Emperor Qianlong: the beginning of his glory

Chapter 26 Yi Kuanzheng Sun Guoxi Meets with Emperor Qianlong of Douque Brand (2)
Qianlong nodded and said, "I know about this. Let me tell you that Zhang Tingyu has been prime minister for decades and has not kept a dog. He still does business. You are the chancellor, and I often have business with you. There is a vicious dog in the door." Even good people are afraid. Be greedy, even a dog can't stop you from accepting bribes, can't you?" Ne Qin also laughed when he heard it, and said: "The slaves really bother them to make noise in their private houses. I have read "Rong Zhai Essays" , Sima Guang, as Prime Minister, posted notices to friends in the living room. Private houses only talk about personal affairs, and public affairs in the yamen. The slaves are not as good at restraint as Hengchen, and they have no private affairs to chat with people, so they raised a dog, "Wow" Twice, he had a bad idea and scared away half of it." Qianlong laughed loudly after hearing this, pointed at Neqin and said, "Look at you, you look like a stuffed gourd, and you are quite refreshed. Restraint is not born with you, night Studying, saving yourself three times a day, you will gradually have it. Dogs, it’s better not to keep them.” As he said, he had already reached the gate of the Compassionate Ning Palace, and stepped in.Ne went to preach the decree in person.

Qianlong entered the courtyard of the palace courtyard, took out his gold watch and looked at it. Just after noon, the courtyard was quiet, so he waved to an eunuch and asked, "Has Lafayette rested for noon?" The eunuch hurriedly said with a smile "No! Mistress and noble master are playing cards with Lafayette in the West Wing of the Great Buddha Hall!" Qianlong didn't say anything, walked around the main hall, and he heard a few women giggling and giggling, and there was the Queen Mother in between. Hearty laughter.Qianlong followed the sound and entered the west wing room, and saw that the Empress Fucha and the noble concubine Nala were playing queer cards with the Empress Dowager.There is another woman with her back to the door, she is a second-rank imperial order, but she doesn't know who it is.Seeing Qianlong coming in, more than a dozen court ladies who were waiting around knelt down.Nalashi and the woman playing cards turned around and saw that it was the emperor, they lost their cards and retreated to the side and knelt down, only the queen Fucha stood up gracefully.

"The Emperor is here." The Empress Dowager also put down the cards in her hand, and said with a smile, "You have missed your mother's winnings! You decreed that civil and military officials are not allowed to fight cards and watch the theater, so we girls have to hide here to play." Qianlong smiled all over his face. Say hello to the queen mother, ordered everyone to get up, and said: "My son rules the world with filial piety. They are filial for me, and it's too late to be happy!" As he said, Nalashi had already moved a chair for Qianlong to sit on.Qianlong laughed again: "Speaking of playing cards, there was a joke a while ago. When Sun Jiagan went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he heard that the censors gathered together to gamble and eat wine. His mother knew Sun Jiagan's temperament, so she took the censor at that time. Shi Mocheng called him and trained him bloody. Mo Cheng was most afraid of Sun Jiagan, and kept saying, "I never gamble on cards, and I don't even know how many cards there are. President, don't blame the humble one!" Sun Jiagan also laughed:' That’s good, we are the same. The last time I went to the Ministry of Households to see them playing cards, I couldn’t understand them for a long time. You said, there are four cards in the east, west, north and south winds, and why there are only five white boards? Laughed, and hurriedly said, "President Xian, there are also four "white boards", which are the same as "Fa Cai" and "Hong Zhong"...'"

Before Qianlong finished speaking, the Empress Dowager laughed so hard that she shuffled the cards in front of her, leaned on the back of the chair and just coughed.Mrs. Fu Cha gave the Empress Dowager a gentle thump on the back while laughing, Mrs. Nala was lying on the table and trembling with laughter, and Mrs. Gao Ming blushed, covering her mouth with a handkerchief and holding back.The Empress Dowager said: "That's all... It's a good fun! You should be busy and go on your own, don't miss us playing the whiteboard..." Qianlong then looked at the woman carefully: she was only a young woman in her 20s, pitch black Oily, thick hair tied in a bun, temples cut like knives, skin like greasy fat, crescent moon eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, a small mouth under the nose that is pursed with anger and a smile.At this time, her face was flushed, she panted slightly, and her two dimples appeared and disappeared from time to time. She was really like a peony in a misty cage, and a begonia moistened by rain. Son?"

