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It is not a lie that Yin Qi said that Gao Hui should find Yu Hong.He wanted to ask Yu Hong how much money and property he still had.Kangxi's longevity is approaching again, as his son, he has to give him a heartfelt gift, so as to please Kangxi.

What's more, he offended Kangxi a few days ago. Although Kangxi is no longer angry at this time, it is not guaranteed that he will think about it again in the future and have a fit of Yinqi.It is still time to strike while the iron is hot and build a good relationship with Kangxi.

Kangxi Wanshou is March [-]th, it's still early to say, but this is not the birthday of ordinary people, so the birthday gift must be prepared early.If no one else said anything, Yinqi knew that even the fourth elder brother had been watching the ceremony of Wanshou since years ago.

Even though he was a child, Yinqi couldn't lose his manners.And now Kangxi probably no longer regards Yinqi as a child, right?That reprimand, although some were angry words, some were also true.Yinqi's ability to hide his clumsiness in this way was not taught by the noble Jing who was usually a little estranged from him, let alone the empress dowager, and it could only be his own thinking.Can such a child still be called a child?

Therefore, Yinqi should be careful in everything now.After he woke up from the coma, he was even more unwilling to lose Kangxi's sacred heart.

In the past few years, the birthday presents he gave were all arranged by the Queen Mother, so naturally there is no need for him to worry.But this year the Empress Dowager is gone, so Yinqi naturally has to take care of herself, so as not to lose her manners or make Kangxi unhappy.

This Yuhong has the best memory, even though she can't read, she can manage accounts.She remembers everything about Yinqi.Just waiting for Yinqi to ask, what things does he have now, and what else can he bring out as a gift, Yu Hong said: "The master is a prince, and the annual salary is 240 taels a year according to the rules set by the emperor two years ago. This year The queen mother passed away, the emperor took pity on the master, and said to give the double salary. After the Lantern Festival, the steward of the House of Internal Affairs has already sent it to the master.

"When the Empress Dowager was still there, she said that she would give the master 20 taels of silver pocket money every month, but in fact it was mostly gold. The servant girl looked at the bills of sister Gao Hui, and she gave more every year. For more than four years, there was a thousand taels of silver. More than 100 taels of silver.

"When I followed the queen mother, the master always followed the queen mother when he walked. The portion was given to Master Jinggui, but this month's 20 taels was only given this year.

"Usually, the rewards from the master are all the bits and pieces of silver and jewelry left at Sister Gao Hui's place. The slaves didn't record it in the account, so they didn't count. Now the account counts the silver, which is 80 taels, and the gold is 68 taels." Two. Calculated to be one thousand and seven hundred taels of silver."

Yinqi nodded, and asked again: "That's not a lot. What can I just buy? I want to give the emperor a long life gift, but I can't give the emperor what the emperor gave before. Use the one given by the queen mother Things are also disrespectful."

Yu Hong thought for a while and said, "Among the four boxes that the queen mother left behind for the master, there is a box of round oriental pearls. They are not in clusters, so they are suitable for gifting."

Yin Qi shook his head and said, "I'm not giving it to some aunt or sister-in-law, what kind of pearl?"

Yu Hong said again: "There is also a box of rubies. The servant girl looks really nice. After checking it, there are forty or fifty rubies, all of which are as big as the belly of a finger."

Yin Qi shook his head and said: "It's the empress dowager's relic. It's disrespectful to give it away. Even if it's given to the emperor, it's a disappointment to the empress dowager's compassion."

Gao Hui listened for a long time, and then said: "Why don't you use the gemstones given by the Queen Mother together with gold to make some kind of vase? .”

Yin Qi leaned on the pillow, thought for a while, and said: "It's okay. Yu Hong, tell me about the scattered ones left by the queen mother, not one by one, what are there?"

Yu Hong snapped her fingers and said, "In addition to the pearls and rubies just mentioned, there are also a few palm-sized crystals, all of which have been polished. There is no trace of variegation, and they are all transparent. Make something. There is also a box of gems, but it is not as precious as that box of rubies, and there are not as many rubies. There are all kinds of colors, big and small, but colorful ones are also good-looking. There is also a piece of white jade, The servants can't see what kind of jade it is, it's a big piece like the seal of the official, and it can be used as an ornament if it hasn't been carved yet. The other ones are all piece by piece."

Yin Qi listened, and suddenly felt that he was really rich.When I heard the 1000 taels just now, I thought it was a lot of money.Who knew the queen mother left him so many things!

Suddenly, I heard Yu Hong say again: "The servant girl remembered another thing. Two years ago, the servant girl just came to the master, and the emperor gave the master coral beads. The servant girl was lucky to see it at that time. It was a big pile of red , it looks really festive, but you can find a skillful craftsman to make something, or present it to the emperor as a longevity gift."

Pearls, rubies, coral beads... An idea flashed in Yin Qi's mind, but he didn't know if it could be realized.He just nodded at the moment, and said to Yu Hong: "That's all, it's thanks to you for taking care of so many things."

