Emperor Tong's Concubine Tong in Qing Dynasty

Because it was Chinese New Year, the imperial concubine's funeral was a little rushed, and she had everything she should have, which was in line with her status, but the vigil time was shortened a bit.

The tenth elder brother was sad, and the ninth elder brother stayed with him every step of the way. Wherever the two of them went, they were always together. Concubine Yi was furious. For the sake of looking good, she had to hold back the anger and did not face her. Nine princes gave him an order, but didn't show any face to him, otherwise he would be instigating his son to bully a motherless child.

Concubine Yi felt that her whole body was so angry that her heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys were hurting. Brother Jiu, a bastard, was now at the time of rebellion, and he couldn't understand the old mother's intentions at all.Even if you came to pay your respects, it was just a hasty greeting and turned away.

They don't stay in the harem, Yifei and Guo Guiren can't speak even if they have something to say, Liugege sees that the new year has passed, and the elder brothers start studying again, these brothers can't help chasing after they are still stuck together.

"Ninth brother, we shouldn't say anything when you are with tenth brother, but we shouldn't be with starling."

Brother Nine couldn't help frowning. He didn't know why the people around him didn't like mynah. Obviously mynah is a gentle and gentle person.

"Aren't you still looking down on his origin? What do you say? A hero doesn't ask where he came from! He can't choose his origin. As for the future, you just have to wait and see. You can't always talk about your origin." thing."

"Ninth brother, we are all the children of Huang Ama, what is there to look down on, I mean..."

Before Liu Gege finished speaking, he saw Brother Nine looking behind him, turned his head quickly, and saw Brother Eleven coming out behind him.

Brother Eleven raised his head, "Playing?"

Although Brother Jiu is close to his younger brother, he just doesn't want to take him to play. The reason is that his younger brother is just a follower, and it is too troublesome to take him with him.

"Both of you, let's play, young master, I'm going back to study." After saying that, Sa Yazi ran away, and Liu Gege had no choice but to stamp his feet.

Brother Eleven also stomped his feet, imitating Liu Gege's anger.

Liu Gege squatted down, "Little idiot, you are more than two years old, and you can't speak cohesively now, you are thin and small, and you are picky eaters and don't like to eat!" After finishing speaking, he nodded his brother's brow with his finger Brother Eleven held her hand.

"Come on, let's go back first, first scold the court ladies and eunuchs around you, so many eyes can't keep your eyes on you, let you sneak out by yourself, what if someone takes you away?"

Liu Gege still remembers the incident when Brother Jiu was pushed into the lake in the Royal Garden.He felt even more distressed about this eleventh brother who managed to survive, and was worried that he would repeat his bad luck, so he took his hand and went back to talk to Concubine Yi first, and then took him out to play.

Concubine Yi can't take care of her two youngest sons at this time, she is full of plans for her eldest son.

Before the Chinese New Year, the prince and elder brother overturned the car because they went to the south of the Yangtze River to extort money. Minister Li Guangdi sued the prince. Baiguan read it out, and nailed the prince's mistake to the ground.

The prince's vitality has not recovered here, and the eldest brother was also beaten by his own father. Mingzhu was almost stripped into a blank board and went home to eat himself. The two brothers are gearing up to fight again in the next year.However, the situation changed after the year, and there were a few more people in the battlefield.

From the beginning of the third child to the end of the seventh child, four older sons entered the arena and managed the four ministries of the imperial court respectively. In the military department of the base camp, the fifth elder brother got an errand in the engineering department, the fourth elder brother went to the household department, and the third elder brother received the rites department.Kangxi directly decided that the four sons would be the banner owners of the Four Banners without any consultation with any clan courtiers.

The old princes of other palaces stared at each other when they heard this. They are all descendants of the prince who was in charge of the banner at the time. The power has been inherited in their hands. The emperor's decree took away the power lightly, and they would not be happy to change it to anyone.

The old princes are of high seniority, they are unreasonable and cheeky at critical moments, and they just sit on the ground in the main hall and cry, cursing and losing their manners when crying.This made the ministers dumbfounded!

