Chapter 39 The thirty-ninth round of the eighteenth emperor's aunt exercising power to envoy Weigege's forehead to report to the police

Eighteen Gege made a big fuss on Si Gege's 50th birthday, disrupting her happy day.After Qianlong's treatment, everyone was actually happy.These princesses have been taught the "rules" by the eunuchs and Jingqi nuns since they were born. They are rough, their teeth are exposed when they smile, they may even eat too much food, and their posture in serving tea is not elegant... everything needs to be "teacher" in line with the royal style.So they looked like heavenly beings from the outside, but they themselves felt unbearably miserable. It was just that they had been like this since they were young, and they were used to it. No one thought that living with their husbands was a matter of course.After a word of mouth, the sons-in-law came in one after another, and the husband and wife sat together to watch "Hitting the Golden Branch", which really felt a special warmth in their hearts.

Qianlong was sitting on the platform talking and joking with his mother, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Nala Shi under the stage looking at him, and suddenly remembered the "rumor".The queen mother smiled while watching the play: "The emperor handled it better than Tang Suzong today, but it gave our girls a prestige. Guo Yan beat the golden branch, but he didn't know the inside story. There are some things that the golden branches themselves have to do. What do you think?" emperor?" "Ah? Ah!" Qianlong was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses and hurriedly bowed his head and smiled apologetically: "Yes, why would Tang Suzong be willing? He is uneasy inside and out, and he has to rely heavily on Guo Ziyi, of course it is a last resort."

One sentence made the Queen, Si Gege and Qi Gege cover their mouths and laugh.The Queen Mother smiled and said: "Emperor, you are tired. As soon as you come, you will have enough face. Leave us alone, if you want to rest, just go back and rest. I am happy today, and I have to see the end!" Qianlong was busy Standing up, she smiled and said, "This is why the Empress is sympathetic to her son." In fact, it's not that I'm tired, it's just that there are a few small things that need to be taken care of, and if I can't watch the play, I just lose my mind. He bowed to the Queen Mother again, and quietly left Sigege Mansion with Gao Wuyong and others.

Eighteen Gege returned to the gate of his mansion outside the Chaoyang Gate, a large group of maids and old ladies greeted them as soon as they got off the sedan chair, the head of the Jingqi Mammy Zhang led the crowd to kneel down and kowtow to the forehead.Mrs. Zhang said with a smile: "I just came back from the Tianqi Temple, and I drew a good lottery for Gege! It was said that Gege is the grandniece of the Jade Emperor, and that Gege is going to have a son next year..." Said while accompanying Going into Xiamen at eighteen Gege, he turned his head and said to Ge Shanting: "My father-in-law, please stay. I am also tired. Gege is fasting today and going to Tianqi Temple to burn incense tomorrow. I just come in later to say hello to Gege." "Ms. Zhang is the dowry girl of Concubine Ding'an, and she is married to Yin An, younger brother of Grand Scholar Yin Tai.Her cousin is Zhang Guangsi, the current emperor's celebrity.Either way, her foundation is very hard.In fact, she is the true master of this mansion.Hearing her orders, Ge Shanting stood still and looked at his wife in bewilderment.Eighteen Gege smiled and said: "You can go back to the mansion first. I just ate a lot of fish and meat at Sigu's place, so I can't fast. I won't go to Tianqi Temple tomorrow. You go back and pack up first. Wait for my letter." After saying that, he entered the courtyard, walked through the corridor and entered the upper room, and sat down to drink tea.

Mrs. Zhang was stupefied when she heard this, and hurriedly followed in, sat across from Ge Ge, and said with a smile: "Great son-in-law is going on a long trip? I'm so old-fashioned, that's when I should come in and set a table for wine to see me off—today I heard that the emperor also went to Sigege Mansion to watch a play? This has never happened before. You just sent my old lady to Tianqi Temple, and I will not be blessed to see the emperor!" Shiba Gege ignored her with a half-smile, He raised his face and shouted, "Thrush! Come in." "Hey, yes!" Her personal girl came in, stood beside Mrs. Zhang, and asked with a smile, "Ge Ge, what do you want?"

