Chapter 344: Seeking with Me is the Way to Survive
In the evening of the same day, Shun Anyan was summoned by his aunt, thinking that the events of the day had alarmed the Queen Mother and Niangniang, and he wanted to be reprimanded, but he didn't want his aunt to tell him that he had already probed the Queen Mother's tone.
The fifth princess chooses a son-in-law, unless the emperor's order is difficult to disobey, she has the final say.
"Aunt knows your heart, and she will do her best to be considerate, and you don't have to take your grandfather's words to heart." Concubine Tong warned her nephew, "From your aunt and grandmother to me, the Tong family can produce two queens and one imperial concubine, not because your grandfather is amazing, but as concubines, we know what we should do and what we should not do. Therefore, whether it is now or in the future, Princess Shang, you should be the same, so that the Tong family can last for a long time."
"Mother's words, my nephew wrote it down."
"Naturally, if you are a princess, you may not be able to inherit the Tong family's business in the future, even so, don't you regret it?"
Shun Anyan replied without hesitation: "Weichen has made up his mind."
Concubine Tong sighed lightly: "Auntie knows, the future will be talked about in the future, as long as my aunt is still there, this Tong family's family business should be yours, and you can't run away."
Shun Anyan doesn't have much greed for this, he just wants to be a useful person for the country and the family, and more importantly, he can be worthy of Wen Xian and protect her.
The night passed, and early the next morning, Shun Anyan and the guards came to the palace gate as promised, and just as he stood still, he saw Wen Xian, who was wearing a hunting suit, coming from the depths of the palace gate.
The morning sun fell on her, dazzling and bright, her brisk pace was like a deer in the forest, and the smile on her face when she raised her hand to greet her was not more than the flowers of the four seasons.
This is the person Shun Anyan wants to protect, it is very hard to be Tong Guowei's grandson, but because of this, it is worth it to have the opportunity to stand in front of Wen Xian.
"What's the fuss, hurry up."
"Yes."
In the evening of this day, the queen mother's reward sent from the Beijing Foreign Palace entered the Shenwu Gate in a flamboyant manner, and not only that, but the fourth elder brother's mansion and the fifth elder brother's mansion also received gifts from his sister.
Yuxi had a big belly, holding Nian Tong with one hand, and looked at the roe deer in the yard in amazement, who was silly and stupid, and didn't know where he was, their sister actually sent a live roe deer.
"Fujin, the princess said, our Da Gege must have never seen a roe deer, how can the children of the Aixin Jueluo family not see a roe deer, the slave maid heard this for the first time."
Qinglian explained to Fujin with a smile that the fifth princess not only gave it to his fourth brother, but also gave it to the fifth elder brother, let him keep it in the yard, and let him play with his little nephew in the future.
"Nian Tong, are you afraid?"
"I'm afraid ......"
The little doll hugged Yuxi's legs, but she couldn't help but stare at the living creatures in the yard, her eyes full of novelty.
"Enclose a piece of land in the garden, put up a fence, and clean it up, and then I'll take Nian Tong to feed the roe deer and play." Yuxi smiled helplessly, "Really, in someone's garden, I raised peacocks and roe deer together, but I opened my eyes."
Qinglian said with a smile: "The fourth elder brother has long been disgusted with the peacock's cry, but now it is even more lively."
Yu Xi said narrowly, "Then raise this little guy near the academy, so that he can read and write articles quietly, can't we have a lively event?"
Qinglian smiled: "I can't help it, the fourth elder brother should be angry."
Yuxi lowered her head and asked her daughter, "Ama is angry, angry, is Nian Tong afraid?"
The little girl looked up at her grandmother with watery eyes, shook her chubby little hand, and didn't know if she understood it, and said in a milky voice, "No, no......"
"That's it, don't be afraid, Amma is not afraid when he is angry."
Yuxi teased her daughter, afraid that it would be too cold outside, so she took Nian Tong back to the house, took hawthorn cake for her to eat, and allowed her to take a pen and scribble on the paper.
The mother and daughter played for a while, only to see Qinglian enter the door, change her joking face, approach seriously and cautiously, and hand over a secret letter.
The letter was sent by Wen Fujin, saying that Guerjia Mansion would take care of her mother, please Yuxi don't have to bother, and sighed that this incident actually alarmed the crown princess, no matter what, their mother and daughter met, and on the way home after the mother, someone took care of her.
Reading the second page, Yuxi couldn't help frowning slightly, but when he looked at it, he couldn't help it
smiled, and then burned it into ashes in the charcoal basin, Qinglian called the nurse and carried Da Gege back.
After Da Gege left, Qinglian carefully picked up the charcoal basin, and after confirming the remnants of the handwriting on the letter, she ordered her subordinates to change it with peace of mind, Yuxi had already sat back on the kang and cleaned up the paper and pen that had been messed up by Nian Tong.
"Do you want to write a reply?"
"No, Wen Fujin doesn't expect me to reply."
Qinglian thought for a while and said, "Fu Jin, the slave maid is really worried, this letter exchange, if it is discovered by the East Palace one day, how will it be. Wen Fujin is the crown prince's person after all, if he has a grandson in the future, many things can't be calculated, can you still trust it when the time comes?"
Yuxi said: "If there is a real day, we will naturally be estranged from each other, as for whether it will be detected now, of course it is possible. The best way is not to do anything, but Yinzhen and I are seeking a future in the emperor's family, and the end of doing nothing will only be much worse than being found exchanging a few letters."
"Yes......"
"Wen Fujin is plotting with me, that is, to survive, she will only be more careful."
