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

Chapter 190

As soon as the Genggu knocked three times, applause rang out from outside the door, and it was the same as lightly hitting three times before it died down. The servants who were waiting on the soft carpet did not dare to make a sound, and Fei Cui squinted her eyes He hurriedly got up from Luohan's bed and put on his clothes, took off his shoes and raised the heavy soft curtain, before he tried to make a sound, he heard a questioning voice from inside the tent: "But what time is it?"

Jade turned her head and glanced at the enamel stove, which was still burning more fragrantly, and replied, "It will be three o'clock in a moment." Then she put on her sleeves and buttoned them, and walked to Zhou Ting's bed: "My lord If you don't rest for a while, it's getting colder and colder, and there are still snowdrops falling outside."

Zhou Ting opened her eyelids and rubbed the center of her brows: "Let's light up the lamp, and ask someone to prepare water." After she finished speaking, she closed her eyes and squinted, and someone came up to wrap her in a thin jacket, waited for her to put on socks and shoes, and rinsed her mouth. wash your face.

Although she had already taken care of her clothes, she couldn't wear much makeup. After serving Zhou Ting for so long, Fei Cui understood her thoughts very well. She chose a robe with sapphire blue and branch pattern, matched it with three strings of oriental beads on her body, and added a few handfuls of silver on her hair. Even if Bianfang has been dressed up.

Zhou Ting walked to the dressing mirror, and the palace servants had lit the crane-shaped floor candlesticks early. She turned her body halfway and looked at the gentle-looking but solemn woman inside who frowned, and she had come to this step unknowingly.

The sedan chair the queen was riding in was already waiting outside the hall, and two charcoal basins were added inside, burning high-quality red radish charcoal. Zhou Ting wrapped herself in white fox fur and sat inside without even a breath of wind blowing. The eunuchs waited outside, and when Fei Cui saw that everything was in order, she waved her hand and then lifted the sedan chair to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The sedan chair was carried by 16 people, and they walked steadily on the palace road. The palace people sweeping snow along the road knelt down in twos and threes. The sky was like splashed ink. Like a long snake, it keeps moving forward in the dark Forbidden City, adding a little vitality to the red walls and yellow tiles that are more than half covered by snow.

In less than two months, Zhou Ting was already familiar with the journey from Kunning Palace to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. She guessed that it was about to arrive, so she raised her hands to straighten her clothes, and when the sedan chair landed, she stretched out her hand to catch Fei Cui's arm , the person who picked her up was already waiting outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Yinzhen was standing on the steps in black fur, Zhou Ting smiled through the snow foam, and after two steps, Yinzhen stretched out his hand to her, Zhou Ting handed her over, and Yinzhen still muttered like old days: "I told you that you don't have to come every day. It's so cold, don't freeze."

The apse was full of heat, and because they were keeping their filial piety, they didn’t offer flowers. They only put fresh fruits on the table. Fresh flowers and fruits are rare in this festival, but it’s not a big deal to the royal family. It’s also because it’s not good enough for Ji’er, no matter how beautiful it is. No one went to eat it, just put it on display.

Yinzhen stretched out his hands to untie Zhou Ting's big woolen clothes, and while taking off her hood, he talked to her about the past.Kangxi's death was too sudden, and Zhou Ting was suddenly promoted from Prince Fu Jin to Empress. The first two days were really uncomfortable. Although she was used to big scenes, she still felt timid when she stood on the top.Yinzhen didn't show timidity at all, and followed the rules step by step to handle things in a polite and dignified manner.

Kangxi's mausoleum was built a long time ago, and the old emperor didn't expect that he could live for such a long time. Not only the mausoleum was built, but also the flowers, plants and trees in the mausoleum were already luxuriant.

Everything has to wait until Kangxi's funeral is over, and after 27 days, the clothes will be replaced with auspicious clothes for the enthronement ceremony. The golden seal of the queen's treasure book was also delivered to Zhou Ting on that day.

The country cannot be without a king for a day, and the people who work under it don't care about wrangling at this time. Now that there is an edict, the legitimate heir to the throne naturally hurriedly puts aside all the affairs.

The funeral news has to be passed on layer by layer, not to mention the princes and ministers who are about to cry for three days, even foreign countries have to come to express their condolences. Unexpectedly, he ordered the matter in twos and twos, the funeral was supervised by the Ministry of Rites and the House of Internal Affairs, and Yinzhen also specially sent the ninth elder brother to the Lifan Court as a receptionist.

It would take three days just to cry for the Zi Palace, but fortunately the weather was cool, those old ministers who looked up at the Zi Palace couldn't stop crying and fainted, the imperial physician waited by, and when they saw a fainted person, they carried it to the shed for medicine.

There is Tong Guowei here. He was not afraid when Kangxi left, but when the imperial edict came out, he really panicked. The eighth elder brother is a dragon son. The new emperor should also be more tolerant than others, showing generosity and tolerance.But the Tong family really didn't show much kindness to the fourth son of the emperor. Although it was safe and sound, Tong Guowei didn't just think about "safety".

After being prominent for most of his life, he suddenly became an embarrassing uncle, and he couldn't overcome this hurdle in his heart.On a cool day, Tong Guowei was sweating profusely.Most of these old ministers are really mourning the passing of Kangxi.

Yinzhen was willing to get rid of the obedience only after three requests from the courtiers. Originally, the emperor changed the day to the month, and the 27th was the 27th month. If one month is less than the full funeral, he made a new decree, except for enthronement. In addition to wearing auspicious clothes after the seal, he insisted on keeping filial piety for Kangxi for 27 months.

