Chapter 23 Chapter Twenty Two

Not long after the Spring Festival, a few plum blossoms were in full bloom. Standing under the trees and closing your eyes, the floating fragrance became more and more intense.When does Kangxi plan to reset the prince?It has been more than two months! I recalled it carefully, but I really can't remember the specific date, I only remember that it was at the beginning of this year.But now even I am impatient to wait, those people who don't know the details are probably even more distressed, and their days are like years. As I was thinking to myself, Elder Brother Ten’s voice was next to my ear: “I’m in a daze again!” I opened my eyes with a smile, and turned to look at Elder Brother Ten, only to see Elder Brother Nine, Elder Fourteen and Brother Ten who had been in a daze since they came back from outside the Great Wall. The eight elder brothers who hadn't seen stood behind him.I hurriedly bowed down to say hello.When I raised my head, I subconsciously glanced at Eighth Brother, but just met his half-smiling eyes, and my heart skipped a beat.

Brother Jiu looked around and saw that there was no one around, then stared straight at me and asked, "I have something to ask the girl today!" The master who was speaking wanted to ask me what was the matter, so he had to reply respectfully: "Please ask, Brother Jiu!" The elder brothers next to me were slightly startled at first.The eighth elder brother frowned and stared at the ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother looked at the ninth elder brother blankly, but the fourteenth stared at me with clear eyes. "What did Huang Ama say when he summoned the second brother alone?" I said 'oh', and realized that it was for this matter!But it's no wonder that Li Dequan and I were the only ones staying in the house at that time, no matter who they put next to Kangxi, I'm afraid they won't know the whole story of this conversation.Unless they can pry Li Dequan's mouth open, but that's about as difficult as picking the moon.

I was about to tell them that I was guarding the outside room, but I didn't hear what I said clearly.But I heard the eighth elder brother say: "Ruoxi, you go back first!" I just opened my mouth and before I had time to say anything, I heard Fourteen say: "Ask her what's the matter? As long as she and Li Dequan know about it Except for her, no one else can answer." Eighth elder brother looked at Fourteen and said: "The servants in front of the imperial court pass on the secret conversation between the emperor and his courtiers, once they are known, what will happen, have you ever thought about it? "After speaking, the voice was very cold.Fourteen was stunned for a while, looked at me for a while, turned his eyes to Meihua, and said nothing again.Upon hearing this, Elder Brother Ten hurriedly said, "Then Ruoxi, go ahead and do whatever you need to do!"

Brother Jiu snorted coldly and said: "We are the only ones here, if she doesn't tell us, if we don't tell us, who will know?" After finishing speaking, he looked at me coldly.I saw that the eighth elder brother looked cold, so I hurriedly said in a hurry before he could speak: "Although the servant was in the room at that time, you can stay outside. The emperor and the second elder brother are inside, so the servant can't hear you clearly." As soon as the words fell, I heard Brother Jiu sneering, looking at Brother Ba and saying, "Brother Ba, take a good look! This is the person you have worked so hard on. I just raise a dog..." Before finishing speaking, Ba Elder Brother cut off coldly: "Ninth Brother!"

He didn't look at me, but his gaze slowly flicked around the faces of the elder brothers, and finally he stared at Brother Jiu and said: "No one is allowed to ask her anything about Huang Ama again." Brother Jiu After looking at each other for a while with a gloomy expression, the eighth brother looked back at him indifferently.Fourteen looked at me coldly, tenth brother looked at eighth brother, then at ninth brother, his mouth opened and closed, but there was no sound. In the end, Brother Jiu turned his gaze and stared at me, sneered a few times, flicked his sleeves, turned around and left, Fourteen immediately followed Brother Jiu with a hint of coldness in his mouth.Brother Ten looked us around a few times, then scratched his head and left.

Only then did Eighth Brother tilt his head and smile slightly, glanced at me indifferently, turned around and walked away slowly.I stood silently, just thinking, they couldn't believe I didn't hear!Looking up at the back of Eighth Brother who is gradually going away, I only feel the slightest coldness, even he doesn't believe it!Feeling sore in his heart, he held back his tears, turned around and walked back quickly, but after walking a few steps, his mind was full of his usual faint smile, the warm smile in the sun, and the rare big laugh The sound came back and forth in my head, and I couldn't help feeling pain in my heart, so I stopped in my tracks.I stopped and meditated for a while, and finally heaved a long sigh, thinking, that's all!That's all!What have I done for him all these years?Then he turned around and ran after them.

