The oil bottle of the Red Chamber

Hearing that Mrs. Chen wanted to invite the imperial physician to diagnose You's pulse, this matter was just a matter of effort for Chen Gui, so naturally Chen Gui would not refuse.

After agreeing to the Chen family, Chen Gui mentioned this matter to His Highness the Crown Prince when he went to the East Palace to greet him the next day - this was also Chen Gui's own caution, he would never associate with the officials of the East Palace behind the back of His Highness the Crown Prince.Even if he occasionally asks for the head of the East Palace, he will also express his feelings to His Royal Highness in person, and His Royal Highness will decide to give him this favor.Instead of him going to those subordinate officials to do business in private——

Although he is now very popular in the heart of the emperor, those subordinate officials must be happy to give him favors.However, in Chen Gui's opinion, instead of being obliged to some petty favours, His Royal Highness would risk being suspected by His Royal Highness of forming a clique for personal gain in the future.It's better to directly hang favors on the head of His Royal Highness the Prince.

In fact, the communication between people is nothing more than a few things.If you always deal with business affairs and negotiate face to face, even if you can get an evaluation of loyalty and duty, it will appear too indifferent in terms of personal relationships.

A saint is also a human being, and His Royal Highness is also a human being.Humans have seven emotions and six desires.Suppose, if someone can gossip and gossip with you when you have nothing to do, gossip about trivial matters at home and even beg you, so that you can enjoy the pleasure of helping others, but when you have something to do, you can solve the big problems for you. A troublesome subordinate who is also half minister and half friend is in trouble at the same time as another subordinate who has no omissions in official affairs but has no personal relationship with you. You can only protect one person in a crisis.Which one will you keep?

If we go deeper, wait until the sage's mausoleum collapses and the day when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends to the Ninth Five-Year Plan.If Chen Gui was sent to other provinces on official business due to government affairs, someone would slander His Highness the Crown Prince while he was away.Do you think His Highness the Crown Prince would trust those officials and censors, or would he trust a half-officer and half-friend who would talk to him about everything, even trivial things like his worrying that his niece would not be able to give birth to a son?

When a person believes that he knows everything about another person's business and family affairs, even if someone wants to sow discord, it is not so easy.

Of course, Chen Gui's small calculations are not enough for outsiders to understand.He didn't want to share these experiences with anyone, he just needed to have a subtle influence on His Highness the Crown Prince, and slowly create a situation where the monarch and his ministers get along well, that's all.

Sure enough, when His Royal Highness learned about the reason why Chen Gui wanted to invite the imperial physician, he couldn't help but smile.He even shared some gossip about the Jia family with Chen Gui in a good mood.It is said that the two mansions of Ning and Rong belong to the same line of the Jia family, and the two princes of Rong and Ning are both descendants.But in the current generation, Jia Jing of Ning Mansion only gave birth to one son, Jia Zhen, and Jia Zhen only gave birth to a son, Jia Rong. On the contrary, they are not as prosperous as the sons of Rong Mansion. "... I don't know if it's because I took too much medicine and lost my body."

This is very private.Also frivolous.If it wasn't for the confidant who was very close to him and trusted by him, or in front of outsiders, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would never have said anything.

However, Chen Gui was used to this matter.He followed His Royal Highness's words and teased a few words, but the monarch and his ministers changed the subject and mentioned Jiangnan Salt Affairs.

His Royal Highness said, "Since the ink corruption case broke out in Liangjiang's officialdom, the sage has been keeping a close eye on Liangjiang for the past two years. Now there is a vacancy for the salt censor in the salt department. The sage called me yesterday. Entering the palace, I also want to ask me if there is anyone I can recommend..."

When His Royal Highness said this, he couldn't help but cast a glance at Chen Gui. Chen Gui knew the elegant meaning when he heard the string song, and immediately said, "The Liangjiang area is our base camp. The inspector of salt and censor is even more fat. This position is very important, and it must not be handed over to others. .”