The old ministers who were originally concerned were lucky because of this. Although the emperor and the courtiers once ruled, it is filial piety not to change their father's will for three years. Since the new emperor is willing to keep these 27 months, it is to show the world that he is a A person of pure filial piety will not treat the veterans too badly. Although he is not as gentle as when Kangxi was there, at least he will not hurt his bones.

This was a miscalculation. The first decree of Yinzhen's superior was to enshrine Concubine De as empress dowager, the second decree was to confer the title of empress, and when the third decree with the blue imperial seal came out, the one who followed the decree The large film is out of breath. It turned out that Yinzhen ordered those high-ranking and small officials who owed the public treasury to borrow grain and silver to spit out the country's silver grain within a time limit.

As soon as this decree came out, those lucky ones immediately put their minds to rest, but those who had plans knew what was good or bad. Looking at the behavior of the new emperor and what he did when he was listening to the government, you can know that they are in the hands of the first emperor. The old guys who are used to a relaxed life have had a lot of troubles, and now they have made a decree, if they don't make it, who knows what will happen to the decree after three years.

For example, Tong Guowei, at this moment he thought of the daughter of the Tong family in the palace.Concubine Tong and the Empress Dowager are now living in the Ningshou Palace. This is not a big deal, so she asked her to come here because the family members moved to the palace. At this time, knowing that the family has given her this task to set up a new queen, she can't help but Sneered, her husband is dead and has no son, why not just close your eyes and recite the Buddha's name, at least there is an empress dowager, she will never have a hard time as an empress dowager.

If she can keep her hands off the bad things of the Tong family, if for the sake of the family she loses the last thing that is safe and secure, she should really go to the first emperor and cry.

Concubine Tong has her own genealogy in her heart. It turns out that she didn't ask and no one would tell her specifically. Not to mention the matter of Yuzhu, the Tong family couldn't clean up the matter of the prince's downfall. Do I want this face anymore?

Tong Guowei didn't go the way of Concubine Tong, so he naturally thought of the upstart Nalayimen. Yiergen felt that Luo Shi had found Zhou Ting once, and after being sized up and down by her, he shrank back.Tong Guowei calculated from top to bottom, only to find out that the new emperor has not conferred the concubine in the harem besides the canonized queen. He really has no way to get through the harem.

The harem is empty, but it won't be empty for too long. Zhou Ting understands this truth. When Yinzhen made up her mind to guard Kangxi for 27 months, she was very relieved.

Keeping filial piety should be like keeping filial piety. The emperor has been keeping filial piety for 27 months. Naturally, she, the queen, must keep it together. One of them lives in Kunning Palace, and the other lives in Yangxin Palace, living a separate life.

Zhou Ting took the porridge bowl from Yinzhen's hand, swallowed a couple of mouthfuls, put down the porridge bowl, drew a handkerchief and pressed the corner of her mouth: "According to the days, the Chinese New Year will be over half a month away. Although in Xiaoli, the courtiers I also want to come to congratulate, originally moved in a hurry, I only said that those in the family moved in later, it will be two months, and it would be impossible to tell them to live in the Qian Mansion."

Yinzhen really didn't remember this, since he didn't turn over his cards, how could he think of this in his busy schedule, he said that, he was so busy before, and Zhou Ting and the children lived in Yuanmingyuan , and the Qian mansion seemed to be two unrelated places, Yinzhen had forgotten that there were still some old people in the mansion.

He pondered for a while and nodded his head: "Forget about this, you can decide what to live in and which palace yard you will decide. I am asking the clan's mansion to draw up a decree, so that the big girl and the second girl will have two Set a title."

The eldest girl and the second girl are now Chu Chugu and Princess Xiaolun, so they are naturally different from Da Gege. Zhou Ting swallowed the words on her lips, and just nodded and smiled: "This time the two girls are not crazy about it."

Zhou Ting put a lot of effort into etiquette. The entire Qing Dynasty was so vacant that it was almost a decoration. For many years, no one with the status of a queen was standing there. Many things were handled by concubines, and many rules were early It's blurred, even the palace people don't know it very well.

First of all, the first one is how the empress will pay homage to the women in the middle palace, and it will be over after just messing around in the palace on weekdays.

But how to determine the ranks of these women really bothers her, 27 months will pass, and when she is out of the filial piety, she has to keep recruiting new people. Zhou Ting's road is the end of one road, and the other is just beginning.

The table was still home-cooked, not just because the two of them had been promoted, she hid the deep meaning in her eyes, and only then took a few mouthfuls of small steamed buns with bamboo knots. by the door.

Zhou Ting wiped her hands with a hot towel and stood up to dress Yinzhen herself, as if Yinzhen went out to court when she was at home. After trimming the jade tassels on her waist, she raised her head and smiled at Yinzhen before sending him off. The front hall was in charge of politics, and Yinzhen shook her hand: "I pursue Honghui as Prince Rong, and the decree will be issued today. When Hongzhang and the others grow up, we will see whose son will be adopted."

Zhou Ting was stunned, and suddenly bit her lip. Yinzhen's promise was so long ago that she couldn't remember when she made it, and she was about to raise her eyebrows but couldn't help crying, so she had to lower her head to take advantage of the situation to wipe it away. Zhen's lips were close to her ear: "I promise you, I will do it."

(End of this chapter)