Emperor Tong's Concubine Tong in Qing Dynasty

No need to think too much, brother Jiu will know what this little brother is going to Wu brother's house for.

Concubine Yi had a good life and gave birth to three sons, all of whom had grown up. This was also the time when the sons were protecting her.Since Eleven told Brother Nine about this, he would definitely tell Brother Fifth.

But Brother Jiu didn't want Fifth Brother to know, at most it would ease the relationship between Er Niang and Starling, but Fifth Brother would definitely be annoyed if he knew, even if a rabbit was in a hurry, it could bite people, let alone Fifth Brother. Brother is much stronger than Rabbit.

"It's too cold outside, don't go out, if you want to go out, go tomorrow."

Eleven looked at Lao Jiu with a half-smile, "I'm going back to the palace early tomorrow morning. I don't know when I'll see Brother Wu again. Since this happened today, I'll tell Brother Fifth today. Otherwise, he will blame me."

"No, no, you don't have to run away, I'll send someone to invite Fifth Brother over."

"Forget it, your people are going to run around and tell me that there is a curfew on the road. I have to worry about whether he is really asking for it or not? Besides, at this time It's troubled times, I am a person who can die at any time if my health is not good, I have no covetous heart for the big position, and others will not think too much when I run to a few brothers' homes, you and the eighth brother are so close, if the fifth brother comes over , the old man still thinks that Erniang's three sons will be the eighth's follower."

This statement is quite Kangxi's style of yin and yang.It made Lao Jiu very angry.

"Then go ahead, freeze you out of order, and you will regret it later."

Eleven snorted coldly, asked the servant to fasten his cloak, held a hand stove in his hand, and walked into the wind and snow all at once.

It was too cold, and it started to snow at this time, and the snowflakes were flying down. Lao Jiu's eunuch couldn't help asking: "Just let the eleventh master pass by like this? The eleventh master's hand stove has not been replaced. It's not hot anymore, why don't we take some braziers and hand stoves and catch up quickly?"

"Slave dog, I've let you finish talking, what do you want me to say? Why are you standing there? Hurry up."

The servants took action one after another. As soon as they got into the car on Eleventh, the new carbon basin, hand stove, and hot water were brought in.

Lao Jiu sighed and stomped his feet and went back to the back.

The door of Jiufujin's courtyard was wide open, and a person was looking out in front of the door. Seeing Lao Jiu coming back, he quickly stepped out of the steps, and reached out to pat the snowflakes on his body.

"Just now the servant said Eleventh Master is here, why did he leave again? In such a cold day, he left in a hurry at this time, so Master should go see him off, in case he will be frozen on the road again and be sick for ten days It won't get better in half a month, and it seems that the Chinese New Year is about to come, so I'm sick at this time..."

"It's so long-winded, why do you talk so much?"

If ordinary people were told by Lao Jiu in such a way, they would definitely burst into tears.After hearing this, Jiufujin immediately put away the tenderness just now, "If it wasn't because he was your own brother, would I care so much? I didn't worry so much because Erniang wouldn't point at your nose, kindhearted As a donkey's liver and lungs, I see you as a mallet!"

After speaking, he turned and left.

"Hey, old lady!"

Lao Jiu followed behind her, "I just said one sentence, you have ten sentences waiting, only I can bear you, just like you..."

"What's wrong with me like this? Did I scare you so much that I danced the broom like this? Did I embarrass you by going out like this with my sister-in-law and younger siblings? I didn't give birth to a girl like this. A film? Tell me what happened to me like this?"

Brother Jiu pointed at Jiu Fujin's nose, "I'm telling you old lady, just take it when you see it, who can't learn from you, and why don't you learn from the previous sisters-in-law?"

"Yo, you've been following Ba Ye's ass every day. Women sing and husbands follow. Shouldn't I flatter Ba?

This is getting worse and worse, who do you think is a monkey?Say who is jumping up and down?

