Changchun Garden, Arrow Hall.

After listening to Kangxi's words, all the princes and elder brothers looked at each other, and they were all shocked. Even though everyone had seen that the crown prince's position was unstable before, no one thought that they would say "detained" without warning like this. For a moment, the depressed ecstasy, the confused, the slightly frowned, the confused, and the expressions of each were different.

Although these princes, the eldest third elder brother is not confused, and the youngest seventeenth elder brother is also sixteen, all of them are human spirits, and none of them are reckless. But this news is too shocking, and in a panic, it is inevitable that some people will lose their temper and forget to cover it up.

Sitting on the high dragon chair, Kangxi's eyes turned from the faces of his sons, looking at the uncertain faces of everyone, and suddenly felt a little lonely in his heart.

This is all wrong, he has always ruled the country with "benevolence and filial piety", but among these sons, at this moment, except for thinking about the high dragon chair, who will think of the emperor's father's mood is good, and his body is not Kangtai? Hmph, I'm afraid that he will live a long time, so I can't wait for ...... Kangxi pulled down his face, felt very irritable, stood up, and left with the eunuch guards in the voice of "Congratulations to the emperor".

are all the emperor's sons, except for the crown prince, who is higher than whom? Even the sixteenth elder brother, who has always been lazy, couldn't help but be in a trance the moment he heard the prince's "detention and guarding". However, thinking of the eldest brother who was circled, and thinking of the crown prince who had been trembling to deal with the attacks of his brothers, the sixteenth elder brother immediately sobered up.

The long-awaited eighth elder brother, the third elder brother with the longest preface teeth, the fourth elder brother who is proficient in government affairs, and the sixteenth elder brother quickly glanced at these elder brothers, and decided to be his own leisurely prince and watch from the wall.

Glancing back at the seventeenth elder brother, his little face was flushed, his eyes were straight, and he was a little excited. The sixteenth elder brother's heart sank, and he hurriedly pulled the seventeenth elder brother, and he didn't bother to say goodbye to the other brothers, so he went out of the arrow hall. Fortunately, they stood at the very end, and the others all pretended to greet each other and test each other, and no one paid attention to them.

When it was far away from the arrow hall, the sixteenth elder brother pulled the seventeenth elder brother to turn right and went to an open place. The seventeenth elder brother was confused, and looked at the sixteenth elder brother in confusion.

The sixteenth elder brother frowned, walked a few steps left and right, and finally stood down, and said solemnly: "Seventeenth brother, this idea can't be thought of!" Maybe the neglect of the diligent nobles makes you angry, but this thought is unacceptable! Even if it is born in the heart, it should not be shown on the face! Which of our brothers is good-natured, and which one is so big-hearted that he can tolerate the other brothers' desire to win the heir! ”

The seventeenth elder brother's face turned pale, and he muttered: "Sixteenth elder brother, we are also the sons of Huang Ama......

The sixteenth elder brother nodded and said: "This is true, but don't forget that there are also 'the son is more precious than the mother', 'the son is virtuous', and 'Jane is in the Sacred Heart'!" Speaking of honor, even if you don't mention the crown prince born after the Yuan Dynasty, there is also the fourth brother who was raised in the middle palace, and the tenth brother whose biological mother is Concubine Wen. The words 'Lichang' caused the eldest brother to be obsessed and crazy in the early years, even now, our third brother has been looking forward to it for several years; Speaking of 'Jane in the Sacred Heart', in addition to the thirteenth brother, there are also fourteenth brothers who are favored by the emperor, where is our turn? ”

Speaking of this, he paused, stretched out his hand, and patted the seventeenth elder brother on the shoulder: "Seventeenth brother, look, where is there room for people to worry!" Besides, competing for the crown prince is the most taboo for Huang Ama! The eldest brother is the eldest son of a real fight, with outstanding military achievements, and was personally trained by the emperor Amma; The thirteenth brother has always won the most sacred heart, except for the crown prince, even if he has more time by the side of the emperor. However, just because it is involved, what is the current situation? Huang Ama, Huang Ama, first 'Emperor', and then 'Ama', this is what we can't forget as princes! ”

The seventeenth elder brother's face turned from white to blue, from green to red, and finally lowered his head: "Brother Sixteen said this, my brother knows it, but he was confused for a while, and when he thought of Eniang, he was a little unwilling!" ”

The sixteenth elder brother knew that his younger brother was a clever person, and he had said everything that should be said, and he would figure it out himself, so he stopped being verbose.

