It is not easy to be the fourth master's wife

Chapter 168

Kangxi returned to Beijing when the fish that Hongzhao raised in the rice fields had grown to almost three catties.Everyone in the whole family had to go to welcome them. Hongshi was half a year old and he was almost eight years old. He could stand in the crowd of adults, but Hongzhao was still a child. He was still a year behind Kaimeng. Auspicious costumes are like dolls on New Year paintings, which can only be left behind among the female relatives.

He wrinkled his face, the boss sat on the stool unhappily, the eldest girl and the second girl already looked like older girls, they were used to acting coquettishly at home, and they stopped playing with their younger brother when they entered the palace. It's sitting with sisters and sisters of similar age, looking at each other's purses in their waists, or the gold pendants on their ears.

The Empress Dowager's eyesight is not working well. Although there are not many legitimate children in the royal family, there are many children born from concubines. These are not usually seen, but now they are all here.She wandered around the palace with her tortoiseshell glasses, relying on the big palace maid to remind her who was who, even if she mentioned some, she still couldn't remember.

Needless to say, the eldest girl and the second girl have always been favored by her. Just because the two are born the same and dress up the same, even if they have never seen each other, they know that they are the twin daughters of the fourth elder brother's family, but Hong Zhao was raised by the maid beside her. , she just figured it out.

On this kind of day, everyone is all dressed in the same color, the Fujins are all dressed in azure, no matter how young the elder brothers are, they are all wearing quarters, and no sharp-eyed one is carrying them by their side. Looking at them from a distance, they are really different. Can't figure out who is who.

"That's Brother Hongzhao from Prince Yong's family. Looking at his appearance, I'm afraid he wants to go to the front." The maid whispered in the Empress Dowager's ear, and she laughed, which made the Empress Dowager laugh too.

As soon as he smiled, he remembered his nickname, and when he thought about it, he felt refreshed from his mouth to his heart after drinking sour plum soup soaked in ice beads this summer, and he beckoned Hong Zhao to him.

Hongzhao pursed his lips and went over, and put his ear down and told her: "Ancestor, the fish I've raised for a long time is fresh. I'll make fish porridge for you." The empress dowager was amused by this sentence, and she hugged him and rubbed it together. When Kangxi came in to pay his respects after being greeted by his brothers, he would show off.

This mention reminded Kangxi of Hongzhao growing vegetables, so he called Hongzhao to him: "How is the harvest? Maybe it can afford the vegetables for the family?"

It turned out to be just a meaning, Kangxi has not been in a good mood, but he can't come to the empress dowager with a face, and he called Hongzhao to tease him according to the empress dowager's intention, so as to make the empress dowager happy. Pointing to his fingers, he not only told about fish farming in the rice fields, but also told Kangxi that Haha Bead beside him made two bamboo cages, one long and one short, and submerged them in the pond to catch yellow weasels.

It aroused Kangxi's interest, the royal elder brother, where has he played with these, Hongzhao told Kangxi enthusiastically: "To catch this, you have to dig earthworms, open a small hole in the bamboo cage, take a bamboo stick and put it in it. It turns green at night, and when it turns green, it attracts the yellow weevils." He nodded solemnly as he said, "You can't strangle it to death, it won't shine if it's strangled."

Zhou Ting waited downstairs with a smile on her face, and all the sisters-in-law heard what Hongzhao said, and Yining covered her mouth and chuckled, "No wonder we Hongming have been trying to cut down the bamboo behind his Ama's house. I'm thinking about weaving bamboo cages." While talking, she teased her husband, with an affectionate attitude: "Guess what our master said?"

Zhou Ting shook her head, and Yining took her hand: "He said, your Ama is just pointing at these two bamboos to pretend to be gentle." As she spoke, she couldn't help laughing, and all the sisters-in-law took Pazi covered his mouth, and at this time Hongzhao had already started talking about his plan to use bamboo scorpion to attack sparrows in winter.

Kangxi was talking at the top, and all the Fujin princes and princesses below had to wait. It was because the old man was in a bad mood. He smiled after hearing these trivial things. The empress dowager could also see that Kangxi was not in good spirits. Teased him, followed suit, and the words got longer and longer.

When Zhou Ting went out in the morning, she deliberately changed the bottoms of the flower pots that were one inch lower. Although the days were too early and the doctor couldn’t diagnose them, she knew that she probably had them. I love sweets.

Seeing her standing posture, Yining smiled knowingly, moved over to hold her hand, and leaned into her ear: "Sister-in-law Si has happy news again?"

Zhou Ting glanced at her: "It's not sure yet, so don't say anything."

Yiwei was standing not far away. She was already confinement, and although she hadn't recovered yet, she had to come to this kind of occasion. After having a son, she would be energetic, and she could see some of the old style .

The last time Zhou Ting saw her was at the third baptism, the scene changed from Eighth Prince’s usual low-key, it was very grand, and the whole street was lively, but the child was only seen by those close to her. Showing his face, after washing the basin, he quickly wrapped himself up and hugged him back. Zhou Ting was not far away, and he could only hear him crying weakly.

