In the post station eighty miles away from Beijing, Nian Qianyao's entourage took out five taels of silver and threw it to the post man, asking them to boil more water for them to wash. Day and night, I want to rush to Beijing in time for the gold festival, but now it seems that it is still too late.

Nian Qianyao asked another personal soldier to trim his face in the house, and listened to the entourage come back with his eyes closed and said, "Master, we probably won't be able to catch up, right?" It's going to take two days to get to Beijing, and even if we don't stop day and night, the horse won't be able to hold on. ”

Nian Qianyao was not in a good mood, but since he knew that he couldn't catch up, he planned to enter Beijing slowly, and he could plan more clearly.

He said: "Don't worry, miss the gold festival and the longevity festival, we will definitely have returned to Beijing by then." I have a letter from home here, you go and give it to the post keeper, ask them to send it out, and it doesn't hurt to give more money. ”

Two days later, outside Shijiazhuang, Nian Qianyao saw Hu Qiheng, he jumped off his horse and ran over, hugged and shouted: "Yuan Fang!" haha！ ”

Hu Qiheng was also happy, and both of them had a lot to say, so they stepped aside.

The people who followed Nian Qianyao into Beijing all dismounted and avoided far away.

Nian Qianyao heard about the eighth master, and sighed: "The eighth master is a good person, and he also instructed me to say something about long live." Since I am a martial artist, if I want to take the road of joining the army, I can't learn the style of those sour and rotten literati in front of Long live. ”

Hu Qiheng said: "Second Master don't worry, even if the Eighth Master is not here now, I often go to the Eighth Master's Mansion to have a look." Fu Jin looked a little pitiful, but he refused to accept our family's silver. Before, Banzai said in the garden that the elder brothers of all the prefectures should go in to study, and I persuaded Fujin to send Hongwang of the Eighth Master's family over, and Fujin gave it back. ”

Nian Qianyao said with a smile: "Women have long hair and short knowledge. Yuan Fang is only afraid that he is kind enough to let people treat him as a donkey's liver and lungs, right? ”

Looking at Hu Qiheng's expression again, Nian Qianyao got up, patted him on the shoulder, and sighed: "Besides, Hongwang is not born in Fujin, it would be wishful thinking to think that she would plan for the child wholeheartedly." ”

"How's it going in the palace?" Nian Qianyao remembered his sister who entered the palace the most, and he didn't dare to write too many letters at home.

Hu Qiheng said: "It's okay for Niangniang to be in the palace, but we can't ask much about things in the palace." ”

"Oh?" Nian Qianyao pulled Hu Qiheng to walk further away, and asked him in a low voice: "What's the matter, the one surnamed Wu added silver again?" ”

Hu Qiheng shook his head, he saw Hu Qiheng's heavy face, and he knew that something was wrong.

"Gonggong Wu doesn't know where to go anymore, it used to be his little apprentice who came out to deliver letters, but now he can't inquire. The second master knew that Niangniang was in the palace, and we didn't tell her about Gonggong Wu, because we were afraid of causing her trouble, so we didn't even dare to inquire now. ”

Hu Qiheng sighed: "Gonggong Wu...... I'm afraid it's ......" people are gone.

The death of a eunuch in the palace is nothing, but Gonggong Wu is also a figure in the palace, I didn't expect people to be so silent, but it made Hu Qiheng's heart chill.

Nian Qianyao said: "Is there anything else?" ”

Hu Qiheng: "I heard that Grandpa Su has disappeared recently, as if he is old, and the current chief manager is surnamed Zhang, Zhang Qilin." ”

Nian Qianyao frowned and affirmed: "Something happened in the palace." "Su Peisheng is a child and follows long live, where is the age to say goodbye now?

One less Wu Gui is nothing, add one Su Peisheng, this time there will be a lot of things in the palace.

Hu Qiheng also thought so, but in front of Nian Qianyao, he just didn't finish his words. He knew Nian Qianyao very well, and it was not a good thing to appear smarter than him in front of him.

