After the live broadcast, the fourth elder brother changed to take the group favorite script

According to Mrs. Cao, she was most favored by her grandmother when she was at home, and Cao Yin was a dutiful son.If Mrs. Cao can persuade her grandmother...

Cao's grandmother's surname is Sun, and she is Huang Ama's nanny. He also went to Jiangnan with him, and saw how Huang Ama got along with Sun Nanny. To put it an exaggeration, it is more similar to the current queen mother mother and child.For example, now, every three festivals and two birthdays, Huang Ama will send people to Jiangning to give gifts to Grandma Sun.

If it was just that, the eighth elder brother would not be so concerned. The Cao family also has in-laws with Hangzhou Zhizao and Suzhou Zhizao. The old lady Sun Nanny is the same in these three families.In other words, winning the old lady is equivalent to winning most of the officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River.

Kangxi looked at him quietly for a long time, just when he was anxious to describe something, Kangxi suddenly said: "In this case, I will allow you to go to Jiangning. It just so happens that I haven't seen Grandma Sun for many years. , you prepare some gifts for me to take there.”

Yinhu was stunned by what he said, what do you mean by 'you prepare some gifts for me to bring over'?Does this mean asking him to pay?When he raised his head to look at Kangxi again, he found that the emperor still resumed his previous movements, focusing on what was in front of him, and no longer looked at him.

Zhang opened his mouth to say something, when he saw Liang Jiugong walking over, with a smile on his face, "Babeile, please."

Returning to the residence full of doubts, the eighth elder brother first went to talk to Mrs. Cao about it.Then, while packing his luggage, he waited for the movement of Qianqing Palace.After waiting for three days in a row, until the day he was scheduled to leave, there was no movement from the Qianqing Palace.

Eighth Prince gritted his teeth and went to Qianqing Palace again.

Seeing Kangxi on the pretext of saying goodbye, the eighth prince asked before leaving, "Ama, about the congratulatory gift?"

Kangxi waved his hands, with a nonchalant expression, "Just watch and prepare, remember not to lose my face."

The eighth elder brother hesitated, what did the emperor mean by saying that he was going to be ready?But he is a bald elder brother, how can he get so much money.Just when he was thinking about how to open his mouth and let the emperor give the gift himself, Wei Zhu walked over with something. "Babeile, this is the list of congratulatory gifts prepared by the emperor for Nanny Sun over the years. The emperor said that he was afraid that you would be inexperienced in preparing for the first time, so he specially asked the servant to bring it for your reference."

Both Wei Zhu and Liang Jiugong are Kangxi's confidantes, and Wei Zhu is more powerful than Liang Jiugong.He could see that the emperor was just trying to test the eighth elder brother, no matter how much the eighth elder brother jumped up and down, he would never be able to ascend the throne in the end, so his attitude towards the eighth elder brother was extremely cold.After explaining what should be explained, he left.

Turning around to see the fourth elder brother and sixth elder brother approaching, he burst into a smile, "My servant greets fourth beile and sixth beile. The two masters of beile came to see the emperor, and this slave will report to you."

The contrast between before and after is so obvious, even if the eighth elder brother thinks he is self-cultivated, his face has changed.

Seeing him, the sixth elder brother came over, "Oh, isn't this the eighth brother? Is the eighth brother ready to leave the palace?" Today's eighth elder brother changed his python robe and wore ordinary cotton clothes.

The eighth brother raised the corners of his mouth, "fourth brother, sixth brother."

Yinzhen nodded, "I heard that you asked Huang Ama to go to Jiangning?" Without waiting for the eighth elder brother to nod, he continued: "Since Huang Ama entrusted you with this errand, it means that Huang Ama still believes in you. Don't disappoint Huang Ama."

The sixth elder brother looked at the sky with his eyes, and the fourth elder brother would really open his eyes and talk nonsense, why believe you, he must have ulterior motives for looking at Huang Ama, he did not believe that Huang Ama would trust Lao Ba, a duplicitous guy.

Yinhu felt similar to the sixth elder brother. He was a little bit breathless, and he couldn't hold back after holding back, and asked: "Fourth brother, don't you think you are hypocritical? You know my ambitions, but now you can still face me. I say that."

It was obviously on the side of the prince, and he knew that he had framed him, but he still acted as if nothing had happened.

