[Qing Chuan] Yongzheng's embarrassing empress

Shuwan sighed: "Thanks to Xiao Ningzi, I sent someone to send him some money. He saved people with his own money. I can't let him suffer."

"Idiot!" Concubine De scolded coldly, "Xiao Ningzi came out of your mansion originally, you and Si elder brother should avoid suspicion with him and never see each other for the rest of your life. Now he saved the maid in his own name, you Isn't this intentionally arousing suspicion by sending money away?

Why didn't Xiao Ningzi send the letter to the Prince's Mansion in Yongjun, but tried to find a way to pass the message to me, isn't it to avoid suspicion?You are not as clever as a slave! "

Shuwan smiled embarrassingly, "Yes! I was in a hurry and didn't expect this."

"I don't think you didn't expect it, you're just confused!" Concubine De complained, "The few princesses in your backyard are not smart people. You usually say the same thing and respect you in everything at home, which makes you careless in everything you do. up!

This is the imperial palace, not your county mansion, you have to be very careful in what you say and do, if you make a wrong step, you will be doomed! "

Shuwan quickly admitted her mistake, "Yes, yes, Er Niang taught me the lesson."

Concubine De complained: "You are old and young, so it's still not worrying! I said a long time ago, you have a few more concubines for the fourth elder brother, and you have nothing to fight with them. You often use your brain. Don't listen, now you know my hard work!"

Shuwan: "..." We had a good chat, why did you bring up the matter of taking concubines again?

Concubine De said again: "The more you use your brain, the more flexible it becomes. Like you, sooner or later your brain will freeze!"

What else can Shuwan do?It can only be yes, yes, yes, you are right.

She is really strange, is the empress de concubine schizophrenic?Sometimes she is caring and loving, teaching Shuwan the principles of life, like a loving mother, but sometimes she is fierce, forcing Shuwan to take concubines, acting like a wicked mother-in-law.

Concubine De glared at her, and sent Shuwan back home, "You guard the door and wait for the fourth elder brother to come back at ease. If you have nothing to do, don't enter the palace. Everything is fine here, so you don't need to worry about it."

Shuwan listened to her mother-in-law's order and left the palace to go home. After that, she didn't leave the palace for a while.

She waited anxiously for a while, and finally waited for the emperor's holy car to return to Luan.

The fourth elder brother sent the emperor back to the palace first, and returned home after noon.

Shuwan took the children and concubines to welcome him home at the door, everyone saluted and greeted him, and the fourth elder brother helped Shuwan up first when he entered the door.

Shuwan asked: "Brother, is the southern tour going well?"

"Thanks to the emperor's blessing, everything goes well."

Shuwan quickly looked at him, seeing that he was in good spirits and his figure was not thin, so she was relieved.

The others dispersed soon, and the fourth elder brother returned to the main courtyard. Shuwan had already prepared bath water for him to take a bath to relieve fatigue.

After taking a bath and changing clothes, the fourth elder brother fell asleep on the bed, and slept until the sun went down before waking up.

Shuwan prepared a table of his favorite dishes and boiled a pot of hot shochu.She sent out all the maids and eunuchs, and there were only the two of them in the room.

"Did this southern tour really go well?"

The fourth elder brother took a sip of his wine and let out a long sigh of relief, "The emperor said it went well, the minister said it went well, and we can only say it went well."

Shuwan understood that the so-called smoothness was nothing more than whitewashing the peace.

She scooped up a bowl of soup for the fourth elder brother, but the fourth elder brother held the spoon and stirred the soup but refused to drink it.

"The emperor's southern tour was to inspect the river work. Old Shisan and I walked around. The river work was poorly repaired and took up a lot of fertile land. Take out the blueprint and see that the river work has nothing to do with the blueprint."

Shuwan said worriedly: "The emperor must be furious with Long Yan!"

"No, the emperor endured it and didn't have an attack."

Shuwan frowned, "Can you bear this?"

The fourth elder brother sneered, "Because the river engineering in the south of the Yangtze River was built by the prince's people."

