The day passed, and it was dusk again.

Cao Hao came back, entered the gate of Cao's mansion, happened to see Zhang Yi there, and asked, "Which prince's mansion came to report the funeral today?" ”

Chu Yu is the lord of the county, and many of the clans or the clans of the near branch have to report their funerals here.

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

"Huh?" Cao Hao listened to it and wondered in his heart.

If the distant branch clan or the title is low, there is no need to report the funeral to Chu Yu, the lord of Heshuo County; But if it's really weightless, how can it attract an emperor and a county king.

Could it be the ones who failed to win the heir?

are all in a state of captivity or semi-confinement, and it is difficult to come out to report the funeral?

After entering the inner house and returning to Wutong Garden, Cao Hao asked his wife if he had heard of any prince in the clan who was not in good health recently.

Chu Yu pondered for a while and said, "In the past few years, there have been a lot of serious people who have been sick and raised, the third uncle, the tenth uncle, the fifteenth uncle, Prince Jane, and Prince Ping...... Other Beizi and Guogong are said to be sick and honored. ”

The more Cao Hao thought about it, the more confused he became, and he shook his head vigorously to prevent himself from thinking about it again.

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

Cao Hao said that the strange situation of the early dynasty today, Chu Yu pursed his lips, his little face tightened, and asked, "Except for the solemn expression of the seventeenth uncle, what is the reaction of the fourth uncle?" ”

Cao Hao frowned and said, "The emperor still seems to be majestic, but there are still some differences. The voice was a little hoarse, and his expression seemed to restrain something, but I didn't know whether it was annoyance or sadness. ”

Chu Yu's face slowly turned pale, and he held Cao Hao's arm and said, "There is another one who is also recuperating from illness." The fourth uncle has always been cold, in addition to the flesh and blood of his closest relatives, who else can move the fourth uncle? ”

"Who?" Cao Hao asked.

Chu Yu said: "Brother Hongshi! ”

Hongshi, the third elder brother Hongshi, should have been the eldest prince in the palace. But now he can't be called the third elder brother, because he is not liked by Yongzheng, Yongzheng succeeded him in three years, and he was appointed as the prince of Lianjun; In February last year, he angered Yongzheng for some reason, was expelled from the sect, and became a common man.

A tragedy, the body of the prince, but it is a taboo for the clan.

Nominally, Yongzheng handed over to Zhenguo to be supported by the Zhenguo Fair, but in fact, the family was confined in the Zhenguo Mansion.

"Is Brother Hongshi not well?" Cao Hao asked.

It's really that the identity of the third elder brother is too sensitive, and Cao Hao rarely has the opportunity to hear from him, and he has no intention of taking the initiative to investigate, so he didn't think of this person for a while.

Chu Yu thought of his parents and children because of the recent death of the little elder brother in Prince Yi's mansion.

Chu Yu sighed and whispered: "No matter how good your body is, after a few years of hard work, it can't get better." was already depressed, not to mention the death of a concubine in April, and the blood was cut off. ”

"Bloodline severed?" When Cao Hao heard this, he couldn't help but wonder: "Isn't there a small Gege left?" ”

Hongshi had one son and two daughters, but the only son died early, and in the third year of Yongzheng, he went out of the palace with two small Gege.

"That's Ergege, it was gone last year. This year's one is Da Gege, who died in April, just like the thirteenth uncle's little nine no, the twelfth aunt once mentioned it. Chu Yu said.

Cao Hao doesn't remember when he didn't have the Hongshi recorded in later history, anyway, he didn't live to the Qianlong year.

After listening to his wife's words, he really felt that Bacheng was really Hongshi.

Even if Hongshi is not only from the clan, but Yongzheng can only spoil him, and the others, even if the seventeenth elder brother is the king of the county, he does not dare to ...... at will* Cao Hao and his wife are still just guessing that Tianyou has already obtained the letter first.

At this time, he was escorting the two elder brothers, Hongli and Hongday, to the Zhenguo Mansion with his fellow guards.

Outside the town, it was quiet.

Because the imperial decree was not issued, the funeral did not start here, but the red lantern outside the gate was still taken off.

Hongli and Hongday's faces were not good-looking, they got the news at noon, and then went to the heart hall to ask for advice.

Until the end of the day, Yongzheng did not see these two sons, but just sent Chen Fu to send a message, telling them to "go if they want to".

Hongli and Hongday both changed into plain clothes, and ordered the accompanying guards to pick up the tassels.

With just this one move, the guards knew that the two masters were out of the palace to mourn.

I was thinking about which old county king, old prince, and even well-informed ones, thinking about the Fucha family, but I didn't expect that it was the Zhenguo Mansion that came.

The two princes came to the door, and they were greeted in a hurry.

Hongli patiently took his surname and met with Yun Qi before mentioning that he wanted to worship Hongshi.

Yun Yan hesitated, did not stop him, and led the two elder brothers to the Guogong Mansion across the courtyard.

Hongli ordered a few guards to accompany him, and the others stayed in the front yard of the Guogong Mansion to wait.

For this mediocre and incompetent twelfth uncle, Hongli is indifferent, Hongli is calm on the face, but hateful in his heart.

Outsiders only thought that Yun Qi was not liked by the emperor, so he was demoted, and only three of the assistants under his name were left, and the others were taken away; In fact, the reason is related to Hongli.

I don't know if it's really negligence, there is another purpose, when the Zongren Mansion revised the royal jade plate in the second year of Yongzheng, Yun Qi mistakenly wrote Hongli's biological mother as Qian's.

