Chapter 123 Chapter 123

The thirteenth elder brother felt that he had made a slip of the tongue, couldn't help but paused, and said with a smile: "Fourth brother, there is no grass anywhere in the world, why do you care about this kind of woman? Let's go, fourth sister-in-law is still waiting for you at home." In the distance, the eighth elder brother got on the horse and escorted the carriage away. The fourth elder brother smiled faintly, turned his gaze back, turned on the horse outside the palace gate, turned around and said to the thirteenth elder brother: "I'll go back first, You saw Nian Gengyao when you turned around, so come to me."

Brother Thirteen nodded, turned his horse's head and went to the Nian Mansion in the opposite direction. When he came back from Nian Gengyao's place, the market was busy.The thirteenth elder brother rode his horse all the way, feeling very inconvenient. When he turned the corner of the street, he saw that the street ahead was even more chaotic.A group of people seemed to be chasing a female slave, and the female slave ran forward desperately, turning around and tearing down street stalls from time to time to stop the pursuers behind her. A person who looked like a human trafficker shouted loudly from behind: "Catch her, catch her and get a reward, catch her and get a reward!"

When he shouted like this, the boy chased even harder, the female slave gradually lost her strength, and her steps became heavier and heavier. When she ran in front of Brother Thirteen, she staggered and fell down in front of his horse.Elder Brother Thirteen hastily reined in the horse, the horse's hooves were raised high, and landed at the foot of the slave girl.The female slave looked up in horror, her face was pale and colorless, she was obviously dumbfounded by fright. The thirteenth elder brother was also taken aback, and suddenly realized that this slave girl looked exactly like that palace lady named Qingchuan.

The human trafficker chased up from behind, grabbed the female slave on the ground, and cursed angrily: "You bitch, how dare you escape from me, see if I don't beat you to death." While talking, he punched and kicked the female slave.The female slave didn't make a sound, she just curled up and resisted the man's fists and feet with her back. Elder Brother Thirteen felt his heart move, hesitated for a moment, then took out a handful of broken silver from his bosom, raised his hand and scattered it over the trafficker's head, and shouted: "This girl, I bought it."

Money suddenly fell from the sky, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they started to grab it madly, and immediately pushed the trafficker and the female slave to the side of the street. Elder Brother Thirteen smiled, rode his horse forward, pulled the female slave from the ground and put it in front of the horse, ignoring the yelling of the traffickers behind, and left with a whip. It wasn't until he galloped out of the street and reached a place where there were few people that he slowed down the horse, turned around the female slave who was lying in front of the horse, brushed the hair from her face and took a closer look at her appearance, she really looked like Qingchuan , these eyebrows, these facial features, they seem to be carved out of the same mold.Brother Thirteen was very surprised and asked her, "What's your name?"

The female slave hadn't recovered from the sudden change, she was stunned for a while before replying in a low voice: "My maidservant's name is Huaying." Elder Brother Thirteen let go of the hand that clamped her chin, and praised: "Good name." Huaying has been resold several times by human traffickers since she was a child, and she is quite scheming. When she heard this, she showed a shy expression. The thirteenth elder brother looked at her carefully, and said delicately: "Thank you, my lord, for saving the slave and maidservant from that wolf's lair."

Brother Thirteen saw that she was obviously seducing him, so he couldn't help but smiled, put his arms around her and sat down in front of the horse again, put his lips next to her ear, and said with a low smile: "You don't need to work hard on me, What I have seen most since I was a child are all kinds of women who can act, you can't fool me." Huaying froze when she heard that, Brother Thirteen laughed, and asked again: "Why did you escape from the trafficker just now? Do you know that if you were caught by him, he might beat you to death?" Hua Ying knew that the person behind her was not easy to fool, thought for a while, and replied: "This slave girl is the daughter of a good family, she was abducted by the human trafficker, and she always wanted to escape, but he watched closely, just now I finally got the opportunity, naturally I want to give it a try, anyway, if I get sold, I can’t escape suffering, it’s not as easy as killing the whole fish.”

Brother Thirteen heard this, looked at her thoughtfully, and said after a while: "It seems that you are also a courageous person, well, since I bought you back, it will be useful. As long as you obey, it will benefit you." After hearing the words, Huaying thought for a while, then nodded vigorously. The two rode on horseback, Brother Thirteen asked a few more questions about Huaying's life experience, seeing that she only insisted that she was abducted and sold by human traffickers, so he didn't ask any more questions, and only took her to Prince Yong's Mansion.After entering the gate of the mansion, he didn't go to look for the fourth elder brother, instead he went to the inner courtyard with Huaying.

Jin Zhi had just gone to the kitchen to arrange a meal for noon, when he saw Elder Brother Thirteen suddenly brought "Qing Chuan", he was startled, pointed at Hua Ying, and asked him sharply, "Why did you bring her?" ?” Brother Thirteen saw that Jin Zhi was also taken aback, so he couldn't help laughing, and said: "This person is not Qingchuan, but a slave girl I just bought. Fourth sister-in-law also admitted her mistake, right? When I first saw her appearance clearly I was taken aback, and felt that she looked too much like that Qingchuan, but I was afraid that I might not be able to see it correctly, so I brought it here to show the fourth sister-in-law first, since you also admitted that she was wrong, it seems that the resemblance is real .”

