Chapter 369: Abandon the original to the end
Yunxi left Yinzhen and they had dinner in Yonghe Palace before leaving, as for Xibao, because he was still young, Yunxi did not let him move to Brother's office, but the location of Brother's place had already been selected, after all, no matter how small he was, he would have to move over in two years, rather than being separated by that time, it was better to choose the location now, anyway, this privilege was given by Kangxi, not now, no one will feel sorry if it expires.
Kangxi didn't come over this night, and asked people to send news that they were busy with government affairs, but Yunxi knew in her heart that no matter how busy Kangxi was, she wouldn't delay him from sleeping with a woman, but fortunately, she didn't care anymore, otherwise she would definitely be uncomfortable again. But now that the children are all older, Yunxi feels a little lonely, if she had been in the past, she would definitely want to have another child, but now she is afraid that she will not be able to withstand the pain of childbirth in a short time.
Sometimes she was really afraid of something, two days ago she watched a good show performed by the Tong sisters with relish, and thought that such a drama might last for a while, but she didn't want Tong Guowei to be stupid, but Tong Guogang was not stupid at all, he noticed that Kangxi's attitude was wrong, and noticed the fireworks between the Tong sisters, so he didn't let Tong Guowei go as much as before, but stood up and took everything on himself, but unfortunately he was still a step slower after all, although the Tong Guifei and Xiao Tong have not yet made trouble to the point of life and death, but the Tong family's manpower in the palace has really lost more than halfγ
The so-called pulling a hair and moving the whole body, since Kangxi intends to uproot the hands of the major families in the harem and suppress the morale of the families behind the elder brother, it is impossible to let the people who have risen back retract, so all the people involved in Tong Guifei and Xiao Tong's hands, he will find a way to clear them, just like the forces installed by the Mongolian concubines before, he would rather kill them by mistake than let them go.
In the study on Tong Guowei's house, Tong Guogang sat on the main seat, looking at Tong Guowei who was turning around with his hands behind his back with a blue face, he originally thought that he would receive it after two turns, but he didn't want to make Tong Guogang's head hurt again and again, and he couldn't help but reprimand in a low voice: "Okay, you just grind this land flat, and you can't get back what has been lost." β
"Big brother, do you say that the emperor has forgotten that the Tong family is his foreign family, how can he attack us! Our family is conscientious and conscientious, but it is all for the emperor's sake! But what is the emperor doing now? Is it unloading the mill and killing the donkey?" Tong Guowei was reprimanded by Tong Guogang, and he was very uncomfortable in his heart, but the complaint he blurted out instantly made Tong Guogang's face white.
Tong Guogang got up and looked outside, and when he saw that there was no one, and it was his henchmen who were guarding outside, he couldn't help but shout angrily: "What are you talking about! Do you want the Tong clan to be beheaded with you!"
"I ...... I am also not angry in my heart, I sincerely admit that I have careful thoughts, but my loyalty to the emperor can be expressed, and the concubine and Shuyu are also sincere to the emperor, but the emperor, when something happens, he is the first to take our Tong family, how can I not feel cold!" Tong Guowei was weak in his heart, but on the surface, he was more righteous than anyone else.
Tong Guogang still doesn't understand what kind of character Tong Guowei is, he only glanced at it and knew that he was bluffing, if he was really so reasonable, he would not stand here and shout, but went to the Qianqing Palace to find Kangxi to complain, shook his head slightly, Tong Guogang glared at him coldly and said: " Why do you think the emperor wants to take the Tong family, because the Tong family has made the most fierce trouble in the past few years, and the appearance is the most ugly, and you have even begun to forget that the emperor is the king, you are a minister, and your existence is for the emperor to share his worries, not to plan behind the emperor's back. β
Seeing that his hidden little thoughts were exposed, Tong Guoyi simply didn't hide it, he sat on the chair opposite Tong Guowei, and said in a muffled voice: "What is there or not, does the eldest brother want to watch others glorify their ancestors? Don't forget how much the little sister suffered for the Tong family back then, and all this should have belonged to the Tong family." Back then, due to the prestige of the Empress Dowager, we could only endure it if we couldn't say it, but now that the Empress Dowager is gone, the Empress Dowager is useless, why can't we fight for the position of the queen?"
