The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

"Are you back?" Kangxi saw that the fourteenth son was as close to him as ever: "Huang Ama has nothing to do today, so I came to see you and have dinner by the way."

"Okay, okay!" Little Fourteen ran over and deliberately opened his mouth to show Kangxi: "Huang Ama, look, my son's teeth have grown out, and the white ones are neat, and he can eat anything!"

"Well, he looks pretty good." Kangxi was also happy to see the frisky little Fourteen.

Xiao Shisi took the opportunity to make a request: "Then can I have pot-wrapped meat tonight? Boiled fish?"

"Boiled fish is no good, but meat in a pot is fine. Oh, you like sweet and sour meat in a pot." Kangxi was delighted: "Today, the Imperial Dining Room made roast suckling pig, do you want to eat it?"

"Yes!" Little Fourteen answered loudly.

Roast suckling pig is the most famous specialty in Guangzhou, and it is one of the main dishes in the "Man-Han Banquet".

It is said that this dish was listed as one of the "Eight Treasures" as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it was called "Pao Tun" at that time.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Jia Sixie recorded roasted suckling pig as an important culinary achievement in "Qi Min Yao Shu".

After years of roasting and improvement, the roasted suckling pigs are already very classic. This time, Gonglitou made [-] roasted suckling pigs, and the ones used are not small fragrant pigs, but small wild boars!

"This is good, this is good!" Little Fourteen looked at the little bottle with bright eyes.

Today, it was Xiao PingZi who served him for dinner, and Xiao PingZi understood the needs of Fourteenth Master very well. A plate of food can only hold three chopsticks.

There are two roast suckling pigs today, one for each father and son.

The little bottle used a knife to cut off a whole piece of pork ribs, picked it up with a chopstick, and put it on Xiao Shishi's dinner plate, then stood there and looked at his master with a smirk.

Little Fourteen was really satisfied, and smiled at the little bottle, the eyes of both the master and the servant lit up.

What the little bottle thinks is that so many masters will definitely not be able to eat, and the rest will be rewarded, so he can have a taste too.

What Xiao Shisi thought was that the little bottle was becoming more and more considerate, so he must be able to eat so much, what is the roast suckling pig?This is roasted wild suckling pig.

Kangxi couldn't laugh or cry when he saw it. What kind of master really is, there is what kind of slave.

He has checked all the people around Xiao Shisi, and this little bottle also met Xiao Sisi, if it was someone else, he would have been sent to nowhere.

After Kangxi had dinner, he asked Little Fourteen about his homework, to see if he was doing well, and Little Fourteen asked if he could take a break?

"The imperial court still has rest days, why don't we have them?" His rest days are only three, Chinese New Year, birthday and Huang Ama's Longevity Day.

"No, reading must be connected together, and martial arts is also practiced three times in winter and three times in summer." Kangxi smiled and shook his head.

Little Fourteen was completely defeated again, but he still persevered.

When Kangxi walked away from him, he was in a good mood.

Little Fourteen groaned, thinking that Huang Ama was really stubborn, why didn't he give him a holiday?Even one day a month is fine!

Probably because there were too many gossips in the palace, after Kangxi came back from the fourteenth elder brother, he suddenly ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to execute the dining room people Huala, Ha Zhuzi Dezhu, and the tea house people who had behaved in disorder in the prince's residence. Yatou, the dining room is forbidden in the Chu circle.

Those rumors in the palace are much more low-key, even Yuqing Palace has two concubines who were attacked by the crown prince, and they were punished by confinement ranging from half a year to a year.

On the other hand, Elder Fourteen is still the same, acting like a baby with his elder brother, begging for delicious food with Concubine De, living a heartless life, even full of resentment towards going to school, but this year, he finally lost everything. The teeth are neat and have a mouthful of small white teeth.

Then Kangxi silently executed these people.

Now, all the gossip and gossip in the palace disappeared!

Disappeared without a trace, the crown prince still went to court to work, but he became close to the fourth elder brother again.

But a estrangement has already arisen, no matter how you say it, the prince's way of handling things still makes the fourth elder brother a little bit alienated from him.

The crown prince and the third elder brother were still in the palace, so they began to send people to inquire about the fourteenth elder brother. They wanted to know what Kangxi was doing when he went to the No. [-] Gandong Institute.

It's a pity that there seems to be no useful information. Kangxi ate roasted wild suckling pig, and Little Fourteen killed half of it!

It has no effect other than to show that Brother Fourteen has a good appetite.

The third elder brother imitated the crown prince and found a reason to invite Xiao Shisi to dinner. He wanted to know what Shi Si told the emperor that night?The person who let the emperor get mad at the prince after he returned, did he know that the prince was behind the rumor?Or something else?

But Xiao Shisi took Xiao Shisan to go, and it was not appropriate for the fourth elder brother to go, because the third elder brother did not invite him.

The two young ones went to eat and drink a lot, the third elder brother is a bit hypocritical, he is a pure literati, he talks around the bush, little fourteen and little thirteen pretend to be stupid, ask three questions, three questions Nine shook his head.