Nian Qianyao turned around twice in place, and Hu Qiheng looked at him.

Nian Qianyao zhanzhu asked him: "Is Niangniang now following Banzai or ......?"

Hu Qiheng shook his head and said, "Long live is still only the concubine waiting by your side." ”

Nian Qianyao's brows furrowed, he was not so confident before entering Beijing, he sighed: "Yuan Fang, probably I thought too well......"

Hu Qiheng said: "Why should the second master be arrogant? Your credit is here, long live the Lord in your face, and he won't always be cold. ”

This is also what the Nian family thought at the beginning, the two sons of the Nian family are in the court, and a mother is placed in the palace, so that they can take care of each other.

Nian Qianyao thought so at first, and even when he received the will of Banzai in Mukden, he still felt that his plan was right. But his letter of reward has not been returned yet, and now I hear Hu Qiheng say that Nian's family doesn't seem to be favored in the palace.

After Nian Qianyao brought people into Beijing, he was quite humble to report to the military department first, and then went to the fourteenth master's mansion to kowtow non-stop after returning to his home.

The fourteenth master sat in the study, holding a bamboo board in his hand, staring at Hongyun with fierce eyes, and heard that someone sent a post in to meet him, so he said angrily: "Master doesn't have that kung fu!" ”

As he spoke, he knocked the bamboo board on the table hard, and Hongyun, who was standing under the head and endorsing, trembled in fright.

Fourteen didn't fight in one place: "What are you shaking?" Yes? I don't usually ask you for a gentleman? You can't even pass the Hongyun test! He's four years younger than you!! ”

Hongyun didn't dare to speak, and muttered in his heart: That's a long-lived son, is that an ordinary person? Why don't you say that when you first became a husband for Hongyu, you went into the study and held the book as soon as you returned home?

Hongyun's mid-term examination has always been firmly in the first place, I don't know if there is water here, but the fourth master used a transcription of the name in the ten-month exam, and all of them used the pavilion style to write this anti-cheating method, no matter how big the moisture is, it is limited. And Zuihou's marker is the fourth master.

So every few days after the exam, the fourth master has always been in a good mood.

The emperor is in a good mood, and the atmosphere in the garden is good.

Li Wei saw that the little eunuchs in the garden dared to gather together when there was no errand, and they played with Buku and teased the gnats. The little palace maids also quietly picked flowers to dye their nails and make sachets to smoke clothes.

It's almost autumn, but it's still a little hot.

The fourth master is still wearing single clothes, Li Wei refuses to give him a clip, and the two sets of clothes will not be cold in the house, and it will not be cold when the sun goes out.

"Now it's time to sweat every day." She said that he also hates sweating, and when he sweats, he has to change his clothes, and if he doesn't put on and take off well, he will catch a cold.

The fourth master smiled: "It's up to you." Spring covers autumn frost. The trees outside were still shouting happily, and he sighed: "I always feel that it is time to change clothes after the gold festival." ”

"Wear thick when it's cold, and thin when it's hot." Li Wei said, "How can you dress according to the script?" ”

Fourth Master: "Okay, good, Weiwei is right. ”

Now Weiwei really treats him as Hongyun and they are in charge, and the reason is one by one.

However, before going out, Li Wei still asked someone to bring a thin cloak for Zhang Qilin to bring. The fourth master couldn't help but laugh when he saw it.

When he arrived at the Qinzheng Hall and saw the thirteenth and fourteenth, the fourth master had to laugh even more. The pair of brothers and sisters kowtowed together in a thick nasal voice today, and the fourth master asked them to sit down and said, "Why are you sick together?" Did you pass on the Imperial Doctor? ”

Fourteen rubbed his nose, his eyes blinked and wanted to shed tears, and he shook his head and said, "No, I don't have a fever, but my nose is blocked." ”

They also came for something, thinking that while they were not seriously ill, they should quickly hand over the errand in hand to Banzai, and if they were really sick, they would not make a mistake. Especially the fourteenth, Nian Qianyao's excerpt made him a lot of trouble, he originally planned to hide when Nian Qianyao returned to Beijing, not to mention that he ran to their mansion to ask for a meeting the day in advance.

