Jade pot light turns, one night fish and dragon dance (above)

  The whole New Year's Day, Li Rongbao spent it in hardship, and only his legitimate wife, Guajia Shi, could empathize with him. Where could Li Rongbao hide? Relatives couldn't avoid visiting, even if he hid at home and didn't go out, he couldn't stop the "enthusiastic" ladies from coming to visit. No way, all the wives came as usual...

  Yunzhu felt a bit guilty about the trouble she had caused, so she suggested that the two elders go to Xiaotangshan for a vacation. She said: "Auntie and Grandmother are getting old, it's time for them to enjoy their children and grandchildren... there are brothers and sisters-in-law here to take care of things... if you leave, they will have something to say too. Can't those people just let us be? Our family has a villa in Xiaotangshan that's not being used, what a waste! The weather is warm now, it's perfect for soaking in the hot springs."

  Li Rongbao exchanged a glance, and finally, Guwalgiya slapped the board: "Such things will happen more in the future, how can we hide every time? My Ama and I can still handle it... As for Wenshui Zhuangzi," thinking that her daughter had not been there for two years since returning to Beijing, Guwalgiya smiled and said, "After the Lantern Festival, Ama and E'ma will take you to stay for a few days."

  Yunzhu smiled to herself, feeling a bit silly. In ancient times, people attached great importance to the New Year's festival, how could she possibly abandon her family and run off to live in a villa? It wasn't as if it was modern times when people went on trips or agritourism during the Golden Week holiday. Moreover, Guwalgiya had also spoken correctly - as the mistress of a noble household who managed the imperial provisions, she should only feel gratitude towards the emperor's favor, and not have any complaints about the various circumstances that came with it. They thought they were avoiding trouble, but those above them might not think so... perhaps they would even think that the Fuca family was ungrateful.

  She also calmed down and returned to her usual calm and quiet demeanor, continuing to watch Guer Jia and several sisters show off their skills in response to the endless stream of guests, while listening with relish to the various palace fighting and household fighting strategies told by the wet nurses, calculating which of the showgirls would be more likely to win next year's selection.

  It's not just the Fuca family that has a suitable young lady in their household, but it remains to be seen which family the next empress will come from... Li Rongbao himself is unremarkable, but he can't be ignored because of his old friendship with the emperor. Moreover, Ma Qi became a second-class duke, and producing another imperial son-in-law would also be acceptable. However, this is only barely acceptable. Originally, no one had paid much attention to the eldest daughter of the Fuca family's current generation, but Yunzhu's performance at the "Golden Flower Gathering" hosted by the Zhuang Prince's mansion has made people start to take notice. Adding to that, the emperor's generous gifts to Li Rongbao during the New Year... This can't help but make people wonder if the emperor really won't favor their family?! It's not good to ask directly, so let's just probe a bit. Taking advantage of the convenience of traveling during the Spring Festival, the noble families all coincidentally chose to take the route of visiting their in-laws.

  Let's count, next year's show girls from official and aristocratic families with the surname of a large clan are: (Zheng Huang Qi) Zhongda Gong Tuhai's descendant, third-class public house Marquis Mai Yiao's daughter Mai Jia. Mai Zhenyuan; (Xiang Huang Qi) cumulative officials of the Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Rites, Ministry of War, Minister of Rites, Wen Hua Dian University Scholar, "Three Dynasties National History" chief editor official Yi Sang A's descendant, Give Shi Zhong Yi Ke Shan's daughter Yi Er Gen Jue Luo. Shu Lan; Gu Ba Dai's legitimate grandson's daughter, second-class light chariot commander Gu Su's daughter Yi Er Gen Jue Luo. Gu Zhen; (Zheng Bai Qi) assistant leader San Tai's daughter Na La. Hai He Na; there are also several unified leaders' daughters Borjigit...

  Moreover, add the current Chahar general's daughter, Bailing Numuhe Lan, although Yunzhu has a bad impression of her, but in the eyes of outsiders, her conditions should be considered not bad.

  What made Yunzhu feel strange was that Wu Zaku, the legitimate Fu Jin of Hongyou in history, had not heard any rumors about her at this time. To know that her father was a second-class Manchu with red trim deputy general, it's really hidden deep enough.

