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

Chapter 159

As soon as Kangxi left, apart from Yinzhen, the older princes in Beijing left only the fifth prince and the seventh prince. These two were not at the top of their game. Needless to say for a while.

The fifth elder brother was raised in front of the empress dowager, and he can't speak Chinese well, so naturally he wouldn't point fingers at Yinzhen.Needless to say, Seventh Brother, he has flaws, and his background is not obvious. Although he ranks high, he is a low-key person. Although he will not cause trouble, fortunately, he will not cause trouble.

When Kangxi left, he ordered the two of them to stay, which meant that he had delegated the power to Yinzhen, meaning that everything should be decided by him.The fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother know the machine, and they are not fighting with Yinzhen. The three seem to have a discussion, but in fact, it is almost Yinzhen who provoked all the things alone, just like when Kangxi went to Galdan. , Leaving the prince to supervise the country is generally the same.

Kangxi went to Wutai Mountain by water, and he had to stop at night, so the daily papers were urgently sent to the imperial case, and Yinzhen also followed the prince's old practice, even if it was something he could decide, he had to write it out in detail and hand it over to the court. Go forward.

Yinzhen hadn't done so many things alone for a long time, so he rested in the study for two consecutive days, and didn't come back.There were no other women in Yuanmingyuan, Zhou Ting was not afraid of him, but worried about his body.

If she could still take care of him all the time in the backyard, staring at him no matter how busy she was, she would have to sleep for a while, but now he just wandered around in the study, it would not be as convenient for her to persuade him as in the past.

After all, the study is a place for discussion. Even with Yinzhen's permission, Zhou Ting couldn't just go there. She had to find a legitimate reason. After waiting for a day for not coming, the next day when she was teasing the children, she would sacrifice to him. Come out with the magic weapon of white sugar cake.

Bai Tang Cake has long been able to shout, and with so many older children around him, he can speak more and more every day.Zhou Ting first pointed to the big girl's silk flower and asked him: "Whose is this?"

"Sister, sister." The words came out of her mouth one by one, and as soon as she finished speaking, she stretched out the small plate in her hand. The big girl put a pine nut candy in the plate, and Zhou Ting pointed to Hongzhao's literacy wooden sign , the white sugar cake got another pine nut candy from Hongzhao.

When it was about the same time, Zhou Ting pointed to Tianceladon's hat stand with lotus patterns. Before she could ask, Bai Tanggao turned to find Yinzhen. He was no more funny than Hong Zhaojing. Personality, you have to rely on him to find someone, even Yinzhen hugs him more than Hongzhao.On weekdays, Zhou Ting was not willing to obey him in everything. Today, she wanted to use his mouth to move forward. After a few words of coaxing, she scratched his nose and smiled: "Let's move forward." Go find Ama."

It was also two days in a row that he hadn't seen Yinzhen, and he had some thoughts that Yinzhen was coming. He became quiet after hearing this, and begged Ama with blinking eyes. Zhou Ting held him in her arms with all her strength, and pinched his cheek. , stood up and asked him softly: "Bai Tang cake misses Ama?"

The round head couldn't stop nodding, and the girls in the room were all amused, and Fei Cui laughed first when she moved her eyebrows: "This is our little elder brother who has filial piety, knowing that the soup on the Jasper Stove has been boiling for three hours, what will happen now?" The child has tasted good, and I am about to send it to the front."

Zhou Ting's smile deepened, and she stretched out her hand to stroke her hair, and asked Fei Cui to put soup in a food box painted with red paint and gold.Holding Bai Tang Gao's fat buttocks with one hand, and stroking his back with the other, the little baby firmly pinched the pomegranate embroidered ribbon on her dress with both hands, and turned her head to look at the lanterns lined up in the corridor.

There were no outsiders in the study when the lights were on, Zhou Ting led a group of children to Yinzhen's study.At this time of weekdays, the children all rested, but going to the study today seemed like a night excursion, and everyone was excited. The second girl even took the rabbit lamp that Yinzhen bought for her last year, and refused to call her a girl. Take it, I squeezed the thin rod and held it in my hand, leading the way in front of a group of people.

A little eunuch saw it from a distance, and quickly reported it to Su Peisheng. Su Peisheng narrowed his eyes and looked at the other end of the corridor. Seeing that it was indeed Zhou Ting, he rolled up his sleeves and went into the study.

Yinzhen was frowning and pinching the booklet in his hand to take a closer look. Yi Sigong had no background compared to Garli, so he ordered someone to go down to check, and within a few days his property list was delivered to Yinzhen. Folding the top, it was filled with the piles of things in Yi Sigong's warehouse in detail, and the folded silver was more than 46 taels.

He originally wanted to calm down and sort out this matter first. Although Ga Li is not as good as Cao Yin and Li Xu, he is also very valued by Kangxi. It is only when the atmosphere is twisted that the officials below know that it is time to clean up the officials.