Poetry and poetry barely know a little bit, and often put on a hat.

Depressed the third elder brother.

Later, on the birthday of the fourth elder brother, he was 20 years old, and the fourteenth elder brother was ten years old.

In the folks, this is the age of the crown, so the fourth elder brother came to the Yonghe Palace early in the morning, and the little fourteen and the little thirteen happened to be there.

The fourth elder brother gave a big gift to Concubine De: "Twenty years ago, no mother gave birth to a son like she was fighting for her life, and there is no son 20 years later. The son thanked the mother for her kindness in giving birth."

Concubine De's tears came down! !

Little Fourteen caressed Concubine De's arm: "Emiang doesn't cry."

Concubine De let the fourth elder brother be lifted up, hugged him and cried happily, shouting the words "my son" in her mouth, but she didn't dare to speak loudly.

"Er Niang." It was the first time that the fourth elder brother called the concubine De "Er Niang" so close. In the past, he was always stiff, and in front of outsiders, the fourth elder brother usually respectfully called "Empress".

After crying, Concubine De seemed to be in a much better mood. She smiled and gave the fourth elder brother a complete set of clothes, the prince's uniform made of royal blue brocade that the fourth elder brother liked, and a pair of very beautiful cowhide boots.

"Emiang made a lot of clothes for you when you were young, you don't have to wear them, let's put them on this time!" Concubine De pointed at the boots and said, "This is made by your daughter-in-law, because of these boots, my hands are already blistered." , don't blow her mind."

"My son knows." The fourth elder brother immediately changed his clothes, and sure enough, it fit him very well, not to mention the corners of his robes, his hair was combed again, and he put on the pendant that Concubine De gave to him.

On her 20th birthday, the fourth elder brother went to pay Kangxi another visit, and finally went to the Empress Dowager.

The brothers got together for a small birthday feast.

Kangxi enjoyed two tables of noodles, the birthday noodles for the concubine De, and the wine for the empress dowager.

Others also gave presents, and Xiao Shishi's gift was very special. He personally cooked a bowl of longevity noodles for his brother.

"The birthday noodles are rewarded by Er Niang, and I'm only responsible for cooking them and bringing them to you." Little Fourteen delivered a bowl of noodles to the fourth elder brother: "I wish you a happy year and everything goes well."

The fourth elder brother's eyes turned hot: "Okay, I won't say thank you as a brother, I will eat this bowl of noodles."

Even if it looks good, what if it tastes bad?But the fourth elder brother decided that he had to eat it if it tasted bad, even if it was not cooked well, it was his brother's wish.

As a result, it tasted pretty good.

Little Fourteen happily watched his brother eat noodles, and the other brothers also watched the fun. Ninth Brother asked Fourth Brother, "Fourth Brother, is it delicious? Did Little Fourteen really cook the noodles?"

"Delicious." The fourth elder brother nodded.

As a result, the fifth elder brother looked at the ninth elder brother coldly: "Ninth brother..." The eyes were very resentful, and the ninth elder brother shivered when he saw it.

The same younger brother, when the fifth elder brother celebrates his birthday, he doesn't know what the ninth elder brother will do.

Xiao Shisi snickered, and was looked at several times by Brother Jiu resentfully, which made everyone happy.

Later, even Kangxi knew about it, and when he had finished his dinner, he said to Xiao Shishi: "When Huang Ama has a long life, you can figure it out."

Little Fourteen was dumbfounded: "Huh?"

"I haven't eaten birthday noodles cooked by my son yet." Kangxi also had moments of jealous pantothenic acid.

Little Fourteen's face was filled with black lines: "At that time, Erchen will give you a surprise!"

Kangxi was satisfied and felt that he was not much worse than his fourth son.

Time flies, and the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the New Year's Eve in the palace is the most lively, until February [-]nd, after eating pork head meat, a big event happened.

In the 37th year of Kangxi, in March of Yangchun, the capital was still a bit cold, but the bustle of the palace that had cooled down after the year had fermented again.

Because Kangxi canonized all the adult princes for the first time, including the eldest son Yinti as the king of Dorozhi County.

The third son of the emperor, Yinzhi, is the king of Duoluocheng County;

The fourth son Yinzhen, the fifth son Yinqi, the seventh son Yinyou, and the eighth son Yinhu are all Dorobel.

The enfeoffed princes participated in state affairs, went out of the palace to build mansions, assigned assistant leaders, and each had subordinates.

Entrusting the princes will relatively weaken the power of the prince, and it will be a test for the prince.

At the same time, after the elder princes gained power, they intensified the conflict with the crown prince. The common target of the princes and their cronies was the crown prince and the princeling party.

The first to bear the brunt is Si Age, who should be called Si Baylor now.

And the eighth son, Yinhu, was accused of marriage at the same time. Sure enough, Di Fujin was Guo Luo Luo Mingmin. Now, the elder brother is proud.

