After Kangxi dealt with the matter of releasing the prince and imprisoning Yinxi, he felt a little stable in his heart, tilted his body and read the book for a while, and suddenly saw Zhang Wanqiang come in and said: "Long live, it's always so crooked, good people have to be bored, or just walk around?" ”

"Okay," Kangxi smiled, "I've thought it through, it's not annoying to everyone, but it's actually self-inflicted." Qian'er also told Zhang Tingyu that he would go to Jiangnan next year. I'm so anxious about the housework here! As he spoke, he came out with Zhang Wanqiang, and he didn't call people to follow, and walked straight to Cining Palace.

It was very dark, and the ground in the palace seemed uneven. Lights and candles flickered near and far. From time to time, the eunuch's shout was heard: "Pay for the food - be careful of the lights!" Kangxi was thinking about it, but he didn't think about why the lock and key in the palace were called "money and grain", and when he looked back, Zhang Wanqiang was gone. Just wandering around, a team of palace lanterns came over there, guiding a person to come over. Kangxi fixed his eyes and looked at it: Ah! There is actually the queen Hesheri sitting above!

"Oops!" Kangxi jumped up in surprise, holding the sedan bar and shouting, "Why are you?" Where have you been? Hesheri smiled and said nothing, Kangxi said sadly: "Empress, why don't you ignore me?" Since we were children, we listened to Mr. Wu's lectures in your house, watching ants drag flies, weave cicada cages, fight crickets, and catch fireflies...... You speak! ”

Hesheri lowered his eyelids and said after a while: "You are the emperor, haven't you heard that mothers are more expensive than sons?" Yinren is not the prince, and I am not the queen. Your Majesty, the two of us have no fate! Kangxi somehow came from sadness, and sighed with tears: "Don't say such things." Yinren is not filial and has failed my heart. You have seen it, and I have not closed my eyes for six days and six nights because of this...... Isn't that already free? You come down, let's play chess, and the cards are also played! As he spoke, he went to pull Hesheri's hand, but saw Kong Sizhen and Su Malagu coming over hand in hand, followed by the eunuch Xiao Maozi, and everyone didn't look at Kangxi, and went straight into Cining Palace.

Kangxi was confused in his heart, and followed them in, the people in the palace sat or stood, ignoring him, the distance was like a fog and a curtain, and in the middle sat his grandmother, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, who was also gloomy and silent. Just as he was hesitating, he saw Wu Ciyou and Su Malagu walking over holding hands. Seeing Kangxi, Wu Ciyou made a mockery and said with a smile: "Long'er, don't come to harm?" I remember that in the past, when I gave a lecture in Shanguju, I talked about the ancient sage emperors. The minister thought that a generation of lords would make it easy to establish a country, but it would be difficult to govern peace; It is easy to govern, but difficult to deal with chaos; It's easy to deal with chaos, but it's hard to choose and save - what is happening today? "Say goodbye and leave.

Suddenly, Kangxi suddenly thought that all the people he saw today were dead people! Hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Zhang Wanqiang, take me back!" Get back! The group of eunuchs and palace maids turned into cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods in an instant, some danced wildly, some grinned and snickered, and some pounced over with their teeth and claws, and saw Ao Bai's face full of meat, and the blood in his eyes forced over step by step, so anxious that Kangxi shouted: "Wei Dongting, where are you killing here, why don't you come to escort?" Hurry! ”

“…… Hooray, hooray! Xing Nian, who was guarding the imperial couch, saw Kangxi in a nightmare, so he hurriedly stepped forward and whispered, "Slave Xing Nian is waiting here!" The fourth, fifth and ninth masters, please see them! ”

Kangxi opened his eyes suddenly, but saw that the window was bright and clean, and the sun shadow was obliquely shining, and he was still in the Qiluo bush, a prosperous world. Thinking of the scene in the dream, Wuzi's heart suddenly jumped. It took a long time to freeze his mind and ask, "What is the matter with them?" Call in! ”

