The waste prince Yinren was wearing a robe in the skin of a crimson heavenly horse, and there was no gown, and he was guided by two eunuchs from the Qianqing Gate to enter the upper study. This place used to be the place he had come to the most, and after less than two months of absence, and there were some storms in between, although everything here was the same as before, he felt as if he was in a different world, and even the usual notebook boxes stacked on the bar were strange. Seeing Kangxi sitting next to the desk, Yinren hesitated slightly, rubbed his palms a little at a loss, stepped forward and knelt down, and said: "The guilty son Yinren knocks on Ama Fukang Wan'an!" ”

"Get up." Kangxi said lightly, "Yesterday I asked you to read the Book of Changes, can you read the chapters I pointed out carefully?" Yinren got up again, and replied, "Come and catch some breath at night, I haven't finished my homework." Yesterday, my son read 'Xia Jing Xianchuan Fifth', 'Song'. Whether this is a hexagram or not, because of the sympathy between the soft upper and lower qi, the blame is restored, and the stagnation is restored. The hexagram says, 'The saint touches the hearts of the people and the world is peaceful', and the son tastes that no matter how he is blamed, the emperor will be the future generations of the world. 'A gentleman accepts others with nothingness', and the son introspects on himself and feels that he has benefited a lot. Kangxi smiled when he heard this, turned his face and asked Zhang Tingyu: "Is what Yinren said right?" ”

Zhang Tingyu and Ma Qi glanced at each other, and from the harmonious dialogue between father and son, it could be seen that they had talked to each other a few times, and their grievances had long since dissolved. Ma Qi couldn't help but regret it secretly, there was no reason to take advantage of the hot stove of the eighth elder brother, how to deal with the second elder brother now? Zhang Tingyu said: "The second master is very good. The image of the 'Ninth Five-Year Plan' in this hexagram, although it has the meaning of 'no regrets', but from the 'Ninety-Fourth', 'Zhenji repents, longing for the exchanges, friends from Ersi', so it is connected, and the auspicious (no regrets) also comes from 'regrets' and 'thinking later'. This is a little insight of the minister, I don't know, right? As he spoke, he pulled Ma Qi and said, "We haven't seen the second master for many days, so let's say goodbye to the second master!" ”

"I am a guilty person, and my father is here, how dare I accept your courtesy?" Yinren already knew that Zhang Tingyu was one of the few courtiers who sponsored him, and when he saw him like this, he had already red eyes, pulled one with one hand, and said with tears: "Get up!" ”

Kangxi took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "It's really Zhang Hengchen who has seen it more thoroughly." You are charmed by people, chaotic and confused, and you do many things that you don't know, and I can understand. But if you take a closer look, how many righteous people have been trapped by demons throughout the ages? So the root of your illness is still in yourself, and you can't beat the demon. Flies don't hold eggs that don't have seams. That's what it means. Yinren hurriedly said: "Amma's hadith is extremely clear. The son must have thought about it behind closed doors and read more books on cultivating morality. ”

"I can't restore your crown prince right now." Kangxi muttered, "But you can also take a look at the chapter, in case of neglect of government affairs." What I fear most in my heart is that you have a grudge. For example, the two people in front of you, Ma Qi is not sponsoring you, and there are so many courtiers in the court, each with their own guarantees, what are you going to do? Yinren hurriedly smiled and said: "This is the thing that my son thinks about the most, yesterday Master Wang, Zhu Tianbao, and Chen Jiayou also asked their son, and the son thought that with the mistakes made by his son, he would never be forgiven, and he could not complain about others." His subordinates do not recommend their sons to be in line with the heart of heaven and the public will at the bottom, which is a righteous act of loyalty to the court. Wang Luo said that the world is for the public, and no one can be private, and it is indeed a wise saying to think about it. If the son is not virtuous, how can the eldest brother succeed in his treacherous scheme? How could the hundred officials leave the ministers? Therefore, not only the ministers, but also Yinyu, and the son did not dare to be resentful. Here Ma Zhongtang is a witness, if I go against my heart, I will be punished by heaven! ”

Yinren said eloquently, blindly blaming himself in pain, Ma Qi listened to his heart, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Kangxi also nodded frequently. Only Zhang Tingyu's delicate and clear mind felt that he was too "above board", which was inevitably unkind, but where did he dare to break through this layer?

