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During the Chinese New Year, there has always been a palace banquet in the Baohe Palace and a family banquet in the Qianqing Palace. It is also lively and lively for a while, and everyone feels festive.

In December, Kangxi promoted the nobles in the harem.Although the secret concubine is called a concubine, she does not have a concubine's jade certificate. She has said that she will be promoted several years ago, but she has not clearly issued an edict. This time it is finally a rectification of her name.The seventeenth elder brother was succeeded, and his biological mother, Qingui, was also promoted to the position and named Qin concubine.

It's just that Mrs. Jing's promotion is groundless. She was not favored before, and her son is young and has no achievements. This time he also became a concubine, which is unexpected.

Yinqi knew well that this was Kangxi's aggravating his status, and when Kangxi was gone in the future, it would be good for Yinqi to gain a foothold in the palace.Kangxi also said before that he wanted to be raised by the imperial concubine Tong Jia, but he also thought that the status of Concubine Jing was low, which hindered Yinqi.

Although the matter in the harem did not have a big impact, some people noticed it.Furthermore, the master in the palace was promoted, and the wives outside had to give gifts, so Concubine Jing was at a loss for a while.She had never seen so many people, so much flattery.

Because concubine Jing has been promoted to the throne and has been awarded the jade certificate, she has some status in the palace.Yin Qi was outside, and finally dared to find an opportunity to meet his grandfather for the first time in his life, Shi Huaiyu, the third-rank doctor of the Guangchu Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, under Zhengbai's banner.

Shi Huaiyu and Concubine Jing look very similar, not only because of the appearance of the father of the birth daughter Xiao, but also the unobtrusive temperament that is too low-key to be found.

Thinking about Shi Huaiyu's official position, Yin Qi understood the reason why the concubine Jing was not favored all these years, but she was able to live a good life in the palace.With such a father who works in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, no matter what happens, he will not be treated too badly.

Shangsanqi coats are all slaves of the emperor, Yinqi is the son of Kangxi, the master of Shangsanqi, Shi Huaiyu is also Yinqi's slave, no matter what grandfather or grandson, Shi Huaiyu wants to give it to Yinqi Yinqi can't stop him from praying.

For a while Yinqi was a little depressed, and after quickly helping Shi Huaiyu up, the two close relatives who had never met each other looked at each other for a long time, and then Yinqi said: "Grandfather... grandson is the first time I have seen my grandfather, it should be grandson Greetings to my grandfather."

He said so verbally, but Yin Qi didn't dare to actually salute.I'm afraid Shi Huaiyu will kneel down when he bends down.

Even so, Shi Huaiyu was still frightened by the grandfather for a while.Yinqi talked for a while before he finally accepted the title of grandfather, and bowed his head respectfully to listen to Yinqi's words.

Yinqi didn't know how other princes in this era greeted their relatives, but it was the first time he saw Shi Huaiyu at this moment, so he had to ask: "My son didn't follow Erniang, and I don't know how my grandfather How is the family situation, I heard that I have three uncles, how are the uncles doing now?"

Shi Huaiyu said: "The eldest son of the servant is also working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The second son was taken care of by my elder brother and became a bodyguard. Last year, he was promoted to a fifth-rank and third-class bodyguard and served in the inner class. The third son is in the army and accompanied the general. , and is still in the northwest."

Yinqi sighed: "Grandfather doesn't have to call himself like that. In front of me, just talk about me. We are close relatives, so how can there be so many rules?"

Then he talked about the words just now, and said: "The uncle and the second uncle are still safe now, but the third uncle is going to the expedition, I think it is worrying, I wonder if it is safe now?"

Shi Huaiyu said: "Everything is safe, brother Lao will remember."

Yinqi asked some things about Shi Huaiyu's family, which were all concerned by Concubine Jing, such as Mrs. Shi's physical condition, and the condition of the three uncles' children.

Concubine Jing is the only concubine daughter in the family, and also a young girl. Shi Huaiyu was already 50 years old when she was born, and Mrs. Shi was also nearly half a century old. Naturally, Shi Huaiyu doted on her.Later, she was sent to the palace, and she couldn't see her for many years. When she saw Yin Qi this time, she hadn't contacted her daughter for [-] or [-] years—communicating inside and outside is a serious crime.

Although Shi Huaiyu is working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he can only know a little bit about Concubine Jing's situation, let alone his own affairs, so that Concubine Jing can know.Listening to Yinqi's question at this time, it is natural to know everything and say everything.

Yinqi specifically asked about the son of the uncle's family mentioned by Concubine Jing, and said: "Emiang is in the palace, and she is also thinking about the third cousin of the uncle's family. Erniang said that when she entered the palace, the third cousin Brother was talking about getting married, but she couldn't see her nephew and daughter-in-law, and she didn't know what's going on now. Is there a baby in the third cousin's family?"

