Female Official In the East Palace

Kangxi wanted Rong Xin to exercise the responsibility of persuasion. After Rong Xin went back, there was no reason to hide it from the prince. He told the prince all the content of the exchange between Miansheng and Kangxi today, and then the prince made his own decision.

"I know that Your Highness is not a willful person, so I don't want to persuade you, I just hope that all your decisions are made after thinking twice, don't regret it."

Still up to them.

The reason why Rong Xin believes that "everything will be fine" is because she believes in the prince, who is the crown prince of the Qing Dynasty, and will not always choose to escape and let things develop to the point of no return.

The crown prince did not respond to Rong Xin's words, but only asked affirmatively: "Hong Zhao said Huang Ama took my things with him?"

Rong Xin nodded, "Exactly. The eldest grandson of the emperor also said that among the things the emperor carried with him, only the box was kept by the emperor himself."

pace."

The prince smiled bitterly, "Since I haven't followed Huang Ama's footsteps closely, I shouldn't force Huang Ama."

"Your Highness..."

"I don't know what you want to understand, but it's not necessarily a good thing for people to live too much, and open-mindedness can prolong life."

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Rong Xin gave him a sullen look, "After all, I have finished what I have to say, so I won't stay and listen to you to harass me."

"Auntie, don't be in a hurry." The prince raised his hand to stop her and asked, "Auntie, I want Concubine De to come out of Yonghe Palace, and I want Wang Guiren to be promoted to concubine. Method?"

Rong Xin frowned slightly and asked, "Why is this?"

De concubine Wuya was able to stir up the storm in the palace because she gave birth to three princes and a princess, and she was full of confidence.

Now the fourth elder brother and others have grown up and are widely used by Kangxi.

Wang Guiren is the most favored concubine of Kangxi in the harem today, and her favor is no less than that of the German concubine.

Since thirty-two years, the four youngest princes of Kangxi have all been born by Wang Guiren, and behind her there are clansmen and Jiangning Weaving Cao family, and this low position can suppress her a little Divide arrogance.

Rong Xin really couldn't figure it out, why did the prince lift up such two people who might not be too quiet?

Rong Xin frowned slightly and answered the previous prince's question: "The matter of the harem has always been nothing more than a word from the emperor. If you want to teach Virtuous Concubine to come out, as long as the sixth brother and the fourteenth brother have a more stable temperament , just do a few more errands.”

The prince nodded casually and asked, "Where is your noble man?"

"The rules set by the queen back then, in terms of merit and reward, Wang Guisheng gave birth to four elder brothers, enough points for promotion, but the emperor has become less fond of conferring the harem over the years, and there is no one in the harem I can."

The prince thoughtful, "So, as long as there is a suitable person to remind Huang Ama?"

Rong Xin nodded, if there is a person who can say a few words about the harem, and has a bit of face in front of Kangxi, these two things can almost be counted as one thing.

But...

Rong Xin and the Crown Prince looked at each other, and the only people who matched in the palace were the Empress Dowager, Suma Lagu and… Rong Xin.

The empress dowager never cares about anything. Gu Su Ma Lagu has been fasting and chanting Buddha for many years, and her health is not good. Since it is what the prince asks, it seems that only Rong Xin is the most suitable.

The crown prince coughed and said, "After returning to Beijing, I will teach the fourth to supervise the sixth and the fourth, and the matter of the German concubine should not require the aunt to come forward."

Rong Xin did not say a word, but his eyes were asking: What about Wang Guiren?

The prince raised his fan, touched the tip of his nose, and smiled awkwardly: "Wang Guiren's business is not in a hurry, Huang Ama loves the youngest son, and when the little nineteen is older, he will be able to coax the emperor. Ama is happy, and it must not be difficult."

"Why don't you speak up and say you want me to say a few words in front of the emperor?"

Rong Xin was helpless, such a simple request, the prince couldn't even say it so casually, let alone in front of Kangxi.

Father and son have made trouble to this point, why is there no one for the prince? Kangxi said earlier that the prince didn't believe him either, and it was not without reason.

The prince listened to Rong Xin's question, and for a moment, he explained: "I'm definitely not meeting my aunt, I just don't want you to be affected."

"I don't doubt you." Rong Xin sighed inwardly, that is, as he grows older, he is not as frank as he was when he was young. Maybe it is a change that every adult will have.