Prince Yu and Prince Gong also gathered a group of clans to support this decision.The two groups of people were in a war of words in the court, defending each other's interests, everyone's eyes were on the banner, and no one expressed their opinions for their brothers who entered the various ministries to take charge of the ministries.

The elder brother and the prince were caught off guard, and their power was weakened.The prince's eyes turned to the younger brothers below, the third child was a fool, the fourth child had one heart with him, the fifth child was easy to talk to, and the seventh child was a good boy.Except for the third child, the prince is sure that the other three younger brothers will follow him.As for the third child, the prince decided to intimidate him.

Eldest brother has the final say, this good thing ends up with the seventh child, and the eighth child is too unlucky.

Taking advantage of the quarrel in the hall, Kangxi stood up directly and went back to Qianqing Palace.

The prince watched the emperor leave, and immediately called his younger brothers to his side, "Today is a good thing, let's have a drink to celebrate, come with my brother, there is good wine at my brother's place."

The imperial concubine died less than a hundred days ago, the brothers looked at each other, and the fourth brother reminded the prince, "The imperial concubine's business is not finished, why don't we have a bowl of tea?"

"Yes, yes, the fourth is still thoughtful. Your sister-in-law's natal family brought in some tuan tea, and my brother's drink is very suitable for the taste. Come and taste it together. If you like it, you can take a few boxes."

The four brothers followed the crown prince to the East Palace, and the crown princess ordered some congratulatory gifts, put out the tea set, and took good care of the brothers.

The elder brother chased Kangxi to Qianqing Palace when Kangxi was leaving. When he saw Kangxi sitting in the study, he immediately took the tea from Li Dequan and put it in front of the emperor. "Huang Ama, why didn't Lao Ba be included in such a good thing?"

Kangxi raised his eyelids and glanced at him, "You can just ask why such a good thing doesn't include you, why ask the old man?"

"My son knows that his son has military merits, and after holding the flag and going out, he will be very popular. Those old princes must be on guard against his son, but the younger brothers are different. They are just a few of them. In the eyes of those old princes , They are just paper, don’t worry, the matter will pass after a few days of quarreling.”

"Since you know, why do you come here to ask?" Kangxi couldn't distinguish between emotions and anger, took a sip of tea and leaned on the throne leisurely. He didn't worry about his sons being eaten by those old things. All the cubs are raised, and they will be eaten after they are released.

"The son is asking for the eighth brother. This good thing is up to him. If the mother asks later, how will the son explain it?"

"What does the court affairs have to do with her as a woman? Don't say that the two empresses didn't dare to ask about the previous affairs. Take today as an example, has the imperial concubine asked about the words and deeds of the previous court?"

The eldest brother suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly knelt down, "My son is talking about it, because the son is worried that this good thing will not go to the old man. He is unhappy in his heart, and the son is also thinking about his younger brother."

Kangxi raised his hand up, the boss quickly got up from the ground, Kangxi took his bracelet off his hand and fiddled with the beads on it. "What does he have to complain about you? What don't you understand? He is just young. If you let him go out to do things at this age, who will obey him?"

"My son has some other ideas. You see, Lao Qi is not very old. Speaking of which, neither of them is married. They both went to the battlefield for a while, but if you compare it, Lao Qi is not as good as Lao Qi." Eight..."

Kangxi couldn't help but look up at this son when he heard this, and wanted to ask him if your mind is muddled?The seventh is not as good as the eighth, which of your eyes can tell?

One day you won't be able to go to the battlefield, and your father will be counting on Lao Qi.

"Huang Ama, why are you looking at your son like that?"

"Go out, get out, get out, I still have work to do."If you don't hurry up, you will be pissed off by this kid. He is already in his 20s, how did he become like this?

As soon as the elder brother went out, he saw his uncle coming. Fuquan had a lot to say to the emperor. After seeing the elder brother, he ignored his hesitant expression, "Uncle knows you are busy, so go get busy. Uncle will go in and talk to you, Ama." Say something".

Inside the room, Kangxi had ordered the servants around him to invite Prince Yu to come in. The elder brother couldn't pester his uncle anymore, so he had to watch him go in helplessly.

