The style of the Queen Mother in Qing Dynasty is different

Xuanye's luck is not very good, the queen mother wants to take him back to the palace, but smallpox broke out again in the capital.The queen mother had no choice but to temporarily give up taking her grandson back to the palace.

Two months later, something worse happened. Xuanye contracted smallpox and developed a high fever.

Tong Jiashi fainted on the spot when she heard the news, the palace maid invited the imperial physician for diagnosis and treatment, and Qi Qige went to visit and comfort her in person.

Smallpox is a very serious infectious disease. At this time, there is no good treatment. Whether you can survive with smallpox depends on God's will.

Qi Qige repeatedly persuaded Tong Jiashi to relax, let her be strong, and wait patiently for the good news.But as a mother, Tong Jiashi was very worried, and her internal organs seemed to be burning with flames, almost burning her to ashes.

She couldn't sleep all night and all night, and it was a nightmare when she closed her eyes.A lot of hair fell out, eyes and cheeks were sunken, but in two or three days, the whole person was several years old.

As a queen, Qiqige has to deal with palace affairs, so she can't relieve Tong Jiashi all the time, so she can only ask Tong Jiashi's maids to serve her master well.In addition, E Wenzhu, Age and others were asked to come and accompany Tong Jiashi frequently, so that she would not be alone in the wild.

Xuan Ye outside the palace is worrying, his residence outside the palace is sealed off, the queen mother and Qi Qige want to send something, but they can't send a few messages.

What happened to Xuan Ye made people feel overwhelmed, and it happened that Dong E's family had a baby in the palace.

The midwife and nanny had already been prepared, and with the emperor's grace, Dong E's mother was allowed to enter the palace to accompany the delivery.It was really hard for Dong E's pregnancy. She had severe morning sickness in the early stage of pregnancy, chest tightness and shortness of breath in the late stage of pregnancy. All in all, she was uncomfortable in every way.

On the day when Dong E's family gave birth, the Queen Mother, Qi Qige and all the concubines Fujin came to Chengqian Palace.They waited outside, watching the maids coming in and out, hearing Dong E's painful groans in their ears, and they waited from morning to afternoon.

Because smallpox is rampant in the capital, the emperor is busy.He rushed to Chengqian Palace in the early morning, and when he heard Dong E's cry of pain, he was so anxious that he wanted to break into the delivery room several times, but was finally stopped by the queen mother and Qiqige.

Seeing this scene, the concubines present felt sour, especially the concubines who had given birth.When they gave birth to their children, they also passed through the gate of hell. At that time, the emperor only sent some rewards. How could they care so much like now?

It wasn't until it was time to light the lamp that the midwife came out with a baby in her arms, and the emperor greeted her happily.

He didn't ask whether the child was a boy or a girl, nor did he ask if the child was healthy. The first sentence asked: "How is the imperial concubine?"

The midwife hurriedly said: "If you go back to the emperor, the imperial concubine just lost her strength and fell into a coma. Everything else is fine."

The emperor was relieved, and then he spared time to look after the child.

Beads of sweat oozed from the midwife's forehead. She considered and considered in her heart before carefully saying: "Your Majesty gave birth to an elder brother, but the younger elder brother is relatively thin, and his body...is a little weak."

The emperor frowned, feeling uneasy, he stepped forward to look at the little elder brother, the baby was lying in the midwife's arms, crying softer than a kitten.

"Go and invite all the imperial doctors from the imperial hospital to diagnose the pulse of the little elder brother."

The imperial physicians in the imperial hospital are good at different fields, the emperor called all the imperial physicians here, which shows that he attaches great importance to it.

After the imperial physicians finished their pulse diagnosis, a group of gray-bearded old men squeezed together to discuss for a while. Finally, the imperial physicians said that the little elder brother was just weak, and he would grow stronger after a good birth.

The emperor liked it in his heart. He rewarded the imperial physician and midwife generously, carefully carried the little elder brother into his arms, and gently tapped the baby's cheek.

Having another good grandson, the Queen Mother was originally full of joy, but seeing the emperor's attitude, most of the joy in her heart dissipated.As an emperor, he should not show his emotions and anger. He showed his love for the newborn so clearly, which is not a good thing for the child.

