2. Life in the Forbidden Garden
Time is like water, and Yinzhen has been in the Forbidden Garden for four years, and is as beautiful as a pink and jade, which is very pleasant. Concubine Tong really treats him as her own child, and she is afraid of melting when she holds it in her mouth.
Although the prince was also raised by her, it was hindered by his identity. The prince was only eight years old and understood a lot. He was quite a bit like a father. Seeing his quiet and restrained look, he was a little adult, which made people not easy to get close to.
Lu Jie gradually adapted to the many rules in the palace and began to live a nourishing life. With his hands and feet raised, the prince's majesty was fully demonstrated. In front of the servants in the palace, he tried his best to hide the casualness and unrestrainedness he had developed as a modern person. It was okay. The awkward thing was that he had to pretend to be young. After all, he was only four years old, but his mentality was already an adult. The disguise was so hard, but the results were still limited. So when the palace maids and eunuchs saw this prince, they felt that although the master was small, it was difficult to fool. However, in front of Concubine Tong, Yinzhen tried his best to be innocent.
He knew that although his "bird mother" had joined Depin in the 18th year of Kangxi (the second year of Yinzhen's birth), he was incomparable to the identity of the Imperial Concubine of the Tong family. Moreover, the main reason for the birth of Yinzhen was that he had been born by Yinzhen. Lu Jie experienced a crucial truth from the experience of later generations, and the backstage was hard. Concubine Tong had no son and had the pain of losing a daughter, so he cared about Chenghuan's knees. The more innocent Lu Jie acted, the more she loved this son, and the people in the palace looked up to the prince.
It was the New Year again. According to the rules, from this day on the emperor, the emperor would seal and worship ancestors, the crown prince accompanied him, and then he would have a family banquet with Concubine Tong and the Fourth Prince at noon.
In the morning, Yinzhen went to the two mothers to invite An, and was asked about what they had for breakfast. In fact, it was not about asking him, but about the eunuch Qin Shun beside him. Yinzhen called him An Da, but Yinzhen had to stay by his side and felt very bored.
However, since the Manchus entered the pass, in order to promote the rule of benevolence and filial piety, the royal family members have to follow the rules of conserving the morning and evening since childhood. Even if a young boy who is not enlightened, he would pay his respects early and report evening is a must-do homework every day. Daily greetings always start with Yinzhen kowtowing and saying: "My son greets the emperor's mother." The imperial concubine gave a few words, and then said, "Go to play with your little brother."
But today, after the routine was over, Concubine Tong asked Qin Shun to bring Yinzhen up, holding Yinzhen's little hand, and said, "Little brother, today is twenty-six. It's the New Year, so there is no need to be so restrained. Come and sit here with my mother. Later, I'll ask Li San from the kitchen to make some delicious food for you. Your emperor, the prince and other prince will come here after worshiping ancestors. Our family will also be happy to learn to have a reunion dinner together."
Of course, Yinzhen was so happy that he smiled. He had long been tired of eating the food in the imperial kitchen. He always had stews and stews warmed up on the heat. He looked at it every day, but the taste was almost the same. Now he understood that it was true that the royal people were always fooled by people. How could these junk food be compared with the variety of dishes he used to enjoy in modern times? Sometimes, he simply wanted to cook two side dishes that he would like to add to his own spleen and stomach, but this was just something that could only be thought about, and it was impossible to achieve.
There is a small kitchen here in Concubine Tong. The dishes of chef Li San are exquisitely cooked, with the flavor of Jiangnan. Not only are they simple, but the dishes are fresh, unlike the big kitchen, even the dishes are wilted. I wonder how much money the turtle lambs in the Ministry of Internal Affairs took the opportunity to miss it.
Yinzhen arched into Concubine Tong's arms and happily ate tofu while acting coquettish.
At noon, the eunuch Shangshen served some soft snacks, almond crisps, pumpkin seed crisps, lard cakes, and minced meat cakes. Concubine Tong asked him to put them in front of Yinzhen and smiled and said, "Little Brother, these are your favorite foods on weekdays. Pick up some and use them first. Your emperor and the prince will have to be a while, don't be hungry."
If it were normal, Yinzhen would not be polite, but today, he was a little confused. In the past three years, although he had often seen his emperor, Emperor Kangxi, the Manchus, but the dignity of fatherly devotion and have the habit of holding grandsons but not holding sons, is not very close.
Three years after Yinzhen was born, Kangxi was busy dealing with the matter of pacifying the Three Feudalists. Moreover, the emperor was devoted to the prince, so he paid relatively little attention to Yinzhen. Moreover, Yinzhen was still young, so he himself was unwilling to attract the attention of others too early. On the one hand, he was afraid of making words to scare the emperor. On the other hand, if he showed his strength, he would definitely be shot out by a gun. But today it was time to leave some impression on Kangxi.
