Getting Rich from Legend of Zhen Huan

On the second day, the Fourth Prince went to pay his respects to Concubine De with the South Pearl jewelry he had just made.

Concubine De had had enough of the mocking looks in the harem, whether overt or covert. She took a deep breath and asked Zhuxi to invite the Fourth Prince in. No matter what the Fourth Prince's attitude was today, she must show enough closeness to him to break the rumors.

The Fourth Prince came to seek peace today. He entered the room and respectfully paid his respects to Concubine De, and presented a box of jewelry, introducing: "Mother, I got a batch of good quality South Pearls, which I beat into several shapes. Mother, please keep them and play with them!"

Defei opened the box and found that it was indeed top-quality pearls, each one round and smooth. She pretended to refuse, "Mother is already this old, and such fine pearls should be worn more often by Yixiu."

The Fourth Prince's brain had started to work better, and he stopped speaking harshly. "Mother is very graceful, and standing together with Xiaoyi, they look like sisters. There's no way you can talk about age. This pearl suits you perfectly."

Concubine De is also a human being. Even though she is very good at dealing with people, she still likes to be praised. She smiled until her eyes were wrinkled. "You kid, your mother is going to be a grandmother, but you are not old enough!"

Speaking of children, Concubine De also restrained her smile, "Alas, it's a pity for the eldest princess, but life and death are determined by fate, you still have to look forward."

The fourth prince replied helplessly: "It is my eldest sister who is unlucky. I only hope that we can continue our father-daughter relationship in the next life."

Defei thought of the two princesses she had sent to the palace. When she heard that they had not yet served the emperor, she secretly reminded them, "Offspring are related to the inheritance of the family. Yinzhen should spend more nights in the backyard."

The Fourth Prince nodded in agreement. It was indeed not a big deal that he did not have a child. "My son knows."

Concubine De was thinking about her children and felt a splitting headache. "You brothers and sisters are really here to collect debts. After worrying about the older ones, you still have to worry about the younger ones."

After hearing what Concubine De said, the Fourth Prince thought of the Fifth Princess who had visited him yesterday, and also thought of what Concubine De had asked him to observe Jiang Chen.

Although there were constant disputes in the backyard, it did not affect the Fourth Prince's attention to Jiang Chen in the front court.

At the end of April, Li Guangdi's mother died due to ineffective medical treatment. Li Guangdi was heartbroken and wanted to return home to observe mourning for three years. However, Kangxi was reluctant to let his right-hand minister leave the court, so he issued an edict, saying that Shuntian's education policy was of great importance and asked Li Guangdi to do a simple job and not stop his work and go home to observe mourning.

This is the ancient system of taking away worries. The emperor cannot leave you and will not let you go, what can you do? Li Guangdi received the imperial edict, how dare he not obey? However, he still took a nine-month leave so that he could go back and forth to attend the funeral, and promised to return to Beijing at the end of the year so as not to delay the imperial examination.

It was originally an ordinary matter, but it was like stirring up a hornet's nest, causing a huge mess.

The censors, who had long disliked Li Guangdi, felt that he was trying to protect his own future while also wanting to maintain a good reputation for mourning. This was really a double-edged sword. So the two censors, Shen Kaizeng and Yang Jingru, wrote a letter to impeach him, accusing him of not following the ancient precept of returning home to observe mourning for three years for one's parents. Kangxi suppressed the memorial.

Peng Peng, who had always despised Li Guangdi for selling out his friends for fame, submitted a memorial to the emperor, accusing Li Guangdi of "forgetting his relatives for his greed for power". He also submitted another memorial, saying that Li Guangdi was full of benevolence and morality, but one could tell what kind of person he was by looking at his actions. The whole memorial was written with great enthusiasm, scolding Li Guangdi to the point of being bloody. It caused a shock to the court and the public.

