Because Yuqing Palace is located in the interior, it is inconvenient for foreign ministers to perform at night. Therefore, after Yinzhen and Yinxiang broke up, they hurriedly sent an invitation to Yinren, inviting the prince to the Sibeile Mansion, and the two talked heart-to-heart until the third watch in the middle of the night, and then placed the prince to rest in the main house of Wanfutang, in fact, persuaded Yinren to sell the garden to pay off the debt, Yinzhen did not spend much lip and tongue. The matter is clear: the prince does not repay the money, and no one of the more than a dozen brothers who owe debts will refuse to bleed to repay the debt. The messenger was also smashed, Kangxi still wanted to ask the prince, Yinren was annoyed that Wang Hongxu relied on the power of the eighth elder brother, leaving no room in front of him, without the courtesy of a minister, and he was sandwiched between the emperor and the ministers, both a minister and a king, neither like a minister, nor like a king. If you don't, you will be reprimanded by your father; If there is a slight impropriety, the "Eight Masters" party will attack it en masse - this prince deserves to be in vain, and he is really not interested.

Tossing and turning on the bed, tossing and turning all night without falling asleep, hearing the bell ringing four times, Yinren rubbed his worried eyes and reluctantly got up, combed it indiscriminately, and saw that Yinzhen had come to ask for peace, so he sighed: "I have to go into the garden to say goodbye." You go to the household department today, tell the old thirteen what you discussed last night, from my beginning, don't spare any of the brothers, and finish it at the end of July! Look at what those mongrels have to say! After that, he took the guards and eunuchs of Yuqing Palace to Changchun Garden, rested in his study for a while, and then came to Laningju.

At this time, the sky was just dawning, and Li Dequan and Xing Nian were cleaning the courtyard with a few eunuchs. Some are cleaning the window glass, and some are extinguishing the palace lights under the eaves. Yinren bowed down and walked into the Ning Residence, and saw Kangxi sitting cross-legged on the warm kang. Ma Qi, Zhang Tingyu, and Tong Guowei stood in turn, and there was an official kneeling below who was playing back the matter, so he silently asked for a thousand words and stood beside him.

"According to Shi Shilun, it sounds chilling!" Kangxi ignored Yinren, and only turned his face to the three ministers of the study and said, "100,000 stone grains have been allocated to help the victims of Fengyang, and only 20,000 stone grains can enter the mouths of the hungry people, what kind of system is this!" Greed is rampant like this, how can the people make a living! Tong Guowei smiled and said: "What Shi played is just what he sees and hears at one time and one place, and the emperor doesn't need to be too anxious." When the slave went back, he issued a document and asked the governor of Anhui to investigate and deal with it! Ma Qi said: "If it is really like this, not only the emperor, but also the slave, I also feel that there is no royal law in my heart!" According to the knowledge of the slaves, it is better to suspend the almsgiving, otherwise, how much food will be needed to fill this hole? ”

Zhang Tingyu has always adhered to the proverb of "ten thousand words, ten thousand words are better than one silence", and rarely has many words. After hearing Ma Qi's words, he couldn't help but say: "If you want to do what Ma Qi said, it will provoke a civil uprising, and you can't do it!" ”

"The minion is willing to ask for his life!" Shi Shilun, who was kneeling below, kowtowed and said, "Within three years, if you can't govern Fengyang Mansion at night, please long live the crime of slaves and bullying the king!" ”

Kangxi said "um", moved his body, and said, "I still have to give money to the grain." The people in Fengyang are fierce, in case of an accident, the country will rejuvenate the army, and won't there be more food? Shi Shilun is still in charge of the household department, and follows the thirteenth elder brother to clean up the deficit in the household department, this errand is much more important than Fengyang's matter. The prince and the fourth elder brother are sitting in the court, and I will look at you. ”

"Hooray!" Shi Shilun kowtowed again and again, and said, "The slave is only a talent in a county, I am afraid that it will be difficult to take charge, and it will hurt the master and know people." Kangxi nodded and sighed: "I know that you have your difficulties. With me, no matter what, I'll make the decisions for you - you don't have to be afraid, the villains can't hurt you! Shi Shilun smiled bitterly: "The slave is not afraid of being framed by the villain, the emperor knows so much, even if he is dead, the slave is willing!" ”

Kangxi asked in surprise: "Why do you blindly refuse?" ”

"It's not a prevarication!" Shi Shilun hurriedly said, "It's really powerless!" ”

"Are you afraid that there are too many officials who owe debts and can't pay them off?"

