On the other hand, the Seventh Prince's life was indeed not so easy.
Afterwards, he was sent back to his residence.
The imperial doctor was invited, and the medicine was not less, but it has not seen any effect. The seventh prince is still foolish. In the past, at most, he had the body of an adult but the mind of a child, innocent and innocent, talking, laughing, and playing around. It's better now, I don't laugh anymore, I don't say much, I shrink in the room all day long, always shouting that the man in black has killed someone.
Xiaodouzi is a loyal one, and he was also lucky on the day of Empress Fu's birthday banquet. He got up with diarrhea in the morning, so naturally he couldn't serve the Seventh Prince. He was still afraid that others would not serve him properly, so don't let something happen to the Seventh Prince, who would have thought that something would happen.
Not only the Seventh Prince was frightened even more stupid, but the two eunuchs who were accompanying the Seventh Prince died.
Afterwards, Xiaodouzi was also shocked into a cold sweat, but thankful for his good luck, he didn't think about it any more, and the Seventh Prince couldn't help but secretly sighed that foolish people have foolish blessings.
Xiaodouzi saw that it was not a problem for the seventh prince to be bored in the house all day long, so he persuaded him to go outside to play, not far away, it was nearby, even the crickets, ants, and birds moved out, so he persuaded the seventh prince to go out .
Naturally, not only the two of them went out, but also a few eunuchs, who were assigned to take care of the seventh prince after that incident.
It's more like monitoring than caring.
The Seventh Prince poked the ants under the tree with a small stick, while observing those people without any trace. Xiaodouzi didn't notice these maneuvers at all, and thought that the Seventh Prince was looking unhappy, so he climbed up the tree and dug out a bird's nest for the Seventh Prince, and touched a few eggs from it to cheer him up.
"Bird, bird!" The Seventh Prince was really happy, and said in doubt: "But the bird is not like this."
Xiaodouzi finally smiled a little when he saw his master, wiped off his sweat and explained: "Birds are transformed from eggs, and after a while, birds will emerge from the eggs."
"Then we'll keep the eggs."
Xiaodouzi explained with difficulty: "Bird eggs cannot be raised, no, you can't raise birds if you raise them, you have to hatch them."
"What is a husband?"
"It's not husband, it's hatching, hatching birds, hatching chickens. The mother bird has to hatch herself to hatch the chicks."
The Seventh Prince didn't seem to understand the meaning of hatching yet. An eunuch next to him had been looking at this side for a long time, and now he said with a smile: "Seventh Prince, don't listen to him, in fact, people can hatch birds, and hold the eggs in their arms." After two days, a baby bird will be born."
This is obviously a joke, and it seems to disrespect the Seventh Prince's playfulness. However, Xiaodouzi stayed with the Seventh Prince for a long time, and seeing this kind of situation a lot, he couldn't afford to offend these people, so he could only pull the Seventh Prince to stay away.
Unexpectedly, the Seventh Prince heard these words in his ears, and clamored that he wanted to hatch the chicks and put the eggs in his arms.
Xiaodouzi was angry and impatient, he didn't dare to get angry with those eunuchs, and he was afraid of irritating the Seventh Prince again, so he could only follow him and find a pouch in person, put those bird eggs in the pouch, Ask the Seventh Prince to wear it, saying that as long as he is careful not to crush the egg, maybe a baby bird will hatch.
So the Seventh Prince was very happy, and finally got a little angry when he saw it, and he stopped thinking about the man in black, but told everyone with his purse all day long that he was hatching chicks, and the chicks would be born soon.
As a result, many servants made jokes and didn't mention it, and this matter also reached Queen Fu's ears through Nian Qiu.
Empress Fu thought about it, and probably thought of that poor woman, Concubine Li again, so she told Nian Qiu to ask her to call the Seventh Prince and let her have a look.
Since that incident happened, the life of the Seventh Prince seemed to be peaceful, but in fact, Empress Fu also knew that there must be someone secretly watching.
After all, whether the Seventh Prince was really frightened and made him even more stupid still needs to be considered.
Anyway, the Seventh Prince is now regarded as a possible member of the Zhonggong family, so she simply showed her attitude. She is the Seventh Prince's aunt, and it is normal for a queen mother to care about her sick son. In this way, how can the child's life be easier.
The next day, the Seventh Prince was summoned.
The seventh prince also recognized Empress Fu, and when he saw Empress Fu, he called Empress Mother, and showed her the purse, saying that he was a hatchling.
