The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 150: A Pair of Pants Is Too Big

The supreme power held by men requires clear footnotes.

The way to prove a man's power, besides riding on extremely hard-to-get women, is to force powerful men to crawl at his feet!
Dorgon's way of proving his invincibility was: killing Hauge and sleeping with Concubine Zhuang!
Concubine Zhuang, Shunzhi’s biological mother!
To be honest, Yinyu felt much better psychologically when he married Cao Jia than when he married any other woman!
As the legitimate wife of a hereditary prince, it doesn’t really matter whether she is beautiful or not, what matters most is her precious status!
Wu Lin, who was guarding outside the bamboo forest, had already recognized Cao Jia.

At first, Wulin thought that Cao Jia came to discuss important matters with Yinyou.

When Wu Lin heard Cao Jia's cries of joy, he suddenly realized that she was coming to throw herself into his arms.

With Yinyou's power, Wulin had no fear at all even if he married Cao Jia.

It’s a waste if you don’t ride it, and it’s a waste if you ride it!
It is not an exaggeration to describe Yinyou's current status as extremely powerful!

Wulin knew very well that the emperor particularly disliked Narsu.

Even if the emperor knew about Yinyou's scandalous act of riding Cao Jia, at most he would be scolded.

To put it bluntly, as long as Yinyou does not intend to rebel, the current emperor will tolerate him.

For five consecutive days, Yinyou was like a hard-working ox, riding Cao Jia hard during the day and feeding Cui Qing at night.

When Cao Jia said goodbye and left Hongluo Temple, Cui Qing felt a little strange. How could Cao Jia give people such a radiant feeling?

After a few months, Cuiqing was still pregnant, but Huixiang's belly got bigger!

Yinyou thought to himself, this is really the case, if you try to plant flowers, they won't smell good, but if you plant willows by accident, they will grow into a shade!

Huixiang was the first to become pregnant, and the fourth brother was more nervous than Yinyou.

The Fourth Lady would come to Yinyu's house every three or five days, and watch Huixiang take care of her pregnancy like a hen taking care of her chicks!

The top-quality medicinal materials from Prince Yong's mansion were delivered to Prince Yinyou's mansion in an endless stream as if they were free of charge.

Kangxi knew everything that happened in Yinyou's mansion, big or small.

"Little Fifteen, you are much better than Hongwang's father!"

Yinyou understood immediately that Kangxi was indirectly accusing the Eighth Prince of being dominated by his wife.

Last year, the eighth brother, who had great difficulty in having children, finally had Hongwang, his only child.

In order to celebrate the birth of his only son, the eighth brother actually held a buffet for half a month.

"Khan Ama, maybe it's a little princess?" Yinyou deliberately joked with Kangxi.

Kangxi glanced at Yinyu and said confidently: "I asked the Imperial Observatory to calculate it, and it is 90% likely to be a little prince!"

Yinyu quickly knelt down to express his gratitude, and said sincerely: "Khan Ama cares about me so much, I am deeply grateful."

Regarding the issue of Yinyou's offspring, Kangxi actually asked the Imperial Observatory. It can be imagined that Yinyou's position in his mind was extremely important.

Half a month later, Tong Guowei, who had been bedridden, was able to get out of bed.

However, when Prince Zhuang's wife was eating chicken, a bone got stuck in her trachea and she suffocated to death.

When Kangxi learned about this, he ordered the Twelfth Prince and Yinyou to go together to handle the funeral.

When Yinyou and the Twelveth Prince rushed to Prince Zhuang's mansion, they saw Prince Zhuang Bogoduo sitting alone in a daze.

Speaking of which, Prince Zhuang was also quite unlucky. He had only three daughters, and they were all raised by the emperor and not in the capital.

Now, the wife who had been with me for decades is gone. Alas, life is really meaningless!

As the saying goes, a couple in youth will be companions in old age!
After his wife passed away, Prince Zhuang didn’t even have anyone to argue with!