"Huh?" Yinzhen looked at him suspiciously, and then said inexplicably, "What did the eighth brother want me to say? That you should look at Cao Yin as half of your father-in-law and bend the law for personal gain? Or should I persuade you?" Take this opportunity to collect money? Or, tell you that you can still buy people's hearts?"

[Hahaha, god damn it, bend the law to buy people's hearts, bamboo shoots are still our king.I don't believe that after hearing these words, the eighth elder brother dared to do so. 】

[Dare to discuss this topic in Qianqing Palace, there is no one but my king. 】

【However, he still has an innocent look on his face. Those who don't know really think that he is doing it for the good of the eighth brother. 】

[Sixth brother, I'm sorry, I will never say that you are yin and yang anymore.Compared with our king, you are simply a child. 】

What is the yin and yang on the surface, the real master never shows it on the surface.

The fourth elder brother's words made the guards and eunuchs on duty at the gate of Qianqing Palace break out in a cold sweat.Then think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with what they said, why do they feel cold?

Fortunately, Wei Zhu came out in a short while, and when the two entered, they subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that they were alive again.

"What's the matter with you two?" Kangxi frowned subconsciously when he saw Yinzuo. This son became more and more disabled as he grew older, and he couldn't stop talking all day long. He just got a headache when he saw it.

Before Yinzhen could open his mouth, the sixth elder brother took a step forward, "Huang Ama, it's not about Jiangnan. You can see that the eighth brother can make a mess of the matter owed to Yin, but can he understand the matter of Jiangnan? Erchen said, why don't you send another person with him, and someone to look after him will prevent the eighth brother from making mistakes."

Kangxi sneered: "Send who, you?" The sixth opened his mouth, and he knew what the other party was going to say.This stinky boy is looking for trouble because he sees that the old man is not pleasing to the eye.It's okay to go to court, a few words of bickering won't delay anything.The imperial examination is a big deal, how could he let Lao Liu follow him to disrupt the situation.As for Lao Ba, he has other arrangements.

Yin Zuo patted his chest, "Huang Ama, my son can't do it anymore. At least there is a son here, and the old man is afraid to do things recklessly."

Kangxi glanced at him, and then went to look at the fourth elder brother, "What about you, Yinzhen?"

"It's nothing serious. I'm going to pay my respects to Er Niang. I heard that Huang Ama hasn't had a good rest recently, so I came here to take a look." He was the sixth son who met at the door of his house. When he learned that he was going to enter the palace, the sixth son followed him. .

None of them expected to meet Eighth Prince in Qianqing Palace.Ever since Lao Ba revealed his ambition, Yinzuo has been treating him with different noses and eyes, and every time he meets him, he will be eccentric.

Hearing this, Kangxi felt much better. Among these sons, only the crown prince and the fourth child would take the initiative to care about his body.The other sons are either rough-headed or like Lao Ba who only see power in their eyes.

His tone softened a lot: "I'm fine, it's just that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and I'm suffering from summer heat." This year's capital city is extremely hot, and it's only May and I can't stand it.As the emperor, he dressed very formally every day, and with his sons fighting each other, he was so angry that he couldn't eat or sleep well.

"Huang Ama, the smoothie made by my ninth brother is not bad. You can have a bowl every day at noon to relieve the heat."

Speaking of the scorching heat, the fourth elder brother felt sorry for him. He was the most afraid of heat among the elder elder brothers. In the past, he had to go to work in such weather, and every time he thought about it, he felt unloved.Now it's all right, there aren't many things going on in the clan's mansion, and Prince Yu is watching over him, he just needs to go to the manor to go back to rest.

At noon, someone breaks open a watermelon to make a smoothie, which is called a cool one.

Kangxi was hot in his heart, turned his head and saw Yinzuo and snorted again, "Look at your fourth brother, and then look at you." He knew it would make him angry and turned on him.

Yin Zuo curled his lips, the fourth brother is the best in the world, it is unreasonable for Huang Ama to compare him with the fourth brother.

Sixth elder brother's request was finally granted. Although he felt a headache seeing sixth elder brother, he knew that this son was not the kind who disregarded the overall situation.As he said, with him around, Lao Ba could indeed restrain himself.

