History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

Teams of Eight Banners soldiers in plain clothes shuttled through the crowd.

Princess Changhui pressed his hands on the high platform, and the sound of the drum next to him sounded, and a team of lion dancers came out from the left and right sides, divided into the red team and the yellow team, and then they competed for the same bench. Fighting against each other caused many people below to cheer.

In the end, the red team won, jumped onto the bench, and bit off a rope in midair.In an instant, the couplet rolled up on the pillar fell down, and there was a sound of fireworks beside it.

Minning couldn't be more surprised, these were not prepared by her.

Soon the red lion's head was lifted to reveal Brother Nine's face against the teeth. Min Ning looked at the yellow lion next to him, and it turned out that Brother Fourteen was at the head.

She was a little confused, what the hell are these two elder brothers doing?Looking nervously at the emperor, Minning found that the emperor didn't seem to know anything, his face was obviously shocked, but soon he clasped his hands together and laughed.

Only then did Minning feel relieved, and turned his head to look into the air again.

It's a pity to set off fireworks in broad daylight. You can't see the brilliant fireworks, you can only see the fire flashing in mid-air and then going out quickly.

It was the first time for Yuan Bao to hear the deafening sound. The first time it sounded, he was frightened into a daze, and it was only after the second sound that he woke up and burst into tears.

Minning only cared about coaxing him, and didn't have time to see what happened on the high platform.

After the fireworks stopped, Princess Changhui pressed his hands again, no matter whether it was the noisy human voice or the beating of gongs and drums on the side, all stopped.

Then she looked at the sign in her hand, read while reading: "Thank you for coming today, this knitting contest is specially sponsored by "Yan Bao", and the Mongolian brand wool thread is fully supported, buy Mongolian brand wool thread, Knitting a piece of warmth for the family. I announce the beginning of the first Knitting Yarn Contest Awards Ceremony."

Princess Changhui clapped her hands, and Tuo Dai, who was mixed in the crowd below, clapped her hands, and the rest of the people followed suit.

Soon there was a lot of applause from the audience.

The applause stopped quickly, and Princess Changhui continued to read with a sign, "Ten winners are invited to come on stage."

Next to it, the ten winners who had already prepared came to the stage one by one, wearing or wearing their own woolen products, and lined up in a row.

Princess Changhui began to ask everyone how they felt about winning the award.

Princess Changhui had a great time, and Concubine Yi covered her mouth and kept laughing, thinking that this award ceremony was really fun.

Not only had fun on stage, but the people below also had fun watching.

Yifei took the banknotes with the amount printed on them and handed them over to everyone.

Some merchants who came here to learn from the experience are thoughtful, and such activities can also be held several times.Spending a little less money to expand their reputation is simply a huge profit for them.And the advertising line on the stage just now, presumably the name of the Mongolian brand wool thread will soon spread among the people, if people buy wool yarn, they will definitely choose the Mongolian brand first.

Some people who can’t follow such a big event focus on wool, knowing that wool thread is a big market. Although the capital is occupied by Mongolian brand wool thread, the entire Qing Dynasty has a large territory. It is not too late to intervene at this time. Maybe grab a piece of meat.

Some well-informed people knew that the imperial court had placed an order for wool looms, and they didn't dare to snatch the meat from the imperial court, but when they heard that the imperial court chose Tubert instead of a Mongolian deal, some people's minds suddenly became alive.This is throwing this piece of fat to them, and no one will be reconciled if they don't take a bite.During this period of time, many people have sent people to Mongolia secretly, contacted various tribes, and bought wool at a higher price.

It's a pity that many tribes are reluctant to shear their sheep at this time, some because they have just been sheared once and the wool has just come out.Some are afraid that the sheep will not be able to survive the winter after the wool is sheared. Now a sheep is precious, so it is not a pity to refuse.

Except for a little fleece left over from slaughtered sheep, most of them plan to wait until the spring when the weather is warmer before shearing.

Some shrewd people noticed that some tribes became rich because they sold wool before, so they pulled dozens of trucks and ran from tribe to tribe, and made a fortune a few years ago.

After the new year, you can find that there have been great changes in the capital. Basically, those who have the conditions at home are all wearing a woolen sweater.

After wearing this woolen sweater, wrap it with a down jacket, which can completely resist the cold winter.

With the invention of down jackets and the appearance of woolen sweaters, few people freeze to death in winter.

