Chapter 366: Not knowing how to feel wronged (Third update)
In the east room, several elders were sitting.
Everyone looked at Brother Ninth.
During the Chinese New Year, the clan banquet was stopped, which made people feel uneasy, so I searched my brother's place again.
What happened?
Brother Jiu reassured everyone: "It's nothing. Wasn't the person who stole the plate caught at the gate of the palace? It should be found that an accomplice is stranded in the palace. Today should be a simple search. If we really have to search the palace, it will probably take a few days.
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Every year on the third and fourth day of the first lunar month, after busy with various ceremonies, the emperor would accompany the Queen Mother to Changchun Garden to escape the noise and listen to government affairs, and then return to the palace after giving a banquet on the Lantern Festival.
After everyone heard this, they became more and more uneasy.
If you are stranded, your identity will be registered at the gate, so you will definitely know who you are.
But today the guard didn't take a photo, and he didn't seem to know who he was looking for.
The tenth elder brother was silent, glanced at the ninth elder brother, and said nothing.
Every time the Holy Emperor went to the garden to pay homage to the Queen Mother, the princesses would follow him there. They would also take the Prince and the elders from the palace, but the concubine, who was in charge, did not take many with him.
How do you bring someone with you this time?
Concubine Yi's mother is happy, what if she gets hit if she stays here?
You should take it with you, right?
The thirteenth elder brother frowned and said: "Who dares to take advantage of the leopard and dare to hook up with outsiders to steal in Fengxian Hall?"
At this age, when he likes to read story books, he often makes up a story about a big thief in his mind.
There is also concern that the people hiding in the palace are not only seeking wealth, but may be some traitor who wants to assassinate the Holy Driver.
Brother Jiu thought for a while and said: "There are many people coming in and out of the palace all day long. How many of them meet each other's faces? Just check the sign. If you take someone else's sign or forge one, there is nothing strange about coming in. It turns out that
It's dark under the lamp, I didn't expect it here. Don't worry too much, it's nothing serious, just go back and rest, I didn't even sleep last night..."
He is the elder brother, and if he says this, everyone can only listen to him like this.
It was already time to light the lamps, so everyone dispersed.
After a few people left, Brother Jiu couldn't sit still, and said to Shu Shu with a bit of solemnity: "I have to go to Qianqing Palace to see, I can't just wait like this..."
He spoke lightly in front of his brothers, but he had more on his mind.
Shu Shu mentioned the snow-clearing guards. Brother Jiu thought it was not impossible, but there might be another possibility.
Even if Guo Guiren is in charge of the affairs of the Fourth Institute, he is still in charge of the Construction Department.
Construction Department!
On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, door gods and couplets were hung everywhere in the palace.
There are more than 400 paintings of door gods and more than 1,700 pairs of couplets.
How many people have to come in for one day?
Two people work in groups and one group hangs a hundred, that is, there are more than 20 groups and more than 40 people.
A group of four people means more than eighty people.
And because it needs to be hung everywhere in the palace, wherever there is someone and wherever there is no one, it is all in their hearts.
If someone really sneaked into the palace to hide, it was most likely that they were the ones who walked around the palace that day.
Shu Shu did not stop him, but said softly: "Then go over and listen more, watch more and talk less. If the Emperor comes down on an errand, I will do it; if you don't have any orders, I will come back."
Brother Jiu shook her hand and said, "Don't worry, I won't be willful..."
After coming out of the second institute, the ninth elder brother did not leave immediately. After some thought, he went to the third institute and called the tenth elder brother.
Although the tenth prince is not married, he has grown up and is still an errand prince.
It's not good to ignore such a big matter.
The tenth elder brother always listened to his elder brother's greetings, but now he hesitated and said: "Ninth brother, Khan Ama didn't keep us, maybe he just doesn't like us to interfere..."
Brother Jiu pointed to the west and said, "I suspect that someone from the Construction Department is causing trouble again!"
The tenth elder brother's expression became condensed and he said: "Then the younger brother will go with the ninth elder brother."
Brother Jiu thought for a while and said: "You have to show up and go through the motions, so as not to worry about it and complain about it later, which will become a problem for our sons."
The tenth prince did not hesitate, and the two of them went to Qianqing Palace.
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Qianqing Palace, Xinuang Pavilion.
Kangxi was reading the document, which was reported first by Cining Palace.
The former eunuch Shuda from the Fourth House got drunk and froze to death in a snowdrift in the middle of the night.
It was in the early morning of the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, when the military camp came in to clear the snow.
The prince has already left.
Brother Jiu guessed wrong.
Kangxi had left the prince alone before, not for the sake of others, but because he was afraid that someone would hide Yuqing Palace and harm the prince.
After sending the guards to search Yuqing Palace and checking the cards of all the palace servants one by one, and finding no obstruction, the prince was released.
In addition, fifty guards were arranged to patrol around Yuqing Palace.
Kangxi's face was calm, but his heart was extremely angry.
This was different from the "accident" outside the palace. This violated his bottom line.
After hearing the news, he ordered Zhao Chang to investigate thoroughly.
After three or four days of investigation, we found out the error in the access control on the 26th.
There are three people missing between the people who are supposed to enter the palace and the people who are supposed to leave the palace on that day.
Three people were stranded in the palace.
