Chapter 421

As the gongs and drums gradually eased, the actors and stewards in the troupe, Hao Lin, came to the most edge of the stage together, and bowed three times and bowed to a group of nobles in Lanyue Tower, and shouted "Long live".

That voice was really a neat and earth-shattering sound.

At this moment, if there is a distraction, I am afraid that I can be frightened by this voice.

"Look!"

As soon as the old man Kangxi waved his hand, Wei Zhu came to the stage with the vermilion gold tray that Erfu had already prepared, full of silver bills and covered with red silk, and pulled the sharp and thin throat, dragging the text and chewing the words to praise these actors who didn't even dare to lift their heads, from beginning to end, and expressed the kindness of the old man Kangxi, and then handed over the tray with a hundred taels of silver ingots to Hao Lin.

Hao Lin hurriedly kowtowed again to thank him, and as soon as the words fell, the rewards of the ladies came down.

For the reward of all the mothers, Erfu prepared a piece of silver, but Erfu's filming of this scene touched the heart of the old man Kangxi, and also touched the hearts of the concubines present.

Several maidens did not wait for the palace maid next to them to hold the tray and come forward to give a reward, and the golden hairpins, phoenix hairpins, and jade pendants made in the branches were untied and dismantled from the bodies of the mothers, and soon handed over to their respective favorite plays.

Even the first to appear, the role is not heavy, and the half-grown child who played the little emperor also received a red pomegranate handpiece carved by Concubine Tong Jia.

"It's a pleasure to listen to this play. Zhuang Lao Fujin opened his cloudy eyes and tilted his body slightly. Leaning on the armrest of the Taishi chair, he said with a loud smile, "The fourth one." This will have to let your troupe walk around the old body another day, otherwise the old body will live in your house and not leave. ”

Although Zhuang Lao Fujin has no children under his knees, he is quite a faceable one among the clansmen.

Born in the Mongolian military banner, she has a noble status, but she is not domineering, on the contrary, she is very gentle and virtuous, and she takes care of the house in an orderly manner. Don't bother Bogoduo in everything.

Although she has not been pregnant for three years after entering the palace, she did not learn to ask for a son like Guo Luoluo, but went directly to the palace to ask for the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang. It is hoped that the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang will select some suitable show girls from the show girls to be born and raise for Bo Guoduo.

But if Ilf were to look at her, she was a clever woman.

People in this era are pedantic, but which family has no heirs, this problem is definitely women's. And not for men. If Zhuang Lao Fujin insisted on refusing to take a concubine for Bo Guoduo and set up a side Fujin, then it would be her fault that Bo Guoduo had no heirs, but if she found a lot of women to spread the branches for Bo Guoduo, and Bo Guoduo was still childless, then the problem would naturally lie with Bo Guoduo.

Not only will no one gossip about Chahar Borzigit, but will sympathize with her and respect her, and Boguodor will respect his wife even more. I don't even look at the women who are just in the house for the sake of having children.

But these are all Erph's speculations, as to what the truth is. Hell knows!

"Old Fujin can come to live in our house, that's our blessing!" Ulanala replied with a smile and quipped softly.

"Don't don't, don't don't, the old body is not annoying, you can just borrow the old body of the troupe for two days!" Zhuang Lao Fujin said that if the Wulanala clan didn't lend it to her, she would have to stay in the Fourth Master's Mansion, but if the Wulanala clan really left her to live here, she really didn't fit in.

The Ulanala clan was just joking, and he agreed to Lao Fujin's request without waiting for Zhuang Lao Fujin to continue urging.

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The play is over here, and the big guys can't sit in the Lanyue Building all the time to blow the cold wind, so they don't need anyone to be particularly open, so they automatically and consciously walk to the west garden.

The garden on the west side is the Prince Yong's expansion this time, specially built in accordance with the Jiangnan style, there is an artificial lake that introduces hot springs and does not freeze, there is a rockery piled up with stones in Taihu Lake, and there are all kinds of flowers and trees and trees that are more than 100 years old from Zhuangzi and from all over the deep mountains.

As the old man Kangxi who was accompanied by the fourth master at the front bypassed the cloister, it was into the garden that the glazed palace lamps hanging on the canopy were lit one after another, illuminating this side of the world.

