Hongshi glanced at him and suddenly smiled and said: "Of course there is no problem with this, but many things depend on talent. If talent is not good, no matter how hard you work, it will be useless for others to give you advice. The most important thing in life is to have self-awareness.
Don’t covet things that don’t belong to you, don’t you think so, Fifth Brother?”
Hong Zhou's expression froze, but soon he returned to normal. There was a lustful Hong Shi on the opposite side and said: "Second brother is right. Among our brothers, the one with the most talent and the most valued by Emperor Amma is the fourth brother."
, it’s a pity that he died young, otherwise the fourth brother should be in charge of the household department now.”
His words made Hongshi's face suddenly turn ugly. For a long time, he suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "The prince is naturally outstanding, but unfortunately he has passed away, and it is useless to be outstanding anymore. Okay, I
I have to rush to Shoukang Palace to greet all the concubines and celebrate the New Year, so I won’t chat more with my fifth brother. If my fifth brother likes to play Cuju, just have fun with it, and maybe he can become something famous."
After Hong Shi left, Hong Zhou didn't know what he was thinking. For a long time, he threw the Cuju to the little eunuchs behind him and walked in the opposite direction. The little eunuchs didn't know what happened to him and didn't dare to
Ask more and just follow closely.
Hong Zhou returned to Yonghe'an all the way. Geng was a little surprised when he saw him coming in and said, "You said you were going to play Cuju? Why did you come back so soon?"
Hong Zhou took a deep breath, sat down on the chair and said, "I will never play Cuju again."
"Why is this?" Facing Geng's inquiry, he told me what had just happened, and then said with some annoyance: "Playing with things makes one lose one's ambition. Both the third and fourth brothers have reminded me of this sentence, and I should not forget it.
of."
Mr. Geng said distressedly: "You have been studying hard day and night these days, but you just play for a day now and then. How can you say that you are losing your mind by playing with things."
"Don't let up for a day." With that said, Hong Zhou said to the young eunuch who had followed him back: "Go and light up the charcoal basin in the study. Brother Ben will be there in a moment."
After the young eunuch went down, Mr. Geng hesitated for a moment and said: "Now that the second elder brother is deeply favored by the emperor, and his mother is the current queen, he will inherit the throne of the Qing Dynasty sooner or later. Listen to the mother's words and don't talk to the second brother again."
Brother, did you do the right thing?"
Geng's advice actually made Hong Zhou very excited, and he said loudly: "The fourth brother should be the one to inherit the throne, he is not worthy at all!"
"Shut up!" Mr. Geng was frightened by his sudden words and shouted quickly, "You are getting more and more courageous. You dare to speak like this. If others listen, it will reach the ears of the queen and the second elder brother.
, how could it happen?"
Hong Zhou sneered and said: "My son is telling the truth. If the fourth brother is still here, he will not have any share in the throne."
Seeing Hong Zhou like this, Geng sighed, stroked his shoulder and said, "Eniang knows that you and the Crown Prince are close, and she also knows that the second elder brother is not as good as the Crown Prince in every way, but you must not forget that the Crown Prince is no longer here.
Yes, this is an indisputable fact.”
Hong Zhou was a little discouraged, but he still said stubbornly: "Even so, it will not be the second brother's turn to succeed."
"It's not my second brother's turn, is it your turn?" Geng shook his head and said, "There are some things that even if you are unwilling to do anything, you can only do nothing about them. If you want to complain, you can only blame God for being too cruel to the Crown Prince and Queen Xiaoshengxian.
It’s cruel to let them all go so early.”
Hong Zhou has never been very enthusiastic about the throne. Firstly, he knew that E Niang was not of high birth and could not be compared with Fourth Brother's E Niang. Secondly, the person he admired the most was Fourth Brother, who believed that Fourth Brother was the throne.
The most suitable candidate. But now... for the first time, he had a desire for the lofty throne, not for any other reason, just because he believed that Hongshi was unworthy and unworthy to be Huang Ama's successor.
Seeing that Hong Zhou didn't speak, Geng just said that he had listened to her advice, and lowered his voice and said: "Okay, don't think about these things. If you want to go to school, go ahead. E Niang will ask the palace servants to send you some later."
Come over for snacks.”
Hong Zhou stood up as he was told, but looked at Mr. Geng and said very seriously: "My son, like my second brother, is both the son of Huang Ama, so I believe that whatever he can do, I can do the same."
, I will never lose to him."
Although what Hong Zhou said was not very clear, how could the Geng family, who had been in the harem for many years, not understand that this stupid son had a desire to compete with Hong Shi. He... he even wanted to compete with Hong Shi for the throne.
Geng shook his head and said: "It's useless. If you really fight with the second elder brother, you will only lose because there is an empress behind him. The queen's family has great power in the court, and the second elder brother's direct descendant
With your status as the eldest son, how can you possibly defeat him? Hong Zhou, please listen to E Niang and stop thinking about this, okay? E Niang... E Niang is really afraid that something will happen to you. You are the only one, E Niang,
If something happens to you, E Niang doesn’t know what to do?” After talking about it, Geng’s eyes were already red. He grabbed Hong Zhou’s hand and choked up: “Just treat it as E Niang begging you, stop thinking that it has nothing to do with you.
Please do your best to be your elder brother, okay?"
Hong Zhou, like Hong Li, was both filial by nature. Seeing Geng's behavior, he quickly advised, "Mother, please don't be like this. Aren't my sons and daughters behave well now?"
"It will be too late when something happens." Geng held his hand tightly, fearing that if she let go, Hong Zhou would do something wrong and end up with a tragic end. "You promise E Niang not to think about this again!"
Hong Zhou finally couldn't bear to worry Geng, so he wiped away the tears that fell from the corners of her eyes, and said helplessly: "I just promise you, my mother."
Geng nodded, but still warned uneasily, "Remember what you said today and never forget it."
After Hong Zhou entered the study room, he looked at the books on the table, but could not read a single word. He just clenched his fists hard. He was unwilling to let Hong Shi take away everything that belonged to his fourth brother. He
I really want to... I really want to get it back for my fourth brother, even if it seems that I am overestimating my abilities, I still really want to!
Once the idea is planted, it cannot be easily removed. Even if Geng forces Hong Zhou to agree, it will be useless. He will eventually go down that road, it just depends on sooner or later...
In the Yangxin Hall, Yinzhen has been looking at the paintings of him and Ling Ruo since he came back. At that time, he never imagined that he and Ling Ruo would be separated from each other so quickly, let alone that they would be separated.
He indirectly killed her and her unborn child.
If he could turn back time, he would pay any price. Unfortunately, God refused to give him this opportunity and wanted him to spend the rest of his life in guilt and regret.
His fingers slowly caressed the face in the painting, and amid the sound of firecrackers that came from time to time, he murmured: "Ruo'er, did you hear that? Firecrackers are being set off outside. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and every family is reunited."
In previous years, you would celebrate the New Year with me, but this year or every year in the future, I can no longer spend it with you. Although there are many people around me, I only think about you and Hongli.
Before I go to sleep every night, I hope to dream of you, but for so many days, not even once. I know that you must be blaming me for killing you and your child, so you don’t want to see me again even in your dreams.