Empress Fu caressed his... head lovingly, helped him tidy up the purse, and said: "The queen mother saw it, wait for Huan'er to hatch the bird, and then show it to the queen mother."
The Seventh Prince's eyes flashed, and he said innocently: "Okay."
There was a lot of commotion outside, and it was still far away from the female relatives of the Eastern Palace.
The days gradually calmed down, as if nothing had happened, but the children of the East Palace seldom went out. Whenever they went out, they were in groups, or they were studying in Jinggu.
The environment in this place is quiet, and it is excellent for reading. Pan'er urged Zong Yue to work hard and didn't mention it. She also pulled Wan Rong and began to teach her some needlework and other things that her daughter knew.
Wanrong naturally didn't want to learn, but after experiencing that incident, she seemed to be a lot more sensible. Since my mother said to let me learn, she would learn, so many holes were pierced in her fingers, and she often made a fuss about acting like a baby to the prince.
Zong Qian is a wild man who can't stay idle, but when the crown prince finished the fish tank that Pan'er asked for, it attracted all his attention.
The fish tank was extremely exquisite, it was made exactly according to the drawing that the prince sent to the internal construction bureau, with rockery, flowing water and small bridges, and some moss grew on the rockery.
Originally, Pan'er thought it was moss or fake, but it turned out to be real to the touch, and even the rockery was made of Taihu Lake stones.
You have to marvel at the thought that went into it.
There is a small waterwheel standing beside the rockery. It is precisely this waterwheel that makes the whole fish tank come alive. The waterwheel rotates without wind. As it rotates, the water in the fish tank is transported to the rockery and flows along the rockery. And down, formed a small waterfall.
Not to mention that a child of Zong Qian's age liked it, even Pan'er felt strange when he saw it. When the item was delivered, she watched it around for a long time, and only after the eunuch's explanation did she understand the principle of it. .
It turned out that after receiving this errand, the internal construction bureau really had a headache for a few days. Since it was something the master wanted, naturally everything had to be done in a fine-tuned way.
This thing is obviously used to raise fish, and the whimsy in it also opened up a lot of ideas for the internal construction. Some people say that the rotation of the waterwheel can turn stagnant water into living water, so that the fish will not be afraid in the fish tank. died.
That being the case, the waterwheel must run continuously, and they can make it if it runs for a while, and they can also make it by using manpower or even wind power.
But the fish tank must be placed in the house, there is no wind in the house, and it is obviously a bit unrealistic to find a servant to serve the fish tank, so the problem still lies in the uninterrupted power.
Later, a craftsman gave an idea, and I will not go into details when I mention the Western clocks studied by the Internal Construction Bureau. In short, the craftsman thought it might be possible to borrow the gears from those Western clocks. Since the Western clocks can go through the force once and go for several days, why can't they install the gears in the waterwheel and use artificial force to come? Get the waterwheel running.
This way of thinking suddenly enlightened the people who built the bureau, or how to say that the bureau is different from other places. The western clocks in other places are all precious things. Here, because the late emperor liked to collect these western clocks most, the palace There are quite a few of these things in there.
There were those that were in disrepair, or broke for various issues, and they ended up cobbing together a small set of gears that went into the waterwheel. Turn on the mainspring, and the waterwheel can move. According to their experiments, the last time it was able to move for less than half a day.
The time is a little short, and it can't run for a few days like a Western clock, but it is said that the internal construction bureau is still researching this thing, and plans to send one over when it is ready, and use this one first.
That's what the eunuch from the Internal Construction Bureau said, and he showed it to Pan'er. Pan'er was overjoyed when he saw it, and not only rewarded the eunuch, but also awarded another reward for the eunuch to take back and share.
Zong Qian was so precious when he got the fish tank, he moved his fish over at that time.
Seeing the fish swimming back and forth in the tank, and the waterwheel whirling and whirling, bringing the water flowing down, the boy watched it all afternoon, until the prince came in the evening, he was still reluctant to leave. In the end, Pan'er had to ask a few eunuchs to move the things into his room, and the mother was still a little reluctant.
The prince laughed at her: "It's not a rare thing. Tomorrow, I will ask the internal bureau to make another one and send it over."
... "How can there be so many broken Western clocks for dismantling gears, if only this gear can be made by yourself."
Pan'er didn't know that because of her words, the prince passed the words to the internal bureau.
