Emperor Tong's Concubine Tong in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 156

Time passed quickly, as if it was a reincarnation.

This is the conclusion drawn by the fourth elder brother himself. He has not finally got what he wants, but his son has already begun to prepare.

That night, the fourth elder brother hurried home, regardless of the exhaustion of the journey, listening to the report from the eunuch at home, he felt a lot of feelings in his heart for a while, and didn't know what to say.

It may be more of a kind of powerlessness. I am calculating the throne under the old man's ass, and my son is just a little older, and he is also calculating the throne he is about to get. So, what is the purpose of my hard work?

In order to make room for some little bastards in my family so that they can continue to fight?

But the fourth elder brother still has confidence at this time. He thinks he is wiser than the old man. To be blunt, the old man is not a qualified father.I watched helplessly as my sons' human brains were like dogs' brains, and they almost went in with white knives and came out with red knives.That's it, the old man didn't stop anything, I'm different from him, I don't have many sons, I can't stand it, I have to watch it, as long as I watch it, will they still fight?

Thinking of this, my heart calmed down for a while.

The reception banquet was already prepared outside, Su Peisheng was asking him to go out, the fourth elder brother cleared up his mood, and strode to the backyard.

The whole family followed him beamingly, and several sons and daughters also came up to him.

The family sat at several tables, and Si Fujin first raised his glass and said some encouraging words, and then brought the family members and children to toast the fourth elder brother.

The fourth elder brother drank the wine and asked Si Fujin to sit down, "Family affairs are hard for Fujin, thanks to having Fujin to worry about at home, otherwise the master would not have no worries. Now that the children are grown up, they are all sensible , you toast your mother-in-law on behalf of Ama, and thank her for worrying about the family all these years on behalf of Ama."

After hearing Si elder brother's words, the boys and girls in the family stood up together and toasted Si Fujin with their cups.

Si Fujin was very moved by Si Age's performance, the only fly in the ointment was that Hong Hui was not at home.If the eldest son is at home, Sifujin feels that he is complete.

After drinking, watching the children sit down, Si Fujin picked up a chopsticks dish for Si Age and put it on the plate in front of him.

"Master, I have entered the palace these two days. Er Niang told you to hurry up and choose the husband's family of the two daughters. It would be bad if it was too late."

If it is too late, the fourth elder brother will ascend the throne. According to the late emperor's will "the north will continue to kiss the south and not be crowned king", the emperor's daughter is going to marry to Mongolia. The prince's daughter may have room for maneuver, but the fate of the princesses has long been decided up.

What Tian Mi is worried about is that it will not be possible to marry the princess to the capital. If the princess stays in the capital, Kangxi will be the first to refuse.

The fourth elder brother suddenly understood what Tian Mi meant. Marrying the two eldest daughters in the capital is a good thing with no harm and no harm.

Moreover, these two daughters are not young anymore, and now they have really become big girls, and they will be old girls if they don't get married.

Even though there were so many people, Si Fujin's words did not avoid people. The two women sitting next to her immediately straightened their ears. It was about their daughter's fate, and the two mothers must be concerned.

The fourth elder brother nodded, "I have been thinking about this matter, and I have already found a suitable family. In these two days, when you enter the palace, tell Er Niang and let Er Niang arrange it. The eldest girl of our family will marry into the Tong family. Go, the second girl will marry Fucha's family."

Si Fujin thought to himself, the second girl is lucky to say that there is only one suitable candidate for the Fucha family, and she is not too young.But what about the Tong family?

"Which room is Tong's house?"

There are quite a few people in the Tong family, hundreds of people up and down, but their hearts are not in the same place. Logically speaking, everyone should support the fourth elder brother for the empress's sake, but Erlun Dai is screwed. Ah, looking for opportunities every day to disgust the fourth elder brother, making the fourth elder brother often reflect on how he offended him.

Just such a person, he was so bold as to overturn the table with the emperor. If the fourth elder brother wanted to scold him, he also had to consider the mother in the palace. It's like scolding my mother, and even scolding myself.The fourth elder brother is the grandson of Tong's daughter!

Si Fujin was worried about marrying his child to Erlundai's family. Although his children were pretty good, he couldn't stand a father who could cause trouble.

