Chapter 59, a glass of wine poured down(1/2)
Concubine Ying also suddenly realized, "What the Imperial Concubine sister means... Yongyan also learned the eighth prince's method?"
Wanxi smiled and lowered her head, "Yongxuan and Yongyan are the same mother and grew up together since childhood. Among the three brothers, Yongyan is old and gets married early, but Yongxuan and Yongyan have the deepest relationship. The years when Yongxuan was so cold in the palace, they were only with Yongyan, the younger brother."
"Even when Yongxuan made a mistake, the two of them were praying for rain in the Black Dragon Pond... What Yongxuan wanted to do was impossible not to give her younger brother a notice in advance. He would have to do his own mistakes, but he would be careful not to implicate his younger brother."
Concubine Ying nodded, "No wonder when the emperor asked about it later, Yong Yan was willing to help Pan Jiang Yongxuan, without any worries, as if he didn't have to worry about the friendship between a mother and a compatriot."
Wanxi's eyes turned lightly, "Don't forget, they have a role model."
Concubine Ying clapped her hands, "That's right, there is another one who is with Prince Hongzhou! With uncles like this, it's not surprising that nephews follow suit when they see each other."
Wanxi lowered her head, "The Qing Dynasty royal family has always been extremely strict with the princes, but the previous generation has produced a ridiculous prince, and this generation has produced two more, Yongxuan and Yongyan..." Wanxi's eyes were lightly raised, and her smile floated, "How could it be such a coincidence? I think these princes, dozens of masters and Andas, Zhenzhen'er will be punished and apologized."
After laughing, Concubine Ying sighed, "After all, it's for the word "avoidance"... she would rather ruin her reputation than make the real crown prince beware of her."
Wanxi held Ying Fei's hand, "This is a kind of wisdom, but it would be cruel if the princes asked to do it themselves. But if they were born as natural and everything would go with the flow, wouldn't it be a good fortune?"
After hearing this, Concubine Ying understood everything and sighed, "In this way, the emperor is also very fond of Xiao Shiqi? Then why am I wronged for Xiao Shiqi? After all, I am not my own brother. I am relieved that Xiao Shiqi will not be wronged in the future."
Wanxi gently shook Ying Fei's hand, "When he grows up, he will be filial to you."
Concubine Ying smiled and nodded, "When I get old, I still expect our little 17 children and grandchildren to have a family life, so that I can enjoy the joy of family."
Wanxi ordered Qu Xu, "Please take two pairs of small purses, put a pair of small silver purses, and a few honey fruits and milk cakes, and give them to Jin Guibang..."
As soon as Wanxi finished speaking, she suddenly held Ying Fei's hand and was about to laugh.
Concubine Ying was startled and hurriedly supported Wanxi and asked, "What's wrong with the Imperial Concubine?"
Wanxi was a little surprised, "When I heard Jin Guibang's name before, I just noticed what words his name was. Gao Wa, you see, Jin, Gui, and Bang, all of them have good meanings in literal terms, so I felt relieved."
"But until just now, I quickly called his name again, and then I realized something was wrong - Gao Wa, you should read it again in Chinese, faster, see what you heard?"
Concubine Ying herself is a Mongolian. She often listens to Manchu in the palace, so she didn't pay attention to Jin Guibang's name. It was not until she quickly pronounced it in Chinese that she laughed "puff".
"Jin Guibang - Golden Cudgel!" Concubine Ying herself was about to laugh, supporting Wanxi with one hand and holding her heart with the other, turning over the little resentment that had been before through this big laugh.
"Okay, this is indeed a golden cudgel that the emperor found for Xiao Shiqi. This time he had a stick in his hand, so he could go innocence!"
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the emperor summoned the Grand Secretary to the Hanlin Party with the Neijing.
The couplets of the king and his subjects have always been the practice of the New Year in previous years. Every year there are themes, such as the couplets of the previous titles "ice play", "year-old dynasty map", "jade yu", etc., which express the emperor's expectations for the prince and the country's destiny.
This year, the theme of the joint sentence of the monarch and minister is - "Farming and Weaving Picture".
When it comes to the word "farming and weaving", all Chinese people know that the protagonist implied is the two.
Men farm and women weave, which has been a family model that Chinese people have admired since ancient times.
When it comes to Male Geng, the protagonist is the emperor; when it comes to Nu Zhi, the only lord of the harem at this time is Wanxi.
In the New Year of the 37th year of Qianlong, the emperor picked out the intentions of these protagonists in the couplet of the king and his ministers for the first time; if the ministers at this time might still be difficult to understand, then more than 20 years later, when the fifteenth prince was officially disclosed as the crown prince, going back to that year - everyone would recall this year, because the emperor had officially appointed the fifteenth prince as the crown prince in the following year, that is, the 38th year of Qianlong.