Shi Huaiyu sighed, and said: "I shouldn't let my mother know about this. I told my elder brother, and my elder brother wondered if I could slowly reveal it to my mother. The third child of the elder family was originally two years older than my empress. It was the year that Empress Xiaoxuan entered the palace. He got married. But this child was unlucky. He fell ill half a year after getting married. After suffering for more than half a year, he still went. Now there is only one child left. Brother is the same age, luckily he is a boy."

After a pause, Shi Huaiyu said again: "When my mother was still a girl at home, she always had a good time with this San'er. My sister and nephew have a deep relationship. I'm afraid that my mother will be sad when she finds out about San'er's death. Ah Brother thinks about it."

As Yinqi listened, he thought of many messy things in his heart.He didn't doubt Jingpin's feelings for Kangxi, but he doubted whether Shi Huaiyu's San'er had any thoughts about Jingpin.

Concubine Jing was favored by Kangxi in the fourth month after entering the palace, and was granted the title of permanent residence.But after one or two favors, he won the lottery. Ten months later, Yin Qi was born, and he was named a nobleman.The time coincided with the time when San'er fell ill and passed away.

However, he was just thinking wildly in his mind, and replied: "Got it. Let's keep this matter a secret. Er Niang's health hasn't improved very much recently. She just suffered from the wind and cold a few days ago, and she has been coughing all day long."

Shi Huaiyu hurriedly said: "Can I go to the House of Internal Affairs to send more medicinal materials and supplements to the empress? I am afraid that the allowance for the empress is not enough, I still have to take good care of my body."

Yin Qi waved his hand and said: "Prince Yong is in charge of the House of Internal Affairs now. He hates using power for personal gain the most, and what disgusts him is greed for ink. My grandfather should be more careful in the past few years. Everything that has been on hand must be clear. Er The new wife has been promoted, and the quota has been increased. In addition, I can still take care of my mother and myself now, and my grandfather doesn't have to worry about us."

Shi Huaiyu said: "Thank you brother for reminding me, I will save it naturally."

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As he was talking, he saw Elder Sixteen walking over there, Yinqi hurried over to salute, and said, "Hello, Elder Sixteen."

Elder Sixteen patted him on the head and said with a smile: "Why are you so interested today, have you come to the House of Internal Affairs to play? Just happened to meet your brother and I came over. What's the matter, I'll take you around?"

Yinqi pointed to Shi Huaiyu and said, "My brother is not here to play, this is my grandfather. Today my brother is here to see his old man."

The sixteenth brother is actually in charge of the accounting department of the Guangchu Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He naturally knows Shi Huaiyu, but he doesn't know that he still has such a relationship with Yinqi.

After being taken aback for a moment, he smiled and said, "So it's you... How can I say that I felt familiar when I saw Mrs. Shi for the first time? It turned out to be the father of Empress Jing, my brother's grandfather... Hehe, 23 looks like Shi Shi. Adults are somewhat similar."

Shi Huaiyu quickly lowered his head and said, "Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it."

I don't know if he is talking about not being able to be Yinqi's grandfather, or the sixteenth elder brother saying that Yinqi looks like him and not being able to be.

The sixteenth elder brother never treated Shi Huaiyu harshly, and he was not busy getting close to him at this time, he just smiled and said: "Sir Shi, don't say that, we are also relatives. In the future, we will have a place to work for the emperor. So polite and careful, but it makes me not know what to do. From now on, we will still be the same as before, and we will do whatever we want."

As he spoke, he said to Yinqi: "You have been wandering around for quite a while now, looking at the sun, it's almost noon, and the emperor will call you there someday, so hurry up."

Yinqi hurriedly said: "Understood, thank you Brother Sixteen for your reminder."

Brother Sixteen smiled and said, "Thank you so much, I will give you a few taels of the excellent tribute tea that the emperor gave you a few days ago. It's not good for your child to drink too much tea, but brother, I prefer this one."

Yin Qi pursed his lips and said: "You are in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I don't believe that you didn't take advantage of a few taels."

Elder Sixteen made a bitter haha ​​look, and said: "It's just a few taels, but Prince Yong saw me in a blink of an eye, reprimanded me for a long time, and then took the few taels of tea back to him. home."

Yin Qi couldn't help laughing, and also teased Elder Sixteen and said, "I mean, Hong Zhou drank tea in my room that day, saying that the tribute tea given to me by the emperor was the one he secretly drank in the prince's study. Taste."

After laughing for a while, Elder Sixteen said, "Go back to the palace quickly. Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not considered to be out of the forbidden palace, it is also against the rules. It's noon and I have an appointment to go out for a drink with someone else. I won't send you back."

Yin made a promise, and promised to go back and send the tea leaves he mentioned just now to Elder Sixteen, then bid farewell to Shi Huaiyu, and walked back with Su Yao.

