The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 140 Something Big Happened in the Palace
Until the banquet was over, there was no sign of Nian Gengyao.

Although the fourth brother was chatting and laughing all the time, he looked like he didn't care at all.

However, Yinyou knew that the fourth brother's hatred for Nian Gengyao could no longer be resolved.

To be honest, Lao Si was not a generous person.

Nian Gengyao would rather visit a brothel than attend his master's wife's birthday banquet. He simply treated the reputation of Prince Yong's Mansion as a piece of cake.

After returning home, since today was neither the first nor the fifteenth day of the lunar month, Yinyu did not have an east or west courtyard, but stayed in the main courtyard.

In the back room of the main courtyard, Nian Guanyin lived on the left and Lin Qianqian lived on the right. Whoever Yinyu called would go to the front to sleep with him.

Normally, Yinyu prefers to hold Lin Qianqian in his arms and roll around in bed together, because Nian Guanyin is still young and has not yet matured.

Well, a ripe woman has a juicy and juicy taste, and only those who have used her know it.

The next day was Yinyou's day off.

When Yinyou was sleeping in peace with his beauty, Yang Qiqian, the chief eunuch in the concubine's palace, suddenly came.

"Fifteenth Master, the mistress is asking you if there is a suitable candidate for Sixteenth Master's trial marriage?" Yang Qiquan bowed and explained his purpose respectfully.

Yinyou suddenly realized, well, in the blink of an eye, the sixteenth child is about to become an adult.

"Go back and report to the Concubine Mother, and tell her that I will discuss this with my Sixteenth Brother, then pass the sign into the palace and give the Concubine Mother a reply."

Originally, Yinyu thought that was the end of it, but Yang Qiqian said, "Fifteenth Master, the mistress also said that your uncle's cousins are not young anymore, right..."

Seeing that Yinyou's expression was not right, Yang Qiqian did not dare to continue.

When it comes to the Wang family, Yinyou gets a headache.

The eldest uncle, Wang Sheng, worked under the fourth uncle as the head of the Ministry of Revenue.

Originally, given the relationship between the fourth prince and Yinyou, as long as Wang Sheng had some ability, he would be promoted continuously.

However, after Wang Sheng gained some real power, he never returned home and spent every day drinking and having fun outside.

My second uncle was not cut out for business at all. He lost half of his capital in the monopoly business of salt and tea.

It is said that my third uncle, who was the magistrate of a county outside the capital, had a very bad reputation and was scolded by the common people as: the sky is three feet high.

The Wang family is really a hopeless case!
However, in an environment that favors boys over girls, Concubine Mi was instilled with the idea of supporting her younger brother by her mother Huang since she was a child, which was quite troublesome.

In the afternoon, Lao Shiliu came happily after school.

Yinyu asked the Sixteenth Prince, "My mother said that it's time for you to have a marriage trial. Do you have a favorite candidate?"

Trial marriage for princesses is a rule in the palace. There is no room for rejection, but there is room for choice.

Old Sixteen thought for a moment and said, "Brother, the two girls around me are quite likable."

Yinyu thought carefully and realized that Wangyue and Bixue, who were beside the Sixteenth Prince, were indeed ordinary-looking. But couldn't the Sixteenth Prince still like them?

"Okay, I'll talk to my mother later. When she asks you, you have to hold on."

The palace maids were all from the upper three banners. For them to be the women of the princes was already a great honor.

Only Wangyue and Bixue won the favor of Old Sixteen.

In the future, when the Sixteenth Prince reaps the fruit of Prince Zhuang, if they are lucky enough to give birth to a son for him, even the possibility of her becoming a concubine listed in the imperial book will not be out of the question.

Seeing that it was getting late, Yinyou took the Sixteenth Prince to Prince Jian's mansion.

The current Prince Jian, Yaerjiang'a, is the great-grandson of Prince Zheng, Jierhalang. He was once a first-class sword-bearing guard and was deeply trusted by Emperor Kangxi. Therefore, after Prince Zhuang, he was in charge of the clan affairs office.

In terms of seniority in the royal family, Yarjiang'a is considered to be Yinyou's distant cousin.

Today is a good day for Yarjiang'a's eldest son Delong to get married.

Having served as a guard in front of the emperor for a long time, Yarjiang'a knew very well how powerful Yinyou was.

Since Yarjiang Alian has invited him three times and Yinyou has already agreed, he naturally has to attend the wedding banquet today.

As soon as Yinyou's carriage turned into the alley in front of Prince Jian's mansion, the receptionist at the gate reported the matter to Yarjiang'a.

"Your Highness, Master Fifteen and Master Sixteen have already arrived at the entrance of the alley."

Yaerjiang'a, who was talking to Shuncheng Prince Norub, quickly stood up, bowed his hands apologetically and said, "I'm really sorry. I won't accompany you any longer."

Norub was also a guard. When he heard that Yinyu had arrived, he also stood up and said, "Come on, I'll go out with you to greet him."

As a result, when Yinyou got off the car in front of the palace, he looked up and saw that all the hereditary princes and dukes had come out to greet him.

The Bannermen were very polite, and by the time Yinyou and his cousins from other families had finished paying their respects one by one, a quarter of an hour had passed.

Although Yinyou held tremendous power, his title was only that of a Beile, so he could only enter through a back door.

Accompanied personally by Yarjiang'a, Yinyou was invited into the main courtyard of the palace.

When Yinyou entered the room, he saw that the third, fifth and seventh sons had already arrived and were talking to the groom, Delong.