In the distance, a little eunuch in Tsing Yi came, but it was Chen Fu, a close attendant beside the fourth elder brother, who came over with a package. His head was covered with sweat, and he ran to the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother, and said a thousand words: "Slave...... The slave Chen Fu has seen the sixteenth master, the seventeenth master, please say hello to the two masters! ”

Seeing that he was panting, the sixteenth elder brother laughed and scolded: "What? Your master asked you to come to find your master? Breathe evenly! ”

Chen Fu raised the package in his hand and replied: "If you go back to the sixteenth master, the slave is on the order of our master to find the seventeenth master!" Yesterday, we Fujin went to the palace to ask for peace, and also went to the nobles to explore the disease, and came back to prepare some tonics, and it was inconvenient to go back and forth to the palace, so let our master bring it, this is not cheaper! Our master came out just now, but he couldn't see the two masters, so he sent his servants to look around! ”

The fourth elder brother Fujin, the grade is Prince Fujin, and there is a mother-in-law and Concubine De in the palace, and it is already a little eye-catching to visit the noble people, if you send things over again, I am afraid that the faces of other palace concubines will not look good.

The seventeenth elder brother took the package, he was very grateful, and said with a smile: "I know that your house rules are strict, and the master will not reward you!" The acting master thanked you Fujin well, and said that Xiao Seventeen would not talk to the fourth sister-in-law! ”

Chen Fu lowered his hand and listened, and responded.

The sixteenth elder brother asked, "What about your master?" But go back to the city first? ”

Chen Fu replied: "Back to the sixteenth master, our master will go back to the city first." I thought that the two masters had left the garden, and when they asked at the door, they knew that the two masters were still in the garden, so they sent the servants to stay and look for the two masters! ”

The sixteenth elder brother looked to the south, and couldn't figure out what the elder brother would think. Even he and Seventeen, the two younger ones, couldn't help but be moved when they heard that the prince was going to be deposed again, how could the fourth brother, who had the identity of half a sister-in-law, be calm?

Although I don't know how the fourth elder brother is, the eighth elder brother can't calm down no matter what.

Although the hardcore supporters of the ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother, and the fourteenth elder brother, all raised their eyebrows and wanted to go to the tenth elder brother's mansion to discuss how to spend the tenth elder brother's birthday. October 11 is the birthday of Brother Ten's thirtieth birthday, and it is a whole life. Although the words are open, it is just to bring the heads together and discuss the future charter.

The eighth elder brother was dragged down by the recommendation of the ministers last time, and he has been reprimanded for taking the title in recent years, although the heart of winning the heir has not diminished, but his courage is much smaller. After thinking about it for a while, he still asked his brothers to go first, and he arrived later.

The ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother, although they don't know what the eighth elder brother wants, but now is not the time to ask in detail, so they all take people out of the garden first.

The eighth elder brother and the other brothers left, hesitated for a moment, and finally went to the Qingxi Book House where the holy driver was located.

* Kangxi sat behind the imperial case, picked up the pen, and drafted the book of the abolished prince of the Ming Dynasty to the kings, Baylor, Beizi, ministers and others. Only two lines were written, "The former Yun Ren acted obediently and was once imprisoned." Then I bowed down and embraced the disease, remembered the kindness of father and son, and forgave me. In front of everyone, I once said that it seemed to be able to change. Yi also insisted on the oath in front of the queen mother, concubines, kings and ministers", and some could not write it.

Kangxi felt that his arm was very heavy, and he trembled slightly, and a drop of cinnabar ink fell on the holy decree, and it was red.

When the chief eunuch Liang Jiugong entered the house, he saw Kangxi's ugly face, and he was also worried in his heart, and echoed in a low voice: "Long live the lord, Lian Beile is asking to see you outside!" ”

Kangxi put down the imperial pen and snorted coldly: "I can't wait to pass him in!" I want to see what kind of virtuous method this 'virtuous brother' is! ”

Liang Jiugong answered, knowing in his heart that it was not the right time for this elder brother to come. Because the crown prince was deposed, people like them also have their own thoughts. Do you want to mention it? Liang Jiugong hesitated, and finally shook his head. Forget it, if you mention it clearly, so that Long Live Lord can't get angry, who knows who this breath will come from.

Poor Eighth Elder Brother is determined to be a good son of "filial piety", but he doesn't know that this step forward, he is a little farther away from the throne. "A wise man thinks a thousand times, and he will make a mistake", it is said that his stupid behavior at this time.

* Yizhou, Daotai Yamen.