But he is not even the second in command. Although he has been in charge of the prison this time so that he can do things cheaply, he still can't do it. The chief envoy, even the spittoons in the house are made of gold and gemstones. Even Khan Ama has always advocated frugality, and he has never been extravagant. Don't you want to put gold on the wall? !

Su Peisheng raised his eyes and saw that Yinzhen's face was not in a good mood, so he lowered his head first: "Master, Fujin has led Gege brothers to this place." Hearing the superior let out a sigh of relief, he said: "The servant seems to see Huigege Carrying a rabbit lamp."

As soon as these words came out, the chair slammed lightly, and Su Peisheng caught sight of Yinzhen's sapphire blue clothes fluttering, and hurriedly stepped forward and lifted the curtain.

Zhou Ting was still at the other end of the corridor, she was holding a big fat boy in her arms, and she had to hug her hard after walking two steps, walking slowly, and her daughter and son who were greedy for night scenes, all of them seemed to be coming out. Just like a bird in a cage, it is also amazed to hear insects.Er Niu held the rabbit lamp in her hand, and she walked forward with her head held high, with a look of high spirits.

Zhou Ting was dressed in a lake blue dress and her hair was simply combed. The light made her look slender. She was holding the child and turned her head, not knowing what to say.

Yinzhen smiled when he looked at the corner of his mouth from afar, Erniu's eyes were sharp, she saw Yinzhen standing outside the door, and waved her hand, the rabbit lamp flickered, scaring Fenjing to rush over, Erniu also cared No more rabbit lamps, she picked up her skirt and ran forward with her legs. A long cry of "Ama" made Yinzhen happy.

Seeing that he was close to her, Yinzhen took two steps forward, caught her body that was rushing towards her, and was scented by Erniu's face with a mouthful of "bada", Yinzhen hugged her daughter tightly, and pinched Erniu's little nose: "Why are you here at this time?" The children all went to bed early, and it will be bedtime in a while.

"It's Bai Tang Cake who misses Ama!" Fuhui rolled her big black eyes, grinned at Yinzhen, grabbed Yinzhen's neck with both hands, and said softly, "We all miss Ama." .”

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Ting came to her. She was holding her son in her arms. The distance was not too far, and she panted and laughed. Seeing her panting, Yinzhen frowned: "Are you tired? The servants hold it, how can you hold this kid."

Bai Tang Cake has a very good memory, even though he had his fingers in his mouth to look at the scenery along the way, he still remembered to look for Yinzhen, spread his arms, twisted his round body, and pulled Zhou Ting towards him with all his strength.

Yinzhen was overjoyed, put Erniu on the ground, reached out to take his son, and slapped Bai Tanggui's plump buttocks, Baitanggui let out a joyful cry, Erniu stomped her feet and flattened her mouth, grabbed Zhou Ting's skirt and hummed Acting coquettishly, the eldest girl pointed her finger at her forehead, and scratched her cheek: "Don't be ashamed!" The second girl pouted at her sister, and the eldest girl took her hand and went into the study.

Su Peisheng bent down to cover the two girls, Zhou Ting nodded to him, Su Peisheng hurriedly lowered his head, Hongzhao put his hands behind his back, he was a little panting all the way, Hongshi was wearing the same blue brocade jacket as him, Follow the big girl and the second girl to go inside.

The children in Yinzhen's study room are no strangers, Hong Zhaohong came more often, and Yinzhen would test them whenever he was free, if he was reciting or writing, he came in at this time and stood upright, just about to salute Well, I saw Yinzhen hugging Zhou Ting, watching her wipe the sweat off her face with a handkerchief.

In the early spring, no matter how warm the weather was, she walked around with the baby in her arms, pouring out a thin layer of sweat, and the emerald water came in. Zhou Ting took off the jade ring on her hand, and twisted the handkerchief Wipe it for a few children, glanced at the thick stack of papers on the case, and smiled apologetically: "I'm bothering you."

"Just relax for a while." Yinzhen put the white sugar cake on the Luohan bed, his smile faded, showing a little tired, Fei Cui handed over the food box, Zhou Ting opened the lid, and put the soup on the table : "You have a taste of this first, I told them to boil water and take a hot bath to relieve fatigue."

Yinzhen was really tired for a few days. The soup was made from sliced ​​ginseng and hung out. It was both pheasant and ginseng. This soup has been boiled for hours, I know you are not used to drinking this, just take the ginseng root, not more ginseng slices."

Yinzhen drank a small bowl of soup and tasted two small dumplings. After putting the bowl away, he pinched the fat paw of Baitang cake to watch him walk a few steps on the ground, and heard the two girls Hongzhao whispering: After talking for a while, when I turned my head, I saw the fat boy dozing off with his fat paws, drooling on Yinzhen's clothes, and it was wet, and he had to wash it if he didn't.

The eunuch brought the water, Zhou Ting handed the children to the nanny to take back, took off her jewelry and went to the inner room, Yinzhen had already removed her robe, soaked the herbal medicine to relieve fatigue in the hot water, and boiled a room full of water gas.

