Crimson Pearl Tears in a Dream of Red Mansions

In the past few days, Kangxi did not go to court, and only dealt with political affairs in Changchun Garden, and Daiyu was also taken into Changchun Garden by Kangxi. In order to see Daiyu, Yinzhen naturally searched for something from head to Changchun every three days. Going to the garden, Kangxi saw him, and didn't say anything, just smiled cheerfully at the side.

Seeing this, Daiyu was angry with Kangxi and said: "Uncle Emperor, it seems that Daddy said you are an old fox, but he was right at all, and even plotted against me." Kangxi listened, but he didn't care, just asked Daiyu Said: "Oh? But how did you say that?"

Daiyu said: "If you want to see the fourth brother, let someone bring him a message. How dare the fourth brother refuse to obey, but drag me into it?" Kangxi laughed when he heard the words, and said, "You girl, it's true. He's smart." Then he sighed: "Since the fourth child has been thoughtful since he was a child, if I ordered him to come, he would dare not refuse, but after all, he was not very happy in his heart, so he let you come here. Accompany me in the garden, and I will see him a lot, and besides, it is time for me to teach him some things."

Daiyu felt sore when she heard the words, because she hurriedly said: "Uncle Emperor, you don't have to..." Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Kangxi, who waved her hand and said: "Dai girl, you don't have to say more , I had the heart to tell him these things a long time ago, but I was powerless at that time, and the fourth child was not close to me at that time. I know that what I said in front of Xiaodie's mourning hall, after all, hurt his heart , he must be blaming me in his heart."

Daiyu heard from Lin Ruhai that when Yinzhen was 13 years old, Empress Tong Jia passed away, and Yinzhen stood in front of the mourning hall and cried unceasingly.When Kangxi saw him, instead of comforting him, he reprimanded him for being moody, punished him for copying the "Diamond Sutra" a hundred times, and banned him for ten days. Buried in the imperial mausoleum.Since then, Yinzhen's temperament has changed drastically, and he has to be cold-hearted and cold-hearted, except for the late Emperor Jingmin, who was still a nobleman at that time, and Tong Jia, the younger sister of Empress Tong Jia, who had just entered the palace. He never got closer to any woman.Thinking about it, Kangxi still felt a little guilty about Yinzhen's change.

But Daiyu also knew that if Kangxi didn't do that at that time, it would be difficult for Yinzhen to gain a foothold in the harem, after all, Yinzhen at that time was not yet old enough to start a mansion independently.

Just when Daiyu was about to comfort Kangxi, she saw Li Dequan come in and said, "Your Majesty, Master Xiaoyu, Babeile and Brother Fourteen are here." When Daiyu heard about it, she wanted to get up and avoid it, but Kangxi stopped her. Yu, said: "Dai girl, you stay here and listen to what the two boys have to say."

Daiyu heard that she must have some ideas about Kangxi's stay, so she nodded and agreed.At this time, Babeile Yinsi and Fourteenth Elder Brother Yinzhen had already walked in, but seeing Daiyu was there, they couldn't help being taken aback.

Kangxi coughed, and said: "You two, what can't be done here?" Yinsi and Yinzhen finally realized, because they knelt down in a hurry and said: "I see Huang Ama, Huang Ama Long live, long live, long live!" Kangxi said: "Get up." After hearing this, Yinsi and Yinzhen stood up.

Yinsi took the lead and said: "Huang Ama, my son learned that the avalanche in Yuquan Mountain area, and the fourth brother could not take care of it alone. My son thought that he should send another person to help the fourth brother and save the victims from the fire." Kangxi heard the words, But he remained calm and only asked, "Is this the reason you two came here?"

Yinsi said: "There is another thing, but it belongs to the fourteenth brother." When Kangxi heard the words, he looked at Yinzhen himself. Hearing this, Kangxi said, "Isn't Lao Ba in charge of the household department now? You should ask him about this matter, how can you tell me?"

Yinsi said: "If you go back to Huang Ama, the national treasury is not full now, and there is a snowstorm. My son is worried that if the silver taels are embezzled as military pay, it will be difficult to get together the funds for disaster relief, so I and the fourteenth brother Come to seek Huang Ama's advice."

After Yin Lisi said a word, he saw Yinzhen said anxiously: "Huang Ama, the issue of military pay must be resolved, you can't let the soldiers be hungry when they are fighting."

Kangxi was about to speak when he heard the words, when he suddenly heard a somewhat gloomy voice: "Fourteenth brother, why are you crying in front of Huang Ama? As far as I know, the military salary has only been paid for a few days?" When Yinsi and Yinzhen heard the voice, their hearts trembled, and they secretly complained, but they didn't show anything on their faces, and only said: "It turns out that the fourth brother is here."

It was Yinzhen who came.As soon as Yinzhen walked in, he saluted Kangxi himself, and then said: "Huang Ama, the victims in the Yuquan Mountain area have been resettled, and we just wait for the Ministry of Households to allocate relief funds." Jue frowned, because he said, "Has the relief funds not been distributed yet?"

Yinzhen said: "Going back to Huang Ama, although Huang Ama ordered the household department to allocate 200 million taels of relief money, and the son-in-law was solely responsible for it, but in fact only 50 taels were in the hands of the son-in-law. The son-in-law was thinking Ask the eighth brother what is going on, after all, the household department has always been in charge of the eighth brother."