The three brothers looked at each other under the dan mound, rushed in, saluted, and stood beside each other with a bow, and no one said a word for a while. When Kangxi looked at the three of them, Yinzhen had a sad face, Yinqi looked embarrassed, Yinyu was silent in thought, please An is not like please An, and the performance is not like a performance, I don't feel funny, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"Back to Amma." Yin Zhen said, "Ama is not well, and his sons shouldn't have come to do things." But at this moment, the Internal Affairs Office has taken the eighth brother...... "Kangxi couldn't help but be stunned: What, your fourth brother also came out to intercede? Then he sneered: "I also said that you moved your filial piety and came to see your sick Amma!" It turned out that I was afraid that the old eight would be wronged! Since I am unwell, it has been more than half a month, except for your fourth child who has tasted two bowls of soup and medicine for me, and the twenty-four sons seem to be fine! As soon as the old eight had an accident, a swarm of bees came! ”

The three sons "pounced" and knelt down, and they didn't dare to come out. Yinzhen only wept silently. The fifth elder brother Yinqi stammered: "The father's responsibility is that the son is not filial!" However, the sons all looked at Yinyu and were pitiful, and specially recommended the three of us to ask the old man for a favor......" Yinyu also said: "Always ask my father to show mercy, open the net, and spare the starling......"

Kangxi saw the three of them bowing their heads and weeping, very sincere, and unmoved. was about to speak, when he heard a noise outside, it seemed that someone was going to enter, but he was blocked by the fifth brother, only to hear a crisp slap sound of "pop", followed by Yin's voice: "What are you?" How dare you pull and pull with me? Bastard, this is my home, and my father lives in it, you know? I heard the fifth brother say: "I only know that the Son of Heaven lives in it, and this is a place with rules!" Fourteenth Master, you will kill me, and I will not let you in if I do not obey the order! Kangxi thought about it before and after, and suddenly understood: his sons were going to make trouble again, the blood all over his body gushed up, his face turned purple, and he yelled: "Wudan, Wudan!" ”

"The minions are here!" Wu Dan was beaten by the prince because of the guards, and he didn't know what to do, so he hurriedly came in and said, "Fourteenth elder brother......"

"You call that brute in," Kangxi said in a hoarse voice, "Listen to what he farts!" ”

The fourteenth elder brother came in with a majestic face, knelt down angrily, pointed outside, and said: "Please ask my father to cure Fifth Brother Zhang for the crime of obstructing the prince's access!" ”

"Did he stop you?" Kangxi was so angry that he trembled, "...... Well, even if it's it! You forcibly broke into the palace to see the driver, what did you do? Yin didn't look at Kangxi, and said with a stiff neck: "Erchen wants to ask his father something." ”

"Huh?"

"What crime did Eighth Elder Brother Yinzhen commit with an iron lock?"

"Didn't you listen to the edict?"

"It's all a trumped-up charge, how can you obey the subjects of the world?"

Why...... Is it 'unnecessary'? ”

"Talk back to the emperor." Yin said calmly, "My father personally praised the eighth elder brother in Rehe for 'understanding the general situation and winning the hearts of the people', and in the upper study, he also said in public that the eighth elder brother was magnanimous, and when he belittled the eldest brother, he said that the eighth elder brother was good. In the matter of recommendation, there is a clear edict from the father and the emperor, and there are ministers who recommend it, and it is on the record. Could it be that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all traitors? The eighth elder brother got into trouble because of his recommendation, and his son really couldn't understand! ”

Kangxi was stunned by his harsh words, and only after a while did he shout angrily: "You are arrogant! ”

"If the husband is uneven, he will sing, and the father and the emperor will teach the emperor so much on weekdays." Yin kowtowed and said, "Although crazy, but not delusional!" ”

Kangxi's face turned blue and red, and he said with a cruel smile: "What a crazy but not arrogant-" Without saying a word, he turned around and took off the sword from the wall, and with a stiff hand, he forced towards Yin. The people in the hall were suddenly frightened. Yinqi was honest, but he woke up quickly, cried "Huang Ama", threw himself up, put his hands on Kangxi's knees, and cried on his back, "...... I don't dare to expect you to appreciate your face, but only look at the face of the Queen Mother...... The fourteenth brother was raised in the Galeries Lafayette Palace...... Big ......"

Yin was teased by him next to him, and simply cried loudly: "Tell the emperor to kill me...... It's so boring to be alive......"

"That's it......" Kangxi turned pale, put down his long sword, and fell on the couch in despair, tears rolling down like beads. For a while, the fathers, sons, monarchs and ministers in the warm pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Hall all cried bitterly. The palace people also wept and mourned.

