The fifth chapter: Prince Changchunyuan breaks his dream
Prince Yinreng was having breakfast with Li Zhongyu, the Korean envoy. After breakfast, they talked for a while, and it was almost midnight. Yinreng returned to Yunsongxuan, sat down and approved the memorial for a while, and felt stuffy and hot.
He was lonely again, so he took the eunuch in charge He Zhuer with a fishing rod and went fishing under the willow trees by the sea. He was thirty-three years old this year, and the year he was born coincided with Wu Sangui's rebellion. According to the ancestral family law of the Qing Dynasty, there was no prince.
In order to stabilize people's hearts and consolidate the foundation of the country, Kangxi made a decisive decision and made him the crown prince. His mother, Queen Hesheli, had a childhood sweetheart with the young Emperor Kangxi, and she was also the niece of the distinguished minister Suo'etu.
The six palaces were in good order. Later, Prince Zhu San was in chaos, and the Hesheli family escorted him and died in childbirth due to fright. Due to these reasons, Kangxi always regarded Yinreng as the apple of his eye. The prince was born kind and amiable, and he was also very diligent in studying and practicing martial arts.
He was very much loved by Kangxi. But when he was thirty years old, something happened to Suo'etu. This minister who had helped Kangxi eliminate the powerful traitor Obai actually conspired with Geng'e, the Minister of War, to take advantage of Kangxi's absence in Beijing.
, imprisoned Kangxi on the way, and then "Lingwu ascended the throne" again, helped Yinreng ascend to the throne, and was noticed by the shrewd Kangxi. He immediately issued an edict to execute Geng E, and imprisoned Suo Etu. Although Yin Reng was not punished for this, he even said a heavy sentence
No words were said. The eldest son of the emperor, Yinti, who had always had a grudge against Yinreng, and the eighth son of the emperor, Yinhu, the ninth son of the emperor, and the tenth son of the emperor, Yinti, all of them were dragons among men.
However, it is clear that there is wariness between Kangxi and Yinreng, and they are each planning to seek the position of the crown prince. Yinreng is not stupid, and has long been aware of it, but since he is in this position, it is not easy to be blatant.
Deal with these brothers.
Yinreng looked at the fish floats on the water casually. The fish stocked in the water were very easy to catch, and he caught more than ten in a short time. However, he did not kill any animals. Every time he caught one, he asked He Zhuer to change the bait. After enjoying it,
Still put it into the water. Just as he was in a trance, he heard He Zhuer shouting: "Prince! The sky is overcast, and there will be heavy rain soon. Let's go back!"
"Really?" When Yinreng looked up, sure enough, a large dark cloud came from the sky, so he smiled and said: "It's raining before the sun is covered! What are you talking about, you bitch!" But He Zhuer said with a smile:
Said: "The rain this summer will come at a moment's notice, and the gonorrhea has something to do with the slave..."
Before he finished speaking, a gust of wind came with a fishy smell. The sound of rain was approaching, and soon there were patches of rain bubbles on the water. Yinreng dropped the fishing rod in panic, ran away with his head in his hands, screaming as he ran.
: "He Zhu'er, there is a fish on the fishing rod. You let it go. Then go back to Yunsongxuan and get me the oil coat. I'll take shelter over there from the rain. Come back when the rain subsides!"
Yinreng looked around and saw that there was no shelter from the rain, so he ducked into a rockery cave on the shore of the lake. Unexpectedly, he stepped on someone's feet as soon as he entered the cave. He only heard a sweet cry of "Ouch!"
, the man laughed and cursed:
"Chunhong, you little prodigal! You won't even choose a good place! What are you doing? Are you throwing rocks outside? Look, it hurts so much to step on my foot - ah! It's the prince!"
"Well," Yin Reng said with a smile, "It's me, and I won't choose a good place even if I die, right?" The girl's face turned red with shame, she kowtowed and said, "My slave, Zheng Chunhua, wrongly scolded my master.