The emperor showed extreme affection, but the queen mother could not show too much affection.

She got up and said lightly: "Seeing that the mother and child are safe, I am relieved. Emperor, I have to go back."

Qi Qige hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The imperial concubine has just given birth, and she is exhausted and weak. The concubines and all the Fujin have been here for a day, and it is also very hard. Why don't we all leave and get together when the child is full moon."

The queen mother nodded and said with a smile: "The queen arranged it very well."

All the concubines and all the Fujins were getting impatient for a long time. They got permission from the queen mother and queen, and immediately saluted and said goodbye without even saying a nice auspicious word.

At this time, the emperor's thoughts were all on Dong E and the children. In his eyes, the concubines were not as good as the decorations on the shelf. They came as soon as they came, and left as soon as they left. The emperor didn't care at all.

He hugged the child and softly coaxed him, and even called Qiqige to come and have a look, "Look, how obedient and obedient he is."

Qiqige couldn't help complaining, "A newborn baby can't do anything but eat, cry, and sleep. How can you tell that he is obedient?"

The emperor complained: "How can you not say any good auspicious words!"

The emperor looked around and saw that there was no one else nearby, so he whispered to Qiqige: "You call me uncle in private, now uncle is happy with Lin'er, as a sister, should you wrap a big red envelope for brother?"

Qiqige was full of question marks, who gave you the courage to ask me for a red envelope?The money that has entered my treasury has no reason to go out!

"Uncle's words are wrong. Since ancient times, elders have given red envelopes to juniors. There is no reason for juniors to give red envelopes to each other. According to the rules, I can't give red envelopes to younger brothers, but Uncle should give me red envelopes! My niece has been busy for a long time for the concubine's delivery. , let the imperial physician and midwife wait several days in advance, all kinds of medicinal materials have already been prepared, and the clothes and diapers of the little elder brother are also ready. Today is even harder. It didn’t work well. Uncle not only has to reward me, but all the concubines who came here today should also be rewarded.”

The emperor refused, "No! I don't have any money! I want to give my child three baths, a full moon and a hundred days. How can I have spare money to reward people?"

Qiqige said seriously: "Now this concubine is going to advise you as a queen. The birth of a concubine is a great joy, and this concubine can understand the emperor's excitement and joy. But don't forget, the third elder brother is still suffering outside the palace. When the third elder brother turns the corner and the two happy events come together, there will be time for you to hold a big banquet."

The emperor lightly touched the baby's little hand, "The third elder brother can hold another banquet when he returns to the palace. This does not conflict with the little elder brother's Xi San and the full moon."

Qiqige sighed: "You are like this again. You give all the good things to the people you like, and don't leave anything to others. These years, the third elder brother is outside the palace, and his parents and relatives are not around. He has lived a lot. Bitter! There are also the concubines who came to accompany the delivery today. They feel so sad when they see the emperor's kindness to the concubine. You may not like them, but please be considerate of them.

"You became the emperor at the age of six, and I am used to being the only one. You think that with your protection, the noble concubine and the little elder brother will be safe for life. But the emperor! Everyone lives in the Forbidden City, and the noble concubine and the younger brother also need to socialize. You Your favor turned the noble concubine into an annoying person, who do you want her to socialize with? You just let her wait in Chengqian Palace for your return every day? Your life is busy and fulfilling, but the life of the noble concubine is endless stupid wait.

"And little elder brother, if you, a father, don't level a bowl of water, will other elder brothers and princesses like little elder brother? They are both sons and grandchildren of phoenixes, so why is little elder brother the only one who gets his father?" Beloved, did the other princesses jump out of the cracks in the rocks? You were also a child before, so you can understand how the prince and princess feel!"

Dong E's mother put her daughter in order, and came out of the delivery room to greet the emperor and queen.

The emperor and Qiqige stopped talking, with smiles on their faces at the same time, Qiqige said: "Madam, you have worked hard, is your concubine sleeping soundly?"

Dong E's mother quickly smiled and said: "Everything is fine, Concubine, thank you Empress for your concern."

Qiqige smiled kindly, "It's good that the imperial concubine is fine, the emperor and I are at ease with my wife here. It's getting late, so I won't delay everyone's rest."

