Emperor Kangxi sent me to marry

Chapter 279 Ignition
The eighth elder brother never expected that his fourth sister would actually set the location for the secret conversation to be in front of Qianqing Palace, on the east side of Danqi, next to the Sheji Jiangshan Golden Palace.

The golden carvings, the water chestnut door, and the engraved precious flowers are all the same. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the light refracted makes it difficult to look directly.

"Fourth sister, let's talk in another place! This is in front of a large audience."

"Huh? Are you scared?"

Haifeng nonchalantly pointed his finger in the direction of the dragon chair.

"Can't you see the plaque above the throne? 'Justice and Brightness'. It only looks suspicious if you avoid people. No matter how tight the doors and windows are, there are still gaps. This open and uninhabited place will prevent the news from leaking. In fact, I There is nothing to hide. I am talking here because of your consideration. If you are even afraid of the guards ten feet away, then let’s go out of the palace and go to the Five Square Tower to talk some other day.”

"No! Fourth sister, wait!"

In his desperation, Eighth Prince's brain skipped thinking.

No matter what, he could not give up the good job of rectifying the officialdom to the seventh elder brother.

He had never paid much attention to his seventh elder brother since he was a child.

"Fourth sister, seventh brother, he doesn't like to fight with his brothers. These days, my ninth brother, tenth brother, and I often drink with him. Didn't he tell you about it?"

Although Haifeng had decided not to cry anymore for the loss suffered by Seventh Brother, after hearing these words, his heart still cramped for a while.

She had always pitied the seventh prince for being sensible and not fighting over him, so she resisted the idea of ​​spying on him and taking advantage of him. She always felt that the seventh prince was married and an adult, so he should have his own privacy.Her respect and courtesy were taken advantage of by Ba Age.

learn from mistakes.

From now on, she could no longer relent easily.

"That's wrong. How can you share your own likes and dislikes in order to share the worries of Khan Amma? Look at my fourteenth brother. If he wants to be lazy, I won't tolerate him."

"The tenth brother was born to Concubine Wen Xi. The fourth sister was as close as she was before she was alive. The tenth brother wants to take over the matter of rectifying the government affairs. Why doesn't the fourth sister help?"

It was okay not to mention Concubine Wen Xi, but when she did, Haifeng wanted to scold the eighth prince.

"Eighth brother, I have a question for you. Did Concubine Wen Xi feel sorry for you in the slightest when she was alive?"

The eighth prince vaguely guessed what the fourth princess wanted to accuse him of, and tried to deal with it vaguely.

Concubine Wen Xi didn't treat him as if she were her own child, but she could still say she cared about him.

But today, he completely ignored his past kindness and wanted to take advantage of the tenth prince.

"My brother doesn't know much about palace affairs. It's all about Eni and Empress Hui. I use whatever they give me to eat, and I don't dare to choose."

"Okay, that's good. Indeed. You are not like the seventh and thirteenth brothers, who receive quarterly subsidies from me; nor are you like the fifth and ninth brothers, who even ask me to write their study homework. I'm not familiar with you, let alone Concubine Wen Xi."

"Brother, that's not what you meant!"

Haifeng played with the door of Sheji Jiangshan Golden Palace with his fingers and ignored the eighth prince at all.

"You don't know, let me tell you. Khan Ama does not hate Brother Ten, but he has disliked Brother Ten ever since this child was born. Because the old people in the Eight Banners are trying their best to promote Brother Ten. When you are a prince, at worst, you have to be an iron-hatted prince. Khan Ama left so many brothers unused, but let me take care of Li Guangdi and the four of them. Why, don't you know?"

The eighth prince's answer was swallowed back into his stomach just as he was about to blurt it out.

so close.

No matter how he answered this question, he would be wrong.

The answer is simple. Although this job offends people, it can easily figure out the situation in the DPRK, the closeness of the factions, which officials are useful talents, and which ones are just superficial.

Logically, this should be a major matter for the prince to take care of.

Any other brother who comes to take action will give the ministers a wrong signal.

Your Majesty, you want to depose the current crown prince and appoint the elder brother who is responsible for this matter as the new crown prince.

If he said "I know", it would mean he had ulterior motives and made his intention of seizing the reserve clear;
But if he says "don't know", it means that he has only a partial understanding of the importance of rectifying officialdom.What qualifications do he have to ask his sister to recommend him?
The eighth prince knows what the fourth princess just said.

Whoever Khan Amma appoints as the prince will not consider the tenth prince.

That's why he dared to hide behind Brother Ten to compete for this rare opportunity.

He knew that Khan Amma would definitely not choose the tenth prince.

He also prepared many, many tricks.

He mastered the weaknesses and shortcomings of each brother and planned to squeeze them out one by one. In the end, he became the only one available, and Nahan Ama would naturally consider him.

