Zhang Baozhu took the lead in arriving at the main hall. The table had been set up by his servants. After saying a few polite words to the relatives who came to congratulate him, seeing that it was lunch time, he hurriedly ordered his servants to prepare for the banquet.
At this time, Manager Zhao, the steward of the Zhang Mansion, hurried in and shouted: "Sir, Five Beile and Four Beile are here."
Zhang Baozhu immediately left the main hall to greet him. The relatives had never seen Si Beile and Wu Beile, so everyone looked at each other in confusion. According to etiquette, they had to kneel down and salute when they saw the Qing prince, so they hurriedly followed him out of the main hall.
After a while, two men wearing azure court robes, court crowns, gold-titled jade square belts around their waists, and court beads around their necks walked into the Zhang Mansion. The man on the left was half a head taller than the one on the right.
With his appearance, everyone secretly guessed who the fifth elder brother was.
Without enough time to guess, Zhang Baozhu took the lead and knelt down. Everyone quickly followed suit and knelt down to salute, "Greetings to Si Beile and Wu Beile."
Yinqi stepped forward to help Zhang Baozhu, his father-in-law, and said again: "Everyone, please get up. There is no need to be polite today."
After Zhang Baozhu stood up, he felt happy in his heart. Unexpectedly, on his birthday, two elder brothers came to celebrate. He felt extremely honored.
"It's a great honor for me to have these two elder brothers come to this little man's house." Zhang Baozhu said with a smile on his face.
Yinqi composed himself and said in a very normal tone: "My father-in-law is joking. I'm in a hurry today and I won't have time to prepare gifts. I'll ask the servants in the house to deliver them in the afternoon."
"Five Belles is a great gift. My daughter has already given me a gift list. Your thoughts have been received." Zhang Baozhu stood beside Yinqi with a calm expression on his face.
Yinzhen's eyes were dim and he did not answer, but stood by with a cold face.
He glanced around at the people who were standing up at this moment, but could not see the fifth younger brother and sister. He was stunned for a moment, and saw that the fifth younger brother had already pulled his father-in-law to go inside, so he followed him.
When everyone returned to the main hall, Wanyue strolled over with her mother-in-law, Tara, on her arm. When Wanyue saw Yinqi, she couldn't help but be elated, but deliberately made a normal tone and said slowly: "Master Baylor is here.
....."
Before he finished speaking, he saw a person standing next to Lord Beile. It was Sibeile Yinzhen.
Wanyue was surprised when she saw Sibeile, her face was a little dazed, and she said hello silently.
Seeing that Wanyue seemed a little surprised, Yinqi hurriedly explained: "Huang Ama left me and fourth brother late to discuss official matters, so I brought fourth brother with me."
"That's it." Wanyue raised her eyes again and looked at the cold-faced fourth brother Yinzhen. His expression was not strange, so Wanyue replied softly.
Sibeile Yinzhen still didn't speak, looking really hard to speak. At this time, several servants in the house lined up to bring the dishes to the table.
"Four Beile, Five Beile, please take a seat." Seeing this, Zhang Baozhu couldn't help but give orders. Except for the two princes, he was the only one with a more senior status among the other gentlemen. When the two princes were seated, he followed suit.
Then he made a gesture, and the other relatives took their seats according to the rules.
The men's table and the women's table are specially separated. The men's table drinks and the women's table chats.
The two princes were honored at the banquet. At the beginning, the relatives who attended the birthday banquet did not dare to make any mistakes. They ate in an orderly manner. After a few glasses of wine, they all let go and held Si Beile and Wu Beile for a while.
Laughing.
After the banquet was over, Brother Si thanked him and left the Zhang Mansion unsteadily.
Wanyue's cousin Tatala pulled Wubeile Yinqi and chatted enthusiastically. Wanyue saw that Ama was still awake, so she hurriedly helped him to the study.
Halfway along the way, Wanyue couldn't help but murmured in a low voice: "Why did Sibeile come with you today?"
