"I will ask Madam Huang to grant you a marriage. Hier, would you rather Cao Yin be your husband, or would you rather Cao Quan?"
"As long as you say it, my royal mother-in-law will definitely fulfill your wish!"
The blushing Yinzhen moved his gaze to the face of little Wang who was trembling slightly, patted his chest with his hand and assured him.
But in Little Wang's opinion, Xun Beile's smile at this time was completely ridiculing and ridiculing her, and his eyes were filled with deep contempt for her!
She never expected that the perfect future she envisioned tonight would be disrupted by the imperial concubine's youngest son!
She doesn't want to choose whether it's Cao Yin or Cao Quan! With her outstanding looks, she can obviously enter the palace and be the empress, so why should she commit herself to the Cao family!
"Beautiful sister, why don't you speak?"
Yinzhen frowned and asked again with confusion on his face.
Little Wang forced herself to calm down. She bit her red lips with her white teeth, her face full of grievances, and glanced in the direction of Kangxi with tears in her eyes. Then in front of everyone, her eyelids rolled up gorgeously.
fainted.
When Mrs. Sun saw Mr. Wang "passing out" because of his cleverness, her eyelids twitched and she secretly said, "Not good".
Sure enough, the next moment, she saw Brother Fourteen, a gangster, making a wide-eyed expression with trembling pupils.
Mrs. Sun hurriedly ordered the maids who were following her to carry the "fainted" little Mr. Wang down.
But no matter how fast the maid moves, she can't reach Yinzhen's mouth quickly.
Everyone saw the fourteenth elder brother turning around and running northward in a few steps. He rushed to the Queen Mother's seat, took the Queen Mother's arm and complained aggrievedly:
"Ah! Madam Huang, look, my beautiful sister wants me to get a bad reputation as a bully of weak women!"
"She just glanced in the direction of Khan Mama before fainting. You can see that she was protecting her face when she fainted! Mama Huang, your grandson is really wronged! She was obviously kind-hearted.
Help her, she’s still cheating on my reputation!”
With her eyes closed, little Wang, who had just been helped up by the maid, originally planned to leave tonight and find an opportunity to get close to the emperor in a few days. After hearing the truth spoken by the fourteenth brother, her body instantly
He froze.
The two beautiful maids who were supporting little Wang couldn't help but stiffen.
Sun's heart sank completely, and she couldn't help but glance in the direction of the imperial concubine.
Qingyan was stunned at this moment. She never imagined that her straight son only played straight ball!
The Queen Mother, like a kind grandmother, patted the back of her grandson's hand that was holding her arm, turned her eyes to Mrs. Sun with a smile, and said:
"Sun's family."
"The Queen Mother, I am here."
"The Ai family sees that the girl in white has a very deep relationship with you, so today the Ai family will treat her as Yue Lao and give her to your biological son Cao Quan. Let the two young people get married as soon as possible on a different day. You can also
Just like the Ai family, I will have as many grandsons as possible."
When the eldest Wang, who was sitting at the bottom, heard that the empress dowager wanted her distant niece to serve her husband together, she suddenly felt that everything was dark in front of her.
Standing on the ground, Mrs. Sun knew that all her hard work had been in vain. She tightly grasped the dragon-head crutch in her right hand, smiled bitterly at Qiqige, leaned over and said:
"I would like to thank the Queen Mother for granting Quan Zi a marriage."
"Bang!"
As soon as Mrs. Sun finished her words, Mrs. Wang was so angry that she fainted. The two maids failed to hold her firmly, and Mrs. Wang fell heavily on the bluestone floor tiles.
When Mrs. Sun saw this, she just cursed in her heart, "You're not living up to expectations."
Followed by "bang", there was another loud noise.
I saw that Mrs. Wang was also so angry that she fainted and fell on the long table in front of her. Moreover, her arms swept down all the tea bowls and dishes on the long table.
The ground was instantly in a mess.
The expressions of Cao Yin, Li Shi, and Cao Quan suddenly turned dark, and the servants of the Cao family were also confused.
Seeing that a nice dinner party was turned into a chaotic farce by my youngest son.