After a long time, Yin Zhen Fang wept and played Chen: "Long live, the eighth brother is really innocent." If you want to be punished, you must be notorious. In the past, the queen of heaven killed her son, and she hated her for a hundred years, and there was a song at that time, 'Planting melons and yellow under the stage, melons are ripe and leaving.' One pick makes the melon good, and then the melon is thin. Three picks are still cloudy, and four picks are returned. ’…… Long live, you have already 'picked' the crown prince, the eldest elder brother, the thirteenth elder brother, and the eighth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother? ”

Yinzhen said this, Kangxi had never heard of it, and when he tasted it, he really had all the flavors, and his anger turned into ice water. He waved his hand in frustration and said, "...... I won't pick a melon...... Except for the eldest brother, who was imprisoned to study, the rest ...... Let's put it all away......" After speaking, tears rained down.

Regardless of the respective wishes of the elder brothers, the news of the prince's reinstatement is flourishing day by day. He "studied" in the Xinci Mansion in Chaoyang Gate for a month, and Kangxi summoned him seven times in a row. Every time they met, the relationship between father and son deepened, and Kangxi's body and spirit also improved rapidly. By the end of February of the 48th year of Kangxi, Kangxi simply issued an edict ordering Yinren to enter the palace to recuperate. Everyone felt that it was a matter of time before the crown prince was restored.

Yinren was ordered to re-enter Yuqing Palace, looking at the big copper tripod weighing more than 10,000 catties in a daze. It is said that forty years ago, Kangxi captured Aobai and tied him to his feet and waited for Wu Liuyi, the commander of the Nine Gates, to enter the palace to respond. The little eunuchs even rumored that it was the bronze tripod apparition escort that suddenly fell down when Ao Bai assassinated Kangxi and knocked Ao Bai unconscious. Looking at the scar on Ding'er, Yinren couldn't help but smile, and muttered with relief: "It's been a long time, Yuqing Palace!" Thanks to the spirit of the ancestors in the sky, the artifact will belong to me again! ”

"Second master, what are you talking about?"

A familiar voice suddenly came from behind. When Yinren looked back, it was Zhu Tianbao and Chen Jiayou, two companions, who accompanied Wang Luo to see him. I haven't seen Wang Luo for more than five months, and at first glance, I saw this master who held justice alone and tried his best to protect himself at the time of crisis, Yinren's heart was hot, and he actually beat down a thousand children, and choked up: "Master...... You look so old! Wang Luo was also very sentimental, knelt down on his knees, clasped his hands tightly, and only said: "You can see the second master......" The old tears were silent. The two of them helped each other to get up, and Yinren said, "I miss you the most." Tianbao and Jiayou both told me that the master is not difficult for you, that's good! In a few days, I will write a letter to Shi Shilun, and I will talk about it by the way when I come to Beijing...... One day we worked together, once they left me, it was really memorable......"

"Second master," Zhu Tianbao is different from Chen Jiayou, Chen Jiayou is blindly loyal, but Zhu Tianbao can't hide the words in his stomach, "It's not appropriate for the master to write to the ministers at the moment." Long live the master to study, it is better to invite Hao Weng back to the palace and Ansheng to study. ”

Although Zhu Tianbao did not say it explicitly, he was actually advising him not to act rashly and invite people's hearts. Yinren heard a trace of unhappiness flashing on his face, and only smiled indifferently into the study and sat down on the couch. Seeing that Wang Shu was touching his waist, and knowing that he was going to smoke, he hurriedly shook the fire fold, lit the fire for him, and said, "The old master should only sit." You were given to ride a horse in the Forbidden City, and you will be free of all courtesies when you see me in the future—I also understand the words of Tianbao. But I was too honest and timid this time. How many good things I have done in the past, the eighth child said that he did it when he went out, and he bought people's hearts with his own hands; If you did something wrong, you put the basin on my head, and I didn't even know it! I have a lot of blood and hard work, but I am all marrying others. Now that I am not afraid of anything. Besides, it's the words of the fourth child - what's the use of being afraid? ”