He doesn't want the hard-won glory and wealth to disappear like this, and he doesn't want everything his sister to exchange for his life to end here, so he wants his daughter to ascend to the back seat, and he wants to let the elder brother with the blood of the Tong family be born, and then ensure that the Tong family can always stand above everyone.
What's wrong with him doing that?
"It's not that you can't fight, but the emperor doesn't want people to fight at all! Think about it yourself, if the emperor really wants to set up someone as the queen, there is still a need for us to fight for it, and a lot of people who have written and established the queen, from time to time to come to such a time, the emperor has been shaken, and the concubine's position in the palace is stable, as long as there is no mistake, it is difficult for the queen's position to surpass the concubine, but now the concubine has no children and no favor and has committed the emperor's taboo, and the status is not guaranteed, you don't want to help the concubine survive this catastrophe, but want to hold another one, you say, you do this, whether you can make the concubine and you have one heart, or let the emperor be willing to do what you wantTong Guogang didn't have a daughter, so he naturally fully supported his younger brother's daughter to enter the palace, but he didn't expect things to develop to such a point.
The idea of wanting to keep the glory and wealth of the Tong family is good, but no matter how good the idea is, it has to be after grabbing the Sacred Heart, if there is no Sacred Heart, no matter how much they do, it will be empty, and now they have obviously angered the emperor, if they don't stop, the end is difficult to estimate.
"I-" Tong Guowei really wanted to prove that what he did was right, but when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't open his mouth anyway, because he knew in his heart that all that Tong Guogang said made sense. Rather than saying that the emperor was warning others while stabbing the Tong family, in fact, he was not warning them, "Okay! I was indeed too reckless in this matter, but now that things have developed to this point, we have to make a choice between the concubine and Shuyu." Big brother, the concubine has been in the palace for so many years, and her stomach has not moved, Shuyu is still young, and her body is strong, or ......"
"Put away your careful thoughts, do you think this kind of thing is a decision you can make? Confused, really confused!" Tong Guogang looked at Tong Guowei, who had not seen the situation clearly until now, and only blindly listened to the words of the woman in the house, and couldn't help but scold: "You are killing yourself! A concubine's words make you forget to lose your sense of proportion, no wonder you have made such a scene." Can't you see it? The emperor doesn't want to praise anyone at all, and even the concubine, the concubine, won't be able to sit for long. β
Tong Guowei's face stiffened when he heard this, his face looked very ugly, his eyes met Tong Guogang's eyes, but he obviously had no confidence, he has never been able to compare to this eldest brother, he can't lead troops to fight, if he governs the family and their brothers, he is far from speculating on the emperor's thoughts, which is why he will listen to his opinions on major matters. Although he is now being scolded very faceless, he is more concerned with the interests of the Tong family, "What should I do?"
Tong Guogang glanced at him, his face became more solemn, his gaze swept over Tong Guogang's expectant eyes, and said in a deep voice: "What else can I do?" I can only follow the emperor's wishes, otherwise it will be difficult for both the concubine and Shuyu to escape, and it will be difficult for our Tong family to gain the emperor's trust!"
Kangxi's intentions are too clear, not to mention Tong Guogang, the heads of other families have seen some signs after watching it for so long, although this ambition is not to say that you can come back if you take it back, but no one dares to show your thoughts on the surface, as for the palace, those who should fight still have to fight, and those who should fight still have to fight, after all, this part is an impossible capital for the women of the harem, and no one wants to greet others for the rest of their lives, so whenever there is a chance, even if the family does not support it, they will fight hard.
"It's not going in, it's not going back, so what should I do?" Tong Guowei clapped his hands, with a bitter look on his face, obviously a little impatient by Tong Guogang's words.
"Okay, I advised you at the beginning, everything is based on the emperor's intentions, but what about you, only care about your own careful thoughts, now the emperor is in power, and there is no need to look at anyone's face at all, but if we want to take another step, we still see the emperor's will, if the emperor does not give a chance, then we can only look at other people's scenery, and we are still trampled under the feet of people like before. Tong Guogang said these words not to scare Tong Guowei, but to make him recognize the facts, the current emperor is no longer the child who needed the care of others in the past, he has grown into a qualified emperor.
