105 105 Be careful

◎ Know your limits! It is simply an art.◎

The second elder of the Xue family was very polite, but everyone present was speechless after hearing it.

After all, this matter was too bizarre to talk about, and people didn't know what to say. What

made people even more speechless was that the second elder of the Xue family actually wanted to take this opportunity to link up with the Lin family again - he just said that he would invite everyone present to their new home, which of course included Lin Ruhai.

It can only be said that the second elder of the Xue family is good at using every opportunity to seek benefits for himself, which is still very admirable.

Admiration is admiration, but it is impossible to cooperate with it.

What a joke, it's already like this, and I still want to hang out with your family, this is really too much.

Anyway, the Lin family will definitely not get involved, as for the Jia family, it doesn't matter what they want, and it has nothing to do with the Lin family, who cares how they want to pull.

Lin Ruhai and Jia Min looked at each other, and they found a tacit understanding in each other's eyes.

However, both of them are the type with extremely high emotional intelligence. Even if they have made up their minds, they don't show it on their faces. They are still polite and prevaricate, and you can't tell anything at all.

But they both know that if the Xue family sends them an invitation again, they will definitely not go.

After eating melons, this matter is over.

Mo Yu touched her full belly, and happily followed Lin Ruhai, Jia Min and Xiao Daiyu back to the Lin family, and started eating and drinking in her own home.

After all, it was the first month of the year, especially since Lin Ruhai and Mo Yu were on business trips last year and didn't stay at home for a long time all year round. It was rare that they didn't have any missions to go out in the first month of the year, so they had to get together at home.

Originally, their family wanted to rest quietly at home for a few days, but it was impossible to have absolute peace and quiet in such a wealthy place as the capital.

Fortunately, as a qualified head of the family, Jia Min played a very important role, and managed to leave a few days of undisturbed time for the family in the busy first month of the year. In addition to relatives, there were also noble ladies from aristocratic families that Jia Min was friendly with who sent invitations to meet her, and Jia Min handled them all properly.

Generally, they would be turned down, but for the few that were difficult to turn down, the whole family would go together. Of course,

none of Lin Ruhai's family went. His current status is no longer the same as before, so he still has to be a little more careful about his reputation and cannot get too close to other dignitaries.

After all, Master Kang is such a suspicious person, and ordinary people really can't get his trust.

Even if they get some trust temporarily, it is all reserved, not complete trust.

For example, Lin Ruhai, although it seems that he is the most popular person in front of Master Kang now, Master Kang will immediately turn hostile if he feels threatened.

This kind of thing has happened many times in the past.

Whether it is a civil official or a military general, it is a taboo to be arrogant because of favor - even if you think you are not arrogant, but just a little bit arrogant.

Let's not talk about other things, just talk about the prince, his case can be said to be the most classic.

Because the prince's biological mother is Master Kang's childhood sweetheart, Empress Hesheli, and because the prince had a legitimate brother who died before, and Empress Hesheli died of dystocia in giving birth to the prince, Master Kang can be said to have given all his fatherly love to the prince.

It is the kind of relationship between ordinary fathers and sons in the folk.

It is not the kind of suspicious, polite, distant, and hierarchical relationship between royal fathers and sons.

I heard that Master Kang had taken care of and educated the prince personally since he was a baby, and he almost took over the job of the wet nurses. This is really a lamentable act.

Anyway, except for the prince, other princes have never enjoyed Master Kang's fatherly love.

And whether it is recorded in historical materials or in jokes and gossips, Master Kang was really sincere to the prince in his early years.

It's not just the way ordinary fathers and sons get along in the folk. It's simply the way that fathers and sons who are inseparable and have a close relationship can have.

But what happened to such a deep father-son relationship in the end? Didn't they gradually become strangers as time went by?

Oh, it can't be called strangers here, it can basically be said to be a situation of turning against each other.

