As soon as Yinren left the palace, he took a sedan chair to Yongwang's mansion, thinking about many unsatisfactory things, and the more he sat in the sedan chair, the more he thought about it, the more it was not a taste. He had heard the rumors about the deposition of the prince outside, but he didn't expect that the close ministers around him would also believe these rumors and be alarmist at every turn. In the forty-second year of Kangxi's attempt to rebel, he did it behind his back, and this matter was concluded by the Dali Temple, the Criminal Department and the Li Fan Yuan, and Zhang Tingyu personally bowed, which has long been a foregone conclusion. So after the incident, Kangxi was summoned separately in the Qianqing Palace, and after Yinren made a knee and knocked on his knees to complain to Mi Chen, the father and son hugged their heads and cried, pointing to the sky and swearing that they would never fail each other. It's ridiculous that people outside don't know, so they have infinite hearts, and whenever he presides over an accident, he is always not as responsive as in the past. He thought of these brothers with hatred in his heart: the eldest was the nephew of the treacherous Mingzhu, frivolous and impetuous; The third child only knows how to make friends with literati, and he is a good hand at chanting the wind and making the moon; What about the fourth? only knows how to bury his head in affairs, and has no ambitions; The fifth is so honest that he can't say anything good; In addition to playing chess and playing birds, the sixth child ignores everything; The seventh child died young; The eighth - only this old eight can be called a strong opponent, and the old nine, the ten, the old fourteen, it seems to be ambitious, but he has never done an errand alone, how can he be the talent to control the overall situation? The rest of the little brothers are either black-eyed or milky...... If you abolish yourself, who can bear the heavy responsibility of this prince? Thinking all the way, I have passed the North Ding'an Gate to the Yongjun Palace. As soon as Yinren got off the sedan chair, he saw another gold-topped green sedan chair in the west and fell in front of the door. I thought about asking the fourth child to go to the Songhe Mountain House to see what rare books you bought, but I didn't want you to come too. ”

"It's the crown prince!" Yinzhi was stunned, hurriedly stepped forward to ask for peace, and said with a smile: "I still want to ask the fourth child to go in and ask for peace!" I thought of one place. Yinzhi is Chinese New Year's Eve one year old today, standing tall and upright like a jade tree in the wind, very chic and quiet, speaking eloquently, looking calm and steady, the two are talking and laughing, Gao Fuer greeted him early, kowtowed and said with a smile: "The door said that there are guests, which Cheng wants to be the prince and the third prince!" I'll go in and greet the fourth master! ”

Yinzhi smiled and waved his hand, "I'm a regular customer, so I don't need this." I'll show the way for the prince - your master is in the study of the East Courtyard? "In Wanfutang." Gao Fu'er hurriedly smiled and said, "The thirteenth master is also here, and the two masters are playing chess!" As he spoke, he hurriedly beckoned the entourage to receive the two of them, and waited for the east chamber of the Yimen to have tea.

Yinren is still the first time to the Yongwang Mansion, with Yinzhi behind the pebble road to come in, see the main house carved into the sky, the eaves are abrupt and very spectacular, but the interior is not luxurious, the central big kang under the book Lang, the piano sword bottle pillow curtain screen, everywhere is well organized and dusty, Yinren secretly checked himself, people said that the fourth is the most marginal, and it was really neatly cleaned up, because he saw Yinzhen Yinxiang was concentrating on the game, so he signaled Yinzhi not to speak, just stand aside and watch the game. This game of chess has been played to the middle game, Yinxiang is the famous chess king of Agoli, but Yinzhen is a chess, so that the third son's chess has fallen behind, Yinzhen grabbed the chess pieces with one hand and groaned, and said with a smile: "Old Thirteen, it seems that you will not let me take a step......" Yinxiang also smiled: "Let what should be done, let what should not be allowed, just look down on people." As he spoke, when he looked up and saw Yinren Yinzhi, he couldn't help but be taken aback: "Ah, when are the prince and the third brother coming?" Yinzhen also stood up, messed up the situation, and sat down, and complained that Gao Fu'er didn't come in.