He walked around the door a few times, wanting to hear what was going on inside, but the voices of the two people were too low to hear clearly, and being stared at by the imperial guards guarding the door, he had no choice but to go down the steps and leave.

There are too many princes, too few benefits, the meat has already been eaten by the older ones in front, and the younger ones can only drink some broth.

Tong Pin came to visit with Elder Thirteen in her arms, and couldn't help complaining to Elder Thirteen, "We were born a few years later than my brothers, and such a good thing will never happen."

Tian Mi looked at her like that and then at the carefree Thirteenth Elder Brother in her arms, and ignored her at all.

The flowers in Chengqian Palace are in bloom. There is a huge pear tree here, and the pear tree is in full bloom. Yang Dan is standing under the pear tree and is hopping to let the old cat down. Yang Dan.

The thirteenth elder brother looked outside with his eyes, stretched out his small hand to grab it, Tong Pin hugged him hard, and asked the maid to take him to the courtyard to play with Yang Dan.

The fourth elder brother who drank tea with the prince came to Chengqian Palace. As soon as he entered the door, he found Yang Dan struggling to make the thirteenth elder brother stand upright, and picked up the pear blossoms on the ground and stuffed them into his pocket.

The fourth elder brother stood in the yard and hugged Shisan, watching Yang Dan bent over and picked up a handful of all the fallen flowers, insisting that elder brother Thirteen would take them away.

The chubby Thirteen yawned and fell asleep in the arms of the fourth elder brother.Looking down at this young brother, the fourth elder brother only felt very peaceful in his heart.If he had a son, he would probably be the same as Thirteen.

Eunuch Chen came over and said quietly, "The servants have already received the news, congratulations to Fourth Master."

"This is indeed a happy event. After a while, there will be rewards from all over the palace."

Yang Dan hurried over and hugged the fourth elder brother's leg, "Fourth elder brother, what dilution?"

Just now, she wiped the drool from her mouth, "What happy event?"

The fourth elder brother smiled and said nothing, Eunuch Chen bent over, "The emperor has issued an order to let our fourth master hold the red flag and sit in the household department."

"Can I eat it?"

After Yang Dan asked, the fourth elder brother shook his head. The little thing in front of him didn't know much about power, and he thought that all the good things in the world were eaten by his mouth.

"You will know in the future." The fourth elder brother smiled, "You are lucky, the fireworks will go to Yangzhou with Er Niang in March, and the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is beautiful. This time, we have to see more."

Tong Pin hugged the thirteenth elder brother and came to wait early, just to come and congratulate her.Similarly, the third elder brother and the fifth elder brother came to each other's mothers, and they were also warmly welcomed.

Concubine Rong felt that she had finally made it through, had a grandson, and had a bright future for her son, so she couldn't help but grab her son's hand, "I must write to your sister for such a great event, the three of us have lived together for so many years, Now such a good thing should make your sister happy."

The third elder brother nodded excitedly, "Don't worry, Er Niang, my son will write it now, do you have any other orders for my sister? Write it in a letter and send it over once."

Concubine Rong felt that all the pain and suffering she had suffered for so many years had been rewarded at this moment, and she had a mentality that she just had to wait to enjoy the blessings.

Concubine Yi was also happy. She sat down with her younger sister Guo Guiren to discuss, "Although we can't hold a banquet to celebrate such a good event, it should be lively and lively. Let the Guo Luoluo family come to congratulate you. We have been married for so many years. The natal family has contributed a lot, and now we have paid off."

"It's not just about being able to help my mother's family, sister, at this time, Fifth Prince can also help my younger siblings."

"Yes, you're right. Sure enough, it's Buddha's blessing. No, the misfortune of years ago is over. Hey, is it true that this daughter-in-law married well? Once she came in, everything went well."

After hearing this, Guo Guiren also felt that this should be the case, and nodded accordingly.

Concubine Yi couldn't help being overjoyed, "Hurry up and ask someone to cook some of his favorite food, and I'll pack up some soft food for the couple, so that they can live in harmony."

