Lao Ba and Lao Si are neighbors. They both live opposite the Confucian Temple and the Imperial College, and next to the Berlin Temple.
The two mansions are both Baylor Mansion, and their shapes are exactly the same.
It is impossible to have the house number of Lao Ba Mansion or Lao Si Mansion hanging on the door of the two Baylor Mansion. People who are not familiar with the situation can easily get confused.
When Yuzhu led people to the door of Lao Ba's mansion, Lao Ba was already kneeling in front of the gate.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month of this year, Lao Ba finally had a son after all the hardships. Lao Ba's concubine, Mrs. Zhang, gave birth to his only son, Hongwang.
According to the rules of the banner people, after Hongwang is born, he will be one year old.
After Yuzhu was welcomed into the main hall of Baylor Mansion, he stood upright with his back to the incense table.
"Your Majesty Yinzhu, I sincerely wish you the holy greetings of Khan Ama." Yinzhu didn't know the purpose of Yuzhu's visit, so he had to suppress the fear in his heart.
Kneel down and say hello...
"Honor, Holy Gong!" Yuzhu shouted in a deep voice, "Yinhu, the eighth son of the emperor, accepts the order."
Previously, Yinhu had been deprived of Baylor's title and became an empty-headed brother. He could only be called the eighth son of the emperor.
Seeing that Yuzhu had already held up the golden edict, Yinsu knelt down and touched his head, waiting for Yuzhu to issue the edict.
"The cabinet hereby sends an edict... The eighth son of the emperor, Yinhu, is restored to the throne of Baylor. I admire this." Yuzhu read first in Manchu and then in Chinese.
Yinsu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and accepted the order respectfully.
Last time, the old emperor drew his sword to kill him. If Yuzhu hadn't risked his life to stop him, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
After Yuzhu issued the decree, Yinhu accompanied him with a smile and welcomed him into the east study room specially used for entertaining guests.
The bookshelves in the east study room were originally filled with all kinds of ancient books.
After Lao Ba was deprived of the title of Baylor, he became a short-term brother. According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, he had to move out of Baylor Mansion.
Therefore, when Yuzhu walked into the inner study room, most of the ancient books on the shelves were already packed in boxes.
After the guests and hosts were seated, Lao Ba gave the order with a smile, "Come here, take Yuzhu's favorite drink, Biluochun. Let the waiter remember that it can't be brewed for too long, it will only take half a quarter of an hour at most."
When Yuzhu heard this, he realized that Lao Ba had mastered so many details. It seemed that he had been studying him a lot.
Soon, two maids came with tea trays.
Yuzhu pretended to be nonchalant and secretly took a look at the appearance of the two maids.
Hey, the appearance of the two maids is indeed ordinary.
These two maids, not to mention Xingrui and Xingjiao, even compared with Hongmei, well, they are at least eighteen blocks behind.
It can be seen from this that the legendary Bafu Jin was jealous and could not tolerate a beautiful woman by his side.
Lao Ba is also an old man. Since he has regained the position of Baylor, this means that Kangxi will not kill him for the time being.
"Qing Zhen, this is your first time coming to my house, isn't it?" Lao Ba took the lead in picking up the tea cup and motioned Yuzhu to also try the Biluochun specially gifted by the palace.
Yuzhu bowed and said with a smile: "Yes, I have heard for a long time that your house, Lord Babeile, is extremely unique and very livable. When I saw it today, it is indeed extraordinary."
The obedient man who wanted no money was poured out on Lao Ba without hesitation by Yuzhu.
After Lao Ba suffered a huge setback, his mentality was completely different from before.
"Alas, beautiful houses are just external things, not worth mentioning." Lao Ba sighed softly, he no longer liked beautiful things.
After experiencing the twists and turns of becoming the deposed prince and almost being stabbed, Lao Ba quickly matured and no longer pursued pathologically those absolutely beautiful things.
"Bang." The sound of clinking porcelain suddenly came from the back of the study room.
Yuzhu knew without thinking that it must be Lao Jiu and the others who were hiding behind and eavesdropping.
Objectively speaking, the kind-hearted old man is quite likable.
It's just that Lao Jiu, Lao Ten and Lao Fourteen, as well as nearly a hundred Manchu relatives and nobles, gathered around Lao Ba, which was very bad.
Once upon a time, Yuzhu also thought carefully about it, so what if he simply supported Lao Ba?
After careful consideration, Yuzhu could only regretfully deny the idea.
Following Lao Ba, what future does Yuzhu have?
It is impossible for Yuzhu to be closer than Lao Jiu and others, nor to be more powerful than the Manchu relatives. After Lao Ba ascends the throne, it is almost impossible for Yuzhu to gain any real power.
To put it bluntly, if you support Lao Si, with Lao Si’s personality of being cold on the outside and hot on the inside, Yuzhu can get whatever he can.
There will definitely be no less.
It was impossible for Kangxi to make Lao Ba the crown prince. There were two fundamental problems: first, Kangxi wanted to weaken the power of the Manchu nobles.
And Lao Ba was surrounded by Manchu nobles; secondly, Lao Ba was too powerful, and if he was made the crown prince, would Kangxi still be able to sleep peacefully?
Yuzhu pretended not to hear the commotion in the back of the study. He picked up the tea cup, picked up the tea lid, skimmed off the crumbs floating on the surface, and took a sip.
Well, it's brewed well and just right in taste.
Aside from his general lack of clarity and poor handwriting, Lao Ba is actually an all-rounder.
"Qing Zhen, it's your first time to come to my house. How about you go to the back garden and enjoy the scenery, sip tea and listen to music?" Lao Ba's words were so beautiful that you couldn't refuse.