Shuwan was even more incomprehensible, "So what if the prince built it himself? If the river is not well repaired, how many people will be affected in the rainy season? The embankment was repaired by the teachers and people, and the last heavy rain washed it away. What are you trying to do? money!"

"What the prince wants is labor and money!" The fourth elder brother explained, "When you build a river embankment, you can get a lot of money up and down. Do you think that the money is all for the officials? They only took a small part of it." , the big head is all handed over to the crown prince!"

Seeing that the embankment was built like that, the fourth elder brother almost couldn't hold back his face.

The vain money was spent, and in the end it was repaired into a pile of tatters!Not only that, in order to repair the embankment, they also occupied a lot of fertile land, forcing the people to move their ancestral graves.

The fourth elder brother sighed: "There is a saying that is good, you don't feel sorry for selling your father's land. I don't know if the emperor has heard this sentence."

Shuwan said: "It hurts you to see it, the emperor will only suffer more than you. But why didn't he punish the prince, why didn't he deal with the prince's henchmen?"

"The prince is not just his son. The status of the prince represents the foundation of the country. The emperor cannot sweep the face of the future prince. Punish the prince's henchmen, and the people in the court will be paranoid. This is not a wise move, the emperor. We can only find another excuse and replace these people bit by bit.

Besides, the prince is in his 30s, if he is still as old as Kang Bao, it doesn't matter if he is scolded or beaten a few times.But the prince is already a father, and in a few years the children should marry a wife.How can you scold such a big son?Even if you scold him, he won't listen. "

The emperor had no choice but to use some twists and turns to awaken the prince.

The fourth elder brother drank another glass of wine, "A few days ago, the emperor suddenly issued an order in the south of the Yangtze River to strictly forbid eunuchs and maids in the palace to recognize each other. This is to warn the prince. The prince has a lot of contacts in the palace. It's in the hands of the princess."

What can the prince's contacts do for him?Of course, it was to spy on the emperor's trace and pass on the news in private.

Of course the emperor doesn't like others to explore his privacy, since the embankment can't happen, he should take advantage of the situation to remove the nails around him and give the prince a warning.

Shuwan feeds the fourth prince and advises him not to drink on an empty stomach.

"I see! The emperor can't do this, and the crown prince won't care about his punishment. As parents, you must point it out when educating your children. It is wrong to build embankments, and it is wrong to install eyeliner. Both things must be done. If he is punished, he has to let the prince know why he was punished. Can the prince guess the emperor's mind in such a roundabout way?"

The fourth elder brother had a poor appetite, so he picked up vegetables and ate casually.

"Whether the prince can understand it is not our business."

After dinner, the fourth elder brother called Kang Bao Xiaobao and Da Gege to check their homework and care about their current situation. Shuwan sat aside and listened with a smile.

After checking the children's homework, the fourth elder brother nodded in satisfaction.

"That's right, without me watching, you can work hard."

Da Gege smiled softly and shyly, while Kang Bao was absolutely amazing.

He said directly: "Er Niang has always been watching us study, it doesn't matter if you are at home or not."

The fourth elder brother was choked, and felt a little blocked.

What face does he have to complain to Shuwan that the prince is unfilial, and his family raised an unfilial son!

"Do you think I don't care about you? Good! From tomorrow onwards, I'll be staring at you reading every day!"

Kang Bao: "...Ama is busy, so I don't have to do everything myself."

The fourth elder brother sneered, and turned his head to care about Xiaobao.

"Ama is not here these days, Xiaobao thinks about Ama?"

Xiao Bao lowered his head and thought for a while, "Do you want to listen to the truth?"

"Of course you have to tell the truth!"

"I don't really want to. Amma is not here, so I can cling to my mother more. Now that Amma is back, I haven't been near my mother all day."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Bao pouted his mouth unhappily.

Big Ge lowered his head and bit his lips tightly, afraid that he would laugh out loud.

The fourth elder brother looked back at Shuwan, who quickly lowered her head and pulled the veil, pretending that she didn't hear anything.

