Chapter 372: Never do anything that makes Huang Ama sad
These words, as Yin Zhen worried, once the matter is revealed, it is not only the future and honor and disgrace of the eighth elder brother.
Ying Fujin continued: "Of course, it may not be that the eighth elder brother is asking for anything to do, and there are also people who are courted to show goodwill."
Yuxi knew in her heart that without conclusive evidence, Yinzhen couldn't make up her mind, and she couldn't make trouble for her aunt's family.
"I heard that Huang Ama praised the eighth elder brother in the court several times, and the ministers saw the wind and steered the rudder, and it was worth spending some money to keep it in front of the eighth elder brother."
"In this court, it is difficult to be clean, and I, the head mother of the Niu Hulu family, am not qualified to judge the right and wrong of the eighth elder brother. But they are too young, who doesn't know that it is not easy for two children to be in and out of the palace, and the prince's fortune and rewards have always been fixed, so in such a hurry to buy land and choose a house, it is equivalent to telling people everywhere that they are rich, how can they not arouse suspicion."
Yuxi asked, "Does my aunt know about the Lantern Festival?"
Let's say that on that day, Ying Fujin only entered the palace in the evening, and he didn't see with his own eyes that Bafujin was full of jewels when he first entered the palace, and only listened to other female relatives talk about it afterwards, because it was hearsay, so he didn't dare to mention it to Yuxi casually.
Yinzhen and Yuxi also didn't see it with their own eyes, but at this moment, they talked to their aunt, and there was no deviation on both sides, which can be seen to be true.
Ying Fujin sighed: "Since you have been ordered by the noble people of Juezen, how can you turn around and show it again, it is not this silver, there is a serious way to come, and they have confidence."
Yuxi said: "If the silver is not a subsidy from the elders, it is the favor in the officialdom, aunt, I care more about the source of the silver than the Yanxi Palace."
"Noble Lady of Enlightenment?"
"Yes."
Ying Fujin smiled deeply and said, "I want to come to Niangniang, I haven't told you anything."
Yuxi said: "Yinzhen, a junior, how can I inquire about my mother-in-law, and I, E-niang only said that I shouldn't ask about things she doesn't mention."
Aunt and mother-in-law are sisters, Yuxi knows the severity, she didn't lie in front of Ying Fujin, and her mother-in-law did refuse to talk about Juezen nobles, until Qinglian and her mother told her about the past.
"After the mother was favored and crowned as a concubine, there was nothing that she did not take care of the old people in the palace and the down-and-out concubines. Therefore, in the eyes of others, Juechan nobles are just one of these harems who have been blessed by Yonghe Palace, and if it weren't for the eighth elder brother's success, no one would remember her."
"That's what my aunt said."
Ying Fujin said: "But that's really a beauty, these days at home guests, when it comes to the excitement of the Lantern Festival night banquet, many people have talked about the noble people of Juezen."
Yuxi asked, "What do you say?"
Ying Fujin thought about it for a while, and said seriously: "Yuxi, ask about these things, aren't you afraid that Niangniang will blame?"
Yuxi said, "If E-niang blames, I have my own explanation, but if my aunt is inconvenient to say, I will never dare to force you, don't be embarrassed."
"Actually, I don't know much, or rather, I'm not interested in that person." Ying Fujin smiled, "But I can guess what you're worried about. No matter what, if the mother blames, I will also take a share, now that you are pregnant with a child, you can't let your mind be too heavy."
"Thank you for your understanding."
"Yuxi, you put your heart in your stomach, Eighth Elder Brother is not the hope of the noble people of Juezen, no matter what happens in the future, things will never turn into her regaining favor and power, bullying Yonghe Palace. You and Yinzhen have to deal with countless people inside and outside the palace, but among these people, you can definitely draw out the noble people of Juezen."
Yuxi did not shy away from asking, "Aunt is so sure, did Eniang say it to you personally?"
Ying Fujin nodded: "It is true that Niangniang said it to me personally, as for why I can't mention it to you, with Niangniang's temperament and character, she will not do anything to instigate her children to play with power, you say."
"Yes, E-Niang has always only taught us to behave rightly."
