Coming back from the back mountain, Tianshen just woke up to find Eniang, and the Tianshen in my arms also eased from the mood of Shicai.

After lunch, not long after taking a nap with Tianshen, he woke up when Xiaoshunzi entered the house, glanced at Tianshen, and asked softly: "What's the matter?"

The two have already met, the eighth master originally had a good relationship with the master, and he liked it very much when he saw Hongshi, and led him to the host room for dinner. Xiao Shunzi said.

Hongshi is now nine years old, and he looks really smart and cute, but his temperament is pampered by the Li family, and although he is still young, he has seen willful indulgence. However, listening to Xiao Shunzi, he seemed quite well-behaved and obedient when he saw Yinxi, and the two of them were really related.

"That's good, you don't have to say much, anyway, Hongshi needs to go to the study every day to study, if you want to see the eighth master, you can always find a chance to meet, as long as you help him introduce him once, we don't have to worry too much about how to do it in the future. I put the lid on Tianshen's body and said indifferently.

After returning from the Great Compassion Temple, everything returned to its daily calm. Occasionally, the Ulanala clan would gather the crowd to speak and perform the courtesies expected of the royal palace. Hiroshi has been going to the study every day since he was six years old, and Li stays alone in the mansion and doesn't know what he's doing. Although Nian's is being favored, he is very low-key and indisputable, and he is not pampered, but goes to the Wulanala clan on time every day to ask for peace, and then goes back to his yard to embroider and write. It's Yi's, after going to Wulanara's side and touching the soft nails a few times, he often walks around last year's side, and it seems that he wants to hug Nian's thighs. Only the Lao family and the Qian family often have contact with me in the house, and the three of them also take care of each other.

Regarding Yi's family, I have always felt that she is a member of the Li family, or that she has something to do with the Li family, but since Yi Shi entered the mansion, it is rare to see her have direct contact with the Li family. Although Yi Shi was very hypocritical and lacking in IQ from beginning to end, for some reason, this woman always made me feel a kind of vigilance that I couldn't see through.

The fifty-second year of Kangxi is the year of the general election, but this year I don't know whether it was because Yinzhen was old or Yinzhen himself refused, Kangxi did not stuff new people into Prince Yong's mansion again. In the eyes of outsiders, Yinzhen is also exclusively spoiled by Nian's, but there has been no news about Nian's belly, and someone in the house privately said that Nian's side Fujin's body is so delicate, I am afraid that it is a chicken that can't lay eggs, even if it is favored again, I am afraid that it will not be able to rely on it in the future.

But I know that this is not the case, Yinzhen doesn't want Nian's to have a child so early, so every time after resting at Nian's, he will secretly order someone to send a decoction called recuperation to avoid children, so that she has no chance of conceiving a child at all.

Since the day when Yinzhen was persuaded to pet Nian's family, although Yinzhen has never stayed in my hospital again, he often takes advantage of the days when he is busy in the front yard and is not on the last year's side to take time to sit here, talk to me, relieve his thoughts, and talk about upsetting things to listen to my views and relieve stress. As for why Nian's has not been pregnant for so long, I once asked Yinzhen privately, since he plans to spoil Nian's and let Nian Qianyao follow him with peace of mind, why not let Nian's have an heir and make Nian Qianyao more loyal.

"It's not time yet," Yinzhen replied: "People's hearts are insufficient, and benefits can't be given too quickly." The exclusive favor of Nian's was originally because of the importance of Nian Qianyao. Not to mention the relationship between the Nian family, I also admire Nian Qianyao very much, but he is ambitious. This man is not stupid, he knows very well what I want, so he is now testing and fighting for the best I can give him. There is a folk allusion that says that if you want a donkey to go obediently, you must take a carrot and put it in a place where the donkey can see but can't eat it. Nian Qianyao is such a donkey, I must pinch the benefits in my hand that can be seen but not eaten, so that he can ******** obediently. So Nian's favor, it's just this carrot that attracts him, if Nian's is pregnant at this time, and there is not much distance between Yuanshou and Tianshen's age, then it is not that he can't eat it, but close to his mouth, as long as he makes a little effort to bite it, then he will inevitably have further requirements for me, which will only make me passive. ”

Speaking of this, Yin Zhen paused, looked at me and said with a smile: "Besides, haven't you always wanted Yuan Shou to inherit my title in the future? ”

The days passed like this day by day, and the time also entered the fifty-third year of Kangxi from the fifty-second year of Kangxi. Maybe others don't know it at this time, but I know in my heart that the prosperous Kangxi in history began to move towards the countdown stage of this dynasty, and it is also the most white-hot stage of the nine sons to seize the heir.