"Do you not want to live anymore?"

"It's not that I don't want to live. On the contrary, I still hope that you and Ba Ye can make things happen, and we can keep our girl in the capital. I only have such a blood, and I have to worry about everything for her. These days, I still have to go on I've been down."

This sounded like human words, Brother Jiu snorted, cleared his throat, "Our family is Gege, why didn't you see it?"

"I'm asleep, I didn't sleep at noon, my little head was a little bit just now, and I couldn't open my eyes when I was feeding her, with my head hanging down, and it was so cold, I asked her to go to bed early." It was only then that Fujin asked in a nice voice, "You tell me the truth, how will Ba Ye arrange the children in our family?"

"What arrangement?"

"You are stupid, we must get some benefits if we follow him all the way to Hei. What benefits does he give our family? Give you an official title?"

"Why is it so vulgar? Can't you think of something else?"

Jiufujin asked back, "You followed him and didn't plan anything else"?

Brother Jiu heard, "I have to draw something, so you can rest assured, right?"

"Master, you have to achieve your goals in everything you do. Some people want money, some people want power, and some people just want to please themselves. So what are you looking for? To be happy?"

Being asked by his daughter-in-law, Lao Jiu couldn't help but ask himself, what exactly is he planning?

He didn't plan anything, but in the end Er Niang was targeted by others.

"Don't talk yet, let the master think about it first." Brother Jiu sat on the kang, propped his head with his hands, looked at the snowflakes falling outside, and began to recall from the time when he first learned to read.Yes, what exactly do you want?

Eleven arrived in front of Lao Wu's house in a carriage. The servant who drove the carriage asked him to stay still in the carriage, and then they knocked on the door.

On a snowy night, someone came to visit. People from Lao Wu's family opened a crack in the door, stuck their heads out and asked, "I don't know which adult is here, but our master said he would never see him again."

"Keep your dog eyes wide open, this is Lord Shiyi's carriage."

The members of the old five family quickly opened the gate and removed the threshold. One person was assigned to report to the back. The others quickly surrounded the carriage and pushed it up the slope. Today is windy and snowy Afraid that the horse's hooves and wheels would slip, a group of people pushed in around the carriage before they breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Lao Wu had already had dinner with his wife and children in the backyard. Hearing that the eleventh came, he threw down his chopsticks, put on his shoes and put on a cape and came to the front yard through the snow.

"Why are you here at this time?"

"Talk to Fifth Brother if you have something to say."

People from the family brought hot water and hot soup over, and Lao Wu greeted Eleven to sit down and eat something first, "Sit down and drink a bowl of hot soup first, to drive away the cold and warm your body, we have ginger soup at home, after you are full Feed a bowl of ginger soup, and I'll let someone make medicine, and if you feel unwell later, drink a bowl first."

In short, when you come to Lao Wu's house, you can drink a full amount of water.

"Right now, I'm braving the snow and running over to disturb Fifth Brother. The main reason is that my younger brother is alone and weak. I'm afraid this matter can't be done, so I came here specifically to ask Fifth Brother to help."

"You just say what you want my brother to do, and my brother will never refuse."

Eleven lowered his voice, and told what happened to Concubine Yi today, "... If you don't believe me, go to the palace tomorrow and ask Er Niang, Er Niang said let us leave this matter alone, but I don't want to just leave this matter like this. Hold your breath."

"If he becomes a prince, we must endure it, but he is not a prince now, why should we bear it? My brother is Er Niang's son, we must intervene in this matter, and you are all younger than my brother. As the eldest of our three brothers, I should take the lead in this matter. Don't worry about it, take care of your own health first, and wait to see what brother does."

On the second day of the morning court, because it was snowing outside and it was winter again, the place where the government was held was changed from the imperial gate to the interior of the Qianqing Palace.

At this time, myna's confidant minister urged the emperor to appoint a prince as soon as possible.Unexpectedly, there was one person who took the lead, and most of the court officials agreed.