His Royal Highness nodded with a smile and said, "But now the youngest, the third and the seventh are all watching closely. They are ready to pry into the corner of the lonely wall. Guxiang, you are very familiar with the Liangjiang area, and your ability is a man, so I can rest assured... "

Chen Gui didn't wait for His Highness the Crown Prince to finish, shook his head and smiled wryly: "Thanks to His Highness the Crown Prince's respect, I will die after I have dedicated myself to death. However, the two rivers and salt courses are very important, but now I am responsible for shipping, issuing national debts and building roads." It’s not easy to let go of the matter. What’s more, everyone knows that this official is under the crown prince’s family. If this official is responsible for the inspection of salt and censorship, it will definitely attract the attention of everyone. It’s not right.”

Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also felt that it made sense, so he nodded slightly.Yin said: "You're right. The situation in Liangjiang's officialdom is complicated, and it's not easy to be entangled."

Chen Gui followed His Royal Highness's words and said: "What His Royal Highness said is very true. I only heard from His Royal Highness. Since the saint has paid great attention to the Liangjiang area in the past two years. Now that there is a vacancy in the Yan Administration, why not ask the saint Qiankang to make a decision? "

His Highness the Crown Prince was silent for a while, then slowly said: "But if you ask Your Majesty to be arbitrary, the third and seventh sons..."

Chen Gui smiled slightly and said, "It's okay. Didn't His Highness the Crown Prince just say that? The situation in Liangjiang's officialdom is complicated, and it affects the whole body. Even if someone from the Third or Seventh Highness passes by, I'm afraid it will be too late for a while." We can’t do much. But we can just watch the changes and wait for the opportunity. This is the Taoist saying of ‘doing nothing, fighting without fighting’.”

When His Royal Highness heard the words, he couldn't help muttering "fight without fighting", and then laughed loudly: "Well, Chen Zizhang, you are really cunning."

After laughing for a while, he said meaningfully: "Father has been in poor health recently. He always secretly summoned a few old doctors from the imperial hospital, but he refused to take down the pulse. He also refused to call The harem of the outer court knows. The attitude towards Gu is not as good as it was in the past few years. On the contrary, it likes the old twelve and a few younger ones..."

Chen Gui's heart skipped a beat when he heard that.He didn't want to know where His Royal Highness got the news from.But he had to get rid of the depression in His Royal Highness's heart.After thinking for a while, Yin smiled and said, "Please ask His Highness the Crown Prince to make amends, and I have to trouble the Crown Prince for another time."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was struggling with the sage's hot and cold attitude towards him. Hearing Chen Gui's words, he had to ask, "What's the matter with you?"

Chen Gui said quickly: "But His Royal Highness, please allow me to invite an old imperial doctor who is good at taking care of you again. I also want to go home to give a strict diagnosis of the family's pulse."

After finishing speaking, Chen Gui smiled and said: "This person is getting old, and his body is always not as good as when he was young. But he is more and more unwilling to submit to his old age. This is the case with family strictness. The older he is, the more he becomes an old child. Usually it looks fine, but if you encounter a sudden cold and head heat, you will become more sensitive because you are not feeling well."

"...His Royal Highness's words reminded me of last month, Jiayan occasionally caught cold, my minister invited the imperial physician to diagnose Jiayan's pulse and boil medicine, Jiaci thought the medicine was bitter and even scolded me. I became more and more spoiled My incompetent son. He smiles when he looks at him, and frowns when he sees me. I have no choice but to order my ineffective son to always accompany the second elder to make the second elder happy. This is my son's filial piety. As the saying goes It is said that the old son and grandson are the lifeblood of the old man. The older the son is, the less popular he will be."

His Highness the Crown Prince heard Chen Gui's pun, his eyes flickered for a while, and he said with a smile, "You are a filial person. If you do that, let the Imperial Doctor Wang from the Imperial Hospital accompany you."

Chen Gui thanked with a smile.

For a while, she took two imperial physicians out of the palace and returned home. Mrs. Chen had already brought the eldest girl, second sister and third sister to the mansion.I was going to the room with Mrs. Feng, Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Wan in the backyard to talk with Mrs. Chen.

