Walking outside the Tuoyuan Bookstore, Fourth Brother still hadn't guessed the purpose of the prince's call to him.
Could it be that you heard the news that the second roommate of the Tong family is coming back?
Apart from this, what else can you ask yourself?
But the second wife of the Tong family has nothing to do with the prince.
To be honest, when the eldest brother and the prince were fighting, the Tong family still favored the prince.
The prince is not in the main hall, but in the side hall, Guande Hall.
The three rooms here have no partitions and are very spacious.
Now the house is as bright as day.
There are candlesticks in the four corners of the room, on the desks, and on the bed table.
Each candlestick has three layers and seven pins.
A white suet candle was placed on it.
In the harem, only nobles and above can supply such white wax, and the quantity is not large.
Nobles take one pill per day, concubines take two pills per day, empresses take five pills per day, and queen mothers take seven pills per day.
Only the number of Yuqian and Yuqing Palace is uncertain.
When the fourth elder brother came in, he saw the prince sitting cross-legged on the Kang, with a tea set on the table.
The prince is making tea.
"Brother, please send your regards to the second brother..."
Brother Si took a few steps quickly, put down his sleeves and said hello.
The prince called the fourth elder brother forward: "Come here and talk."
Fourth elder brother stepped forward.
The prince pointed to the other side of the kang table and asked Si Age to sit down.
The fourth elder brother sat next to the kang and glanced at the prince.
There was no emotion or anger on the prince's face.
The prince poured a cup of tea and pushed it to the fourth elder brother.
The fourth elder brother hurriedly took it with both hands.
The prince then raised his eyes to look at the fourth elder brother, looked at it twice, frowned and said: "Why is it getting smaller and smaller?"
The fourth brother was already thin, but now it is even more obvious. There is no flesh on his face, which makes his face look longer.
Brother Si said respectfully: "Due to the change of season a few days ago, I caught a cold and had my stomach cleansed for a few days."
The prince looked at the dark circles under his eyes and said, "Why don't you take a good rest for a few days? Why do you want to get up early and stay late?"
The fourth elder brother's heart trembled, and he did not look away. He looked at the prince and showed a bit of embarrassment: "It's not like when I was a child, eating and playing, it's just some little thoughts."
Seeing him like this, the prince couldn't help but smile, took two sips of tea, and said: "I see that you are becoming more and more polite on weekdays. You have lost your dexterity when you were young. When I ask you this, I thought you were going to say something about the principles of family, country and world."
Seeing that the prince's tea cup was bottomed out, the fourth elder brother stood up, took the teapot, and poured most of the tea for the prince.
After putting down the teapot, he said: "The fourteenth elder brother has become a man and has begun to walk in the ministry. In a few years, their younger brothers will definitely be knighted. The younger brother has self-awareness and does not have the talent to lead an army.
Otherwise, I would not have counted down the times during my several tours, and I would not be very knowledgeable about Confucianism... In addition to doing errands, there is no chance to accumulate merit, so I just thought that hard work can make up for my shortcomings, otherwise when Khan Amma is granted the title of prince again, the title will be lost.
It would be too miserable to be surpassed by the younger brothers below..."
The prince listened and felt that the fourth elder brother was telling the truth.
To be honest, among all the younger brothers, the prince got along the most with his fourth elder brother when he was a child.
The fourth elder brother was a talker and a face-saving person at that time.
Later, he lost his adoptive mother and became a pitiful little boy. His face became colder day by day and he spoke less.
The prince said: "It's good to be down-to-earth on your errands. If you really want to talk about it, you are only one year younger than the third elder brother. You went out to the study room and went to the study with Khan Ama. You should have been crowned king together."
, you and Lao Wu were both banned last time..."
As for the seventh and eighth princes, they were born and aged here, so they should not have been knighted together with the previous prince.
They have a high seal.
The fourth elder brother took a breath and said: "In Khan Amma's heart, the third elder brother is different. The third elder brother is both civil and military..."
The prince's eyes turned cold and he said: "Yes, he is both civil and military. Before the eighth elder brother entered the study, the third elder brother that Khan Amma praised the most..."
This is how this ambition is exaggerated.
He also became king together with his eldest brother.
The fourth elder brother seemed to be aware of the gaffe and hurriedly added: "No matter how much you praise me, you can't compare to the second elder brother. Xu Shihan and Ama are weak. Concubine Rong's mother gave birth to five elder brothers, and only this one stands."
The prince hummed softly: "Don't kid yourself, among us elders, who has never lost his brothers? Gu also lost his eldest brother, Concubine Hui's mother also lost her eldest son, Concubine De's mother also lost a son and a daughter...
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Fourth elder brother: "..."
The prince said with some dissatisfaction: "You are next to each other in age, and you, Fujin, are also close to the third child, Fujin. We brothers are not as close as we were when we were children..."
The fourth elder brother said: "With Ama Khan watching from above, who is not alert? Just look at Ama Khan's kindness to Uncle Wang and Uncle Wang, and you know that he expects the same for his son."
The prince looked calm.
Is it friendly?
When it was necessary to act as a check and balance with the clan, all of them would be appointed as generals and kings to be in charge of the meetings of kings and ministers. When the princes gradually became princes and they were no longer needed to check and balance, they would simply seize all the errands and leave them idle.
Now I want to have a good reputation and start to be friendly again.
Khan Ama didn’t know what he was thinking?
It would be a big joke if I tried to imitate others.
The prince straightened his waist, feeling a little more proud. He looked at the fourth brother and found that his back was slightly slumped.
Fourth elder brother respects him from the inside out, even since he was a child.
