Getting Rich from Legend of Zhen Huan

While Concubine De was cleaning up the mess in the palace, Lord Guaerjia outside the palace felt dizzy when he received the news from the Fourth Prince. He said that his daughter was not fit to enter the palace. Now she had only been away from home for one day and someone had already caught her.

After thinking it over in the study, he went to the backyard to discuss countermeasures with Mrs. Guarjia. Mrs. Guarjia didn't understand why such a big fuss was made just to punish a few servants.

Lord Guaerjia did not expect that this mother and daughter were so ignorant of the law. "When a bannerman intentionally kills a slave, he shall also be punished." On the surface, Manchus who kill slaves shall also be punished. What's more, the palace maids in the palace are slaves, but they are also slaves of the royal family and the emperor's slaves. How can you, a prince's concubine, punish them?

After listening to Lord Guaerjia's popular science, Mrs. Guaerjia was also panicked. She could only shed tears and said, "How can these laws be learned by girls in the boudoir? Now that such a disaster has happened, are we going to force Xuantong to find a rope to hang herself?"

If Lord Guaerjia was really angry, he would not come to discuss with his wife. He sat beside Mrs. Guaerjia and whispered, "The current plan is that I'm afraid our family will have to spend a lot of money, otherwise I'm afraid Tong'er will have no face at all in the Fourth Prince's mansion."

Mrs. Guaerjia heard that her husband was not going to give up their daughter, so she grabbed Mr. Guaerjia's sleeve and said anxiously, "Master, what are we preparing? I'm going now. Are we going to collect money or to buy a shop or a field?"

Lord Guaerjia said helplessly: "What can the prince see in our family? It can only be that my connections have some value."

Lord Guaerjia's official position is not prominent. He started out as a guard, and later was awarded the title of Bachelor of the Secretariat. Finally, he was promoted to the Censorate and became the Left Censor-in-Chief, a fourth-rank official. It is still unclear whether he can rise higher in this life. He has four superiors, the Left and Right Censors-in-Chief, and the Left and Right Deputy Censors-in-Chief. In this position, it is a bit tasteless for others to win him over, and it is a pity to abandon him.

Mrs. Guaerjia hesitated, "Master, how about the main branch?" They were originally assigned by the Crown Prince to Guaerjia to win over the Fourth Prince. If they were really tied to the Fourth Prince, wouldn't they be turning against the Crown Prince?

Lord Guarjia gritted his teeth and said angrily: "They used us as pawns in the first place. Now they want us to take responsibility ourselves. Don't blame us for being cruel."

The next day, after the morning court session, Lord Guarjia stopped the Fourth Prince and invited him to talk alone.

The Fourth Prince understood that this was to explain and apologize to him! Without further delay, he took Lord Guarjia to the carriage.

After entering the carriage, Lord Guaerjia knelt down to apologize to the Fourth Prince: "Please forgive me, Fourth Prince. My daughter's words and actions are rude. It is really my failure to teach her well."

The Fourth Prince remained calm. He thought that since Lord Guaerjia dared to come to see him, he must have good intentions, so he must keep his composure.

Seeing that the Fourth Prince was silent, Lord Guaerjia could only reveal his true colors, "I am not very promising. At my age, I am barely qualified to be the Left Censor-in-Chief. If the Fourth Prince does not mind, I am willing to follow his lead."

The Fourth Prince did not expect that this Guaerjia concubine had such a high status in the family, and that her father was willing to take all his wealth and rely on him just to save his daughter's life.

Now that the Fourth Prince has just come to court, he can only listen to others handling government affairs and he is not able to fully get the hang of it. Besides, he has not accomplished anything yet. No matter where Kangxi wants the Fourth Prince to go, without his own people, it will be difficult for the Fourth Prince to get by.

As for the power at hand?

The Uya clan still obeyed the orders of Concubine De, while the Ulanara clan was in a neutral position. Not to mention the Tonggiya clan, who wanted to bet between the eldest prince and the crown prince, and could not see the fourth prince at all. The people left behind by Empress Xiaoyi Ren were also from the harem, and the former dynasty had no say at all.

