A Collection of Old Sayings by Fourth Sister You

Chapter 117: Family (19)
Inside story
He was a polite person, and he raised his voice to call Zaichun, "Bring tea to Lord Tong."

She said don't be too busy, "I sit in the hall and drink tea every day, I have filled my belly with water before, so I am not thirsty now." Turning her head, she said, "Don't make any fuss about Zaichun, let's make medicine for your godfather!"

In response to spring, I went outside to light the stove.

Lu Run couldn't move, so he could only support himself and speak.A person who is usually so bright and clean seems to have lost his energy all of a sudden, looking very sluggish.Song Yin tucked the quilt for him, "Why don't you beg for mercy, say a few nice words, maybe the Queen Mother won't be harsh."

He smiled helplessly, "If a person has made up his mind to kill you, even if you lie on the ground, it won't do anything. It's not a day or two since the Queen Mother looked down on me. This time, I just seized an opportunity to attack. Or I have to thank you, I didn't expect you to take the matter on me, I was very worried at the time, I was afraid that the Queen Mother would anger you, but fortunately the matter turned around, if I got involved with you, I would not be able to atone for this sin."

Song Yin didn't tell him well, because the Empress Dowager regarded her as one of her own because of Xi Guiren's birth last time, so she wouldn't be too serious with her.She just dismissed him, "I can't do anything for you. Since she used the Ministry of Internal Affairs to pressure you, I agreed, and she has nothing to say. Don't worry about this. You were the one who took the case of the Guangchu Division last time. I beg you, otherwise our father and daughter would not be able to hold our heads up right now. Now that you are in trouble, I have no reason not to help you."

He nodded, "It is true in the Buddhist scriptures that sowing good causes brings good fruits. In fact, I am not afraid of death. I have suffered all kinds of hardships in my life. I am unwelcome and hated by others. I know what it is like." He leaned on his arms and looked at her, with a touch of sadness in his eyes, "I really envy you, you are an official, doing what a man should do. On the other hand, I, I am a palace supervisor, I serve people, and I am a slave in front of everyone. The queen mother can't tolerate me, and I counted my crimes in detail yesterday, and one of them is delaying the emperor's heir."

Song Yin's heart tightened when he heard that, for him, regardless of whether he had anything to do with the emperor, if he could say such words, it would be another injury to himself.She didn't know how to comfort him, she moved forward a little and said: "Don't take it to heart, the emperor issued an order yesterday, the empress dowager is equivalent to being imprisoned, it's for you."

He didn't answer her words, he had the desire to confide, and sighed to himself, "Who wants to abuse himself? But when people get to this point, sometimes they can't help themselves. We are eunuchs, but they are just a thing. Treat you as a human being! I only know how to work hard and do my part well. Because I don’t know anything else except serving people.”

His words were clear enough that he and the emperor were indeed involved, but it was not voluntary.Although he is clean, he is still a man emotionally, and being with the emperor is "trafficking", everything about him is just making compromises.Song Yin sympathizes with his experience. After so many years, maybe he has gradually become accustomed to being passive, because he is hopeless about his own life.No matter what others think of him, she always thinks he is a man of character.He is doing his best to maintain his firmness and integrity, which is much stronger than those who work for tigers.

"I told Ama that as long as you are willing, I will take you to my house when you are old in the future, and I will not let you serve others anymore." He is alone, but he has no one to rely on, and he will be alone in the future, and he is afraid that he will not be able to die in peace.

Lu Run was shocked when he heard her words, and his eyes showed gratitude after the shock, "You think so, what about Mr. Rong? Will he object?"

Song Yin was a little embarrassed. Everyone seemed to know about her and Rong Shi. After all, the two of them hadn't made up their minds, so it made her feel embarrassed to bring it up suddenly.There is no need to deny it, after all, she has already identified that person in her heart, and said: "He often praises you behind your back, how can you object! When everyone is old, it will be so lively when we get together."

