The room suddenly became quiet.

Everyone was secretly speculating on the emperor's thoughts and intentions for doing this.

The third elder brother's face turned blue and white, then white and red, very beautiful. He hurriedly saluted Emperor Kangxi: "Then son will retire first."

After that, he reluctantly came to the eighth prince's table, but he didn't bother to sit here. Instead, he snorted and left the room.

It's just that no matter how much the third elder brother wanted to express his dissatisfaction or throw out his hands and walk out, he did not dare to disobey the emperor's order.

After blowing a stick of incense in the cold wind outside, he realized that if he didn't sit down at the eighth prince's table, someone might have to read it tomorrow and accuse him of "disobeying the emperor's order by disobeying the imperial edict."

In the end, the third elder brother reluctantly returned to the banquet, came to the eighth elder brother's table, and sat down slowly.

The tenth prince sneered slightly, looked at him sideways, and muttered in a medium voice: "Why are you pretending to be noble? If you can, don't come back."

Third Brother slammed his chopsticks on the table, stood up and was about to leave.

Brother Eight hurriedly grabbed him and said warmly: "Lao Shi has a bad temper and is very irritable. Brother, please don't argue with him because of his ignorance." He winked at Lao Shi.

Lao Shi listened to what the eighth elder brother said, and when he saw this, he cupped his hands towards the third elder brother: "My younger brother is wrong, I have to apologize to the third elder brother."

The third elder brother reluctantly continued to sit down.

People in the room were talking a lot about Emperor Kangxi's choice.

I don't know which person at which table got the news, saying that after seeing Honghui win the emperor's favor, there must be something going on with the fourth elder brother.

Such words quickly spread among the people. More and more people joined this topic. They all thought that Si Age was really possible. Some looked at Si Fujin with jealousy, while others expressed blessings.

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Luo Jianing listened to the discussions around her and felt that this was inappropriate, so she entrusted the children to some familiar friends around her, Fujin, and then she asked her fourth elder brother to talk about the matter.

"It's not good for Brother Hui to attract so much attention after all." After Luo Jianing told the fourth elder brother about the rumors around him, she said softly: "Is there any way, fourth master, for someone to bring Brother Hui down? What if Brother Hui is allowed to come down again?

I will continue to sit in the crown prince's seat. After the banquet is over, I wonder what people in the capital will say about our family."

Yinzhen had been having a drink with his brothers just now, while the waiters around him were waiting outside the house. He was surrounded by close brothers, but he didn't hear any rumors.

Now after hearing what Fujin said, he also felt that this was a bit inappropriate.

These words must have been spread intentionally by someone.

Because Honghui is just a child, even if the emperor establishes a crown prince, he will not set it over his grandchildren. Everyone with a discerning eye knows this.

Those who can attend the banquet are all relatives of the emperor, and no one is stupid. Even the not very smart Bafu Jin will not think that the emperor called Brother Hui over because he wanted to establish Brother Hui or make him the prince.

So how did such remarks come about? It must have been deliberately arranged by someone with good intentions.

Even if these remarks are just said as a joke at the banquet, there is no telling what will happen after the banquet. If it spreads throughout the streets and alleys of the capital, it will definitely reach the ears of Emperor Ama and offend him.

Bored.

Yinzhen had always been so tolerant and low-key before, just thinking of striking hard at the most appropriate time. He must not let anyone discover his thoughts early, so as to avoid endless troubles.

But now that Honghui had sat next to the emperor, everyone had begun to discuss the matter, which was threatening to ruin his painstaking arrangements.

Yinzhen shook Si Fujin's hand: "I have thought about it just now. It is not good for Brother Hui to rush up like this. I just didn't expect that someone would use a child to drag me into the quagmire. Don't worry, I will solve the matter in a moment.

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After that, Yinzhen gave these instructions to his thirteenth elder brother.

Brother Thirteen understands.

He had been secretly observing the situation at the Emperor's side, and after spotting Liang Jiugong going out to get something, he also picked up a wine bottle and left the house.

After a while, when Liang Jiugong came back with the big cloak that the emperor asked him to get, he happened to meet the thirteenth brother in the yard.

Seeing the flushed cheeks of Brother Thirteen, he hurriedly asked: "Hey, Master Thirteen, are you drunk? Do you want my servant to help you back to the house?" After that, he handed the big cloak in his hand to the young apprentice.

With.

Thirteenth Brother has a good drinking capacity. Even though he looks drunk on his face, he is actually still sober.

But he deliberately pretended to be drunk, and slurred his words: "I'm not drunk, I'm not drunk. Hiccup. I just listened to Brother Ten and the others congratulating me. I was frightened, so I came out to sober up."

"Congratulations? What congratulations are you congratulating?" Liang Jiugong asked.

Thirteenth Brother: "They said that with Brother Hui sitting in the position of the prince, Emperor Ama must have made the fourth brother the prince. I said no, the fourth brother has never thought of becoming the prince. The tenth brother

I can say with absolute certainty that it must be the fourth brother. I was frightened and hurriedly came out to sober up, fearing that I might have heard wrongly when I was drunk."

Liang Jiugong's expression changed slightly: "Brother Ten and others said that?"

