Chapter 63 Chapter 62

It was the end of October when the illness recovered.The turmoil of the second waste prince seems to have calmed down on the surface.The fourth elder brother gradually withdrew from the affairs of the court, big and small, and behaved more and more low-key. He really became a rich and noble idler with a pure heart and a peaceful life. On Xuan.Entering the palace every day is just to say hello to Kangxi, and rarely discusses court affairs. Occasionally we met, his face was calm and serene, and I greeted him with a smile, never saying much, as if there had never been anything between us, he was always that indifferent Prince Yong.Only the tingling pain in my heart kept reminding me, no, no.I hold the pain and warn myself, yes, yes, nothing happened.

One day he came to pay his respects to Kangxi, and when I went in to serve tea, he stood beside Kangxi to exhibit Kangxi's paintings. I put the tea away and was about to retreat, Kangxi smiled and said, "Ruoxi, come and have a look." I was busy, and went to Kangxi's side to look. Kangxi smiled and asked: "Do you see anything?" I hid the sourness in my heart and said with a smile: "Isn't the man driving the ox plowing the field the fourth prince? Standing by the ridge of the field is the fourth Fujin!" Kangxi said with a smile: "Still Is there?" I understood it in my heart, but I laughed and said: "Other servants can't see it for a while, they just think the picture is good, but the most rare thing is the meaning."

Kangxi turned his head and told Li Dequan: "Find out the Southern Song Dynasty Lou Chou's "Plowing and Weaving Map" engraved and printed two years ago." Li Dequan hurriedly went out to give orders.After a while, the eunuch came in with the painting in his hand.Li Dequan took it and unfolded it slowly on the table. The two pictures are exactly the same except for the appearance of the characters. I patted my forehead and said with a smile: "Slaves should be beaten! I follow the Lord Long Live every day, but I am so careless that I don't even think of the painting that the Lord Long Live likes." Kangxi glanced at the fourth elder brother approvingly, and smiled. language.

Kangxi lowered his head and looked at the two paintings carefully. The fourth elder brother glanced past my face, and I stood quietly with a slight smile on my lips.Kangxi carefully read the poem inscribed by the fourth elder brother, nodded and said: "'Food is the most important thing for the people, and agriculture is the first food for the people'. Every spring, I will sacrifice to the gods of Xiannong at the Xiannong Altar, and personally guide the planting. Yutian often emphasizes to officials in the court that he hopes that officials must pay attention to farming. It is the foundation of the country!"

The fourth elder brother bowed and replied: "I followed Huang Ama's example and opened a few pieces of land in the Old Summer Palace to experience the joy and suffering of farming." Kangxi nodded and said, "Tell me, where does the joy come from? Where does the pain come from?" Where did you come from?" The fourth elder brother replied: "Living in the countryside is free and easy. Not only is the mood comfortable, less care about gains and losses, people become open-minded, and the body can be stretched and healthier when farming. In the past few days, I have harvested the melons and fruits planted by myself. Time is even more unspeakable joy. Suffering is that I have worked hard to plant a few pieces of land. I am afraid that the sun will be too poisonous today, and I will worry that the rain will be too heavy tomorrow. , there may be no harvest, I can’t help but sigh.”

Kangxi nodded without saying a word.After I bowed and saluted, I quietly exited.Now he is more and more secretive, he carefully observes Kangxi's wishes in everything, is extremely filial, and never disobeys.Kangxi's suspicion of him is definitely not gone, but if things go on like this, water drips through stone, as long as there are no mistakes, it will be a matter of time before he is completely relieved.No matter how determined Eighth Brother is to deal with him, he can't find any fault. But the eighth elder brother is eager to restrain his sharpness, while still communicating with the court ministers, at the same time telling the court ministers not to keep him as the prince, otherwise "I would rather be bedridden".Kangxi was very disgusted when he heard it, and immediately reprimanded him: "You are only one Baylor, why do you have to play such extravagant words to test me?" "Isn't it a big treachery and a big evil for Baylor to have such an over-the-top idea, to test my bow, and to act recklessly?" His careless behavior further deepened Kangxi's disgust towards him since he abolished the prince.

