The moment of passing through the fragrance

Chapter 78

It didn't take long for Queen Empress to pack my baggage for me, and took pains to select many capable and caring servants to serve me.As soon as the day to leave the palace comes, I will leave the palace with my little maid.It has been cloudy and rainy for days, and the capital is shrouded in thick water vapor. It is refreshing but also slightly too heavy.The day when I left the palace was a rare sunny day. After the rain, the sky was as clear as blue, so blue that no impurities were mixed in. My depressed mood of being away from home for the first time for a long time was also relieved and happy because of the clearing of the day.

Walking to the gate of the palace, I was surprised to see the fourth uncle who had been waiting for a long time.I was stunned for a moment, only to come back to my senses when the little Rangzi called me softly, and hurried forward to greet him respectfully: "Yong Jie greets Fourth Uncle, Fourth Uncle is auspicious."

The Fourth Uncle's gaze was like a feather, and he fell on my small body lightly. His old and clear voice gave me a very gentle salute: "Second Elder Brother is well." Just nod your head.

The fourth uncle looked behind me, took note of the appearance of the servants I brought, then took my hand very naturally, and walked to the carriage not far away.

The fourth uncle has made great contributions throughout his life, but he has never challenged power. He is extremely resolute and upright. He is praised by everyone inside and outside the court, and he is also respected by Huang Ama.Since he retired three years ago, he has lived in seclusion in the other garden. He heard that he only grows flowers and plants, and lives leisurely. I was extremely flattered to pick me up by his hand, so I made up my mind that I should learn some skills and not waste my fourth uncle's going to the academy for me.

I didn't meet my fourth uncle very much in the past, only occasionally during the Chinese New Year pilgrimage.The fourth uncle is always very silent. Compared with the talkative thirteenth uncle beside him, his silence is even more lonely. His clear and majestic face is always calm. It seems that the majestic and majestic general who directed the country has never been this person.

After living in the fourth uncle's garden, I spent more time with him. When I got closer to him, I also got to know the fourth uncle who always hides in the garden alone and doesn't like to come out to meet people. He is a very talented person. His talent is different from the agility of the young bachelor who taught me before. His talent is the same as him, lonely, silent, and reliable.Except for Huang Ama and the prince's elder brother, I don't think any man can be so reassuring.

It is a kind of reassurance. For example, before class in the morning, I told my fourth uncle that I wanted to eat Shandong cuisine for dinner. When I came back from school in the evening, the hot dishes on the table must be authentic Shandong cuisine. .Although this matter is small, fourth uncle can take it to heart, which shows that he is very reassuring.

One day, I mentioned this to my elder brother who came to visit me in Weifu. The elder brother shook his head and was a little annoyed. Just staring at whether there is something you want to eat at dinner?"

"Tch," I said angrily, "You know what you know, Mr. just said that!"

The eldest brother covered his face: "Mr. taught you, not for you to apply it like this."

I ignored him, that's how I felt anyway.As soon as my eldest brother left, I ran to my fourth uncle again, tonight to add Fujian cuisine, add Fujian cuisine, add Fujian cuisine, add Fujian cuisine.

My second uncle's academy is different from other ones. Apart from ordinary classical economics, there are also Western history, geometry, music, and astronomy. I also learned some geometry in the palace, and it didn't take much effort. Western history is quite difficult for me. The reason is that it is too different from the Qin Huang Han Wu I learned before.However, no matter how difficult it is, I have to learn the best. I am an elder brother, and I should set an example for others. Moreover, if I lose my name, I will feel sorry for my fourth uncle who has high expectations for me.

After school in the evening, my fourth uncle still came to ask me about my homework.He reviewed my schoolwork book, pursed his lips slightly, and frowned slightly, describing his seriousness and concentration. After a while, he nodded in satisfaction and said, "It's extremely rare for you to be able to learn like this at such a young age."

I was very happy to be praised. Thinking about it, the fourth uncle is so knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and he should be familiar with Western history. So, holding the quill pen used to write foreign language, I looked up at him and asked the confusion in the day-time knowledge. over again.The fourth uncle thought about it for a while, and then he explained it to me. If there was something that didn't make sense, he only spoke a few words, and then it suddenly became clear.

