As time passes, the pain of Honghui's death is gradually fading, and the four-baylor mansion is returning to its former tranquility, at least on the surface......

One day at the end of June, Yinzhen learned the news that the Ye family was pregnant with Liujia, and was overjoyed, among the princes, he was the thinnest under his knees, although he was still young, but it was not good to hear. Now I was overjoyed to hear that someone was pregnant, although she had never been promoted to her position, but she also rewarded Ye with some things, and asked the kitchen to make a meal suitable for pregnant women for her alone, which made her in the limelight in the house for a while.

Heaven seems to want to compensate Yinzhen, and happy events come one after another, not long after the Ye family reported that she was pregnant, the Li family also came with the news that she was pregnant, and it had been more than a month since the imperial doctor in the palace diagnosed.

Nala has been unable to have children, and the only son died early, which means that as long as the Nala clan is a day for the Fu Jin, Yin Zhen will not be able to have the eldest son for a day, so that the position of the son of the world must be chosen from the concubine, since ancient times, the elder is not young, and now the Ye family and the Li family have been pregnant, whoever can give birth to a boy first is likely to become the son of the world's mother, its status can even be tied with the Fu Jin, for a time countless pairs of eyes in the house are focused on the two, both to see the lively, but also to hate the bones, in short, each has a ghost.

As for Ling Ruo's side, although Yinzhen still did not favor Ling Ruo, she often called her to serve in the study, Yinzhen was ordered to manage the criminal department, and accumulated a lot of official documents during her time away from Beijing, mostly the list of prisoners executed in the autumn trial sent from all over the country, as well as the stolen money that was sentenced and confiscated in major cases, etc.

Yinzhen had to read and review them one by one and then hand them over to Kangxi for review, because he often stayed in the study for a whole day, during which in addition to the dog would send meals, only Ling Ruo was grinding ink and fanning on the side, and the two rarely spoke, but there was a tacit understanding that grew invisibly.

On this day, Yinzhen was approving the folding, and the dog crept in and whispered: "Master, the thirteenth master is here." ”

"Oh?" Yin Zhen raised his head from the fold and was a little surprised, usually at this time, the old thirteen should be working in the military department, how could he have time to come, and immediately put down his pen and said: "Hurry up and invite the thirteenth master to come in." ”

Before the dog could answer, he heard a hearty voice outside, "No need to please, I'll come in by myself." As soon as the words fell, Ling Ruo saw a man with sword eyebrows and eyes pushing the door in, and called the fourth brother with a smile, and was about to speak when he caught a glimpse of Ling Ruo standing aside, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, with a little surprise and surprise, this was the first time he saw a woman entering and leaving the fourth brother's study, and immediately said: "Who is this?" ”

Ling Ruo hurriedly bowed his head and saluted, "The concubine Niu Hulu clan has seen the thirteenth master, and the thirteenth master is auspicious." ”

Yinxiang leaned sideways and received a half-salute, and secretly thought in his heart, Niu Hulu's ...... He remembered that the fourth brother's side Fujin was surnamed Li Yi, and there was no surname Niu Hulu, could it be Shu Fujin?

"She's a Gege in my house." Yin Zhen explained casually and then said: "Go and make a cup of tea for the Thirteenth Master, remember to use the Longjing before the rain from the palace, he likes to drink this the most." ”

"The fourth brother still remembers me." Yinxiang's eyes lit up and he rubbed his hands and said: "Before the rain this year, there are very few Longjing, there are only a few catties in the palace, and there are even fewer rewards, and there is no turn in my house at all, and the fourth brother can rub it at this time." ”

Yin Zhen smiled and said: "If you want tea, just say it, what kind of turn, I don't have much Longjing here before the rain, you just have to take it all." ”

Yinxiang was overjoyed and arched his hand: "Then thank you Fourth Brother." Among the brothers, he has the best relationship with Yinzhen, so he naturally will not refuse.

While speaking, Ling Ruo had already brewed tea and came in, only to see that in the porcelain cup as white as jade, the soup was clear and bright, floating with pieces of tender tea, the color was dark green, like a bird's tongue, revealing bursts of fragrance, Yinxiang took a sip, and suddenly felt that his lips and teeth were fragrant, which made people have an endless aftertaste.

"Why did you think of coming over today, are you done with the affairs of the military department?" Since the pacification of Zhun Geer, the imperial court has not moved troops for many years, but the frontier garrison can not be relaxed for a moment, and in June and July every year, it must begin to coordinate armaments, equipment, grain and grass, and pay silver, and report to the household department for silver after the statistics are calculated.

"As soon as I talk about this, I get angry." Yinxiang didn't care if Ling Ruo was still there, and said angrily: "A few days ago, the Ministry of War discussed that a total of 15 million taels will be needed next year, which is 3 million taels more than last year. But when I took it to the household department, they said that they could not allocate so much silver there, and it was only seven million taels at most. Fourth brother, the annual tax of the imperial court is tens of millions of taels, how can it not be possible to take out 10 million taels, it is obvious that the grandsons are finding fault. ”

"And then?" Yin Zhen asked with his fingers tapping lightly on the table, his brows furrowed slightly.

Yinxiang put the empty tea bowl on the table and said angrily: "What else can I do, it is the prince who is in charge of the household, and they asked me to find the prince to go." I went to the palace and didn't see the prince, and I don't know if I was really absent or deliberately avoided, so I can only discuss with you. He touched his neatly combed braids and said: "Although I don't like those old fritters in the military department, it has nothing to do with the soldiers below, they are all exchanging their lives for silver, and no one's money can be harsh on them." The last sentence is categorical, he himself was born as a soldier, and his feelings for those soldiers are much heavier than others.

"This matter is not urgent, you have to take your time, so let's do it, tomorrow I will accompany you into the palace to meet the prince, he is a sensible person, I guess I will not embarrass you and me." Yin Zhen said slowly.

"That's all it can be." Yinxiang nodded helplessly, and talked to Yinzhen for a while before leaving, after he walked away, Yinzhen raised his eyes to look at Ling Ruo who was standing next to him, and without waiting for him to speak, Ling Ruo had already made a silent gesture and said: "The concubine knows the way, and will never say the words between you and the thirteenth master." What's more......" The smart eyes rolled and said innocently: "The concubine can't understand anything." ”

Yin Zhen was made to smile by her, and the sharpness in her eyes gradually faded. When I talked to Yinxiang today, I deliberately didn't let him go, but there was no temptation in it, and now it seems that she knows how to be measured.

"It's good to understand, let's sharpen the ink." Yinzhen lowered her head and continued to review the official documents, while Ling Ruo concentrated on grinding, adding some water to the inkstone from time to time, so that the ink there was always thick and just right, the fan shook gently, bringing up the hair to fly in the air, occasionally Yinzhen would raise her head to look at her, and the moment her eyes staggered, there was a kind of quiet joy and beauty in it.