Tong Xiang refers to Tong Guowei.

I miss the gloriousness of Tong Guowei during the reign of the court. This is also a natural person. No matter how glorious Longkodo is, this glory cannot reach his cousin. It is not surprising that he has some resentment towards the present.

Lin Yutong nodded, "I heard that this Mr. Tong and the concubine named Li Si have a son..."

"Yes!" Zhang Qilin didn't understand why the Sirund was so interested in Mr. Tong's family affairs, but he had to inquire about what the master might have been in love with. "This young master is called Yuzhu, and now he is the inner guard and the envoy of the Luanyi..."

The Luanyi Envoy is the guard of honor for the emperor to travel. He can't be a few times a year, but he can show his face in front of others every time. His work is relaxed and decent, and his salary is rewarded with a lot of silver. This is the place that many princes and nobles are rushing to arrange for their children.

The eldest son was idle, but the second son was on duty as an envoy of Luanyi.

This is very intriguing.

Zhang Qilin seemed to know what Lin Yutong was thinking and said directly: "I heard that the concubine had threatened to inherit his son's title as a first-class duke. Later, I don't know how Yue Xinga told Kua Dai and the clan that this matter was temporarily put on hold."

If you have the eldest son here, there is no reason to ask the concubine to inherit the title. The clan will interfere, but Yue Xing'a is not all a fool.

Zhang Qilin whispered to report another incident, "Yue Xing'a's wife is Mrs. Kuadai's niece."

No wonder.

"What's the temperament of these two brothers?" Lin Yutong thought for a while and asked again.

Zhang Qilin knew that the Queen asked not only about her temperament, but also about her.

He thought about it in his heart, and then said cautiously: "Yue Xinga... is gentle and does not like to cause trouble. He rarely hears about him outside. Even if Mr. Tong is in full swing now, there are very few people talking about this eldest son..."

A gentle temperament means lack of attack power and does not like to cause trouble. To a certain extent, he is accustomed to giving in and is a bit cowardly. He rarely hears news about him outside, which proves that Longkodo is really not very concerned about his son and does not value him much. Yue Xinga seems to accept this well and is very low-key in dealing with people.

"As for the Yuzhu..." Zhang Qilin paused for a moment, and told the truth, "This young master is not like his Ama Mother. He is ostentatious but not domineering, and is naughty but not bullying men and women, etc...."

Lin Yutong was a little surprised. This was to say that Li Sier's son was a little naughty, but he was not bad.

Zhang Qilin faced Lin Yutong's gaze and nodded, "The relationship between these two brothers is quite harmonious. Not long ago, Yue Xing'a and others were bullied, and it was Yu Zhu who helped to get justice... For the sake of title, Yu Zhu even found the clan and said that it should be his elder brother, but Li Sier was ill for this..."

Ha! If this is true, it would be considered a good bamboo shoot.

"I understand!" Lin Yutong waved her hand, "Go down."

Zhang Qilin stood up and retreated silently.

Lin Yutong leisurely placed the chess pieces on the table. The Tong family matters really meant something. Especially Yue Xinga, this person might be able to use it. She placed the chess piece in her hand on the chessboard. What will this inconspicuous chess piece do here?

Just as he was about to be dazzled, Bi Tao came in and whispered: "Pin Yu smashed Changchun Palace and has been waiting for half an hour."

Geng’s?

This was the eighteenth time that Hongzhou had asked for a meeting after leaving the capital.

Although the mother is worried about her son traveling thousands of miles away, it is definitely a very rare person like Geng who is only willing to tie the child around to seek peace.

After passing, I saw Geng waiting in the hall with awkward expression. He served him without neglectingly. Hongshi's wife Dong E was still with him.

Lin Yutong came in and beat Dong E, "Go! Hongshi can't do it alone..." The couple have been soaking in the greenhouse these days, and they don't know what they are trying to do. However, Dong E was quite happy. It was rare for the couple to stay together. After all, they were sons who became young and ran to the palace of their mother alone, which was not in accordance with the rules. Whether they were willing or not, they had to bring their daughter-in-law with them. For this reason, Dong E was grateful to Lin Yutong.

Seeing Lin Yutong telling her to go, she turned around and served tea in person, and then she left.

Geng smiled awkwardly: "The Three Concubines are really filial..."

The filial and unfilial one cannot be said in the royal family. It is not that they are unfilial, but that they dare not be unfilial. Besides, if you hide here, you don’t have to face Concubine Qi.

Lin Yutong pointed to the chair beside him and said, "Sit!" He looked at Geng and sat down and said, "I know you are worried about Hongzhou, but Hongzhou is not only your son, but also the son of Emperor Longsheng. He must first be the son of Emperor Longsheng, first the fifth prince of the entire Qing Dynasty, and then the son of Concubine Yu. You understand this principle and should have long understood it. Born in the royal family and enjoy wealth and honor, you must have responsibilities and obligations, which is something that cannot be avoided."