"You don't want anything, you call some outside men to move the screen that separates the east room where I live from the main hall, the white marble base, the glass screen, dead and heavy, it's not the girls who did it Something." Eighteen Gege thought about it and said, "There is still a bird gun and a Japanese sword in Curry, take it and hang it here, look, it is hung next to the big chicken blood red porcelain vase. The one in the house where I live The tea set, coffee table, and wicker chairs are all old, so replace them with new ones—you can tell the steward, and you can just say what I say. Also, invite the Jade Guanyin statue in the West Room to the East Wing, and I will pray to Buddha and eat vegetarian food nearby—— Did you understand?"

"Yes!" Huameier stood on the ground, and repeated Gege's words word for word, and went out to make arrangements.Mrs. Zhang has watched her grow up since she was a child, and has never seen her like this. She was surprised and said with a smile: "This is all for me to worry about, but I asked Gege to order it personally. However, you don't use guns and sticks, those birds Guns and knives hang in the house, weird. What do you want those things for?" Shiba Gege smiled and said, "Nurse, I want my son-in-law to move in. I often have nightmares at night. When I woke up, I was still so scared that my heart was pounding, it might be better if a man calmed me down."

Mrs. Zhang was stunned, and opened her mouth wide, as if she didn't know her, staring at this golden branch and jade leaf who sucked her milk and grew up under her teaching.Eighteen Gege sneered and said, "Why, can't it work? I'll give you money, some more." "It's a violation of the rules. The Ministry of Internal Affairs knows it, so why don't you crash the sky?" Mrs. Zhang said, "You are the emperor, and the son-in-law is the minister. If you recruit him, he will come in. If you don't recruit him, he cannot come in. Jin Xing Once you have to report to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for records. The number of recruits is too many to make people laugh, and make people point their backs and say ugly things, as if they can’t live without men! You two meet quietly, I’m afraid Yes. My old lady can't afford to call him into Gege's mansion so blatantly!"

Shiba Gege laughed and listened, got up and went into the inner room without saying a word, took out a silver note from the dowry box, came out and saw Zhang Da, the coat slave, and a group of male servants standing in the courtyard, then went to the door, and ordered: "I'm talking to Nanny, I'll come in later." Turning back to Mrs. Zhang, she pushed the bank note over in silence, and said after a long time: "Mother Zhang, you have been with me since you were a child. Is there anything I don’t know? The 10,000 silver rewards I received when I got married have been spent long ago, and the moon silver is also on a daily basis. This was the last time I went back to the palace, and the noble lord saw that the big sable furs I was wearing had all lost their hair. Give me this small amount of personal money. It’s not easy for Mammy to just take it away!” Mrs. Zhang peeked at it, and it was a big silver bill of one thousand taels.She is a very rich person, how can she value this little money?He hurriedly said: "The master did not dare to give up the silver reward, but this is not a small matter of one night and two nights. How dare I be the master when he moves in?" Just as he was talking, Huameier came in and said, "The steward said, There are rattan chairs and tea sets in the warehouse at the back, and they are always taken care of by Madam Zhang’s nephew. Butler Zhang said that they can only be taken out with his sister’s words!”

"You are so domineering!" Eighteen Gege squinted and sneered, "The housekeeper is your cousin, the one in charge of the warehouse is your nephew, and the one in charge of the door is your nephew. No wonder even the girl in my room We are all afraid of you!" Before Mammy Zhang came back to her senses, she slapped the table and stood up, scolding: "You bastard!" Mrs. Zhang was startled, stood up hurriedly, stared at Shiba Gege, and said, "What's wrong with you? Buddha, what did you offend? Isn't this old slave worrying about you!" "You fart!" Eighteen Gege was furious, "This is my Gege's mansion, not your nanny's mansion!" She took a few steps to the door, and said to Huameier: "You take the maid out of the house, and I will inform you all about it." Everyone in the house, no matter the face or the faceless, come here, and anyone who disobeys his orders will report it immediately, saying that I have been promoted to Princess Heshuo, and I have to take care of family affairs today." Then he turned around and turned to the frightened Zhang Shi, whose face was scorched yellow. He smiled and said: "You must be thinking in your heart, I was promoted to Princess Heshuo, and when the tide rises, you will naturally be promoted a step higher, and you are still the queen mother of this mansion, right? You also know the rules - until now you are still in front of me Stand up straight!" Zhang Nanny fell to her knees with a plop, her eyes filled with tears, and she choked up, "The old slave is not impolite, but just confused. Think carefully, I didn't do anything wrong today! Your Jin Princess Heshuo is overjoyed, why are you so angry at this servant?"