"Don't worry, sister, a big bowl of noodles with fried sauce, a plate of pickled radish, and a big bowl of noodle soup. The original soup will turn into the original food, and I will keep him happy."

The seventh elder brother was also happy, and ran back to the Zhongcui Palace excitedly. As soon as he entered the door, the eunuch said that the concubine Hui had an invitation, and the seventh elder brother's heart immediately became cold.

Concubine Hui and Eldest Elder Brother are waiting for Elder Brother Seven, Concubine Hui put on a kind face, but no matter how you look at it, she can't help smiling, "I heard that Elder Brother Seven has gone to the Ministry of War?"

Seventh elder brother stood in front of their mother and son without even a seat. If he was a child who did something wrong, it would not be wrong to reprimand him like this, but today he is different from the past, he is already a powerful figure, and he is also a man when he goes out Yes, Concubine Hui is using this to show him off and tame him.

Seventh elder brother couldn't help being annoyed in his heart, he was also Huang Ama's son, firstly Concubine Hui had never raised him, so she didn't have the responsibility of upbringing, and secondly, she was not a aunt, so why should she let herself be punished.

"Yes, I told the Emperor Ama today that my son will be stationed in the Ministry of War to take care of the armaments and horses, and he will also go to the Taipu Temple's yamen on a daily basis."

The Taipu Temple is in charge of horses. There are dozens of horse farms outside the customs and in Mongolia, managing nearly [-] horses capable of fighting. Most of the horses for the honor guards are sent to the royal palaces in Beijing every year.This is also an important department. If there is friction with the big brother and there is a stumbling block in private, it is enough for the big brother to drink a pot.

This kid has a lot of power, Concubine Hui has some concerns in her heart.

"Sit down quickly, come on, and serve tea to our elder brother. Today is a good day. If it weren't for the funeral of the imperial concubine, I would definitely set up a few tables for you to celebrate. You and Lao Ba are good children of our Zhongcui Palace. In the future, go out through the same door and take care of each other with your elder brother."

The elder brother also said: "Come to my brother's house to play in a few days. My brother will take you to meet the adults in the military department. You didn't know them when you first came. When the time comes, my brother will introduce you."

The attitude is good, but the meaning behind it is compelling.This is to put the old seven into his plate, and pull the old seven and the prince to fight in the ring.There is an obvious master-slave relationship here, the elder brother wants the seventh elder brother to listen to him, and in the future he will point to the seventh elder brother to fight!

Huang Ama will definitely not agree, the seventh elder brother has already figured it out, he is not his opponent now, Er Niang is still pinching in the hands of Concubine Hui, take a step back first, anyway, I still have the Taipu Temple Yamen, wait for the opportunity Recapture the Ministry of War.

"Brother is right, we are all brothers, we should help."

The elder brother heard it, people don't say "order", but "help", which is to put two people in the same position, regardless of priority.

Although the eldest brother has a big heart, he can't say that he has no heart, but he can still hear good and bad words.I couldn't help but sneered a few times and watched Brother Qi withdraw, couldn't help lowering my head and said: "Emiang, we raised Lao Qi, a white-eyed wolf, he is disobedient."

"Huang Ama is the one who raised me. Do I eat his food and use his? Or is it that every strand of my body belongs to him? Why should I listen to him!" Seventh elder brother was so angry that his lungs hurt, and he sat on the kang Seeing his mother hitting a walnut with a small hammer, she stretched out her hand and stuffed the walnut kernels into her mouth, puffing her cheeks, "He will think of me now, didn't he think I was a lame before? This will show a kind of grace from them The appearance of mother and child, who are you fooling?"

who!

"Brother, this is a trivial matter. Now there is something that I need to do quickly. You should think about it when you are older. Let me ask you, do you know what it is?"

"Of course I asked the imperial concubine to allow Erniang to move. My son has made up his mind. Qixiang Palace is a little bit out of the way, and Concubine Xi and Concubine Duan are not too out of place. You move in, and your son often walks around. They can't wait for it."