"I hope your heart is the same." Kangxi followed his thoughts and said, "I have issued an order to lock up the eighth elder brother, the ninth elder brother, and the tenth elder brother. It's not a punishment, it's an attempt to suppress their ambitions, so that they are a little self-aware. You have to think about it the other way around, and you have to learn some of Yinxi's strengths. With so many people protecting him, there must be something outstanding, he has a gentle temperament, a peaceful deal, and a scholarly insight, all of whom are first-class in Agori; The third elder brother reads and learns, and he is very peaceful; Fourth elder brother, you are familiar with it, he is loyal and honest, but he is too serious in doing things; The thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother are two thousand-mile horses, they are brave and brave, and they can count on Pepsi outside...... Brothers and sisters are united in their profits......"

Kangxi was afraid that Yinren would hold a grudge, so he talked about the benefits of his brothers one by one, and was talking about it happily, when he saw Fifth Brother Zhang coming in from outside, he asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Back to Long Live Lord, the Fourteenth Master and the Thirteenth Master have fought!" Fifth Brother Zhang looked at Kangxi and Yinren nervously, "The ninth master and the tenth master are arguing around the fourth master, and the old Xiangguo of Anxi can't hold it down, so he faints in a hurry!" ”

Kangxi "snapped" and got up, immediately trembling with anger, and it took a long time to freeze his mind, and sneered: "Okay! Seven gourds and eight scoops, hold down this end and get up! - Go, follow me! After that, he got up and left, but he didn't go out of the Qianqing Gate, bypassed the Yuehua Gate in the west and came out of Yongxiang, standing behind a large number of courtiers watching the excitement, and coldly looked at the shouting brothers in front of the Qianqing Gate. Yinren, Ma Qi, and Zhang Tingyu had no choice but to follow.

Yinxiang and the fourteenth elder brother Yin had already been pulled away by the guards with knives in the Qianqing Gate, and they were holding on to it, Yinxiang's forehead was black, Yinxiang was bleeding from his nose, and he scolded himself.

"What are you? You're just a dog! Looking at the second brother's head, you just stand your tail and bare your teeth, what kind of virtue? ”

"This virtue is better than you! Don't look at you and the fourth brother and your mother, and if you trample on the fourth brother, I will beat you flat! ”

"Humph! It depends on your ability! ”

"Hey! Ming'er put Ma Xishan, one from the person does not bring, let's go for a walk! ”

When Kangxi looked at this, Yinzhen and Yinzhen were sarcastically handing over a sentence. Yin said: "The prince has not been reinstated, and the starling brother has been framed again, and even we have suffered!" Even if we are guilty of the crime of Ling Chi, are we not allowed to see Amma to plead their case? Why are you holding back in the head? Are you the crown prince or the emperor? Yin Yu ridiculed: "The fourth brother will definitely be good in the Dragon Court in the future." What kind of era name are you going to use: 'Yun (Yin) Zhen (Zhen)'? Yun Zhen Yun Zhen, as soon as others 'allow', you will be 'true', or called 'support' (Yinzhen), support the right, and others will 'support', you will be 'right'! Yinzhen didn't move, his face was expressionless, and he said: "You guys are going crazy and crazy, I don't care." I mean, you have to plead, you have to play, and you have to follow the rules! Lee Kwang-di is proclaiming, what is wrong with him? You will smack him with a big mouth? Good brother, long live the owe of peace these days, let's be wronged, and we must be considerate! Yinxi's face turned white, and he begged the quarrelsome brother again and again: "Good brothers and brothers! Stop a little and things will work out! Will you send me to death? Kangxi heard a little eyebrow at this point, and was about to speak, but Yinren beside him had already knelt down with a "plop", and arched his hands and said:

"Brothers! It's up to me, it's all my sin, look at the master's face, don't make a noise......"

The courtiers stretched their necks to see the excitement, and the prince was crowded here, and when he looked back, Kangxi was also standing on the side with a blue face, all of them were taken aback, and the black crow knelt down a large area. Suddenly, the empty sky street became silent.