"Tenpo is right." Wang Dian puffed out a puff of smoke. He hadn't chewed Yinren's words yet, but it seemed to have a bit of a broken jar, so he said slowly, "A gentleman cultivates virtue and asks for himself." Therefore, the most important thing is to be cautious. If you can be cautious, you will not invade all evils. Second master, this is not what it used to be, you must not have grievances, the situation outside is completely different from half a year ago. If you can't have another accident, and if you have another disaster, I'm afraid it will be difficult to turn the tide. ”

Chen Jiayou has always felt that Yinren has a perverse atmosphere these days, so he said worriedly: "Second master, what Master Wang said is true. Although it is said that eating a trench grows a wisdom, I always feel that harmony can lead to auspiciousness. I don't know if you've thought about it, but this accident is not all because Banzai is dissatisfied with your cowardice. I think long live you to see that you are benevolent, and you have been aggrieved for no reason, so you are released again. ”

"I understand." Yinren smiled coldly, "If I don't do anything, I may be able to devour these younger brothers." If you want to be a hermit, if you want to be a rich man, you can't! At this point, my heart was discouraged, and I had already shed tears again.

"——When I cleaned up the deficit at the beginning, if I cheered up, was less indecisive, and even the eighth child secretly dug ginseng outside the wicker edge and privately collected gold taxes to investigate and deal with it, where would there be anything later?"

The three of them didn't know about these two things, and they couldn't help but be shocked when they heard it. Although it is a crime to collect gold tax privately, it is ginseng, and the law during the Shunzhi period clearly states that ginseng is a forbidden substance for the country's silver accumulation, no matter who steals and digs it will die! Zhu Tianbao took a breath of cold air and said, "No wonder the eighth master has so much money!" ”

After another conversation, it was almost noon, Yinren suddenly remembered that he had made an appointment to see Yinxiang, but he was afraid that he was already in a hurry, so he said that he had something to do when he left the palace, and asked the three of them to stay in the palace to give food. The three of them, who were willing to eat here, immediately quit together.

The Thirteen Baylor Mansion is not far from the Fourth Archway. Yinren is still the first time to come back. The people here are very mixed, and the people of Baylor Mansion were scattered like birds and beasts because of Yinxiang. Yinxiang came back and didn't include any reuse, all of them were new moves. The leading old Wen saw that Yinren had a yellow belt tied around his waist, and knew that he was a member of the clan, so he hurriedly came over and bent down to ask Andao: "Wen Seventy-four knocks Lord Jin'an, Lord is auspicious!" ”

"Is the old thirteen here?"

One sentence made everyone look at each other, and they became more and more confused. Wen Seventy-four hurriedly smiled and said, "Please ask Ye Taifu, in which mansion is Gongxi?" Yinren smiled and said, "Me?" Neither is the yamen. You go in and say that Yinren is visiting. "Ouch! It's too - second master, you! Wen Seventy-four was taken aback, and hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Our thirteenth master went to the fourth master's mansion early in the morning. I heard that the fourth master was ordered to send some messengers to help with the cooking, but I am afraid that he will eat there - second master, please go in first, sit down and have a cup of tea, and the slave will ask someone to invite him. ”

"I came to disturb him for a meal," Yinren said with a smile, "I don't want him to go to the fourth child to eat." With that said, I'll go back. Wen Seventy-four heard that he hadn't eaten yet, so he was willing to let him go, and ordered repeatedly: "Do it for the second master, don't do more, be light and clean - go in and give the purple girl, and take the second master to the thirteenth master's study to rest!" While saying, he smiled and asked Yinren inside: "You have always had no time to come, today you go back with an empty stomach, and the thirteenth master comes back, how can you explain?" It's good to reward the slave with a face, and the thirteenth master will come back! As he spoke, he guided him inside, let him enter the study, wipe the table with a chair, make tea and serve snacks, and Zigu had already brought Sister Qiao and Alan in to wait.