Fifty-three years after entering Kangxi, Yinzhen became more and more fond of the Nian family, but I don't know if it was our divergence of attention or the Li family's other plans, and the inner courtyard of the palace began to enter an unprecedented calm from then on. But I didn't expect that such a calm would be a huge crisis that I had been planning for a long time.

In June of the 53rd year of Kangxi's reign, it was reported in the DPRK that the former head of the household department, Shangshu Xifu, accused Yinzhi, Yinyu, Yinyu, Yinlu and other princes' subordinates and chamberlains of blackmailing "family property".

But the news from Xiao Shunzi made me panic and worry.

At first, Xiao Shunzi said that Yinyu actually violated the ban and ordered the chamberlain He Yuzhu to go to Kanto to privately shave ginseng. After forcing the merchants who held ginseng in the Kanto region to sell it cheaply, they took the ginseng to the south of the Yangtze River, exchanged it for cloth, and brought it to Tianjin Pass, not only refusing to pay taxes, but also insulting the Tianjin Taoist family. He violated the order to do business and opened a wooden shop in Tianjin. He also sent He Yuzhu and others to Suzhou, Tianjin Wei and other places to abduct and sell many women from good families and send them to the middle school for drama. When there was someone who was unwilling to sell his body, he asked He Yuzhu to pretend to be the groom, pretending to marry Mingmei, the son of Mingzhu's old servant An San, and secretly entered Beizi's room.

I was worried and helpless about Yinyu's sudden unusually rebellious and unruly, but hearing Xiao Shunzi's later words made me have an extremely uneasy premonition.

Xiao Shunzi said: "The person who was placed in the Ninth Master's Mansion said earlier that the women that the Ninth Master asked He Yuzhu to bring back are all very good. Originally, I just thought that this matter was the matter of the Ninth Master's inner house, and I didn't want to worry about Gege because of the Ninth Master's affairs, so I never talked about it, but now that this matter has been stabbed above, although it has been pressed, the people on the fourth master's side will inevitably know some inside stories, and the slave is worried about the intersection of the ninth master and Gege's past, and this time I can't hold it on the fourth master's side. ”

"You are so confused, how can you not say these things. If I had said it earlier, there might have been a remedy, but what could be done now. That's it, when did you say that the ninth master secretly recruited women in the mansion?" Xiao Shunzi has always been taboo when talking to me, and I don't care about his outspokenness. Just reprimanded and asked about what he said.

"Since Zhang Gege's incident, Jiu Ye will occasionally bring back to the mansion when he encounters a woman with similar eyebrows and eyes, but he behaves so perversely and wantonly collects, it seems that it was after May last year. Xiao Shunzi said when she recalled her youth.

"May ...... Are you saying that since we went to the Great Compassion Temple to offer incense, the Ninth Master began to send people to collect women so unscrupulously?"

"At about that time, at the beginning, someone sent a god-like Jiangnan female drama to the ninth master, and somehow soon after the ninth master asked He Yuzhu to go out to do errands, and then He Yuzhu kept sending people to the house in private. Xiao Shunzi frowned and said.

"Can you find out who is the person who sent the Jiangnan female drama to the ninth master?" I asked eagerly.

"It is said that it is an official who has stepped down from the Jiangnan side, but the slave has inquired about this official and has a close relationship with Master Li. Master Li had a close relationship with the people of the Eighth Master and the Ninth Master in private, and I think it was he who reminded this official to favor the Ninth Master, so that the Ninth Master would be familiar with each other in front of the Eighth Master. Xiao Shunzi said.

My body went limp, and the flash in my mind turned into eight or nine points of affirmation, and at the same time, what swept my body and mind was the heaviness and disappointment that pierced my heart.

"This matter is premeditated, this time I can't avoid it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get out, but before that, I need you to help me determine one thing" I lowered my eyes and said to Xiao Shunzi in a deep voice.

Gege commanded. Xiao Shunzi said.

I called Xiao Shunzi to me and whispered something in my ear, and Xiao Shunzi nodded gloomily and walked out of the house, calling Aster in.

When Aster followed Xiaoshunzi in, I was sitting at the table writing something, and pointed to the tea cup in her hand and said, "The tea is cold, help me change a cup of tea." ”

Aster obediently walked over and took the tea cup out to change the tea, and when she came in, she happened to see me handing the written paper to Xiao Shunzi. Seeing her come in, I glanced at Xiao Shunzi and said, "This is quite a big matter, you must send it out tonight, don't make a mistake."

Xiao Shunzi bowed his head, turned around and went out with a note, and fell asleep with Aster's service as if nothing happened. When I woke up, the next day, Xiao Shunzi came over and replied in front of Aster, "Everything has been arranged, just waiting for the things to be sent out."

