament. Now...now we two don't go out very much. It's a bit deserted here on weekdays. If you're not afraid of being tired, you can have more Come and walk." Mrs. Chen looked at Chen Xiuming and felt that she was her daughter, and she said these words with a soft heart.

Chen Xiuming didn't do anything on his face, his hands and feet were the same as before, he was afraid that Chen Qishan and his wife would see the clues, and he was afraid that he couldn't help crying, so he lowered his head most of the time, echoing a word from time to time, until when he went back Did not say a few words.

Back in the mansion, Chen Xiuming was very happy and led Kangxi to talk a lot, most of which were about Chen Qishan and his wife, from the love they had for her when they were children to the changes in their appearance now, they cried after a while.

"Father and mother are afraid that they are lonely now. I am not filial...and I have not done my filial piety at the knees. My parents have been worried about my body since they were young, and they are still thinking about me and they are aging to this point."

When Chen Xiuming cried, Kangxi didn't persuade her, just took her into his arms and patted her back to wipe her tears. Kangxi also knew how she felt. In the early years, the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang was seriously ill, and he was more annoyed at himself than she was at this time.It's also that the old and the younger generation are worried that it's not me who is thinking about him, because he is afraid that he will hurt his body because of the government or the harem's anger, and he is worried every time he is not by her side...

Meeting her parents Chen Xiuming this time was not joy, but more resentment towards herself, it was much better after crying.

Chen Qishan and his wife didn't relax for a long time after seeing them off, they just asked his wife to treat Chen Xiuming as his junior. Chen Qishan didn't say anything, and it didn't mean he didn't know anything in his heart.

A long time ago, Chen Qishan received a letter from his son, which mentioned that Chen Xiuming had gone to live in Changchun Garden for a long time, and later found that Changchun Garden had changed the person who served in Qianqing Palace a long time ago. Qishan felt a little strange.

When he saw Chen Xiuming today, he felt like she was standing in front of him, and with her appearance, he could guess a little bit. As for Kangxi, he felt familiar, but Chen Qishan didn't dare to guess Kangxi's identity.Although Li Dequan is no longer what he used to be, he can still see that he came from the palace. I think Chen Xiuming's urine is different from that of ordinary daughters since she was a child. This should be due to her own good fortune.

Afterwards, Chen Xiuming went to the Chen Mansion to talk to Mrs. Chen from time to time. One day, Mrs. Chen asked about the heirs, which made Chen Xiuming want to laugh. She suppressed the smile on her lips and told Mrs. Chen that she already had a child. It's just that Kangxi was busy and didn't keep the child by his side, but raised him in the capital and was raised by his parents.

After Mrs. Chen asked about the children, Chen Xiuming was thinking about 24 and 25. During these times, there would be a letter every half a month explaining the situation of the two children in the palace. Now it has been half a year, but I don’t know if it is thin I'm still fat.

Chen Xiuming chatted with Madam Chen mostly about family affairs, Chen Xiuming had never been in charge of the house, but because of the trivial matters mentioned by Lan Chun from time to time, it was easier for Kangxi and Mrs. Chen to get along. From the six arts of a gentleman to the officialdom and the imperial court, there is something to talk about, and the way of doing business is also fluent.

For more than half a year, Chen Xiuming not only went to the Chen Mansion with Kangxi, but also planted flower seeds in the yard of the mansion. During this time, many flowers grew up, which turned out to be the best scenery compared with the previous flowers.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, I went to Chenfu Chen Xiuming and brought a few pots of chrysanthemums, the most special of which were two pots of black chrysanthemums.It was after Kangxi arrived in Suzhou that Li Dequan asked Li Dequan to find seedlings. Chen Xiuming took good care of these two pots of seedlings when he got it, and sometimes Kangxi was left aside because of these two pots of chrysanthemums that had not yet budded.

Kangxi just watched from the side without being annoyed, and when Chen Xiuming put down the work in his hand, Kangxi wiped her hands with a handkerchief and looked annoyed, she would say something nice to please her, As for whether Chen Xiuming knows Kangxi's thoughts or not, only she knows, sometimes even someone as high as Kangxi needs to be coaxed.