Zhang Bao was so concerned about the arrival of the fourth elder brother, not because of the unknown prophet or from his daughter, but because his wife Tong and the fourth elder brother's adoptive mother, Queen Tong, were cousins, and they had lived together and had a very good relationship. It is said that when Tong was a child, he was bullied by his relatives and sisters because he was a concubine, and it was Queen Tong who helped back then. When Queen Tong died, Tong cried for several days.

When the queen was still a concubine, she sometimes corresponded with her sisters, but since the Tong family left the capital, the relationship has become increasingly estranged. If it weren't for Queen Tong dying so young, the Tong family would not feel extremely sad because they remembered their friendship when they were children. Because of sadness, and at the same time feeling guilty about alienating his cousin in those years, the Tong family usually cares about the affairs of the fourth elder brother, because when she corresponded with the queen in the past, Queen Tong had mentioned that she loved this child very much. However, Tong's inquiry channel is usually her husband, and she usually doesn't mention it in front of her children, so Shuning didn't care too much about the connection between her family and Sisi.

Now that I heard my father say that April Fourth was coming, my mother was actually happy to be like that, and Shuning began to feel a little uneasy. It's too dangerous to get in touch with the princes, especially the princes who are the protagonists, even if you know that he is the one who wins in the end, who knows who and whom will be sacrificed before he wins? It's better not to get involved in an ordinary aristocratic family like their family, which is less than the top and more than the bottom.

Zhang Bao just took the time to come back and rushed back to Yamen immediately, leaving Tong at home excited, as if he was about to meet the cousin and nephew who was not related by blood (Khan, it was really far enough). Shuning looked at it in a cold sweat on the side, did her mother really want to get involved? She hasn't seen Sisi at all, okay? People don't know about the existence of her aunt, so they suddenly ran to him and said, "Hello, I'm your aunt, I want to see you for a long time, your dead ghost mother used to be very friendly with me......"

Sisi will definitely treat you as a madman and ask someone to sweep you out of the house with a big broom!

Shu Ning felt that she couldn't sit still, watching her mother do stupid things, no matter what, she had to stop her from getting close to Sisi and those princes!

Tong was so excited that he opened his mouth and drove his sweaty son back to the room to change clothes, and was about to drive his daughter away, but he was entangled by his daughter's coquettishness, and he had to change her clothes with her mother. Although he was thinking about the fourth elder brother in his heart, Tong still couldn't grind the child's pleading, so he followed her back to the room.

As soon as she entered the room, Shuning took Chun Xing away, and while asking her mother to help her change clothes, she asked her carefully: "Eniang, I just heard you talk to Ama about the fourth elder brother, do you recognize him?" ”

Tong Shi said with red eyes: "You don't remember? The fourth elder brother's Eniang, Queen Tong, is Eniang's cousin, and she asked someone to send a blessing purse before you were born, but you probably don't know. There was a jade pendant in the purse, which was originally intended to be worn for you, but I was afraid that it would break, so E-Niang put it away for you. ”

I've never heard of anything like this.

Shuning continued to ask: "Before her daughter was born, Ama Eniang came to Fengtian and never returned to the capital, has Eniang seen the fourth elder brother?" ”

"No, so E-Niang must meet me this time."

"But Amma only has five grades, and you can't get an official edict, so how can you meet him? If he asks to see you and he doesn't recognize you, he won't see you, right? ”

"Well...... this"

"Besides, Queen Tong has passed away for so many years, and the fourth elder brother was still young, but I am afraid that I may not know you as a person. He hasn't been in contact for so many years, and suddenly says he wants to see him, isn't he suspicious? ”

Tong stopped what he was doing and slowly sat down to ponder. After she was excited, she also calmed down: "It's true that our family hasn't communicated with him in the past few years, and he may not know about ......"

"That's it, Ama Guanxiao, E-Niang, you suddenly asked to see him, and said that he was a relative, in case he misunderstood that Ama E-Niang was a villain who was attached to Panyan, wouldn't it be self-defeating? On the contrary, it was in vain to give Eniang a piece of sincere love. "Shuning adds more fire, and must dispel her mother's thoughts.

The Tong family has accepted the idea of most of their daughters, but such a good opportunity, is it really wasted? In fact, in her heart, she may not have the idea of using the power of the prince to help her husband seek benefits, but the most important thing is to meet the child and soothe the guilt of being estranged from her in the last few years of her cousin's life.

She murmured, "Is it really missing?" But your uncle and aunt of the Tong family, sometimes write letters, and also mention that after the death of the first queen, the fourth elder brother's biological mother did not take too much care of him, he was a little sad in the palace, and I heard that the prince raised him, and he often couldn't eat enough, Fengtian was much colder than the capital, if he couldn't eat enough and didn't wear warm clothes, what should he do? E-niang is also a good ......"