"If you go back to Long live, it's not too much," Shi Shilun replied with his head held high, "It's too big!" For example, many imperial brothers, as well as the crown prince, owe national debts. How can a minion have such guts? ”

Yinren heard the sound of his head "buzzing", yesterday was in the household department, today is in front of Kangxi, everyone is practicing themselves, regardless of the situation, is it that they all look at their father and the emperor does not want to see him, and everyone pushes the wall? Thinking about it, his head was already dripping with sweat, and he knelt down as soon as he mentioned his robe, and said: "Three years ago, because of the purchase of Tongzhou Zhou Yuan, Erchen's hands were tight for a while, and he borrowed 420,000 taels of silver from the household department, and asked Ama to deal with it!" That Shi Shilun was short-sighted, and secondly, he didn't know Yinren, and when he heard that the prince was beside him, he was also stunned, and hurriedly said: "The slave is disrespectful, ask for long live, the prince will be punished!" ”

"Get up!" Seeing that the two of them were embarrassed, Kangxi laughed unconsciously, waved his hand and said, "Between the monarch and the minister, father and son, it should be so outspoken!" - Yinren, you heard me say that I already knew about the household department yesterday. Although it is the same, for good and evil, but it is different, you are also a clever person, so that you can't even think through this. Don't say it's you, it's just me, if there is something wrong, people don't have bad intentions when they say it, and they can't blame it! Yinren listened and thought, Shi Shilun and Yinzhen were indeed painstaking, different from Wang Hongxu's deliberate attack. Kowtowed: "Erchen has written it down." Shi Shilun's loyalty, how dare he blame? Kangxi smiled and waved his hand and said, "Don't say anything else." The more I think about it these days, the more I feel that cleaning up the treasury is not trivial. This easy thing can't be done, and it's even more difficult to clean up. There are more evils in prison cases, which is also remarkable. Tear a hole from here, and slowly it can be recovered, there is no silver in the treasury, once the remnants of the western Geldan are stupid, what will they use to fight? You are so good to do it, and everything will be done! "Everyone was discussing for a while about the criminal execution of the criminal department; After talking for an hour, Kangxi ordered Shi Shilun to report to the household department, and everyone resigned. Yinren was in a mess in his heart, followed everyone out, walked to the hedge, Xing Nian chased him out, and said: "The prince stays, long live call in, and there is something to say." ”

Yinren came in again, and saw that Kangxi's face had changed, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down and asked, "Huang Ama, what is the call of the son-"

"Is there anything you need to ask again?" Kangxi stood on the ground, staring at Yinren and said, "Ask for a field and ask for a house, a mediocre person, I am ashamed to die!" Think about how much I've worried about you over the years! The pearl harmed you, and I raided his home; Suo Etu has put you in a land of injustice, and I have imprisoned him! You're so angry! You court staff Narsu County King, in order to take care of your face, what kind of bitter words and pains to appease the ministers, I heard that you still have complaints behind your back! What does it mean to say 'to be a crown prince for forty years'? Now that you are checking the accounts, you are the first to owe debts! You're also in your thirties, do you want me to help you go through the rest of your life? ”

This burst of thunder and fire flashes, Yinren can't dodge, can't dodge, and it's difficult to explain one by one in a hurry, just kowtow and beg for favor.