Yu Hong hurriedly said: "The master killed the servants. How can the servants be so hard!"

Yin Qi only nodded, then waved for Yu Hong and Gao Hui to go down.Seeing them go out, Yin Qi said to Su Yao again: "You shouldn't be allowed to do this, but now, I'm telling you the truth, Gao Hui is no longer trustworthy."

Su Yao was shocked, Yin Qi patted his hand, and said: "I don't know what she is thinking, but this year's longevity ceremony is the first time I have prepared a birthday gift by myself. You can’t trust someone to do it. It’s better for you to work harder and get this thing done, so I can rest assured.”

Su Yao hurriedly said, "Master, just give orders."

Yin Qi said softly: "This matter is not in a hurry. When you return to Beijing, you can find a map of the Qing territory, find a good embroiderer, and embroider it on a larger pair of white brocades. Gem beads, embellishing the capitals and towns of various places. Just remember, find a map that doesn’t look like it, and the deviation is large.”

Su Yao understood, nodded and said, "Your servant understands."

~~~~~~~

Yinqi's illness, but it's already February.The suburbs of Beijing are still a bit chilly in spring, but because of the hot springs in the Xiaotangshan Palace, the peach trees near the hot spring pools have already sprouted buds.

When Kangxi was soaking in the pool, he saw half-open peach blossoms, and he was in a good mood that day. When he saw Yinqi, he reached out and hugged him to the kang, which made Yinqi a little flattered.

After a serious illness, Yinqi got closer to Kangxi from the bottom of his heart, and was willing to develop a relationship with him at this time.Kangxi is in a better mood now that he is trying to act coquettishly, and Yinqi feels more comfortable following along.

After dinner that night, Kangxi took Yinqi to the place where he saw peach blossoms blooming. After two days, it turned out that on the half of Linshui, many flowers bloomed sporadically.Kangxi was even more happy.

Now that he is old, he likes to see the scene of prosperity.Happy to see the flowers bloom, but unhappy to see the flowers fall, Yinqi knew what he was thinking, and echoed a few words.

But I sighed in my heart, in fact, it is not a good thing for flowers to bloom early.Everything in the world should follow the principles of heaven.Just like the peach blossoms beside the hot spring pool, it seems that the flowers bloom earlier than other trees, but they can't sit on the fruit.

If it blooms early, it will thank early. How can it last forever?

For a moment, he thought of himself again. Such an unusual state may not necessarily lead to any good results.

Needless to say he is precocious, he is prematurely old now.

Xu Yinqi's expression was a bit wrong, so Kangxi put away his smile and asked, "What's the matter? Yinqi doesn't like this peach blossom?"

Yinqi came back to his senses, and hurriedly said: "How come! The peach blossoms are blooming so well, just like our Qing Dynasty, one step ahead of others, and the prosperity is tight. There is nothing Yinqi doesn't like."

Kangxi pinched his face and said, "Then why are you wrinkling your face?"

Yin Qi almost blurted out, and said: "It's just that I just thought that it's going to be cold in the past few days, and it's very cold outside. I don't know what happened to the mother with the child that Erchen saw on the way here. .”

Kangxi narrowed his eyes and said, "Oh? When the emperor passes by, they always want to clear the way, but you saw pedestrians?"

Yinqi hurriedly made a sincere appearance, and said: "It's true. I really saw it. When we arrived in Shunyi, didn't we stop to rest? When I got out of the car, I saw the old lady hugging her His son was being chased away by the guards. He just caught a glimpse from a distance. Later, when Erchen talked to Su Yao, he said that the aunt probably made a living by begging, and that even the capital had to freeze every winter. Many beggars died, so my ministers are a little concerned."

Kangxi was silent for a moment, and said: "The world is so big, how can there be flowers blooming everywhere? It will take encouragement from later generations to make this huge China better and better."

Yinqi nodded in agreement, Kangxi looked at him for a long time, and suddenly said: "Yinqi, you said..."

But halfway through the speech, he stopped again.Kangxi sighed, turned and walked back.

Yin Qi was confused, but he didn't dare to ask, so he followed closely behind him and walked back together.

Back in Zaoxue Hall, Liu Tiecheng approached him and said, "Your Majesty, Brother Fourteen is asking to see you."

After hearing this, Kangxi frowned and said, "Biography."

Liu Tiecheng responded, and went out to tell Brother Fourteen.Yinqi thought for a while, and said, "Huang Ama, son, let's go to the study to study."

Kangxi glanced at him and said, "No need. You just listen to it. From that day on, I know that you can understand everything, and I also know that you have your own ideas."

This is the first time that Kangxi said that he knew the truth about Yinqi after Yinqi recovered.Yin Qi was a little embarrassed, and said: "Huang Ama, this is a military and state matter, and my son is on the side, isn't it good?"

Kangxi smiled but said: "You are also my son. Could it be that you are not planning to go on business in the future?"

Yinqi saw sweat on his forehead.Cultivating a son didn't start at such a young age, did it?Furthermore, is Kangxi really so relieved?Or, is this his temptation?

Thinking of the word "probing", Yinqi stopped talking, and only said: "My son understands, thank you father for cultivating."

He changed his name to Father Emperor, and Kangxi's expression changed.Before he could speak, Liu Tiecheng shouted outside, "Brother Fourteen, please see me!"

Kangxi looked at Yinqi again, sighed, and said to the door: "Come in."