Then, Rong Xin said to the prince: "I keep this matter in my heart, and when the time is right, I will mention it to the emperor."

"Thanks auntie."

Rong Xin shook his head, "No matter what you want to do, I will always support you."

But until he returned to Beijing, Kangxi never summoned Rong Xin again, and Rong Xin had no reason to ask him, so this matter was put aside for the time being.

On the way back to Beijing, the prince and the eldest brother had a happy event, that is, the boat they sent to sea finally returned.

Their merchant ships are huge and carry a lot of cargo. Just the gold and silver brought back from overseas has allowed them to recover the cost, not to mention the goods sold quickly after the merchant ships landed. The profits are huge.

The prince and the elder brother are of high weight, and there are nine elder brothers operating in the capital. By the time the imperial chariot returned to Beijing, almost half of the goods had been sold. Looking at the numbers in the account book, the overseas trade was indeed It is profiteering.

The prince has seen a lot of silver coins. He went out of the palace in person, and checked the accounts with the eldest brother and the ninth brother in Rong Xin's house, and set aside the capital needed for the next trip to the sea. The profit is divided into two and handed over to the big brother readily.

Then the prince divided one point from his profit to Jiu Brother.

While surprised, Brother Jiu hurriedly declined: "Prince Second Brother, there is no investment from my younger brother in this merchant ship, how can I charge you so much money?"

Elder brother looked at so much money, was in a good mood, his smile never fell, and when he heard the conversation between the two, he persuaded Brother Nine to say: "The prince will naturally make sense for you, Just take it."

The prince and the nine elder brothers looked at him one after another, but the eldest elder brother did not feel the shame of others, and still said boldly: "It is reasonable to say that the elder brother should not be stingy, but the elder brother studies the consumption of firearms. Very big, ninth brother, take more care of you."

Brother Jiu raised a smile and said insincerely, "Brother said so, how could younger brother not be worried?"

The prince calmly turned to Brother Jiu and said, "Xiao Jiu, keep it, you have done a lot for me in recent years, and it should be rewarded."

Brother Jiu couldn't refuse. After hesitating again and again, he asked tentatively, "Can the merchant ship let my brother put some money in?"

"Are you trying to use this share of the profit I gave you as an investment?"

Brother Jiu nodded hesitantly and added: "My brother knows that it is a bit shameless to do business with nothing, so I will prepare some silver taels to send over."

The prince looked at the elder brother and saw that he was only playing with a delicate handgun without saying anything, so he said generously to the elder brother: "If you want to invest money, I will It's not against it, it's just that you have to be aware of the risks involved."

Ninth Brother laughed and nodded, "Don't worry, the second brother, the prince, the younger brother understands."

The prince tapped the ledger with his finger and said, "Since I promised to give you a profit, I will not take it back. You don't need to take another money for the time being."

"This..." Jiu-ge Yu Guang looked at the elder brother, seeing that the elder brother didn't seem to be objecting, and finally completely relieved, and said, "Then the younger brother thanked the two elder brothers. "

"You don't have to thank me, and it's not the money I gave you." The elder brother raised his hand to look carefully in front of him, and said casually, "However, Yinzhen, you are a prince who is good at business. Since we join in, we will have to add another merchant ship anyway, and the cost will be not small, so you have to pay for it."

The prince raised his eyebrows slightly, but did not refute.

Nine Brothers immediately responded: "This is what it should be, brother, don't worry."

After the money was distributed, the prince took out the painting album created by the painter and distributed it to the two of them, saying, "Take a look at these paintings."

The eldest brother and the ninth brother each took a stack of drawing papers. The eldest brother was not very interested in the customs and customs of the side, so he just skipped it and only looked at the weapons of other countries. Firearms are the most concerned.

Nine Brothers pays attention to more things, and then considers from the perspective of business, which kind of commodities a certain country may be more interested in, and the consumption capacity... From a simple picture, He could see a thing or two.

While the two of them were talking, the prince occasionally picked up a pen, picked up important content and made a simple record, and then suddenly said: "There are several countries that are so powerful that they can even come to the Central Plains."

The big brother's eyes were full of fighting spirit, and he was even eager to try: "The swords of the soldiers there are thin and long, I don't know how martial arts are?"