Cheng Guiren shook his head, "It's a trivial matter. Our mother and son have been looked down upon by others for so many years, and I'm used to hearing so many harsh words. Even if Concubine Hui is domineering in this Zhongcui Palace, she would not dare to insult me. She dared to bully me, so I went to Chengqian Palace to file a complaint. Back then, her son was raised in my uncle’s house. She didn’t want to bully me here because of this kindness. The emperor absolutely reprimanded her. Yes, I can't afford to lose this person, so Eniang will be fine for a while.

The important thing is you, it's time for you to choose Fujin, it's a matter of your life.I want a kind daughter-in-law, don't be like Fujin, I want you two to be harmonious and beautiful, and have a bunch of grandchildren in the future.You finish this matter first and then come to pick up Erniang to move, don't give the mother and son a chance to intervene. "

Seventh elder brother was about to speak when he heard the old maid doing needlework at the door yelling loudly, "Oh, Lord Ba is here, please hurry up."

In the room, the mother and son looked at each other, and stopped talking about the topic just now. Mr. Cheng pushed the walnut shell aside, and shouted with a smile on his face: "Brother Ba is here, please hurry up. Come and eat walnuts." , you are much more blessed than your seventh brother, he hasn't eaten for a long time, and you have ready-made ones when you come."

The eighth elder brother came in with a smile, "It's still Cheng Erniang who loves her son. Hello seventh brother, congratulations to seventh brother."

"What are we brothers doing with these kind words? Sit on the kang quickly."

"Thank you Seventh Brother."

"You are too polite. Alas, speaking of it, my brother envies you. I heard that the matter of going to Jiangnan has been settled. Then you and the old nine and ten will follow. Jiangnan is so good, the scenery is so special, brother I haven’t been there yet, so I don’t know when I can see it.”

The eighth elder brother took a sip of the tea from the hand of the maid, "Actually, this matter has not yet been settled. I don't know if I can go to the south of the Yangtze River. The queen mother is not willing to go."

Kangxi was also worried about this matter, and agreed to invite the Queen Mother to go to Jiangnan with her. The Queen Mother agreed very well at the time, but now she is not happy.

For this matter, after Kangxi went to court, he discussed the matter with Fuquan and made a special trip to the Palace of Compassion.

The Queen Mother was hugging the younger sister of Elder Brother Ten. She named this Gege Enhe, which means Taiping in Chinese.The Empress Dowager felt sorry for the girl who lost her mother. At the funeral of the imperial concubine, Enhe was often tossed as a biological daughter.

When Kangxi came, he found that the Queen Mother was holding Enhe in her arms and patting her. The Mongolian female slaves surrounded by her were coaxing little Gege to eat with food and drink.

In the words of the Queen Mother, raising children is the same as raising those cattle and sheep, as long as they can eat, they can grow up.At the beginning, Tian Mi was really not used to hearing this statement, but looking back, the Queen Mother raised so many children, all of them were white, tender, round and chubby, they rarely got sick, and none of them died young.It is enough to prove that sometimes raising children and raising animals may really have something in common.

Tian Mi once blushed because of this equation, and it was Kangxi who explained to her that the Mongolians treat the cattle and sheep on the grassland like family members and take good care of them.This is the wealth of the Mongols. Wherever you go, even a lamb will be taken care of by the Mongols.

So every time Kangxi came to the Compassionate Ning Palace, either the children were eating, or the Empress Dowager coaxed the children to eat.It was the same this time, after En and Gege were carried down by these female slaves with something stuffed in their mouths, they left the mother and son to talk.

"Didn't it be agreed a few times ago? You want to invite Huang Erniang to go to the south of the Yangtze River together, but this time you really won't go?"

"La Aunt Su Ma is ill. Although she is cured, she is not as energetic as before. She is not young anymore. Since the Empress Dowager returned to the embrace of Changshengtian, the number of Mongolian women in this palace has been decreasing year by year. If I go out and she has an accident, I will regret it for the rest of my life, so I'd better stay in the palace. Besides, I don't care if I go to those southern barbarians' places, and I don't want to go that much."

After Kangxi heard this, he couldn't laugh or cry, "Since Queen Mother thinks so, let's stay in the palace this time, and I will take the imperial concubine and the three princes away."