Zhou Ting unbuttoned her chest, and lifted up the clothes inside. Yinzhen was feeling agitated, and she said, "Lie down quickly, and I will press it for you."

One of them is in the bathtub and the other is outside the bathtub. Zhou Ting is not happy that Yinzhen is so far away. In modern times, the relationship between husband and wife will fade away if they get along well. What's more, this is in ancient times. You are afraid that a man will alienate you under the pretext of business affairs, and you can't make a mistake.

The Old Summer Palace is not as strictly divided as in the Wangfu. The courtyards are either leaning against the mountains or near the water, and there is no clear division of the front and back houses. At that time, the study rooms were separated far away to avoid collisions between men and women during the discussion.Although there is no such thing as a collision now, it is also a matter of worry that Yinzhen has no time to step back when he is busy.

Zhou Ting didn't rush to talk about the study, she rubbed Yinzhen's forehead vigorously and said: "When Yuan moved into the yard, he said that he would open up a piece of land to let the children know about farming, and the land can be turned." , the weather is starting to get warmer, so I don’t know what to plant.”

Yinzhen closed his eyes and let out a "huh", and waited for a long time before lazily saying: "There are only rice and taro on the left. The Nanyang seeds brought by Feng Jiuru can also be asked Hongzhao to take a look and treat them as fresh." The more he spoke, the lower his voice fell, and he started to snore.

Zhou Ting pursed her lips and smiled, her hands became lighter, she folded a large towel and placed it thickly behind Yinzhen's head, she rolled up her sleeves and scooped up water to wash his body, Yinzhen squinted her eyes, exhaling more and more slowly The longer it was, the longer he was, he was really tired, and it was hard to get a head on with all the things in his mind. If he had already sat in that seat, he wouldn't need to be so troubled, but there were still two mountains above him, so he couldn't be careful.

Zhou Ting couldn't stop heating the water in the tub, carrying the tub back and forth, her cheeks blushed, and beads of sweat dripped from the tip of her nose, where did she do this, and she couldn't ask the girl to come in, for fear that he would catch a cold, so she took a big towel Covering it from his shoulders, he stretched out his hand to pat his cheek: "Sleep on Luohan's bed for a while, and I'll wake you up in half an hour?"

As soon as Yinzhen's eyes were closed, Zhou Ting was reluctant to wake him up. The room was lit with tranquilizing incense, and he soon fell asleep. Zhou Ting was still sitting on the edge of the bed and watching him. Get up and walk over to help him classify.

These books are all sorted by place. Zhou Ting is not completely unfamiliar with these things. Anyway, I have heard Yinzhen say it many times. I know that he is the most important about farming, and now it is spring plowing. First, I will report each province. The spring farmer picks out the booklets with several acres and puts them in one place, cuts the paper into small strips, picks up the most important ones, registers the numbers and puts them in the booklets.

While thinking about it, he really lacks a secretary. There are still pen posts in the three provinces and nine departments, so there should be a post like this in Yinzhen's study.

When the time came to wake him up, she was so tired that she couldn't open her eyes. She was used to the ancient biological clock of sunrise, waking, and sunset. It was really uncomfortable to torture people like this. She raised her hand and rubbed the corners of her eyes: "It's okay. I don’t know if you need it or not, but I was idle, so I made these. If you want me to say that it’s time to make a watch, there is always a pen post in the ministry, and the annual harvest of small acres is written and listed. It’s easier to check later.”

"No one does this anymore. I want to set up a position to do this, but it's not in compliance with the rules. I can stand up after I ask Khan Ama in the booklet." Yin Zhen stretched his waist and hugged Zhou Ting "Go ahead, I still have work to do here." He lowered his head and touched her face.

Zhou Ting didn't pester him either, she gathered her clothes and was about to go out, Yinzhen called her and put a thin cloak of her own on her body: "It's late at night, so put this on, and tell them to light more lights." .”

Zhou Ting bowed her head and agreed, Yinzhen tucked her cloak and asked Su Peisheng to follow him back to the main courtyard. Zhou Ting glanced at Jade, Jade knew what she wanted, and the two followed Jade and took two steps back. Zhou Ting folded her cloak with both hands, and let Night Breeze send her low voice into Su Peisheng's ears: "Master is not behind, I can't take care of it, and I have to worry about An Min."

Su Peisheng lifted the lantern, and said he didn't dare to say: "It's a slave's blessing to be able to serve the master." From the corner of his eyes, he glanced there, saw Zhou Ting was tilting his head and nodding at him, and quickly retracted it.

"It's really like this." Zhou Ting nodded slightly, and smiled in satisfaction, and turned around when she reached the yard: "I can't be more clear about the things in the study room, and I will arrange everything in the same style tomorrow. I don’t have a place to read and write here, so it’s not complete.”

Su Peisheng lowered his head and agreed.

(End of this chapter)