After Yu'er returned home, she asked Yun'er, and Yun'er said, "Xi Mama and Gu Ruyi entered the palace together, so they can be regarded as friends." Gu Ruyi's embroidery workshop originally had a painter surnamed Lu, and there was something at home that went back to the south, and there was no news for a few months, and Gu Ruyi couldn't embroider without a draft. Xi Mama heard that the peony in the Yulong cold drink hall was painted, and knew that I painted it, so it happened that Gu Ruyi took an order for embroidery, and the guest asked for a peony picture. Mama Xi entrusted Mama Zheng to intercede with Fu Jin, and then Fu Jin asked me if I could draw one, it was not very big, it was a white drawing, no need to color, can I refute Fu Jin's face? I drew a white peony. The embroidery manuscript is not as complicated as my flower, and if it is too complicated, it cannot be embroidered, so I earned ten taels of silver. You and the cartoon animals of the water sell for five taels each. The silver is in a drawer, take it yourself. ”

"Don't pay the price, you and the prince brought back those goods and skills, they don't want a tael of silver, they are all dedicated, and the slaves and maids don't want either."

"Can you compare with me? My monthly case of one hundred taels of silver a month, as well as the silver that the prince and Fujin reward at any time, add up to more than one hundred taels of income a month, and the two of you together are less than half of mine. Besides, we are all disciples of Master Ganlin, and Master told us that we are not allowed to take remuneration, and it has nothing to do with you, so take it away quickly. ”

Yu'er heard that Gu Ruyi, the shopkeeper of the Ruyi Embroidery Workshop, had always been above the top, but he didn't expect to like the master's embroidery draft, so he was ready to use it. I was very happy, and the master gave ten taels of silver for a small white sketch, and the cartoon animal he drew only had a few strokes in total, and it was sold for five taels. It turned out to be a bridge built by Mama Xi. Yu'er told her husband the news she got in the Ruyi embroidery workshop, and also knew that Mama Xi and Gu Ruyi were just friends.

"Okay, this Xi Mama wears many hats." The prince said with emotion. "The Hitara clan still has a lot of energy. But it seems that she didn't play right and wrong in front of the Queen Mother, otherwise we wouldn't be so stable a long time ago. Just let her continue to be an eyeliner. ”

The prince knows that Mama Xi will not be the only one who will be the eyeliner for the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother will not only install eyeliner in her own house, which prince, county king, and princess will have it.

When he was in a foreign land, the prince saw that the tree walls there were very good, they were all of general height, and they were on the side of the road, giving people a very neat and regular feeling, which seemed vibrant. There should also be such a tree wall as a decoration in the house. There is also the kind of single, large flowers that form a patterned flower garden, which gives people the feeling of overall beauty. So the prince cultivated petunias, bunches of red and marigold seeds bought from foreign lands in glass greenhouses, and when they could be transplanted, they were put into small pots to form large and beautiful patterns; There are also animals, figures, flowers and trees composed of very three-dimensional plants, called green sculptures, all of which the prince wants to try.

The prince was looking for gardening tools brought back from a foreign land in the garden, and the great eunuch Qin Gonggong came to pass the word: "Prince, Prince An and Prince Xian ask to see him." ”

"Please, please, take them to the Escape Hall.

"Say hello to the second brother (second uncle)!"

"Excuse me, excuse me, please be seated. Refreshments! ”

"I said Second Brother Fuyou, how can this tea of yours be so fragrant?"

"This is smoked with fine green tea and jasmine. It's all fresh flower bones. ”

"It's no wonder that your flowers have become something to enjoy."

"Laugh and talk, laugh and talk, if the two princes like it, will you take some back?"

"Why don't we bring tea from the house and ask my sister-in-law to help smoke it, the tea you give can't be ten catties or eight catties, right?" Prince Ann said.

"You guy, do you have ten pounds and eight pounds to drink tea?"

"No, brother, the garden in my house is not small, but there are very few jasmine and rose flowers, all of them are peonies and peonies, and no one can smoke tea, and no one can smoke them. So I want to ask my sister-in-law to give a little more smoke at a time, our house has a large population, and there are many guests, so it saves the trouble of the little sister-in-law, isn't it? ”

Prince Xian spoke: "My nephew also wants to smoke tea when he comes to the house, but he wants to ask for Danqing for his sister-in-law." Before, I just heard that there was a picture of a stunning peony in the hall of the newly opened Jade Dragon Cold Drink, and I was going to ask for the little sister-in-law's Danqing with Prince Jian's second uncle, but the matter was too busy to come to work. The previous child saw that the second uncle of Jidu had been framed and hung up, and he was crazy with greed, so he came to ask for it with a cheeky face. The nephew was still unconvinced before, women have stunning beauties, and peonies are still stunning? I personally went to Yulong for a cold drink, and sure enough! The peony was painted, and it was about to come out, and the nephew thought that the real peony was tied there, so he quietly touched it, flat! Look at the title again, the owner of Feiyun Building, yes, you don't have to guess that it is the masterpiece of the little aunt, it is really stunning. I don't care about the others, so I have to give one to my nephew, right? ”

"You guy, if something good happens, you come up, and you don't care about others, am I someone else?" Prince An refused to let it.

