Emperor Tong's Concubine Tong in Qing Dynasty

What Tian Mi doesn't know is that whether she wins or loses, the outcome of this matter has already been clarified now.

It was already the twelfth lunar month when Kangxi came back from beyond the Great Wall.It had long since become white outside, and Kangxi's holy driver came back to the capital from the grassland outside the Great Wall in the wind and snow. He just sat down and drank a cup of hot tea in relief before asking Tian Mi.

"Where are those paintings? Come and let me have a look. I'm still thinking about my bet with you."

Tian Mi asked people to return to Chengqian Palace to take her painting.

This is the sunrise on Mount Tai depicted in red and orange, according to Tian Mi's impression.There are layers of color patches on the whole cotton cloth, even the clouds are orange.

After reading it, Kangxi thought for a while before remembering a word to praise Tian Mi, "It looks very festive."

So Kangxi told Tian Mi eloquently that Western paintings are different from the paintings passed down by the ancestors, so it is not good to compare them. This time, even if the two are tied, Tian Mi has to make a dress for herself I also promised Tian Mi to let Tong Guowei come out again.

Then he asked Li Dequan to go to Tong's house to preach the decree. It was snowing heavily, and Tong Guowei came into the palace happily wearing a new official uniform.

Tian Mi was even more impressed with this Ama, he was really an official fan.

After Tong Guowei came, he was so excited that he burst into tears. He first analyzed his lack of strict family management, and then said that he had failed the holy grace.This person has read books and been in the officialdom, and he said the same thing in the scene. Tian Mi felt nauseous after hearing it from behind the screen.

Kangxi celebrated the arrival of the new year, and then gave him some rewards, and asked him to send him out of the palace.

After Tong Guowei left the Qianqing Palace, he quickly took out a silver ticket and stuffed it into the hand of the eunuch who sent him out of the palace by wiping his sweat with a handkerchief.

"This time the old man can recover again, I don't know which adult borrowed the light to let him speak a few words for the old man in front of the emperor"?

The little eunuch's attitude was very respectful, "My lord, it is our imperial concubine who is begging the emperor."

Tong Guowei nodded quickly after hearing this, and after getting into the sedan chair, he wished he could bump his head against the ground, and once again he sighed in his heart why the empress is not a boy!

This method of hitting a sweet date with a stick is brilliant!Even if he is his own father, he still has to admire such a method.

The sedan chair wobbled back home, the news had already spread in the capital, and the people who spread the news quickly had already sent gifts to Tong's house.So when Tong Guowei came home, there were already several carriages lined up in front of his house, some were waiting to give gifts, some were waiting to see him.

These young masters of Tong's family have gathered in the study, talking while warming up the fire.After all, it was a matter of getting promoted and getting rich. After Tong Guowei came back, everyone was in high spirits.After Tong Guowei sat down on it, Erlundai couldn't help asking: "Old man, what does the emperor mean?"

"Your Majesty doesn't mean anything. The old man asked just now. It was our mother who made great efforts in the middle. So it has nothing to do with Suo'etu, and it has nothing to do with Mingzhu's faction. What did we do before? We will continue to do what we will do in the future."

When the news came home just now, people in the family were still wondering if the emperor wanted to use Tong Guowei's knife to kill someone.After hearing this, I felt that I might have thought wrong before, and everyone nodded. Such a good thing is worth setting up a banquet to celebrate.

In addition to Tong Guowei's liking for being an official, there is one more thing he has a deep obsession with, and that is to avenge his elder brother.

Drunk, he drove away his younger sons, leaving behind his two older sons and two nephews. "Now it's this time, and it's time for us to talk about revenge. Year after year, it seems that several years have passed. I can't let you, Ama, my elder brother, be safe in the underground. Unless he asks Etu to go to the underworld Otherwise, I can't let go of this matter."

Regarding the matter of revenge, no one in the family had any objection, so the matter was settled smoothly.

Fa Hai couldn't help but persuaded his brothers and uncle, "We always reckless about the consequences, although we were really angry at the time, but we can't do this in the future. We have to act steadily and make a plan before we take action. "

It is absolutely no problem for the generals of the Tong family to charge forward. If a long-term plan is made and implemented unswervingly, these people will have a headache just thinking about it.

Erlundai has made great progress in the officialdom in the past few years. Although he didn't care about this statement in his heart, he didn't open his mouth to spray it. Instead, he asked with a particularly bad attitude: "Then what do you think should be done?"

