The Shuda mentioned by the ninth prince was the former chief eunuch of the Second House and now the chief eunuch of the Ninth Prince's Mansion.
It's just that he is old, nearly fifty, and he suffered a lot when he was a child, so now he is in the Prince's Mansion in name only, and he is regarded as an honorary supporter.
He is taken care of by Cui Baisui, a junior of the same clan. He also brought up these eunuchs He Yuzhu and taught them rules and literacy. He is considered a half-master, and everyone respects him.
Brother Ninth also missed old times. He knew that Cui Nanshan was getting a little greedy as he was getting older, so he often came over to enjoy the food.
He Yuzhu responded and said: "In addition to the medicinal wine, the manager also has the ginseng wine that I rewarded. After drinking it, I will ask for a drink tonight."
After hearing this, Brother Jiu curled his lips and said: "Just have a taste of it, but don't get addicted. If you imitate those wine mengzi, people will get drunk..."
He Yuzhu made gestures with his hands and said: "I don't know what to measure, I just want to taste it." The third elder brother didn't move and looked a little dazed.
Brother Jiu looked over and said, "Third brother, did you drink too much without drinking?"
The third elder brother hesitated for a moment, looked at the ninth elder brother, and said: "I was just thinking about next year's draft. My uncle's cousin has a cousin who is thirteen this year and fourteen next year. She is exactly within the range where it is difficult to be elected. Can she stay in Beijing and be a candidate? ?”
The ninth elder brother looked at the third elder brother and said: "According to the rules, it should be allowed, but it is just a follow-up arrangement. Does the third elder brother have a plan? Is this going to point to the third elder brother's house? Otherwise, with such a background, the first The selection is almost over, will you be the one to decide the marriage then? Otherwise, won’t it still have to be sent to Shengjing?”
The third elder brother looked a little heavy and said: "Then I'll ask uncle for his idea!"
This is someone else's business, and Brother Jiu doesn't worry about it. He said, "Anyway, think about it. The Ma family members should be unreliable. If you want to mention your cousin, it's up to you."
The third elder brother nodded, stood up and left without saying anything else.
Seeing that it was almost time, the ninth elder brother did not delay. He took the palace and travel status documents that the twelfth elder brother had sorted out in the morning and went to the Qianqing Palace.
Qianqing Palace, Xinuang Pavilion.
Sunu received the oral instruction and came to see Your Majesty.
This is when the emperor got the news and knew about the complaint between Jueluo Jinshan and Uncle Longkodo. "But the interrogation has made it clear, is the accusation true?"
Kangxi's face looked heavy. He who kills dies.
He was not held accountable for being forced to death. If he was beaten to death, he would be hanged in prison. He was not worried about Longkodo, but was angry in his heart.
The news he got last year was that in Longkodo's side room, Red Belt hanged himself out of anger. If there is another hidden reason for this, what happened to the news last year?
His eyes and ears, or his eyes and ears? This was something Kangxi could not tolerate.
Su Nu lowered his eyes and said: "In regard to the Jinshan complaint, I have already interrogated Longkodo's eldest son, Sui Xigui, and his servant. On the seventh day of July last year, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month last year, the Tong family's eldest daughter Gege was born. She thought Jueluo was the biological mother, so she gave Jueluo Kowtowing, Ms. Li was dissatisfied and leaned against the door to insult her. Ms. Jueluo replied a few words, meaning that she was her daughter. It was recorded in the household registration. In the future, Ms. Li would be more respectful to her mistress when she saw him. She was treated like the previous few times. It scared the child to tears, so Li started scolding her, saying that Jue Luo was an old girl who could not get married, and was a concubine. Jue Luo said that she was innocent, and as a concubine, she also received a betrothal gift, wrote a marriage letter, and entered in a sedan chair. Yes, Mrs. Li was angry, so she arranged for a few servants to go to Jueluo's house that night, and Jueluo hanged herself the next day."
Afterwards, Longkodo cut out the tongues of the rough servants and sent them to Zhuangzi, and sealed the matter. It turned out that Jueluo and Li had a quarrel and hanged themselves in anger.
After saying this, Sonu felt unhappy.
It's more frustrating than being beaten to death directly.
If you beat someone to death directly, you can still argue that you hurt someone by mistake and it was an unintentional mistake. But what is this?
The greatest insult to a woman is that anyone who has the slightest respect for the royal family would not dare to let Li Si'er dominate without any punishment.
Kangxi was not surprised. He felt relieved.
If Longko had covered up the matter, it would make sense that the information was not detailed. For the rest, Kangxi was just as annoyed as Su Nu.
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Even the legitimate prince dared to stretch out his hand, let alone a daughter with a red belt... Kangxi looked at Su Nu and said, "How can Mr. Li plead guilty?"
Su Nu said: "If you offend your dignity by being humble, you will be hanged and sentenced to death. No redemption is allowed!"
According to the "Laws of the Qing Dynasty", if a slave scolds the master, he will be hanged; if he beats the master, he will be beheaded; if he kills the master, he will be punished by death.
Jue Luo is not the head of the Tong family, but she is a red-belt child. In terms of status, her status is not much lower than that of Long Ke, so Li needs to be treated seriously.
Kangxi nodded and said: "Yes! How does Longkodo plead guilty?"
Su Nu said: "There are three crimes of disrespect, three crimes of lawlessness, and two crimes of greed..." Kangxi said seriously: "Where does "lawlessness" come from?"
Su Nu said: "The fact that the daughter born to the Li family faked her nationality is one. In the past few years, she arranged for people to collect ginseng in Shengjing. The second is her interference in the criminal case review of the Ministry of Punishment."