"Hahahaha......" the two princes laughed.

The prince said: "Don't worry, the tea and peony paintings will be sent to the two princes' mansions in a few days." ”

There was also correspondence between princes and princes, but not very often. Fortunately, the Queen Mother relies on Prince An very much, and in fact, Prince An is much more favored than the prince in front of the Queen Mother. In the eyes of the Queen Mother, Prince An came up step by step from Baylor, fought with a knife and a gun on the battlefield, and was a loyal minister she saw with her own eyes; Lord Rui was brought back from the temple by the first emperor. The one who charged into battle was the one who rescued Taizong. As for the two rescues, they also caught up, and it was incumbent on other princes to meet them. But from the emperor's point of view, Prince Rui's credit is much greater than that of Prince An. Yes, Prince An once rushed into the enemy group, fought face-to-face with the Ming officers and soldiers, and was injured many times, and he couldn't predict which of the enemy's knives and arrows would kill him. However, Prince An is a handsome talent, and he can't be like a soldier in every battle, and he is in close contact with the enemy. And Fuyou really put his life in it because of saving his father. And in the process of escorting grain and grass, he is also desperate to protect the grain and grass from being robbed by the enemy, what is the difference between this and rushing into the enemy group? And Fuyou also blocked poisonous arrows for the emperor, if it weren't for Tong's Jinxiu to make a quick decision and suck out the poisonous blood, he would definitely die. Therefore, in the eyes of Emperor Shunzhi, the entire Qing Dynasty is equivalent to the two emperors' brothers, and this grace of the mountains and highlands cannot be repaid by no amount of gold, silver and jewelry. This credit is incomparable to that of no one.

People have different perspectives and different angles of looking at problems, and the methods of dealing with them are naturally different. The Queen Mother has always been worried about the fact that the prince was almost made a prince, and she thinks that he will not be willing to be only the prince, and all the honesty and simplicity are pretended to confuse people. But she didn't have any evidence to prove that Lord Rui was not subservient, so she could only send a few more eyeliners to monitor the prince.

As for Prince An, in the eyes of the Queen Mother, he is a loyal minister who is desperate. In exotic TV series, there are those who portray Prince An as an old treacherous and cunning image, but in fact, the real Prince An is an elegant person with all-round talents in civil and military affairs. Not only in the eyes of the Queen Mother, but also in the eyes of the Emperor Shunzhi, he is also a rare loyal minister. Even at this stage, Prince An is also a pillar of the country with power leaning towards the government and the opposition, the presiding officer of the Council of Ministers, and the person relied on by Emperor Shunzhi.

There are many reasons why Prince An can get close to the prince, the first and important reason is that the prince saved the life of Prince An. As mentioned in the previous chapters, Prince An was ambushed and rescued by the prince; The second is that Prince An respects the character of the prince, does not take credit, is not proud, is not greedy for money, is not lustful, treats people sincerely, is polite and virtuous, has a pure heart, cherishes the old and the poor; The third reason is that Prince An's mansion has a large population, there are more than a dozen women alone, and there are even more children. Women and children are all masters of the house, and each master has a set of courtyards and a group of serving people, so there are many people in his house. Naturally, the overhead is large. Although he also enjoys 10,000 taels and several Zhuangzi, the burden is still much heavier than that of the prince's family. His women were all high-ranking officials, and there was a rich dowry for marrying him, but none of the princes regarded the woman's dowry as his own property, and that would make people laugh off their big teeth. Although some of the children were named Baylor, Beizi, Princess, and Gege, and he also had manor land, but on the whole, the economic situation was not as good as that of the prince. Because he has a wide range of contacts, a lot of entertainment, and a lot of expenses. When he was really caught off guard, he came to the prince to borrow silver, at least a few hundred taels, and a few thousand taels when he was not a lot, and he was never refused. There is also the Nanwaifu vegetable garden on the prince's house, and many dishes have entered the mouths of Prince An's children. The intimacy between the two mansions is known to many princes and grandfathers.

