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Chapter Forty-Nine: The White Head Never Leaves


Before the southern tour, Zhu Rui did not find another chance to talk to Ba Beile, and only met Ba Fujin once from a distance.

I remember the only time I heard Ba Beile mention Ba Fu Jin’s name was Hui Qing.

She was a bright-colored woman.

No matter where she walked, she was the most dazzling scenery.

It was too far away and Zhu Rui couldn't see her expression clearly, but he also knew that she must be feeling bitter in her heart.

After all, her husband took a concubine, and the reason was that she could not have children.

This was a big deal for a woman.

Insult and irony, no matter how arrogant and powerful Bafujin is, she is still a woman, not to mention she was still alive in ancient times.

"What is this?"

Brother Thirteen asked as he took the small gadget handed from the bamboo basket.

"Tiger, can't you tell?"

Zhu Rui took a closer look at the gadget and said, "I bought it because it looked pretty similar."

"Of course I recognize it's a tiger.

Why did I think of buying such a gadget?"

said the Thirteenth Brother, weighing the clay tiger in his hand.

"Aren't you a tiger?

I saw this one was polished and looked like that, so I thought of you, so I bought it.

I know you love tea, so I just put it on the tea tray to play with."

Thirteenth Brother When it comes to drinking tea, Dahongpao tastes it and drinks the herbal tea on the roadside happily.

Only those who are real tea drinkers.

The Thirteenth Brother smiled and was about to put it away when he heard someone behind the two of them say: "The Thirteenth Brother is really good at making beauties."

After hearing this, the two of them turned around to pay their respects to the prince.

The prince shouted with a smile, and took the clay tiger from the hands of the thirteenth brother, looked at it and said: "Don't say it, these gadgets from Jiangnan do have some meaning, and when they are put on the case, they are also worthy of attention.

Rare."

Then he sighed, "The Thirteenth Brother is so lucky.

This is the New Year, and the birthday has not yet come, so there are gifts to receive."

"It's not polite or disrespectful.

Girls' families like to play with these gadgets.

They happened to match my brother's zodiac sign, so I gave them to him."

The thirteenth brother said carelessly.

"Oh, I'm also a tiger, why don't you see someone bringing it?"

After taking a look at the bamboo basket, the prince said, "If not, let me give it to you as my brother."

As soon as these words came out, the Thirteenth Brother's face became a little stiff, and then he wanted to step forward to argue, and asked Zhu Rui to hold him secretly.

Zhu Rui blocked the Thirteenth Brother with his side, and he and the Prince said, "Prince, don't you?"

If you don't like it, just treat it like a slave and respect you.

It's not worth a few bucks.

Just don't laugh at me."

The prince looked at Thirteenth Brother and saw that Thirteenth Brother was silent.

He put the clay tiger into his sleeve and said with a loud laugh: "In that case, Thirteenth Brother should be more considerate."

After sending the prince off, the thirteenth brother didn't say anything for a long time.

Seeing his childish behavior, Zhu Rui burst into laughter and said, "That wretched thing made of clay, I bought it on the roadside."

I bought it from a stall for two cents, and the workmanship is not very fine.

It would be an insult to leave it to you.

I have to go back to Beijing tomorrow.

I will order it for you at Tianmuju.

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Make a set made of fine purple clay, with all kinds of tigers sitting, lying, and swung up.

They are no more majestic than this one."

Seeing that the thirteenth brother was still speechless, Zhu Rui grabbed his arm and said, "How big is it?

He is a person, not a child, who gets angry when his toys are robbed.

He is different, and it is always bad to take it out on yourself."

"He usually doesn't want anything interesting, so he just looks at the stuff on the roadside.

Today it looks like he wants to make a pottery figurine.

Who knows what he is thinking."

The thirteenth brother turned to the bamboo basket and said, "You have to be careful.

If anything happens, come to me quickly.

If I'm not here, just look for Xiao Dizi, do you know?"

Zhu Rui smiled and said: "Don't worry, I know the importance.

I'm just a little palace maid, and I can't weigh anything twice.

You are the only one who takes me seriously.

He might just turn around and forget about it."

"This is best."

Brother Thirteen nodded Zhu Rui's head.