Yes, a qualified emperor means that he will no longer be trapped by love as before, and he will only consider the interests and losses of things from the overall situation, rather than who has done what?
"Don't think about those who have or don't, you send a message in the palace, it's best to let them stop fighting, let alone use the power in their hands, otherwise the hard work of the Queen Mother is not enough for them to lose, as for you, don't stretch out your hand to the palace, otherwise it will really anger the emperor, and this original warning may really become a suppression, or even a removal. Tong Guogang couldn't help but bring a hint of warning in the end.
Tong Guowei saw that his brother didn't trust him so much, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Big brother, I know that in the past few years, I have been too eager for quick success, so that it has caused the opposite effect, and even affected the family, but you have to believe that my starting point has always been good, and what I did was just to hope that the Tong family's wealth would last longer." β
Where would he have thought that the emperor would grow up so fast, and his methods would be so ruthless, in just ten years, not only all the ministers who took care of their lives were boiled to death, but also those clans that held great power were suppressed one by one, he originally thought that in this way their Tong family would have a bright future, but now it seems that the emperor does not want to give anyone a chance to restrain him, and he just understood that it was too late to make trouble to the point where he is in this dilemma.
"I never doubt your intentions for the family, but it's wrong to be too eager, and it's wrong to listen to and believe too much, since the concubine is already a concubine, and then she descends to the concubine as a concubine, but Shuyu, who has never been in the emperor's eyes for many years after entering the palace, do you think with the emperor's current attitude towards the Tong family, will he still let Shuyu ascend the throne?" Tong Guogang's words have not finished yet, he actually wants to say that whether the concubine is a concubine or a Shuyu, her appearance is average, if the emperor is not for the sake of the Tong family, why would he abandon the beauty of the palace and choose the woman of the Tong family, he just doesn't want to extinguish the last bit of confidence and hope of his younger brother.
"This ......" Can he say that he has never considered this problem? Tong Guowei has always thought that as long as the Tong family keeps the identity of the emperor's foreign family, it will be easy to get opportunities that others do not have, but now that he thinks about it, he really takes it for granted, the so-called time is different from the past, this Forbidden City, no, it should be where the wind blows in the entire capital, and it is no longer the nobles of the clan, but the emperor who is the king of a country, "The eldest brother is right, I am dizzy, and I have forgotten who is the real master." β
If the emperor doesn't recognize it, even if they are really the emperor's foreign family, who dares to sincerely recognize their identity, and he is probably what he said at the end!
"It's not too late to figure it out now, at least the emperor still has a place to use us, and Galdan has not been eliminated, sooner or later there will be a chance for our Tong family to take the lead, so you must make up your mind about this matter, don't mix it up again, if the concubines in the palace don't give in to each other and refuse to give up, you will simply come out of sight, as for those forces, you should never have one, and rearrange it." Tong Guogang saw that he listened to his words, so he didn't continue to nag, after all, he is such a big old man, it is okay to fight, it is really difficult for him to be reasonable, if he is not afraid that things will deteriorate and implicate the family, he will not be patient to persuade him here for so long, fortunately, things are done.
"I understand what the eldest brother means, I will send the news to the concubine and Shuyu, no matter what the final result is, this time we will admit it, who made me forget my duty at the end of the day!" Sighing, Tong Guowei reviewed himself with a wry smile.
Now that everything has been explained, Tong Guogang will no longer stay longer, and he will leave directly with people after saying hello, and Tong Guowei sat alone in the study for a long time, and when he came back to his senses, he immediately wrote a letter to people and sent them into the palace, thinking about the generosity he said, he still hopes to protect those forces in the palace, after all, it took two generations of hard work, whether it can be used in the future or not, there is always a hope, and he doesn't want this hard work to be ruined like this.
It's a pity that although Tong Guowei's idea is good, his two daughters are not cooperative at all, after all, they are all torn faces, and he wants to return to his old friendship just by saying this, no matter how he thinks about it, he thinks it is impossible!