"Of course it's watching the fire from the other side and sitting on the mountain watching the tigers fight!" After finishing speaking, Fa Hai lowered his head and brought up the matter of the princelings and the Grand Millennium Party. "They have become incompatible with fire and water. There will be nothing in the past four or five years. After these few years, there will be more fights. Therefore, we will not be able to take revenge in one, two, three or four years. If we want to take revenge, we need to take revenge." Ten years."

The whole family, old and young, sighed in unison.

Tong Guowei drank a glass of wine, "Just do as Fa Hai said, let's keep an eye on these two old boys first, and then take action when the time comes. Since we have to wait, let the old man say that once we make a move, it will be done once and for all."

The brothers stood up at the same time and clasped their fists together, "Yes."

"We have to tell the empress about this matter. With the help of the empress in the palace, we can be regarded as having domestic aid." Speaking of this, Tong Guowei sighed, "Although the empress has a bad temper, after all, she is from our family. I will take care of our family."

When Tong Guowei said this, he had to mention one thing: "The two mothers in our family have neither a man nor a woman. Maybe our family will lose the life of being a foreign relative. What should we do next? We all sit down and discuss it."

Fa Hai took a look, but everyone was silent, and he said it himself first, "The princeling party is headed by the prince, and the grand millennium party is headed by the elder brother. I am afraid that these two people will only fight to the death. When the time comes, the emperor will look at it." In my eyes, I will retaliate against the two brothers. After the emperor is angry, it is hard to say what will happen to these two people. At present, my nephew is optimistic about the fourth elder brother and the eighth elder brother."

Erlundai couldn't help but sneered, "Although the eighth elder brother is popular, his family background is too low. The fourth elder brother was raised by our mother. Speaking of which, our whole family should follow the fourth elder brother. Are you because you are Eighth Brother's master, so I prefer Eighth Brother."

"I'm talking about the facts. Unlike some people who talk about being close to fourth master, I'm actually getting closer to eighth master."

Being told his thoughts, Elundai directly picked up the wine glass in front of him and threw it at it, but Fahai hid him for a while.At this moment, Tong Guowei patted the table.

The scheming Tong Guowei directly proposed a plan, which is to bet separately.

That is to say, both sides support, referred to as the fence-sitting faction. "This has two advantages. The first advantage is that the emperor will not hate us. If we support a certain person with a clear-cut banner, it will be like Suo'etu and Mingzhu today. At that time, the emperor will be so angry that he wants to cut us off. If we support each other separately, or even if we don't take the initiative to express our support, the emperor will not do anything to us. The second advantage, as you have guessed, is that we will be more awake , no matter who is in power, our family can live the life we ​​have today."

Orondai couldn't help but said, "Is this okay?"

Tong Guowei asked him directly: "Then do you want to be Suo'etu or a pearl? Don't you see it now? The emperor's eyes are red, and he can't wait to kill them both. If they weren't so powerful, this would be a disaster." Already in jail."

Orundai sighed and before he had time to speak, Fahai jumped out again to express his opinion, "I'll follow Fourth Master."

Tong Guowei disagreed, "You are Ba Ye's master, how could you go to Si Ye's side, and Si Ye wouldn't believe you even if you ran there. Let your brother go to Si Ye's side, and you go to Ba Ye's side."

Erlundai wanted to go to the eighth master, but he found out that he had more conversations with the eighth master, but couldn't talk with the fourth master. "Uncle, there is still a Kua Dai at home, let Kua Dai go with the fourth master, and let's follow the eighth master."

Tong Guowei thought, "That's fine too. How long will it be before Kua Dai returns home?"

Orondai calculated, "There are still more than 10 days."

Kua Dai, who has been out as a petty official for several years, finally has a vacation to go home.He has now been transferred to Jinling, using the Tong family's resources to form a force of his own.

This time he came home with his family and his family. The past few years had been difficult outside, which made his face a lot worse, and his wife and children were sitting in the carriage.The eldest daughter is not too young, and she will be in the next draft.So this time when I go home, I also want to put the child at home and let my brother worry about him.

The farther north the road is, the harder it is to walk. The road is full of mud.The weather is also getting colder, and the wind, frost, rain and snow are getting heavier.The children were used to the mild climate in the south of the Yangtze River, but they couldn't bear it when they arrived in the north. They all squatted in the carriage, wrapped in thick cotton clothes and sat around the brazier, and they couldn't stand the cold like this.

