Liquidation

In May of this year, the concubine Zhang Jia was seriously ill and died of illness not long after. She was posthumously named Concubine Min. [①]

Zhang Jiashi left two daughters and a son, the thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang. In history, Kangxi gave this son to Defei to raise him, and also created a brotherhood between the fourth elder brother Yinzhen and the thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang. .But here history has changed again, Kangxi did not do this, probably because he still remembered the matter of Concubine De's refusal to raise the fourth elder brother Yinzhen, and put Yinxiang's upbringing under the name of Concubine Hui.

The princesses are all educated in another residence, and they don't see each other several times throughout the year.With Concubine Min gone, Yinxiang was also alone in this palace, with no one to rely on.

Yinhu pitied him for losing his mother, and remembered the 43 brotherhood later, and wanted to fight for Yinzhen—in any case, Yinzhen was still the most important thing in his heart. I think about Yinzhen even more.He didn't know if his state of mind had changed or what, but he had regretted it a long time ago, but he didn't find the right step to reconcile.

Yinxiang was only 13 years old at this time, and he was still half a child. When his mother and concubine left, the palace praised her high and trampled her low, and there were already contemptuous remarks.Only Yinhu didn't care and cared for him.Thinking of Yinzhen's appearance when Tong Jia passed away, Yinhu had to show more concern for him. Within a month, the two met quite a lot in the palace, going in and out together.

"I was also raised by Concubine Hui when I was young. She has a generous temperament. My mother-in-law lives very close to her. They will treat you well... You are alone in the palace now, so you should take good care of yourself. Be yourself."

Yinxiang's expression was gloomy, and he just listened to them one by one, and nodded in response.Yinhu saw that he was still depressed, and thought that he should get out of this mood as soon as possible.So he proposed to take him out of the palace and sit in his own house.

Yinxiang had no objection, so Yinhu took him along the palace road to the north, planning to follow the path he used to go through the imperial garden and out of Shenwumen.It is inconvenient for Feng Jing and others to enter the palace now, so they can only wait outside the Shenwu Gate.Therefore, the two walked slowly on the path, regardless of the time, Yinhu deliberately asked Yinxiang to relax, and stayed in the imperial garden for a while.

Yinxiang was still in a low mood, Yinhu said some gossip to divert his attention.The forest in the imperial garden was luxuriant, suddenly there was a woman exclaiming in front of her, and a man's rough voice mixed together, before Yinhu could react, Yinxiang had already stepped forward, just standing behind the rockery.

Yinhu followed up to take a look, and was shocked to find that a man and a woman were talking face to face in the garden, and one of them was dressed in a dragon robe, which was as luxurious and beautiful as Kangxi's.Yinhu immediately understood a little bit, quickly grabbed Yinxiang, gave him a wink, and signaled him to keep quiet.

At this time, Concubine Min's [-]-day funeral was just over a month away, and both inside and outside the house had to prohibit alcohol and music, shaving hair was prohibited, and moreover, marriages and pleasures had to be suspended.Prince Yinreng couldn't have fun in an open and aboveboard manner, he thought he was holding back, and there was no one around in the imperial garden, so he flirted with the woman and flirted with her.The woman was not very old, and she had a bit of color, but she was dressed as a court lady. Obviously her status was low and low, but it attracted Yinfeng's fascination and obsession.

Yinhu listened carefully, and heard the two men's jokes, the woman wanted to ask the prince to take her back to Yuqing Palace for a title, Yinreng naturally agreed, stretching out her hand to hug, but the woman was a bit witty, turned around Dodging, said with a smile: "Your Highness, Concubine Jing Min's new funeral has only been in one month, if this servant is following His Highness now, there is no need for others to speak, and this servant dare not tell His Highness to accept such rumors, if His Highness also has slaves in his heart, why not wait for Concubine Min a hundred days later, How about taking the slaves back to the palace?"

Yinfeng was at the time when the color was given to the soul, so he didn't care about it, so he didn't care, and said without any scruples: "It's just a daughter of the third rank [②], why do you ask Gu to go to mourning? You can't play, it's really bad luck! "

After hearing this, Yinhu hurriedly looked at Yinxiang, only to see him staring at Yinrong, with hatred in his eyes, and he almost became crazy.He hurriedly grabbed Yinxiang, fearing that he would not be able to bear it, and rushed out to quarrel with the prince.It's just that Yinxiang was young and vigorous, and he couldn't calm down. His feet were impulsive, and he didn't know what he stepped on, and it creaked.

The garden was originally extremely quiet, but this sound was very obvious, and immediately alarmed the two of them.Yinfeng looked at it fiercely, and shouted sharply: "Who is it?!"

Yinhu was terrified in his heart, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk out from behind the rockery, bowing and saluting: "My younger brother pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Yinfeng's expression was not good, and he said angrily: "What are you doing here?"

Yinhu bowed his head and said respectfully: "My brother enters the palace to say hello, passing by here. I just saw His Highness here and was about to come to pay a visit. I didn't expect His Highness to see my brother first."

