The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 73 Look at the Master's Eyes (Additional Update, Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket)

The Bannermen attach great importance to rules. Not only are their etiquettes complicated, but they also like to be particular about them.

The first Prince Keqin, also known as Prince Cheng Yuetuo, was the cousin of Emperor Shunzhi.

When it comes to the seniority of the royal family, Narsu is at a great disadvantage. He is the great-grandson of Kangxi, and the grandson of Yinwei.

As soon as Yinyou walked to the gate, he saw the Sixteenth Prince happily chatting with Narsu.

Alas, the Sixteenth Prince has been so depressed in the palace. Now he finally enjoys the treatment of his grandfather here in Narsu. How can he not be happy?
According to the rules of the Da Qing Hui Dian, national etiquette comes first, followed by family etiquette.

After Yinyu walked down the steps, he took the initiative to bow and said politely, "Greetings, Prince Ping."

Narsu's face flushed red, and he quickly stepped aside, knelt down, and said respectfully: "Grandson Narsu, please greet Mafa."

During the Shunzhi reign, Mafalokodo of Narsu followed General Doni of Anyuanjingkou to conquer the Southern Ming.

However, after entering the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Amanarfu of Narsu became an idle prince with nothing to do all day long.

After Narfo died in depression, although Narsu inherited the title, he had no job to do.

Therefore, Narsu was just a prince with an empty title and had no real power at all.

As for Yinyou, he is not only the biological son of the current emperor, but he is also about to take charge of the real power of the Imperial Household Department. He can be said to be the most popular fifteenth master!
There were two main government offices in the Qing Dynasty that managed the royal family and princes: the Zongrenfu and the Neiwufu.

Among them, the Zongrenfu was in charge of the clan genealogy and daily affairs, while the Neiwufu was in charge of not only money and property, but also the maids, eunuchs and palace maids in various royal palaces.

To put it bluntly, as long as Yinyu wanted to make things difficult for Narsu, he could replace all the trusted eunuchs, maids and palace maids around Narsu with just a few words.

What's even more cruel is that Yinyou is fully capable of arranging a smart and wonderful nanny for Narsu who is like a living ancestor and can control the sky above, the earth below and the air in between.

Nanny Jingqi represents the emperor and is responsible for educating the princes, princesses or royal princes. She is more than ten times more capable than the biological mother.
So what if he is a hereditary prince?
When you are under the eaves, even a flying dragon has to coil up obediently!

Yinyou was not stupid. He quickly turned sideways and avoided Narsu's full salute.

After the formalities were performed, following Yinyou's order, the middle door of the house was slowly pushed open with a strange creaking sound from the door hinges.

Narsu is a prince, so he is qualified to enter through the middle door.

Yinyou accompanied Narsu and walked inside along the central axis of the house.

Unexpectedly, just when they were halfway there, news came from the other side of the gate.

"Prince Heshuo Zhuang has arrived."

Yinyou couldn't help but be slightly stunned. Prince Zhuang Boguduo was not only Kangxi's cousin, but also the current chief of the clan affairs office.

The Zong Ling is the patriarch of the entire royal family. He has an extremely respected status and considerable actual power.

"Prince Ping, I'm really sorry. I must go to welcome Prince Zhuang in person." Yinyou quickly bowed and sincerely apologized to Narsu.

In the temple, the royal family members have been trained in strict etiquette for a long time. Even if there is no one to arrange it on the spot, they all know where they should stand.

If you accidentally stand in the wrong C position, the shame is the least of it. But if you are stripped of your title and imprisoned for defying the court rules, you will die unjustly.

Narsu quickly bowed and said, "Please do as you please, Don Mafa. I, your grandson, can go in by myself."

Having said that, Yinyu naturally could not be rude, so he ordered someone to find the Sixteenth Prince to come in and accompany Narsu, and he would go to the gate to greet Prince Zhuang.

