Emperor Tong's Concubine Tong in Qing Dynasty

The elder brother's special envoy, Yiye, is the brother of Dafujin, whose surname is Yiergenjueluo.Because he didn't check for a while, the silver from Hangzhou had already been shipped, and it was already halfway there.It was impossible to chase him back, and if things were done like this, he was afraid of being scolded by his elder brother when he went back, which prompted him to keep an eye on Suzhou.

Li Xu in Suzhou has an ambiguous attitude. He wants to surrender to the elder brother, but also wants the emperor to know that he is forced.Therefore, the silver was not shipped for a long time. After this Yi Ye rushed over, he immediately blocked him at home.

Cao Yin was relieved when he found out that the silver from Hangzhou was shipped away, and asked the servants at home to urge Li Xu to send the silver away quickly through a hidden thread.

Li Xu felt that this was an opportunity, an opportunity to change the fate of the Li family, but he was also worried that his behavior would be seen through by Cao Yin.

Others don't know, Li Xu is in the bureau, and he knows better than anyone that the three weavers are members of the General Administration Department. On the surface, they are weaving, but in fact, the staff, officials, and even some house slaves in Cao Yinfu are all members of the General Administration Department's yamen. people.

The yamen of the Tongzheng Department has the power to spy on intelligence from various places in the south of the Yangtze River.Covering the people's livelihood, officialdom, weather and prices in Jiangnan... The emperor is not in Jiangnan, and he knows everything that happened in Jiangnan.

It can also be said that Jiangnan is a big net, and Cao Yin is the spider in the middle of the net. If there is any movement on that thread, he can immediately check it and report it to the capital.

Knowing how powerful the Secretary of General Administration is, Li Xu was more cautious in his work. While deliberately letting out rumors to ask for help from Cao Yin, he entertained the special envoy of Big Brother with good wine and good food. He had a heart-to-heart talk with the special envoy, and made another scene together. Play, used to confuse Cao Yin's eyes.

It's just that Li Xu voted for Elder Brother, and didn't tell the special envoy everything. The special envoy didn't know anything about the General Secretary's Yamen.

After getting the money in Suzhou, he thought that the person surnamed Li was a soft bone, and that the person surnamed Cao should be soft rather than hard, so he shouldn't have pushed Cao Yin too hard when he first came here.

Although he came here this time to take money, it was not as much as the eldest brother imagined. The special envoy thought about it and felt that Cao Yin had been an official for decades, and he was always in the prosperous Jiangnan, guarding the rich job of weaving in Jiangning If you don't believe that money is passed from him without leaving any oil and water.

The official position of weaving is particularly rich. It is said that the minimum amount of silver handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Jiangnan is 200 million taels a year. A subordinate of the elder brother has already calculated an account. According to the annual silk price in Jiangnan, the turnover It should be around 500 million taels. Even if the yamen at all levels exploited layer by layer, there should be three hundred to nearly 400 million taels arriving at the Ministry of Internal Affairs every year.

In fact, the accounting of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is maintained at about 300 million taels every year, so no matter who it is, it is believed that the Jiangnan Yamen has withheld part of the money of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The big elder brother's special envoy came back from Suzhou and went straight to Jiangning, intending to show courtesy first and then soldiers, so that the surname Cao would spit out part of it.He's pocketed so much, it's not too much to ask him to spit out two or three hundred thousand taels.

Cao Yin, the little master's envoy, entered the door triumphantly. Cao Yin didn't show any fear at all. Accompanying you all the way to the north, it is good to have someone to take care of you on the way."

Master Yi, who is in charge of a prince's mansion, doesn't care about it, "Master Cao, don't think that you can hold down the young master when you get out of the mansion. What kind of mansion can compare with our elder brother's Zhijun mansion?" He felt a little regretful here, he was used to being domineering in the capital, and when he came, he planned to coax Cao Yin with some soft words, but now he spoke hard again.

I couldn't help but think about what to do, but in the blink of an eye I saw a remarkable person.