However, Prince Zhuang still has more than twenty Niulu under his control!

To put it bluntly, Kangxi had long been eyeing these Niulu.

In the past, Prince Zhuang had a serious illness. At that time, Kangxi had the evil idea of adopting the third son to him as his heir.

After issuing the decree, the Twelfth Prince asked Prince Zhuang, "Uncle Wang, what are your plans?"

Prince Zhuang didn't speak for a long time. Finally, he sighed and said, "She is an unlucky woman."

Yinyu secretly found it funny, thinking that it was probably a problem with Prince Zhuang's own genetic chromosomes.

There were quite a few concubines in the Zhuang Palace, including both Manchu, Mongolian and Han people. However, not a single one of them laid eggs.

Today, Prince Zhuang’s Mansion is truly a wealthy and powerful place.

The wife of the old prince, the leader of the banner, died. All the twenty or so servants of the Niulu under his command, who were all prominent and influential, came to help with the funeral, and it seemed quite lively.

Yinyou knew in his heart that the Twelfth Prince was an expert in funeral arrangements and was an expert among experts!
Therefore, in most cases, Yinwei just helped the Twelveth Prince to hold the fort and did not take the initiative to intervene in specific affairs.

According to the old rules of the Banner people, when an old person dies, a small funeral must be held on the same day.

The so-called small burial means that after the deceased has been bathed, dressed, and covered with a quilt, the body is placed in the coffin, but it cannot be covered or nailed.

Under the personal command of the Twelveth Prince, after the wife of Prince Zhuang was changed into her shroud, she was carried to the door panel and sent out of the main room of the Prince's Mansion through the window. The rules for funerals in the subordinate families were extremely numerous.

For example, the body cannot go out through the front door, lest the soul be unable to return to its rightful place!

Anyway, there are a lot of feudal superstitions, and it’s impossible to reason with them. Just follow the rules!

With Yinyou present, no one dared to disobey the Twelfth Prince's orders.

In fact, everything else was fine, but the one hundred plus monks, plus more than one hundred Taoists, banging and hammering together, made an extremely loud noise.

Yinyou even felt that Prince Zhuang was old, and if he couldn't stand the noise and followed him, Kangxi would definitely be secretly happy!
That’s more than twenty Niulu!

On the other hand, if Kangxi were to pass away now, the princes and kings would surely be extremely happy!

In heaven, are there any real relatives?

After the funeral of Prince Zhuang's wife was completed, Yinyou rode into Changchun Garden in full view of everyone.

In the past, Yinyu had no courage to enjoy the special treatment granted by Kangxi, which was to ride a horse in front of the Qianqing Gate.

To put it bluntly, if Yinyou really dared to dismount in front of the Qianqing Gate, he would definitely be completely drowned by the saliva of the censors!
However, there were not so many taboos when riding a horse in Changchun Garden, and Yinyou enjoyed Kangxi's special care with peace of mind!
On the way, Yinyou met Zhang Tingyu who was holding a pile of question books.

"I am Zhang Tingyu, the humble servant, and I pay my respects to the fifteenth master!" Zhang Tingyu was not in a position to bow to the ground, so he could only say with a bitter face, "Please forgive me, the fifteenth master, I really..."

Yinyu, who was sitting on the horse, waved his hand and said with a smile: "Hengchen, how can I not understand you? Don't worry too much about those empty formalities!"

Zhang Tingyu was carrying a lot of things and walked slowly. After a short while, he fell behind by many steps.

Yinyou knew very well that Zhang Tingyu was left out on purpose to avoid having too close contact with him and arousing Kangxi's suspicion.

In fact, Yinyu didn't want to bother with Zhang Tingyu either, because Zhang Tingyu was a natural political machine, and there was no possibility of being won over, but only of being coerced by force.

As soon as Kangxi saw Yinyou, he praised the Twelfth Prince.