Sometimes, I am very confused, he, the ninth elder brother, and the fourteenth elder brother are all extremely smart people, and there are many counselors around him, why did they act to anger Kangxi so much? Thinking about it carefully, I feel that it was just Kangxi who was afraid of him early on. A prince who formed a party already made Kangxi extremely disgusted, but he was famous for making friends with courtiers, so no matter what he did, it would be wrong in Kangxi's eyes.When he entered Kangxi, he scolded him for having unreasonable thoughts, and when he retired from Kangxi, he still scolded him for being tempting. Unless he can learn from the fourth elder brother to completely change his behavior and alienate the courtiers, it is possible to reverse Kangxi's attitude towards him. He has worked hard for many years, how could he give up?Moreover, each person has a different personality, so it is indeed impossible for him to imitate the attitude of the fourth elder brother who was born in the world, otherwise he would not be the "eight sage kings" of the corporal of the virtuous and virtuous!

From the present point of view, the biggest beneficiary after the second abolition of the crown prince is actually the fourteenth prince.The fourth elder brother lived in seclusion and rarely cared about court affairs; the eighth elder brother was disliked by Kangxi and was not relied on by Kangxi; only the fourteenth elder brother was punished by Kangxi for kneeling because of the thirteenth elder brother. Alienated from Shishi, on the contrary, he is quite different from Shishi. He often appoints Shishi to handle court affairs alone, and often summons Shishi in private to accompany him. The last day of Kangxi's 51st year was spent peacefully in everyone's calculations.I turned over and still couldn't fall asleep, thinking that I was relatively speechless with my sister, her eyes were clouded with tears, and I felt guilty.She seemed to have a lot to say, but she could only sit and let me greet her and leave.The eighth elder brother and eighth Fujin who were sitting in front of her chatted and smiled, glanced at our two sisters, and then turned their eyes away.The whole hall was talking and laughing, celebrating the new year, but my sister and I were looking at each other from a distance, each sad.

Winter goes to spring, spring goes to summer solstice, I am already twenty-two years old, and next year is the age to be released from the palace according to the convention.I often think about when Kangxi will bestow the marriage, sometimes I feel so tired, I just want to clarify the matter earlier, so that I can have a good time; but sometimes I pray that Kangxi would forget about it at all, and let me stay in the palace for the rest of my life Bar.Thinking of the idea of ​​leaving the Forbidden City and traveling around the world back then, I couldn't help but smile wryly, did I ever think so wishful thinking?Now being able to stay safely in the Forbidden City has become a desire.It's not that there are no nuns in the palace who have served to the old, but I know in my heart that I will definitely not be one of them.

Kangxi went north to escape the summer heat, accompanied by three, eight, nine, fourteen, and fifteen princes and so on. I walked with a horse, looking at the vast grassland, with unstoppable sadness. This grassland carries too many memories of me. The fourth elder brother kissed me here, taught me how to ride a horse, and talked heart-to-heart under the moon; Traveling, galloping together, laughing loudly and crying in pain; Brother Thirteen, to save me, confronted Min Min, the laughter of the two people in the tent... Thinking of this, I turned on my horse suddenly, and the whip was empty With a sound, it flew out like an arrow.

Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up!I continued to speed up the horse, and the wind whistled in my ears.I was galloping wildly, and the sound of hoofbeats behind me was rapid, and soon a horse galloped side by side with me. The fourteenth elder brother shouted: "Are you crazy? Riding so fast for no reason! Slow down!" I ignored it and continued to gallop on the horse. He had no choice but to ride the horse to follow. The horse gradually became tired and slowed down. I felt a little depressed, let the horse walk casually, and asked, "Why do you have such leisure time?" He turned over and got off the horse, so I had no choice but to follow him down. He asked, "Sit for a while?" I nodded, and the two of them found a piece of grass at random and sat on the ground.I pulled out a few stalks of dog's tail grass and started to weave things.He asked: "Remember something unpleasant?" I nodded casually.He said: "Do you still remember what Li Taiyi said?" I nodded.He said: "Some things are already in the past, he has let go; some things you can do nothing, you have already done everything you can do; there are still things you can't control yourself, so why bother with yourself?" I nodded. He shoved me and asked, "Just nodding, did you listen to what I said?" I laughed and said, "Isn't it just forgetting? Got it!" As I spoke, I handed him the edited things, " A little fox for you." He took it, fiddled with the fox's furry tail and asked, "Why do you want to give me this?" What are you doing?Why do you do everything for a reason?But it was randomly compiled and sent away.I smiled and said, "Because you are all like him, all clever and scheming just for the farmer's chicken." His face changed slightly, he stared at me and smiled and said, "I don't think about it." I looked at him and said with a smile: "Ha! I admit that I am a fox." After speaking, I stood up and patted my body and said, "I'm going back." He sat still and said: "Go! But ride slowly." I was about to get on the horse, and he said: "Someone will accompany you in a few days." I turned to look at him, and he said: "Zuo Ying and Minmin is coming." I held the rein of the horse and bowed my head in meditation for a while, then sighed, got on the horse and left. I walked to Prince Sataka's big tent, and before I could speak, the servant standing beside him had already lifted the curtain and said, "The prince is waiting for the girl!" I nodded and smiled at him, and entered the tent.Sataka sat in front of the tables, and Minmin, who was dressed in a bright red Mongolian robe, stood beside Sataka, leaning over to talk to him, her prettyness was a little more feminine.I was about to say hello, Minmin ran over, hugged me and shouted: "My dear sister, I miss you so much!" I pushed her and smiled, "I thought I should be more calm when I'm married, why are you still in such a hurry What?" Zuo Ying looked at Min Min with a frown and said: "If you still run around like this, I can only find a few more servants to watch you." Min Min turned her head to him and wrinkled her nose with a giggle, Looking back at me carefully. Zuo Ying got up and said: "I still have some things to do, you can talk about it slowly!" I bowed and saluted, Zuo Ying hurriedly said: "No! No! I still accept your gift in private, but I will have it in the evening I've suffered." As he spoke, he looked at Min Min with a half-smile, and Min Min blushed.I smiled and bowed my head and pretended not to hear. I stared at Zuo Ying's leaving back, and said with a smile: "He treats you very well." Min Min smiled with her lips pursed, then suddenly suppressed her smile, and asked with a heavy face, "Is Brother Thirteen okay? I heard It's very miserable." I don't want her to worry too much about this useless thought, although Zuoying is generous, but it's not appropriate for Minmin to keep thinking about Thirteen, and said: "The rumors are always exaggerated. Someone will take care of you." Min Min asked who. I told her about Luwu and Thirteen's relationship before and after. After listening to it, Minmin said quietly: "How many people in the world can go through hardship together without giving up? She is worthy of Elder Thirteen, Elder Thirteen is worthy Blessed, she is also blessed." I stared at her without saying a word, she raised her head and said, "I'm just thinking of my friend, I have found my own star, I will cherish it, and I will be happy." The only people who are really smart. She smiled and asked: "Let's not keep talking about me, what about my sister?" My face darkened, and I didn't make a sound for a long time, Minmin said: "I see that eighth elder brother is very gentle to my sister now, but in his heart But it is more indifferent and alienated than before. How could this be?" I shook my head and said: "I don't want to think about these things now, I feel so bitter, let's talk about something else!" I was silent for a while, then suddenly stood up and said: "I want to be happy on this grassland. Let's go to the horse race." !" Minmin tugged at me and said, "I can't race horses." As she spoke, her face turned red again.I wondered, "Why? Are you feeling unwell?" Minmin lowered her head and smiled, infinitely gentle. I reacted suddenly, and said happily, "It's been a few months? Why can't you see it at all." Min Min said with a smile, "It's only been more than a month, of course I can't see it." I said with a smile: "Next year I will Be an aunt." Minmin smiled happily, and she said: "Sister, why don't we get married! Let my son marry your daughter in the future." I smiled wryly: "Don't say I don't know where my daughter is! Just know I dare not promise you casually, your son is the future prince. Besides, it is still unknown whether it will be a boy or a girl!" Minmin smiled and said: "That's right, it's too early to talk about it now. But when did my sister start talking about her status? By the way, let me tell you something. My Ama's favorite concubine complained that Ama didn't leave the jade pendant to her daughter." , but gave it to a court lady. My brother also asked Ama about this later. Guess what Ama said? Ama said, "The person she married will never be worse than us, even just higher or lower. Who will be married? Whose light is uncertain.'” I sat quietly without saying a word. To the prince, a piece of jade pendant is just a pawn for him to divert the prince's coveting heart towards Minmin;But it is a boulder in my life, which stirs up many waves and hurts me a lot.