The prince was abolished just now, and Kangxi didn't want to rush to establish the prince. He also wanted to give the prince a chance.It's a pity that the prince didn't show any remorse, but started to be drunk and dreamy. Kangxi couldn't figure out whether he wanted to protect himself or really looked down on everything.

Even if the second child doesn't want to be the prince, he doesn't have to choose the eighth child.Especially the method I learned from the old lady a few days ago, the current implementation effect is particularly good, and most of the old eight's power has surfaced.

It is very accurate to describe it as shaking mountains and shaking mountains. This group of forces is even bigger than when the boss and the second child were fighting back then, which made Kangxi frightened.

Especially in today's morning exercises, ninety percent of the officials in the court agreed with the establishment of the new prince.The ones who pick the head are Eighth Prince's confidantes.

They picked this head, whoever they want to be the crown prince is obviously a lice on the bald man's head.

For the first time, Kangxi felt the power of the officials, and it also made him clearly aware that his power was declining, and his control over the empire was getting worse and worse.The power of the monarchy and the power of the ministers collided once in silence, and Kangxi, the emperor, suddenly saw the strength of the power of the ministers.

But after all, he is a person who has been the emperor for so many years, and he usually feels a little boring in the ordinary way. Now that a son has come forward, Kangxi has the ambition of his youth again.

Kangxi thought in his heart: You Lao Tzu dared to touch others when you were at a disadvantage.Do you think that seeing forces like yours in this heyday will give in?

He glanced at the ministers kneeling below, "It is no small matter to establish a crown prince. I have so many sons, and all of them are outstanding. With so many excellent sons, it is difficult for me to choose for a while."

After he finished speaking, the several princes looked at each other very quickly in private.They all put their hearts into their throats, and they didn't know how the old man was going to sing this play.

Then Kangxi looked at the reactions of the people below, "It is said that the country cannot live without a king, and I am not too young, so the matter of establishing a crown prince cannot be postponed."

The following ministers were overjoyed and shouted in unison: "The emperor is wise."

"Don't say that, I'm not wise. These sons have their own advantages, but as their Ama, I think that any of these children are good children. This is a common problem of parents. To tell you the truth, I can't make up my mind here , so I asked all the ministers to join the performance, and whoever is expected by everyone will be the crown prince."

As soon as these words were said, the heart of the fourth child jumped a few times, the eyes of the fifth child narrowed, and he glanced back slightly, seeing that the face of the eighth child was full of joy.

Lao Wu snorted inwardly, Lao Qi was a little puzzled, reached out and poked Lao Wu's back, Lao Wu turned his head back again.

Lao Jiu was acting out of his mind today, and Lao Ten's voice was so loud that he was the only one among the brothers who yelled out, "Huang Ama, is this true?"

"My golden words, of course, are true."

The other elder brothers stopped talking, and the whole room was filled with joy.

Shi Shilun, the son of Jinghai Hou Shi Lang, came out at the beginning: "Since the emperor wants to be elected, when will the deadline be?"

The people in the room were silent for a while. Kangxi sat on the dragon chair and tapped the armrest of the dragon chair with his fingers, "As for when the deadline is? Don't worry, we can discuss it after the Chinese New Year."

In this way, most people have an idea in their minds, what if the emperor can't be selected in three to five years?Three to five years is just a trivial matter, what if the emperor has not yet elected a prince after his death?

At this time, not only these ministers, but also the clan kings wanted Kangxi to give an explanation.

"Your Majesty, this kind of thing is easier sooner than later, and we need to make up our minds earlier."

"Of course we have to make up our minds early. Since all the love ministers want to elect a crown prince early, then one year is the time limit. What do you think?"

One year, that is to say, officials from other places can also participate in the joint performance.

These old princes nodded, as long as they can give a time.Brother Ba was also relieved. He had been waiting for so many years, and he could wait for a year.

