The Biography of Concubine Xi of Yongzheng

Chapter 203 Bribery
On the eve of the 47th year of Kangxi, Sibeile's mansion ushered in an unexpected guest—the prince.

After Li Baolai died, the emperor asked Liang Jiugong to send an honest and cautious eunuch Zhao Guoshi as the chief eunuch in the empress's uterus.This time the crown prince came out of the palace to look for Yinzhen, and he brought Zhao Guoshi with him.

Hong Shixu was four years old, and he was really babbling.Just as Yinzhen was hugging him and listening to him reciting Tang poems indistinctly, the prince ran over against the snow.

He felt strange, and was about to put Hongshi down on his lap, but the crown prince raised his hand to stop him: "Hey, fourth brother, you're welcome. This old one, I just came to see my brother. Don't worry about those hypocrisy." After finishing speaking, he raised his hand and waved towards Zhao Guoshi who was behind him.

Zhao Guoshi got his signal and hurried forward with a wooden box in his arms.

After all, Yinzhen let go of Hongshi. When Hongshi was young, when he saw the prince coming, he called him "Second Uncle" out of nowhere.

The prince was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and hurriedly stepped forward to hug him with a smile, and pinched his little face: "The little guy has a really sweet mouth. The second uncle brought something good to play with you today."

As he spoke, he asked Zhao Guoshi to open the wooden box, Yinzhen frowned, Ulanara and Cifujin Li were curious, and they both took two steps closer to look inside.

There are a lot of things in it, including puppets with movable limbs, lifelike clay figurines, hand-turned flower boards, kaleidoscopes, silver boats, Western building blocks...all of them are gadgets for children to play with.After seeing the things in the wooden box, Hongshi's eyes lit up, and he raised his fleshy little palm to clap.

Hong Yun was four years older than Hong Shi, and seeing so many interesting things put on the table one by one, his eyes lit up with joy.My husband has always taught him that playing with things will lead to loss of morale, so he has always followed his teachings, and at a young age, he has been adhering to the impetuousness in his heart, playing less and learning more.But after all, he is an eight-year-old child, and he was quickly attracted by this dazzling array of fun things.

"In the past few days, when I was packing things, I found so many good things hidden. I know that my fourth brother Hongyun Hongshi is at the age of playing, so I brought them here." The prince hugged Hongshi for a while, then put him down, and looked at him Stretching out his small hand to pick up the things Zhao Guoshi took out, he laughed twice and went to sit down beside Yinzhen.

The wooden box was like a treasure chest. After Zhao Guoshi took out all the playthings on the upper layer, he suddenly opened the partition below the wooden box, and took out several small wooden boxes with exquisite carvings.

Yinzhen made a faint smile, and squinted at the prince: "What is the prince doing? If you don't know, you still pretend to be the prince and come to my house to bribe me."

The prince's face froze for a moment, the corner of his mouth twitched twice, and then he let out a dry laugh.Zhao Guoshi just held a small wooden box in his hand and wanted to open it. After hearing Yinzhen's words, he glanced at the prince blankly. Seeing the prince's hesitation, he was in a dilemma for a while. no.

"Hongyun, Hongshi, why don't you know how to thank you when you receive something?" Yinzhen glanced at the prince with a half-smile, and then looked at the two children who were having fun.

Hearing Yinzhen's cold voice, Hongyun hurriedly put down the silver boat in his hand, and bowed respectfully to the prince: "Thank you, Uncle Prince, for the reward."

Seeing his appearance, Hongshi imitated his manner and bowed his waist politely: "Second Uncle is the best, Hongshi wishes New Year to Second Uncle." As he spoke, he knelt down and kowtowed to the prince , a calm appearance of knowing kindness.

Seeing that he was born with a tiger head and a tiger head, but also so sensible and cute, Wulanala was happy in his heart, and quickly covered his mouth and laughed: "How did my sister teach me? She taught Hongshi's small mouth to be so cute. "

When Yin Zhen saw Xiao Hong's actions, his eyes turned cold.He glanced at Li Shi lightly, Li Shi was smiling happily, his eyes were full of Hongshi's small figure, he never noticed Yinzhen's expression.

After everyone laughed, the prince said a few more casual words before leaving.Seeing that he could keep those exquisitely carved wooden boxes without opening them to see what was inside, Yinzhen hurriedly called out to him: "The crown prince left something behind? Don't forget to take these away."

Zhao Guoshi turned his head and saw Yinzhen pointing at the wooden boxes impartially, and raised his eyes to look at the prince in a hurry.

The crown prince was a bit embarrassed, but he didn't intend to take it back. He laughed a few times and finally said: "It's just a small thing, and it's for the people in your house to play with. There's no need for brothers to be so unfamiliar. I am leaving."

After he finished speaking, he left in a hurry, for fear that Yinzhen would forcibly brush off his face in front of so many people.He already knew that Yinzhen was investigating the shortfall, and he didn't know whether Yinzhen was on purpose or not. He has been chasing the shortfall of Ku Yin for so long, and he hasn't been traced yet.Yinzhen had told him a long time ago that he should quickly make up for the shortfall by himself, so that the emperor would not get angry when he found out.The prince knew that Yinzhen was giving him enough time to prepare silver, so he was quite grateful.It's just that he spent all the silver taken out of the treasury, and suddenly asked him to prepare, how could he raise it?