He not only sent the sixth child, but also followed the prince's advice and sent the fourth child and the third child out.On the surface, the matter about Jiangnan was handed over to the sixth and eighth children, but in fact, the fourth and second children were secretly investigated.

Kangxi's request was right in his arms, and the two of them had nothing to say.The two immediately dressed up and left the city.

Unlike the Sixth Brother and the others who were making a big splash, Yinzhen and the others only brought a team of a dozen or so guards, and the group traveled day and night. Although they set off later than the Sixth Brother and the others, they arrived in Jiangsu a day earlier.

In the 18th year of Shunzhi, Jiangnan Province was divided into two, and became the Chief Secretary of Jiangnan Left and Right.Jiangsu, taken from Jiangning and Suzhou, was originally the right chief secretary of Jiangnan. In the sixth year of Kangxi, it was changed to Jiangsu chief secretary, and it was also one of their destinations this time.The other is naturally the Jiangnan Zuo Chief Secretary who was changed to Anhui Chief Secretary.

The four royal elder brothers happened to be in groups of two, one bright and the other dark.Considering the relationship between Yinzhen and Yinzuo, Kangxi deliberately released Yinzhen to Anhui, where Yinzuo was in charge.And let the third elder brother secretly investigate Jiangsu.

Kangxi thought very well, with the fourth elder brother here, Yinzuo would definitely do a good job.He didn't know that the sixth elder brother didn't go to Anhui at all, but followed the eighth elder brother to Jiangning.The third elder brother and the others did not intend to take the imperial examination, but Cao Yin.

Therefore, he dispatched four elder brothers, and now these four are in Jiangning.

Seeing the sixth elder brother appearing in front of him, Yinhu's joyful face turned dark, he gritted his teeth and said, "Sixth elder brother, why are you here?"

He reached out and took out the bright yellow imperial decree and shook it, and he succeeded in turning the old man into a shameless face. Brother Six was so happy.He squinted at Cao Shi, meaning to say, "Why do you say, Huang Ama is worried about you, let me supervise you."

In fact, he and the eighth elder brother were just working together. In order to make things difficult for the eighth elder brother, Yinzuo also stepped on the horse. He took a shortcut and arrived at Jiangning Mansion only an hour earlier than the eighth elder brother.

Worried that the eighth elder brother had communicated with Cao Yin in advance, he didn't even enter the city, so he waited in front of the mansion.

Now it seems that his actions are very wise. The old man really communicated with Cao Yin, and the Cao family even sent someone to wait here.

Regardless of how depressed Lao Ba was, he said to the person dressed as a butler who came forward: "You belong to the Cao family, right? What are you doing in a daze, and you still don't lead the way for your sixth master. Why, you only recognize Old Ba, look down on your sixth master?"

Sixth brother came here this time to find trouble, and the other party moved a little slower and he got on the line.

The housekeeper was Cao Yin's confidant, and he understood Yin Zuo's identity from a few words from them.He smiled all over his face, "Master Liu, you misunderstood. I have little knowledge, and I have never seen a person like you. Please forgive me for neglecting Master Liu."

Yin Zuo snorted softly, "Since I see you now, don't hurry up."

Sixth elder brother's face was full of pride, but his heart became dignified. A little housekeeper is so difficult to give birth, so what kind of character should Cao Yin be?

It's not that he didn't meet Cao Yin before following the emperor's southern tour, but he was with everyone and never got along with Cao Yin alone.At that time all the brothers and Huang Ama were there, he didn't think there was anything wrong, this was the first time he came out alone on business, and he realized how superficial he was before.

Fortunately, before he came this time, he had borrowed a lot of manpower from the second brother of the prince. He only needed to act a little bit playful and unreasonable, and others would do the rest.

As soon as Yin Zuo came, he seemed to be the main character, instantly turning the eighth elder brother into a follower.

The Azure Star people who saw this scene through the live broadcast room couldn't stop laughing.

The fourth elder brother and others arrived one day earlier than the eighth elder brother. He should have gone to the city with the third elder brother to investigate, but the people in the live broadcast room wanted to watch the sixth elder brother and the eighth elder brother. Came to the city gate.

Yinzhen wouldn't admit it, and seeing that Liu Tian was not afraid of bullying Lao Ba, he was also very happy.

With the help of the Azure Stars to cheat, even if the fourth elder brother stood in front of Lao Ba, the other party might not recognize him.So he watched the play and sang very happily.He even chatted with everyone in the live broadcast room, commenting on the two of them.

