The smallpox in the first year of Yongzheng did not cause much turmoil in the capital.

With the promotion of cowpox, the tense atmosphere that originally permeated the capital gradually calmed down. The powerful family, who spared their lives, first arranged for slaves and servants to plant pox.

When you see the cowpox planted, it's just a place where the flowers are planted, and there is a blister, and the other places are not painful. Moreover, after a few days, it disappeared, except for leaving a scar the size of a thumb cap, there was no other discomfort, and more and more people chose to get acne.

The show girls who were ordered to enter Beijing for the candidates have been waiting for more than a month. By the end of October, there was finally news that on the second day of November, the show girl entered the palace as a candidate.

Hongday, who got the news, couldn't wait for a moment, and rushed to Jingren Palace with a gust of wind to find his adoptive mother, Concubine Xi, Niu Hulu.

"E-niang, good E-niang, don't forget, your son is still waiting." Hongtian asked for peace, and then twisted Niu Hulu's arm and was angry.

Although he was not born to Niu Hulu's family, he was raised in front of Niu Hulu's family, and the two were like biological mother and son.

As early as when the palace decreed a general election, Hongyang came to intercede and asked his adoptive mother to help keep an eye on someone.

In the harem today, Concubine Xi is ranked after the queen, concubine, and concubine Qi, and is the fourth person in the harem. It stands to reason that even if she has a share in the draft, she is only a figure and has no right to make decisions.

But her surname is soft, and she has always been loved by the queen, and after she was made a concubine, she assisted the queen in taking care of palace affairs. is like the noble concubine Nian, although the scenery is unique, but she is a very delicate body, and she never bothers with mundane affairs; Concubine Qi, Li, competed with the queen in the early years, but in recent years, she has not been on good terms with the Nian family, and because of her old age and decay, she has long been out of favor, even if she wants to meddle in palace affairs, she can't speak.

Now that he has been on the throne for a year, although he has been crowned a concubine, he is all the old people of the Qiandi, and no new people have been added.

From the placement of these concubines in the palace, you can see who is the one who can speak before the queen.

In recent years, the concubine Nian, who has occupied the emperor's sole favor, the Qi concubine Li who has the most children for the emperor, and the emperor's first concubine, the Song family, are all placed in the West Sixth Palace.

The queen took the fourth elder brother's biological mother, Concubine Xi, and the fifth elder brother's biological mother, Yu Concubine Geng, and lived in the East Sixth Palace.

Hongyang did not go to the central government to ask for his biological mother, but came to beg for the adoptive mother, because compared to the strictness of the biological mother, the adoptive mother favored him more.

At Hongday's begging, Niu Hulu had already promised him, but he didn't want him to contact women too early, so he said with a straight face: "If you are honest and well-behaved, you will stay if you stay; If it's a fox, even if you say it's out of the sky, I'll put up a sign. ”

Hongtian is accustomed to observing words and feelings, and knows that she is not really annoyed, so he gently helped Niu Hulu beat his shoulder and said: "It's the girl of the Cao family, and the cousin of Cao Hao." Their family's tutor is praised by everyone, and it can't be wrong. ”

Concubine Xi knew that the Cao family was good friends with the Thirteenth Elder Brother, and among so many clans, the queen was also quite close to Prince Chun's Mansion Da Gege, who was going to marry the Cao family, and she was willing to meet Hongday's wish and be willing to promote this matter.

However, she was afraid that the Geng family would be too careful, after all, there was no one around the fourth elder brother now, so she said: "But after saying that, even if you leave the brand, you have to wait until next year to talk about it." ”

can successfully please people, Hongtian is satisfied, where do you dare to bargain, put her arm around Concubine Xi, and said: "My son is all arranged by Eniang!" ”

There was a sound of footsteps at the door, and then a palace maid and eunuch whispered goodbye.

It's Hongli who is here.