Kangxi's eyelids also twitched heavily, and he couldn't help but glare at his youngest son, who was standing beside the Empress Dowager's armchair with a stupid look on his face, watching the show with his big eyes.
Qingyan saw the big pig's hooves glaring at her youngest son, and was too lazy to pay attention to him. She stood up from the banquet and helped the empress dowager.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law left Kangxi behind and headed straight for Luofengju.
The four brothers, Yin Zhen, Yin Zhen, Yin Xiang, and Yin Er, also suppressed their smiles and pulled their fourteenth brother, who was "drunk like crazy", to leave the back garden.
In the blink of an eye, only Kangxi, Liang Jiugong and the Cao family were left at the banquet.
Cao Yin stepped forward with a red face, bowed to Kangxi and said:
"Long live my lord, it's all my slaves who didn't manage the dinner properly and made you laugh."
Kangxi didn't say anything, he just took a deep look at Cao Yin, then patted Cao Yin's shoulder three times with his right hand, sighed and passed Cao Yin, taking Liang Jiugong to catch up in the cold moonlight.
The empress dowager, imperial concubine and others were already far ahead.
Cao Yin felt Kangxi pat him on the shoulder three times, each one harder than the last, and the uneasy feeling in his heart became heavier.
He pursed his thin lips and turned to look at the master and servant's retreating figures. In a trance, he seemed to see the small red flower of praise that the emperor drew on his memorial with a red pen every time he communicated with the emperor, "
With a snap, it shattered into little bits and pieces and could no longer be put back together.
Kangxi put his hands behind his back, raised his head and glanced at the half moon hanging high in the night sky tonight, and couldn't help but reveal a sarcastic smile on his lips.
He took a deep breath of the slightly cool air and felt chilled from head to toe. During this southern tour, he had to admit that his wet nurse Sun and his wet nurse disciple Qing "died" in Jiangnan after all.
In this wealthy town...
"Liang Jiugong, if I remember correctly, is Baoqing's wife about to give birth?"
Liang Jiugong, who was walking behind Kangxi, was also quickly digesting the series of farce that happened at the dinner. He couldn't figure out why the emperor suddenly mentioned Dafujin at this moment. He quickly counted the days in his mind and hurriedly replied:
"Um, yes, long live the Lord."
"I also miss Hong Xi's child. Before the southern tour, Hong Xi would call him 'Khan Ma Fa'. I think he should have learned more words by now. You can make arrangements tomorrow to shorten our original itinerary. Let's hurry up.
Come back to Beijing."
"Yes, I understand."
…
The originally planned two-month tour to the south was shortened to just over a month due to the incident at the Cao Family Courtyard.
In early October, the first snow fell in the capital, and the royal family successfully returned to the Forbidden City from the south of the Yangtze River.
As soon as Kangxi returned to the Qianqing Palace, he received the good news from the Prince of Zhijun that he had entered the palace.
On the eighth day of October, at midnight, Dafujin Yiergenjueluo gave birth to a sturdy little brother safely.
Seeing that the eldest son of the emperor also had a son, Kangxi was overjoyed and named his second grandson "Aixinjueluo Hongyu" with a stroke of his imperial pen.
As soon as the five brothers Yinzhen and Yinzhen returned to the palace, they immediately looked for opportunities to tell their eldest brother, the prince's second brother, third brother, fifth brother, sixth brother and others what happened during the southern tour.
On the tenth day of October, fourteen brothers gathered together in Nansansuo.
When Yinti, Yinreng and others heard that the Cao family lived a more extravagant life than their royal brother, the Cao family and the Li family even gave them Khan Ama in front of their mother and mother. After hearing the news about the beauty, everyone was angry.
Yinzhen, who has a straight temper like Yinzhen, was so angry that he smashed the tea cup in his hand and cursed angrily:
"I feel that the Qing Dynasty has indeed become rich in these years, so rich that these bold slaves eat one by one with oil in their mouths and covered with meat! But most of the border officers and soldiers who have worked hard and made great achievements are poor! These food These rats with their evil minds should have been killed a long time ago! Let me confiscate their property and replenish the national treasury, so that I and the Fourteenth can go to Moxi many more times!"