The brothers exchanged greetings again. After a flurry of greetings, the host and the guest finally sat down.

When the fifth brother saw the sixteenth brother, he joked, "Sixteenth brother is about to become an adult."

Everyone present knew that Old Sixteen was about to taste a woman, and they couldn't help but smile knowingly.

"Fifth brother, when I get married, you must have a great horse with you!" The Sixteenth Brother gradually became sensible and felt embarrassed to be looked down upon, so he tried to take advantage of the Fifth Brother on purpose.

"Okay, it's just a few horses, what's that?"

The fifth brother is not good at business, but he has a wide range of hobbies. Although his family is large and his expenses are huge, he often needs secret help from Kangxi.

As long as Kangxi gave the order to help the fifth brother, Yinyu would always hint to the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to add more than 30% and provide the supply.

Having received Yinyou's care, the fifth brother could not pretend not to know, he just didn't say it.

According to the Qing Dynasty's wedding customs, the bride was always picked up at dusk.

After the bride was picked up, the workaholic Fourth Brother hurried over.

However, just when they were halfway through the worship, someone suddenly shouted, "There's a fire in the palace!"

Everyone walked into the yard and looked towards the direction of the palace. Wow, there was flames shooting into the sky and black smoke billowing!

Yinyu, who was in charge of the Imperial Guard House and the Guard Camp, quickly bowed and said, "Everyone, I'll be leaving for the time being."

When Yinwei arrived at Jingyun Gate, he found out that Baohe Hall, one of the three main halls, had caught fire.

Yinyou didn't need to ask anyone. Just by looking at the raging flames, he knew there was no way to save her.

We can only wait until it burns out and then allocate money to rebuild it in the future.

Because he was not on duty, Yinyou did not take over the command of the Imperial Guard House and the Guard Camp, but went straight into the Qianqing Gate and handed over a sign asking to see Kangxi.

When Kangxi heard that Yinyou had arrived, he quickly met him.

As soon as the father and son met, Kangxi sighed and said, "It's hard to prevent fire from the sky!"

Yes, the palace was built of wood, and the pillars were covered with flammable paint. Plus, it hadn't rained for two months, and the weather was dry, so it was indeed easy for a fire to start.

Yinyou knew that Kangxi had worked so hard to save up 40 million taels of silver, and he would have to spend at least several million taels.

You can't just say that you won't repair the Baohe Hall from now on, right?

Hehe, the three great halls of the Qing Dynasty have been left empty and the Baohe Hall has not been renovated. That is a disgrace to the royal family!
"Khan Ama, I request your permission to take over the Imperial Guards' Mansion and the Guards' Camp so that I can direct them to rescue some of the treasures in the Baohe Hall."

After Yinyou's reminder, Kangxi realized that there might have been heavy losses in the seal room of Baohedian!

Kangxi had a total of twenty-four imperial seals, most of which are kept in the seal room of Baohedian.

"Alas, looking at the current fire situation, I'm afraid that..." Kangxi suddenly realized that something ominous was happening, so he stopped talking.

"Go ahead. How much you can save depends entirely on God's will!"

With Kangxi's order, Yinyou left the Qianqing Palace and officially took over the power of the imperial guards and the imperial guards.

Not long after Yinyu left, Kangxi instructed Wei Zhu: "Go and ask if Xiao Shiwu came directly to the Qianqing Palace after entering the palace?"

"Yeah!" After receiving the order, Wei Zhu came out to find the guards and military escorts at Jingyun Gate. After asking carefully, he found out that Yinyou entered the Qianqing Palace first and then took over the guards and military escorts.

After receiving Wei Zhu's report, Kangxi nodded secretly. Yinyou really knew the importance of the matter.

To put it bluntly, even if the Qianqing Palace was also burned down, it would not be as harmful as if Yinyu took over the guards and imperial guards without asking for permission!
How could it be tolerated that he controlled the military power in the palace without asking for permission?

A country has no two masters, no two suns in the sky, and no two orders in the army!

If Yinyou really dared to usurp the throne, even if he commanded the guards and the imperial guards to save the Baohe Hall, Kangxi must take back the military power!
In fact, when Yinwei arrived at Baohedian with a large number of troops, the raging flames had already engulfed the entire Baohedian.

However, no matter how you cook it, you still have to look the same.

Under Yinyou's command, the guards and imperial escorts took turns carrying buckets to deliver water from a long distance to the Baohe Hall and then poured it onto the fire.

However, it was all in vain and just a drop in the bucket.

After burning for more than two hours, the beams of the Baohe Hall collapsed amid the billowing smoke.

"Boom!" The huge sound of the collapse was deafening, and even alarmed Kangxi who was far away in the Qianqing Palace.

Kangxi was so upset that he couldn't sleep, so he took Yinyou with him to inspect the six palaces in person.

The so-called inspection of the six palaces meant that Kangxi sat on the sedan chair, while Yinyou could only stretch his legs hard and walk on the ground following the sedan chair.

Normally, when Kangxi traveled in person, there would be eunuchs leading the way in front of him, clapping loudly and making stuttering sounds.

Today, Kangxi was in a bad mood. Liang Jiugong was afraid that his men would seek death, so he took the initiative to remove the eunuchs who were leading the way.

Just when Yinyou was walking with sweat all over his forehead, Kangxi suddenly made a gesture to stop the carriage.

Yinyou also heard the unusual noise and knew that something was terribly wrong!
PS: There are always guests, so it will be later, sorry! The second update may be in the early morning or in the morning. Don't wait, just read it in the morning!
(End of this chapter)