In the excerpt handed over by the fourteenth, Nian Qianyao and the soldiers he brought this time were all severely criticized, and seventy or eighty kinds of mistakes were singled out. Anyway, he didn't point to these people to carry a sedan chair for him? He was scared to death, and they stuck to hug his thighs. was hugged by a bunch of generals who led the troops, isn't he tired of being alive?

He yawned and said, "Brother Chen, who won't be here in a few days, will raise it in the mansion first." Hongyun didn't do well in the last exam, and his younger brother could give him a tight string at home. ”

The fourth master saw him so concerned and said, "Don't ride a horse when you go back in that moment, take a car, I will let the imperial doctor go to see you." ”

As a result, the fourth master also began to have some nasal congestion at night, Li Wei was next to him, and immediately found that his voice was wrong, and said, "Why do I hear that your nasal voice is heavy?" ”

The fourth master rubbed the bridge of his nose, and also felt a little tired, his heart was probably sick by the thirteenth and fourteenth, and sighed: "I saw the thirteenth and fourteenth today, both of them have a cold, I'm afraid I will sit with them and talk to them." ”

Li Wei hurriedly asked him to change his clothes and lie on the bed, and before the imperial doctor came, he saw his eyelids fighting, as if he was very sleepy.

She told everyone else to go out and stay on the edge of the bed by herself.

Huang Sheng came over quickly with someone, and the fourth master was already drowsy, yawning one after another, and wiping his tears with a handkerchief. He replied to Huang Sheng's words with his spirit, and Li Wei listened to it on the side, as if he was just stuffy and tired, with chills and headaches.

Huang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief after asking, and said, "Your lord, rest assured, long live should be just a minor illness, and it will be fine to recuperate for a few days." ”

I didn't prescribe medicine, but I prescribed porridge.

After hearing this, the fourth master said: "As soon as you follow the words of the concubine, I will rest." "After lying down, I fell asleep after a while.

Li Wei came out with someone, asked Huang Sheng carefully, and only after making sure that there was no problem did he feel relieved, and said: "Go to the Taiyi Doctor of Yiwang Mansion and the Fourteenth Baylor Mansion to call over on the other day to see if the symptoms of Banzai are any different from them." ”

If it is true that the thirteenth and fourteenth have been sick to the fourth master, then their symptoms should be the same. Even if they are all fevers, different symptoms have different causes. Li Wei wanted to be more cautious.

Huang Sheng said: "Your lord is thoughtful, and the ministers obey the order. ”

The next day, Li Wei didn't let people call the fourth master, so when he opened his eyes, it was dark outside for a long time.

Haode slept well, and the fourth master didn't feel tired at all.

After washing, he sat down to have breakfast, took a spoon and stirred the porridge in front of him, and said with a smile: "Now it's time to clear the intestines." ”

Li Wei pushed the plate of meat floss to him, let him eat it, and said, "I asked someone to send a letter to Changchun Garden, do you want to say it in the palace?" ”

It is not a trivial matter for the fourth master to get sick, even if it is just an ordinary cold.

He shook his head and said, "The Queen Mother said that it should be, and the palace will forget it." The queen is not in good health, so there is no need for her to worry. ”

Li Wei waited for him to finish eating, and wanted to persuade him not to go to the Qinzheng Hall today, he rinsed his mouth and thought for a while, and said, "Okay, let people bring the fold and take a look." ”

Just look at the excerpts and see no one, which is already rest in the eyes of the fourth master.

Li Wei didn't plan to let him not even look at the fold, so she stayed by his side, planning to let him go to sleep as soon as she saw him yawning and sleepy.