The old people and children living on the streets are sent to orphanages and nursing homes. Although the conditions here are not much better, they can give people a piece of bricks and tiles to cover their bodies, so that people will not go hungry.

Occasionally, the imperial court and voluntary merchants would donate a batch of supplies, including food, quilts and clothes, enough for these people to spend the winter comfortably.

Some people lament that they have encountered a good time. If it was a few years ago, no one would care about freezing to death on the street.

Except for some old people with inflexible hands and feet, most of them will arrange some manual work for them, such as sticking lanterns, weaving bamboo baskets and so on, which can be done at home.

Those who have done well will be collected together, and then some wages will be given to these elderly people as private house money. Generally speaking, every elderly person feels that he can still earn money to support himself, and has more confidence in his future life.

The fourth master knew that Minning had made money to support a group of elderly people, so he came over to take a look quietly, and found that the spirit of the elderly here was very different from that of the nursing home.If it is said that the old people in the nursing home are just eating and waiting to die, the old people here are full of hope for life and more energetic.

Fourth Master asked Minning, "Why is there such a big difference between the two?"

Minning replied, "These old people are widowed and lonely without anyone to take care of them. The difference is probably that the nursing home will arrange jobs for the old people, so that they are not allowed to idle around and think about it. The old people are lonely and have no need for children. They will feel that they are surrounded by the world Abandoned, naturally there is no desire to survive. Now they are given a job, even if they can't even make a living, but they feel that they are needed by this world, which can increase their desire to live."

The fourth master was thoughtful, and then asked Minning, "If I merge the nursing home into your nursing home, what do you think?" The trend of corruption gradually spread to the nursing home.After several newspapers secretly reported it, the entire nursing home became a joke, saying that the old people were not raised in it, but rats!

The fourth master, who is in charge of the household department, is naturally very annoyed by this situation. The money allocated to the nursing home every year is not used by the elderly but is embezzled instead.A good nursing home of the imperial court is not as transparent as the accounts of the private nursing homes and orphanages.

Nursing homes are a kind policy of the imperial court, and it is impossible to be banned easily, not to mention that the corruption problem is only a few places, and some places are guarded by the government, and they can still treat many elderly people.

The fourth master only thought of letting Minning take over, at least she didn't like the little money allocated by the court.

Minning laughed dryly, "Master, if you say that it's okay for me to take in more children and elderly people, but let's forget about taking in the nursing home!" Now it's a pit of fire, not to mention that it's not just one or two who embezzle good money, but A line was formed, and most of the heads were given to the prince and some princes. Who would dare to take this fire pit?

Minning is also afraid that his nursing home and orphanage will be dragged into the water. Those princes and princes’ disciples don’t care whether the nursing home or orphanage is established by the imperial court. As long as they are merged with the nursing home, there will be more opportunities for them to fight the autumn wind. territory.

When those people come to their nursing homes and orphanages every three days to reach out for money, will she give it or not?

If the incident was brought up in front of the emperor, the emperor himself would not look good, and Minning, who made the incident a big deal, would definitely be angered.

It's not easy for her business to grow into a large scale, but she dare not make a fuss in front of the emperor and make him angry.

Fourth master was a little angry, and even asked her to do something with difficulty, but kept it under wraps.

Minning had no choice but to say, "Master, if you are the one sitting above, I will do so without further ado. But the one above is the crown prince, and I dare not offend the crown prince!"

Fourth Master's expression changed immediately, he covered her mouth and looked around, then lowered his voice and asked, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Minning pushed his hand away and looked at him seriously, "Master, we should fight for our mother."

The fourth master said angrily: "You are fooling around, the crown prince is still in power..."

But Minning stepped forward and said, "My lord, no matter whether it is the crown prince or which prince ascends the throne, we will not allow our family to control such a large fortune. It is an incomparably rich country, and the bank alone has stored tens of millions of people. The money of the two is still a small matter now, and as time goes on, more and more will be kept. The court will not sit and watch such a big weapon in private hands. If the Lord can finally sit in that position, these can naturally be attributed to the court Come on, but if someone else gets on the board first... anyway, I'm going to leave my words here today, and I definitely don't want my property to be taken away."

Fourth Master patted the table bitterly, "Are you forcing Master?"

Min Ning hugged his waist from behind the fourth master, and leaned her face on his back, "Master, don't worry about this matter, just keep doing the same as before, and I will help you with the rest." She didn't want to wait until the emperor died In the end, the treasury became a mess before the fourth master took over.