Every time the child lay on the carriage and asked, "Ama, how long will it take to arrive?"

"It's coming soon."

"You said it too soon every time. It's been such a long time, why haven't you seen the capital yet?"

"I really didn't lie to you this time, little bastard, come out and have a look, isn't that the city wall of the capital?"

Sure enough, the boys got out of the carriage, and stood on the carriage wrapped in thick clothes. Amid the heavy snow, the walls of the capital city were tall and thick, which made people fascinated.

A group of them stood here looking at the city wall in the snow, and the slaves who were huddled in the doorway had already run out, "Third Master, the servants greet you, I have been waiting for you here at the gate of the city for several days, there are other brothers I went to pick you up from Tongzhou Wharf, did I meet you? You can be regarded as coming back, and a lot of big things have happened at home in the past few years."

An old butler headed by was chattering, and yelled at the boys to go up and lead the horse-drawn cart.

The brats of Kuadai's family didn't want to stay in the carriage any more, and rode on horseback and followed into the capital.When they left the capital, they didn't have any impressions. Instead, they got used to Jiangnan. After arriving in the capital, they realized that it was indeed the residence of the emperor. The people here had an indescribable spirit.

Along the way, these people walked the streets and alleys, even if it was snowing heavily, there were still many people on the road. When these people met on the road, they squatted down and said hello.This is a custom that has never been seen elsewhere. The heads of a few children are turning like wave drums, looking here and there.

Just as Kuadai brought his children into the house, the imperial decree had already been sent from the palace over there. Kangxi wanted to see Kuadai, so he brought some of his children in to meet him.

He was summoned as soon as he came back, it must be Shengjuan, Tong's family moved up and down, hurry up and dress up the two boys cutely.But no matter how they dress up, they can't hide the fact that the two of them were frozen on the road. The skin on the two little faces is rough and a little red.

Since his face was frozen, he could only deal with his demeanor and clothes.Kuadai waited impatiently and urged his two sons several times before they were released.

When they entered the city just now, the two children were still in high spirits, but now, the two of them are a little scared, and they didn't even have the courage to look left and right when they followed Kuadai when they entered the palace gate.

Seeing the two of them like this, Kua Dai couldn't help kicking each of them on the buttocks. "Look at how cowardly you are, walk in with your head up and chest out."

Then he walked ahead, walking out like the whole world owed him money.

Kangxi watched from a distance as he walked over with extremely confident steps, with two trembling little ones behind him, and couldn't help laughing in his heart.

After Kuadai came in, he greeted Kangxi in a serious manner, and then chatted with Kangxi, "Many old acquaintances from the past have disappeared, and there are some cucumber eggs standing at the door."

"No one wants to be an old guard for the rest of his life. Sit down, sit down. I know you have worked hard all the way."

"It's not hard work. It's worth taking them home. It's easy to forget your ancestors if you don't go home for a long time. Let the emperor introduce these two little bastards from the servant's house."

The two little boys knelt again, and Kangxi gave a meeting gift after reading it.Ask the eunuch to lead them to the harem, "Cousin knows that your father and son are back, and she is thinking about it in her heart. Let her see the child first. She has left a lot of good things for the children. After the new year, there will be a draft. It's time for your daughter to be drafted, so tell her cousin what she wants to ask for."

Kua Dai had a big heart, and he didn't tell the two children, he just talked to Kangxi.The two children waited for a while but did not get his order, so they had to follow the eunuch away.

Kangxi asked someone to bring food and wine, "How is your stay in Jiangnan?"

Kua Dai shook his head, "Jiangnan is all some good-looking people, and they all have become veteran soldiers."

Speaking of this, Kangxi couldn't help but sighed, "No way, in two or three years, the Junggar will be conquered three times. If this continues, there is still no chance of winning the next war. You have to think of a way."

"Don't worry, this servant already has a charter," Kuadai took out a booklet from his sleeve, "This servant rescued a down-and-out scholar in the south of the Yangtze River. At that time, his daughter-in-law was dying of illness and gave him some money to buy medicine. Now He has done a lot of things with the servant, and he wrote the booklet, do you see how beautiful the handwriting is?"

"Is the source reliable?" Kangxi read the scriptures at a glance.