The prince became the crown prince when he was only two or three years old, but he was still the crown prince when he was over forty years old. After being enthroned and deposed twice, he had no chance of becoming the emperor. Now he didn't have to worry about being the crown prince for too long .

Who can be blamed for this?

Can we blame Master Kang for living too long?

Although so, Master Kang is really not the longest-serving emperor.

The longest-serving emperor lived over a hundred years.

I'm afraid that neither Master Kang nor the prince thought that a queen of a Western country in the future hundreds of years later could really live over a hundred years.

In this regard, the prince may have to learn from that Western crown prince hundreds of years later.

You have been the crown prince for more than 40 years, so what? Others have been the crown prince for more than 60 years, and finally succeeded in ascending the throne,

right? Unless you are worried that you will never ascend the throne until you die, is it because you are not confident in your health?

Emmm, it doesn't seem strange that the crown prince would think so.

After all, Master Kang seems to have a very good physical condition and is very good at keeping healthy, so he can live to such an old age, longer than the crown prince and the four great masters. Basically, no one can live longer than him except for the cheating Qian Xiaosi.

Seeing that his old father is so healthy while his own body is gradually declining, anyone would collapse.

The worst thing is that his own son is also extremely valued by his own emperor father, who seems to have given up on him as the crown prince and passed the throne to his son.

In fact, the "Grandson Emperor" system is not surprising. Many people have played it. Whether the prince dies early or is useless, of course, it is usually the case that the eldest grandson directly inherits the throne of the prince. It is normal.

Let's not talk about the distant past. Let's talk about the Ming Dynasty before them. The founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was so powerful, and he loved his prince Zhu Biao very much. In the end, he still had to send his son away. He could only make Zhu Biao's third son, the Grandson Emperor Zhu Yunwen, the emperor.

Sure enough, the youngest grandson could not keep the throne, and was directly overthrown by his uncle Zhu Di in a rebellion...

This is the embarrassment of the Grandson Emperor system.

Although the throne, like family property, is usually given to the eldest son.

It is of course better if there is an eldest son.

If not, it will be very embarrassing.

Should the eldest son of the eldest son be made the heir, or should other sons be made the heir? This is a problem.

Generally speaking, even if the crown prince is very virtuous, he is still young after all, and certainly cannot compare with those scheming uncles. Zhu Yunwen has set an example for the majority of crown princes. But the grandsons can't do it.

The crown princes of all dynasties usually have a miserable end, either being deposed or having the throne taken away, but there are also successful ones. It just happened in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Di, the uncle of Zhu Yunwen, who had seized the throne as the crown prince, established the crown prince...

Help me, the Ming Dynasty was really good at playing tricks. The issue of succession was made like a tongue twister.

Anyway, I don't know if Yinreng was obsessed with studying the history of the Ming Dynasty, or if he simply collapsed from too much pressure in his heart. After he turned 25, he started to do all kinds of crazy things.

One moment he thought that Master Kang was in good health and might live longer than him. The next moment he thought that Master Kang liked his son Hongxi so much that he must want to establish the crown prince.

This kind of anxiety and suspicion reached its peak when he accompanied him on a southern tour in the autumn of the year before last but fell ill halfway.

When people are sick, they are always very fragile and more likely to think about things.

Especially when Master Kang left Yinreng alone in the Dezhou Palace in order to complete the scheduled schedule, he was left to do whatever he had to do, which made him even more upset.

Sure enough, when it comes to national affairs and his own health, the emperor will still choose national affairs.

This shows that his previous admiration for the emperor was misplaced. He was like a fool for treating the emperor sincerely. He was tired and would never love again...

In the north at the end of September in the lunar calendar, the cold wind was howling. Yinreng, who had caught a cold and might have even developed pneumonia, was lying alone in the bedroom of the Dezhou Palace, and he was so sad that he couldn't sleep.

At this time, Master Kang asked his uncle Suo Etu to stay with him.

Suo'etu was the best at fanning the flames and was very good at observing people's words and expressions. Of course, he would not give up this good opportunity to continue brainwashing Yinreng.