"Go, go, don't worry about me, the concubine talks to me every day. Go early and come back early, no matter how good it is outside, it's not at home after all."

In the middle of February in the lunar calendar, Tian Mi took Yang Dan and Kangxi on a dragon boat. After half a month of sailing, the fleet finally arrived in Yangzhou.

But at this moment, most officials in Jiangnan are focusing on Sun Wencheng.Even Cao Yin couldn't control his anger at this moment.

Knowing that the emperor was coming to the south of the Yangtze River, Cao Yin asked Sun Wencheng if the house in the weaving mansion in Yangzhou had been cleaned.Can you pick me up?

I didn't expect my cousin to be so sincere, he just cleaned the yard and the inside of the house, and didn't do anything else!

Did not renovate the courtyard walls, did not add some flowers and plants, did not expand the weaving mansion... that is, replaced some curtains and curtains with new ones, other than that, the house remained the same as before, and even the doors and windows were not painted again. water.

Who is so sincere? !

Li Xu also couldn't help sighing, he and Sun Wencheng are in-laws, they used to know that this in-law was different, but now they realized that it wasn't different but bold.

You let the emperor live in such a dilapidated house?Not to mention tidying up the yard beautifully, at least it should look like a pick-me-up. Can you get some new ones for the tables, chairs and benches in the house?Can the raised floor tiles be smoothed out, so that we don't trip the nobleman...

Several governors looked at each other, and someone dragged their voices out, "Master Cao, Mr. Sun, and Mr. Li, the three of you made an oath at the beginning, saying that you can take over, but now looking at..."

One Fu Yin shook his head, "What I think and see in front of me is far from the word Jiejia."

The others whispered to each other and nodded.

Cao Yin knew that this time things went wrong, "I don't know what you adults think?"

Someone said bitterly: "I am a petty official, how can I comment on this kind of thing, and we are not the emperor's cronies, how can we clean up this kind of mess?"

Some gloated: "The emperor's dragon boat will arrive in half a day, what should we do? We can't let the emperor still live on the dragon boat."

Li Xu secretly resented, and wrote down those who spoke, thinking of finding an opportunity to properly add some information to their stories, so that you can talk, and you will regret it sometimes.

Cao Yin squinted his eyes and thought about it, and Sun Wencheng didn't care anymore, sitting there with a godlike presence, could he not know that he needed to paint the house?Isn't it all caused by money?The main reason is that I don't have money in hand. If I have money, I will definitely do things beautifully.

Cao Yin thought, this is indeed because he was not thoughtful enough, he didn't ask clearly in advance, and he didn't come to Yangzhou to have a look in advance, so it's better to find a salt merchant's garden to pick him up.

Thinking of this, he turned to discuss with Li Xu, and Li Xu nodded, "It's possible, but it took a long time for people to move the house, even if it was cleaned, we have to check everywhere, and we have to clean it up. To arrange for the guards to check the terrain, now... there is not enough time."

"Brother, just look for it first, leave the other things to me, and I will explain to the emperor."

Logically speaking, Sun Wencheng should be allowed to do it in Yangzhou, but Cao Yin did not dare to entrust this important matter to his cousin at this time.

Just when he was at a loss, the dragon boat had already appeared in everyone's eyes. Many people stood up and arranged their clothes toward the beads, looking at Jiangnan Sanzhi with obvious gloating eyes.

Unexpectedly, the speed of the fleet was so fast. Li Xu hurriedly looked at Cao Yin. Cao Yin wiped his face.

Nearly [-] officials from several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River arranged their clothes and went to the beads together, checked each other's appearances, and quickly lined up to kneel down.

The first dragon boat was Kangxi's car, with a tall and mighty dragon flag fluttering, and it was docked on the shore without any movement.A row of wooden boards was erected on the pier, and the imperial guards on the boat behind all wore yellow jackets, stepped on the wooden boards and jumped onto the pier to form a team, responsible for security.

After these people took their positions and confirmed their safety, Kangxi appeared in front of them, and three shouts of long live came rolling in like waves.It is exciting to see, and deafening to hear.

