[Strategy of Yanxi Palace] Another year of spring

In the 11th year of Qianlong, May.

Taiyuan.

Today is a beautiful sunny day. The servants in the mansion began to shuttle in the courtyard in an orderly manner early in the morning. The servant woman was picking green onions in the garden and preparing to send them to the kitchen. Maids carrying water basins also came in the courtyard. Back and forth, the concierge sent a boy to convey that the messenger had come to the door today, and his own boy went out with a box full of letters.

Although it was still early, the masters in the mansion were all hard-working people, so they started to worry about this point.

A few people walked up the steps, the front one was a woman in a Hunan-colored flag dress, with a Suzhou pouty hairstyle, embellished with jasper, tassels dotted on the side of her forehead, with bright eyebrows and bright eyes, gorgeous and gorgeous, facing the diagonally behind. Humanity: "Remember to send some Taigu pancakes and beef back to Jingli, and also send back some small things I collected for Brother Jiu a few days ago. I heard from Jingli that the empress is not in good health. I don't know what's going on now."

Ruyi write down one by one.

All the servants in the courtyard stopped what they were doing at this moment, and bowed together to say hello: "Young Madam."

Shi Chun nodded to them, if he realized that she was going down the steps, he hurriedly stepped forward half a step to hold her elbow.

"Young lady, be careful."

Shi Chun pursed his lips and showed a small arc, he didn't say anything after all, and walked down the steps carefully following Ruyi's strength.

When her feet landed on the ground, she breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I'm really more careful now, and I don't feel good about doing anything, which makes me feel uncomfortable."

"You, you have to be bored. Take a look at what you have done since you came to Taiyuan, which one is not frightening. Fortunately, the master now allows you to stay in the mansion and not go out indiscriminately. Otherwise, the slave will have Even with four eyes, you can't see."

Shi Chun said: "Okay, now you can be regarded as holding a chicken feather as an arrow, and I obediently listen to him. It just so happens that the flowers planted in the garden have bloomed recently, and I am also happy to visit the garden. This Taiyuan City It’s really a good place for self-cultivation, I don’t know how much better than Anyi in the capital.”

Ruyi also said: "Actually, it is very good that the young master was born in Taiyuan."

"I think so too, but I'm afraid I can't."

The servant quickly spread a piece of sable fur on the stone bench, Shi Chun sat down slowly, and thoughtfully said: "The emperor may not wait until this year is over, Fu Heng received the imperial pen letter from Beijing a few days ago, the emperor I intend to let him return to Beijing."

"Your body is not as good as March, and you can't bear the bumps of the horses and horses now." Ruyi frowned involuntarily.

"It's not in such a hurry, it will probably be autumn at the earliest." Shi Chun waved his hand, picked up a sour grape and put it in his mouth.

Ruyi looked sour and frowned at the sidelines, but she was also very happy. Everyone said that she was sour and hot. Since she was pregnant with this child, the young lady has become more and more sour. There was half a bottle of old mature vinegar, which frightened the adults so much that the people in the house became even more convinced that the young lady was pregnant with a young master.

Ruyi said: "My servant sees that your pregnancy is very stable, and there is almost no unpleasant reaction. Even the wife of the garrison general said that your pregnancy is really good. Now that we are not in the capital, life in the mansion is also safe, just watching it Much smoother than before.”

What "before" refers to, she did not dare to say.

Shi Chun knew that she was trying to avoid it, and even though he felt bored for a while, he said it himself: "Yeah, it's smoother than last time, and I can't blame people for saying that pregnant women can't feel pressure in their hearts. Look at the capital, don't worry about it." Speaking of the mansion, it is the palace..."

She couldn't continue, and sighed slightly after a while: "It's premature again."

Ruyi lowered her head.

Not long ago, the Empress of Jingzhong gave birth to Nine Elder Brothers. It is said that she escaped death during childbirth.But because the queen's health was not good during pregnancy, and the ninth elder brother was born less than a month old, he was very weak when he was born. Although the previous sixth elder brother usually came out at the age of seven months, the physique of the two brothers is simply heaven and earth. Don't.

The health of the mother is very important to the fetus.

Shi Chun didn't think about it for too long, so she put this topic down. Now that she has a child in her womb, it really shouldn't be a worry, not to mention the affairs in the palace, to put it bluntly, she can't worry about it.No matter how close the queen is, her life is her own after all.

The most important thing for her now is to protect this child well.

Probably because of God's pity, this child came unexpectedly and plainly. If she hadn't accidentally discovered that her sunflower water hadn't arrived for two months in April, she might not have realized his arrival at all.

He stayed too quiet in the mother's womb, and never tormented her from the beginning to the end. If he hadn't personally confirmed it from several doctors, Shichun would have doubted his existence.

"Good boy." She stroked her slightly protruding belly and said softly.

For example, she saw that her face was gentle, and there was an expression between her brows that was both touched and somewhat sad, and she also lowered her voice and sighed:

"Grandpa, this time, I really put my whole heart on your baby, young lady, I'm really happy for you, master, he really cares about you."