On the surface of the lake, in the mist, a floating platform like a thousand-petal lotus flower, slowly rising, one by one wearing a light gauze thin skirt, the dancing girl with a colorful silk on her shoulders, slowly falling from the sky, like a falling dust fairy, dancing with the wind, a string of gilded copper bells hanging on their ankles and ankles, playing a crisp and pleasant tune, adding a bit of fairy spirit to this dreamlike garden.

The old man Kangxi and others came casually......

The unique shape and exquisite lanterns are dotted among the green leaves, but they are more atmospheric than the lanterns that the prefectures have built sheds on the long street and seen with the ordinary people during the festival in previous years.

Beside him is an increasingly fascinating scenery, and many nobles are not walking in a long line to follow the footsteps of the old man Kangxi, but instead beckoning the palace maids who have been arranged by Erfu to serve in the garden, and each found a path between the flowers that fits the eye, and began to explore the secret and guess the lantern riddle.

The artificial lake is in the middle of the garden, there is a white marble stone hole bridge, the stone hole bridge is a pavilion on both sides of the lake, it is the end of the path between the flowers, and it is also the place where the nobles finally settled, enjoying the dancing on the stage, so Erfu does not need to deliberately let the palace maid lead people back to the right road, only need to serve a cup of tea and a few plates of snacks to the first person, you can sit quietly in the pavilion and wait.

As there were fewer and fewer people around her, Concubine Tong Jia saw Concubine De Niangniang and the Wulanala clan walking away, and there were no other princes beside her, Fujin was there, so she beckoned to Erfu, "Come and introduce this garden to the palace!"

Although Elder had not been in the garden all day staring at the arrangement, she had seen it two or three times before, so while the big ones were fascinated by the beauty and walked deeper into the garden, she slowly slowed down and fell unhurriedly at the end of the large group.

"Concubine Niangniang. Why don't you go to the plum garden over there? Erfu didn't believe in the rumors that were circulating about the preferences of the mothers, but when she thought of the red plums blooming proudly in full swing, she felt that she was quite suitable for the clothes of Concubine Tong Jia. He suggested softly.

Concubine Tong Jia doesn't have any special preferences for those flowers, she just wants Erfu to accompany her for a casual walk, or she wants to get some news of the fourth master from Erfu's mouth.

In fact, she is still thinking about the fourth child she coaxed in front of her younger brother when she was a child.

What she wants to know is the real life of the fourth master, not the news that comes out through I don't know how many links, but her worries can't be known to others. Otherwise, those people with crooked hearts are likely to attack the fourth child by taking advantage of her, the palace concubine, to have too close contacts with the fourth child. This is definitely something she doesn't want to see.

Many times, she felt that God was unfair.

If it was not her sister who was the adoptive mother of the fourth child back then, but her, then she would not use the fourth child as a means to compete for favor. She took care of this sensitive brother. And she can now justifiably contact with the fourth, and hand over the hole cards that she has been operating for many years to the fourth, so that the fourth can have more hole cards to win the final victory in this succession drama.

As for why all the princes are thinking about the matter of seizing the heir, it is naturally a matter of standing with the abolition of the crown prince Yinren, smart people know that Yinren has no hope of ascending to the throne in his life, but the old man Kangxi can't bear to bear the fact that his son, who has loved him for most of his life, is looked down upon, and he wants to take advantage of this gap. Select a prince who has a brotherhood with Yinren from among the rest of the princes and continue to be Yinren's backer.

At present, it seems that the possibility of the fourth being on the throne. That's pretty big.

Since Yinren was pressed back to the Forbidden City by Long Keduo from the outside, he was directly thrown into a corner and encircled, and the other princes were busy collecting Yinren's forces outside, begging the old man Kangxi to dispose of the waste prince as soon as possible, among which the eldest prince Yinren was the most obvious, and even proposed to destroy the waste prince Yinren for the old man Kangxi, which directly provoked the dissatisfaction of the old man Kangxi.

In those chaotic days, only the fourth brother and the thirteenth who were also banned were really worried about this second brother, but the thirteenth was locked up in the beekeeping channel because of the matter of mixing into Yinren, and he was too busy to take care of himself, only the fourth master was a Baylor at that time, and he was on duty in the criminal department, and he had to enter the palace every day to talk back to the old man Kangxi, and he could often take advantage of loopholes to accompany the depressed Yinren to play chess. Speaking, I begged the old man Kangxi to let Yinren go, and when he reestablished Yinren, he said a lot of good things and made great contributions, which greatly changed the impression of the old man Kangxi on him.