The fourth elder brother said displeasedly to Xiaobao: "You are a man, it is useless to pester Erniang every day."

Xiaobao looked at him sadly, muttering in his heart, you are pestering my mother-in-law every day, so you are very promising?

The fourth elder brother didn't want to talk to these two unfilial sons, and incidentally angered Da Gege.He kicked the three children out and asked Shuwan to make the bed and get ready for bed.

After blowing out the candles, Shuwan and the fourth elder brother lay side by side on the bed.The bed curtains were not put down, and the moonlight spilled into the room through the window screens, spreading silver frost all over the floor.

It may be because I slept too much during the day, but the fourth elder brother is not sleepy at all.

Shuwan watched him stare, and touched his body with her small hands.

The fourth elder brother took her troublesome hand down, "Don't make trouble, go to bed quickly!"

Shuwan sneered, "It's said that Xiaobie is better than a newlywed. You don't want to be newlywed. Is it impossible, or are you thinking of others?"

The fourth elder brother complained: "Can't you think of something serious?"

Shuwan was angry, she was not dirty at all before, but she was pure, now she has become the demon king, who is to blame for this?

Shuwan turned her back to the fourth elder brother, and the fourth elder brother was still thinking about something with his arm resting on his head.

Just when Shuwan was about to fall asleep in a daze, the fourth elder brother pushed her.

"You are so annoying! You don't want to do that kind of thing, and now you are annoying me again!"

Being woken up when you are about to fall asleep is the most annoying thing!

The fourth elder brother sighed: "Whoever wants to do that, I want to tell you the real thing!"

Shuwan lay down and came back, "All right, all right, tell me, what's the business?"

The fourth elder brother whispered: "You said... the prince will always be the prince?"

Shuwan's heart tightened, "Why are you asking this? You are also like the next door, have other thoughts?"

The fourth elder brother was silent for a while, "I have been thinking about this these days. When the emperor conquered Galdan a few years ago, the prince still had the appearance of a wise king, and it became more and more bad after that. If the prince ascends the throne, the country will be ruined sooner or later. .”

"Whether the country will be defeated by the prince, I don't know. I only know that the emperor will depose the prince sooner or later."

Brother Si: "You think so too?"

Shuwan turned around and faced the fourth elder brother, "The prince is so capable? The emperor can bear it for three to five years, but it is impossible to endure it all the time."

The fourth elder brother also faced Shuwan, "I think so too. The relationship between the emperor and the prince is complicated. They are both father and son and rivals.

The crown prince is the crown prince, and the emperor has delegated too much power in the past few years, so many ministers are willing to work for the crown prince.The ministers have all gone to the prince, and the emperor has no power.The father-son relationship between them is also limited. As you said, the emperor can endure it for three to five years, but it is impossible to endure it for a lifetime. "

"Yes! No matter how deep a relationship is, it can't stand such wear and tear."

The fourth elder brother said: "The eldest elder brother and the eighth elder brother have been staring at the prince, waiting to find out the fault of the prince. Once the prince falls, the eldest elder brother and the eighth elder brother are likely to be established as the prince. Well, the third is also possible. After all, he is the elder prince. He has been repairing books these years, and he has a good reputation among literati.

The eldest elder brother has a more violent temper, the third elder brother is a bit weak and a bit sloppy, and the eighth elder brother makes friends with court officials and is very good at winning people's hearts.Compared with the boss and the third child, the eighth child is more likely to become the next prince.We don't have a good relationship with Lao Ba. If he becomes the crown prince and his wife becomes the future queen, our family will not have a good life. "

The fourth elder brother never thought about competing for the throne, but now the situation is different, he can't help but think about it for the sake of his wife and children.Moreover, no one can resist the temptation of the throne, and neither can he.

Shuwan thought for a while and said, "What do you mean by telling me this? I can't help you with matters in the court."

The fourth elder brother held Shuwan's hand, "I'm still hesitating, I don't want you to be frightened."