Kangxi didn't make any noise, but the entrance to the palace was strictly restricted, and people were patrolled everywhere in the palace.
In addition to checking waist badges, you also need to ask questions about the people on duty.
As a result, today I caught someone stealing the gold plate from Fengxian Palace.
The remaining three people were like fish sinking into the sea.
Kangxi was so angry that he wanted to investigate again under the pretext of the gold plate being stolen.
"Your Majesty, the Ninth Master, and the Tenth Master would like to see you..."
Liang Jiugong came in and bowed.
Kangxi put down the document, tapped it twice with his fingers, and said: "Pass it!"
Liang Jiugong went out, and then led the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother in.
Before the two of them could speak, Kangxi pointed to the stool on the ground and said, "Sit down and talk!"
The ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother looked at each other, confused, but they both sat down.
Kangxi pondered: "The minister on duty at Jingyun Gate reported that there were three people stranded in the palace on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month. Their identities were unknown. We have searched the palace and found no suspicious persons. Please tell us, these few may be hiding in the palace." where?"
The tenth prince fell into deep thought.
The ninth elder brother said the same thing, and he couldn't wait to tell his guess: "Khan Ama, my son thought that he could start from the construction department, so he took the pen and post of the person who worked in the palace that day, and checked the heads one by one to see if there were any defects. There is no shortage of people; even if there is no shortage of people, they must have walked around that day and know where to hide..."
The doorkeeper is okay, the left and right sides are not reversed.
But for the hanging couplets, the upper and lower couplets must be distinguished in words, and one must be literate, otherwise there will be mistakes.
Kangxi frowned.
It’s as if this idea never came up.
The couplets hung by the Construction Department were all over the palace that day, but in the past few days, Zhao Chang had secretly checked every palace.
Today, I walked around the guard office again and found nothing.
But the tenth brother was thinking about time, hiding on the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, and it has been five days since today.
It's not impossible to bring food with you when entering the palace, but there are notes on it and it's very conspicuous.
It’s not easy to hide. If you don’t eat or drink, is that seeking death?
The tenth elder brother was fascinated by this thought.
Kangxi looked over with curiosity: "What did you think of?"
The tenth prince hesitated for a moment and said: "My son is thinking, the supply of each dining room in the palace is fixed, only the imperial dining room is in charge of the supply of the entire palace, the food is more abundant... Where can I get the food?
If someone misappropriates it, it is not easy to be discovered..."
Kangxi listened and started thinking.
Being able to hide the palace and avoid the patrolling guards would be impossible without an insider.
So this must have something to do with the imperial dining room?
Brother Jiu had already thought of one place and said: "Where else? There is only one place in the palace, Yuqing Palace!"
Kangxi and the tenth elder brother both looked at the ninth elder brother.
The ninth elder brother said: "The younger elder brother of Yuqing Palace has five puppies!"
The puppies in the palace are provided with food, and each puppy is given half a pound of pork every day.
"If this is human food, it would be difficult to move it out and hide it from people. This puppy will not feel aggrieved if it eats too much and eats too little!"
Brother Ninth said.
Are the eunuchs in Yuqing Palace insiders?!
Brother Jiu was uneasy and looked at Kangxi with a confused look on his face.
So what do they want to do when they sneak in?
Does it have anything to do with what happened at the Fourth Institute?
Dead people are taboo in the palace and are unlucky.
Especially during the New Year, the news of the death of a eunuch in Cining Palace was suppressed.
Only the emperor knows.
Brother Jiu didn't know, so he was naturally confused.
Kangxi understood.
His heart was heavy, but he didn't show it on his face. He just glanced at Brother Ten, and there was warmth on his face.
He also nodded and praised Brother Jiu and said, "It's not impossible."
Kangxi was a little confused and didn't want to show his traces in front of his son, so he said: "Okay, step back. I will go to Changchun Garden with the Empress Dowager the day after tomorrow. You can pack up tomorrow and go with us!"
The ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother bowed in response and retreated from Xinuan Pavilion.
Brother Jiu pursed his lips and showed no expression on his face.
The tenth prince also showed a bit of solemnity.
It was not safe to talk outside, so the brothers remained silent the whole time.
After entering the second house, the two went directly to the study.
Brother Jiu had already figured it out, so he clenched his fists and whispered: "Are they here for the matter of the Fourth Institute? Are they here to silence them?"
The tenth elder brother narrowed his eyes and said: "Anyway, something was wrong a while ago. It seems that someone checked the old people of Yongshou Palace."
Brother Ninth was stunned: "The concubine's mother? What are you looking for?"
As he spoke, his expression changed drastically and he said: "The illness of the imperial concubine's mother..."
Brother 10 shook his head and said: "Eniang is not a child. She will be caught in a lake of people. This is not the case..."
He only knows the superficial knowledge and doesn’t know the details.
The two brothers went to the Qianqing Palace and became even more confused.
The drums sounded and it was time to watch.
The tenth elder brother went back to the third house first, and the ninth elder brother also returned to the backyard.
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I read the comments today and the author is confused. Is what I wrote today different from every day? I was a little confused in the afternoon, but even if I want to write customized, I can't take care of every reader. Let's just think that there are too many readers, and it's hard to agree with everyone. Be happy, right, ^_^.
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