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

Chapter 119

Every big pick is the top priority of the Fujins. A few sisters-in-law counted their fingers. This year, these people really have no place to arrange. Fifteen elder brothers who have reached the age of King Ping have already pointed out marriages early, and the rest The sixteenth elder brother is not old enough, so even if he waits until the next big pick to point out, it is just right.

After working in the Royal Fujin for a long time, I can figure out the rules of Kangxi's behavior. The number of show girls will not be small every time. In the three banners of Man, Mongolia and Han, the family background is not noble enough. If there are fathers and brothers who are in high positions, Then the girl in this family must also refer to a good family.

In this way, the elder brothers instantly became sweet pastries, and they kept their filial piety for a whole year last year. The family must be coming in, and they only hope that they won't come in and pick someone out.

Zhou Ting teased her son with a small cloth tiger. The white and fat doll was wearing a taupe-colored blouse and a red apron, and crawled over with hands and feet. Hurry up!"

The second girl ran in from the outside, holding a bunch of flowers tightly in her hand. The red, yellow, white and purple groups were so lively together. in her dress.

Fen Jing ran in behind her, sweating all over her face, no one was as fast as Er Niu, and they all followed behind, Er Niu had already climbed onto the kang, and the nurse just arrived at the door.

Manao quickly twisted the handkerchief and came over to wipe Er Niu's face and hands. Er Niu tilted her head up and let her wipe her face while offering the treasure with a smile: "Emiang, I found the biggest one for you!"

The flower had been pinched in her hands for a long time, and the petals began to rub, soaked in the flower juice, the nails were red, Zhou Ting's light apricot-colored flowing cloud makeup dress was dotted with stars, Er Niu didn't realize it, Picked up the biggest one and wanted to put it in Zhou Ting's hair, Zhou Ting took it, and she also stuffed a yellow rose in the big girl's hand.

Da Gege was followed by two little girls holding flowers, and bent her knees as soon as she entered the door: "Greetings to my mother." Beside her, she breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Hui'er's legs are so fast, my daughter has been chasing her for a long time."

"Are you picking flowers with Big Sister?" Zhou Ting smiled at Big Gege, lowered her head and squeezed her daughter's little face, and Er Niu's crisp voice filled the room: "A big bug came out of the flower, Big Sister was so frightened!" Scream, I threw it out."

"Did you get bitten?" When Zhou Ting asked, Big Gege moved his feet uncomfortably, Er Niu was shaking her head, and the white fat doll on the kang took advantage of Zhou Ting's pause and grabbed the little cloth tiger in Zhou Ting's hand After pulling it over, he turned over and lay on his back on the bed. He couldn't hold his hands firmly so that the tiger fell on the round belly, and the big girl giggled.

When Erniu saw it, she stretched out flowers in front of him to lure him, and when he was about to seduce him, she put her hands behind her back and hid the flowers behind her back. The mouth with two front teeth was smiling, and when it was hidden, the eyes were round and round, and they turned back and forth to look for it.

These two little guys treat their younger brother as a toy, but he seems to know that his sisters like him, and his chubby paws hooked and played with the two sisters. The big girl gave him her flowers, and he Almost biting it in her mouth, the big girl was anxious: "This is not a cake!"

It was too late for Zhou Ting to reach out, so he pulled a piece in his mouth, tasted the bitterness and spit it out again, just like that, he still didn't cry.The grandma hurriedly put away the flowers and gave water to the child, but the eldest girl was still looking at his mouth: "I'll give you the cake, you can't eat this."

Pearl took the almond paste and gave it to Zhou Ting. When she saw it, she said, "Our fourth elder brother is really good-natured." That's good, boys just need to be tougher."

Da Gege sent the girl to bring a glass vase, picked out a few blooming ones and put them in it, and held them to Zhou Ting to see: "Er Niang, look at this, there are many blooms in the garden."

"Look at this one, let the girls pick up the unopened ones and cut a few more branches, you and your sister will put some in the room." Zhou Ting can see the rockery outside the window, wisteria flowers Bunches hung on the shelf, like little bells, the crabapple tree had shed its flowers and began to bear fruit. These children would run around the yard every day, and there were many things to play with. Zhou Ting was worried. But it is less than in the mansion.

After all, it is in Zhuangzi, and the people who come here are all confidantes, there are no messy concubines. It turns out that when they were in the mansion, they no longer had a sense of existence, and Zhou Ting still had to take care of their clothes, food, rouge and water powder, and came here It was completely Zhou Ting's world, and she no longer had to worry about whether someone would take advantage of the gap between the front house and the back house.

Thinking of this led to the thought of the big challenge that was about to start, Zhou Ting was already mentally prepared, the Fujins of each family had already passed the gas, and you talked to each other while drinking tea and chatting.