"I won't mention this to my mother, and you don't have to inquire about it again. Yuxi, Juezen nobles, don't care, everything is in the hands of Niangniang, they have their tacit understanding and agreement. In the days to come, take care of yourself, assist Yinzhen to do a good job, have real skills, and have meritorious deeds that can be done, which is the greatest confidence."
Yuxi was very grateful, and bowed and said, "Thank you aunt for mentioning something, I will definitely convey your instructions to Yinzhen."
Ying Fujin said pitifully: "Aunt can also help these little things, and you have to rely on yourself for big things, this is just the beginning, I have the same heart as Niangniang, I just hope that you are good."
At this hour, the eldest brother, who received the emperor's order to go out with the car, came to inform the Queen Mother and Concubine Hui of the matter according to the rules.
Concubine Hui was afraid that her son would not see her, so she specially waited in Ningshou Palace, and withdrew with her son at this moment, so that she could say something that could not be mentioned in front of the Queen Mother.
Yinhe was very impatient, but he couldn't shake his face and leave, his mother's verbosity was nothing more than that on the night of the Lantern Festival, he secretly took his son away from Changchun Palace, and took his wife to leave the table early, these complaints are all one ear in and one ear out, too lazy to pay attention.
"When you are not in the capital, how can she take care of so many children by herself, bring Hongyu to the palace, and pick you up when you return to Beijing, can I still stop it?"
"He's just a baby who can eat milk now, and he can't listen to you for a few months, not to mention that Huang Ama is not in the palace, so he can't please him, so why bother?"
Concubine Hui was stunned, her son's words actually made sense, she just wanted her grandson to grow up according to her own heart, but what can a milk doll understand, and the emperor is not in the palace, who does she want to raise her.
Yinhe said, "Your son is going to war, aren't you worried about me, Eniang, our mother and son, what's wrong?"
However, Concubine Hui can't say it, their mother and son have never been close, Yinhe was not raised under her knees, she doesn't know how much affection it takes to raise a child, and Yinhe has never understood what love comes from her mother.
When the mother and son could be as "intimate" as they are now, the son was already older, and Concubine Hui had long fallen out of favor, and between the words of the mother and son, there was only the word interest.
Concubine Hui's eyes were gloomy, and she said casually, "You take care of yourself and serve the emperor well."
Yin Yu hummed: "If E-Niang has nothing else to do, the son will go forward."
"Let's go......" Concubine Hui turned to leave, suddenly remembered something, and turned back to say, "Wait, there's something for you to pay attention to."
Yinyu tried to be patient: "E-Niang commands."
Concubine Hui glanced left and right, and said softly: "Go and find out who Lao Ba has been dealing with recently, Guo Luoluo entered the palace that day, covered in gold, silver and jade, what money can the two of them have to buy so much, but don't be Yin Xi taking bribes in the Ministry of Industry."
"Is there such a thing?"
"If you find something, don't make a noise, such a handle has to be useful at a critical time, you know?"
Yin Yu frowned, nodded and said, "I understand, E-niang, don't worry, among these brothers, others don't say, the eighth brother was raised by you, and I can still let you raise a white-eyed wolf."
Concubine Hui smiled bitterly: "I regret a little that I didn't really raise him, otherwise his mind can be in me, which will be good for you."
Yinhe was very disdainful, and said proudly: "I'm not rare, I really want to compete with the eighth child one day, that is, those few are gone, but if they are gone, what is the eighth child?"
"Be quiet."
"E-niang, I'm leaving."
Seeing her son go away, Concubine Hui subconsciously looked around, and only after making sure that no one was looking, did she leave with the palace maid.
But across the palace wall, Wen Xian and Xiao Chen'er actually stood at the base of the wall, Wen Xian spread out his hand, revealing the jade pendant given to her by the fourth brother of the eldest brother.
She didn't want the eldest brother's things, so she planned to chase them out and return them to her brother, but she didn't expect the sisters to come here and actually hear Concubine Hui and the eldest brother talking outside the wall.