The fourth child let out a long sigh of relief. Fortunately, it wasn't these two days, and he had enough time to do it this year.

Lao Wu also breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to look at Lao Ba again, thinking in his heart that you are unkind, don't blame me for being an unrighteous brother.Anyone can be a prince, except you.

For a while, the court will dissipate, and Lao Ba is surrounded by many ministers. These people want to congratulate Ba Ge in advance, but they can't be so straightforward, especially since this place is the Qianqing Palace, the performance is too enthusiastic, Your Majesty I'm not happy either.The congratulations of the ministers to Lao Ba were limited to coming forward to say hello and clapping their hands.

At this time, the other princes will go to the harem to inquire about the news.

The seventh child quickly walked a few steps to catch up with the fourth and fifth child.

"Fourth brother and fifth brother, why are you walking so fast? Wait a minute, brother, my brother has bad legs and feet, so he can't walk fast."

What's more, there is snow on the road. After the snow melts, there is still some water, which is easy to slip.Lao Qi walked a little slower than the others.

The fourth brother and the fifth brother stood there waiting for him, and the seventh brother asked: "Is the fourth brother going to see your mother?"

Thinking of Er Niang's condition, the fourth elder brother couldn't help but sighed and nodded, "Er Niang hasn't gotten any better these days, and it's driving me into a panic. I've been looking for doctors all over the world without doing any work these days. All the famous doctors in the capital asked me to look for it, but there was no good solution."

Lao Wu persuaded: "Don't worry, since there are no good doctors in the capital, then look around, such as Tongzhou, Tianjin, where Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon among the people, you can always find a good doctor."

The fourth elder brother nodded.Suddenly remembered something, and said to Lao Qi next to him: "Old Shisan said let me thank you for him, thank you for worrying, the folk remedy you found is good, his leg doesn't hurt so much anymore."

"We're all brothers, so if you can help me out." Speaking of which, Lao Qi couldn't help but ask Lao Wu, "Fifth Brother, why did I look at you and turn to look at Lao Ba just now?"

"Seventh brother has a little bit of virtue in his mouth, don't call him old eighth anymore, call him eighth brother, it looks close. After all, he will be a prince in the future. If we brothers who can't make it to the stage don't know how to be sensible, then we will It's time for bad luck."

Hearing that there was a lot of resentment in these words, the old seven and the fourth elder brother met their eyes.The two were very smart, they didn't ask anything, they talked about other things along the way, and they broke up with each other on the palace road.

The fifth child and the seventh child went to the West Sixth Palace, and the fourth child went to the East Sixth Palace.

On the way, the fourth brother met Yang Dan. Yang Dan saw the fourth elder brother behind him and waited for a while on the road.

"Fourth brother, I heard that the crown prince is going to be elected?"

"You are very well-informed about the news that you are not going to court!"

"This is a big deal, and there is no cover-up. Maybe everyone in the capital has heard about it at this time. Most of them say that myna may belong to the prince."

The fourth elder brother didn't want to comment too much on the matter, and when he talked about this matter, he was a bit suspected of exposing his own scars.Who doesn't want to be a prince?If you want to be unreliable like the third child, and the seventh child who cannot be the emperor because of a natural leg problem, except for these princes who cannot aspire to the crown prince for various reasons, others have some thoughts.

But seeing that the distance between him and the eighth elder brother is getting bigger and bigger, the fourth elder brother feels very uncomfortable.On the surface, they dealt with Yang Dan calmly, but in fact they were in a particularly bad mood. The two brothers went to Chengqian Palace while talking.

Si Fujin has been here to take care of them for several days, and when they heard that their brothers were coming, they got up quickly to greet them.

The fourth elder brother asked at the door: "How is Er Niang?"

"Emiang suffers during the day, and often wakes up at night when she sleeps. This is really a pain. How is the master asking outside? Is there a good doctor?"

