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Looking back, the one who looked over with a smile and squinted his eyes, who else could it be if it wasn't King Jiajun?Yin Qi was also overjoyed, and hurried over to beat Qian, and said with a smile: "Brother Sixteen! Why is my younger brother so lucky today, and I can meet you on the way! He said that he would go to the mansion tomorrow to ask to see the prince. , Coincidentally, I was the one to see it first."

King Jiajun also came up to him, held Yinqi's arm, and said with a smile: "Just now I heard Brother Thirteen say that you are more stable than before you left Beijing, and now it seems that it is just a matter of face. Isn't it the same as before leaving Beijing, still dare to tease your brother? Come on, I don't accept your gift, tomorrow you will give your brother more of the good things you brought back from Shengjing, this is your filial piety!"

Yinqi naturally had no response, but he saw that the king of Jiajun had a hasty look on his face, he was not as calm as usual, and he didn't put his words on his head, so he asked, "Is there any reason for sixteenth brother to come into the palace?" What errand? Don't let your brother delay you."

King Jiajun said: "If I could delay it, I would have delayed it a long time ago with what I have said now! Although this matter is urgent, I can still play around in front of the emperor without delay. In fact, I I was looking for you, and I happened to see the two brothers again, and by the way, I also sent a message to those servants."

When the three of them stopped joking and listened to him seriously, King Jiajun said: "Just now the emperor ordered you to listen to the call and immediately go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to discuss matters."

They hurried to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, not only a few of them, but also Manchu and Han officials, such as Ertai, Neqin, Zhang Tingyu, Jiang Tingxi, etc. were waiting in front of the door.When King Jiajun arrived with Yinqi and the others, they all saluted together, and then followed behind.

This time, it's not in the dormitory, but in the study room.Prince Yi had already been waiting inside, and when everyone finished their salutes, Yongzheng didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "The purpose of announcing that you are here today is for the Military Aircraft Department. It was originally set up for the Prime Minister's military affairs five years ago. It was established temporarily. In the past two years, I thought that the Military Aircraft Department could be established permanently."

When he spoke, his voice was a little low, and it was obvious that he was still uncomfortable.But seeing that he was in good spirits, he analyzed the details clearly and clearly, and everyone listening, even if Yin Qi was always thinking about his poor health, it was inevitable that he would gradually forget about him.

After talking about the remarkable role of the Military Aircraft Department in the past few years, and comparing it with the procrastination of the cabinet and the easy leakage of secrets in the South Study Room, Yongzheng finally said: "I also want to abolish the rule of the king and ministers discussing government affairs. The Eight Banners military affairs should be independent. Don't get involved with the government at all times. Therefore, the military aircraft department is especially necessary."

Yongzheng looked around and said: "In a few days, the New Year's seal will be opened. After the seal is opened, the Military Plane Department will be moved to the side room of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, west of the Longzong Gate. Prince Yi Yunxiang is the first and assistant minister of the Military Plane Department, and Zhang Tingyu is the head The ministers of the auxiliary Han Dynasty. The rest are all ministers in charge of military aircraft. After the court meeting tomorrow, I will ask Prince Yi to formulate strategies for duty."

Everyone should be, Yongzheng waved his hand, and Prince Yi hurriedly took him out, and then he talked about a lot of details outside, such as the confidentiality system, document filing and so on.In the middle of the order, I suddenly heard a cry of exclamation from inside, and then a little eunuch ran out and shouted: "The emperor has passed away! Send the imperial doctor!"

Immediately, five or six eunuchs ran out together to teach the imperial physician, and the on-duty imperial physician who was guarding in the verandah also rushed out to the palace.How could Prince Yi still remember what he said just now, at this moment, his inflexible legs and feet seemed to be healed, and he squeezed the King of Jiajun behind, and rushed into the house in a few steps.

Inside, Yongzheng was already lying on the kang with support, his eyes were closed, and he was panting slightly.Prince Yi went up to greet him, but he didn't answer, as if he hadn't woken up yet.

In a blink of an eye the imperial doctor arrived, felt his pulse quickly, then he breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "My lord, my lords, the emperor is probably very tired and can't hold on for a while."

After hearing this, Prince Yi hurriedly asked the person standing beside him, "Did the emperor not sleep well at night these days?"

The person he asked was the literate eunuch that Yinqi saw today and read the scriptures to Yongzheng.The man was unhurried, bent over slightly, and said: "For a few days, the emperor could not sleep soundly at night, but after lying down for a while, he got up again and asked the servants to serve and review books. The servants were worried, but the emperor And don’t let the servants speak out about it.”