An eunuch's fate is like duckweed. Fortunately, such a person takes care of you like a confidant. No matter what happens in the future, he always has a support in his heart.He has been oppressed for a long time, and she expressed this attitude, even if he may not really go to her house, she still has a feeling of peace of mind.What is the rarest thing in this world?It's true.He didn't understand it before, but seeing it today, he will have no regrets in this life.

He made up his mind and said slowly: "I was injured and couldn't enter the palace. Then I found some news that the emperor intends to eradicate Prince Yu. Is there such a thing?"

Song Yin said yes, "Long Live Lord is not fair for you, I finally made up my mind. I think it's good, one mountain can't accommodate two tigers, and we can simply win and lose. In the future, our Tong family will also be able to work hard for the master. It’s enough, lest there are no people on the inside and outside, and the two sides will complain.”

Lu Run didn't speak for a long time, and finally said after a long time: "Your position can't be too clear, listen to me, you're on the wrong side right now, and a single mistake can be an abyss. The Ministry of Internal Affairs doesn't need to support the government, you don't know the direction of the wind , Prince Yu's roots are very deep, and cannot be easily removed. The emperor is ill and confused. For the time being, there is no heir to conquer the throne. Prince Yu is the emperor's younger brother, and one day the throne will fall into his hands." He looked at it. She glanced, "Sheng Gong has become more and more depressed in the past six months. He can't see anything on the surface. In fact, the emperor's body has been hollowed out. He didn't announce the imperial doctor because he knew his illness and didn't want to set up an imperial doctor's file, just in case. The Empress Dowager and the Sixth Master are even more unscrupulous. I tell you today, it is for your own good, you have to bear in mind. Speaking of which, the Supervisor of Rituals is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and we are subordinates, but I don't treat you as an outsider. Because you were willing to take risks for me yesterday, I trust you. No one knows how long the emperor can last. He wants to overthrow Prince Yu, but what will happen after that? Who will the country fall into? The locomotive yamen is in charge of food, clothing, housing, and transportation. If you can maintain neutrality, try not to turn against any party. This is all I can do for you. I will remind you and let you see the whole thing clearly. As for making mistakes, you can save your Tong Jia family's foundation."

Song Yin was almost in a daze, it turned out that there was such an inside story, the emperor was dying, and he could care about today and not tomorrow.In this way, no amount of careful planning will work. Unless Liu Ye is killed in one go, the country will still be in his hands.Their Tong family can continue to be perfunctory on both sides, but what about Rongshi?He had to obey the emperor's order, and then he became the emperor and the courtiers, and now he is the minister of the guards, and when the emperor is finished in the future, what will happen to him?
She stood up, circling in circles in the center of the earth, murmured: "What kind of disease is it? If you don't tell the imperial doctor, how can it be successful. You should see the doctor carefully, and everyone will be safe when you recover."

Lu Run still shook his head, "Hot flashes, bone steaming, fire and metal decay, nine out of ten are tuberculosis. I took medicine a while ago, and it eased up, but it doesn't seem to be getting better recently. The people in front of the imperial court are all wearing benzoin, That incense can resist worms, you should also pay attention to it."

The so-called tuberculosis is pulmonary tuberculosis, which is basically difficult to cure.Song Yin was dumbfounded, the first thing that came to his mind was Rang Yu.She has served in bed, will she be infected?This time, I really cheated her a lot. My good sister, it's over now.

Song Yin started to cry, she really didn't know what to do, she wiped her tears and said to Lu Run: "You told me this, I am very grateful to you, otherwise I am still in a stupid dilemma right now. It doesn't matter if we are free , I have pity on my little sister... I have to go back and make a good deal with my Ama, so I won't stay with you any longer. You take good care of it. Since the emperor is in such a state, it's important for you to save your own life. Before returning to the imperial court, it's a day late One day!"

