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The fourth elder brother first sent Yinqi to look for Liu Tongxun, but when he arrived, Liu Tongxun was not there.After asking the writer on duty, I heard that Liu Tongxun was not on duty today and didn't come over in the city.

Yinqi looked at the fourth elder brother, and the fourth elder brother said: "Do you want to learn more, or go to the book to listen to new lessons?"

Thinking about his own progress, Yinqi said: "I originally wanted to ask some questions, but there were not many. I came here today, thinking that I can listen to a new class."

The fourth elder brother said: "Then you can go with me to another courtyard. I have no business today, so I will give you a lecture."

Yinqi immediately wanted to find a hole to get in, so that the fourth elder brother could not find him.Listening to the fourth elder brother's lecture, that's really dead.When he was lecturing, he spoke quickly and a lot, and did not allow any incomprehensible situations to happen.Listening to his lectures requires a lot of energy, which is more exhausting than listening to Kangxi's lectures on astronomy.

But he didn't dare to say, I don't want to listen to your lecture, so I had to answer listlessly.

The fourth elder brother frowned and said: "You don't want to? I told you, learning is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. If you are lazy, you will not learn well."

Yinqi hurriedly said: "No, no, my brother is very willing! It's just that I ate a lot just now, and now I'm walking fast, and my stomach feels swollen."

The fourth elder brother only frowned even more after hearing this.He also taught me the way of keeping in good health, and the words were like a torrential river, endless.

Yinqi only felt regretful, and couldn't find a good excuse no matter how hard he tried.Now he has fallen into the hands of the preaching addict, the fourth elder brother. If he is not allowed to enjoy the addiction of being the teaching director for a while, he will not be able to stop.

In the end, after listening to Si elder brother's health preservation all the way, until he arrived at the gate of his other courtyard, Si elder brother said: "Today I will tell you a few words, you should remember it first, and I will talk to you later when I am free." Discuss."

It's still simple.Yinqi lowered his head, so that the fourth elder brother would not see the twitching of his mouth.

But I was a little puzzled in my heart, why did the fourth prince suddenly treat him closer today than the previous two days?

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It will be the end of the new year in a few days, and Kangxi returned to the city with a large group of people.

Hong Zhou was beaten and was pulled back by a carriage.After returning to the city, because of his injuries, he could no longer live in the palace, so he returned to Prince Yong's mansion.

He can only lie on the bed every day, which is pitiful.Although there was no injury to the bones at that time, the beating was not light, and within ten days and a half months, the wound could not be healed.

Yin Qi is also very regretful, this year, it seems that he will not be able to spend this year with Hong Zhou, and he still has some things that he hasn't asked Hong Zhou to clarify.What happened when the fourth elder brother got angry that day?What did Hong Zhou say, and the fourth elder brother beat him?And after that, what was Si Age's attitude in private?

Yin Qi hadn't asked Hong Zhou about these things yet, so he felt that he had no idea.I don’t know if the fourth elder brother still suspects that they are getting closer to other people at this moment, and whether the fourth elder brother has any other ideas—the fourth elder brother has been closer to Yinqi these few days than before, but Yin Qi Pray for good health.

It's just that Hongzhou's current situation, let alone Rugong and Yinqi living in the palace together, it is difficult for the two of them to talk privately now.

Ever since he was beaten by the fourth elder brother, he stayed with Prince Yong. There are always people around him, and the guards are very strict. How could he have the opportunity to ask these important private questions.

When he was still outside the city, it was because Hongzhou had a fever after his injury, he was groggy, and he couldn't leave people around him; when he returned to the city, it was because of the "compassion" of the elders in the family.

Hongzhou was brought up by the fourth elder brother to Hongli's biological mother, Niu Hulu. This historical queen mother of the Qianlong Dynasty seemed to love Hongzhou as if she really loved her. After Prince Wai Yong's other courtyard was moved back, she guarded Hong Zhou almost every step of the way, for fear that Hong Zhou would be thirsty, hungry, cold, hurt, bored, frightened, and handed the medicine to him before him.

It is even more meticulous than Hongzhou's mother-in-law Geng.

Niu Hulu simply moved Hong Zhou to the room next to her, and Hong Zhou was surrounded by her everywhere.Since returning to the city, Yin Qi came to Prince Yong's mansion to see Hong Zhou once, and stayed in Hong Zhou's room for a total of one hour, talking with Niu Hulu for more than half an hour.