She wants him to take the throne early!

Fourth Master closed his eyes, and had to admit that her words evoked the most secret thoughts in his heart. Being a prince is only one step away from that step, no one can resist this temptation.

"Your words, I'll just pretend I haven't heard of it!" Fourth Master broke off the hands wrapped around his waist, turned and left without looking at her.

But Minning looked at his back with a smug smile, this heart was moved!

In fact, Min Ning was confident that the fourth master would ascend the throne ahead of time. If it was the real Qing Dynasty, she might not have the guts to think about it.But don't forget that there is a background of the Red Mansion. There is a Supreme Emperor in the Red Mansion. If the plan is right, it can really force the current emperor to abdicate.

The only major event in the capital in February was the selection of noble ladies from the Eight Banners. The emperor had grown older in the past two years and preferred Han females. In the last draft, he only selected a few nobles from the Han army banner to fill the harem.

This time the draft is basically selected for the unmarried princes, such as the thirteenth and fourteenth princes.

Brother Thirteen should have chosen Fujin a long time ago, but a few years ago he kept his filial piety for Concubine Min and missed the draft, so this time he only chose with Fourteen.

In fact, there is no shortage of women around him. Last year, the Guarjia clan of Fang Fujin gave birth to his eldest daughter.

A man in this era is a bachelor as long as he doesn't have a concubine Fujin. This time, Fujin, the thirteenth brother, is also selected among the girls in this year's show.

After the death of Concubine Min, the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother walked closer, so in name, Defei would help to see the selection, but in fact the thirteenth elder brother is very popular now, and before he replaced the prince to go to Mount Tai to sacrifice, his Marriage is decided by the emperor, and Concubine De mainly calls the emperor's favorite person to her palace to show it.What she really wants to see is her youngest daughter-in-law.

The most beloved youngest son is about to marry a wife, Concubine De can't help but sigh and feel sad, a few years ago she was arguing like a naughty child not to marry a wife, now is the time to know Mu Shaoai.

Seeing him eagerly looking in the direction of the North Fifth Institute, Concubine De was angry and funny.

"Okay, don't show such a pitiful look, Er Niang will help you choose one that suits you."

The fourteenth brother immediately said, "My son wants someone like the fourth sister-in-law, who is beautiful and can make money."

Concubine De nodded in front of him, but secretly shook her head and sighed.It's easy to find beautiful ones, but if they can make money like the old four's, there hasn't been one in thousands of years.

Back then when I picked it for the fourth child, I thought it would be a better color at most, but I didn't expect it to be a golden baby, especially for making money at home.

Over the years, the dividends given to Xiao Shisi alone were enough for Concubine De to understand how profitable that side Fujin of Lao Si was.

It was also because she was concerned about her kindness to Shishi that when Ulanara sued her intentionally or unintentionally, Concubine De always helped to prevaricate it.

The fourth family's management of a mansion is okay, but they only stared at the land of the mansion, but they didn't see the person she regarded as a thorn in the side, and they didn't take her to heart at all.

What's more, what's there to stare at about the fourth child's title of Baylor?If you really want a title, you can completely inherit the iron hat king from other people's family.

For example, Prince Zhuang has been struggling for years without any heirs. Seeing that his generation has no one to inherit the title, he has completely adopted a prince and grandson to inherit the title.

Concubine De shook her head in her heart, lamenting the short-sightedness of the fourth family, and then focused on Xiu Nu.

At her age, she no longer expects the emperor's favor. Occasionally, the emperor comes to Yonghe Palace to sit in the Yonghe Palace, which is considered to save her face.The emperor prefers young girls who are fresh and bright, and every day when he recruits people to serve him, he also recruits those little nobles with small promises.

Concubine De naturally would not lower her status to care about these little nobles who were younger than her children. In her heart, these were just a joke to coax the emperor.

The draft is only at the very beginning stage, and at this time the head of the harem will naturally not be known, and the reelection will be the time when the harem will be bustling.

On February [-]th, Li Gege gave birth to her third son, who was also her last child.

The birth of the fourth elder brother brought joy to the whole house, and Li Gege monopolized the two sons, which made Fujin a little restless.

But now the house is under the tight control of the fourth master, no one dares to attack the child, although everyone's thoughts are unknown, but without exception, go to Li Gege's yard to congratulate her before the child washes .