The fourth elder brother came out of the house and went to the backyard with the maid who led the way.This Yiye knew that Cao Yin had deliberately let him see him. Although he was the special envoy of the elder brother, he was still a slave after all, but the fourth elder brother was different, he was a serious little master.

"Why is this master here?"

"Oh, passing by Jiangning, the fourth master wanted to stay overnight at Lord Kuadai's house, but Lord Kuadai was not at home. It was almost Chinese New Year and he went to the mountains to suppress bandits, so the fourth master came to live with me. After all, I am the emperor's servant, so there is no reason not to welcome the little master when he comes."

He bit the accent on the words "Slave of the Son of Heaven", and this Yi Ye was terrified when he heard it, thinking of what he said "going into the mountains to suppress bandits", and the earlier saying "there is a caretaker on the road"...

Master Yi felt that Jiangnan couldn't stay for long, so he stood up and said a few words before fleeing.

Seeing the way this man ran away, Cao Yin felt contemptuous and angry at the same time. Why didn't Li Xu persist for a day or two? I kept handing over the silver. After handing over the silver, where did I get the silver to fill the hole.

Cao Yin couldn't help sighing, and turned his head to go to the backyard. King Jian brought his two elder brothers all the way from Guangdong and Guangxi. Because he had experienced countless assassinations on the way, King Jian couldn't bear it physically, so he was carried into the Weaving Mansion of.

Yaerjiang A guarded his Ama, and the fourth elder brother went to the backyard to meet Cao Mama.Logically speaking, an old palace lady who has left the palace does not need to be treated like this, but Kangxi said in person that Madam Cao is an old man in her family, and the fourth elder brother must respect three points for this sentence.

Grandma Cao was already waiting at the second gate with her grandson and daughter. When she saw the fourth elder brother coming, she hurriedly led the whole family to kneel at the gate to meet him.

Cao Yin did not go to the backyard to meet the fourth elder brother, but met Prince Jane.Prince Jane sat up from the bed after spending his son, and exchanged information with Cao Yin.

In the end, Cao Yin's face was a little dignified, "Not long ago, the crown prince sent someone here to take away the tax money from Jiangning, saying that it was borrowed for use, but the slave knew that this was just a rhetoric. There is no way, let him take the money. I left, but I didn't expect that the king of Zhijun sent someone to ask for the money again. The tax in Suzhou was not kept, and he was taken away yesterday. If things go on like this, the princes and elder brothers will look at the money in Jiangnan and think it is fat I want to take a bite of the meat, and when the time comes, the Secretary of General Administration will have no money to support me, what should I do?"

As analyzed by the elder brother’s subordinates, part of Jiangnan’s money was indeed withheld. This part of the money was not filled by the yamen at all levels as they imagined, but was all used in the operation of the General Secretary. .

The General Secretary’s yamen is in the dark, all salaries cannot be issued from the Ministry of Households, and all official files are not in the archives of the Ministry of Officials. They just rely on the money of the three weaving yamens to survive.If the elder brothers stare at Yinzi at that time, then the secret of the Tongzheng Secretary will soon surface.

King Jian didn't expect things to develop like this, "Don't worry about this matter, this king will return to the capital this time to ask the emperor for instructions."

Then he couldn't help complaining about Cao Yin: "You are too, they will give you what they want!"

"My lord, a slave is just a coat, or a coat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. To tell you the truth, other people's slaves can be ignored, but which of these princes and elder brothers dare to ignore them? If others come to blackmail, The servant is really ignorant, but the crown prince and eldest elder brother, the future three elder brothers, fourth elder brothers, fifth elder brothers, and seventh elder brothers... When everyone has money and can't get together, if they rush forward..."

"No, if they dare to extend their hands to the south of the Yangtze River again, the emperor will chop off their paws."

Cao Yin didn't believe it in his heart, if the emperor had the intention to chop off their claws, the emperor would not be able to let the matter of the crown prince be ignored.

Cao Yin was worried, and once again wanted to return to Beijing.

Moreover, the fact that the two elder brothers went to the south of the Yangtze River to extort money cannot be concealed at all. The fourth elder brother stayed at Cao's house for one night and figured it out.

