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

Chapter 89

Kangxi did not get angry as Zhou Ting imagined, but wrote a letter to the Pope to explain Chinese etiquette, explaining in detail what "Heaven" and "Emperor" mean in China.

This is really too good-tempered, think about Galdan and think about Taiwan, which one can get such a response after pointing Kangxi's nose.

Ever since he came into contact with the missionaries, he has been deeply shocked by Western learning. Weapons and medicine handed down from the West are all superior, but what he admires is only Western learning, not Western sects.

As a feudal emperor, the cohesion of power comes first. Emperor Liang Wu, who believed in Buddhism so much that he gave up himself, is ridiculous. Religion is only a means of unification at any time. He chose the living Buddha himself to consolidate Tibet. The ruler of the land, instead of lifting the Living Buddha to the same height as himself to point out his faults.

Yinzhen was not overly worried about the pope's ban. Since he had already solved it once, he had experience this time. He mentioned population loss, rice shortage and local livelihood problems in the Shangshu.Among all the brothers who have already stood on duty, his memorial is the most comprehensive and pragmatic.

Kangxi sorted out the memorials presented by his sons according to their emphasis. The ones in ten and thirty-four had many similarities with Yinzhen. Wei Zhu stooped forward to refill tea, and then quietly retreated.

After reading all of them, Kangxi took out Yinzhen's copy and flipped through it from the beginning, nodding slightly with a smile on his lips, and pointed his fingers on "If you don't know the meaning of Chinese language, you will make such an unreasonable statement." Zhen draws Matteo Ricci as a comparison, stating that Western missionaries first learn Chinese characters, language and customs, and then they can enter the inland to preach.

This is in line with what Kangxi thought in his heart. These foreigners came to China, naturally admiring sanctification. Matteo Ricci also opened the door of missionary work by virtue of this. He praised the erudition of the Chinese people and admired the greatness of this ancient country.If he behaves like the current Pope, who only preaches God and regards ancestor worship as heresy, he may be killed by the local people as soon as he arrives in Macau.

Once again, I affirmed in my heart that I don't say much about this, but I am willing to do everything with my heart.Kangxi recognized Yinzhen's ability, especially praised Yinzhen when discussing matters with Yinreng, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile that Yinzhen could be a right-hand man.

Naturally, the little eunuch who was waiting on the side leaked the news, and the prince's reaction was also expected by Yinzhen. He has been trying to win him over so far, and Yinzhen just needs to ignore the elder brother. In the prince's opinion It has already shown a tendency to support orthodoxy, and both parties are happy.The only eldest elder brother who is not happy is not happy for long. The more Yinzhen tolerated and retreated in the face of him, the more Kangxi felt that this son was kind and steady.

In the night, for the first time, the brand of Concubine De was turned over. Although Yinzhen's current status cannot be compared with that of the eldest brother of the prince, and his power is not as good as that of the eighth elder brother who has the backing of King An's lineage, he has been improved in terms of ability and character. Kangxi's approval.

Women in the harem had very limited access to the affairs of the previous dynasty, but it didn't mean they didn't know anything. One of the gifts brought by Mrs. Feng was specially given to the concubines in the harem by Zhou Ting.

Not only the ninth elder brother has business in Guangzhou, but also the eldest elder brother of the prince, but the eldest elder brother is naturally more suitable for horseback riding and archery. He loses and loses when he makes good money in business, and almost folds all the An family's money into it. Fortunately, there is a bright pearl who can help him to support him, so he is still losing money, otherwise there would be no such thing as stealing people and hurting people's lives.

Not to mention the prince's business, he hasn't thought about what to do, the officials along the way have already played his banner, taking money and sharing things, the business is done, but the profit is not good. Bad.

Concubine De took the perfume sent by Zhou Ting and smiled slightly: "Long Live God has also rewarded these things, but this bottle is beautiful, and the things inside are not as interesting as our incense powder and incense pills." Inside the gold or jade smoker box, tie a jade ribbon and hang it around the waist for decoration and fragrance. The fragrance moves with the wind, which is more suitable for oriental people than the straightforwardness of perfume.