It can only be said that Longkodo himself did not expect that these things would come as a bolt from the blue.
Now all the servants have been detained in the clan's mansion, and after a while, there are only a few loyal servants, and everything that needs to be explained has been explained.
Kangxi's expression remained unchanged, but he was annoyed in his heart. What a Tong family, what a Tong family!
Is this the previously privately grown ginseng, and is it related to the Tong family? What about Jiangnan?
Are there also people from the Tong family?
The daughter of the Tong family is currently the mistress of Prince An's palace. This is a thread that is threaded.
"Is this a crime?" Kangxi asked.
Su Nu hesitated for a moment and said: "Beating the prince is really an "evil rebellion" and is the fourth unforgivable evil. The first-class bodyguards should be dismissed and beheaded according to the law, without eight consultations!"
This crime is indeed not light, but it is also the custom of the clan. The favor comes from the Emperor, and the Emperor may grant some leniency at his discretion.
Kangxi was silent.
He did not hesitate to deal with Li Si'er, but when he arrived at Longkodo, he hesitated.
He took a breath and said: "Remove the guards, give them a hundred lashes, and send them to Ninggu Pagoda to fill up their armor. They lost their status and left their wives and children with them..." Su Nu responded, feeling alert in his heart.
This is not much of a grace.
Seeing the wall being pushed down by everyone, he thought that the emperor sent him here to learn about the case as soon as possible, so that the crime would not snowball and become bigger and bigger, and it would be difficult to forgive him.
In the end, he was only half right. The case was about to be closed, but he didn't intend to give any leniency. Instead, he directly set the punishment.
Sunu retreated from the imperial palace, feeling gloomy in his heart. Now that things have happened, he hopes that the Tong family will fall.
Otherwise, if the Tong family gets up, I'm afraid they will have a mark on their minds.
We have to think of a way to prevent those Tong girls who are candidates for Beijing from being selected, so as not to cause the Tong family to rely on nepotism again.
Brother Jiu stood waiting at the door and looked in the direction of the study.
In the first month of next year, Honghui from Sibeile Mansion and Hongshu from Qibele Mansion will also enter the palace to study. A while ago, the construction company issued an official document to repair Qianxi No. 3 and No. 4.
Three of them are reserved for the two royal grandsons, and four are reserved. Seeing Sonu coming out, Brother Jiu took a second look.
When Su Nu saw him, he bowed and said, "Nine Masters..."
Brother Jiu avoided it and asked in a low voice: "Is this the end of Longkodo's crime trial?"
Su Nu nodded, but had no intention of elaborating. He cupped his hands and said, "Jiu Master, please be busy. I'll go back to the Yamen first... Brother Jiu couldn't keep anyone around, so he watched Su Nu leave in a hurry.
Brother Jiu looked at Sunu's back, thinking about Sunu's reaction just now, and it seemed something was wrong.
"Master Jiu, the emperor has summoned you." Liang Jiugong came out to deliver the message, but he lowered his eyebrows and did not look at Brother Jiu. Brother Jiu understood that this was telling him not to ask around, as the emperor's father must not be in a good mood.
He took some news with him, squeezed the document in his hand, and entered Xinuang Pavilion.
Kangxi raised his head, his eyes fell on the document in Brother Jiu's hand, and said, "Did you encounter difficulties in paving the road?"
Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "There is no difficulty. Zhang Baozhu has been ordered to take people to the imperial city to measure the length of the road. By then, the entire imperial city will be divided into three, and each flag-coated guard will be responsible for one area, so as not to delay, fool, and delay the effort. ·
Kangxi nodded, looked at Brother Jiu's paperwork, and waited for him to continue speaking.
He came up with several guesses: was he going to mention the Tong family occupying the imperial palace, or was he going to talk about the Tong family going to the accounting department to copy shop documents?
Brother Jiu said: "My son has recently sent a trip from the capital to Mulan Paddock. It is being repaired every year. However, the place is small and not suitable for future use. My son wants to go and check in person the palaces and buildings that need to be expanded along the way." There are so many places in total that construction and expansion can start next spring, and we are ready for the Holy Spirit to march around in the second half of the year..."
Kangxi looked at Brother Ninth and was very surprised. I really didn't expect it to be involved in this.
I always feel that Brother Jiu is hammering in the east and west, and there is no pattern at all.
"If you just want to check the location of the palace, you can just send people down. Why go there in person?" Kangxi looked at the ninth elder brother and frowned.
Brother Jiu wanted to blame it on Longkodo, but thinking about Sonu's look just now, he changed his words and said: Over the past year, my son has not moved out of his home, and he is so depressed that he just wants to go out. It’s official business. Let’s go out and get some fresh air. We’ll leave after the Holy Birthday Festival and be back in a month…”
Speaking of this, he said with some pleading: "My son also wants to see the hot springs along the way and see if we can add one or two hot spring palaces, so that Khan Ama can relax after hunting."
Kangxi shook his head and said: "Nonsense! It's already winter, and it's even colder outside the Pass. Why are you going through such a long journey?" What kind of body do you have, you don't know?
It’s uneasy to go out in the summer, let alone in the winter.
Brother Jiu hurriedly said: "It's okay. Let your son Fujin accompany him out. Everything has been arranged properly!"
Kangxi stared at him, really wondering how he had such an idea. Dong E had to take care of three children, so how could he have time to go out with him?
Seeing that Kangxi still didn't nod, Brother Jiu had no choice but to show a bit of pity and gritted his teeth and said: "Khan Ama, the old and young men of the Eight Banners are too idle. They grind their teeth all day long. My son doesn't want to hear those nonsense and wants to avoid them." avoid······
Some people died, but not completely...
