Rong Fei is not honored

"So what if you know?" Tong Guogang said calmly, still calm and composed.

Tong Guowei was anxious, "What if the Empress Dowager holds a grudge against the Tong family and interferes in the succession to the empress?" If the duck that was in his hand finally flew away, Tong Guowei would be so angry that he would vomit blood.

"Even if we hold a grudge, there's no way. Because of the death of Empress Dowager Cihe, both publicly and privately, the Tong family and the Grand Empress Dowager can only be enemies." Tong Guogang looked at Tong Guowei meaningfully, which made him shudder.

Yes, the death of Empress Dowager Cihe is a foregone conclusion, so the Tong family can only become enemies with the Grand Empress Dowager.

He didn't take revenge because she was the Empress Dowager, but if he reconciled for the sake of interests, how would His Majesty view the Tong family?

"But if that's the case, Xianrui's position as queen is probably in jeopardy." Tong Guowei was still unwilling to accept it, because she was the queen who was the mother of the country.

As long as Xianrui becomes the queen and gives birth to a prince, the Tong family's wealth will last for more than three generations.

Tong Guowei's heart trembled at the thought that his family might lose the throne of Queen because of the Empress Dowager.

"This world belongs to His Majesty, this Qing belongs to His Majesty. Even the Empress Dowager cannot influence His Majesty's will.

Look, even if Niuhulu entered the palace, wouldn't our Xianrui also enter the palace?"

Nianhulu was the Empress Dowager's choice for empress. If His Majesty intended to follow the Empress Dowager's wishes, why would he allow his own princess to enter the palace?

It was just that it was not convenient to directly offend the Empress Dowager, so she ordered the two of them to enter the palace together.

"However, we really can't take it lightly and still have to be careful.

Send a message to the palace, and tell my niece to put aside the fight for favor for now; the most urgent priority is who will be the queen."

"That's right." Tong Guowei agreed with this.

In their eyes, no matter how favored all the concubines in the palace were, they could not compete with the status of Empress Dowager Cihe's niece.

Don't forget who Empress Dowager Cihe died for. Just based on this reason, it is impossible for His Majesty to do such a heartless thing as helping others bully his cousin.

Therefore, their enemies were never the concubines, but the Empress Dowager.

Fortunately, before Xianrui entered the palace, they had already told her the truth about the death of Empress Dowager Cihe. With just a little reminder, Xianrui would definitely understand what they meant.

"Now it depends on whether Xianrui can hold her ground."

Tong Guogang, who said this, did not expect that a few months later, he would be the first person to get restless.

"What did you say? What do you mean, His Majesty hasn't been to Chengqian Palace once in the past few months?" Men understand men best. His Majesty doesn't even want to see Xianrui. Even if they are cousins, how much friendship can they have?

The servant who came to report trembled and said: "The news that came in said so. Not only that, the other party also emphasized it, saying:

In the past few months, not only has His Majesty not stayed in Chengqian Palace, but even when a princess took the initiative to go to Qianqing Palace, His Majesty would not meet her.

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the brothers Tong Guogang and Tong Guowei both changed.

His Majesty is expressing his dissatisfaction with Xianrui, and even with the Tong family! But how could this be?

Tong Guowei asked anxiously, "But what happened in the palace?"

"The news that came in said that the palace had been peaceful for the past few months, so Gege couldn't understand why the Emperor treated her like this, so she sent a message back for help."

Tong Guowei speculated, "Could it be that someone else is plotting against her again, but Xianrui doesn't know about it?"

Tong Guowei felt that if the person who took action was the Empress Dowager, Xianrui would most likely be disliked by the Emperor without realizing it.

Tong Guogang did not answer, but first asked if there was any other news coming back from the palace. After receiving the answer "no", he fell silent again.

"Big brother!"

"Why are you in such a hurry? Even if someone has plotted against you, there should be a reason.

Otherwise, just a few slanderous words won't shake Xianrui's position."

"But didn't Xianrui say that the palace was always peaceful?"

"Then there is only one possibility." Tong Guogang closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes were filled with coldness. "It seems that we all guessed wrong. What happened last time is not over at all."

"Last time? What happened...