  "Auntie, auntie!" Mingliang saw that the aunt who was playing with blocks with him had spaced out again. "Didn't you say you were going to build a car for me?" His black and white eyes clearly scorned her, as if what she said didn't count.

  "Sorry, Mingliang, Auntie will give you a ride." Yunzhu casually conjured up a modern train.

  "This isn't a carriage." It's just a long, narrow shape, nothing like a horse-drawn vehicle.

  Yunzhu is talking nonsense, does she want to let her ride an ancient horse carriage? Although she's very intelligent, it doesn't mean she knows how to play with this kind of toy! "Mingliang, Auntie can't assemble it, why don't you assemble it for Auntie to see?"

  "Alright," said Mingliang magnanimously, forgiving her. "But Auntie, on the Lantern Festival, you have to take me out to see the lanterns."

  "How did you know there's a lamp to look at?" I know I have to give conditions now. Cut, yours isn't great either, it's all messy, is that a horse carriage? Not at all like one. But can't discourage the kid, "Hmm, this horse carriage looks really good..."

  "I heard Auntie and Xiaohuan say that there will be many beautiful flower lanterns, and also the bright rabbit lanterns that Mingyue likes." Mingyue looked at his own creation and couldn't help but make a "you're so silly" face: "Auntie, this isn't a horse carriage I built, and it doesn't look good at all..."

  What the heck is this stupid kid doing?

  "Auntie, you haven't agreed to accompany Mingliang to see the lanterns yet."

  The little one's face was full of longing, Yunzhu couldn't help but soften and say: "Auntie will talk to your parents for you, but they have to agree before I can take you."

  Bright people, small ghosts: "If Auntie agrees, they will definitely agree." Ah, it would be better if he were a girl. Look at how much pain his mother and uncles have caused Auntie. Whatever she says, they will agree to it.

  Mischievous! Yunzhu couldn't help but nibble on his pale and tender baozi face...

  Bright re-educates this aunt who loves biting people: "Don't bite people, it hurts..."

  He didn't know that his slightly furrowed brow and serious expression made people want to bite him even more. After checking around and making sure no one was watching, Yunzhu shamelessly hugged him, "Mingliang, little Mingliang, let's play a game of 'bite-bite'!" What she meant by "bite-bite" was that she would hug the little bun tightly and not let him struggle free, while randomly nibbling on his chest, neck, and face with a vampire-like expression... Any child who was even slightly ticklish would be both scared and unable to help but laugh.

  "No!" Three-year-old Mingliang was no longer the same as when he was two years old, not only could he speak fluently but his movements were also much more agile. Taking advantage of Yunque's carelessness, he ran off, "Don't play with you." He wanted to go eat liangpi and suye bing, not with his aunt anymore.

  Hehe.

  Yunzhu was just teasing him, she thought this game could make children understand their own abilities and not think about leaving the servant's slave to sneak out and play... You know that in this era, "picking flowers" is no less than modern human trafficking, and the technology is also very high.

  Starting in November, Hongli was thrown to the Minister of the Board of War Cha Bian Na, the Minister of the Court of Colonial Affairs Te Gute, and the Deputy Minister of War Tu Li Chen, etc., to learn from them how they negotiated with Russian envoys such as Sava on the Sino-Russian border demarcation.

  This negotiation was initially unable to produce anything, with speeches based on detours, probes, direct attacks, threats... and so on. With the addition of translation, and the Qing dynasty's emphasis on etiquette, wanting these foreigners to witness the prosperity and strength of the Qing, by the time the negotiations were concluded, Yongzheng had issued an edict ordering Neigedaoren and others to wait until after the New Year to go to Chukhui River and set up boundary markers with the Russian envoys. The twelfth month was already half over.

  This time, although there were many unbearable things in between, and the weather was also unfavorable, Hongli indeed learned a lot about the dignity of not giving up an inch of land between countries, and unexpectedly found that war could be conducted at the negotiating table as well... In short, this experience during his youth greatly improved his endurance, and he saw more clearly the cunning and cleverness hidden beneath the usual polite demeanor of these officials.

