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Chapter 742 Kangxi is seriously ill
Nian Gengyao snorted coldly when he heard this, and there was a servant nearby to put away the gems scattered on the ground.When Zhuxi brought in a large nanmu box from outside with someone, Nian Gengyao stood up from his seat and inspected the gemstones in the box for himself.

I saw a big box full of rough stones of various colors, the light transmittance and size were much larger than those in the bag just now, Nian Gengyao smiled, and it was a banquet and a play, and even He wanted to send some beautiful dancers to Xue Hong, but Xue Hong refused.

The banquet in the Nian Mansion lasted until late at night, and this night, Xue Hong had seen Nian Gengyao's influence in the Northwest.In the past, he didn't always go out to banquets. He thought that when Jia's mansion was still the Duke's mansion, the scene of celebrating the old lady's birthday was considered grand enough.

But compared with Nian Gengyao's family, the so-called old birthday banquet in Najia's mansion is not as good as the ordinary gatherings of officials in Nian's mansion.And Nianfu seems to have banquets every day, and each banquet has a different name, but one thing remains the same, that is, no matter what the purpose of the banquet last year is, as long as the people who come to participate, no matter where they are Officials or local squires will bring generous gifts.And the preciousness of those gifts is also eye-catching.

Xue Hong was shocked by his experience in Nianfu, and he still seemed overwhelmed when he returned to his uncle's house.

Wang Ziteng laughed and said, "Nian Gengyao has always been like this, that's why the prince reuses him and guards against him at the same time."

Xue Hong smiled bitterly and said, "Uncle, I'll tell you the truth. When I was in the capital, I knew that the prince was going to attack Nian Gengyao. Seeing Nian Gengyao's posture today, I not only don't think there is anything wrong with the prince's actions, but I even think that Nian Gengyao will become a great disaster for the Qing Dynasty, so I can't get rid of it!"

Wang Ziteng said meaningfully: "Yes. If you talk about Nian Gengyao, uncle, I followed him as soon as he became an official, so I know him well. This guy is originally a wolf with ambition. I am a rare all-rounder in civil and military affairs, and I am quite appreciated by the emperor, so I don't know what my surname is even more.

The prince didn't like Nian Gengyao's temper from the very beginning, if he were to be used as a model in the future to warn other officials in the court, it wouldn't be wronged him at all.However, at the moment, my uncle is curious, what happened to the gemstone?Didn't you just bring one bag?Why another box? "

Xue Hong hurriedly said: "Uncle is not blaming me for not telling you in advance, is it? In fact, this is the prince's intention. First use a small bag of gems to try Nian Gengyao, and if he is not satisfied, then take out the box of gems. Ha~ Just look at his attitude today, I will write a secret letter to the prince in a while, and I will describe everything I saw today!"

Wang Ziteng shook his head: "It's the lord who is thoughtful, how can I guess? It's just that the lord gave you all those gems?"

As soon as Xue Hong mentioned this, Xue Hong felt a pain in her heart, and immediately made a gesture of Xizi holding her heart: "Uncle, it's okay if you don't mention this matter, but whenever you mention this matter, Hong'er feels distressed. The prince only gave I have a small bag of gems, but that box is...it was prepared by Hong'er herself! Those... are really the raw materials used to make precious jewelry in Zhimeifang, and each one is very valuable. A box... Ouch, how long will my Xue family have to earn to make up for this loss!"

Such a large box of high-quality gemstones, even a wealthy family like the Xue family, would not be able to get them out casually.When Yinzhen decided on this strategy, he also intended to try Xue Hong, and in order to show his loyalty and to let Yinzhen have a general understanding of his family's financial situation, Xue Hong prepared such a box. He and Xue Yi handed over the precious stone to Yinzhen with heartache, telling him that all the income of the Xue family in the past three years has been here.

Seeing the look of the father and son wanting to cry, Yinzhen let go of some doubts in his heart, thinking that no matter how the Xue family can make money, they are not as wealthy as he imagined, after all, not everyone can be Shen Wansan. Yes, so now Yinzhen's fear of the Xue family is even more reduced.I just don't know how Yinzhen would feel if he knew that most of the gems in this box came from the excrement of the spirit mouse Xinxin, and the Xue family didn't spend a lot of money at all.And it's just a box of gems. With the Xue family's current profit level, it can be earned back in only a month or two. The Xue family didn't pay attention to it at all.

But when Jingzhong Yinzhen received Xue Hongyang's eloquent secret letter, his face turned red immediately.

"Well, Nian Gengyao! Such a small bag of gems is already worth a lot. I didn't expect you to lose your temper so much that you have to bring up a box of gems to be satisfied? You really are lawless. , Your family’s wealth in the world is all yours? Such a box of gems can do so many things for the people of the world, but it has to fill the desires of you, a muddy pig and a mangy dog! What a pity! "

It was rare for Yinzhen to be so angry. When he had such an outburst, Zhang Tingyu and others around him dared not speak, but at this moment something very big happened.

A few young eunuchs came to the palace, running panting, when they reached the gate of Prince Yong's Mansion, they raised their hands and slapped fiercely, and there was a rush of knocking on the mahogany gate of Prince Yong's Mansion.

In any big family, the concierge can't hear this kind of sound the most. This kind of knocking method is to report the funeral. If you open the door and find that you are not here to report the funeral, you will have to be beaten by the concierge first. The more respectable you are The more people in China are more taboo about this.

But today, the little eunuch did not bring good news.

The concierge of the Prince's Mansion opened the door unhappily, still muttering in his heart, who is so courageous to even take such a picture of the gate of Prince Yong's Mansion?I have to take a closer look in a while to see who is this blind person who insists on looking for bad luck in front of the palace. If something really happens, I will just give it up. If nothing happens, then it will be considered unlucky for the grandson who knocked on the door and I will beat him up. It’s better to be half dead than alive.

Thinking of this, the concierge showed a somewhat unfriendly expression on his face, and he opened the door and asked in a polite tone: "Who? How dare you knock on the door like this if you know where it is?"

Who knew that when he opened the door, he saw the eunuch from the palace. The concierge turned pale with fright, and hurriedly said: "Oh, I didn't know it was my father-in-law. I'm sorry."

The concierge was saluting the little eunuch, but the little eunuch didn't even catch his breath, he just said: "I don't have time to talk to you, go and tell your lord, the emperor is not well!"

(End of this chapter)