"Behind closed doors, it's brothers, the rules are good." Yinren waved his hand and said, "Loyalty or disloyalty is not on this. The eighth and ninth old men are respectful when they see me on weekdays, and then they pick three nests and four places to call the old ten to come out to make trouble, which is really angry and does not pay for their lives. Yinxiang sneered: "You don't know, there is a big Chitose, who pulls a bias frame on the seat, pulls me when he sees me has the upper hand, and pushes me to beat me when he sees him coming!" At night, he ran to my house to be a good person, and scolded, 'Lao Jiu Lao Shi is really not a thing!' 'What is the principle of heaven and what brotherhood is there in today's affairs?' Lao Shi was originally going to fold the bullet to impeach the tenth brother, but I stopped him, they were obviously rushing at me, but in fact, I did the prince's article, look at it, what's the busy? Yinren couldn't help but be stunned, and asked with a smile: "My article?" It's ridiculous - what have you heard? ”

Yinxiang personally held two cups of tea and presented them to Yinren Yinzhi, and said, "You still can't see it? Insulting Shi Shilun outside, making trouble in the imperial garden, a serial set! Prince, there are already rumors that you said, 'How can anyone be the crown prince for forty years?' 'There is also a saying that you asked for peace in the army that year, and when you saw that Banzai was sick and dead, you couldn't hold back your mouth and snicker! Listen, aren't you going to be put to death? Yinren listened, pondered for a long time with a blank face, and Fang sneered: "This is a statement to the sky." I only ask my heart! If you listen to these gossips and go to your heart, I will be angry if I am not scared to death! Yinzhi shuddered, and his face became a little pale: "The human heart is so sinister, it is truly terrifying!" Yinxiang turned around and said, "Don't pay attention to these straight thieves!" I'm not afraid of the guns, what are you afraid of? ”

"Fear doesn't help; Don't be afraid to have countermeasures. Yinzhen looked at the window pane, his eyes were shining, and said, "Actually, people hate me above the prince and Yinxiang, and they hate to eat meat and bedding!" Our side does not avoid resentment and suspicion, and some people lead the wind to blow the fire, take the opportunity to plant the party's city, and wait for the errand to be smashed with red eyes, and a swarm of bees will come up and bite us to death. Therefore, the only way out is to do a good job and make them bite nothing. Yinxiang slapped his hands and smiled: "Go! That's it! These few Qiu Ba Master who refused to bleed, the Admiral General, Ming'er fought with them in the ring. The poor who are not afraid of debts, but the heroes who collect debts! I don't believe it, my arms are twisted over my thighs! Hey——! He slapped his neck and killed a flower-legged mosquito. Yinren remembered Kangxi's cold gaze staring at him, frowned worriedly, and said, "Old Thirteen, you can't be reckless!" It's amazing to force people to death again! Look at people's hearts! Last time, Lao Shi humiliated Shilun, and dozens of ministry officials were around, but none of them came out to persuade him. Do you really want to make me a lone husband? ”

Yinxiang became angry when he heard it, thinking that he was the prince after all, he couldn't help but smile and said: "We are dealing with thieves, how can we become a single husband?" If this is a single husband, it doesn't hurt if I see it and admit it. Although Yinxiang suppressed the fire and spoke pleasantly, Yinren still felt that this muddy boy was too rude to him, and said coldly: "You recognize me or not." What kind of good reputation is this? Thousands of people pointed out, died without disease! Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, Yinxiang clasped his palms and smiled: "Amitabha! Such a good end, my wish is also! ”

"You!?" Yinren felt that there were too many things that didn't go well today, and seeing that Yinxiang was complacent everywhere and didn't care, chattering as if no one was around, he couldn't help but stretch his face, his lips trembled for a long time, and he stood up and said, "Are you talking to me?" Whose waist did you fight to be so daring? Yinxiang originally had no intention of laughing, but when he saw the prince's face change, he was stunned at first, and then he got up, stared at the prince's face, smiled "hee", and said: "It's mine, no, I wanted to laugh, why did I touch your tiger power?" In this case, in the future, I will wait carefully - it will be sooner or later, and now the eighth child will set up a wine, and he will invite me to go, and he will leave! As he spoke, he clenched his fists and arched, and gave a thousand calls to the local prince who was stunned, got up and walked away. Yin Zhen was so anxious that he slapped the table and shouted: "Stop!" ”