So many subsequent moves were blocked by the fourth princess, who recommended them by name.

However, he still had to negotiate with this powerful fourth sister in a low voice and under the curious eyes of many imperial guards.

"What on earth do you need to do before your sister is willing to recommend me?"

Haifeng could hear that there was already some intention of giving in in his tone.

As expected of him, after assessing the situation, he could endure such humiliation.

Seventh Brother, how can you survive!

"Eighth brother, what can you give to your sister in exchange?"

"Of course it is the position of the princess of the country."

As meticulous as the Eighth Prince, he had already anticipated what kind of conditions he should offer when he had to negotiate with the Fourth Princess one day.

After all, he was facing a woman who had everything.

The fortune of surviving a disaster, the love of a brave husband, immeasurable wealth, and most importantly, the emperor's trust.
And all of this has nothing to do with her origin.

There is a tacit understanding among the brothers.

If the fourth princess is born a man, she will definitely be made the crown prince.

She was so strong. She entered school at the age of six, started later than them all, but caught up from behind. She knew everything about astronomy, geography, and even Western medicine and mathematics, and she learned faster and better than they did by burning the midnight oil.

The only thing he could use as a bargaining chip was the title of Princess Zhenguo.

"Eighth brother, you should know, right? The prince brother also promised to give me this position."

If it was three days ago, the eighth prince came to her and said this to her, Haifeng might have hesitated for a moment.

Now.
Sorry, I have already pointed at nine or five.

"Let's do this. I'll make a condition, and you must agree to it. Let's talk about it further. Not only will I leave you with the rectification of the officialdom, I can also help you secretly. Even seizing the direct descendant has to be discussed."

"Fourth sister, please tell me!"

"Zhong Jihai. Give her a position beside Fujin."

This unexpected proposal made Ba Age almost unable to react.

"But, she is the daughter of the sinner Galdan! The most he can do is spare her life. How can he accept her as his daughter-in-law?"

"I can do common things myself, so why trouble my eighth brother? It's precisely because of the difficulty that I asked you to persuade me. Don't think wrongly and think that my sister is deliberately making things difficult for you. I'm only thinking about your future."

Following these words, Eighth Prince's thoughts quickly spread.

For his sake.

In the distance, the armor and weapons of the guards with swords seemed to be giving him some hints.

"Fourth sister means military power."

"Li Guangdi is in Zhili to protect the crown prince An Tai; the eldest brother himself has led troops. You should have seen it when he went to fight Galdan. Although your brother-in-law is not inferior to them, his We are all in Mobei, and water far away cannot quench our thirst. Zhong Jihai has Galdan's personal soldiers in his hands, and they are loyal to their brothers and sisters to the death. Khan Ama wanted to dig out these people, so he let me coax this girl. ." Haifeng was afraid that if he elaborated further, Eighth Prince would find out the flaw, so he left without saying anything.

"First discuss it with your jealous Ba Fujin. Finally, Zhong Jihai trusted me. As long as she enters the house, wouldn't it be easy with your method of dealing with the little girl? She will be devoted to you. As long as the legitimate Fujin doesn't It’s hard for her, everything is ready, all she needs is the east wind.”

By the time the eighth prince's thoughts were freed from the fantasy of thousands of troops and returned to reality, the fourth princess was already gone.

In front of me, there is only the Sheji Jiangshan Golden Palace, with its door blown open and closed, creaking and swaying in the cold wind.

He felt the coldness and slowly walked back to his brother's house in the sunset.

Not long after they got married, the Baylor Mansion outside had not yet been repaired. Like other brothers who were waiting to be assigned a place to live, he was crowded in the old courtyard.

In other words, they hear each other's cocks and dogs, have a close relationship, and often move around.

After three or four more steps, he would be "home".

The door today was more difficult to cross than usual.

The eighth prince couldn't help but stop.

It is absolutely impossible for Guo Luoluoge, who is too obsessed with him, to accept a side Fujin.

They had just gotten married, and it should have been the sweetest time, but the eighth prince was already getting bored.

This Fujin's appearance is beautiful, but extremely hollow.

She didn't like the Four Books and Five Classics, she was obsessed with calligraphy and painting, and she couldn't talk to him at all.Perhaps because she has been without a mother since childhood, a newlywed wife has a blank slate on how to serve her husband.Occasionally there will be a quarrel, but it will be revealed in detail.

After only a few months of marriage, she had already embarrassed him twice in front of outsiders.
Stars began to appear in the sky, and in the faint darkness, a palace maid in purple ran out of his residence crying.

She just lowered her head and ran away, almost bumping into the eighth prince.

"Oh, my good luck. This slave deserves to die."

"That's all. Why are you so flustered?"

"Master, Fujin is her"

The eighth prince sighed helplessly and asked the palace maid to get up.

Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs does not choose the maids entirely based on their looks, there is a basic requirement: they must not look too silly, but they must have a bit of joy and cleverness on their faces. Only when the masters look at them every day will they feel better.

Those who were assigned to him, with a slightly straight head and a straight face, were all kicked out by Xin Fujin.Now this new guy has some bad luck, and I'm afraid he won't be able to keep him.

"What's the matter, tell me."

"Yes. I went to Qianqing Palace in the afternoon. Qi Fujin suddenly led the fifth princess and a Mongolian girl. What's her name?"

"Zhong Jihai?"

"Yes! How did I know?"

"Oh, it's okay, keep talking."

The eighth prince concealed his inner shock and urged the palace maid.

"Yes. The three masters are here. For the sake of Qi Fujin, Fujin asked us to bring good things to entertain him. Qi Fujin mentioned that there are just four of us, or we can play horse tags to relieve our boredom. Fujin doesn't know why, but today I was unlucky and lost more than 100 taels. I didn't have enough cash, so I gave the Fifth Princess two pieces of good silk in custody."

"What does this have to do with you?"

"The servant is clumsy and doesn't know how to do his job when he first came here. Just now when the guests went back, the servant accidentally broke a tea cup when he was putting away the utensils. Fujin said that it was a set and if one was broken, she could no longer take it out to see guests. In anger, he slapped the slave twice."

When the palace maid said this, she could no longer suppress her grievances, sobbed and started crying with her face in her hands.

"Fu Jin said that I would deduct my monthly salary to make up for it. But my family is not well-off, so I rely on this monthly supplement to survive. Please forgive me!"

The eighth prince didn't answer, he just waved the palace maid to go down and rest.

He couldn't sleep on the long streets of the Forbidden City, and he had to face the smog at home.

Several eunuchs who had served him since childhood were lighting lanterns in the yard. When they saw the eighth prince coming back, they cringed and said hello.

"After you have done this, go and have a rest."

Pushing open the door of the inner room, Guo Luoluo Gege found that Ba Fujin was sitting alone, crying silently in front of the lamp.

She is a beauty after all, and looking at her under the lamp, she is even more pitiful.

The eighth prince couldn't help but lower his voice and show his best gentleness.

"No, just a few bolts of satin."

He originally wanted to promise to return all the money his wife advanced after the incident.But the word 'no' became the fuse that ignited Ba Fujin's anger. Her anger exploded and was simply uncontrollable.

"A few pieces of satin that are not in my eyes are the ones I got from my mother's family with great effort! I want to do a big thing, and I will give them out in thousands of dollars without blinking an eyelid. All the gold and jade in my box have gone. Where? Can I still come back from the pawn shop? It’s the Queen Mother’s birthday party. If I don’t make new clothes, how can I see people? "

I don't know how many times she went through these words in her mind, one sentence after another, which made the eighth prince choke and unable to speak for a long time.

He held it in until the end, and all he could do was quibble.

"Poor and lowly couples have nothing to do with each other. I have no money. Didn't you know that before we got married?"

The handkerchief Bafujin used to wipe his tears fell to the ground.

Her sister-in-law sneered at her, and her sister-in-law ostracized her. Even a little girl from Mongolia wore clothes that were more than twice as expensive as hers, a genuine Fujin.

What rang in her ears was the warning given by the fourth princess she was most hostile to before her marriage.

This situation is not pleasant at all, just as the fourth princess said.

No, she can't continue to live like this!
There are mountains of gold and silver, but they can't bear the days of squandering a lot while making no progress.

"Sir, I can't take out any money. The fifth princess leaves the cabinet early, so she has to prepare gifts. The Queen Mother has always felt sorry for her, and she can't afford ordinary things."

"Okay. I understand. I also have something to tell you. I want to recruit Fujin."

"what?"

Bafujin's eyes were opened so wide that the corners of his eyes hurt.

It turns out that he is really like this!

I just like her money!
She has no money, so her husband will marry someone with a rich dowry to fill the bottomless pit of saving money!
I don't think about it!

"No, I will never nod!"

"I want to marry a concubine, just as long as Khan Amma and the Queen Mother nod, you."

The eighth prince couldn't say any vulgar words, so he took off his clothes by himself, ignoring his angry wife, and lay angrily on the bed, turning his back to her.

When things reached such an irreversible situation, Bafujin regained his consciousness because he was disheartened.

"I said no, I just can't."

Not hearing her husband's answer, she wiped away her tears and stood up, walking to the bed.

"The killer who failed to attack the fifth princess is in my hands. If you dare to marry Fu Jin, I will hand him over to Khan Amma!"

　The Sheji Jiangshan Golden Palace, to put it simply, is a palace scaled to the same proportions to make it look like a figure. The doors and windows can be opened and closed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)