When I first started my son and praised my mother, it was reasonable to say that the theme of "Farming and Weaving Picture" in the New Year of the 37th year of Qianlong was the "inexplicable" couplet.
In the New Year of this year, the emperor not only gave Xiao Shiqi a "golden cudgel", but Xiao Shiqi was also officially given to the banquet at the clan banquet held on the "Fengsan Wuyi Hall" on the Yuanmingyuan Lantern Festival.
Xiao Shiqi, born in the 31st year of Qianlong, was seven years old in the first month of the 37th year of Qianlong, and was only five years old and eight months old. This was the example of Xiao Shiwu back then.
The two princes who were born in Wanxi became the youngest princes in the ancestral feast together.
During this year's government and foreign vassal banquet, among the foreign vassal princes who received the emperor's banquet, Dongban was headed by Sebuten Balejur, Prince of Korchin Koshuo; while Xiban was headed by Lavandorji, Prince of Kharkha Heshuo.
Rawang, who inherited the throne of Prince Chengguzabu and officially married the seventh princess, officially became the highest-ranking princess among the foreign vassals.
In February, the emperor ordered Rawang to be the governor of the Mongolian capital of Zhenghuang Banner.
He was a prince of the foreign vassal and was at this time the chief of the Eight Banners. Since Lawang had a job in the capital, he had to stay in the capital for a long time.
After the New Year, the joy dissipated and the incident of Xiao Jinchuan became prominent again.
The emperor was not able to do anything to the ministers sent to Xiaojinchuan, so the emperor appointed Agui again and appointed Agui as the minister of counsel. He also waived Agui's two sons, Adis, who had been removed from the position of guard, and Amida and the other two were exempted from returning to Beijing.
The king's heart that Agui lost in the battle to pacify Myanmar needs to regain his battle in Xiaojinchuan.
In March, after Hongzhou passed away on the same day as Jiuye, his son Yongbi inherited the prince. However, he did not expect that Yongbi and the prince would die again after less than two years.
The emperor sent the fourth son Yongshu to go to the bookkeeping service, and still gave the treasury three thousand taels of silver to handle the funeral.
The harem made people discuss this matter privately, saying that Hongzhou used to like to hold funerals for him and eat sacrifices, and finally lost all his son's blessings. This made Yongbi pass away after less than two years with the prince.
Everyone said that I hope Hongzhou's grandson will not repeat this mistake again.
But when he said this, no one expected that Hongzhou's grandson Mianlun died in two years after he surrendered to the Prince of He...
Hongzhou's absurdity has affected both children and grandchildren.
Wanxi's heart was touched, and this day she summoned Qingzao and Fuling into the palace because of her own silkworm ceremony.
But when the child is grown up, he will inevitably have his own mind. Wanxi cannot say it openly, so this is also called Xiao Shiqi coming.
Xiao Shiqi was not sure what was new. Seeing Wanxi, Qingzao and Fuling performing the matter of raising silkworms and feeding mulberry trees, he was also curious, and he didn't kill the silkworms to death.
Wanxi expected Xiao Shiqi to be so naughty; she was not bothered today, but she felt a little secretly thankful to Xiao Shiqi.
Wanxi grabbed Xiao Shiqi's hands and squatted down to look at Xiao Shiqi's eyes.
"You are naughty by nature. Your Emperor Ama and Ene can tolerate you, and you don't want to take away your nature. But Ene wants to remind you: You can be innocent and do your little things, but don't be out of line. Otherwise, even if your Emperor Ama and Ene don't cure you, God will watch it... Don't let your blessings go and your children and grandchildren go."
At this time, Yongxuan and Yongyan are all people with sons, so I really can't afford to make trouble.
But Xiao Shiqi was still innocent and asked Wanxi with his head tilted, "Children and grandchildren? Eni, how can I have children and grandchildren? Eni, I want children and grandchildren too. Eni, hurry up and find someone to give birth to a few for my son!"
Qingzao and Fuling are both so smart people. Wanxi already understands the tips. Now she is even more amused by Xiao Shiqi's innocence.
Wanxi was also helpless and gave Xiao Shiqi a thumbs up, "You're still thinking about this too early!"
Xiao Shiqi was unwilling to do so and pouted, "The emperors all have sons. As soon as they got home, someone ran up and called Ama, how majestic!...Eh, no one called me Ama yet, I also want to be Ama!"
"Bah!" Wanxi was not worthy of being a man, "You think beautifully, but you can wait until you grow up first! You are so young, but you haven't understood it yet. How can you be a mama for others? Otherwise, you will be taught badly by your children."
Fuling was agile and hurriedly answered, "Seventeenth brother, why are you anxious? Don't say you call Ama, there are so many people who call you "Mafu" now! Mafu is a generation older than Ama, you are already majestic now!"
Wanxi smiled as she heard this and looked at Fuling for approval.
At this time, Miande and Mianen had children, and they were all great-grandchildren. Don’t you call Xiao Shiqi a grandfather?