The fourth brother can understand the big brother doing such a thing. After all, he has been short of silver from the beginning to the end. The mother and son can't wait to wash all the silverware in the palace, and the washed water has to be refined into silver for use. .

The prince lost his temper by doing this, and the tax money should not be moved lightly. Why doesn't the prince know the stakes in it?

Or is it that the prince thinks that the official is the coat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the slave is his own family slave, so he deserves to give him the money under his jurisdiction and let him use it as he pleases? !

The prince's move was wrong.

Jian Wang Yabu's health is not good, and he has to recuperate in Jiangning for more than ten days.Kuadai hurried back on the third day after the fourth elder brother came to Jiangning.

After returning home, he changed his clothes and went straight to Zhizao Mansion. As soon as they met, he complained to Si elder brother, "It's so cold in this world of ice and snow, why is Si Ye still running outside? It's already at this time, if you don't rush back, maybe you won't be able to catch up It's Chinese New Year, I heard that you got two daughters this year, and now there are also older and younger ones, so you don't have to worry about going home as soon as possible."

Then he complained that he was not close to him, "It's not that I am a slave, my elder brother is too alien. Why don't you go to the slave's house? Although the slave is not at home, what is the relationship between the slave and the elder brother? The slave's daughter-in-law just now He also said that elder brother is far away from us."

"Tomorrow, I will go to the mansion to apologize to my aunt. I don't want to alienate my uncle. It was Prince Jane who chose this place and lived in with him."

"King Jian is here too? What are you doing here?"

"Oh, I went to Guangdong and Guangxi to investigate the administration of officials." This is what the public said.

Kuadai didn't think much about it, "This is a good thing, and I can learn some skills by going out with an experienced prince to do more errands. Tomorrow, the servant will pick up my elder brother, and I will accompany you around Jinling City by the way. Where there are outstanding people, there are a lot of delicious food and fun, if you come here, you will definitely lose money if you don’t look around.”

It was already dark when Kuadai left, and the fourth elder brother sent him to the street, stood on the side of the street and watched Kuadai lead the people galloping away on horseback, and did not come back until he was out of sight.

When passing by the front yard, I heard the crackling sound of abacus in a wing room, the fourth elder brother stopped and looked over there, and saw that this wing room was brightly lit, and there were many people sitting in it.Everyone has work to do, and the shadows cast on the windows can be seen busy inside.Someone was guarding the outside, and there were lanterns hanging on the porch. It was time for dinner, and someone brought a load of hot soup and rice.

The servant who led the way beside him urged him, "Master, it's cold outside, let's go."

The fourth elder brother stood still. He looked at it. Sixteen dishes, two big bowls of soup, one pot of rice were delivered to one room, and several bowls of glutinous rice balls were specially delivered to several rooms.

From a distance, the dishes that were brought in were rich in meat and vegetables, and the plates were very honest. It could be seen that they were all fat chickens and big ducks. I couldn't help but ask the person who led the way, "What is in this house?" people?"

"It's the tent in our house."

"Eating like this every day?"

The man nodded, "Master said, they are wasting their minds when they calculate accounts, and they need to make up for it."

The fourth elder brother almost scolded, and made some calculations, what is worth making up for?

I thought to myself that Cao Yin was a corrupt official, and his family lived so extravagantly and luxuriously, with his salary, how could a fifth-rank official support these people?

He fell asleep angrily, and went out to play with Kua Dai the next day. When he came back in the afternoon, he passed by this wing and saw someone carrying a candle to deliver candles.The doorman kept the candle-deliverer out, and moved it into the house by himself.

The fourth elder brother was wondering, what is there in that room?The food delivery person couldn't get in, and the lamp delivery person couldn't get in either... I was curious, but when I saw dozens of candles lit in a room, and the light was brilliant, I couldn't help but shook my head, and went back to my living room. in the yard.

Cao Yin is such a moth!No wonder the elder brother and the crown prince made trouble for him, and they did this to him. Didn't it tell everyone that he had embezzled money, and that the money in the family came from a wrong source.But then again, what the elder brother and the prince did was wrong.

