Chapter 51 Chapter 51 Don't mess with me!

Concubine Xi slowly rubbed the balm in her hands, patted it on her cheeks carefully, and said softly: "Abandoning the car to keep handsome is the truth that every smart person understands. Do you think that after this battle, the fourth elder brother will still get in touch with her?" ?" Nanny Jin still didn't understand, but Xi Concubine smiled, and ordered: "Go to the kitchen to get a few catties of walnuts and send them to Brother Ba, and said that Brother Si made the emperor angry tonight, please Ba Ge Brother help me grind some walnuts, so I can make a bowl of walnut dew for the emperor tomorrow morning."

Nanny Jin understood that she was asking her to send a message to the eighth elder brother, and hurriedly took orders. Xi Concubine looked at herself in the mirror and said softly, "Eighth Brother, Eighth Brother, please don't disappoint me." The eighth elder brother actually already got the news. Seeing that Nanny Jin came to deliver the letter again, he didn't say anything else, but said with a smile: "Please go back and tell the empress Xi, that the old eight must grind it with your own hands." Send it away." As he spoke, he rewarded Jin Naomo again, and asked someone to send her out.

Seeing that Nanny Jin had left, Elder Brother Ten couldn't help laughing and said, "Fourth Brother is only thinking of putting his eyes and ears on Huang Ama's side, but he never thought about it, but he can't make money by stealing chickens, haha, how ridiculous!" Brother Jiu sneered, and said: "Tonight, Xi Concubine specially invited Huang Ama to drink and barbecue with Mynah. Seeing Huang Ama and Mynah enjoying themselves, the fourth child will naturally be unsteady, but I can't think of four Fujin actually followed, and put on a good show of catching rape for us all, it's so wonderful!"

The eighth elder brother smiled and said nothing, listening to the ninth and tenth elder brothers chatting and laughing for a while, and then said: "It's getting late, you two should go back to rest early, the fourth brother has offended Huang Ama, we can It's best not to bring Huang Ama's anger over." Brother Nine and Brother Ten got up and said goodbye after hearing this, but before leaving, Brother Ten turned around again, approached Brother Eight and laughed and said, "Brother Eight, tell the truth to Old Ten, don't you?" Do you really like that Qingchuan? If so, I'll go and get rid of that kid who always leans towards her, lest he get in the way!"

The eighth elder brother was stunned for a moment, then he flicked the tenth elder brother's head and said with a smile: "Don't cause trouble for me, Qingchuan's matter, I will take care of it myself." Early the next morning, Concubine Xi brought walnut dew to Kangxi, and while feeding him a drink, she said, "This is freshly ground walnut dew, with ambergris added, it has the effect of calming the nerves and nourishing the mind." Kangxi took a sip from Xi Concubine's hand, only felt that the taste was sweet and refreshing, so he couldn't help but took another two sips, and then asked: "My concubine has a heart, why did you think of making this?"

Concubine Xi smiled playfully, and said: "I'm sorry to accept the emperor's compliment so shamelessly, it's because of the eighth elder brother. When I just came over, I happened to meet the eighth elder brother who was dealing with the servants outside. , when the concubine saw it, she brought it in. If the emperor likes to eat it, he can tell Eighth Brother to grind it more." Kangxi was silent for a while, then suddenly asked: "Do you think the fourth child is suspicious of what happened last night?" Concubine Xi thought for a while, and replied: "I dare not say if there is any suspicion, but since the emperor has doubts, it is good to distance himself from him. He is not the only good son of the emperor."

Kangxi didn't speak, but nodded slowly. Two days later, Prince Yu, who was in charge of the House of Internal Affairs, passed away, and the seat of the head of the House of Internal Affairs became vacant.Kangxi had already returned to the palace, and a minister brought up this matter at the court meeting, because the fourth elder brother Yinzhen had been helping Prince Yu manage the House of Internal Affairs before, so Long Kedo took the lead in recommending the fourth elder brother Yinzhen, but who knew It was denied by Kangxi, and the House of Internal Affairs was handed over to the eighth elder brother Yinhu for management.