"Don't worry, it's reliable. The ancestors of their family used to be a big family in the Ming Dynasty, but their ancestors were concubines. Later, after their first branches fell, they bullied these clansmen, took away the fields of the side branches, and drove the clansmen out of the house."

"Since it's reliable, let him follow you." Kangxi looked at it, and left the booklet and put it on the table. "Your plan is quite bold, let me think about it first."

After speaking, holding the wine glass and raising it, Kua Dai held the glass in both hands, and the two clinked a glass.

After drinking this glass of wine, Kuadai became that kind of foolish virtue again.Of course he knew about his daughter and told the imperial concubine that it was enough, but the emperor was narrow-minded, and would blame the imperial concubine if something happened in the future, and now he took this opportunity to finish the matter by himself, and he would not work for the empress.

"The slave came back this time and brought the whole family here. My daughter is going to stay in the capital, and the draft will be held in a while, and it will be her turn. I wonder what grace the emperor will give her?"

Having known each other for so long, Kangxi still knows Kua Dai very well, "Just say who you want your girl to marry? You have become dishonest now, you used to yell about everything, but now It's gotten slippery."

"Don't you want to shout out too? I'm just worried that you will scold me after shouting out. I've taken a fancy to a kid from Jiangnan, whether he's a scholar or a Han Chinese, so..."

"So you want your daughter to serve the people?" It's not impossible, but Kangxi also considers himself the elder of this girl.Paying such a high price, if the kid is not a good thing, it is really a loss.

"That's what it means. That family has been farming and studying for generations. My daughter is also a good girl, so I think it's easy to find priceless treasures. It's rare to have a lover. Why don't you marry the child to their family."

"If someone else says this, I will have someone drag him out and beat him to death. You don't want to marry your daughter in the capital? When you get old and return to the capital, your family will be happy. If you marry your daughter In the future after marrying in Jiangnan, it is really difficult to see each other, and you came here to discuss with me, what does your daughter-in-law think? What does your brother think? It is not you who are in-laws Matters can be resolved with the touch of lips, this is a matter between the two families."

"The slave's daughter-in-law is also willing..."

"Not necessarily. I don't think I heard anything today. You go back and discuss it with your daughter-in-law. We'll talk about it after we've discussed it."

Kua Dai raised his glass, and the two drank another glass.

The snow outside was getting bigger and bigger, and a eunuch brought a brazier and put it next to the two of them.

Kangxi looked at the heavy snow and said, "Auspicious snow heralds a good year. The capital is so cold, let alone the north. We must be careful not to freeze people to death this winter. Have you ever seen heavy snow collapse houses on your way north?" Son?"

Kuadai actually saw it, "It happened, the thatched house of a family in the village where the slave was staying at that time was crushed by the heavy snow. Fortunately, there was a lot of movement, and I will see you soon, everyone. He was rescued. He was injured, but it doesn’t matter, they were all minor injuries, and it’s enough to take care of them. The family’s life is not good. Bags, and share some of the dry food we brought with them. If we save some food, we can get through this year. After the New Year, the snow will melt, and there will be wild vegetables and leaves on the ground in the spring, and no one will die of starvation.”

Kangxi looked at the heavy snow flying all over the sky, "It's just that people can't die of starvation now, but it is difficult to want a peaceful and prosperous world."

Kuadai couldn't answer these words, and sat watching Kangxi staring at the heavy snow all over the sky.Not long after, the prince came, and when the prince came in wearing fox fur, he stomped the snow on his feet, the noise was too loud, and Kangxi came back to his senses.

Kua Dai hurriedly stood up to pay his respects to the prince, and the prince put on a posture and asked him to salute, saying politely, "We are all a family, why bother to be so outrageous."

After he came, Kua Dai was very uncomfortable, and Kangxi also saw it. What Kangxi meant was to let them get in touch with each other more, maybe it would be much better after they got acquainted.Moreover, Kangxi also wanted the Tong family to have a good relationship with the prince.

So I greeted the prince to sit down and drink together, "Just now I and Kua Dai said that the north is covered with white under this heavy snow. Although it is a good thing for the soil after the spring, but this winter let the common people How do they live? The heavy snow crushed their houses, and the weather is too cold, and countless people who have no clothes will freeze to death. Thinking of this makes me feel very uncomfortable."

