Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1276 Swallowing Gold
The day passed, and it was dusk again.

When Cao Yong came back from Luoya, he entered the gate of the Cao Mansion, saw Zhang Yi there, and asked, "Which prince's mansion is here to report the funeral today?"

Chu Yu is the Princess of the county, so many of the clan's clan or nearby clans have passed away, so they have to come here to report the funeral.

Zhang Yi shook his head and said, "No one came to report the funeral today."

"Huh?" Cao Yong was puzzled when he heard this.

If it is a distant clan or a low title, maybe there is no need to report the funeral to Chuyu, the Heshuo princess's house; but if it is really worthless, how can it attract an emperor or a county king.

Could it be those who failed to win the heir?
They are all in the state of confinement or semi-confinement, so it is not easy to come out to report the funeral?

After entering the inner house and returning to Wutong Garden, Cao Yong asked his wife if he had heard of any prince in the clan who was in poor health recently.

Chu Yu thought about it for a while, and said: "In recent years, there have been quite a few people who have been sick and honored to be cared for. The third uncle, the tenth uncle, the fifteenth uncle, Prince Jian, and Prince Ping... other beauties and princes are called sick and honored. more."

The more Cao Yong thought about it, the more confused he became, and he shook his head vigorously, not letting himself think about it.

Chu Yu aroused curiosity, and said, "Why did you think of asking this?"

Cao Yong told about the abnormal state of the court today, Chu Yu pursed his lips, his small face was tense, and asked, "Apart from Uncle Seventeen's solemn expression, how does Uncle Si react?"

Cao Yong frowned and said: "The emperor seems to be still majestic, but there is still something different. His voice is a little hoarse, and his expression seems to be restrained, but I don't know whether the restraint is anger or sorrow."

Chu Yu's face gradually turned pale, she supported Cao Yong's arm, and said: "There is another one who is also recuperating from illness. Fourth Uncle has always been cold-hearted, except for his close relatives, who else can move Fourth Uncle's face?"

"Who?" Cao Yong asked.

Chu Yu said, "Brother Hongshi!"

Hongshi, the third elder brother Hongshi, should have been the oldest prince in the palace.But now he can no longer be called the third elder brother, because he was not liked by Yongzheng. Yongzheng succeeded him three years ago and was named the prince of Lianjun. In February last year, something angered Yongzheng, and he was expelled from the clan and became a commoner.

A tragedy, the body of a prince is tabooed by the clan.

Nominally, Yongzheng handed over to Zhenguo Fair for support, but in fact the family was locked up in the Zhenguo Mansion.

"Brother Hongshi is not in good health?" Cao Yong asked.

It is really that the identity of the third elder brother is too sensitive. Cao Yong rarely has the opportunity to hear about him, and he has no intention of taking the initiative to inquire, so he didn't think of this person for a while.

Chu Yu thought of her parents and children because of the recent death of a young elder brother in Prince Yi's residence.

Chu Yu sighed, and said in a low voice, "No matter how good your body is, it won't get better after a few years of hard work. I was already depressed, not to mention that my daughter died in April, and my blood was cut off."

"The bloodline is cut off?" Cao Yong couldn't help but wondered after hearing this: "Shouldn't there be a little Gege left?"

Hongshi originally had one son and two daughters, but his only son died young. In the third year of Yongzheng, he left the palace with two little Gege.

"That one is Ergege, it disappeared last year. The one that disappeared this year is Dagege, who died in April, which happened to be about the same day as Thirteenth Uncle's Xiaojiu. Twelfth Aunt once mentioned it." Chu Yu said. .

Cao Yong can't remember when Hongshi disappeared in the history of later generations. Anyway, he didn't live to the year of Qianlong.

After hearing his wife's words, he really felt that Hongshi was probably the one who died.

Even if Hongshi got rid of his clan status, Yongzheng could only spoil him. Others, even Brother Seventeen, would not dare to do whatever he wants...*
Cao Yong and his wife are just guessing, Tianyou has already got the letter first.

At this time, he was escorting two elder brothers, Hongli and Hongzhou, to Zhen Guogong's mansion with his fellow bodyguards.

Outside Zhen Guogong, it was quiet.

Because the imperial decree was not issued, the funeral has not started here, but the red lanterns outside the gate are still taken off.

Both Hongli and Hongzhou's faces were ugly. They got the news at noon, and then went outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation to ask for orders.

Until dusk, Yongzheng did not see the two sons, but sent Chen Fu to spread the word, telling them to "go if they want".

Both Hongli and Hongzhou changed into plain clothes, and ordered the accompanying guards to pick off their tassels.

With just this one action, all the guards knew that the two masters were leaving the palace for the funeral.

They all thought about the old county king, the old Duke, and even someone who was well-informed, thinking about the Fucha's house, but they didn't expect that it was the Duke of Zhen's mansion who came.

When the two princes came to the door, Yun Li went out to welcome them rather hastily.

Hongli was patient and met with Yunyun before he mentioned the matter of offering sacrifices to Hongshi.

Yun Yun hesitated for a moment, but did not stop, and led the two elder brothers to the Duke's mansion.

Hongli ordered a few guards to accompany him, and the others stayed in the front yard of the Duke's Mansion to wait.

For this fatuous and incompetent twelfth uncle, Hong Zhou is indifferent, Hong Li is peaceful on the surface, but hates him in his heart.

Outsiders only thought that Yun Fen was not liked by the emperor, so he was demoted to a noble rank, and only three assistant leaders were left under his name, and the others were taken away; the actual reason was related to Hongli.

I don't know if it was a real negligence, or there was another purpose. When the emperor's palace revised the imperial jade plate in the second year of Yongzheng, Yun Yu mistakenly wrote Hongli's birth mother as Qian's.