The crown prince's words naturally dare not ignore the internal situation. In fact, they are also thinking about this issue. After all, the benefits of the fish tank are obvious, and maybe they can be dedicated to other masters to gain some appreciation or something.
However, since there is a prince, the internal construction bureau will naturally let go of their hands and feet to study this thing. Later, they also created this kind of working gear. Although it is different from the one in the western clock, it can also be used.
Because this thing was exquisitely made, and really interesting and fun, it became popular in the Forbidden City and the entire capital, so that more and more people became interested in the gears in Western clocks and used them in other places. It's a later story, so I won't go into details.
As time passed, the weather gradually became colder. If it had been the past, he should have arranged to go back to the Forbidden City, but this year there was no movement from Emperor Cheng'an.
And precisely at this time, a small event happened in the East Palace.
Zhong Liangyuan died.
Since giving birth, Zhong Liangyuan has been in poor health.
It's not a big problem, it's just that something went wrong during the delivery, so I suffered from the syndrome of delivery leakage.
In layman's terms, this syndrome of obstetrical discharge refers to a woman who has profuse redness after childbirth, a woman who is in a hurry and has a lot of bleeding is called metrorrhagia, and a woman who bleeds little but drips continuously is called leaking.
If it wasn't a collapse, it would not be that serious. To put it bluntly, it is a chronic disease that needs to be recuperated slowly. The imperial doctor was invited, and the medicine has been taken all the time, but Zhong Liangyuan's miscarriage has not been cured.
This disease does not seem to be serious, but it is a serious disease for the women in the palace.
Without him, concubines and concubines in the harem would have to hang up their red cards in advance and not be able to attend bedtime when they had their menstruation, let alone a miscarriage. Zhong Liangyuan was sick for half a month in January, which actually refers to her discharge syndrome.
Moreover, she has been bleeding so much for many years, and she can't stand it alone. Many people in the East Palace guessed that if Zhong Liangyuan's illness continued to improve, she might die in a few years. Guess it is like this, people have been fine all the time, but they never expected to disappear suddenly.
Because the masters of the East Palace are all in Xiyuan, it is relatively slow to report this matter.
Anyway, not as fast as Zhao Xiyue, the reason why the people in Xiyuan knew that Zhong Liangyuan was gone was because Zhao Xiyue came with the fifth son in her arms and said that Li Liangyuan was going to snatch the child, so everyone knew about it.
A Liang Yuan died in the East Palace, this matter is not big or small, but Zhao Xiyue's posture seems to be the rhythm of making things big.
The prince was startled, and after asking what was going on, he lost his temper in a rare way.
This tantrum appeared out of nowhere and was mainly aimed at Zhao Xiyue, but it would be unreasonable to say that the crown prince was angry at such a person who was almost invisible in the East Palace.
Afterwards, Zhao Xiyue was thrown in Chunyizhai, the fifth son also temporarily stayed with the concubine in Chunyizhai, and the prince went back to Chunyizhai.
Pan'er knew that the prince was not happy, and seeing him go to the study, he didn't bother him. It was still getting dark outside, and when it was time to light the lamp, she went to the study by holding the lamp.
Naturally, this candlelight cannot add much brilliance to the study. In the darkness, the prince's face was calm but full of tiredness.
Pan'er guessed that there were too many things going on outside recently, and this incident ignited the depression that had been hidden in the prince's heart for a long time, which made him so angry.
"You gave birth to Wanwan and them prematurely for no reason. Gu found something at that time, but the clues were broken. After that, Gu asked someone to screen the East Palace again. It seemed clean, but when He Liangyuan and Zhong Liangyuan gave birth , something went wrong more or less."
That's why Zhong Liangyuan suffers from a miscarriage, and although He Liangyuan herself is fine, the health of the Sixth Princess has not been very good
The crown prince has never told her about these things, and Pan'er, out of taboo, did not pay much attention to He Liangyuan and Zhong Liangyuan's childbirth. He only knew that one had a miscarriage, the other was premature, and the sixth princess was born weak. But never expected that there are such things in the middle.
"One day, Gu will chop off the paws of those people!" the prince said coldly.
He... has always been mild-tempered, and this is the first time Pan'er has seen him utter such harsh words. Is it out of anger at the son of the Eastern Palace who doesn't go well, or out of guilt
As for why she feels guilty, maybe Pan'er didn't understand before, but now she seems to understand.