Qiqige bowed to the emperor and resigned, leaving the beaming Chengqian Palace.

She has already persuaded everything that should be persuaded, but she doesn't know what the emperor will do.

Qiqige heard that the queen mother also talked to the emperor, and the emperor probably listened to what the queen mother and Qiqige said.The little elder brother's cleaning was very simple, only the concubine and Prince Fujin were present.

Good news came from outside the uterus after the third bath, the herpes on Xuan Ye's body had slowly scabbed over, and the scabs would completely fall off in about a month, and Xuan Ye would fully recover by then.

After hearing the news, Tong Jia was so happy that she recited the Buddha several times. Regardless of her weakness, she struggled to get up and went to the Buddhist hall to fulfill her vows.

Seeing her like this, Qiqige couldn't help but come to persuade her again, "Look at yourself in the mirror, it's not an exaggeration to say that you are haggard, don't rush to pay your vows, and take good care of your body to be serious! Xuanye will be returning to the palace after a while, will the child feel better seeing you like this?"

After hearing this, Tong Jiashi really calmed down. After half a month of hard work, she became much more energetic, but her body was not as good as before.At night, I was often awakened by nightmares, and I always dreamed that my child was sick and no one was taking care of me. It was difficult for outsiders to understand the misery.

Two months later, Xuanye returned to the palace.The kid first went to the emperor to pay his respects. The emperor was busy, so he asked him to kowtow outside the door and sent him back.

When he returned to the palace, he had to go to the concubines of the palaces, Fujin, to greet him, and said that he was back to live, so it would not be considered rude.It just so happened that the concubines were still paying their respects to the Empress Dowager, so Xuan Ye went to visit the Empress Dowager and paid respects to the other concubines along the way.

The Empress Dowager was delighted to see her grandson coming back. After seeing her for two years, Xuan Ye has grown a lot taller, but his body is a little thin, which may be due to recovering from a serious illness.

Xuan Ye saluted the queen mother and all the mothers and concubines. The queen mother smiled and held him in her arms, asking about life outside the palace.Ask him how much he usually eats, what time he goes to bed at night, when he wakes up in the morning, and what books he usually reads, the questions are extremely detailed.

Xuan Ye answered the queen mother's questions in an orderly manner. When the child spoke, he stood up straight and never looked left and right. His words and deeds were already very princely.

After the Queen Mother finished asking, Qiqige smiled and waved Xuan Ye to come to her side.

"We Xuan Ye lived outside the palace, and the life of the Queen's Lady has become boring. If you leave, the Queen's Lady doesn't know who to bully. By the way, do you like the little gift that the Queen's Lady sent outside the palace? ah?"

The cool brother Xuan Ye, who is calm and pays attention to expression management, couldn't help twisting his face.

Qiqige often sent things outside the palace, Xuanye was quite happy at first, but when he opened the first gift, his emotion was wiped out.

A flower note was pasted on the small wooden box, which said 'open carefully, you will be shocked'.Xuan Ye and the companion guessed for a long time, and made a lot of preparations before opening the box. They were so solemn, and finally a green caterpillar came out.

This kind of little prank is not scary, after all, Qiqige has already reminded her on the box.But that's a little gross, right?That caterpillar is too green and too long!

At that time, Cao Yin, Xuan Ye's companion, was going to catch insects and come back for revenge. Xuan Ye said at that time, "This is a gift from the empress." Cao Yin immediately shut up and dared not speak again.

Qiqige really took the loss of the entire Forbidden City, and it was a loss to her family.

During the two years, Xuan Ye did not get any normal gifts from Qi Qige.

Sometimes it is a huge box with only one carob flower inside; sometimes it is a small chicken with a letter, telling Xuan Ye to raise the chicken well and send it back to the palace, and she wants it to be braised eat up.

Now Qiqige asks Xuan Ye if he likes the gift she gave, Xuan Ye can only smile awkwardly and politely.

"The things that Queen Mother gave are naturally excellent..."

The Empress Dowager also heard about Qiqige sending things indiscriminately, she quickly brought her grandson back, "Go back to the palace and bully Na Ren, don't bully Xuan Ye."