Please punish me, master!" Yinreng was of a peaceful nature and just smiled and said: "It's not a crime for those who don't know! You are scolding Chunhong, what does it have to do with me? Get up!" As he spoke, he looked around. Only then did he see Zheng Chunhua.
She is eighteen or nineteen years old, with a slender figure, wearing a homely light green dress, a bright red armor and a green sweat scarf on her head. With her shy cheeks and gleaming eyes, she is as gorgeous as a peach and plum, and she is as trembling as a tree in the wind.
Shaoyao. Yinreng couldn't help but be stunned.
Zheng Chunhua straightened up. Seeing the prince looking at him like this, he became more and more embarrassed. He squatted for a long time and was about to go out, but Yinreng grabbed him and said, "Don't go, it's raining heavily outside!" Zheng Chunhua couldn't leave, but he couldn't stay; he squatted.
No, I couldn't stand. I leaned coyly against the narrow stone wall, my whole body aching from the pressure.
"I remembered, you performed "Feng Yi Pavilion" in Changyin Pavilion and played Diao Chan!" Yinreng suddenly remembered that he went to the theater with his father during the Lantern Festival last year and asked: "Which palace are you assigned to now?
Yes! Why haven’t I seen you again?”
Zheng Chunhua wiped his sweat lightly and said: "To tell you what the master said, last March I was assigned to serve in front of Kong Sigege, and I lived in this garden. The prince lived in Yuqing Palace and didn't come here often... Who do we think we are?
How could the master... remember what happened to my son?" I don't know whether she was excited or ashamed, she was slightly out of breath and trembling a little when she spoke.
"You play the piano well." Yinreng took a step closer to her, and a faint fragrance of virginity came over him. He was a little distracted, "Can you play chess? You must be good at calligraphy and painting too?"
Zheng Chunhua hurriedly stepped back, but there was really no space left. She glanced at the prince secretly, and whispered: "I learned Qin from my father at home. Chess is about looking at the four grids and the emperor's up and down. I have learned a little bit - we are slaves.
Yeah, how can I have time to learn to write and draw..." As he said that, he moved his body, and when his half-naked arm touched Yinreng's waist, he immediately dodged away like an electric shock.
Yinreng was already steaming. He looked outside and saw a vast expanse of white rain with no one around. Then he laughed and said, "Why are you hiding from me and peeking at me again?"
"..."
"Look at what I'm doing around my waist? Is there anything interesting here? Do you know what it is?"
"..."
"Huh?" Yinreng asked with a charming smile, "You...why didn't you reply? Didn't your family teach you before you entered the palace, do you have to answer the master's questions?"
Zheng Chunhua turned his back, picked at his belt, and after a while he snarled like a mosquito: "Master...don't you speak seriously..."
"You can't write or draw, how can this be done!" Yinreng was so emotional at this moment that he held Zheng Chunhua in his arms, mouth to mouth, inserted his tongue into Zheng Chunhua's mouth, sucked, stirred, and was vague.
He said authentically, "There are clouds and rain outside right now. I'm going to teach you how to draw clouds and rain... I'll ask my fourth aunt for you tomorrow... I'll teach you everything..." As he said this, he stretched out his hand to untie Zheng Chunhua.
The skirt gently slid down on her soft belly.
Zheng Chunhua closed her eyes, her whole body pressed against Yinreng's body, and was caressed by Yinreng. Her waist was pressed by the hard thing through her clothes. Her whole body was limp, dazed, as if she was drunk. She couldn't help but lay with Yinreng on the stone.
The man in the cave rolled to the ground with his arms around him...
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
Before the two of them entered Hong Kong, they heard He Zhuer shouting in the rain outside, and they couldn't help but be startled. Yin Reng still refused to let go, Zheng Chunhua pushed him away with both hands, and said with a shy face: "Go quickly
! How would you behave if someone bumped into you? Eating mooncakes on August 15th - as long as you... can really make me go - not without you!" As he spoke, He Zhuer came closer and closer, mouthing
He muttered: "What a weird thing! Just now that girl said she saw the prince running here..." Yinreng had no choice but to get up, straighten his clothes and walk to the entrance of the cave, blocking it with his body, and asked angrily: "You howl?"