When he returned to the house, the guard Fu Chun brought hot water, "Fourth Lord, wash your hands."

Fu Chun was Zhenghongqi's bodyguard, and the fourth elder brother followed King Jian out of the capital. In order to avoid being seen through, he did not bring the eunuch with him, so he brought this Zhenghongqi's bodyguard out.

Fuchun is a young man with a good ability and loves to laugh, but his shortcoming is chatter.

The fourth elder brother is also a chatterbox in front of familiar people. After the two get acquainted, they start chatting all over the place.

Fu Chun held the handkerchief and said cheerfully: "Fourth Lord, maybe we can go back early. Today, the prince can get up and walk around the front yard for a long time. We still eat lunch in the front yard and come back in the afternoon."

"It's so cold, what did your lord go to do, and you've been there for so long?"

"The servant didn't follow. It is said that he had a very happy conversation with the staff members of Mr. Cao's family in the East Court. He also had lunch there. In the afternoon, several staff members accompanied him to a wing. Alas, that place is the account room. ...Fourth master, do you think how many staff and accountants there are here?"

"Staff, four or five?"

"Too little, you guess too much."

"more than ten?"

"Ninety-eight people, one is particularly interesting. Although the slave didn't see it with his own eyes, he heard it from others. It is said that this gentleman's favorite thing to do is to have breakfast in the courtyard every morning, pay money in the cashier, and then go to the teahouse. He listened to books in there and listened to them for a whole day. The restaurant was closed, and he went to a stewed meat shop to buy a few taels of stewed meat and brought them back to drink a little wine. This has been the case for several years. "

Drinking tea and giving rewards for eating and buying stewed meat add up to a lot of money.Receive this money every day, count as five taels a day, 360 five days a year, remove his illness and solar terms, count as 340 days.In a year, there are 700 taels of silver.

The fourth elder brother threw the towel into the basin at once, "Cao Yin's family is really rich!"

"Who says no? Who doesn't envy the officials in the south of the Yangtze River? Just because they can support so many aides, others have long been envious. Do you know? These aides all bring their families and live in the small alley behind. an alley."

The fourth elder brother doesn't want to talk anymore, Huang Ama and Cao Yin are the best friends of the chief executive, and Cao Mama is his nurse.The old man Huang Ama trusts Cao Yin. It is not that no one has said that Cao Yin is a moth of the country, but no matter what, Cao Yin remains steadfast.

With Sheng Chong in his body, no matter how many people envy him, Cao Yin is a fifth-rank official, because of his relationship with the emperor, even a first-rank official should politely address him as "Lord Cao" when he sees him.

The fourth elder brother couldn't help slandering in his heart, even if he is as wise as Huang Ama, he is sometimes confused.

After staying in the south of the Yangtze River for a few days, King Jian's illness was cured earlier.Cao Yin went to Beijing with them, half a month's journey passed in a blink of an eye.

After arriving in the capital, King Jian and Cao Yin went to see Kangxi, Yaerjiang went back to the palace, and the fourth elder brother went to the harem to meet Tian Mi.

Several people separated one after another, and the fourth elder brother waited for Chengqian Palace to summon him. After entering the door, he saw Yang Dan pushing a snowball with his butt pouting.

Yang Dan was still wearing crotch pants, and the fourth elder brother felt relaxed when he came back. He stopped putting on airs, so he couldn't help squatting behind his back and poking Yang Dan's butt with his fingers.

Yang Dan was happy when his ass was poked, so he held back and quickly covered it with his hands, but he was dressed too thickly, his arms couldn't bend behind his back, so he could only struggle a few times in vain and quickly turned around, facing Si Ah My brother yelled: "Bad guy, drag it down and hit the board."

The fourth brother laughed, "Yangdan, why are you still wearing crotch pants? Look who is wearing crotch pants? Come on, let the fourth brother touch your little butt to make it cool."