"Listen!" Kangxi saw that no one was eavesdropping, and said in a low voice, "Emperor Wen of Sui is wise, and he died in one generation because Emperor Yang is not enough to take advantage of the world!" I expect you to inherit the ancestral business, you have to think carefully! Hearing this, Yinren fell to the ground, kowtowed his head and said in a trembling voice: "My father is gracious and earnest, and my sons will always remember it in my heart." If it is said that the sons and daughters are cowardly by nature and confused, if they say that the sons have the heart of the emperor, complain about their father, or even say words that are not subordinate, the sons dare not have this thought for a while, and ask their father to shine with a candle ...... "said a sour nose, whimpered and suppressed it strongly, just choked and sobbed. After a while, Fang listened to Kangxi sigh with a sigh of relief: "Don't be afraid, I am in a hurry to choose what I say, and what I say may not be accurate." - How difficult it is for me to protect your little blood! You must know that it is difficult to start a business, and it is even more difficult to keep a business. After saying that, he sat down dejectedly, thinking about the past, and Kangxi's two lines of old tears ran down his cheeks. Yinren was shocked and thought about the pain, only to feel that his five hearts were boiling, tears were gushing, and he choked up and said: "Father is angry, your old man takes care, and his sons must change." ”

Kangxi had a seizure for a while, felt a little better, wiped his tears and got up and said: "Among the more than 20 princes, I love you the most." It's not because you're the prince, it's because your mother is meritorious to the society and kind to me! If you don't do wrong, which prince or minister wants to endanger you, I will not be soft on you or punish or depose; But if you are wrong, and the heavens will not allow you, how can I protect you? Go for it, you're doing it yourself! ”

Yinren left the Ningju dizzily, and did not return to Yun Songxuan, but rushed back to the Forbidden City in a sedan chair. If you choose a place to live in the summer, it is naturally better to Changchun Garden. But Yun Songxuan and Tang Ning live only a stone's throw away, and when he looks up, he can see that he is a little depressed, and he can't stand the commanding spirit of Emperor Kangxi who comes and goes when he is invited. Rather be a chicken, not a cow, he still chose Yuqing Palace, everything is up to him, unlike in the garden, as if he was on the edge of the abyss, like walking on thin ice, he was still inevitably reprimanded by Kangxi.

"The prince is back!" He Zhu'er was guarding under the eaves of the front hall of Yuqing Palace, and when he saw Yinren coming over in a leisurely and dejected manner, he hurriedly greeted him and said with a smile: "Master, look at your complexion, you can't be hot, right?" Yinren took the towel he handed over and wiped his face, felt better in spirit, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I called Long Live Lord to arrange a meal today, and discussed things for a while, and I felt a little bored." Is Master Wang Liang behind? Has anyone come in and is it going on? He Zhu'er said: "Lord Wang came in early and stayed in the master's study. Today, only Gong Puqi and Tao Yi came, because the master was in the garden, and left without saying anything. Oh - and He Meng from the Tai Hospital came in to give Fu Jin the pulse, and the medicine that the master asked for back was also prepared. This is the recipe, please take a look! As he spoke, he brought a packet of medicine and prescriptions.

Gong Puqi is Yinren's milk brother, now Chengde is leading the army, and he naturally wants to ask for himself when he enters Beijing, Tao Yi is the same as Shuntianfu, the person recommended by Gong Puqi, Yinren has promised to elect him as the governor of Zhili Province to supervise the imperial history, the two of them came together, and the purpose is not known. Yinren smiled noncommittally, took the medicine and looked at it, it was a black Tongzi pill, there were about a few hundred pills, and the prescription read:

Four taels of white lotus stamen, four taels of Sichuan interrupted (stir-fried in wine), four taels of leek seeds, four taels of wolfberry, four taels of yellow fruit (steamed with milk), four taels of Tribulus terrestris in Shayuan, two taels of dodder cakes, two taels of raspberry, two taels of lotus meat, two taels of Huai Yam, two taels of red He Shou Wu, four taels of broken paper, three taels of walnut meat, two taels of keel (water flying), three taels of golden cherry seeds (hair removed), two taels of white poria cocos, three taels of yellow croaker bladder, three taels of ginseng, two coins, refining honey into pills.

