Cyan Lotus of Space Clearance

Chapter 120 Guess

The twelfth lunar month is busy every year, but because of the army's expedition to the west, the New Year of Kangxi's 56th year is still much simpler, and it is much more low-key and plain than the 52th birthday of Kangxi in [-] years.Of course, this may have something to do with the news of the continuous defeat of the army from the northwest front.General Wang acted resolutely and with tough methods, and constantly dismissed his subordinates or local officials who were ineffective.

Everyone was watching the reactions of Kangxi and Prince Yong carefully, but Kangxi was silent about the series of actions of the General King in the Northwest, and neither ordered reprimand nor praise. Many people regarded Kangxi's reaction as a His trust in the Great General King, and after granting his son Potian the military power, he gave him such trust. It is very likely that the next emperor will be the Fourteenth Prince, the Great General King, instead of Prince Yong.

And Prince Yong was as calm as ever, keeping silent about the guesses that the fourteenth elder brother was trying to fight for the reserve and eradicate his differences, and instead urged the household department to prepare food and grass and send it to the front.

The tenth elder brother inevitably muttered something in front of the ninth elder brother: "Why does Huang Ama trust the old fourteen so much? Let's forget about this today and tomorrow. The ghost believes that he has no selfish intentions. The fourth brother is not on guard against it, but is whole-hearted. Prepare food and fodder for him..." This old fourteenth, Yu Gong, he can't see anything for the sake of the Qing Dynasty (instead, he wholeheartedly wins over the courtiers to eradicate his differences), Yu Si, he was so good with mynah back then, when mynah was captured by the emperor's father I hate people who pry mynah when he turns around... and it's really annoying to fight for the first to win every time you go hunting or practicing Buku.

Ninth elder brother sneered, the heart of the old fourteen had already been revealed. Before he left for the expedition, he had interviewed Chen Wance, editor of the Hanlin Academy, Li Guangdi's protégé. Well, bah!He pretended to be a snake and thought that he really saw that the starling had no hope of saving the position and turned to support him, but when the army left Beijing, he specifically told himself: "The emperor is old, no matter what happens, you must always give me information, Ruo Sheng If the Emperor Zu is in trouble, he should bring a letter early."

The drunken man's intention is not to drink, the old fourteen is not only concerned about the health of the emperor's father, but the focus is actually on the sentence "the emperor's father is old", the meaning... Hmph, when he is stupid Well, he just has another idea about that seat, and that is his imperial father, "But is there any problem?" The fourteenth's doing this really annoyed him... It's just that the silly look of the tenth who is worried about the fourth is even more serious at the moment. It made him displeased: "The old fourteenth is extremely intelligent, talented and virtuous, and our brothers are not as good. Now the emperor's father values ​​the authorization to lead the army to train him. The future crown prince may not be him."

Clever?Talented and talented?
Elder Brother Ten jumped up, his face flushed red: "He is the only one who has both talents and virtues? Are your eyes broken?!"

"You're the one with broken eyes." Why did Wubai fall in love with the fourth child?

"Okay, I said you are a stingy guy. It turned out that you wanted to support the old fourteen because you saw that Ba Ah was not good. No wonder you gave him trial-produced armaments and gave him a waste of money..." The first shot was 4 Ten thousand taels of silver, I don't think he was so generous when he owed the treasury silver taels!

——I had forgotten that they deliberately refused to pay back the money because they were discussing to hold back the fourth elder brother.

Ninth elder brother Yinzhen is the most mediocre in talent and learning among all elder brothers, but there is one thing that is extremely outstanding, and that is economic acumen.In Huang Ageli, he is the richest—through his marriage relationship with Mingzhu, he got a lot of money, and there are many means, such as placing people in the Ministry of Households, making connections with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, etc., specializing in public business (for another The more archaic word is "imperial business"); in addition, they sent people to smuggle private ginseng from the northeast to the interior, and joined hands with Ansan, the steward of Mingzhu's mansion, to do salt business in the south... All of them made a fortune Not to mention, he often blackmails and extorts from the people below, even his wife's natal family is not spared.Once he blackmailed Li Tingchen, the magistrate of Henan, even 120 taels in his hands... Kangxi despised him for this.

