Prince of the Qing Dynasty

After leaving the palace, seeing no one around, Tang Bin who held back for a long time finally opened his mouth: "Jieshi, even if the crown prince is young and ignorant, are you also young and ignorant? The crown prince asked such a question, you You should avoid the serious and take the light, and just make up an answer, how can you tell the truth? If people really find out, it will be your life’s handle, and you will not know whether you are dead or alive in the end!”

Hearing this, Geng Jie said with a smile: "You are here to look for me now! The first question asked by the crown prince just now is not easy to answer, but it is not difficult to fool the past. Why did you tell the truth?"

Tang Bin wondered: "It's nothing to say what I said. The crown prince asked what is the most important thing as the crown prince. Even if I answered and let people know, I'm not afraid. That's no excuse! Straightforward, who can say anything about me! Could it be that you are being serious with me? I told the truth, but you are not to be outdone, and you also tell the truth? Hey, you don’t even look at what the prince asked later, that is possible Is it an honest question?"

"Then tell me first, why do you have to tell the truth and answer seriously?" Geng Jie didn't answer Tang Bin's words, but asked.

Tang Bin didn't even think about it, and immediately replied: "Of course I am for the crown prince! Since the emperor has given me the grace to appoint me as the prince's teacher, I will definitely not be perfunctory! No matter what the prince asks , I have to answer seriously. As I said earlier, it’s fine if you don’t teach the prince, but if you want to teach, you must teach the prince well.”

"You are for the crown prince, and I am also for the crown prince," Geng Jie said, "Although the prince is young, his vision is far away. Although we didn't have much contact with the prince in the past, we often heard the emperor mention it, praising the prince for being smart and learning. He is very capable, and the matter of donating money in the palace a few years ago, I have looked at it coldly for these years, and I realized that the prince is definitely not something in the pool. If I should say something that should not be said, I am afraid that the prince will be stronger than the emperor in the future. "

Geng Jie said, "Uncle Kong, you said that we have been waiting for all these years, aren't we just waiting for a talented person? You told me at the beginning that teaching anyone is not as good as teaching a prince. Teaching a prince can make a prince , can also make us ourselves. I agreed with you at the time. Just now the prince asked, what is the most important thing to be a prince, and you said that the heart of the emperor is the heart. But I was thinking in my heart, the most important thing to be a prince's teacher The most important thing is to take the heart of the prince as the heart. If the prince wants to know, I will never be perfunctory, and I must answer with the words in my heart. For the success of the prince, the honor and disgrace of my body is really counted. Nothing more."

"That's right," Tang Bin sighed, looking at his long-time friend, "You're right, compared to being a crown prince, making the prince a talent and successfully inheriting the emperor's inheritance, the honor and disgrace of our body is really nothing. Although these years, the emperor advocated the integration of Manchu and Han, and reused our Hanchens, worshiped Confucianism and Taoism better than when the first emperor was there, and the conflict between Manchu and Han has eased a lot. But in the court, we Hanchens are no match after all. Manchen's. There are many things that we can't control. But since the prince was proposed by the great scholar Wang Xi, we Hanchen should protect it. One day, the prince will remember our friendship. What's more, the crown prince treats us with courtesy."

Geng Jie nodded and said: "You heard that the questions the prince asked today are not like what he should ask at his age. Moreover, I can see that he is deliberately avoiding Mr. Dahata, he is aiming at us. Two asked. It can be seen that these questions have been in his mind for more than a day or two. Hearing what the crown prince said, he may have deeper doubts than the emperor. There are some things that the emperor does not want to think about. , I didn’t think of it, but the prince was in this position, but he thought of it. Kong Bo, to tell you the truth, I admire the honesty of the crown prince in my heart, so I told him regardless of myself. To be honest, we Han people value the eldest son the most, and I always thought that it would be good to help the prince. After all, the prince's status is unstable and it is not good for anyone."

"I also thought of this," Tang Bin said, "but what worries me is that the crown prince is aware of the situation, but he refuses to ask me how to deal with it. Look, can the crown prince really handle it in his heart? Tell me, The examples of the past dynasties are all there, the future road for the Crown Prince will not be smooth!"

"Yeah," Geng Jie was also very worried, "You and I are both very old people, and it is only a few years to teach the prince to solve doubts. The prince is still young now, and when we both become officials, the prince will also I'm not at the age of the weak crown, let alone the other elder brothers. I'm afraid the situation mentioned today hasn't happened at that time. I'm afraid that you and I won't see how the prince will deal with it. We can't figure out the prince's mind , it’s really worrying.”

Tang Bin was worried for a while, but said: "Jieshi, if you want to talk about worry, you can't worry about it. I don't think the prince is a person who has no sense of proportion. The prince is a person with a plan, so maybe he can't handle it. What's more, I am confident that in the past few years, the crown prince will be able to learn all the knowledge of the two of us. By then, he may not be unable to deal with it. It is hard to say what will happen in the future. We are still here in the past few years, and we can give it to us. There is no need to worry too much when the prince comes up with an idea. Or, the prince will tell us his thoughts in the future, so there is no need to be in a hurry."

