After reconciling with his brother, Yinzuo resumed his happy and carefree life. The Chinese New Year was just over a month away, he would soon be two years old, and there were only four years left until he turned six. Yinzuo felt a sense of urgency and would run laps in the yard every day to exercise.
Just then, with only half a lap left, the breathless Yinzuo was suddenly lifted up from behind.
"Ah~" Yinzuo screamed in fright.
"Hahaha! Did you scare my little six? Why are you playing in the yard alone? Where's the imperial concubine?"
Kangxi seemed to be in a very good mood. Yinzuo held his father's neck with one hand and patted his chest with the other hand. While trying to calm himself down, he replied crisply: "Father, Xiaoliu is exercising. Your mother said she was busy dealing with New Year's affairs and is instructing the stewards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the palace."
"The New Year is almost here, time flies so fast. Come on, follow me inside to take a look." Kangxi was in great spirits and he personally carried Yinzuo into the palace.
"Good luck to the Emperor!" The palace maids and the chief steward of the Imperial Household Department knelt on the ground and paid their respects.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." The imperial concubine also stood up and saluted.
"Get up, I heard from Xiaoliu that you were busy with New Year's Day matters. It just so happens that I have a happy event to share with the imperial concubine."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. It seems to be a very happy event. I am all ears."
"The matter in Kunming has been completely resolved. It has been eight years. The biggest worry in my heart has finally been completely resolved."
The imperial concubine knelt down again and bowed, smiling and saying, "I congratulate the emperor. Your majesty is so powerful and majestic. The Qing Dynasty is prosperous. Those rebellions have finally been suppressed."
"This is indeed a great joyous event. How can I not share such a blessing with you? I have decided to confer titles on the six palaces at the end of the year, and the Empress Dowager has already agreed."
The imperial concubine's heart skipped a beat. The emperor decided to...
No, I have to keep calm. In the blink of an eye, the imperial concubine raised a decent smile.
"Then I, on behalf of the sisters in the other palaces, would like to thank the Emperor and the Empress Dowager first."
"Sit down and talk. The list of promotions is still in the palace of the Grand Empress Dowager. After it is finalized tomorrow, I will send someone to deliver it to you so that you can arrange the ceremony in advance."
"Yes." No matter how calm the imperial concubine was, she was still much more excited than usual.
"You all may leave first." Kangxi still had something to say to the imperial concubine alone, so he dismissed everyone else and only left Xiaoliu in his arms in the hall.
As soon as the eunuchs from the Ministry of Internal Affairs walked out of Chengqian Palace, they started discussing.
"The Emperor is going to confer titles on the six palaces!"
"Is it possible that he wants to establish a queen?"
"If the emperor is going to appoint a queen, he will definitely appoint the imperial concubine as the queen!"
The news spread throughout the Forbidden City in just a cup of tea.
It should have been a happy event, but after Kangxi left Chengqian Palace, the imperial concubine hugged Xiaoliu and cried.
"My dear mother, isn't it good to be a royal concubine?" Yinzuo stretched out his little hand and gently wiped the tears from Tong Jia's face.
Tong Jia lowered her eyes, feeling a little embarrassed. She couldn't help crying in front of Xiaoliu, which was really not decent. But Xiaoliu was a kind-hearted child and knew how to comfort her.
"Okay, of course it's not bad, but it's not the best." The imperial concubine sighed and answered him softly.
"Then who is the best?" Yinzuo tilted his little head and looked at her seriously and asked.
The imperial concubine was stunned. She took a while to answer the little guy's question.
"Yes, the Imperial Concubine is the best." The Imperial Concubine then saw through the fog and everything was clear.
The Emperor has no intention of appointing a queen, and the Imperial Noble Consort has the same status as the Vice Queen, which makes her the head of the harem. She is just too unsatisfied. After all, there is still a long time to come. As long as the Emperor has her in his heart, why should she worry about the future?
Since the second day of this day, more and more people have come to Chengqian Palace to pay their respects to the imperial concubine. It's not the first or fifteenth day like the first day of the lunar month when they must come. The imperial concubine knows what these people are planning, but the emperor's decree has not come down yet and there may be changes at any time. Even though the list is in her hands, the imperial concubine still doesn't reveal anything.
However, on the fifteenth day, Depin stayed a little longer as usual, firstly to chat with the Imperial Concubine, and secondly to have more opportunities to spend time with Xiaosi and Xiaoliu. After all, since the beginning of winter, neither the Imperial Concubine nor her, the biological mother, felt comfortable letting the children go out freely, so she hadn't seen Xiaosi and Xiaoliu for quite some time.
Two children are making a snowman outside, laughing happily, which makes people feel very happy.
"My sister is about to have double happiness, which is so enviable." The imperial concubine suddenly said this with a faint smile.
Depin stroked the baby in her belly and after a moment of thought, she realized that this was the imperial concubine's reminder.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Depin stood up and bowed.
The imperial concubine didn't say anything else. Depin was a smart person, and talking to a smart person was especially easy.
If she said she was unhappy, that would definitely be a lie. Although Depin was pregnant now, she couldn't help but think too much. After all, she had only been promoted to the rank of concubine for just two years. You should know that the other concubines were promoted together four years ago. The emperor was not casual in promoting positions. If he skipped her when promoting the six palaces this time, it would be reasonable.