Therefore, the Fourth Prince’s current position is very embarrassing. The other princes have the support of their biological mothers and maternal families, but it cannot be said that the Fourth Prince has none, but it can be said that it is completely useless.

Although Lord Guaerjia does not hold a high official position, he has been managing the business for decades and still has a lot of connections. If he can really use these to pave the way for himself to come to power, then it is not impossible to release the Guaerjia concubine.

The Fourth Prince never thought that just by taking advantage of Concubine Guaerjia's mistakes to cause trouble, he would actually catch a big fish!

The Fourth Prince was happy in his heart and smiled. He helped Lord Guaerjia up and said, "Lord Guaerjia, why are you so distant? Logically, I should call you father-in-law!"

When Lord Guarjia heard the name father-in-law, he was so scared that he almost knelt down again, and refused again and again: "My daughter is only the concubine of the Fourth Master. I dare not, I dare not."

Seeing that Lord Guaerjia was sweating from fear, the Fourth Prince stopped being polite and said, "Lord Guaerjia, why do you have to belittle yourself? You are still young, how do you know that you can't rise any higher?"

Lord Guaerjia knew that the Fourth Prince had accepted his surrender, so he answered cautiously: "The adults in the Censorate are all people of outstanding talent and noble character. I know myself well and dare not think too much."

The Fourth Prince was even more satisfied that Lord Guaerjia did not take the opportunity to ask for his future. He always liked humble and polite people. He couldn't help but sigh, why didn't this Guaerjia concubine inherit her father's brain? But if she had this brain, she wouldn't have achieved what she has today!

But the Fourth Prince did not get carried away, and instead warned Lord Guaerjia: "Lord Guaerjia is only trying to plead for his daughter today, so I will let him go for the sake of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Lord Guaerjia knew that his bet was right. The Fourth Prince was not a person who was eager for quick success and he was unwilling to expose his secret connection, so the lives and future of his entire family were temporarily saved.

"Thank you, Fourth Master, for your generosity and willingness to give my daughter a chance. I thank Your Highness the Crown Prince and Fourth Master!" Lord Guarjia understood what he meant and thanked loudly, then got off the carriage.

The eunuch who was watching not far away only heard the last sentence, and then saw Lord Guaerjia get off the carriage sweating, but his face was relaxed. With the information, the eunuch went to Yuqing Palace.

The prince closed his eyes and listened to the eunuch's report. The fourth son had always been honest and dutiful, unlike the eldest son who always fantasized about things that did not belong to him. Now he was bullied by the Guarjia family relying on his face. The prince felt a little guilty and ordered He Yuzhu: "The fourth son has been wronged. Go to the warehouse and pick out some good things to send over."

If this little eunuch knew it, how could Kangxi not know it?

As soon as he walked out of the gate of Yonghe Palace this morning, he asked Liang Jiugong to investigate the whole story. He was willing to give face to Concubine De, but he didn't want to be fooled.

After the court session, I heard Liang Jiugong tell the most truthful and unbiased version, and heard people say that Lord Guaerjia told the Fourth Prince that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. This matter involved his own precious son. If the Crown Prince had not intervened, Guaerjia would not have chosen only the Guaerjia concubine who was of the right age but had a flamboyant temperament to enter the palace.

I remembered what De Fei said yesterday about the troublemaker. The crown prince was Kangxi's favorite, but the fourth prince was not picked up. Now, the fourth prince and De Fei had to bear with it. So I also instructed Liang Jiugong: "This year, the south has specially cultivated a batch of cold-resistant watermelons. Pick two for your master De and the fourth prince."

Although these watermelons were grown in the south, only twenty-eight of them were safely transported to the capital and were in good condition. One was distributed to each of the four emperors, and Kangxi only kept six for himself. Now he had to send four to Concubine De and the Fourth Prince.