Kangxi looked at Yinzhen and said slowly: "Your emperor's mother is virtuous and virtuous, and she has done her best to assist me in the past twenty years, but I only gave her the title she deserves before she died, and I really can't stand her." Read the book// That's it, I will send you an errand now, go to Tong Guowei's mansion, in the name of the Empress Dowager's decree, reward Tong Guowei's three-eyed dazzling feathers, give him the first-class duke, hereditary replacement, and the third-class count of Long Keduo. ”

Yin Zhen was stunned for a moment, and said: "The sons are still in the midst of filial piety, and is it appropriate for the sons to go and announce the decree?"

Kangxi didn't think about it, and said: "You can be thoughtful, this is of course your strength, but you must also remember that you have the courage to do things and do not avoid suspicion, which can be described as 'can'." Besides, the grace comes from me, so it's okay. ”

Yin Zhen didn't say anything more, neatly lowered the horseshoe sleeve, and said, "The son of the minister has the order." And so it goes. ”

In fact, Kangxi certainly has the intention of showing favor to the Tong family, but more than that, he hopes to send an errand to Yinzhen so that he can cheer up from his sadness, after all, he also has deep hopes for this son, and he doesn't want to live up to Queen Tong's entrustment.

Yinzhen said goodbye to Kangxi, only changed into a black court uniform, did not remove his plain hat, and hurried to Tong Mansion with Battle and several guards all the way. After a while, I came to the grandfather's mansion located in Xiangbai Hutong. Outside the door of the grandfather's mansion is plain white, the door is indeed full of traffic, a long green mantle silk bamboo official sedan chair, silver top red curtain is not a few, the royal family sedan chair system squeezed the originally spacious alley, those blue mantle sedan chairs can not even enter the alley mouth. Reading a book// Those subordinates who came to mourn with their masters were chatting in a heap, making the entrance of the grandfather's mansion almost as noisy as a vegetable market.

Yinzhen's face was gloomy when he saw it, and when he arrived at the door, Battle called the steward of Tong Mansion and reported that Yinzhen, the fourth son of the emperor, had arrived, and asked Tong Mansion to open the middle door to greet him, Yinzhen couldn't bear it, his face had already been pulled down, he turned around, and said loudly to those subordinates who were still noisy: "You dogs, if you dare to make a noise again, you will cut your tongue today." A dog thing that doesn't have long eyes. "In the end, those people have also followed the dignitaries for a long time, and they have seen a lot of the world, and when they saw the black four-group dragon coat on Yinzhen's body, they knew that this master was not easy to mess with, and they were silent.

The steward of Tong Mansion had already been upset by those people, but because of the relationship between these people's masters, it was inconvenient to say anything, and when he saw Yinzhen open his mouth, he also said loudly: "Please be considerate, be quiet, don't hurt the peace." He turned his head and said to Yinzhen: "Fourth master, don't worry about those people, it's not worth it." The minion is going to pass through. ”

After a while, the middle door opened, and I saw Tong Guowei, Long Keduo, and a group of court officials behind him, all kneeling respectfully in the courtyard. Yin Zhen took a look, and knew a lot of people, such as Anjun Wang Marhun (Prince An Yue Lezi) Yubeile Baotai (Fu Quanzi) and other close branch clans came to six or seven out of ten, and most of the scholars and waiters were also listed, and Gao Shiqi, the minister of the upper study, was also among them. In fact, everyone knows that so many people came to mourn, of course, it was for the unfortunate death of Queen Tong, but the focus is still that the Tong family is prominent, and the holy family is like the sky, and there is a Tong concubine in the palace who is the sister of the deceased Empress Xiaoyiren.

Seeing Yinzhen, everyone leaned over and said, "The slave (minister) listens to the holy message." Yinzhen stood facing south, Lang Lang announced the decree, and after the announcement, everyone sighed, saying that the emperor was really kind to the queen and the Tong family, and Tong Guowei was even more tearful, and said: "The slave family is deeply blessed by God, even if the dogs and horses are not repaid." "It is indeed rare to be rewarded twice in five days like this, and although many people say that the grace of God is mighty, their hearts are overturned by a vinegar bottle, which is very sour.

Yinzhen stepped forward, helped Tong Guowei, with a sincere face, and said: "Lord Tong, Huang Ama has this generous gift, of course, there is the intention of praising the emperor's mother, but the Tong family has been sharing weal and woe with me Aixin Jueluo since the dragon entered the customs, and Lord Tong is needless to say, he is ranked as the minister of the study, and the merit is in the community, and Lord Long also has a lot of military merits, and the title of Huang Ama is also a reward. ”

Yinzhen's explanation, in fact, is mainly for the ministers, although it is true that there is still nepotism, the work on the face still has to be done. Moreover, Yin Zhen secretly felt that Kangxi was not a simple emotional person, and he should not reward the Tong family just because of Queen Tong, he must have other plans, but he was not very clear for a while.

Tong Guowei saw that Yinzhen came to help him personally, and even said "I don't dare", and said: "The fourth elder brother of labor personally issued an edict, and the slave was really frightened, and asked the fourth elder brother to come in for a while." ”

Yin Zhen arched his hand and said, "In this way, I will disturb Lord Tong." ”

Seeing that Tong Guowei wanted to talk to Yinzhen in detail, they said goodbye one after another, Tong Guowei first greeted several yellow-belted clans, asked Long Keduo to let them be sent out of the house, and then made a four-way gesture to the rest of the ministers, and said: "Brother wants to greet Qincha, I won't leave you today, your kindness, my brother understands it, and I will come to the door to worship another day." And the men walked away on their own. Only Gao Shiqi looked at Yinzhen, as if he wanted to say something, but he hesitated, but he still didn't speak, and left in a hurry.

Tong Guowei welcomed Yinzhen into the inner hall, and invited Yinzhen to sit on the main seat, but Yinzhen refused to sit, first took off the crown belt on his head, and then straightened the whole robe, and actually bowed to Tong Guowei. This move made Tong Guowei shocked, and hurriedly said: "Why did the fourth elder brother do this? ”

Yinzhen said: "Just now Yinzhen was a Qincha, took off the crown and belt, and went to the identity, it is not a business matter, but a family matter." If it was an ordinary people's family, Yinzhen should have called you grandfather. ”

Tong Guowei was so excited in his heart, Yinzhen, the fourth son of the emperor today, who has knelt down? Only the parents of the ancestors of heaven and earth have now bowed to him so solemnly, what an honor is this? But he said: "How should this slave be, the fourth master is the emperor's noble." ”

Yinzhen looked serious and said: "But the emperor's mother has twelve years of nurturing grace for Yinzhen, and you can bear this family gift." Huang Ama has a will, saying that the prince is not allowed to make friends with foreign ministers, and today Yinzhen also risked this big disapproval and violated the ban in private to show Yinzhen's gratitude. ”

Tong Guowei was very moved when he heard this, and said: "The fourth elder brother is serious, and the spirit of Empress Xiao Yiren in the sky will also be moved by the fourth elder brother being so pure and filial." ”

Yinzhen arched his hand again and asked, "Grandpa is invited, there must be something to mention Yinzhen?"

Tong Guowei's face showed some mystery and asked, "Fourth Master, do you want to protect a person named Dai Zi?"