"Indeed, there are a few good doctors. As soon as they heard rumors that Erniang was going to die, these few people ran away and haven't caught them yet."

These ordinary people are afraid to see a doctor for those dignitaries who are dying.This is doomed to be cured, but the family members don't think so, and most of the time they blame the doctor for the patient's death.

There was no reason to talk to these dignitaries, so after receiving the rumors from outside, they immediately packed up their parcels and fled for their lives.

This made the fourth elder brother gritted his teeth with hatred, and even gritted his teeth with hatred for those who spread the rumors.He told Yangdan, "If I want to know who is cursing Erniang behind my back, I have to peel off his skin."

If you spread rumors and refute them, you will lose your legs and go outside to inquire. Everyone in the capital knows that the imperial concubine is dying, and maybe she won't even survive this year.Just because of such news, the New Year's goods on the market are selling very fast, and I am worried that the palace will be closed and the street will be under martial law, and it will be difficult to buy things in the market.

Yang Dan thought for a while, "We brothers will do this separately, you just go to the doctor, and those who spread the rumors will be handed over to my younger brother."

Because Kangxi was a little worried about the influence of his sons, he told Yang Dan to recruit people from the south of the Yangtze River to fill the capital when he came back from beyond the Great Wall, and at the same time, he should also train people from the General Administration Department in the capital.That is to say, in the past, the General Secretary only took care of Jiangnan affairs, but now he even has a hand in various affairs around the capital, including the northern land.

Yang Dan is young, and undoubtedly has great power in his hands. It is easy for him to inquire about news.

At this time Tian Mi woke up, and the two brothers came to the bed to greet her.

"Don't worry, I know what's going on," Tian Mi knew that the disease would not kill her, but she just couldn't bear it.

"I've been lying on the bed for so long, and my bones are loose. I always want to go outside, but no one will let me. It's hard for you two to still miss me. If it's okay, bring the child and talk to me, let me It’s okay for me not to go out in the house, or it’s okay for me to stay on the bed, but I can’t have no one to accompany me, if there is no one around to talk with me, it’s no different from being in jail.”

The two brothers quickly agreed that they would come to talk to Er Niang when everything was fine. At this time, Herring came back from the outside and saw the two brothers sitting by the bed, smiled at them, and after greeting them, lay down next to Tian Mi's ear and whispered. Said a message.

After Tian Mi heard this, she nodded and waved her hand, Herring took all the maids and eunuchs down, and invited Si Fujin out as well.

The fourth elder brother already knew what Er Niang was going to say in his heart, so he sat down quickly.

"Hingyu just said that the emperor wants you to choose a prince?"

Yang Dan nodded, and the fourth elder brother bent over and asked, "What does Er Niang think my son should do next?"

Tian Mi turned to look at Yang Dan, Yang Dan grinned at Tian Mi and covered his mouth with his hand.This means that he will not speak out.Let alone the fourth brother at this time, the fifth brother, eleven and fourteen, might have this idea.It's all come to this point, the emperor doesn't need to report it himself, the emperor can know that these people are counting on the seat under his buttocks.

Tian Mi just looked at the fourth elder brother, "Tell Er Niang, what are you going to do next?"

"When my son first heard the news, he thought about asking the officials under him to persuade officials from all over the country to join him and recommend his son to be the prince. But after thinking about it, he couldn't compare to the old man in terms of popularity, influence, and winning people's hearts. Eighth, I gave up this idea, and I plan to think of a way to find out what Huang Ama is thinking a few years ago, and then make plans in the future."

Tian Mi nodded, said so much, just one meaning, he can't do anything now.

"I won't analyze it with you anymore. I just want to tell you that it is the best if no one votes for you. You can just recommend the deposed prince when the time comes."

It's not just the fourth elder brother, even Yang Dan feels a little surprised.

"he?"

"What's wrong with him? Isn't he your Huang Ama's son? Did your emperor say that you are not allowed to recommend the deposed prince? And the deposed prince is more capable than the rest of you, and has a better background."