The fourth elder brother will not marry his daughter to the room of Orondai, "She is a member of the Tong family, and Erniang has a strange temper. I said that Honghui should marry the granddaughter of Uncle Yekesu's family, but Erniang pinched her finger. Forget it, I didn’t agree with it at the time. It’s said that the blood is too close. This is a member of the Tong family who stayed in Shengjing. Uncle Dai has returned to Beijing, and now he is guarding the Nine Gates."

The eldest daughter's biological mother will be in a hurry. If she marries into the queen's natal family, no matter which house it is, it will definitely be a good thing. The girl of the Tong family, the relationship between the royal family and the Tong family is inextricably linked. Who doesn't know that the Tong family is called "Tong Banchao".

But my son-in-law is also a poor family, not close to the Tong family, and now he is a gatekeeper.Such a person is not worthy of the Lord marrying off his eldest daughter, and even less worthy of being a son-in-law in the future.

As soon as Si Fujin heard that Kua Dai came back from the northwest and was guarding the Nine Gates, he knew what was going on.

The wonderful thing about this young man is that he is guarding the Nine Gates.

Seeing the anxious look of the big girl's biological mother, Si Fujin couldn't help asking: "Although he is from the Tong family, the child prefers handsome young men. Have you ever seen this young man? How does he look like?"

When the two daughters heard this, they stood up shyly and avoided them. Seeing them leave, the atmosphere in the room relaxed.

The fourth elder brother used chopsticks to pick up vegetables, "I've seen it, he is good-looking and capable, and he is also among the best in Northwest China. Don't think that the child's parents are not good enough to look down on him. They say don't bully the boy." Poor." After saying this, she looked at the biological mother of the eldest daughter, and the woman bowed her head in fright.

The fourth elder brother said to Si Fujin again: "Uncle Kua Dai has proposed this marriage to me two or three times, and he insists on being a matchmaker. I see that this kid is not bad, he is worthy of our daughter, and has a bright future."

Hong Yun answered at that time, "If you can win Ama's fancy, this brother-in-law must have a bright future in the future."

The meaning of these words is very clear, and everyone suddenly recalled, yes, if the old man is the emperor, can this future be bleak?

After a meal, the female relatives all went to see the two older girls who were about to get married, and the boy followed the fourth elder brother to the study.

Hongyun's health was not good, he started panting after walking a few steps, and there was a seat when he entered the door.

Hongshi stood up with his two younger brothers, and yelled as soon as he opened his mouth, "Ama, my son didn't cause any trouble at home. I heard that the imperial court is going to send a group of people to the northwest. My son wants to go too. My son will help my elder brother."

The fourth elder brother couldn't help frowning: "As far as your ability is concerned, you are going to be a waste of help. Can you ride a horse or draw a bow?"

Hongshi couldn't hold it back, and said at the time, "Other sons don't dare to compare, but they are much better than you. My son can open ten crossbows at least, and you have four and a half strength..."

The fourth elder brother couldn't bear it any longer, and insisted on beating this kid to death today. At that time, he picked up the paperweight on the table and wanted to smash it to death, but Hongli and Hongzhou held his arms between the left and right, so they couldn't kill him immediately.

Hong Shi still wanted to talk back, but his second brother twisted the flesh on his arm, gasped in pain, and finally didn't speak back.

That night, Yang Dan came to look for the fourth elder brother. The fourth elder brother was still in anger, and said to Yang Dan: "Hongshi and I will end our father-son relationship sooner or later. I am really mad."

"You don't know his virtues. He was like this when he was a child. Don't be angry. Just follow the example of the old man. Did you see that he was angry with the third brother? There are also old nine and old ten, which one is a fuel-efficient lamp. You just lack touched the heart of the old man."

The fourth elder brother felt that he didn't need to learn from the old man in this aspect. The old man's demeanor was only cultivated after being tortured by his sons for a long time. When the third child was stupid for the first time, he didn't believe that he was not angry.

"Let's not talk about this, what are you doing here at night?"