Yinren took the lychee on the plate, and then interrogated the situation in the house: "Seventy-four! Why did you come up with such a strange name? Wen Seventy-four smiled and said: "The slave Baode people, following the Mongolian customs, my grandfather has me above the seventy-four, and the name is seventy-four." Hey! "Virtue?" Yinren frowned and thought for a long time, "It's Hetao Baode, right?" Relying on Hequ County, it is difficult for you to go all the way to Beijing to make a living. Wen Seventy-four helped Alan and the others pour wine with a smile: "Speaking out insults the ancestors." The year is not good, and after 30 years of Kangxi, he named the land to Master Niu, and the Jinshi brand of the Xitu family wanted to exempt Ding Mu of silver. Who wants Niu Ye to die, the eldest young master has no conscience and blackens this land. There is no way to live, so I will go to Beijing to make a living...... It's been almost ten years in the Thirteenth Master's Mansion, a while ago, the Lord was aggrieved, everyone left, only the villain didn't go, the Thirteenth Master saw that the villain still had a conscience, and when he came back, he was promoted to be a housekeeper......" Yinren didn't want to listen to his nagging, took a sip of the cup, and said: "Okay, the authentic Sanhe old wake up!" Because he saw the three Zigu, one was beautiful and solemn, one was quiet and pretty, and the other was enchanting, so he smiled and said: "I didn't expect that the old thirteen would be happy, so I only released it for a few days, and I bought all the wine and beauties!" ”

"The second master can really make fun of us, we are all from village girls, what kind of beauty are we?" Sister Qiao poured wine and smiled, "It's that Sister Zigu was originally in front of the Thirteenth Master, and Alan and I are rough girls from the Ninth Master and the Eighth Master to the Thirteenth Master......"

When Yinren heard this, he immediately realized that Yinxiang was very mixed here, and he smiled freely, but he refused to talk casually. For a while, I saw Yinxiang walking in quickly with the corner of his robe. Before Yinren could speak, Yinxiang said, "Huh! I had long been thinking that the second brother was coming, but the fourth brother was a visitor, pestering me to stay. I said that the second brother said that he was coming today, and they thought that I had tricked them into running away from drinking. It's a loss to the family, or you can't get out! Yinren sat down and asked, "Who is here?" ”

"Nian Qianyao, the fourth brother's doorman, and his brother-in-law." Yinxiang sat opposite him indifferently, took a drink of wine and "squeak", and said with a smile: "The fourth brother is too, when he saw him coming, he had a seizure first, saying that the courtesy brought by Nian was not a respect, and that he should not go to the ministry first to see his fourth prince, which is all trivial matter." scolded the murderous and unblinking demon king to sweat. Later, they treated each other with wine and talked about common things, so that I couldn't stand and couldn't leave. Yinxiang said and smiled, took the dishes to the Yinren bowl, and ordered with a smile: "It's rare for the second brother to come, say something unpleasant, while you haven't reset for the time being, I'll stammer first-Alan, Sister Qiao!" Why do you tell the second master and me to eat and drink? Let's make a good song! Yinren smiled: "You are still plain, I like your coolness!" These three girls are serving you in difficulty, and now that you have escaped the disaster, why don't you just open their faces? Zigu was silent when she heard this, and Alan and Sister Qiao were so ashamed that their faces turned red. Sister Qiao tuned the zither, and Alan took off the pipa on the wall to tune the strings.

After a while, Alain waved the five strings in his hand, watched the autumn waves, danced step by step, and sang:

Concubines have a thin life! Tens of thousands of fireworks are closed, and the residual makeup is scattered, who is it? Sigh is Yang Hua is weak, speechless and veins follow the east wind! Ruan Lang didn't understand the meaning of Tiantai, and Ren is Mingyue was also injured.

Before the song was finished, Sister Qiao sang according to the strings:

Concubines have a thin life! Wuling is the Zitai Palace, and the pipa song is not over immediately. However, the scenery of Liang Garden is good, it is better to pick chrysanthemums and lie on the east of the fence! A song of Yu Song breaks the bowels, dare to complain that Wang Sun is not infatuated?

Qin stopped singing, the aftermath was still self-contained, the two of them had tears in their eyes, Yin Xiang abruptly remembered the past of staying in Jiangxia on Chinese New Year's Eve, flashed a glance at Alain, saw Alain and Sister Qiao were examining each other, and hurriedly collected their minds. But I heard Yinren sigh: "The song can wear through the stone, and the dance is like a fairy - I haven't heard this Yayin for a long time." ”

"Second brother, how can there be mountains and rivers in this world?" Yin Xiang sneered, "Although you sing well, it's just a show, why are you so sentimental?" He pursed his lips and smiled again, and ordered, "The second master and I want to talk about things, you all quit!" ”