After the third elder brother returned to the palace, Concubine Rong was no longer as considerate to her as before. She held her anger and loved to go to Jingren Palace to play with the fourth elder brother.
The prince's expression was gentle. He remembered Chang Hai's words and said to the fourth elder brother: "I met my niece today. She looks tall and tall. Do you want to grow your hair?"
The fourth elder brother's heart was raised, and he had a guess, but his expression was not obvious, with a bit of warmth, he nodded and said: "I was born in the 34th year, he is nine years old, I will keep my head next year..."
At this point, he paused and said: "My brother has been careful in his errands these years, and it is also because of this daughter. Marriage between Manchuria and Mongolia is a national policy, but my brother only has this daughter. It is still hard to bear the separation of flesh and blood, so my brother will go with me."
My mother-in-law got some relief and asked her to help pay attention to the children of the Nala family. After my brother has accumulated his merits, he will ask Khan Amma for a favor..."
The prince was stunned after hearing this and said: "My eldest daughter is marrying late now. Is your plan too early?"
The fourth elder brother hesitated for a moment and then sighed: "It's also a little selfishness of the younger brother. Everything is going well for the family. She is the daughter of the Li family. The children that the younger brother is currently standing on, except for Fujin, are all the children of the Li family..."
The prince was a little surprised. He looked at the fourth elder brother and said, "I thought you were only thinking about your errands. I didn't expect that these parents are short-sighted. You are quite thoughtful."
The fourth elder brother glanced at the prince and said: "In the past few years, several inner houses have been busy. My younger brother is impatient. I am afraid that I will not be able to cope with it when the time comes, so I thought it would be better to prepare for a rainy day."
Prince: "..."
There are several of these, including my own.
His face drooped, he snorted softly, and said, "Did I teach you a lesson?"
The fourth elder brother said sarcastically: "People are not grass and trees, how can they be ruthless? It's not a big deal which wife and concubine you value in the house, and it wouldn't be a big deal in an ordinary family, but in recent years, my younger brother has also noticed that Khan Amar has always valued rules.
We must distinguish between legitimate and concubine and cannot tolerate this..."
The prince felt very complicated after hearing this.
Is the lineage clear?
If we really had a clear distinction between the legitimate sons and the concubines, why would we not promote the eldest brother and the third brother to this level?
Nor will he become a "bastard prince" under the influence of the 10th prince.
Khan Amma himself was a concubine, so he was afraid that the concubine prince would be bullied.
If you pity the bastard so much, how do you feel about yourself, the legitimate son of Empress Yuan?
When it was necessary to stabilize the Eight Banners and the imperial court, he, the legitimate son, was precious.
The place was peaceful and the court was stable, but he, the legitimate prince, was an eyesore.
When did the change in Khan Amma begin?
Thirty-six years after the pacification of Junggar...
The prince realized something, and looked at the fourth elder brother with a little more sympathy, and said: "You have also been a young son, but it is a pity that the younger sons come out one after another..."
The fourth elder brother lowered his eyes and said: "Khan Ama has always shown mercy to the weak."
The prince shook his head and said: "It's just Aiwujiwu. If you really want to pity the weak, the one who was most favored before should be the seventeenth elder brother, and the most favored one in the future will be the twenty-first elder brother. But I bet you that in the future, Khan Ama will love you the most."
The youngest son is the 19th elder brother!"
Just looking at the noble Wang who moved to the back hall of Qixiang Palace as a nobleman, you can know how favored he is.
Other princes only started to serve as guards when they were in their teens. The fifteenth and sixteenth brothers in Wang Gui's life began to serve as guards as soon as they entered the study room.
Fourth elder brother doesn’t like to say this.
But he also felt in his heart that the prince was right.
As long as the Nineteenth Prince stays, he will probably be favored for many years.
The Eighteenth Prince may not be as good as the Nineteenth Prince when the time comes.
Because Khan Amma likes balance...
The prince also knew that he talked too much today.
The sound of banging at the end of the clock could be heard in the distance.
The prince said: "It's hard for you to go to the city every day. Go back and rest early. Come back and talk when you take a rest."
The fourth elder brother stood up and said: "Then brother will go back first, and the second brother will settle in earlier..."
At this point, when he heard the croaking of frogs outside, he said: "A lot of ducks have been released into the waterway behind the Beisuo, and the frogs croaking are much less. Is it too noisy here? Instruct the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to let the frogs croak.
Duck huh?”
The prince waved his hand and said: "I'm used to hearing it. If I really want to be quiet, I guess I won't be able to fall asleep."
After hearing this, the fourth elder brother stopped talking and retreated.
The prince looked at the back of Fourth Elder Brother and did not suspect that he had just lied.
I haven't mentioned the Crown Princess's nephew yet, and no one would think that I would act as a matchmaker for my niece who has no head left on a whim.
It seems that the fourth elder brother is really at peace and has not had other thoughts. Otherwise, even if he feels sorry for his daughter and wants to marry her to the Eight Banners, he will not choose to settle down in the Nala family.
Among his uncles and uncles, the highest grade seems to be only third or fourth grade, and they are already middle-class families.
After Si Age came out of the West Garden, he straightened his back and felt angry in his heart.
It is true that tied marriages were popular in Manchuria, but only the emperor had the power to tie them.
The prince is just the crown prince, but he wants to control his niece's marriage. This is a bit too much.
After returning to Nansansuo, Fourth Brother first went to the front yard, met the eunuch in charge, and said: "Tomorrow, ask someone to inquire carefully about who went to the West Garden today..."
The prince has always had his eyes set high above his head. If there is no one to encourage him, he will not pay attention to a concubine niece who has no hair...