The expression on Yinreng's face changed, he didn't know what he thought of, coughed dryly, pointed to the maid, and put on a smile: "This is the maid of the Palace of Compassionate Ning, she is lonely and worried about the health of Huang Mama, so I asked her to ask Huang Ma Mammy's recent situation."

It was funny in Yinhu's heart, Yinreng was able to attack even the maids in the Empress Dowager's palace, and it was during Concubine Min's funeral, but he had no scruples, showing his audacity.Naturally, his attitude was upright and modest, his waist was lower, and he said yes.Because Yinxiang was still behind the rockery, he just wanted to send the two of them away quickly and take Yinxiang out of the palace.

Unexpectedly, the court lady approached Yinfeng and whispered a few words in his ear, but Yinhu couldn't hear clearly and had a premonition of uneasiness.Yinfeng turned his expression on his face, nodded again and again, and became intimate with Yinhu, calling out: "Eighth brother..."

Yinhu's scalp was numb, and he didn't know what Yinrong was going to do, so he had to respond more humbly.Yinfeng's friendly appearance made him very uncomfortable, and he said with a smile: "Why doesn't the eighth brother come to see the second brother recently?"

... When did he go to see this second brother again?Yinhu was even more apprehensive, saying casually that he was busy with errands.Yinfeng meant something, looked at the maid and said: "I heard that there is a maid in your house who is a distant relative of the Crown Princess?"

Yinhu followed his gaze, and instantly understood what Yinrong wanted to do. This was to drag him into the water, and asked him to take the woman back, and send her into the womb of the crown prince with a different face.

In this way, he, who happened to meet the prince's scandal temporarily, not only could not tell the matter, but also had to cover it up with the prince.If something happens in the future, he will also be guilty.But he had to agree with the interests of the prince and sacrificed his life for the prince.

It's really a good strategy to kill two birds with one stone!Yinhu never imagined that this woman could be so calculating in such a short period of time.Seeing the prince's expression, Yinhu wished that Yinhu would take the girl home now and send it back to her the next day.But even if Yinhu and the crown prince are on the same boat, they can't complete both inside and outside, so that the maid can leave the palace and then enter the palace without any future troubles... Only the Ministry of Internal Affairs can do this easily, so should Jin Yinzhen be involved?

Yinhu glanced at Yinreng from the corner of his eye, and saw that Yinreng was quite complacent, with a smug smile on his lips: "Eighth brother, with the relationship between you and fourth brother, this matter can be easily done, isn't it?"

Sure enough, Yinfeng wanted to get involved with Yinzhen, Yinhu felt resentful, lowered his head and bit his lower lip tightly.It's all right for the crown prince to frame him, but Yinzhen should be wronged for nothing!He hated himself very much at this time, hated why he didn't lead Yinxiang out of the palace early, but suffered this calamity.

Prince Yinfeng is still a prince now, Kangxi dotes on him very much, Yinhu is just an ordinary or even unloved prince, comparing the two, how can he resist?

Yinhu pretended to be distressed: "His Royal Highness does not know, but the younger brother and the fourth brother have not seen each other for a long time..."

Yinfeng said impatiently: "Tell me, can you do this for Gu?"

Yinhu didn't want to involve Yinzhen, but in desperation, she just wanted to respond first, and then figured out a way by herself.Suddenly there was the sound of steady footsteps not far away, and the three of them turned their heads to look, and saw that the person they were talking about just now was approaching in front of them, it was the fourth elder brother Yinzhen, followed by a young man, who turned out to be the thirteenth elder brother who should be hiding behind the rockery Brother Yinxiang.

Yinzhen seemed to be passing by here, walked up, first saluted the prince, then turned to Yinhu, with a cold tone: "I'm looking for you everywhere! Didn't you promise me to go to my house for dinner today? What time is it now? Already!"

Yinhu didn't know what he meant, so for the time being, he followed his words and judged aggrievedly: "Fourth brother, I'm about to go, but I met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince here, and I was talking."

Yinfeng watched the interaction between the two, and said with a smile: "The relationship between the fourth brother and the eighth brother is really good, I don't know what the eighth brother promised me..."

Before Yinhu could speak, Yinzhen reprimanded: "His Royal Highness has orders, why don't you agree? Being able to do things for the crown prince is useful, why don't you try your best?"

Yinhu looked at Yinrong, and sure enough, he saw a happy expression on his face, so Yinhu could only say that he had agreed.Seeing that the matter had been accomplished, Yinreng had no intention of staying behind, winked at the court lady again, chatted a few words and left impatiently.

As soon as Yinfeng left, Yinxiang rushed into Yinhu's arms: "Brother!"

Yinhu hurriedly hugged him, seeing tears in the corners of his eyes, it was he who secretly asked Yinzhen to come over to help, feeling a little sour in his heart.Looking at Yinzhen again, the two haven't seen each other properly for several months, and they are quite embarrassed at the moment.

Yinzhen frowned, and looked at the maid, Yinhu knew it was not time to speak, but she didn't know what to do.But the maid suddenly knelt down and kowtowed continuously: "I beg Si Bei Le, Ba Bei Le, and Thirteen Masters to save the life of this servant! This servant has a grievance!"