After Minning left the room where Li Gege was confinement, he looked at the side room next to him and asked the maid in the yard, "Where is the second elder brother? Why didn't you see him come out today?"

The servant girl replied respectfully, "Gege was afraid that elder brother would be caught cold by the wind, so she ordered the nanny not to take him out."

Minning sighed inwardly, Li Gege was so nervous that the second elder brother wouldn't let him go out and walk around, how can he maintain his body like that?

Including other people's affairs, she can't take care of them. If she really wants to take care of them, maybe they will think she has bad intentions.

After asking casually, Minning left.

Back in his own yard, seeing this, the fat son was playing on a seesaw under the eaves of the porch. He was sitting on the other side, and on the other side was a seven or eight-year-old eunuch.

It turned out that this kid might be too fat, so he sat at the bottom again and lifted the little eunuch on the other side into the air.

The little eunuch was so frightened that he grabbed the board and begged Yuan Bao for mercy, making the little guy giggle.

But in fact, Minning could tell that he was letting him go.

Seeing Minning, Yuan Bao's eyes lit up, he got up and got off the seesaw, and ran towards Minning.The little eunuch behind him took precautions and fell off the seesaw all of a sudden, holding his buttocks and letting out an "ouch".

He hurriedly knelt down to Minning again.

"I've seen side Fujin, Fujin is auspicious."

Minning cried out, and asked him concerned, "Is there anything wrong?" Then he asked him to go down and apply the medicine by himself.

Picking up his chubby son, Minning took out an embroidered handkerchief from his bosom, helped him blow his nose, and then asked him, "Are you having fun?"

Yuan Bao jumped in Minning's arms, raised his hands and said, "Bounce high!"

She smiled and replied, "It's jumping high, so I ask you if you are happy?"

Yuan Bao smiled and nodded.

Hearing the voice, Biying came out of the house, and hurriedly picked up Yuan Bao from Min Mining's arms, "Master, Elder Brother Yuan Bao is quite heavy, I'd better give you a servant to hug her."

Minning weighed it, it was indeed a bit heavy, wondering if it was time for him to lose weight.

Children who are chubby when they are young can still be called cute, but if they grow up to be chubby again, it is not cute, but hateful.

Minning doesn't want her child to be laughed at by other people's elder brothers.

So she immediately said to Bi Ying, "Let Yuan Bao eat less sweets in the future, and send someone to bring a small tricycle so that Yuan Bao can ride in the yard."

But Biying was a little embarrassed, "Tell brother Yuanbao to eat less sweets, what should he do if he gets into trouble?"

But Minning said, "Control it for a while, wait until he loses weight. And let him run as much as possible, this kid is too fat!"

Yuan Bao seemed to hear that Minning was speaking ill of her, so he opened his hand to hit her.

Seeing this, Minning shook his head, "In the future, don't spoil this kid. You have to correct your bad temper. If you don't correct it before the age of three, you will grow old with someone."

Although Biying felt a little distressed, she still obeyed Minning's words. After all, how to discipline the little master is not up to the master.

Yuan Bao lived a miserable life of dieting. The only thing that made him happy was that there were many toys in the yard for him to play with casually.

When the weather is warmer, there is even a small pond for him to swim in, but within two months, his chubby body has tightened visibly with the naked eye.

This made fourth master very distressed, "I lost weight, Mrs. An Jia, did you abuse my son?" He just dealt with Tubert's affairs, and he didn't return home for a while, his Why did Brother Yuan Bao lose a lot of weight?

Minning rolled her eyes, why didn't she see where Yuan Bao was thin?Or is it still fat?But the eyes seem to be a little bigger, and they look energetic.

Yuan Bao hugged Fourth Master and filed a lawsuit, all about how Minning withheld his snacks and so on.

Letting the father and son murmur, Minning went directly to the study, where there were still a lot of things waiting for her to deal with.

Because the previous time, Zheng Jun went directly to America from Europe, and Minning wrote him a letter, asking him to try to cross the Bering Strait this time. Of course, there is no name for the Bering Strait at this time. 20 years from now.

The climate in the Bering Strait is harsh, but Minning let him try it in the severe winter, because after the severe winter, it is easy to encounter melted icebergs, and it is more dangerous for ships to encounter fragmented icebergs at that time.

I don't know what's going on with Zheng Jun. It's been a year in the blink of an eye, and there's no news so far.

And Lin Yuan was transferred to Mongolia to build a mutual market.Now that the location of the mutual market is being selected, Minning asked the people in the factory to hurry up and get the cement out.

