March 18 of the 52nd year of Kangxi, is the period of Kangxi's Jiazi longevity, now with respect and sincerity, diligent governance, the country has more than enough, the people are rich in years, the 52nd year of the royal pole, the sea is peaceful, the territory is wide, the meritorious work is extensive, it is unprecedented. ()。 The emperor was invited by the ministers of the old power, the meaning of the people, the longevity ceremony, one free money and grain levy, two open Enke to take the office, three invited the old people from all over the country to enter Beijing to give a banquet to the old ministers, and the five amnesty was also returned to the Manchurian criminal clan, which was really a celebration of the whole world, and the great Pei anointed. In March, the emperor was in a good mood, and there were also old ministers in the park who had admired the grace of the saint for a long time to arrive in Beijing to accompany them, and at this time, the two elder brothers who were the eldest were very busy: the Yinzhi Department introduced a cadre to learn from Lin Rulao and Han Junxiu to open the museum and say, revise the journal and make articles to praise the saints; The six departments and five temples in Beijing, as well as the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Zhan Mansion, the banners of the capital, the infantry army commander Yamen, etc., were also busy for a while, and the three law divisions that were solemnly killed in the past are now also contaminated with this joy, and they have been ordered to submit their sentences to the cabinet with a plan to reduce their sentences and grant amnesty. Since the 17th, the lieutenant general of the capital has been in charge of the Ministry of Rites from Xizhimen to Zhengyangmen, and has set up a colorful forging dragon shed, and has performed songs and dances according to the provincial style, and has provided melons, fruits, and fresh vegetables. When I went to the local provinces, when everyone knew the great joy of the longevity of the Son of Heaven, although there was no bustle in Beijing, it was sunny in spring, and there were rich and official eunuchs invited to travel together.

"In the late spring of March, the warbler flies and the grass grows", but it is not only said that the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River with green mountains and lakes and green grass condensed steps, just like the current Changchun Garden, it is a good group of majestic shapes, the world is luxuriant. At this moment, the light of the sun is twilight, all things are bathed in the slanting sun and the wind, the peaks and peaks are swept by the flying glow, the weeping willows on the side of the lake and the stream are smoking, and the glazed palace tiles that are decorated for the longevity of the Son of Heaven are also flashing with glittering brilliance, and the scenery of the middle, east and west roads are all pale and yellow into the painting. And all the palace gates in the garden are closed and guarded strictly, although I see people and so on, but I don't smell a trace of noise, I can't help but sigh, not the royal majesty, can not bear the Zhong Shen Yuxiu.

"Song Xiang, Master Ma!" Song Zhu and Ma Qi walked together, and when they passed the wall door of the Nine Classics and Three Things Hall, they heard a call behind them, stood down and turned around, and saw Yinzhen rushing up to meet him, and hurriedly said, "Lord Jin'an." "Oh, you two. "Seeing each other, Yinzhen took out a folded book from his sleeve and handed it to Song Zhu, "The will to receive it is to add the ceremony of the Hajj to the Queen Mother on the 28th of the Eight Banners and the old woman over 70." Huang Ama means that the queen mother's ceremonial note will be according to the previous two days of the banquet, at that time, on the defense, only the "Bo for virtue" and the palace gate of the two places can be exchanged, this matter I went to say with Long Keduo, here please Song Xiang go back to the Ministry of Rites, hand over to make pre-arrangements, and then hand a fold up in the next two days. ”

"Hey, then thank you. Song Zhu took the fold, thanked him, and turned to Ma Qi, who was about to inquire, and said, "I've been back in Beijing since I returned, and I'm on duty in the cabinet tonight, don't be tired of you running this more trip, Wen Xiang has been sick these days, and he still has a lot of help from my brother, if you just live outside the garden, you can't prepare for the time when the master is summoned. Ma Qizhen, nodded and gave it away, seeing that Song Zhu was far away, he turned his head and was about to say goodbye, but when he saw Yinzhen standing next to him, he seemed to have something to say, and couldn't help asking, "Doesn't the fourth master still have a will?" "Oh, no, I have something I want to ask Ma Gong." Yin Zhen's eyebrows seemed to be embarrassed, he glanced at the Dongchao room in the palace gate not far away, and raised his hand, "Take a step to speak, please." ”