Shi Chun cast a gaze, bright eyes like water, with clear waves rippling, she put one hand on her chin, turned sideways to look at the busy servants not far away, and suddenly sighed: "If you can stay here for the rest of your life, the official position It’s okay, the family is rich and the population is simple, that would be great.”

Is the young lady already tired of life in Beijing?Ruyi looked at her with some surprise.

In fact, this idea is naturally very good, but my uncle's official career has just begun. In the future, I am afraid that the young lady will stay in such an environment for a long time. If I feel bored now, how can I be happy in the future?

Fortunately, Shi Chun just sighed casually, and she also understood that Fu Heng decided that it was impossible to retire from the court at a young age to be a leisurely official.It's funny to say, she never had this idea before, but when this child came again, she had this idea of ​​hiding from the world, probably because she couldn't protect the last child, she began to worry about gains and losses .

"Young madam, the magistrate of Taiyuan is asking to see you."

Someone to report.

Shi Chun withdrew all the expressions on his face that showed emotion in an instant, and said lightly: "Let her in."

In the late autumn of the tenth year of Qianlong's reign, officials of all sizes in Shanxi experienced a major change of blood. The reality that almost all of these upper-level officials were implicated in Manchuria's important ministers almost drove the emperor to death. Just as the three-year imperial examination came to an end that year, the emperor became ruthless. So many new imperial examiners were sent down.The same is true for the new prefect of Taiyuan.

The top three are now working as seventh-rank sesame officials in the capital, and the latter are working as prefects of a province, but this can't tell the pros and cons. It can only be said that opportunities come with risks.

The new magistrate of Taiyuan is over thirty years old, and he is still young among the courtiers of the Qing Dynasty, but Fu Heng is younger, but he is already the highest official of a province, and there are even rumors that he may be the governor This year has ended, no matter what, the Taiyuan prefect's family has been relatively diligent in running to the governor's mansion.

"Young Madam looks really good recently."

Mrs. Ning, the magistrate's wife, came in and flattered her with a warm smile.

The corners of Shi Chun's mouth curved slightly, he glanced at her, and said reservedly: "You are here, please sit down."

The location had already changed. She was sitting in the main hall where the affairs were being discussed, and the servants around her were standing in an orderly and solemn manner, with their heads bowed. Ning felt that her emotions were hidden behind that peerless face, and her thoughts were deep. Measurement.

"I've been in a bit of a slump these days. My wife is a smart person, so let's keep people open and not whisper. If you have anything to say, just speak up."

Shi Chun smiled lazily, glanced at Ning's at the side, and said casually.

Ning's smile froze, her smile subsided a little, and she said after a long time: "Since you can't see me, I might as well speak up with the cheek. Master Fu Heng arrested a group of people a few days ago, saying that they committed the crime of smuggling ...He will be beheaded, young lady, God is sorry, there is also my natal nephew, who has never even had the courage to kill a chicken since he was a child, how dare he smuggle opium... This crime is too heavy."

Shi Chun glanced over and said, "Madam's words are not unreasonable. Shanxi is located in the inland, and ordinary people collude with foreigners to trade, but they only dare to sell it to the coastal areas or Beijing, and smuggle it to Shanxi with great fanfare. Strange. But think of a brother-in-law who is a magistrate, where the business can earn more than in Shanxi, isn't it?"

As soon as these words came out, Ning slid off the chair and knelt on the ground in a panic.

"Young Madam, you can't convict me at will like this. Mr. Fu Heng just said that he was smuggling. You have a white mouth and white teeth, but you have added the crime of collusion to your concubine's husband. You are killing two people! !"

Shi Chun withdrew his smile, looked at her condescendingly, and said coldly: "Since you know that you will implicate your husband, you shouldn't come today. The evidence of Ning's son colluding with foreigners to smuggle opium is solid, and the laws of the Qing Dynasty are like this, so he is not worthy to come again." For the subjects. You don’t know what opium is? You allow him to transport smuggled goods to Shanxi for sale, and Shanxi merchants distribute them all over the world. He is spreading opium everywhere! To put it lightly, he was burned by money A bad mind violates the law. To put it more seriously, he is harming his compatriots and shaking the foundation of the country! Even if Ling Chi is sentenced to such a person, I agree. It is absolutely impossible for you to get sympathy from me Yes. If you don’t want this matter to be implicated in the magistrate, you should tell your mother’s family and tell the ins and outs of his collusion with foreigners in detail, so that your family can be protected. I’m done with this, see you off .”

Ning was driven out with tears in her eyes, she looked at Yuyan on Shichun's forehead through her tears, and watched her majestic side face getting farther and farther away.

She had heard of the governor's wife as early as when she and her husband first came to Shanxi to take up their posts.

The only wife of the prefect of Pingyang who survived last year's purge once warned her not to go to the governor's mansion to provoke the young lady of the Fucha family.

She treats people with a smile, but she has the most sensitive eyes in the world. She looks at ghosts and monsters with a smile, and plays with everything in her palm. She never sympathizes with the pain of those who come to ask for help.