For a while, the room became dead silent, and even Gao Fu'er, who was waiting under the porch, was stunned. After a long time, Yinren sighed dejectedly, sat down down, covered his face with his hands and said, "Go ahead...... Let him go...... It's really difficult to do things......" Yinzhi frowned and said, "Old Thirteen, you are too rude today." Even we and the old eight and ten are not like the master! ”

"What do I compare with the eighth master?" Yinxiang gasped, "Do you think I'm easy?" When I went to the household department, those officials and old officials almost didn't put me to death! Even counting the front, in the two years of the household department, whoever has slept a night is not a person! As he spoke, tears rolling in his eyes, and he held back vividly, "...... What am I drawing? Isn't it fighting for your face? As soon as you get to the bone, you tell me to take the Loose Strength Pill and dissipate the strength, can I stand it? ”

This said the truth, Yinren couldn't help but hang his head, twisted his eyebrows and just sighed. Yinzhen dragged Yinxiang back and persuaded: "The prince is also well-intentioned, he wants to do everything well!" Are you annoyed? Yinzhi also said: "The prince's words are reasonable, everything has to be modest, and you can't overdo it." But the prince doesn't have to worry, he appreciates the clean-up a few times. Now because of the general Wei Dongting, long live the troubles for a while. Having said that, the old thirteen should also accept it when he sees it, and he will roll on the slope, and the end of the good life is not bad. ”

His persuasion, the prince is reasonable, long live is not bad, Yinxiang also did the right thing, all sides are clean and eight-sided, Yinzhen smiled when he heard it, and was about to speak, Yinxiang said angrily: "I won't roll on the slope, that's a donkey!" Anyway, we can't stop it! Yin Zhen said: "The more I think about it, the general can't get off the horse!" This time it collapsed again, and all odds were reinvigorated! ”

"It's not a trivial matter." Yinren glanced at Yinxiang, and his mood was very conflicted, "You have worked hard for the court for me, how can I not know the reason?" But what Banzai said must not be worried: our glorious Celestial Empire, and at its peak, we cannot make a mess like a philistine forcing usury. Old Thirteen, if you dissipate your anger, you will understand my heart. In this way, Ming'er, you gather the people, and say what you say, I will go and see Banzai, and see what the will is. If we do what we are told, they will have great resentment, and we can't blame it. Let us be forgiven by grace, and we will not have to be wicked. Yinzhi couldn't help but claim kindness when he heard it, but Yinxiang Yinzhen was silent. The four of them said a few more words, and Yinzhi accompanied Yinren back to the house without mentioning it.

Only Yinzhen and Yinxiang were left in the room, both frowning and thinking about their hearts. I don't know when the wind picked up outside, and the gloomy clouds and deserts were pressed very low, covering the courtyard with a gray and gloomy tone, only the iron horse under the eaves, unwilling to be lonely in the wind. I don't know how long it took, Yin Zhen took a heavy breath and said, "You are too irritable, the prince advises you to be cautious, it's not a bad thing!" ”

"He's discreet! He's called a little sex! The kindness of a woman and the gall of a rabbit! Yinxiang took a sip, "Don't look at him next to the emperor all day long, figuring out what the emperor means, for fear of provoking the emperor to be a little unhappy, according to me, the most unhappy thing about the emperor is his idea of virtue!" Yin Zhen sat up straight uneasily, and was about to speak, but he heard someone behind the screen say leisurely: "Good words! The so-called world affairs, the love of the world, it is easy to bow down, but it is difficult to look up to it. The prince is not stupid, but he can't understand the meaning of the three vehicles, which is sighing! Then he listened to the crutches, Wu Sidao flashed out calmly, stood beside Yinzhen, with a cold smile on the corner of his mouth, his eyes shining with a green light, and said: "I have been listening to it for a long time. I thought that the thirteen masters were just brave and brave, but this insight was impressive. This is really the blessing of the four masters! ”

