Chapter 1279: Swallowing gold

One day passed and it was dusk again.

When Cao Yongluoya came back, he entered the gate of Cao's mansion and happened to see Zhang Yizai, and asked, "Which prince's mansion is here to report the demise today?"

Chu Yu is the princess, and even if he dies in this sect or a recent clan, he will come here to report his demise.

Zhang Yi shook his head and said, "No one came to report the death today."

"Huh?" Cao Yong was surprised when he heard this.

If the royal family or the title is low, it may not be necessary to report the death to Princess Heshuo, Chuyu; but if it is really not important, how can it lead to a disgusting emperor or a prince?

Could it be the ones who failed to fight for the throne?

They are all in a state of being banned or half-circle, so it is difficult to come out to report the death?

After entering the inner house and returning to Wutongyuan, Cao Yong asked his wife if he had heard of any prince in the royal family who was in poor health recently.

Chu Yu thought for a while and said, "In recent years, I have been seriously ill and raised. My third uncle, my tenth uncle, my fifteenth uncle, my prince Jian, and my prince Ping... Other Beizi, who are in the state, have been called more ill and raised."

The more Cao Yong thought about it, the more confused he became. He shook his head hard to prevent himself from thinking about it anymore.

Chu Yu was curious and said, "Why did you think of asking this?"

Cao Yong said the abnormality of the morning court today. Chu Yu pursed his lips and his little face tense tightly, and asked, "Except for Uncle Seventeen's solemn expression, what's the reaction of the Fourth Uncle?"

Cao Yong frowned and said, "The emperor still seems to be majestic, but it is still a little different. His voice is a little hoarse and his expression seems to be restraining something. I just don't know if it is restrained or sad."

Chu Yu's face slowly turned pale, he held Cao Yong's arm and said, "There is another one who is also ill and recuperating. The fourth uncle has always been cold-hearted. Apart from his close relatives, who else can move the fourth uncle?"

"Who?" Cao Yong asked.

Chu Yu said: "Brother Hongshi!"

Hongshi, the third prince Hongshi, should have been the oldest prince in the palace. But now he can no longer call him the third prince. Because he was not favored by Yongzheng, he succeeded him in the third year of Yongzheng and was appointed as the prince of Lian County. In February last year, he angered Yongzheng for some reason and was removed from his clan and became a commoner.

A tragedy, the body of a prince is a taboo for the royal family.

In name, he was given fair support by Yongzheng to Zhenguo, but in fact his family was encircled in Zhenguo Duke's Mansion.

"Is Prince Hongshi in poor health?" Cao Yong asked.

It’s really because the third prince is too sensitive. Cao Yong rarely has the chance to hear his news and has no intention of inquiring, so he didn’t think of this person for a moment.

Chu Yu thought of his parents and children coming up because of the recent death of the young prince Yi’s mansion.

Chu Yu sighed and whispered: "No matter how good your body is, it will not be better for the past few years. He is already depressed, let alone the daughter died in April, and his bloodline was cut off."

"The bloodline was cut off?" Cao Yong couldn't help but wonder: "Isn't there a little princess left?"

Hongshiben had one son and two daughters, but his only son died young. In the third year of Yongzheng, he took two little princess out of the palace.

"That's the second princess, but it was gone last year. The one I didn't have this year is the big princess. They died in April, just the same as the day when the 13th uncle's family Xiaojiu died. Aunt Twelve once mentioned it." Chu Yu said.

Cao Yong doesn't remember when the Hongshi period was recorded in later generations, but he didn't live until the Qianlong year.

After hearing his wife's words, he really felt that 80% of the time he died was Hongshi.

Even though Hongshi had no choice but to ruin him except for his clan, Yongzheng could only abuse him. Even if the Seventeenth Prince was the prince, he would not dare to do so at will...*

Cao Yong and his wife were just guessing that Tianyou had already obtained the accurate letter first.

At this time, he was escorting Hongli and Hongzhou, the two princes, to the Duke Zhenguo Mansion.

Outside the Duke of Zhenguo, there is a quiet place.

Because the imperial decree was not given, the funeral was not started here, but the red lanterns outside the gate were still taken off.

Hongli and Hongzhou looked neither good-looking. They received the news at noon and then went outside the Yangxin Palace to ask for an order.

Until the sky was getting dusk, Yongzheng did not see these two sons. He just sent Chen Fu to send a message and told them to "go if they want to."

Hongli and Hongzhou both changed their clothes and ordered the guards to pick up tassels.

With just this action, the guards knew that the two masters were leaving the palace to attend the funeral.

Everyone thought about which old prince, old duke, and even well-informed one was. When they thought about the Fucha family, they didn't expect that the Duke Zhenguo Mansion would come.

The two princes came to the door and allowed them to leave to greet them in a hurry.

Hongli was patient and had seen him together, and then he mentioned the purpose of worshiping Hongshi.

Yun hesitated for a moment, but did not stop him, and led the two princes to the Duke's Mansion to cross the courtyard.

Hongli ordered a few guards to follow him, and the others stayed in the front yard of the Duke's Mansion to wait.

Hong Zhou was quiet about this foolish and incompetent twelve uncle. Hong Li was calm on his face, but he felt hatred in his heart.

Outsiders only thought Yun Zhi was not favored by the emperor, so they were demoted. Only three of them were left behind by the subordinates, and the others were seized; the actual reason was that they were related to Hongli.

