Chapter 31
The prince is not allowed to make personal friends with ministers. This is the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty. It is to prevent the princes from chaoticizing the government. Of course, rules are rules, but it is another matter to be truly implemented. After all, human nature is an inevitable thing, especially for the giant family like the Tong family. Which prince does not want to help?
Because the Tong family is powerful, every time the Tong family is on holidays, the princes who come and go to the Tong family are really in a hurry. Not to mention the princes, even the princes have been close to the Tong family, with only one exception, that is the fourth prince Yinzhen. Although this guy is the adopted son of the late queen Tong Jia, he is considered Tong Guowei's adopted grandson, but he never comes to the Tong family's door. However, at this sensitive time today, Tong Guowei ran away so suddenly, and it really makes Tong Guowei not know how to deal with it. Besides, with Mr. Kangxi here, it is not his turn to Tong Guowei to make the decision. Therefore, facing the request of the doorman's manager, Tong Guowei could only turn his head awkwardly and look at Mr. Kangxi sitting in front of the chessboard.
"Let him in."
The old man did not make Tong Guowei embarrassed, and gave the answer without raising his head, but a faint light flashed in his eyes.
Hey, the old man is very angry, the consequences are very serious. This time the Tong family is afraid that they will be beaten. Look at this incident?
Hongqing was very clever. Although she was thinking about chess, the light from the corner of her eyes was always on the old man. Although the gloom that flashed through her eyes was almost impossible to detect, Hongqing saw it all in her eyes, and couldn't help but feel happy in her heart, and secretly obsessed with silence for three minutes for the Tong family.
Originally, the old man returned to the capital secretly, so as to calm the ******* unexpectedly. The reason why he did not enter the palace was not only a strategic requirement, but also because of the Tong family's always held a firm position. But this time, the action has not yet begun. The two princes rushed forward and back, which was too coincidental. It was a coincidence that people could not doubt the ability and tendency of the Tong family to keep confidential work. Even if the old man didn't say it, there was definitely a thorn in his heart. Ying Jing'er came out in one bag, which was bigger. Some Tong family was uncomfortable, of course, it would not be possible to get hurt. It was inevitable to eat a hard meal. However, this had nothing to do with Hongqing. It was just a gloating. He did not take it seriously, but instead buried himself in the chess game and made a stance of suffering for chess.
Yinzhen arrived very quickly, but in a short while, he had already been taken from the doorman's office and walked out of the screen wall. His steps were calm, but his face was not good-looking. First, he was worried about the current situation, and second, he couldn't help but feel a little resentful. You must know that the Tong family was his Yinzhen's mother's home. Although he had almost never visited this door since he opened the mansion to avoid suspicion, he had never visited the door during the holidays. He had never sent a confidant to send gifts to the Tong mansion early. Now, he finally came to the door once, but the master didn't go out to greet him, so he just asked someone to accompany him. What's that?
"Emperor? Ah, my son is here to see the Emperor!"
Yinzhen's dissatisfaction disappeared without a trace when he entered the hall. Instead, he was extremely shocked and excited. His body shivered a few times before he rushed forward, knelt down beside the old man, and asked for peace with a trembling voice.
"Yeah, watch the chess!"
Yinzhen's excited look obviously made the old man quite enjoyable, but he didn't say much, but just pointed to his side, said softly, and signaled Yinzhen to wait.
"My son obeys the order!"
Although he had a lot of words to say, Yinzhen did not dare to ruin the old man's chess show, so he could only respond respectfully, move to the old man's side, and stand with his hands down. In this way, there would be more rules as there would be more rules.
"Report to the Emperor Ama, the edict has been drafted. Please ask the Emperor Ama to review it."
Yinzhen had just stood still, and Yinzhi had already come over with the edict that had not yet dried up, but ignored Yinzhen's inquiring gaze, lowered his eyebrows and looked to the old man, and whispered to report.
"Yes, okay, go and do it!"
Hearing the sound, the old man raised his head from the chessboard, reached out to take the edict, glanced at it ten lines, took off the seal hanging around his waist, covered the edict, waved his hand, and ordered in a plain manner.
"My son obeys the order!"
The third master didn't say anything about the arrival of the fourth brother, but he was actually worried. He was afraid that the younger brother had divided the credit he deserved. At this moment, he heard that the old man had not changed his previous proposal, and his face turned red with excitement. He responded quickly. Then, under Yinzhen's jealous gaze that was about to spit out flames, he led Fu Qinga and others to hurried out of the hall, met the soldiers from the nine-gate admiral yamen nearby, and led the crowd to the Soetu mansion to kill...
"Report, Eighth Master, it's not good. Third Master suddenly led his troops to surround the Suo Mansion!"
