The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 59 The best relatives
Li Ding was not afraid of Nuo Muqi's threats and intimidation at all. He smiled slightly and said, "Master Nuo, if the Fourth Master knew that you treated our master badly, the consequence... cough... cough..." He deliberately did not finish his words, leaving an endless aftertaste.

People outside may not know this, but who among the relatives of the Fourth Lady doesn’t know that the relationship between the Fourth Prince and Yinyou is closer than that between real brothers?

Nomuzi's originally aggressive momentum immediately diminished by three feet.

Yinyu was not an ordinary son-in-law. He personally visited the palace and sent a letter of greeting. Although there was no explicit provision in the Qing Dynasty law, there were countless precedents for reference. For example, the reception standard of the fourth son-in-law was the most direct reference.

Even if Li Ding did not deliberately raise the price, Nomuqi only needed to ask the accountant at the Fourth Lady's family and he would understand everything.

In the Qing Dynasty, the basic principle was always to not divide the family while the parents were still alive.

However, after the death of both Bohucha and his wife, Nomuzi and the fourth wife's father, Feyanggu, had already separated the family property.

Even if they are brothers, once they divide the family, they become two families.

After Fei Yanggu died, the relationship between uncle Nomuzi and his nephews became even more distant.

This time, Nomuzibai picked up a good son-in-law, purely because the fourth brother wanted to win over Yinyou.

As the biological father of the concubine, it is barely understandable that Nomuzhi was respected as father-in-law by Yinyou.

Li Ding was Yinyou's confidant, Hahazhuzi, and he held his head high, so he was naturally not afraid of offending Nomuqi.

After all, one should not consider the monk's face but the Buddha's. With Yinyou and the fourth brother, two great gods, keeping the situation under control, Nomuzi would never dare to go too far.

There are many rules in the family, especially the standards for receiving sons-in-law, and almost every household has to argue about this.

After some discussion of facts and reasoning, Li Ding finally reached a consensus with Nomuzi, namely: to compare with the standard of the fourth brother back then, just reduce it by 20%.

However, Li Ding never expected that after the Fourth Prince knew about this, he immediately ordered that according to his standards at that time, at least 20% should be added, and the extra money would be paid by the account office of the Fourth Prince's Mansion.

After all, although Nomuzhi was a bondservant of the third rank, his family was not wealthy because he had many children.

These days, the so-called iron crops are actually only enjoyed by the more than 100,000 Eight Banners soldiers who are registered in the camp.

On the dining table of an ordinary Bannerman family, only a small amount of pork belly can be seen during the Spring Festival throughout the year.

There are many bannermen’s daughters who are over 30 years old and still unmarried.

This is because the Bannermen have many rules and etiquette, and even if someone wants a girl without a dowry, she will be openly discriminated against by her in-laws.

The root cause of the poverty of ordinary bannermen was that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty deliberately forced them into poverty.

If you want to change the fate of having patched clothes and being hungry at any time, you can only practice the real skills of riding and shooting, join the camp as an Eight Banners soldier, and work hard for the emperor.

On the day of the appointment, before leaving, Yinyu sent someone to the Crown Princess's parents' home to send a second invitation.

When the convoy was halfway there, Yinyou ordered Wulin to send a third notice to inform the Shi family that he was almost there.

In the Qing Dynasty, a formal visit was only made after three invitations, which showed the guest's respect for the host.

No matter what, Yinyu's repeated actions to protect the Crown Princess came from the bottom of his heart.

No matter what the Crown Princess's intentions were in protecting him, the one who benefited was Yinyu, and this is an unchangeable fact.

As soon as Yinyou got off the carriage, he saw his three brothers-in-law standing side by side on the steps in front of the gate, welcoming his arrival.

"Your servant Fu Dali wishes you the best of luck, Master Fifteen."

"Your servant Qingde wishes you the best of luck, Master Fifteen."

"Your servant Guanyinbao wishes you the best of luck, Master Fifteen." Led by Fu Dali, the three brothers of the Shi family knelt down and paid their respects in an orderly manner.

In the Qing Dynasty, the ethical system was extremely strict and could not be violated.

To put it bluntly, even the elders of the Shi family had to kneel before the supreme imperial power, let alone the brothers-in-law who were of the same generation as Yinyou?

In "Dream of the Red Chamber", when Jia Yuanchun returned home to visit her parents, her grandmother, Jia's mother, still had to kneel down and kowtow to her.

The three brothers-in-law are all brothers of the Crown Princess, so Yinyou must give them face.

Yinyu walked quickly to the three brothers-in-law, helped them up one by one, and said in a very friendly manner: "We are a family, there is no need to observe the conventional etiquette, get up quickly."

Since Fu Dali was the eldest brother and held the highest official position, it was natural for him to be the representative.

"Your servant..." Fu Dali just opened his mouth, but Yinyu stopped him with a wave of his hand, "Brother, if you continue to be so polite, I will turn around and leave!"

Fu Dali had served as a second-class guard in the palace for a long time, and his courage had long been worn out.

However, Qingde, the second son of the Shi family, did not have so many concerns. He called out loudly, "Brother-in-law!"

Fu Dali was terrified, his eyes wide open, glaring at Qingde viciously, wishing he could slap him in the face until it was covered in blood.

Yinyu smiled and called out affectionately, "Brother Qing, you are a true master under my command. Today, we must get drunk."

Qingde's temper is that he gets angry when people around him push him around, and he will rub it off if someone gives him some flour.

This guy not only put his hand on Yinyu's shoulder with a smile on his face, but also whispered, "Come back, I'll take you to the Yuechun Courtyard. Hehe, I guarantee you'll have a blast."

Wulin, who was standing behind Yinyou, was so angry that smoke came out of his nostrils and he glared at Qingde.

This kind of tactless boss under the command of Wu Zao Mao is simply bringing shame to the Crown Princess.

No matter what, the Crown Princess has done Yinyu a favor, and just for her face, Yinyu would not really bother with the unreliable Qingde.

After the greetings, the three brothers, led by Fu Dali, bowed and invited Yinyou into the house.

In the 33rd year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, when the crown prince was about to get married, Shi Wenbing suddenly died of illness on his way back to Beijing from Fuzhou.

Logically speaking, the third-class earl passed down by Shi Tingzhu was a hereditary earl and should have been inherited by Shi Wenbing's eldest son Fu Dali.

However, what is rather strange is that, over the past ten years or so, all the petitions submitted by the Crown Prince on behalf of the Shi family for succession to the title were, without exception, kept in the palace and not issued.

According to Yinyou's private speculation, Kangxi might have begun to suspect the prince from that time on?
After entering the main room, Fu Dali bowed and invited Yinyou to take a seat.

Yinyou smiled, but just found a chair, sat on it and didn't move.

Just because of the great goodwill shown by the Crown Princess, Yinyou also has to treat his brothers-in-law well.

In fact, even Kangxi himself was very satisfied with the Crown Princess. Unfortunately, Kangxi wanted to depose the Crown Prince, and the Crown Princess had to suffer the same fate.

"My three brothers, my new house has been completed and I plan to move in before the New Year. I'm here to invite you to come over and join in the fun." Yinyu explained his purpose very politely.

Fu Dali was worried that Qingde would do something weird again, so he said quickly, "Master Fifteen, please come and send the invitation in person. We... a few of us..." He said a lot of words of gratitude.

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