[Qing Chuan + Red Mansion] Midas touch

In the past few years, how anxious the crown prince is is now visible.It's just that he can't wait to win over Mobei Mongolia, which makes the prince who doesn't like it more and more impatient.

The prince was born on the third day of May in the 13th year of Kangxi, and he has been the crown prince for 31 years until June this year.Today, Lian Qi lost his mother in his infancy, and he took him by his side to raise him himself since he was a child. It's just that the relationship between father and son in the Tian family is not as powerful as the power of the world.

The prince is orthodox, and it is a blessing and a misfortune to be named a prince at the age of one.

The long-lived Laozi, the ambitious and irritable brotherhood, and the prince who was roasted on the fire since he was a child, are actually more miserable than anyone else.

One boss, one old eight, and now even the little one Fourteen has jumped out. Think about those hidden pokes that have not been exposed, and the plan is to bite him and get out of the body. In the matter of pulling him down On the other hand, all his brothers can do it together.

Motherless child, my heart is bitter.

At this time, the crown prince has no intention of forcing officials, he just wants to hold more political capital in his hands, don't tell him that I will depose him.But his father may not think that the prince will not force the palace if he is strong.

If it weren't for this, in recent years, he wouldn't have brought the prince with him everywhere.

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The prince on the left is making today's troubles, and the fourteenth on the right is even more making today's toothache.None of the other sons are like Fourteen, so it can be seen that it is not his problem.

Thinking of Fourteen's biological mother, Concubine De, now I feel that the fourth child in his family is indeed a bit bad-tempered, but he is one of the best smart people among his sons, and he is also a rare ruthless person.Thinking about De Concubine's other children, there is really no way to push the matter of his son's birth and disability on De Concubine's head.

But this fourteenth, or... Now that I have an idea in my heart, when I look at fourteenth again, there will be a little more kindness in my eyes.

"My old fourteenth, since I was a child, I have been very intelligent and capable of both civil and military skills, so I can surpass his elder brothers. I treat my brothers and sisters with sincerity..." When I met the Mongolian prince who came to see me today and the royal ministers who came out from the capital, , the face of the prince elder brother praised Fourteen from head to toe. "Come here, reward the fourteenth elder brother..."

Others agreed, some congratulated on having such a beautiful son, and many pretended to be envious and jealous that they did not have a good son.

Hearing this today, I glanced at the person who said this lightly, and thought to myself, get out of here.Here you go, do you want it?

After the prince's eyes fell on Fourteen, he turned his head to look aside calmly.

What kind of medicine is in his father's pot?

In any case, the prince also sincerely respects the present, and he believes that the present will not drag Shisi, an idiot, into a ring with him.But the prince couldn't understand the purpose of today's move.

It can't be simply eating too much barbecue, it's all over your head, right?

Like the crown prince, others are also very sure that Shishi will not be pulled out now. After all, the big elder brother and eighth elder brother in front of him are of good level, even if the tallest one is selected from the short ones, it will not be Shiteen's turn.

But it doesn't matter if you don't understand, from the crown prince down to the other elder brothers, they all consciously follow the current words and praise the fourteen high.

The animal-like intuition told Fourteen not to drift away, but to be humble, but Fourteen, who was praised in various ways, did not suppress the upturned corners of his mouth, revealing his intentions.

Now drooping his eyes, he picked up the wine glass and took a big sip.

He doesn't have such a stupid son.

Fourteen, who was deeply disliked by his father, as time went on, no matter how hard he tried to calm down, it was a little difficult.By the time Yujia went to Rehe in July, his love for Shisi had surpassed that of the crown prince.

As for the prince, he also showed his love for the young brother Shisi.Not only does he often praise Fourteen from head to toe in front of people, but he also often shows that he is inferior to Fourteen.

While making the people in front of the harem look confused, they gradually believed that Brother Fourteen might really be outstanding and very favored.

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Back to the capital at this time, back to the day after Master Jiu received Xue Pan's tip-off.