"I'm afraid." Geng stood up in panic. The royal family's words were a warning. She just wanted to tell the child to be at ease and live a peaceful life. What's wrong?

Lin Yutong sighed, "Sit down." She felt that she had to say something thoroughly today, "Geng, if this is in ordinary families, if her son is older, what are parents' most worried about?"

"The most worried?" Geng pursed his lips, "What he worried most is that he would not follow the right path, be unable to stand on his own, and be unable to support his family."

"Yes!" Lin Yutong agreed with her words, "Born in the royal family, you will die if you go wrong. But you don't have to worry about self-reliance. You don't have to think about supporting your family at all. Anyway, with the identity given by his emperor, you can guarantee that he will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life. But... Geng! Have you asked the child? Have you ever thought about what kind of person he wants to become? Do you know what kind of person he can become?

Geng was silent, pursing his lips and not speaking.

Lin Yutong had to say something else, so Bitao came in, saying that Madam Ping from Cining Palace had arrived.

"Please." Lin Yutong stood up and took care of her clothes to show respect.

Geng stood up and stood behind Lin Yutong, looking a little embarrassed.

When Madam Ping came in to see the ceremony, she said, "Empress, the Empress Dowager has an oral order to Concubine Yu."

To Geng?

Lin Yutong was stunned. Geng's face turned pale and he knelt down with a thud.

Madam Ping had no expression on her face and said in the tone of the empress dowager: "Geng, the fifth prince is the emperor's prince. She is under the jurisdiction of the emperor, educated by the empress, and taught by the gentleman in the study. The Ai family now asks you, do you know who you are?"

Geng's forehead was pressed to the ground and he didn't dare to speak.

Lin Yutong sighed in her heart. Geng had indeed passed a little recently. He ran to Changchun Palace three times a day, and there was no such reason. It was not that she could not control her children. After all, she was the biological mother of other people's children, so it was not wrong to manage them. She and the Fourth Master were both considerate and understood. But the Queen Mother could not understand. She probably felt that the queen had no legitimate son and did not want to offend her concubines with sons. She came here to support herself. When she remembered, the Queen Mother had never been involved in the education of the Fourth Master and the Fourteenth, and her two sons. Everything was what the late emperor said, and she had never exceeded the rules.

Yes! Even the concubine's sons of ordinary families do not have the reason to ask the concubine to teach them. They are not what the legitimate mother said. Sometimes Geng may not be as good as Li in this regard.

It is Hongshi who is now with his concubine and his side all day long. What did Li say? He hasn't even asked.

If Geng interferes with Hongzhou getting close to him, that's fine, it's all a trivial matter. But now she is interfering in big things, a major matter in the court. How big is it to investigate corruption? It's rumored that the fifth prince's biological mother doesn't want to ask the fifth prince to get involved. What's going on?

Isn't this causing trouble?

If you care about it, you will be confused. What you are talking about is Geng’s.

So the empress dowager spoke. She said it very simply. You kept telling Hongzhou to keep your duty. Do you still remember who you are, what your identity is, and what your duty is?

Geng had never heard of such words. After asking in one sentence, the cold weather immediately fell.

However, the Empress Dowager was also accused of giving Geng's face, so she only asked someone to make an oral order, and she was only in Lin Yutong's palace. There were not many people in the matter, no one said anything, and she couldn't make trouble outside.

This is where the Queen Mother is kind to do things.

Seeing Geng leaving in a mess, Lin Yutong then ordered, "Whoever dares to talk too much outside, go to the Shenxing Department to stay." After saying that, she smiled and asked Madam Ping, "Sit down and have a cup of tea, this year's winter tea is good..."

"No!" Madam Ping smiled with a humble look on her face, "I know that the Empress is busy, so I won't disturb you anymore. When I go back, I have to report to the Empress Dowager."

Lin Yutong asked Bitao to send the person out in person, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that having time is too democratic and easy to talk to yourself, and it is indeed not good for managing the harem.

When Madam Ping returned, she learned everything about the Empress Dowager: "...The Queen's order is not called a scattered version. It seems that you are right, so there is no need to specifically explain that the Empress will do this. This is indeed a kind person."

The Empress Dowager smiled: "Be kinder, be kinder, these children will have a better life." As she said that, her brows frowned again, "The Yongshou Palace... I just want to take care of too much. If Geng learns from her, the good children will have to be taught badly."

This is the empress dowager's dissatisfaction with Xipin.

Madam Ping thought to herself that this person was just too anxious if he didn't say anything else. When the empress dowager met a few family members, Concubine Xi came to greet her. Why? Didn't the empress dowager bring two nieces here? What was the idea that the empress dowager didn't know. She had been in the palace all her life and had no memorization, but she was thinking about it.

She advised, "You, I said that the concubines cannot be purified after leaving the palace. You are worried again now. Why bother?"

