The noon sun of July was scorching the earth, the leaves hung weakly on the branches, trembling gently with the breeze, only Zhi was singing tirelessly, and there was only a team of men and horses on the wide Jinjing Avenue - dozens of cavalrymen followed closely behind a young general dressed in a nine-python five-clawed robe and wearing a sapphire crown, escorting several carriages running wildly under the scorching sun, but except for the leader of the general, the other sergeants' riding skills were really bad enough, they could only ride horses, and they couldn't talk about riding at all.

The young general reached out to touch the beads of sweat flowing on his face, took off his crown, revealed a scarred face, looked up at the sky, and scolded with some dissatisfaction: "Damn, hurry up, if you miss the hour, Lao Tzu will pick your skin." This person is Yinzuo's former captain of the guard, Liu Yao, who is now the general of the Fujian Navy Division.

Liu Yao was very anxious at this time, seeing that it was already noon, but there was still a lot of distance from the Beijing Division, if he missed the full moon wine of his master's eldest son and sister-in-law, even if the master didn't blame him, he couldn't help it, but Liu Yao didn't make a move no matter how anxious he was, not to mention that the gang of people under his command were all southerners, and their equestrian skills were very poor, even if they were all skilled in equestrianism, it was useless, and the speed of the carriages in the team couldn't be raised at all.

Since the thirty-fifth year of Kangxi, Liu Yao has not seen Yinzuo for almost two years, this time taking advantage of the opportunity to return to Beijing to report on work, he originally planned to leave early, so as to catch up with the birth of his master and son-in-law, but before leaving, he received a letter from Yinzuo, asking him to pick up people in Shanghai, and had to take the sailor warship to Shanghai, picked up people, and then changed to a boat, bumpy all the way to Tianjin Wei last night, this morning early in the morning from Tianjin Wei Station transferred some horses, carriages desperately rushed to the capital, but the time is afraid to be delayed, My heart was so anxious that I was on fire.

Except for one of those carriages, which was a gift from Liu Yao and Lao Tzu Liu Shuangcheng, the other three were grass people that Liu Yao didn't know, all of them were dirty, not a little right, Liu Yao really wanted to throw those people on the road, and he quickly whipped himself and went straight to Jingshi, but he could only think about it, that group of people was the person Yinzuo confessed to pick up, and then gave Liu Yao ten guts, he didn't dare to do it, he had no choice but to urge his subordinates to speed up, and the team of people and horses rolled up all the way to the direction of Jingshi.

Busy, busy, busy! Yinzuo is busy today, the eldest son Hongli is one year old, he has to catch Zhou, the second son has just been full moon, he has to drink full moon wine, for a while the saint came up to pass the decree, named the son-in-law to carry forward, get thanks, and for a while the courtiers came to congratulate, have to entertain one or two, and then have to arrange a family banquet in the evening, although there are Qiao sisters, Liu Quan and other housekeepers to help, but there are still enough things for Yinzuo to nod and clap, stirring Yinzuo dizzy, it is easy to take a breath at the end of the day, with lunch, by the way think about it.

Since the beginning of February of the 37th year of Kangxi, the old man returned to Beijing and collected all the messengers in the hands of the elder brothers, all the adult elder brothers took turns to go to other places to run errands, and even the boss Yinzuo, who had always been neglected, also took a few opportunities to run errands, but Yinzuo was left to hang out, and no errands were sent. Since February, the personnel changes in the DPRK and China, the old man Kangxi has newly used several new talents, the most eye-catching of which is Zhang Tingyu, the son of Zhang Ying, the former secretary of the Ministry of Industry, with a new second-class jinshi, only as a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for more than a year, because of a word in line with the holy will was immediately promoted to Shu Jishi, and then promoted to the cabinet bachelor, walking in the study, only one step away is the position of the prime minister, the dragon of grace is unique to the Xi Dynasty, compared to the original Gao Shiqi has also been more than that.