As soon as this matter happened, it caused a lot of excitement in the court, and many people jumped at the wind and immediately turned to the eight princes.But no matter how everyone flatters and flatters Eighth Prince, Eighth Prince still treats him calmly with a smile on his face. He does not delay in studying and practicing martial arts, and it is the same as usual, except that he has a little more contact with Chuxiu Palace. Soon, rumors spread in the palace, saying that the eighth elder brother fell in love with a little maid in Chuxiu Palace. Longkodo sneered and said: "What kind of little maid can make the always tolerant Eighth Prince so out of proportion? It's just deliberately released to cover people's eyes, obviously it's a joint venture with Chu Xiu Palace. Already!"

The fourth elder brother remained silent, casually playing with the wine glass in his hand. Long Kedo glanced at him, and then persuaded: "Don't blame Si Fujin anymore, she also blamed me because she cared too much about you. I met her when I was in Nanyuan, and I only thought about her I followed you secretly because I couldn't let go of you, who knew that such a thing would happen!" The fourth elder brother smiled helplessly, and said: "She has already blamed me, how can I blame her, besides, she is a housewife, how can I know how to fight in the court, I don't blame her. Maybe it is true As Er Niang said, there are times in your life that you need, and there is no time in your life to force it."

Long Kedo comforted him again: "Don't worry, Uncle will definitely do his best to change the emperor's opinion." The fourth elder brother thanked: "Then there will be Uncle Lao." He thought for a while, and then said, "I have already asked Jin Zhi to enter the palace about the matter between Lao Ba and Chuxiu Palace. I will talk about the details when she comes back. Bar." Longkodo nodded, "Alright!" Fourth elder brother returned to the mansion, Jin Zhi had already returned from the palace, and was waiting for him in the room, when he saw him back, he waited on him carefully, while saying: "Fourth master, guess who I saw when I entered the palace?"