Nine elders are speechless, don't understand why elder brother always thinks of fighting, of course, he does not dare to say the word "fight", he only knows the current affairs and said: "Brother all interests, may as well use it in a foreign country. When the minister comes, I will try one or two, and show me the might of the Qing Dynasty."

The big brother said proudly: "This is natural."

The crown prince chuckled and did not interrupt, and when the voices of the two fell, he put down the pen, "The eldest brother and the ninth brother reminded me, and I will take these picture albums to Huang Ama and the others. Take a look and you might have a different opinion."

"Huang Ama?" The eldest brother and the nine elder brothers looked at each other and asked, "Do you want to show your love to Huang Ama?"

Nine brothers shrank his neck and reduced his sense of presence.

The prince didn't mind at all: "Brother's words are bad, how can filial piety be utilitarian?"

The big brother was so disgusted with it that he couldn't sit down any longer, waved his sleeves and took away his part of the money, not even a piece of broken porcelain that belonged to him.

Ninth brother waited for the elder brother to leave, and then asked: "Prince second brother, you see that my fifth brother is not rich, can you give him a little profit from me?"

"The prince has a lot of money to open the house, and the expenditure in the old five houses is not large, how can he not be rich?"

Jiu elder brother heard the words and said embarrassingly: "Yes, brother forgot."

When the prince looked at the painting, some thoughts came to his mind. Worrying about omissions, he picked up the brush and wrote again, without raising his head: "I don't care who you want to share it with. It's just that our merchant ships go to sea again, and we can only add one more ship."

They are princes, every move is not a trivial matter, some things should be done gradually, not too much.

But the prince opened this hole because he didn't mind any other princes on their ship, and even if Pope Amma also participated, it would be more beneficial to them.

The prince wrote a meal and thought: It seems that the timing is right, and the emperor will probably be extra tolerant to him...

Kangxi really liked what the prince gave him, and when it was a signal of complete reconciliation between father and son, no matter what the prince said, he was happy.

Prince Prince is well versed in step by step, so he didn't say too much when he showed the picture album to Huang Ama, but his tone was deliberately with a kind of arrogance of "the kingdom of heaven".

When he returned to Yuqing Palace in a good mood, he saw Rong Xin and said, "Auntie, I brought back the new picture album. Would you like to take a look?"

Rong Xin took the album and looked at it carefully.

The artist's painting skills are excellent, the expressions and accessories of the people in the group portraits are all clear, and the relief frescoes on the buildings are also very realistically drawn, and some of them are amazing. do.

However, Rong Xin's focus is more on the prince and Kangxi.

"Your Highness intends to ease the relationship?"

The prince smiled and said nothing.

Rong Xin understood, he didn't want to say it.

So Rong Xin stopped asking, only asked the prince about the merchant ship, and then heard that the elder brother took a small handgun.

Dongzhu has always been where Rong Xin is, and she is there. She was not interested in the topic of the two people before. When she heard the handgun, she looked at Ama and Mammy.

Rong Xin immediately replied with a smile: "Gege and wait, when the firearms masters have finished their research, they will ask the King of Zhi County to come over."

Dongzhu's dark eyes seemed to be bright, even if her face was still expressionless, she could see she was happy.

When the prince saw this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he was satisfied.

In the days after that, the prince passed by like a stream of water while he was on duty and preparing for the merchant ship to go to sea again.

At the beginning of the new year, Shandong and Hejian were overwhelmed by natural disasters, the people were displaced, and refugees began to move around, and many of the hungry people poured into the capital.

At this time, the silver money in the hands of the prince has not yet been spent. After seeing that the court allocated funds for disaster relief, there are still many people who are naked and hungry. , to provide relief to the people.

The praise has nothing to do with the prince.

The crown prince was not without gain. Kangxi personally picked out several treasures from his private treasury and gave them to the crown prince, among which there were even royal items.

Of course, the Manchu civil and military did not dare to choose.

Except for one person, the eldest grandson of the emperor.

The eldest grandson is not unwilling, but he has recently been concerned about the things that are next to him, and it is difficult to concentrate, and he is often punished for not paying attention.

The crown prince is busy, and he has limited attention to it. It is difficult for him to notice if the eldest grandson does not say anything.