"...Yes." Brother Thirteen tilted his head and looked at Liang Jiugong: "I haven't told the fourth brother yet. Do I want to tell the fourth brother?"

"It's better to say goodbye." Liang Jiugong smiled apologetically: "Thirteenth Master, you are drunk now. Don't talk casually to Fourth Master. You should sober up first. I have to go and deliver clothes to the emperor."

After saying that, he asked a young eunuch to help the thirteenth brother, and he hurriedly entered the house holding the big cloak.

After Liang Jiugong entered the house, in order to prevent his "drunk state" from being exposed, Brother Thirteen simply walked around the yard again and talked nonsense for a while that had nothing to do with the position of the prince before going in again.

But after entering the house, he glanced at Brother Ba and the others with "drunk eyes" and a smile flashed across his lips.

Fourth brother is really good at planning.

In this way, not only was the fourth brother's suspicion cleared, but Lao Ba and his gang were also dragged into the water. Killing two birds with one stone is very good.

When the thirteenth elder brother was sitting down, he happened to see Liang Jiugong retreat and stand aside after speaking to the emperor.

Emperor Kangxi thought about what Eunuch Liang told him, and his face that was quite happy suddenly darkened again.

He knew that Liang Jiugong would never slander the prince or grandson at will. Since Liang Jiugong said, "If the eldest son of the fourth master's family stays here, people may misunderstand the fourth master," he must have heard some rumors.

And this gossip must have spoken very poorly of Lao Si and Honghui.

Emperor Kangxi's eyes were slightly cold. He knew that if he continued to question Liang Jiugong at this time, he might elicit a lot of unpleasant words, which would put Lao Si and Honghui into a passive situation.

Rather than doing this, it would be better for him to take the initiative to let the children leave this "discussed" place.

Emperor Kangxi thought quickly and said loudly to Honghui: "Brother Hui, go back to Sifujin first. Yinzhi, come over and have a few drinks with me."

Emperor Kangxi decided to simply call the third elder brother to his side to help the fourth brother and the others block the storm.

——Anyway, Yinzhi himself wants to get the "attention" from his brothers, so let him get enough attention at once!

As long as those people don't put all their bad thoughts on Honghui, that's fine.

So when the third elder brother came over, Emperor Kangxi pointed to that position, without even looking at him, and just told him to sit down.

The third elder brother was overjoyed.

He said loudly "Thank you, Emperor Ama", and looked provocatively towards the eighth prince's table, where Shi Shiran sat down.

The things Honghui used just now have not been completely removed, and the surrounding palace people are busy cleaning them up.

The third elder brother didn't care. He raised his hand and brushed the table, already thinking about what he would do after becoming the crown prince.

Although he didn't say it clearly, his expression confirmed what he was thinking.

Seeing the third elder brother's appearance, Emperor Kangxi only felt bored.

Fortunately, he had basically eaten with Honghui just now. After letting the third elder brother sit in the prince's position for a while, Emperor Kangxi got up and left the room.

After the banquet, everyone's expressions were very wonderful. Underneath the superficial smiles, there were completely different thoughts hidden.

On the way back.

It was a rare occasion for Eighth Prince to get on Bafujin's carriage and sit with her.

Ba Fujin was very happy and excitedly went over to hold Ba Age's hand: "Why is Ba's hand so cold? I'll warm it for you." As he said that, he wrapped his big hand with his own.

During the previous banquet, she was not able to sit at the same table with her eighth brother, which made her feel very empty and lonely.

You know, the eighth prince has become very cold towards her now. He basically stays with Fujin and doesn't even go to her room.

She originally thought that she could spend the banquet with her eighth prince, but as a result, the men were not as comfortable as she used to be at the banquet. She didn't even have a full meal at the banquet, and she just felt uncomfortable there.

How could she not be happy now that she could ride in the same car with her eighth prince?

Although Bafujin’s eyebrows are delighted.

However, the eighth prince took out his hand very impatiently: "Stop talking about this, let's talk about your unreliable way of doing things. You see, today the fourth child can win Huang Ama's favor with Honghui.

Huanxin, but I have nothing! What do you think of this?"

Bafujin looked at his empty hands, feeling that his heart was like these hands, and murmured: "How do I see it?"

The eighth prince couldn't help but blame Ba Fujin: "You never let me take a concubine, and you always said that other people's houses are too noisy and our house is better. What now? In terms of sons alone, I lose to the old man."

Four of them! They have so many children who can compete with Emperor Ama for favor, but I don’t have any!"

He only has one child now, and Emperor Amma doesn't particularly like him.

He thought that if there were many children, maybe one of them would be able to win Huang Ama's heart. That would be a great help to him.

Bafujin was already very aggrieved, but now that he was scolded like this, his temper suddenly increased: "You always talk about Lao Si, Lao Si. You don't even look at how kind the fourth brother is to the fourth sister-in-law! The fourth sister-in-law gave birth to so many children in a row.

Isn’t it because the fourth brother dotes on her alone? What about you? What have you done? "

The eighth prince laughed loudly and stopped pretending to be gentle: "I was also in your room at the beginning? But what happened? You can't give birth to a child, and you still blame me? If you are willing to let it go,

I have many concubines, but if I don’t beat and scold the women in the house, why is it that my house is so sparsely populated now?”
To be continued...