~~~~~~~

Fourteenth elder brother's purpose of coming here is the same as the purpose of his previous visits.He wanted to lead troops to march against Junggar.

It's just that what Kangxi meant at this time was to hang him.Yinqi watched, Kangxi was very interested in letting the fourteenth elder brother go to war, but he was not completely willing.

The fourteenth elder brother leads the troops, but there is nothing to say.It is no problem to win Junggar.It's just that Kangxi had other considerations, other considerations were more important than fighting Junggar.

The fourteenth elder brother has been favored enough in the past few years, and he becomes the elder brother who leads the army. It is inevitable to hint to people that this is the prince.After all, the Manchus won the world immediately, and being good at military affairs is also an important condition for choosing a prince.If the ministers hear the news and attach themselves to the fourteenth elder brother, it will be the same as the eighth elder brother.

Second, he was also worried that he had given fourteen elder brothers wrong hints and made him overconfident.Kangxi is not in good health these days, so he is naturally worried that if he collapses suddenly, he does not pass on the throne to the fourteenth elder brother. According to his temper, he is not as deep as his elder brothers in the city, but he is rarely straightforward and has a bit of a temper. , I must not be able to bear that tone, maybe I will lead my troops to fight against the new emperor.At that time, there will inevitably be a turmoil.

According to history, the fourth elder brother was really good at taking down the fourteenth elder brother without bloodshed.Presumably Kangxi also knew this fourth son very well, so he would not be too worried about him being kicked out of the throne.But it is impossible for Kangxi not to worry about the fate of the fourteenth elder brother, after all, he is also a young son he likes very much.

But at this time, Kangxi really doesn't have many other options.In the early years, there were big elder brothers and thirteen elder brothers who were good at leading troops, but now, only fourteen elder brothers are left—the courtiers, Kangxi still can't trust him, and he always has no son to make him feel at ease.

Especially now, Nian Gengyao is the most capable courtier in Northwest China, and it is clear that he is a disciple of the fourth elder brother.Kangxi didn't seem to want to make it clear at this time that he would pass the position to the fourth elder brother, and he had to leave the question until the last moment, so naturally he would not be used.

So Kangxi should be very entangled at this time, right?When the fourteenth elder brother entered the door, Yin Qi saw a complex expression in Kangxi's eyes, which seemed to be joyful and bored.Maybe the two are intertwined.

After the fourteenth elder brother greeted Kangxi, Yinqi naturally also greeted the fourteenth elder brother.Seeing Yin Qi's expression, the fourteenth elder brother was a little surprised, then frowned and snorted as an answer.

Kangxi's face darkened, and he asked, "Yinzhen, what's the matter with you? You even came here from the city."

Fourteenth elder brother said: "Huang Ama, I heard that Huang Ama gave cotton clothes to the northwest a few days ago, but you want to use soldiers?"

Kangxi stared at him for a while, and said: "Nowadays, the northwest is still peaceful, so we need to use troops there."

The fourteenth elder brother said urgently: "Huang Ama, how can the matter of the northwest be delayed! Let the son go to the northwest!"

Kangxi snorted coldly and said, "I told you last time, it's not the time!"

The fourteenth elder brother said loudly: "The emperor Ama told me, when is the time!"

Yin Qi watched from the side, the fourteenth elder brother has really been favored for many years, and he is also very courageous.If it were him, he would never dare to talk to Kangxi like this—no, it should be said that among Kangxi's sons, only Brother Fourteen dared to talk to Kangxi like this.

Kangxi's complexion was already very bad, but Brother Fourteen still talked about himself regardless.He was courageous and resourceful, he analyzed everything in detail, and explained the matter of using troops clearly, and he made arrangements for the route, food and grass.After hearing this, Yin Qi also felt that he had to be persuaded.Only Kangxi remained sullen and remained silent.

The fourteenth elder brother was a little anxious, and shouted: "Huang Ama! Is it possible that we have to wait until Tsewang Alabutan really calls? By then, it will be too late!"

Kangxi slapped the table and shouted: "Presumptuous!"

He just wanted to speak again, but Xing Nian's anxious voice came from outside. It was completely different from his usual unhurried and unhurried manner, and he also lost the rules he should have. He actually shouted with some trills: "Your Majesty, there is a hurry!" Report! It was sent from the capital, the battle report from the Northwest!"