The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 169 Old Ten is in Trouble Again
Longkodo was really quite skilled. It only took him three days to find the little actor who was hiding.

Yinyu smiled slightly and praised Longkodo: "Long Laosan, you are really amazing. I really didn't expect that you have such a skill."

Long Keduo heaved a sigh of relief, bent his waist, and said, "Sir, I dare not give you any discount when doing things for you."

Yinyou nodded. If he was afraid, it meant there was still hope.

If Longkodo had always been so well-behaved, at the critical moment, Yinyou would not mind warning him not to be arrogant after achieving success, and save his life!
As the saying goes, clothes are worse than new, and people are worse than old.

Joining the group halfway, one has far less qualifications. Even if he has made great contributions, he has to keep a low profile.

The fifth brother was naturally very happy to have the little actor back. He held Yinyou's hand and expressed his gratitude for a long time.

Yinyou was willing to help the fifth brother, mainly because of the good relationship they had established in the past and he wanted to repay a favor.

As for getting the fifth brother to join the gang, Yinyu had no intention of doing so.

Among the current emperor's sons, except for the eldest and the tenth, who are truly stupid, the other princes are probably pretending to have no interest in the throne.

Copy a lot of articles in the world, it depends on whether you can copy them or not.

There are many masters who pretend to have no interest in the throne. Prince Yuxian Fuquan is one of the best.

That sentence "A happy king is a wise king" is a classic in the world!

Also, what Prince Qingxi Yonglin said is also a classic quote: The world is of the utmost importance to me, how dare I covet it? I only hope that one day I will be granted Heshen’s mansion to live in, and that will be enough for me.

It is worth mentioning that Yonglin is not only Jiaqing’s brother from the same mother, but also the grandfather of the last Prince Qing, Yixin.

Since Yinyou brought Longkodo and personally delivered the little actor to the door, it was naturally impossible for the fifth brother to treat him badly.

The fifth brother led Yinyu to the stable and said generously: "The seven horses here are all from the Western Regions. You can pick any two!"

Everyone in the court, inside and outside, knows that Lao Wu is crazy about horses.
Yinyu quickly waved his hands and said, "Fifth brother, a gentleman does not take away someone else's love. You must not do that."

Lao Wu glared and said, "My willingness is worth a ton of money. If I tell you to choose, just choose. Otherwise, you are looking down on an incompetent person like me."

Well, now that things have come to this, Yinyou had no choice but to pick a Ferghana horse at random.

Anyway, with Yinwei's tremendous power, it would not be difficult for him to help the fifth brother get some good horses.

To put it bluntly, as long as Yinyu spread the word that he liked the BMWs from the Western Regions, anyone who wanted to curry his favor would definitely come to the Prince's Mansion.

Among Yinyou's dozen brothers, the fifth brother, who was protected by the Empress Dowager, was in a much better situation than the twelfth brother.

The banquet was held in the back garden of the palace. The fifth brother and Yinyou sat side by side, and Longkodo sat sideways at the bottom.

Yinyou took a quick look and was surprised to find that the entire table was filled with his favorite dishes.

When the emperor eats today, he does have to worry about someone poisoning him.

However, Yinyou was not the current emperor, and he knew very well that with the current level of chemistry, the only poison available was arsenic.

However, arsenic has a fatal flaw: it has an extremely unpleasant smell.

If you want to die from poisoning, there is only one way: pinch your nose and force down a large dose.

In later times, when Emperor Guangxu's hair was examined, it was found that the arsenic content was seriously exceeded the standard.

It is conceivable that before the death of the old witch Cixi, she knew that she was about to die, so she deliberately sent people to use violence to poison Guangxu to death.

However, Guangxu's death was not unjust. Who told him to be so ignorant and believe in Kang Youwei's despicable lies?
In the archives of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there is "Guimou Zhiji" written by Bi Yongnian, which explains it very clearly.

At that time, Kang Youwei found Bi Yongnian and told him: I want to follow the example of Zhang Jianzhi in the Tang Dynasty who deposed Empress Wu, but the emperor has no soldiers, so it is difficult to start a rebellion. I have petitioned the emperor to summon Yuan Shikai to Beijing, hoping to make him Li Duozuo.

Objectively speaking, there was first the conspiracy to surround the garden and kill the queen, which made Cixi so anxious that it led to the Wuxu Coup.

Both the host and the guests were in a good mood, and the banquet ended only after it got dark.

After Yinyou went out and got on the sedan chair, he went straight out of Prince Heng's mansion and headed back home.

Night curfew?

Haha, with Yinyou's current position as the manager of the Infantry Yamen, whenever he goes to the streets, he is inspecting public security and defense.

The night curfew was indeed a restriction for other princes and ministers, but for Yinyu, the night curfew did not exist.

Longkodo rode a horse and followed closely beside Yinyou's sedan chair, ready to take the orders of the Fifteenth Master at any time.

He personally sent Yinyou back to the Beile Mansion and watched his figure disappear behind the door. Only then did Longkodo turn around, mount his horse, and return to his Xiaoyao Cave outside.

Since taking up the post of commander of the infantry, Longkodo has had nothing lacking.

A wealthy silk merchant from Jiangnan gave Longkodo a large mansion with six courtyards in the inner city.

A tea merchant from Huguang offered an exceptionally young and beautiful girl, which greatly satisfied Longkodo.

To be honest, as Li Si'er grew older, she was becoming less favored.

In this era without hyaluronic acid, a forty-year-old woman will have crow's feet at the corners of her eyes no matter how well she takes care of herself.