Yiwei has become a habit of entering people, except for last year, what year did the small election not enter?On the contrary, Hui Rong was a little worried, she had just given birth to a daughter, and she had just opened the mansion, and there were many empty yards. Although she took the lead after Zhou Ting's advice, she lacked confidence, who told her to give birth to a daughter.

Yinxiang had already had a daughter in front of her, and the Jingui from the first wife was Jingui, but it was not rare. She sighed a few times on weekdays, and even Zhou Ting invited her to play in Zhuangzi. Enough energy to prepare another one.

Although Wanyan gave birth to a son, she was not the only one. The family already had Shu Shujue Luo, who was not at ease, and if another one came in, she would be hard to beat with two fists.

Nine Fujin and ten Fujin have always existed like a backdrop, and they didn't expect their husband's heart to win back earlier, as long as they don't get into trouble.Everyone lives in Beijing, and no one has heard anything about Longkodo.

Because of the big picks, the smiles on the faces of the Fujins are rare, and they all hold their breath in secret, waiting for the beautiful women to enter the palace, so they can find a chance to see each other, if they can pick a good one and ask for it, always Stronger than the one above.

Zhou Ting had already taken the lead when she was drawing blueprints to build the yard last year. She set aside all the area around the main yard of the study for the children. The yard closest to the study was given to a few elder brothers, boys If they want to grow up, they have to leave a good place for them to study. The concubine who is closest to Yinzhen, no matter how "seeking to make progress", will never dare to go there.

A small garden was expanded in the main courtyard, and the daughter's residence was separated by a door. In that courtyard, Yinzhen specially built a flower house, dug a lotus pond, and planted a circle of flowers and trees alone. There are three courtyards. In one row, the places where Yinzhen can usually turn around are marked out.

For a face-saving person like him, how could he go around half of the yard to find his concubine?Before he arrives, these children are enough to find a reason to stop him.

Soldiers are coming to block, now that Zhou Ting is mentally prepared, she puts more effort into Yinzhen these days. Seeing that his appetite has been reduced by the incidents in the court these days, she deliberately lures him to evacuate his mood. Small, the garden is just like that, the village is different, there are ponds and fruit trees, once dinner, Zhou Ting will take the initiative to take Yinzhen out for a walk.

"This is all I have to do all day long, the night breeze is refreshing on my body, and a walk in the garden is good for digestion." Not only Zhou Ting, but Yin Zhen also had a busy day, the sky was about to dark, Yunxia There was still a gold border on the side, and the two of them didn't bring many people with them. They just asked the little eunuch to take a lantern and walk around the garden.

It was cooler in Zhuangzi than in Beijing, and at night there were still some fluorescent lights in the bushes by the pool. When they walked to the place where the flowers were densely packed, Yinzhen stretched out his hand, and Zhou Ting passed it over. The two of them clasped together and reached the pavilion. The edges are not loose.

Yinzhen has been busy with things recently, taking a sip of the fragrance of night flowers, he felt a little overwhelmed, Zhou Ting knew a little bit, and explained: "The law of the sea is not something that happens overnight, I just feel strange, don't those places come out?" Rice?"

Someone also wrote a letter asking Kangxi to ban the sea, not to ask merchant ships to transport rice overseas. The local people don’t have enough rice to eat, and if they are transported outside, the price of rice will naturally rise, and it will affect the whole body. Recently, even the price of rice in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has dropped. grow up.Because Yinzhen was in charge of the pope's affairs first, and this time the sea ban was also related, so Kangxi handed it over to him again.

"Every ban will hurt people's livelihood. Once the sea-moving order comes out, there will be no man's land there. It will hurt people's roots if they are forced to stay away from their homeland and not given a way to live." Yinzhen sat on a stone bench, Zhou Ting Ming went around behind him and rubbed his forehead lightly. He had already done these things once, but the resistance was even greater when he did it again. Originally, he vigorously lifted the sea ban after ascending to the throne, but now he has to Conservatives wrangled and argued with each other.

"Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. I don't know the principles of governing a country, but I also know that it is taboo for a housekeeper to set a rule. If it is implemented for a long time, the subordinates will be able to handle things accordingly. If it is the same every day , I will get into a mess first, let alone the servants." Pressing the pulp of fingers on Yinzhen's temples and rubbing gently, Yinzhen's brows relaxed after a while.

After moving into Zhuangzi, Zhou Ting knew more about political affairs, and Yinzhen set up her study in her yard. She was busy late at night, and she personally ground Yinzhen's ink and added tea. Saw it on his desk.