Because the eighth elder brother grew up in Zhongcui Palace and was raised by Concubine Hui, he was naturally a supporter of the elder brother, and when he got help, the elder brother was like a tiger with wings added.

Who is happy if he is not happy?He was happier than the eighth elder brother himself. At this time, the eldest elder brother never thought that his tepid eighth brother would start anew.

The Crown Prince's Yuqing Palace has changed a group of servants.

As a result, the contradictions between the emperor and the crown prince, the princes and the crown prince were intricate and intensified day by day.

The previous dynasty was sealed off, and a great Jin Dynasty came to the harem. Except for the fourth concubine who remained unchanged, the concubine Cheng who gave birth to the seventh elder brother finally took a step forward and became a concubine Cheng.

Concubine Ding took half a step and became Concubine Dinggui; Concubine Min also became Concubine Min.

Mrs. Wei became Wei Gui's concubine, and her status was also promoted, because the eighth elder brother was about to get married.

Most of the rest have Jin titles, and the four concubines have not moved their nests, but they have been rewarded by Kangxi. The rewards given to Concubine De are very interesting, including 1000 taels of gold.

After Concubine De got the reward, she divided the 1000 taels of gold among her two sons, 500 taels each.

The fourth elder brother resigned: "Emiang, you can keep it as a reward, or give it to Xiao Shishi, my son is not short of money here."

"I know that you are not in short supply, but I have some living money in hand for emergencies." Concubine De insisted: "Besides, you already have Fujin and will soon have your own child. You have money on hand. , so I don’t panic.”

The fourth elder brother can't do it if he doesn't accept it, but the little fourteen doesn't have so much to say, so if he gave it, he continued: "Thank you, mother, for the reward!"

Concubine De smiled, looking very satisfied with the two brothers.

The strange thing is that Kangxi still didn't rectify Wang's name this time. She was honored as concubine Wang without embarrassment, but she didn't have a separate palace and she was pregnant. The imperial doctor said she should be a prince.

This is already the second son, right?

I don't know if I can keep it, Wang herself is anxious.

But she didn't know what to do. At home, she was a high-ranking county magistrate's daughter, but here she was just a roadside flower.

Who will take care of her?

Even when the noble concubine in the palace was promoted to the seat, she didn't have a part to participate in, and she was not required to kowtow.

Chengqian Palace

The harem concubines and women above concubines all gathered here.

The main hall of Chengqian Palace is five rooms wide and three rooms deep, with a yellow glazed tile roof, and inner and outer eaves decorated with dragon, phoenix and seal paintings.

The doors and windows with double crossing and four Ling flower fans, the indoor square brick floor, the ceiling is painted with double phoenixes, and there is a plaque of "Chengshun Wenhui" written by Kangxi himself in the main room.

In Chengqian Palace, the character for Qian is Tian, ​​which refers to the emperor.

"Chengqian" means obedience to the king, and the concubines living in this palace must not disobey the emperor.

I don’t know what Emperor Kangxi thinks. Ever since Empress Xiaoyi left, the Chenggan Palace has lost its main seat. Many people have been eyeing the Chenggan Palace, but it has always been empty as the main palace. As a result, the harem this time The master with the fastest progress is Tong Jiashi, who has leapt from a mere concubine to a noble concubine!

As for Chengqian Palace, Kangxi also gave the second Concubine Tong Gui to live in such a palace.

This is the residence of the first Concubine Tong Gui, and it is also the place where the second Queen Tong Jia died.

There are two supporting halls and two side halls in the east and west of Chengqian Palace, both of which are glazed tiles and hard mountain-style roofs, decorated with Xuanzi colored paintings under the eaves. The hall on the east side is Lingfangzhai and Qingranju, and the hall on the west side is Jingdezhai and Jingchunzhai.

In terms of the main hall alone, it includes the main hall where guests are greeted. Behind the main hall is the sleeping hall, and there is a bathroom connected to the back of the sleeping hall, so it is three rooms deep.

And five rooms wide means that to the east of the main hall is a Bisha cabinet, and to the east is a small study room for books, and to the west of the main hall are two rooms in Xinuange, which happens to be five rooms wide.

The snowflakes are fluttering outside, and the snow is covered in plain, but the Xinuang Pavilion is as warm as spring, and a few evening chrysanthemums are almost withered, except for plum blossoms and narcissus.

Today is the first time Concubine Tong of the Chenggan Palace has been promoted, that is, after becoming a concubine, she is sitting in the main hall for the first time. All the women in the palace came to pay their respects and congratulate her.

Little Tong Jia's dignified and beautiful appearance made Concubine De dazed for a moment, as if the one sitting on top was the noble concubine Tong Jia back then.

In just a moment, Concubine De lowered her eyes.

In the final analysis, this is just the little Tong Jia family, not that Tong Jia family. Having a dignified position does not mean that he has power, and it is not known whether he can stand up if he has power.

And the first thing this imperial concubine ascended to the throne was the Longevity Festival!