Yinren said with a smile: "How many catties of medicine are worth so much?" He didn't say how effective it was. ”

"Back to my grandfather's words!" He Zhu'er hurriedly said, "The rest of the Jiaofang Fujin is closed!" Imperial Physician He said that this recipe is still young, nourishing yin and nourishing the kidneys, what is not dry and slow, and the slave can't understand it......" said and took two pills from the pill, filled his mouth and chewed it slightly, stretched his neck and swallowed, "Sweet and silky, easy to use!" ”

The two were talking, but when they saw Wang Luo coughing out of the study room of the I-word hall behind them, they stopped. Yinren hurriedly stuffed the medicine into his sleeve, took a step forward, bowed slightly, and shouted softly: "Master Da'an!" Wang Luo is in his fifties, his hair is all white, he looks very old, his face is full of walnut wrinkles and motionless, with a trace of coldness, on a hot day, the robe, dress, official boots are neat, not sloppy. About came out of the house, the sun outside was dazzling, and it was only after a while that he saw Yinren, and hurriedly asked An Dao: "Although it is hot, in the end, it is the forbidden land of Ziyuan, and the buckle on the lord's neck is also loose, and the crown of Chaozhu is not worn." Those who know say that the next person is not waiting, and those who don't know will say that the master is rude! The slave saw You Mingtang last night, and he waited for the master for most of the day, thinking that the master was going to spend the night in the garden. The master came back just in time, please go back to the study, yesterday's compendium is talking about Sui, and then finish talking to the master. ”

"Well, how about we talk about it tomorrow?" As soon as Yinren heard that he had seen You Mingtang, he knew that there was nothing good to say in today's lecture. Kangxi's anger has just been suffered, and he still wants to listen to this old master's nagging? But Wang Luo is a courtier who is treated by Kangxi as a teacher, and he can't attack him like he did to Zhu Tianbao, so he said with a smile: "I have to go in and ask for peace to Concubine Niu Colu and Concubine De, and if it is not dark when I come back, I have to summon Shi Shilun." Ming'er, I and the fourth child don't go to the household department, and listen to your old man's lecture outline, how about it? ”

Although Wang Luo was old, his eyes were very attentive, and he looked at Yinren with his eyes, and Fang lowered his head and replied, "Yes!" The slave came up early in the morning! It's just that the master doesn't go out again tonight, as soon as Gong Puqi sees you, they want to set up a drink, and let the family say half a word, it's all the work of the slaves......" and babbled a lot before leaving. Yinren breathed a sigh of relief and said to He Zhu'er: "Let's go, go to the imperial garden!" He Zhu'er pursed her lips and smiled, and agreed very nicely:

"Wow—the minions are waiting!"

The two of them went west from the palace, turned north from the Rijing Gate, and walked in the shade of the palace wall for half a meal, and then arrived at the imperial garden behind the Kunning Gate. Yinren just wanted to avoid Wang Luo, and came here under the pretext, but the scenery here is not even half of Changchun Garden, how can you be interested in having fun? After a short stay, he moved to the east, and wanted to make a detour from the East Sixth Palace back to Yuqing Palace. When passing by a small side hall in the north of Shoutang, Yinren felt a little inhibited, and looked for a quiet place to urinate out, but saw two palace women playing under the weeping flower door, one person and a few, putting fruit tea, very elegant, Yinren couldn't help but stop and watch, the two girls were engrossed in the chessboard, and they didn't see anyone behind.

"Down here, down here!" Yinren looked forgetful, pointed to the northwest corner and pushed the woman with her back to her, "You can do a robbery in this two or two, this game of chess-"

Before he finished his words, he was stunned, and when the woman looked back, she looked at Yinren with four eyes, and it happened that she was Zheng Chunhua who met in the black hole of the rockery in Changchun Garden!