For this reason, there is also gossip in the clan that Hongli is a Han girl.

Because Yongzheng discovered it early, he didn't let the rumors spread.

Hongli knew that among the four brothers, he was neither a concubine nor a long-term person, and what he took advantage of was the advantage of Concubine Man, so he became the most favorable candidate for the heir.

Without this advantage, he would not be much heavier than his brother.

As a result, the gossip of a Han girl will wipe out her advantages, and the culprit is Yun Yan, how not to complain.

Yun Yan led the way, not knowing that he was being resented, he only felt top-heavy, and his eyes were black for a while.

Hongshi's body, except for him, has only been seen by the seventeenth elder brother.

Okay, what's going on with Hiroshi? Until now, he was still terrified.

Walking to the courtyard, Yun Yan did not directly bring people into the house, but stopped and looked at the four guards who came over.

Hongli and Hongyang brothers glanced at each other, turned around and ordered Tianyou and the other four to stay in the courtyard, and only the two of them followed Yunqi into the house.

Although the sun went down, there was still residual heat outside, but after entering the house, the hairs of the two princes tightened.

It was very cool, even a little cold.

There were more than a dozen pots of ice in the room, and except for the corpse covered with a white cloth, there were only two eunuchs.

Yun Yan waved his hand and sent the two eunuchs out.

Hongli and Hongli saw the posture, but they hesitated a little.

Even if the grade of the future is undecided, and the Zhenguo Mansion does not know how to treat the funeral, but Hongshi's wife and concubine should have changed into mourning clothes and guarded the spirit, but now they are not showing up.

In this morgue yard, except for the two old eunuchs who were looking at the ice basin just now, there was no one else, and no one could see that something was wrong.

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

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

The facial features were clean, and there were no scars on the neck, Hongli secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The person in front of him can be said to be the biggest obstacle on his way to winning the heir, and now that the lights are out, he can't help but feel pity and don't want him to die in vain.

Immediately, he realized that something was wrong.

Although Hongshi's face was a little haggard, he was not sick, so he died of an emergency, so it was still an "accident"?

He re-covered the white cloth, turned around, and looked at Yun Qi suspiciously: "Twelfth uncle, what is the third brother's disease, can there be a prescription left?" ”

Yun Yan's face turned pale, shook his head, hesitated for a while, and said in a low voice: "Since the emperor allowed the two elder brothers to come, he definitely didn't plan to hide it from the two elder brothers...... Brother Hongshi didn't get sick, but swallowed gold......"

Hongli and Hongday were stunned.

Hongshi is only twenty-four years old this year, how much courage does it take to choose to take this path; And how desperate it is to take this road.

Hongli was a little stunned, and he was glad that it was not himself who had entered a desperate situation, and he was a little guilty of contributing to the discord between his father and brother. But in the past two years, no one has mentioned Hongshi again, isn't it good for him to be quiet? Why do you think of this again?

Hongday's bystander Qing was stunned for a moment and then woke up, and asked, "The third brother has lived here for two years, so it's okay, why can't you think about it all of a sudden?" Speaking of this, I remembered something: "Is it because the emperor Ama gave the study of Jingyang Palace to the fourth brother?" ”

Yun Qi said helplessly: "Eighty percent is like this. Brother Hongshi loves to be quiet, although he lives in a house, he only sees him once in seven or eight days. I didn't expect him to think so. ”

The corners of Hongday's mouth were a little more sneering, and Hongli's gaze towards Yunqi also became sharp, both living in seclusion, Hongshi's sources, only Yunqi and his wife.

Yun Yan only felt that there was cold sweat on his forehead, his body became more and more rickety, and he scolded his wife half to death in his heart.

If it weren't for the fact that the Fucha clan was not angry that he was being reprimanded, and if he was not angry that his usual stewards were taken away, he would not have deliberately come to Hongshi to talk about the scenery of Hongli.

It's just the careful eye of the woman's family, thinking that since the emperor scolds her husband, she will toss the emperor's son.

It's just for a moment, but it leads to such heavy consequences.

Yun Qi has long kept the insider silent, how dare he admit a word......* Although Hongshi's future affairs were not done, it didn't take long for the news of Hongshi's death to gradually spread among the courtiers.

In the family affairs of the Son of Heaven, no one dares to chew his tongue in public, but he has to sigh in private.

The courtiers have nothing to do with each other, and they can all look at it coldly; However, there are people in the clan who play Xiao Jiujiu, wondering if the emperor will take care of the relationship between father and son, and posthumously give Brother Hongshi a knighthood.

Brother Hongshi has become an heir, if he has a title, he must choose an heir to inherit it, and he can't keep it cheaper.

Unexpectedly, waiting and waiting, Hongshi was buried without sealing.

There are few people who stomp their feet, gritted their teeth and scolded the emperor for being ruthless.

Although Yongzheng did not pay favor to his own son, he valued the Thirteenth Master more and more. The appointment of the military attache was originally the position of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War, but Yongzheng opened his mouth, and from this year onwards, the military attache below the third grade will be selected by the thirteenth master.

This year is the year of the officialdom colonel, and at the end of the year, there will be a lot of vacancies, such a will will affect how many people are on the top, and how many families will rise and fall.

In this way, the death of Brother Hongshi seems to be fading.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Fucha Li Rongbao died of illness, and the guests who worshiped at the door were like clouds, which was another scene.

In the second place of Qianxi, the Fucha clan of Sifujin has begun to defend the system, and the other Fucha clan has officially gained a status in the elder brother's office......

(To be continued)