She only remembered that the important ingredients in cement were volcanic ash and lime. She thought that the composite soil was not bad, but now she needs to use cheaper cement for large-scale construction.Therefore, it is urgent to study cement.

In addition to cement, there are also large mixers that need to be driven by water trucks, all of which need to be studied.

By the way, there is also a steam engine. The Western side has already used the steam engine in industry. Minning got one back and asked the craftsmen to step up research and apply it to ships and other machines as soon as possible.

Now it is said that the first spinning machine has been equipped with a steam engine, but the quality of the steel piston is not up to standard, and it will be destroyed after a period of time.

Minning does not understand industrial problems, so it is up to the craftsmen to overcome the problems themselves.

She is only responsible for providing bonuses. When a problem is solved, she will give bonuses to encourage people, and must arouse people's interest.

Don't underestimate the capable people and strangers among the people. Although the quality of steel is not up to standard, these people can make a hundred steel smelting instead by hand.

Minning suddenly remembered that chemistry is indispensable to improve the quality of steel, but in chemistry, she can't even memorize the list of chemical elements, let alone come up with any good suggestions.She thumped her head depressedly. Why was she interested in history and not chemistry?Otherwise, you can develop an industry back in this era, and you don't need to fumble a little bit like now.

After checking the chemical elements that had appeared in the Western Ocean, Min Ning ordered the craftsmen to try to extract these elements.All these will take a long time to explore and cannot be achieved overnight.

Well, this matter can be listed as a hundred-year plan...

In April, the re-election of the show girls was over, and the women in the mansion were nervous whether there would be any show girls entering the Fu mansion this year. After all, it had been several years since she had entered the mansion.

Speaking of this tense atmosphere, Minning also turned his attention away from official duties and began to pay attention to the draft.

This focus concerns three special people.

Min Ning pondered over the final list of beautiful girls. Two of them are safe to say, one is the future mother of Qianlong, Niu Colu, and the other is Hongzhou's mother, Geng.But the last one that caught her attention was Jia Yuanchun, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Rong's mansion.

Min Ning did not expect that Jia Yuanchun would enter the palace in this year, which means that in a few years, the Red Chamber drama will begin.

They sent people to investigate and found that Jia Baoyu hadn't been born yet, and felt a little strange. Later, her guess was confirmed.Jia Yuanchun was delisted and went back to the mansion.

That is to say, this time is not the time for Jia Yuanchun to enter the palace.

As soon as the draft ended at the end of May, it was like dividing a cake. Basically, each prince was allocated one or two women, and the Niu Gulu family and the Geng family were also divided into the mansion as recorded in history.

The women in the back got the news and were relieved when they learned that these two were ordinary-looking. Their master is a picky talker.For example, Li Shi and An Jia Shi are all favored because of their good looks.

And the ordinary-looking Na family is still unfavored, isn't it because of his ordinary appearance?

Soon it is June.

The weather in June was extremely hot, and the fan was blowing out a gust of hot air. Not only Yuanbao couldn't stay in the house, but even Minning couldn't stay in the house, so he dug a big hole under the big tree in the yard and put it on. He took a big wooden barrel and took a bath in it while wearing his clothes.

The left hand is frozen watermelon juice, and the right hand is yogurt porridge. This is the most comfortable life.

But at this time, something disappointing always happened, and the high-pitched voice broke the calm in the yard.

"Master, it's not good, something serious happened!"

Minning lay leisurely in the wooden barrel, took a sip of watermelon juice and said, "Don't worry, speak slowly, what happened?"

Biying was so frightened that she trembled all over, "Master, big brother, big brother has gone!"

Minning was so frightened that he immediately stood up from the barrel, and his eyes widened in disbelief: "What's going on? Isn't the big brother studying in the palace?" The emperor's grandson who was six years old was taken to study in the study , the elder brother in the mansion is no exception.

Since two years ago, the emperor's grandchildren have all been sent to the upper study, but the emperor usually stays in the Changchun Garden and does not live in the palace, so he doesn't care about the studies of the emperor's grandchildren.

Biying continued, "Brother Hongxi accidentally ate Brother Hongxi's pastry, and died of poisoning!"

Hong Xi is the prince's eldest son, three years older than Hong Hui, and now he is also studying in the study.

As for why Hong Hui, whom he had seen since childhood, passed away suddenly, Min Ning felt heavy in his heart, as if something was stuck in his heart, and asked Bi Ying, "Where are you and Fujin?"