This was probably one of the reasons why Master Kang hated him so much in the later period, and the reason was also a common problem of all parents who doted on their children - a good Yinreng was corrupted by these black-hearted people!

At that moment, Master Kang was definitely possessed by Mrs. Wang.

Suo'etu's brainwashing effect was very significant.

After being fooled by him, Yinreng, who had been bedridden for those days, thought a lot, and finally made a difficult decision. If he could recover, he must "strike first" and not be the poor abandoned prince abandoned by the emperor, but be an active and proactive king!

So everyone knows what happened later.

The rift between Master Kang and Yinreng became bigger and bigger, especially after Mo Yu appeared and exposed the truth of "two establishments and two abdications", the relationship between father and son became more and more subtle.

And it was no longer a secret that the four great masters would inherit the throne.

From Master Kang to the princes, almost everyone "heard" Mo Yu's inner voice.

Lin Ruhai and others, as Mo Yu's relatives, of course knew it clearly.

At first, they were also worried. After all, this was considered "the secret of heaven cannot be leaked", and the most important thing was that it touched the royal family's reverse scale, and it would end up with "the whole family being exterminated" or at least the whole family being exiled. Unexpectedly,

Master Kang was very calm about this.

He even looked up to them because of this. Of course, the main reason was that Lin Ruhai had always been conscientious in his official duties, Jia Min and Xiao Daiyu were not troublemakers, and most importantly, the Emperor seemed to like their Moyu's "magic power".

Because in addition to these frightening "secrets", there were also a lot of strange knowledge, and not only did they find it strange, but the Emperor even more so. What

was even more unexpected was that the Emperor even made full use of this knowledge.

No wonder he could become the "Emperor of the Ages" who was remembered in history and admired by future generations. This flexible mind and the heart for the country and the people were worthy of it.

Lin Ruhai and Jia Min gradually put their minds at ease. I began to think that it was not a bad thing for my son to have such an adventure. I even consciously wanted to make use of the strange knowledge in his head.

The only thing that makes people uneasy is that this kid has nothing to do and he reveals a lot of explosive news, which is really unbearable.

While Lin Ruhai was sorting out the information he had recently obtained from Mo Yu's inner voice, he was preparing to go out to court.

He is now a third-rank left deputy governor, and he doesn't have to travel like crazy on business trips like last year. He has stayed in Jiangnan for more than half a year.

But after the promotion, the responsibilities have become heavier.

The Censorate is one of the departments that Master Kang values ​​the most, and the position of the Chief Justice is even more difficult. If there is no effect here, Master Kang will inevitably blame him and then send him to a more remote place.

With Lin Ruhai's ability, it is naturally impossible for him to do a very bad job, but he also knows that in order to live up to Master Kang's trust and preferential treatment in recent years, he has to use all his skills to achieve better results and solve several major cases.

Catching corrupt officials and filling the treasury is simply a good thing.

He himself is very good at finding the breakthrough point of the case from the details of the clues, and his son Mo Ge always gives him information and provides him with many clues to solve the case, which makes him even more powerful.

Especially during the past few days of the New Year, he did not go out at home. Every day he either chatted or drank tea. It was hard for him to gossip about half of the capital city.

Thinking of this, Lin Ruhai's heart softened, and he wanted to pick up his son and kiss him a few more times.

However, looking at his son's resistant eyes, he gave up this idea and stroked his head a few times instead. He also said that he would bring him delicious and fun things home, and then reluctantly left the door of the main room.

Lin Ruhai's behavior was inevitably ridiculed by Jia Min and Xiao Daiyu, and the whole main room was filled with a happy atmosphere.

Lin Ruhai went out with great ambition, and Jia Min was not idle either.

She had originally planned to use the time of the first month of the lunar year to sort out the various interpersonal relationships at home. However, since Lin Ruhai was at home, she wanted to spend more time with her busy father, so she did not bother too much.

This time, Lin Ruhai was out on duty in the government office, so she had nothing to do, and the timing was just right.

