Yongzheng period

The blue-eyed Ba Dan learned a crooked poem was pleasant to the ear and catchy.

Yongzheng heard her complain occasionally, and teased her by saying, "Really, what you really want to say with your mouth is stronger than a knife. You are 'Wen', and they are 'Wild'. Just use the method of 'Chunqiu' to cut the The vulgar words in the market, summarizing the essentials, deleting the complicated ones, and giving examples, one sentence is one sentence, I dare not fight in front of you."

Now, although she has a vague idea of ​​Baochai's reason for coming, she can't just turn people away like this—Daiyu pursed her lips and looked at her, without a smile on her face, and said lightly, "This palace, Changchun Palace, is also It's not a place of 'Wind Sword, Frost Sword', not to mention concubines, even other concubines are here, so why talk about 'disgusting'?"

"The concubine made a slip of the tongue," Baochai said in a low voice, unwilling to be self-defeating, "the concubine resigns."

【73】

Changchun Palace

"The day of the palace election is set on the ninth day of September, which is the day of the Double Ninth Festival." Daiyu looked at the accounts in the palace one by one, thinking about the recent complicated affairs and felt a headache, and lamented to Yingchun who came to visit in her spare time, "It just so happens Also, Prince Horqin Luobuzanggunbu went to Beijing with Princess Duanmin, the emperor meant to hold a family banquet, after all Horqin has different status among the tribes of Mongolia, and Princess Duanmin is even more valuable."

Yingchun didn't know the twists and turns in these political marriages. She just thought that this princess was no different from the first emperors who married into Mongolia, so she smiled and said, "This is also a headache for you? How to organize the banquet has its own rules. It's not the first time for you to handle palace affairs, so what's so difficult? It can't be that people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs dare to come to you and pick up Joe?"

——A while ago it rained continuously in autumn, and the ground was very slippery.The concubine Xi has been lazy since she was pregnant, and seeing that she is more and more lazy to come out to socialize in the Chuxiu Palace outside this season, there are no other concubines in the Chuxiu Palace other than her, she is very contented.Yingchun went to visit her twice, and when she saw nothing serious, she often came to Changchun Palace.

"Second sister, you don't know something," Daiyu heard her say lightly, and couldn't help complaining, "Although this Princess Duanmin is the adopted daughter of Lord Shunzhi, her biological father is Prince Jian Jidu, the cousin of Lord Shunzhi, and her biological mother is The sister of the Empress Dowager Xiaohui's mother and compatriots. She is also the daughter of Prince Jian's family, and she is actually the emperor's aunt."

"So that's how it is," Yingchun chuckled, and Nahan said, "There are very few princesses who marry far away from Mongolia and enjoy happiness in the end. This Princess Gu Lun has a very high status, so it must be difficult for you to be proud and exquisite?"

More than that? !Daiyu slanders her heart. This princess has a very deep conception of the distinction between concubine and concubine, and the distinction between superiority and inferiority. After entering the palace, she also grew up under the protection of the queen mothers Xiaozhuang and Xiaohui. Lord Xiandi dared to choke!

Daiyu raised her eyebrows and said, "Naturally, the husband of Princess Duanmin's death was Prince Zasakdoro Darhan, the bannerman of Horqin Left Wing Middle Banner. His status is really special, not only the four compatriots of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang's mother. The youngest of the elder brothers, the daughter is the mourning concubine of Lord Shunzhi, and the deceased ex-wife is the daughter of Yuetuo, the hereditary king of Keqin County adopted by Emperor Taizong."

Daiyu was a little discouraged, "Princess Duanmin has an extraordinary status in the clan, how to entertain her to satisfy her—this is my headache."

"There are also some old people from the previous emperor's dynasty in the palace." Yingchun thought for a while, and comforted her, "The concubines who have no children and cannot leave the palace to take care of them all live in Shoukang Palace, why don't you go and ask for advice?"

Daiyu nodded when she heard the words, "I have sent someone to visit the empress dowager Huihui earlier, and I am going to ask for advice in person."

Yingchun laughed and said, "It should be so."

The two of them were about to skip this topic when they heard the little eunuch shouting outside the door, "The emperor is here—"

Before the little eunuch could finish his sentence, Yongzheng had strode into the hall with dampness all over his body. Seeing that the two of them were about to step forward to salute, he hurriedly said, "Okay, there is no need to be too polite." Let the little maids and eunuchs come forward and take off their court attire, and said to Daiyu from a distance, "I'll just sit aside first, lest you get wet."

Hearing this, Daiyu smiled and stopped going over to join hands, Yingchun felt that it was unnecessary and said wisely, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that I will cry if I wake up with An and won't see my concubine, so I'm going back to the palace. "

After hearing this, Yongzheng turned his attention to her and said, "Then you go back first, I will go to your palace to have dinner to see He'an in the evening."

"Yes." Yingchun stepped back with a bang.

Daiyu scolded, "The concubine and concubine were talking about the homely things between sisters. When the emperor came, she left." Daiyu saw that his face was a little pale, and she was afraid that he had caught the cold, so she hurriedly ordered someone to bring a cup. Ginger tea and a hand stove.

"I forgot to send someone to inform you, but I was so abrupt." Yongzheng finally changed out of his heavy court clothes, sat comfortably on a cushioned chair, holding a burning hand stove in his arms, and then After taking a cup of ginger tea from Chunxian and drinking it, he felt much warmer in his body.