As a result, before he read two copies, the fourth master yawned one after another.

Li Wei pulled out the fold in his hand and said, "Go sleep for a while, you can't hold on like this." ”

The fourth master leaned on the pillow and wanted to cheer up, but he was tired when he saw the fold, so it didn't matter if he didn't look at it. He shook his head: "I just got up, and I can't sleep when I lie down at this time." ”

Li Wei thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you go and lie down, and I'll read it to you?" ”

The fourth master agreed with a smile.

At noon, Honghui heard that the fourth master was sick and came to ask An to visit, Zhang Qilin said: "Big brother, wait a minute, the slave will go in and report." ”

Honghui: "There is labor. ”

He watched Zhang Qilin enter, and then saw that in the window of the bedroom, Huang Ama was half-lying on the bed, the concubine was sitting in front of the bed, holding a book in her hand and reading, and there were six or seven stacked folds on the table on one side.

Zhang Qilin said through the screen that Honghui was coming, Li Wei got up to avoid it, saw that the window was still open, and asked the fourth master if he wanted to close it? Is it cold with such a wind?

The fourth master shook his head: "Let's open it, this room is a little stuffy." ”

Honghui waited for a long time, and when he saw the concubine leaving, Zhang Qilin came out to invite him in.

"The son greets the emperor Amma." He knelt down and kowtowed.

The fourth master smiled and asked him to get up: "How do you read the book that you gave you last time?" ”

After Nian Qianyao's excerpt was handed over, Huang Ama gave him two more excerpts from the Mongolian tribe begging princess and asked him to write a note to show it.

Huang Ama showed him the excerpt and asked him to write a note, which should be valued by him.

But Honghui always had a vague feeling that the few folds that Huang Ama gave him were not because he valued him, but because he was ...... Pacify him.

The former book was military affairs, but the Ministry of War and the Military Aircraft Department had already discussed it and reached a conclusion. Huang Ama asked him to write again, which does not mean that he will take his opinion.

He also knew, so when he wrote, he was more about figuring out the meaning of Huang Ama and standing firm on his own position. So he thinks that Nian Qianyao can press it, and the first credit should be the fourteenth uncle. First, the fourteenth uncle was the general who led the army at the beginning, and the second, the fourteenth uncle was the clan.

He cited the example of Kangxi's personal expedition, and the credit at that time was indeed attributed to the clan that led the troops. This was originally Kangxi's means to elevate the clan and suppress the big families with various surnames.

Nian Qianyao may be available, but it is precisely because he wants to use him that he can't give him too much credit at the beginning, otherwise he will feed his appetite, and it will not be rewarding him for making great contributions in the future. It is precisely because we want to use him and cherish his good talent and beauty that we must first suppress and then promote.

This is also good for Nian Qianyao.

Huang Ama commented after reading his excerpts: "You are very right about Nian Qianyao. ”

But he never mentioned Uncle Fourteen.

Honghui couldn't help but be apprehensive.

After these two begging marriage recitals were given to him, he looked through the marriage excerpts of the princess of Mongolia in previous years, and thought for a long time before he dared to write, but at this time, when he heard the emperor Ama ask, he still carefully said word by word: "The qualifications of the sons are dull, and they only have a little ......shallow opinion."

As he spoke, he found that Huang Ama's brows were furrowed more and more tightly, and the ones behind him didn't dare to say any more.

The fourth master listened to Honghui's hurried ending, and looked at this son who had high hopes with complicated feelings, perhaps he begged for blame.

"That's a good point, I'll think again. There you go. The fourth master said gently.

At this time, it was almost lunchtime, Honghui came out dizzy, but he didn't expect Huang Ama to leave him for dinner......

Li Wei heard that Honghui was gone, and came over to see that the fourth master had gotten out of bed, and asked Zhang Qilin to wait to put on his clothes, and went to the study to spread paper and ink as if he was ready to write.

