People in the palace were in a state of uncertainty, and were all guessing what the list of people who would be appointed to the six palaces would be.
After a heavy snowfall, the emperor's edict was finally announced.
The emperor did not have a queen, and Imperial Noble Consort Tong Jia became the Imperial Noble Consort with the same rank as the vice empress. The empress dowager's sister, Xiao Niuhulu, who had just entered the palace the previous year, was made a Imperial Consort. Hui, Yi, De, and Rong became the four concubines.
However, Concubine An, Concubine Jing, Concubine Duan and Concubine Xi, who were promoted to the rank of concubines along with Concubine Hui, Concubine Yi and Concubine Rong in the 16th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, have now faded into obscurity. In just four years, the tide has turned, and the saying "no flower stays in bloom forever" has really been proven true.
Instead, it was Concubine De who came out on top and even surpassed the more experienced Concubine Rong to rank third among the concubines. This shows that if she had not been born into a noble family like Nianhulu, she would have had to give birth to a child in order to have a chance to succeed.
Both his biological mother and adoptive mother were promoted, and Yinzuo was naturally the happiest one, even happier than if he himself had been rewarded.
Not only did he drag his brother to personally congratulate his two mothers, he also jumped and danced happily in the yard. If the snow on the ground hadn't been so icy, Yinzhen would have suspected that he would have just lay down and rolled around.
The expression and behavior were very similar to one of the white puppies he raised in his previous life.
"The more I look at it, the more they look alike." Yinzhen muttered to himself as he lowered his head to hide the smile on his lips.
"Brother~"
The cute little Yinzuo suddenly appeared in front of his brother.
This actually scared Yinzhen.
"Ahem!" He coughed twice, trying his best to keep his face expressionless.
"Brother~ What did you just say? The more you look at them, the more they look alike?"
"Nothing." Yinzhen turned around and deliberately did not answer the little guy's question.
Yinzuo was not so easily fooled. He ran to his brother again and continued to pester him with questions.
"What is it? Brother, just tell Xiaoliu, okay~"
"It's really nothing." Yinzhen walked around him and went into the house.
Yinzuo followed him like a little tail, calling out, "Brother~Brother~~"
The Imperial Concubine heard it all from inside the main hall.
"What's wrong with Xiaoliu? He has to stick to Xiaosi and really can't be away from her for a moment. Xiaosi is so cold and I don't know why Xiaoliu likes to stick to him so much." The imperial concubine shook her head and chuckled.
"Sixth Prince is lively and active, while Fourth Prince prefers quietness. Winter is not a good time for walking, so Sixth Prince can only pester Fourth Prince to play with him. But I see that although Fourth Prince is not very happy, he still cares about being Sixth Prince's elder brother, so most of the time he will accompany Sixth Prince to play for a while."
"Really? Let them be. The New Year is coming soon. Let's distribute this month's allowance earlier so that everyone can have more money."
"Your Majesty is so generous. We thank you so much!" The palace maids in Chengqian Palace knelt down to express their gratitude with joy on their faces.
Yinzhen entered the room, sat down at his small desk, picked up the book he had only read halfway in the morning and planned to continue reading.
Yinzuo knew that his brother hated noise when he was studying, so he shut his mouth obediently, climbed onto the couch not far from his brother, took off his little boots, took out a few small toys from the drawer of the storage rack next to him, and started playing with them by himself without making any noise.
As soon as Yinzhen started reading, he was immersed in it and forgot everything around him. After he finished reading the book, he felt very satisfied and even felt a little unsatisfied, and wanted to read it again.
"Young master, have a cup of tea to warm yourself up before continuing watching." Yinzhen's personal eunuch Su Peisheng brought a cup of hot tea, walked up to his master and gave him some advice.
"Yeah." Yinzhen responded and put down the book in his hand.
Su Peisheng served Yinzhen all his life in his previous life, but after Yinzhen was reborn, he never had the chance to bring him back to his side.
The last time Yinzuo moved from Yonghe Palace to Chengqian Palace, he happened to be short of a capable young eunuch, so the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a group of people for him to choose. Su Peisheng was among them, so Yinzhen directly asked him to serve him.
Although Su Peisheng in this life looks a little immature, he is thoughtful. Although he has only been with Yinzhen for a short time, he has already figured out his master's preferences.
Yinzhen was most familiar with the temperature and taste of the tea, and he was in a good mood.
"Where is the Sixth Prince? Is he out?" Yinzhen asked this question because he felt that the room was too quiet, without even a sound.
"The Sixth Prince has fallen asleep on the couch outside. Nanny Cheng was worried that moving now would wake him up, so she asked for bedding and pillows to be brought and let the Sixth Prince continue to sleep." Su Peisheng knew that no matter what people outside said, the master cared very much about his younger brother, the Sixth Prince.
"Okay, I got it. Ask someone to prepare some snacks that the Sixth Prince likes and serve them to him when he wakes up." Yinzhen ordered.
"Okay, I'll do it right away." Su Peisheng tiptoed out.
After Yinzhen waited for him to leave, he stood up and walked slowly to the couch, looking at the bulging bump on the couch with a smile in his eyes.
Yinzhen thought to himself: I don’t know what’s wrong with him, he just likes to sleep on his stomach. He really is like a puppy, even his sleeping posture is exactly the same.
It seemed that it was a little too hot. Yinzuo kicked the quilt, and one of his feet stuck out restlessly. He rubbed his little face on the pillow and mumbled incoherently.
Afraid that he would catch a cold, Yinzhen went forward to cover him with the quilt. But his feet would not listen and kept sticking out. Yinzhen laughed angrily and tickled the soles of his feet slightly. The disobedient feet immediately shrank back and dared not stick out again.