Seeing their eldest brother's face turning red with anger, Yinsu couldn't help but sigh and comforted:
"Brother, the things done by the Cao family and the Li family are really outrageous, but Jiangnan's officialdom is complicated, and Cao Yin and Li Xu are Khan Amma's closest confidants. Everything must be done with evidence, unless these people are found to be corrupt | embezzlement | The ledger of bribery, otherwise we can’t touch them.”
"But no matter how deep the water is in the south, now that we know this, we can't let people like them just be like rats that eat the Qing Dynasty's finances."
The honest and honest Lao Wu scratched the melon skin hat he wore on his head and said distressedly.
"Second Brother Prince, what do you think we should do now?"
Yinzhen, who was leaning on the edge of the table, pinched the edge of the table and turned to look at Yinzhen, who was sitting silently on the armchair, and asked aloud.
When the other twelve brothers heard their fourth brother's words, they all turned their attention to the prince.
Yinreng rubbed the jade ring on his right hand a few times, frowned, and lowered his eyes in deep thought for a long time before looking up at the brothers in front of him and said:
"I have the same idea as you. The officialdom in the south must be purged. The key to this matter now is to see the attitude of Khan Amma. Only when Khan Amma ruthlessly punishes his close confidants can we take the next step. , otherwise we can only wait now."
What are you waiting for? Of course, after their Khan Amma stepped down, their second brother/younger brother of the prince came to power. Once the emperor and his ministers, the new emperor ascended the throne and dealt with some of the disobedient old ministers of the previous emperor.
After hearing this, Yinzhi, Yinzhen and others understood that what the prince said was right, but their hearts were still filled with congestion. They felt that there was a mouthful of thick phlegm stuck in their throats that would not go up or come down, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.
What made the fourteen people even more frustrated was that after their Khan Amma returned to the palace, they seemed to have forgotten the southern tour at all. They did not mention a word about the Cao family, and instead took care of the marriages and heirs of their juniors.
matter.
At the end of the twelfth lunar month, Yinzhi, who had been married for almost two years, finally had some movement in his backyard.
Dong E of Sanfu Jin Dynasty was diagnosed by the imperial physician as being pregnant for more than a month. During the Chinese New Year, Dong E also received the pregnancy-preserving jade from Chuxiu Palace.
Concubine Rong, who was guarding the tomb of Empress Xiaozhuang Wen in the cemetery, burst into tears when she heard the good news. Her Yinzhi could finally be her Ama!
After hundreds of days, the poverty and boring life of the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha in the cemetery finally made Concubine Rong feel at ease. Now she and Concubine Hui have the same thought, which is to hope that the new king will ascend the throne soon, and then they can be taken care of by themselves.
The son was taken to the mansion to be raised.
Compared with the life of the empress in the past, the life in the cemetery was too miserable.
…
Turning to the next year, the first lunar month of the thirty-seventh year of Kangxi had just passed, and Ulanara of Sifujin was also diagnosed with pregnancy when the imperial doctor asked for Ping An pulse.
The imperial concubine thought for a while and felt that the child in Sifujin's belly was probably Honghui. Thinking of Honghui's early death in history, in addition to sending a piece of warm jade to the Ulanara family for pregnancy, she also gave it to Chuxiu Palace.
Two stable nuns were selected and sent to Nansan Hospital to help the eldest daughter-in-law have a baby.
In February, the 21-year-old fourth princess Ke Jing and Dun Dob Dorji held a grand wedding in the palace. They bid farewell to the empress dowager and the imperial concubine, and went to the cemetery to marry her in person.
Xiang, go to Jingling to give her the emperor's mother
(Empress Xiaozhao, Niu Hulu clan) kowtowed, and then took the three thousand elite soldiers carefully prepared by her Khan Ama and set foot on the official road of Beijing and Mongolia, starting a magnificent journey, with power in the southern part of the country and the northern part of the country.
His legendary political career in the second half of his life.
In mid-March, the fifth elder brother Yinqi, who was only a few months younger than the fourth princess, also held a wedding ceremony with his Tara family in Qiandong Wusuo.
