The fourth master was sitting in the tent. Honghui took off the Nine Dragon Pendant from his waist, put it on the table, and then pushed it to the fourth master, "Amma, you should keep this thing. My son is holding it for hot hands."
The fourth master said in a funny way: "Isn't it a jade pendant? Don't think too much. Just keep it well yourself." This thing can only be offered now and in the future, unless... it can see the light of day again.
Honghui shook his head, "It's not that my son thinks too much, it's that he's afraid that his uncles will think too much." He pushed the jade pendant forward, as if he was afraid to avoid it, "This is outside, not like at home.
Amma will keep it first and give it to me when you get home."
Fourth Master smiled and did not force it, "Go ahead. Just study in the tent these days. Don't go out."
He wouldn't dare go out and wander around at this time, so he nodded quickly and ran out in two or three steps.
The fourth master then called Su Peisheng, "Tell the people below to keep an eye on them. No outsiders are allowed to approach the two elder brothers. Please be careful with everything you eat and drink. Don't make any mistakes."
Su Peisheng hurriedly agreed. He was not stupid and naturally knew how important it was now.
The fourth master then took the jade pendant and played with it in his hand, but he began to guess what the emperor meant.
Hunting is not something that can be completed in one day. There are only a few days left, and the fourth master hates to go out less. Anyway, he has registered with the emperor and has caught a cold. The good thing is that he is not so neat. This can be regarded as a reason.
On the fifth day, I suddenly heard that Xiao Shiba was ill. He was very ill. He was already unconscious due to fever.
Eighteen is only eight years old. It is very dangerous for a child to have a fever.
The fourth master immediately took the people over. This child has been following the emperor these days, and the emperor is quite fond of him. But having said that, those rumors are all nonsense, Xiao Shiba is only eight years old.
My child is the emperor's biological son and an old man. There is nothing I don't like about him. But he is so good, why did he suddenly become ill?
When the Fourth Master entered, only the Emperor and Fifteen and Sixteen were there. Several imperial doctors were kneeling on the ground, all of them sweating profusely.
"Fourth brother." Shiliu came over and saluted Fourth Master.
The fourth master looked at it and saw that the circles under Shiliu's eyes were red. So he asked, "What did the imperial doctor say?"
"It's said to be a fever. But I can't take the medicine now. It doesn't look good." Sixteen said, his voice choked up.
The emperor's eyes were also red, presumably because he had not rested for a long time.
The fourth master nodded, stepped forward and touched Shiba's forehead. He didn't know if it was because his hands were cold, but he felt that they were very hot. So he couldn't help but said: "It's better to confirm the disease quickly and prescribe the right prescription."
That's good. We don't have to go to the palace now. If there is any shortage of medicine, just say it and don't make do with it."
Kangxi's face softened a little, "Let's make another prescription."
Huang Sheng was the director of Tai Hospital, and he had not been reprimanded like this for many years. The eighteenth brother's illness didn't look good now. He had to bite the bullet and deal with it first.
The fourth master looked at it and sighed, and comforted him: "Huang Ama should take care of himself without authorization." After finishing his words, Li De reported everything outside, and the princes came one after another. But no matter how many people there were,
What's the use of guarding it?
The brothers had to wait until the imperial doctor gave Shi Shi the medicine before turning around and coming out.
Two days later, I heard that he was awake. Fourth Master even went to see Xiao Shiba again. He saw Xiao Shiba, a thin and small boy, eating porridge fed by the palace servants. He gave some instructions, and then saw Xiao Ba because of
I felt a little uncomfortable when he arrived, so I turned around and went out without stopping.
Who would have thought that in the middle of the night, Su Peisheng woke up the Fourth Master outside and said, "...Brother Eighteen is dead."
The fourth master suddenly woke up, how could he have died so well? He still woke up to eat porridge today.
Su Peisheng came in and waited for the fourth master to get up. Then he whispered: "Do you want to ask the two brothers to get up?"
Eighteen is young, but he is still an uncle. So he should be called uncle.
"Call!" Fourth Master said, "Tell them to dress warmly. The people serving around them should choose appropriate ones." It's very chaotic outside now.
When Fourth Master arrived, he happened to see an imperial doctor from the imperial hospital being crushed. He was afraid that he would not survive.
"...Acne! You couldn't see it in advance." The emperor's angry voice came from inside.
Some people have acne and then develop a fever after seeing the acne. Some people may have a fever but may not have acne. Such symptoms are generally incurable. Huang Sheng had such worries at the time, but now, it turns out to be true.
The fourth master went inside and found that almost all his brothers were here. Who has never encountered the problem of children not growing up? Didn’t the fourth master himself lose two daughters and one son in infancy? Even Honghui and Hongyun were not the same.
I almost couldn't save him.
The emperor himself had more children who died in infancy. Not to mention the young ones, even the adult princesses had many. Now that he is older, he can't bear this even more.
No one said anything. Everyone knows what this feels like.
Honghui and Hongyun, dressed in plain clothes, offered incense to Uncle Eighteen, whom they had not met a few times, and stood guard. Uncles Fifteen and Sixteen were crying until they were almost unconscious.
Sixteen held Fifteen's hand, "When we go back, how are we going to explain to E Niang?"