First of all, she had to go to the palace.

Before the New Year was over, she hurried to the palace to greet the Empress Dowager and the ladies.

Of course, on the first day of the New Year, she had already entered the palace as a lady of nobility to greet the Empress Dowager and the ladies.

But that was a must-do as a matter of routine. This time, she could hand in a sign and make a request herself. After all, given the relationship between her family and the royal family, it would not work if she just followed the routine to greet the emperor. Sure

enough, as soon as Jia Min's sign was handed in, she received a message from the palace, telling her to bring her two children to the palace tomorrow to talk.

It was like a guaranteed baby, and the response was very quick, which once again showed that the status of the women of the Lin family in the palace was very high.

Jia Min did not dare to neglect it, and began to prepare the clothes and jewelry to be worn when entering the palace the next day in advance, and called Xiao Daiyu and Mo Yu to give them some instructions.

In fact, it was not the first time for Xiao Daiyu and Mo Yu to enter the palace, and both of them were very smart, so Jia Min did not need to give them any instructions.

Jia Min also knew the situation of her children very well, so she just gave them a few casual instructions and let them go to play. She stayed in the room to prepare the specific matters of entering the palace - such as what time to go, what gifts to bring, etc.

This gift-giving matter is a big deal and it is very particular. Especially since the recipients of the gifts this time were all of extremely noble status, there was no room for error. If one accidentally sent the wrong gift, it would be troublesome.

So Jia Min was busy preparing for a whole day before she was almost ready.

When Lin Ruhai came back in the evening, Jia Min showed him the gift list and asked for his opinion.

Lin Ruhai did not think she was nagging, and very patiently went over the gift list with her one by one, deleting some inappropriate ones and adding some that would not go wrong. This thoughtfulness made Jia Min admire and adore.

The relationship between the couple has become more harmonious since then.

As for Mo Yu, she had an extremely pleasant Spring Festival. As a child, he didn't have to worry about any interpersonal relationships or social interactions. He just ate and drank every day, either going out for banquets or having small reunions at home.

Anyway, not only did he not have to work, he even had a New Year's gift. He was living the salted fish life he had always dreamed of - not only leisure, but also money. This was simply a life like a god. As

the saying goes, when you are full, you have to find something to do. Although he didn't do anything, he took this opportunity to sort out the overall situation and current affairs.

There is nothing much to say about the characters in the Dream of the Red Chamber. The Wang family has never had any dealings with them, the Jia family is already like that, the Shi family is still a good relationship, and there is not much information about the other four kings and eight dukes, so there is no need to pay attention to them for the time being.

However, the matter between Master Kang and the Digital Legion had to attract his attention.

Counting the time, after the Chinese New Year, it would be the 43rd year of Emperor Kangxi's reign.

It seemed that many major events would happen this year.

First of all, Master Kang would go to worship the ancestral tombs in the first month of the year. Not only would he have to leave the city, but he would also have to live there for a period of time.

After carefully asking System 006, he found out that there was a hot spring near the imperial tomb. The spring water was rich in sulfur and had the effect of treating skin diseases, rheumatism, etc.

In short, it was a good place to avoid the cold in winter.

It turned out that the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang wanted to go there very much. Now the Empress Dowager Renxian also likes it very much.

This time the Empress Dowager also went. Master Kang accompanied him. No matter what, Master Kang finally found the long-lost maternal love from the Empress Dowager. So of course he cherished it very much.

Mo Yu thought that this hot spring was good, but he didn't know when he could have one at home.

As a result, Lin Ruhai went into the palace once and told him that Master Kang would still need to find a few people to accompany him when he went to worship the emperor's tomb this time, and if he wanted to go, he would still have a chance.

After hearing what Lin Ruhai said, Mo Yu felt less excited.

To be honest, Master Kang was still a good person, but it was a bit too aesthetic and tiring for him to accompany him all day long. After all

, he was the emperor. Even though Mo Yu had always adhered to the principle of never wasting time on himself and must create for others, he had to give him some face.