It is said that when Liu Bang went to Xianyang, he saw the first emperor's car and sighed, "A man should be like this."I don't know if this legend is true or not.Now the eighth elder brother really has such an idea. It turns out that the emperor is so authoritative. The Jiangnan officials are already prostrate on the ground at this moment. Huang Ama holds life and death in his hands, and they are trembling.This feeling made him fascinated, made him fascinated, made him intoxicated and lost his way... A man should be like this!

Sitting on the boat, Tian Mi looked down from the window and saw that Kangxi's bright yellow dragon robe was already among the officials, so she took her hand from Yang Dan's ear, "Okay, they won't shout anymore, don't be afraid."

Yang Dan nodded, stretched out his hand for Eunuch Chen to hold him, looked out of the window, opened his mouth wide, pointed at the pier and asked, "Jiangnan?"

"Jiangnan is not a wharf. Jiangnan is beautiful in this season. I don't know if you will remember the beauty of Jiangnan at such a young age."

"Ma'am, elder brother must remember, after all, it is different from the scenery of the capital." Eunuch Chen put Yang Dan down, and he saw someone coming in with clothes and jewelry.

Tian Mi wants to take Yang Dan to the back to change clothes, change into a cheongsam and wear a Han family's clothes, and go down to meet her wife. Every time she comes to Jiangnan, she always comes with a soft heart, so she must be kind.

Cao Yin never came to Kangxi, he was only a fifth-rank official on the surface, so many second-rank and third-rank officials are waiting to see him, there are now more than 1000 fifth-rank officials like him, and they are thrown into the crowd Can't really show it.

Cao Yin wiped his sweat anxiously, Li Xu squeezed over, "What should we do? We can't talk to the people around the master, if the emperor really lives in Zhizao Mansion, then..."

Both Cao Yin and Li Xu had already thought that the emperor's face was as dark as the bottom of the pot, and it was also the bottom of the pot of boiling medicine, which was dark and bitter.

Cao Yin wiped off his sweat and glanced at the big boat, "Now, we should either talk to the empress or some masters."

Li Xu's heart moved. He heard that there was an eighth elder brother this time. He came for the eldest elder brother. He went up to pay his respects at this time and told the matter. It was Sun Wencheng who was at fault, and he was not to blame. Ah Brother must remember his own credit.Elder brother can take this opportunity to talk to the emperor, seize this opportunity to meet with Jiangnan officials and wealthy businessmen... This is a matter of both you and me, Li Xu couldn't help but said: "I'll go find eighth elder brother."

Cao Yin had no choice but to nod his head, "Go and come back quickly."

Li Xu got into the crowd and disappeared for a while.

Sun Wencheng walked over, "Why is my cousin here? They are all waiting in line for an audience."

Cao Yin doesn't want to talk to him, this is still a cousin, he's a scammer, and no one should say "Old cousin, old cousin, you're a cheater." But he is a scholar, he can't say bad words, and his resentment can only become Nagging, "Cousin, I have already told you about such an important event as the emperor's visit. Didn't you say that you want the emperor to go to the West Lake, dig waterways and do big construction work?"

"Say it," Sun Wencheng nodded. He really planned it before, but later... "I had a dream. After I finished these things, the master scolded me in displeasure, and never came here again. Instead, they dealt with it in the Gushan Palace for a few days."

"It's just a dream! You...you let me tell you what's good about you!"

"Cousin, don't be angry. If you really offend the master, just push me out. Whether it's taking off the hat or escorting you back to the capital, I'll admit it."

It is impossible for Cao Yin to let him go back to the capital wearing shackles, and it is impossible for Sun Wencheng to have an ugly end for the sake of the old lady at home.I couldn't help but sighed again, "I'm said to be angry with a scholar, but you are even more angry than me. Big Brother went to find Brother Ba, let's count on Brother Ba to plead for mercy."

"Eighth brother?" Sun Wencheng sighed, "It will still be useful to find him ten years later. He is a bald brother now, and his words have no weight. It would be better for you to find the imperial concubine."

"Ok?"