She came out of the enclosure, her mind was dizzy, and she had no direction on what to do.Fortunately, Rangyu has good eyesight, and the two monthly letters in a month have done a good job.With tuberculosis, the more severe the disease, the more immoderate the sexual affairs will be in the future. She has to send someone to send a letter to Rang Yu, so that she knows it well, and it would be better if she shirked it.

She returned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in a daze, and when it was time for the Guangchu Division to have a warehouse every month, the assistant leader and the pen note style set aside the abacus.A new batch of cloisonné enamel hand stoves was purchased in the Craftsmanship Department, which was prepared for the young masters in the palace, and they were brought to the House of Internal Affairs to ask the chief executive to have a look.Seeing that Ama was busy, Song Yin didn't want to say anything, and the manufacturing office just happened to send samples of the guard's clothes. She took it under the lamp to examine the fabric workmanship, and asked, "Have you shown it to the guard?"

The eunuch said: "I'll show it to you first, if you want to see it, I will send it to the guards."

She nodded in a daze, checked it and thought it was ok, and handed the clothes over, "Seeing that Mr. Rong delivered a message for me, I said that I want to see him at night, and please don't go anywhere before the key is released. I will go to the guard's office." find him."

The eunuch responded, took the samples and left.

I was busy again for a while, and I didn't relax until lunch time.The eunuch from the dining room came in with a food box. The father and daughter ate together. Shu Ming served Song Yin a bowl of soup, "I see that you look bad, are you tired? Eat more, don't look back You Ernie said that I treated you badly and let my daughter be a cow and a horse."

She drooped the corners of her mouth and did not speak, and waited for the eunuchs to leave before she said: "I went to see Lu Run, he talked to me a lot, there is something I have to tell you, we can't turn against Prince Yu, we have to hold him he."

Shu Ming took a mouthful of the melon, hanging from the corner of his mouth, and asked, "Why?"

She got up and looked outside the door, then came back and said with a low voice: "Long Live Lord has tuberculosis, the future is not looking good, we have to think for ourselves."

Shu Ming said, "This... this..."

The surprise was not small, some things were taken seriously by the people, and the tiger showed its power anyway, but the time of death was coming.

Song Yin drank the soup, tears streaming down her face, "Ama, we made a mistake and made a fool of ourselves."

Shu Ming sat there like a wilted loofah, which looked hollow.After a long pause, he said: "Fate, don't blame anyone. At that time, she volunteered to choose someone to enter the palace. This time, if the hero fails, Batulu will not be able to become a concubine. Let's earn a concubine in the future!"

That's probably what it means to lose your wife and lose your army.The father and daughter sat and sighed at each other, Song Yin did nothing for the rest of the day, and was busy making sachets.I made one for Ama and myself, and prepared one for Rongshi. Finally, when I was on duty, Ama said, "You, try to enter Prince Yu's mansion and meet the sixth master. Since the emperor is watching the lamp run out of oil, Ku, we still have to rely on him in the future. There is a storm in the court, he may not be unaware, let's show our loyalty, even if the flattering is a bit late, he will appreciate it, and will not embarrass us in the future."

Song Yin was a little scared, "Why did you let me go? No one in the court is paying attention to Prince Yu's Mansion at this moment? If the emperor knows, he can still catch his breath, and we will be blamed if there is something wrong."

Shuming stared, "Are you stupid? When is it, and you still can't turn the corner? There is also Rongshi, you have to talk to him. He is stubborn, you can untie him, I can't let him get stuck in it all at once. Let him decide what to do in the future, if you want to survive, relax your hands a little bit, don't make things difficult for Prince Yu, it's serious to lay the foundation first."

Song Yin sighed, he was also kept in the dark, he said in the morning that he was going to fight Prince Yu because of his promotion, but who would have thought that there would be another big reversal in less than four hours.Everything can turn around, but if the body breaks down, there will be no chance to make money again.The emperor is really listless, if Lu Run hadn't informed him, the group of them would happily play with him.Promote Rong Shi, let him hold the power and fight against Prince Yu, when the time comes, he will close his eyes and become his Daxing emperor, and the rest of you will have nothing to do with him. With this calculation, why not earlier How about dealing with Prince Yu?