The fourth elder brother thought of another meaning, "Emiang is a good planner. It is beyond everyone's expectation that the abolished prince will be promoted again. Since the old eighth can't get any benefits, he can bring down the abolished prince once and twice. The upper position is just a buffer, the length of this buffer time depends entirely on Huang Ama's will."

He couldn't help but see the light in his eyes, which was no longer the same as the lifeless expression just now. "My son recently found a few capable staff members. They only said that they wanted to make a fuss about the second brother. At that time, they didn't say how to make a fuss. Presumably they meant the same thing as Er Niang."

Yang Dan couldn't help asking: "What if everyone is making a fuss about the deposed prince?" What good do you have?

The fourth elder brother smiled and said nothing, everyone would make a fuss about the waste prince, but the old eighth one would not.And during this period of time, the brothers will definitely unite to push Lao Ba down first.After the most powerful person is suppressed, everyone will carve up the power of the old eighth and compete for the crown prince.

After figuring it out, the fourth elder brother tried his best to talk with Tian Mi, until Tian Mi was a little tired and asked the brothers to go back earlier, and the two brothers came out from the East Sixth Palace.

On the way, I happened to meet Lao Wu and Lao Jiu who came out of the West Sixth Palace.The two brothers quarreled a few words just now, and their faces were ugly. When they saw the fourth and Yang Dan from a distance, the fifth adjusted the expressions on their faces.

"Fourth brother, Brother Yangdan, did you just come out too? How is the imperial concubine?"

The fourth elder brother is in a good mood, "I feel a little more energetic today. Yang Dan and I talked with Er Niang for a while. She wants to see some children. I will send the children in tomorrow to chat with her. .”

The fifth child was thinking about sending some of his own children here tomorrow, "Speaking of which, my mother hasn't seen those little things from our family for several days, so I'll send them here tomorrow too."

Speaking of this, I couldn't help but glared at Lao Jiu next to me, "Lao Jiu, say hello!"

"Fourth brother Yangdan, you and fifth brother chat first, I have to take a step ahead."

After speaking, without waiting for others to respond, he turned his head and left.This made the fifth child so angry that his lungs exploded, "The bigger he is, the more stubborn he is. When I was young, I could listen to anything about him, but now I can't even listen to him."

For Lao Jiu, the fourth elder brother had a bad impression, so he kept silent.Yang Dan said a few words for Lao Jiu, "I see that Brother Jiu is not in good spirits, is it because of some discomfort? Bah, bah, look at my crow's mouth. Brother Nine is not happy to say that these things are unlucky during the Chinese New Year. Speaking, is it because you are too tired these two days?"

As for why I am tired, of course it is because I have to entertain those officials, big and small, for Lao Ba.

Thinking of these old fives, it feels like eating a fly, and I want to vomit.

"Don't mention him. By the way, Yangdan, go and see Eleven. He is weak. My mother ordered him not to go out. You two haven't seen each other for half a month. He was still talking about you just now."

After hearing this, Yang Dan took his leave and took a step forward. He was looking for Eleven.And the fifth brother offered to go to see the thirteenth brother with the fourth elder brother.

The two walked slowly on the road, and the fifth child obviously had something to say, so the two let the slave follow them from a distance, and whispered with their arms folded.

"The eighth brother can distinguish the relatives and distances of our brothers. As brothers, we may not be able to be seen by him."

Hearing what Lao Wu said, the fourth elder brother went through it in his heart first, tasted his thoughts, and then replied in a nonchalant manner, "There is no way, the benefit of the court has always been that the meat is less There are many wolves, not to mention that he has a mediocre relationship with our brothers, but he has a hot fight with those cousins ​​outside."

"That's exactly what I'm worried about. Fourth brother, think about it. Huang Ama has always been lukewarm towards these people. His old man has always wanted to take the power held by those clans into our hands. But the old man Eighth, if these people are rewarded wantonly, I am afraid that what Huang Ama has done will be in vain."