What's the name? Didn't you say we'll come back when the rain lightens?" Seeing He Zhuer's sneaky visit, he went out and put on his oil coat in the rain, put on his mud shoes, and walked back while holding He Zhuer's shoulders.
"Look at Master, you are covered in mud!" He Zhuer said with an apologetic smile as he walked, "You know, Master accidentally slipped and fell, but you don't know... I thought the slaves didn't know how to serve! Fourth Master and Thirteenth
I just came over from Lord Long Live and said that Li Dequan had conveyed the decree and urged the slaves to come out and deliver oil coats to the master."
Only then did Yinreng take a closer look at himself. The front was still clean, only a little messy. The back hem, sleeves, and braids were all covered in mud and moss, as if he had rolled in a hole. No wonder the slave's eyes were full of suspicion.
, then he covered it up and said: "There was rain in the cave, so I had to hide against the wall. I didn't expect it to be so dirty." Then he returned to Yunsongxuan. He saw Yinzhen and Yinxiang standing in the corridor, Yinreng
He calmed down and said, "I'll go change and talk when I come out."
It took a long time before Yinreng changed his clothes and came out from the east study. The two of them stood in the south and told Kangxi's decree. Yinreng knelt down and kowtowed three times, saying "I obey the decree". After standing up, he
When brothers see each other, it is up to Yinzhen and Yinxiang to say hello and to sit down and serve tea. There is no need to go into details.
"It is not easy to clear up shortfalls and accumulated debts." Yinreng took a sip of tea and watched the rain outside the courtyard gradually stop. After a long time, he said: "Thirteenth brother, this mission is meant to offend people. In fact, the emperor wanted to call me Lao the year before last.
Fourteenth went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to conduct an inventory. Lao Ba and Lao Jiu both went to the emperor to lobby, saying that the Eight Banners camp in Gubeikou was in urgent need of rectification and that a prince must be in charge. They persuaded them to change this job. - How about it? Do you want me to do it again?
Do you want to play a book and ask you to take a long trip to Xining to escape?" Yinzhen said with a smile: "This guy is not the boss of the family. Of course he is happy to be a good person! Prince, if we don't give you any excuse, this mess will not happen in the future.
It’s easy to clean up!”
Yinxiang suddenly looked at the prince with twinkling eyes and said, "The prince is considerate of me. What don't I know? Fourth brother is right. We are all people under the same tree. We can't just watch the heart of the tree being eaten by insects and ignore it."
"If the skin is gone, how can the hair be attached? I'll start doing it first. With you and my fourth brother sitting on the bed, I feel at ease!" After saying this, he held the lid on the bowl and smiled.
"The ambition is commendable!" Yinreng thought about the words of the two of them, which were all loyal and unswervingly protecting him. He couldn't help but get excited, sighed in admiration, and said: "In that case, you will go to the household department tomorrow.
I asked my subordinates to hurry up and call Shi Shilun in. Fourth brother, you recommended Zhu Tianbao and Chen Jiayou to work in Yuqing Palace. Although they are young, they are very courageous. Master Wang Tong once praised you for your discernment.
! I think we might as well ask the two of them to follow Old Thirteen. Firstly, they will have a helper, and secondly, it will be easier to contact our brothers. What do you think?" He had a pleasant face and was very gentle and considerate. Yinxiang felt warm in his heart after hearing this.
But Yinzhen knew that the prince, several guards, court ministers, and a few cronies from the ministry had gatherings together for drinks several times. Zhu Tianbao and Chen Jiayou had expressed their bitter remonstrances, and there was already a lot of grudge between the monarch and his ministers, and he couldn't help but frown.