"The letter came from the Northwest, and the eldest nephew has done a great job. It is said that the credit is not small. He found the main force of the other party. Seventh brother is confident that he will complete his work in one battle. Just now Huang Ama said that it is possible that the army will return victoriously within three months. Yes. Prepare yourself, at this critical time, don't run out of food and grass."

The fourth elder brother's eyes suddenly burst into light, "Three months?"

"Well, come on, pay attention to yourself in the past three months. By the way, Hong Shi is too noisy, and Hong Zhou is also a naughty boy. I was ordered to go to Jiangnan to guard in these two days, and the dust has settled. Just come back, you prepare luggage for them, I will take them to the south of the Yangtze River, so as not to cause trouble for you."

It is said that these two children are not allowed to stay in the capital to cause chaos. If someone is not convinced, if someone is not convinced, they will take advantage of these few months to assassinate the fourth elder brother, and they will kill the children.If the sons followed Yang Dan far in the south of the Yangtze River, they would have a great chance of survival.

The fourth elder brother stood up and walked back and forth in front of Yang Dan, "You take Hongli with you."

"Too many people will cause criticism. Of your five sons, one is in the northwest and three are in the south of the Yangtze River, leaving only one medicine jar in the capital. What do you make everyone think? Hongshi and Hongzhou are unreliable What the guys usually do is well known in every palace. I plan to hide them in the box, and halfway say that they got in by themselves. I will send you a letter, and you will cooperate with the two. After a bit of scolding, the matter is over. Hongli can't do it, this kid's shrewdness is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, how can I act to get him away?"

In Yang Dan's view, this kid might not be willing to leave, and being able to spend this critical time with him, Ama, would be a father-son relationship.Maybe this kid will get some benefits by relying on this, why should he be disgusted by others.

The fourth elder brother had no choice but to agree.

Time passed in a flash, and one and a half months later, military news came from the northwest, saying that the day of the decisive battle had arrived.

Kangxi was really moved when he saw such a battle report, "We still need an elder brother to sit in the town, otherwise the old and young men will not accept each other. However, there are too few capable elder brothers these days."

After Kangxi finished speaking, Tian Mi thought to herself, you were forced to sleep by your sons back then, why didn't you say that your son is incompetent.

There is also a reason why Kangxi said this. At that time, many clan children were greedy for meritorious deeds and lost a lot of people. Moreover, too many problems were exposed this time. There is a large army, everyone will fight for meritorious service, and no one will go when the enemy is lured deep.

The eyeliner placed in the army kept sending news, for example, a certain Baylor let go of the words in public: "I don't do hard work, I didn't come to suffer in this life, my Ama When I first entered the customs, I had already suffered all the hardships, and I put my words here, whoever of you does not know how to flatter and dare to order you, be careful, I will not spare you."

This is on the front line, isn't it to let him go to the theater to drink tea and entertain the opera? When Kangxi came to such remarks, he became dizzy with anger, and there was more than one person who said such stupid things, most of them were for credit .

Kangxi has a small book in his heart, and he just waits for the army to triumph and settle accounts after the autumn. Aren't you all suffering?What kind of life you have is not earned by you Ama for you, it is decided by me.

My son is lame and still needs to go into battle, and my grandson has to brave the rain of arrows to fight for his life. Just like this, you still say that you are not ashamed to suffer, and you still want to take credit for it.

There are times when you feel good.

Ten days later, Babaili rushed to the gate of the city at sunset, and the sergeant shouted hoarsely, "Great victory, great victory in the Northwest!"

These people were helped down from their horses by the defenders on the tower, put them on a carriage, brought them to the gate of the palace, and carried them into the palace.

After hundreds of miles of non-stop rushing, the sergeants who rushed for eight hundred miles were too tired to get up, and threw themselves on the main hall, shouting hoarsely, "Great victory..."

The eunuch took out the documents from their burdens, and hurried up the steps to show Kangxi, after Kangxi read it, his face was full of joy.

Said to the left and right ministers: "The army will return triumphantly in a few days, and all ministries must prepare to comfort the army. Hurry up and come up with a charter for the pension, and then the form of meritorious service will be handed over to the capital. In front, don't neglect."

Officials from various ministries led the decree, and the capital began to beat drums and gongs. During this expedition, a lot of Eight Banners disciples went out, and the Eight Banners lived around the capital. When they learned that they were about to return triumphantly, every household was beaming with joy.