Yin Zhen's eyes jumped, lowered his eyelids, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "I was about to refute his nonsense!" The gentleman praised him! Wu Sidao sat down calmly, his two slender and pale fingers were staggered, nodded slightly, and said, "The words of the thirteenth master are irrefutable. The crown prince is indeed like this, he trivially spied on the emperor's will, figured out the holy will from a few words, and attached himself to the emperor everywhere, for fear of making a mistake, just because he himself felt that his position was unstable, but he didn't dare or didn't want to admit it. I once said that he is in danger, just because the emperor wants the prince, not the slave! The emperor himself is eloquent, how can he look down on such a cowardly and incompetent person? This is called the difficulty of looking up, for example, how easy is it to stand on tiptoe to pick up something, as easy as bending down to pick it up? If the prince can take the world as his own responsibility, do not avoid resentment, carry the four masters and thirteen masters on the left, and Shi Shilun on the right, a capable official, rectify, and refresh the rule of officials, how can he still be worried about him? It's easy to pick up. But there are easy in the difficulty, there are difficulties in the easy, life is hindered by material desires in the world, such as entering the mountain of Guci, the seven saints are fascinated, want to see refreshingly, do it neatly, how easy it is to say! I couldn't help but laugh dumbly. He said eloquently, Yinxiang listened attentively, and saw Yinzhen sitting cross-legged and steady, rubbing the rosary and not speaking, a thought suddenly came to his mind: If the fourth brother is the prince, then what should he ...... Just thinking about it, Yin Zhen leaned over and asked, "According to Mr., what should I do?" ”

"Don't hesitate. The fourth master has thirteen tendons, to support this situation, he must spit out all these people's fat and people's ointment! Wu Sidao's face glowed with a pale light, "What is a single husband!" The remnants of the people are called only husbands! The fourth master and the thirteenth master are diligent and diligent all night, and the people who rectify it are the thieves, so how can they talk about a single husband? I also have a slogan: What a thousand people refer to, a thousand eyes see, is the spiritual light of a sage! ”

Yinxiang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he applauded and said, "Mr. Siyan penetrates the seven chapters!" It's a sight to behold! Yin Zhen asked abruptly: "What if the prince is surprised?" Or does the emperor really have a forgiveness decree? "What is there to be afraid of like the prince?" Wu Sidao's voice was so dry that it was like swallowing a piece of charcoal, "As for the emperor, if there is a will, how can he take leave on behalf of the two generals of Wu Mu?" Just do your best to catch fish, catch it all, long live to soothe people's hearts, or a little blame, fourth master, even so, planting such a melon seed in the emperor's heart, you will gain more than you lose! ”

"The crown prince will always ascend the throne!" Yin Zhen's gaze flickered like a ghost, and then dimmed, "This aftermath...... How difficult! ”

Wu Sidao pondered, and said carefully: "You don't do him any harm at all by doing this, how can he be jealous?" He can't move an inch away from you, how dare he offend you? If there really is a day, he will still rely on you to deal with the eighth master! ”

"That's it, the more you hear it, the better it gets!" Yinxiang patted his thigh and stood up, "Dog, Kan'er, go, follow me back to the household!" ”

Yinren left Yongwang's Mansion with all his heart, went to Yinzhi's Mansion to pick up books for a while, and when he returned to the palace, Wang Luo and others had already retired. A person sat in the empty hall, listening to the sound of the autumn wind whimpering outside, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he couldn't explain himself, because he asked the palace maid to make a drunken Pu'er tea, and he was just distracted by reclining on the spring bench. For a while, He Zhu'er came in with a pile of copywriting, and hurriedly stood up and said, "Prince, are you back?" ”

"Hmm."

"The minion just came back from the upper study."

"Hmm."

"He Meng from Tai Hospital has been here. The medicine that the prince wants has been prepared. In accordance with the prince's order, a taste of snow lotus was added. ”

"Pill powder?"

"Pills."

He Zhu'er said, took out a small bag from the gold lacquer cabinet and held it to Yinren. When Yinren opened it, it was a pea-sized particle, made of beeswax, smelled it, and the smell was fragrant, so he put it in his arms. This is the ancient recipe he copied from Yinzhi's study "Yongle Canon", the treasure of nourishing yin and aphrodisiac and dispelling the old and young, and it is said to be the Dan prescription taken by the Yellow Emperor's maiden. But this kind of thing, once the emperor finds out, it is a great thing. Even if Wang Yu knows, he doesn't know how much trouble he will have. To prevent the eunuchs from doing tricks, he always carried it with him. While taking the medicine, he asked, "Did you go to the study and disperse?" Do they intend to celebrate the festival with these excerpts? ”

