Chapter 26: The fourth elder brother endures the secret loss
This is the most pure time Lu Pheasant has ever seen Wu.
Dressed in plain clothes, with long hair loose and no makeup.
Dressing up like this in the harem is, on the one hand, a sign that there is mourning in the palace and wearing sackcloth and mourning, and on the other hand, it is a sign that one has made mistakes and has to bear the burden of guilt to the master.
When Lu Pheasant saw this, she naturally acted like she was surprised: "What's wrong with Wu Gege? What happened?"
Wu didn't say anything, she kept crying, and choked with sobs: "I'm begging Fujin for help!"
Without any signal from the master, Pin'er served the tea first and helped Wu to sit down and rest.
Sen'er on the side was actually muttering in her heart, this Wu family really thought that Fujin wasn't working hard enough today, so he had to choose this time to join in the fun and cause trouble to Fujin.
Seeing that Ulanara's face was calm, Mrs. Wu actually felt a lot more at ease.
The pressure from the other side of the family was really too tight, and her father seemed to want to break off the family relationship with her if she didn't save her brother. As for my mother, she fell ill in bed when her brother was arrested and couldn't care about anything else.
Today, a handkerchief was sent to my home because my mother was vomiting blood.
Wu waited for several days, and finally wiped away her tears when she saw the veil and made up her mind.
Take off your hairpin and put on thin clothes.
But when she came over, she didn't know that Si Age had already reached an agreement with Si Fujin and arrived at the front study.
The fourth elder brother's study in the elder brother's house is a forbidden area for the concubines.
It was the time when the Li family was most favored, and the fourth elder brother did not allow her to enter the study.
The Wu family couldn't get through the front yard, so she gritted her teeth and had to take a step back to ask for help from the Ulanara family.
Even if she didn't really have any hope in her heart, she could only bite the bullet and tell her brother's situation.
When Lu Zhi heard this, he asked carefully: "Do you know who caught him? What did he do?"
Wu lowered his head, bit his lip, and shook his head.
Lu Pheasant's expression turned cold: "Officials have to have a reason for doing things. They can't arrest people randomly in the capital. Wu Gege, if you don't really ask for help, then I advise you to go back first. The sky is not dark either. early."
"Fu Jin, Fujin, let me tell you, brother, he has led people several times, selling... selling officials. I think it was because of this that he was arrested by the people from the Infantry Command Yamen."
After the Manchus entered the customs, the Eight Banners' military and civilian judicial system formed its own system. Unlike the previous trials by counties and governments, criminal cases were managed by the Bujundutong Yamen.
When Lu Zhi was not yet married, she read through the new version of "The Laws of the Qing Dynasty" that had been revised several times before she could barely distinguish it. When she heard this, her expression changed: "How can the case of the Dutong Yamen be interfered by by the women in our backyard?" Yes, Wu Gege’s mouth is too wide, I can’t catch it.”
Mrs. Wu knelt down again: "Fu Jin, I really can't do anything. I don't want my brother to be safe. I just hope that my family can go and see how he is doing now. My mother is already in bed and coughing up blood because of him. What can I do as a daughter? Can you bear to watch it like this?"
Lu Pheasant: "Wu Gege, I came in later than you, but I also know our master's temperament, and I have always been very arrogant. If I want to meet someone, as long as it meets the rules, I won't object. I'm looking for someone. If you have a chance, mention it to me, and if he agrees, that would be great."
Wu immediately kowtowed: "Thank you Fujin, thank you Fujin."
Lu Pheasant asked people to escort Wu out, and before lying down, he thought carefully about the cowpox report to the emperor today. Should he send someone to his home to tell his brothers first, or go to Doctor Bai's hospital to report the matter.
Later, she thought that since this matter had been handed over to the emperor, he would move faster than hers.
At this time, their elder brother was in the spotlight of others, so it was better not to add any further to avoid being caught leaking the news.
After Wu returned home, he opened his eyes and waited for dawn, and then waited for dusk that day.
Unexpectedly, at night, the fourth brother was still sleeping in the study and never set foot in the backyard.
Only then did Wu realize that there had been some unrest in the courtyard recently. Did the master have trouble with Fujin last night?
The first thing she thought about was not what the couple was doing, but whether she begged Fujin in vain yesterday?
She was so angry and anxious that she almost vomited blood like her own mother.
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News of the quarrel between Brother Si and his wife soon spread.
Lu Pheasant was still the same as before, staying in the house and not going out except to see Little Princess.
She was thinking that she didn't know when her sisters-in-law would come over to watch the show.
By then, she would have to put less powder on her face and a darker lip color to show that she had fallen out of favor with her fourth brother because of her own actions, and she was looking haggard.
But there is no news here in Sifujin. Yinzhen has been having a lively time in the study these past few days.
First, in the morning, the prince and the eldest brother, who were now rarely seen in the study room, came over to "say hello" to the fourth brother.
Young Master Yinzhen had to "socialize" with his two brothers.
In the afternoon, when they were riding horses and archery, other brothers also lined up to compete with Yinzhen.
Everyone knew that Yinzhen was not good at riding and shooting, so Su Peisheng was anxious and wanted to go back to send a message to Sifujin, but his master stopped him with his eyes.
When Yinzhen returned to the study, he didn't even have the energy to pick up a pen and practice calligraphy.
The next day I went to the study room, and the handwriting I handed in was criticized by the master.
Kangxi happened to come over at this time. He just glanced at him briefly, and then started to check other elder brothers with a cold face.
When everyone looked at it, they saw that Khan Ama had no intention of protecting the fourth elder brother. He only stopped for that day and continued to "get close" to Yinzhen from then on.
If the eldest brother was not around, the eighth elder brother who had grown up together in Yanxi Palace would ask the fourth elder brother to teach him more writing because of his bad handwriting.
As for the prince who didn't come over, the third elder brother Yinzhi also ran in front of Yinzhen while riding a horse, leaving him covered in dust.
After class, the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother would come over and laugh at the fourth elder brother who had gray on his robe.
The brothers were just a little dissatisfied. They acted separately without making it clear, and they kept it within the scope of fighting.
The fourth elder brother could only endure these hidden losses.
Back in the study, after bandaging my hands with gauze, I still wrote one hundred and twenty big characters for each day.
At this time, Su Peisheng came into the room with a happy face: "Sir, Fujin asked someone to deliver a food box."
Fourth Brother: "Is everything done?"
Su Peisheng: "Don't worry, Master. I'll send another box back. I guarantee that no one who reads it will know that we have it in the study."
As early as the day after Yinzhen moved into the study, Ulanara's food boxes were delivered all day long, sometimes with some herbal sachets and plasters attached.
It's just that Brother Si is still "angry with Si Fujin", so naturally he can't accept the food box directly.
On the first day, Pin'er entered the room and timidly reported: "Fu Jin, the food box has been returned."
Lu Pheasant put down the writing pen and said calmly: "Open it and take a look."
Pin'er said "Huh": "Fu Jin, it turns out that... I took it and sent something else back."
Lu Pheasant: "What are they?"
"It's mutton soup and mung bean cake."