When I was on duty in front of Kangxi in the afternoon, when I saw the tiger pottery figurine on the table, Zhu Rui's heart dropped.

If he hadn't been wearing thick clothes, his trembling would have been exposed.

"I heard from the prince that it was given by you."

Kangxi said casually while practicing calligraphy in front of the desk.

"If I return to the emperor, I got it from my slave."

After weighing it up, Zhu Ji felt that if he put it all together, Kangxi might believe his words, but he was only afraid of losing the royal family's face and he would be even worse.

"The tiger is quite well shaped."

Kangxi said calmly, put down the pen in his hand, and suddenly swept all the pens, inks, paper and inkstones on the table to the ground, shocking the palace people in the room to their knees.

"Let everyone go out, no one is allowed to come in without my order."

Seeing the bamboo baskets also going out with everyone, Kangxi said in a deep voice, "Stay the bamboo baskets."

Zhu Rui stood there knowingly.

When he and Kangxi were left alone in the room, Zhu Rui slowly knelt down.

"Ha."

Kangxi knocked on the table and said, "You should explain to me clearly what you are doing when you kneel down properly."

"Returning to the emperor, the slave's pottery figurines are crude and not worthy of being placed in the prince's room."

Zhu Rui said softly.

"You, you, you are confused."

Kangxi walked up to the bamboo basket, feeling unusually restless.

Zhu Rui didn't know why Kangxi was like this.

Is a pottery figurine really worthy of him being so angry?

Zhu Rui knelt irregularly, just lowering his head and waiting to listen to Kang Xi's lecture.

He didn't know what was wrong with him.

He was obviously When it's time to tense up, I suddenly want to quit.

Is it easy for her to come all the way to the Qing Dynasty?

She still has to listen to the boss's lectures for five days and listen to the little boss's instructions for three days.

Who has she provoked?

she.

"Kneel down or not, get up."

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Kangxi waved casually.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

He stood up reluctantly, muttering to himself that standing was more tiring than kneeling.

"Tell me what you think.

Do you really want to go to Yuqing Palace?"

Kangxi turned around and sat under the window, staring at the bamboo basket and said, "I see you are a sensible girl.

At first, you wanted to point it out to Lao Shisan. , or the fourteenth, after all, he is the direct descendant of Fujin.

Who knows, you are a good girl.

You have never bothered me, and all the good opportunities have slipped away. " Hearing this, Zhu Rui was startled for a moment, then understood, and said slowly: "The emperor fell in love with you by mistake, not to mention the prince, even the thirteenth and fourteenth masters, this slave and maid cannot reach you.

I dare not hide this from the emperor.

One day, the slave accidentally sprained her ankle in the imperial garden.

Fortunately, Master Thirteen met her and called someone to help her back to the house.

The doll was supposed to be a doll that the slave wanted to see according to Master Thirteen's zodiac sign. give away The Thirteenth Master expressed his gratitude, and the Crown Prince saw it and liked it, so he paid homage to the Crown Prince.

"Anyway, now that he and Kangxi were alone in the room, Zhu Rui no longer had the previous scruples and said, "What is the status of this servant?

, I know very well in my heart that I don’t dare to have any delusions, let alone cause any trouble.

Please be at ease with this, Your Majesty.”

Kangxi didn't speak for a long time.

When he spoke again, his tone was calm: "I heard Prince Yu say that you, girl, don't want to get married."

Zhu Rui smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I am eighteen years old this year.

I am not afraid of the Emperor's jokes if I speak out.

How can a girl of this age not want to get married?"

"Then what are you doing?"

Kangxi narrowed his eyes and said.

"When I was at home, I heard a little song and I came up with this idea."

The first time I heard the white-headed chant was in junior high school, I felt that the sound seemed to be coming from the valley, far away and bright, just A guqin interprets a legend and good story.

"Sing it and listen."

Kangxi stood facing the window, his whole body melting into the dusk, and his expression could not be discerned.

"It's as white as the snow on the mountain, as bright as the moon in the clouds.

I heard that you have two opinions, so I came here to decide.

Today's drinking party, Ming Dynasty, the water head of the ditch, walking on the ditch, the ditch water flows east and west.