The prince comforted Kangxi from the side, "Don't worry, Huang Ama. The courtiers are all capable officials. They will naturally share the worries for Huang Ama. As for the food and clothing, there are several relatives in each family in the peaceful and prosperous age. We can pass by helping each other.”

The words were big and empty, and they were very beautiful on the surface, but they didn't say anything.Kangxi couldn't help asking: "You told Ama, what if someone was crushed to death around the capital? How should the disaster be rescued? How should we live this year?"

"Naturally, the local government should open warehouses to release grain."

"If there is no food in the government house, for example, this place has been drought for two or three years, and the past two years have made things worse. If there is such a heavy snowfall, countless people will freeze to death and starve to death overnight. That's really called "every day should not be done, and the earth is not working well. What should we do?"

"Let the surrounding areas allocate official food to come to disaster relief."

Kangxi finally understood that no matter how he asked, this son was going to open a warehouse to release food.You can even say a few words to encourage local wealthy households to donate food!How did this son become so stupid?

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Kangxi has not been back for long, so I don't want to blame him for this matter.In Kangxi's view, the reason why the son became stupid is entirely because the master didn't teach him well. Don't say that this sentence is wrong. When the prince was studying with him in the early years, he was so clever and smart, but now he has become so unbearable. I will punish the master later.

Besides, at this time, he is still willing to find reasons for the prince, and is also willing to cover up for his son.When the heavy snow fell more and more heavily, Kua Dai saw that the sky and the earth had turned into one color outside, and when he went back after a while, the carriage was difficult to drive, so he couldn't help saying goodbye and wanted to say goodbye

Kangxi asked people to go to the harem to bring Kua Dai's two sons.Seeing that the prince was sitting beside him absent-mindedly, he also asked the prince to raise his hand first.

After the prince left, Kangxi stared blankly for a while when he saw his son's back, and then asked someone to serve a pot of hot wine and Kua Dai to drink slowly.

The topic just said was too heavy, now the two of them talked about something lighter. "Shouldn't someone like you, who is suffering from stewed citrus stewed fiber, give you some gifts as an uncle?"

"Send it, send it, it must be a big gift." Officials who are officials abroad must give gifts when they enter the capital. Not only the residences of these princes and princes must be arranged, but officials from all ministries must also take care of them.This is the main reason why local officials are afraid of going to Beijing.

The reason why Kua Dai is so rich and powerful is because all the money Tian Mi gave him over the years has been saved.But he couldn't help spending so much in just a few days in the capital, which made Kua Dai, who had never worried about money, feel a little distressed.

When you think about this, think about the large carts of property that others brought when they came to Beijing.Where did all this money come from?

This kind of emotion, when I met the fourth elder brother a few days later, I said it out of my head.After saying it, he felt much better in his heart.

"It is said that the officialdom should be like the light, and the slaves have never read so many books and don't understand so many reasons, but why do you feel a little awkward in it?"

This is the fourth elder brother being led by his uncle to know the darkness of the officialdom again after being led by his uncle to see the darkness of society last time.

He couldn't help but close his mouth. Sure enough, there are so many corrupt officials in the world.

Kuadai has been an official for a few years, and he has a very thorough understanding of the right and wrong in the officialdom. He used to be high above the capital, and he would not care about the flattery of those local officials. When he really became an official Only then will you discover how dark the officialdom is.

The two were walking on the road, and the fourth elder brother still looked like a teenager, but the children in the palace were generally precocious, so Kuadai didn't treat him as a child when he spoke.

"It's very common to form cliques. Some people don't want to form cliques, but they can't avoid it. After all, only cliques can survive for a long time. It's because there are many people, strength and high officials. There are also some who have colluded with those big merchants, and the degree of their officialdom is horrifying, if one day the slaves are no longer officials, writing a book of officialdom experience, maybe it will become a good book that will be passed down through the ages."

The fourth elder brother knew that what he said was true, but he just smiled, "It's not a joke, uncle, you can't write any good articles with your ability."

"These are things that I saw with my own eyes. These things are definitely more thrilling than the gossip about wits and beauties. Now the factional struggles in the imperial court have reached the point of dire straits. In the past, it was fine to hold a group with fellow villagers. Do you know that it is now Start standing up."

Brother Si had never heard of this news, so he couldn't help but stop and turn to look at Kua Dai, "What is standing in line?"