Shuning didn't know what she had in her heart, she really thought that she cared about Sisi wholeheartedly, but she was a little soft-hearted, but she still had to say what she had to say: "Although E-Niang has good intentions, it also depends on the situation." The prince is not allowed to make friends with foreign ministers, this is the law of the country, if the emperor knows that the fourth elder brother has a relationship with Amma, maybe he will be angry with the fourth elder brother, and Ama Ke will be unlucky. No matter what, the fourth elder brother has the female eunuchs and others around him, and he can follow the emperor to Fengtian, and his life will not be sad, so Eniang can rest assured. ”

After hearing this, Tong Shi dispelled his thoughts, but he was a little unwilling: "Isn't it okay to send some clothes and food?" Don't report your Amma's name, just say it's Aunt Tang. ”

Shuning looked at her eyes, a little unbearable, and thought: "She also has good intentions, if you ignore her intentions just because you want to avoid trouble, isn't it too good." He reluctantly agreed: "Just send some small snacks and ordinary cotton jackets, don't be too luxurious, and when you send it, you don't have to report the name of the mother, just say that it is from the Tong clan." Presumably, even if the fourth elder brother knew, he would think that it was sent by Tong Xiangye. "According to some Qing Chuanwen, Tong Guowei has some dealings with Sisi and Sisi, it shouldn't matter, right?

Tong agreed, although it was a pity not to let the fourth elder brother know that he was a husband and wife, but at least he could make the child live better and feel better. She immediately went to prepare, Shuning also followed the staff officer, and finally selected corn tortillas and potato cakes that were easy to carry and kept, easy to fill her stomach, and had a passable taste, and then added two newly made blue silk cotton jackets, which were originally made for Duan Ning, without any decoration, and they were also ordinary on the surface, but they were actually made of enough materials, which was very warm.

The Tong clan packed these things into a big burden, called Changfu, and quietly ordered him not to make a noise, and find a way to send the things to the palace to the fourth elder brother, and report the name of the Tiantong clan. As for what channel the Tong family sent in, Shuning didn't hear it clearly, only vaguely heard that it seemed that a certain eunuch in the palace had something to do with the Tong clan, and it seemed that her mother also had a lot of secrets.

After the things were sent out, Shuning was worried for a few days, worried that this kind of thing would be too risky, and she didn't know if it would bring any disaster. However, there has been no rumors, and I learned from the Tong family that the inside of the palace reported that the fourth elder brother accepted it, and he was not suspicious, and it seemed that he had mentioned it to the emperor, and the emperor didn't say anything. It seems that the danger has not happened, and Shuning is relieved.

Finally letting go of her thoughts, Shuning turned her mind to other places. The coming of the holy car has been the top event in Fengtian City this month, and all the gossip and rumors are related to it. Shuning regretted that Xiao Tao was gone, otherwise she would have been able to find out a lot of news at this time, but I heard that she was pregnant, and her husband's family didn't allow her to move around, so she couldn't even ask her to come and chat. But fortunately, his brother Duanning has been in close contact with several young masters of the palace recently, and he can often hear some inside information, so Shuning pesters him every day to ask.

It turned out that this time the holy car came, in addition to the protagonist of the Kangxi Emperor and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, there were also the 15-year-old eldest brother and the less than 10-year-old fourth elder brother, originally the empress dowager was also coming, but before leaving, she occasionally felt a cold and could only stay in the Forbidden City. The harem concubines who came with were just two or three low-ranking concubines and nobles. Among the more conspicuous people in this line, there are probably only the national uncle Suo Etu in the minister's team and the ministers Chen Liangben and Gao Shiqi in the upper study.

Gao Shiqi is well-read and strong, it is the mobile dictionary and search engine of Emperor Kangxi, and you have to bring it wherever you go, which is nothing to say. Uncle Suo Etu, can be called the important minister of the country, the emperor has always valued it, although I heard that he and Mingzhu Xiangye have some discord, but considering that the two of them are relatives of a prince, this is not surprising, but for some reason, Suo Etu seems to have some contradictions with Chen Liangben, the minister of the Han nationality.

Speaking of Chen Liangben, probably all the officials know it in their hearts, right?

Chen Liangben, a good talent, is a native of Tongcheng, Anhui Province, and has always been an unknown and unremarkable little showman, and his family background is only well-off. When he was twenty years old, because of the infection of the cold, a serious illness, almost lost his life, but miraculously survived, since then he has changed a person (everyone on the earth knows what is going on), not only speak and do things with a capable atmosphere, even the knowledge is getting better and better, the memory is excellent, can be called a well-read and strong memory, and is good at quoting scriptures, writing articles and often amazing, the second year on the successful lift, the following year in the spring, but also in one fell swoop to get the champion, the limelight is unparalleled for a while.

He originally stayed in the Hanlin Academy, which was very easy to be covered, but who knew that in a holy prelude, he voted for the emperor's fate and was able to enter the ministry. Then he made many meritorious contributions in his work, and soon rose to the position of a servant in the ministry. In the following years, he continued to make meritorious contributions. Later, there was a big fraud case, and the then official Shangshu was implicated, although he was not convicted, he was quickly dismissed, and soon Chen Liangben was on top.

It was in this position that he threw out an important reform measure, seconding the low-grade and idle officials in Beijing and the Jinshi who were stranded in Beijing to be sent to various yamen for internships, so that on the one hand, they could learn government affairs and accumulate experience, so that they could really get an official position in the future and get started quickly, and on the other hand, they could also receive temporary allowances to help their families. In this way, those low-grade officials who have nothing to do will not have to eat and wait for death, and their families will have a hard time. In fact, it is far from enough to support a family and spend money on gifts and favors.

This measure was quite effective, winning the support of many low-grade officials, and Chen Liangben also gained a lot of political capital, and then he entered the upper study at the age of thirty-two.