"The servant girl is Fu Heng," the woman felt even more embarrassed when she saw the emperor sizing her up like this, and hurriedly knelt down and replied, "My maiden name is Guerjia..."

"Oh, Guarga. What about nicknames?"

"The nickname is Tang'er..."

"Get up!" Qianlong stopped looking at her, turned to smile at the queen mother, "It's not a big joke to say that a brother-in-law doesn't know a brother-in-law and a wife in a small family. Coincidentally, the business over there is over, and I will accompany my mother." Play the Ziqueer card for a while." The Empress Dowager said with a smile, "It's good to be daring, I'm afraid you're busy." Qianlong ordered people repeatedly: "Go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and find Gao Wuyong to bring some golden melon seeds!" Take your seat, and accompany the queen on both sides of the queen.

Seeing one more person, Tang'er thought about her identity, and hurriedly stepped aside, but was held down by Nala, and said, "You are our master's maiden family—a guest. It is rare to have this fate, so I will accompany you." Let's play the bird for a while, master!" After saying that, he pursed his lips and smiled, "I'll show Lafayette the cards, don't tell them to play tricks behind your back." Qianlong took a few peeks at Nalashi while shuffling the cards.The queen mother didn't understand the pun in Nala's words, she touched the cards and smiled and said: "By the way, let's be united today, don't let the emperor win - how many flattering words he listens to every day, he should also be separated from us girls." Blessing!" Qianlong said with a smile, "I haven't played yet, and I'm already surrounded by enemies. You use go chess pieces as bets, and I use golden melon seeds. This is too unfair." Tang'er nodded at Qianlong, smiling Said: "Bai Zi'er is one tael of silver, and Hei Zi'er is a penny of gold..." Qianlong wanted to strike up a conversation, but he heard Nala's smile:

"Pay attention to playing cards, Lafayette is playing west wind!"

Qianlong touched a card, but it was Nanfeng. He already had one in his hand, so he put it together, played a card and said: "I am a chicken, I'm afraid Tang'er will eat it." Tang'er laughed. "I don't need this card for slaves." Then he played a three-barrel.Qianlong was sitting next to her at this time, the fragrance of her body kept coming, and he heard her voice of Yingying and swallows, and her sweet smile, he felt hot and itchy all over his body, and his mind was not on the cards.It's hard to make any moves because of the four people staring at the table.Seeing Gao Wuyong coming with a small bag of golden melon seeds, Qianlong said: "Let's put it here and share it with everyone later—you can go." Then he casually played out a card of [-] yuan.The queen pushed down the cards and said with a smile, "I'll just hang this one up!"

"Okay, I admit defeat!" Qianlong laughed, "Unexpectedly, the queen won the game first!" Then they shuffled the cards together, but touched Tang'er's hand intentionally or unintentionally.Fucha said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you don't need to shuffle. It will be done with me and Tang'er." Nala smiled and said: "The shuffling is the most important thing." Qianlong could only smile and retract his hand. The queen mother said: "Yesterday I went to the study to discuss matters. Fu Heng is going to Liangjiang to urge the tribute, as well as the vassal silver from the southern provinces, and also to urge to send it. What does the queen mother want, or think about something to appetize? , tell Tang'er to let Fu Heng bring it back to honor you."

