"Feng Tian, the emperor's edict said: Si elder brother Yinzhen handled the case of the third prince Zhu just for his own use, and hastily and recklessly, causing the rebels to almost provoke a great chaos. Fortunately, the eighth elder brother Yinzhen cleaned up the mess and did not cause a catastrophe. From now on, Ge Yinzhen will cease all duties, and will not be allowed to intervene in government affairs without my will. I respect this."
Si elder brother kowtowed down, and said in a deep voice: "The sons of the minister follow the order."
Li Dequan received the imperial decree and handed it to the fourth elder brother, and said, "Four elder brother, you will be able to live well in the mansion, and the slave will speak nicely in front of the emperor when you catch the opportunity."
Si elder brother thanked Li Dequan, put a bank note into his hand, and sent him out. When he returned to the hall, Jin Zhi was still waiting there, looking at him worriedly, and asked: "Four Lord, what should I do now?"
Si elder brother smiled lonely and said: "You go."
Jin Zhi felt anxious, with tears in his eyes, and asked him: "This is my home, where do you want me to go?"
Si elder brother sighed, sat down slowly, and said: "It doesn't matter where you go, just don't follow me. Look at me, the position in Chaozhong is gone, and Huang Ama won't wait to see me. Not to mention, I haven't looked at me with my straight eyes since I was a child. What's the point of you saying you follow me?"
Jin Zhi cried: "I marry you not because of your background and status, but because you are you. If one day you don’t even have to eat, you want to go to the street to beg for food, do you believe me? I’m Jin Zhi. Follow behind you and carry the bowl for you."
Si elder brother slowly closed his eyes, and it took a long time before he said in a astringent voice, "Why? You know I don't have you in my heart."
Jin Zhi sobbed: "My Ama also asked me this sentence, and after he asked, I asked myself again, why bother? But from the moment I saw you, I fell in. The more I struggled, the more I fell. Deep, in the end, I didn't even have the strength to struggle. I could only let myself sink down slowly, sink down... In the end, you were the only one left in the whole world.
Si elder brother was moved by hearing this, and looked at Jin Zhi steadily. Jin Zhi wiped the tears on his face indiscriminately, and forced a smile: "I must be ugly, right? I know you are in a bad mood, I should make you happy, but I don't know why, tears just can't be controlled. Wait for me, I will dry it right away, and dry it right away."
Si elder brother smiled faintly, stretched his hand over her, and sighed in a low voice: "I don't deserve you to treat me like this."
Jin Zhi shook his head and said: "No, no, the fourth master is worth it! Jin Zhi knows the pain in your heart! Don't be depressed, although Huang Ama is deceived by the traitor, he will understand your painstaking efforts for the country and the people in the future. "
Brother Si fell silent, speechless for a long time.
Jin Zhi looked at him carefully and asked, "Four Lord, should I call the Thirteenth Lord back from the south? Lao Ba is surrounded by Lao Jiu and Lao Shi, but you don’t even have a helper by your side. As the saying goes, brother. If the thirteenth master can come back, there may be a turning point."
Si elder brother thought for a while and said: "Okay, you go to grind the ink, I will write to the thirteenth brother."
Jin Zhi hurriedly went to the book case to prepare paper and pen. Si elder brother stood for a while before the case, and then wrote on the letter paper: The thirteen brothers have come to Beijing to meet quickly.
Then he put the envelope and handed it over to Zhao An to rush to Jiangnan day and night. The thirteenth elder brother who was inspecting Hegong saw only this sentence written in the letter. He couldn't help being very surprised. In recent years, he has been sent out by the Kangxi sect and rarely returns to Beijing. Seeing that the fourth elder brother suddenly called him back, he asked Zhao An: "What happened to Brother Si?"
Zhao An briefly talked about the recent events in Beijing, but did not dare to mention the entanglement between the fourth eldest brother and Qingchuan.
The thirteenth elder brother couldn't help but smiled and said, "Oh? I haven't returned to Beijing for more than a year. I never thought that the Eighth Yeh Dang has become so powerful. It just so happened that the Hegong work was over, so I will return to Beijing to ask Huang Ama. Debriefing, and meeting them for a while."
The thirteenth elder brother is a resolute and resolute person. Since he decided to return to Beijing, he simply explained his official duties to his men and directly took Zhao An back to the capital. Half a month after entering the city of Beijing, the thirteenth elder brother asked Zhao An to go to the Yongwang Mansion to send a letter to the fourth elder brother, and he went to the palace to see Kangxi.
Kangxi was very happy to see that the thirteenth elder brother came back, and heard him report that the Jiangnanhe construction has been handled properly, and couldn't help but smile: "It is true that my Shisanlang is the most worry-free. I will stay here today. In the Qing Palace, I set a banquet for Shisan Lang to wash the dust."
The thirteenth elder brother smiled and thanked him. He was sitting and talking with Kangxi when he saw a young eunuch hurriedly coming in from the outside and knelt on the ground with a plop. Li Dequan, who was standing by the side, widened his eyes and scolded: "What are you doing so panicking! Don't be afraid to startle the Holy Driver!"
The eunuch was taken aback and kowtowed to Kangxi. Kangxi was in a good mood because the thirteenth elder brother came, and did not care about him, just asked: "Xiao Shunzi, what happened?"
Xiao Shunzi squatted again, his face was full of joy, and reported: "If you return to the emperor, the maid of Chuxiu Palace will come to report that it is the wife of Xibi who is pregnant."