I got up and took a bag of things from the desk and handed it to Xiao Shunzi, saying, "Be proper, don't make a mistake."

Xiao Shunzi nodded and retreated, and after about an hour, suddenly the people from the Wulanala clan rushed over to pass the message, saying that Xiaoshunzi was detained for the crime of entrainment and concealment, and was taken to the Wulanala clan for questioning at this time.

My heart sank, I glanced at the aster beside me, and said, "Change clothes, follow me to Fujin." ”

When I arrived at the Ulanala clan, Xiao Shunzi was kneeling in front of the hall and talking, and the burden I handed him had already been unwrapped in the hands of the Ulanala clan. In addition to the Wulanala clan in the house, there are also Li clans and Nian clans, and the atmosphere of the scene is quite solemn.

"Sister Geng came just in time, just now the housekeeper took my sister's personal attendant, saying that he was secretly helping Sister Geng send news to people outside the house, and I was about to ask. "Ulanala saw me come in, the corners of his lips hooked slightly, and he glanced at Li pointedly.

"Xiao Shunzi was sent out by me to send things to the house, how can I bring it to my private collection, Sister Fujin Mingjian, but I have to check it carefully and return my innocence. I bowed to my knees and followed the words of the Ulanala clan.

"I've checked the baggage, but it's just a family letter and a silver ticket, and I don't see anything wrong, but I have to take someone's steward to tell me what's wrong. The Ulanala clan took out the letters from his baggage and raised them.

As he was talking, Yinzhen came in from outside the house, saw Xiao Shunzi and me kneeling in the hall, didn't say a word, walked to the position on the side of the Ulanala clan and sat down, reached out and took the letter in the hand of the Ulanala clan and read it.

"It's a family letter, and I want to know what's wrong, so I'll let the person in charge come and explain it clearly," I continued, without changing my face.

The steward of the man was led into the house with a crush, knelt down with a thud, and replied tremblingly: "The letter mentions the Ninth Master, and also says that the weather has been changing recently, so we must be cautious in everything......

"Dare to ask what's wrong with that?" I asked, glancing at the steward.

"The servant got the news that Geng Gege would ask Xiao Shunzi to send a letter to the ninth master today, reminding him that there have been many events in the DPRK and China recently, and that he must be cautious in everything and not act rashly. When the slave saw this letter, he felt that the nine masters mentioned in it were the nine masters, saying that the climate had changed recently, which meant that there were many events in the court, and it was necessary to be cautious as a reminder, so it was consistent with the secret report, so he withheld the people and the letter and brought them to the master of Fujin for disposal. "The steward said this with a straight and smooth voice.

"Hehe, I think I have figured out something, I don't know where this steward got the letter, I can take a good family letter out of context to such an extent" I sneered and mocked: "Why don't you read this family letter in its entirety, so that people can hear if this is really the meaning?"

As soon as my voice fell, I heard Yinzhen's cold voice sound, and he read in a shallow voice: "Parents are on top, my daughter greets her, I see words like seeing people, I haven't seen each other for a long time, I am very worried, and now my daughter is all right in the house, Tianshen is well-behaved and sensible, babbling all day long is very cute, there is a son like Si, Su Ri is stable, and there is no worry, I hope that the family does not have to worry about it, when I take care of myself, my daughter can be at ease." Listen to the letterhead in the past mentioned that the nine masters have a lot of care at home, although they are distant relatives, but there is nothing to ask for, when a good life to come and go, help each other, and hope to ask for a greeting, the climate has changed recently, the nine masters are old, everything must be cautious. I heard that the young son of the ninth master is weak, and he needs to take decoction medicine all the year round, which costs a lot, and there are a number of silver tickets, which are accumulated on weekdays, and I hope to transfer them on my behalf. ”

After the book was finished, Yin Zhen narrowed his eyes and said to Su Peisheng: "Go and check if the Nine Masters have their own people and the content of the previous correspondence may be correct, that is, you will know who is true and who is false." ”

Su Peisheng was ordered to go out and send someone to fetch past letters from our courtyard to check, and asked people to go out of the house to inquire whether the Geng family really had the Nine Masters and the intersection with it.

It was a long time, everyone in the room felt suffocating dullness and depression, and during the time of waiting for the results, no one dared to speak, and the Ulanala clan also looked at me from time to time with a worried face, trying to confirm with my eyes whether it was really safe.

I just held my eyes, did not respond to the exploration of the Ulanala clan, and quietly waited for the outcome of the matter by Su Peisheng's movements. (To be continued.) )