News from the palace spread quickly.
But here in Shushu, even in half a day, no one would be asked to go out to inquire about anything. That was what Brother Jiu said when he came back at noon.
Shu Shu was startled and said: "So fast? I thought I could last until February..."
It is estimated that Kangxi also had the same intention, and wanted to separate Akedun's death from the prince. I heard that even the foreign doctors from the church were sent away.
At the beginning of February, the prince went on a tour with the emperor and was not in the capital.
When the time comes, the emperor's grandson will be ill and he will have nothing to do with the prince.
Brother Jiu gritted his teeth and said, "Someone is playing tricks on you, you bastard, you've got a bad heart!"
Even if Aktun is seriously ill and dies, he should not die in vain if he can survive one day at a time.
What if there is a turning point?
Shu Shu said: "Didn't I ask someone to replenish the bodyguards in the mansion? Just do it!"
Brother Jiu nodded and said, "Tell Erhe and Fu Qing to keep an eye on it. Let's be more careful in the future."
I don’t want to get involved, but it’s hateful to be rafted in front of someone.
Shu Shu looked towards the west wing, where the little princess was placed.
Is The Sorrow of Aktun considered "corrected"?
Shu Shu was in a low mood.
Last year, she treated Akdun for high fever, but she thought it would change Akdun's fate of dying young.
result……
I hope Xiao Ge Ge is corrected.
After mentioning this, Brother Ninth remembered the draft list and said, "The two nieces of Garli, the second brother of Dong E's family, both left signs."
After hearing this, Shu Shu had a bad premonition.
Galli, that’s a “princeling” and he’s raising the prince’s uncle’s wife!
This behavior is simply inexplicable.
You know, the prince's uncle was just dismissed from office and demoted. He was still a good person, but he hid his flesh and blood outside.
This sounds like a rebellion.
"Their Ama is not of high rank and would not refer to the clan as the head wife. Did she choose Gege for Yuqing Palace?" Shu Shu said.
Brother Jiu was stunned and said: "I thought it was Prince Zhuang who begged the emperor..."
Shu Shu shook his head and said: "To the clan, the emperor will only refer to the direct descendant Fujin, not to the concubines and princesses. Those with lower status should be reserved for the prince, or be named in the name."
The two little princesses of Dong E's family are sisters, and they are Shu Shu's nieces.
Nowadays, etiquette is highly respected, so the two sisters will either point out to the prince, or one will put down the sign, and the other will register the name, or serve as the prince's inner courtyard. There will not be a situation where the father and son are separated.
Ninth Brother bared his teeth and said: "Would Khan Amma also believe it? What the Dong'e girl said last year was a good son."
Shu Shu nodded and said: "Maybe."
Brother Jiu hummed softly: "Needless to say, I will leave one for Yuqing Palace..."
Having said this, he paused and said: "The remaining one should either be pointed out to the eldest brother or to the eighth brother..."
There are only two elder brothers in Yuqing Palace. Hongxi is half useless, and the remaining one is a bit clumsy and can't do anything.
The eldest brother has only one seedling when he was just 30 years old, and he seems to have few offspring.
Needless to say, Eighth Prince is here. It has been three years since Fujin entered the house, but there is still no movement.
Shu Shu felt a little weird.
Fortunately, there are no unmarried girls in the palace, and there are only these two in the second bedroom. Otherwise, with Kangxi's love for his son, if any prince in the future has fewer heirs, he will be named Dong E's daughter.
At that time, it will be Shu Shu and San Fujin who are embarrassed.
Brother Jiu asked: "Do you want to go back to Dutong Mansion and tell your father-in-law and mother-in-law?"
Shu Shu shook her head and said: "No need. Those who have been divided into different houses have all come to the palace list. Their future depends entirely on the emperor's wishes. Not to mention Amma, even the palace is not very talkative."
Brother Jiu thought of Ga Li, but he still had no favorable impression, and said: "He has no integrity, he is like a villain, he will be arrogant when he is proud, and if he gets the glory of the East Palace, he will be embarrassed for a while."
Shu Shu felt that if that was the case, it was Kangxi's deliberate arrangement.