Anyway, the emperor's father rewarded him with less money than others every time, so of course he had to rely on himself.Relying on your own ability to make money to invest in the prince, why not be a happy prince in the future? !It's a pity that the starling who is the most closely related has lost his sanctity. He looks down on the old fourteenth, but Mianqiang is still a bit of a fan, but the fourth brother is different. He has no friendship at all. It was the same when his father was there, he was punished when he was caught... So he tried his best to obstruct him, always doing whatever he could to hinder him...

——I don't know how this kind of entangled emotions accumulated, anyway, I've gotten used to it in my bone marrow.

"I pick?! Tell me, when did I pick you?" Anyone can say that only the old ten can't do it!The age difference between the two of them is only half a year, and they have been playing together since they were young. In terms of feelings, he is even better than mynah to Lao Shi, and he will give Lao Shi whatever he likes without saying a word... but what he doesn't have, He also did everything possible to snatch it for him, did he forget all of this? !Yinzhen jumped up, "Besides, I can give my own money to whoever I like!"

This is what the emperor hinted him to do, and he can't say it out... Who knows his grief and indignation?The old ten is really too inconsiderate, too ungrateful for his suffering!Ever since he was arrested by the imperial father to participate in the tax reform, his past happy days are gone forever!

Yin'e poked her neck: "As long as you are willing to give it to him and not to me!" Still not picky?Picked to death, picked to death...

"Me? I..." As long as he can be independent, he will not give it to anyone!Old Ten's eyes are like Tong Ling, Brother Nine feels wronged, and his love for this younger brother has become a habit, but Old Ten's brains are very flexible when facing him. Follow his wishes... He thought sadly, should he give thirty or forty thousand taels to the old ten? !God, is it easy for him to earn money? No matter how much the emperor and the old ten torment him, no matter how much he earns, he won't be able to spend it...

"You used to give mynah a lot."

The eighth elder brother Yinhu made friends with hundreds of officials, and some figures of the three religions and nine first-class figures who possessed special skills or special functions, and most of them were financially supported by the ninth elder brother.Although the eighth elder brother has dispelled his idea of ​​saving his reserves, in order to protect the interests of his own party group, they still have to choose other popular reserve candidates to support-this trend cannot even be controlled by the eighth elder brother and the ninth elder brother.

Although Yinzhen is mediocre in talent and learning, he is not stupid. Deep in his heart, he vaguely feels that what the emperor asked him to do is not what the starlings and the others have speculated. .The imperial father's thoughts have never been something they can guess and understand, just like the mynah's expectations at the beginning were ultimately vain under his old man's tricks. Perhaps, his old man valued the old fourteen, but these indulgent supports are probably just a kind of indulgence. test it...

——After being hit and tempered by Kangxi, the ninth elder brother can now look at the problem in a roundabout way. If he and the eighth elder brother had this kind of thinking, the situation in the court would not be like it is now.

"...Ninth brother, I'm telling you the truth. If we don't have that life, don't meddle in it. The emperor can give that seat to whoever he wants. You have done it so obviously. The new king in the future is not what you expected. I'm the one with you, but I'll have to suffer..." The tenth elder brother rarely showed a worried look, putting aside business matters, although the fourth elder brother was calm and graceful, he was not an open-minded master when he was young. Who knows what he thinks now, once a person matures, he can cover up a lot of things... Taking a step back, even if it is not the fourth brother, which new monarch can treat his political opponents well?

Brother Nine looked at Brother Ten with complicated eyes, and Brother Ten didn't understand anything!He drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, "Don't worry, I know what's in my heart."

Alas, alas!Apart from stamping his feet, Elder Brother Ten can only drink alcohol.