Li Wei said: "Why don't you stay with Honghui for dinner?" ”

The fourth master was stunned, stopped writing, and said, "I forgot." By the way, Honghui has been busy these days, I have something to do with him, you call Honghui in, Wanshou Day, let him run errands for you. ”

Li Wei didn't move, seeing that the fourth master was still looking at her, she reacted and said, "Now? She looked at the paper laid out in front of him, thinking that he might be planning to write something, and didn't want her to see it, so she said, "Then I'll go and let someone call him, don't be tired." ”

At this time, it was already dusk when Hongyu came.

The fourth master's body looks much better, his nose is no longer stuffed, and he is also energetic, seeing Hongyu come in to ask for peace, he said with a smile: "This year's longevity, I still plan to do it in the garden." Your E-Niang is worried about these alone, and I'm afraid that I'm tired of her, so you can come and help your E-Niang. ”

Hongyu has been idle since the incident in the household department, and he doesn't want to do errands, and the fourth master doesn't mention him. Now Hongyun is busy with his future father-in-law, so he will help him, and when he heard Huang Ama say this, he said: "E-Niang just calls her son." ”

In the following days, Hongyu was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground.

It's not the first time to hold a Halloween in the Old Summer Palace, and the trouble is to pass the word back and forth. So Hongyu basically has to go back to Beijing every other day, last time there were Uncle Yi Wang and other helpers, but the people who passed back and forth were also eunuchs, and Uncle Yi Wang sat in the capital to make overall arrangements.

Hongyu ran so thin that his legs were thin, and what he had to do was to spread the will of Huang Ama to all the provinces. He caught Hongshi's strong man, saving him from running alone.

There are many princes in the capital, and not all of them can be called to the garden by Banzai. Hongyi's Erbeile Mansion has been full of visitors these days, and they have all come to ask him to help hand over the folds in front of Banzai, and say good things, just to have a place in the garden on the day of Wansui.

Li Wei heard Hongyu complain: "The strangest thing is that the Cheng'en Mansion and the Dutong Mansion of the Wulanala family have gone to look for me, why don't they go to Changchun Palace?" No matter how bad it is, it's okay to find Honghui. Honghui is also in the garden. ”

"So what did you do?" She asked.

"I told Honghui that he should still give this matter to Huang Amati." Hongyu's approach was quite smart, and Li Wei was relieved. If he is a good person to find the fourth master in this matter, the fourth master will definitely respond to it in his face.

Don't see the fourth master and refuse to say bad things about the queen in front of her? No matter what the fourth master thinks in his heart, he has always been quite 'favorable' to the queen and the Ulanala clan outside.

But Hongyu waited for a few days and didn't see Honghui go to the emperor, could it be that he didn't plan to take care of the Ulanala tribe?

The fourth master only added one of the Wulanala tribe two days before his birthday, but it was not the Dutong Mansion, but the Cheng'en Mansion where he was going to marry a daughter to Honghui.

After Li Wei heard about it, she said to Honghui: "It's none of your business now, I guess Honghui still went to talk to you Amma." is both a mother clan and a wife clan, Honghui will not let the Ulanala clan lose face. ”

The disgrace of the Ulanala tribe is the disgrace of Honghui and the queen.

Hongyu nodded, he didn't think that Honghui was mentioning it to Huang Amma, but that Huang Ama only remembered it at this time.

- He felt that Honghui was getting stranger and stranger.

In the Qinzheng Palace, Zhang Tingyu knelt aside to make a decree, and the palace in late autumn was very cold, but cold sweat kept breaking out on his forehead.

The Thirteenth Master also knelt down, holding his breath and not saying a word.

The fourth master stood with a bright yellow holy decree in his hand, he pondered for a long time, and said, "Just behind the Zhengda Guangming plaque in the Old Summer Palace." After a hundred years, you will take it out and read it. ”

The Thirteenth Master slammed his head on the gold brick and said with difficulty: "...... Ministers obey orders. ”