"The minions weren't dispersed when they returned." He Zhu'er said with a smile, "They are busy preparing a nickname for Wei Dongting, and the emperor has approved Wei Dongting's testament, and asked the prince to take a look." ”

Yinren's body trembled, sat up straight, and took the scroll above to read. The first article on the abridgement reads: Wei Dongting, the second-class duke and the governor of the customs of Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan and Zhejiang provinces, died on August 14. Attached testament - hurriedly flipped through a few times, and sure enough, there was Wei Dongting's handwritten fold. When you take a closer look, the aforementioned illness, how to thank the great kindness, the emperor has repeatedly given good medicines and prescriptions thousands of miles away, and it is extremely difficult to repay the kindness and remembrance of the favor. Looking at it, a few lines of handwriting broke into my eyes:

…… The slave treats the body of sin, and bows his heart, and this body is used as a place to hide the tomb, and the debt owed is not one. So ungraced, I don't know where hell is! The night platform wandered, dim, tears and blood were dry, and the heartache was silent. I hope that the world will be from the emperor to the left and right, or you can repay the favor in case of emergency. The heart of the grass and the ring, but the Lord forgives it......

These lines of words are very eye-catching because Kangxi pinched his nail prints, and there are spots next to them, I don't know if they are Kangxi or Wei Dongting's tears, and Zhu Pi is added to the corner of the paper: "Wei Tianyou, the son of Wei Dongting, will attack the first-class earl, and he will still lead the customs affairs and make up for the deficit year by year." There is also a small seal, with Kangxi's nickname "Tiyuan Master".

Yinren gasped, felt a little Ansheng in his heart, and felt that he seemed to have understood Kangxi's "holy will", and when he returned to the palace, he did not summon the concubine, and his clothes fell, and he looked at the caisson on the top of the hall with blazing eyes, but he couldn't sleep. For a while, I dreamed of my mother Hesheri, who I had never met, and I glanced at him lightly and drifted away, and then I saw Mingzhu and Suo Etu come in, and I asked for peace and suddenly disappeared; For a while, it was Yinzhen's flickering eyes, and then Yinxiang smiled and grimaced; Suddenly I thought again, if Suo Etu really mobilized troops to support himself as the emperor that day, what would be the situation now? …… The cranky nightmare was reversed, until the fourth watch day Yinren Fang fell asleep.

Unexpectedly, this sleep overslept. It wasn't until the beginning of the morning that Pai Yinren woke up suddenly, complaining that He Zhu'er didn't wake up, so he hurriedly wiped his teeth with green salt, and used two pieces of dim sum indiscriminately, not even a sedan chair, so he hurried to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

It seems that it was raining at night, and the sky was sprinkled like a mist and scattered in the sky, and there were even yin bubbles on the shallow stagnant water on the Linqing bricks spread all over the Forbidden City. Yinren was wearing an oil coat, with a pair of Baoding clogs under his feet, and dozens of Sula eunuchs followed closely, stepping through the mouth of Yongxiang, and saw the guard of the Yangxin Palace, Delentai, and the eunuch Xing Nian, coming over, Yinren hurriedly asked: "Is the emperor in the Yangxin Palace?" ”

"Not there." Xing Nian smiled and asked for peace, and replied: "Early this morning, the emperor got up and asked Mu Junmen and Wu Junmen to hand over the sign to come in, and together with Zhang Tingyu, Ma Qi, and Tong Guowei, they changed into civilian clothes and went out. Before leaving, he said that the prince was coming to greet him, and he told him. Please take care of yourself! Yinren couldn't help but be stunned. I thought about turning around and leaving, but I didn't want to stumble on the moss, stumble and fall into the puddle, and I was drenched in muddy water. Delentai grabbed it in one step, hurriedly helped Yinren up, and asked with concern: "Prince, you, didn't you fall in pain?" Bad face and sick body? "He is a Mongolian, and he doesn't speak Chinese well, so he can hear that the people around him want to laugh but don't dare to.

Yinren's face was blue and yellow, very ugly, and he smiled reluctantly: "It doesn't matter." I'm going to the household department, don't go back to Yuqing Palace, ask them to prepare a sedan chair - Xing Nian, and find me a body to dry in the Yangxin Palace. As he spoke, he took off his robe and handed it to Xing Nian, "Dry it and send it back to the Heart Cultivation Palace!" ”