The reason was very simple.

He was the emperor, and it would only take a word for him to chop off your head or kill your whole family. Why were you so arrogant?

Even if you don't want to live, don't you still have your family? You

finally changed the fate of your family's early death. You can't let your whole family be confiscated just because he created Master Feikang for no reason?

That would be too much like O. Henry.

Mo Yu was depressed and couldn't help but complain in his heart, which made Lin Ruhai laugh.

While joking, Lin Ruhai was also vaguely worried.

He now feels that his little son may not have an ordinary origin. This idea often makes him surprised, but after a long time, he gradually realized that this child has no awe of the imperial power at all.

The reason why he still pretends to be so obedient is entirely for their family.

Looking at it this way, is it true that high positions and generous salaries are not so important?

Lin Ruhai was lost in thought for a moment, even a little too obsessed.

Fortunately, Mo Yu's next thought came out again.

[Well, all right. I knew that the old man couldn't leave me. Well, in that case, I'll go with him for the sake of the hot spring.]

When Lin Ruhai heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and the little bit of melancholy he had finally gotten up was gone.

He was thinking about saying something to comfort Mo Yu, but he heard the boy muttering in his heart.

[It's been two years since I came to this world, and I'm really looking for death by quitting. The Lin family is so good, I can't bear to leave. Lin Ruhai's smile gradually froze on his face .

Well, he took back what he said before. This child is really lovable, lovable, and annoying...

It's probably like what many parents say, raising a child is painful and joyful.

Mo Yu knew nothing about this, and he was still talking about what big thing was going to happen in the 43rd year of Kangxi's reign.

Emma, ​​what's coming next is not good.

On the twenty-third day of the second lunar month of this year, the Nineteenth Prince will die.

No way, such a cute little Nineteenth, but he will die in a month?

That can't be enough.

Mo Yu began to frantically search for the cause and treatment of the Nineteenth Prince, and finally got the desired result before the system 006 collapsed.

It's really good to have a hospital combining Chinese and Western medicine, at least you won't be so passive waiting for bad luck to come.

The most important thing is that he can give a reasonable reason for the magical prescription he searched out of the system - if you ask, it's given by the gods, and if you want to realize it, it depends on the hospital combining Chinese and Western medicine.

The plan works.

Mo Yu silently wrote down the symptoms of the Nineteenth Prince and the corresponding treatment methods.

And in order to ensure that the people could be rescued, he even recorded the Eighteenth Prince's.

Thinking of this, he decided to record Honghui's as well.

And the ones of the little princesses.

I don't know if it's because there are not many things to do recently so Mo Yu has spare energy, or if he really feels sorry for those children who died at a very young age.

Mo Yu decided to go all out and temporarily became a person who would go all the way to the end. He grabbed System 006 and began to sort out the symptoms one by one, saving one child at a time...

When he came to his senses, it was already late and it was time to eat.

Lin Ruhai and Jia Min came to his room at some point, looking at his heartbroken expression, their eyes were a little red.

Seeing that he had "come back to his senses", Jia Min was the first to speak: "What would Mo'er like to eat today?"

Lin Ruhai also said: "If it's tiring, just take a nap. Don't go to the palace tomorrow. Let your mother take your sister there."

Mo Yu was stunned, thinking to himself, I didn't do anything. Why is he tired? Does he look tired?

Unexpectedly, it's okay if I don't mention this, but as soon as I mention this, Mo Yu suddenly feels a little sore in his waist and back, almost like running 800 meters.

He staggered to stand up from his small chair, but his legs and feet were numb, and he almost fell off the chair.

Lin Ruhai rushed up and hugged him quickly, and Jia Min also rushed over to support him. For a moment, there was a sense of chaos in the room, which was really funny.

So Mo Yu laughed, which made Lin Ruhai and Jia Min even more sad.

I don't know what they were thinking about. Did they think about their poor health and the fact that they would die young?

