The emperor's corruption looked at the wind and shadows, but the impact of this shock lasted for a long time, that day Concubine Rong came to Yonghe Palace, and whispered to her: "Shunzhenmen caught the eunuch who was taken out of the palace, and it was all gold, silver and jade. ”

Of course, Lan Qi didn't stare at this kind of thing, but seeing that Concubine Rong was so nervous, it couldn't be any concubine, thinking about who else was in the palace now, she couldn't help but feel shocked, could it be the prince?

"Yuqing Palace is amazing now, and it has been sold, where did the prince spend all the money, it's not enough to spend it, so you have to exchange things for silver?" Concubine Rong chattered, the news reached her, and she was also a fellow brother who had an errand in Shunzhenmen, and after hearing a few words, it spread to Jingyang Palace.

Lan Qi's heart sank, Concubine Rong really had a seven-trick exquisite heart, if she knew it, she would definitely say it in a muffled voice and never tell others easily, but Concubine Rong was different, just because she knew that this was something that could not be said casually, she didn't want to carry it alone, and she specially ran to tell herself, in case something happened, there were more people who knew about it, and her burden and even danger would be less.

Concubine Rong muttered to herself: "Could it be that the matter of anti-corruption has been found on the prince's head?" ”

Lan Qi didn't say a word, just listened cooperatively, and had another idea in her heart, and summoned Lan Ying into the palace a few days later, and asked her about the turmoil in the capital this time, Lan Ying sighed: "Ah Ling'a said that looking at the emperor's posture, he will not wait to settle accounts after returning to Luanqiu, and many of the arrears recovered by the emperor this time have dragged the court for three or four years or even longer." Alinga said that the emperor is really wise, if the emperor is in the capital, maybe some old ministers will run to play tricks, but the emperor knocked on the mountain and shook the tiger thousands of miles away, and everyone couldn't figure out the situation, but they were all frightened. ”

"There's a lot of people involved, right?" Lan Qi asked.

"Quite a few." Lan Ying nodded, and said with a little embarrassment, "It seems that Empress Xiaoyi's family has also been affected, and her brother Long Keduo is still looking for our uncle to turn around, I heard from Ah Ling's sister-in-law." ”

Lan Qi frowned slightly, Uncle Guo's Mansion has deep roots, the legend is that it is a house made of gold and silver mountains, and Empress Xiaoyi's former Chengqian Palace is also magnificent, and the objects and utensils used are all expensive and exquisite, but now Long Keduo wants to find outsiders to help him, and I don't know if Tong Guowei doesn't help him, or Uncle Guo's Mansion is not as good as before, the article here is deep.

But I heard Lan Ying say again: "When I entered the door of Ah Ling's house, I realized that these rich families are not clean, this time it scared many people, but there are also those who have the courage to be fat and do not move, no matter what, anyway, the emperor is making a lot of money." ”

Lan Qi was disgusted: "What is this called, it is the money owed to the imperial court, shouldn't it be returned?" ”

Lan Ying muttered: "Fortunately, it's the year, if it's at the end of the year, the current situation of the family, I'm afraid that the year will be difficult." Sister, you don't know, these big doors are actually empty and empty, most of them look decent, and it's good to be able to turn around behind closed doors. ”

Lan Qi said: "In this case, you have to take care of the family even more, and persuade Alinga not to take any more risks, when the emperor moves the real character, if the six relatives don't recognize it, you and I can't do it, this time it's in the past, what should I do next time?" You can rest assured that your family business will be taken care of, your family still has fields and mountains and forests every year, and it is more than enough to live a good life, if you don't have a good life, I will not feel at ease again. ”

Lan Ying smiled sheepishly: "The silver that my sister gave me last time, are you waiting to go back, it's good if you don't want it, you should reward me." ”

Lan Qi didn't care, and joked: "That's the money your niece and niece need to get married, your aunt is really embarrassed." ”

"But Ah Ling'a took it to fill the vacancy and returned it to the court, didn't he go to the emperor's pocket again, and when he went to the emperor's pocket, didn't he go to his sister's pocket?" My sister pestered her like a child, but my sister patted her head and said: "That's the money of the court, the emperor can't move around, your abacus is too fine." ”

Jokes are jokes, serious things can't be sloppy, Lan Ying is just giggling and laughing relaxed, knowing in her heart how serious this matter is, now Alinga is even more vulnerable in front of her, while pampering his wife, and admiring her way of running a family, this time it was turbulent, and the family business was not defeated, under Lan Ying's control, the family life can still go on. Naturally, from Concubine Wen Guifei falling out of favor and being lonely in her early years, to now that she is gone, the Niu Hulu family is really not as good as before, so the number of deficits is not scared to death, and the items that Alinga is afraid of are finally filled.

And for Lan Qi, she is in front of the family of the Sixth Palace, knowing that the life under the golden roof and red wall is not easy, but from Lan Ying's experience, she understands more the embarrassment of those high-ranking families Jin Yu and their external defeat, according to Lan Ying's words, if they are corrupt, they will naturally take it from the country's deficit, but they also have the heart to fill the vacancy and dare not be too ostentatious, but where can the money be made up? Naturally, the east wall was demolished to make up for the west wall, and the greedy silver taels would be spent sooner or later, so the deficit would snowball bigger and bigger, with more and more loopholes, and endlessly.