Eighteen Gege's years of depression and resentment rushed to his heart at once.But she is a deep person, with a gloomy light in her eyes, she just sneers. "I grew up on your milk and have always regarded you as my grandma. How do you treat me?" Mrs. Zhang kowtowed repeatedly, and said, "My master's kindness is as great as a mountain, how can my old woman be worthy of it? The conscience of heaven and earth is above me, I really love my master more than my own daughter..." "Then I don't know." Eighteen Gege shook his head melancholy, "I just knew that if I asked my man to come in and stay overnight, I would have to fill you with money first, and lead you in quietly through the back corner door like a thief. How about you How dare you persuade me to 'know the shame' in person!" She was so angry that her eyes burned suddenly, she pointed her hand at Mrs. Zhang, and said through gritted teeth, "Didn't you just say that I 'can't live without a man'? By the way, I It’s just that you can’t live without a man! Even the saints say, ‘food and sex’, you have been a widow for many years, so you also call me a widow!” "Princess--" "Clamp your stinky mouth!" Eighteen Gege put on her identity today, she arched her hands, "I follow the emperor's order to handle this housework——Thrush, parrot!" "exist!" Huamei and Yinggeer, the two big girls in the upper room, who had been harassed by Zhang's family on weekdays, were really radiant at this moment, exhaled and raised their eyebrows, and stepped forward to answer: "What is the order of Master Qiantui?" The other girls have also woken up at this moment. Come to God, one by one, they folded their arms and rolled up their sleeves, ready to do something. "My words are not 'decrees'." Eighteen Gege raised his face and said, "But in this house, from today onwards, I will count as one sentence. Tell the two of you men to go to the forehead, please come here soon From now on, you worry about the internal affairs, and you men take care of the external affairs! Those flattering bosses who only know how to look at Mrs. Zhang’s face will be dismissed together! And ask some people to clean up the house and prepare a table of dishes according to my instructions just now. Tonight, I'll greet you, my father-in-law!" "Yes, I understand!" "Make a list of girls over the age of seventeen. I'm afraid there are one or two hundred, right? The ones who deserve to be matched are the servants in the outer sect—call the girls to choose the boys!" "yes!" A dozen girls in the upper room were both shy and happy when they heard it, their hearts were warm, and they just pursed their lips and smiled.The princess looked at the ashen-faced Zhang with a livid face, suddenly smiled, and said, "Mother Zhang, it's against my will to follow the order. In fact, you know, I am the most kind-hearted. According to the order, I could have copied it." Your home, check to see if there are any of my things. Killing people can't kill you, why bother? You took this thousand taels of silver and took your Zhang family back, so that they could serve you and be really an old lord. It's a hundred times better than worrying about Zhang Luo in my house." She took a long breath, and seemed to be overwhelmed with emotion, "Don't think about this or that. I feel shameful. You are still my nanny! How nice you were to me when I was young... ...I will never forget it! Go back, come and sit down when you have free time..." As he spoke, a few tears flowed down his face. "Thank you, master, for your grace." Zhang was suspicious and then startled, and now she became sore again. She had already cried and collapsed on the ground, choked up and said: "...these are all slaves who are ignorant..." "Stop talking." Eighteen Gege wiped away tears, and waved his hands resolutely, "You go!" Here, Nanny Zhang and her relatives are packing up their luggage in desperation and preparing to leave, while Huameier and others over there happily lead people to clean the living room for the princess and the concubine.In the whole house, those who accounted for accounts, those who vacated houses and changed houses, and those who counted warehouses were busy in a mess.Some were crying, some were laughing, some were sarcastic, some were muttering curses, some were making a scene, some were sullen and silent, some were full of complacency and pretending to be reserved... It was like a nest exploded, Everyone is involved in this farce.Eighteen Gege saw that the west living room had been tidied up, took two girls out of the upper room, and stopped when he saw Ge Shanting, the forehead son-in-law, coming in from the second door. Ge Shanting walked a few steps to Gege, patted his horseshoe sleeves and kowtowed, and said, "Greetings to Princess Qiantui!"Ge Ge Dun felt hot on his cheeks, and he couldn't say anything in front of the people in the courtyard, so he just said lightly: "Come in!" "When we meet in private in the future, don't be so polite." Shiba Gege sat down, saw her husband put his hands on his knees in a manner, still in the same old way, he couldn't help laughing, "Today I'm fighting for the word 'husband and wife'. You look like a slave, what do you do?" Ge