People in the officialdom must be good at adapting to the wind and turning the rudder when they see that the situation is not right. Although they are a bit philistine, they do not do it for themselves.She hesitated while clutching the sachet, not knowing what Rong Shi thought.Let him go to Prince Yu, will he finally agree?
At any rate, wait until the time of Xu, when the officials are all ready to leave the palace, and the period before the next duty is the most lax, Song Yin took advantage of this time to leave the Longzong Gate and go to the guard's office.The guard office is located at Taihe Gate, and she doesn't come to that yamen very often. There is not only one minister in charge of the guard, there are six ministers with the same title, and there are also ministers and ministers under the same rank. All of them are of higher rank than her, and they are all nobles. The nobles inside.The guard office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs don't meet much at ordinary times, not to mention those who are officials, they are the first and second class guards below. When the eunuch sees them, they have to call themselves slaves. When they get there, they are in the nest of nobles. She even shrinks a little when she enters the door.

Rongshi listened to the message from the eunuch of the manufacturing office, and she was really waiting for her in the duty room. She was the only female official in the palace who was awarded the title of a son. Pick up a conversation with her.Rong Shi was going to marry her, and he was very proud of that, in case everyone didn't know, it had already been announced to everyone.

He stood in front of the door and watched her talk to people, word by word, gentle and polite, and an uncontrollable sense of pride rose in his heart.When she came, he hurriedly welcomed her into the room, and said with a smile, "I just saw you in the morning, and now you miss me again?"

Song Yin gave him a gouged look, and the other people in the valet room knew what was going on, so they all stepped aside with excuses.

She took out the sachet for him to wear on his belt, carefully turned it to the sunny side, and earnestly told him, "You can't leave your body, you must take it with you when you enter the palace, remember?"

He hummed, looked down, it was quite simple, and there was really no sense of beauty at all, so he laughed at her, "What kind of style is this? Why have you never seen it before?"

Song Yin said awkwardly: "I made three in a hurry, and I'll make do with it for two days, and then I'll embroider when I have free time."

He raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "Why do you have three? One for me, one for Lu Run, and one for Yan Liu?"

She couldn't help him, "What are you thinking!" She untied the betel nut bag and showed him, "Here is one, and the other one is at my Ama's."

He didn't quite understand, it was the first time she was talking like this, so something happened vaguely, right?After he pulled her back, he went to the arrow pavilion in the courtyard and asked her, "Why are you preparing this?"

Song Yin held his hand tightly and said, "I got the news from Lu Run that the emperor is not well. I'm afraid the days are numbered. You should make plans early. There is benzoin in this sachet, which is used to prevent illness." Bastard, if I have to invite you to meet, you can take my mind at ease." She looked up at him, "Second Brother, why are we in such a difficult situation, I thought there would be hope, but in the end..."

Rong Shi couldn't regain his senses, the joy of being promoted hadn't dissipated, but a big wave hit him and knocked him dizzy.He collected himself and asked her, "Is Lu Run's news accurate?"

"He's accompanying him day and night. It can't be wrong. I guess it's because I saved him yesterday, and he told me to repay my favor. The emperor is not allowed to disclose it. I know the condition of the disease, and I don't even tell the doctor. Let the people in the palace decoct the medicine. If the Queen Mother hadn't found Lu Run's bad luck this time, this matter would have been concealed until it could no longer be concealed." She leaned into his arms and said anxiously, "What will we do in the future? manage?"

He tightened his arms around her, kissed her forehead and said, "Don't be afraid, relying on the mountains to fall, relying on the sea and the sea, only relying on yourself. It's really come to this point, I can only try to get rid of him."

Song Yin was shocked, "You mean..."

He nodded, "While the emperor is still alive, he can still move freely. When Long Yu returns to heaven, it will be too late."