I don’t know if it was really negligence and had another purpose. When the Zongren Mansion revised the royal jade plate in the second year of Yongzheng, he allowed Hongli’s biological mother to be written as Qian.

Just for this, the gossip about Hongli being a Han girl leaked from the royal family.

Because Yongzheng discovered it early, rumors did not spread.

Hongli knew that among the four brothers, he was neither the legitimate, nor the eldest, nor the love, and he occupied the advantage that the concubine had given, and became the most favorable candidate for the heir.

If this advantage is gone, he will not be much more important than his brothers.

As a result, a Han girl's gossip would eliminate her advantages. The culprit was to let her go, how to not complain.

Yunzhi was leading the way, but he didn't know that he was being resented. He just felt that he was heavy and his eyes were getting dark.

Apart from him, only the Seventeenth Prince had seen Hongshi's body.

OK, why did Hongshi? Until now, he is still frightened.

When he walked to the cross-yard, Yunzhi did not take people into the house directly. Instead, he stopped and looked at the four guards following him.

Hongli and Hongzhou brothers looked at each other and turned around and ordered Tianyou and the other four to stay in the yard. The two of them followed Yunzhi into the room.

Although the sun sets, there is still heat outside, but after entering the house, the two princes' hair tightened.

The room was very cool, even a little cold.

There were more than a dozen basins of ice in the room. Apart from the body covered with white cloth, there were only two eunuchs.

Yun waved his hand and sent the two eunuchs out.

Hongli and Hongzhou saw the situation, but instead hesitated to move forward.

Even though the grade of the funeral was not determined, the Duke of Zhenguo did not know how to mourn, but Hongshi's wife and concubine should have changed into mourning clothes and guarded him, but now they are not showing up.

In this mortal yard, except for the two old eunuchs who looked at the ice basin just now, no one could see anything wrong with others.

Hongli gritted his teeth, took two steps forward, and pulled the white cloth on Hongshi's head.

Hongshi's face was pale, his eyebrows were frowning, and his expression was lifelike, as if there was pain and joy.

His facial features and seven orifices were clean and there were no hang marks on his neck. Hongli breathed a sigh of relief.

The person in front of him is the biggest obstacle to his throne. Now that the light is gone, he can't help but feel pity and he doesn't want him to die in vain.

Then, he realized something was wrong.

Although Hongshi looked a little haggard, he was not sick and died of acute illness. Could it be that "accident"?

He covered the white cloth again, turned around, and looked at Yun in confusion: "Uncle Twelve, what disease does the third brother have? Is there a prescription left?"

Yunzhi looked pale, shook her head, and hesitated for a while, Fang whispered: "Since the emperor is the two princes, the emperor, I must not intend to hide it from the two princes... Prince Hongshi did not get sick, but swallowed gold..."

Hongli and Hongzhou were both stunned.

Hongshi is only twenty-four years old this year. How courage does he have to choose to take this one; and how desperate is he to take this one.

Hongli was a little surprised, and was glad that he was not the one who entered the desperate situation, and he felt guilty about the incompatibility of his father and brother. But no one mentioned Hongshi again in the past two years. Is it not good for him to live quietly? Why did he remember this again?

Hongzhou's bystander Qing was stunned for a moment and woke up. He asked, "The third brother has lived here for two years. How can I suddenly lose my mind?" Speaking of this, I remembered something: "Is it because the Emperor Ama gave the Jingyang Palace study to the fourth brother?"

Yun Qi said helplessly: "It's probably true. Prince Hongshi loves to be quiet. Although he lives in the same mansion, he only sees him once every seven or eight days. Unexpectedly, he will be so unwilling to think about it."

Hongzhou's mouth sneered a little more, and Hongli's eyes at Yun became sharper.

Since it is a quiet residence here, Hongshi's only source of information is Yunzhi and his wife.

Yun Qi felt cold sweat on his forehead, his body became more and more hunched, and he scolded his wife in his heart.

If Fu Cha had not been resentful of his scolding and his usual few managers were driven away, he would not have deliberately come to Hongshi to talk about Hongli's glory.

It was just a petty scruple in a woman's family. Thinking that since the emperor scolded her husband, he would mess with the emperor's son.

It only takes a momentary aura, but it leads to such severe consequences.

Yun Ji had already banned the insider, so how dare I admit a word...

*

Although Hongshi's funeral was not handled, within a few days, the news of Hongshi's death gradually spread among the court officials.

No one dares to gossip about the family affairs of the emperor in public, but there are only a few words of sigh in private.

The court officials were irrelevant, and they could watch coldly; but there were people in the royal family beating Xiao Jiujiu, wondering whether the emperor would care about the father-son relationship and give Prince Hongshi a title.

Prince Hongshi had already lost his inheritance. If he had a title, he would have to choose his heir to inherit it. Who would have to protect him?

Unexpectedly, after waiting, Hongshi was buried without a seal.

Some people must stamp their feet and grit their teeth to scold the emperor for being cruel.

Although Yongzheng did not give his own kindness to his own son, he valued Thirteenth Master more and more. The appointment of military officers was originally the military election department of the Ministry of War, but Yongzheng spoke out that starting this year, the military officers below the third rank were selected by Thirteenth Masters.

This year is the year of a major official colonel, and there will be a lot of vacant items at the end of the year. Such an order will affect the rise and fall of many people and the rise and fall of many families.

In this way, the death of Prince Hongshi seemed to gradually fade.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Fucha Li Rongbao died of illness, and there were many guests in the door to worship, which was another scene.
Chapter completed!