Xiao Shiqi was so beautiful when he heard this, he slapped and said, "That's right, I've become Ma's father, why are you anxious to be Ma's?"
Xiao Shiqi said he was happy, so he jumped around and took Jin Guibang out to play. Looking at Jin Guibang's sneaky look in his cricket jar, these two little things must have gone to fight crickets.
This is all dead. Jin Guibang teaches Xiao Shiqi. Last time Wanxi saw Jin Guibang bring Xiao Shiqi into the kitchen. The two of them squatted on the pot with one corner, muttering with their heads, and stretching their fingers into the gap between the big pot and the pot...
Wanxi grew up in the countryside since she was young. She didn't understand the countryside affairs that her son and daughter didn't know, but she couldn't hide them from them.
She knew that was told by Jin Guibang to Xiao Shiqi that crickets like to drill on the pot. Although it is only February now, crickets may find warm and pissed eggs in the pot, and larvae may find warm and pissed cats in the pot. This is the time when crickets are about to be released. If they are picked out at this time, it will be easier to catch larger than in the future. So the two small things are picking the pots and finding the cricket's young eggs.
The two children were tired of working, so they wiped the sweat from their heads, and as a result, they wiped the black bottom of the pot on their hands directly on their faces...
Looking at Xiao Shiqi's soul-painted face, Wanxi went to find the broom that swept the floor and was about to beat him.
This pot is sacred for every household, and the Kitchen God is guarding it. How can children be so troubled?
But then again, Wanxi grew up in the countryside since she was a child. She also knew that there were children from all households who didn’t mess with the stove?——Maybe because all the food and drink were “changed” from the stove, the children refused to let the stove go.
So Wanxi just acted and wanted to fight, but didn't really want to take action.
The emperor was alarmed.
The emperor ran into the kitchen himself and did not dare to protect Xiao Shiqi directly. He just relied on his height to raise the broom that Wanxi was holding. Then he turned his head and blinked at Xiao Shiqi, signaling Xiao Shiqi to run quickly...
When Wanxi was relieved, she later heard the emperor whispering to Xiao Shiqi, saying, "It doesn't matter if you pick the kitchen in the Enie Palace and the pot in the tea room. Remember one thing, don't pick the stove in the Kunning Palace! Otherwise, Ama can't spare you."
The stove in Kunning Palace is for sacrifices to the gods. In recent years, Wanxi has been presiding over the sacrifices. Xiao Shiqi felt that this was a mu of three-part land he had in his niece, so he was not so respectful and cautious. The emperor had seen the boy looking at the stove in Kunning Palace and felt itchy.
Xiao Shiqi smiled when he heard this, "Can my son pick the stove in Kunning Palace and other places in the palace?"
When Wanxi heard this, what else could she say, and she could only shake her head and smile bitterly.
With the emperor's indulgence method, I really can't imagine what else can Xiao Shiqi do to make in the future.
But only one case, she still had to watch him since she was a child, let him only make trouble within a safe range, and make important big mistakes.
In late March, Fukang'an returned from the northwest and reported to the emperor about Yili and other matters.
The emperor also asked Fu Kang'an specifically about the condition of General Shuhede of Yili, and was very worried about it.
Fu Kangan listened to the emperor's greetings, but he was distracted. The emperor was worried about Shuhede, who was far away in Yili, but he was worried about someone in the capital...
Since Fukang'an returned from Yunnan during the autumn of last year and went to the Summer Resort to pay tribute to the Empress Dowager, the emperor immediately sent Fukang'an to the Northwest Military Camp to serve.
Back then, Fukang'an's cousin Mingrui and eldest brother Fuling'an made contributions in the northwest. The emperor ordered Fukang'an to go to Yili, northwest to serve, which gave Fukang'an the opportunity to be familiar with the military camps in various places.
However, Fu Kang'an's long journey lasted for several months each time, but he called his mother at home, and Fu Jin was worried about it.
After Fukangan returned to Beijing, he heard that Rawang had been appointed by the emperor as the Mongolian commander of Zhenghuang Banner and stayed in the central government for many years to do business. On the contrary, his Prince of Kharkhazhasak was in charge of his brother in Kharkha. Rawang did not need to leave Beijing... Fukangan was drunk again.
Minyi was worried and accompanied her in person.
Although the two were unable to develop a relationship between husband and wife for a long time, because Minyi's father was also a martial arts job, Minyi's temperament was more cool like a boy. The two could sit down and drink and talk together.
When we get along, we look like brothers.
Fu Kangan also drank too much, holding the wine jar, forgot that the person in front of him was his wife. He felt aggrieved and laughed wildly, "He is a Mongolian, but he can live in Beijing all year round... As for me, I have to go to the ends of the sea and the world for several months. Only when I was summoned by the emperor could I return to Beijing for a few days, and then I was about to leave..."
To be continued...