Jiu Ye didn't take this matter too seriously.But then he thought of something and entered the palace.

Concubine Yi followed Jinjin and went out to play, but there were still Guo Guiren and Shi Shi in the palace, so Master Jiu also had a reason to enter the palace.Go to Elder Brother's Office first, and then go to Yikun Palace with Eleven.After dismissing the palace people, he told Guo Guiren the news he got yesterday evening.

Guo Gui's scheming hands are not weak, if not for this, she would not be able to survive until today with Concubine Yi in a harem full of beauties.

After hearing the news from Master Jiu, Guo Guiren thought about it, and directly asked Master Jiu to take the news to look for the fourth elder brother.

"No matter how true or false this matter is, the news can't stay in our hands. Don't tell Lao Wu about this, and you don't want to enter the palace anymore. I'll send someone to Lao Wu's family to send some things later, The fifth one should not come to the palace until Shengjia returns to Beijing."

This kind of news has no effect on a place like Yikun Palace that has no intention of taking the throne, but if you ignore it, it will always be a crime if you leak the news in the future.Instead of leaving troubles for yourself, it is better to push it out.

It is a misfortune for them, but it may not be a bad thing for others, especially the fourth elder brother who has been more serious since he was a child.

With the mind of the fourth elder brother, if you get the news, you can't check it out?

If it really happened, it must be the work of Lao Jiu.If it's nothing, someone in the early stage, or someone who works, it has nothing to do with their Yikun Palace.

After listening to Guo Guiren's words, Master Jiu thought about it but did not refute.Eleven just came here for fun. After listening to it, all I could think about was his uncle, did he do something good?

So when his mother and his ninth brother finished discussing the matter, Eleven put Xue Pan on his lips again, expressing his love for Xue Pan in the simplest language.

"Back when brother Jiu asked Xue Pan to relieve me, I was still thinking how interesting it would be for just such a person. I don't think the family of three is very interesting. I might as well meet Erniang when I have a chance in the future." Eleven After speaking to Guo Guiren, he turned his head to look at Master Jiu again, "I have already told him that next year his sister will enter the palace for a draft, and he will stay in my palace as a servant. Brother Jiu, please keep an eye on me, don't tell me to be dishonest .”

"I just know to trouble your ninth brother, didn't you tell me when you returned to the palace at the Dragon Boat Festival." Guo Guiren squinted at his son, "Who dare not take your matter to heart?"

Eleven heard the words, and smiled obediently.Then he looked at Master Jiu with an innocent face.

"Don't talk about the eleventh brother, auntie. He rarely meets people and things he cares about. I think the brothers and sisters of the Xue family are also okay. The Xue family wants the girl to enter the palace for gilding, but they are reluctant to see the girl for many years. It's human nature." After saying a few words for Eleven, Master Jiu mentioned the arrangements outside the palace.

Guo Guiren's illness has recovered, and the reason why Eleven stayed in the palace was because Lord Jiu saw that Eleven liked to stay in the village in Xiaotangshan.Taking advantage of the hot weather to start construction, the Zhuangzi on Xiaotang Mountain was refurbished and expanded.Xiaotangshan has more than one hilltop, and Jiuye didn’t make it too grand and magnificent. Instead, he expanded the hilltop where Zhuangzi was located into Zhuangzi, transplanted some fruit trees and flowers in it, repaired waterways, and built various Pavilions and viewing platforms.

In short, the luxury and comfort of Zhuangzi, not to mention Jia's Grand View Garden, is almost comparable to today's Changchun Garden.

Best of all, it didn't cost much.

"...It should have been moved a long time ago. In the old years, the concubine was visiting relatives, and the commotion in and out of the city had all subsided this year. It happened that there were still a lot of materials left in the shop, and they asked people to take away the leftovers from when the relatives repaired the garden. The materials are bought cheap, and we can only spend some labor and time to repair them now."