I think that the fourth uncle should be a rigorous scholar like the third and seventeenth uncles.How else would he know so much?

"The West is different from China because of the differences in ancestors, customs and folk customs are different, and they are not the same. However, there are also similarities. Emperor Shaozhang said, 'Learning Western culture is not to be called April Four. Fangfang’s world blinded his eyes, and he became a frog in a well. If you learn it, you can know it, if you know it, you can respect it, and if you know it, you can integrate it.’ The ultimate goal is to master it.”

I wrote down these words and asked curiously, "Did you also study Western culture when you were young?"

"Learning, but not much, and not very good. I learned it for nothing else, just because your great-great-grandfather liked it. Many of them were learned later." The fourth uncle lost the rigor and concentration just now, and said with a warm smile, "like this Bannermen’s children all learned it, and it was started at the time of Emperor Shaozhang. It was not easy to run the school. At the time, the ministers of civil and military affairs strongly opposed it, saying that the barbarians should not be allowed to disrupt the foundation of the ancestors. However, no matter how fierce the opposition is, it is worth Emperor Shaozhang is determined and refuses to back down even half a step."

"Then why are there so many students coming to the academy now? They don't object anymore?"

"This is similar to learning Western culture when I was young. It was for the pleasure of the emperor. It was not until later that everyone realized the benefits that they took it seriously. Now there are only three such academies, Beijing, Hangzhou, and Chengdu. In the future, there will be more.”

I don't agree with this point. Although it is much better now, the teachers and students in the academy are harmonious and eager to learn, which is a good sign, but Uncle Seventeen did not take it seriously when he became a professor of economics. He thought it was vulgar. Come on. It was only because of Huang Ama's will.Some people in the clan are still opposed, let alone others?It may not be easy to spread such academies all over the country.

As soon as I said these words, Fourth Uncle smiled long, his dark eyes darkened in an instant, and said: "Even if what Emperor Shaozhang did was not very brilliant at the beginning, as time goes by, it can always be proved to be right. He never did anything wrong."

In just a few words, I realized that Mafa is the kind of perfect person who never makes mistakes in the eyes of the fourth uncle.Mafa is very powerful, and Huang Ama always mentions it. Every time the second uncle and third uncle mention the late emperor, it is full of admiration and pride. I have heard a lot, and I also admire Mafa. I only hate myself He was not born early enough to witness his majestic majesty over the world with his own eyes.

Only the grandmother, the person who should miss Mafa the most, never said what happened to the late emperor or Emperor Shaozhang. She just walked out of the Palace of Compassion and Peace every other year, went out of the palace, and went to Jidian, Jiangnan, and Sichuan. From Shu to Yunnan, to the corners of the land of China, to see for yourself how the Qing Dynasty has changed, to see for yourself how the Qing Dynasty became more prosperous and powerful step by step, and not to enter the palace after returning to Beijing. Turned to Dao'an Temple where Emperor Shaozhang's coffin was parked and stayed for half a month, as if she was slowly pouring out what she saw and experienced along the way to the late emperor, and through her eyes, let the late emperor know that he had spent his whole life working hard What is the world like now.

However, no matter how others look at it, I always think that no one is perfect, and no gold is pure.A perfect person must have some small flaws to be true. Although Mafa is the emperor, our family has always been kind and kind. , Mafa is a kind old man in my heart, very real.

So I went to ask Su Peisheng.Su Peisheng took care of his fourth uncle as a child, and there was someone in the palace who was very well informed. Now he was old and raised, and turned into an old man with gray hair and no beard, but he still cared a lot. Dangling around, competing for jobs with the chief steward of Bieyuan.

On this day, he successfully dispatched the chief steward to do some errands, and then ran to go over all the etiquettes to be presented on the New Year's Day in Prince Yong's Mansion—this was originally the chief steward's errand—seeing how many If something was wrong, I went back to my fourth uncle, who raised his eyebrows: "Didn't I let you live a peaceful life for a few days? Someone will take care of these things, why are you in such a hurry."