The fourth elder brother only glanced at her indifferently, but did not speak. Jin Zhi didn't dare to betray her, so he hurriedly continued: "It was the court lady who was chased and beaten that we met in the palace that time, called Qingchuan, does Fourth Master still remember her? The old eight got into a dispute." The fourth prince was slightly taken aback, and asked, "What's wrong?" Jin Zhi smiled mysteriously, and said: "So it turned out that Lao Ba was lying to her. Lao Ba likes her. I went to Chuxiu Palace with gifts, and wanted to use the opportunity to apologize to Empress Xi to find out her reaction. When the knot passed by, I happened to meet Qing Chuan kicking shuttlecock with other court ladies in the yard, and Empress Xi and Lao Ba were watching from the side, looking very harmonious." Jin Zhi glanced at the fourth elder brother, and continued: "I don't know, the fourth elder brother, the plain words have been released, and it is said that Qingchuan begged the concubine Xi, and I heard from people in Chuxiu Palace that the relationship between the two of them is Very good, Qingchuan is very protective of Suyan! Based on my experience of watching dramas for so many years, I think this is the case. The concubine Xi has no sons, so she trained a few court ladies, Qingchuan is one, and that The one called Su Yan is also one, and then let them seduce different elder brothers, Su Yan failed to seduce you, Qingchuan succeeded in seducing eighth elder brother, so she began to help eighth elder brother with all her strength." The fourth elder brother remained silent, and after a while he said: "Although your guess may not be correct, but the old eight is indeed different from others to Qingchuan." Jin Zhi couldn't help asking: "Then what do you want to do?" The fourth elder brother stood silently. He had met the court lady named Qingchuan a few times. Although he had saved her before, he never took these things to heart. Outside, I clearly wanted to visit Er Niang in my heart, but I didn't have the courage to step into the gate of Yonghe Palace.Later, when Qingchuan came out with a lantern, she seemed to see his hesitation and cowardice, and encouraged him to go in.In her eyes, for the first time, he saw pity and sympathy.She said his wish would come true.At that moment, he actually felt that in this world, only this little maid in front of him was the one who could understand him... The fourth elder brother slowly withdrew his mind, and his heart hardened every inch, and said lightly: "Whether it is true or not, since this maid named Qingchuan is the one who connects them now, only she is gone, the connection There will be no more excuses.” In Chuxiu Palace, Su Yan's heart was already in chaos. Today, when she was making snacks in the small kitchen, a court lady accidentally bumped into her. In the confusion, a note and a small paper bag were stuffed into her hand.There were only three words "Killing Qingchuan" written on the note, which was short and clear, and below it was the secret signal that the fourth elder brother would connect with her. This is the news that the fourth elder brother sent her, but why did the fourth elder brother kill Qingchuan? Su Yan was puzzled and flustered, and went back to the room in a state of anxiety.She was imprisoned in the small kitchen by Xi Concubine for many days, and was punished for trying to get close to the emperor. In the eyes of everyone, she became a person who wanted to climb high, and looked down on her very much. Only Qingchuan treated her kindly and believed For her explanation, she also specifically asked Xi Concubine to let her out of the small kitchen. She was afraid that she would be bullied by other court ladies, so she specially moved her bed to her own room. However, now she has received an order to kill Qingchuan. Su Yan has never felt so sorry for herself, she rationally told her to obey the order of the fourth elder brother and kill Qingchuan with this bag of poison, but her conscience told her not to do so.One side is the fourth elder brother, and the other side is Qing Chuan, reason and conscience are torn apart, for a moment, Su Yan only feels that there is an abnormal contradiction in his heart! Su Yan gritted her teeth, didn't she come to the palace just to help the fourth elder brother?She couldn't disappoint him!She picked up the kettle on the table, opened the lid, carefully sprinkled the packet of medicinal powder into it, then sat silently on the stool, waiting for Qingchuan to come back. It was getting dark outside when Qingchuan came back from duty in Chuxiu Palace.Seeing Su Yan sitting in a daze, she wondered, "What's the matter? Su Yan, why are you so dazed?" Su Yan suddenly came back to his senses, waved his hands hastily and said, "It's okay, it's okay." Qing Chuan thought for a while, then asked again: "Is someone bullying you again? Su Yan, don't be afraid, I'll help you!" When she said this, Su Yan felt even more guilty, and could not speak.Seeing this, Qingchuan only thought that she was being bullied by Xinlian, Wanyue and others, so she comforted her and said: "Don't pay attention to Xinlian and the others, they have bullied me before, as long as you are not afraid of them, they dare not What happened to you, besides, there is Empress Xi Concubine, if it doesn't work, we will go to her to complain!" While talking, Qing Chuan sat down at the table, and when she was about to drink the teapot, Su Yan snatched it away.Qingchuan was startled, looked at Su Yan curiously, and asked, "Su Yan, what's wrong with you?" But Su Yan said in a disguised way: "The tea is cold, let me make another pot for you." After finishing speaking, she ignored Qingchuan, took the teapot and ran out quickly. When the waiter was empty, Su Yan couldn't help crying. Since she entered the palace, only Qingchuan has treated her so sincerely. But now she wants to kill Qingchuan, how can she do it! Su Yan cried outside alone for a while, changed to clean tea, and then went back to the room.Seeing that her eye circles were slightly red, Qingchuan knew that she had cried outside, but she didn't know what happened to her, so she asked, "What's wrong with you? Have you cried?" Su Yan hurriedly shook her head, forced a smile and said: "No, just now I was blinded by the wind outside and turned red." She didn't want to mention this again, so she changed the subject and asked: "Today, the emperor can go to Chu Xiugong?" Qing Chuan shook her head, and replied: "The emperor didn't come, but the eighth elder brother came again, and the empress Xi concubine asked me to serve him." She couldn't help but beat her back with her hands, Angrily said: "The eighth elder brother is also the one who keeps people from being idle and tired. He asks me to serve tea and pour water later. I'm going to be exhausted to death." Su Yan has been detained in the small kitchen by Concubine Xi, so I have never heard the rumors that the eighth elder brother fell in love with Qingchuan. Qing Chuan couldn't help but persuaded: "Be patient, he is an elder brother, as long as you don't contradict him, in a few days you will be able to stop fussing with you." Qing Chuan nodded and said, "I understand what you mean, but I don't understand why Madam Xi pushed me towards Brother Ba. When I heard that Brother Ba came to look for me, instead of being angry, she even gave me a hand. I'm on vacation and told me to spend time with Eighth Brother." Although Su Yan was smart, he couldn't figure it out for a while, but he suddenly felt a little worried. If the eighth elder brother and the concubine Xi really got along well, it would be extremely detrimental to the fourth elder brother's career! The two talked a few more words, then took a break.Qing Chuan was tired all day, fell asleep soon after falling down, but Su Yan stayed sleepless all night, keeping his eyes open until dawn.