They all turned their heads when they heard footsteps behind them, and seeing me, Brother Nine smiled coldly and continued walking, while Brother Eight, Brother Ten and Fourteen stopped. I stopped, took a few breaths, looked around again, and just about to open my mouth, the eighth elder brother had already said: "I don't want to hear it, you go back!" I shook my head and said: "I just want to tell you, but I can't help it." , I really didn’t hear it.” They all showed doubts on their faces.I turned my head and looked at Brother Ten with a smile and said, "You go with Brother Nine first!" He said anxiously, "Why do you want to push me away?" , said gently: "Go first!"

Elder Brother Ten glared at me resentfully, I hurried forward two steps, tugged at his sleeve, and said softly, "It's for your own good anyway!" After finishing speaking, he was unmoved.Laughing again, he tugged at his sleeve and said, "Please! Don't be angry, okay? Okay?" He was at a loss for what to do, so he had to pull the sleeve out of my hand viciously. Said: "You don't look like Miss Gege at all!" Turning around and leaving. I saw that he was no longer angry, so I couldn't help sticking out my tongue, and looked at Eighth Brother and Fourteen with a smile.The eighth elder brother's face had long since lost the indifference just now, he looked at me with a smile and shook his head slightly, but the fourteenth glanced at the eighth elder brother, looked at me and sighed heavily.I looked around again, and quietly said: "The emperor loves the prince very much." After finishing speaking, I still looked at them with a smile and asked: "The cowhide painting I brought to my sister from outside the Great Wall last time. Do you like it? There are also bead ornaments for Qiaohui and Dongyun, do they like them?" Brother Ba said with a smile: "I like them all!" I laughed again: "My sister came to the palace for a banquet on New Year's Eve. But I have to guard the palace, and I have never met each other. The sisters have no chance to talk, so I can only ask Master Ba to help me take care of my sister." Brother Ba smiled and nodded.Only then did I bow down to make a blessing, and said: "Your servants will leave first." The eighth elder brother said softly: "Go!" I turned around and went back.

In the past few days, I have been uneasy, worried about what I said without careful consideration.I have been thinking about what the effect of what I said will be to slow them down in their search for a position?Or take more measures to attack the crown prince, so as to reduce the emperor's favor for the crown prince?After much deliberation, there is no answer.I couldn't help but ask myself in my heart, is what I said right or wrong?Will things backfire?I was walking back while thinking about this issue again.But I heard Thirteen calling me from behind. Brother Si and Thirteen, who hadn't seen each other all this time, unexpectedly ran into each other.Since talking with Shisan in the tent, so many things have happened, and I have never had the opportunity to face Si elder brother face to face.Standing in front of the fourth elder brother, I only felt my ears were hot, and my heart was strange. I couldn't help but think of his cold lips sliding across my cheeks, lips and ears in the night of the grassland. It was a little embarrassing. want to go.

Shisan smiled and reached out to stop me, "It's been so long, why are you so estranged?" I hurriedly said with a smile: "Where is it, but there are still things to do at hand!" Shisan looked at me in disbelief I smiled and shook my head, but still said: "Then you go!" Before I could take a step, the fourth elder brother said lightly: "I have something to ask you." I froze there.Thirteen chuckled a few times, coughed a few more times, suppressed a smile and said, "Well... I have something to do with this, so I'm leaving first." I hurriedly reached out to grab him, but he easily dodged it , while laughing in a low voice, gave me a sideways glance, and walked away quickly.