The tenth elder brother lived his heartless happy life after being depressed, but after the ninth elder brother returned to the mansion, he was hastily summoned into Yikun Palace by Concubine Yi.

"Emiang, why are you summoning your son?"

Glancing at Yinzhen who was slightly drunk on her face, Concubine Yi said: "I can't ask you to enter the palace if you have nothing to do? I don't know what I'm busy with all day long. Er Niang gave birth to two children, it's as if she didn't have anything..." She said Let the ladies around him fetch water to wipe his face, and cook a bowl of soup to hangover.

Mother, this sad expression really doesn't suit you...

Brother Jiu hurriedly laughed and said: "I'll do something for Huang Ama, you also know that Huang Ama rarely likes his son's strengths... If you are bored, your son is called Shuhe (Dong E Shuhe, who is in charge of Dong E seventy daughter, brother Jiu’s concubine Fujin) to bring Hong Kuang Hong Ding into the palace to stay with you for a few days.”

"That daughter-in-law of yours... just forget about it." The ninth son's concubine, Fujin Dong E, has not given birth to a son and a half daughter yet, and she has a boring temper. If she wants to enter the palace, she may not be able to tell who will relieve her boredom. "Hongkuang Hongding, I just met a few days ago, I said you have to take care of it, the child is spoiled like a little bully." It made her feel ashamed with the queen mother, and with the four elders Comparing Hongye and Hongchen, the gap is so big that they can't say anything against their will.

"Sister-in-law Wu didn't come to greet you?" Yinzhen took the warm towel and wiped her face, feeling much refreshed.Throwing the towel back on the maid, he sat down beside Concubine Yi and asked with raised eyebrows.He still doesn't know about his own Fujin, he looks like someone owes her money all day long, beautiful even if beautiful, but has no interest at all.

"Of course, Wanmin is still asleep in the back hall." Wanmin is Wu Fujin's prostitute, not only looks but also has a somewhat resemblance to Concubine Yi, her small mouth always makes Concubine Yi smile, and when she mentions her, Concubine Yi's mood immediately improved a lot, but seeing Brother Jiu heaving a sigh of relief, she couldn't help feeling angry again, "Ereniang's daughter-in-law and grandchildren can replace my son no matter how good they are, why don't you reflect on yourself..."

Raising willow eyebrows and striking the head is a lesson.

Although Erniang's temper is a bit sharper, she has never been so harsh... Nine princes bowed their heads and reflected.

"Okay, who are you showing that to?" Concubine Yi waved her hand, and all the maids and nurses who were waiting on her retreated.She was holding a teacup, and she curled up her fingers gracefully wearing amber-inlaid ruby-painted pomegranate twig-patterned fingertips. She pinched the cover with her thumb and forefinger and gently skimmed off the tea foam. After taking a sip, she asked slowly: " Do you think Old Fourteen is very likely?"

Ever since the fourth child changed his jade certificate, he guessed it was the fourth child, why did the wind fall on the fourteenth child again?
Brother Jiu suddenly raised his head: "Emiang?"

"You came out of my stomach, I still don't know. During this period of time, you have given the support to the fourteenth. Concubine De gave me a good 'thank you' this morning." If the fourth is in power, She felt better. After all, he has become the son of Empress Xiaoyi and has nothing to do with Wu Yashi, but if it is the old fourteenth... Could it be that after fighting for her whole life, she will be overwhelmed by Wu Yashi?
"It's better to be the senior fourth." Putting the teacup on the table, her plump red lips were tightly pressed, and her phoenix eyes were coldly staring at her uncertain son, "Tell me, is it your own idea or your emperor's?" Ama's instruction?"

"Er Niang?!" Brother Nine was really shocked this time, "You—"

"If the emperor really values ​​the fourteenth child, why would he make such a fuss about the fourth child's jade certificate?" She is not the one who is so dazzled by the music of the Wu Ya family that she can't see anything clearly.

(End of this chapter)