Seeing that he was going to say goodbye to his biological mother, Hongtian got up and avoided the side.

Seeing him smiling brightly, Hongli tugged at the corners of his mouth and said, "Happy to be like this?" A few days ago, you got a jujube red horse and a nanmu bow, and I didn't see Le Cheng like this! ”

Hongday's eyes flickered, his little face flushed, "hehe" smiled, and he didn't answer.

Concubine Xi asked their brothers to sit down, and asked Hongli: "The fifth brother knows how to ask for someone, what do you want as a brother, do you have a charter in your heart?" ”

Hongli knew that according to the rules, the two brothers had to refer to the side room before the wedding. He is higher than Hongday, Hongday wants to please the people around him, and he will also point one in advance.

"My son hasn't thought about this yet...... Hongli said, looking at Hongyang, sure enough, seeing his little face drooping down, showing a little nervousness, he couldn't help but smile in his heart, and then said: "If you refer to people, it's all up to the emperor and Eniang to arrange." ”

Concubine Xi listened, smiled and nodded, very pleased.

The emperor's treatment of Hongli differently made Hongli show his magnificence, but it also pushed him to the forefront.

How many pairs of eyes, waiting for their mother and son to make mistakes.

Hongyang chooses the people around him, but he does whatever he wants; Hongli can only wait, waiting for the queen to point out people, waiting for the emperor to point out people.

If you choose someone by yourself, choose someone with a low family background and a vulgar gaze; Those who choose a high family background have ill intentions; Beauty, mediocre and lustful; Choose those who are not beautiful, and be hypocritical and deceive. No matter how you choose, you will make people say something bad.

Hongtian was coquettish in private, but in front of his brother, he couldn't erase it, and after saying a few words with him, he slipped away in another gust of wind.

There are many people, even if it is a biological mother and son, they don't dare to be too close to each other, so Hongli left with Hongday.

Concubine Xi's side is to pack up and go to the Queen's Palace to ask for peace, and by the way, she also asks about the general election. Later, it was said that it was the first of the Eight Flags draft, and two yellow flags were read.

Zhong Cui Palace warmed the pavilion, the queen used up a bird's nest, the water was clear, and Mama Lu scratched her hair: "They will make up their minds, is it a decoration to be the emperor?" The emperor is not the grandfather, and I am not the queen of filial piety. They are red at the scenery of the Nian family, but they don't know that with the Nian family in front, their own family can be peaceful. ”

Mama Lu hesitated for a moment and said, "Niangniang, looking at the meaning of several uncles and wives, it is a bit imperative to let the four girls run together." If the mother doesn't stay, I'm afraid I'll complain. ”

The queen sneered, "Let them complain." Don't ask for something that is self-motivated. If they have a better future, they can support my face, so why not fulfill them? Bisheng only knows how to mix things, and he wants to rely on the well-being of women to live his life. ”

The master and servant were talking, Concubine Xi arrived, and a palace maid came in to pray.

The queen raised her voice and called in, because it was not an outsider, and the expression on her face was still indignant.

Seeing this, Concubine Xi was a little more careful and respectfully invited Da'an.

The queen waved her hand, called her up, sat down beside her, and said, "I was thinking of asking someone to invite you over......" As she spoke, she took a post and handed it to her: "This is the list of clans that need to be married, you can see first, how many people will be left this year, and I have a number in my heart." ”

Concubine Xi took it with both hands and glanced at it, they were all sons of a certain palace, those who had wives and needed concubines, and those who had no wives who needed to be matched, full of pages.

She said cautiously: "Those outside need these, but what about the palace?" ”

She has also heard about the queen's mother's family wanting to send people into the palace, and she has also met the queen's sister-in-law in the queen's palace a few days ago.

The queen's maiden home is a positive yellow flag, and it is later said to be selected.