As he was talking about pulling him, Yang Dan screamed and started to run. In order to let him play in the snow, the snow in the yard was not swept. He ran a few steps and slapped himself in the snowdrift. The fourth elder brother wanted to go and pull him When he got up, he jumped up on all fours and yelled at Er Niang, who had already started to complain, "Fourth brother, screw your ass, Er Niang~"

A maid in the room raised the curtain, so the fourth elder brother could only carry him in, and the maid hurriedly took Yang Dan away to change clothes.

The fourth elder brother greeted him first, and after sitting down, he couldn't help asking: "Emiang, why don't you wear pants with crotch for Yang Dan, he still wears pants with crotch in such a cold day, for fear of freezing his butt."

"I will wear it next year. I didn't wear it last year or this year. Last year I couldn't run, and I was holding a diaper in my arms. This year, I can't do it. I won't be allowed to hold it. Children's buttocks can be exposed, and they won't be damaged by the cold. They are afraid The heat is not afraid of the cold."

Brother Si doesn't believe it, even an adult feels his butt is cold when squatting in a pit in winter, let alone a child.

But he hadn't seen Eniang for several months, so there was no need to just meet and talk about this, so he coughed, and the two of them talked about what happened in the past few months.

There is nothing to say about the actions of the fourth elder brother all the way. Only in Jiangning did he have a peaceful life, so he mentioned that he met Kua Dai in Jiangning and traveled to Jinling with his cousin and uncle.

Later, he talked about the rich man of the Cao family, emphasizing that Cao Yin is a man who seeks fame and reputation, and his family style is extravagant and wasteful, etc. Tian Mi listened to him criticizing Cao Yin without stopping.

He waved his hand to let the maids around him back down, and said in a low voice: "You don't ask me, you know that some money is missing, why don't you ask Cao Yin to find out?"

"Has he ever withheld your money?" Fourth elder brother frowned, "This is too much."

Tian Mi waved her hand, "Emiang is just reminding you that he has been blamed for a lot, no matter what he is, it doesn't matter. Your Huang Ama has seen his loyalty. Have you heard of the General Secretary Yamen?" ?”

"General Secretary? Isn't that the yamen of the former Ming Dynasty?"

"There are also now, and they have the right to report on secret documents. They are your Huang Ama's eyes and ears in the south of the Yangtze River. They are all raised by money. In the past few years, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has made a lot of money. Their number has continued to expand. There is a coating inside. There are bannermen, and there are also Han Chinese from Jiangnan."

"How did Er Niang know?"

"Remember to watch, listen, and think more. Since you can see the differences in their family, you should think about it. Cao Yin never revealed his preferences. There are many corrupt officials who like calligraphy and painting, gold and silver. Have you heard what he likes? It stands to reason that an official like him who is an official based on favor, has so many people jointly impeaching him, he should be terrified, because he is afraid that three people will become a tiger and say that he is himself Sheng Chong is not here. Others say that he is extravagant and wasteful, has he restrained himself a little now? All kinds of unreasonable things, as long as you scrutinize carefully, you will know that there must be some clues in it that can let you see the leopard."

The fourth elder brother lowered his head and thought for a while, Tian Mi told him another news, "One of his children can be the princess of the county. Do you find it strange that I tell you this news?"

"How can a slave who is wrapped in clothes be able to be a concubine Fujin?" The fourth elder brother suddenly realized after finishing speaking, "This is the credit that Huang Ama rewarded him."

Many things that make people feel unreasonable can be easily solved once it involves what Cao Yin did in secret.

So that's the case, the fourth elder brother nodded, "My son knows."

Yang Dan was hugged by the maid and yelled outside the door, "Emiang, son, you are back." He also sucked his saliva while speaking.

The fourth elder brother stood up and said goodbye, "Emiang, my son hasn't seen the two girls yet, so I'll go back today, and I'll bring the child to greet you tomorrow."

Tian Mi nodded, "Go back, rest early today, I've been tired for so many days."

The fourth elder brother took a few steps back and met Yang Dan at the door. Yang Dan was hugged by the maid, and immediately covered his face with his small hands, "No, twist your face."

The fourth elder brother pulled the tiger hat on his head, ignored Yang Dan's yelling to cover the hat, and led the people out quickly.