Su Peisheng lowered his head, and said in an embarrassing way: "Isn't this servant looking at Xiao Qingzi for not being able to do things well?"

The fourth uncle sneered: "Xiao Qing was trained and taught by you yourself."

Su Peisheng said silently: "Isn't this the slave who was blind at the beginning? This boy, he is not reassuring." Since Xiao Qing robbed him of his errands and often reported matters in front of the fourth uncle, he began to look at him. The apprentice brought out by this hand is not pleasing to the eye.

Xiao Qing is innocent, I think, this is Su Peisheng's deep sadomasochistic relationship with his fourth uncle, cannon fodder is always so lacking in personal sovereignty.

It seems that there is a word used in the wrong place...

Never mind, I stopped Su Peisheng, who was satisfied after brushing the sense of existence, looked up at him with my hips on my hips, and asked loudly, "Su Peisheng, where are you going?"

When Su Peisheng saw it was me, he hurriedly greeted me with a smile, and then said: "Before Xiao Qingzi comes back, this servant is going to make arrangements for tomorrow's meal."

I have only seen my fourth uncle smile at two people, one is me (Dese) and the other is Su Peisheng, hum, elder brother Ben should not be like a beardless old man!

I don't understand why Fourth Uncle treats Su Peisheng so well!

"I'm going too, I'm going to the dining room to see if they ate my stir-fried hibiscus crab mash when they made it!"

Su Peisheng still chuckled: "Okay, the servants will go with my little brother to see if the gang of servants have stolen food."

In his eyes, I'm just a little brother who is playing with his temper. Since that's the case, as a handsome emperor brother, I naturally can't be too stingy, and I don't have my hips on my hips anymore, and walk in front with my head held high.

I have short legs and can't walk fast, and Su Peisheng is old and his legs and feet are not flexible, so he can't walk fast either. In this way, it is quite harmonious.

Most people tend to be noisy when they are old, so Su Peisheng babbled, "It's great that little elder brother is here. It's been a long time since I haven't seen my master smiling heartily."

Hu Yu, I don't believe it, Fourth Uncle is very happy to smile when he sees you.

"My little brother doesn't know. That year, the master quelled the Luobuzangdanjin rebellion and was ordered to destroy Tsewang Alabutan who was in collusion with Luobuzangdanjin. The master is a good player in marching and fighting, and only needs a few arrangements , Tsewang Alabutan was easily captured, but the master wanted to present the head of the rebellion on Emperor Shaozhang's Longevity Festival, congratulating the emperor on his long life. This way, the battle was fought in a hurry, and the master went deep into danger and captured him alive. When I left Tsiewang Alabutan, I was also injured. At that time, it was not far from the Longevity Festival, so the master hurried back to Beijing, but only halfway there, he heard the obituary that Emperor Shaozhang had passed away."

"And then?" I was fascinated and asked unconsciously.

Su Peisheng glanced at me, his gaze was a bit weird, and he continued: "Master was already injured. Hearing the obituary, he felt extremely sad, and both internal and external injuries occurred at the same time. He vomited blood and passed out at that time. After several times of treatment by the imperial physician, it was finally easy. The master woke up, disregarding his own safety, he was going back to the capital immediately, the slave and the imperial physician couldn't persuade him, so he had to follow closely and serve him carefully."

"And then what?"

"And then, the master finally saw the late emperor for the last time. The prince was still wearing the armor he wore in battle. He was galloping fast for half a month. He didn't even bother to change his clothes. The armor was cold and stained with the blood of the enemy. , the blood had already turned dark red, and it was shocking to look at. The master cried and fell in front of the spirit. I was a servant, and I haven't seen him shed a tear since Queen Xiaoyi died. On that day, the master really cried All the princes and ministers present were sad and wept. In the end, it was the empress dowager who came and took the master to the Palace of Compassion. I don’t know what she said, but the first few days were better, but after the funeral of the late emperor, the master fell ill. After several years of lingering sickness, he got better, but his body suffered a loss in the end. After that, the slave has never seen the master laughing."