There was really nothing they could do about it.

Mo Yu sighed silently in his heart, trying to pretend that nothing had happened, and continued to make jokes, saying that he was just lost in thought and his legs were numb, and it would not affect his entry into the palace tomorrow.

Mo Yu thought he had done it perfectly, but he had no idea that his inner voice was being expressed the whole time.

Lin Ruhai and Jia Min couldn't help but feel sorry for him for a while, but they didn't dare to let him see it, so they could only chat and laugh with him.

It happened that little Daiyu also came at this time.

She was always smart, and seeing that the atmosphere in the room was not right, she quickly told a few jokes to liven up the atmosphere.

Mo Yu was amused by her humorous words, and Lin Ruhai and Jia Min were also infected by the cheerful atmosphere, and gradually let go of some of their sad emotions.

However, they were still worried, but they kept their worries in their hearts.

After dinner, they chatted and strolled around to digest the food, and then Lin Ruhai and Jia Min ordered people to take Xiao Daiyu and Mo Yu back to their respective rooms to sleep.

The couple then turned back to sit opposite each other in the main room and chat, one to exchange information about recent events in the court, and the other to talk about the affairs of Mo Yu and Xiao Daiyu.

In fact, whether it is Mo Yu or Xiao Daiyu, as children, they are both angel babies. Lin Ruhai and Jia Min naturally love them like treasures. However, Mo Yu's unintentional words today have given them a reminder.

The two children are growing up, and they have to plan ahead for how to choose their lives in the future.

As the saying goes, parents love their children and plan for them in the long run.

Even though Mo Yu and Xiao Daiyu are still young, in the eyes of Lin Ruhai and Jia Min, they have to think carefully about their life plans.

Because of the appearance of Mo Yu, Lin Moyu, the legitimate son of the Lin family, avoided the fate of early death, and correspondingly changed the fate of the Lin family.

Because the only legitimate son is alive, Jia Min has not suffered from any serious illness and is still alive and well.

If Jia Min was fine, little Daiyu would not be the "eldest daughter who lost her mother", she would not have to be sent thousands of miles to be raised in the Jia Mansion, she would not have to live

under someone else's roof and be "pressed by the harsh wind, frost, swords and knives", and she would not have died of illness so early. If Jia Min was fine, there would be someone to keep the Lin family in the backyard, and

Lin Ruhai's health would not be so bad that he would die in office when his official career was going smoothly. So the tragedy of the Lin family ended like this.

The premise is that Mo Yu really survived as the legitimate son of the Lin family and grew up smoothly.

Whether this can be realized is still an unknown.

Mo Yu himself does not know, let alone others.

It is no wonder that Lin Ruhai and Jia Min are anxious. Anyone would go crazy if they knew that such a big son of their family might die at any time.

What else can they do? They can only continue to be extra nice to him.

Lin Ruhai and Jia Min have already spent a lot of thought on their son's situation. Fortunately, their daughter, Xiao Daiyu, is much easier to deal with.

Unfortunately, although the child is sensible and makes them as parents feel relieved, they are still worried.

The reason is that the child is too good.

Whether it is talent, character, appearance or speech, their little Daiyu is so outstanding at only six or seven years old. Who knows what she will be like in the future.

As the saying goes, a daughter is sought after by hundreds of families. Now that the child is only this young, many families have already extended olive branches to her. Who knows what will happen in the future.

After all, their family follows the path of a loyal minister - they are loyal ministers to Master Kang now, and they will be loyal ministers to the Fourth Prince in the future, if the Fourth Prince can ascend the throne.

Everyone is unsure about this matter, but they gradually believe it. Because this is what Mo Yu said in his heart.

And all the thoughts that Mo Yu expressed before, no matter how absurd they "sounded", were proven to be true one by one.

Then this must be the same.

It depends on whether the prince will really be deposed.

Lin Ruhai and Jia Min chatted all night, and they were all thinking about their two children, Mo Yu and Xiao Daiyu.