He raised his eyebrows and said, "I heard that Zhu Tianbao is very stubborn, and his thirteenth brother also has a violent temper. Can we get along with each other?" Yinreng smiled and said, "Actually, I value Tianbao very much. I want to promote him as a long history, no.
Experience how difficult it is to speak in front of Banzai!"
Yinxiang smiled and said: "Fourth brother is too worried! It's not that I don't know Zhu Tianbao and Chen Jiayou, and Shi Shilun, they must also get along with me. If three people work together, they can be as powerful as gold, not to mention the prince and
You support me from behind!"
"That's it!" Yinreng also said, "Among the brothers, I think the thirteen and fourteenth brothers are real men and men! Fourth, you are deep and sophisticated, but you are inferior in spirit!" Yinreng said
He pursed his lips and smiled. Among the brothers, there were many people who coveted the position of prince. He knew very well that although the eldest brother, ninth prince, tenth prince, and fourteenth prince all had their own ambitions, they were all eight princes for the most part.
The wings of brother Yinsu. The third elder brother is not humiliating, but he is confident. He is devoted to his father's favor and leads a group of scholars who studied in the dormitory to compile history and compile books. Only the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother are confident and have no ambitions.
His father always only regarded them as complementary talents. Therefore, Yinreng never doubted his loyalty to them. When he sent Zhu and Chen to work with Yinxiang, he still wanted to let Yinxiang go.
If Xiang Li succeeds in this feat, his face will be bright, and he can also stop the boss from saying that the prince has no courage.
How did Yinxiang know that his two brothers had so many thoughts in just one moment? When Yinreng saw He Zhuer taking out a stack of folded documents from the west room, he said: "Put it here, the Fourth Master, Thirteenth Master and I will
Read it after you finish talking." He Zhuer watched He Zhuer exit, stroking the manuscript with his hand, and asked Yinzhen with a smile: "I heard that Lao Ba came to see you last night?"
"The prince has such good eyes and ears!" Yinzhen said with a smile, "I met Lao Ba as soon as we returned to Beijing. He is such a smart man!" Then he reported the situation of meeting Yinzhen to the prince in detail.
.Yinreng listened very attentively. After Yinzhen finished speaking, he asked: "Do you think Fang Bao can be saved?"
"There were a lot of people at the time, so I didn't think well, so I had to answer like that." Yinzhen leaned over and said, "I don't know the situation in Beijing, and I don't know what the regulations are for this case. It depends on the situation." "What are you doing?"
That makes sense!" Yin Reng breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at the documents. When he saw the top one, it was the Ministry of Internal Affairs' decree to select female concubines for the title. The first one on the list was "Zheng Chunhua", and he couldn't help but feel.
He jumped up and down. After a long while, he said incoherently: "Well... this, this... the emperor's side... seems to regret that Dai Mingshi's case was taken seriously. The eighth heard that the third wanted to protect Fang Bao. If so,
If we want to protect it, you have to be the first to do it. If you don’t want to protect it... well, that’s fine. Whether to protect it or not, it depends on what you said, this and this... think about it before you do it."
Yinzhen and Yinxiang couldn't help but look at each other after hearing this. What are they talking about? Although Yinzhen is said to be cowardly, he has always been gentle and elegant, and has never been so incoherent. Just as he was wondering, Yinzhen spoke coherently again: "Fourth brother, this favor
Don’t ask Lao Ba to take it away. Since Lao San has come to see me, you might as well join hands with him to guarantee it. If Lao Ba’s discount arrives first, I can take the whole day and present it to you first!”
"Lao Ba is so shrewd!" Yinzhen said coldly, "How many people has he saved in the past few years! In the 42nd year of Kangxi's reign, one hundred and forty-one officials from the capital were implicated in the matter of Suo Zhongtang. He
More than 90 people were saved. In the Shuntian Prefecture trial bribery case, he saved more than 30 people! No one knows what he had in mind! The reason why he acted so recklessly was because he saw that the emperor did not want to cause more trouble.