"Lee Guangdi is on the edict." Kangxi looked at the group of sons contemptuously, "Who is the one who provokes the trouble?" ”

"It's Erchen!"

Everyone was stunned, and the fourteenth elder brother Yin knelt down and took a step forward, and said loudly: "The son wants to see Amma, Li Guangdi is not allowed, please long live Li Guangdi's crime of separating father and son!" The fourth elder brother instructed the thirteenth elder brother to stop the sons, and please also ask for justice to deal with it! Yin's face did not change color, but his tone was tough, and he smashed it like a brick, which choked Kangxi for a while, and after a while, Fang sneered and said, "Really? How dare they stop you? That's worth it! But what do you see of me? Yin was not afraid, kowtowed and raised his face again, and said, "Erchen knows that his father owes peace and wants to see you." I also want to ask Amma, what did the starling brother do, and even the ninth and tenth brothers want to lock it together? ”

Kangxi's knife-like gaze stared at Yinzu, and said coldly: "It's hard for you to have this filial piety!" What did the eighth elder brother do, didn't Li Guangdi pass on my message? Yin did not show weakness, and said with a stiff neck: "It is passed on, how can the three words 'unnecessary' be enough to convince the people of the world?" Before the Ming edict, the hundred officials recommended the prince, so that everyone raised Yinxi, one virtue and one heart, although a few people did not obey the holy decree, there were collusions, but what is the crime of the hundred officials, what is the crime of Yinxi? Erchen wants to know: Which villain laid maggots in front of Banzai and caused the court to issue this chaotic order? Kangxi's eyes flashed fiercely, and he said: "I have always been cautious and arbitrary in the country's major politics, when have you ever heard of villains?" Listen to what you mean, do you want to clear the king's side? Okay, do you want to learn from Liu Bi, King of Wu, or do you want to learn from Li Heng of Tang Suzong? Otherwise, you have to learn from the Yongle Emperor, kill Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson, and set up another Yongle Emperor? ”

"How dare your sons have the heart of rebellion?" Listening to Kangxi's sharp words, Yin seemed to tremble, but this was just a moment of cowardice, and he quickly calmed down again, but his face had become a little pale, "If the husband is uneven, he will scream, and the son wants to cry out for the starling." The eighth elder brother is knowledgeable, elegant, and virtuous, and there is nothing wrong with living on the throne. Long live people are recommended in the front, and they are locked in the back for no reason, they are punished without teaching, and the officials are at a loss, and the prince is not in the position. Who will dare to do things again in the future? Obeying the order is death, and resisting the order is also death, please long live the sons and others to show a way to live! As he spoke, the tears of the bean were already falling, but he just refused to bow his head and give in. There were hundreds of officials kneeling next to him, and they were all saddened by what he said, and some people were faintly crying.

Kangxi listened to his generous statement, which was well founded, and it was indeed difficult to refute it when he thought about it, but he never regretted acting in his life, how could he wipe his face when he was smashed by a hard-headed nail in front of so many people? Gege smiled and said, "I just can't listen to your advice, how dare you?" ”

"The son is filial, and the minister is loyal." Yin's face was white, "The family has a son who will not defeat his family, the country has a minister, and the country will not die, how dare the sons and daughters descend?" ”

"Huh? If you don't listen to you, the Qing Dynasty will die? ”

"Hard to say!"

Yinxi, who had been kneeling and weeping and listening quietly, suddenly looked up at Yin, and said in a trembling voice: "Fourteenth brother, don't say it, don't say it...... Are you going to exhaust starlings? After that, his body was weak, and he fainted on the spot!

Kangxi was shocked and angry, only to feel that his legs were weak, and his body was shaking, Yinren didn't expect that there would be this dismount just after it was released, biting his lip and thinking for a long time, and said: "Old Fourteen, are you rushing at me, or at Ama?" If you don't say a few words, I'll make amends to you, okay? Unexpectedly, before the words fell, Yin came back: "What he said is, Yao Shun can't be wrong, what he says is wrong, and the sage can't be it!" Do you understand? You are not a prince or a prince of Baylor, and you want you to discipline me? ”