In June of the thirty-seventh year of Kangxi, Yinzuo's Zhengfu Jin Lanyue'er was pregnant for eleven months before giving birth to Lin'er, today is the day of the full moon, and the name of the saint is promoted, although the edict does not mention the words of making this son the son of the king, but there is a vague meaning between the words. According to common sense, the eldest son should naturally be the son of the king, but the Qing generation has never been interested in the succession of the eldest son, most of the successive Qing emperors are not the eldest son, but take the sage as the emperor, but it is Yinzuo's turn to have some trouble - the mother of the eldest son Hongli is Han, and the mother of the sister-in-law Lan Yue'er was born in the three banners of the Eight Classics, and there is something to worry about here.

Yinzuo has always been indifferent to things like the Manchu and Han divisions, as a traverser, he naturally knows that everyone is a descendant of Yan and Huang, originally divided into various nationalities due to different geographical and living habits, and in the final analysis, there is not much difference, and he is also a Han in his previous life, and there is no national prejudice in his heart at all, he has already made up his mind, whoever can do it is Wang Shizi, but the old man's edict really makes Yinzuo nerve-wracking, no, while using lunch, with Wu, The two strategists of Lin discussed this matter, but the two strategists who had always agreed on the same opinion had diametrically opposite views on this matter.

Lin Xuanyi has always been a Confucian disciple, and he took the lead in speaking: "Lord, it is a rite and religion for the son of the world, and the saint also intends to make this son the son of the world, if you don't comply, I am afraid that there will be harm to the matter." ”

"Brother Lihe's words are fallacious, I have always been a virtuous person living in the great position, since Taizong, the position of the son of the world is of great importance, and it cannot be established lightly. Wu Sidao shook the feather fan in his hand and said slowly.

"Having said that, it is difficult to disobey the holy will, and it is not good if it affects the prince's plan because of this." Although Lin Xuanyi's words were tactful, he still insisted on standing up and promoting him as a son.

"The son of the world is still wise, if there is a slight mistake, how can this be good?" Wu Sidao said disapprerovingly.

"Alright, alright." Yinzuo saw that Wu and Lin disagreed, for fear that the two would have a conflict, so he hurriedly waved his hand to stop the argument between Wu and Lin, and said with a smile: "This matter will be discussed later, and it will not be too late to decide when the two little guys are older, hehe, I don't know how many sons this king will have in the future, if the position of the prince is set early, it is not appropriate for the little ones to run away, so let's do it according to Mr. Wu's wishes." ”

Yinzuo and the courtiers have no deep friendship, but there are a lot of door-to-door gifts, but Yinzuo's rules have always been to receive gifts without gifts, the gift list is left, and the things are also moved back, the big guys are treated equally, even if they are their own minions, they are generally handled, although they are a little unkind, but they also have a clean reputation, the difference is that their own minions can participate in the family banquet, and those courtiers will send out a cup of tea. However, for the gifts sent by the brothers, Yinzuo smiled very much, and was unceremonious to the rich brothers Yinzuo, and accepted all the gifts sent, according to Yinzuo's words: Those are the people's fat and people's ointment, and they are also collected in vain, and Yushitai has nothing to say.

At the end of the unitary hour, the brothers in Beijing are here, except for the prince, the boss who went out of Beijing to run a business, and the fourth brother has arrived, and two large tables are set up in the place, and a room of brothers is shouting and making a cheerful noise, and there is an atmosphere of brotherhood. Yinzuo sent the brothers away, and turned around and ordered the family banquet to begin.

Yinzuo's minions are rare in a few elder brothers, but there are as many as thirty or forty people, and those who are far away like Liu Shuangcheng, Haida, Guo Pu, Liu Changning, etc. have not been able to come, and there are a lot of people who have come close - there are Cheng Tianming, the new prefect of Datong, Shanxi, Lin Chengbin, the prefect of Taiyuan, Shanxi, He Lin, Daotai of Jining, Shandong, Chen Qi of Langzhong, etc., and there are Li Ke, Liang Size, Deng Ming, etc., and there are Beijing officials and foreign officials, but one thing is the same, that is, they are all young people, and there is no shortage of literary talents and martial arts. Originally, they rarely saw each other, but they took this opportunity to get acquainted with each other. Since it was a family banquet, there were not so many rules, and the big guys chatted openly, and even Li Wei and Zhou Yongcheng, the two little bastards, gathered on the table and poured wine.

