Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1240 Honor, Disgrace, Life and Death
When the thirteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother came to the imperial court, Yongzheng's expression was still ugly.

The sixteenth elder brother glanced at the seventeenth elder brother who was standing cautiously and respectfully beside him, wondering in his heart if something serious had happened.

In early spring, when neither drought nor flood occurs, it is rare to try it?
Thinking of this, his expression froze.

Selecting scholars through the imperial examination is related to major national affairs, and every time something goes wrong, there will be a bloody storm.

After they greeted him, Yongzheng didn't talk to the thirteenth brother first, but looked at the sixteenth brother: "Hongwang is twenty this year, did you hand over the invitation paper from the county prince's mansion?"

Brother Sixteen didn't expect the emperor to ask about the clan's residence, he was puzzled in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, bowed and said: "I handed it over once in the first year, but because Hongwang is not old, so let it go. Submitted it again last month."

Hongwang is the only heir of the Prince of Lianjun, and it is only natural for him to inherit the title.

He was born in the first month of the 47th year of Kangxi, and he is 20 years old this year.

Although it is common practice for the elder brother of the clan to be knighted at the age of 20, there is no age limit for being knighted.For example, the king of Lianjun passed away early, and his heir inherited the title early on. After all, there is no reason for the title to be empty for a long time.

When the old prince of Pingwang Mansion died, Naersu was only 12 years old, and he did not wait until he was [-] years old, and directly inherited the title of prince of the county.

The king of Lianjun has been dead for many years, and the only elder brother in the palace has not been able to inherit the title for a long time. In the early years, he was under the pressure of being underage, which was already "arguable". Start discussing.

The sixteenth elder brother had already received the invitation letter from King Fujin of Lian County, after discussing with several clan relatives, he felt that it would be more appropriate to wait until before the Dragon Boat Festival, and hand it over to the emperor together with the papers from several other clan clans.

It is just that I am afraid that it will be handed over to the imperial court rashly, and the emperor will think of the rift with the Lianjun palace in the early years.

Now that the emperor took the initiative to mention this matter, the sixteenth elder brother felt bad, and as expected, he heard Yongzheng say: "Since the age of Hongwang has come, the clan's residence will draw up a book..." When he said this, he paused. After a pause, he said, "Follow the example of Prince Gong."

Hearing this, the faces of the princes changed.

The royal family inherits the nobility, except for the hereditary nobility, all other nobility are inherited.

The king of the county died, and the heir attacked Baylor as usual.

But because of the emperor's grace, there are exceptions.

For example, the three siblings of the holy grandfather, Prince Yuxian died, and the eldest son still inherited the title of prince. After winning the title twice, Guanglu did not downgrade.It was not until Guanglu's son began to descend.

After the death of Prince Chunjing Longxi, the elder brother of the palace was still a child, and he still inherited the title of prince at the original level, and he was suspended because of his premature death.

When Prince Gong Chang Ning, because he got involved in the dispute between the elder brother and the second elder brother, he was disgusted by the holy ancestor. He was directly lowered by two ranks, and the elder brother who was born by a concubine Jin inherited the title of Baylor.

From the title of Prince Gong, that is, downgraded by two ranks, Hongwang can only get the title of Viscount Bei.

Hongwang was unable to take over the title for a long time, and had already been criticized by the clan, so downgrading the title by two levels is more like affronting the emperor's reputation of being "mean and ungrateful".

The few princes in front of the imperial court are all "imperialists", so of course they don't want the emperor's reputation to be damaged.

The thirteenth elder brother has already stepped out, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, please think again."

No matter how many disputes the emperor had with the eighth elder brother in the early years, people are dying like a lamp going out now.

As soon as this decree of inheriting the title is released, no one will say that the Prince of Lian County had a heart of disobedience in the early years, which is self-inflicted; on the contrary, they will all say that the emperor has a lack of heart and treats his nephew harshly.

Three years ago, Hongwang pointed out marriage, pointing to a niece of Shang Shufu.Although she is also a common surname in Manchuria, the status of an orphan who has no father or brother is too low for the elder brother of the county prince's mansion.

Because of that incident, there were already gossips back then; now with the addition of two levels of demotion, the emperor's reputation in the clan is even worse.

The sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother also followed behind the thirteenth elder brother and said, "Think twice, Your Majesty."

Yongzheng sneered twice, and said: "The holy grandfather is not afraid, what am I afraid of? 'Treating brothers and feet harshly'? Is it possible to sacrifice them to heaven? The birth of a maidservant and concubine, Xibei Viscount, is already a unparalleled grace."

Although the thirteenth elder brother and others knew that it was inappropriate, they all knew Yongzheng's temper.Speaking of this, it is not something that can be changed by persuasion.

Coupled with being confused now, I don't know why the emperor thought of breaking out in Lianjun Palace, so the thirteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother also fell silent.

The seventeenth elder brother who knew well followed behind the two elder brothers, and had no room to speak.

When the three brothers retreated from the imperial front, the thirteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother asked the reason for the seventeenth elder brother who had come to the imperial front first.

Because there is a sticky stick in the middle, the seventeenth elder brother can't go into details, so he can only vaguely say: "The reason for the details, my brother doesn't know much. It's just that when my brother first arrived in front of the imperial court, the emperor was furious. Listening to the meaning, it seems like Prince Lianjun Fujin slandered Shenggong, which made the emperor angry."

Hearing what he said, the thirteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother were silent.

Lianjun Wang Fujin's temper, they have all seen it as uncles.

The thirteenth elder brother sighed, and said to the sixteenth elder brother: "If Zhezi can delay it, then delay it for two days, and see if the emperor can calm the fire."