Everyone in the Nuan Pavilion was shocked. Since the second waste of the prince, Kangxi has been left out of Ximen for a long time, and she did not expect her to be pregnant. Li Dequan was the first to react, and immediately knelt down to congratulate Kangxi and said: "Congratulations to the emperor, Empress Xili is about to add a little elder brother to the emperor."
Kangxi was also overjoyed. He stood up and walked back and forth in excitement two times, then turned to ask Xiao Shunzi, "But did you call the emperor to look over?"
Xiao Shunzi nodded and said, "The imperial physician of the Imperial Hospital has already passed by to check the pulse of Niang Xiyi."
Kangxi paused and said to Li Dequan: "Go, let's go see her." Then he turned and walked outside. After two steps, he remembered that the thirteenth elder brother was still there, so he stopped again. Said quite apologetically: "Shisan Lang, I will pick you up another day!"
The thirteenth elder brother hurriedly smiled and said, "Huang Ama doesn't have to worry about your children. The children are not in Beijing for some time, and there are some things that you want to play with."
Kangxi smiled, turned around and took Li Dequan away.
The thirteenth elder brother waited until everyone had left. Only then did he grab the smile on his face. When he was about to leave, he saw a little eunuch hurriedly running in from the outside and said to a beautiful palace lady standing on the porch. : "Aunt Qingchuan, Li Jingda asked you to prepare some silver ingots. The emperor will definitely reward people when he comes back. I'm afraid they will be used."
The maid nodded and replied, "I see, you can ask Li Jingda to rest assured."
The thirteenth elder brother heard a move in his heart, walked over, smiled and asked the maid: "Your name is Qingchuan?"
Qingchuan looked at him calmly, squatted respectfully, and saluted: "Brother Thirteen is auspicious. If you go back to Brother Thirteen, your servant is called Qingchuan."
Elder Brother Thirteen nodded slightly, smiled, and turned away.
In Chuxiu's palace, Jubilee leaned on the soft couch and quietly looked at the imperial doctor who was kneeling in front of her and gave her a pulse. The imperial doctor's finger stopped for a moment between Xibi's wrist, and a strange color flashed across his face, and he couldn't help but raise his head to look at Xibi.
The Jubilee smiled slightly and asked softly: "What's the matter? Is there any problem with the children in this palace?"
The imperial doctor hesitated and said: "The pulse of the empress doesn't look like a happy pulse..."
The Jubilee smiled and sat up and said in a hurry, "But what should I do if I have already reported it to the emperor? Do you want the emperor to cure this palace for a crime of deceiving the emperor? The death of the palace does not matter, but the concubine in the palace In order to fight for favor, do you think the emperor will let you spread the secrets of false pregnancy and deception?"
The imperial doctor heard sweat leaking from his forehead, and hurriedly leaned down and kowtowed his head repeatedly: "The minister is terrified, please give me some guidance."
The Jubilee stretched out his hand to help him up and said in a low voice: "It's very simple. Just say that the palace is pregnant. When the emperor comes to this palace every day, you can help the palace find some secret recipes for giving birth. Do you feel it?"
Hearing that the doctor's eyes flickered, he was surprised. The Jubilee looked at him, twitched the corners of his mouth lightly, and threatened: "If you gamble with this palace, there is still a chance for the two of us. If you don't gamble with this palace, this palace will surely let your family be buried. ."
The imperial doctor squatted his head and said: "The minister... The minister follows the decree, the minister is going to prescribe the prescription first."
Jubilee nodded and called the maid to come in and take the doctor to prescribe a prescription. After a while, I heard Wanyue whispering outside: "Niang, the emperor is here."
While talking, Kangxi hurried in with Li Dequan, and the Xibi hurriedly bowed down to greet Kangxi, but he was supported by him. Kangxi smiled and said: "You are pregnant, get up quickly. What does the imperial doctor say?"
Jubilee smiled shyly and said softly: "The imperial doctor said it has been more than a month."
Kangxi laughed and said: "Well, I can't think that I can add more children at this age. It is a great happy event!"
Everyone in the room was busy and knelt down to congratulate Kangxi and Xi 嫔. Kangxi is over half a hundred years old. At this time, the Hou 嫔 can be pregnant. It obviously shows that he is in good health, so he is also very happy in his heart. The people in the palace lavishly rewarded it.
Qingchuan looked at the reward brought back by the palace maid, and was a little surprised, and asked, "Is the mother of Xixi really pregnant?"
The palace lady was overjoyed because she had received a lot of rewards, and nodded when she heard the words: "Well, it's been more than a month. A while ago, the emperor snubbed Xi's wife, and the palace said she was going to fall out of favor, and many people wanted to go up. Stepping on the feet of the prince's wife, what's the result? The prince's wife is indeed a blessed person. She was diagnosed with a dragon and the emperor was overjoyed. Now, who dares to say a'no' to her? I heard that someone has begun to give Chu Xiu. Gifts are given in the palace!"
Qingchuan also sighed when he heard it. He was spoiled for a while, but was disgusted by Kangxi because of the abandonment of the prince. Seeing that he was hopeless, he suddenly found out that he was pregnant again. In this palace, everyone's fate is constantly ups and downs, and no one can see what it will be like in the future.
Qingchuan sighed and shook her head, got up and went to work in the Qing Palace. Sure enough, seeing Kangxi with joy and a good mood, she also congratulated Kangxi with a few words of fun. Kangxi couldn't help but smile, and pointed with her finger. Qingchuan turned his head and smiled with Li Dequan: "Look at this girl, you still think I don't have enough rewards for her, and I'm deceiving me with kind words!"