The eldest prince had grown into a young man with a thriving figure at this time, and with a pearl behind him, he often had the opportunity to experience. Kangxi went to Qiuzhao and asked the eldest prince to accompany him several times, which was quite popular with the emperor. The third prince was three years older than Yinzhen and had just begun to enlighten him, but he was very smart. The masters praised him for his ability to remember everything he had. Although he was young, his articles were beautiful. Kangxi emphasized Sinology very much in his life, so he was very optimistic about him. After all, only Yinzhen had not yet shown any sign of dew. Yinzhen didn't know what his future would be and whether the trajectory of history would change, but at least he wanted to make a try to see if his future could be in his own hands.
Yinzhen was a little stunned and thought about his thoughts. Concubine Tong looked at him for a while, but she was a little anxious without seeing Yinzhen’s reaction. She couldn’t tell whether the child had hysteria, so she called Yinzhen a few times, and Yinzhen reacted just now. Concubine Tong said, “Why don’t you use some?
This sentence was exactly what Yinzhen wanted. "Reply to my mother's words, I thought about the emperor. My mother and the prince had not had enough food yet, so I dare not use it first?" Yinzhen returned. After saying this, he himself had goose bumps. Concubine Tong was very moved and signaled Yinzhen to walk over and then put it in his arms.
Concubine Tong looked at the child lovingly and thought to herself: This child is really filial, even though he is not his own, he is really lovely.
Concubine Tong said slowly: "Zheng'er, my mother really doesn't love you in vain. She is young and knows sincerity and filial piety. If your emperor knows, I don't know how happy it is." This is what Yinzhen wants. As the son of an emperor, looking glamorous is actually risky. Especially when facing the so-called sage king like Kangxi, if he is incompetent, he will abandon you, and if he is talented, he will be taboo. Therefore, since ancient times, emperors have advocated filial piety and advocated filial piety to govern the world. When a son is developed, he is the son of the emperor. As long as he does the word filial piety, he will definitely leave a good impression on Kangxi.
After talking for a while, the mother and the other two heard the eunuch in charge of the door: "The emperor is here, the prince is here."
Concubine Tong stood up and tidied up her clothes a little. Yinzhen hurriedly stood behind Concubine Tong in a regular manner.
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of the outside world and walked into the two of them. It was the first time that Yinzhen saw his emperor mama so close. After three years of birth, he would occasionally see his father at Concubine Tong's residence, but he was always taken out by the nanny in a hurry, and the father and son did not take care of him well.
Kangxi was wearing a nine-ball auspicious garment embroidered with golden thread, a black fox collar, a three-layer golden dragon plate crown, and fifteen east beads inlaid with gold Buddha. The black beads on his thin lips highlighted the master's perseverance, and his steps were full of majesty.
The prince looks very much like Kangxi, and his style is also like a regular and simple person. He has four-ball dragon dresses with fragrant kesi, a black fox collar, a green fox crown, a red velvet top, and a twelve east beads mark his status as crown prince.
Yinzhen was also in a mixed mood when he looked at the crown prince who had been in history for forty years. He thought of the crown prince Yinreng, who had returned from the west in the empress Heshe, became the crown prince when he was still in his infancy. After that, his fate was ups and downs, and he was under house arrest in Zhengjiazhuang. However, he died of depression in his early fifties and finally got the title of "Prince of Limi". It was really a blessing to make people.
After Concubine Tong gave a bow to Kangxi, Yinzhen nimbly put down the sleeves of Kangxi's horses, first hit a thousand, and then knelt down without any rushing, asking for help, "My son Yinzhen respectfully invites the emperor, Ama Sheng'an." The extremely clear speech surprised Kangxi a little, nodded slightly, and said, "Get up and talk." After Yinzhen thanked him, he hit the crown prince again and asked the crown prince's An. Yinreng was a little proud of his younger brother's greetings, and only raised his hand to help him. Kangxi saw it, but didn't say anything, but just looked at his young son.
After seeing the ceremony, Yinzhen stood beside Concubine Tong with his hands, without looking sideways, wearing the prince's prescribed stone green dragon jacket, red velvet-knot hat, simple, but still noticeably generous. Kangxi couldn't help but fall in love with him and said, "At a young age, he knew the king, minister, father and son, which is rare."
When Concubine Tong saw this, she quickly praised Yinzhen's performance. Yinzhen became more and more respectful on the surface, but she was secretly happy: "It's not in vain for this time. Although she was a little tired of her stomach, it was worth it."