Seeing that Fujin was going to drink tea, Qinglian came forward to serve, and Yuxi continued: "It turns out that the last time the fifth sister sent the prey, there was a strange thing in the palace, but neither Yinzhen nor you and I heard the news."
Qinglian put down the tea and said, "Indeed, if the palace really wants to hide something, it is not impossible to hide it."
Yuxi told her that Wen Fujin was ordered by the crown princess to dispose of the oolongs caused by those wild meats.
"The person who is rectum actually sent someone to do it according to the princess's instructions, her little eunuch buried things in the imperial garden in the middle of the night, and was twisted by the guards and sent to Concubine Rong's mother, or she used the excuse to ask Concubine Rong for sour radishes to appetize the princess, so she explained this matter clearly."
"Why did the crown princess do this?"
Yuxi said: "It's all funny, you can't see bloody things, and there is a taboo of killing, but it's not to blame the princess for having strange ideas, when a woman's family is pregnant, she often doesn't know what she is thinking."
Qinglian smiled, "Speaking of which, your pregnancy is really stable."
Yuxi lowered his head and touched his stomach: "Yes, what a good boy who is so worry-free."
Returning to the matter of the East Palace, Yuxi said, "Wen Fujin originally told me as a joke, but it just verified what you were worried about, the palace is full of high walls, and it is not difficult to hide something. Therefore, even if you take the risk, this line with her cannot be broken for the time being. But please remind me from time to time that even if I don't change my mind, I will be more cautious and not negligent."
Qinglian responded: "Yes, the slave is not afraid that you and the fourth elder brother will be annoyed, what the slave and the maid want to say, must not be hidden in their hearts."
After the master and servant said these words, the sky outside the window was getting darker and darker, and Yinzhen should come back later.
Yuxi was not hungry at the moment, and wanted to wait for Yinzhen to come back for dinner, but half an hour later, the attendant sent the news first, and the fourth elder brother was invited to the house by the eighth elder brother, presumably after dinner.
Sure enough, the kitchen of the Eight Elder Brothers' Mansion was in full swing, and Bafujin personally came to urge the cook to cook.
Even if the fourth elder brother said when he entered the door, he just needed to eat at home, but when he sat at the table, how could he not compare the difference between the two mansions, she couldn't let Yinxi lose face.
Pearl went to the study and rushed back to tell the master: "The eighth elder brother said that he would have dinner in half an hour, and there is still something important to discuss with the fourth elder brother at this time."
"Did you get the tea?"
"I made the best tea in the house."
Ba Fu Jin was anxious, and asked again: "Is it cold in the study, your eighth elder brother is always afraid that the room will be too warm and sleepy, and he will freeze himself, but can he entertain guests and make people freeze?"
Pearl said: "Fu Jin don't worry, it's not cold in the house, and when the slave and maid stand in front of the door and reply, a warm breeze blows on the face."
Ba Fu Jin breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly remembered something, and said, "Keep an eye on them here, you must pinch the hour to send the food over, and I will go back to change my clothes, this one is too bright red and delicate, and it is not suitable for hospitality."
After that, Bafujin left in a hurry, and in the study, Yinzhen and Yinzhen were seriously discussing the disaster prevention project for the four seasons
I didn't care what I ate tonight, and I didn't pay attention to what Bafujin was wearing.
Originally, Concubine De responded to her son and asked Ah Ling'a to introduce ministers to teach Yinzhen about civil engineering and water conservancy and river engineering and tuntian, but this was just mentioned yesterday and has not yet been arranged.
Yinzhen didn't expect that he couldn't pull his face to ask Yinzhen for advice, but Yinzhen took the initiative to invite him to share with his brother those ancient books that recorded folk wisdom.
"Where did you get these books, I have never seen them in the palace."
Yinzhen couldn't put it down, it was all on this, and he didn't care about any face, so he said happily: "Yinzhen, you are so young, you have such a wide range of knowledge, and the fourth brother is far inferior to you."
The eighth elder brother said: "Don't be afraid of the fourth brother's jokes, these books should belong to the eldest brother, and Mingzhu has also tried his best to assist Concubine Hui in cultivating the eldest brother, and boxes of books are sent to the palace. But the eldest brother is not rare, every year Changchun Palace has to throw away a lot, so Baoyun inquired about the place and secretly took me to find it, which I picked up from those books that were going to be thrown away year by year."
Yin Zhen's heart was heavy when he heard this, and he asked, "You brought so many books back to Changchun Palace, didn't Concubine Hui notice it?"
Eighth Elder Brother smiled bitterly: "Naturally, you can't bring it back, but ...... Baoyun used to be a member of Cining Palace, and although Concubine Hui treated her harshly, she herself was very good at eating in the palace, and it was not difficult to find a place to store these books."
Yin Zhen couldn't help sighing, he was favored by the emperor since he was a child, and gold, silver and jade were all playthings, not to mention a few books, there was nothing in the world that he couldn't want.
After going to the elder brother's office, there is also Eniang who is thoughtful for him everywhere, and has never lived a hard life for half a day, where do you know, who is also the younger brother of the prince, in order to hide a few books, he has to sneak around.
"Fourth brother, these books will be given to you, I hope you don't dislike them."
"How to make it, you finally got it, or the only one."
The eighth elder brother smiled: "I already have a transcript, the fourth brother just takes it, when I fall ill, it is the fourth brother who cares about me and asks for a doctor for me, and I can't repay it."
Yin Zhen said: "You and I are brothers, shouldn't you be an elder brother and take care of your younger brother?"
The eighth elder brother smiled, got up and took two more books from the side, handed them to the elder brother and said, "This is a transcript, the original is already very fragile, and when the fourth brother is useful, it is more convenient to read the transcript."