The princes couldn't be happy, and the third child had no idea, so he discussed with others at home, "At the beginning, the old man said that he would abdicate after the victory of the army. You say, who will he pass the throne to? In this... .. Is there anything wrong with you, Grandpa?"

As a result, this word spread outside in a blink of an eye. All the palaces heard about it, and even Kangxi heard about it. He would be happy because of the great victory. As the old saying goes, "I'm not interested in listening to their affairs, let them go."

Irrelevant people were arguing about this matter, so Shiliu hurried to Shiwu's house and panted and asked, "You have nothing to do with that stupid old third, right? Mother called me over just now, let me Let me ask you, have you hooked up with the third child? If you hooked up, Er Niang asked me to spit in your face."

"Is this what Er Niang said? You don't want to spit on me, do you?"

"Heaven and earth conscience, this is really what Er Niang said. She said that she must vomit at this time. In the future, she will be implicated by you. When the Dongchuang incident happens, she will not have a chance to vomit on your face. If you think about vomiting at that time, you will regret it later. Hey. Don't talk about Er Niang, I just want to talk about you, everyone can see that the third child is a broken ship, why do you still have contacts with him. "

Fifteen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Why did I hang out with him, didn't I just drink and talk with him a few times?"

"Don't you see if he still has people talking to him now? Everyone ignores him, and you still drink with him. You don't know what people say about you behind your back, they say you are a third party!"

There was nothing to talk about with my younger brother. Fifteen asked someone to bring food and wine, and the two of them ate together. In the middle of the meal, Sixteen drank some wine and couldn't help sighing, "Oh, it's going to change."

At Eleven’s house, Old Nine looked at Eleven sideways with a glass of wine in his hand, “Change the sky? When he came back, someone said to him: Seventh Master, you came back late. When you left, you were the head of the family, and when you came back, you became your brother.

Let me tell you, the old man will wait until the rewards of the army are over before thinking about passing on the throne, and then after the Chinese New Year, we will talk about it after the Chinese New Year.After pushing and procrastinating, it will take half a year. The capital will definitely not be peaceful in this half a year. Who knows if the sky will change next year. "

After listening to his long speech on Eleven, he poured wine for him, "Ninth brother, I see this matter will drag on for a long time, you don't know, the old man... can't wait."

This is indeed a very realistic problem. Lao Jiu, who was full of confidence just now, couldn't drink anymore, stared out of the window for a while, "I hope from the bottom of my heart, long live, long live, long live, old man."

Lao Wu sighed, his title was fine, he was a prince, and the titles of his two younger brothers were not so good, if he waited for the new king to confer the reward——would the new king be willing?

Moreover, there have been rumors in the palace in the past two days that the old man intends to favor his grandson and distribute the achievements of Lao Qi to his two sons, each of whom is a king.Lao Qi took his three sons to the northwest, one inheriting the prince, and two newly named county princes, counting three kings in one family, they are prominent enough, this is the old man to appease Lao Qi.Because of Hong Hui's many great achievements, the old man will also give him a county prince, and, according to the news from the palace, the old man intends to let Hong Hui receive the Zhenghuang Banner.

The two yellow flags and the Zhengbai flag were personally led by the emperor, and the brothers could not intervene. The other princes watched eagerly, and had no way to intervene in the matter of the upper three flags. Now the Zhenghuang flag belongs to Honghui, who is his nephew. of.

Thinking of this, the fifth brother felt wronged for the brothers. How could there be any reason for this? If Hong Hui asked for it, everyone would criticize him for being unruly, but it was given by the old man, so what can I say?The old nine of these Eight Banners things can't touch the threshold, let alone the little brothers of ten, twenty-three, ten, five, six and seventeen.

The fifth child sighed, "Although the seventh brother has three kings from one family, he is no match for the father and son of the fourth brother's family who each hold a banner."

Eleven also heard the news. He didn't have too many thoughts. If he didn't have a title, he wouldn't have a title. Anyway, he couldn't starve himself, and he didn't have to come out to work.