As luck would have it, this scene was seen by the Imperial Concubine who came in to see the two brothers.
"Cough!" Imperial Noble Consort Tong Jia covered her lips with a handkerchief and deliberately made a little noise, to save some face for Yinzhen and to prevent the servants following behind her from seeing the scene.
Yinzhen quickly withdrew his hand and stood up straight.
"Greetings to the Imperial Mother."
The Imperial Concubine held back her laughter as she walked over and pulled him up. It was a rare sight to see Yinzhen looking so embarrassed, and he even put his hands behind his back.
"I was wondering why it was so quiet. It turns out he fell asleep. Where are the people serving the Sixth Prince?"
Nanny Cheng walked in quickly and bowed.
"In reply to the Imperial Concubine, the Sixth Prince was playing in the snow just now, and some snow fell into his boots. I was worried that the Sixth Prince would catch a cold wearing wet boots when he woke up, so I went to the Sixth Prince's room to get clean boots and socks. Before I left, I asked Su Peisheng, who was beside the Fourth Prince, to help watch over him.
Lu Wu was in the small kitchen making snacks for the Sixth Prince. The Sixth Prince was hungry after waking up, so the two brothers went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to repair the Sixth Prince's kite that had been damaged by being hung on a tree a few days ago.
"My Royal Highness, I just sent Su Peisheng to get some snacks. I'm watching over Yin Zuo, so don't blame these servants."
Yinzhen said something to help, not because he was kind, but because he didn't want Yinzuo to wake up and see the servants being punished and feel sad for them.
"Get up. Next time, no matter what, you must remember to leave someone to watch over the Sixth Prince. How long has the Sixth Prince been sleeping?" The Imperial Concubine then let him go.
"I will follow the Imperial Concubine's instructions and will never make the same mistake again. The Fourth Prince came in to read a book just now, and the Sixth Prince played for a while and then fell asleep. He has been sleeping for more than half an hour." Nanny Cheng answered cautiously.
"That's been quite a while. It's not good to sleep too much in the afternoon."
The imperial concubine sat next to the little guy, took off the gorgeous armor on her hands one by one, placed them on the kang table, and then leaned over to pinch his tender little face.
"Xiao Liu, wake up. You can't sleep any more, or you won't be able to sleep at night."
Yinzuo just felt itchy and annoying on his face. He stuck out his tongue to drive away the annoying thing, but failed. Instead, he made the Imperial Concubine laugh.
"Are you hungry, little Yinzuo? Even when you fall asleep you're thinking about sticking out your tongue to eat, right?"
Yinzuo ignored her and hid himself under the quilt, as if saying, "Don't disturb me, I can't hear you, let me sleep a little longer."
"This kid, there's really nothing we can do about him."
At this time, Lu Wu and Su Peisheng came in with two plates of snacks each. The Imperial Concubine looked at the snacks and came up with an idea. She lifted the corner of the quilt and said with a smile, "What a delicious egg yolk pastry, and this walnut cheese. If Xiaoliu doesn't get up, I will eat them all!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yinzuo came out from under the quilt with his eyes closed. Following the smell of snacks, he lay down on the kang table, his little nose moving uncontrollably, and he was heading towards where Luwu and Su Peisheng were standing.
Yinzhen was a little helpless. This little six was good in every way except that she was a little greedy.
The Imperial Noble Consort waved her hand, signaling them to quickly bring the snacks over and place them on the kang table. The Imperial Noble Consort picked up a piece herself and deliberately moved it around under little Yinzuo's nose. Unexpectedly, wherever her hand moved, little Yinzuo's body followed.
Seeing this scene, everyone tried to hold back their laughter, and it was very difficult to hold it back.
Finally, Yinzuo opened his eyes, and suddenly hugged the imperial concubine's hand, and put his little mouth close to it, woooo~
"Here, here, here. You're finally awake. Take it and eat it yourself." The imperial concubine looked at him with a smile.
"Hehe~" Yinzuo stuffed the snacks into his mouth while smiling foolishly. It was obvious that he was not fully awake yet, and his silly look was quite cute.
Seeing that he was enjoying the meal, the Imperial Concubine also gave a piece to Xiao Si.
"Sit down and eat something with your brother. You've worked hard reading."
"Thank you, Royal Mother."
Yinzhen just felt that if the little Yinzuo opposite him had a tail, he would probably wag it happily at this moment, because he looked like he was enjoying it so much.
After eating a whole piece of egg yolk pastry, Yinzuo finally came to his senses. Not only did he eat it himself, he also asked the imperial concubine and his brother to eat with him. He looked very worried.
That evening, Su Peisheng, the steward of Yinzhen, asked Nanny Cheng for the Sixth Prince's measurements. Nanny Cheng did not think much about it and thought that it was the Imperial Concubine who asked for it, so she gave it to him.
That night, the lights in Yinzhen's room were turned off an hour later than usual. The next morning, he got up early and went to the main hall alone. It was unknown what he said to the Imperial Noble Consort. Later, the Imperial Noble Consort sent someone to outside the palace to ask her mother's family to find a few skilled embroiderers, and it was unknown what they were busy with.
A few days later, when Kangxi went to see Nianhulu, who had just been conferred the title of Imperial Concubine, he saw her embroidering and praised her casually, but heard the Imperial Concubine being modest.
"How can I compare to the embroiderers in the palace? I am just embroidering for fun. But maybe the imperial concubine is not satisfied with the embroiderers in the palace. I heard that she invited an embroiderer from outside the palace to make clothes for her."
Kangxi was not very happy, but he did not say anything in front of others.
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