Fighting for the throne is risky, and if they go the wrong way, they will no longer be the noble kings and Fujin.I don't know if the emperor is ruthless enough, if he is ruthless, their lives will be lost.

Shuwan squeezed back the fourth elder brother, "I can live a good life, and I can also live a hard life. If you are afraid that the eighth elder brother will gain power, and you are afraid that we will suffer, so you want to fight, then I advise you to forget it.

If you have great ambitions in your heart and fight for the sake of becoming an emperor, then I fully support you. "

"you……"

Shuwan smiled and said: "Didn't I say that I can live a hard life, and there is nothing wrong with living in the world. If you have ambitions, it will be different! Your literary talents and martial arts are not inferior to others, and you have the world in your heart. , It is also right to fight. There is nothing wrong with doing something vigorous in one's life."

Shuwan held the fourth elder brother's shoulder, "If you want to fight, go ahead and fight. If you win, our family will be prosperous. If you lose, I will lose your head with you. Of course, it may not be. I think the emperor is very happy." Those who protect their shortcomings will at most be locked up."

In the darkness, the fourth elder brother couldn't see Shuwan's expression clearly, but could only see her shining eyes through the moonlight.

His heart seemed to be filled with magma, and it was so hot that it almost burned him.

He leaned over to hug Shuwan, his heart was agitated, but he couldn't say a word.

Shuwan sighed: "You are too tight, loosen it, let me take a breath."

The fourth elder brother let go of his arms a little, Shuwan turned around in his arms, and lay down in a comfortable position.

"There is a saying that fights if you don't fight. Don't learn from the neighbor next door. He is also a fool. He often gives favors to others, wins everyone's praise, and steals the emperor's limelight. See how the emperor will deal with it in the future. he!"

The fourth elder brother nodded, and kissed Shuwan on the forehead again.

"Okay, I've figured it out, and my thoughts are clear. You've been tired all day, go to sleep!"

Shuwan put her arms around Si Age's waist, closed her eyes and started snoring after a while.

The fourth elder brother shook his head and laughed. When others talked about seizing the heir, it was thrilling.She was fine, as if discussing the purchase of vegetables, chickens and ducks, she turned over and fell asleep, and her heart was too big.

That night, Shuwan slept soundly.She knew that the fourth elder brother was not a person willing to be ordinary, and sooner or later there would be such a day.Besides, he is always the winner, even if he loses by accident, it doesn't matter, the big deal is that his family escaped from the capital and died in the world.

Shuwan slept well, Si elder brother did not sleep all night.

When she got up the next morning, Shuwan ordered someone to boil eggs and apply the fourth elder brother's eyes to try to eliminate the dark circles under her eyes.

"Look at how promising you are, you couldn't fall asleep after chatting for a while last night."

The fourth elder brother glanced at her, but didn't speak.

The maid served a bowl of porridge for the fourth elder brother. When Shuwan saw the maid, she thought of Xiao Ningzi saving the maid.

She drove the others out and explained what happened to the fourth elder brother.

"It's thanks to Xiao Ningzi who made the move, and also thanks to Er Niang's reminder, otherwise the emperor would notice, and our impression in front of the emperor would be bad. In your opinion... can that maid still be used? Do you want to change her place, or Get out of the palace."

"No, let that maid stay where she is, and try not to contact her recently."

Shuwan said again: "Did you know that some of Brother Jiu's people were also arrested, you should think of a way to expose the matter of Brother Jiu's bribery to the emperor."

The fourth elder brother glanced at Shuwan, "You have a very good relationship with Lao Jiu's wife, and occasionally chat with Lao Jiu about business, why do you..."

"How could I harm Brother Nine, right? Tsk! I am indeed close to Fujin Jiu, but Brother Nine and Brother Eight are even closer! Who is the money that Brother Nine earns from doing business for? Without the help of Eighth Brother, Ninth Brother's business would be so smooth?

Hmph, I didn't mention it before, but from now on, I will do one thing to my face and another to my back.Be down-to-earth, and seriously be Brother Jiu's bad friend!If I don't make a few more cuts, I'm not a qualified bad friend! "