Shanting also smiled, put down his hands, and said: "It's hard to get back, I have lingering fears!" The princess laughed and said: "I am suffering, but I know you are also suffering, and you are not like ordinary officials. There are three wives and four concubines, and there are also some people placed by Nanny Zhang on your side. You pick and choose, and drive out a few who are useless, and don't make things too extreme, as if we can't tolerate people." Ge Shanting smiled and thought about it and replied: "Yes! Just now I went to five or six sons-in-law, and everyone praised you as a hero among women. You broke the old rules all at once. This time I'm afraid the princesses are all making a big fuss in the mansion!" "This is all the emperor's sage!" The princess laughed, "He is very sensible! Don't look at it as a trivial matter, some of these nuns are slaves of foreign relatives, and some are the confidantes of nobles in the palace. The emperor's 'protecting the golden branch' offends a sea of ​​people. Already!" The young couple, who were far away from each other and reunited again, had a heart-to-heart talk until dark.The family banquet is served, the wine bottles are moved and the red candles are lit, and the young couple seem to be "drinking together as newlyweds".After drinking three glasses of wine, Ge Shanting forgot his body, shook his head and sighed: "Speaking of the greatness of the emperor's grace, it is true. The emperor is really a benevolent king! Alas... that's it, go out and listen, There are a lot of people chewing maggots! Our group of foreheads talk about everything everywhere, I heard—" He looked outside the door, and said: "I heard that Prince Li and the others are still thinking about the emperor!" "Really?" The princess was startled for a moment, and urged her husband, "What's his idea, what kind of bad water did he put?" Ge Shanting was stunned for a moment, woke up from the warm tenderness, and said, "It's all just Why should the princess be serious about knocking teeth after tea and drinking? What does it have to do with us if they spoil the water?" Shiba Gege lowered his face, thought for a while, and said, "Of course it has something to do with it. It's what you said The emperor's benevolent government has also offended many people. My actions today are approved by the emperor. If they want to attack the emperor's bad ideas, they will add the crime of "contempt of the ancestors' family law" to the emperor. I have been awarded There is a share of death, how do you say 'irrelevant'? I ordered this play today, and actually met Nala noble master first, and cried a lot. Nala master said: "If you want to make trouble, I will I agree in my heart. However, there are some rumors outside these days. The emperor is angry in his heart today. Beware of him losing his temper and punishing you in public. It's about your own business, you can't put your hands aside and stand on the dry shore!" Ge Shanting sat in a daze for half a day, and said: "This is what He Ying, the princess of Qi Gulun, and Le Gesai, the son-in-law of Thirteen Gege, and I were drinking together. Le Saige is sixteen. The guard of the prince. The road is easier than ours. When I was drinking, I said: "If we talk about it, we are also royal relatives, but I can't even look like the emperor. Even our husband and wife can't see each other every day. One day I really dare I came to my house and made a big fuss, and dragged my mother-in-law's house. That's good, you can't have sex with prostitutes outside, and you don't dare to touch a girl inside, my wife is a widow, we are a group of widowers!' Legose said "What about seeing the emperor? I followed the prince into the palace and saw him every day. It's just a matter of standing on duty and listening to greetings. What's the status of speaking? But the emperor has already gone to Henan with Fu Liuye and the others, you know Is it?—It’s not called rumors outside!'... "It was only then that He Ying and I knew that the emperor was not in Beijing. Nalegesai was already half drunk, his face was as red as a pig's liver, and he came up to our faces, breathing alcohol and said: 'There is a play in this show...Only the emperor himself I was kept in the dark! Prince Li and Sheng Baylor played tricks in Beijing, saying that the flag affairs were abandoned. In a few years, it will be difficult to determine who is the master and who is the slave among the Manchurians. They gang up Go to our lord and ask the lord of the Eight Banners who lives in Fengtian to come to Beijing to hold a meeting to discuss the flag affairs. Our lord, you know, has no backbone, so we should, saying that this is not a big deal. , and felt uneasy, and called Prince Yi to come. When Prince Yi heard it, he stumbled and complained: "They came to me first, and I was blocked tightly. How could Uncle Sixteen agree? I can't speak!" "Our lord narrowed his eyes and said: 'The first emperor and the emperor had a decree to rectify the flag affairs. What's the matter? There are two of us, Yu Ye, who are sitting on the flag, and Zhang Tingyu and Ertai are both in Beijing. Can't they do it the other way around?" "'I don't