The queen smiled, looked at her and said: "Yesterday, I talked to the emperor about this matter, and the emperor wants to keep filial piety for the emperor and the queen of Daxing, and no one will be left." ”

Concubine Xi was surprised when she heard this, but she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

If the girl of the Wulanala family really enters the palace as a concubine, if there is a prince, she will definitely be raised in the queen's palace. In that case, the position of the fourth elder brother will become awkward.

The queen pointed to the post in Concubine Xi's hand and said, "I'm really impatient and annoying, sister be careful, help me find two similar candidates, the title doesn't have to be high, the prince of Zhenguo and the prince of the auxiliary country can do it." My nieces and nephews will put up a sign if they are married, and they will be rewarded with dignity. ”

Concubine Xi respectfully agreed, and said that Hongyang was begging, but did not say that she had agreed, but only said that Hongyang did not dare to come to the queen and asked her to come to the item.

Thinking of the appearance of the Hongdaypi boy, and knowing that he was pleasing women, the queen added a little smile to her face: "It's hard for him to grow up, you might as well fulfill him." It's just that the emperor has to hide it. Otherwise, the emperor knew that he was young, and he would start to snuggle little girls, and he was afraid that he would reprimand him again......"

* The Cao family is a white flag, and the second election is called in the Eight Banners election. The candidate for the draft girl had to leave home the afternoon before and go to the Shenwu Gate to line up the car.

The Cao family, because of the election of the fourth sister and the fifth son, are all concerned about this matter.

Brother Cao Song does not have the heart to use his sister to cling to power, so he is not as nervous as Zhaojia's.

Although Zhao Jia's family has run away from the Thirteenth Elder Brother's Mansion, it is related to his beloved daughter, so he is still not at ease, and after sending away the fourth sister and fifth son, he waited for them to come back without thinking.

When they learned that the fourth sister and the fifth son had come back from the primary election, Zhao Jia's eyes were red.

The fourth sister and the fifth son have passed the primary election, and the fifth day is the second election.

In Zhaojia's heart, he didn't know whether to be happy or reluctant, and fell ill all of a sudden.

The disease was menacing, and after three or two days of hard work, he closed his eyes and couldn't wake up.

The Cao Song brothers were so bluffed that they were all in front of the bed.

At this time, Cao Fu had already passed the Hanlin Academy disbanding examination, took the second-class exam, and made up for the head of the Ministry of Rites. Because it is a light yamen, it is cheaper to ask for leave.

Cao Ying got the news and came back once. Because I lived with my in-laws, it was not easy to go back to my parents' house to serve the sick, so I stayed for a whole day before returning.

The mother is seriously ill so far, where do the fourth sister and the fifth son still have the mind to be candidates.

Cao Song came forward and went to Prince Zhuang's mansion to ask the sixteenth elder brother for help. It's not that I'm afraid of anything else, but in the end, I'm afraid that Zhaojia's family is dangerous, and I'm afraid that my two younger sisters will be married in a filial piety period.

The sixteenth elder brother knows that Cao Hao treats his cousins and cousins in Dongfu very well. Now the elders of Dongfu are seriously ill, and the younger generations want to serve the sick in front of the bed.

But it's okay to say that the fourth sister is a concubine, and the fifth son is a concubine, so it's unnecessary.

So, he made the decision, and the fourth sister asked for leave and did not participate in the re-election; Wu'er re-selected as usual.

As a result, the fifth child re-election was left with a sign again.

The fourth sister has to wait for the next draft before participating in the second draft. Because this draft is a year ahead of schedule, if the estimate is correct, the next draft will be four years later. By then, the fourth sister was eighteen and was over the age of old, but she still had to participate in the selection before she could talk about marriage.

Just as the Cao Song brothers were discussing sadly whether to start preparing for longevity, Zhao Jia's eyes opened.

Illness comes like a mountain, and illness goes like a thread.

She was just worried about her daughter, so she was sad and tired, and she fell asleep for a few days, but she gradually filled her vitality......*

(To be continued)