Yiwei got this child so easily, she looked at it like a phoenix egg, she was afraid that the nanny would not take good care of it, anyway, the eighth elder brother was not around, she raised the child in her own room, and only had her son in her eyes, this time the eighth elder brother followed When Kangxi came back, she was finally able to stand upright in the hall, listening to Kangxi talking to Hongzhao, and thinking about what it would be like to bring her son to the hall when he could speak.

Eighth Prince's first son was brought by Yi Wei's side. She thought that she would have no children in this life, so she always treated Hongwang as her own, but she didn't realize the difference until she had her own.

Hongwang is only a little over three years old, and the child is sensitive. Yiwei used to be so close to him, but now spends more than half of his time coaxing his own child. Although he doesn't understand the difference, he is also very disappointed. For a few days, until his biological mother found him.

Mother and son are separated by nature, and Yiwei didn't really do the thing of leaving the mother and keeping the son. Mrs. Zhang is very aware of current affairs, just because she can see her face, she didn't get too close to her son in the past, for fear of hindering Yiwei's eyes.This time when I found my son, I didn't care whether he understood or not, and the child didn't understand the advantages and disadvantages, so I just told him repeatedly that his identity was different from that of his younger brother, and he had to please Fujin well in the future.

Hongwang was ignorant at first, and vaguely felt that Erniang had treated him better than in the past. The child was still angry. Hearing these words, he was very depressed for two days. Wei heard this, but she just thought it was a child who was being naughty, and lost her mind, and didn't take it to heart.

Kangxi didn't want to favor one another, so he talked to Hongzhao for a while, and agreed to eat the porridge made from the fish he raised, so he summoned the children from other families. Being together is a family, and the wonderful nuns have talked about these truths before going out, and even the Fujins have to remind them by ear.

The brothers who favored Hongwang could only cry, and they looked lonely when they went up to salute alone. Kangxi knew that his eighth son finally had another son, and he was also happy in his heart. Seeing that Hongwang was not as energetic as before, he frowned in his heart.

He has many grandsons, except for the first few, the eunuchs who even had to roll their names recalled the rest, but Hongwang is the only one, and he has been alone for so many years, in his eyes, he has to pay attention Concerned, although I suppressed it, I still had the worst guess in my heart.

Yiwei smiled triumphantly, she didn't know that she had been charged again, but Zhou Ting saw something was wrong, Kangxi was much thinner than when she left.

When a person is young, thinner can be said to be energetic. When he is older, he will appear old when he is thinner. His back is still straight, but he does not look as strong as before, and even his hair looks like a flower. Many of them, although smiling on their faces, also looked tired.

Zhou Ting stood with her eyes downcast, saluting with everyone, and did not mention it to Yinzhen until she returned to Yuanmingyuan after the family banquet. Some soup to relieve the heat came, and Yinzhen sat on the kang and opened the letter next to the glass lamp.

"I see that Han Ama has lost some weight. You saw the prince in front, but what has changed?" Zhou Ting took a comb and applied rose oil to her hair. Looking at Yinzhen in the mirror, she frowned and asked: "What? But what's the bad news?"

Yinzhen put the letter aside, and heard her frown slightly: "Ama Khan has lost a lot of weight, and I don't seem to be having a good time looking at the prince, but he is pale, and he is as thin as Ama Khan."

It's hard to go into detail about the situation in the letter, and Yinzhen will have to wait until Ten 34 get together to find out, but he knew these things clearly in the last life, but it only polluted Zhou Ting's ears, anyway, it's those things, Guessing the days, the group of people raised by the crown prince will be severely punished again.

"I see Khan Ama, she is much more energetic than that time." At that time, when the crown prince was locked up for the first time, Kangxi could hardly get out of bed, and everyone could feel the pain. After doing that, Kangxi's reaction was much gentler than before. Does this mean that he doesn't really care about the prince anymore?
Yinzhen looked leisurely, raised his head slightly, looked at Zhou Ting in the mirror and curled his mouth: "You don't need to think about it, but the eighth brother, once the court is over, he said he would thank me well and invite my family to go over to the house." playing."

The letter that Yinzhen went here was written by Yinzhen to report his safety. When Yiwei's letter arrived, Yinhu knew how dangerous the situation was. He had the same thoughts as Yiwei, saying that the two families were not close, but this time it happened. But it all depends on their husband and wife, whether it is true or false, they have to make a gesture. Could it be that if the two families don't talk about it, Khan Ama can't know?

Zhou Ting put down her comb and sat down next to Yinzhen. Fei Cui lifted the curtain and came in with a food box in her hand: "Master didn't bring anything at the banquet. I'm afraid I will be hungry at night. Biyu has prepared some small dishes. Master Go in as much as possible."

Zhou Ting felt hungry as soon as she smelled it. No matter how delicate and beautiful the dishes at the banquet were, it couldn’t compare to the freshly made yellow croaker and chicken soup. After rolling it in the ice water and soaking it in the ice water, it was crispy and crispy. Even if Zhou Ting was not hungry, she was hungry now.

Yinzhen also took a bowl in his hand. Seeing Zhou Ting drinking the soup with her fingers up, a thin layer of sweat formed on her forehead, just about to tease her, suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and she put the bowl to look at her: "You, you have Xiao Liu?"

(End of this chapter)