As soon as the news of visiting relatives came out, Master Jiu bought all kinds of objects for the garden at the cheapest price before everyone realized it.Afterwards, they were sold to the natal families of those empresses at a high price, and in the end, the leftover building materials for those people's gardens were bought back by Jiu Ye's people at a very low price. What a huge profit they made.

"You will get used to him." Guo Guiren still said to his nephew when he heard the words, and then he talked to Eleven and Jiu Ye about going out of the palace to build a mansion, "Your mother is reluctant to ask Eleven to go out of the palace. , I’m afraid that if you make a wrong eye again like that year, you will be calculated. It’s just that your old man is over 50. Who knows that he will enter the imperial mausoleum someday. He is alive. Elder brother, the current prince. If he disappears one day, what will eleven be. Why don’t you ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to delineate the eleventh prince while he is still alive..."

Mark out a place, allocate the An family's money, and then clean up slowly.It is not necessary to move out of the palace immediately.It's just that Concubine Yi loves her nephew Shiyi very much, and the two biological ones have to stand aside.Always worry about this, worry about that, you can't protect the calf.

"What Auntie said is, I'll go to the House of Internal Affairs later on to have a look. It's better to be closer to me or Fifth Brother. The brothers live closer and can take care of each other."

"I think it's good to live in Zhuangzi." Eleven thought for a while and said to the two, "There are so many people in the city, it's not as comfortable as Zhuangzi."

Guo Guiren gave his son a blank look when he heard the words, no matter how good Zhuangzi is, can you still live in Zhuangzi forever?

After talking about some details for a while, Guo Guiren urged Eleven and Master Jiu to leave.

After all, they are all grown-up princes, and if they are not in the palace now, it is not good to stay for too long.

After leaving Yikun Palace, Eleven told Master Jiu again about Xue Pan's going to take part in the martial arts test.Then one of the brothers went back to Elder Brother's house, and the other went out of the palace.

The fourth master also received the news. When he received the news, the fourth master asked him to investigate the matter thoroughly from the intelligence organization sticky that he had quietly formed.Now that he is out of Beijing, the government affairs in Beijing and China are handed over to three, four, five, seven, and eight elder brothers.They took care of small things that could be handled as usual, and sent them to the imperial court on a thousand-mile flying ride if they couldn't.After receiving such news, if you don't check everything out, know what's going on, and prevent problems before they happen, then it's not fourth master's temperament.

Seriously, self-restraint, do it yourself, make a decision and then act.

However, what Fourth Master didn't expect was that he had just returned home from the household department today, and he heard that Lao Jiu had been waiting for a long time.

According to the tips given by Guo Guiren, Master Jiu learned from Fourth Master the news he received yesterday, and then asked Fourth Master if he would like to write a booklet to tell his father.It's just that there is no beginning and no end, no evidence, and it is somewhat unreasonable to testify against the current King Zhongshun just by a fled actor.

Fourth Master also meant the same thing, otherwise he wouldn't have sent someone to investigate.After throwing the pot to Fourth Master, Jiu Ye was about to pat his ass and leave, but he was stopped by Fourth Master just as he got up.

Jiu Ye went to see Fourth Master, Fourth Master turned the finger on his thumb, thought for a moment and sent Jiu Ye away without saying anything.

Master Jiu came out in a daze, glanced at Qin Baliang beside him and asked him to find out if there was any news that he didn't know recently.

It's about the fourth child.

Qin Baliang comprehended and left. Master Jiu rode on his horse, glanced at the gate behind him, and then drove away.

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The next day, Qin Baliang inquired about some news, ran up to Master Jiu who was holding the ledger for reconciliation, and whispered the news in detail to Master Jiu.

Master Jiu gritted his teeth and cursed something in a low voice.Then with a painful face, he took out a carved box from the shelf behind him and handed it to Qin Baliang asking him to send it to Fourth Master.

"Tell the fourth son that the Lord borrowed from him. It is from him, not Huang Ama." After all, the son cannot collect debts from Lao Tzu, but he can collect debts from brothers.