"Prince......" Zheng Chunhua's face was as pale as snow, and it took a while to come back to his senses and stand up, squat down and say, "Lord auspicious!" - Ning baby, kowtow to the master! ”

Only then did Yinren realize that the person sitting opposite was originally a palace lady, so he calmed down a little and said with a smile: "Excuse me!" Are you in this house? Zheng Chunhua said: "I live in Jingren Palace. This morning, I met with Concubine Nalan, and she pointed out this side hall to me. After dinner, I took Ning Baobao to see the house, and Ming'er moved over...... "After that, I packed up the chess pieces." Yinren looked dazed, and said after a while: "I was passing by here, because I wanted to take medicine, looking for a sip of tea, I didn't expect to meet you!" As he spoke, he took out five pills from the medicine bag and swallowed them with a few cups of tea.

Where did you expect the medicine of strong spring, it is the most fierce! He Meng was promoted from an ordinary little doctor to a deputy doctor by Yinren, and there was no effect, so he took out the ancestral means and prepared this flavor medicine from Seiko, the fatigue of the end can make it healthy, and the weak can make it strong. That Yinren was originally a person in his prime, but it was a dry firewood, where could he resist it? At that moment, I felt that the abdomen was hot and baked, and the numb crisp ** was steaming, and I saw Zheng Chunhua's cloud temples half pulled, and his wrists were like snow, such as a slim jade tree, and the clothes were thin in summer, the light gauze was tied to the chest, the crisp chest was slightly exposed, and the face seemed to be resentful and resentful, and it seemed to be regretful. Yinren was already half of the crisp, sat on the opposite side, stared at Chunhua with a red face, and said with a smile: "It seems that you will leave as soon as I come, how about I teach you a game?" ”

"This ......" Chunhua had already seen it, and couldn't help but feel her heart beating suddenly, but her position was just a noble, an inferior concubine, and the prince was a king, so she couldn't disobey her, she glanced at He Zhu'er and Ning Baby, sat down nervously, and said in a trembling voice: "The slave obeys the order...... It's just that my chess is too bad......" said with a smile, and his hand just trembled.

He Zhu'er has always been shrewd and clever, and he has already seen the strangeness, so he came over and said to Ning Baobao: "The prince and Zheng Zhu'er are playing chess, and there is no one waiting in this palace, let's go and bring some water, okay?" One head said, and the other pulled Ning Baby to avoid.

"Chunhua ......" Yinren is already burning like fire at this moment, the six gods are uneasy, and his mind is not on chess at all, while playing indiscriminately, he said, "Do you remember that day?" ……”

Zheng Chunhua scattered the chess pieces in his hand, lowered his head and played with his clothes, and said like a mosquito for a while: "Each other's reputation is hindered, the past is ...... Say no more...... Leave it for the next life......"

"What this life and the next life!" Yinren couldn't bear it anymore, jumped up, rushed over and hugged Zheng Chunhua, screaming obediently in his mouth, and then hugged Zheng Chunhua by the waist, and said while walking towards the kang inside, "In the next life, who can wait!" This time the Spring Festival was once golden and ...... taels," and then pressed Zheng Chunhua, who was as soft as a mess of mud, on the bed and tossed for a while......

After a few clouds, rain and rain were satisfied, and came out with their clothes, Fang saw He Zhu'er and Ning Baobao carrying a large pot of hot water. The two of them were making tea like Zhang Zuozhiqiao, Yinren stopped with a wave of his hand, and said, "I want to go back to Yuqing Palace, no need for tea." He Zhu'er Ming'er took a hundred taels of gold and sent it to Ning Bao's house. You have a reward of your own, which is paid off from my account. But there is one thing, if you chase after the wind and say something irrelevant in front of outsiders, I will skin your whole family one day! ”

"Yes...... Phew! The two slaves and maids understood and bowed their heads together.