I really can’t help but think about it, and the more I think about it, the more I realize that the “rumors” may not be groundless.
There has long been a tacit understanding between the palace and the palace regarding the marriage between Ba Fujin and Ba Age. The elders are also happy for them to see each other more often, but they don't want to make it too obvious.
In the Eighth Prince's case, it is natural that the Ninth Prince often accompanies him out of the palace, which is why the Ninth Prince and Malhun are familiar with each other.
Brother Ba's eyes showed surprise. He looked at Ba Fujin and said quickly: "Don't think too much, Lao Jiu is not that kind of person..."
Ba Fujin sneered: "Knowing people, knowing faces, but not knowing their hearts... No wonder I thought Dong E was strange before. Even if she didn't curry favor with my future sister-in-law, she wouldn't be so unwelcome to her. It turns out there is such a reason! She must have been there long ago.
He knew that Brother Jiu was jealous in order to please me about buying a property, but he didn't dare to show it openly, so he looked for opportunities to contradict me and make me angry..."
"Fujin!"
Brother Ba felt exhausted physically and mentally: "It's really hard to say these things, so don't make wild guesses... Lao Jiu is doing it for me. He hasn't figured it out before his wedding..."
Jiu Fujin could think of the evil and consequences of this "rumour", so why was his own Fujin feeling a little complacent?
Is Jiu Fujin the only one who doesn't want to see her?
Which sister-in-law has a good relationship with her?
It's not because she acts arrogantly and is not cautious in her words, making it easy to offend others.
Bafujin was angry, and glared at her husband, even more angry than when he heard the rumors just now: "What do you mean? Is this because you look down on me, because you think Dong E is good? What do you mean he doesn't understand before his wedding? Gegeduna
It’s been half a year? Still not ready?”
The eighth prince rubbed his brows and his face became pale: "I mean, the rumors are all out of the question. Lao Jiu is not thinking about you! If you say this, don't say it again. If you spread it out in one or two sentences, it will be right and wrong!"
Bafu Jin gasped in anger: "In the eyes of you men, the enchanting Dong E family is the only one who is good?! I am so well-behaved, but I am not welcomed by you?!"
"Fu Jin! Someone is causing trouble and trying to drive a wedge between us as husband and wife. Lao Jiu was just innocently involved... I don't like hearing this, and you shouldn't pour dirty water on yourself..."
Eighth Prince said sternly.
"Hmph! If he hadn't leaked his whereabouts, others would have made up such disgusting rumors? Why was it that I was the one who got him involved? He was obviously the one who got involved...and the Dong E family, didn't they pretend to be affectionate every day? So what now,
A slap in the face?"
Ba Fujin was still not angry, but in the end, he was more gloating about his misfortune.
It's not that she has any fancy thoughts and wants to have something to do with her brother-in-law, but she is unhappy with Dong E's arrogance and pride, and wishes that her ninth elder brother had an affair.
"Anyway, in the past two days, I will ask the dining room to prepare a table and invite the old and the ninth couple to come over for a banquet... We can't stay frozen like this, otherwise we will only ask people to talk..."
Eighth Prince said softly.
Bafujin nodded with some reluctance: "Okay, I understand... For the sake of me, it's not a big deal to deal with the two of them..."
*
The eighth prince left the palace.
Here in the palace, Brother Jiu was entrusted to Cui Nanshan who rushed back.
Cui Nanshan came from the Qianqing Palace, was senior, well-connected, and had his own information channels.
Brother Jiu himself also plans to leave the palace and go to Guo Luoluo's house.
Not looking for Guidan, but looking for the housekeeper of the Guo Luoluo family to see if there are any available manpower in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Shu Shu's heart moved and an idea came to his mind.
According to the analysis of the Eighth Prince and the Ninth Prince, after ruling out the internal strife within the Zhenglan Banner, the biggest possibility left is to seize the direct heir.
The "Ba Ye Party" has not yet emerged, and even the eighth brother is a follower attached to the eldest brother.
At present, there is only a dispute between the eldest son of the emperor and the crown prince, and no party members have been formed yet.
Prince Anjun's Mansion, Taifujin Hesheli clan...
"Sir, you can ask the Guo Luoluo family to keep an eye on the Suo'etu Mansion..."
Shu Shu didn't want Brother Jiu to do useless work like this, so he couldn't help but remind him in a low voice.
"ah?"
Brother Jiu was surprised and lowered his voice: "Why is that involved again?"
"I was just thinking, if it wasn't an internal dispute within Zhenglan Banner, why would I be instigating the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Ba? Most likely because I'm afraid that Mr. Ba is the adopted son of Concubine Hui, and I don't want to increase the weight there..."
Shu Shu said thoughtfully.
Brother Jiu's eyes sparkled and he whispered: "Brother Bage didn't even think of this... If it's true, you are smarter than Brother Bago..."
Everyone has the desire to be strong.
If you are narrow-minded, you may become jealous and hateful after being envious.
If you have a broad mind, you will be sincerely convinced.
Looking at it these days, Brother Jiu is doing okay. Although he is arrogant, he can also see the good points in other people.
Shu Shu smiled, not modesty.
She did it on purpose. She wanted to change the ninth prince's dependence on the eighth prince, and the best way was to replace him.
Since "love between husband and wife" cannot clearly compete with "love between brothers", then use something else.
Although she was looking down and could not win with force, in order to subdue the great enemy of the Ninth Prince, she could only pretend to be wise as much as possible.
Brother Jiu left with brisk steps.
When Shu Shu returned to the study, she actually had doubts in her heart.
My mind is a bit messy.
She took a pen and paper, replaced names with initials, and made a simple relationship diagram.