Speaking of which, she is the fourth elder brother's concubine, and also Yinqi's sister-in-law, so Yinqi can't drive her away.Moreover, isn't it too deliberate for two people to talk and want to push them away?It was obvious that there was a conspiracy, how could Niu Hulu agree.

Before leaving, Yin Qi and Hong Zhou looked at each other, both of them looked helpless.But seeing that Hong Zhou's spirit is quite good, and he is not as gloomy as when he was suspected by the fourth prince a few days ago, and his face has a radiance, so Yin Qi is relieved.

It doesn't look like he was beaten by the fourth elder brother, but rather like he was praised by the fourth elder brother. Presumably nothing too bad will happen that day.But Yin Qi felt even more itchy, wanting to know what Hong Zhou said, which led to today's situation.

When he came out of Prince Yong's Mansion, Yin Qi had the intention of looking back at every step.If I want to see Hong Zhou again, I'm afraid I have to wait until the family banquet of Qianqing Palace on New Year's Eve.And at that time, maybe you can just take a look at it from a distance, and you may not be able to talk, let alone have a private conversation between two people.

Elder Sixteen, who took Yinqi out of the palace, smiled and said: "Don't look back! If you look at Fourth Brother a few more times, you will feel that you are reluctant to part with him, and you will be dragging you to give lectures when you come back!"

Yinqi quickly turned his head, stuck out his tongue, and said to Brother Sixteen with a wrinkled face: "Brother Sixteen, don't scare me! If you bully me again, I'll go and sue the emperor!"

Elder Sixteen quickly laughed and said: "But don't mind! Last time you told the emperor that I robbed your red bean bracelet, the emperor punished me for picking up a handful of red beans! When I went back that day, I saw something red You are dizzy! You say that you are 23, your brother is just teasing you, why are you so serious!"

Yinqi laughed and said, "I'm just following Brother Sixteen to make fun of you. How would you know that the emperor really punished you? I watched Brother Sixteen pick up beans, so why don't I go up and help you?"

Brother Sixteen tugged at his braid and laughed, "You're such a good-looking guy!"

While talking, he was going to the carriage, when he saw a group of carriages and horses running past, sending up a cloud of smoke and dust.The sixteenth elder brother was covered by the raised dust, covered his eyes and coughed, and cursed angrily: "Which family of animals let this one out! These people on the streets of the capital are still in front of Prince Yong's mansion." , dare to be so reckless!?"

Yin Qi's eyes were sharp, and he saw the decoration of the team of chariots and horses and the attire of the drivers and riders.After thinking for a while, he whispered to Elder Sixteen: "Brother Sixteen, look at my younger brother, they look like people from the grassland. I heard that the Living Buddha is coming, maybe it is them?"

Brother Sixteen was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Let's go back quickly! Since you are from the northwest, the emperor will definitely see you. We will be needed by then, and we are not here. This is another mistake."

Yinqi quickly climbed into the carriage, finished it, and said with a smile: "If you use it, you will use a pillar like Brother Sixteen. Brother, I am just a child, so you can use me anyway. I am not afraid of."

The car was running fast, Brother Sixteen swayed back and forth as the car swayed, like an old master studying.He deliberately stroked his beardless chin, made a ridiculous look, and said, "Who said that you are not needed? You forgot that the Great Lama Jebtsundamba Hutuktu is also here. He wants to see you, but you are not here, what should I say?"

After hearing this, Yinqi smiled and said, "Then Yinqi is very grateful to Brother Sixteen for reminding me."

Brother Sixteen laughed and said: "Don't just thank me for nothing. In the future, you should remember my goodness this time, and don't sue me in front of the emperor!"

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The sixteenth elder brother is now working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Although the fourth elder brother is the leader of the internal affairs department, because he still has an errand for the household department, in fact, the sixteenth elder brother is doing the work of the internal affairs department.

As soon as he returned to the Forbidden City, the people sent by Kangxi to the West Fifth Institute ran over, urging Brother Sixteen to go see Kangxi.After all, the Great Lama of the Living Buddha and Da.Lai's coming to the capital was not just an errand for the Li Fan Academy.Kangxi called Brother Sixteen to go over to discuss the issue of how the living Buddha should be greeted and sent off after his arrival.

Elder Sixteen exaggeratedly wiped off his sweat, and hurriedly said to Yin Qi: "But I have caught up. Brother, I will go ahead. If you are tired, you can go back to your own yard. If you are not tired, go to your ten." Talking to your sister-in-law and nephew in Sixth Brother's yard is fine, but don't run around. If there is something wrong with you, the emperor will expose me."

Yin Qi agreed with a smile, and then turned back to his yard when he saw that Elder Sixteen had disappeared.