"Looking at the emperor's appearance, I'm afraid he's suffering from a cold. It's better to call the imperial physician to have a look later." Daiyu sat down next to Yongzheng, worried, "It can be seen that these servants are unkind, how can they still get wet in the rain?"

"Don't blame them, it's because I came here in a hurry and didn't notice for a while." Yongzheng couldn't help but laugh, "There is no need to call the imperial doctor to see such a minor illness." After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand to touch Daiyu's face, and said comfortingly, "At any rate, it is warm. At this time of the past, because you are weak, even your body is colder than others, which shows that the palace swallows you are eating now are not bad. I will order the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send some ingredients to the Imperial Hospital to prepare some. You need to remember to be on time. eat."

"Yes," Daiyu responded, and hurriedly said, "The emperor came over in a hurry and didn't even pay attention to avoid the rain. What's the reason?"

Hearing this, Yongzheng approached him intimately, and said solemnly, "I am always worried about you, Changchun Palace, so I am naturally thinking about it. Let alone this, I came here to tell you that you will leave the Dragon Boat Festival banquet to Duan. Concubine, I will let Concubine Yu and Concubine Jing go to help her."

Daiyu raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, and said tactfully, "The emperor is a mantis in the belly of my concubine, and my concubine is upset about it. But this time it is mainly to receive Princess Duanmin and Prince Horqin. Princess Duanmin will not tolerate it." The master who is being fooled by others, the ministers and concubines need to do it by themselves to be more at ease."

"It's okay, Concubine Duan lived in the palace for a while when she was young, and she is very familiar with these banquet specifications." Yongzheng also expressed his gratitude to Princess Duanmin, an aunt, and made up his mind to take the opportunity to pull Daiyu out, " What's more, I ordered her to assist the palace affairs, there are many affairs in the palace recently, so is she actually useless?"

Speaking of this, Yong's face was as cold as frost, and he snorted coldly.

Seeing this, Daiyu was very surprised, and asked in confusion, "The concubine seems to be quite dissatisfied with the imperial concubine after listening to the emperor's voice?"

——Otherwise, why dig a hole for the imperial concubine to dance in?

A trace of dissatisfaction flashed across Yong's face, "It's just because of the matter of the fourth child. I remember that Ying'er was originally a concubine Gong? She somehow got a job in Jingyang Palace, and Concubine Duan gave her to the fourth child. A concubine."

When Daiyu heard the words, she thought about it and understood what was going on. When the fourth elder brother got the Gao family, there was a quarrel, and how long after that, Yinger's incident happened again—no wonder Yongzheng was quite critical of Concubine Duan .

For a while, Yongzheng told her specifically, "Be careful when you are selected for the fifth day of the lunar new year, and there is also the birth of the concubine, I heard from the imperial hospital that she reacted very much."

"The concubine understands," Daiyu didn't want to get involved in the muddy waters of Jingyang Palace, she originally wanted to be a concubine, so she agreed immediately.Seeing that Yongzheng deliberately mentioned the matter of the palace election, he couldn't help becoming a bit petty, and said with a half-smile, "Speaking of the palace election, the emperor is busy with government affairs these days, so I'm afraid he can't go to the Tiyuan Hall in person. Since the emperor wants his concubines to take care of him, The courtiers and concubines should ask a question—does the emperor want his concubines to choose some beautiful women to enter the palace, or choose some generous and dignified ones?"

"Cough cough cough——" Yong Zhengzheng sipped his tea, and was immediately choked up, unable to laugh or cry, "It's up to you to choose, you are enough for me to have you."

Daiyu blinked her eyes, and finally kindly let him go, and said, "The concubine should choose carefully, and she can't choose all the ones that don't suit the emperor's wishes—well, it's almost noon, and the concubine will let Xiao Is the kitchen ready?"

Yongzheng breathed a sigh of relief immediately, and said with a brow, "Alright."

*

On the day of the ninth hall election, it was a rare sunny day. The inside and outside of the Tiyuan Hall had already been cleaned by the servants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Daiyu thought that since a newcomer entered the palace, she and the imperial concubine made a plan for each palace. Many plants that symbolize festive seasons were planted.

From the dawn of the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the side gates have been filled with carriages full of beautiful women. The beautiful women dressed in elegant or thick clothes gather together in twos and threes, each with a familiar daughter. They whispered to each other, and most of them were full of anticipation and anxiety that could not be concealed. There were a few beautiful women with calm expressions and outstanding temperament, which were particularly conspicuous in the crowd.

Zhen Huan was leaning against the wall in a daze with no interest at first, but when she looked around, she inadvertently saw a familiar figure standing alone in the shadow of a flower in the corner.She thought for a while, quietly walked behind the man, and said with a smile, "Sister Mei!"

Hearing the sound, Shen Meizhuang turned around and looked over, and was very pleasantly surprised to see her long-time friend, "Huan'er!" Shen Meizhuang looked her up and down, and said with a smile, "I heard that my sister was selected, but I just haven't had time to see you. "

Zhen Huan leaned close to her ear when she heard the words, and whispered, "I wish I hadn't been chosen."

Shen Meizhuang only thought she was joking and didn't take it seriously, "You said something like that again."

Zhen Huan just took her hand and greeted, "Sister must have had a hard time coming all the way, right?"

"These days of rest in Beijing have already been recuperated