After Yinyou returned home, he went to Huixiang in the west courtyard.

Seeing the man take the initiative, Huixiang was extremely happy. When Yinyu was taking a bath, Huixiang stood outside the bathtub and took the initiative to rub the man's back.

After bathing and changing clothes, Yinyou sat at the table to drink tea. Huixiang took the initiative to call Ruitong, the maidservant in the same room, to serve him.

There's nothing she can do about it. Her ordinary looks are natural to her and Huixiang has no choice.

However, Huixiang still understood very well that even if she lacked beauty, she could still make up for it with her heart.

Yinyu didn't look at Ruitong, but asked Huixiang: "Where is the eldest princess?"

Hui Xiang covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed softly, "Master, it's so late, the eldest princess must be fast asleep."

Yinyou smiled silently. Yes, his eldest daughter was only a few months old and it was the time for her to sleep.

It was still early for bedtime, so Yinyou drank tea and chatted with Huixiang.

Hui Xiang hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Sir, my father said that he is old and can't walk well anymore, so he wants to retire. But he is worried that the palace will not allow my elder brother to take over the position of assistant minister."

Yinyou nodded. According to the Eight Banners system, the position of Zuoling was a hereditary position.

The governor-general, deputy governor-general, lieutenant-general and deputy lieutenant-general are all temporary officials with a term of three years, depending on the palace's intentions.

Huixiang's Amanomuzhi is the commander of the three banners of the Imperial Household Department. The question of whether he stays or leaves requires a decision from the palace.

Of course, Yinyu knew everything about Huixiang's family situation.

Nuomuzhi has one son and three daughters. His only son, Nuogang, is currently a doctor in the Qingfeng Division of the Imperial Household Department.

There is a huge difference in rank from a fifth-rank doctor to a third-rank assistant leader.

Under normal circumstances, Nogang would definitely not be able to take over Nomuzi's position.

However, with Yinyou as a good son-in-law, Nomuzhi's idea of letting Nogang take over was not particularly outrageous.

Yinyu thought about it carefully and said, "Tell your elder brother that he must find a way to do some small merit so that I can speak for him."

Nuogang was Yinyou's elder brother-in-law, and it was reasonable and understandable for Yinyou to speak for him in front of Kangxi.

The underlying tone of the Qing Dynasty was that if one person succeeded, the whole clan would prosper. If one person rebelled, the whole clan would be executed.

In the Qing Dynasty, wealthy widows whose husbands had died and who had no sons were mostly wiped out and their property taken away by their husbands' close blood relatives.

Ordinary people cannot eat up the entire family. They must be relatives of the husband's family within the five degrees of mourning, and there is a fixed ranking based on the closeness of blood relationship.

It is certainly hateful to wipe out the entire family, but what does it matter if you commit treason and cause the death of your entire clan members as well?

God is fair. When a family is implicated, the benefits must also be shared equally among clan members.

Hui Xiang was overjoyed and knelt down to salute, saying happily, "Thank you for your advice, Master."

Since Yinyou said so, Nomuzhi only needed to do as he said, and the rest would be left to Yinyou.

Generally speaking, when he was with Cuiqing, Yinyu liked to light the candles brighter.

When it came to Huixiang's side, Yinyou had no choice but to turn off the lights and do his work.

In fact, Huixiang also knew her own disadvantages. After receiving the rain and dew, she took the initiative to push the beautiful Ruitong into Yinwei's arms.

In the morning, after breakfast, Yinyou took a car to Changchun Garden.

In front of the South Gate, the carriages of important officials were parked tightly together.

Yinyu always went through the Small East Gate instead of the South Gate.

Among the gates of Changchun Garden, Xiaodong Gate is closest to Qingxi Study where Kangxi lived.

Yinyou, who entered the garden with a badge, had to walk because he had lost the privilege of riding a horse in the garden.

Halfway through the journey, Liang Jiugong's godson Guo Shouyi came running over breathlessly and whispered, "Fifteenth Master, my godfather said that Tenth Master was punished by His Majesty to kneel. Please come to the study room later."

There were many people talking in the garden, and Kangxi's spies were everywhere. It was not convenient for Yinyou to say anything to Guo Shouyi, so he continued to walk forward without saying a word.

Working beside Kangxi, it is better to keep silent than to say a thousand words!
Only by keeping your mouth shut can you have room to maneuver.

To be honest, Liang Jiugong, this useless old man, always likes to be mysterious and wants Yinyou to owe him a favor.

In fact, the uneducated fool, the Tenth Prince, was punished to kneel. What does it have to do with Yinyou?
Yinyou ignored Liang Jiugong's warning and walked straight to the door of Qingxi Book House, handing over his badge to ask for a visit.

Oh, you hid when you met Guo Shouyi on the way. Do you two have any private connection?
It is a big taboo for people around me to conspire against me!
Other things are just trivial matters considering Yinyou’s current great favor!
When Kangxi saw Yinyu, he immediately said, "Go ask the tenth prince who told him to say that."

Yinyou understood as soon as he heard it. It must be the Tenth Prince who spoke for the Eighth Prince again. Not only was he punished to kneel, but he also aroused Kangxi's suspicion towards the Eighth Prince.

To be honest, if Yinyou were sitting on the dragon throne and saw the extremely powerful Eighth Prince's party, he would probably not be able to sleep well!

"Whoo."

After receiving the order, Yinyou came out and found the Tenth Master kneeling on the steps.

PS: This is the second update. The third update is already early in the morning. Please read it in the morning.

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