Elder Sixteen nodded in agreement, Elder Thirteen was busy, but Elder Seventeen was invited by Elder Sixteen to the Government Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Sister-in-law Ba has always had bad things to say, so why is the emperor going to fight this time? Seventeenth brother, don't fool me, let's tell the truth, so that my brother will not accidentally break the taboo in the future." Sixteenth brother Ask someone to serve tea, and then ask.

"What else can there be, but those old sayings about the emperor being unkind and unfilial. I don't know which sentence hit the emperor's heart and made the emperor so annoyed." Elder Seventeen said casually.

Brother Sixteen couldn't help frowning upon hearing this.

He is in charge of the clan's mansion, which is the link between the royal family and the clan. Of course, he hopes that everyone will live in peace.

How could the emperor be willing to swallow his anger when he treated Lianjun's mansion like this, with the temper of Lianjun Wang Fujin? He didn't know what was going to happen.

In this way, it can only make things worse and worse.

"It seems that the emperor can't be persuaded, but the eighth sister-in-law needs to be persuaded." Elder Sixteen said.

Elder Seventeen nodded and said: "That's right, aside from other things, the County King's Mansion was originally rebuilt from the Baylor Mansion back then, and the eighth sister-in-law has lived in it for more than 20 years, but now she has to move, and I don't know where she will go. It’s strange to be able to answer honestly.”

The mansions of princes and dukes are all state-owned and managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

If you are promoted, you can expand and continue to live in it; if you are demoted, you have to change the residence after the regulations have been passed.

Thinking of Ba Fujin's pungent temper, Elder Sixteen felt a headache.

Elder Seventeen, however, thought of another matter, with a serious expression on his face, he said: "Brother Sixteen, there is one thing, and I would like to ask Brother to make up his mind."

"What? Just say it." Brother Sixteen said.

Elder Seventeen hesitated for a moment, and said: "After Qingming, do you want to invite Concubine Mimu and my mother to go back to the palace for a few days?"

Brother Sixteen couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard the words: "Why is that?"

The palace is just a big cage, living in the side hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace, living with a bunch of widows, how can there be a comfortable life outside the palace guarding the children and grandchildren?
Although it's not easy for the sixteenth elder brother to go to pay his respects to his biological mother every day, he can find a reason to go to Baylor's mansion for ten and a half months, and the mother and son can say a few words, which is much better than not seeing each other in the past year.

"After Shizuo and Shengzu came to the throne, there were also concubines who came out of the palace to take care of them. But during the festivals, they also handed out plaques to enter the palace to talk with the queen mother. Even if it is not common on the emperor's side, people often ask for greetings. Although the palace There is no empress dowager, but there are two noble concubines, whose rank is higher than other concubines. But I have never heard of any concubine outside the palace entering the palace to speak, and no one has sent anyone to the emperor to pay his respects." Seventeen Ah Brother Road.

Elder Sixteen heard this, shook his head, and said: "Concubine Rong, she can't get out of bed for a long time, she's just living through the day; Concubine Yi's son died, and she regards the emperor as an enemy, how could she go to the palace?" Li Cou; Concubine Hui has been worshiping Buddha in the Buddhist Hall of the Lian County Prince's Mansion since she left the palace. If you can directly pass them, can you please enter the palace?"

"You have to give the emperor a step, otherwise you will stay in a stalemate, and when the emperor gets angry, everyone will lose face." Elder Seventeen said.

Although Elder Sixteen was unwilling, he also knew what Elder Seventeen said was reasonable, so he nodded and said, "Alright, I'll go to Baylor's Mansion today..."

The brothers here were talking, and two guards hurried over to deliver the message.

Taifu Jin passed away, and the mourners of the palace have already arrived outside the gate of the palace...

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It was dusk at the Cao family's side, when they received the funeral letter from the palace, Fourth Sister and Guanglu hadn't left yet.

Because Cao Yong was in a good mood, he drank a few more glasses, but when he heard the news, he sobered up immediately.

Based on his relationship with the sixteenth brother, he doesn't have to wait until "the third", he should go to the funeral on the same day.

Guanglu couldn't sit still either, the sixteenth elder brother was in charge of the clan mansion and had taken good care of him for several months.

He and Fourth Sister bid farewell in a hurry, and went back to change clothes to prepare for the sacrifice.

Cao Yong also immediately returned to the West Mansion, changed into plain clothes, and went to Prince Zhuang's Mansion together with Chu Yu.

The outside of Prince Zhuang's mansion was completely white, and a coffin shed was set up in the courtyard.Some diners have already arrived one after another, Hongpu elder brother led several children from Prince Zhuang's side branches to entertain the guests and return the gifts.

The sixteenth elder brother, the rightful master, disappeared instead.

Cao Yong was worried about the sixteenth elder brother, so he hurriedly caught the seventeenth elder brother who had gone to the palace before him to ask.

"Ever since I put my clothes on, Brother Sixteen has been a little bit wrong. He was cats behind him, wondering what he was thinking." Elder Seventeen pointed to the back corner of the coffin, and replied.

Cao Yong went over to look at it. Sixteenth elder brother was wearing filial piety clothes, sitting in a dark place behind the coffin shed, with a dull expression and a bit of depression.

Cao Yong originally wanted to go over and say something to comfort him, but after taking two steps, he still stopped.

There are some things that Brother Sixteen has to figure out on his own...

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Tears, seventh, [-] votes away from sixth, four votes away from eighth, crisis crisis, begging for a monthly ticket.

(End of this chapter)