When Cao Yin came to see Kangxi, his sign was handed over from outside the palace, he didn't wait at all, and directly jumped in line to meet Kangxi.

Many officials who were waiting for an audience couldn't help shaking their heads. Cao Yin walked past them with no expression on his face, and went to the Xinuang Pavilion of Qianqing Palace to meet Kangxi.

The two hadn't seen each other for another year, and Cao Yin knelt down and kowtowed as soon as he entered Xinuange.

Kangxi asked Li Dequan to go up and help him up, and asked the eunuch to move a seat for him. "Sit down, you are younger than me, why do you look like you have aged."

Cao Yin had wrinkles on his face and white hair on his head. He bent over unknowingly, and he was respectful and humble.

After Kangxi finished speaking, he felt that Cao Yin might have been wronged in the south of the Yangtze River, "I already know what the prince and elder brother did, and you have worked hard on this matter."

Alas, Cao Yin sighed in his heart, feeling that the emperor still loves his children, "This is the job of a slave, and the crown prince and elder brother are both princes, slaves are dressed in lowly clothes, the young master asks, slaves I dare not hide it. However, the servant is aware of all the pros and cons, so I have no choice but to come to the capital to explain the whole story to the master. The past cannot be traced back, but I will ask the master to show me how to behave in the future."

"I have taken back the power of managing silk from the crown prince and returned it to the imperial concubine. You can still act as before."

Cao Yin was overjoyed, both the master and the servant thought that things would go back to the past after everything was rectified, so they each breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as Cao Yin was about to speak, Kangxi said again: "Sun Wencheng is mature and prudent, and he has some skills in making quick decisions. I am very relieved. I have a reward for him. Take it with you when you go back."

Cao Yin didn't hear the emperor praised Li Xu, his heart suddenly felt a sudden, and he couldn't help saying a few words of love for this uncle, "Suzhou Li Xu is forced to do so, I hope the emperor forgives his crimes."

After hearing this, Kangxi turned the bracelet in his hand, pinched the beads one by one with his fingers, and didn't care about Cao Yin's words in his heart.

Without Sun Wencheng's decisive decision, Kangxi really believed that Li Xu had no choice but to do so.Li Xu obviously had the opportunity to give away the money like Sun Wencheng, but he just gave it up, thinking that he had no choice but to do it, but it was his matter that was foiled by Sun Wencheng like a clown.

"He... You still need to hit him when you turn around, so people will keep an eye on him."

After hearing this, Cao Yin quickly agreed, and his back broke out in cold sweat.Li Xu's biological mother, Mrs. Wen's, is the emperor's nurse just like Cao Mama. Li Xu thought that she was the emperor's confidant, but hearing what he said, the emperor was not at ease with Li Xu.

Kangxi waved his hand and asked Li Dequan to help Cao Yin up, "What else is there in Jiangnan? Since you are here today, let's play it carefully."

……

Within two days, Herring was holding a tray in his hand with a seal on it, and he didn't put a smug smile on his face until he reached the Chengqian Palace.

"Your Majesty, this seal is back again."

Yang Dan got up from Tian Mi's side, stretched out his hand to pick up the seal, and Herring quickly followed it with a tray, "Brother, don't look at this thing as small, but it's heavy, hold it in your hand."

Yang Dan rolled his eyes and saw Hongyun nestling on the kang. This old cat is getting older, and the older it gets, the less it likes to move. When it gets cold, it just nests on the kang and doesn't move.

He crawled over and put the seal on the cat's back. Lucky meowed a few times but didn't move. Yang Dan got excited and saw that the red ink pad on the seal left a little red on the snow-white fur. Mark, press down again.

Hongyun didn't give in to him this time, he just got up and jumped to another place.He chased the cat on the kang to get a stamp.

While paying attention to one person and one cat, Tian Mi asked Herring: "When you took the seal, how did the Crown Princess look?"

"Our princess concubine is happy and angry, but the servants around her are quite reluctant."

Tian Mi had to sigh, the princess is indeed a good girl, Tian Mi always felt that the prince was not good enough for her.

