In the majestic Forbidden City under the golden glazed tiles, the Ningshou Palace was renovated two years ago. In the main hall, the Empress Dowager Borzigit, dressed in dark green flags, sat with her body tilted.

On the couch, he was constantly stroking a purebred Pekingese puppy that was all white and without a trace of variegated colors, looking comfortable and comfortable.

A purebred little Pekingese, just weaned in size, with small black grape-like eyes, slightly squinted, seemingly enjoying the Queen Mother's touch...

The fine red charcoal was burning, making the entire palace warm, as if this was not the cold winter months, but the warm spring months. The maids and eunuchs serving the Queen Mother stood with their eyebrows down, like

A low-key little transparent one.

The Queen Mother looked peaceful, quiet, and unconcerned with the world, but she was secretly thinking about things in her heart.

The days in the palace may seem calm, but in fact they are rough and full of crises. The struggle between women is always more intense than that between men!

Living in a deep palace, the life of a widow of the late emperor like the Queen Mother is cold and long, so long that she doesn't know when it will end or when it will end...

Other concubines and concubines who have sons can leave the palace and be raised by their own sons, but as a queen mother with no children, like the Queen Mother, she can only stay in the palace for the rest of her life, day by day.

Keep going until the day the oil runs out and the lamp dries up.

The Empress Dowager came from the Horqin Grassland when she was twelve years old and entered the harem of the Qing Dynasty. She was a concubine at the beginning, and was later appointed as the empress of the late emperor's main palace. She stayed as the empress for eight years, and became a widow just after she was twenty years old. She has been a concubine ever since.

The widow lives in the harem. Now in the thirtieth year of Kangxi's reign, she is only fifty years old.

Years of living as a widow has made the Empress Dowager accustomed to this kind of coldness, loneliness, and long life...

It’s not that I haven’t thought about leaving the palace to take a look at the outside world. It’s not that I haven’t thought about going back to my childhood, riding horses and hunting on the Horqin grassland. But in the end, it’s just nostalgia and fantasy. As the empress dowager, the most noble person in the Qing Dynasty

Woman, she cannot and does not dare. Her words and deeds represent the Qing royal family and the Mongolian noblewomen of the Horqin grassland.

"The Queen Mother, the Emperor and the Fourth Brother are coming towards our Ningshou Palace!" The old lady beside the Queen Mother came in from outside the palace, brushed off the cold air on her body, bowed to the Queen Mother, and whispered to the Queen Mother

Report.

The young eunuch from Qianqing Palace just came to their Ningshou Palace to report that the Emperor and Fourth Brother were coming. As the steward of Ningshou Palace, she was also shocked.

Although it is New Year's Eve tomorrow, today is neither a new year nor a holiday. Why is the emperor coming here? The emperor even brought his fourth brother...

The emperor only showed superficial filial piety to his master. It was fine when the empress dowager was still there. After the emperor went to pay homage to the empress dowager, he would also come to visit his master. But after the empress dowager died, the emperor did not do anything but celebrate the holidays.

They would never step into their Ningshou Palace. Today, on the day before New Year's Eve, they suddenly visit Ningshou Palace. It is really unbelievable!

Squinting her eyes, the Queen Mother, who was happily petting the snow-white Pekingese, froze in her hands, and then quickly regained her composure.

Today, the sun is rising in the west! Tomorrow will be New Year's Eve. What does it mean that the emperor suddenly came over today? He also brought Si Age...

Could it be that the emperor really hated himself so much that he came over the day before New Year’s Eve to remind himself that he would report illness tomorrow and use physical discomfort as an excuse to not attend the New Year’s Eve banquet tomorrow night?

As for the fourth elder brother Yin, the son of a humble maidservant in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, except for coming to greet him in the palace of the Imperial Mammy on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, he has never set foot in his Ningshou Palace at any other time. How is he living today?

Has the emperor come with him?

The fourth elder brother is the daughter of Wu Ya, one of the current four concubines. In his early years, he was raised by the Empress Xiao Yiren, Tong Jia, who was the emperor's cousin and the daughter of the Empress Dowager Cihe (Empress Xiaokangzhang).

His natal niece, Empress Dowager Cihe, Tong Jia, died of illness at a young age. The emperor once thought that it was because his aunt could not tolerate Empress Dowager Cihe. His life in the palace was difficult in those few years. If it had not been for his wife,

The Empress Dowager Zhaofu might have followed the late emperor long ago!

Now the emperor comes to Ningshou Palace with his fourth elder brother Yin, who grew up under the knee of Queen Tong Jia of Xiao Yiren, and the son of Wu Ya, a humble maidservant, to Ningshou Palace. Why?

While the Queen Mother was thinking about it, she calmly ordered the nuns beside her in Mandarin: "Your Majesty and Fourth Brother, please go to the front hall and wait for a while. The Aijia will change their clothes and go over."

The Queen Mother, who came from the Horqin Grassland, could not speak Chinese and could only speak Manchu and Mongolian. On weekdays, most people in Ningshou Palace spoke Manchu or Mongolian.

Manchu, and because the Queen Mother did not speak Chinese, most of the maids and maids who served the Queen Mother were proficient in Manchu and Mongolian.

"yes......"

Mammy responded respectfully and withdrew, going to prepare things according to the previous regulations when the emperor visited Ningshou Palace. The Queen Mother turned around and entered the bedroom with the help of her personal maid.

In the main hall of Ningshou Palace, Emperor Aixinjueluo Xuanye was sitting on the upper seat, and Si Age Yin was sitting on the lower right side of the emperor, on the lower seat. The maids of Ningshou Palace filed in and gave them respectfully.

The emperor and the fourth prince served hot mare's milk tea.

The Queen Mother came from the Horqin Grassland and was used to drinking a cup of hot Ma Nai Tea in winter to get rid of the cold in her body, because in the Queen Mother's Ningshou Palace, no matter who came, the drink was Ma Nai Tea.

In winter, it is hot and steaming, while in summer, it is cooled and then chilled.

Kangxi picked up the horse milk tea in front of him and took a sip. He immediately felt much more relaxed and the coldness in his body disappeared...

Fourth Brother Yinze took a brief sip and then put it down. He didn't like this kind of milk-flavored drink. He liked the Dahongpao, Tieguanyin, and Yuqian Longjing drinks that the Han people drank.

"Fourth brother, have you really decided?" Kangxi frowned, looked at Si Age Yin, and asked again for confirmation.

Huang's mother-in-law's intention is to select a few women with the blood of the Horqin grassland in next year's draft, and give them to several adult brothers, whether they are direct descendants or side brothers. She also agreed to Huang's mother-in-law.

Let the Empress Dowager get her wish.

Originally, he had already decided on the candidates for his older sons, the direct Fujin and the side Fujin, and they were just waiting to be carefully considered during the draft. But just recently, the fourth son suddenly went to Qianqing Palace to beg for him, saying that he was the one he wanted.

The first wife and daughter-in-law of Uranala Feyangu.

The fourth child was once raised by his cousin Tong Jia. He was the son of himself and his cousin. Before his death, his cousin entrusted the fourth child to him. He promised his cousin that he would treat the fourth child well.

The fourth child is also a good person. After the death of his cousin, he insists on observing mourning for his adoptive mother for three years and refraining from sexual intercourse with women within three years...
Chapter completed!