"Master Baylor's slaves don't know, but Fujin passed out after hearing the news? Zhang Qilin sent someone to invite you over!"

Minning stepped onto the grass and hurriedly said, "Quick, change my clothes quickly!"

After the master and servant quickly changed their clothes, Min Ning hurried to the main courtyard of the house, just in time to meet Fujin rushing out in a trance.

Min Ning stopped the person, seeing that Fujin looked at her like an enemy, Min Ning said directly, "Fu Jin, don't worry, I'd better ask the concierge to prepare the carriage before you go out!"

After hearing this, Fujin closed his eyes, rested his head on Fang Fei's shoulder, and sobbed.

When the carriage was ready, Fujin got on the carriage and left.

Min Ning looked at Li Gege, Song Gege and others who had lingering fears, and then told Li Gege, "It may be a little messy to go back these few days, go back and take good care of the two little elder brothers."

Minning blamed herself a little. She only knew that Hong Yun would die, but she forgot that Hong Hui would die as well. Because of Hong Yun's illness, she mistakenly thought that she would not be able to escape this year. She only thought of Hong Yun but forgot Hong Hui. Something happened to Hong Hui.

But she remembered that Honghui died of illness, why did he die of poisoning now?

Fujin went there for a day and a night, and Fourth Master didn't come back.

It wasn't until noon the next day that Minning saw the haggard fourth master, with red eyes supporting Fujin, while the eunuch next to him came back carrying a small coffin.

The coffin was located in the Qinghui room, which was originally the residence that Fujin had prepared for Honghui in the inner courtyard. In a few years, Honghui would also marry a wife.

Unexpectedly, Hong Hui didn't live there for a few days, but the coffin was placed here first.

Minning really wanted to ask fourth master what was going on, but fourth master seemed to have lost his soul, and she didn't know how to ask.

Before the end of the first seven days, the palace finalized the matter. Elder brother Honghui died of illness, that is to say, the cause of his death was completely buried, and later generations only knew that he died of illness when looking at the history books.

Min Ning originally wanted to investigate, but now he didn't dare to act rashly. This clearly involved a lot of things, and even Fourth Master couldn't do anything about it, he could only watch helplessly instead of taking revenge.

Because of the pain of losing a child, this man's hair turned gray overnight.

After Minning helped him pull it out, he held his hand, "Master, can you tell me what happened?"

The fourth master was silent for a long time before opening his mouth, "This matter involves the prince, Khan Ama is not allowed to investigate further, just leave it alone."

Minning looked down at his other hand, the fist was tightly clenched, the joints were already turning white, and it was obvious that there was great grief in his heart.

In fact, Fourth Master was really sad. Hong Hui was not only his eldest son, but also his legitimate son. This son held a different position in his heart than other children.He can dote on other sons, but he is strict with the eldest son, because he expects a lot from him, and he probably understands Khan Ama's love for the prince.

But why did Honghui die?

Because of a ridiculous reason, Hong Hui was injured by mistake. The fourth master hated him very much. Not only did he hate the prince, but even the emperor who wiped the prince's ass was a little bit angry.

A good child, two days ago, he showed envious eyes in front of him, envious that Yuan Bao could act like a baby with him, but he closed his eyes in a blink of an eye.

The fourth master kept Hong Hui's face firmly in his heart, he hated himself for being incapable, even being powerless to kill his son's enemies.

Even if the prince's concubine died of illness, so what, how did a concubine insert his hand into the upper study, and where did he get the poison, all of these were buried underground with that concubine.

There must be other people behind this, but I hate that the people behind them moved too fast, erasing all the clues, even Khan Amacha did not find out why.In order to protect the prince, the matter was directly settled.

Minning wrapped fourth master's other hand, then put his arms around his head and leaned against his chest, patted his back, "Fourth master, if you are sad, just cry in my arms. Hong Hui is a heart Kind children will surely have blessings in the next life.”

Fourth master rested his head on her chest, and his whole body trembled.

Minning felt his chest was wet and hot, hugged his head, blinked his own eyes, trying not to let the tears flow.

Because Hong Hui died young, he should be buried next to Si Ye's mausoleum. The location of the mausoleum that Si Ye chose for himself was Jiufeng Chaoyang Mountain. After the first seven days, Si Ye and Fujin went to Zunhua Prefecture to bury Hong Hui together.