"Good brute!" Kangxi glared angrily, trembling and touching his waist, but he didn't have a sword, looked left and right, pulled Zhang Wuge with his hand, pulled out his sword, held it in his hand, kicked away a eunuch in front of him, and was about to rush over: "The father told the son to die, the son had to die, and the king ordered the minister to die, and the minister had to die." This time, I want to be a faint father! The fifth elder brother Yinqi has always been honest, but he was speechless, stopped with both hands, and cried: "Father...... Father...... Fourteen younger brothers, juvenile...... Sheng ...... "Yinzhen was happy to be taught by his father to the fire in the belly of the fourteenth elder brother, and when he saw that he was going to kill Yin, he couldn't help but panic, because he also took a step on his knees, hugged Kangxi's knees with all his might, and said in a crying voice: "Amma, Amma...... Calm your anger and listen to your son...... My son blocked them, because he was afraid of disturbing your unquiet situation, and wanted to slow down for a while...... In fact, you shouldn't lock up the eighth brother...... Although the fourteenth brother has no rules...... You killed him, not your son, but your son......"

Zhang Tingyu saw Yinshang looking up to the sky and sneered, knowing that this kind of fuel to the fire made Kangxi more and more angry. Because of the identity of the prince and the princess, he broke off and shouted: "Yin, you still don't apologize!" Hurry up and step down! Yin barely kowtowed, looked up at his unreasonable father, suddenly howled and cried, and covered his face all the way. Kangxi was so angry that his face turned pale, and he was panting heavily. Ma Qi came to his senses from his shock and waved his hand to the officials: "There is no court meeting, you are all gathered here, what kind of system will you become?" The people in the Ministry of Officials wrote down the names of those who did not enter the Long Sect today on official business and handed them to me! Then the people got up one after another, and slipped away like birds and beasts.

"Father," Yinzhen saw that the prince hugged Kangxi, hurriedly set up Kangxi's arm on the right, and sent it all the way to the Heart Cultivation Palace, muttering in his mouth, and said earnestly: "Huosheng hurts the liver, you can't be angry...... Listening to your son's confidant, you have to spare the eighth, nineth, and tenth brothers......"

"I won't forgive!"

"Father...... Emperor" Yinzhen continued to persuade in a low breath, "You are old and wise, haven't you read "Huangtai Melon Speech"? 'Under the stage of planting melon yellow, the ripe seeds of melons are separated. One pick makes the melon good, and the second pick makes the melon thin. Three picks are still free, and four picks are back to the '......"

Kangxi suddenly stopped, he really hadn't seen this poem, at this moment, Yin Zhen sang slowly, it was really thought-provoking, and after a while, Fang asked: "Which book is this?" "The ...... in the Book of Tang" Yinzhen only heard it from Wu Sidao yesterday, and he is very familiar with it, "In the past, the queen of heaven killed the prince Li Hong, Li Xian was afraid and uneasy, and wrote this poem to understand the empress's ......"

"I ...... Don't pick a melon without picking ......" Kangxi sighed sadly, tears were already falling like rain, "Wu Zetian still killed Li Xian...... She didn't do well...... I don't learn from her...... No more melon picking......"

He seemed to be so old that he couldn't even walk all of a sudden, and he was protected by Ma Qi and Zhang Tingyu, dragging his steps back to the Heart Cultivation Palace. Yinzhen was very quiet in her heart, whispering and persuading all the way, Yinren was holding Kangxi on the other side, but she couldn't help but think in her heart: The fourth child is really clever, and the sycophants are perfect.

Unconsciously, the spring of the forty-eighth year of Kangxi came to the world, the spring ducks outside Beijing City, the willows on the shore are yellow, it is already full of vitality, there are no trees in the Forbidden City, it still looks gray and gloomy, only the moss under the old wall is new green and tender, and the thin He Shou Wu green vine is drawn out from the brick cracks, and the people who live in the deep palace silently tell that the sunny day is coming again. Beijing folk originally painted the custom of painting "Ninety-nine Chilling Pictures", some of them are to draw a nine-grid eighty-one frame, starting from the winter solstice, draw a circle on the day, cloudy on the top and sunny on the bottom, the left wind and the right rain, recording a winter scene; For those who are a little more elegant, they paint a bare plum branch, and draw eighty-one petals of plain plum on it, one petal dyed in the sun, and the petals are exhausted and the ninety-nine winters are exhausted. The royal system is different, but on the wall of the apse of the Yangxin Palace, hang a piece of rice paper framed Nanmu frame, written by the emperor every day, ninety-nine cold, Zhu pen just approved nine letters:

The weeping willows in front of the pavilion cherish the spring breeze

The eunuch Li Dequan waited for this messenger, he was a careful person, and soon found that every time he finished writing a word (nine days), Kangxi summoned Yinren once, asked for half an hour, and summoned a total of eight times. Today is the last time to write "wind". Sure enough, Kangxi finished painting"" put down the pen and said: "You go and pass Yinren in." ”

"Oh, the minion understands!"

But Kangxi didn't call immediately, stared at the cold picture with tea, and said slowly: "I think, Wang Luo must also be in the Yinren Mansion in Chaoyangmen, you pass the decree to them, Yinren will still go back to Yuqing Palace to study from now on...... Ming'er, ask Wang Liang to accompany Yinren to see me. ”

"Yes......"

"And." Kangxi said, "You go to the Third Elder Brother's Mansion, get the catalog of "Ancient and Modern Books Collection", and ask for a set of "Hongfan Five Elements". Tell the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother to go to the study to see Ma Qi, and the messenger of the household department will also ask them to take care of it. Seeing that Taohuaxun was about to come down, he sent people out to inspect the Yellow River defense, summarize the situation, and see which provinces should be exempted from taxation and which prefectures should be relieved. There is no major event in the spring of the Criminal Department, you tell the eighth elder brother to discuss the matter of the spring with Zhang Tingyu: who will be sent to preside over the north and south, what topics will be raised, and a dense fold will be drafted in. Li Dequan has the best memory among the eunuchs, Kangxi said one thing, he pinched a finger, lowered his hand and listened, he had memorized it in his heart, and repeated it again, seeing that Kangxi had no words, Fang Ha retreated.

Because Yinren lived very close to Babeile Mansion, Li Dequan had a little more heart, accompanied the second elder brother to Donghuamen to send him to the inner house, and then re-went to the palaces to deliver the decree in the order of the eldest and youngest. So after a big circle, when he arrived at Yinxi's Mansion, it was almost noon, according to Li Dequan's thoughts, the eighth elder brother was an obscure star, and the eunuchs were taboo, and he didn't want to stay here longer. Who knows that the outside of the house looks deserted, but the people inside are very lively, because the Bafujin has just passed his birthday, and the corridor is full of colorful colors, everywhere is piled up are the birthday gifts given by the officials, and the family members of the house are running to clean up in single clothes like a horse, and everyone is sweating. The eighth elder brother Yinyu invited Yinyu, Yinyu, and Yinxi to eat cold wine, and there were also people such as Xuxu, Wang Hongxu, Alinga, and Zhang Deming, all of whom gathered in the West Flower Hall. Seeing that Li Dequan was about to leave after passing the order, Yinxi smiled and said:

"Don't be scared like this, am I a person to be messed with? He Zhu'er just came, and he still wanted to wait in front of me! Long live the day before yesterday rewarded me with two jars of Sanhe old mash. Come on, eat two cups and go! ”

Li Dequan opened his eyes to see, Yinyin raised his arms and raised his eyebrows, shouting and drinking and fighting, Yinyu sat on his feet and smiled silently, and the rest of the people were also full of spring breeze and gossiping, only Alinga seemed to have recovered from a serious illness, his face was a little pale, and he sat in the easy chair in a daze, because he smiled: "Where does the eighth master want to go?" What brand name is the slave who dares to sit on the ground and eat wine here? Didn't break the minion's fodder. ”

"Forget it!" Yinyu held a pot in one hand and a cup in the other, drank so much that his face was flushed, smiled and let Li Dequan into the flower hall, poured wine on an empty table on the screen, and said: "If you don't want to drink, I will ask the fourteenth master to come out and pour you!" Li Dequan was busy eating a big cup at this time. Yinyu smiled and said to Yinyu: "It's almost noon, where are you going to find Zhang Tingyu now?" You persuaded them a few more drinks in the past, and I said a few words to Lao Li - I heard that the second brother is moving back to Yuqing Palace again, is there such a thing? ”