  He originally liked young men like Fu Heng, who were full of vigor and passion, but now he understood that old ministers also had their own strengths, and one couldn't ignore the powerful abilities hidden beneath their smooth surface just because they didn't show them in daily life.

  After listening to his work summary, Yongzheng was still very satisfied. Hongli was only 17 years old, and from the age of 15, he had arranged for him to follow different officials to learn how they did their jobs after completing his studies, so that he could understand people with different personalities and functions and their explicit or implicit ways of handling affairs... And he also lived up to his expectations, with good literary accomplishments, archery and horseback riding skills, and gradually gaining an understanding of officials and human nature. The youthful recklessness in his bones had also been tempered a lot.

  It is said that one knows his son best, and his own character is hard to change. Even if he changed, it would not be suitable for the current Qing dynasty. However, he can cultivate his son to inherit the throne in the future with a completely different style and approach to ease the various contradictions left behind by his own overly rigid handling of affairs. Although he rarely spends time with his son on ordinary days, he still understands their character, especially Hongli, this future heir whom he values more.

  Hongli had the arrogance that was unique to every imperial prince born into the royal family, but he was different. He thought that what he liked was good, no matter how many people opposed him, and what he didn't like, as long as it didn't hinder him, he would ignore. This could also be said to be ruthless, because he could abandon anyone at any time! Moreover, this young man loved beauty and would overlook a person's shortcomings as long as they pleased his eyes... As an emperor, this habit obviously had the potential to become a tyrannical ruler. To completely eliminate this personality trait was impossible; he could only grind away at his arrogant side while cultivating other positive aspects of his personality, such as learning.

  Hongli was indeed better than his other brothers in learning, not because he was intelligent and talented, but because he could resist the temptation of other entertainments, firmly enriching himself towards his goals, until he reached them. As long as he understood in his learning process that different people have their own suitable positions and uses, and that some things and people cannot be judged by appearance alone... I believe he would be self-disciplined.

  As long as you understand what your heart wants, you can withstand all kinds of temptations and move forward firmly towards your goal - this is the characteristic of a leader. As long as you have this point, what else can't be cultivated?

  Yongzheng was pleased to find that this son had some good qualities similar to his own, such as being persistent and tenacious like himself. (Yu: As long as you don't die so early, this little emperor can still be carved into a better one, come on, 44.)

  Of course, Hongshi's character is more true to love, and Hongyou's character is more playful and mischievous. He absolutely refuses to admit that it's inherited from himself... Even Hongli's love for beauty, he thinks it comes from Xi Fei, and Lingzhu, isn't she a lover of colorful things?

  The Spring Festival was not a holiday for the emperor, but rather a time when there were more affairs to attend to in state and imperial matters. Therefore, Hongli was not only not released quickly as a young man, but was instead kept behind by his father on the pretext of being familiar with government affairs to help deal with the mountainous piles of memorials... It's said that due to the New Year, there were really many memorials from officials all over the country, but unfortunately most of them only spoke words of congratulations and good wishes... Fortunately, the emperor had issued an edict in his early years that memorials should be concise and to the point, without piling up flowery language. Hongli, who had been worn down by negotiations and had lost a lot of his impulsive nature, was once again disgusted by these meaningless memorials.

  Hongli, a young man with deep resentment, had no idea that his father, the emperor who indulged him and his brothers during the Spring Festival, would recruit him as a soldier. It was only recently that he was stimulated by the materials sent from the Ministry of Punishments! Look at what kind of toys (educational) his designated daughter-in-law used to teach her three-year-old nephew: "No matter how long the road is, you can walk it step by step; no matter how short the road is, you cannot reach it without taking a step." "A mountain is high because of accumulation, a river is long because of accumulation. Everything is accumulated bit by bit... learning characters is the same..." "A jade stone must be carved to become a useful vessel, good things must be constantly polished to shine..."

  In comparison, the old man was too lenient with his son's education! No choice, Hongshi didn't want to come back, Hongyou was nowhere to be seen all day, Fuhui's body wasn't good, so it had to be Hongli, if not him then who...

  Yongzheng Emperor, you actually think that the people you like are perfect in every way.