Butler Minning began to recruit people into the palace in private, and must find out who was behind Honghui's death.

With Hong Hui as a precedent, Min Ning was afraid that her son would follow in the footsteps. If something happened to Yuan Bao in the palace, she would definitely be beyond her reach.

In order to prevent this kind of thing from happening again, it is imperative to deploy one's own manpower in the palace.

As soon as Minning gave an order, the entire huge power started to operate, and many Baoyi families were won over, or bought or manipulated, in short, all that could be collected were received.

Honghui's death also cast a shadow over Shangshufang. Many clans called all their sons back.

It is one thing to make the emperor happy, but if you want to make the emperor happy with your own son's life, you are either a fool or an idiot.

No matter which clan it is, every son is very precious. At this time, there is really no one whose ability to give birth to a son can compare with the emperor.

In any case, those who are well-informed know that it was the jealousy of the prince's concubine that made a concubine want to poison elder brother Hongxi with evil intentions.In the end, he killed the eldest son of the fourth prince by mistake. Although the emperor kept his mouth shut, who in the clan didn't know the inside story?

Some sympathized with the fourth prince whose son died, and some began to criticize the prince.Even the women in the backyard can't handle it, how will they manage the country in the future?

The crown prince was in a state of desperation, the concubine room was clearly placed by someone else, but he had to bear it in the end.

The few princes who heard the movement immediately became active and began to win over their clan, among them the eighth prince was the most dazzling.

The eighth prince, now he can be regarded as a risen, not only is reused by the emperor, but also good at dancing, and has a good evaluation among all the officials and clans.

When the fourth master came back, Fujin seemed to have lost his energy. During this period of time, he often took health-preserving decoctions.

He doesn't even bother with the affairs of the mansion.

In this world, only children and grandchildren keep filial piety for their elders, and there has never been a saying that parents keep filial piety for their children, so after Honghui was buried, the fourth master started to run around in political affairs, and in a blink of an eye, Honghui's life was over.

After July [-]th, it was the day when the two Xin Gege entered the mansion.

Seeing that Fourth Master and Fujin didn't care, Minning could only take care of it by himself. One evening after August [-]th, two pink sedan chairs were carried into the mansion through the back door.Going straight into a small courtyard to the east, Minning arranged the two Gege to live in the same small courtyard.

He didn't pay any attention to the two fourth masters who had just entered the mansion.

Even Fujin didn't care much about it.

On the contrary, a concubine was nervous for two days, but she felt relieved when she saw that these two were really ordinary in color.

The next day, it could be seen that both Ge Ge's eyes were red, obviously aggrieved that Fourth Master did not come to the door yesterday.

But fourth master has been busy running outside these few days, and rests in the outer courtyard on weekdays, why would he come here on purpose?

On the second day, it happened to be the time to meet the new couple. Even if Fujin was in poor health, he forced himself to dress up and came out to appease the two princesses in the future for Si Ye.

Seeing that Fujin's face was covered with thick powder, Min Ning knew that her complexion was not good, so she only comforted her and asked her to take care of her body.

It was fine if Minning didn't say these words, but when he said that, Fujin felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy, his face turned bloody because of anger.

Min Ning was a little embarrassed. Fujin treated her as an enemy. If it could really cheer her up, Min Ning would be willing to be her imaginary enemy.

Thinking of this, Minning showed her a provocative smile, and Fujin's eyes really changed, and Fang Fei next to her showed resentment.

After Minning left, Fujin patted the table bitterly, "Ms. An Jia is too deceitful, thinking that if Hong Hui is gone, this mansion will fall into her son's hands?" If she is still Ge Ge, there is every reason to hug the little elder brother to her.

Fang Fei followed with righteous indignation and said: "Fu Jin, let's take good care of our health, we must give birth to a little brother, and we must not let Fujin's plot succeed!"

Fujin thought so deeply, and gritted his teeth: "Don't drink those health-preserving soups. Drinking them will always ruin your appetite. Add more herbal diets for pregnancy, An Jiashi wants to overtake me, unless I die!"

The fourth master heard about this as soon as he returned to the mansion, and went to Minning's place, "I heard that you went to provoke Fujin?"

Minning nodded, and then asked him with a smile, "Has Fujin regained his energy? He must be thinking about how to fight against me!"

Hearing what she said, Fourth Master understood what was going on as soon as he thought about it. He knocked on her forehead, "You're so naughty!"