When Yinyu arrived at the gate, Prince Zhuang had just gotten out of the sedan chair. "Greetings, Prince Zhuang!" Yinyu walked up quickly and took the initiative to greet him.

Bogoduo was not only the clan leader but also a prince who was above all other officials, so Yinyou had to respect and honor him.

"Stand up." Prince Zhuang seemed to be very close to Yinyu, and he joked in an unusually easygoing manner, "Little Fifteen, you have been favored by the Emperor recently and are very popular!"

In fact, everyone in the know knew that Prince Zhuang previously didn’t care about the little-known prince Yinyou at all.

Uncle Zhuang, are we very familiar with each other?

Yinyu pretended to be ignorant even though he knew the truth and said with a smile, "Uncle Zhuang, you are really good at joking." That was all he said.

In public, it is better to be thick-skinned and pretend to be stupid than to say more and make more mistakes.

When Yinyu accompanied Prince Zhuang into the house, Prince Ping Narsu quickly put down the teacup in his hand, knelt down, and said very respectfully: "Greetings, old ancestor."

Prince Zhuang has an overwhelming advantage over Narsu, both in terms of seniority and title.

"Get up." Prince Zhuang waved his hand, his attitude many times colder than towards Yinyou.

Yinyou saw it with his own eyes and kept it in his heart, but he would never reveal it even if he died.

Although Narsu was a hereditary prince, to be frank, he had to ask others for help in everything in the capital, especially he had to act according to the wishes of Prince Zhuang and Yinyou.

Among the princes and nobles these days, who doesn’t have a few piles of stinky shit under his butt?
Before this, Narsu's fourth uncle, Nartu, had offended the powerful Eight Banners officials whom he could not afford to offend. For a mere minor mistake, he was reported to Kangxi.

As a result, after Nartu was stripped of his title by Kangxi, the title of Prince he left behind was like a pie in the sky, and luckily it landed on the head of Nartu's father.

Kangxi could take away the hereditary title and replace the holder, but he could not abolish the title.

After all, even the emperor would not dare to force the princes and nobles into a corner.

Boiling the frog in warm water has always been the established policy of Shunzhi and Kangxi in dealing with the royal princes.

Although suppressing the Three Feudatories was one of Kangxi's achievements.

In fact, Kangxi was still too young at that time. If he had been patient and waited a few more years, Wu Sangui would have died on his own, and there would have been no need for an eight-year long battle.

Prince Zhuang naturally sat at the seat of honor, Yinyou and Narsu sat on both sides, and the three of them sat together and chatted.

The men were chatting in the East Courtyard, while the Fourth Lady was in the West Courtyard, entertaining the distinguished female relatives.

Yinyou had not yet married and there was no hostess in the house, so he could only ask the Fourth Lady to come forward and entertain the wives of the royal family and the sisters-in-law on his behalf.

"Fourth wife, you look like the proper mistress of this mansion!" Prince Zhuang's wife, relying on her seniority, actually made fun of the fourth wife.

The Fourth Lady always had a good temper. Not only was she not angry, but she smiled and said, "Fifteenth brother has been raised by our grandfather since he was a child. Besides, Fifteenth brother has not yet married, and the family is in a mess. Our grandfather has been telling me to come over more often to help take care of it."

This is quite a well-spoken statement!
Old man, don’t you know how many years apart there is between me and my fifteenth brother?
Moreover, it was the Fourth Prince who made the arrangement himself and asked the Fourth Lady to come and help, which was extremely aboveboard.

The female members of the family were all in the west courtyard, and the male guests were in the east courtyard. The entire middle courtyard between the two courtyards was locked and filled with guards.

It is no exaggeration to say that complete physical isolation measures have been taken, so what else is there to gossip about?
If Yinyou was present at the scene, he would suddenly realize that the old man couldn't even control his mouth, and he deserved that the hereditary title of Prince Zhuang had been taken away by the Sixteenth Prince!
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