Although the wrist is the first-class wrist, the eloquence is the first-class eloquence, and the mind is the first-class mind.

The voice of the magistrate's wife in Pingyang sounded in her mind: "Wait a little longer, the couple is leaving soon, wait a little longer..."

Yeah, why didn't she just wait?

"Because she wants the governorship."

Shi Chun helped Yuyan who was holding her forehead, and said.

Ruyi wanted to laugh: "The governor is the highest official in a province, but the prefect of Taiyuan just graduated from the imperial examination last year, and wants to reach the sky this year? It's ridiculous."

"They saw that Fu Heng got this position at the age of 24, and heard that last year's purge was all because of Fu Heng, so they believed that he had the privilege of reaching the sky. If he was promoted, the emperor would consider it."

Shi Chun stood up and walked out, helplessness flashed in his eyes.

Ruyi said: "The wife of the Taiyuan magistrate wants to take shortcuts in everything. After all, her eyelids are too shallow. The magistrate is also unlucky to marry this lady who is not at all politically sensitive."

"Be cautious." Shi Chun lightly reprimanded: "Your wife won't go to court. What you said is really rude."

Ruyi blushed, but fortunately, Que Ning came up to her at this time, and said with a smile: "Young Madam, go to the yard to have a look, sir, now, only you can stop it."

Shi Chun was taken aback, quickened his pace, and went back to the yard.

As soon as she entered, she paused.

Five or six large boxes were placed in the courtyard, the mouths of which were not closed, and inside the two boxes were neatly stacked clothes made of various colors and fabrics, embroidered with tigers, mandarin blue, bamboo leaves, etc. It looks like it was made for children, from the apron to the sable fur collar, the most famous clothing store in Shanxi is stamped on the box.The other boxes are toys, small wooden swords, complete sets of the four treasures of the small study, various toy books, and some novelties.

Shi Chun took a deep breath, and said to Que Ning, "Move to the warehouse first."

Que Ning suppressed a smile: "Young Madam, the warehouse was already full yesterday."

Shi Chun paused, then waved his hands for a while: "Move to his study."

Several servants looked at each other: "This...my lord's study, only you, madam, have always been allowed to enter."

Shi Chun let out a sigh of relief: "It's nothing, you come with me."

In the evening of that day, Fu Heng returned home briskly. After searching for Shichun in the main room to no avail, he was reminded by Ruyi who seemed to be suppressing a smile for some reason: "Madam is in the study."

Fu Heng turned around and went straight to the study.

Pushing open the door, he saw that Shi Chun was leaning over to pack the books on the case for him.

He couldn't help softening his heart, walked in softly, and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.

Shi Chun had heard his movements a long time ago, smiled, leaned into his arms, and put his hand on her waist.

"What is this?" With a smile in her voice, she picked up the top book on his desk.

Fu Heng lowered his eyes and glanced at it. It was a book that taught fathers how to educate their sons from the folks a few days ago.

He laughed lowly, his chest trembling slightly.

"It's the first time I'm someone else's father. I'm a little uneasy. Why do you want to expose me?"

Shi Chun turned around, and was about to reprimand him for being crazy about sending children's things to the mansion these days, but Fu Heng spoke first:

"What do you think of the name Thoregorok?"

Shi Chun was startled, but his train of thought was interrupted by him, and he thought seriously for a moment.

"The meaning is good, but it's a bit long. It seems that Manchu families don't have such a name nowadays. Most of them use the artistic conception of the Han people."

Fu Heng thought for a while, frowned, and finally said: "Well, let's think about it again, the name should be more careful."

Fu Heng let go of the troubles that had occupied him all the way, and then relaxed. He looked around with a smile, thinking that his messy study should now be tidied up by his beautiful wife.

It doesn't matter after looking at it, Fu Heng's face turned green.

"What... what do you mean by arranging all these in my study?"

Shi Chun glanced around with a little complacency.

There are two sets of pens, inks, papers and inkstones neatly placed on the study table of Mr. Fu Heng in the study room. There are also dozens of high-quality Zihao brushes hanging on the pen stand. However, they are all short-form without exception. Hands-on training for children under the age of five.

On the simple wooden bed without curtains in the study room, small red pillows embroidered with tiger patterns are placed, and toys such as rattles and small telescopes are piled up on the bedside.Looking up, there are eye-catching festive red everywhere, and many things that Fu Heng collected for his unborn child have been placed in this study according to their uses.

Shi Chun finally said what he was interrupted by Fu Heng: "There is no room for the warehouse, so I have no choice but to borrow your study. Next time, if Mr. Fu Heng buys these indiscriminately, I will have to occupy them." Our bedroom."

Fu Heng twitched the corners of his mouth, and saw that she seemed to be telling the truth, so he could only reply wearily.

The flame of paternal love that was so easily ignited in him was mercilessly extinguished by Shichun.

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Well, at everyone's request, Erqing is offline again.

Next time she goes online, she will receive a lunch box

Fu Long'an: Okay, don't rush, the young master is waiting

This chapter has a lot of words, two in one hehehe, pay off!