"Cousin, think about it, if something goes wrong, instead of looking for the mistress who is in charge of us, and looking for a young master who doesn't care, is it useful?"

Cao Yin was so shocked that he was in a cold sweat, he was careless today!The elder brother and the crown prince are taking turns to blackmail. The eighth elder brother and the elder brother are going out of the same school. If you ask him to take action at this time, what will the prince think?What does the emperor think?What's more terrible is that Li Xu gave the elder brother a boatload of money, the master is already unhappy.

As the head of intelligence, he had a hunch that his brother-in-law Li Xu and his elder brother were flirting with each other, but this incident must not be allowed to happen. The three families of Cao, Li, and Sun have been married for two generations, and even the third generation will be married. There is me in you, and you in me. The Li family is not only the Li family, but also the allies of the Cao family and the Sun family.

"Cousin, find a way to find elder brother as soon as possible, or it will be too late."

Sun Wencheng glanced at Cao Yin in surprise, "What's the matter, let him go if he goes, and I will let your sister-in-law visit your mother."

It's okay for Cao Yin to think about it, when the time comes to explain to the emperor that there is no other way, all the masters are begging... The matter of Li Xu going to see the eighth elder brother is not outstanding.

Sun Wencheng asked his old wife to come out and ask her to see the empress.

Sun Wencheng's wife has never seen the world, unlike Li Xu's wife who came from a scholarly family, nor like Cao Yin's wife who grew up wealthy.Cao Yin had two wives, the one who died was from a big family in the south of the Yangtze River, neither humble nor overbearing.The next one was Li Xu's cousin. As far back as he could remember, the Li family lived a life of wealth and pomp and circumstance. It was commonplace for them to talk about pomp and circumstance, and they grew up in this environment.

Mrs. Sun's family met Tian Mi on board the boat, and after being given a seat, she was somewhat inconsistent.

Sometimes they say that the family is dilapidated, sometimes they say that the master wants to apologize, sometimes they say that they are afraid of being blamed by the emperor, and sometimes they say that their master was so anxious that he almost jumped into the river - he was forced by Cao Yin.

When talking about it earlier, Tian Mi thought it was a polite word, but who knew that Sun Wencheng was going to jump into the river, Tian Mi felt something was wrong.

"What's the matter?" Tian Mi's tone became more serious. In the past few years, she has become a bit superior, and this lady was so scared that she didn't know what to say?

Fortunately, her maid is eloquent, "Our relative Mr. Cao said that our master was not sincere in taking over the family, that the house was bankrupt, that we didn't buy new things, and that we didn't plant a few pots of flowers and plants to raise some birds, so the master asked our wife to come and plead guilty." , He also said that he was afraid that the emperor would be angry when he saw it, so he asked Niang Niang to say something nice, live in the yard of the salt merchants, and let them vacate the place with a little effort, our Sun family is very grateful."

Sun Wencheng's wife nodded vigorously, "Our master almost jumped into the river, everyone said he was going to prison..."

He covered his face and began to cry.

Tian Mi turned her head to look at Eunuch Chen, and Eunuch Chen immediately bowed down to accept the errand, "This servant will go down and ask some adults, it's exactly as this lady said, this servant first asks the emperor for instructions."

Tian Mi nodded, and smiled again to tell Mrs. Sun to take it easy and eat something first.

Eunuch Chen brought a few young eunuchs off the boat, and a young eunuch next to him sneaked into the crowd. Now Cao Yin was staring at Yuqian, and several second-rank and third-rank officials were answering.

A little eunuch came to him, "Master Cao, the younger one is Xiao Li from Chengqian Palace, please take a step to speak."

Eunuch Chen soon got the news from Xiao Lizi, and took advantage of the time to deliver tea to Kangxi, and went over with the tray himself.

When Kangxi saw him coming, he knew that his cousin had something to say to him, so he asked in a low voice, "What do you want to say?"

"I got the news that Sun Wencheng didn't make any major construction projects. He just cleaned the house and was ready to pick him up. According to Cao Yin, the house is dilapidated and low, and it's really not enough to pick him up.