Yinzuo looked at the young talents in the flower hall, and his heart was happy, these people were selected by him, and they were all his future team, don't look at the current position is not high, but it can come in handy in the future, don't mention how beautiful it is in his heart, he smiled and drank happily with his subordinates, drank three rounds, and finally arrived at the most important program tonight - the appearance of the sister-in-law, and the eldest son to catch the week.

First of all, Lan Yue'er held Xiao Hongyang, who had just completed the moon, accompanied by four or five maids and old mothers, and let the big guy see the majesty of the sister-in-law. Lan Yue'er was happy, but Yinzuo couldn't help frowning, but it was not easy to say anything on such occasions, she just smiled faintly. Xiao Hongyang didn't recognize life, he looked left and right with a pair of big eyes, and occasionally waved his small fist, dumb a few times, as if he was greeting the big guy, but the look of the matter was also very cute. While laughing, Liu Yao rushed in sweating, saw Yinzuo hurriedly kneeling on the ground, and said with a smile: "Master, it's better to come early than to come by chance, hey, the slave finally arrived in time." ”

Haha, the little demon is here, this kid has been an official for a few years, and he still has the virtue of this hippie smile. Yinzuo smiled and said, "If you're late, you'll have to be fined three bowls of wine." ”

"Cheng, the slave is thirsty, or the master knows the slave's heart best, bring the wine, let's drink it three jars first." Liu Yao said with a hippie smile.

"Go aside, you don't need money for the master's wine, as soon as you come, there are three jars, which is beautiful for you." Yinzuo scolded with a smile and waved his hand to let Liu Yao take a seat. Among the officials present, Li Ke's official rank is the highest, he is already the second grade, and then there is Liu Yao's third grade, but Li Ke was still Liu Yao's subordinate at the beginning, and he didn't dare to take it big at this time, so he gave up the position next to Yinzuo, Liu Yao was not polite, and hammered Li Ke with a smile and said: "Stinky boy, the official is bigger than us, and he has a future." ”

Although Li Ke has always been serious, but it is an outsider, how can he dare not say anything when he sees the old boss, and he replied with a smile: "Well, haven't you come up to see this chief?" ”

"Cut, stinky boy, bully our officials, I have to put you down for a while." Liu Yao pretended to be stupid and said, which immediately aroused laughter all over the room.

Lan Yue'er hugged Xiao Hongyang and just left, Qiu Ju led Xiao Hongli to appear, this little guy just knew how to walk, and he didn't let people hug him, even if it was Qiu Ju, he had to walk by himself, his calves were strong, and he walked very smoothly, at this moment he saw a room full of people, but there was no expression on his face, a pair of big eyes turned around, found Yinzuo, broke free of Qiu Ju's hand, and rushed over at a trot, shouting vaguely: "Ride, ride." ”

Ride? What to ride? Isn't it just riding Yinzuobei, who let Yinzuo always put this little guy around his neck, and he has become the little guy's royal driver, but it is all playing in his own inner yard, and the minions under him are all here, and he still has to ask for face. Yinzuo lifted the little guy up and said with a smile: "Let's go, dad will show you some new toys, what do you like?" The little guy looked at Yinzuo and didn't say anything, but his face was thoughtful, and he smiled and nodded after a while.

