Chapter 17 Intensifying the contradictions between the elder brothers
Although Ruoxi helped the tenth elder brother, Li Dequan's warning still made her a little uneasy. Ruoxi met the fourth elder brother in the palace, and he told Ruoxi his interests and hobbies, so that she could ask any questions directly in the future. It turned out that the matter of asking the thirteenth elder brother had been noticed by the fourth elder brother, so he came straight to Ruoxi.
Ruoxi scalded the tenth elder brother with tea in front of Kangxi and the elder brothers, although the tenth elder brother said afterwards that he didn't care, but the other elder brothers could see that Ruoxi seemed to be helping the fourth elder brother. The fourth elder brother Yinzhen also thinks so, so it is said that it was a chance encounter in the palace, and it is better to say that the fourth elder brother came to Ruoxi. The fourth elder brother also thinks that Ruoxi likes him in his heart, so Ruoxi will answer whatever he asks, and the purpose is also to make it more convenient for him in front of Kangxi in the future.
Early in the morning of the second day, the Taihe Gate listened to the government.
As soon as Kangxi sat on the dragon chair, he found a scapegoat for the prince, saying that it was done by traitors, but the prince didn't know.
The prince looked proud, and slowly said how he had an epiphany and knew how to make good use of people, and he also commended the minister who criticized him in the book, and specially named the ten elder brothers.
Lin Feng squinted his eyes slightly, the fold on the ceremonial department was just a fuse, and the tenth elder brother would naturally attract the arrogant prince when he went up.
The fourth elder brother Yinzhen is also adding fuel to the fire, as if he is on the side of the prince, but in fact, he is letting the prince and the eighth master fight each other to reap the benefits of the fisherman.
Kangxi praised the ten elder brothers, and added a thousand taels, and the prince took the opportunity to propose that the lack of communication between the brothers could not trust each other, which caused misunderstandings, and took the opportunity to propose to go out of the fortress. In the end, the matter of going out of the fortress and rewarding was presided over by the prince, with the assistance of the fourth elder brother.
After listening to the government, the prince went out with a smug face and laughed.
"Fourth brother, how happy did you see Huang Ama just now? You said that Huang Ama would not condemn me, but I never dared to believe it. I thought it was just the fourth brother's words to comfort me, but I didn't expect that the fourth brother could understand Huang Amma's mind better than me. ”
The fourth elder brother Yinzhen followed behind the prince and chuckled: "Huang Ama wants to be generous to others, especially to you, the crown prince, if Huang Ama is not impressed by you, he will not let you inherit the unification." ”
Yinzhen can not only guess Kangxi's thoughts, but even the mind of the prince, a person with great ambitions and talents.
As soon as Yin Zhen finished speaking, the prince nodded and said, "Hmm! You can say that again. In today's battle, if I didn't have the fourth brother as my military advisor, I would not have been able to turn defeat into victory at all, and I would have won so beautifully and beaten the eighth brother to the ground. ”
The fourth elder brother Yinzhen laughed, snorted lightly, and said: "The prince is serious, the younger brother just wants to share the worries of the emperor Ama and the prince, don't let the trivial matter become big and affect everyone's feelings." ”
The fourth elder brother speaks without leakage, and looks harmless to humans and animals.
But the prince believed it and said, "Huh? Fourth brother! You are thinking about our brotherhood. But the old eight and a few of them are completely different from you. ”
The fourth elder brother Yinzhen laughed in his heart when he heard this, but his face was expressionless, and he said: "Brother Chen thinks that this incident has nothing to do with the eighth brother. It's all the result of the tenth brother's misbelief in rumors. The prince knows that the tenth brother is reckless by nature and will not think deeply about everything. Lin Feng's appearance appeared in his mind, and he always felt that there would be Lin Feng's shadow in this matter, and some neutral officials of the Ministry of Rites suddenly wrote a book, which made him wonder what it meant.
"Fourth brother, sometimes you are too bodhisattva-minded, and you have to guard against others, others have sold you, do you still have to pay for the number of people who sold you? Hum... I don't think it's that simple. I think Huang Ama must have thought the same way. ”
The prince is not a complete straw bag, he can also analyze things, and he also feels that Kangxi deliberately shielded him this time for another reason.
"Why did the prince say that?" The fourth elder brother Yinzhen thought that the prince had discovered something.
"How much does the matter of the tribute have to do with me, do you think Huang Ama can not know? Today, the emperor has not condemned me. Why do you think so? The prince asked the fourth elder brother Yinzhen.
Yin Zhen was suddenly shocked in his heart, this prince may have discovered something, if so, he really can't underestimate the prince. In the future, you should be more cautious in your behavior. In a deep voice, he asked, "Why?" ”
"In addition to what you just said, Huang Ama just wants to remind everyone, especially the old eight and them, and tell them who is the future master of the Qing Dynasty. Hum... In fact, Huang Ama wants to convey a clear truth to everyone, that is, to warn them that it is best to keep to themselves. Today's revenge, even if I don't avenge it, I have to give them some color. Fourth brother, do you have any good ideas? ”
When the prince's words fell, Yinzhen felt at ease, this prince was still so arrogant, it seemed that he thought too highly of him. Huang Ama may have the purpose of letting the Elder Brother keep to himself, but it is definitely not the main thing. The prince asked him for advice, which was exactly what he wanted. It's up to you dog-eat-dog.
The next day, the emperor ordered the eighth elder brother to be the prisoner of the country, but in fact, the crown prince deliberately put this false error on the eighth elder brother in order to suppress the power of the eighth elder brother, and once there was anything wrong, he could strike at him. This is exactly the strategy of the fourth elder brother.
Lin Feng also went to the Eighth Elder Brother's Mansion and led all the contradictions to the Fourth Elder Brother. And promised to help the eighth elder brother and them deal with the fourth elder brother. Brother Ten has always had a good impression of Lin Feng, and at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Kangxi was the only one who spoke for him, and Lin Feng came over to take the initiative to help Brother Eight, which was very welcome.
Although the eighth elder brother and the ninth elder brother were suspicious and didn't know what Lin Feng's purpose was in taking the initiative, they didn't want to offend him, so they tacitly agreed.
The battle between the elder brothers gradually appeared at this time. The fourth elder brother asked the emperor to bring Ruoxi with him when he went out of the fortress, and told her to prepare more tea and be careful in everything. Because he wanted to stay in the capital to supervise the country, the eighth elder brother said goodbye to Ruoxi before leaving, and he was very reluctant to speak.
The eighth elder brother learned that the draft girl at that time was because Minghui was in the middle, and Ruoxi was not able to stay with any of the mothers, so he kept ignoring Minghui. Minghui tried all kinds of ways to ask for forgiveness from the eighth elder brother, promising him never to do anything that made him unhappy again.
Lin Feng was not considered to be a party of the Eight Masters, and Lin Feng was valued by Kangxi, so he couldn't hide from the matter at all. can only communicate secretly with the eighth elder brother. Lin Feng acted extremely carefully, and the important things at the time of leaving the fortress would be passed on to Zhang Han in the capital through carrier pigeons, and Zhang Han would send someone to tell the eighth elder brother Kangxi about the actions of a group of people, although the prince gathered soldiers to escort him, but Lin Feng was corrupted by gold and silver, and many of the soldiers had already been under Lin Feng's banner. Therefore, Lin Feng's secret actions were not discovered by anyone.