Tang'er didn't know about this, so she played the cards and said with a smile: "The queen mother just said Guangxi's lychees and lucky oranges. Think about it again—" She suddenly stopped talking.It turned out that Qianlong's feet under the table were not mature enough, and they touched his own feet, so he hurriedly retracted his feet under the chair.Fu Cha said with a smile: "The Jade Guanyin offered by Lafayette has been mentioned several times, but I have not invited it. This time, my brother will go and ask him to pick it himself—" Before she finished speaking, something touched her foot , glanced at Qianlong, Qianlong immediately blushed, and concealed: "This is easy to handle, just make a list and ask them to do it."

Then several people continued to play cards, but it was the Empress Dowager and Qianlong who won consecutively. Qianlong smiled and rewarded the winning money to the palace servants who served in front of the Empress Dowager.

"emperor!"

When returning to Zhongcui Palace to have dinner with the emperor, the Fucha family looked around to see if there was no one there, and while picking up vegetables for Qianlong, he said in a solemn voice: "That's my natal brother's wife. That's an ugly way!" Qianlong blushed up to the neck, put a piece of magnolia slices to Fucha, and said: "Uh--this one is lighter, but it's not easy to digest, chew it up and then swallow it... I and you are the real loving couple." Yes, it’s just a joke, why take it seriously? Besides, I didn’t do anything out of the ordinary!” Fucha said with a smile: “It’s not out of the norm, I mistook my feet for someone else’s! The concubine in the harem There are dozens of concubines, not enough for you? I'm not a jealous person, and I don't care about this, your body is important! Besides—that woman..." She suddenly felt a slip of the tongue, and covered it up , Unconsciously, there was a fever on his face.

The Fucha family is the daughter of Li Rongbao, the chief executive of Chahar.Li Rongbao is a scholar who pays great attention to the education of his children.As long as the girl can remember, she never sees her cousins ​​or reads miscellaneous books.Only "The Daughter's Book" and "Zhu Zi's Family Proverbs" are must-reads every day.The rest will be taught by the housekeeper to practice needlework and learn how to draw and embroider.The Fucha family married Qianlong when she was 12 years old. She is gentle, respectful and thrifty, and has all five virtues.There is no one in the family who does not like her.Qianlong did not say "love" to the empress, but rather "respect", and he treated the empress as if he were a great guest when they met, without saying a word of personal consideration.The empress suddenly became shy and tender like a bride. This was the first time Qianlong saw her like this. He couldn't help getting angry, squinting and smiling: "That woman—what woman? I see that you look like a woman now, De Rong Yan's skills are all top-notch..." After speaking, he got up and walked over, grabbed the queen's shoulder and kissed her cheek.Seeing this scene, several maids waiting outside the curtain tiptoed away without a trace.Qianlong put her on the couch with his arms in his arms, stroked her hair, and said softly: "Fenfen, you are so beautiful... Really, it is the first time I see you so beautiful. People say that Nala is handsome, but in fact he is not as handsome as you are. One-tenth of you..."

"Really?"

"Well."

"I'm so happy."

"Why are you closing your eyes?"

"I don't want to open it right now." Fucha snuggled into Qianlong's arms as soft as mud, Ren Qianlong rubbed it, and sighed, "Once I open my eyes, I won't be in a dream anymore, only in a dream will I be able to sleep." She is a woman, and she is a queen when she wakes up. She should be dignified in her posture, prudent in her behavior, have the demeanor of a mother, virtuous and quiet, not listening to her, not squinting her eyes... and you must not be jealous..."

Qianlong let go of her, but didn't get up, just staring at the caisson on the top of the hall with piercing eyes.Fucha opened his eyes and asked, "What's wrong with you?" Qianlong smiled and said, "Your words just now are thought-provoking. You are too depressed. Open your eyes when you should open them, and close them when you should close them, okay?" You and I have been husband and wife since we were young. What do you say? I have the problem of being promiscuous, and in terms of heart, I still love you. But I always feel that there is a layer of separation between you and you. , I can't tell."

"I can't tell." Mrs. Fucha said with some embarrassment while fiddled with her belt, "You are the emperor, and you want to be the ruler of a generation. I am your wife and even your minister in this role. I will assist you according to the rules of the sages and sages..."

At this moment, she returned to her "standard".

(End of this chapter)