What he said was extremely moving, with tears in his eyes faintly, as if once Mafa left, the fourth uncle's life would forever be missing a corner, as if Mafa was not the one who had a sadomasochistic relationship with the fourth uncle, it was obvious that Mafa true love is grandmother.

My nose was sore, I didn't even carefully observe whether anyone was stealing my crabs, and I forgot to ask Su Peisheng if my Mafa had any ulterior flaws, so I went back to my room.

I seem to have used another word wrong...

Later, the fourth uncle's old illness broke out and fell ill. Huang Ama sent wave after wave of imperial physicians, and later came to visit her in person, but the imperial physician said it would not work.

I was crying so hard in front of the sick bed, I couldn't bear to let my fourth uncle die like this.The fourth uncle looked at me deeply, with a faint smile on his mouth, and said slowly in an old and weak voice: "Why is Xiaoer crying? Birth, old age, sickness and death, who can escape?" His eyes gradually softened, When he looked at me, his expression was always soft, but now, it was as gentle as water.

All his past and all his experiences are deeply and completely hidden in those eyes as deep as an ancient well, and no one is allowed to touch him. Until now, he is dying, and he is about to bid farewell to this world forever. Melt the thin layer of ice that protects the underside of the eye.He tremblingly stretched out his hand to untie the jade pendant around his waist, and handed it to me. This jade pendant seemed to have been with him all his life, full of his aura, heroic, tender, loyal, and nostalgic.I hold it firmly in my palm.

"Fourth Uncle, you must get better, and Xiaoer will be with Fourth Uncle."

Fourth Uncle's smile was softer and weaker. Through the blurred eyes of tears, I seemed to see Prince Yong who cried heartbroken before the death of the late emperor that year. armor, but wept until he almost fainted.

"Xiao Er, Xiao Er..." He called me one after another, and I hurriedly moved closer, and responded repeatedly: "Xiao Er is here, Xiao Er is here."

He stared at me deeply, finally shook his head with a smile, closed his eyes, and looked peaceful.

The fourth uncle passed away, and the title passed to his only son, Hongli.I also went back to the palace.

On the second day, my grandmother summoned me to ask me about my homework. She took my hand and didn't look at my homework book. She was very satisfied with seeing that I had grown taller. When she saw the jade pendant around my waist, Her expression became obviously stagnant, and she said with a smile: "Every one of my old friends is gone, and I'm always calculating when it will be my turn."

The Queen Mother panicked and said: "Naturally, you want to live a long life, so that your children and grandchildren will be filial."

Grandma smiled and said nothing.It's just that I can see that her smile is not happy, but a touch of sadness that goes deep into the bone marrow. She doesn't agree with the Queen Mother. She doesn't like this cold world. Even if the atmosphere at home is warm, even if the children and grandchildren are very filial She, she still has no nostalgia for her, just like the fourth uncle, she is living through the days, waiting for the day when she dies.

After leaving the Compassionate Peace Palace, I suddenly remembered that I left my schoolwork book there, and went back to pick it up, and when I walked to the gate of the palace, I heard my grandmother sighing in a low voice: "He has been waiting for me for a long time, how can I bear to let him continue waiting."

My heart skipped a beat, and I retreated silently.

Once a person has the heart to not love the world, especially at the age of grandma, that day will come soon.

The coffin of Emperor Shaozhang was finally buried in the earth and buried with his grandmother.

Since then, the hundred-year-old Forbidden City has finally bid farewell to the people and things of that era completely. Everything is dusty in history, no matter whether it is happiness or bitterness, it is gradually forgotten by the world.

The author has something to say: the jade pendant was handed over to Yinzhen by the mistress, and now it has been returned to another mistress.It's also a complete ending.

What's inside, Yinzhen will be buried in the earth for peace, he doesn't wear it, he said something wrong last time, and forgot to add the subject, which led to a misunderstanding of children's shoes.

Another chapter is over.

I really can't write a long novel, and facing your enthusiastic shouting for a long novel, I really want to cry and express my apology.