At the end of the sentence, he turned his eyes to Yin Qi.Yin Qi was looking at the eunuch's eyes, and he was a little puzzled after being startled.The eunuch looked at it, and it was even more unusual than expected.How dare you be so bold, looking directly at the prince and master?And I always feel that when he replied, his tone was not very respectful...

Prince Yi was accustomed to it, nodded to the eunuch, and said: "So that's the case. Qiu Liang, you are the emperor's close servant, and you have always been dedicated. That's very good."

After all, he didn't care about the eunuch's rudeness before answering, he didn't say respectful when he spoke, and there was a sense of appreciation in his words, Yinqi couldn't help being even more surprised, and looked at the eunuch again, but suddenly felt that A little awkward.

This person's appearance always makes people feel... somewhat familiar.Yinqi bowed his head and thought for a while, then suddenly remembered that when Kangxi was still alive, he had seen this person in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and he probably remembered that the eunuch also ran away the ninth elder brother Yunyu along with him Yes, saved Prince Yi.

It's just that after a long time, Yin Qi will remember such a person, but he didn't recognize him for a while.

Fortunately, the eunuch looked tender again, after ten years, he still seemed to be the same as before. Yin Qi thought for a long time before recalling it.

But if it is because of the previous helping hand, Prince Yi is so polite to him?

Certainly not...there must be Yongzheng's reasons in it.

In doubt, the eunuch had already retreated, standing with his head down, looking a little careless.Yin Qi saw his sharp chin when he lowered his head, suddenly his heart skipped a beat, and a thought flashed through him.

He suddenly felt that this eunuch looked familiar, not only because he had seen him before.

I think he looks a bit like...

This thought was so surprising that Yin Qi couldn't help but took a step back, just bumping into Hong Zhou.Hong Zhou supported his arm, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry too much, the emperor is the real dragon emperor, so he is naturally protected by gods. A few minor symptoms are nothing. When you didn't come back a few days ago, when you didn't come back, it was better than this." It's much more dangerous, and it's getting better now."

Yin Qi forced a smile, shook his head and said, "I'm not purely worried about the emperor, but actually..."

He quietly compared the eunuch named Qiu Liang with his little finger, and asked in a low voice: "When was it brought up? It seems strange, but Brother Thirteen doesn't pick his courtesy? I just saw it today, and he was actually literate, even reading scriptures to the emperor. When did the Qing Dynasty let the eunuchs read? Such a rare thing came out."

While asking, Yin Qi looked carefully at Hong Zhou's expression.I saw that his expression did not change at all, only a little bit of contempt, curled his lips, and said with a smile: "This one, only this year won the emperor's favor, who knows where it crawled out of? Will it slip away? Flattering the horse, the emperor is happy to hear it, and he is very fond of it. It doesn't hinder the government anyway, and we don't care so much."

Glancing at Prince Yi again, Prince Yi was carefully instructing Zhang Tingyu and Neqin something, and didn't notice this, Hongzhou continued: "Uncle Thirteen is not willing to offend the emperor for such a thing, so he pretends to be deaf and dumb Yes. Since he can make the emperor happy, this is also his credit. It should be regarded as a reward."

Yin Qi felt relieved when he heard it, and felt a little relieved, and laughed at himself again.Seeing that Hong Zhou's appearance doesn't seem to be lying, then it should be so.Yongzheng is a god, and he must like to listen well.For this reason to spoil an eunuch, it is more reliable than the reasons that Yinqi himself just thought up.

But his face was still frowning, and he said in a low voice: "If such a thing becomes a disaster in the future, it will be bad. I also met this person by the side of the late emperor, and I felt that his intentions were not right. At this time, he really taught him to get ahead, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with it. Or take advantage of the current situation, and early..."

Hong Zhou cut it off and said: "No, the emperor favors this person because of his enthusiasm. Besides, this person did not know where he learned to read and write, and he has a little knowledge of Buddhist scriptures and Taoism, so he is very happy to support the emperor. You also know that there are other people around the emperor who usually like these things that explain Taoism? The emperor seems to have found a bosom friend for a while."

Hearing his explanation, Yinqi couldn't help being moved, and said: "If it's something from the Buddhist school, I can say something..."