"It's just a novelty. The fourteenth brother and sister have a body, so I dare not give these to her. I heard that musk is mostly used in it. I think the fourteenth brother will like this western painting screen." There were foreign guns and firecrackers painted on that screen, and Concubine De knew it was specially prepared for Yinzhen when she saw it, and she tapped Zhou Ting's nose: "You and Yinzhen know that he loves these because of his habit."

Although Wanyan's stomach hasn't bulged yet, it reacts violently, with acid water pouring out every day, and now she looks sleepy when lying on the kang, and she smiles: "Thank you sister-in-law for remembering me, I can't smell that fragrance anymore , the former grandma just brought Hong Chun over, and before I took over, I vomited all over."

Zhou Ting handed her the walnut that had been peeled from the agate, and she took it and pinched a piece before laughing again: "Although I didn't spit on Hongchun, I scared him so much that I cried."

"Since this nanny is breastfeeding, how dare she use incense?" Zhou Ting understood the meaning of Wanyan's words in an instant, and asked such a question after climbing a ladder.

Concubine De didn't understand, the master is pregnant, even the girls around her can't just use rouge and gouache casually, not to mention the maids don't like to do these things, and it's not a festival at this time, even red clothes are not allowed to wear Yes, where can I get Rouge.

The person with the fragrance on her body must be Shu Shujue Luo Shi, since Hong Chun hugged Wan Yan Shi, she became honest all of a sudden.In addition, Wanyan's family was taught to show weakness by Zhou Ting, and Yinzhen was more pitiful and weaker than Shisan in his bones. In turn, the concubine was cold for several days. With tossing capital.

"I said why your face is so pale today, you are still young after all," Concubine De smiled slightly, nothing was as important as her grandson in her eyes, she naturally heard Wanyan's complaint Come out, but even for the sake of the child, Concubine De will come forward and beat the concubine: "Later, I will ask the nurse next to me to go over and tell you about this. If you suffer from a serious illness, you will suffer a crime if you conceive in the future."

Wanyan's face blushed, she acted like a baby next to Concubine De's body, and said plainly: "Look at what Er Niang said, after all, she is Hong Chun's Er Niang, she should be more respectable."

Now that Concubine De has already nodded, Zhou Ting is also happy to be humane: "You don't need to tell my mother about this matter, I will send her back and tell her. I haven't seen Hongchun for a few days, and I miss him a little bit." Wooden box: "This time the foreign ship Hongshi who came up from the bottom likes it very much, and has been clamoring for it. Where can his small arms move iron things, I asked the craftsmen below to make a wooden set. Thinking of Hongchun Also at this age, this box is for Hongchun."

A few words not only clarified the heart but also gave the favor, to Hongshi is to treat the concubine kindly, to Hongchun is to give Wanyan's face.The smiles on the corners of the two women's mouths deepened a bit.

Ruizhu took it to Concubine De, she picked up one and took a closer look, the boat was made to be the same size, painted in five colors, and children liked it at first glance: "This thing is good, it's just something for boys to play with." She was more satisfied with Zhou Ting in her heart. She was really lenient if she could treat her concubine well. She was very happy to let Wanyan get close to Zhou Ting. Compared with Yinzhen, her youngest son was a horse without a bridle. , It takes a lot of people to watch and tie it: "I'm tired too, you sisters-in-law go play."

The two quit together, Wanyan supported the girl's hand all the way to Gandong's place slowly, Zhou Ting helped her, and she became a little closer to Zhou Ting in her heart: "I will tell my sister-in-law that I married you." Before coming here, I also secretly asked my brother what kind of brother the fourth brother is. I thought that my brother who was born with the first mother always looked as good as I imagined. My brother asked my natal sister-in-law to bring the words, and I kept thinking about our father’s appearance in my heart. " Said and looked at Zhou Ting embarrassedly: "It's time to say hello the next day, I was still wondering, thinking to myself that it must be my brother cheating on me, but it doesn't even look alike."