Prince An is not a cunning man, but he is also a scheming person. He knew that Prince Rui was so powerless that he was also the emperor's benefactor. The emperor is a very affectionate person, as long as the emperor is there, the queen mother can't do anything to Prince Rui at all. When you interact with Prince Rui, there is no suspicion of being close in the past and conspiring to rebel. The queen mother's suspicion is suspicion after all, Prince Rui is not even willing to be the prince, and he will definitely not rebel later, so he is very bold to associate with him. I know that there is the queen mother's eyeliner in every house, and I often go to the Ruiwang Mansion under various names.

He knew that the prince wanted to do business, and he was very sweaty for the prince. It's just that I'm afraid that others will be deceived if they are too loyal, but I don't care about anything else. So, I want to help him. But there are some things that can't be said clearly, for fear that the prince will feel that he is robbing his business, so he will encourage Prince Xian to live: "Your second uncle wants to do business, so you won't help him?" ”

"I want to help, but I don't know how to do business myself."

"We don't necessarily want to help him sell goods, but we want to help him behind the scenes. For example, we have a lot of land, so help him grow something that can be sold. Are you his own nephew and won't help him? It's a shame that he loves you for so many years. After the death of your Amma, Dolgon suppressed your house, and your life was difficult, who gave you the money? ”

"Your old man can't forget it if you don't talk about your nephew! Which of us is the one who is in business? People sell ice cream well, let's put a lever? ”

"Didn't you say that you were behind it? We don't rob him of his deals. ”

"That's pretty much it. My second uncle is real...... I'm afraid he's thankless. ”

"It seems that your realm will never be able to catch up with your second uncle. He is helping the emperor and is for the sake of the country. The emperor also said that the contribution he made to the country was to send one or two pieces of silver to the treasury, because no prince or prince sent his own silver to the treasury, which was a loyalty. ”

"My nephew doesn't understand why the second uncle, who has such a good brain, quit the court? A lot of credit is instead unemployed and powerless. ”

"You're still young, do you think it's a good thing to have power? The master of the second brother of Fuyou is also too great, and when the disciple can become the prince, he made a twelve-character covenant, and let him retreat bravely when we enter the customs from the dragon and he can ascend to the position of a powerful minister. This kind of open-mindedness is not something that ordinary people can achieve. I mean, your second uncle is a bit lonely to do business alone, let's all do a little bit of business, and when the time comes, there will be an impeachment of the imperial historian, and you have to think about it, we are all on it, it's not good to offend too many people, right? The law does not blame the public. ”

"Fourth uncle, although your old man is very cunning, his heart is not bad, he can want to go out for several miles, my nephew is convinced, let's go to my second uncle and ask him what we can do."

"That's right."

So the uncle and nephew came to the Ruiwang Mansion.

Prince An is the cousin of the prince and the fourth son of Abatai, the seventh son of the Qing Taizu Nurhachi. The prince's father, Huang Taiji, is the eighth son of Nurhachi, and the blood relationship with the prince is still very close, and they share a grandfather.

Huang Taiji has eleven sons, three of whom have been crowned princes, except for those who died young, they are all princes, and the relationship with the prince is not as close as that of Prince An. It's not that the prince doesn't look down on their low status, it's that they are not convinced by Shunzhi as the emperor, and they are not convinced by their own status. If you want to say that the prince can be crowned a prince if he has achievements, they don't have many achievements, they are convinced, but what achievements has the six-year-old Shunzhi made? Isn't it the throne that Fulin's mother and fourteenth uncle secretly earned for their son? I can't see the sky at all! They are convinced of the prince's title of prince, because they have made achievements and rescued two generations of monarchs. But the emperor's excessive favor to Lord Rui is also uncomfortable in their hearts, they are all the same brothers, and their half-brothers are also the same, why are they facing him everywhere? Of course, if you dare to think about it, no one dares to say it. In fact, how did they know that the prince didn't want this favor at all, but he couldn't refuse, and to refuse was to despise the imperial power, which was the same sin as resisting the decree.

However, they can't find fault with the prince himself, the emperor's favor is actually what they want, and the pampering that Prince Rui gets is not flattery, can the emperor dare to give benefits? Just like Prince An's mansion, after every draft of the emperor, there will be show girls sent to the palaces, you don't want to despise the imperial power. Therefore, the younger brothers of these grandfathers and brothers still have a good impression of the prince. Especially when I was caught off guard by the money, I went to the house of the second brother of Fuyou to borrow it, and I never rejected it. When there were guests in the house, they went to the prince's Nanwaifu vegetable garden to get vegetables, and everyone said that the second brother of the prince was sincere, real, and good-hearted.