Gali, the "princeling", was not of high quality, otherwise Kangxi would not take him seriously and promote him all the way.
Since Akedun was in mourning, even though there was no official funeral, everyone should have gone to Yuqing Palace to express their condolences.
It's just that except for the third elder brother and the eighth elder brother, the other princes have little contact with Yuqing Palace.
Third Brother, the prince just bit him once in front of the emperor a few days ago. He treated him like an enemy and would not go to the trouble to make him unhappy.
Eighth Prince is still recovering from his injuries at Nanwu Institute and has not returned to the city.
*
In the Hubu Yamen, the fourth elder brother is struggling.
I should go there, especially since I have the matter of Brother Fourteen ahead of me.
Although the tragedy of Aktun is not entirely the responsibility of the fourteenth prince, it is still five points.
He wasn't sure what the prince would do to him, but if he could avoid it now, how could he avoid it when his retinue left the capital in two days?
Brother Si thought for a while and decided to go there.
When he left the Hubu Yamen, he glanced in the direction of the Lifanyuan and wondered whether he should ask the fifth elder brother to come with him, but then rejected the idea.
The fifth elder brother had never had any contact with Yuqing Palace, so he went over and asked, only to cause trouble.
The fourth elder brother entered the palace and went directly to Yuqing Palace.
*
The prince was in the study, listening to Fulton talk about the investigation of the West Garden.
There was indeed something fishy about Grandma Cui's fall. Sesame oil was sprinkled on the door of her house, causing her to slip while walking and break her bones.
She was also alert in her heart, and arranged for two suitable people to keep watch for Aktun on her behalf. In the morning, she also went to visit in person, and found that nothing happened all night, so she thought she was overthinking.
As a result, just a quarter of an hour after Aunt Cui visited Akedun, the two young eunuchs on duty were called away one after another...
Under torture, a group of people were brought out, and an in-law of the Wuya family was found.
That man was a cousin of De Fei's cousin.
The cousins of Concubine De are now the subordinates of Prince Zhijun's palace.
There was a sneer on the prince's face.
This result is really not surprising. Do others think he and the boss are fools?
Hongyu had a problem and found the population of Yuqing Palace.
If there is a problem here, I find out that the Zhijun Prince's Mansion is in charge.
Fulton didn't believe this crude calculation and said, "Master, it's not good to confront Prince Zhi at this time, lest someone is behind you."
Mingzhu has retired, Suo'etu is gone, and the prince and the eldest brother have had less open disputes in the past few years.
This also gave the princelings outside a chance to breathe.
Unlike before, everyone was caught up in party disputes, although they had to guard against being caught by the tail and wouldn't let go.
The prince looked at Fulton and said, "Which one looks like an oriole to you?"
Fulton thought about the adult prince in his mind. He was a little unsure and said, "It shouldn't be the Ninth Master. I can't say for sure about the other princes."
This prince's junior brother has a lot of dealings with him, and he goes home to pay New Year's greetings every Chinese New Year.
In the past few days, the major events in the palace, apart from Ak Dunshang, were the appointment of a new general manager for the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
I heard that Brother Ninth handed over all the errands in hand and only left his seal.
Now that the new general manager has taken office, everyone in the palace is also paying attention to his actions.
On the other hand, Ninth Brother's place was tight, and he looked like he was too lazy to fight with the new manager.
The prince understood what Fulton meant. The ninth prince was frivolous, superficial, lazy and unscheming.
The rest, as the third elder brother said, the fourth elder brother, the fifth elder brother, the tenth elder brother, the thirteenth elder brother...
Except for the thirteenth elder brother, the thirteenth elder brother is in the palace and there is no manpower outside the palace.
Plus an eighth prince.
That is the third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, the fifth elder brother, the eighth elder brother and the tenth elder brother.
The prince felt that his mind was dull, and he looked like everyone and looked like no one.
At this moment, the eunuch at the door reported: "Master, Sibeile is here, see you outside."
The prince nodded and said: "Ask him to come in!"
After saying that, he glanced at Fulton and said, "Go down, and tomorrow you will take my brother to Huanghua Mountain on my behalf."
Fulton responded and retreated.