Hearing this, Jin Zhi walked around the flower shadow twice, sized her up carefully, then turned around and asked Brother Thirteen in surprise, "Is she really not Qingchuan?" Elder Brother Thirteen nodded with a smile, and said: "Sister-in-law Si, quickly ask someone to take her down to wash and dress up, and dress up according to Qingchuan's usual attire. I will take her there to show Fourth Brother later. go." Only then did Jin Zhi believe that Huaying was not Qingchuan, and when he heard that the thirteenth elder brother was going to bring this woman in front of the fourth elder brother, he couldn't help saying angrily: "Your fourth elder brother just gave up on that bitch, and you brought such a woman with me again?" What is this Xibei guy doing when he comes back? Do you still think your fourth brother is better?"

Elder Brother Thirteen smiled and said: "Sister-in-law Si, you have wronged me to death. I brought her here for the great cause of Brother Fourth. You will know when the time comes. Go and help her dress up. I will wait here. " Jin Zhi gave Brother Thirteen a look, and took Huaying suspiciously to the backyard. After half an hour, he came back with a freshly dressed Huaying.Elder Brother Thirteen looked at Huaying's attire, nodded in satisfaction, and led her to leave the golden branch and come to the study in the outer courtyard. In the study, the fourth elder brother is talking about the political affairs of the DPRK and China with Longkodo.Since the case of the third prince Zhu, the fourth elder brother has been unemployed at home and rarely participates in the political affairs of the court, so most of the affairs of the court are handled by Long Keduo. After a while, Long Keduo will secretly come to Yong Wangfu Let's go to discuss the affairs of the DPRK and China with the fourth elder brother. Longkodo also heard about Kangxi's marriage proposal for the eighth elder brother, and said to the fourth elder brother: "Now the concubine Liang is favored, and the eighth elder brother has a good reputation among the ministers. I heard that they jointly signed the petition. Ask the emperor to appoint the eighth elder brother as his heir, and call him the eighth wise king. It seems that the eighth elder brother is really popular." As soon as he heard the word "finger marriage", the fourth elder brother suddenly thought of Qingchuan, and felt an inexplicable pain in his heart. He was silent for a moment, and then asked Longkoduo lightly: "What do you think, uncle?" Long Kedo got up, looked out of the window cautiously, and saw that there was no servant standing in the corridor, only the fourth elder brother, a personal attendant, was standing by the gate of the courtyard. He sat back in the chair, stared at the fourth elder brother, and said slowly Said: "It seems that the right way is no longer possible, I have to find another way." "Another way?" Brother Si frowned slightly unconsciously. Just then Longkodo lowered his voice and continued: "The Nian Gengyao that the fourth elder brother wins over is very useful. He has the imperial guards in his hands, and the imperial guards are the only guards in the palace. As long as he is willing to Playing for us, the chances of winning are still great.” The fourth elder brother was slightly startled, and immediately understood what Longkodo meant, and refused without thinking: "No, such usurping the throne is not justified, and even if it succeeds, it will be infamous forever. In the hands of Huang Ama's confidantes, even if they succeed for a while, they will be besieged by the world, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape completely." Longkodo naturally considered this, and couldn't help but feel annoyed: "Then what should I do? Is it possible to watch the eighth prince become the prince?" The fourth prince said in a low voice: "Sun Tzu's Art of War says that if you know yourself and your enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. Now we don't even know the opponent's situation. It is really difficult to take the next step." Just as I was talking, I heard the servant at the gate of the courtyard greet the thirteenth elder brother, and after a while, I saw a young woman coming in from the door, bowed down to the fourth elder brother, and said softly: " The fourth elder brother is auspicious." Long Kedo cried out: "Qingchuan?" He glanced at the fourth elder brother in astonishment, seeing that he was only looking at "Qingchuan" quietly, he quickly stood up and shouted at "Qingchuan", angrily said: "Why don't you Will you come here? Who let you in? Come, come, come..." The fourth elder brother who had been silent all this time stretched out his hand to block it, and said indifferently: "Uncle, don't worry, she is not Qingchuan." Longkodo couldn't help being stunned, the thirteenth brother over there clapped his hands and walked into the room, and said with a smile: "Fourth brother has really good eyesight, you can tell that she is not Qingchuan at a glance." Longkodo looked at the thirteenth brother in astonishment, then at the fake Qingchuan, and couldn't help asking: "Thirteenth brother, who is this person? Why does he look so similar to Qingchuan?" Brother Thirteen replied: "Her name is Huaying. I bought it from the slave market. I have already told her everything about Qingchuan and taught her the rules of the palace. Fourth brother, tell me, if If we keep her with Starling, won't we get twice the result with half the effort?" Before the fourth elder brother could speak, Longkodo on the side already clapped his hands and said, "A clever plan, with her, we can know what they will do next." The fourth elder brother lowered his face, and said in a cold voice: "No." The other three people in the room were all taken aback, and they all looked at the fourth elder brother in unison. The fourth elder brother's gaze was slowly patrolling Huaying's face.Hua Ying felt guilty from the sharp gaze, she lowered her eyes unconsciously, and heard him say: "I recognized her at a glance, how could Lao Ba not see it?"