The people had already put their minds to the things of the week, so they set up a large table outside the flower hall, and put a red cloth on it, which was full of knives, scissors, bows, pens, books, threads, money, abacus, perfumes, rouge, and other things, and several kinds of cakes and fruits. These are common things, and the only difference from the folk is that there is a small seal on the red cloth. Yinzuo smiled and put Xiao Hongli on the long table, pointed to the things on the red cloth and said, "Go, see what you like, just take it." ”

The little guy stood on the table and looked back at Yinzuo, his eyes full of confusion. Yinzuo said with a smile: "Go ahead, what Dad said, take whatever you like." Xiao Hongli didn't say a word, took small steps, walked to the red cloth, looked at this, and looked at that, but never picked up anything, and the whole room was very curious, and they didn't make a sound, just to see what the eldest son of the king wanted to take.

Xiao Hongli thought for a while, and finally bent down, a pair of small hands gathered all kinds of items into a pile, and hugged them into his arms with a smile, but his hands were too small to hug him, so he simply sat on the pile of things and laughed, and the smug look made everyone in the room laugh and fell.

Damn, this kid is really greedy, he doesn't want to lose anything, damn, he's a big ghost. Yinzuo smiled and shook his head, but he was not too satisfied in his heart - he wanted everything, and in the end, he either got it all, or he couldn't get anything, but the probability of the latter was much higher, this stinky boy had too big a heart, and if he didn't have the ability, he was afraid that he would end up empty. Yin Zuo secretly made up his mind in his heart, he had to discipline this little guy strictly, if he could become a talent, it would be good, if he didn't, he would let him die early.

While everyone was laughing, Liu Yao quietly walked to Yinzuo's side and said in a low voice: "Master, the person you want to pick up has arrived, and the servants have arranged them all in the house in Xiaochuanzi Hutong." ”

Yinzuo's spirit was lifted, and he smiled and said, "Okay, I've worked hard for you, the guards there will be handed over to you tonight, and I will go early tomorrow morning." ”

Liu Yao said in a low voice: "Yes, the slave obeys the order." He didn't ask who they were, but stepped aside.

Yes, the little demon has been trained, and he knows what he should ask and what he shouldn't know. Yinzuo was very satisfied with Liu Yao's progress, and secretly thought about how to promote Liu Yao again.

As the saying goes, some people are happy and some people are worried, at this time Lan Yue'er and Qiu Ju are very happy, but Chunlan is a little secretly sad, the same is the side Fujin, just because Qiu Ju gave birth to a son, and she gave birth to a daughter, the excitement is gone, and she ate a few glasses of wine with a smile on the banquet in the backyard, accompanied Lan Yue'er and Qiu Ju for a while, and found an excuse to go back to the room with the county lord Yixue, looking at the little county lord who was already sleeping in his arms, secretly crying, sad, and let the maids wait to freshen up, Just as he was about to rest earlier, he heard the voices of the maids at the door: "The prince is here." ”

"Huh?" Chunlan was busy getting dressed, and when she was in a panic, Yinzuo had already strode in, and said with a smile: "Chunlan, where is the little princess of this king?" It's her birthday. ”

Yinzuo drank a little too much, his voice was a little higher, and woke up the sleeping Xiao Yixue, the little guy unceremoniously let go of his voice and cried, and suddenly the room was busy, Yinzuo scratched his head in embarrassment, took out a string of pearls from his arms and brought it to the little girl's side, coaxing: "Good, little Xue'er, my father has sent you a birthday gift, look, do you like it?" The little guy was crying happily, and he ignored Yinzuo at all, which made Yinzuo a little uncomfortable.

To tell the truth, Yinzuo doesn't value boys and girls very much, there are two sons at this time, and the daughter is just like that, and he originally planned to celebrate the birthday of the little county lord, but in this era, women have no status, and there is no birthday ceremony with his son at the same time, Yinzuo doesn't want to be criticized, so he has to give up, but he hasn't forgotten his daughter's birthday in his heart, and he has prepared a gift early, planning to surprise the little guy, but the little guy doesn't appreciate it, and Yinzuo has no choice, so he has to put the pearl down with a smile, I was a little embarrassed to leave. Chunlan's heart ached, looking at the bright moonlight outside the window, silently crying......

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