Yinzhen stretched his brows and let out a sigh of relief: "Every order and action must be long-term and harmless before it can be done. You also understand this truth, but the officials are afraid that Dinghu will suddenly reduce the price of rice, so they come up with such a stupid idea. , It’s not an exaggeration to say that you are incompetent!” He thumped his legs as he spoke, and he was very angry. If the maritime trade was stopped, how much would the tax revenue be reduced in that year, and what should be used to make up for the drought here and the flood!

Zhou Ting patted him on the chest and said calmly: "Don't be so angry because of these things. Khan Ama will understand these truths. I have written a booklet and Khan Ama will make his own decision." If you want to make progress However, he was helplessly not even a deputy: "Didn't Feng Jiuru say that he would go abroad in person? Why don't you ask him to go?"

Even if he doesn't know, then Feng must know. The later generations are very different from the present. What Zhou Ting knows is limited. It's better to ask Yinzhen to ask someone who knows. I have agreed to shipbuilding, but last time I said to test the waters, I don’t know what’s going on now.”

Zhou Ting's jaw almost dropped from shock, so Feng really decided to go abroad.Before she had time to say anything, she saw Yinzhen let out a breath, the night was getting thicker, and the fireflies in the bushes were slowly dancing, Yinzhen took Zhou Ting's hand back with this breath out of her heart: "It's so easy to go with you Once, he even talked about it." He was many years earlier than in the past, so he must not be impetuous at this time.

Zhou Ting smiled slightly, with fluorescent lights in her eyes, and patted Yinzhen's back softly with her hands: "My lord and I are still seeing each other?" As she said that, she leaned over, and all the waiters retreated far away. The two figures in the room hug each other, Yinzhen's heart is about to move, he wraps Zhou Ting's hand with his big palm and leans over: "Let's go back to the house."

Compared with Zhou Ting's calmness, the sisters-in-law have already exploded. This time, among the show girls, there is a person who no one wants to touch, Nian Shi, the daughter of Nian Xialing, the governor of Huguang, who has already retired.

Man, Mongolia and Han Three Banners draft, you only need to look at the order to know where the root of the royal family is. First, Man, Mongolia, and last is the Han army flag. The Manchu girls entered the palace in the first half an hour, and the mothers led them to pass the customs one by one. , followed by the Mongolian flag show girl, and finally the Hanjun flag.

After the first two rounds, Nian's eyes were still brightened by the nanny who led her, which showed how she was doing. Looking at the long list of official names on the green stick, the eunuchs and nuns restrained their movements and waited. She was polite, and when she took the purse, she even smiled.

Nian's voice was soft, and the official words with some accents sounded very nice: "Please trouble Mommy."

The two nuns didn't even dare to say that they didn't dare, and when she lay down to check her body, her movements were much gentler, and she was helped to sit up and straighten her clothes when she was fully recovered, and sent her out the door with her hands hanging down.In the past few years, Kangxi obviously preferred women from the Han Army Banner. Such a girl might be given a sign by her superiors.

Nian stepped out of the threshold and waited, pinching his handkerchief, lowering his head and looking at this year's show girls, carefully evaluating in his heart, a little girl came to greet her after a while, and she also returned the salute, saying: He spoke softly, and quietly inquired about the family's name and background, but he didn't say a word.

It’s fine if it’s just about being beautiful, but she is the most elegant. The tea leaves are wrapped in the heart of a lotus flower and smoked. While boiling and drinking, she said that the water from the palace is ordinary. When I have a fate, I will invite someone The girl in the temple drank the snow water scraped off the Meirui she had saved.

It is rare that the superiors do not know about the affairs of beautiful women. Zhou Ting smiled slightly after hearing what a few sisters-in-law said, and she really looked like the Niu Hulu family in front of her.

When she really saw it, Zhou Ting was also taken aback. Compared with her, Niu Hulu's family is really a heaven and an earth. The full and Mongolian girl is probably related to her genes, and she was also born with thick eyebrows and big eyes. Correct appearance, beauty is beautiful, but too upright.

The girls in the Han army banner are all white skinned and have slender eyebrows, but when it comes to Nian Shi, they have big watery eyes set off by slender eyebrows.

As soon as they stood in the Ningshou Palace, the concubines frowned in their hearts. They couldn't like her at first when they saw her body. She bent her body obliquely and bent her neck to reveal a section of snow-white skin. It was like a painting when she sat down. But he looked weak when he looked at it, and when his eyebrows were furrowed, it seemed that tears were about to fall.

The empress dowager didn't like girls like this, so she stopped talking after asking a few words, pulled a round-faced girl to speak cheerfully, and Nian sat quietly with her legs together, eyes and hands motionless, letting the concubines Compliment a good rule.

Yiwei didn't have so many scruples, she hated women who looked like that the most, sniffed, and said privately: "With her sitting posture, it's more tiring than sitting upright. Fortunately, she sat for an hour. Is this not healthy?"

(End of this chapter)