"Ti Huan finds a master by himself, and bets his wealth and name and the heads of the whole family. If he wins the bet, he will become prosperous in the future. If he loses the bet, the whole family will fall to the ground. They are betting whether it will be the eldest son or the prince..."

Although the next words were not uttered, the fourth elder brother already understood that they were betting on the next emperor.

"These people are so daring!" The fourth elder brother was so angry that his eye sockets could burst, "I love the head of the Xinjueluo family who they can ask in private!"

Kuadai looked at the fourth elder brother with some pity, this kid doesn't even know what it's like to be crazy.

"It's because you live too much in the palace, so you don't understand the hearts of the outsiders. This kind of thing has happened since ancient times. Don't talk about the Han people, just talk about the Manchus. At that time, we were all outside the customs, under each flag. Aren’t the servants above all sharing the worries of the banner owner and the prince? It’s the same here. There was a good thing in the court to share, but all parties stretched out their hands one after another. Even if the officials don’t like this petty gain, but the people behind them do. In the officialdom, the word “involuntary” is normal. If something bad happens, the emperor will be furious, and someone needs to take the blame. When the time comes These people above are pawns to take the blame. So life is involuntary, and death is involuntary. All ambitions have turned into passing clouds in the end."

The two of them then glanced at Kua Dai with squinted eyes at the fourth elder brother, "So uncle can't help himself, and his ambition has not been realized?"

"To tell you the truth, slaves speak lightly, and they really can't realize their ambitions. They have to find a master for themselves."

"Huang Ama has fallen in love with uncle so much, doesn't uncle think it's not enough?"

"Not enough, elder brother, how can the things that the slaves want to be done be completed in decades? Some things have been formed from the root, and it is impossible to reverse them overnight."

The fourth elder brother understands that he feels that things can't be done when Huang Ama sits in court, so it depends on the attitude of the next emperor.

"Then do you think the prince or elder brother can help you realize this ambition?"

Kuadai shook his head, "Both masters are capable, but to be honest, Da Qiantui relies on his military merits, and has a very good relationship with those military dignitaries, and the slave thinks that he doesn't have a long-term vision and can't see the future. The benefits, since they can’t see the future benefits, and they are promoted by the military dignitaries, how could they be willing to change the Eight Banners.”

"Uncle wants to join the prince's family, that's fine, the prince is justified."

Kuadai shook his head aside, "The prince may have the foresight to see the future, but there is one thing about the prince that the servants disagree with."

The fourth elder brother stood in the snow, looking at Kua Dai with his hands behind his back.

Kua Dai showed no fear on his face, "You may have thought of it too. The prince has been pampered since he was a child, and he has never had to deal with difficult things. The emperor sorted out difficult things for him. So once this person knows that it is difficult, he Just let this matter go. Now count on the emperor, maybe in the future count on his crown prince."

The prince lacks courage, let alone the courage to persevere, neither of them is suitable, so who is more suitable?

Thinking of this question, the fourth elder brother couldn't help but look at Kua Dai with wide eyes, "You...you...are bold, this...it's impossible..."

The fourth elder brother thought of Kua Dai's meaning, and Kua Dai believed that the future emperor must be himself.The fourth elder brother never thought of this, and this idea should never have been there from the beginning to the end.After being provoked by Kua Dai, at first he was in disbelief, fear, and thought it was impossible.But then I suddenly asked myself: Everyone is the son of Huang Ama, why can't I be the emperor?

"Don't talk nonsense," the fourth elder brother took a deep breath, "For Er Niang's sake, uncle must not talk nonsense, and I will pretend that I didn't hear these words."

Kuadai agreed with a yes, and the two of them went on rubbing shoulder to shoulder. The fourth elder brother's heart was like boiling water. At this moment, his heart was gurgling, and he felt that the blood in his limbs was boiling.

Kua Dai acted like a normal person, "The slave came to serve the emperor when he was a teenager, but unfortunately he couldn't catch up with Ping Oboi at that time, but after so many years with the emperor, it can be regarded as a little understanding. Our emperor goes to bed early and gets up early, every day To practice horse bowing, he never drinks alcohol except for banquets, has no bad habits and is not keen on asking immortals, even if he is faced with a table full of delicious food, he can still eat [-]% of his stomach. And he often eats some coarse grain stick noodles... you Do you understand what this means? The emperor will definitely live a long life, and the prince has been a prince since he was ignorant, how can he be willing to be a prince for a lifetime?"