"So the farce from years ago is over now?" The farce that Tian Mi was talking about was the extortion by the prince and elder brother Jiangnan.

Both the prince and the elder brother were called to Kangxi and scolded. The prince thought in his heart that this was his business, but the elder brother intervened.The boss is a loser, and the two of them will never end this matter.The boss wondered in his heart why the prince would treat Jiangnan as a bank and withdraw money at will, but others could not.

Although Kangxi scolded to his heart's content, he could tell that the conflict between the two sons had reached the point of irreconcilability.In the past, he would definitely suppress the elder son, but now he is disappointed with the prince step by step.

Seeing the two of them kneeling in front of him at the same time, making small movements in private, tilting their heads and staring at each other, as if they wished to bite each other to death.

Kangxi sighed in his heart, and persuaded himself that the crown prince is still a good person, so teach him again.I am not in a hurry to abdicate first, when I have finished polishing the prince, when will I think about abdicating.

So after the two sons were scolded, the prince suffered the most, and the money he obtained was transferred to the emperor again.

And the emperor also asked the two of them to make up all the money they extorted. The eldest brother was equivalent to being a porter for someone else, and the money was still warm in his hand, so he handed it over again.

The crown prince's money had been spent long ago, and he couldn't get it out now. Kangxi didn't ask anyone to ask, and asked Tian Mi to take out 50 taels of silver and send it to the household department to make up for this shortfall.

I didn't hide this matter from others. After the elder brother found out, he complained at home that the old man was biased.

But the matter was not over, they thought it was over after being scolded, who knew that all the people who were blackmailed by Kangxi for them were sent to prison, even the crown prince.The person on Big Brother's side is Da Fujin's own brother, and Da Fujin was pregnant, so he burst into tears when he heard that.

The elder brother is still busy going home to coax his daughter-in-law, thinking that the loss of a brother-in-law will be over, but who knows that Mingzhu will be killed!Kangxi called over and scolded a bloody sprinkler, and only one position remained on his body.

Mingzhu really regretted it, the elder brother was too frightened to take any action.The crown prince hadn't finished his complacency, but Li Guangdi, an important official in the court, filed a lawsuit against him.Said that he connived at the slaves and blackmailed his courtiers!Kangxi asked people to read the booklet at the imperial gate of the Qianqing Palace, and the crown prince's majesty as the crown prince was completely gone, and the princes discussed in private.

This farce will not end until the return of this seal.

Many people think that Chinese New Year is coming soon, things are over, and next year will be a new year.

It is impossible to imagine that the next few decades will be the real bloody storm.

In such an environment, the time for the fifth elder brother to marry a wife has come. Before he gets married, the brothers all have to go to the mansion to sit and help in name, but in fact they want to gather popularity.

The eighth elder brother also witnessed the car overturn of the eldest brother and the second brother.He is happy recently and has no shortage of money. Apart from the tenth brother sharing his pocket money with him, and at the end of the year, someone will take the initiative to give him money, so when giving the fifth wedding gift, he looks rich and powerful.

Fifth elder brother saw that their little brothers and three came together, came here and brought things, couldn't help frowning and looked at them, "Where did you get these things from? Don't steal your mother."

Brother Jiu just wanted to roll his eyes at his own brother, "Are we unfilial children? How could it be possible to steal Er Niang's things? Don't you know how much Er Niang has?"

Eighth Brother stopped Ninth Brother with a gentle attitude, "Don't say a few words, Fifth Brother is worried about us. Don't worry, Fifth Brother, this thing is also a wish of our brothers. It has a bright future and will never Let Huang Ama scold us, you just accept it."

The third elder brother saw them pushing back and forth from the window, turned his head and said to the fourth and seventh sitting, "Did you see? The little bastards are smart now, and we used to congratulate the elder brother empty-handed." , Lao Qi, you also came empty-handed, look at them, now you bring something to the door."

The fourth elder brother peeled some peanuts and put them on the plate in front of him, "If they have money, let them give it away. Anyway, this rule didn't start with us. If those little brothers know about it in the future, they will definitely treat these few The little thing gritted his teeth angrily."