Desolate and desolate, marry You don’t need to cry out to marry someone you love, and we’ll never be apart until we grow old together.”

Although he calmed down before speaking, , after all, it was the wrong occasion and lack of confidence.

When I sang it for the first time, even my voice was trembling.

The second time I had to be stronger, but Zhu Rui felt that this song called me to sing it, and all the artistic conception was gone.

Just lamenting that a piece of music was so good that I was completely ruined.

"I have always liked you, girl.

I just saw that even when you were on duty at the imperial court, you never quarreled with anyone who was bigger than Giotto, let alone relied on my favor and friendship with Old Thirteen and the others to cling to the powerful.

I hate those people who talk.

You pretend to be noble, but secretly you are jealous of greedy people."

Kangxi turned around and said, "Before, I always compared Fujin of the Laoba family with you, thinking that the Gege of the Yue Le family was arrogant.

Now it seems that she is arrogant.

After all, she still loses to you in terms of normalcy."

The bamboo basket blessed the body and said calmly: "The Eight Fortunes are noble, and I dare not compare them to the Eight Fortunes.

I am just a mortal with an ordinary heart, and there are things that I can't bear to accept.

Although there are ten unsatisfactory things in life, there are dozens of them in a hurry.

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In the blink of an eye, if one or two things don't go according to your wishes, I feel that this life will be in vain. " Kangxi suddenly laughed heartily.

He pointed at the bamboo basket with a smile and said: "I feel sorry for every one of my daughters, and they have all been raised delicate.

Not only my daughters, they have been in the pass for a long time.

There are not many people among the Eight Banners who know why I love them so much.

Are you looking at the princesses of the Guo Luoluo family?"

Zhu Ji seemed to understand a little bit in his heart, but shook his head.

Kangxi continued, "Only the princesses of the Guo Luoluo family, we can also see some of the princesses from before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs.

The way it should be."

At this point, Kangxi sighed and sat back on the chair.

The bamboo basket handed over the teacup.

Kangxi took the teacup and took a sip.

He put down the teacup and said, "If you are a girl who is assigned to the prince, it means that even if you have a difficult temper, you are not ambiguous about important matters."

"Your Majesty," Zhu Rui whispered.

"Why are you so anxious?

I'm just chatting with you about some common things.

Don't take it seriously."

Kangxi was very interested.

He was a very self-disciplined person and never showed anyone what he was thinking.

Now he would talk about such a sensitive topic.

It's endless, but Zhu Rui couldn't think of it.

"You have been in this palace for four or five years.

Even if you are with me, you have been a child for two years.

Come and talk to me.

None of my sons really likes me.

I look at you and them.

We're getting along pretty well."

Kangxi asked while asking Zhu Rui to sit down on a chair nearby.

At this time, Kangxi was very much like a kind uncle.

Like every father, he was attentive to his son's emotional affairs, caring but understanding.

Zhu Rui thought about it seriously and said: "The best men of the Qing Dynasty are all concentrated in the Forbidden City.

No matter how tall my eyes are, I can't reach them.

It's just..."

"Just what?"

Kangxi asked with a smile while holding the tea cup.

"Your Majesty, I will tell you the truth, because it is too high, I always feel that it is out of reach.

I feel that instead of putting in all the hard work, it is better to live a life of my own and give up."

"Come on, I don't know about your little thoughts.

It's not easy to deal with two people.

The royal rules are there.

The prince can't just marry one wife, but I can keep you safe."

Zhu Rui was puzzled, and Kangxi said again, "I will be your backer, but you are still afraid of being bullied?"

Zhu Rui lowered his head and thought for a moment.

When he looked up again, his eyes were clear, and he heard a clear voice saying: "Your Majesty, I cherish my life very much, and I would never dare to disobey you.

But in my heart, There is another thing more important than life, which is faith.

Once faith collapses, keeping one's life will only make the slave more world-weary."

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"What are your beliefs?

Old four, old eight, old thirteen, old fourteen" "I have always liked a saying that life is precious and love is even more valuable.

If you want to be free, you can throw away both."

"You girl, you are very brave."