Brother, are you talking about Ma Jia? How could that be?

Not only did His Majesty confine Ma Jia to his residence, he also took away several of the princes and princesses from the Zhongcui Palace. This clearly shows his displeasure at Ma Jia's use of the heir apparent to gain favor."

Tong Guowei took a while to think about it before he remembered what Tong Guogang was talking about.

"But this doesn't mean His Majesty has no opinion on Xianrui."

"Why? It's just a package."

"In the eyes of others, the Tong family is not much better than the bannermen." Tong Guogang said unhappily.

"How can they be the same?" Tong Guowei said confidently, completely forgetting that before Kangxi gave the Tong family a banner, the Tonggiya clan was just a Han army banner.

Although Tong Guogang said this, his thoughts were actually the same as Tong Guowei's. Even though their Tong family was a Han army flag in the past, they were still different.

The person sitting on the dragon throne now has half Tong family blood. Who dares to say that the Tong family is not noble?

“Your Majesty is my sister’s child, so naturally he would prefer to be closer to the Tong family, but do others want to see this?

Those people have always looked down on our Tong family. In fact, they are just jealous of Tong Jia's rise to fame. I am afraid they wish that His Majesty would dislike the Tong family."

"Brother, are you saying that someone is using this incident to spread rumors?"

"Didn't you also say that Ma Jia is just a bannerman? Then why would His Majesty treat his own family in such cold terms just because of a bannerman?"

Tong Guogang's eyes were filled with a cold chill.

"A bunch of villains who want to trample the Tong family down, plus there's a Grand Empress Dowager who has a grudge against us. Even if His Majesty has deep feelings for the Tong family, they will be worn away by these slanderous words day after day."

"If my sister were still here, the Tong family wouldn't have had to guess at the Emperor's feelings. It wouldn't have taken so long until Xianrui brought back the news, and we only knew that the Emperor was dissatisfied with the Tong family."

"Fortunately, Xianrui has entered the palace. Once the problem we just need to solve is resolved, Xianrui will be able to firmly grasp the heart of His Majesty. In this way, our family will not be completely ignorant of the palace."

"Tomorrow, you and I will go to see His Majesty together. We should be humble. His Majesty can't deny his uncle any respect."

However, although Tong Guogang had good ideas, the actual situation did not develop as he expected.

Tong Guogang and Tong Guowei bent their bodies and lowered their heads until they were about to give up. Still, no voice of the Emperor came from above, only the sound of paper rubbing against each other.

His Majesty is warning them!

After realizing this, Tong Guogang was shocked. It seemed that the situation was far more serious than he thought.

Perhaps it was a wrong decision for them to come to see the Emperor today. Before they knew why the Emperor was dissatisfied, the more they said, the more mistakes they would make. Maybe their words would touch the Emperor's sore spot.

On the other hand, when Tong Guowei saw that the Emperor ignored him and his elder brother, he changed his mind and started to play the emotional card.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Xianrui... every time I see her, I think of her sister... so even if Xianrui makes a mistake, I can't bear to punish her. Over time, this has led to her developing a bad temper.

This is all my fault. I didn't teach her well. Your Majesty, please don't blame Xianrui... But that child just has a bad temper, she doesn't have any bad intentions... You have been treating Xianrui coldly for a while, which has caused her great sadness. I already know I was wrong."

Tong Guogang wanted to stop Tong Guowei from continuing, but he didn't dare to do anything in front of the Emperor. He could only hope that Tong Guowei would mention his sister to make the Emperor soften his heart.

But how could Kangxi allow these so-called relatives of his mother to take advantage of her again and again?

The memorial in Kangxi's hand fell heavily at the feet of Tong Guowei and Tong Guogang.

It would have been fine if they hadn't mentioned my mother, but mentioning it now would only make Kangxi feel that the Tong family was even more hateful.

To them, what was their mother really? A tool for profit? An excuse to escape punishment?

"No wonder Tong Jia dared to stir up trouble in the palace as soon as she entered. It turns out that she was relying on my mother's power." Kangxi sneered.

Tong Guogang and Tong Guowei could never have imagined that mentioning Empress Dowager Cihe not only failed to soften the Emperor's heart, but instead angered him.