The fourth elder brother has already heard the meaning, which means

He has other views on Lao Ba being the prince.

"Fifth brother, we are shoulder-to-shoulder brothers. We have been together for so many years. If you want to say something, you can say it directly. My brother can't guess it."

The old five is funny in his heart, how many of our brothers are short-sighted?

"Fourth brother said that this is not the truth. Fourth brother has little heart, so could it be that I have more heart? Brother means that Huang Ama may not agree to this matter."

"You also went to court today. The selection of the crown prince was made by the old man himself. Do you think Huang Ama will slap himself in the face?"

"So those of us who are sons always have to think of the old man. If some people can't take the position, how can the old man face such a situation?"

The fourth elder brother nodded. The meaning of the fifth brother is very clear, that is, to prevent the eighth brother from taking the position.

"Huang Ama's face, we brothers must take care of it. Brother already understands what you mean. Although I have a bad temper and don't enjoy getting along with others, I still have a few slaves under my command. When the time comes... ..."

"At that time, I will go in and out with my eleventh brother and fourth brother."

The fourth elder brother nodded, "I can't take care of other people's places. The thirteenth brother and we also go in and out together."

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, and stopped bringing up the question, instead chatting about some messy rumors.Talking and laughing to Shisan's yard.

At this time, Eighth Brother was sitting with the respectable people in the capital, and it seemed to be celebrating in advance.

After everyone had drunk three rounds of food and tasted five flavors, Eighth Brother stood up while others were not paying attention and went to a secluded place to ask his eunuch.

"Why are your ninth and tenth masters not here yet?"

"Master Ten is going to invite Master Ninth. I think he will be there in a while."

Wait a while, wait a while... The food is cold, and the dinner is over.Eighth Brother wants these two younger brothers to come here quickly, in order to show everyone that the Eighth Master Party is powerful and is the emperor's only choice.

But at this point, only Fourteen came to support the scene, and the other two younger brothers who were usually inseparable from him didn't come at all.

Several thoughts flashed through the eighth brother's mind. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the middle of the year is the peak period of going back and forth. At this time, it is necessary to spread the situation of the brothers working together to the outside world.

He nodded to the eunuch, "Hurry up, let them come earlier."

But after the dinner was over, the two brothers didn't come, and the eighth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother didn't sit together until the ministers left.

The eighth brother drank some wine, stretched out his fingers and rubbed his forehead, and the fourteenth brother asked, "Why didn't you see the ninth brother and the others?"

The eighth elder brother could only answer: "I'm delayed by something on the road." Having said that, he turned his head to look at his younger brother, "Fourteen, our brothers are still a little weak, let's forget about the old thirteen, he is considered disabled Now, and he got mixed up with the deposed prince, the old man will think too much when he is with us. The brothers above are all arrogant, and they don't take us brothers seriously. Fifteen and 16 are young and Be obedient, next time you bring them over, from now on..."

The fourteenth elder brother immediately understood what this meant, that is, he wanted to tie the two little brothers to the eighth elder brother's car.

"This is easy to handle, don't worry, my brother will bring them both next time."

The eighth elder brother nodded, there are three people on his side, and the fourteenth elder brother brings two more people, that is the six princes.There are a lot of people, so what if some of the brothers above stare?As long as these six people are not separated, no matter what Huang Ama does, he must weigh his brothers.

But the fourteenth elder brother felt that there was no need to make things so complicated, "Nowadays, anyone with eyes can see your great power, so why should we be so careful?"

"You don't understand, there is nothing wrong with being careful."

After all, the examples of the boss and the second are all placed in the front. How powerful were these two people in the past?Before Huang Ama's anger, nothing counts.

At this time, a eunuch came to report the incident, "If you go back to the eighth master, you will find the other two masters, and they are drinking in a tavern."