My heart was full of worries, thinking, how should I explain it?How to explain him to believe it?And how to explain it so that he won't become angry from embarrassment? Zheng was feeling up and down in his heart, uneasy.But he asked calmly: "What did the emperor Ama and the second brother say that day?" My anxiety disappeared immediately, and my thousands of thoughts disappeared without a trace.For a moment, I couldn't tell what it was like, it should be peace of mind, but there was still a faint sense of loss.I can't help laughing at myself that I also have a day of being passionate! After calming down, I replied indifferently: "At that time, the servant was guarding the outside and the emperor and the second elder brother were inside. The servant did not know what they said." He glanced around and took two quick steps. I couldn't help but retreat, and he followed up again. I found that I was already clinging to the tree trunk, and there was no way I could retreat.You can only stand close to him and feel his breath.He said softly, "Are you annoying me that night?" I shook my head hastily.I thought that it would be fine if you didn't annoy me, but I didn't annoy you, one was that I caused him to misunderstand first, and the other was that I hadn't eaten the bear's heart and leopard courage. He stared into my eyes and said slowly: "I may have misunderstood what you meant at the time." I nodded hurriedly.I thought to myself, just understand, just understand!The heart is not yet ready to let go, just watching him staring at me and smiling slowly, I immediately feel the creeps all over my body, and the cold air rises from the soles of my feet. Sure enough, he continued with a smile: "But I don't regret kissing you." My heart beats wildly immediately!On the one hand, I have to suppress the tension and think about the meaning of his words, and see how to respond. After he finished speaking, he reached out to my neck, lightly pulled off my collar, and glanced inside.The cold fingers slide over my skin vaguely, and I feel that my body is also getting colder.Such a frivolous move, but he did it frankly and naturally, as if he and I should be like this for granted.I got angry in my heart, and the anger went straight to my head, and I didn't care whether he would be Yongzheng in the future, so I waved his hand and opened it forcefully. He didn't care, followed my movements, withdrew his hand, took two steps back, and asked in a flat voice, "Why aren't you wearing it?" I was slightly startled, and immediately realized that he wanted to see if I was wearing it. that chain. I replied bluntly: "In the house, the next time Fourth Master enters the palace, the servants will return it to Fourth Master." With some traces of coldness and sarcasm in his eyes, he looked at me for a long while.As soon as my temper came up, I didn't want to care about the consequences any more, so I stared straight at him. Suddenly a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said, "Since I have accepted it, there is no reason to return it." I opened my mouth to explain that it was purely a misunderstanding at the time, and I didn't even know it was sent by him.But he opened his mouth, how do you think this can be explained?Should I tell him that I thought it was a gift from the eighth elder brother?Had to shut up again.I am very upset. He saw that I was hesitant to speak, and said, "Although you started some things, you can't let them end." A few traces of resentment and anger looked back at him.There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, he looked at me calmly for a while, put away the smile, and said lightly: "One day, you will be willing to take it." Although his tone was light, there was a kind of power that absolutely no one could reverse inside. I was startled suddenly, thinking, if I confront him head-on, how can there be any reason to win?Need to think of other ways.I have read books for nothing for so many years.Why don't you even understand the principles of using softness to overcome rigidity and four-two-handedness?While thinking about it, the expression on his face gradually eased. He was quiet for a while, and asked: "Although I can't hear the specifics, can't I hear nothing?" I hurriedly withdrew my mind, looked at him, and said flatly: "No!" Leisurely leaned behind her back, staring at me deeply, I only felt that my heart, which had been slightly relieved just now, was raised again. Thinking quickly in my mind, Li Dequan put me in the room that day, didn't he think that someone would ask me?The answer was obvious, and he would definitely think of it, so he kept me outside, even if someone asked.Second, Li Dequan was a kind of temptation to me at that time. If I was really a brother, I would definitely try my best to listen to this very important conversation between the emperor and the prince, and I was standing outside near the door. , didn't move his position at all, and was still thinking about other things. If he deliberately tried to test it, then all of this must have fallen into the eyes of that old fox Li Dequan.Then there is no possibility of me leaking the news.Thinking of this, I can't help but feel a little scared. If I was really curious and tried to listen to it for a while, I'm afraid... . Quickly pull your mind back, now is not the time to analyze Li Dequan, the most important thing right now is to pass the level of the fourth elder brother.He was obviously determined to learn a thing or two from me.It's okay if I reject him, but he is the fourth elder brother, the future Yongzheng, do I really need to have trouble with him on this matter?Wouldn't all the previous caution be in vain? I thought about it a few times in my head, and finally looked up with a smile, looked at the fourth elder brother and said, "At that time, I could only faintly hear the second elder brother's cry outside." After I finished speaking, I bowed to ask Ann to leave.He asked in a flat voice: "Did you tell your brother-in-law the same way?" My bowed body stiffened slightly, and I stood up slowly, smiling like a spring flower and replied: "Exactly!" He looked at me with no warmth in his eyes, and I kept my smile like a spring flower, and looked back at him softly.After a while, he said softly: "You go!" I smiled and saluted him again, then turned around and left slowly.