【Sixth elder brother is an arrogant little overlord. He should have kicked him just now.The butler knew at a glance that he was the kind that was favored by the Cao family, and he could only turn against the Cao family by beating him up. 】

【Eighth brother is worthy of being the originator of the 'ninja' class, even if the sixth son hit him in the face, he can't change his face. 】

[You all only noticed the two Huang Amas, so it's possible that I noticed Cao's? 】The sixth elder brother jumped out and didn't give the Cao family any face at all, Cao's face turned green on the spot.And those maids who came to pick up Cao Shi also looked at Cao Shi very strangely.

That suspicious look pierced Cao's heart.Cao's fingernails were cut off.

【Isn't everyone saying that the Red Mansion is talking about the Cao family? It's not surprising if that's the case. 】In the red building, Jia's habit is to step on the high and praise the low. If the Cao family is favored, they will naturally make offerings. Now they find that the Cao family is not as they imagined.

It's just a Baylor side Fujin, who would care.

Yinzhen looked at the Cao family thoughtfully, maybe they could find a breakthrough from the female family members of the Cao family?

Unavoidably arousing suspicion, Yinzhen followed Yinzuo for a while, and turned a corner when he was approaching Cao's mansion.Afterwards he started strolling down the street again.

"The shopkeeper." In a study, Yinzhen held a book in his hand and looked at the shopkeeper of the study.

Today, for the convenience of traveling, Yinzhen's clothes are not very eye-catching, it can only be said to be very ordinary.The shopkeeper just looked up at him, "Ten taels."

Yinzhen was slightly startled, then he smiled and said: "The shopkeeper misunderstood, I don't want to buy this book, but I want to ask the shopkeeper a question."

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the shopkeeper, "If you don't want to buy books, what are you doing here? Go away quickly. Don't even look at this place. This is where you poor ghosts can come in."

Unprepared, Yinzhen was pushed and staggered, he pursed his lips angrily, but before he could argue with the shopkeeper, a man dressed as a scholar came from behind him and stopped him. "Forget it, brother. The Cao family is behind this Zhenquanzhai. We ordinary people can't mess with it."

This scholar was dressed in cotton clothes like the fourth elder brother. When talking about the Cao family, he deliberately lowered his voice, as if afraid of being overheard.

Cao's shop?He just chose a seemingly "precious" study to try his luck following the advice of the Azure Stars, but he didn't expect it to belong to the Cao family.

He was secretly happy in his heart, but he was still aggrieved on the surface, "What happened to the Cao family? Can the Cao family bully people?"

The scholar was so frightened that he quickly grabbed him, "Shh, you don't want to die. You look like a student. If you offend the Cao family, do you still want to take the exam?"

【Wang, follow him, this person is so afraid of the Cao family, maybe he knows something. 】

Yinzhen's thoughts coincided with those of the live broadcast room, he let the person pull him out, out of Zhen Quanzhai's sight, and the person heaved a sigh of relief.Seeing this, Yinzhen said: "My surname is Tong, and I have a single name of four. Thank you just now, Xiongtai. I don't know how to call Xiongtai?"

Yinzhen had done his homework before coming here, and now he looks decent as a student.

The scholar waved his hand and said indifferently: "Brother, it's serious. In Xia Mengyang, a little thing is nothing to worry about."

It was not the first time for Meng Yang to come to Jiangning. In fact, he was a candidate in the previous session. However, like Yinzhen, he was disqualified from the exam because he did not understand the situation in Jiangning and offended someone by saying wrong words.

When he saw Yinzhen, he seemed to see himself at the beginning, so he ignored the previous promise of "no business" and pulled people out in public.

"Meeting is fate, how about I treat brother Meng to a cup of tea?"

Meng Yang hesitated, but he finally nodded.

Declining Yinzhen's idea of ​​inviting him to the restaurant, he dragged him to find a tea stall on the side of the road and sat down. "Brother Tong, I think Brother Tong is similar to me. He came from a poor family. I am a few years older than you, so let me tell you a few words. It is not easy for us to study at home. We should be more frugal and try not to add more money to our family when we are away." Burden. Poetry and writing can’t be saved, some unnecessary enjoyment is fine.”

