The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 15 Bulengzi

The Li family's house is a large courtyard with four entrances. The front room of the first entrance is where the servants live. The second entrance is Li Sibao's wedding room, the third entrance is where Aunt Li lives, and the backyard, which is the fourth entrance, is the back room that serves as a warehouse.

In the inner city, all the bannermen who could live in a four-courtyard house had money in their pockets.

At the beginning, when Aunt Li left the palace, there were dozens of red gold hairpins that Yinyu helped her take out of the palace, which was considered a considerable fortune!
After Yinyou sat in the main room of the third courtyard, Aunt Li pulled her brother, Li San, Li Sibao's biological father, to kneel down and pay their respects.

"Forget it." Yinyu frowned and said lightly, "Aunt Li, you also know that I am impatient with these red tapes."

Aunt Li heard some dissatisfaction in Yinyou's voice. She didn't dare to refute him, but she understood one thing in her heart: the more courtesy, the less blame!
Yinyou really didn't like too many etiquette constraints, but as a servant, he must never lose his sense of propriety.

For Aunt Li's sake, Yinyu gently waved his folding fan and asked Li San gently, "Where do you work?"

"To answer your question, sir, I can't read or draw a bow of one stone. I couldn't find a job in the camp, so I have been staying at home idle." Li San didn't dare to hide the truth. He blushed and exposed his shortcomings.

Yinyou naturally knew that Li San was an incompetent guy. He spent all his time in teahouses, carrying bird cages, flying hawks and running dogs, and living a life of drunkenness and dreams.

Since Li San was a good-for-nothing, Yinyu was too lazy to bother with him anymore. He turned around and asked Li Sibao, "What are you good at doing?"

This question has a deeper meaning.

In those days, the bannermen in Beijing were not allowed to do business or farm. They could only work hard for the Qing Dynasty and get paid based on their real skills in riding and shooting.

Aunt Li had been in the palace for decades, so she understood what Yinwei meant immediately and quickly winked at Li Sibao, saying that the good opportunity to curry favor with a powerful man had come, and it depended on whether you could seize it.

Li Sibao bent down and whispered, "My lord, I don't have any special skills. I can hit the target with an arrow from a hundred steps away while riding on a horse."

Yinyou nodded. Li Sibao was being very modest. In fact, hitting the target from a hundred paces away during horseback archery could already be considered "brave".

"Well, after you get married, you can go directly to Yuzhu." Yinyu turned his head and told Yuzhu, "After you go back, ask your father to help Sibao find a job in the Imperial Household Department's Guard Camp. It shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Yuzhu laughed immediately, patted his chest happily, and said, "Master, since you have spoken, how dare my father not listen?"

Because he stood on the wrong side and followed the wrong eldest prince, Longkodo was indeed unlucky and was demoted from deputy governor-general to a first-class guard.

However, as long as Longkodo was still serving in the imperial court, he had a say in matters within the Imperial Household Department.

In the era of imperial power, the closer one is to the emperor, the greater one's influence.

For example, after Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, his favorite minister Wu Zhi once humiliated General Cao Zhen in public.

Cao Zhen was not only a member of the Cao family, but also a general with great military power. However, he dared not speak out despite his anger.

Nowadays, both the emperor and the Manchu ministers have their weaknesses.

Longkodo’s weaknesses are Yuzhu and Li Si’er.

If Yinyou directly gave a greeting to He Yi, the general manager of the Imperial Household Department, the matter of Li Sibao's replacement of his vest would surely be resolved satisfactorily.

However, Yinyou did not want to expose his close relationship with Li Sibao, so he used Longkodo as a middleman to conceal his relationship.

Aunt Li was extremely happy and knelt side by side with Li Sibao. She led her adopted son and kowtowed several times.

"Thank you for your kindness, Master. I was worried about Sibao's future." Aunt Li came from the palace, so she naturally understood that getting a job in the Imperial Household Department's Guard Battalion was definitely a great honor for the family. As everyone knows, the treatment of the Guard Battalion of the Upper Three Banners, both in status and income, was much higher than that of the Guard Battalion of the Lower Five Banners.

The Imperial Household Department's Guard Battalion was responsible for guarding the Forbidden City and Changchun Garden, while the Lower Five Banners' Guard Battalion was responsible for guarding the palaces of the various princes and nobles.

Can this be the same?

Many years in advance, Yinyu learned the tricks of playing idle chess and placing cold pieces at critical positions from a certain grandmaster.

Often at the most critical moment, a seemingly insignificant person may play a role in turning the tide.

Yinyou came to show kindness, not to cause trouble. He sat for about half a cup of coffee and then got up and left the Li family.

Aunt Li knew her limits and did not dare to ask Yinyou to stay for the wedding banquet. She could only accompany Yinyou out.

How can a prince drink with all kinds of peddlers and hawkers?
After coming out from Aunt Li, Li Ding suggested, "Master, it's still early, why don't we go to the overpass to watch the acrobatics?"

Objectively speaking, the four Hahazhuzi around Yinyou are of similar age and are at the age when they love to play and have fun.

"You guys go ahead. I'm tired." Yinyu glanced at Yuzhu who was eager to try. Not wanting to spoil their interest, he simply parted ways on the spot.

According to the rules, the princes' haha beads could enter the palace directly with their waist badges. However, their range of activities was strictly restricted. They could only walk in the outer court and could not enter the inner palace.

The outer court of the Forbidden City refers to the vast area south of the Qianqing Gate, including the three main halls.

The inner court is located to the north of the Inner Right Gate and Inner Left Gate of the Qianqing Palace.

After Yinyou entered the Shenwu Gate and was about to turn right back to his residence in Qianxi Sansuo, he ran into the boss who was like a black iron tower.

The eldest son, Yinzhi, had a biological mother named Huifei Ulanala, and his maternal grandfather, Guo Luomafa, was Solhe, a fifth-rank doctor.

Objectively speaking, the eldest brother's maternal family doesn't have much power, and is not even as rich, powerful, and favored as Li Xu.

However, the eldest son was the first among all the princes to reveal his ambition to seize the throne.

Wulanala, Wulanala, Wulanala are all the same surname. Because Manchu is incomplete and immature, there are often many mistakes and omissions when writing in Chinese.

However, the Ulanara clan and the Yehenara clan are completely different.

Nalan Mingzhu, who had fallen, was the grandson of Jin Taishi (Huang Taiji's uncle), the last ruler of the Yehe tribe, and his surname was Yehenara. Huifei was a descendant of the ruler of the Ula tribe, and her surname was Ulanara.

Therefore, there is no blood relationship between Concubine Hui and Nalan Mingzhu.

"I am Yinyou, your younger brother, and I am here to greet Prince Zhi!" Since he had run into the boss, Yinyou had to bow and greet him.

"Little Fifteen, you are so brave that you actually dare to contradict the Second Brother in person?" The eldest brother was unprecedentedly friendly.

In the past, the arrogant boss always treated Yinyou as if he were air and always ignored him.

Yinyou secretly laughed. The boss was such a reckless man, did he really think that the enemy of my enemy was his friend?

(End of this chapter)