Qiqige laughed and said, "Na Ren is not as good as Xuan Ye!"

Na Ren has been bullied by her, so it's not as fun as Xuan Ye.

The queen mother was so angry that she beat Qiqige, Tong Jiashi laughed and said: "The queen mother just likes to joke, but in fact she loves Xuanye more than the concubines!"

The queen mother smiled and said: "You don't need to find love for the queen, she is deliberately bullying the child."

Xuanye glanced at Qiqige secretly, and Qiqige noticed the child's movements and made a face at him.Xuan Ye quickly turned his head, thinking that Queen Mother is really bad.

After visiting the concubines in various palaces, Tong Jia took the child back.In fact, according to the rules of the palace, Xuan Ye should leave his biological mother at this age and choose to live in another palace, but the Empress Dowager understood Tong Jia's feelings and allowed Xuan Ye to stay by her side for two more years.

In the evening, the palace held a family banquet to welcome Xuanye back to the palace.When it was time to start the banquet, both the queen mother and Qiqige arrived, but the emperor still did not come.After a while, the little eunuch next to the emperor came over to deliver an order, saying that the emperor had other important matters and would not come over tonight.He rewarded Xuan Ye with some pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

The queen mother was displeased, "What is the emperor's business? You won't come to such an important family banquet!"

Yunlai replied in a low voice: "Little elder brother is ill, very seriously ill, the emperor went to Chengqian Palace."

Qiqige turned her head to look at Xuanye, the child's expression was gloomy, which made people feel distressed.

She smiled and beckoned Xuan Ye to come over, "My brother is sick, let's visit him tomorrow. Your emperor Amadore loves you a lot, and the pens, inks, papers and inkstones he rewarded are very valuable, and the empress refused to give them even if she asked for them. Give it all to you."

Xuan Ye cupped his hands and said: "Since the Queen Mother likes it, use it! I can use ordinary paper and pen."

Qiqige touched the child's bald forehead, "Forget it! I can't write a few words all year round, and it would be a waste to leave things to me."

The queen mother continued Qiqige's words to divert the child's attention, "The queen is still embarrassed to say that? I always advise you to read more, but you just refuse."

The queen mother said to the princes and princesses present: "Don't be like your empresses, you have to study more to be successful!"

Qiqige pursed her lips deliberately showing disapproval, "The Queen Mother is talking about me again. I have learned Manchu and Chinese within three years. Why don't you praise me?"

The queen mother smiled and said, "If you can write a big letter every day, I will praise you every day."

Qiqige waved her hands again and again, "Then you should stop praising me."

Everyone laughed together, everyone looked very happy, but no one knew whether it was really happy or not.

People's likes cannot be faked, and the emperor also wanted to have a bowl of water, but his concern for Xuan Ye's politeness could not be compared to his true feelings for Dong E and the little elder brother.

Tong Jia's love for his son is not adulterated, Xuan Ye is not liked by his father, Tong Jia's love for his son is even more.Except for Xuan Ye's class, Tong Jiashi stayed with Xuan Ye every step of the way, and she even took care of what kind of clothes, shoes and socks Xuan Ye wore every day.Xuan Ye's wet nurse and nanny were pushed aside as decorations, such a heavy love made Xuan Ye a little bit overwhelmed.He was guarded all the time in his life, and he didn't even have a little freedom.

The Queen Mother and Qi Qige had heard about Tong Jiashi's behavior, and Qi Qige persuaded him twice in private, but Tong Jiashi still didn't listen.There was no way, Qiqige ordered to reprimand Tong Jiashi severely, and warned her to take Xuan Ye away if she kept holding Xuan Ye like this again.

Qiqige asked Fuquan and Na Ren to play with Xuan Ye often, and it was better to let Xuan Ye play with peers than to listen to Tong Jiashi's nagging.

Because of the relationship between Fuquan and Na Ren, Xuan Ye came to Xian'an Palace more and more often.

On this day, Qiqige and Aruna were making snacks at home.The finely boiled red bean paste is mixed with fried melon seeds, and lard is added to the flour for making the crust, so that the baked dim sum is more fragrant.

Fuquan and Naren knew they were crazy when they ran around the room, Xuanye rolled up his sleeves and washed his hands to help Qiqige make snacks together.