Brother Si walked to the door and faced Fulton.
"Four Bellean..." Fulton quickly stepped aside.
Brother Si nodded and entered the house.
This is Ma Qi's eldest son.
Ma Qi divided the family and separated the older sons, including the eldest son.
Although the Eight Banner families have a custom of dividing their families when their sons grow up, they are ordinary people's families.
Honorable families, when it comes to family property and the like, have begun to practice Han customs. Parents are present, and families are not separated.
Brother Si was in a daze when he thought of this.
The prince sat behind the writing desk with the Ksitigarbha Sutra in his hand. He had been copying it for the past two days.
The prince took a second look at the fourth elder brother's expression.
The fourth elder brother had already come to his senses, looked at the prince and said, "Second brother, my condolences."
The prince's face was a little gloomy, his eyes were dark, and he obviously didn't have a good rest.
The prince looked at the fourth elder brother and said, "You are still the same as when you were a child. You are not good at comforting others. You can only say this firmly."
The fourth elder brother was silent for a while and said, "My brother is a clumsy speaker."
The prince pointed to a chair and asked him to sit on it, and said: "In the early years, you were not stupid, and you loved to speak great truths. Even the eldest brother and the third child couldn't talk to you. Later, when you were twelve or three years old, you were scolded by Khan Ama, and you didn't like me anymore." Squeaked."
Inexplicably, he actually loves to think about his childhood.
The fourth elder brother also remembered the reprimand and the "emotional" comment.
For this comment, Si Age has been self-denial and rehabilitated for more than ten years, so that his intentions and actions are all "decided".
He planned to find an opportunity to make some excuses and ask the emperor's father to exempt these four-character comments from being recorded.
If he hadn't left a mark on his daily life, later generations would have had such a reckless impression when he was mentioned as the fourth prince.
When the prince mentioned this, he also thought about the reason why the fourth elder brother was scolded, and said: "You ignored the ninth elder brother for more than ten years, but now you don't hold grudges."
The fourth elder brother said: "My brother was still young at that time, so he was just venting his anger."
At that time, Eni died of illness, and he suddenly became a pitiful little man. He was indeed in a bad mood, restless and irritable.
Brother Jiu cut off his puppy's tail, and he became furious.
The prince thought of Aktun, who was about the same age as the fourth elder brother at the time.
Children at this age are stubborn and annoying.
I also came from this age, and at that time I was very angry with my elders, and I didn't like the control of my imperial father.
When you become an Ama, why do you forget how you look like a teenager and lose patience with your children?
The prince looked a little depressed and looked at his fourth brother, remembering that he also lost a son the year before last, but he felt sympathy for him.
"Where is Hong Fang buried?" the prince asked.
The fourth elder brother thought of his second son who died in infancy, and still felt a little reluctant to part with him. He said with a heavy heart: "At the foot of the Western Mountain."
The prince lamented: "It makes people feel uncomfortable to lose just one son. I don't dare to think about what Khan Ama would have done if he killed more than a dozen princes..."
The fourth elder brother lowered his eyes and did not look at the prince.
He knew the inside story of Aktun's death.
As long as the prince has some father-son affection for Aktun, he can't reach that point.
The fourth elder brother is also an Ama, not to mention the two younger ones, but only a few older ones. He is not even willing to give a cold look, let alone make a move.
But he kept it secret, not even to the emperor.
The prince seemed to have forgotten that he forced his own son to be killed.
Can it really be rewritten?
Brother Si couldn't help but think of Ma Qi again.
Ma Qi is the emperor's father's confidant and is now a very popular figure in the court.
Ma Qi is not optimistic about the prince.
The prince looked at the fourth brother and saw that he seemed worried, and said, "What are the fourth brothers worried about?"
The fourth elder brother looked at the prince and said with sincerity: "Second brother, the changes in the past few days don't sound right. I'm afraid there are villains causing trouble. Maybe someone from outside wants to instigate discord between the royal brothers and make profits from it..."
The prince waved his hand and said: "No need to persuade me, I know it well. A few days ago, I was indeed careless and misunderstood the third elder brother, which is why I lost my temper. I will think twice before I act in the future..."
(End of chapter)