However, considering that the situation was a bit too complicated, even if the couple were extremely smart and thoughtful, they couldn't come up with any rules after chatting all night. But

fortunately, nothing big has happened at the moment, just follow what the son said yesterday, and help save the princes and princesses who are in danger of life in the near future and may die.

Their family has experience in this matter, and it shouldn't be difficult.

The two chatted until midnight, and both felt a little sleepy, so they went to bed.

The next morning, Lin Ruhai woke up early and went to the morning court as usual. Jia Min, Xiao Daiyu and Mo Yu did not have to go so early, and could leave an hour later.

After all, who would go to the palace to pay respects and attend the morning court with the masters, and squat outside the palace in the early morning.

Because they had made preparations in advance, Xiao Daiyu and Mo Yu packed up quickly, and Jia Min also packed up, and then took them both on the carriage and went to the palace.

This time, because it was not a formal audience, Jia Min did not put on makeup according to her rank - to be honest, the imperial edict dress was not ordinary complicated.

The clothes alone are several layers, not to mention the pile on the head. Anyway, it is as complicated and grand as possible. Even the headdress weighs several kilograms. It is really not something that ordinary people can wear.

Think about the original novel, when Jia Yuanchun was named a noble concubine and returned home to visit her parents, the Jia family had to line up outside the door to welcome her. The old lady Jia was over 70 years old and had to stand for several hours in such an outfit. It was really amazing.

Mo Yu also saw Jia Min wearing this on the first day of the Chinese New Year this year. He was shocked at the time. He also admired Jia Min for walking around in that outfit easily and freely. Then he felt distressed - to have a good New Year, she had to wear such a thing. It was really hard. Fortunately, she didn't have to wear it this time.

Jia Min brought Mo Yu and Xiao Daiyu into the palace, and this time they went directly to the Empress Dowager's Shoukang Palace.

It was not a formal audience, but just a normal gathering of female relatives, so everyone was relaxed and comfortable.

When Empress Dowager Xiaohuizhang was the empress, she was not well-liked by Shunzhi. She lived in fear every day, fearing that she would be deposed and sent back to the grassland like her aunt, Concubine Jing.

But she survived until the death of Emperor Shunzhi, and now she is the empress dowager and is respected by Master Kang.

Although she is only a dozen years older than Master Kang, the two have cultivated some mother-son relationship over the long years.

It is this kind of friendship that allows the old lady to enjoy her old age in the palace and become the most noble old lady in the world.

Therefore, during festivals, Shoukang Palace was always very lively. Many concubines would come to chat with the old empress dowager, fearing that she would feel lonely at her age.

The empress dowager really liked to be lively. When she had nothing to do, she especially liked people to accompany her, chatting and laughing. She was very happy.

In addition to the concubines in the palace, the people who accompanied the empress dowager also included the wives of the officials who were close to Kang Shifu.

The husbands of the wives might not have very high official positions, but they were definitely the confidants of Kang Shifu.

Only the confidants who were trusted by Kang Shifu could have this special honor. After all, the female relatives entering the palace to accompany the Empress Dowager to relieve her boredom is a manifestation of honor and favor. It can not only reflect the favor of the royal family, but also win the hearts of the people for Master Kang.

The female relatives of officials also express their loyalty to the royal family in this way - you see, in our family, the men work hard for you in the front court, and the women accompany your mother and wives in the harem. Isn't this too much?

In short, this kind of normal communication is a win-win situation. Ah, no, it is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

It was not the first time for Jia Min, Xiao Daiyu and Mo Yu to enter the palace, but it was the first time for them to enter the palace to chat with the Empress Dowager in the first month of the year.

In fact, they had done this before, but it was always on ordinary days, when there were not so many people and it was not so lively.

So, when they entered Shoukang Palace and saw the palace decorated with lights and full of joy, everyone was inevitably infected by this joyful atmosphere and became joyful.