This time, Kangxi could no longer play dumb and dismissed Li Guangdi from his post, but he was not allowed to return home, so he had to stay in the capital for three years. You insisted on saying bad things about Li Guangdi and even used public opinion pressure. I can't do anything about it, but you want to send your beloved minister back home so that I can't see him. That's a wrong calculation.

Li Guangdi returned to Fujian, and nine months later he had to return to the Li Mansion and remain silent for nearly three years.

Jiang Chen came to Li's house worriedly. As a small editor, he could only worry about the disturbance a few days ago. Li Guangdi did not allow him to get involved and even told him not to show any intention of asking for mercy no matter who it was, even the emperor. Jiang Chen was puzzled, but he could only obey.

Now, this tug-of-war that lasted for several days has ended, and Li Guangdi has been defeated miserably. How could Jiang Chen not come and take a look?

It was another conversation between master and disciple that hadn't been seen for a long time.

Jiang Chen frowned, "Teacher, what are you going to do now?"

Li Guangdi was much calmer than Jiang Chen. "Of course I am here to escort my mother's coffin back home. She was always worried about me when she was alive. Now, as an unfilial son, I cannot let her die in unrest."

Jiang Chen hesitated to speak, this was not what he was asking!

Li Guangdi understood his disciple's concerns and said, "You don't have to worry about me. Now we just need to see the result. I seem to be forced to retreat step by step by these people. I can retreat to advance. It is still unknown who will win in the end!"

Thinking back to the time when he was suppressed by Xu Qianxue and returned to his hometown in Fujian, Xu Qianxue thought he could rest easy in the future, but he didn't understand Kangxi's mind. The more this gentleman was forbidden to do something, the more he wanted to do it, especially for the things he liked. Outsiders kept saying bad things, which would only make Kangxi more precious. This is true for objects and people.

Although he was far away from the capital, Kangxi was very eager for the talented people he could not get. When Xu Qianxue was useful, Kangxi could tolerate him, but Xu Qianxue indulged in power and framed Mingzhu, which touched Kangxi's bottom line. The talented people became ambitious and became worthless.

The Manchus' attitude towards Han Confucian scholars was that you just need to do your writing well, be a good mascot, and set a good example. Don't dream of fighting with Manchu officials or even replacing them. This is a red line, whoever touches it will die. Xu Qianxue spent his whole life studying, but he didn't think clearly, so he failed.

Li Guangdi had thought this through clearly, so he was always trusted by Kangxi. These people are very similar to what Xu Qianxue did back then, but Li Guangdi is a new banner set up by Kangxi. As long as Li Guangdi himself does not make mistakes, Kangxi will not give up. After all, this benchmark requires the right time, right place and right people to establish. If this one falls, it is unknown when the next one will come out.

So Li Guangdi was not worried about his future at all. And Kangxi's attitude was also very clear. If he stayed in the capital, he would probably be reinstated in three years.

Li Guangdi was not worried about himself, but he was very worried about his little disciple. "The emperor has not given up on me, so I will definitely have a future. But Wangxuan! These jackals cannot tear flesh from me, and I am afraid they will target you."

Jiang Chen was a young and brave man who was not afraid of tigers. "Teacher, I am a student who has nothing to fear. How can they deal with me?"

Li Guangdi smiled bitterly. He was still young, so he said it clearly, "They can't do anything to you, but as long as they don't assign you a job, you won't be able to make achievements, so how can you get a chance to be promoted?"

Jiang Chen was silent for a while, then he said resolutely: "If the official career is not going well, I can also study hard, which is enough to cultivate my sentiments and make me happy!"

Li Guangdi was helpless. He had never suffered any loss. Well, he should just run it himself.

So Li Guangdi sent a letter to Zhang Ying, asking him to give Jiang Chen some advice. Zhang Ying was an experienced man, and he also knew that Li Guangdi had not lost his loyalty and would be reinstated sooner or later. He did not want to refuse Li Guangdi's favor, so he readily agreed.