Xiao Chen'er pulled her sister away from the palace wall and retreated all the way back to the dormitory before she dared to say out loud: "How can Concubine Hui be like this, if the eighth elder brother really did something wrong, shouldn't she reprimand and teach him and lead him to the right path? How can you be worthy of the Emperor's entrustment when he said those words?"
Wen Xian asked his sister, "Do you really feel sorry for Eighth Elder Brother?"
Xiao Chen'er said: "It's hard to talk about being distressed, but they are all the sons and daughters of Huang Ama, and I am not worth it for Huang Ama. Besides, compared to other brothers, the eighth elder brother can be promising, if he can take the right path, he will have a good future
Cheng, it's a good thing for the court and for the emperor."
Wen Xian walked to the side of the cabinet, opened the drawer casually, and put the jade pendant and other unused jewelry in one place.
Although she is not used to the style of the eldest brother and Concubine Hui, and it is not rare to have any jade pendants, but this is her kindness to Dafujin, and it should not be practiced, so let's take it.
"Sister, should we ......?"
"No one can say it, and don't mention it to E-Niang."
Xiao Chen'er didn't understand: "It's right to tell E-Niang, so that she can be vigilant."
Wen Xian said angrily: "The thoughts of these mothers and brothers, do you think E-Niang doesn't know, E-Niang knows much better than us."
"Then why can't you say that?"
"Do you think E-Niang will bear to let the two of us be infected by the filth of this world?"
"This ......" Xiao Chen'er suddenly realized, "Sister, I won't say it."
Wen Xian rubbed his sister's soft cheeks and said with a smile, "The son can be taught, let's just pretend that we haven't heard anything." Chen'er, in the future, you and I will have a princess's mansion, if you can be in the capital, sooner or later you will be involved in these rights and wrongs, then it will be strange, don't take it to heart, it's not worth it."
Xiao Chen'er nodded, but said, "But I still feel sorry for Huang Amma, and if Huang Ama is sad about this, I don't know what to do to comfort him."
Wen Xian already had the answer in his heart, and said to his sister: "Let's be good, don't let Huang Ama down, don't do anything that makes him sad, it is the greatest relief to Amma, what do you say?"
Xiao Chen'er suddenly brightened up, and nodded again and again: "I understand, I will never do anything that makes Huang Ama and Eniang sad."
Wen Xian's eyes rolled slowly, and he said with a smile: "The seventh princess of my family is so well-behaved, what should my sister reward you?"
Xiao Chen'er pouted and said, "Don't give me the jade pendant of the eldest brother, I don't want it."
Wen Xian laughed and rubbed her sister's face lovingly, Xiao Chen'er softly let her sister "bully" and asked, "What does that sister want to reward me?"
"Next month, Huang Ama will go on an expedition, the fourth brother will be in charge of the nine gates, and the fourth sister-in-law is about to give birth, so we have to go and see the fourth sister-in-law for the imperial grandmother."
"My sister wants to leave the palace again."
Wen Xian was not convinced: "Don't you want to, it's so interesting outside, you also said in the palace that you don't want to go back to the Forbidden City."
The younger sister said, "It's naturally good to go out to play, but Huang Ama is not at home, and the fourth brother is also busy, even if the imperial grandmother agrees, E-niang can't nod."
Wen Xian patted his chest proudly and said, "Don't worry, I have my own way to get the imperial grandmother to agree, and let Eniang nod too."
Having said that, Xiao Chen'er didn't dare to look forward to it, originally most of them, princesses, couldn't go out for the rest of their lives.
Although the girls of the full family are all not in charge of the family, they are the masters inside and out.
But the ancestors called the emperor and established the Qing Dynasty, and the court learned the rules of the Han family, as the daughter of the emperor, she was no longer as comfortable and chic as the aunt and grandmother of the ordinary banner people.
Compared with going out of the palace to visit the fourth sister-in-law, what makes the seventh princess more uncomfortable at the moment is that she heard the words of Concubine Hui and the eldest brother across the wall, and the heaviness in her heart also made her understand why Eniang would take care of them everywhere and not let them see too much ugliness in the world.