Yuzhu sighed secretly in his heart. In the next ten years, especially after the second waste of the crown prince, Kangxi would continue to fight against the Ba Ye Party.
The strategic positioning issue determined that no matter how virtuous Lao Ba was, Yu Zhu could only choose to support Kangxi and become Lao Ba's enemy.
Lao Ba's invitation seems very ordinary, but it is actually a matter of testing Yuzhu's true position.
If Yuzhu readily agrees, Lao Ba will try every possible means to win him over.
Otherwise, they are enemies.
When it comes to politics, how can there be so many walls to ride on?
Yuzhu smiled slightly, clasped his fists and said: "To be honest, Mr. Ba, I have to go back to the palace to deliver my order, so I won't bother you."
Lao Ba's eyes flashed slightly, his smile became more friendly, and he said gently: "It's okay, come and sit down when you have time, let's have tea and chat, how about it?"
Yuzhu sighed again in his heart. Although Zhilan is good, he is destined to be an enemy. What can he do?
Before leaving the house, the butler of Ba Ye's house secretly slipped a banknote to Yuzhu.
As usual, the imperial envoy who conveyed the order had to charge carriage fees. Yuzhu didn't want to break the rules, so he calmly accepted it with a smile.
After returning to the palace and delivering the decree, Yuzhu took a carriage back to his home, took out the banknote from his sleeve, and took a closer look.
Good guy, it turned out to be a thousand taels of silver note, Lao Ba is really willing to give it up.
Almost instantly, Yuzhu understood why Lao Ba relied on Lao Jiu so much.
As the saying goes, money can make the world go round.
Behind Lao Ba, stands Lao Jiu, the God of Wealth. How many Manchu nobles can he secretly bribe?
After returning home, Yuzhu went to his son's house.
After holding her son from the nurse's hand, Yuzhu couldn't bear to let go.
Yuzhu didn't even change into his official uniform. Xiuyun couldn't stand it anymore and complained to the man: "Sir, what the Han people value is that they don't care for children but grandchildren. Look at you, you hug our elder brother and refuse to let go. Isn't that right?"
Isn’t it a violation of the rules?”
Yuzhu didn't bother to worry about so much. He hugged his son, kissed him hard, and said with a smile: "Those scholars are just so picky, don't pay attention to them."
After having enough fun with his son, Yuzhu changed into casual clothes and led Xiuyun to pay his respects to Li Si'er.
After Li Si'er became pregnant again, he readily handed over all the housekeeping rights to Xiuyun.
The Long Mansion has a big business, and the number of servants working in the mansion alone exceeds 200.
Moreover, in the alley at the back door of Long Mansion, there is a long green brick courtyard filled with the servants' families.
According to the rules of the Long Mansion, Li Si'er used to have the final say on all the affairs of the servants in the manor.
Now that Xiuyun is in charge, some clever servants have begun to fawn over her enthusiastically.
The main reason why Li Si'er handed over the power of housekeeping so happily was because Yuzhu not only snatched a lot of things from Yakutsk, but also gave them all to Li Si'er.
His son was so considerate that Li Si'er didn't bother to bother Xiuyun. What's the point of that?
To put it bluntly, before Yuzhu got married, what Li Si'er was most afraid of was that Yuzhu would only listen to Xiuyun's bewitchment from now on and no longer take her as his biological mother into his heart.
Now, Li Si'er also understood that Yuzhu really had feelings for her.
Many of the good things that Yuzhu snatched back from outside went into Li Si'er's private treasury instead of being given to Xiuyun. What else could Li Si'er be dissatisfied with?
After bowing to Li Si'er, Li Si'er said with a smile: "Your brother seemed to have moved just now. Hey, I was so flustered."
Yuzhu sat next to Li Si'er's kang, carefully tucked the quilt for her, and asked her with a smile: "Enie, how did you know that you are pregnant with my brother?"
Li Si'er smiled proudly and said: "Mama Liu went to invite Miao Xue, a female monk from Tongjiao Temple, and she said that the one who is right is a little brother."
Yuzhu was speechless for a moment. Li Si'er did indeed give birth to a son, and Longkodo named him Eighty-nine.
It's just that I was not lucky at eighty-nine, and my fate was over early.
Where is Tongjiao Zen Temple? Yuzhu knows it very well. However, since Li Si'er believes in them, Yuzhu goes with her.
It doesn't help, just spend more money on them.
Besides, based on Yuzhu's understanding of Li Si'er, even if she doesn't believe in Miaoxue, she will believe in some other snow.
In front of Li Si'er, Yuzhu called Nanny Liu and warned her carefully: "Nanny Liu, you are also an old lady next to the old lady. Don't let the old lady lie down all the time and stare at her at least walking every day.
Three thousand steps, lest my brother becomes too big to take care of in the future."
Yuzhu was embarrassed to mention the word "dystocia", but Grandma Liu's heart shuddered.
Aunt Liu quickly knelt down and saluted, and said respectfully: "Second Master, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of the old lady. If anything goes wrong at all, you can take it upon me to ask questions."
In this Long Mansion, Yuzhu's voice and influence are expanding day by day.
How dare Nanny Liu not listen to Yuzhu’s instructions?
Hearing that Aunt Liu was sure of her success, Yuzhu couldn't help but smile. Even if Aunt Liu didn't say anything, Longkodo would not be able to spare her lightly once something happened to Li Si'er's childbirth.
The next day, when the emperor was listening to the government, Kangxi made some remarks in public: He would not consider establishing a heir until after the bannermen's Spring Festival.
(ps: I got back early today and the monthly tickets exceeded 6,000, so I will update more.)