Hearing that Tang Bin's words made sense, Geng Jie nodded and said, "You're right."

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Time flies like an arrow, and the years flow like water.

In the blink of an eye, it was the first month of the 23rd year of Kangxi, and the imperial concubine was pregnant in October, and she gave birth to a little princess soon.

When Yinreng got the news, he was enjoying the snow under the eaves of the porch, and when he heard Gu's report that the imperial concubine had given birth to a little princess, a slight smile appeared on his lips: "Now, should Yinzhen feel relieved?"

After all, Ge Ge is not as good as Elder Brother. The imperial concubine has no parents and children, and the favor that falls on Yin Zhen will not be taken away for a day.

Mrs. Gu also laughed and said: "What the crown prince said is true. I heard from the people in the imperial concubine's palace that the fourth elder brother was also very happy to hear that the imperial concubine gave birth to a little princess. This slave is thinking privately, but in fact the imperial concubine did not give birth. It’s good for elder brother, if the emperor is happy and makes the imperial concubine the empress after giving birth to elder brother, wouldn’t the little elder brother also be born as a son of the eldest son, after all, it’s not good for the crown prince.”

"What's so bad about it? Only you nurses have such talk. With the identity of the imperial concubine, why can't you be named empress?"

Yinfeng knew that there had been rumors in the palace over the years, saying that the reason why Kangxi did not make Tong Jia the empress but the imperial concubine was because he loved the prince, and he was afraid that the imperial concubine would be wronged when she gave birth to a son. He didn't believe it. These nonsense, even if Kangxi has this consideration, he feels that this is not the main reason, Kangxi must have integrated various factors to make such a decision.

In fact, he felt that it was a little wronged for Tong Jiashi to be stuck in the position of imperial concubine.

"Even if the imperial concubine is really the empress and gives birth to a little brother who is regarded as the empress's own son, so what? Is it possible that I am still afraid that a little baby who is nearly ten years younger than me will take my crown prince? ?If I lose my position, it must be my own crimes, and it will be like this if I am a good person. If I am a good person, can I not protect myself? What's more, Huang Ama will not let such a situation happen. "

If Tong Jiashi really had a biological little elder brother, this little elder brother would not come to snatch the crown prince just because he is the son of the imperial concubine or the empress.Even with the background of the eighth elder brother, he has the heart to seize the throne, which proves that the identity of the biological mother has no direct connection with the elder brother's ambition.

"It's true to say so, but the emperor is also thinking of the crown prince," Gu said with a smile, "Besides, there are a lot of gossips in the palace, and not everyone is as sensible as the crown prince."

Yinfeng smiled, then turned to ask Mrs. Gu: "I heard that when the imperial concubine gave birth to Xiao Gege, Huang Ama also went to her palace to wait?"

"yes,"

Mrs. Gu nodded and replied, "The emperor has been guarding outside until the imperial concubine gave birth to Xiao Gege, and the emperor left after seeing it. The emperor also issued an order to reward the imperial concubine, and there are many people who will be rewarded today. Look It seems that the emperor is not unhappy because the imperial concubine gave birth to a small princess, but is very happy. In fact, since the last time the imperial concubine was pregnant but had a miscarriage, there were rumors in the palace that the imperial concubine I can no longer have children. Fortunately, this time, the imperial concubine successfully gave birth to Xiao Gege, and those rumors will be self-defeating."

Gu Shi and Yinreng were talking here, when they suddenly saw Yinzhen outside smiling into the courtyard, and when they saw Yinreng from a distance, they smiled at him: "Second brother!"

When he got closer, Yinzhen looked around Yinfeng's yard and said with a smile: "I walked all the way, and the snow was being swept outside, just here with the second brother, as if it was still snowing, the second brother's yard is covered with snow. Why don't you sweep it? If there is not enough manpower, I will borrow two of your servants!"

"Look at your happy look, what's the matter, now everything is as you wished?"

Yinreng looked at Yinzhen and smiled, and after Mrs. Gu saluted Yinzhen, she went to bring tea to Yinzhen herself. Yinreng looked at Yinzhen for a moment, then cast her eyes on the snow in the yard, and said softly, "Now The snow is rewarded, so what's the point of sweeping it all away? If I don't have to go in and out of Yuqing Palace often, I don't even ask them to sweep out that path, so how beautiful it is when the world is at first quiet! "

"Today is the day of the imperial concubine's great joy. You finally have a holiday and don't have to go to study in the study. Why don't you stay with the imperial concubine in the palace, but come to me when you have time?"

Yinreng looked behind him and saw that Yinzhen's nanny and even the maids and eunuchs who were close to him were not following him, so he said, "Why are you alone, didn't you bring your people with you?"

"I hid something good here, I was afraid they would see it, so I asked them to stay outside and not allow them to enter Yuqing Palace,"

Yinzhen took out a small palm-sized wine jar from his white fox cloak, leaned in front of Yinreng, and said with a mysterious smile, "This is the peach blossom wine I passed along from Huang Ama. It is said that it is delicious. It’s very fragrant and sweet, and it’s not intoxicating after drinking. I looked really good, so I decided to give it to my second brother, as a New Year greeting and thank you gift for you!”