Kangxi was a little surprised. He didn't pay much attention to the fourth brother in the past, but after careful consideration, he felt that he was graceful and calm, and was not inferior to the crown prince. Kangxi became more curious, so he waved to Yinzhen to walk beside him and said, "My Emperor Taizu Gao stood up with thirteen armors. All descendants of the Aisin Jueluo family have given great responsibilities. Even if you are young, you must have some ambitions." At this time, Kangxi turned his head to look at Yinreng and said, "You are the crown prince. Let's talk about your ambition first, what are your ambitions?"
The prince bowed a little and replied, "The son minister is stupid by nature. He is willing to work hard to follow the emperor and protect the foundation laid by Emperor Mafa and Emperor Mama."
Kangxi just nodded slightly and did not comment. Yinzhen knew that Kangxi did not like this answer very much. According to Kangxi's personality, what he wanted was not just a successful ascendant, but a monarch who was brave enough to explore.
Kangxi turned to Yinzhen again and asked, "Fourth Prince, where are you? Let's talk about it."
Yinzhen was already confident. He knew that the emperor would ask about this question sooner or later, so he had been thinking for a long time, so he said calmly: "When I say to Emperor Ama, I am young now, so I should work hard and study and practice martial arts. When the elder is grown up, I must follow Emperor Ama and the prince and be Batulu who loves Xin Juelu."
Yinzhen knew that because the status of the prince was established early, if he showed too much ambition too early, it would not only not tolerate the prince, but also aroused Kangxi's suspicion. Therefore, his most appropriate positioning at present is a loyal and capable minister who governs peace and peace. Furthermore, the royal family of the Qing Dynasty always paid attention to martial arts. Of course, Yinzhen, in fact, had the plan to govern the country but had no talent to lead the army. At this moment, he might as well say the last big talk. He was just a child, and even if he said it wrong, it was not a serious crime. It would be just a matter of being able to make the emperor happy. As long as he showed his loyalty at this moment, this is the key point.
Kangxi was really surprised to hear such words from Yinzhen. The child was less than four years old, but his ambition and his words were not inferior to those three older princes. Kangxi was a little suspicious that Concubine Tong taught him in advance, so he looked at Tong, but found that Tong was also surprised, so he asked, "Fourth Prince, who did you learn these words from?"
Yinzhen was also prepared for this. While responding with a naive expression, he replied: "Emperor, did you say it wrong?"
Kangxi smiled a little unnaturally and said, "You are not yet at the age of studying, but you have such ambitions. It's great. I want to know where the Fourth Prince learned these insights?"
Yinzhen thought to himself, smart people are often suspicious. Emperor Kangxi's suspicion is really not a single point. He has already used the pattern of court-like action in his words. The father began to fight with his son happily. After thinking about it, he replied: "The An Dachang of the Erchen talked to the Erchen about the story of the Emperor Ama arresting Oboi. The guards said that the Emperor Ama was the first Batulu, and the Erchen naturally wanted to be Batulu."
Kangxi was happy. Yinzhen couldn't help but complain in his heart that everyone flattered him. It seemed that even Kangxi, who later generations called "Saint King", could not escape the vulgarity.
Kangxi was relieved, and he smiled and said to Yinzhen: "Okay, the Fourth Prince is determined to be Batulu, protect the Qing Dynasty, protect me and the prince, and have a commendable ambitions. He should be rewarded! Yinzhen, even if he told the Emperor Ama, what do you want?"
Yinzhen hesitated for a moment and said shyly: "Emperor, can you please "up the tree"?"
Kangxi then said wonderingly: "What do you want?"
Yinzhen said: "My son wants to climb a tree. I saw the third brother a few days ago. The third brother said that he knew how to climb a tree. My son also wanted to climb a tree. My son told me that I could understand it after going to Wuyizhai. My son wanted to go to Wuyizhai."
Kangxi now understood. It turned out that Yinzhen and Yinzhen were changing teeth at that time, and the air leaked between the teeth. Kangxi naturally didn't hear it very clearly. He just listened to Shangshu as a tree, and he was so happy that the prince couldn't help laughing. Concubine Tong was still holding back herself, and her face was filled with redness. Kangxi laughed and said, "Our fourth brother is going to climb a tree. Shangshu, climb a tree! Okay, this pair of brothers."
After finally stopping his smile, Kangxi said, "Although the Fourth Prince is not yet at the age of studying, he is smart and motivated. Since I have something to say first, I will promise you that I will find you an enlightened master tomorrow. However, if you feel that studying is hard, don't come back to find the Emperor, this is the reward you want."
Yinzhen was overjoyed and hurriedly replied: "My son bowed to thank the emperor."
The four of them then had a family dinner together and did not show it. Kangxi was really impressed by Yinzhen for his performance this time. On the second day, Yinzhen learned that Gu Badai, a lecturer, was ordered by Kangxi to be his enlightenment master, so he was naturally very happy.
Chapter completed!