He went out and killed his youngest brother.
Hongyun's nose felt sour and tears came down. How pitiful.
The days that followed were a bit depressing. But the emperor still seemed to have no intention of returning to the capital. He only sent three brothers, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and the coffin of eighteen, back to the capital. Originally, the fourth master also planned to take advantage of the opportunity.
I asked Honghui and Hongyun to follow them back, but after thinking about it, I decided to forget it. I still have to take care of them here. On the road, there are several half-grown children, and it will be too late if anything happens.
After placing the child, he was about to go to the imperial court when he received news that the emperor had scolded the prince for being unkind. The eighteenth prince had unfortunately died young, but he did not go to see him or even ask. It was really cold.
The fourth master sighed in his heart and felt aggrieved for the prince. The prince now doesn't even have freedom, and without the emperor's call, he can't even leave the tent. How can he visit Shiba.
If you were to stand in the position of the prince, you would probably feel that the emperor was hypocritical. His adult son was almost driven crazy by him. How could he be sad after he had only been with him for three to five days?
Did the prince do something else that he didn't know about?
Fourth Master couldn't help but guess.
Before we could come up with any clues, news came from the capital that Nalan Mingzhu was dead.
This is something I never expected.
After all, he has been a powerful official for decades, and the Ministry of Rites did not dare to be careless. He handed the document to the emperor to see if the emperor still had grace? Who knew that the emperor would forget it after reading it, not to mention grace, and did not even say a superfluous word.
Prince Zhi was sitting in the tent and couldn't explain how he felt. In the early years, this uncle also helped him a lot. Until he slowly realized that his efforts were not in vain. He took a step
Step by step, I learned the taste of power and what ambition is. When I truly understood this, I looked back and realized that on the other side, my own Ama was also the driving force behind all of this.
The prince, no matter how powerful he is, is just a game between the king and his ministers, and he is their pawn.
At that time, he often thought of a story. It was said that one family lost their child and it was stolen by another childless family. The child's mother found out and wanted to take the child back, but the other party insisted that the child was their biological child, not his.
It was stolen. After a dispute, the two families went to court. The official put the child in the middle, and whoever pulled the child into his arms knew whose child it was. The mother was reluctant to do anything, so she won her child back.
At that time, he was like a child being fought and torn between two sides. But the difference was that his dear mother never felt any pain.
In the late autumn grassland, the night was extremely cold. The bonfire in the tent was burning brightly. Honghui nestled on the sheepskin mattress, listening to the wind outside, and couldn't help but shrink into the quilt. Fu Chi followed him out this time,
Sitting by the fire to warm up, Xiao Dezi came in with a teapot, shook his hands and said, "Master, it's snowing outside."
Honghui was stunned for a moment and said, "It's a shame that I brought winter clothes with me when I came out."
He remembered that E Niang was packing her clothes and muttering something about "Hu people are snowing in August", and he couldn't help but want to laugh. In the Qing Dynasty, few people dared to mention "Hu people". The fourth master came in from outside wearing a big cloak.
Honghui wanted to get up, but Fourth Master stopped him, "Go to sleep in your bed. Don't get up at night. Leave a few more people to keep watch so that the fire can't be extinguished at night." After saying that, he couldn't help but said to Honghui: "Why don't you move?
Go and live with Amma."
Never!
Although I slept on the same kang with Ama’s mother for half a year a few years ago, it would definitely not work for me to sleep with Ama now.
The fourth master didn't force himself, he gave some instructions and went out. He also wanted to visit Hong Yun's place.
The wind on the grassland was carrying snowflakes and was blowing wildly. It was whistling and making hunting noises in the tent.
Honghui couldn't sleep. He only lay down and practiced the exercises, and his body felt warmer.
Suddenly, it seemed that there was the sound of horse hooves coming from far away. His five senses were sharper than others, and he believed that he would not be mistaken. The sound of horse hooves was definitely not the sound of dozens or hundreds of people.
Something is going to happen! This was Honghui's first feeling. He jumped up from the bed and said, "Get up quickly."
Fu Chi was sleeping in a daze. He made do with sleeping on the couch outside the screen of Honghui's inner room. When Honghui shouted, his heart tightened, and he wrapped himself in a big cloak and said, "Master, what's wrong?"
"You go to the second elder brother and bring him to Amma." Honghui said while getting dressed.
Fu Chi was stunned for a moment, and then saw that Honghui's expression was not fake. He quickly put on his clothes and went to the tent next door.
Honghui put on his cloak and hung up his sword. After thinking about it, he also put on his bow and arrows.
Outside the tent, the wind and snow were flying all over the sky, and the wind was blowing on people's faces, which was like a knife cutting them. Apart from the sound of the wind, it was so quiet nearby that it made people panic.
There was someone standing guard outside the fourth master's account. When the guards saw it was Honghui, they stood up quickly and asked, "Why is the eldest brother here?"
"Let me know, I want to go in." Honghui's tone left no room for doubt.
Before the guards could say anything, Fourth Master's voice came from inside, "Come in."
Seeing that Honghui was wielding swords and arrows, Fourth Master said: "It's okay! Don't be afraid." Apparently he had received the news. (. )