It was day and night, Xiao Chen'er came back after dinner in Ningshou Palace, because Concubine Rong was preparing the things needed for Huang Ama to go on the expedition with Eniang, so she didn't go to her, and went straight back to her house.
I wanted to take a look at the new book to relieve boredom, but I always thought about what I encountered during the day, a book was held in my hand for a long time and I didn't open it, even Yinxiang and Yinyu ran in, she didn't notice it, until the two of them came to the front of her, and she saw her younger brothers.
Xiao Chen'er cheered up and asked, "What are you doing here instead of doing your homework in the house?"
Fourteen complained: "I said that I would give us a silent letter tonight, and I won't see you come for a long time."
Yinxiang was considerately concerned: "Sister, you have something on your mind, why are you sitting in a daze?"
Xiao Chen'er shook her head: "It's nothing, let's go, I'll give you a silent book."
Fourteen approached his sister and came very close, and said, "Sister, don't hide it, you are the most unable to hide your thoughts, you see it is all written
I'll read it to you......
Seeing her younger brother's flamboyant tongue, Xiao Chen'er angrily slapped Fourteen's head and reproached, "Nonsense, even I dare to make fun of me, right?"
Fourteen was busy compensating no, giggling and coaxing his sister to be happy, saying that he liked Sister Seven the most.
Obviously a good word, the seventh princess somehow, as if angry, said, "Don't you like starling the most?"
"Who said that?" Yinyu's eyes widened, but he didn't know how to excuse himself, and looked at his sister aggrievedly, "Who said I like starlings the most?"
Yinxiang hurriedly relieved his younger brother and explained: "It must be those little eunuchs who chew their tongues, sister, Yinyu admires the starling's talent and conduct, as for liking, naturally we are the closest."
Fourteen said angrily, "Can't I be nice to the starling, why don't you and you all want to see each other, the fifth sister is still close to the fifth brother, why don't you pick the fifth sister?"
Xiao Chen'er felt a thrill in her heart, she suddenly understood why she was frightened by the words of Concubine Hui and Big Brother, she didn't care about Concubine Hui and Big Brother, and she didn't care about Eighth Brother, but she cared about Little Fourteen.
The younger brother of his own mother's compatriot is so close to the eighth elder brother, if the eighth elder brother is really corrupt and bribery, how can he be implicated in Yinyu in the future.
"Yinxiang, go and close the door, if you ask outside, just say that I will endorse you."
"Yes......"
At this time, in Yonghe Palace, the emperor was preparing what he needed to go on the expedition, Concubine Rong was also in the main hall, and the palace maids and eunuchs were busy going in and out, and they couldn't take care of Princess Brother for a while.
When Yinxiang closed the door, he saw that there was only one palace maid guarding under the eaves, and told her to stand and not come in.
When Yinxiang came back, Fourteen was already sitting on the side, seemingly stubborn, but also obedient, he had always been able to quarrel with the fifth sister for three hundred rounds, but the seventh sister could be honest as long as she said a word.
Xiao Chen'er calmed down and said as gently as before: "Yinyu, Sister Fang Cai is not happy, what she said is unreasonable, my sister will compensate you, but what I want to say next, I hope you all listen carefully."
Fourteen nodded, looked at his brother innocently, and Yinxiang came to sit down next to him.
Xiao Chen'er made up her mind, and then picked up what she heard under the palace wall of Ningshou Palace today.
She didn't mention the eldest brother and Concubine Hui, she didn't want to trouble her younger brothers anymore, and in her opinion, the most important thing was whether the eighth elder brother accepted bribes.
"I saw with my own eyes the appearance of wearing gold and silver on the day of the Beatitude Jin, and then she went to Yanxi Palace, and when she came back, she changed them all, even her clothes." Xiao Chen'er said, "The noble Juezen has always been cautious, she must be looking at the Eight Blessings as inappropriate, even the noble Juezen understands that the Eighth Elder Brother's Mansion is not rich at the moment."
Yinxiang turned his head to look at his younger brother, and saw that Fourteen looked solemn, so he continued his sister's words: "Even when the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother came back as guests, they all said that they were not rich, and they wanted to make up money for the eighth elder brother."