For this reason, there are gossips in the clan that Hongli was born by a Han woman.

Because Yongzheng discovered it early, the rumors did not spread.

Hongli knew that among the four brothers, he was neither a direct wife nor a long-term love, and it was the concubine Man's advantage that made him the most favorable candidate for successor.

Without this advantage, he would not be much more important than his brother.

As a result, the gossip from a man woman will wipe out her own advantage, and the culprit is Yun Li, so why not complain.

Yun Yu led the way, not knowing that he was being resented, he only felt top-heavy, and his eyes turned black.

Apart from him, Hongshi's body was only seen by Brother Seventeen.

All right, what happened to Hiroshi?Until now, he is still terrified.

When he reached the Kuayuan, Yun Yu didn't bring anyone into the house directly, instead he stopped and looked at the four guards who followed him.

Hongli and Hongzhou brothers looked at each other, turned back and told Tianyou and the other four to stay in the yard, only the two of them followed Yunqi into the house.

Although the sun was setting, there was still heat outside, but after entering the room, the hairs of the two princes tightened.

The room is very cool, even a little cold.

There were more than a dozen basins of ice in the room, except for the corpse covered in white cloth, only two eunuchs were there.

Yun Yun waved his hand and sent the two eunuchs out.

Seeing the posture, Hongli and Hongzhou stepped forward with some hesitation.

Even though the order of the funeral has not been determined, the government of the town does not know how to manage the funeral, but Hongshi's wives and concubines should have changed into mourning clothes long ago, but they are not showing up now.

In this mortuary yard, except for the two old eunuchs looking at the ice basin just now, there is no one else, anyone can see that something is wrong.

Hongli gritted his teeth, took two steps forward, and pulled the white cloth off Hongshi's head.

Hongshi's face was pale, his brows were furrowed, his expression was lifelike, he seemed to be in pain and joy.

His facial features and seven orifices were clean, and there were no constriction marks on his neck, Hongli secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

This person in front of him can be said to be the biggest obstacle on his way to win the heir. Now that the lights are out, he can't help feeling pity for him, and he doesn't want to die in vain.

Immediately, he realized something was wrong.

Although Hongshi's face was a bit haggard, he was not sick, so if he died of an emergency, was it still an "accident"?
He covered the white cloth again, turned around, and looked at Yunpo suspiciously: "Uncle Twelfth, what's wrong with Third Brother, is there any prescription left?"

Yun Yun's face was pale, he shook his head, hesitated for a while, Fang whispered: "Since the emperor allowed the two elder brothers to come, he definitely didn't intend to hide it from the two elder brothers... Brother Hongshi didn't get sick, but swallowed gold. ..."

Both Hongli and Hongzhou were stunned.

Hongshi is only 24 years old this year. It takes courage to choose this path; and how desperate it is to take this path.

Hongli was a little stunned, and he was glad that he was not the one who stepped into the desperate situation, and he felt a little guilty that he had contributed to the discord between his father and brother.But in the past two years, since no one mentioned Hongshi anymore, wouldn't it be good for him to live a quiet life?Why did you remember this again?

Hong Zhou, a bystander, was stunned for a moment before waking up, and asked: "Third brother has lived here for two years, it's good, why can't he think about it all of a sudden?" Speaking of this, he remembered something: "Is it because of the emperor? Why did Ma give the Jingyang Palace study to the fourth brother?"

Yun Yun said helplessly: "It's likely to be the case. Brother Hongshi loves quietness. Although he lives in the same house, he only sees him once every seven or eight days. I didn't expect that he would be so overwhelmed."

The corner of Hongzhou's mouth became more sneering, and Hongli's gaze at Yunfen also became sharper.

Since they live here in seclusion, Hongshi's sources of news are only Yun and his wife.

Yun Yun felt cold sweat on his forehead, his body became more and more stooped, and he scolded his wife half to death in his heart.

If it wasn't for Mrs. Fucha who didn't feel angry that he was being scolded, or that some of his usual managers were kicked out, he wouldn't deliberately go to Hongshi to talk about Hongli's beauty.

It's just a woman's petty mind, thinking that since the emperor scolded her husband, she would torment the emperor's son.

It was only for a moment of anger, but it led to such heavy consequences.

Yun Yun had already sealed the insider's mouth, how could he dare to admit a single word...

*
Although Hongshi's funeral was not arranged, within a few days, the news of Hongshi's elder brother's death gradually spread among the courtiers.

No one dares to gossip about the emperor's family affairs in public, but he must sigh in private.

The courtiers were irrelevant, and they could all watch with cold eyes; but there were people in the imperial family who were playing tricks, wondering if the emperor would care about the relationship between father and son, and give Brother Hongshi a title.

Elder brother Hongshi is extinct. If he has a title, he must choose an heir to inherit it.

Unexpectedly, after waiting and waiting, Hongshi was buried without a seal.

It was unavoidable that someone stomped their feet and gritted their teeth to scold the emperor for being cruel.

Although Yongzheng didn't show grace to his own son, he paid more and more attention to the Thirteenth Lord.The appointment of military officers was originally a job of the military selection department of the Ministry of War, but Yongzheng said that starting this year, military officers below the third rank will be selected by the Thirteen Lords.

This year is the year of the officialdom, and a lot of vacancies will be vacated at the end of the year. Such a decree affects the success of many people and the rise and fall of many families.

In this way, the matter of elder brother Hongshi's death seemed to gradually fade away.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Fucha Li Rongbao died of illness, and there were so many guests worshiping at the door, it was another scene.

In Ganxi No. [-] Institute, the Fucha family of Sifujin has begun to guard the system, and the other Fucha family has officially obtained a proper status in the elder brother's office...

(End of this chapter)