Qin Baliang took the box, looked at Master Jiu's distressed face wrinkled together, and couldn't help feeling sorry for Yin Zi.

There was an eighth master in front, and now there is a fourth master.At least the eighth master can say a few words about brotherly love to their master, but the fourth master doesn't even need to open his mouth, tsk tsk tsk, they are all reincarnated from gold-eating beasts.

From Qin Baliang's point of view, it was only right and proper for Jiuye to give Wuye and Shishihua money.Spending money on the tenth master is also an act of affection, and there is nothing wrong with it.But to spend money on two outsiders, Eighth Master and Fourth Master, in his opinion, that would be a loss, a big loss.

Master Jiu didn't think so.

But I just dumped my fourth child, so I feel a little sorry.

In fact, fourth master didn't want to either.

But there is no way, the Ministry of Households has no money.It's not the end of the year, and there is no tax revenue treasury.However, when Qiongzhou and Huangyan encountered a severe drought, they had to allocate money to adjust grain, and the royal driver was outside, and they also needed money everywhere.Fourth master is in charge of the household department, so worried.Tell him to borrow money from the upstart Jiu Ye for emergency, Fourth Master will not open his mouth after all.

Later, Qin Baliang took the box and went back to the fourth master's mansion. After learning the words of the ninth master to the fourth master, the fourth master only thought for a moment, then got up and called the ninth master. IOU.

Not only did he issue an IOU, he stamped his private seal.

After Qin Baliang left the fourth master's house with the IOU, the fourth master called the eldest son Hong Hui to tell Jiu Ye about the loan.Speaking of the lack of silver in the treasury, it is not only a difficult situation, but also a huge hidden danger.

Hong Hui stood in the middle of the ground, a little boy, listening to Fourth Master with a serious face.Fourth master looked at his aunt's son, and was satisfied, but also had a lot of expectations.

"Go and invite Mr. Wu." When it came to the business, the fourth master asked the attendant to invite Wu Sidao to come over to discuss the business. At the same time, he didn't ask Hong Hui to leave, but told him to stand by his side and listen.

Fourth master cared about his son-in-law, and when the women in the backyard heard about it, they all felt a little sad.When Di Fujin Ulanara heard about it, a look of joy appeared on his always dignified face.

At this moment, Fujin Li's girl came back and said that the second elder brother had a fever and the third elder brother also had a fever, please ask Fujin to ask an imperial doctor to take a look.

The rules in Siye's mansion are so outrageous, even the side Fujin who has two sons is not qualified to send someone to call the imperial doctor, and he always sends someone to the main room to ask Di Fujin for instructions.Only when Fu Fujin spoke up did the steward go out to invite someone.

In fact, this has a lot to do with fourth master's seriousness.

How serious is fourth master?

He is strict with others, and even more so with himself.The rules he set for himself will never be broken except for major events.

Like going to the backyard.

On the first and fifteenth day of the new year and various New Year's Days, Fourth Master would sleep in the main courtyard of Fujin Fujin.And when going to rest in the rooms of concubines in each concubine according to their positions, the number of days and dates are fixed.

If the first Fujin is five days, then the side Fujin is four days, and the Shu Fujin and Gege are in descending order.

Fourth master rested in the outer courtyard for ten days, so if any situation broke this rule, fourth master would pick one of his ten days to make up for it.

The women in the backyard were completely numb by the fourth master. Although there were always some people who thought they were different and wanted to challenge the rules set by the fourth master, they still couldn't make any waves in the end.

Today, this old man hasn't confirmed the real habits of his fourth son, so it's up to you guys. Hehe, let's dream.

In fact, fourth master's statement is more serious, and it feels like obsessive-compulsive disorder in later generations.

And how difficult it is to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder, every modern person with this disease can cry and tell you-give up.

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Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

The situation in the court has always been a little far away from ordinary people and the Rongguo Mansion.