Speaking of Si Beile, Zhang Baozhu, who was a little tipsy, remembered something, "A few days ago, Fourth Brother came to the external performance office where I was on duty and asked about the memorial that the prince had handled."
Wanyue couldn't help but tremble slightly when she heard Ama mentioning her fourth brother. She didn't expect that her fourth brother, who was only nineteen years old, would be so scheming to inquire about the crown prince.
"Amma, I heard Lord Beile mention it a few days ago. Now the emperor has issued an edict for ministers to recommend officials. Is this true? If this is true, why not Amma take the opportunity to recommend some capable colleagues, who may be able to help in the future?
." Wanyue thought carefully about what methods could be used to further advance Ama's official position.
"It's not that easy. Your Majesty said, there is a recommendation system. Besides, there are only so many civil servants and military generals that Amma knows." Zhang Baozhu couldn't help but let out an ouch. As he spoke, he accidentally knocked his foot on the threshold.
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"The grandson of Yue Zhan, the chief minister of Fuling, Silda, the son of Dutong Geli, and Hayartu, the great-grandson of Harsung'a, seem to be good people. I vaguely heard Lord Beile mention it, Ama
Why don't you recommend these two to give it a try?" Wanyue thought for a moment. Apart from those famous ministers in her previous life, she had some impressions of officials with these two names.
Wanyue remembered that Silda had served as Minister of War, Minister of Personnel, and Minister of Rites. She was one of the few people in the political arena who had not joined the parties of Suo'etu and Nalan Pearl. She was also a hot figure in the political arena, and Silda's daughter
In her previous life, she also married Hongshi, the third son of Emperor Yongzheng, and became Hongshi's direct descendant.
However, Hongshi's end was a bit bleak. After his fourth brother Yinzhen became the emperor in his previous life, Hongshi interceded for Yinzhen's political enemy Yinshu's party, and complained for the innocent heirs of Belesunu. He even treated his Ama
The Yongzheng Emperor's "disaster to the innocent" was so unsatisfactory that the Yongzheng Emperor was deeply jealous of his son. He directly adopted Hongshi as his son, his political enemy Yinhu, and kicked him out of the Forbidden City. This incident shocked both the government and the public.
Emperor Yongzheng was not satisfied with this move. In the fourth year of Yongzheng's reign, he removed Yinzhu and Yinzhen from the yellow belt and removed their names from the jade certificate. Hongshi's treatment was generally the same. Emperor Yongzheng also handed over Hongshi, the "unruly son", to the twelve
The younger brother Yinyu was 'restrained and supported'.
A year and a half after being handed over to Yinzhen for "restraint and support", Hongshi passed away. The cause of death was unknown. Hilda's daughter also passed away soon after.
The reason why Wanyue knew about this was because Hong Sheng, who had become the crown prince at that time, had contacts with Hong Shiduo. After Hong Sheng found out about this, he returned to the palace to tell her and Liu Jiamiaoyin.
But now, this unlucky fourth brother and third prince has not yet been born.
And Hayartu, who successively served as the censor of Zuodu and the minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, can also be regarded as a minister who died a good death.
When he arrived at the study, it was finally brighter. Zhang Baozhu was a little surprised by the two people his daughter had just mentioned. Seeing that his daughter looked like she knew something about the court, he couldn't help but frown.
After thinking for a while, he nodded again and said: "Since the fifth elder brother is interested in someone, then I will try to recommend him."
Seeing Ama agree, Wanyue felt relieved. After a while, she looked at the sycamore tree outside the study, thoughtfully.
"The weather is getting colder, and fallen autumn leaves have begun to float on the trees. Amma and E Niang should keep warm and don't catch cold easily."
After saying that, he left the study and stood at the door of the study, thinking about the purpose of the fourth brother's visit to the house today.
Yinqi didn't know how to get rid of the entanglement of his thick hair. Now he came to the study to look for Wanyue. He saw her standing at the door of the study blowing the autumn wind. He shook his head and sighed: "Yue'er, it's getting late.