Xiao Chen'er was surprised: "Really?"
Fourteen spoke, "Yes, I listened to them in my study."
"And then, they consulted with you?"
"What can Brother Jiu say to me, he hates me so much."
Xiao Chen'er sighed lightly and said, "My sister originally asked me not to mention it, but I broke my promise, and I will go and admit my mistake to my sister. But when I saw you, I suddenly understood what I was worried about, Yinyu, no matter whether the eighth elder brother has this matter at the moment, it will be inevitable in the officialdom in the future, you have to promise your sister, and Yinxiang too, you must not be shallow-eyed, and do things that are sorry for the court and the emperor for a few taels of silver."
Yinxiang agreed without hesitation: "Sister, I will never do those things."
Fourteen looked at his sister in a daze and asked, "It's not that I don't associate with starlings, but just to warn me not to engage in corruption and bribery?"
Xiao Chen'er said, "You are happy with whom you love to associate with whom, and which brother or sister you love to associate with. But I'm my sister, maybe I will marry far away in the future, and I won't be able to see or control you anymore, and those who are still in front of me at the moment will definitely have to talk about these words."
Yinyu smiled, suddenly
Then he rejoiced, "I knew that my sister loved me the most."
Yinxiang tugged at his brother's sleeve and reminded him that he hadn't agreed to anything serious.
Fourteen got up and stood straight, raised his finger to the sky, and was about to swear, but was stopped by his sister, Xiao Chen'er said angrily: "You, speak well, you should know what you know in your heart, don't bother the gods and Buddhas."
At this time, Concubine De sent Concubine Rong out, and when she saw that the palace was quiet, she thought that her sons were working hard, and her daughter was still in Ningshou Palace, so she sent guests back, and ordered someone to go to Ningshou Palace to pick up the seventh princess, only to know that their sister and brother were endorsing in one place.
Concubine De was happy and wanted to ask the children to have a snack, but when she pushed the door in, she saw three little ones sitting opposite each other, not as if they were endorsing or having fun, as if they were discussing something important.
What's more, Yinxiang was the first to see himself, and he couldn't hide the panic in his eyes.
Concubine De didn't notice it, and said with a smile: "When Concubine Rong came, she brought almond juice boiled by Ji Xin and let the small kitchen simmer, do you want to drink a bowl of hot water?"
The three children, looking at her stupidly, did not react.
Concubine De couldn't cry and laughed, and asked, "What bad things have you done, the mouse is like seeing a cat, and E-Niang is asking you."
Xiao Chen'er came to her senses and stepped forward to coquettishly: "I listened to Yinxiang and Yinyu's endorsement, Eniang, I ate a lot in Ningshou Palace, and I don't want to eat dim sum."
Concubine De put her arms around her daughter, raised her eyes to look at her two sons, and asked, "What about you, have you memorized all the books, are you hungry?"
Yinxiang shook his head, Yinyu also shook his head, and stood stiffly, not knowing what to do.
"Done your homework?"
"There are still some ......."
Concubine De said angrily, "Then don't you hurry up and do your homework."
But the little brothers forgot that this was their sister's room, and turned around to go to the "desk", only to remember that they had come to find their sister to write silently.
Fourteen ran past his mother, Yinxiang still knew how to salute, but after going out, he also walked in a hurry, and soon disappeared into the night with Yinyu.
"E-Niang ......"
"What is it important that you are discussing that you want to hide from me?"
Xiao Chen'er was frightened, and shook her head again and again: "How come, no, it's just an endorsement."
Concubine De thought for a moment and said gently, "It's okay, when will you think about it, and then let's talk about it." You're all older, and you should have some secrets, but ......."
Xiao Chen'er said with red eyes, "Eniang, we will never do anything that makes Huang Ama and you sad, we have agreed."
Concubine De's heart softened for a while, and she held her daughter's face and said, "Why are you still crying, stupid, E-niang believes in you and my brothers."
"There are also brothers and sisters, and four sisters-in-law, and E-Niang also believes it."
"How can they even have anything to do with it?"
Xiao Chen'er was even more panicked, and her face turned red: "No, no, no, nothing."