"Mother~ What are you whispering to your mother? You are laughing so happily~" Yinzuo ran to the two mothers with a small shovel and asked curiously with his little head tilted.
"Your mother just told me that little Yinzuo was just a little kid who wet the bed last winter, but now he can make snowmen." The imperial concubine teased him deliberately.
Yinzuo covered his little face and ran to hide behind his mother, only revealing his two shy big eyes as he secretly looked at the imperial concubine.
"Xiao Liu is just too young, I didn't wet the bed on purpose! Your mother is making fun of me~ Xiao Liu is going to be angry~~"
"Sister, did you hear that? Xiaoliu said he was going to be angry, so he might not be able to finish the pearl jade dumplings tonight. It looks like Xiaosi and I might have to eat more. Why don't you take some back for Xiaoliu to try? If Xiaoliu doesn't eat, he might not be able to finish it."
Depin lowered her head, rubbed Xiaoliu's head, and looked at him with a gentle smile.
"I can eat it! I can eat it! Xiaoliu is not angry anymore~" Yinzuo ran to Gui'e Niang anxiously, took her hand and shook it gently, acting coquettishly.
Now the Imperial Concubine and Depin were both laughing so hard that they were bent over.
Yinzuo now realized that his two mothers were deliberately teasing him. He stomped his feet and ran to his brother.
He suddenly lay on his brother's back and said angrily: "Both mothers laugh at me, my brother is the best~"
Yinzhen held him with one hand to prevent him from falling, and continued to perfect the snowman in front of him with the other hand, with a slight smile on his lips.
"Yeah." Of course he is the best, Yinzhen naturally thinks so.
However, with Xiaoliu, this life is finally a little different. In the previous life, in the 20th year of Kangxi's reign, the emperor conferred titles on the six concubines, but your mother was not crowned queen. She was very disappointed and frowned and worried all day long. She was not as happy as she is now.
"Brother~"
Yinzuo suddenly called out sweetly, interrupting Yinzhen's thoughts.
"Hmm?" Yinzhen turned his head and asked.
"Is this snowman Xiaoliu?" The more Yinzuo looked at the snowman in front of him, the more he felt that he was similar to himself.
"What do you think?" Yinzhen was still very confident in his craftsmanship, but the little guy still hadn't figured it out.
"Wow~ Brother, you are so awesome! You actually piled up a snowman~" Yinzuo let go of his brother's neck, got up from his brother's back, skipped to the side of the little snowman, stretched out his little hand and gestured several times between his own head and the snowman's head.
He smiled excitedly and said, "The snowman is as tall as Xiaoliu~"
He moved closer to the front of the snowman and observed it carefully, his little mouth never stopping.
"The snowman's eyes are like Xiaoliu's, and his mouth looks exactly like Xiaoliu's. When he smiles, he also has two dimples~"
Hearing him say this, everyone came over, and finally even the imperial concubine and concubine De came closer to watch.
"Indeed, he does. I didn't expect that Xiao Si has such talent. I am shocked." It was the first time that the imperial concubine knew that Yinzhen had such ability.
"I drew a portrait of Xiaoliu before, but it doesn't look as good as the snowman made by Xiaosi." Depin said with a modest smile.
"Xiaoliu also wants a brother!" Yinzuo was full of energy and started to make snowballs with his little butt sticking out.
"Just now I was busy running around, but now I want to pile it myself. You all should help Sixth Prince." Otherwise, it will take until next year for this little guy to finish piling it by himself. The imperial concubine shook her head and chuckled.
With the help of the palace servants, another snowman was quickly formed, but it looked a little terrible compared to the one made by Yinzhen next to it. One had a nose, eyes, a mouth, and even dimples, but the other made it impossible to tell what the facial features were.
Yinzuo himself felt dejected when he saw it. He made his brother look so ugly.
Depin went forward to wipe the snow foam off her youngest son's eyelashes, then covered his hands, rubbing them gently while blowing on them.
She comforted him softly, "Xiao Liu has done very well. Mother can tell from one look that you are my fourth brother."
The imperial concubine on the side covered her mouth and chuckled. Yinzhen looked at the snowman that was a bit eye-catching, then looked at Yinzuo, not knowing whether he should be happy or unhappy.
"Mother, you are lying...my brother is not that ugly..." Yinzuo retorted with a pout.
"It's just that Xiaoliu's pile is not good..." Yinzuo said in a low voice.
Yinzhen was stunned for a moment before realizing that Yinzuo seemed to mind that he didn't build his snowman well.
He walked forward and scratched the little guy's nose, and Yinzuo indeed raised his head and looked at him in confusion.
"It looks similar, not ugly."
This was the first time that Yinzhen told a lie against his conscience just to make someone happy. This was totally out of his character. He had always been a principled person and did what he said.
In the previous life, the emperor ordered him to collect the silver owed to the national treasury by civil and military officials. He did not hesitate to force people to sell their home furnishings on the street, and managed to collect all the silver that should be collected, thus offending more than half of the ministers in the court.
But today, facing the dejected Yinzuo, Yinzhen gave in. Although this snowman had nothing to do with him, he personally acknowledged it.
Yinzuo's little face immediately smiled like a blooming sunflower.
"Really~"
"Yeah." Yinzhen pinched the little guy's face and responded with a smile.
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