Qiqige said: "Go and play with your brother and sister. It's fine for children to play, and you don't need to work."

Xuan Ye looked back at his elder brother and younger sister, they were laying on the ground like toads with their heads on top of each other, to see who had a hard head and strength.

He turned his head and said to Qiqige: "I hope the emperor's mother will help you." Erchen didn't want to play such a childish game.

Qiqige smiled and said: "Okay, you can pack it if you want!"

Xuan Ye was not in a hurry to start, he observed for a while, Aruna slowed down to teach him the trick, and then he began to wrap the snacks.The dim sum made at the beginning was ugly, but Xuan Ye was not discouraged or impatient, he improved bit by bit.

Xuanye thanked Qiqige while working, "Thank you, Queen Mother, for protecting my son. My son's mother is much better than before, and she won't stare at my son all the time."

Qiqige couldn't help sighing, it seems that the life outside the palace had a great influence on Xuanye, he spoke and acted much more maturely than Fuquan, not like a child at all.

"Your mother-in-law cares about you too much. You contracted smallpox outside the palace, and your mother-in-law couldn't go out of the palace to accompany you. She was so anxious. How many people who got smallpox can survive? Your mother-in-law was terrified She is always worried that you will be in danger. I ordered her not to stare at you, but she doesn't know how worried she is behind the scenes. You should always accompany her! This is a heart disease, unless she wants to, There is no cure."

Xuan Ye quickly nodded in agreement, and he said: "Don't worry, Empress Empress, I will take good care of her. After returning to the palace, I realized a truth. People's thoughts and words and deeds are inconsistent. Some people make me very comfortable. But they don't like me in their hearts, some people make me feel bad, but they really love me."

He also gave a few examples, "For example, when I was outside the palace, a few eunuchs coaxed me to fight crickets every day. Fighting crickets is very interesting, and my son likes it very much, but fighting crickets can be fun. Those little eunuchs are not They really think about Erchen, they want to please Erchen and get rewards from Erchen. After returning to the palace, Er Niang has to control Erchen in everything, which makes Erchen feel very uncomfortable and feels very unfree. But Erchen knows in her heart that Eniang really loves Erchen and cares about Erchen."

Qiqige put down the pastry in her hand, and she patted off the flour on her hand and said solemnly: "Thank you for sharing with me your latest insights, and I also want to share my own thoughts with you. You can tell the difference at such a young age. People are good or bad, I think you are very powerful. Your mother really loves you, but I think it is wrong to restrain others in the name of love. We can understand her feelings, but her behavior has brought you trouble .I hope you will not be bound by her, and you will not be bound by others in the future."

Xuan Ye was a little dazed, but he still agreed, "I will listen to the emperor's mother."

Xuanye is a child after all, Qiqige just praised him, and he is more willing to chat with Qiqige.

"Emperor's mother, sometimes I feel that what I think makes sense, and sometimes I feel that this reasoning is not very accurate. Since I returned to the palace, Huang Ama gave my minister a lot of things, and I like it very much. But...but the son-in-law felt that something was wrong. Queen's mother, does Huang Ama not like me?"

This question is too difficult to answer, Qiqige doesn't know what to say so as not to hurt the child's heart.

She could only laugh and said: "Is there any father who doesn't like his son? It may be... Your mother likes you too much, which makes other people's love very little."

It's a pity that Xuanye is not so easy to deceive, "Really? I don't believe it. You always send me some messy things, but I think that the Queen's mother still likes me very much."

In order to cover Uncle's butt with a fig leaf, Qiqige swallowed a mouthful of old blood and took the blame.

"No...you misunderstood, I gave you something just to bully you..."

Xuan Ye: "..."

That day Xuan Ye held a box of red bean stuffed snacks in his arms, and went home with doubts about sincerity and hypocrisy in his heart.

After a few days of quiet life, news of the younger elder brother's death suddenly came from Chengqian Palace.It is said that Dong E vomited a lot of blood and passed out, and the emperor was also very sad.

The emperor issued an order to posthumously confer the title of Prince He Shuorong on this little elder brother who has not yet been named, which is the first-class title among the twelve-class titles of the Qing clan.