So he decided to take advantage of the New Year's Day to come to his house. During the Spring Festival, others thought he was here to join in the fun.He took this opportunity to bring jewelry over, thinking that once Yinzhen's women were happy, he would ask Yinzhen to give him a little more time, and then they would help to speak.It's just that he didn't expect that before he had time to show it, Yinzhen said such a lukewarm remark, which made him unable to figure out what Yinzhen meant, so he no longer deliberately introduced the origins of those few pieces of jewelry.

As soon as the crown prince left, Yinzhen asked someone to open those wooden boxes.

"Wow~" As soon as the box was opened, dazzling jewels overflowed in an instant.One of the boxes contained a jade unicorn the size of two palms. It stepped on auspicious clouds and spit out white beads. It was crystal clear and lifelike.Its whole body is covered with scales, with a deer body and a dragon tail, and its head is raised high, as if it is jumping for joy!
Kylin is a sign of auspiciousness.

But when Yinzhen saw the jade unicorn, his complexion turned dark, and he immediately called Wei Chang'an and said, "Hurry up and return these things to the prince, and make sure he takes them back to the palace. Tell him, be sure to take these things back to the palace." Go back to the jade unicorn!" He looked down at the things Hong Yun and Hong Shi were playing with, then took two steps towards Wei Chang'an who was packing up, and whispered in his ear, "Take 5000 taels of silver. Give him the ticket, and say it is my gift in return for his child."

Wei Changan nodded in response, quickly took his things and left.

Seeing that his expression was not right, Wulanara hurriedly pulled him aside, and asked in puzzlement, "What's the matter? It was fine just now. What's wrong with the prince's thing?"

"Now that I'm going to pursue Ku Yin's deficit, I'm going to catch up with him soon. In addition, I have evidence that several people who have made friends with him are short-lived. He must want to bribe me this time. At this juncture Come on, how can I be messed up? If someone with a heart finds out, Huang Ama will definitely be angry with me."

He looked at the dark night outside the palace gate with a straight face, and frowned tightly, "The jade unicorn was a tribute from the Western Regions to Huang Ama last year. If I remember correctly, this jade unicorn is the only one." Huang Ama rewarded the prince alone in front of everyone, and she has other intentions. It's just that after the prince made Huang Ama faint in anger last year, Huang Ama took the jade unicorn back. You Said that he is now privately taking this tribute that does not belong to him to me, can I accept it?"

"This..." Ulanara's body trembled when she heard what he said, and her heart turned cold, "Why did the prince harm you so much? Isn't he relying on the thirteenth brother and you the most?"

Yinzhen sighed, closed his eyes and calmed down for a while: "It's not that he wants to harm me, but his mind is muddled. He must think that he has nothing more precious than this. Taking such a precious thing Things and I want to show his eagerness to ask for help..."

Yinzhen suddenly shook his head lightly and stopped talking.

Ulanara took a look at him and held his hand: "The prince has always been kind, and he was innocent. It's just that I heard from Er Niang that the prince's behavior in recent years has become more... Damn, you and Thirteenth brother should stay away from him, don't be dragged by him."

Yi Yinzhen gave her a strange look: "Is this what Er Niang asked you to say?"

Ulanara was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Emiang also cares about you, she said she was not in the palace, did not see the prince, what kind of stupid things did she do. She is worried that if the emperor Ama gets angry one day If you want to pursue him next time, you will inevitably be implicated."

That's right, Concubine De is his biological mother, so she will naturally care about him.As for letting the thirteenth elder brother stay away from the prince, he thought, it was Ulanara's own idea.She knew that Yinzhen was a bit withdrawn, so only Shisan could get close to him, so she didn't want anything to happen to Shisan.

Yinzhen smiled knowingly, and tightened her hand.Ever since she persuaded Yinzhen to enjoy both the rain and the dew, not to just guard Yanhua, this is the first time he has calmed down to talk to her.

After 16 years of staying together, after all, the affection was hidden in the long years. Yinzhen felt warm in his heart, and raised his hand to embrace her in his arms...

"Sister, did you notice it just now?" Because Yanhua and Geng knew about Song's affair, when the crown prince appeared, the two of them focused their attention on the interaction between Song and the crown prince.Especially Geng Shi, wishing to have another pair of eyes, one pair staring at Song Shi and the other pair staring at the crown prince.

Geng has been secretly looking at Song, and now he heard Yan Hua whispering in her ear, and then turned around: "What did my sister notice?"

"Just now when the crown prince was leaving, he glanced at Sister Song several times." Like a person catching a traitor, she gave Song a straight look, and then quickly withdrew her eyes.

Geng shook his head: "I was just looking at her, I think she was quite scared when she saw the prince coming in."

"Afraid?" Yanhua frowned and looked at Song Shi again. At this time, Song Shi took the lead to leave the hall on the grounds that she was unwell. Yanhua snorted coldly at her back, "She is afraid that the prince will be careless. Tell her about it."

Thinking of what the Song family did, Yanhua couldn't help but clenched her fists tightly.Thinking of Yinzhen's poor eyesight, she angrily raised her eyes and glared in Yinzhen's direction.

Yinzhen happened to be looking at her at this time, seeing the anger in her eyes, he couldn't help being taken aback...

(End of this chapter)