In mid-July, the sixth elder brother Yinzuo and the seventh elder brother Yinyou, who were born on the same day, both held their wedding ceremonies on the same day.
In late August, the Dong E family of Sanfu Jin finally gave birth to the eldest son of the third elder brother Yinzhi after a lot of hardships. Kangxi circled the calligraphy with an imperial pen and named his third grandson "Aixinjueluo".
"Hongqing" name.
The little baby Hongqing cried loudly, another month passed.
At the end of September, late autumn entered the capital.
Sifu Jin Ulanala also gave birth to the child safely in her belly. Yinzhen hugged his eldest son who cried loudly and was so happy that he couldn't even close his mouth.
Kangxi heard that the imperial concubine said that the fourth son had just held his fourth grandson, and the fourth grandson poured a boy's urine on his mother.
Kangxi was happy when he heard this, so he turned over the copybook again and named his fourth grandson "Aixinjueluo Honghui".
The eighth elder brother Yinhu, who was nineteen years old, looked at his eldest niece, and the four younger nephews were extremely greedy.
In mid-October, he also held a wedding ceremony with Guo Luoluo, the granddaughter of Prince An Yue Le, in Qiandong Wusuo.
From then on, except for the twelfth elder brother Yinyu who was still alone in the five Qiandong houses, all the royal brides lived in the four front courtyards.
The officials of the Ministry of Etiquette were very busy this year. From the beginning to the end of the year, they were holding wedding ceremonies for the princes and princesses who were born together.
In the thirty-seventh year of Kangxi's reign, the Ministry of Rites completed five royal weddings.
Before they could calm down and relax, the thirty-eighth year of Kangxi arrived in a blink of an eye.
Kangxi now suddenly had three granddaughters, one eldest granddaughter and four eldest grandsons, all of whom were legitimate children of noble status. He felt like he was carrying wind when he walked.
Every morning, when Yin Reng sets out from the Prince's Mansion to attend court in the palace, he has to take his three-year-old son Hong Xi with him. He either pushes his son in a stroller or holds him in his arms.
Walk with it in your arms.
Just because he, Khan Amma, is a big grandchild, he wants to see his most beloved eldest grandson every day, and he also has to make time to personally enlighten Xiao Hongxi, taking him with him and educating him hand by hand.
The days were like running water, slowly disappearing day by day amid Xiao Hongxi's milky voice of endorsement.
In the blink of an eye, the weather in Beijing became hotter and hotter day by day.
In the spring, the third elder brother Yinzhi and the fourth elder brother Yinzhen moved from Nansansuo to the mansion outside the palace.
In June, Yinzhen and Yiner, whose birthdays differed by only three days, also turned eighteen.
In mid-August, officials from the Ministry of Rites organized a wedding ceremony for Brother Jiu and Dong E, the daughter of Tutong 70.
In mid-September, late autumn entered the capital.
The wedding of the eleventh elder brother Yin'er and Borzijit Shadali, the legitimate daughter of the Prince of Wu Erjin Galapu, was held in the fifth house of Qianxi.
It has been two years since the second southern tour. Just as the brothers Yinti, Yinreng, and Yinzhi were getting impatient, they were preparing to admonish their Khan Ama to talk about the huge amount of the Cao family and the Li family.
There is a financial problem.
In early October, winter entered the capital.
When Halahazi, Xiao Hongxi, Xiao Hongyu, Xiao Hongqing, and Xiao Honghui came to the palace with their mothers to pay their respects to Mother Ukumar, Khan Ama, and Mother Huang, they all had to be greeted by their mothers.
Wrapped tightly, it looks like a small rice dumpling.
Kangxi finally sent his fourth son Yinzhen, eighth son Yinzhen, and fourteenth son Yinzhen to go to the south of the Yangtze River with Wei Zhu and a group of secret guards with high martial arts skills. The name was to search for the White Lotus sect's dens. In essence, it was to secretly visit the people in the south of the Yangtze River and secretly
Looking for evidence that southern officials violated the laws of the Qing Dynasty, deceived superiors and deceived subordinates in private, and were corrupt and accepting bribes.