"Your twelfth brother did a very good job on this mission. Brother Prince Zhuang has been praising him all the time." Kangxi seemed to be in a good mood.

Yinyu smiled and said, "Khan Ama, my twelfth brother is quite knowledgeable about Feng Shui, so I can use his expertise!"

"Well, from now on, similar good jobs will be given to him!" Kangxi was also happy for the Twelfth Prince.

Because, according to the Qing Dynasty's funeral rules, after the funeral is completed, the Twelveth Brother will definitely receive a considerable sum of silver as a thank-you!
As the twelfth prince, the amount of silver that Prince Zhuang’s Mansion should thank him for should be at least one thousand taels!

The annual salary of Gushan Beizi was only 1250 taels of silver.

To be honest, one thousand taels of silver as a thank-you for holding a funeral is already a lot.

It was the New Year again, and in front of Yinyou's Prince's Mansion, there was a constant stream of people coming and going, making it very lively.

However, in the Prince Yong's mansion, the fourth brother's family was filled with gloom and misery, and the people were in panic.

Hongyun is sick, very sick, and his health is getting worse day by day.

Speaking of which, it is extremely difficult for the fourth brother to have offspring.

So far, the fourth child has only two sons.

If Hongyun encounters misfortune, then the fourth child will only have Hongshi as his only descendant!
When Yinyou walked into Prince Yong's mansion, the Thirteenth Prince had already arrived.

Seeing Yinyu coming, the fourth brother stood up to greet him with a forced smile, and deliberately complained: "Fifteenth brother, don't I know you? You are so busy every day, so don't come so often."

Yinyou came to Prince Yong's mansion to visit Hongyun almost every day. The fourth prince complained about him, but he felt very sad in his heart!

Only true family members would care about the difficulties faced by the fourth brother in having offspring.

If Hongyun couldn't make it and died in childhood, the fourth child's ambitions would be severely frustrated.

The reason is actually very simple. Even if Kangxi valued the fourth son very much, it is impossible for him to pass the throne to his only son.

What's more, Kangxi disliked Hongshi, who was very similar to the Tenth Prince, and once privately commented that he was another idiot!

Alas, there is no way out. Old Ten, who cannot read, can only bear the infamy of being a idiot until his death!
On the contrary, Kangxi liked Hongyun very much because he was smart and good at studying. He once praised him, saying that he had the style of his father!
Kangxi's father was Emperor Shunzhi.

As you can imagine, this is already a very high evaluation!

Outsiders certainly don't know that the Crown Prince is having an affair with the Emperor's woman, but how could Yinyou hide it from the Fourth Prince?
When the fourth brother heard about this, he blurted out: The next abolition of the crown prince is not far away!
It must be admitted that Lao Si is a very far-sighted guy.

The prince is so bold that he actually dares to stab the emperor's woman!
Back then, not long after Cao Aman died, Cao Pi stabbed all the beautiful stepmothers one by one.

However, if Aman were still alive, even if Cao Pi had 100 million guts, he would not dare to act so recklessly!
In the era of imperial power, anyone who dared to touch the old emperor's woman would be treated almost the same as the Xuanwu Gate Incident!
The Thirteenth Brother, who had nothing to do all day and almost regarded Prince Yong's Mansion as his home, had to admit that Yinyou really had feelings for the Fourth Brother!
Yinyou, who had many part-time jobs, would come to visit Hongyun no matter how busy he was every day.

On the other hand, Hongyun’s uncle, Old Fourteen, well, there’s nothing I can say about him.

Apart from mingling in the crowd and coming to see Hongyun that time, Old Fourteen has never shown up!

However, whenever Hongwang from the eighth brother's family had a headache or a fever, the fourteenth brother would help call the imperial physician and look for precious medicinal materials all over the world. He was even more diligent in serving them than he was his own father!
PS: The next update will be around 23:30.

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