Xue Pan and Liu Xianglian returned to Zhuangzi the next day. After Xue Pan became more and more interested in Liu Xianglian, he also accepted Xue Pan's invitation and lived together in Xue's Zhuangzi.

Someone accompanied me to study, even if the person who accompanied me was much better than me, but with company, Xue Pan's enthusiasm and enthusiasm for learning went up to a higher level.

In addition to taking care of Xue Pan on a daily basis, Zhou Yun also helped Aunt Xue and the stewards of the Xue family handle some affairs.After Jiang Yuhan was invited by Zhou Yun's side for studying, she didn't think there was anything wrong with this arrangement.

In addition to copying books and practicing calligraphy that Zuo Xi said, Zhou Yun also added abacus lessons to Jiang Yuhan.

The reason is a skill.

Xue Pan is the kind of person who believes in a person and will not doubt this person, and Liu Xianglian's temperament is relatively simple. Zhou Yun said so, and the two believed Zhou Yun's intentions, and encouraged Jiang Yuhan to turn around.

Dude, you can do nothing but sing.Learn it, learn to abacus and read the account book, and you can be an accountant in the future.

"Marry another daughter-in-law and give birth to a baby, and this day will rise."

Since everyone thought it was a good thing, Jiang Yuhan naturally started to learn it seriously.

Needless to say, this Jiang Yuhan is really talented in this, and she has already done an excellent job after learning for more than a month.

Afterwards, Zhou Yun told Zuo Xi about this discovery, and Zuo Xi, based on the principle of applying what he had learned, and some narrow thoughts, even asked Zhou Yun to find a few more old accountants to teach Jiang Yuhan.

After Jiang Yuhan left his teacher in the next year, Zuo Xi asked someone to clean up a shop in the capital and opened an accounting training class.

Not only responsible for training, but also undertake various audit work...

But that's all for the future. This year, Prince Zhongshun's mansion is staring at him covetously. How dare Jiang Yuhan take the lead.

Today's dinner was not used in Rongqing Hall, the girls used it in their own rooms.After dinner, Zuo Xi came out of Zilingzhou in the evening when the heat was fading away, and wandered around the garden while shaking a round fan.

The Xiaoxiang Pavilion has always been empty, and Zuo Xi would go in for a stroll when he occasionally passed by.Seeing that the bamboo grows well, they will also ask people to cut two bamboo tubes to eat.

Sometimes when I get up early, I will bring people over to collect the dew on the bamboo leaves.But even knowing that the rain, snow, frost, and dew in this era are relatively clean and free from all kinds of pollution in later generations, Zuo Xi still doesn't dare to drink it.

The collected dew has a fragrance. Sometimes Zuo Xi would ask people to send it to Rongqing Hall or Rongxi Hall to make tea for Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, and sometimes it was used luxuriously for bathing.

After getting some bamboo shoots from the woman in charge of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Wen Xing asked Wen Xing to send them back to Zilingzhou, and Zuo Xi took Ying'er to walk towards Yihong Courtyard.

The wound washed with alcohol recovered very quickly. When Zuo Xi came to Yihong Courtyard, he happened to see Baoyu standing under the porch playing with the birds.

"Miss Bao is here."

"Sister Bao is here?" When Baoyu saw Zuo Xi coming, a touch of surprise and surprise appeared on his face, and then he smiled and invited Zuo Xi to come in and sit down.

"It's so stuffy in the room, let's go outside. I'll come and see you. How have you been doing these two days?"

"Thanks to Miss Bao for sending me the pills, which are better than the ones we use at home." Xiren moved a drum stool from the house and asked Zuo Xi to sit down and talk.While answering Zuo Xi's question, he thanked Zuo Xi for the pill. "When I put it on for the first time, it was really painful, but the effect is surprisingly good." In such a hot day, the wound was no longer serious, which shows that the medicine is really excellent.

