When the thirteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother came to the palace, Yongzheng's face was still ugly.

The sixteenth elder brother glanced at the seventeenth elder brother who was standing cautiously on the side, and wondered in his heart whether something terrible had happened.

In early spring, it is neither a time of drought nor a time of flooding.

Thinking of this, his expression couldn't help but froze.

The selection of scholars in the imperial examination is related to the major affairs of the country, and every time there is a malpractice, it will set off a bloody storm.

After they asked for peace, Yongzheng did not talk to the thirteenth elder brother first, but looked at the sixteenth elder brother: "Hongwang is twenty years old this year, has the county prince's mansion handed over the invitation to attack the fold?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother didn't expect the emperor to ask about the Zongren Mansion, and he was puzzled, but his face was not obvious, and he bowed down and said: "I handed it once in the first year, but because Hongwang is not very old, it is not over." Delivered it again last month. ”

Hongwang is the only heir of the Lianjun Palace, and it is only natural that he should be the king.

He was born in the first month of the 47th year of Kangxi and turned 20 years old this year.

Although it is common for the elder brother of the clan to be knighted at the age of twenty, there is no limit to the number of years of knighthood. Like Lianjun Wang Zaoxu, the heir should inherit the title early, after all, there is no reason for the title to be empty for a long time.

When the old county king of the Ping Wangfu was born, Nersu was only twelve years old, and he did not wait until he reached the age of twenty and directly inherited the title of county king.

The king of Lianjun has been in the palace for many years, and the only elder brother in the palace has not been able to accept the title for a long time, and in the early years, there is still a lack of age under the pressure, and they are already "strong words", and now he is twenty years old, and there is no reason to postpone it, so he has to start discussing.

The sixteenth elder brother has already received the excerpt of the title of Lianjun Wang Fujin, and after discussing it with several clan relatives, he feels that it is more appropriate to wait until the Dragon Boat Festival and hand it to the royal front together with the excerpts of several other clans.

is afraid that it will be handed to the emperor and cause the emperor to think of the suspicion of the palace of Tonglian County in the early years.

Now that he heard the emperor take the initiative to mention this matter, the sixteenth elder brother felt bad, and sure enough, he listened to Yongzheng Dao: "Since Hongwang is old, the Zongren Mansion will come up with a fold to ......" Speaking of this, he paused and said: "Prince Gong is an example." ”

Hearing this, several princes changed their faces.

Clan succession, except for the hereditary title, the other titles are descended.

The heir of the county king, as usual, attacked the Lord of Baylor.

But because of the grace of the emperor, there are exceptions.

For example, the three siblings of the Holy Grandfather, Prince Yuxian, and the prince still inherited the title of prince, and after winning the title twice, Guanglu did not degrade. It will not begin to descend until the son of Guanglu.

After Prince Chunjing's Longxi, the elder brother of the palace was still a young child, and he still took the title of prince at the original level, and he stopped being a prince because of his early death.

When Prince Gong Changning, because of the dispute between the eldest brother and the second elder brother, he was disgusted by the Holy Ancestor, not only after his death, but also because of the name of the prince's elder brother "no son-in-law, and the biological mother is inferior", he was directly demoted to two ranks, and the elder brother from a concubine Fujin inherited the title of Baylor.

From the title of Prince Gong, that is, to demote two levels to attack the title, Hongwang can only get the title of Viscount Bei.

Hongwang's delay in attacking the seal has long been criticized in the clan, so downgrading the two-level attack is more like the emperor's reputation for being "mean and unkind".

These princes in front of the emperor are all "imperial parties", and of course they don't want the emperor's reputation to be damaged.

The thirteenth elder brother had already come out of the ranks, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, please think twice." ”

No matter how many disputes the emperor had with the eighth elder brother in the early years, now people are dying like lights going out.

As soon as such a will to attack the lord was released, no one would say that the Lianjun Mansion had a disobedient heart in the early years, so it was self-inflicted; On the contrary, they will say that the emperor is not open-minded and treats his nephew harshly.

Three years ago, Hongwang got married and pointed to a niece of Shangshufu. Although it is also a Manchurian surname, the orphan girl who has no father and brother is too low for the elder brother of the county prince's mansion.

Because of that incident, there were already rumors back then; Now with the addition of two levels of demotion to the throne, the emperor's reputation in the clan is even more ugly.

The sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother also followed behind the thirteenth elder brother and said, "The emperor thinks twice." ”

Yongzheng sneered twice and said, "Holy Grandfather is not afraid, what am I afraid of?" 'Mistreatment'? Do you want to offer them to heaven? The concubine came out, attacked Viscount Bei, and was already a long grace. ”

Although the Thirteenth Elder Brother and the others all understood that it was inappropriate, they all knew Yongzheng's temper. When it comes to this, it is not something that can be changed by persuasion.

In addition, he is confused now, and I don't know why the emperor remembered to attack the Lianjun Palace, and the thirteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother also died down.

The seventeenth elder brother, who knew about it, followed behind the two elder brothers, and there was no room for speech.

When the three brothers retreated from the palace, the thirteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother asked the seventeenth elder brother who had arrived in the imperial front one step ahead of them about the reason.

Because there is a sticky rod in the middle, the seventeenth elder brother is not easy to say in detail, so he can only vaguely say: "Because of the details, my brother doesn't know much about it." It's just that when the younger brother first arrived in front of the palace, the emperor was furious, and when he heard the meaning, it was like Lianjun Wang Fujin slandering the holy bow, which made the emperor annoyed. ”

Hearing him say this, the thirteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother were silent.

The temper of Lianjun Wang Fujin, they are all seen as little uncles.