Concubine Tong Jia thought about her thoughts all the way, and walked slowly to the location of the plum garden with Erfu. In the plum garden, the fragrance is quiet, and there are clusters of red clouds surrounded by snow that does not touch the slightest dust, but it is more delicate than the scenery of other locations, so that people can see it, and there is a feeling of relaxation and happiness.

Under a plum tree clustered with red clouds is a simple stone table and stone bench that has been covered with soft cushions and hot tea, Erfu smiled and let Tong Jia Guifei sit down, pointed to a palm-sized glass palace lamp in the red clouds, and said softly: "Qiyu Guifei Niangniang, this location is the best place to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the plum garden." ”

Concubine Tong Jia glanced at the surroundings slightly, there are patchwork plum trees on the left and right, the small glazed palace lamps will be full of red plums in the garden, embellished like the brilliant red glow when the sun sets, dazzling and charming, the breeze is blowing, the fragrance is permeated, a cup of fragrant and mellow oolong tea, with sweet and delicious snacks, it is really a good place to rest.

In fact, everyone who came to the mansion today knew that this lantern feast was organized by Erfu, but the praise and praise fell on the Ulanala clan.

Concubine Tong Jia, as a supporting role that is not very important, spent most of her time carefully observing Erfu, and found that not only did she not show dissatisfaction, but had a feeling of being willing to eat, which made her close to Erfu.

If she is not pure-minded, if a character like the Li family is Erfu who takes the initiative to approach her, she will not have a good face for her.

"You can also sit down and talk, you have been busy all day today, you are afraid that you are also tired, let's have a cup of tea slowly!" Tong Jia Guifei smiled and pointed to the empty stone bench opposite, and filled a cup of hot tea for Erfu with a handle pot with her own hand, and said softly.

Erfu was flattered and wanted to take over the beam pot from Concubine Tong Jia, but she was afraid that the hot water splashed in the pot would scald Concubine Tong Jia, and her movements were a little timid, until Concubine Tong Jia filled the teacup, and the pot was still firmly in the hands of Concubine Tong Jia.

"You don't have to be so nervous, this palace is just talking to you casually, could it be that you, the master, are afraid that this palace is a trickster who doesn't understand the rules?"

"The concubine didn't dare. Hearing this, Erfu hurriedly raised her head, waved slightly, and explained stumblingly, "It's just that when I saw the concubine Niangniang raising her body like this, I didn't know how to thank you for a while." ”

"Thank you?" Concubine Tong Jia raised her eyebrows in confusion and said softly, "Although this palace is not the biological mother of the fourth child, it can be regarded as your elder, don't the elders treat the juniors lovingly? This is the normal thing of people, don't be so restrained, you are only sitting here today is not a high-ranking concubine, but your aunt, the elder of your little girl, you can talk how you want."

I've heard Concubine De praise you many times before for being a kind child, aren't you willing to accompany me, a lonely old woman?"

Concubine Tong Jia said in the end, she also pretended to hold a handkerchief and dipped the corners of her eyes, as if she was stabbed by Erfu's seemingly respectful, but actually rejecting people's attitude thousands of miles away, which made Erfu really want to look up to the sky and sigh, "Old child, little child, my mother is honest and does not deceive me." ”

Although Erfu was complaining, but her heart was really a lot easier, let her face the big Buddha of Tong Jia Guifei alone, she was really under a lot of pressure, for fear that there would be something she couldn't do, which would provoke the dissatisfaction of the big Buddha, and she was afraid that her attitude would be too humble and submissive, so that Tong Jia Guifei felt that she had no backbone, and she had fallen behind the dignity of the fourth master outside, which was really difficult to control.

At this time, seeing Concubine Tong Jia showing such a funny side, there was a feeling of finding companions and comrades-in-arms, the smile on her face was much more real, and her demeanor was no longer as restrained as before, she pushed her favorite jujube cake and marzipan in front of Concubine Tong Jia's eyes, and introduced it softly, and at the same time asked Yaoqin to send the hot almond milk brought by the attendant to the stone table, "The taste of this almond milk is a little special, but it is very nourishing." ”

Concubine Tong Jia is a person who picks her mouth, just from the fact that she took a sip of tea since she sat down, and looked at the dim sum that looked a little rough with disgust, so Erfu did not pour out the almond syrup wrapped in the quilt first, but specially sent her own bowl to Concubine Tong Jia and asked her to take a closer look.

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(To be continued.) )