"It's not a rare item, if you think it's good, I'll ask someone to bring you some more later." Zuo Xi twitched the corners of his mouth, ignoring Baoyu's plaintive chatter with Xiren. "If it's hot today, the medicine is suitable for such a wound, but it's just a regular preparation at home. They are all my brothers and sisters, so there is no need for you to greet me. Brother Bao has a lot of things here, so go get busy."

Seeing what Zuo Xi said, Xiren had no choice but to suppress his desire to connect with Grandma Future Baoer, stood up and went back to the house.

Since the Dragon Boat Festival ceremony, Xiren, like everyone else in the family, felt that Yuanchun had already decided on the candidate for the future grandma.

As for entering the palace in the draft, it must be a formality.

Since Xiren got married with Baoyu, he naturally paid more attention to his future immediate boss.Seeing Zuo Xi now, he couldn't be too attentive.

Just hope that this is a good friend, don't send her away.

When Xiren left, Zuo Xi saw that the girls beside him were some distance away from the corridor, so he made no secret of his malicious chatting with Baoyu.

First, he talked about dinner, the weather, and Baoyu's favorite flower Rouge, and then he talked about going out for a walk a few days ago with a smile.

"...I went to worship the Buddha in the temple the other day, and I overheard someone whispering in front of the Buddha. I listened to it, and I was so scared that I couldn't sleep for several days."

When Baoyu heard the words, his curiosity arose, and he repeatedly asked Zuo Xi what he was talking about. Zuo Xi shook his head.

"I won't tell you anymore. I'll go to Changcui Nunnery for a while, so I won't be able to fall asleep after talking about it." Having caught Baoyu's curiosity completely, Zuo Xi stood up, bid farewell to Baoyu, and said goodbye to Baoyu in front of Baoyu. She told Ying'er face to face, "You mustn't tell him, lest he be as frightened as I am. What's more."

Zuo Xi glanced at Baoyu, and then swallowed the rest of the sentence.

Watching Zuo Xi's master and servant leave, Baoyu felt like a few kittens scratching in his heart, eager to know the secret Zuo Xi was talking about.

Looking at Xiren who heard that Zuo Xi was going to leave and chased him out of the house to see off the guests, and looking at the sky, Baoyu rolled his eyes and said to Xiren, "I'm going to see my wife, and I'll be back in a while."

Xiren heard this, and just as he was about to say something, Baoyu ran out by himself.

Baoyu chased out of Yihong Courtyard and was about to go in the direction of Changcui Nunnery when he saw Zuo Xi and Ying'er standing under the rose trellis talking.

Baoyu was secretly happy, and when she saw no one around, she walked over quietly, insisting on hearing what was going on and not letting him know.

"...I haven't seen that Qi official before. I heard that he was a rare good-looking person, but it's a pity that he died too badly."

"Who says it's not? I heard that when they were captured, they were beaten severely, and then tied to a pillar with a knife. The pain was so painful that the official was alive. Two big wolf dogs were sitting in front of them, eating mouthfuls. The sliced ​​meat... I heard that the ground where the execution was carried out was washed for a long time, and it is still stained with blood, and there is a smell of blood. I heard that the Qi official called the name 'Baoyu' several times before he died." Zuo Xi exaggerated He sighed, "It's better not to let Baoyu know about it."

"If the second master Bao didn't inform me, maybe that Qi official would, alas! We all feel so uncomfortable after hearing this, wouldn't the second master Bao feel even more guilty after hearing it. After all, if you want to blame, you can only blame the Qi official himself , who told him to believe in the wrong person."

"Then why don't you say it, if Qiguan hadn't escaped, he wouldn't have been in this situation."

Yinger gave Zuo Xi a blank look, and continued to cooperate with Zuo Xi to perform, "Look at what the girl said, you are the master, how do you know the suffering of us slaves as servants. If it weren't for the fact that we couldn't survive, who would run away? I Seeing that Qiguan couldn't take it anymore, he ran away."

Then Zuo Xi and Ying'er talked with each other, and then they left the rose frame.

Baoyu looked away from the figure of Zuo Xi's master and servant, turned around, rolled his eyes and passed out.