After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yinreng continued to rush to Tianjin without stopping.
The situation in the court was also quietly changing due to Mingzhu's revival.
Although Yinreng did not take the initiative to win over court officials in his previous life, he did not offend people everywhere like he did in this life. Therefore, since he entered the court, there has been no shortage of people around him who came forward to surrender.
But his actions in this life were too confusing. Apart from Soetu's family, only those Han people who had no roots and firmly supported the orthodoxy of the legitimate son were willing to approach him.
However, these people do not have much political value, and the top dignitaries in the court do not even look at them.
Several major Manchu families began to secretly contact Nalan Mingzhu.
For court officials, it is easier to live with an emperor who is easy to fool than one who is too shrewd and picky.
But Mingzhu is a smart person, and smart people know how to judge the situation best.
He knew clearly why he was dismissed from his job, so he was extremely cautious now. He would not contact anyone except his children, relatives and people from his own clan.
Kangxi had been keeping an eye on Mingzhu for two months, but seeing that he was so understanding, he no longer paid too much attention to him.
However, Yinreng's thoughts always left some traces in his heart, and he would intentionally or unintentionally avoid Mingzhu on some important tasks.
At the end of October, after enduring illness for several months, Ulanara Feiyanggu finally succumbed to the pain and passed away, leaving behind his entire family.
Kangxi specially granted grace and asked Yinzhen to go and pay his respects.
Yinzhen took this opportunity to visit Fei Yanggu's house and once again deeply experienced what it meant to be forgotten by others when they leave.
After leaving Fei Yanggu's house, Yinzhen was unhappy, so he wandered around the inner city for half an hour. When his anger had almost dissipated, he returned home.
All of this was seen by Longkodo in the restaurant.
The room was noisy at that time. The only ones who could play with Longkodo were the imperial guards, but their official positions and backgrounds were not as high as Longkodo's.
He was on duty today, so he brought his familiar colleagues to Furongzhai to drink and have fun. When he came to the window to take a breath of fresh air, he saw a carriage with the royal emblem circling back and forth downstairs.
After a little thought, he guessed who was in the carriage below.
Longkodo narrowed his eyes slightly, thoughts stirring in his mind.
"Third Master, what are you looking at?"
The lackey Eyue Bayan asked.
Longkodo glanced at him and snorted coldly,
"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask."
"Yes, yes, I deserve to die, I deserve to die!"
Bayan smiled flatteringly, then slapped himself twice.
Longkodo no longer had the mood to have fun, so he threw the wine glass on the table and walked out.
"Today's bill is in my name. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
"No, Third Master, you've finally come out, how can you not have fun?"
Colleagues sitting at the table all tried to persuade him to stay, but Longkodo smiled faintly.
"I really have something to do today, otherwise I would never have disturbed everyone's interest. So, I will treat everyone to a drink at Furongzhai another day."
"Since Third Master has said so, I must have a good drink with my brothers someday!"
"become. "
Longkodo didn't drink much to begin with, and when he left the restaurant and was blown by the cold wind, his slightly confused head became completely clear.
The thought that just came to my mind became clearer and clearer.
When he returned to the Tong family, his father Tong Guowei had not yet finished his shift, so Longkodo went back to his own yard to carefully sort out his thoughts.
After waiting for less than two hours, a servant came to tell the emperor that the master had returned, and Longkodo hurried to the main courtyard.
In the main courtyard study, Tong Guowei took the handkerchief from the servant and wiped his face. He raised his head to wake himself up and asked,
"Tell me, what's the matter?"
"My son is thinking about whether he should contact the Fourth Prince now."
Hearing this, Tong Guowei was a little surprised. He waved his hand to drive out the servants in the study, and then said,
"Don't you look down on the Fourth Prince? Why are you saying such nonsense today?"
Longkodo frowned.
"Things are different now. My son always feels that waiting for his sister to give birth to a prince and then train him is too time-consuming."
Tong Guowei threw the handkerchief in his hand back into the basin, walked to the main seat and sat down.
"I am certainly aware of this, but how can you be so sure that the Fourth Prince is worthy of the Tong family's support?"
Longkodo frowned slightly, and after thinking carefully for a moment, he replied,
"It's not that I think the Fourth Prince deserves it, but the Fourth Prince has been forced into a corner. If the Tong family shows some goodwill, I believe he will be grateful to the Tong family. Whether it's supporting the Fourth Prince or asking him to support another prince, the Fourth Prince will not refuse."
"Don't be so confident. How do you know he will let you control him?"
Longkodo smiled slightly.
"Did Father forget why he became enemies with his son?"
After he reminded him, Tong Guowei vaguely remembered that Yinzhen seemed to have refused to persuade the Tong family, which led to the unpleasant quarrel with Longkodo.
Tong Guowei suddenly realized,
"What do you want?"
The Fourth Prince can truly be said to be grateful for the kindness he showed to his father and mother, as he was able to consider them when they were critically ill and had an uncertain future, instead of accepting the Tong family's overtures.
However, for a person in a high position, it is a taboo to act on emotion. Therefore, Tong Guowei is not optimistic about the Fourth Prince.
"Every time I see the Fourth Prince, he never gives me a good face. I'd better ask Qingtai to find out what he's thinking. There's no need to be too deliberate. He'll be going to court in two months. By then, he'll have tasted the benefits of having the Tong family's endorsement. I don't believe he can resist the temptation and continue to distance himself from the Tong family."
"You're right..."
Tong Guowei thought for a moment, nodded and said,
"Just do as you say."
Seeing that he agreed, Longkodo went to find Qingtai excitedly.
Tong Guowei sat there, sighing as he watched the sky outside getting darker and darker.
If Mingzhu had not returned to the court again, many officials who had been offended by the prince before would have begun to move closer to Mingzhu, and he and Longkodo would not have had to be so anxious.
Yinzhen will enter the court next year. Even if his youngest daughter is diagnosed as pregnant tomorrow, it will take nearly sixteen years from pregnancy to childbirth, and then to the prince being raised to be able to enter the court to perform duties.
Things change rapidly in the court. Even if the Tong family can wait for sixteen years, will others give them the chance to wait?
Tong Guowei reviewed all the princes who had been trained and would be able to serve in the court in the next few years, and found that only if Yinzhen came to the throne could the Tong family gain the most benefits.
However, he did not like Yinzhen's qualifications and personality.
Forget it, let’s wait and see how the situation develops later. There’s still time.
If the emperor really dies in the next few years, we can only blame the Tong family for not having such luck.
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