know if it's true or not', Prince Yi said with a gloomy face, "I only know that in the fourth year of Yongzheng, the eighth, ninth, and tenth uncles also did this, saying that they were rectifying the flag affairs and recruiting iron hats." The prince meeting—in fact, he wanted to abolish the late emperor at the meeting and return to the ancestral family law of the Eight Banners! At that time, you were working in Xining and didn’t know about Beijing. The late emperor ordered General Fengtian to stand by and the eight hereditary If the prince wants to make a change, he will cut it first and then play it! When it comes to banner affairs, he will say that the first emperor lost his power, and after losing his power, he will accuse the first emperor of being wronged, and then he will be abolished. You must know that at that time, the eight banner masters had military power in their hands! Eight uncles, nine Uncle and Uncle Shi turned somersaults over this matter, and never got up again!" Our prince laughed when he heard this, and said, "I dared to call them because I knew they had no military power." Prince Yi said; They have no soldiers, they are powerful and hopeful, and how many powerful ministers in the court are their coated slaves. Who can control the situation once it gets messed up? I will leave the word here. If you dare, you can call them Hu tossing, what happened is the Sixteenth Uncle, your old worry!' "After hearing this, our prince lost his mind. He wanted to ask Zhang Tingyu and the others to discuss it, but he was afraid that it would become a serious matter to go to the study. He wanted to talk back, but he was afraid that people would say that he was incompetent. Prince Yi was smarter and said: 'You call them teachers. When Yang Mingshi came, they were afraid of Yang Mingshi. When Yang Mingshi was called, he advised them to study and not to worry about other nosy things. This matter will be gone quietly.' "Yang Mingshi is really powerful. After listening to our lord's words, he went back to Yuqing Palace and took out the late emperor's "Shengwu Ji" to read. All the lords, Baylor, and Beizi knelt down to listen. After reading for three hours, Prince Li and the others were dizzy on their knees. Dazed, all of you are stupefied, and then you say that you have violated the sacred teachings of the first emperor and interfered in government affairs, and you will be punished. To deal with the prince's dignity, you will be fined to copy "Sheng Wu Ji" once, and other Baylor and Beizi will have "Sheng Wu Ji" on their heads. "Punishment to kneel for three days. However, Yang Mingshi did not participate in this matter anymore, and he is tolerant. If Yang Mingshi is here, he must appeal to the court for impeachment—Princess, if there are really rumors, I don't think anyone else would dare. Maybe it is This group of old and young brothers turned over their old accounts and wanted to make some troubles." Princess Heshuo listened quietly, her face becoming paler and paler, holding the wine glass in her hand, she neither drank nor put it down, and said after a long time: "How can there be such a storm? What's the point of digging out the old accounts of several lifetimes? He cares about the prince. Still not satisfied? If it weren’t for the benevolence and virtue of the former emperor and the current emperor, Guade would have been deposed as a common man, and he would be confined to the courtyard to watch the sky!” "The princess is really a kind person, and she hasn't walked around in the world. These people in the world are bad!" Ge Shanting said with a smile: "Sheng Mien, Dou Michou, this has always been the case. If you don't let the prince come out, it's fine if you are imprisoned; He didn't even think about it when he was released to live in solitude; he was promoted to prince again, just one step away from the throne, then he might think: You got the throne from your ama, and your ama got it from my ama Then I got it—this should be my Xumi seat, but I let you sit on it!——I'm holding back, can I get out?" The princess asked: "What is 'Sheng Mien, Dou Mi'? Enmity'?" Ge Shanting said: "You give him a liter of rice for emergency, that's a kindness. If you give him a bucket, he will have a new idea, so he has to worry about: you can give a stone, why only give a bucket— — that's what it means." The princess' eyes flashed suddenly, this common saying is really wise!Isn't it like this for myself and my mother?While meditating, the self-ringing bell "Dangdang" rang nine times in a row, and it was already the beginning of Hai.She stood up, hesitated for a moment as if she could not make up her mind, and shouted: "Lan Hua'er!" A little girl immediately trotted in and asked, "Master is calling me?" "My son-in-law and I are going to enter the palace to greet Lafayette," the princess said, "You call Thrush and Parrot, tell them to get up and follow." "yes." Ge Shanting looked at his unfamiliar wife with some puzzlement.Although she is gentle and kind, she has an unquestionable toughness to be strong.Ge Shanting murmured: "This... now the uterine door is keyed... I am a foreign minister..." "Prepare the sedan chair!"