After a while, Ma Qi entered the court room with Yinzhen, and each sat on the opposite kang, Ma Qi was slightly calm, and asked the reason, "What does the fourth master want to ask, but it doesn't hurt." It's just that the slaves who can say it must tell each other, and the ...... who can't say it" Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yinzhen waving his hand, "I know the difficulties at this time, I just ask, Ma Gong thinks about it." ”

"Fourth master, please speak. Ma Qi leaned over and arched his hand. Having said that, Ma Qi was also deeply afraid that Yinzhen would ask something embarrassing, he was guilty that day, and he accepted Yinzhen's great affection, he thought that Yu Yinzhen was grateful, how could he be his identity, it was not ordinary to be able to repay this love, and he went through this ordeal, and he knew the true meaning of Bingxing's fear, but he was more distracted than in the past. Yin Zhen saw Ma Qi's thoughts, slightly chuckled, and asked after considering his words, "I have just seen the longevity ceremony jointly established by the Internal Affairs Office and the Zongren Mansion, on the 18th, in addition to the kings and ministers, there are also the soldiers of the Eight Banners and the elderly and the old people who also perform the congratulatory gifts, and the eldest brother and the second elder brother will no longer be able to receive grace? Even if the pilgrimage is not good, there is room for accommodation in the family banquet in the garden?"

Ma Qi didn't have a superfluous expression on his face, and he stroked the agarwood pearls in front of the complement one by one, "Then the fourth master wants me to play?" Yin Zhen hurriedly stopped his words, and added, "I don't mean to embarrass Ma Gong, it's just like this, I feel that there is always a regret among the brothers, and at this time, I am afraid that the emperor Ama Shengming is also in the way, if it is cheap, I will ......." Before the words were finished, I saw Ma Qi shake the corners of his robe, slowly got up from the kang, and said to himself, "I advise the fourth master, even if it is for the love between brothers, don't take advantage of this." Yin Zhen forcibly suppressed the unnaturalness on his face, leaned over the corner of the table and asked, "What?"

"The statutes of the two governments were originally submitted to the royal court after I discussed with Prince Jane, and it was taken to mean 'pushing relatives to show respect'. Helplessly, the master's reply was not made by him, but the names of the eldest brother and the second elder brother were hooked off with a red pen, and the rest were all corrected. From this age onwards, in all matters, the master is more and more independent and decisive, and there are fewer subservient group discussions, 'a word is prosperous, a word is dead' or a little too much, but it is always reasonable, and under the power of the sky, there is no transfer. No matter which elder brother the fourth master is in his heart, he must know this 'can't do' principle, although the period of the holy scriptures of longevity is approaching, it is not a good time to persuade the master to send grace. After that, Ma Qi looked at Yinzhen's expression, and bowed solemnly, "Fourth master, please forgive the slave for being presumptuous......"

Ma Qi's words were of course directly stabbed into the calculations of their father and son's respective hearts, but it inevitably made Yinzhen feel that he was suspected of preaching. On the one hand, Yinzhen secretly felt that Pei Maqi's insight into the king's heart was keen, and on the other hand, he was extremely unaware of Ma Qi's self-respecting thoughts, listening to these words, in the end Yinzhen listened to the piercing heart, sat on the kang, thought about it, and felt embarrassed, and naturally even a false smile on his face was difficult to show, and he barely heard Ma Qi's words of guilt, so he got up and approached and helped him, "I also know the principle of the gentleman's 'group but not the party, and the private not the public', today I have taught you to break the rules." ”

"The fourth master is serious......" Ma Qi naturally felt strange, but he didn't take what Shicai said as wrong, and saw that Yinzhen didn't show much anger when he described it, and he didn't want to explain more, but he sighed secretly in his heart, and immediately bowed and left the room. Ma Qi is a person with a round outside and a square inside, and he has a high temperament, and he has been working in Taifu for decades, and the square temperament he has cultivated is just to make people look more calm and live up to his cardinal system, but this can't change his inner temperament. It is because of this that he admits that he is loyal and sincere to serve only at the old master of Kangxi, and he is not willing to think about the emperor's death, but also disdains to use today's merits to draw the camp between the elder brothers in the hope of the glory of the future, even though he also feels that the fourth elder brother has a square temperament, and knows that he has a special kindness to himself, but he is also unwilling to violate his current way of standing and bend his reputation and dignity.