Li Dequan bowed and said, "Yes, the slave just passed the decree." Yinyu ordered someone to serve two plates of dishes, and while letting Li Dequan, he asked: "Long live didn't say anything else?" Did you ask him to approve the fold? Li Dequan's heart was bright, knowing what he was going to ask, because he smiled and said, "Long live didn't say." The matter of criticizing the excerpts is a major national matter, and I dare not ask about it. As soon as the words fell, the fourteenth elder brother Yin came over with his footsteps and said with a smile: "It's Lao Li!" I just heard a joke from Yin, do you want to listen to it? Li Dequan hurriedly said: "Slaves love to listen to jokes the most." The fourteenth master said it, and the slave said it to Long live, and Long Live Lord also loves to listen to it! ”

"There's a man—"

Yin burped, poured a glass for each of Yinyu and Li Dequan, and the three of them clinked glasses and drank, Li Dequan saw that Yin didn't speak, so he asked, "What about the next one?" Yin Hehe smiled and said, "There is no more." Li Dequan stared at him for a long time, and then he thought that he was talking about himself, and couldn't help laughing: "The Fourteenth Master can really make fun of him-" Before he finished speaking, a large group of people across the screen were already laughing.

"You have already cut your lower head, are you still afraid of cutting your upper head?" Yin smiled, "No**, what are you afraid of**?" The ninth master asks you a few words, and you pretend to be vague! Where can Li Dequan eat his gun stick, he can't help but smile on his face, and said: "Although the fourteenth master is a joke, the slave can't afford it." According to the minion's small knowledge, the prince's restoration is a must. Although there is no will, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a pen to the prince, it is the old rule, long live the envoy once before calling the second master, long live this matter no one does not know, and there is no blame. The former Jiangning Weaving Division sent tribute, and the long live reward for the second master was also those objects that were the prince earlier, one is not much, and one is not less. Hit the winter solstice to this day, long live the second master every nine days. The gentlemen are becoming more and more easy-going and affectionate. Last time, Wu Dan came in to ask for peace, and Banzai said with a smile: "Transferring you into Beijing to make a false alarm, saying what Yinren wants, it's all a shadowless thing." Now every time I see Yinren, my chest is sparse once. The soldiers of the Wolf Blind Army Gate were also transferred back to their original station, and Ling Pu also returned to Rehe, and he was still the commander of the capital. Yesterday, the prince of Yuqing Palace also asked someone to take out the prince's clothes and quilts to dry, and also asked to repair the prince's chariot, and today there is a decree for the second master to go in...... It's not blind, who can't see it? ”

The people on both sides of the screen were speechless, and they all stopped drinking and exchanged glances. Except for the big things such as the wolf wing army being ordered to return to the flag, and Ling Pu being demoted two levels to return to the office, although the rest of the trivial matters have also been heard from time to time, it is rare for Li Dequan to say it so thoughtfully. Yin's eyes were rolling and he wanted to ask, Li Dequan had already gotten up, and said with a smile: "The slave has to go, long live the noon, I have to wait for a change of clothes!" ”

"Slow down." Yin Yu knew that this person was timid and couldn't win him over, so he said with a smile: "I heard that He Zhu'er is going to be called to come to the Eighth Master Mansion to be the head of the eunuch, but there is one?" Li Dequan hurriedly said: "The Internal Affairs Office just said yesterday that he will come over to wait for him in about the next two days. ”

Yin Xi stepped over from behind the screen, sat on the porcelain and breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes flashed faintly, and said, "I can't use up the people here, what else do you need eunuchs to do?" He Zhu'er is good at massage, you are the head of the Heart Cultivation Palace, say long live, and leave you to call, can it be done? "He Zhu'er spent money out of the palace because he offended Yinren, of course this matter can't be said, Li Dequan was a little anxious to be entangled, and secondly, he was really afraid of this high-ranking and powerful Prince Lian, so he had to bow his head and say: "The slave tried his best to do it, but——"

"Give Lao Li fifty taels of gold!" Yin Yu commanded outside, and said, "What I want is this heart." I don't care if it works out or not. ”