Hongzhou sighed, shook his head and said: "You haven't been in the capital for a long time, I don't know that the emperor has become a little fascinated. What he likes now is not talking about scriptures and Taoism like in the past, but it's a bit... out of the way. Let me tell you this, that day when I went to Prince Gong’s mansion to deliver porridge, Prince Gong also said that the emperor might want to be Qin Shihuang—that’s why he dared to expose it so boldly.”

When Yin Qi shook his head from Hong Zhou, he was faintly worried about what he said later.Some people in later generations said that the death of Yongzheng was actually caused by long-term alchemy and medicine, and mercury poisoning caused the accumulation of toxicity in the body, which led to his sudden death.Now I really heard that he began to seek the so-called way of heaven and man, how could Yin Qi not be surprised and afraid.

Quickly grabbed Hongzhou's hand, and asked in a low voice: "Aren't you trying to dissuade me? This kind of thing...is it possible to get involved? In the past, I heard that many people died because of burning alchemy and refining medicine. The late emperor It was also explicitly banned, how could the emperor..."

Hong Zhou lowered his voice even more, and sighed: "You should also know that the emperor usually...he is not happy, and whoever dares to explain what he said, naturally..."

Yin Qi was silent for a moment, which was the reason Hong Zhou said.Yongzheng was busy with government affairs on weekdays, and there were piles of troublesome things, and no one dared to comfort him, plus what Kangxi left behind, refrain from impatience and bear, and the Tian family has no selfish affairs.

I'm afraid that for ordinary people, this depression can be so heavy that it will force people to die.

That is to say, in the late Yongzheng period in history, Daoist Shi Dansheng was always favored and took some so-called golden elixirs. In fact, it was more because of psychological depression?

Suddenly he remembered, Yongzheng's illness this time, could it be because of... those so-called elixir?

Yin Qi couldn't help but glared at Qiu Liang immediately, and looked carefully for a moment, he didn't have any expression of fear or panic on his face, instead he looked indifferent, Yin Qi was suspicious, and turned back to wave to Hong Zhou, saying: "The emperor's illness this time...does it have something to do with this Qiu Liang?"

Hong Zhou said with a sarcasm: "What do you think? It's a good man, he was still full of energy yesterday, but after one night's work, he couldn't get up the next day, and the only one serving him is Qiu Liang, what do you say Is it related to him?"

Sure enough... Yin Qi closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said in a low voice, "This person cannot be kept."

Hong Zhou's face turned into a wry smile, and said: "Everyone knows this. But the emperor protects him, who can get rid of this person? Let me tell you, I dare not touch him. That time and ten After Third Uncle said about this person, we went to persuade the Emperor together, what happened? Thirteenth Uncle was reprimanded and punished for half a year, and I was directly imprisoned by the Emperor and called Siguo."

Sighing again, Hong Zhou continued: "If it wasn't for the empress to intercede, I'm afraid I'm still under Elder Brother's care at this time, and you won't be able to see me. But at this moment, I want to say something fair to Fourth Brother In other words, Uncle Thirteen and I went to persuade the emperor, he obviously didn't know anything about it, but the emperor suspected that he was also involved, so he insisted on being imprisoned for a month - no, he came out with me."

When Hongli was mentioned, Hongzhou didn't deliberately keep his voice down. Hongli heard something vaguely and looked over. Seeing that Yinqi was looking at him, Hongli came up to him and said in a low voice, "Uncle 23, don't worry about this too. Yes, the emperor's wish..."

Before he finished speaking, there was excitement again. It turned out that Yongzheng woke up and turned around. Yin Qi hurriedly looked over, and the eunuch named Qiu Liang was the first to come to the kang and greeted: "Your Majesty, how are you doing now?" ?”

Fortunately, Yongzheng didn't pretend to talk to him, and ignored him at all. He just looked around, and his eyes finally fell on Prince Yi, and said: "Just now, did you and them understand the matter of the military aircraft department?"

After Prince Yi nodded and said yes, Yongzheng said: "So, what are you doing here? You go back. Even if I am really sick, the rules and regulations have been arranged, and you can deal with it accordingly. Here Is it possible that it is very useful? It is not here to show your loyalty and filial piety!"

Yongzheng's voice was still somewhat lacklustre, but his tone was as tough as ever, and Yinqi felt a little relieved, so he went out with the crowd.Before going out, Yinqi couldn't help but look back again. Yongzheng didn't seem to be particularly close to Qiu Liang, but it made people feel at ease for the time being.

Just looking at it just now, Qiu Liang has already greatly surpassed, but Yongzheng is not angry.