"No." She clasped his arm and said, "I don't allow you to do this, he is so smart, he has twenty or thirty people just with Goshha, and there are a lot of people hugging him everywhere he goes, Don't take this risk. In fact, there is no deep hatred between you..."

Rong Shi gritted his teeth, "He wanted to rob my wife. He has made a fuss twice, and he still hasn't had a deep hatred? If I don't say anything, you will be his. In case he is in a hurry, is there still room for me to breathe?" ?” He said while clutching his fists, “I’ll go all out and smash the cans, I’ll be the first to strike first.”

"Don't be hysterical, just because a woman wants to make a fight to your death?" She sighed to comfort him, "As long as you are afraid that the world will not know, you know that we are a couple. If he ascends the throne, the emperor will snatch him away." Courtier's wife, he still wants face."

"What if he is shameless?"

She was stopped by the question, slowly let go of her hand, and stared at him, "That means we are not destined. Anyway, you are not allowed to act rashly. This is not a trivial matter. Is it fun to have so many lives in the family?" She looked around and saw No one said again, "You are not the only minister in charge of the bodyguards, you should be more active, and if you have anything to pass on to others, don't stand out."

Under the imperial power, there is no way for them to survive as ministers, they can't be killed or offended, they are really useless.He said: "When that day really comes, I will resign and go back to Jiangnan." But he also understood in his heart, how easy it is!If you fall into the hands of your rival, the run will also kill you.The love between him and Song Yin is smooth and tender, and all the resistance comes from Prince Yu.Once this biggest obstacle becomes emperor, what will happen next?Is there no other way but to give up?

She wrapped her arms around his waist again, buried him in his arms and said: "Then I will resign as well, and I will go to Jiangnan with you to be your young mistress."

He laughed, "Truth? No lies."

She hummed firmly, "I won't lie, I will follow you. If you go to Jiangnan, I will go to Jiangnan. If you do business, I will make plans for you."

"That's okay, I'm overqualified, let the emperor's inner chief be my accountant?" He smiled, slowly fell silent, picked up a tuft of her hair and twirled it with his fingertips, and murmured, "Only May the emperor have more time, at least until Guo Guiren's child lands, if it is an elder brother, maybe there is still time."

What's the delay?Make an infant child the crown prince?Who can serve the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty?When the time comes to find Minister Gu Ming, if Liu Ye is handed over to the military and imprisoned, there may be something to do.If not, what difference does it make if he is the emperor?
What Song Yin is worried about now is that Rong Shi offended him too much. If it was just for her, she thinks it should not be that serious. throat.When he is so powerful and the Tong family has no use value, then her marriage will naturally have nothing to do with him.

She took chances to comfort herself and comfort him.His thoughts are more important than hers, even if he has reached this rank, the most important thing in his heart is food, rice, oil and salt.He is not an ambitious person, he has someone to eat as a cook, and someone to accompany him as a carpenter, it's as simple as that.He treats Song Yin with all his heart. If the one he loves is taken away, no man can accept it.There is a grievance between the monarch and his ministers, and it is impossible to live in harmony. In front of other people's officials, sooner or later they will be cleaned up with various excuses.

Songyin has her own plans, so it's fine if she, Ama, asks her to meet Prince Yu.Take the opportunity to express your position first, and fight for opportunities for yourself and Rongshi.Some things should be said as soon as they are said, and they can no longer be hidden.The emperor is not dead, no one can shake the status of the Rong family; the country has changed hands, the scholars of the Baohe Palace, the ministers who lead the guards, and their father and son?
"At this point, I think we should take a gamble." She said, "Let's just make a contribution. If he needs us, we will try our best to do it for him. Maybe he won't have trouble with us after he reaches the throne."

After hearing this, he snorted, "Isn't there no emperor who killed heroes? If he is really so affectionate, he still presses the emperor every step of the way?"

The same is true, a person who shows no mercy to his opponents, who do you expect him to be kind to?
(End of this chapter)