The thirteenth elder brother sighed and said to the sixteenth elder brother: "If the excerpt can be delayed, drag it for two days to see if the emperor can extinguish the fire." ”

The sixteenth elder brother nodded in response, the thirteenth elder brother was busy, but the seventeenth elder brother was invited by the sixteenth elder brother to the government office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"The eighth sister-in-law's mouth has never had good words, why did the emperor make a big move this time? Seventeenth brother, don't fool me, or tell the truth thoroughly, and the provincial brother also accidentally committed a taboo. The sixteenth elder brother called someone to serve tea, and then asked.

"What else can there be, it's nothing more than the old words that the emperor is unkind and unfilial. I don't know which sentence poked the emperor's heart, which made the emperor so annoyed. Brother Seventeen said casually.

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he couldn't help frowning.

He is in charge of the Zongren Mansion, which is to maintain the bond between the royal family and the clan, and of course he hopes that everyone will live peacefully and peacefully.

The emperor treated the Lianjun Wangfu like this, with the temper of Lianjun Wang Fujin, how could he swallow his anger, and he didn't know what to make trouble.

This only makes things worse and worse.

"It seems that the emperor can't persuade here, and the eighth sister-in-law has to ask someone to persuade him." Sixteen Elder Brother Road.

The seventeenth elder brother nodded and said: "That's right, not to mention the side, the county king's mansion was originally rebuilt from Baylor Mansion back then, and the eighth sister-in-law has lived there for more than 20 years, but now she is going to move, and she doesn't know where to go, so it's strange that she can honestly respond." ”

The prince's mansions are all state-owned and under the control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Ascend to the throne, can still expand, and continue to live; Demotion to the knight, after the regulations, you have to change the house.

Thinking of Bafujin's pungent temper, the sixteenth elder brother felt a pain in his brain.

The seventeenth elder brother remembered another matter, his face showed solemnity, and said, "Sixteenth brother, there is one thing, I still want to ask my brother to have an idea." ”

"What? Let's put it bluntly. "Sixteen Elder Brother Dao.

The seventeenth elder brother hesitated for a moment and said, "After Qingming, do you want to invite Concubine Mi and my mother to go back to the palace to live for a while." ”

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, his eyes couldn't help but widen: "Why is this?" ”

There is a big cage in the palace, living in the palace of Cining Palace, and living together with a bunch of widows.

Although the sixteenth elder brother is not good at going to his biological mother every day to say goodbye, he can go to Baylor Mansion for ten days and a half to find his son, and the mother and son say a few words, which is much stronger than not seeing each other in the past year.

"After the grandfather and the holy grandfather ascended the throne, there were also concubines who went out of the palace to support, but during the New Year's holidays, they also handed signs into the palace to talk to the queen mother. On the emperor's side, even if it is not common, it makes people say goodbye. Although there is no queen mother in the palace now, there are two noble concubines, whose grades are above those of the concubines. But I have never heard of a concubine outside the palace entering the palace to speak, and no one has sent anyone to the emperor to say goodbye. "Seventeen Brother Dao.

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he shook his head and said, "Concubine Rong's side, she can't get out of bed for a long time, she just boils up; Concubine Yi's son died on her side, and she regarded the emperor as an enemy, where would she go to the palace; Since Concubine Hui left the palace, she has worshiped the Buddha in the Buddha Hall of the Lianjun Wangfu, and has never seen outsiders, and she has not left the palace for five years. The three concubines don't move, and the other concubines, who can directly cross them and ask for a decree to enter the palace? ”

"You have to give the emperor a step down, otherwise you will keep stiff, and when the emperor has a seizure, everyone will have no face." Seventeen Brother Road.

Although the sixteenth elder brother was reluctant in his heart, he also knew that what the seventeenth elder brother said made sense, nodded and said, "It's okay, I'll go to Baylor Mansion today......

While the brothers were talking, two guards had already hurried over to deliver the news.

Taifu Jinxue, the people who reported the funeral in the palace had already arrived outside the palace gate...... * Cao's family, it was dusk, when I received the funeral letter from the palace, the fourth sister and Guanglu had not left yet.

Cao Hao was in a good mood, so he drank a few more glasses, but when he heard the news, he immediately sobered up.

With his relationship with the sixteenth elder brother, he doesn't have to wait for "picking up three", he should go to the funeral.

Guanglu couldn't sit still, the sixteenth elder brother was in charge of the Zongren Mansion and had taken care of him for several months.

He and the fourth sister hurriedly said goodbye and went back to change clothes and prepare for the sacrifice.

Cao Hao also immediately returned to Xifu, changed into plain clothes, and went to Prince Zhuang's mansion with Chu Yu.

Outside Prince Zhuang's mansion, it was already plain white, and a spiritual shed was also set up in the courtyard. There have already been hangers arriving one after another, and Brother Hongpu took a few children from Prince Zhuang's side branch to entertain the guests and return the gift.

The sixteenth elder brother of the main lord is gone.

Cao Hao was worried about the sixteenth elder brother, so he hurriedly caught the seventeenth elder brother who went to the palace one step ahead of him to ask.

"Since the burial, there has been something wrong with the sixteenth brother, and he is just behind the cat, I don't know what he is thinking." The seventeenth elder brother pointed to the corner behind the spirit shed and replied.

Cao Hao walked over to take a look, and the sixteenth elder brother was wearing filial piety clothes and sitting in a dark place behind the spirit shed, with a wooden expression and a little depressed.

Cao Hao originally wanted to go over and comfort him, but after taking two steps, he still stopped.

There are some things that have to be figured out by the sixteenth elder brother himself......*

(To be continued)