Halfway through the Xu hour, the sky was already dark, and the curfew had already begun. The pedestrians on the streets were empty, and only the soldiers from the Nine Gate Admiral's Office patrolled the streets in full arms. A very tense atmosphere was a different scene, but the back garden of the Eighth Master's Mansion was filled with scenery. Brothers and Lu Chunyan sat around the flower hall, with a few plates of side dishes and a jar of sake, and laughed and talked about it. The atmosphere was relaxed and pleasant. However, this comfort did not last long, and the report of a strong man in black who stumbled into the hall was knocked into pieces.
"What's going on, say!"
When the strong man said this, the eighth master's hand trembled, and the wine glass he was holding almost fell to the ground. In a bad mood, his voice and expression were a little uncomfortable.
"When it comes to the Eighth Master, this is the thing. The young man led someone to stare at the Suo Mansion by your order. He never noticed any accidents. However, he never thought that just after Xu time, the third master led his army to come, saying that he was ordered to arrest Suo Xiang. As soon as the army rushed, the Suo Mansion was in chaos. Seeing that the situation was wrong, he came to report the news. Yun He and the others were still staring there."
The strong man in black surnamed Yao and named Shuangcheng. He was one of the masters of the martial arts world secretly gathered by the Eighth Master. He was responsible for helping the Eighth Master dealt with some dark things. He was also promoted by the Eighth Master to one of the person in charge of the "Rutao" of the secret organization. He was considered a clever person. Seeing that the Eighth Master was anxious, he dared not neglect it and hurriedly told the story.
"According to the order? Where did the order come from? The emperor is not here, where did the imperial edict come from?"
Yin Xun was impatient. When he heard the words of the order, he couldn't help it. He slapped the table and scolded it one after another.
"Third Master, this little guy doesn't know. Ah, by the way, Ah Fuqing is following the third master, and Longkodo is also there."
Yao Shuangcheng obviously knew this very well, so he did not dare to make random guesses, so he only added the news that he had just missed and then closed his mouth.
"Damn the third brother, how dare he fake the imperial edict and rebel against him. Brother, let's go and fuck that guy!"
Yinsun is really popular. Originally, the Eighth Master had already learned the accurate news, learned all Soetu's action plan, and made complete preparations to deal with it. Just waiting for Soetu to start tomorrow to stage a good show of mantis stalking the cicada oriole behind him. However, before the show even started, the Third Master even took the pot. His chance to show off his strength was turned into a bubble. In this anger, the table was in great danger and was almost disbanded by Yinsun.
"Enough, Twin Cities, please keep an eye on it again. If you have any news, you can get it back in time!"
Yinsi has always been well-informed. He knew about the third and fourth brothers going to Tong's mansion one after another, but he didn't care much about it. It was not that he looked down on the huge power of the Tong family, but he didn't think that the Tong family, which has always been neutral, would be moved by the third and fourth brothers. Although he also sent someone to pay attention to it, he didn't care much. However, he never expected that such a big scene would be caused by such an negligent scene. He was very angry. However, the situation was unclear. He did not dare to act rashly, nor did he want to see the tenth brothers make useless words there. He shouted impatiently, interrupted the tenth brothers' nonsense, and then waved his hand and sent Yao Shuangcheng away.
"Brother, the third guy is not very brave. He can't do this fake imperial edict. Could it be that the Emperor Ama is in Tong's house?"
Yinzhen was fat, but his mind was very lively, and he quickly reacted, but he was not sure of his own guess, so he hesitated to raise the problem.
"this……"
"hiss……"
"No way?"
...
As soon as Lao Jiu said this, the princes all took a deep breath. After looking at each other, they all turned their eyes to Lu Chunyan who was closing his eyes and pondering.
"The emperor's heart is unpredictable!"
Lu Chunyan ignored everyone's surprise and frowned for a long time before he raised his head and sighed.
"Sir, what should the situation be like now?"
It is naturally difficult to measure the Emperor's heart. Since ancient times, not to mention the outstanding literary and military strategies of Mr. Kangxi, it is even more difficult to guess his true thoughts. The Eighth Master is very clear about this point. However, at this subtle moment, even if the Emperor's heart is difficult to measure, he has to test it. Of course, he does not have the ability to do so, so he can only throw the problem to Lu Chunyan.
"Yes, sir, you said, what should we do to make a decision?"
Not only the Eighth Master was anxious, but also the Ninth Master was anxious, so he quickly agreed.
"I've collected all of them."
Lu Chunyan shook his head with a serious expression and gave the answer. As soon as this statement was spoken, the expectation on the faces of all the princes immediately frozen...
Chapter completed!