A palace maid had already come out to greet them, saying that the Empress Dowager and the ladies had been waiting for a long time.

Jia Min hurriedly pulled Xiao Daiyu and Mo Yu forward, and the palace maid smiled and greeted them. After receiving a red envelope, she became even more happy and happily led Jia Min and her son into the hall.

The hall was lit with fire, and it was warm like spring. The palace maids were all wearing festive clothes that they only wear during the New Year, which made people feel very happy.

Jia Min led Xiao Daiyu and Mo Yu along the way and distributed red envelopes. As expected, she received a lot of auspicious words and smiles. The Lin family was now a popular family. The palace maids had the intention of flattering them. In addition, they were always generous, so they were eager to greet them and ask for favors. They

walked all the way to the warm pavilion in the west, which was where the empress dowager rested.

After breakfast, she was used to meeting guests in this warm pavilion in the west.

The concubines who liked to chat with the Empress Dowager would stay after the morning greetings and chat with her, drink tea, and spend the long years in the palace.

Today, the mother and son of the Lin family came, and the Empress Dowager was so happy that she personally sent her trusted palace maids to greet them, and even stood up early to wait for them.

Seeing Jia Min bringing Xiao Daiyu and Mo Yu into the warm pavilion, the old empress dowager smiled and said, "You are finally here. I heard that your family was very quiet during the New Year this year and no invitations were sent in. I wonder what you are busy with."

Jia Min smiled and said, "Your Majesty is worried. There is nothing to be busy about. It's just that this is the first year and there are many things we are not familiar with, so we have been delayed... This is our fault. Please help, Your Majesty. " Your Majesty, please forgive me."

Before she finished her words, the Empress Dowager had already started laughing and said to the concubines beside her: "Look, I only said this one sentence, and this girl said so much. She is really eloquent."

Jia Min apologized with a smile, and the Empress Dowager laughed even more. The concubines were also very happy. After all, Jia Min was always humorous and could catch up on any topic. She was a very interesting person. How could anyone not welcome her?

A group of people were talking and laughing. Because Mo Yu came over, someone mentioned that Mo Yu was the study companion for the princes. The Queen Mother then thought of her grandchildren and asked which little princes were still in the palace. Several concubines of lower rank came forward to answer the Queen Mother. They were Concubine Wang and Concubine Gao.

Then they were seen with smiling faces as beautiful as flowers. They lined up and saluted to the Empress Dowager, saying, "Empress Dowager, the eighteenth and nineteenth princes are not in school today. They heard that the little brother of the Lin family has entered the palace, and they insisted on meeting him and playing together. What do you think about us taking the little brother of the Lin family to play with the princes?"

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "They like their little brother, and I also like the little brother of the Lin family. In this case, let someone bring the two princes over and let us play together."

It turned out that the princes happened to have a riding and archery lesson on this day. Although it was a riding and archery lesson, it was somewhat like a holiday for outdoor activities. Originally, they did not need to go to school every day before the New Year after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The older princes went out to play, while the younger ones rested and played in the prince's residence or in the palaces of the concubines.

The eighteenth prince was born to Concubine Wang, and the nineteenth prince was born to Concubine Gao. Because Concubine Wang had a higher position, they were originally in the same palace.

Although Concubine Wang was a concubine, she was a Han concubine and always acted prudently and low-key. She took Concubine Gao to play with the two princes in the palace.

Today, the Empress Dowager summoned her, so she had to come and pay her respects, but she thought about her son's instructions, so she asked for it.

Fortunately, the Empress Dowager was a compassionate Empress Dowager. As long as one of the concubines asked for something, she would definitely agree directly as long as it was not too excessive.

In addition, Mo Yu was also here today, so Wangpin's request was approved.

Not only was it approved, but it was even better than what they expected at the beginning.

After all, it was the Queen Mother's grace to let the two children show up.

Wangpin and Concubine Gao were very happy, and hurriedly ordered people to go back to the palace to pick up the two little princes, preparing for a "colorful dress to entertain parents".

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