While Kangxi and a group of princes and nobles were living a life of luxury and debauchery in the palace, Orondei and Shun Anyan, his uncle and nephew, were also living a life of luxury and debauchery in the outer city.

The difference is that they both have no money to live a life of luxury.

After Shun Anyan was stripped of all his official positions by Emperor Kangxi and was told that he would never be employed again, he went from being the most popular figure in the third generation of the Tong family to a stray dog ​​who could only rely on the princess's mansion for a living.

As a man, he has to live his life depending on a woman's mood every day. You can imagine how frustrated he feels.

When he first fell from grace, he also thought about asking Prince Zhi to intercede for him. However, Prince Zhi was scolded by the emperor for only mentioning his name once in the court.

His father saw all these things, and after he went back and told him about it, he didn't feel comfortable bothering Prince Zhi anymore.

But he was unwilling to give up just like that, so he stayed at Tong's house every day, hoping to ask Tong Guowei to plead with the emperor for his son, even if it meant sending him away, which would be better than having his career completely cut short.

However, Tong Guowei was busy dealing with Ma Qi and had no time to respond to his request.

Shun Anyan had no choice but to ask Wen Xian for help again.

He thought he had lowered his posture enough, but when Wen Xian saw him, he looked disgusted, as if he was something extremely disgusting.

He was angry and embarrassed, but he had to continue to be humble.

However, it didn't work at all.

Wen Xian even taught their only daughter to be extremely unfilial. Whenever he approached the mother and daughter, their expressions would become extremely cold.

No one would listen to what he said.

What's even more hateful is that he wanted to impress Wen Xian by getting close to his daughter, and let her help him for the sake of their marital love. Not only did his daughter avoid him everywhere, but even the people around her kept their distance from him.

This time it was the Emperor's birthday, even though he was just a commoner, as long as Wen Xian was willing to take him along, he could see the Emperor up close thanks to his status as the Prince Consort.

As long as he had the chance to talk to the emperor, he was confident that he could change the emperor's impression of him, and then he would have the opportunity to return to the court.

So this morning, he excitedly changed into a new set of clothes and waited in the outer courtyard with great anticipation for Wen Xian to take him into the palace.

He is a prince consort, but now he can't even enter the backyard.

What a shame!

Shun Anyan kept all of this in mind, intending to temper the tempers of Wen Xian and her daughter when he gained power in the future.

When he heard a noise outside, he secretly hoped that Wen Xian would send someone to ask him to come out, but until the noise disappeared, no one came into the house.

He immediately felt something was wrong and hurried to the door to check what was going on. When he arrived, the carriage had already started.

Shun Anyan then realized that Wen Xian had no intention of taking him with him——

This vicious woman!

She wanted to cut off his path!

Shun Anyan stopped the convoy yelling and asked Wen Xian why he left him behind.

Wen Xian smiled at him sarcastically and said that his ambition was as high as the sky but his life was as fragile as paper.

Shun Anyan was immediately furious and rushed into the carriage regardless of anything. Then he was kicked to the ground by the coachman and couldn't get up for a long time.

Shun Anyan lay on the ground, watching the convoy go away, and the hatred in his heart reached its peak at this moment.

When he recovered and got up, he wanted to find a place to vent his anger. He was too embarrassed to hang around in the imperial city and the inner city. If he met an acquaintance and spread the news that he couldn't even enter the palace on the Emperor's Birthday, he would be too embarrassed to see anyone.

In addition, there is a more important reason, that is, the consumption level in the inner city and the imperial city is too high, and he does not have enough money in his pocket.

The princess's mansion gave him a monthly allowance of fifty taels, which was a huge sum of money for ordinary people, but in Shun Anyan's hands, it was not even enough for a single drink.

If it weren't for his mother secretly giving him several hundred taels of silver every month, he would have been stuck in the princess's mansion and unable to go anywhere.

When he arrived at the outer city, he happened to run into Orondei who was also there to get drunk. The uncle and nephew hit it off immediately and found a restaurant of average quality and went in.

Although Orondei was demoted and his property was confiscated, he is still living a good life now because he still has an eldest son who is now serving as a general in Tianjin.

Tianjin is now as prosperous as the capital, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a place full of gold. His eldest son has made a lot of money in the past two years.

Now most of it has been sent to him, so even though he doesn't have an official position, he has no shortage of money.

As soon as the uncle and nephew entered the box, Orondai wanted to find a few women to accompany them, but Orondai refused after thinking about it. He and Wen Xian had come to this point because he had kept a mistress in the outer city. If some messy things were to be spread, he was afraid that his relationship with Wen Xian would never be able to ease.

Orondai curled his lips.

"Shun Anyan, when did you become so henpecked?"

Orondei also looked down on Wen Xian, even though she was Kangxi's daughter.

After all, most of the princesses were married off to other places as foreign princes. Even if one or two were married into the capital, it was Kangxi's way of winning over the hearts of the people.

Except for his own mother, other women are just tools to maintain relationships for those in high positions of power.

Don't even dream of them developing any respect for their tools.

Shun Anyan's expression changed for a moment, then he smiled awkwardly.

"Uncle, you don't know that my nephew is just a commoner now. If I want to make a comeback in the future, I'm afraid I will have to rely on the princess. Please don't say this again in the future."

Orondai curled his lips, a hint of mockery rising in his heart. This kid has fallen into such a situation, and he still wants to turn things around...

What a nonsense!

"If you don't want it, then I won't be polite."

Shunan Yan forced a smile and said,

"Uncle, please do as you please."

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, both the uncle and the nephew were a little tipsy and spoke more and more without restraint.

When Orondei's chief attendant heard Shun Anyan talking big and saying that at least half of the credit for Prince Zhi's current power should be attributed to him, he couldn't help but feel a tingling sensation on his scalp.

Then he quickly drove out the women that Orondai had called over. Orondai was enjoying Shun Anyan's bragging, so he did not stop his attendant's actions.

Shun Anyan might have really drunk a little too much. He dragged Orondai to the window of the restaurant regardless of anything, pointed in the direction of Fushouyuan, and told him where his concubine lived.

Orondai glanced along the line of sight and was not interested in the topic Shun Anyan was talking about. However, when he looked away, he saw an acquaintance on the street below.

"Changquan? Why is he here?! And dressed like this?"

It's not Orondei's fault for overreacting. This man was his former subordinate. According to common sense, Changquan should be patrolling the inner city and the imperial city at this time to ensure public security and stability. It is impossible for him to appear in the outer city.

But now someone who shouldn't be here has appeared, dressed in rags to hide his presence. It looks weird no matter how you look at it...