Just after going out, I saw the evil star again.The fourth elder brother was striding towards this side, and Yin Qizang was too late, so he had to stand where he was, and bowed his head to say hello when the fourth elder brother arrived.

Seeing Yinqi, the fourth elder brother frowned and said: "It's not even noon, why are you not studying, but come here to hang out? This is almost out of the palace, there are no rules!"

Young Master Yin Qi couldn't argue: "It turned out that the Shang's study was on holiday during the Chinese New Year. My younger brother's grandfather worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. My younger brother came to visit his old man and got the emperor's permission."

The fourth elder brother raised his eyebrows a little, and said: "It is good to be respectful and filial, but don't miss the engineering class. Go back and study well. I will also tell Hongzhou about this, and tell him to be careful. When I am free tomorrow, Let’s test you together.”

Yinqi answered in a low voice like a good cat, lowered his head and waited for the fourth elder brother to leave.

The fourth elder brother said again: "By the way, who is your grandfather?"

Yinqi knew that he had moved his mind, and wanted to use someone who knew the root and the bottom and had a handle. Yinqi was regarded by him as his own, and Yinqi's grandfather naturally became someone he could consider using. .But Yinqi didn't want Concubine Jing's natal family to be involved in the Siye Party, because the struggle among the princes in the House of Internal Affairs was also quite fierce.

Although the fourth elder brother is in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he doesn't care much about practical affairs on weekdays.Guang Chu Department, Accounting Department, and Rites Department are controlled by the sixteenth elder brother, and they are considered to be very powerful. On the surface, the sixteenth elder brother is not close to anyone, but secretly he is a party of the fourth master, and this part can be regarded as the fourth elder brother power.

However, the chief minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is the minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He has a doctor, a principal, and a pen sticking system. There are seven divisions and three courts under the direct subordinate organization. It's pretty big.The fourth elder brother is just a minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who doesn't take much care of things, and not all the powerful ministers under him are his people.There are also quite a few people from the eighth elder brother's party and the fourteenth elder brother, and some are from the manpower left by the abolished prince, but now they are from Hongxi Baylor.

These factions are also fighting to the death for the favor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Several times Kangxi reprimanded at the Great Court Meeting, and the power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was reshuffled, but it still couldn't change the situation of such power separatism.

Yinqi didn't know who Shi Huaiyu belonged to, or whether he was a pure minister attached to Kangxi, and he didn't dare to let the fourth elder brother know about Shi Huaiyu rashly and pull him into the water.

But who knew that the fourth elder brother actually asked a question, and Yinqi dared not answer, so he had to say: "My younger brother's grandfather is Shi Huaiyu, the third-rank doctor of the Guangchu Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was originally coated with a white flag."

The fourth elder brother nodded and said: "I also heard from the old sixteen before that he is a well-behaved person."

Yin Qi heaved a sigh of relief, with the words of the fourth elder brother, he knew that Shi Huaiyu was definitely not attached to any side, and he would not be a person who was too corrupt.

But the fourth elder brother didn't talk about Shi Huaiyu any more, but said: "In the gift that your fourth sister-in-law sent to Concubine Jing, there is a gemstone necklace with a gold lock piece on it. It is for you to wear. She went to Beijing specially. The suburban monastery has made offerings to you in front of the Bodhisattva for several days, have you seen it?"

Yinqi thought for a while and said, "I see. I saw that Hong Zhou also had one hanging around his neck. Is it the same?"

The fourth elder brother said: "It's not the same. Your fourth sister-in-law ordered someone to beat yours, and Hong Zhou's was beaten by his mother-in-law. Your fourth sister-in-law saw that Hong Zhou had one, so she beat you and Hongli alone." .”

Yin Qi laughed and said: "Sisao really loves me, she thinks about me in everything. I remember last time she asked someone to send a big woolen coat to Hong Zhou, and she also brought me a big coat with a hood. It looks good. This is really in line with what the emperor said back then, the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, and the fourth sister-in-law is sometimes more thoughtful than my mother-in-law. Fourth brother can thank fourth sister-in-law on my behalf."

The fourth elder brother heard Yinqi's praise of his daughter-in-law, and he also felt honored, nodded, and said: "When you come back to my house, it is your sincerity to thank her yourself. She also asked me to ask you to study hard. Stop caring about playing around."

Yinqi sighed, and agreed, the fourth elder brother said: "Are you going back to the emperor? Then go quickly."

It was only Yinqi who said goodbye, and after walking out a few steps, he heard the fourth elder brother calling him from behind.

Turning around, he ran to the fourth elder brother again, only to hear him say: "There is something I forgot to tell you just now, you can tell the emperor for me, and I will go and tell the emperor in person tomorrow."