Because she thought of the guards in the palace before, she naturally also thought of several ministers in charge of the guards.
The royal family and princes will not easily participate in these, and the rest are the relatives and nobles.
The object of her suspicion is Suo Etu...
Where is the thread?
What inspired Suo'etu to take this step?
If you really wanted to destroy the marriage between Eighth Prince and Anjun Prince, why didn't you take action in the past ten years?
You must know that the marriage between Ba Age and Ba Fujin was somewhat like a baby kiss even though they were not officially engaged in their early years.
Or was he the emperor who was close to the emperor, understood the holy will, and did not dare to sabotage Kangxi's plan to intervene in Zhenglan Banner's affairs?
For some reason, Shu Shu had a bad premonition.
After all, before this rumor surfaced, it was the Ninth Prince who was investigating the death of the Eleventh Prince due to illness.
It's scary to think about it.
And the marriage between Ninth Prince and her...
It was not the royal family's earliest arrangement, and he became the "substitute".
It was Tong Guowei who ruined the marriage between Concubine Yi and Niu Guulu. He was related by marriage to the Niu Gulu family. There was no obvious rift between them. On the contrary, he had a grudge against the Hesheli family.
Do you not want to increase the power of your elder brother?
Or don’t you want to aggravate the influence of the prince’s cronies?!
After all, at present, the third elder brother has no signs of wanting to fight with each other. Together with the fourth elder brother, they are both classified as "princeling" forces.
The eighth elder brother was assigned to the eldest elder brother because of his adoptive mother.
As for the Ninth Prince, a dandy prince who was incompetent in both writing and martial arts, he was not yet on duty and was not classified as a member of the Eldest Brother's gang because of his close relationship with the Eighth Prince.
In the eyes of many people, his stance is more easily influenced by his wife's family.
What if the person behind the scenes kills three birds with one stone?
It can not only drive a wedge between the relationship between the eighth prince and the eighth prince, but also the brotherhood between the eighth prince and the ninth prince, as well as the marital relationship between the ninth prince and himself.
Shu Shu felt depressed.
The tree wants to be still but the wind doesn't stop.
Shu Shu pointed out the direction, and Eighth Prince and Ninth Prince worked together, and it didn't take them two days to get accurate information.
The evil wind came from Prince Anjun's palace and came from the mouth of the concubine of Taifujin, the Hesheli family.
There was a girl in the companion room who was a concubine of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. She was the sister-in-law of the Zaoshang Granny who had been expelled from the Second House earlier.
Because of the misfortune caused by the old woman on the stove, her son and man both lost their jobs. In addition to blaming their sister-in-law, they also hated Jiu Age and his wife.
After hearing this gossip, I spread it privately, trying to embarrass Jiu Age and his wife.
The Department of Criminal Justice of the Ministry of Internal Affairs arrested a group of people and obtained such a confession.
The eighth elder brother looked unclear, and the ninth elder brother had already been annoyed.
He remembered what happened to Aunt Liu, and he had also prepared the "culprit" before taking action, which was similar to this time.
"Hmph! After doing it all, you just want to show me this? Do you want to say that this is my own fault, so I deserve to be arranged by this mother-in-law? Or am I a big fool and can cover it up with just a few words?"
Brother Jiu threw the confession to the ground and said to the doctor: "What is the crime of slandering the prince? Let's deal with it accordingly. I don't believe it anymore. There are really some people who are not afraid of death these days!"
The doctor turned pale, picked up the confession and looked at the eighth prince.
The Eighth Prince has always been kind, but now he has no intention of interfering. The doctor retreated in sweat.
The eighth elder brother couldn't see the strangeness in the middle, but he couldn't think of the reason for a moment. Seeing the ninth elder brother like this, he couldn't help but think: "But what did the younger brother and sister say?"
The ninth elder brother showed a proud expression and nodded: "Fujin reminded me to pay attention to Suo'etu's mansion. Sure enough, I found that there was a girl in Prince An's roommate with Taifujin. She married back to her natal family, that is Heshe.
A member of the family... Bago said that by coincidence, her son-in-law had just been promoted a few days ago and became the head of the village, and the whole family went to Baoding to see Zhuangzi..."
The eighth prince's expression did not change, but his heart was lifted.
Behind Suo'etu, is the prince standing?!
Is this the prince's method?
The eighth prince immediately shook his head, it couldn't be the prince's signal.
The prince is naturally noble, and it cannot be said that his eyes are clean, but it is true that he does not take these younger brothers in his eyes, let alone use such methods to calculate.
So So Etu made his own decision?!
Is this dumb guy going to suffer the consequences!?
The eighth prince's anger was mixed with sourness.
If you don't want to suffer a loss, do you want to show off the confrontation between the chariot and the horse and Suo'etu?
Is it useful?
Khan Amma will not allow anyone to challenge the Crown Prince's authority.
The eighth elder brother was still struggling, but the ninth elder brother couldn't help it anymore and said: "If you want to fool me, are they the only ones who have the mouth? I don't believe it. When Khan Amma comes to ask, they can still make this confession..."
With that said, Brother Jiu walked out.
The eighth elder brother was startled and said hurriedly: "Old Jiu, are you going to Qianqing Palace?"
"Um!"
Brother Jiu nodded confidently.
"But these are all speculations, there is no evidence..."
The eighth elder brother felt that the ninth elder brother was too naive, so he just talked about Suo Etu with empty teeth.
Brother Jiu frowned: "I am not the Ministry of Punishment, nor the Metropolitan Procuratorate... Khan Ama asked me to investigate, and I will only check up to this point. Naturally Khan Ama will ask special people to do the rest..."