Entering the door, turning around the screen wall, and seeing Gao Hui pointing at two rough maids digging a hole in a courtyard, Yinqi casually asked, "Why don't you ask little Sula to do it? These two little girls look weak and pitiful." , why ask them to do such a job?"

Gao Hui raised her head, saw that it was Yinqi, quickly saluted, and then said: "I originally wanted to ask little Sula to work, but just now the servants looked around, but none of them were in the yard, I don't know if there is another one Where did I go to hide my laziness? The servant girl thought that these Xifu begonias must be planted today, and couldn't wait for them to come back, so she called two little girls who were burning fire and chopping wood from the kitchen, thinking of them There should still be some strength."

Hearing that people were running away, Yinqi frowned and said, "Why are there no rules in this yard? Dare to run everywhere without my orders? This is a savage! Let me see today Now, I'm going to teach these slaves the rules!"

Gao Hui lowered her head, and said: "It turns out that the servants are not good at controlling them, and elder brother punishes the servants..."

Impatiently, Yinqi waved his hand and said, "It's done, you don't need to apologize to me. Did I blame you? What's the matter, you see that I am the kind of person who vents anger indiscriminately and doesn't know right from wrong? There is no need for you to intercede today, I am You must take care of the affairs in this yard!"

Seeing Niu Hulu's demeanor today, he was in a bad mood at first, but when he came back and encountered such a thing, Yin Qi only felt annoyed.

He has been cautious since he was born, and after so many years, it is not his brothers and nephews who are most on guard, but these servants around him.

Even when the Empress Dowager was still alive, some people in the Compassionate Ning Palace dared to poison the milk porridge he ate every day, not to mention the open and hidden arrows after the Empress Dowager passed away.

Originally, Yin Qi's background was not high, and Jinggui had such a soft temperament. Yin Qi beat the child and was carried to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother didn't love him very much from the beginning. In the first days, he was really a father. If he loves his mother or not, everything depends on himself.Sometimes Yin prayed that he would have the temperament and mind he has today, probably because of his childhood experience in this life.

Later, the queen mother doted on him, and pointed out the nanny she needed to be the nurturing nanny to Yinqi, but it was just impossible for the queen mother to choose all the people who served beside Yinqi.There are countless eyeliners working as spies.Yin Qi's skill in acting has been practiced under the eyes of these spies over the years.

When Yinqi can choose people by himself, the range of choices he can make is very small.There are still two, low-born, young, how can there be cleverness, and the intention to follow him if he wants to make progress?That is, Su Yao, who followed Yin Qi for the sake of saving his life.If Fan Fan can have a good and loyal intention to follow Yin Qi, why would Yin Qi want such a stupid Zhang Zhenchun?

It's just that even if you have someone you can trust by your side, it's not just clean, you can rest assured.Even if it has been used for many years, it has always been relied on, and some are even regarded as family members. Didn’t some of them betray themselves and rely on others?Not to mention those in the yard, I don't know how many of them belong to other people's families.

But this time it was too much.He had only just left the house, so he didn't know where they all went.If it wasn't for sixteen elder brothers who were on guard against Kangxi's summoning, didn't go outside much, and came back early, maybe they didn't know that there was such a thing in this yard.Is it the same with Ganqing?As long as he is away from home, the yard is empty.

Seeing that Yin Qi's face was really ugly, Gao Hui didn't dare to say anything, but just followed Yin Qi into the room.The two little girls were left hanging outside, at a loss, so Su Yao went over and drove them back to the kitchen.

After sitting down on the chair in the main room, Yin Qi asked: "Gao Hui, let me ask you, is it always like this in our yard? Everyone doesn't know what they are here for, and they run away without seeing anyone?"

Gao Hui hurriedly said: "The little eunuchs below are mostly young, and it is common to see those who are lazy or something. It was a coincidence today, they all ran out to play somehow, and happened to be seen by Elder Brother. This was originally The slaves are not controlled well. Elder brother entrusted the matters in the yard to the slaves, but the slaves did not do their best, elder brother should punish the slaves..."

Yinqi frowned: "You just have to say, are these people usually so ignorant of the rules, they can't see them when they are called by the superiors, they don't report when they go out, and they don't have a whereabouts, is that true?"

Gao Hui hesitated for a moment, and said: "It was not in the way of the business at first... Seeing that they were being lazy, the servants scolded and punished a little, that's all..."

Yin Qi didn't listen to her and continued to hesitate, and looked at her coldly: "Since you said that, is it so?"