Hearing that the little girl said back that the master came to the imperial physician's house, Mrs. Chen ordered the girl to go to the guest room to prepare.Feng Shi and Chen Shi went back with the shy You Shi.Only Xu, sister Wan, second sister and third sister were left to accompany the old lady in the hall.

When Chen Gui learned that the girls were all having sex in the backyard, he had to send someone to inform him first, saying that he had also invited the old man and the old lady an imperial doctor with a good pulse to come and diagnose the pulse of peace.And ask Xu to take the girls to avoid it.

After hearing this, Mrs. Xu had to get up and leave, and took the girls back to the room.

Waiting for the imperial doctor to check the pulse, they file out.The third sister You hurriedly opened her mouth, first asking the old lady how her pulse was, and then asking You Shi how her pulse was.

Chen Gui usually cares most about the body of the second elder.This time, the imperial physician was invited to take the pulse of Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Chen, just to elicit words of advice to the prince.Therefore, after the imperial doctor checked the pulse, he just said some gossip about taking more care, and left a prescription for maintenance, which can be eaten or not.

As for Youshi's side, the imperial physician only said that Youshi had a cold palace and irregular menstruation after examining the pulse, which was not a big deal.I prescribed a warm palace maintenance prescription, that's all.

This made Miss You heave a sigh of relief.She had read too many novels written by Zhaidou in later generations, and thought that Youshi's infertility for two years was due to the secrets of the latter.But I forgot that even young couples in later generations get married, and there are also things that they haven't conceived for three to five years.

After examining the Ping'an pulse, Chen Gui invited the two imperial physicians to the outer study to have a cup of tea, presented Xie Yi, and wentssip for a while before sending the two imperial physicians away.

The next day, I heard that His Royal Highness sent the grandson of the emperor to the Hall of Qinzheng to accompany the saint.I also moved the official affairs to be handled to the Qinzheng Hall, which is in the Xibian Hall where the saints reviewed the memorials.The sage was handling official duties on the heated kang, and His Royal Highness ordered someone to move the table on the ground to accompany the sage in his work.And watch the sage take food and medicine to rest on time.

The sage was so annoyed that he kicked out His Royal Highness several times to no avail.He had no choice but to accept his fate and asked His Royal Highness the Prince to remove the table and move to the heated kang to work - after all, it is the end of the year, and it is freezing outside, what if the prince is damaged by freezing?

The sage has no choice but to make His Royal Highness the Crown Prince different from his other sons.Because he was the eldest son and lost his mother when he was young, the saint wished he could take the prince with him at that time.When I was working, I held the prince in my arms, and when I was free, I held the prince's hand and taught him how to write and read, and even the way of Confucius and Mencius, the art of the emperor...

When the prince is a little older, although he is raised by the empress dowager's side, the sage will visit him several times a day.Until the crown prince was crowned and married, he lived in the East Palace.The sage's imperial pen personally approved that the use of the East Palace was even more extravagant than that of the Qianqing Palace, and even the head of the House of Internal Affairs was in charge of His Royal Highness's nanny.I'm afraid that others will be a little bit sudden, and the prince will be wronged in food and clothing...

Accumulated bit by bit over time like this, the friendship between father and son is not comparable to those princes who have never even hugged a few times, and get along with the courtesy of monarchs and ministers.

Therefore, when His Royal Highness was determined to shamelessly guard Qinzheng Hall, although the sage was helpless, he also comforted himself secretly.I feel that although I am old and old and gradually unable to do what I want, the prince I have cultivated with all my heart still cares about me.Instead of just staring at the chair under his buttocks.

In this mood, when the sage asked His Highness the Crown Prince who would recommend him to serve as the salt censor, and His Highness the Crown Prince also implored His Majesty to be independent without hesitation.The saint delineated Lin Ruhai almost without thinking.

In addition to being talented and alert, Gai is also the son-in-law of the old lady Shi of the Rongguo Mansion.And the Jia family and the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River are in the same spirit, and they are related by marriage to the most important Chen Gui of His Royal Highness...

In other words, they're all in the same boat!