Lan Qi knew the most fundamental reason for these things for the first time, and she couldn't understand why those corrupt officials were not satisfied with their wealth, but now that she thinks about it, no matter how much silver she has in the family, she can't stop the court deficit caused by them over the years, no wonder Xuan Ye hates greed and hatred.

Thinking about what Concubine Rong said that Yuqing Palace can't turn over, the prince, princess and grandson are all allocated from the Internal Affairs Office, and they are the same as in the emperor's Qianqing Palace, and they are not counted with the harem concubines and other princes and princesses. Although Lan Qi doesn't know the details, it is not difficult to live as usual, there are two things sent every month, and suddenly there is so much silver to turnover, it seems that it is inseparable from this shock. Lan Qi doesn't know that the prince is now in charge of the yamen of the imperial court, and he has only been in politics for many years now, has he also poked out loopholes?

Every time I think of this, I feel worried, I am afraid that if the prince really has a deficit, Xuan Ye will not be happy to receive this money. made up his mind in his heart, when his son returned to Beijing, he must beat him well, and he must not let Yinzhen be confused in this, even if it will be very hard in the court, he must not go to the road of no return.

At this moment, the emperor, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, was serving the Queen Mother and took her concubines and princes to Hangzhou, and after accompanying the Queen Mother to travel through the scenery of Hangzhou, he planned to take the princes to review the Hangzhou garrison on the 27th of this month, and test the riding and shooting in the school field.

Before that day, Yinzhen finished his errand, so he came to Yinxiang Yinyu, to take them to choose horses and run, in order to prepare for the riding and archery competition that day, but Yinzhen was stuffy in the house and no one paid attention, Yinxiang followed his brother outside the door, and said softly: "He is not happy, saying that it is different from what he imagined, fourth brother, you follow Huang Ama everywhere, but he and I can't go anywhere behind the imperial grandmother, so it is better not to go out." ”

Yin Zhen smiled and said: "How old is he, where do you want to go, do you still need civil and military officials to kowtow to the fourteenth elder brother?" ”

As he spoke, he came to the house, and saw his younger brother wrapped in a quilt in the corner of the bed, obviously knowing that he was deliberately angry, he stood aside with his hands behind his back, and asked in a deep voice: "If you really don't want to go, I will take your thirteenth brother away, and I will tell Huang Ama when I turn around, saying that the fourteenth elder brother is sick, and there is no need to take him with him for the review of the garrison, and he does not have to be counted in the test of riding and shooting." ”

The kid nested in the quilt didn't move, Yinyu seemed to be really wronged, and went out happily, before going out, the fourth brother also took him to open the short knife, but he really left the imperial city, he was stuffed in the carriage and bumped behind the imperial grandmother, almost two months, and he didn't even see Huang Ama a few times, but he always heard that his brothers followed Huang Ama everywhere, and everything was completely different from what he thought.

"Are you afraid of losing?" Yin Zhen said suddenly, seeing that the little guy in the quilt moved, and continued, "I will make it clear to Huang Ama, are you sick or afraid of losing, you won't even be able to speak?" If you don't open your mouth again, then let everyone know that the fourteenth elder brother is afraid of losing. ”

Yinyu jumped up, his eyes widened: "Who is afraid of losing, fourth brother, don't talk nonsense." ”

Yin Zhen slapped him on the head and reproached: "Who allowed you to talk to your brother like this, there is no rule at all." ”

Fourteen didn't dare to talk back, and turned his face away unconvinced, but he was suddenly picked up by his brother and pushed to the ground, kicked him on the back of his buttocks, and said: "Hide in the quilt like a girl, you did it, immediately change my clothes and follow me, you rub it again, do you want me to loosen your skin and flesh and bones?" ”

Yinxiang was afraid that the fourteenth brother would talk back again, but the elder brother didn't move when he saw it, so he hurriedly came up to play the round and pulled his younger brother to change his clothes. Yinyu didn't want to go out, but his proud temperament was frustrated all the way, and he couldn't stand it in his heart, and he was still a child who didn't know anything about the world, and everything was on his face.

The brothers dressed up neatly, Yinzhen looked them up and down, and sure enough, the younger brothers had grown up, and they hadn't seen each other much in the past two months, as if they were growing up again, and told them a few words not to run around and understand the rules, so they took the younger brothers out of the door together.

Although he is still in a carriage, the fourteenth elder brother is obviously lively, he has sulked and not followed the queen mother out to play these days, so what he sees in his eyes is very fresh, and he is asking the thirteenth brother this and that all the way, and the noise makes Yinzhen have a headache, but seeing that his younger brothers are happy, he can only bear it.

Staying at the garrison academy, here is already preparing for the day after tomorrow holy driving review, the horses have been arranged, Yinzhen took his younger brothers to choose horses, while saying: "You have rarely ridden horses since you went out, you must be rusty, Huang Ama said that you want to play not to win anyone, you can lose the competition but not lose the momentum, you can't not know the importance of winning in order to win, the royal children must have a bearing." ”

But my brother said for a long time, and the fourteenth elder brother's heart had long been gone, and he had to be reprimanded by his brother again, so he could only follow him honestly with a drooping face.

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