This sentence frightened the fourth elder brother into a cold sweat all over his back, which clearly means that the prince will rebel sooner or later.

"Don't talk nonsense, the more you talk today, the more you go too far."

"Do you know what people say about our Tong family? We say that we are Tong Banchao, which means that half of the official positions in the court are in the hands of our Tong family." Kua Dai shook his head, "Using those sour words to express emotion In a word, that is: no and no. There are only more than 50 of our family in total, and they are all over the Eight Banners. It can be said that we are indeed huge in the Eight Banners and have strength in the imperial court, but we have not yet reached half of the imperial court. At this point, it is Suo'etu who controls half of the officials in the court. Do you think that his power will expand in the future, and he is willing to be ordered around by the emperor every day?"

The fourth elder brother knew that what Kuadai said was the truth, but he refused to admit it, "Suo'etu is Huang Ama's most loyal servant, when he was flattening Oboi..."

"When he was fighting Oboi, it was because his father, Sony, and Oboi were big enemies. He was seven-pointed for selfishness and three-pointed for public good. You see, he did the right thing except capture Oboi. Now, did he do the right thing in the fight against Junggar in Ping Sanfan? He objected in Ping Sanfan, and he escorted the grain and grass in the battle against Junggar and almost starved the emperor to death. What does the emperor think about such a slave? Can you still use him with confidence?"

The fourth elder brother took a breath of air. What happened today was really a big blow to the fourth elder brother. "Don't talk about it, uncle. This matter... what you said today is a big matter. I have to go back and think about it."

"The servant will leave after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. I only want to greet you on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

"Okay, by the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I guess my master will already be living outside, so you can have someone post a post inside the mansion."

Kwadai saluted and withdrew.

The heavy snow started to fall again, the fourth elder brother stood motionless in the heavy snow, and the servants behind him shot at each other a few times.Su Peisheng had no choice but to shrink his neck and walk over.

"Master, it's snowing, let's go."

The fourth elder brother didn't hear Su Peisheng's voice at all. He stood in the snow for a long time that day. Although he stood in the heavy snow and the snow fell on his body, it was cold, but his heart was hot.

Kuadai’s words opened a brand new door for him. He didn’t know what was inside the door, but he was like a cat living in his heart. He was curious about the inside of the door and wanted to see it himself. I can't bear to step forward to the bad nao ψprint

Si elder brother's behavior today is really abnormal. Standing in the heavy snow, the snow fell all over, like a snowman.When Tian Mi received the news, she thought that he still didn't want to move out to make trouble.

Called him to talk to Xiao Mengshuo and he brought a bowl of ginger soup, "Are you suffering from citrus glutinous rice? Why are you making trouble again?"

"It's not that my son doesn't know what's good..." The fourth elder brother couldn't continue. He couldn't tell Erniang that he thought he would have a chance to become the Ninth Five Lord. If he said this, Erniang would definitely feel that he Got mad.

He stopped in the middle of speaking, bowed his head and drank ginger soup, thinking of words in his mind, Tian Mi could see that the other party must have something in his heart, and his mental state is already different now, if it is said that yesterday he still only thought about it The coquettish little cat has now become a cub, standing up and taking a few steps, already showing some royal demeanor.

"Did you have some bad thoughts in your heart?"

After Tian Mi said it, the fourth elder brother stood up in surprise, and found that no one else in the room put down the ginger soup in his hand. He had already poured out half a bowl of ginger soup in his hand just now in a gaffe.

"Look at you, you can't even hide it from your mother. Do you want to hide it from others? It's like your elder brother who thinks he can hide it from your imperial father, but he can't hide it from anyone. It's a long story, and in the future It’s also a long time to come, so just hide your thoughts well.”

"Emiang! You...why, how..." The fourth elder brother wanted to ask more, how could Eniang, who was as docile and respectful as thousands of housewives in his mind, see through? My own opinion?How could you speak such a rebellious language?The phrase "the future will last forever" is worth savoring repeatedly.

Could it be that there are more frights I have suffered today?He looked at Tian Mi, Tian Mi smiled and said: "It's getting dark, go back and take a hot bath, go to bed early."

"My mother...you..."

"Go back, there are some things that can only be understood but not explained in words. You should have known this earlier."

The fourth elder brother all backed out respectfully, and after walking a few steps, he couldn't help but look back at Chengqian Palace.The mother is already unfathomable, what about Huang Ama?