"Those boys from Seventh Brother's family are not doing anything, and they are knighted to look at Seventh Brother's credit, so that Seventh Brother can rest assured that this kid Honghui can be successful, and let him receive the Yellow Flag because it will give him more weight," said Here, he raised his eyebrows at his brothers, "The old man's move was unexpected. If the fourth brother really took the seat, what do you think he thinks?"

The fifth child felt that the old man was uneasy and kind, and the ninth child thought it was the retribution of the fourth child. Everyone didn't say much, and raised their glasses, "Let's have a drink together, come and drink."

"That's right, that's right, I'm drunk today when I have wine, why bother with outside affairs? Drink!"

The fourth elder brother also heard the news, and he was more at ease. He had known the old man's knot for a long time, and he didn't want Hong Hui to follow the old path of the second brother, so he gave Hong Hui the yellow flag, just to let him have horses in his hands.In the future, he will be in the East Palace. Unlike the second brother who cannot directly control the courtiers, he still needs to connect through Suo'etu.In other words, the old man is really not coaxing himself, he really intends to pass the throne to himself.

If you want to say whether this move will have an impact on the future, it definitely will, but the fourth elder brother feels that he and Hong Hui will not be in the situation where Huang Ama and the second elder brother are in the future, and the fourth elder brother will be happy to see this matter in his heart. .

This was news that was spread in a small area. When he returned home, he saw Hongli was talking to Fujin, and wanted to share the news with Fujin.

After sending Hongli away, the husband and wife talked about the old man's decision in private.

Si Fujin didn't think as much as Si elder brother thought, she could only be happy, "Oh, I didn't expect the emperor to take such good care of Honghui, so he will be the prince of Zhenghuangqi in the future?"

"Well," the fourth elder brother was still very happy when there were no outsiders, "Go into the palace tomorrow and ask the empress if you want to build a palace outside for the child. Ask this matter quietly and don't let others know, otherwise rumors will spread. It’s everywhere, and people will say that we are restless and arrogant.”

"I know, don't worry, you can ask if you can, but wait if you can't. In fact, it's good for my son to live with us. I want to take care of him for a while. Oh, I didn't expect this kid to be so promising. It's really a blessing from the Bodhisattva. I will go to burn incense to thank Bodhisattva later."

The fourth elder brother's real purpose is not to ask about his son's mansion, but to ask about the time when the old man will inherit the throne. If the empress says that the palace will be built, it proves that the old man does not want to pass on the throne within a year or two.If the empress said that it would not be covered, or if the Ministry of Internal Affairs was short of money and waited, it meant that what I wanted was about to come true.

The fourth elder brother has lived in this mansion for so long, if he really becomes the emperor in the future, he intends to leave this place to Hong Hui, this is the family property that Er Niang bought for himself, and naturally it will be left to the eldest son.

When I moved away, let Hong Hui bring his son to live here. If Hong Hui wanted to move into the palace and live in the East Palace, this mansion outside would also be left to him. Even the fourth elder brother was unwilling to let Hong Hui live In the East Palace where his second brother lived.It is said that wherever Feng Shui is not good and the place is too small, there is no such courtyard that looks spacious and comfortable. There is even a garden at home, and you can stroll for half a day without leaving home.

Thinking of this, he said to Fujin: "This is a lot carefully selected by Er Niang for my grandfather. She has personally checked every brick and tile in it. The materials are solid. We have lived for so long and there is nothing to repair. Back then There was another earthquake, and two tiles fell off the eaves. The whole mansion was stable, which shows that the House of Internal Affairs was built with care. There is still running water passing through the wall in the house, and the women and children in the backyard The place where I live is warm in winter and cool in summer. There are also vines and flowers planted by you and me. I am reluctant to seal up this place. When the time comes, I will give it to Honghui and let him bloom here. He will take over from my grandfather in the future. Your Majesty, let our eldest grandson continue to live in it, and the good house will live in it from generation to generation, and it will appear that the population will prosper and live long."

Of course Sifujin is willing, she has also been to the East Palace, to be honest, that place is really crowded, where is there a comfortable home to live in, Honghui lived in the palace when he was young, it was fostered by his grandparents, this is As for his home, "everyone listens to the Lord."