"Your Majesty, people often say that you are like a tall tree and your concubines are like vines.

But I don't want to be like a vine.

I need dependence to survive.

I don't expect the world to be big, but I am not willing to be confined to a small courtyard.

If this is true, then He is no longer the slave he was before."

"Not even your own husband can make you change."

"cannot."

"The royal wife cannot let you run around."

"It's not that I can't live in that courtyard, but I hate the intrigues and jealousy in that courtyard.

At first, my husband can still love and protect me, but he has business and will be tired.

As time goes by, love will wear out.

Yes, the two are resentful, It's better to miss it."

Kangxi asked him about his life-long events many times.

If he told the story about himself and Sibeile, Kangxi would probably not object, but in fact he was still unwilling to do so, otherwise he would not have wanted to go out of the palace.

Went.

"Go down."

Kangxi breathed out, leaned back on the chair, and said.

"Yes."

Zhu Rui saluted and exited the room.

Seeing the prince and thirteenth brother sitting outside the house, Zhu Rui was stunned, saluted, and returned to the house on his own.

In the evening, Thirteenth Brother came over and Zhu Rui let him into the house, but he didn't speak for a long time.

Zhu Rui was good-tempered and didn't rush him, knowing that if he was like this, he must have something difficult to talk about.

The Thirteenth Brother's teacup was loosened in his hand, and then loosened again.

Only after he had eaten three cups of tea in the bamboo basket's hand did he speak: "During the day, the prince and I were at Huangama.

I sat outside for a long time."

Zhu Rui lowered his eyes, rolled his eyes, and then said: "The emperor was not very good-tempered earlier, so I sat with him for a while.

The prince didn't blame him, right?"

"You sang a song" Zhu Rui nodded and said, "Sing it casually to make the emperor happy."

"After you left, the Crown Prince and I entered the house.

The Crown Prince casually asked the Emperor's Majesty what song you sang, but the Emperor's Majesty refused to tell him."

Before Zhu Rui could answer, the Thirteenth Brother said again. , "I sat close and heard it."

Zhuji didn't know what Thirteenth Brother Xuxu was doing, so he just looked at him without saying a word.

Thirteenth Brother said, "I never thought you would think this way."

Hearing this, Zhu Ji smiled and said, "That's why you came here.

When the emperor asked, he kept talking and that's all."

"In that case, it's not absolutely necessary," Brother Thirteen said, staring down at the teacup.

Zhu Rui sighed: "I haven't thought about it, just take it one step at a time.

Besides, these troublesome things will not be too late for me to have a headache when I leave the palace in the future.

There are still many times in between."

What’s the situation like in the new year?”

Brother Thirteen was silent for a moment, Zhu Ji said: "When did you start caring about my life-long event?

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We have a tacit understanding for a long time.

If I don't get married by then, I will count on Master Thirteen to support me.

Is it possible?"

Are you going to default on your debt?"

As he spoke, Zhu Rui simply put his arm around his waist.

The thirteenth brother saw it and laughed.

He looked at the bamboo basket and said: "Look at your unruly look.

I think 99% of the time you won't be able to get married.

I can make an agreement with you first.

Come to me."

You have to make a living in the house, but you have to practice your skills well.

If you are not good at anything by then, don't blame me for not opening the door. " "Huh?"

Zhu Rui didn't accept his trick and said, "The emperor has said that he will support me and let me choose which one.

If you don't open the front door to me honestly at that time, I will go and ask for the imperial decree." , let’s see if you have the guts to shut the door behind the imperial edict.”

Brother Thirteen smiled at Zhu Rui's arrogant look and said nothing.

After going out, the Thirteenth Brother did not leave immediately.

It was not until the light in the bamboo house disappeared that he whispered softly: "Yu'er, if I hadn't been confused for a moment when I was in Mount Tai, I wouldn't be as regretful as I am today.

"I seem to be thinking of something again, Thirteen Brother smiled and shook his head and said, "Zhengmen Yu'er, you little girl, don't you know that only the red sedan chair of the direct descendant of Fujin can enter through the front door?

Do you know that as long as you nod, even if I bear the resentment of my brother, I will definitely come to you immediately."

Go and ask for help from Huang Ama

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