Rong Xinxian, the eldest grandson no longer hides in front of her. After discovering his abnormality, he asked a few questions, and then learned that the fourth brother's Honghui was sick.

"I remember that during the New Year, it was just a small wind chill?"

The eldest grandson nodded and said worriedly: "But Honghui's condition has not recovered, and he has not returned to the palace for class. I want to see him."

Rong Xin vaguely remembered that Honghui of the fourth elder brother's family seemed to have died a long time ago. Could it be this time?

"Mommy, if I leave the palace alone, Huang Mafa and Ama will not allow me, can you accompany me?"

Rong Xin regained her senses and nodded, "But you have to tell His Royal Highness the Prince in person that you didn't concentrate on reading before, so you must admit your mistakes."

In the evening, the prince listened to the reason why the eldest grandson was inattentive recently. Although he punished the eldest grandson, he did not criticize it too harshly, and agreed on the spot that the eldest grandson left the palace.

The three people, Rong Xin, the eldest grandson of the emperor, and Dongzhu went to the fourth elder brother's house. , only to meet each other, and then hurriedly left the house.

If the fourth elder brother mentioned Honghui, Rong Xin could see the worry in his expression, and even thought that the workaholic didn't care about his son, but he was in a hurry. , especially for the Sifu Jin.

Sifu Jin greeted the three of Rong Xin with a smile, all pain and exhaustion in their expressions.

The eldest grandson didn't have the patience to sit here and drink tea, and directly asked to see Hongzhao.

Si Fujin's eyes were moved, but then he said: "Honghui will definitely be happy to see the emperor's eldest grandson, but if you get sick..."

The eldest grandson of the emperor didn't care about his illness, and insisted on visiting Honghui. Si Fujin couldn't stop him, so he personally led them to Honghui's yard.

Manchu boy, he will move out of the backyard to live alone at the age of six, and Honghui has moved out for two years.

Hong Hui was very happy to see the eldest grandson of the emperor, and his spirits improved a little. He listened obediently to his brother telling him about school, and his eyes were full of yearning.

Seeing this, Si Fujin suddenly choked up, wiping away his tears and begging: "Honghui has been ill for more than three months, and he has not seen any improvement. Hui went to the palace to be treated by the imperial doctor?"

"Did the fourth elder brother not ask the emperor for a doctor?"

Sifujin's expression was a little strange, but he recovered after a moment, "Please, it's just not as convenient as in the palace. If something goes wrong, you can ask the imperial doctor to take a look."

Rong Xin thought about it and agreed: "It will take some time to ask for instructions back and forth, why don't we go to the palace together when we leave later?"

Sifu Jinqiang restrained his excitement and confirmed: "Is it okay? Can Honghui enter the palace without permission?"

"Thank you, Mrs. Rong, I will order someone to pack up Honghui's things."

Seeing her eager expression, Rong Xin said: "Si Fujin don't have to be busy, everything is in the palace."

And when she said this, when they left, Honghui didn't bring anything to him except the clothes on his body, and Sifujin brought him nothing, and the quilt was rolled into the carriage.

Rong Xin: "…"

After returning to the palace, the crown princess had already made arrangements, and there was no room in Yuqing Palace, so she temporarily placed Honghui in the elder brother's office. The eldest grandson was afraid that he would be afraid, so he also moved into the house next to Honghui.

On the second day, Hong Qing from the third brother's house and Hong Yu from the eldest brother's house were also arguing about the family's Ama, and wanted to move into the brother's office.

Before the eldest brother and the third brother let go, the eldest grandson of the emperor brought his younger brothers to the front of the emperor Marfa.

Kangxi is most happy to see the scene of brothers and sisters, so regardless of the thoughts of the two sons, he directly agreed to their request, and even surrounded by several grandsons, went to the elder brother's office Visit Honghui.

The prince was happy to see the eldest grandson "tossing", and after Honghui got a little better, he and the princess, one reprimanded the fourth elder brother, and the other taught Si Fujin, in short, the house is not peaceful, the husband and wife are two people No one can shirk responsibility, everyone is at fault.

As long as Honghui and Sifujin are safe, let alone a few scoldings, even if the prince and the prince concubine punish the couple, they will do everything they can.

Rong Xin was in the elder brother's office and casually mentioned to Kangxi that Nemin's reward and punishment to the harem were clear...