When Kangxi heard the words, he turned his eyes to Yinsi. Although Yinsi was a little nervous, he still bit the bullet and said: "Returning to Emperor Ama, my son is just because the treasury can't get this much silver for a while, and the military pay is also paid. It is in arrears, so I ordered the household department to allocate 50 taels of relief food first, and as for the rest, I will find a way to raise it."

After hearing this, Yinzhen smiled coldly and said, "The eighth brother really knows how to make excuses." After finishing speaking, Yin handed over a letter to Kangxi, and said, "Huang Ama, Nian Gengyao, Governor of Sichuan Military Affairs, sent me the other day. A letter came from my son, saying that the military salary has been paid, but it is 50 taels more than last year, a total of 300 million taels of silver."

Kangxi looked at the letter carefully, and immediately became furious, because he said: "Old Ba, what is going on? You and Lao 14 are actually fooling me, and you won't tell me the truth!" After saying that, Because he knocked on the table unconsciously, a teacup on it fell to the ground and broke.

Yinsi and Yinzhen were already so frightened that they fell to their knees, but they dared not speak.When Kangxi saw this, he said: "You two go back and reflect on it. The extra 50 taels of military pay, fourth brother, you order it to go on, it is only a reward for the soldiers who have defended their homes and the country for so many years. In addition The 150 million disaster relief funds in arrears, old man, you can raise it within three days and distribute it. Okay, that’s it.” Kangxi knew that it was not time to rectify Yinsi and Yinzhen, because Yin If Zhen wants to ascend the throne smoothly, he has to use the two of them as stepping stones.

Yinsi and Yinzhen couldn't figure out Kangxi's thoughts. It stands to reason that this time they committed a "major crime of deceiving the emperor". It seems that "reflection" doesn't even count as "minor punishment", but they only regarded it as a "big crime". It was Kangxi who looked at Concubine Yi and Concubine De that he didn't care too much, so he hurriedly backed away from Xie En.

Seeing Yinsi and Yinzhen leaving, Kangxi asked Yinzhen, "Fourth brother, are you okay?" Yinzhen nodded and said, "Yes." After saying that, the one who gave him Qiongyu again The paper bag containing gunpowder rice was handed over to Kangxi.

Kangxi was joking about Yinzhen's words in order to make Yinzhen and Daiyu get closer, but he didn't expect that Yinzhen really had something to do.Yin opened the paper bag, carefully identified it, and frowned, "What's going on here?"

Yinzhen was about to answer when Li Dequan came in and said, "Your Majesty, Princess Shuning has sent a letter." Seeing that Li Dequan said it was from Miaoyu, Kangxi took it by himself in a hurry, opened it and saw that there was a letter inside. There are some tea leaves and a piece of white paper, but nothing else.

When Kangxi saw it, he asked, "What does this mean?" But he couldn't understand it.Daiyu said, "Bring it here and let me have a look." When Kangxi heard this, he signaled Li Dequan to hand the envelope to Daiyu.

Daiyu took it and took a closer look. The envelope was the usual khaki-yellow envelope, but there was nothing written in the red box on it for signing, and the white paper was just the most common rice paper. However, the tea in it is the top grade Dahongpao that can only be found in the palace. Kangxi once gave her and Miaoyu two bottles each.

Daiyu thought about it carefully for a while, and suddenly her eyes touched the gunpowder and rice powder on the imperial case, and she was startled, because she said: "Something is not good." When Kangxi and Yinzhen heard this, they hurriedly asked Daiyu reason.Daiyu said: "Sister, this is to remind us, because I am afraid that this letter will fall into the hands of others, so I used this code word."

"A secret word?" Kangxi and Yinzhen were a little surprised.Daiyu took the envelope and said to Kangxi: "There is no signature on the envelope. I am afraid that my sister does not want people to know who sent the letter and who it was sent to. The white paper is alluding to a person. The name of the tea is 'Kongwen', and the reason why the tea is not made of ordinary tea is to let us notice the name of this tea, which represents 'Red Clothes Cannon'."

Kangxi and Yinzhen were not surprised when they heard the words.After thinking about it carefully, it suddenly dawned on me: Doesn’t the white paper mean “a piece of paper with blank writing”? Empty writing means nothing to hear about it; the tea leaves are Dahongpao. Does it represent the red cannon?

Then I heard Daiyu say again: "My sister told me last time that Huangjue Temple has been a little unusual recently, and as far as I know, the abbot of Huangjue Temple, Master Yuantong, has a disciple. It's called Kongwen, and it seems to have something to do with Tiandihui, and last time Dad mentioned that Tiandihui seems to be recruiting soldiers, and someone even bought a dozen red cannons secretly, but I don't know where they put them. The meaning in the code word must have something to do with Huangjue Temple."

Yinzhen said: "But Yu'er, I know Master Yuantong. He is compassionate and regards the people of the world more important than his own life. He will never do such a thing." Daiyu laughed and said: "Fourth brother, when did you hear me say that this matter has something to do with Master Yuantong? I did say that this matter has nothing to do with Huangjue Temple, but I just want to say that Master Yuantong has probably been murdered, and that Huangjue Temple may now It has become a den of the Tiandihui."

When Kangxi and Yinzhen heard what Daiyu said, they felt a little uneasy.