[How dare you teach me a lesson, BIG dare. 】

[I'm sorry, please forgive me for laughing unkindly. 】

This person looks like he has no intentions and likes to 'nosy', that is to say, when he meets Yinzhen, if he comes up with another person, he will just preach and preach, which will definitely be annoying.If it is a bad temper, it is possible to beat him up.

Yinzhen didn't feel bored, he even nodded seriously, "Thank you, Brother Meng. By the way, I just saw that Brother Meng was so jealous of the Cao family, but what did you say? To be honest, I am not a native of Jiangning. According to As far as I know, the current head of the Cao family, Mr. Cao, is only a fifth-rank weaver, so could it be that he has more power than the prefect of Jiangning?"

Meng Yang shook his hands in fright, and said, "Keep your voice down." Jiangning is a vast place, and there are many students, many of whom don't know what's going on outside the window. He was not surprised that the fourth elder brother didn't know the Cao family.

"The weaving of the fifth grade is indeed nothing special, but if it is the Cao family, it is great. The old lady of the Cao family is the current nanny, and Mrs. Cao is even more in the heart of the emperor. Even the girls of the Cao family are accused of marriage. I hired Babeile to be a side Fujin. Babeile, you know, right?"

He leaned into the fourth elder brother's ear and whispered: "I heard that the emperor is dissatisfied with the crown prince and plans to establish another one. This eighth elder brother is the most competitive candidate besides the crown prince."

Yinzhen laughed angrily when he said this, "Nonsense, the prince is well-behaved and has never made any serious mistakes. How can the current emperor be a wise man?"

Meng Yang nodded in agreement: "Who says it's not? Since ancient times, it has been established. No matter how the prince is, let's say that the elder brother is still alive and well."

The most important thing for scholars is the rules. The eighth elder brother is neither a heir nor an elder. Although he has some virtuous names, it is not appropriate to make him a prince.

Yinzhen came back to his senses, "I heard what brother Meng meant. Could it be because of this that the Cao family covered the sky with one hand in Jiangning." .

Meng Yang sighed, "That's about it. It's not that I'm alarmist. Brother Tong, if you stay in Jiangning for a year or two, you'll know everything."

He pointed to a shop in the distance, and whispered, "Did you see that ice shop? On the surface, this ice shop is the property of the royal family. In fact, all the money has flowed into the Cao family, that is, the old lady of the Cao family and the Cao family." Madam's private property."

Yinzhen's eyes lighted up, the Azure Star was right, it was true that when he fell asleep, someone gave him a pillow.Isn't the main purpose of his visit this time is the ice?

He looked up and down Meng Yang suspiciously, "This kind of thing should be a secret, isn't Brother Meng trying to trick me?"

He said he didn't believe it, but in fact Yinzhen believed what Meng Yang said.Without him, someone in the live broadcast room gave Meng Yang a potion of "truth".He knows the efficacy of this potion best.Even Meng Yang felt that he was kind because everyone in the live broadcast gave him a "protagonist aura".

Meng Yang smiled wryly, "To tell you the truth, I'm already twenty-seven this year, and my family has borrowed a lot of money to support my education. If I don't win the exam this year, I can only go home and farm. If I am not as talented as others, I will admit it, but this is not the case.”

Those people are obviously not as good as themselves, but they can all have a good future.Just thinking about Meng Yang felt aggrieved.

"So, you chose to be like those people?" When he said this, Yinzhen's expression was a little cold, and he thought he had met a good talent, but it turned out that he was also a follower of power.What's the use of such a person even if he has the knowledge of governing the country?

Meng Yang yelled angrily in a low voice, "What else could I do?" After studying hard for 20 years, he didn't want his family's efforts to go to waste.He had thought it all over, he was just giving in for a while, and when he passed the examination and became an official, he would break with the Cao family and become a good official in a down-to-earth manner.

Yinzhen shook his head, he was very disappointed in Meng Yang.Meng Yang said it nicely, did he really think that he would be able to live the life he wanted after winning the exam?

Every year in the Qing Dynasty, how many students were named on the gold list, but how many people were able to get an official position.What if he finds out that he can't be an official even if he passes the exam?Will it be the same as now, complaining that I was born at the wrong time, and then relying on others.

Later, I found that being an official was not as simple as I thought.

Surrender to reality again and again.