Seventh elder brother shook his head, "I have better eyesight than the two of you. I saw that the things they gave were not cheap. Compared with this, it compares with the congratulatory gifts from you as brothers."

The third elder brother quickly gave up the favorable position in front of the window, "Lao Qi, come and have a look, what is it?"

Seventh elder brother stood up and lay down at the window and looked into the yard, "It's a peach tree with many peaches... Jade carvings. There is also a palm-sized golden birdcage with a jade bird inside and another one It seems that it is the flute or Xiao, and it is also jade."

This is too valuable, even if this gift is sent to the palace, it will not lose its place.

Third elder brother felt sour, "The green one is the peach tree?"

"The little peach on the top looks very cute," Seventh Brother said and sat back.

The third elder brother watched the fifth elder brother lead the three little brothers in, and quickly sat back to his original seat from the window.The gifts they sent over were also moved to this room.

As soon as the fifth elder brother entered the door, he said it was a waste of money. The peach tree was placed on the table. The third elder brother couldn't help but reach out and touch the jade peaches hanging on it. He loved it so much that he wanted to keep it for himself.

The quality is good, and the price is definitely not low. Even the seventh elder brother thinks it is really a waste of money to do so, "Although you have not yet married and live in the palace without spending money, but this year we have added a few more nephews and nieces. When the time comes As uncles, you also have to pay New Year's money."

The third elder brother pulled on the fourth elder brother, "Yes, yes, what the seventh brother said is right. This year, we have two children in our family, and the fourth brother has two daughters in his family. As for the little peach above, one is enough for each person. Did you say you were the fourth child?"

The fourth elder brother glanced sideways at the third elder brother, knowing what the other party was up to, and wanted such a thing, but he was too embarrassed to open his mouth and dragged himself here to ask for a gift.

The fourth elder brother didn't want to go through this muddy water with him, "I can give you anything, if you want to save trouble, ask someone to use silver to make a few long-life locks, one for each person."

Brother Jiu immediately applauded, "This is a good idea, I will do this in the future, and issue a long-lived lock every year."

A long-life lock is only a few taels of silver, even if it takes dozens of taels and hangs it heavily around the neck, we still have to see if the child can wear it?

The fifth child covered his forehead with a headache, and sighed inwardly. After all, it was all caused by money.

A few brothers here were talking, and a cart full of children in the carriage over there arrived at the gate of the house.

Ping Wang Naersu, who was raised in the palace, led Yang Dan and Eleven Brothers, and Liu Gege, Nine Gege and Ten Gege followed.

The fifth elder brother was overjoyed, and when he heard the news, he ran out and helped the three younger sisters out of the car, and asked them to send them to the backyard to play.

Na Ersu followed the fifth elder brother to the room where the elder brothers gathered. He was a young man, so he called uncle to the whole room.By the time he finished greeting each other, Yang Dan and Brother Eleven were already lying on the table.

The fourth elder brother supported Yang Dan's back and saw him sitting on the table, holding the golden bird cage in his arms, and stretched his fat fingers through the gap to touch the jade bird inside.

Because the golden bird cage was too heavy, he couldn't hold it, and almost rolled down from his arms. Fortunately, the seventh elder brother caught it quickly with his sharp eyes.

The fourth elder brother and the seventh elder brother supported each other and asked him to put a few little fingers in, trying their best to touch the jade bird inside.

Eleventh brother was very interested in Yutao, third elder brother pointed to him and asked, "Is it good-looking?"

The eleventh elder brother slowly got up with his buttocks pouted, and suddenly jumped forward. The top-heavy eucalyptus tree was thrown down by him, and the fifth elder brother quickly reached out to grab his younger brother's clothes.But the jade peach tree couldn't be saved, it fell from the table and fell to pieces with a crackling sound.

Brother Jiu, who was playing on the side, heard it, and when he looked back, he saw two children twisting their chubby bodies and looking under the table, and several older brothers were also staring at the ground.

The things that were just delivered are now broken into pieces, making Brother Jiu furious.

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