! But where should we place the country and the country?" Yinxiang smiled and said: "The 'idea' of Bage is very clear. It is said that he does not form a party or a faction, but he has formed a bigger party than anyone else.
! It’s ridiculous that some people think that just inviting people to a drink and talking to each other is almost like forming a clique for personal gain. They don’t know that such a guarantee is more powerful than anything else. The insured person will be remembered for his kindness! This time I went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to find fault.
, just watch, he will definitely want to guarantor, and if he does this again, the brotherhood between him and me is enough. Prince, don’t worry, I will definitely show you something!"
Yinreng was a little upset after hearing this. He stood up and walked around for a long time before saying: "I have told you so many times, don't think the worst about me. There are so many brothers, each one has his own temper.
We can't force them to be the same. From the perspective of tolerance, I think Lao Si and you still have to learn from Lao Ba. Since others can win people's hearts, why can't I?" Yinzhen nodded silently and sighed: "Although what the prince said is true,
But my personality is easy to change, but my temperament is hard to change. After the Mingzhu was copied, there was a couplet posted on the door of the study, which said, "It is frightening to see through human feelings, and chilling to the heart after reading about the world." Although his behavior is not worthy of mention, this is
The words are the true words and verses after a boom and a decline. I am a person who does not believe in the straight and the straight, and is wary of benevolence. If the Eighth Prince had no personal intentions, he should not ask Zhang Deming to read his face. He is already a noble person.
Prince, what else do you want? The eighth man is called the "Eight Buddhas". I dare not say anything else. In terms of the essence of Buddhism, I am probably slightly better than him. The Buddha thinks of all living beings, and the eighth Buddha thinks of all officials.
You have entered the evil path! Don’t you distinguish between good and bad, blindly embrace the bad, and just recite Amitabha twice to be reborn?"
"What Zhang Deming?" Yinxiang and Yinzhen had been on tour together for several months and had never heard him mention this matter, so he asked in surprise, "What does Zhang Deming do?"
Yinzhen was also startled, and he was also surprised by Yinzhen's well-informed situation. Sitting in Beijing, he was not as well-informed as Yinzhen outside, which made him a little uneasy.
"Of course you don't know," Yinzhen said. "With the prince's status, it is not appropriate to inquire about such things. But if I don't know, or if I know but don't tell me, then I have lost my way as a minister."
It turns out that this Zhang Deming is a wandering Taoist priest. When he came to Beijing three years ago, he claimed to be the junior disciple of Zhang Sanfeng of the Yuan Dynasty. He lived in seclusion in Emei for more than 300 years and learned the principles of knowing the subtle things. Yinzhen smiled and said: "Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs"
Ling'a once recommended it to me, saying that this piece of Deming has superb Taoist skills. It can not only guess the numbers across the board, but also predict life, death, misfortune and fortune." Yinxiang said with a smile: "When you say that, even I want to give it a try!
Aling'a was originally from Bage. He probably wanted to be your disciple, but failed and changed his family, right?"
"It's like this." Yinzhen said, "A Ling'a's talent, knowledge and conduct are not considered obscene. I thought he was too keen on his official career, so I ignored him. I am a nobleman from Tianhuang. Why do I need to ask about my fate? Besides, the emperor has issued decrees many times.
"Brothers are not allowed to have secret relationships with foreign ministers. I don't dare to do such a thing."
Yinreng stared at the outside of the courtyard for a long time, then breathed a sigh of relief and said: "My brother has extraordinary knowledge, but he is also not unbiased. If the country does not select talents based on one quality, how can it be used to abolish people based on their work? There must be such a person in the future.
You can't turn it away. You can recommend it for trial use. Don't let villains use it to make trouble." After saying that, he stood up and said, "It's almost noon. You can have a meal here before leaving?"
"The two of them didn't want to eat here, so they got up and bowed before leaving. (To be continued)