The queen mother waved her hand, "I'm raising a child for a hundred years, and I'm 99 years old. The fourth brother is now..." She put the sixth prince Hongsheng here, and the smart man wouldn't think too much. Do you have to think too much about this stupid guy? She thought she was too biased to this child? A two-year-old child is old, but she is biased. How many years can she raise her? Can the child grow up? This is all the trouble caused by the fourth brother. Don't you still have to bear it? As she talked, she immediately stopped thinking about something, "When will Hongzhou return to the palace? When you come back, you tell me..." She has good intentions and misunderstood the child.

Madam Ping smiled bitterly in her heart. In fact, the empress dowager didn't have to be so thoughtful at all. When her own son became the emperor, she had the power to do whatever she wanted, but looking at this, she became even more cautious.

People can't stand the most mumbling. So many people are looking forward to it, Hongzhou finally came back on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

There are Laba porridge, sweet and salty, but how can I drink it?

Hongzhou was kneeling in front of the Fourth Master at this moment, and there was a box of confessions that were said to have pressed their handprints.

"Get up and talk." The Fourth Master couldn't help laughing at Hongzhou who was kneeling on the ground. The warm pavilion was covered with a ground dragon and a thick blanket was covered with a floor. He knelt, but his butt was sitting on his own calves, which was not tired of him. However, he had to stand when he got up and talked, so he was very disciplined, and would rather kneel than get up. He didn't have trouble with the child's chair, "Sit on the kang."

Hongzhou dare not!

He didn't know whether the things he did this time were calculated or not. In recent days, the news has been spread to the capital. The capital was in an uproar.

Is there anyone doing this? I have to encircle all the civil and military ministers on the boat and put them in the middle of the lake to ask questions. Do you dare not say this? If you don’t say this, you have to be thrown into the water and soaked?

It's sensational!

Some people say that these confessions are not counted. Although this is not torture, the nature is similar. Where can the confessions come from like this become evidence of the court? Some are more gentle and moderate, and only say that they can be used as reference, but not as evidence of conviction.

Some of the censors impeached the fourth master, and the memorials in front of the fourth master were filled with comments. Some advised the fourth master not to be nepotist, and they should not just listen to others just because the fifth prince is a prince. Some said that the fifth prince was young and did things based on his likes and dislikes. The officials brought back to the capital should be sent back to office and compensated.

Hongzhou predicted it before he returned to the capital, so he was not surprised. Even if there was something wrong, there was nothing that could not be forgiven for a child. But what really scared him was another thing, "...The corruption in the Jiangnan officialdom surprised his son..." He also said the confession of those who had not originally planned to investigate, "These people are guilty and their crimes cannot be forgiven. But the son still made the decision and took back the money first. As for the people, he put them back..." As he said that, he carefully looked at the Fourth Master's face, "The one who brought back to the capital was still the person on the list you gave to his son... In addition, Li Xu had another report, please preview the emperor."

When the Fourth Master saw that he couldn't get up, he stopped calling. If you like, just kneel down.

He took the memorial handed over by Hongzhou, and was in a hurry to read it. He knew what Li Xu would write without reading it. He just recalled the late emperor and asked himself to read some old feelings on the front of the late emperor. Then he had the determination to serve the new emperor. In the end, he must have picked out some of the materials in his stomach and wrote them out, hoping that he would be able to make a fuss about his so-called loyalty.

He glanced at Hongzhou and asked about what he had left some people privately, "What do you think? Tell me." He looked very interested.

Hongzhou glanced at the Fourth Master, and saw that his expression didn't seem angry, so he strengthened his courage again, "Emperor, my son didn't think much? First, he wanted to listen to the Emperor. The Emperor said that things must be done, but Jiangnan cannot be in chaos. Then the son did the matter first. What to do is one of the corrupt officials and the other is silver. The son thought that money matters were more important than corrupt officials. But if the corrupt officials did not kill it, it was not enough to warn people's hearts and quell the public's grievances. There is another saying, "New officials took office for three fires, even those who were officials, let alone you, Wang Ma. This is the first fire since you ascended the throne, and you have to ignite anyway. Therefore, even if this corrupt official has no money, it still has to do what he should do."

The Fourth Master nodded. Most people dare not say such things. What is the reason for the new official to take office? To put it bluntly, isn’t it just accreditation? This power must be established no matter what, so although there is a certain political risk in the crackdown on a large number of corrupt officials, he still did it. He also said that he focused on the money. Why do you need money? It is because of the war. In his heart, the criterion for measuring the severity is also present. When internal and external worries coexist, put internal worries aside and relieve external worries first.

He said nothing and signaled Hongzhou to continue speaking.

"Secondly, I have to listen to the words of Emperor Ama. Emperor Ama said that Jiangnan cannot be in chaos, so Jiangnan must not be in chaos. If all the officials who called Jiangsu were sent back, the result was that everyone in Jiangnan was in danger, and the people in Jiangnan were in a panic. Therefore, the son let the person go, not to let them go, but to postpone it. These people have suffered from personal morality, but there is no obvious fault in major issues. Therefore, the son felt that it was wise to delay a step and give the court some time."
Chapter completed!