Brother Ba couldn't help but get angry after hearing this, the two of them would rather go to the tavern to drink than come here!What does this mean?It's too embarrassing for me.

He stood up angrily, "Fourteen, you should go back first, I'm going to worry about it later. My brother will go find those two first, and see what's wrong with them and go to the tavern." Spend money on getting drunk."

Fourteenth elder brother stood up and agreed, leading the eunuch to brave the wind and snow and leave.

However, because of the cold weather in Beijing and the approaching of the New Year's Eve, many merchants closed their doors and returned to their hometowns for the New Year. Therefore, both the streets and the inside of the stores seemed deserted.

Xiao Er was diligently cleaning the counter on the counter, and the shopkeeper was pulling the abacus to settle accounts at the end of the year.A brazier was placed in a corner of the tavern, and the charcoal burned in it was not good enough, which made people choke and cough, and Xun's tears flowed down.

But the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother who were sitting by the fire were unwilling to move.

Lao Jiu raised his cup and asked, "Are you saying I'm stupid? Don't you? Today my mother-in-law and my brother pointed at my nose and scolded me. Yesterday your sister-in-law asked me what I did so much for? I have nothing. Figure, did not get anything, but people betrayed their relatives."

After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand to take the wine jug and poured wine twice, and he emptied the jug of wine again.

"Xiao Er, bring another jug ​​of wine over here."

"Okay, turn around slowly, my lord, your wine."

Xiao Er put down the drink and ran back to wipe the counter. The more Lao Jiu thought about it, the more he felt that he was an idiot, so he couldn't help stretching out his hand and smacking his face.

This blow was very loud. The shopkeeper who was doing the accounting and the waiter who was cleaning the counter all turned their heads to look at them. Elder Brother Ten yelled, "What are you looking at? Look at it again and it will destroy your store."

Turning around and talking about Brother Jiu, "It's not true, what kind of betrayal, don't you still have me? Do I despise you? Fifth Brother and Eleven don't really want to make trouble with you, they just want to persuade you You, you don't know that they have been trying to persuade you for a day or two, they said so much when we were young, it's not too late to say you now..."

"not late?"

"Isn't it? It's not too late."

"You also know that Mynah is just shivering away from the top position, isn't it too late for you to tell me at this time?"

"Although he's almost trembling, isn't he still trembling now? Ninth Brother, since you're unhappy in your heart, we won't follow him in the future. What I'm worried about now is that you don't want to get what you're about to get Wealthy..."

"I don't care about this. When the second child was the prince, I didn't even try to curry favor with him. When it was the eighth's turn, I didn't bother to curry favor. I have nothing else in my life. The arrogance left by the old man is still I don't want to lose it."

After finishing speaking, he poured the wine into the wine glass and drank it dry, "I'm fine with it, I never thought about living a life of wealth and wealth in the future, I have enjoyed all the delicious, fun, and useful things in my life, even if it is a guillotine At this time, there is no regret if it falls on the neck. What about you? Do you think it is a pity that the sky and wealth are in front of you?"

"What kind of riches and honors are you and I have never seen before? I said it a long time ago, and I don't care about it. I also told Brother Jiu that the reason why I followed him was because of you. Brother Jiu. We are From childhood to adulthood, I peed my pants when I was young, you give me yours, you don’t dislike your dirty pants in my wet pants, my mother passed away, you cry with me, give me So many people kowtow to greet me and send me off, this is a great kindness to me. As long as you let go, I don't care at all."

Lao Jiu stretched out his hand and patted Lao Ten's shoulder, "Good brother, let's go home. Go home and sleep, and while my brother was fine a year ago, I will accompany you to burn paper for your aunt and your mother-in-law. Come back to celebrate the New Year when you're done."

Old Ten helped him stand up, and took out a large silver ingot from his sleeve, "Xiao Er, pay the bill."

Xiao Er agreed, and ran over to see the snow-white snowflake silver on the table, "Oh, hello,