According to the previous rules, in October, the Daotai Yamen began to be busy, assessing the administration of officials in the jurisdiction, purging tax sources, reviewing money and grain accounts, and so on. Because there are special ministers, Cao Hao stays at the yamen every time, which is considered light.

Although there was nothing unusual in the news from the capital until the end of September, Cao Hao remembered clearly that the "Second Waste Prince" was the fifty-first year of Kangxi. Now, by the end of the year, less than three months, it seems that this "two wastes" should almost kick off. In addition, the governor of Liangjiang, Kali, and the governor of Jiangsu, Zhang Boxing, participated in each other's cases, and they were about to settle the dust.

The first day of October is the birth of the thirteenth elder brother, needless to say, as early as September, someone sent a birthday gift; At the end of October, it was the birth of the fourth elder brother, and the gifts were specially prepared by Cao Hao a long time ago, a white jade Guanyin, a plate of ivory Buddha beads, a plate of beeswax Buddha beads, and a three-legged copper incense burner in Ming Xuande.

On the third day of October, the steward sent by the Pingwang Mansion arrived in Yizhou and sent the full moon gifts of each house. When they returned, Cao Hao sent Cao Fang to Beijing with the birthday gift prepared for the fourth elder brother. Of course, there are also some reciprocal gifts to other provinces.

The prince was "detained", and on the first day of October, he was officially "deposed and imprisoned", and the fifth party in early October was transmitted to Yizhou, which originated from the "family letter" of Wang Nersu of Pingjun.

In addition to congratulating Cao Hao's eldest son on the full moon, he also "understated" said that at the first day of October, Kangxi Imperial Pen Zhu Shu sent a letter to the kings, Baylor, Beizi, ministers, etc., and the crown prince who was "so crazy and easy to become ill and unpopular" "still deposed and imprisoned".

After getting this news, Cao Hao was not surprised, but felt a little settled and down-to-earth. After all, after this, Kangxi will establish a "secret reserve" system, and all means of seizing the heir must be hidden, and on the surface, the capital and the place will be calm for a long time.

Only Mr. Zhuang, seeing that the letter of King Pingjun did not mention the words of "Mingfa the world", guessed that the emperor was afraid that he wanted to see the reaction of the Quartet to see if there were still people who wanted the prince.

Cao Hao also had contact with the crown prince when he was on an errand in front of the emperor earlier. Whether it is his appearance and body shape, or his speech and demeanor, the crown prince is very similar to Kangxi, but his body is not majestic enough, and his face is often gloomy.

Thinking that after the crown prince was abolished, he would be imprisoned until death, Cao Hao couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Maybe this crown prince has a loss of personal morality, but since he was taught by Kangxi for more than ten years, he is definitely a qualified prince. As early as his teens, he served as a prisoner during Kangxi's Western Expedition.

If it weren't for the fact that his brother was too good, if it weren't for the great ambition of his mother clan Suo Etu and others, then he would not have been forced to this day step by step.

The position of the crown prince is more difficult than the position of the son of heaven. Although he is called a prince, he is not a prince after all, and he can't make a mistake without sitting in front of that chair. can't be mediocre, so that there is no need for the brothers to be jealous, and the emperor's father will not be able to see it, and he will want to re-establish the prince; must not be outstanding, otherwise it will stab the emperor's eyes and affect the monarchy's power, even if it is his own father, he will not be able to tolerate it.

It's just a sigh, Cao Hao couldn't help but start speculating about the fourth elder brother, I don't know how the team of this future cold-faced emperor is built. Nian Qianyao served as the governor of Sichuan, Long Keduo had become the governor of Jiumen, and Dai Duo served as the prefect in Fujian.

However, the strange thing is that the three model governors of the Yongzheng Dynasty, Ortai, Li Wei, and Tian Wenjing, do not even have a shadow.

When he was in the capital, Cao Hao wanted to ask the thirteenth elder brother several times if there was a little guy named "dog" in the fourth elder brother's mansion, but thinking that the fourth elder brother was not a good-tempered person, if one day the thirteenth elder brother said that he leaked his mouth and let the fourth elder brother misunderstand that he was spying on the palace, it would be really wronged.

However, driven by curiosity, he will also pinch his fingers and calculate this legendary "model governor" by later generations. If he was the governor in the middle of Yongzheng, would he still be a servant in Prince Yong's mansion?

I have been in this world for more than ten years and have seen many famous figures in history, but none of them can arouse Cao Hao's curiosity. Perhaps the path from "little guy" to "governor" is too legendary, and all kinds of comments from later generations are full of praise, which makes Cao Hao have a bit of "admiration".

(To be continued)