Wanyan's older brother, Haifeng, used to be Yinzhen's companion. Kangxi must have thought of this relationship when he pointed out the marriage. Weaving such a relationship network for the two sons must also have the meaning of making them closer.

Zhou Ting smiled slightly: "I'm not the same. Before we married, I heard that our grandfather has a younger brother. The younger brothers were close in age on the day they greeted each other, and they couldn't tell each other." She took Wanyan's hand and gently Pai: "Although they don't look like each other on the outside, they are brothers in the end. They have exactly the same temper in their bones. If they don't go away, they will retreat."

One sentence made Wanyan happy, the girl behind her carefully watched her footsteps, Zhou Ting helped her cross the threshold, the most deceitful place in the palace is that the prince Fujin and the concubine live in the same yard Well, as soon as they entered the door, they saw Shu Shujue Luo's curtain moved, and Zhou Ting had a smile on her face, pretending she didn't see it.

When the tea fruit was served, Wanyan's face looked better. She knew they were coming, but she dared to avoid being rude. Zhou Ting just ignored the expression on Wanyan's face and continued to say: "You must have heard that the two brothers were so angry that they made Erniang anxious. In the past two years, they are getting better. If we can persuade them, we will persuade them. We can't leave our brothers in war, right?"

As she said that, she winked at Agate, and watched her take out the seat screen: "I also have this foreign thing in my room, and I have been making a lot of noise about the foreign monk these days. Yesterday our grandpa As soon as I saw that boat, I couldn't stop talking, and told me to listen to all the foreign affairs."

Wanyan has consciously let Yinzhen out since she was pregnant. At this time, she heard Zhou Ting speak and her heart moved slightly. When she raised her eyes, she saw Zhou Ting's meaningful smile, and she almost blushed. After thinking about it, Shu Shu Jue Luoshi has been with Yinzhen for a long time after all, and although she is pregnant when she is newly married, although it is a happy event, her foundation is not stable.

It's only been a few months, and Yinzhen is showing signs of falling over there again.When Hong Chun first hugged him, Shu Shu felt that Luo Shi had his tail between his legs and didn't dare to pant. After a few days, he was going to make trouble again. He gritted his teeth, and it wouldn't have any effect if he just talked anyway. If he really waited for the child If you think about it after birth, I'm afraid you will be pregnant again there.

When Yinzhen came, he really used this excuse to keep him. Although it was just talking, the relationship between the two was one step closer.

Zhou Ting wanted to make Wanyan's relationship with Yinzhen better, who knew Yinzhen was interested in firearms by mistake.The Qing Dynasty has not set up firearm camps yet, and sharp weapons such as firecrackers are naturally unusable in the Forbidden City. Yinzhen is itchy and has no place to try it. When he gets thirteen, he goes to Yinzhen and asks him to get a firecracker. .

When Feng Jiuru met Yinzhen in person, he offered two of them, one big and one small, all of which were collected from foreigners at a high price, and they were prohibited items. If it wasn't for Yinzhen's name, he would never have brought them to the capital.

In fact, this thing already had a prototype in the Southern Song Dynasty, but it was the Oros people who brought it into people's sight. The Qing Dynasty inherited the Ming system, and the firecrackers were heavy and easy to fire. Yinzhen was so tightly entangled that he never thought of trying it.

The Manchus started out with cavalry and shooting. Although the ancestors suffered from the loss of firearms, no one cared about it. The iron cavalry always won the cannon.Although the firecrackers now are more powerful than those at that time, the shooting range is no farther than that of bows and arrows. In comparison, ten and thirty-four prefer archery. Only Fourteen joked: "This is better for fourth brother, it is farther than arrows."

Feng's plan to turn the corner did not succeed in the end.

(End of this chapter)